US12044743B2
An estimation device includes: a deriving unit (31) that derives a derivation history based on a current and a voltage of a lead-acid battery and a temperature of the lead-acid battery; a specifying unit 31 that specifies at least two degrees of a first degree of softening of a positive electrode material, a second degree of corrosion of a positive electrode grid, a third degree of negative electrode sulfation, and a fourth degree of shrinkage of a negative electrode material based on the derived derivation history and at least two relationships selected from the group consisting of: a first relationship between a first history based on the current, the voltage, and the temperature of the lead-acid battery, and the first degree; a second relationship between a second history and the second degree; a third relationship between a third history and the third degree; and a fourth relationship between a fourth history and the fourth degree; and an estimating unit (31) that estimates a degree of deterioration of the lead-acid battery based on the specified at least two degrees.
US12044739B2
Embodiments of the present invention manage a state of charge of a rechargeable battery for extended storage by determining a manual override for a storage protocol is not activate for a rechargeable battery associated with a battery charger and an electronic device. Receiving battery data, environment data, and historical data for the rechargeable battery associated with a battery charger. Embodiments of the present invention determine to activate the storage protocol for the rechargeable battery based on the battery data, the environment data, and the historical data and discharge the rechargeable battery to a preset state of charge level based on the storage protocol.
US12044737B2
Used batteries are screened based on a measured Sectional Constant-Current Impulse Ratio (SCCIR). A used battery is partially charged over a small voltage range using a Constant Current (CC) until a voltage target is reached, and the current integrated to obtain the CC charge applied, Qcc. Then the battery continues to be charged using a Constant Voltage (CV) of the voltage target until the charging current falls to a midrange current target before the battery is fully charged. The current is integrated over the CV period to obtain the CV charge applied, Qcv. The measured SCCIR is the ratio of Qcc to (Qcc+Qcv) and is input to a calibration curve function to obtain a modeled State of Health (SOH) value for sorting. The calibration curve function is obtained by aging new batteries to obtain SCCIR and SOH data that are modeled using a neural network.
US12044735B2
A method for measuring insulation resistance in an inverter that has a DC link circuit and a bridge circuit, connected to the DC link circuit, for driving an AC current via a bridge center tap is disclosed. The method includes connecting the bridge center tap to a grounding point, successively connecting, by way of the bridge circuit, the bridge center tap that is connected to the grounding point to two points of the ungrounded DC link circuit that differ in terms of voltage, and measuring the current flowing from the two points that differ in terms of voltage to the grounding point. The two points of the ungrounded DC link circuit that differ in terms of voltage are selected from a group of points that includes at least one intermediate voltage point of the DC link circuit in addition to two end points of the DC link circuit, such that the voltages present between the two points that differ in terms of voltage and the grounding point do not exceed a predefined voltage limit value.
US12044730B2
Techniques and mechanisms for providing performance monitoring information. In an embodiment, a performance monitor circuit receives a communication which indicates a format comprising multiple fields which are each to store a respective count of monitored events. A programming of the performance monitor circuit, based on the communication, designates first bits and second bits of the register to provide, respectively, a first first field and a second field according to the format. Performance monitoring subsequent to the programming successively tallies a first count of first events which occur during a first period of time, and a second count of second events which occur during a second period of time. In another embodiment, performance monitoring results in the register concurrently storing both the first count and the second count.
US12044727B2
A fine electrical probe can provide fine-pitch applications in devices such as smart watches and smart phones. Fingers are positioned on a substrate. The substrate has a recess that allows the fingers to flex. The substrate and fingers are positioned in an assembly. The assembly has a recess that allows the substrate to flex.
US12044719B2
A probe card with a voltage terminal configured to be coupled to a voltage supply and a current terminal configured to be coupled to a current supply. The voltage terminal and the current terminal are configured to be coupled to an input node of a device under test (DUT) field effect transistor (FET) through probe needles. The probe card has an overlap resistor capacitor (RC) element coupled to the input node. The probe card includes an analog to digital (ADC) voltage capture module configured to be coupled to the input node of the DUT FET and to an output node of the DUT FET through the probe needles. The probe card has a resistive element configured to be coupled to the output node of the DUT FET through the probe needles and to an electrically neutral node and an ADC current capture module coupled in parallel to the resistive element.
US12044718B2
A method can be used for fault location in a power transmission line connecting a first terminal with a second terminal. Arrival times of a first peak and a second peak of travelling waves are detected from measurements carried out at the first and second terminals. a rough location of a fault is identified based on a comparison of the arrival times obtained for the travelling waves detected from the measurements carried out at the first terminal, and the arrival times obtained for the travelling waves detected from the measurements carried out at the second terminal. The fault location is estimated based the rough location, the arrival times of the first and second peaks of the travelling waves detected from measurements carried out at the first and second terminals, and a length of the power transmission line.
US12044709B2
A magnetic sensor is configured such that, even if noise is generated from a bus bar at ON-OFF switching of a voltage for controlling the current to be measured flowing through the bus bar, the influence of the noise on the result of measurement made by the magnetic sensor can be reduced. The magnetic sensor includes a main body having two opposing sides, the main body being capable of measuring a value of a current to be measured flowing through a bus bar by detecting a magnetic field induced by the current to be measured, wherein a signal terminal for outputting a detection signal and a supply terminal for supplying electrical power to the main body extend only from one of the two sides of the main body.
US12044708B2
A differential signal current sensor device (100) may include a conductor (102) for conducting electrical current in a current direction. The conductor (102) may include a first slot (120A) extending from a first perimeter edge (122), towards a central axis extending along a length of the conductor (102), and a second slot (120B) extending from a second perimeter edge (124), towards the central axis. The current sensor device (100) may further include a first current sensor (130) positioned within the first slot (120A) and a second current sensor (132) positioned within the second slot (120B).
US12044699B2
A ground-based vectored thrust system for landings and take-off of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. The vectored thrust system provides an upward thrust on the VTOL aircraft when in proximity to the pad. The upward thrust can supplement the thrust system of the VTOL aircraft, or can be used exclusively to elevate the VTOL aircraft. A control unit can control one or more of the components of the vectored thrust system. The control unit can also be configured to take-over the flight of the VTOL aircraft when it is within a predetermined flight envelope of the pad.
US12044697B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting a failure of a sensor device during operation of the sensor device. A test signal is generated in a first frequency band that is above a signal frequency band of the sensor device and fed into a sensor element of the sensor device. A set of samples is obtained, and a magnitude value is derived from said at least two consecutive samples at the first frequency band. The magnitude value is compared to a magnitude threshold value that defines a minimum for the magnitude value and if the magnitude value is below the magnitude threshold value, it is determined that an error has occurred in the sensor device.
US12044695B2
A measurement system for determining a density ρ or a compressibility κ of a liquid medium in a vessel includes: at least one pressure sensor for measuring a hydrostatic pressure Δp of the liquid medium as a measured hydrostatic pressure Δp; at least one ultrasound sensor for measuring a first time of flight t1 along a first propagation path comprising a point at a level surface of the liquid medium, and for measuring a second time of flight t2 along a second propagation path, which is different from the first propagation path; and a control unit for determining the density ρ or the compressibility κ of the liquid medium based on the measured hydrostatic pressure Δp, the first time of flight t1, and the second time of flight t2.
US12044693B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for conducting assays on samples and/or processing of samples. The apparatus comprises a rotatably arranged cylindrical sample holder for holding a sample at a lateral surface of the cylindrical sample holder. The cylindrical sample holder is configured to be at least partly covered by a liquid layer. The apparatus further comprises a liquid dispensing means configured to add liquid to the liquid layer, a reagent dispensing means configured to add a reagent to the liquid layer and a liquid contacting means configured to distribute liquid within said liquid layer. The liquid contacting means comprises a plate-like element flexibly assembled in relation to the cylindrical sample holder. The present invention also relates to a method for conducting assays on samples and/or processing of samples.
US12044690B2
An automatic analyzer for analyzing samples includes a lift, a part take-out station and a rack recovery station. The lift is configured to raise and lower a plurality of stacked part racks to the part take-out station and to the rack recovery station while keeping the part racks together. The part take-out station comprises a first rack separator configured to prevent the uppermost one of said stacked part racks from being lowered when the lift lowers, while allowing the other part racks to lower, so that the uppermost rack is separated from the other part racks so as to remain in the part take-out station. The rack recovery station comprises a second rack separator configured to prevent the uppermost one of said stacked part racks from being lowered when said lift lowers, while allowing the other part racks to lower, so as to remain in the rack recovery station.
US12044688B1
A pregnancy progression test system that includes multiple tests, each with decreasing sensitivity to provide the user of indication of a progressing pregnancy when taken over the course of a time period.
US12044687B1
The present disclosure relates to recombinant production reporter cells comprising a logic gate such that an expressible sequence (e.g., a reporter gene) is expressed after the occurrence of triggering event related to a stage of production or an environmental condition of a biological production system. Nucleic acids, kits, and methods for making and using the recombinant production reporter cells are also disclosed herein.
US12044685B2
Provided are methods for preparing a biological sample for analysis for the presence of a virus, or an exosome or other extra-cellular vesicle, by matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF MS). The preparation involves mixing the sample with at least one cationic viral envelope/vesicle disruptor compound, or at least one disulphide reducing agent, or a combination thereof; and at least one mass spectrometry grade solvent. Also provided are methods for analysing a biological sample for the presence of a virus, or an exosome or other extra-cellular vesicle, using MALDI-ToF MS once prepared.
US12044678B2
A self-contained apparatus and methods for detecting the presence of any specified substance in any medium. A sample of the medium is placed in a capsule, along with a solvent and a sensor configured to test for a target analyte. The solvent comes into contact with the medium in the capsule, and the capsule is agitated to create a dispersion in the solvent of a portion of any target analyte present in the medium. A release mechanism configured to cause conduction of the dispersion to the sensor, so that the sensor produces an indication of presence of the target analyte if the target analyte is present in the medium. The apparatus uses a disposable capsule where the medium in question is placed and the disposable capsule is placed inside a reader and analyzed for presence of the harmful substance.
US12044674B2
Method and system for self-assessment of drinking behavior. According to one embodiment, the method includes examining a transdermal alcohol response curve obtained from a drinking event, querying a user on their feelings of intoxication after or during the event, and using the combination of the objective measurement and subjective feelings of intoxication to provide an alert or status during subsequent drinking events. In so doing, the method mitigates at least some of the drawbacks associated with conventional alcohol monitoring devices by correlating an individual's reported feelings of intoxication with an objective transdermal measurement of alcohol.
US12044671B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a standalone gas extraction and detection system comprising a gas extraction chamber operable to receive a wellbore fluid and a carrier gas; a gas detection chamber in fluid communication with the gas extraction chamber, the gas detection chamber comprising reflective surfaces operable to receive infrared radiation (IR) and an extracted gas sample from the gas extraction chamber; an open-path detector operable to detect the IR in the gas detection chamber; and a shaft extending through the gas extraction chamber and the gas detection chamber of the standalone gas extraction and detection system.
US12044668B1
The cannabis potency testing method quantitates cannabinoids with UV detection. The cannabis potency testing method may be used for analysis of cannabinoids in plant material/flower form, or in some embodiments, other forms, such as gummies. The cannabis potency testing method includes cannabis plant samples that may be extracted and diluted in methanol then analyzed by, for example, a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system in tandem with a Diode Array Detector (DAD). This method may utilize cannabis plant material, one or more grinding spheres, a container, and a grinder apparatus. The cannabis potency testing method allows determination of high- and low-level cannabinoids in a single injection, and meets or exceeds AOAC standards for analysis of cannabinoids in dried plant materials, concentrates, and edibles.
US12044660B2
A predicting system and method for the uniaxial compressive strength of rock include a point loading strength test module, a longitudinal wave velocity test module, a rock rebound value test module and a strength prediction module, wherein the longitudinal wave velocity test module performs longitudinal wave velocity tests on the rock, and transfers the longitudinal wave velocity of the rock to the strength prediction module; the rock rebound test module performs rebound test on the rock, and transfers the rebound value of the rock to the strength prediction module; the point loading strength test module performs image acquisition on a fracture surface of the rock after being loaded and fractured by the point loading test, and calculates the area of the fracture surface; and the strength prediction module outputs a uniaxial compressive strength prediction result of the rock according to the received information and a preset prediction model.
US12044654B2
A measurement method is provided for non-destructive inspection of a magnetic material as an inspection target in a non-magnetic body. The method includes application of a magnetic field from a magnetic field applying unit to the inspection target through a surface of the non-magnetic body, and measurement of a magnetic field from the inspection target with a magnetic sensor on the surface of the non-magnetic body adjacent to the magnetic field applying unit at positions having different distances from the magnetic field applying unit in a first direction away from the magnetic field applying unit. The magnetic field from the inspection target is attenuated with the distances. In the method, first and second measurements are performed with the magnetic field applying unit respectively arranged on one side and on the other side in the first direction relative to the positions where the magnetic sensor performs measurement.
US12044647B2
A switched capacitor circuit includes a first charge-to-voltage converter including a first capacitor to operate in a first period to convert a first charge into a first output voltage. The switched capacitor circuit includes a second charge-to-voltage converter including a second capacitor to operate in a second period to convert a second charge into a second output voltage, the second period being different from the first period. The switched capacitor circuit includes a shield interconnect disposed between the first capacitor and the second capacitor, the shield interconnect having a constant potential.
US12044644B2
A gas sensor includes a plurality of sensing resistors that vary in resistance based on ambient temperature and the presence of certain gases, such as CO2 and H2O. The responses of each of the sensing resistors vary based on a base temperature of each of the sensing resistors. The base temperatures for each of the sensing resistors and configurations of the sensing resistors are selected to emphasize a response to a gas of interest (e.g., CO2) while de-emphasizing or canceling contributions from ambient temperature and gases that are not of interest (e.g., H2O).
US12044639B2
An atomic magnetometer system is disclosed that includes a variable magnetic field source (14) configured to provide an oscillating primary magnetic field to cause a sample (16) to produce a secondary magnetic field. The atomic magnetometer system also includes an atomic magnetometer for detecting the secondary magnetic field. The atomic magnetometer includes an atomic specimen, a pump and probe subsystem configured to pump the atomic specimen to create a polarisation and to probe atomic coherence precession within the atomic specimen with a probe beam, a detector configured to detect the probe beam to produce a detection signal. The system is configured to drive the variable magnetic field source (14) in dependence on the detection signal with a frequency tuned to rf resonance. A method of operating an atomic magnetometer is also disclosed.
US12044635B2
A method and apparatus for classifying and/or identifying materials by means of their spectral response to gamma radiation. Classification is carried out by irradiating multiple different samples with gamma radiation, detecting a spectral response in the backscatter direction, sorting the spectral response into energy bands and selecting a combination of energy bands to define a relationship that best distinguishes between clusters of spectral responses for different material classes. Two or more of the energy bands may overlap.
US12044634B2
A scanner comprises an electromagnetic wave source; a collimator positioned to alter the electromagnetic waves emitted from the electromagnetic wave source into an electromagnetic beam; and a detector positioned to measure one or more levels of electromagnetic energy of the electromagnetic beam, wherein a collimator element is spatially adjustable in at least one axis via one or more adjusting mechanisms to change the one or more levels of electromagnetic energy measured the detector.
US12044623B2
Systems, methods, and techniques for optofluidic analyte detection and analysis using multi-mode interference (MMI) waveguides are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, spatially and spectrally multiplexed optical detection of particles is implemented on an optofluidic platform comprising multiple analyte channels intersecting a single MMI waveguide. In some embodiments, multi-stage photonic structures including a first stage MMI waveguide for demultiplexing optical signals by spatially separating different wavelengths of light from one another may be implemented. In some embodiments, a second stage may use single-mode waveguides and/or MMI waveguides to create multi-spot patterns using the demultiplexed, spatially separated light output from the first stage. In some embodiments, liquid-core MMI (LC-MMI) waveguides that are tunable by replacing a liquid core, heating/cooling the liquid core, and/or deforming the LC-MMI to change its width may be implemented in one or more of the analyte detection/analysis systems disclosed herein.
US12044618B2
This invention concerns a laser solidification apparatus for building objects by layerwise solidification of powder material. The apparatus including a build chamber containing a build platform, a device for depositing layers of powder material on to the build platform, an optical unit for directing a laser beam to selectively solidify areas of each powder layer and a spectrometer for detecting characteristic radiation emitted by plasma formed during solidification of the powder by the laser beam. The invention also relates to a spectrometer for detecting characteristic radiation generated by interaction of the metal with the or a further laser beam. The spectra recorded using the spectrometer may be used for feedback control during the solidification process.
US12044616B2
A detection apparatus according to one aspect of this disclosure includes: two or more housings connectable to each other; a first photodetector connectable to a corresponding one of the two or more housings; and a second photodetector connectable to a corresponding one of the two or more housings. Each of the housings includes a first connecting portion to which the first photodetector is connectable, a second connecting portion to which the second photodetector is connectable, and a third opening facing the first connecting portion. At least one of the housings includes a dichroic mirror placed between a first opening and the third opening. The dichroic mirror allows light having a first wavelength in incident light from the third opening to pass through the dichroic mirror toward the first opening, while the dichroic mirror reflects light having a second wavelength in the incident light toward the second opening.
US12044612B2
An apparatus and method to segregate particles suspended in a fluid with an obstacle field in the flow path of the fluid. The particles may be dispersed after an interaction with obstacles in the obstacle field. The obstacle-particle interactions may result in an asymmetrical particle shift or bump in which the particles are differentially dispersed relative to the obstacle and the fluid flow. Individual obstacles having properties that are asymmetrical are arranged creating asymmetrical gaps between adjacent pairs of obstacles to separate particles flowing through the device.
US12044606B2
Device and method for detecting and identifying extracellular vesicles in a liquid dispersion sample
Device and method for detecting dispersed extracellular vesicles in a liquid dispersion sample, said method using an electronic data processor for classifying the sample as having, or not having, extracellular vesicles present, the method comprising the use of the electronic data processor for pre-training a machine learning classifier with a plurality of extracellular vesicle liquid dispersion specimens comprising the steps of: emitting a laser modulated by a modulation frequency onto each specimen; capturing a temporal signal from laser light backscattered by each specimen for a plurality of temporal periods of a predetermined duration for each specimen; calculating specimen DCT or Wavelet transform coefficients from the captured signal for each of the temporal periods; using the calculated coefficients to pre-train the machine learning classifier; wherein the method further comprises the steps of: using a laser emitter having a focusing optical system coupled to the emitter to emit a laser modulated by a modulation frequency onto the sample; using a light receiver to capture a signal from laser light backscattered by the sample for a plurality of temporal periods of a predetermined duration; calculating sample DCT or Wavelet transform coefficients from the captured signal for each of the temporal periods; using the pre-trained machine learning classifier to classify the calculated sample coefficients as having, or not having, extracellular vesicles present.
US12044603B2
The present invention is related to the field of bio/chemical sampling, sensing, assays and applications. Particularly, the present invention is related to how to make the sampling/sensing/assay become simple to use, fast to results, highly sensitive, easy to use, using tiny sample volume (e.g. 0.5 uL or less), operated by a person without any professionals, reading by mobile-phone, or low cost, or a combination of them.
US12044602B2
The present application discloses a grouting consolidation sample containing internal defects and the preparation method thereof. Firstly, plasticine is employed to prepare a wax model with the desired defect shape, then a fixing device is used to fix the wax model onto a specific position in a casting mould of consolidation and thereafter a slurry is poured to form a grouting consolidation sample, after the grouting consolidation sample reaches the predetermined strength, the grouting consolidation sample containing the wax model is put into an oven to heat at a temperature above the melting point of wax to demolish the structure of the wax model to form a grouting consolidation sample with internal defects.
US12044600B2
A gas flow rate estimation device includes a first calculation unit that calculates, by using an average movement vector of a gas region included in an image, a gas passage time for leaked gas to pass through the gas region, a second calculation unit that calculates a gas volume in the gas region by using a gas concentration thickness product of the gas region, and a third calculation unit that calculates an estimated value of a flow rate of the gas by using the gas passage time and the gas volume.
US12044599B2
A wheel system adapted for use with a guided soft target (GST) is disclosed. The GST includes a soft body that is removably attachable to a dynamic motion element (DME). The wheel system has an axle connected to the soft body and to a tire body rotatably connected to the axle. The tire body has an outer surface concentric with the axle and encircling the axle with a ground-contacting tire ridge extending from and encircling the outer surface. The ridge is constructed to contact the ground when the soft body is attached to a DME. The ridge is comprised of a ridge material and has a ridge width, both of which are selected to (1) permit the tire body to slide in a direction parallel to the axle when the tire body is subjected to a lateral force; and to (2) rotate the tire body as the DME moves.
US12044597B1
A device for measuring a wall surface cooling characteristic of a gas turbine combustor and a modeling method thereof are provided. The device includes a hot flow inlet section, a cold flow inlet section, and a gas discharge section, where the cold flow inlet section is communicated with an experimental section; the cooling structure model is a flat plate structure; a tail end of the experimental section is provided with a thermocouple threading seat; the gas discharge section is provided with a laser injection window; and the experimental section is provided with an infrared thermal imaging measurement window and a visual observation window. The modeling method includes: modeling the wall surface of the gas turbine combustor into the flat plate structure; determining a pressure, a temperature, and a velocity on a hot flow side of the device; and determining a material and a thickness of the cooling structure model.
US12044592B2
A system for detecting refractive power of a dry ophthalmic lens under inspection, comprising: a) a top camera 10 arranged to view the ophthalmic lens 40 through an optical module 25; b) an optically transparent surface 30 to position the ophthalmic lens 40 for inspection; c) a precisely calibrated glass target 50 suitably positioned on a transparent plate 60, arranged to achieve an image of the ophthalmic lens 40 overlaid with the image of the pattern on the target 50; d) at least one light source having multiple wavelength LEDs to capture different images under multiple lighting conditions.
US12044588B2
A position sensor, in particular, intended for detecting the torsion of a steering column, includes a first magnetized rotor structure comprising magnets, a second stator structure comprising two rings extended by teeth that are axially oriented and interlocked, and a third stationary collector structure including two flux collection parts that define at least one air gap in which at least one magnet-sensitive element is placed. The flux collection parts and the ring gears define a magnetic permeance independent of the relative radial and angular position of the second stator structure with respect to the third collector structure. The collection parts comprise an angular collection sector and a primary collection zone continued by a prolongation having a secondary collection zone. The secondary collection zones end in flat extensions forming two poles of the air gap. The transverse median plane of the air gap intersects at least one of the prolongations.
US12044585B1
An integration of silicon carbide (SiC) pressure sensor and a temperature sensor on a single SiC substrate to facilitate the simultaneous measurement of pressure and temperature at temperature, and a method of fabricating the same.
US12044582B2
To expand a measurement range with regard to SDH-BOTDR. A BFS1 and a BFS2, which is obtained by inverting the BFS1, are acquired on the basis of a first measurement signal and a first local oscillation signal that is a cosine wave, a BFS3 is acquired on the basis of a second measurement signal and a second local oscillation signal that is a sine wave, and a Brillouin frequency shift waveform is synthesized from the BFS1 to BFS3. In the case where an optical fiber is not strained or in the case where temperature of the optical fiber is not changed, a phase rotation number N, which is a phase difference between a measurement signal and a local oscillation signal, is calculated on the basis of intensity of the measurement signal, and an offset corresponding to the phase rotation number N is given to the synthesized Brillouin frequency shift waveform.
US12044574B2
A non-contact body temperature measurement device includes a thermal imager, an anemometer and a processing unit. The thermal imager is provided to capture thermal images. The anemometer is provided to measure wind speed and output a wind speed signal. The processing unit is provided to process the thermal images according to the wind speed signal and remove the thermal image showing great variation in temperature between two consecutive frames. Consequently, an accurate body temperature can be measured through the processed thermal images.
US12044567B2
A detection device including a substrate, a conductive pad, a conductive line, a photoelectric element, and an insulating layer is provided. The substrate includes a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The conductive pad is disposed on the substrate and is located in the second region. The conductive line is disposed on the substrate and extends from the first region to the second region. The conductive line is coupled with the conductive pad. The photoelectric element is disposed on the substrate and is located in the first region. The photoelectric element is coupled to the conductive line. The insulating layer is disposed on the photoelectric element and extends from the first region to the second region. The insulating layer has a groove, and the groove is located in the second region. A manufacturing method of a detection device is also provided.
US12044563B2
A system and method for sensing a process fluid is provided. The method includes: a) using a Coriolis meter (CM) having a flow tube to determine a CM mass flow value, a CM density value, and a drive gain signal; b) using a sensor array having a plurality of sensors configured to sense a characteristic of the process fluid that convects with the process fluid through the flow tube, and produce sensor signals representative of the process fluid characteristic convecting with the process fluid, and a sensor array processing unit in communication with the sensor array to determine a convective velocity of the process fluid; and c) reporting a first mass flow rate of the process fluid as measured by the CM or a second mass flow rate using the convective velocity and the CM density value based on the drive gain signal relative to a predetermined drive gain threshold.
US12044562B2
Multiphase flowmeters and related methods are disclosed herein. An example multiphase flowmeter includes a microwave transmitter to transmit a signal through a fluid, a microwave receiver to determine at least one of attenuation or phase shift, a sensor to obtain at least one of pressure, temperature, or differential pressure, an intermediate-output generator to determine intermediate flow parameters, and a flow rate generator to determine a flow rate for respective phases in the fluid, and a model selector to select at least one of a physics model or a machine learning model for determining the intermediate flow parameters or the flow rates, the physics model to determine a first value of the intermediate flow parameters or the flow rates, and, in response to an error not being less than a threshold, the machine learning model to determine a second value of the intermediate flow parameters or the flow rates.
US12044561B2
Methods and apparatuses associated with flow sensing devices are provided. An example flow sensing device includes a flow cap component and a sensor component. The flow cap component or sensor component may include a heating element. The flow cap component can at least partially define a flow channel configured for a media to flow therethrough. The heater element may be orthogonal or perpendicular to the flow channel. The sensor component may include at least one thermal sensing element disposed upstream of the heater element and at least one thermal sensing element disposed downstream of the heater element. The sensor component may include two or more thermal sensing elements disposed in either the upstream direction or downstream direction of the heater element. Thermal sensing elements may be spaced different distances from the heater element to increase the accuracy and precision of flow rate measurement at low flow rates.
US12044558B2
A scale includes a substrate, a metal layer of Ni formed on one principal surface of the substrate, and a scale grating formed on the metal layer. A plurality of gratings of Cr are disposed at a predetermined interval in the scale grating.
US12044557B2
A method includes generating a sequence of multiple optical pulses, for transmission into an optical fiber (12) having an array of multiple equally spaced reflectors (14) embedded therein, the sequence having a pulse duration and a pulse repetition interval (PRI) that guarantee that reflections of any of the optical pulses from any of the reflectors do not overlap. The sequence of optical pulses is transmitted into the optical fiber. The reflections of the optical pulses from the reflectors are extracted from the optical fiber. One or more events affecting the optical fiber are identified by analyzing the reflections.
US12044546B2
A method and an apparatus for correcting deformation of a digital map for a vehicle, includes loading a related part from the digital map; determining whether the related part includes road coordinate information in a first zone and road coordinate information in a second zone, wherein the road coordinate information in the first zone is associated with a first Cartesian coordinate system and the road coordinate information in the second zone is associated with a second Cartesian coordinate system; transforming the road coordinate information in the second zone to the first Cartesian coordinate system, if the related part includes the road coordinate information in the first zone and the road coordinate information in the second zone; and generating a corrected map by combining the road coordinate information in the first zone and the transformed road coordinate information in the second zone; wherein the first Cartesian coordinate system is the coordinate system of the vehicle for processing the road coordinate information.
US12044542B2
A network system can receive, from a user device of a requesting user, a query related to a first service. If the network system determines that a first service provider is in progress of providing a second service for the requesting user, the network system can identify, based on a service location of the second service, a plurality of entities that provide items available for selection in association with the first service. The network system can further determine whether to select the first service provider to fulfill the request for the first service based on an estimated first service duration associated with the first service and an estimated duration remaining for the second service. The first service duration can be estimated based on respective timing information associated one or more items selected by the requesting user. The network system can update a route for the first service provider.
US12044540B1
Systems and methods are provided for assisting the navigation function based in part on detection of disconnection from vehicle integration functions by other devices navigating to the same destination, where the disconnections occurred outside of a predetermined boundary associated with the destination.
US12044539B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a probability of an adverse event that will occur in a future. The system may determine a geographical location of a vehicle based on data indicating the geographical location of the vehicle received from the vehicle and sensed by a vehicle sensor of the vehicle; determine an environment of the geographical location of the vehicle; determine vehicle attributes of the vehicle; link the environment of the geographical location of the vehicle and the vehicle attributes; and based on a link between the environment of the geographical location of the vehicle and the vehicle attributes, determine a probability of an adverse event that will occur in a future.
US12044538B2
The present invention relates to method and apparatus for recommending a charging station, the method includes: determining, based on personal preference information of a user of an electric vehicle, a specific area reachable by the electric vehicle and suitable for charging the electric vehicle, when receiving a request for searching for a charging station for the electric vehicle; recommending a suitable charging station located in the specific area to the electric vehicle for charging. A suitable charging station may be recommended to the electric vehicle for charging with the method and apparatus.
US12044528B2
Provided is an apparatus for measuring a droplet length using a capacitive electrode including: a disposable panel; a board separated from the disposable panel and configured to be reused separately from the disposable panel; a sensing electrode unit patterned on an upper surface of the board and configured to measure a length of a droplet depending on a voltage value measured depending on a capacitance value of the fluid passing through the microfluid channel; a thin film provided on a lower surface of the disposable panel; and a negative pressure forming means configured to apply a negative pressure between the disposable panel and the board so that the disposable panel and the board are attached to or detached from each other.
US12044514B2
An electrically disruptive projectile for use with a firearm can include a body defining a cavity. The cavity may be filled with an electrically disruptive powder, including conductive, superconductive, triboelectric, and/or piezoelectric materials. The electrically disruptive powder may be secured in the cavity by a cover or film in an opening of the cavity, and is positioned to disperse into a target upon penetration through an exterior of the target. The electrically disruptive powder may create new electrical pathways and signals in the target.
US12044510B2
A pulse generator for generating an HPEM pulse includes a Marx generator having a plurality of capacitors that are connected in series between two output poles, providing a Marx voltage between the output poles during operation of the Marx generator. A DS resonator has two input poles and each of the input poles is connected to a respective one of the output poles by a respective supply line. The capacitors are physically disposed along a profile line having two ends at each of which a respective one of the output poles is located. A distance between the output poles is smaller than a longitudinal extent of the Marx generator along the profile line.
US12044501B1
The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for determining a grip layout for a gun. The techniques include obtaining an image depicting a hand, obtaining calibration data associated with the image, calculating a real distance between a first landmark of the hand and a second landmark of the hand, and determining a grip layout for the gun based on the real distance between the first landmark and the second landmark. Calibration data may include a scale for the image or data that may be used to derive the scale, such as an object of known dimensions, an angular field of view, or a distance between the device used to capture the image and the hand. The grip layout may include a backstrap size, a sensor size, a sensor location on the gun, or any combination thereof.
US12044499B2
Firearms having an upper receiver part and a lower receiver part that are detachably connected to each other by a connecting mechanism so that the two receiver parts are pivotable relative to each other between a closed and an open position. The connecting mechanism includes at least one pivot pin, running normal to the median plane, and a pivot pin hole passing through the upper and/or the lower normal to the median plane, a connector element with at least one hole and a slotted hole and a protrusion formed on the upper or lower, running in the direction of the barrel axis, and a recess which is complementary thereto in shape and function.
US12044498B2
A magwell extension is provided and configured to assist a user in inserting a cartridge magazine into the magwell of a firearm. The extension includes a hollow body enclosed on four sides and open at opposite ends. A coupling face defines a first of the ends and includes a pair of rails configured to engage the rim of the magwell. A stop rail extending from the coupling face lies perpendicular to the pair of rails. A locking element is configured to be coupled to the body with a portion extending from the first opening and beyond a plane defined by the coupling face. The locking element is configured to bias the rim of the magwell into secure engagement with the stop rail.
US12044492B2
The present disclosure relates to an unlocking mechanism for a pistol magazine. Each of two release buttons is fastened to one end of a release lever controlling the translation of a lock cam arranged at the front or back of the handle. The lock cam includes a lock cooperating with an abutment surface arranged on the front or back surface of the magazine. A spring holds the lock cam in the lock position in the absence of pressure on the release button. Each release lever has a lug bearing on a corresponding lock cam lug of the lock cam. The lock cam is translated when one of the release buttons is actuated. The unlocking device has two release lever springs holding the release levers in the locked position, so as to make the left- and right-hand release buttons independent of each other.
US12044486B2
A plate for a heat exchanger between a first medium and a second medium, the plate being associated with a main plane of extension and a main longitudinal direction and including a first heat transfer surface, extending substantially in parallel to the main plane and arranged to be in contact with the first medium, generally flowing along the first surface in a first flow direction; and a second heat transfer surface, extending substantially in parallel to the main plane and arranged to be in contact with the second medium, generally flowing along the second surface in a second flow direction. The first surface includes protruding ridges defining at least two parallel and open-ended channels extending in the first flow direction. The second surface includes a plurality of protruding dimples arranged in the channels between neighbouring respective pairs of the ridges.
US12044470B2
A system and method for recovering high-quality biomethane (RNG) from biogas sources is provided. The gas stream is compressed and liquids are separated from the gas stream at elevated pressure and reduced temperature. The compressing is performed using a plurality of compressors operating in parallel with common control set points. The system and method improve upon conventional practices and yield a biomethane product which meets strict gas pipeline quality specifications. Additionally, the system and method are an improvement to the overall methane recovery efficiency for biogas processing facilities.
US12044462B2
A refrigerator including an inner door rotatably coupleable to a cabinet to open and close a storage compartment, the inner door having an opening, an outer door rotatably coupleable to the front of the inner door to open and close the opening of the inner door, a hook locking groove formed on the inner door, a manipulation handle provided to be rotatable with respect to a transverse shaft coupleable to the outer door and including a movable contact part, and a locking member provided to be rotatable with respect to a longitudinal shaft coupled to the outer door, wherein the locking member includes a hook lockable to and unlockable from the hook locking groove, and a passive contact part to selectively contact with the movable contact part.
US12044451B2
A refrigeration system includes a heat exchanger configured to provide superheat control for the low temperature low pressure gas refrigerant flowing out of the evaporator and through the first side of the heat exchanger by transferring heat from the high pressure high temperature superheated gas refrigerant flowing through a second side of the heat exchanger. A modulating solenoid valve is located at the inlet of the second side of the heat exchanger and configured to modulate the flow of high pressure high temperature superheated gas refrigerant flowing through the second side of the heat exchanger. A temperature sensor is located in such a way as to measure the temperature of the gas refrigerant flowing out of the evaporator and through the first side of the heat exchanger. A controller is configured to calculate the superheat of the gas refrigerant based on the measured temperature and measured pressure of the gas refrigerant and may compare the calculated superheat to a superheat threshold. If the calculated superheat is less than the superheat threshold, the controller will modulate the flow the high pressure high temperature gas refrigerant flowing through the second side of the heat exchanger. The refrigeration system may be activated in a variety of methods by appropriate control of the valves and other system components.
US12044449B2
A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant. The first lubricant is present at a higher volume percentage than the second lubricant, and the first lubricant includes a higher viscosity than the second lubricant.
US12044448B2
A heat transfer system (310) is disclosed that includes a first electrocaloric module (62) comprising a first electrocaloric material, a first high-side voltage electrode, and a first low-side voltage electrode, arranged to impart an electric field to the electrocaloric material. The system also includes a second electrocaloric module (64) comprising a second electrocaloric material, a second high-side voltage electrode, and a second low-side voltage electrode, arranged to impart an electric field to the electrocaloric material. A bi-directional power transfer circuit (60) is also included arranged to alternately transfer power from the electrodes of the first electrocaloric module (62) to the second electrocaloric module (64), and from the electrodes of the second electrocaloric module (64) to the first electrocaloric module (62).
US12044443B2
A mounting bracket (320) for trapezoidal rib profiles is disclosed. This mounting bracket (320) includes an upper section (330) and a lower section (350). A first leg (352a) in a second leg (352b) extend from a lower portion of the upper section (330) in diverging relation to one another. Each of these legs (352a, 352b) is deflectable through a certain range of motion to accommodate installation of the mounting bracket (320) on a variety of different trapezoidal rib profiles.
US12044438B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air purifying device comprising a grounded honeycomb structure having a plurality of hexagonal openings, wherein the honeycomb structure is supported by a frame, a plurality of ionization needles arranged downstream of the honeycomb structure, wherein each needle is coaxially aligned with a respective center axis of an opening of the honeycomb structure, and a plurality of collector plates arranged downstream of the needles, and wherein the device is configured to generate ionization corona discharge by positive ionization voltage led to the needles.
US12044432B2
A humidifier includes a casing, an air passage, a humidifying section, a tray to supply water to the humidifying section, a tank to supply water to the tray, a water supply port, an openable and closable door, and an overflow control mechanism. The water supply port supplies water from outside into the tank. The water supply port is exposed to outside of the casing, is disposed inside the door, is provided in the tank, and shifts between a first position exposed to the outside of the casing when supplying the water, and a second position housed in the casing when supplying no water. The door is open in the first position, and closed in the second position. The tank is turnably supported by the casing. The water supply port shifts between the first position and the second position when the tank turns.
US12044430B2
A damper assembly is configured for placement within a duct of a ductwork system that supplies conditioned air through a register boot to a register vent. The damper assembly includes a damper that is configured to articulate from a deployment configuration, which facilitates advancement of the damper through the register boot and into the duct, to an operational configuration, in which the damper is positioned within the duct and able to selectively control how much conditioned air being supplied through the duct is permitted to pass by the damper and exit the register vent. The damper assembly includes an elongated deployment member that extends from the damper and is configured to facilitate advancement of the damper through the register boot and into the duct.
US12044426B2
A fan unit reduces the number of man-hours for a preliminary test and eliminates the need for a trial run at the time of duct connection are realized. A second controller acquires: a rotation speed of a fan motor of a second fan; a volume of air, a wind speed, or front-rear differential pressure of the second fan; and an air volume target value or a wind speed target value for the second fan, and calculates a rotation speed target value Ny for the fan motor 31b by using a first function: Ny=(Qy/Qx)2×ΔPx×{m×(Qy/Qx)×Vx+p}+n×(Qy/Qx)×Vx+q. Furthermore, when the front-rear differential pressure fluctuates and the wind speed is decreased from Vt to V, the second controller calculates a rotation speed change amount to the rotation speed target value by using a second function: ΔN=a×(Vt−V).
US12044425B2
The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a thermal energy distribution system, the method comprising: —determining forecast data pertaining to expected overall outtake of heat and/or cooling over time from a distribution grid by local distribution systems connected to the distribution grid, and to expected production capacity of heat and/or cooling in one or more production plants, —determining, at a control server, a time resolved control signal, the control signal being based on forecast data and being associated with at least one local control unit, —sending the control signal from the control server to the associated local control unit, —receiving the control signal at the associated local control unit, —regulating over time, in response to the control signal, the outtake of heat and/or cooling of the local distribution system from the distribution grid. The thermal energy distribution system is also claimed.
US12044424B2
A variable air volume (VAV) box includes a fan operable to induce airflow from a building space through the VAV box and discharge the airflow back to the building space, an air cleaning device positioned to clean the airflow through the VAV box before discharging the airflow back to the building space and configured to affect an air quality of the airflow, and a controller configured to operate the fan to modulate the airflow through the VAV box to achieve a target air quality for at least one of the airflow discharged from the VAV box or air within the building space.
US12044417B2
An underlayment system is provided that includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from a common base member. The protrusions and base member can include an opening therethrough that allows for subsequent layers of material, such as adhesive, to interact and bond to each other. The protrusions are arranged in such a way to contain a wire, string, or heating element, within a receiving area. The arrangement of the protrusions allow for routing of the wire, string, or heating element in a variety of angles, bends, and other routing layouts.
US12044412B2
A temperature-controlled container for preparation or storage of food products comprising: a temperature-controlled cavity for storing or preparing food products, a thermally insulated door configured to seal the temperature-controlled cavity in a closed configuration, and a UV light source mounted to the temperature-controlled container outside the temperature-controlled cavity and insulated from the temperature-controlled cavity by the thermally insulated door when in the closed configuration, wherein the UV light source is arranged to emit a UV light beam into the temperature-controlled cavity when the thermally insulated door is an open configuration. There is also provided an aircraft galley comprising one or more of said temperature-controlled containers.
US12044410B2
A combustion assembly for a gas turbine includes a flame tube and a fuel supply including a flow rate limiter supplying an injector. The flow rate limiter and the fuel injector are formed in one piece.
US12044402B2
A method for treating a metal strip, where the metal strip undergoes heat treatment in a directly fired furnace and is subsequently heat-treated further in a radiant tube furnace. At least part of the exhaust gases from the radiant tubes is fed to the directly fired furnace.
US12044401B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a steam generating system (10) for a domestic steam cooking oven (40). A steam generator (26) and an inlet valve (16) are controlled by a regulating thermal switch (30) and a limiting thermal switch (32). The regulating thermal switch (30) and the limiting thermal switch (32) respond to a temperature within and/or at the steam generator (26). A threshold value of the limiting thermal switch (32) is higher than a threshold value (Ts) of the regulating thermal switch (30). The steam generator (26) is deactivated and the inlet valve (16) is activated by the regulating thermal switch (30), if the temperature (T) of the steam generator (26) exceeds the threshold value (Ts) of the regulating thermal switch (30).
US12044400B2
This disclosure relates generally to a method and system for real time monitoring and forecasting of fouling of an air preheater (APH) in a thermal power plant. The system is deploying a digital replica or digital twin that works in tandem with the real APH of the thermal power plant. The system receives real-time data from one or more sources and provides real-time soft sensing of intrinsic parameters as well as that of health, fouling related parameters of APH. The system is also configured to diagnose the current class of fouling regime and the reasons behind a specific class of fouling regime of the APH. The system is also configured to be used as advisory system that alerts and recommends corrective actions in terms of either APH parameters or parameters controlled through other equipment such as selective catalytic reduction or boiler or changes in operation or design.
US12044393B2
A light source comprises at least one light-emitting component, in particular a component emitting ultraviolet light and/or a semiconductor component, and a line system, through which a cooling fluid can flow in a flow direction, for controlling the temperature of the at least one light-emitting component, and also a first and a second cooling-fluid pressure sensor, which are arranged one after the other in the line system in the flow direction, and an electronics unit which is connected to the first and second cooling-fluid pressure sensors and configured to determine at least one diagnostic, control and/or regulating value on the basis of pressures captured by the first cooling-fluid pressure sensor and by the second cooling-fluid pressure sensor.
US12044387B1
Disclosed are a backlight module, an assembly method of a backlight module and a display. The backlight module includes a backplane, a lamp plate and an optical diaphragm, the backplane includes a bottom cover and an upper frame, the lamp plate is mounted on the bottom cover, the upper frame is detachably connected above the bottom cover, the optical diaphragm is mounted on the upper frame and provided opposite to the lamp plate.
US12044377B2
The object is to improve degree of freedom in design for the cross-sectional shape of a region of light guided by the lens structure. A lens structure for a vehicle light body guides at least part of the light in the Z+ direction to both sides of the X direction, and then guides in the Y+ direction. The first reflective surface includes a first reflective surface sub part projecting from the first reflective surface main part to the X+ direction. The second reflective surface includes a second reflective surface sub part projecting from the second reflective surface main part to the X− direction. The first reflective surface sub part and the second reflective surface sub part are arranged in the Y direction in a plan view seen in the Z direction, and intersect in a plan view seen in the Y direction.
US12044371B2
An LED lighting strip, method of manufacturing an LED lighting strip and an automotive lighting system are described. The LED lighting strip includes at least two outer wires, at least one central wire between the two outer wires, LEDs arranged along the LED lighting strip and electrically coupled at least to the at least two outer wires, and an enclosing member enclosing the at least two outer wires, the at one central wire and the LEDs. The at least two outer wires and the least one central wire have a bend in sections between at least some adjacent LEDs.
US12044348B2
A vehicle body structure includes an exhaust component, a pipe extending from the exhaust component and a water shield. The water shield has a first end fixed to the pipe at a location proximate the exhaust component. The water shield extends rearward from the location proximate the exhaust component and has a second end that is spaced apart from the pipe.
US12044338B2
This coupling element has a body and a nozzle. The body delimits a housing for partially receiving the nozzle. The nozzle has a tubular part and a flange received in the housing. Two sealing barriers formed by at least one sealing joint are interposed between a rear surface of the flange and a front face of the body, between a front surface of the flange and a rear face of the body, respectively. A plug caps an inner conduit. Portions of the inner conduit communicate through at least one passage opening into an inner volume of the nozzle, forward of the plug, and on an outer peripheral surface of the flange. An inner chamber is separated from the inner conduit by the body, the flange, the plug and the first sealing barrier.
US12044331B2
A spool is slidably located in a slide hole of a first housing. A second housing forms a servo chamber that is coaxial with the slide hole. A sleeve is slidably located in the servo chamber. A nut is fixed to a piston that is slidably fitted in the sleeve. An electric motor rotates a screw shaft screwed with the nut. The second housing includes an input port and a drain port. A first pressure chamber communicates with the input port. In a balanced state where forces applied to the sleeve from both sides are balanced, a second pressure chamber is blocked from the input port and the drain port by the piston. From the balanced state, when the piston shifts, the second pressure chamber comes into communication with the input port or the drain port.
US12044321B2
A multifunction valve for a flange of a high pressure hydrogen tank for a fuel cell automotive system having a one-piece ejector body applicable to a head surface of a valve body is provided.
US12044312B2
The present invention refers to a piston for an internal combustion engine, particularly a V-engine. The piston comprises an oil drainage groove provided in the outer circumferential surface of the piston between a ring belt and a piston skirt of the piston, the piston skirt being provided with two recessed pin boss portions on opposed sides of the piston, wherein the piston skirt is further provided with at least one oil drainage duct arranged between the two recessed pin boss portions at an outer surface of the piston skirt and configured to fluid-communicatively connect the oil drainage groove with the recessed pin boss portions.
US12044310B2
A method for downshifting a multi-speed transmission of a marine propulsion device to a first gear from a second gear. The method includes providing a shift schedule that indicates a shift recommendation for when to downshift from the second gear to the first gear. The method further includes configuring the transmission to downshift when the shift schedule indicates the shift recommendation, determining a requested speed of the marine propulsion device, measuring an actual speed of the marine propulsion device, calculating an error between the requested speed and the actual speed, comparing the error to an error threshold, and determining when the error exceeds the error threshold longer than a duration threshold. The method further includes controlling the transmission to downshift, despite the shift schedule indicating a non-shift recommendation, when the duration threshold is exceeded so as to reduce the error between the requested speed and the actual speed.
US12044303B2
An apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a power transmission mechanism, a lubricating oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and guides lubricating oil to the power transmission mechanism, and a drain oil passage that is located downstream of the heat exchanger and drains the lubricating oil.
US12044301B2
An anchor for a support member of a track system may include an anchor body, a toothed anchor portion, and an anchor member. The anchor body may be connectable to said support member. The toothed anchor portion may include a plurality of anchor teeth configured to engage a plurality of track teeth of a toothed portion of a track assembly. The anchor member may be configured to facilitate engagement of the plurality of anchor teeth and said plurality of track teeth. The anchor body, the toothed anchor portion, and the anchor member may be connected to one another to collectively form a hook portion configured to engage said toothed portion of said track assembly.
US12044289B2
A breakaway chain having a breakaway connector and first and second chain portions is provided. The breakaway connector includes a first opening is defined between a first wall portion and a second wall portion spaced away from the first wall portion. A first flexible gripping member extends from the first wall portion towards the second wall portion. A second opening is defined between a third wall portion and a fourth wall portion spaced away from the third wall portion. A second flexible gripping member extends from the third wall portion towards the fourth wall portion. The first chain portion has a first chain link. The first chain link inserts into the first opening and engages the first flexible gripping member. The second chain portion has a second chain link. The second chain link inserts into the first opening and engages the second flexible gripping member.
US12044285B2
A valve adjustment device according to the present invention includes: a shaft having a screw portion on an outer periphery, the shaft being displaceable in an axial direction by rotation in a peripheral direction, the shaft applying displacement to a valve that changes resistance applied to a flow of hydraulic oil (fluid) by transmission of the displacement; a ball received in a hole opening in a radial direction from a side of the shaft; a spring received in the hole and biasing the ball outward from the hole; and a notch case that has a tubular shape, into which the shaft is inserted, and that has a plurality of detent grooves that is provided along the axial direction on an inner periphery to receive the ball fitted thereinto. At least one of the detent grooves is shorter than the other detent grooves.
US12044282B2
A method is disclosed for providing a tuned mass damper for a powertrain component. The method includes the steps of providing a mount adapted to be attached to the powertrain component; assembling a mass element to the mount; and molding an elastomeric body around the mass element to bond the mass element to the mount. The tuned mass damper assembly for a drivetrain component is also disclosed that may be attached to a mount having an opening that extends through the mount or a housing portion provided on the mount The molded elastomeric body integrally attaches the mass element to the mount. Alternatively, the tuned mass assembly may be bonded to a plate that is attached to a motor retention element.
US12044281B2
A method for detecting and measuring a clamping force and/or a braking torque includes encapsulating a fiber-optic strain sensor in a casing and incorporating the casing in a portion of friction material adhering to a base platform of a brake pad, detecting, by the fiber-optic strain sensor, a first strain in a first position of the casing along a first direction and a second strain in a second position of the friction material along a second direction, generating a first photonic signal, representative of the first detected strain, and a second photonic signal, representative of the second detected strain, receiving the first and second photonic signals, by an optical reading/interrogation unit, optically connected to the fiber-optic strain sensor, determining, by the optical reading/interrogation unit, the values of the first and second strains based on the first and second received photonic signals and determining a measurement of the clamping force and/or braking torque based on determined values of the first and second strains.
US12044275B2
A shaft-hub connection system with angular play for bidirectional transmission of driving torque, comprising a shaft, a hub provided with a hole inside which the shaft is accommodated, and elements for connection which are interposed between the hub and said shaft. The connection elements comprise at least one functional assembly which comprises a slot in which a corresponding coupling element is accommodated so that it can move and is adapted to assume alternately a first position, in which it is retracted within the slot, a second position, in which it protrudes partially with respect to it along a first orientation, and a third position, in which it protrudes partially with respect to it along a second orientation, elastic compression elements interposed between the slot and the coupling element, a first seat and a second seat for the abutment of the coupling element.
US12044273B2
A bearing assembly with a consumer of electrical energy and at least one energy generating device, has a first component and a second component, which are arranged so as to be movable repetitively relative to one another. The energy generating device has at least one electrical conductor arranged in a loop shape and at least one permanent magnet, wherein the electrical conductor is arranged on the first component, and the permanent magnet is arranged on the second component.
US12044267B2
A board coupling structure with a first board and a second board. The first board and the second board are respectively formed with strip-shaped ribs and strip-shaped grooves that can be interlocked with each other. The strip-shaped rib can comprise at least one longitudinally extending arm and one or more transversely extending arms. In particular, the one or more spaced apart transversely extending arms can increase the contact surface of the strip-shaped rib and the strip-shaped groove. Moreover, the connected boards do not need connectors.
US12044264B2
The present invention relates to a multi jackbolt tensioner and methods of using the same. The present invention alleviates some of the problems associated with presently available multi jackbolt tensioners.
US12044256B2
A pressure vessel includes: (a) a cylindrical sidewall having a wall thickness, an inside surface, an outside surface, and the cylindrical sidewall extending between a first end and a second end, wherein one of the first end or the second end includes a sidewall edge that forms part of an outwardly opening weld groove; (b) an end cap constructed to engage the cylindrical sidewall edge, the end cap comprising an end cap edge corresponding to the sidewall edge and that, when combined with the sidewall edge, forms the outwardly opening weld groove; (c) a cylindrically extending backer bar located in support of the outwardly opening weld groove formed by the sidewall edge and the end cap edge; and (d) a weld joint formed in the outwardly opening weld groove and holding the cylindrical sidewall to the end cap. A method for welding a pressure vessel sidewall and end cap together is provided.
US12044248B2
The present disclosure discloses a hiding fan, the hiding fan includes a turntable, a plurality of fan blades, and a synchronization mechanism, the synchronization mechanism includes a rotation ring and a plurality of connection rods, the rotation ring is mounted on the turntable, the rotation ring can rotate relative to the turntable around a central axis of the turntable, each fan blade has an installation end and a free end, the installation end has an installation portion and a connection portion, the installation portion is mounted on the turntable through a first rotation connection portion, a first end of the connection rod is mounted on the turntable on the rotation ring through a second rotation connection portion, a second end of the connection rods is mounted on the connection portion, the fan blade can rotate around a central axis of the first rotation connection portion.
US12044246B2
A device, optimization method and system for cooperative matching of heat dissipation and noise are disclosed. A hood is mounted on a base, and a power device, a fan and a radiator are mounted in the hood; an output shaft of the power device is fixedly connected to a rotary shaft of the fan through a bearing pedestal to drive the fan to rotate, and the bearing pedestal is fixed on the base; the radiator is fixed on a radiator support, and a lead screw assembly is disposed on the base, and is used for changing the relative distance between the radiator and the fan; and a fan cover is mounted on a side, facing the fan, of the radiator, and a plurality of anemographs are disposed on the other side of the radiator, and a plurality of microphones are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the fan.
US12044245B2
A method for determining a mass flow of a dynamic compressor that does not include a mass flow sensor while the compressor is operating to compress a working fluid includes determining, by a processor, a current operating point of the compressor. If the current operating point is the same as one in a map of a plurality of predetermined operating points stored in a memory, the mass flow of that predetermined operating point is retrieved as the mass flow of the current operating point. Otherwise, the processor calculates the mass flow at the current operating point from the mass flows of a subset of the predetermined operating points nearest the current operating point. The dynamic compressor continues to operate to compress the working fluid based at least in part on the calculated mass flow rate for the current operating point.
US12044242B2
An electric machine comprising: a stator assembly; a rotor assembly; and a support body. The rotor assembly comprises a shaft to which is mounted a first bearing and a second bearing either side of a permanent magnet, and the support body comprises first and second bearing seats to which the bearings of the rotor assembly are mounted, wherein the first bearing is mounted to the first bearing seat by adhesive, and the second bearing is soft-mounted to the second bearing seat by an o-ring.
US12044237B2
A scroll compressor includes a movable scroll and a fixed portion. The fixed portion has a first bearing surface. The movable scroll has a second bearing surface. The scroll compressor includes a back pressure chamber located between the movable scroll and the fixed portion. At least one of the movable scroll and the fixed portion is provided with a groove disposed on a periphery of the back pressure chamber. The scroll compressor further includes a sealing assembly at least partially installed in the groove. One end of the sealing assembly is in contact with a groove bottom surface in the groove, and another end of the sealing assembly is in contact with the first bearing surface or the second bearing surface. The sealing assembly includes a wear-resistant ring and an elastic ring. The elastic ring has at least one recess on a surface thereof.
US12044235B2
A filtration and purification device includes a main body and one or more filtration passage layer. A plurality of purification chambers is disposed in the filtration passage layer. Each of the purification chambers has a flow-guiding unit, a filtration unit, a gas sensor, and an outlet valve. The flow-guiding unit introduces the gas into the purification chamber, the filtration unit filters the gas, and the gas sensor determines that if the filtered gas reaches a threshold for breathing so as to determine to open the outlet valve to discharge the gas out of the filtration and purification device.
US12044233B2
This describes an axial piston pump (1, 1′) with inclined plate for pumping a liquid comprising: a head (20) in which there are at least partially made a plurality of cylinders (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e) in a number greater than three, with central axes parallel to each other, a plurality of pistons (75) each one sliding in a respective cylinder (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e) of the plurality of cylinders (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e) for pumping liquid, a plurality of suction valves (115), each one housed in a respective housing seat made in the head (20), a plurality of suction channels (155a, 155b, 155c, 155d, 155e) made in the head, one for each suction valve (115), each of which, independently from the other suction channels, places a housing seat of a suction valve (115) in fluid communication with the corresponding cylinder (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e), a plurality of delivery valves (120), each one housed in a respective housing seat made in the head (20), a plurality of delivery channels (160a, 160b, 160c, 160d, 160e) made in the head, one for each delivery valve (120), each of which, independently from the other delivery channels, places a cylinder (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e) in fluid communication with the housing seat of the corresponding delivery valve (120).
US12044230B2
Methods and kits for assembling a flow cage assembly are provided. The flow cage assembly may be used in a traveling valve, a standing valve, or a top plunger adapter of a downhole reciprocating pump. In some embodiments, the method comprises assembling a body, a tubular insert, and a retaining element such that the retaining element forms an interference fit with the body and thereby securely retains the tubular insert within the body. Top plunger adapters are also provided, assembled from embodiments of the methods and kits.
US12044226B2
A scroll device includes a fixed scroll with a first involute and a first cooling chamber; an orbiting scroll with a second involute and a second cooling chamber, the orbiting scroll mounted to the fixed scroll via a mechanical coupling, the orbiting scroll configured to orbit relative to the fixed scroll around an orbital axis; a flexible conduit in fluid communication with the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber, the flexible conduit extending around the orbital axis from a first side of the scroll device to a second side of the scroll device; and an integrated aftercooler.
US12044221B1
Dual propellant electrothermal propulsion systems with a polar propellant and a non-polar propellant are disclosed. Such a system may be used for imparting high specific impulse momentum on a spacecraft. A thruster includes a microwave source operably coupled to a heating chamber. An injector mixes polar and non-polar propellants and a nozzle at one end of the heating chamber. The thruster raises the temperature of the mixed propellants that exit the heating chamber to expand in the nozzle to generate thrust.
US12044208B2
Disclosed is a method of condition monitoring a WTG (Wind Turbine Generator) comprising acts of collecting and storage of at least the following data sets together with their time stamps. Collection of generator power production measurements. Collection of mechanical status measurements. Collection of generator torque measurements. Collection of nacelle direction measurements. Collection of meteorological conditions measurements. The method compromises a further act of synchronizing the data sets. The invention also relates to a system for condition monitoring a WTG. The invention further relates to a system for visually inspecting a WTG.
US12044203B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing tapered root segment sections for a root segment of a turbine blade, in particular a wind turbine blade, wherein the method includes the steps of: (a) winding multiple layers of a fabric around a winding core in a way such that a multilayered structure from the fabric having a shape tapered transverse to a direction of the winding is obtained, (b) applying adhesive to the fabric, (c) curing the adhesive applied to the fabric of the multilayered structure wound around the winding core, so that a cured multilayered structure is obtained, (d) separating the cured multilayered structure from the winding core, and (e) cutting the cured multilayered structure into the tapered root segment sections. A method for manufacturing the root segment of the turbine blade and a method for manufacturing the turbine blade is also provided.
US12044195B2
A fuel heating apparatus including a heat exchanger body having a first removable end plate, a main body, and a second removable end plate opposite the first removable end plate. The first and second removable end plates are secured to opposing sides of the heat exchanger main body by a plurality of threaded fasteners. The first removable end plate includes a fuel inlet line and a thermal fluid inlet line, and the second removable end plate includes a fuel outlet line and a thermal fluid outlet line. The main body includes a plurality of interior first fluid pathways and a plurality of interior thermal fluid pathways defined therein, the interior first fluid pathways being responsible for connecting the fuel inlet line to the fuel outlet line and the interior thermal fluid pathways being responsible for connecting the thermal fluid inlet line to the thermal fluid outlet line.
US12044194B2
A propulsion system, the propulsion system comprising a rotating element, a stationary element, and an inlet between the rotating element and the stationary element, wherein the inlet passes radially inward of the stationary element; wherein the inlet passes radially inward of the stationary element; wherein the inlet leads to an inlet duct containing a ducted fan having an axis of rotation and a plurality of blades; and wherein the inlet duct divides into a first duct and a second duct, separate from the first duct. A method of operating a propulsion system, comprising the steps of: operating a first rotating fan assembly to produce a first stream of air; directing a portion of the first stream of air into a second ducted rotating fan assembly; operating the second ducted rotating fan assembly to produce a second stream of air; dividing the second stream of air into a core stream and a fan stream; and directing the core stream into a gas turbine engine core.
US12044190B2
An internal combustion engine with at least one combustion chamber, at least one fuel delivery line for the delivery of fuel to at least one combustion chamber, and at least one differential pressure control valve for controlling the pressure in the at least one fuel delivery line. The at least one differential pressure control valve is configured to perform a valve opening or valve closing movement based on a pressure difference between the at least one fuel delivery line and a reference volume having a reference pressure. The internal combustion engine further includes at least one pressure relief valve, separate from the at least one differential pressure control valve, and configured to open to cause a pressure relief in the reference volume and a decrease in the reference pressure if a drop occurs in the power to be performed by the internal combustion engine.
US12044185B2
A control device includes a suction amount controller and a bleed flow controller. When an actual output is in a second output range from a second output to a third output less than the second output, the suction amount controller controls a suction amount so that the suction amount becomes constant even if the actual output decreases. The bleed flow controller controls a bleed flow so that the bleed flow gradually increases as the actual output decreases.
US12044180B2
An igniter for a combustor of a turbomachine includes a fuel inlet in fluid communication with a mixing plenum. The mixing plenum is positioned upstream of a mixing channel. An air inlet is in fluid communication with the mixing plenum and an ignition source is in operative communication with the mixing channel. The igniter may include a mounting flange configured for coupling the igniter to the combustor. The ignition source may be positioned proximate to a downstream end of the mixing channel and upstream of the mounting flange. The mixing channel may define a venturi shape. The venturi shape includes a converging section between an upstream end of the mixing channel and a venturi throat.
US12044178B2
A system includes an air cooling system having a heat exchanger, a fan, and a mount. The heat exchanger includes an inlet, an outlet, and a heat exchange conduit between the inlet and the outlet. The inlet is configured to couple to a bleed system of a gas turbine system to extract a bleed flow. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the bleed flow along the heat exchange conduit in a surrounding air to produce a cooled bleed flow. The outlet is configured to couple to a fuel purge system of the gas turbine system to supply the cooled bleed flow as a fuel purge flow. The fan is configured to force an airflow from the surrounding air through the heat exchanger. The mount is configured to mount the air cooling system outside of an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine system.
US12044175B2
A gas turbine facility includes: a fuel pipe connected to a fuel supply facility; a fuel supply pipe connected to a combustor of a gas turbine; a fuel treating pipe connected to a fuel treating apparatus that treats a fuel; and a three-way valve having an inlet port connected to the fuel pipe, a first outlet port connected to the fuel supply pipe, and a second outlet port connected to the fuel treating pipe.
US12044169B2
A gas turbine engine including a compressor section including a compressor and a turbine section located downstream of the compressor section. The turbine section including a high pressure turbine, a low pressure turbine, a sump positioned between the high pressure turbine and the low pressure turbine, and a rotating cross flow arrangement defining a plurality of guiding passages fluidly coupling the compressor to the sump.
US12044167B2
A stator configuration for a gas turbine engine including: a splitter segment, the splitter segment extending from a forward end to a rearward end, the splitter segment being configured to split an incoming fluid flow into a first, radially outer stream and a second, radially inner stream; a forward most first stator extending radially outwardly from the splitter segment, the forward most first stator being completely located downstream from the forward end of the splitter segment; a forward most second stator extending radially inwardly from the splitter segment, the splitter segment, the forward most first stator and the forward most second stator being formed as a single, integrally formed structure, the forward most first stator positioned closer to the forward end relative to a distance between the forward most second stator and the forward end and the forward most second stator positioned closer to the rearward end relative to a distance between the forward most first stator and the rearward end, wherein the splitter segment defines a radially outward boundary of the second, radially inner stream such that an outer tip of a rotor passes in close proximity to the splitter segment at the radially outward boundary of the second, radially inner stream defined by the splitter segment; and a sacrificial rub layer located within a pocket formed in a radially inner surface of the splitter segment that faces the outer tip of the rotor at the radially outward boundary of the second, radially inner stream defined by the splitter segment.
US12044163B1
A control system for an engine comprising a turbocharger includes a throttle valve, a cold light off catalyst (CLOC), a CLOC valve, and a controller. The CLOC is positioned in a bypass passage around a turbine of the turbocharger. The CLOC valve selectively routes exhaust flow from the engine between the turbine and the CLOC. The controller is configured to command the CLOC valve to a first position whereby exhaust flow is routed to the CLOC in a CLOC mode; determine, based on operation in the CLOC mode, a pressure drop within the turbocharger; and command the actuator to move resulting in increased airflow into the engine while in the CLOC mode.
US12044151B2
In various embodiments, a system and method are provided for storing a liquid mixed refrigerant (MR) separated and stored as Low boiling point (LBP) and high boiling point (HBP) components. These storage components are later used in conjunction with heating and/or cooling sources in effecting the operation of a Rankine cycle to generate electric or mechanical power on a dispatch or when needed basis. The MR is reconstituted by combining the LBP and HBP. In a cycle, the LBP and HBP are later separated from the MR utilizing sporadically available energy sources (for example, solar, wind, hydro, etc.) or consistently available sources (for example geothermal).
US12044129B2
A rotary manifold for a rotor assembly of a cohesion-type drive includes a manifold body extending along a drive axis for rotation thereabout, a first ductwork internal the body for fluid communication with a plurality of first chambers of the drive, and a second ductwork internal the body for fluid communication with a plurality of second chambers of the drive. The second ductwork is in fluid isolation of the first ductwork.
US12044124B2
A method may include obtaining, in real-time, well data regarding a wellbore and drilling fluid data regarding drilling fluid circulating in the wellbore. The method may further include determining, based on the drilling fluid data, a plastic viscosity (PV) value and a yield point (YP) value regarding the drilling fluid. The method may further include determining, based on the well data and the drilling fluid data, an equivalent circulating density (ECD) value of an annulus of the wellbore. The method may further include determining a hole cleaning efficiency (HCE) value based on a hole cleaning model, the PV value, the YP value, and the ECD value. The method may further include determining an adjusted rate of penetration (ROP) value for a drilling operation in the wellbore based on the HCE value and a current ROP value. The method may further include transmitting a command to a drilling system that produces the adjusted ROP value in the drilling operation.
US12044091B2
A valve apparatus comprises a valve body defining a flow path therethrough, a valve member mounted within the valve body, and an actuator assembly mounted internally within the valve body. The actuator assembly comprises a piston bore and piston member defining a piston chamber therebetween, wherein at least one of the piston bore and piston member is engaged or associated with the valve member such that the valve member is moveable in accordance with fluid pressure within the piston chamber to selectively occlude the flow path.
US12044079B1
A travel joint may accommodate relative movement between an upper and lower completion for communication of well fluids and control signals, while protecting the control lines used for signal control In one example, the travel joint has an upper tubular member telescopically coupled to the lower tubular member to collectively define a flow path for well fluids through the travel joint. A plurality of telescoping control line conduits are secured about a travel joint periphery, each including an outer tube telescopically coupled to an inner tube to accommodate relative movement between the upper and lower tubular members. A control line routed through each telescoping control line conduit. A dynamic or expanding/hardening seal interface may be provided in the control line conduit to protect the control lines routed therethrough.
US12044076B2
An apparatus for transferring torque comprising a pipe handling assembly configured to use fluid pressure to provide torque forces to set or release slips from a pipe. Set down force or other frictional measures on a pipe collar are not required. A method to create reactive torque force comprising a series of gears interconnected with each other through a clutch that can be engaged and disengaged. A link may be provided to a top drive rail via a gripperbox which provides reactive force to stop rotation of a power screw female (threaded nut) to facilitate threading action to set or release slips on pipe. Reactive force may be created using a plurality of axial pistons attached to a moveable half of a hirth coupling. Other friction-creating members (such as, for example, a brake pad material or similar material) may be used to create frictional forces between two surfaces.
US12044070B2
A sensor assembly comprises a housing having a major face and a side edge. The side edge is formed of a material that is capable of conducting light. A photosensitive element is positioned within the housing and facing the major face of the housing. A reflector is positioned within the housing. The reflector is shaped to direct light entering through the side edge onto the photosensitive element.
US12044068B2
A battery-powered motorized window treatment for covering at least a portion of a window may be adjusted into a service position to allow for access to at least one battery that is powering the motorized window treatment. A headrail of the motorized window treatment may be adjusted to the service position to allow for easy replacement of the batteries without unmounting the headrail and without requiring tools. The motorized window treatment may comprise brackets having buttons that may be actuated to release the headrail from a locked position, such that the head rail may be rotated into the service position. The headrail easily rotates through a controlled movement into the service position, such that a user only needs one free hand available to move the motorized window treatment into the service position and change the batteries.
US12044066B2
A motorized window treatment system (e.g., a motorized blind system) may include a headrail, a covering material extending from the headrail, a battery compartment coupled to the headrail, a valance clip comprising a stationary portion coupled to the headrail and a movable portion configured to be coupled to the stationary portion such that the movable portion is movable from a first position to a second position, and a valance configured to be coupled to the movable portion of the valance clip. When the movable portion is in the first position, the valance may cover the battery compartment. When the movable portion is in the second position, the battery compartment may be at least partially exposed. The battery compartment may be configured to hold at least one battery for powering a drive unit of the motorized window treatment system.
US12044057B1
A door pusher for a multi-rail sliding door is described. An example door pusher includes (i) a mounting portion secured to the at least one stile of the a sliding door panel using a fastener aligned with a sliding direction of the sliding door panel, and (ii) a bumper portion configured to contact an edge of an adjacent sliding door panel.
US12044054B2
A vehicle sliding door device includes at least one sliding door which can be moved in a movement direction or a pivoting and sliding door which can be pivoted in a pivoting direction and which can be moved in a movement direction relative to a door frame that has a door opening, and a locking device for locking the at least one sliding door at least in the closed position that includes an emergency unlocking device, by which the at least one sliding door which is locked in the closed position can be unlocked in the event of an emergency. An emergency opening device is provided for at least partly opening the at least one sliding door or the pivoting and sliding door in the event of an emergency in an emergency unlocking state.
US12044050B2
A hinge or an item of furniture or a domestic appliance has a first hinge part and a second hinge part, which are interconnected via a lever mechanism having seven articulation pins and levers articulated thereon. The first hinge part has a first connecting piece and the second hinge part has a second connecting piece which are arranged parallel and spaced apart in a closed position of the hinge; and a cover element at least partially covers the lever mechanism on at least three sides in order to make it impossible to reach between the levers of the lever mechanism. A plurality of cover plates are formed integrally with the cover element, and the cover plates arranged on one side of the lever mechanism can be partially overlappingly pivoted relative to one another when the hinge is pivoted. The possibility of reaching into the lever mechanism is thereby prevented.
US12044046B2
A door handle apparatus for a vehicle is assembled to a door panel of the vehicle. The door handle apparatus includes a base, a grip, and a switch device. The grip is supported by the base, rotates from a state in which an outer surface of the grip is located in a same plane as an outer surface of the door panel, and is transitionable to a state of protruding from the outer surface of the door panel. The switch device includes a switch body and a switch cover. The switch cover is supported by the base, rotates around the second shaft, enters an inner surface of the door panel, and engages with the switch body to switch ON and OFF states of a switch element.
US12044044B2
A method for detecting actuation of a handle of a motor-vehicle opening panel-vehicle, including the steps of continuously generating the request to unlock signal, detecting an increase in the value of the request to unlock signal beyond a first predetermined detection threshold representative of the presence of a hand of a user on the handle, detecting a decrease in the value of the request to unlock signal below a second predetermined detection threshold representative of the user pulling on the handle, consecutively to the detection of the decrease in the value of the request to unlock signal below the second detection threshold, triggering a time counter, stopping the time counter at the end of a predetermined “confirmation time”, and validating the detection of a request to unlock the opening panel if the value of the request to unlock signal remained greater than a third predetermined threshold throughout the confirmation time.
US12044043B2
An electric latch for vehicle door is disclosed. The electric latch for vehicle door includes an actuator installed in the vehicle door, a latch part installed in the vehicle door, a pusher part installed in the vehicle door, an actuator driver installed in the actuator, a pull member performing a sliding motion by the actuator driver, a cinching connector that is connected to one side of the pull member and the latch part and transmits a driving force of the actuator to the latch part, and a pusher connector that is connected to other side of the pull member and the pusher part and transmits the driving force of the actuator to the pusher part. The pull member selectively transmits the driving force of the actuator to the latch part or the pusher part.
US12044041B2
A universal security lock for portable electronic devices has a lock case and a lock core. The lock core, a displacement absorber, an expanding rod, and two gripping fingers are arranged in a passage of the lock case. An operating part of the lock core is movable inwardly into the passage to an engaged position. The displacement absorber is a spring or two mutually repelling magnets that drive the operating part and the expanding rod to move away from each other. The two gripping fingers are pivotally mounted on a front opening of the lock case. When the operating part is in the engaged position, the displacement absorber pushes the expanding rod toward the front opening to move the outer ends of the two gripping fingers away from each other gradually such that the gripping fingers engage with security slots of different widths.
US12044031B2
An above-ground pool is provided including a base; a surrounding wall joined to the base; and a pool liner, detachably connected to an inner side of the surrounding wall, the pool liner defining a water storage space therein. A support assembly of the pool comprises: horizontal and vertical support members, first connecting members, each connecting an upper end of one of the vertical support members to two of the horizontal support members, and second connecting members, each connecting a lower end of one of the vertical support members to the base. Each of the first connecting members has a first insertion slot having a shape corresponding to one of the vertical support members. Each of the second connecting members has a second insertion slot having a shape corresponding to one of the vertical support members.
US12044030B2
Embodiments of the present invention may provide a hotel having a hotel team suite (101), a communal zone (146), a secured hotel wing (102) which may have a single door entry (106), a plurality of rooms (106), a team room (112) or the like which provide for specially designed floors and even parts of a hotel floor that can accommodate an entire team in one area. A hotel may provide an exterior with a plurality of patterned rectangular motif structures (150) on a large-scale rectangular projection (147).
US12044029B2
An angle variable multi-stage sunshade device, includes: a support member consisting of a 1st support installed on one side and a 2nd support installed to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance from the 1st support; and a sunshade member consisting of multiple sunshade units rotatably installed on the 1st support and the 2nd support, respectively. The device allows the user to easily install the sunshade that covers the upper side of the table by deploying each sunshade unit while adjusting the angle of the multiple sunshades individually in a desired angle and direction according to the altitude of the sun for each season.
US12044024B2
A base having an expandable central chamber which, in the expanded state, forms a sleeve with an end open to the top for receiving a rod, a base element and at least one expandable connecting chamber connecting the central chamber to the base element.
US12044017B2
A self-climbing system with a self-climbing unit in which the climbing brackets and the working brackets each have anchor receptacles which each correspond with one another in their pattern with respect to their relative positions, with the result that, after freeing the anchor holes, which are used by the working brackets, of an anchor point of a concrete wall section of a concrete building structure, the climbing brackets can be anchored in precisely these freed anchor holes of the anchor point. Moreover, the invention relates to a self-climbing unit for an aforementioned self-climbing system and to a method for moving such a self-climbing unit on a concrete building structure.
US12044014B2
A panel, which, at two opposite edges, includes coupling parts that allow joining by a downward movement, the coupling parts including a male part that fits in a female part, wherein the male part comprises a laterally protruding lip with at a lower side a downward facing support surface.
US12043997B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of kitchen sink, a kitchen sink capable of replacing decorative plates. The kitchen sink capable of replacing decorative plates comprises a kitchen sink body, decorative plates and mounting plates, wherein the upper edge, the edge of the front side wall of the kitchen sink body are provided with mounting grooves with an open inner side, the decorative plates are capable of being inserted into the mounting grooves from bottom to top, the mounting plates comprise a bottom plate bent backwards and a front plate bent upwards, the bottom plate is magnetically connected or clamped with the kitchen sink body, and the front plate is attached to the front side of the decorative plates. By disassembling and assembling the mounting plates, the decorative plates can be quickly replaced, which is convenient to use different decorative plates according to the demands of users.
US12043993B2
A diverter for use in a shower system, the diverter having a diverter inlet and at least two diverter outlets. The diverter inlet is provided with a diverter inlet fitting adapted to be connected to a hose or pipe. The diverter inlet fitting is freely movable about an axis of the diverter.
US12043988B2
A machine may include an implement; one or more sensor devices; and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive, from the one or more sensor devices, data regarding a ground surface on which the machine is to perform a digging operation; transmit the data to one or more remote computing devices to cause the one or more remote computing devices to generate digging information based on the data; and receive the digging information from the one or more remote computing devices. The digging information may include information identifying a sequence of digging locations in an area of the ground surface and information identifying corresponding dumping locations. Based on the digging information, the controller may be configured to cause the machine to navigate to a digging location of the digging locations, and cause the implement to initiate the digging operation at the digging location.
US12043984B2
The present invention relates to an electric driven hydraulic power system for heavy equipment, and more particularly, to a hydraulic power system, which includes a hydraulic pump operated by a battery and a motor, a supply line for supplying a hydraulic oil that is supplied by the hydraulic pump, a plurality of actuators, and a controller for controlling the motor and the actuators, in which electrical efficiency is significantly improved. In particular, the present invention relates to an electric driven hydraulic power system in which a plurality of motors and a plurality of hydraulic pumps corresponding to the motors, respectively, are provided, and a main control valve (MCV) for receiving a hydraulic oil from the hydraulic pumps to supply the hydraulic oil to a plurality of actuators is provided, so that efficient control is performed according to an operating load, an operating temperature, a supply flow rate, and the like to minimize power consumption of the motor, and thus electrical efficiency is improved to dramatically increase an operating time.
US12043983B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a construction machine that can use the return oil from a hydraulic actuator effectively. For this purpose, a controller computes a flow rate of the return oil from a first hydraulic actuator on the basis of an operation signal from a first operation device, computes a flow rate of oil to be supplied to a second hydraulic actuator on the basis of an operation signal from a second operation device, sets smaller one of the flow rate of the return oil and the flow rate of the oil to be supplied, as a regeneration flow rate that is a flow rate of oil to be regenerated in the second hydraulic actuator, sets a flow rate obtained by subtracting the regeneration flow rate from the flow rate of the return oil, as a recovery flow rate that is a flow rate of oil to be recovered to a pressure accumulating device, adjusts an opening degree of a first control valve 2 such that a flow rate of oil supplied from the first hydraulic actuator to the pressure accumulating device coincides with the recovery flow rate, and adjusts an opening degree of a second control valve such that a flow rate of oil supplied from the first hydraulic actuator to the second hydraulic actuator coincides with the regeneration flow rate.
US12043974B2
The present invention relates to a special civil engineering machine, in particular a slurry wall cutter, comprising at least one rotating tool and a tool drive that is arranged within a housing of the special civil engineering machine and is sealed with respect to the environment by means of at least one bearing seal in the region of its shaft exit from the housing to the driven tool, characterized in that the bearing seal comprises at least two separate sealing elements, whose arrangement forms a sealing chamber located between the sealing elements, wherein a pressure compensation device is provided, which controls the chamber pressure in the sealing chamber in dependence on the ambient pressure of the special civil engineering machine.
US12043972B1
A connector assembly for use with floating dock sections which includes a pair of buoyant connecting members. Each of the connecting members define a plurality of voids and have first and second retaining sections with a connecting section disposed between the retaining sections. The retaining sections are removably installable in sockets in the floating dock sections. At least one securement member is provided and extends between the pair of connecting members when the connecting members are installed in aligned sockets on the upper and lower perimeters of a pair of adjacent dock sections. The securement member detachably secures the connecting members. The plurality of voids may have open ends. The assembly may include a threaded elongate securement member which is captured by the one of the connecting members wherein the combination of the connecting member and the captured elongate securement member is buoyant.
US12043969B2
A blower appliance includes: a carrying harness, at least one blower fastener, a blower having an air outlet, and a nozzle, connected downstream of the air outlet by way of an elastic bellows having a return effect. The blower fastener having an articulation having a return effect, which tends to return the axis of the air outlet of the fan body towards a rest position, the articulation having a return component, parallel to the spinal axis, with a second spinal return stiffness, the second spinal return stiffness being greater than the first spinal return stiffness of the elastic bellows. The blower appliance finds applications in the maintenance of parks and gardens.
US12043965B2
Example implementations of a synthetic turf system comprise a turf tray and a turf element. The turf tray is rigid and planar, and has a lattice structure extending within the lateral perimeter. The turf element includes a backing portion and a blade portion. The blade portion is defined by a plurality of blades of artificial grass affixed to the backing portion, the backing portion is placed secured engagement with the upper side by way of, for example, adhesive or screws. The turf trays may include perimeter and auxiliary adhesive tracks, and an array of screw retention bosses. The system may include a sprinkler assembly mountable in the turf trays for washing down the turf elements. The sprinkler assembly may include mounting flanges configurable to accommodate mounting of various sprinklers. The system may include height-adjustable pedestals or joists to support the turf trays at a distance above the local horizonal surface.
US12043963B2
A method for producing a foam-formed multilayered substrate that includes producing an aqueous-based foam including at least 3% by weight non-straight synthetic binder fibers, wherein the non-straight synthetic binder fibers have an average length greater than 2 mm; forming together a wet sheet layer from the aqueous-based foam and a cellulosic fiber layer, wherein the cellulosic fiber layer includes at least 60 percent by weight cellulosic fibers; and drying the combined layers to obtain the foam-formed multilayer substrate. A multilayered substrate includes a first layer including at least 60 percent by weight non-straight synthetic binder fibers having an average length greater than 2 mm; and a second layer including at least 60 percent by weight cellulosic fiber, wherein the first layer is in a facing relationship with the second layer, and wherein the multilayered substrate has a wet/dry tensile ratio of at least 60%.
US12043961B2
Methods and systems for reducing the loss of usable fibers from whitewater while simultaneously increasing paper making machine performance and paper quality are provided. The methods and systems utilize a fractionating saveall to separate whitewater into a dilute wastewater fraction that contains unwanted fine particles and a thicker consistency reusable fraction containing paper-forming fibers. The reusable fraction is recirculated back into the whitewater stream, while the wastewater is routed away from the whitewater stream.
US12043960B2
The invention relates to a clothing (10) for a machine to manufacture or refine a fibrous web, in particular a paper, cardboard, or tissue web, comprising a substrate (40) and a grid structure (20) applied on the substrate (40), on which the fibrous web is transported when the clothing (10) is used as intended, wherein the grid structure (20′) comprises a plurality of first elements (24′), all of which aligned in a first direction, and a plurality of second elements (26′), all of which aligned in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, wherein the first elements (24′) penetrate the second elements (26′), forming the grid structure (20′), such that an underside of the first elements (24′) facing the substrate (40) and an underside of the second elements (26′) facing the substrate (40) are located in a common plane. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing such a clothing.
US12043956B2
Disclosed is a napped artificial leather including: a non-woven fabric containing polyester fibers having an average fineness of 0.07 to 0.9 dtex; and an elastic polymer applied in the non-woven fabric, wherein the polyester fibers contain 0.5 to 10 mass % of a dark color pigment, the napped artificial leather has a napped surface on which the polyester fibers on at least one side thereof are napped, and the napped surface has a lightness L* value based on the L*a*b* color system, of ≤20, and the napped artificial leather has a peel strength of 3 kg/cm or more, and a grade of color difference, determined using a Grey scale for assessing staining in an evaluation of color migration to a multifiber adjacent fabric (co-woven fabric No. 1; the same applied to the following) during pressurization under heating in a wet state under a load of 4 kPa at 200° C. for 60 seconds, of 4 or more.
US12043955B2
Disclosed is a method for processing a carbon fiber bundle, which can adjust bundling property, winding property and wear resistance of sizing fibers. The method includes following steps: (i) coating a sizing agent on at least one carbon fiber bundle, in which the sizing agent includes a thermoplastic resin; (ii) drying the carbon fiber bundle by hot air; and (iii) heating the carbon fiber bundle by an infrared light, in which a heating temperature of the heating is equal to or higher than a melting point of the thermoplastic resin.
US12043952B2
The present disclosure provides an electric steam iron, comprising: a housing provided with a water injection unit, the water injection unit being configured to injecting water; a heating unit comprising a heating shell and a heating element, a first chamber and a second chamber being set in the heating shell, the first chamber is configured for receiving water from the water injection unit; the heating shell is in the first chamber and heats the water in the first chamber to generate steam; the second chamber is connected with the first chamber to receive steam in the first chamber; a first lead-out hole is defined in a bottom of the first chamber; a cover is provided to cover a bottom of the heating shell a steam ironing plate, a steam channel is on the steam ironing plate, the steam channel being distributed on the steam ironing plate in a roundabout manner.
US12043948B2
A clothes care apparatus in which a drain flow passage and a recovery flow passage are configured independently of each other. The clothes care apparatus includes a main body, a heat exchanger disposed inside the main body and configured to condense air inside the main body, a water collecting duct configured to collect water condensed on the heat exchanger, a pump configured to pump out the water collected in the water collecting duct, a drain container configured to store the pumped water introduced from the water collecting duct by the pump and including an inlet through which water is introduced and an overflow hole disposed below the inlet and configured to discharge the stored water in the drain container, and a water level sensor disposed inside the drain container, configured to detect a water level in the drain container, and disposed below the overflow hole.
US12043945B2
An articulating platform assembly for a home appliance includes a bracket selectively coupled to a cabinet support structure of the home appliance, a first platform support structure extending from the bracket along the vertical direction, a platform base rotatably coupled to the first platform support structure, wherein the platform base pivots with respect to the first platform support structure between an open position and a closed position; and a second platform support structure pivotally attached to the platform base opposite the first platform support structure, the second platform support structure being movable between a first position and a second position.
US12043937B2
A sewing control device includes in a sewing machine having upper feed function a control device which controls feed of an object to be sewn. A lower feed amount setting motor sets a feed amount of a lower feed dog and an upper feed amount change motor changes a feed amount of an upper feed dog. A feed execution range, in which the feed of the object to be sewn is executed by an appropriate feed amount while the object to be sewn is sandwiched between the lower feed dog and the upper feed dog, and a feed non-execution range, in which the feed of the object to be sewn is not executed in a state in which the feed dogs do not act on the object to be sewn, are present. The feed amount of the upper feed dog can be changed only in the feed non-execution range during sewing.
US12043929B2
A knitted component comprises plush loops created with an inlaid yarn. A first surface of the knitted component includes a first yarn formed with a first stitch sequence that includes a quantity of knit stitches and a quantity of missed stitches. The second surface includes a second yarn formed with a second stitch sequence that includes a quantity of tuck stitches and a quantity of missed stitches. A third yarn is inlaid between two needle beds knitting the first and second yarns, and while the third yarn is inlaid, tuck stitches of the second yarn created with the previous pass of the carriage are transferred from one needle bed to another. Loops formed by the third yarn are locked into place by the transferred tuck stitches. The knitted component may be incorporated into an article of footwear. A method of manufacturing the knitted component is also described herein.
US12043922B2
Exemplary embodiments provide systems, devices and methods for the fabrication of three-dimensional polymeric fibers having micron, submicron and nanometer dimensions, as well as methods of use of the polymeric fibers.
US12043917B2
A single crystal ingot growth control device includes: an input unit that receives a diameter error that is a difference value between a measured diameter of the ingot and a target diameter; a calculation unit that performs integral calculation on the diameter error received by the input unit in real time and calculates a final pulling speed for each set time that is increased stepwise by reflecting the diameter error integral value, and an output unit that outputs the final pulling speed calculated by the calculation unit to a pulling controller during the set time.
US12043905B2
Assemblies and methods for maintaining cathodic monitoring of underground structures may include an electrode watering assembly having a cap that includes a cap body of a rigid material defining one or more chambers adjacent to a proximal electrode end of a permanent reference electrode when installed thereon. The cap body may include a distal cap end defining a distal opening configured to be disposed around the proximal electrode end and a proximal cap end defining a proximal opening. The electrode watering assembly may include a conduit having a flexible material. The conduit may include a distal conduit end configured to be fluidly coupled to the proximal opening and a proximal conduit end configured to be positioned at a cathodic test station, such that fluid directed into the proximal conduit end is directed through the conduit and into the one or more chambers for watering at least the proximal electrode end.
US12043904B2
The invention provides an in situ method for protecting material exposed to molten salt, the method having the steps of supplying metal in a first nonreactive state to the molten salt to create a mixture; measuring a redox state of the mixture; and transforming the metal to a second reactive state when the redox state indicates corrosion of the material is about to occur. Also provided is a system for preventing corrosion of structural alloys in molten salt environments, the system having a vessel defining a void containing the molten salt; a voltammetry sensor inserted into the molten salt; a first cathode inserted into the molten salt; and a first anode inserted into the molten salt, whereby the cathode and anode are in electrical communication with an electrical power source.
US12043902B2
The invention relates to a steel component comprising a steel substrate having an anticorrosion coating present at least on one side of the steel substrate. This anticorrosion coating comprises a manganese-containing alloy layer. The manganese-containing alloy layer here forms the closest alloy layer of the anticorrosion coating to the surface. Moreover the manganese-containing alloy layer comprises iron and a further metal.
US12043890B2
Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer, which are in direct contact with one another. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices. In addition to the improved electrochromic devices and methods for fabrication, integrated deposition systems for forming such improved devices are also disclosed.
US12043885B2
The chemical composition of the seamless steel pipe contains Cr: 15.00 to 18.00% in mass % and satisfies Formulae (1) and (2). Furthermore, in the microstructure, (I) a total volume ratio of ferrite and martensite is 80% or more, with the balance being retained austenite of a volume ratio of 20% or less, (II) the number of intersections NTL in the L-direction observation field of view is 38 or more and NTL/NL is 1.80 or more, and further (III) the number of intersections NTC in the C-direction observation field of view is 30 or more and NTC/NC is 1.70 or more. 156Al+18Ti+12Nb+11Mn+5V+328.125N+243.75C+12.5S≤12.5 (1) Ca/S≥4.0 (2)
US12043877B2
A steel sheet includes a sheet thickness center part and a first surface layer softened part and a second surface layer softened part respectively arranged at two sides of the sheet thickness center part, wherein the first surface layer softened part and second surface layer softened part have 10 μm or more average thicknesses and have average Vickers hardnesses of 0.90 times or less of the average Vickers hardness of a sheet thickness ½ position, and the first surface layer softened part has an average Vickers hardness of 1.05 times or more the average Vickers hardness of the second surface layer softened part.
US12043858B2
A method for sequestering CO2 and creating precipitated calcium carbonates includes: (a) providing a liquid calcification medium including: a nutrient broth including water and a yeast extract, a carbon source selected from calcium carboxylic acids and calcium dicarboxylic acids and mixtures thereof, and bacteria that naturally express the chaA gene; (b) introducing CO2 to the liquid calcification medium; and (c) allowing microbial induced carbonate precipitation of calcium carbonate, thereby sequestering at least some of the CO2 introduced in the step of introducing.
US12043856B2
The invention provides a tagged sequencing library and methods for tagging low abundance target sequences and generating a sequencing library for detecting low abundance target sequences.
US12043855B2
Suggested is method for producing galactooligosaccharides, comprising the following steps: (i) Providing an aqueous milk sugar solution; (ii) Sterilising the milk sugar solution; (iii) Performing a transgalactosilation of the milk sugars present in the sterilised milk sugar solution of step (ii) by adding at least one beta-galactosidase within its optimum temperature and pH value intervals for a period of at least 30 minutes, obtaining a reaction mixture; (iv) Inhibiting the enzyme mass in the reaction mixture of step (iii), and (v) Confectioning the reaction mixture of step (iv), Wherein (a) The enzyme mass is wholly or partly inhibited by setting a pH value outside the activity optimum of the enzymes; (b) The reaction mixture, together with the inhibited enzyme mass, is subjected to filtration, obtaining a retentate (R1) and a permeate (P1); (c) The inhibited amount of enzymes is separated as a retentate (R1) and is fed back to step (iii); and (d) The permeate (P2) containing the galactooligosaccharides is passed on to step (v).
US12043851B2
Disclosed are DNA polymerases having improved ability to incorporate methylated-dNTPs, relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the DNA polymerases. Further disclosed are kits and reaction mixtures comprising the improved DNA polymerases as well as methods of primer extension using the improved DNA polymerases.
US12043848B2
The present invention relates to an adeno-associated virus (AAV), comprising an insertion of at least 6-8 amino acids between the positions corresponding to position 587 and 588 of SEQ ID NO: 1. Also envisioned are AAVs of the present invention for use as a medicament and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the AAV of the present invention. Further, the present invention relates to an in vitro use of AAV of the present invention for transduction of the nucleus of retinal cells. Also concerned is a method for screening an insertion sequence as well as a peptide obtainable by the method for screening. Also contemplated are kits comprising the AAV of the present invention.
US12043841B2
Methods and materials for modulating low-nitrogen tolerance levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low nitrogen tolerance-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased[RCL2] low-nitrogen tolerance levels and plant products produced from plants having increased low-nitrogen tolerance levels.
US12043837B2
This document relates to methods and materials for genome engineering in eukaryotic cells, and particularly to methods for increasing genome engineering (i.e. transformation or genome editing) efficiency via delivery of one or more booster polypeptides, and boost genes, with genome engineering components.
US12043832B2
Among the various aspects of the present disclosure is the provision of compositions and methods for selectively reducing pathogenic isoforms (e.g., DNAJB6) in a subject having a neuromuscular disorder. An aspect of the present disclosure provides for selectively reducing DNAJB6 in a subject having a neuromuscular disorder (e.g., limb-girdle muscular dystrophy D1 (LGMD-D1)) comprising administering an amount of a DNAJB6-targeting antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) sufficient to reduce the expression of DNAJB6 compared to the subject prior to being administered the DNAJB6-targeting ASO.
US12043827B2
Described herein are methods of modifying or editing a target nucleic acid such as methods that edit adenine to cytosine, thymine, or guanine. Compositions and systems for modifying or editing a target nucleic acid are also described. Methods, compositions and systems described herein may be used for generating allelic diversity.
US12043822B2
A cell transfer device includes a base on which a container accommodating a plurality of cells is mounted, a head with a suction tip attached that sucks the cells in the container, and a control unit that controls the head. The cells are placed on a placement surface that is an upper surface of an underlying culture medium layer including a gel-like culture medium. The control unit acquires information on a height position of the placement surface, specifies a suction height for the cells existing at a first point on the placement surface, and causes the suction tip to suck the cells. Then, the control unit causes the suction tip to suck the cells existing at a second point different from the first point on the placement surface by using the suction height of the first point.
US12043814B2
The invention relates to the use of at least one triazole compound as an additive for improving the anti-corrosion properties of a lubricant composition for a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle, said lubricant composition comprising one or more amino and/or sulfur anti-wear additives. The invention also relates to the use of a lubricant composition for lubricating a propulsion system of an electric or hybrid vehicle.
US12043812B2
Provided is a lubricating composition for inhibiting plugging including a base oil and any one selected from a fatty acid and an emulsifier, with the lubricating composition forming a single phase even when a carboxylic acid-based monomer is introduced with respect to the base oil. The lubricating composition suppresses plugging occurring in a process of preparing a copolymer derived from the carboxylic acid-based monomer. In addition, also provided is a method of inhibiting plugging using the lubricating composition for inhibiting plugging.
US12043793B2
A method of making a cement composite can include contacting an aqueous solution comprising calcium ions with a carbon dioxide source producing a carbonated aqueous solution. Fine particles can be submerged in the carbonated aqueous solution to produce microaggregate particles comprising the fine particles coated with calcium carbonate. The microaggregate particles can be combined with cement particles to produce the cement composite. The cement composite can be used in cementing applications for hydrocarbon wells including for casing liners and well plugs.
US12043791B2
The method of fluid loss control is provided for the case of high-rate fluid loss. Two treatment fluids are provided, where a first treatment fluid comprising a carrier fluid, solids and a first polyelectrolyte, and a second treatment fluid comprising a carrier fluid and a second polyelectrolyte. Two polyelectrolytes in both treatment fluids are oppositely charged under the pumping conditions, being taken from the classes of polyanionic and polycationic polymers. Two treatment fluids are pumped separately to the zone with fluid loss. The mixing of two treatment fluids into the well creates low-permeability agglomerates that plugs the fluid leakage channel, preventing or reducing further fluid movement between the wellbore and subterranean formation. The plugging of thief zone can be temporary or permanent.
US12043787B2
A drilling fluid composition comprising a base fluid, and a viscosifier including an ultra-high molecular weight branched block copolymer having the following structure, where monomer A is an anionic monomer, monomer B is a hydrophilic monomer, monomer C is an anionic monomer, monomer D is a crosslinker-divinyl monomer, and —SSCZ ground being a terminal RAFT agent.
US12043776B2
A pressure sensitive adhesive polymer electrolyte having a peel adhesion by test A of more than 1 N/cm and an ionic conductivity by test B of more than 10−6 (ohm*cm)−1, prepared by polymerizing: 5-60 wt % of acrylate monomer from the group of the (meth)acrylic esters having 4-15 carbon atoms, which as a homopolymer would have a Tg by test C of less than −30° C., 10-80 wt % of acrylate monomer from the group of the (meth)acrylic esters having 4-25 carbon atoms and containing at least one heteroatom, which as a homopolymer would have a Tg by test C of less than 100° C., 0.05-10 wt % of initiator, 2-13 wt % of conducting salt, optionally plasticizer, and optionally solvent, which after the polymerization is typically removed at least partly, where optionally one or more of the components are added at least proportionally only during or after the polymerization.
US12043775B2
In one embodiment, there is provided an adhesive film having (α) a layer of polyvinyl chloride resin film and (β) an adhesive layer in the stated order from the surface-layer side, where the (β) adhesive layer is formed from an adhesive including: (A) 100 parts by mass of an acrylic polymer that satisfies the features (a1) and (a2), specifically (a1) an acid value of 18-27 mg KOH/g, and (a2) a mass-average molecular weight of 500,000 to 1,000,000; and (B) 0.1-3 parts by mass of a compound having two or more isocyanate groups per molecule. In another embodiment, there is provided an adhesive film having (α) a layer of polyvinyl chloride resin film and (β) an adhesive layer in the stated order from the surface-layer side, where the (β) adhesive layer has a tackiness of 12-25 N at a surface temperature of 5° C. and has a tackiness of 12-23 N at a surface temperature of 35° C.
US12043769B2
Sprayable polyurethane compositions, in the form of spray polyurethane foams or low rise adhesives, when spray applied in the area of spray application at any given time, having monomeric MDI contents in the spray application area of no more than 20 parts per billion as measured in accordance with PEL Method 47 and having a viscosity of from 100 to 3,000 cP at 25° C. according to ASTM D2196.
US12043767B2
If at least one terpene-phenol resin is used as tackifying resin for pressure-sensitive adhesives based on polar framework polymers, wherein the at least one terpene-phenol resin in gel permeation chromatography analysis shows a multimodal molar mass distribution wherein the low molecular weight peak has its maximum within a range above 260 g/mol, it is possible, even at elevated temperatures, to achieve elevated storage stability of the terpene-phenol resins, apparent from a distinct reduction in increases in softening points over time.
US12043766B2
To provide an aqueous adhesive for an inorganic material with excellent adhesiveness to the inorganic material. An adhesive improver (J) for an aqueous adhesive of an inorganic material including a (co) polymer (A) containing an unsaturated (poly) carboxylic acid (anhydride) (al) as a constituent monomer, wherein a weight-average molecular weight of the (co) polymer (A) is 6,000 to 200,000; and an aqueous adhesive for an inorganic material (X) including the adhesive improver (J) for an aqueous adhesive of an inorganic material, a saccharide (B), a polycarboxylic acid (C) having 4 to 24 carbon atoms, and water.
US12043763B2
An effect paint for automobiles, comprising water, a dispersant (A), cellulose nanofibers (B), and an effect pigment (C).
US12043755B2
Particles may be produced that comprise an unsaturated polyamide and an initiator. Said particles may be used in additive manufacturing methods that comprise: depositing the particles optionally in combination with other thermoplastic polymer particles upon a surface; and once deposited, heating at least a portion of the particles to promote consolidation thereof and crosslinking of the unsaturated polyamide, thereby forming a consolidated body comprising a crosslinked polyamide.
US12043751B1
A highly-environment-friendly disposable PP spray oil for toys, which includes the following components in parts by mass: 30 to 69.3 parts of ester-soluble chlorinated polypropylene resin, 3 to 6 parts of chlorinated polyether resin, 5 to 8 parts of high-Tg-value acrylic resin, 4 to 6 parts of benzene-free and ketone-free alkyd resin, 3 to 5 parts of keto-aldehyde resin, 2 to 4 parts of PP adhesion promoter, 0.1 to 0.5 part of leveling agent, 0.1 to 0.5 part of defoamer, 3 to 5 parts of propylene glycol methyl ether acetate, 8 to 15 parts of butyl acetate and 2.5 to 20 parts of toner. The disposable PP spray oil may be directly sprayed to a PP substrate without any pretreatment. A paint film prepared from the disposable PP spray oil will not be corroded or decolorized after being wiped with a sanitizer for one minute, especially instant hand sanitizers.
US12043736B2
The polyamide resin composition of the present invention comprises: about 15 to about 49 wt % of an aromatic polyamide resin containing a repeating unit represented by chemical formula 1 and a repeating unit represented by chemical formula 2; about 1 to about 30 wt % of a polyamide resin having a glass transition temperature of about 40 to about 120° C.; about 1 to about 20 wt % of an olefin-based copolymer; about 5 to about 40 wt % of calcium carbonate; and about 5 to about 40 wt % of talc. The polyamide resin composition and the molded product formed therefrom are excellent in plating adhesion, impact resistance, stiffness, heat resistance, flowability, appearance characteristics, and the like.
US12043734B2
The thermosetting resin composition is used for a sheet-form insulating varnish to be disposed in a gap between insulation target members, and contains: a thermosetting resin (A) that is in solid form at 25° C.; a thermosetting resin (B) that is in liquid form at 25° C.; a latent curing agent that is unreactive at 60° C. or lower; and an inorganic filler having a maximum particle diameter smaller than a dimension of the gap and having an average particle diameter smaller than 0.5 times the dimension of the gap. 30 parts by mass to 70 parts by mass of the thermosetting resin (A) is contained per a total of 100 parts by mass of the thermosetting resin (A) and the thermosetting resin (B). A volume ratio of the inorganic filler to an entirety of the composition is not higher than 50%.
US12043733B2
Compositions comprising complexes of 1-methylcyclopropene and α-cyclodextrin, and articles including the composition, are provided. Methods for using the compositions and articles in delaying the maturation of fruits, vegetables, and plants are also provided.
US12043728B2
A heterophasic copolymer composition obtained by a process comprising polymerising in multiple steps and multiple polymerisation reactors propylene monomer and a comonomer selected from ethylene, alpha-olefins having 4 to 10 carbon atoms and their mixtures, in the presence of an olefin polymerisation catalyst comprising a solid catalyst component and a co-catalyst, wherein the solid catalyst component comprises titanium, magnesium, halogen and an internal donor of the formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different being a linear or branched C1-C12-alkyl group and R is hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic C1 to C12-alkyl.
US12043723B2
The disclosed retroreflective element includes a polymeric core that is loaded with a plurality of first beads and second beads distributed at the perimeter of the core. The first beads are different than the second beads. Because of the beads in the core, the retroreflective element remains useful for returning light even after portions of the core begins to wear away. Further, when the retroreflective elements get wet, water will settle to the bottom of the perimeter of the core. Therefore, using the second beads with a refractive index suited for wet conditions, while the first beads have a refractive index suited for dry conditions allows the retroreflective element to be useful in both wet and dry conditions even while the retroreflective element wears during use.
US12043719B2
The invention relates to a mixture containing as component A at least one organic phosphinic acid salt and as component B at least one alkali metal stannate (M′2SnO3), alkali metal hydroxyl stannate (M′2Sn(OH)6), alkaline earth metal stannate (M″SnO3) and/or alkaline earth metal hydroxy stannate (M″Sn(OH)6). The invention relates also to the use of such a mixture.
US12043706B2
The present invention relates to monodisperse hydrogel particles containing a cross-linked product of a vinyl alcohol-based polymer having an ethylenically unsaturated group and an average degree of polymerization of 450 or more, the monodisperse hydrogel particles having an average particle size of 10 to 5,000 μm, and a coefficient of variation of a particle size distribution of 10% or less.
US12043694B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing rigid polyurethane foam composite elements, including at least one outer layer and a rigid polyurethane foam layer, by mixing (a) polyisocyanates with (b) compounds having at least two hydrogen atoms reactive with isocyanate groups, (c) optionally flame retardant(s), (d) blowing agent, (e) catalyst, and (f) optionally auxiliaries and adjuvants to form a reaction mixture, applying the reaction mixture to the outer layer, and curing it to form the rigid polyurethane foam. The present disclosure further relates to a rigid polyurethane foam composite element obtainable by such a method.
US12043693B2
The present invention relates to novel associative thickeners pertaining to the HEUR category (Hydrophobically-modified Ethoxylated URethane), to intermediate aqueous formulations containing such thickeners, and to the final compositions, for example paint, lacquer, varnish or paper coating slip compositions.
US12043690B2
A method comprising contacting a silica support with a titanium-containing solution to form a titanated silica support, wherein the titanium-containing solution comprises a solvent; a ligand comprising a glycol, a carboxylate, a peroxide, or a combination thereof, and a titanium compound having the formula Ti(acac)2(OR)2, wherein “acac” is acetylacetonate and wherein each R independently is ethyl, isopropyl, n-propyl, isobutyl, or n-butyl.
US12043689B2
This invention relates to nickel catalysts with alkali ions for homopolymerization and copolymerization.
US12043688B2
This invention relates to nickel catalysts with alkali ions for homopolymerization and copolymerization.
US12043684B2
The optical lens of the present invention contains a molded product constituted with a cyclic olefin-based copolymer having a constitutional unit (A) derived from an α-olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, a constitutional unit (B) derived from a cyclic olefin, and a constitutional unit (C) derived from an aromatic vinyl compound represented by a specific chemical formula.
US12043683B2
Cumene hydroperoxide oligomer according to Formula (I): in which OLIGOMER is a homo- or copolymer chain, which is substituted n times by the group which is in brackets; Q is absent or is a divalent aromatic C6-C14 hydrocarbon radical or an aliphatic, linear or branched C1-C14 hydrocarbon radical, which can be interrupted by one or more S and/or O atoms and/or —O—CO—NR1— and which can be substituted by one or more substituents; X, Y independently of each other in each case are absent, —O—, —COO—; —CONR3— or —O—CO—NR4—, wherein X is absent if Q is absent, and wherein the substitution on the aromatic compound is effected in position 2, 3 or 4 relative to the cumene hydroperoxide group; and n is a value from 1 to 50.
US12043682B2
A solution that can be used for trapping at least one toxic chemical agent, the solution comprising at least one protic solvent, at least one monomer comprising an (alkyl)acrylic, (alkyl)acrylate or (alkyl)acrylamide group, at least one crosslinking agent comprising at least two groups chosen from the (alkyl)acrylic, (alkyl)acrylate or (alkyl)acrylamide groups, at least one photopolymerization initiator, at least one thixotropic filler and at least one agent chosen from alkali metal halides, alkali metal phosphates, alkali metal sulfates and mixtures thereof.
US12043681B2
The present invention pertains to vinylidene fluoride copolymers comprising recurring units derived from chlorotrifluoroethylene and from a (meth)acrylic monomer having improved flexibility, to a process for their manufacture, and to their use in applications where outstanding flexibility is required.
US12043657B2
Provided is a polypeptide, a production method therefor and a use thereof. The polypeptide includes 63 to 1496 continuous amino acid residues of SEQ ID NO: 9, and includes a sequence represented by (A)m or is composed of the sequence represented by (A)m, wherein each A is an amino acid sequence selected from any one of those represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3, or a modified amino acid sequence or a sequence variant thereof; m is an integer between 1 and 10; and each A is the same or different and two adjacent As are directly connected by peptide bonds or connected by at least one amino acid residue, wherein the polypeptide has a cell adhesion activity, and a method of producing said polypeptide and use of said polypeptide.
US12043644B2
The present invention provides a benzimidazole derivative represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, a preparation method thereof, and use thereof as an anticancer or anti-virus agent: wherein, R1, R2, R3 and X are as defined in the detailed description and the claims.
US12043642B2
The invention relates to a new process for the purification of oligonucleotides which comprises the removal of the acid labile 5′hydroxy protecting group at the 5′-O-oligonucleotide terminus of the oligonucleotide by way of tangential flow filtration with an acidic buffer solution. The process requires less steps and allows a higher degree of automation.
US12043640B2
Provided herein, in certain embodiments, are compounds of Formula I. or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, compositions comprising a compounds of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a solvate thereof, and uses thereof such as in treating certain diseases or disorders (e.g., cancer, fibrosis, chronic inflammation).
US12043638B2
A cyclic siloxane compound, composition, method, and an article including the siloxane, wherein the cyclic siloxane has the following Formula (I): wherein: each R1 and R2 is independently a (C1-C4)alkyl; each L1 and L2 is independently a single bond, an alkylene, or an alkylene bonded to a group selected from oxy, thio, carbonyl, —NH—, and combinations thereof; each R3 is independently a linear (C14-C100)alkyl; each R4 is independently a (C1-C30)alkyl, a (C2-C30)heteroalkyl having at least one oxygen, sulfur, or —NH— group, or a (C1-C30)alkyl substituted with a fluoro, thiol, isocyanato, cyanato, hydroxyl, glycidoxy, or epoxy group; with the proviso that L1, L2, and R4 are selected such that each Si atom is directly bonded to an alkylene or an alkyl; m is an integer of at least 2; n is an integer of 0 or above; m+n is an integer of at least 3; and the cyclic siloxane compound is a solid at 25° C.
US12043637B2
The present application relates to substituted dyes containing bis-boron fused heterocycles and their uses as fluorescent labels. These compounds may be used as fluorescent labels for nucleotides in nucleic acid sequencing applications.
US12043631B2
Described herein are compounds of the formulae (I)-(III) as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods for using such compounds/pharmaceutical compositions for treating Alzheimer's disease.
US12043617B2
The invention discloses a 4-(N-methyl) aminopiperidine myricetin derivative containing dithiocarbamate, and its preparation method and application, whose structural general formula is shown as follows: wherein R is substituted phenyl and substituted aromatic heterocyclic group; n is the number of carbons in the carbon chain, which are 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively; the substitute phenyl group is an alkyl group containing C1-6, alkoxy group containing C1-6, nitro group, halogen atom or hydrogen atom in ortho-, meta- and para-position on that benzene ring; the aromatic heterocyclic group is thienyl, furyl, pyrrolyl and pyridyl groups; the substituents on the substituted aromatic heterocycle are o-, m-, and p-containing C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkoxy, nitro, halogen, and hydrogen atoms. The invention has better inhibitory activity on cancer cells.
US12043615B2
A fluorine-containing pyrimidine compound is provided represented by general formula (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) below. wherein, in the general formulae (1) to (6) above, R represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and X and Y each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, —CnF2n+1 (n is an integer of 1 to 10), a nitro group, a boronate group, —OA1, —SOmA1 (m is an integer of 0 to 3), —NA1A2, —COOA1, or —CONA1A2, and A1 and A2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
US12043613B2
The present disclosure provides compounds and methods useful for inhibiting SARM1 and/or treating and/or preventing axonal degeneration.
US12043611B2
Complexes and devices, such as organic light emitting devices and full color displays, including a compound of the formula: wherein: M is Pd2+, Ir+, Rh+, or Au3+; each of V1, V2, V3, and V4 is coordinated to M and is independently N, C, P, B, or Si; each of L1, L2, L3, and L4 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heteroaryl, carbene, or N-heterocyclic carbene; and Z is O, S, NR, CR2, SiR2, BR, PR, where each R is independently substituted or unsubstituted C1-C4 alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted aryl.
US12043607B2
Described herein are novel compounds, compositions and methods for treatment of diseases including cancer using such compounds, compositions, and methods. The compounds include those of Formula (I):
US12043597B2
The present disclosure encompasses crystalline polymorphs of Rivoceranib and Rivoceranib mesylate (Apatinib mesylate), processes for preparation thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US12043594B2
The present disclosure provides a novel biphenyl derivative compound, an optical isomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The biphenyl derivative compound, optical isomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof according to the present disclosure may induce cancer cell death by damaging mitochondria and inducing ATP depletion in cells which are in a nutrient-starved state such as a glucose-starved state, which is the normal environment of cancer cells. In addition, it is an Nm23-H1/NDPK activity-increasing substance that may suppress cancer metastasis and growth. Thus, it exhibits excellent effects not only on the prevention, alleviation and treatment of cancer, but also on the suppression of cancer metastasis.
US12043593B2
The invention discloses a method for the preparation of potassium 5-iodo-2-carboxybenzene sulfonate by diazotization of 5-amino-2-carboxybenzene sulfonate and subsequent reaction with KI.
US12043592B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of purifying solvents. The purified solvents can be used for cleaning a semiconductor substrate in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.
US12043588B2
Oligomer products are produced by reacting an alpha olefin and a vinylidene compound in the presence of a solid catalyst, such as a solid oxide or a chemically-treated solid oxide. Metallocene compounds, organoaluminum compounds, and BF3 are not needed to perform the reaction. Oligomer products formed by processes disclosed herein have a trimer:tetramer weight ratio of at least 2:1.
US12043583B2
A ceramic member is produced by performing a laser treatment on a ceramic substrate as a pretreatment for a surface treatment such that grooves that can be substantially uniformly filled with a surface treatment material are formed in the surface of the ceramic substrate. Through laser irradiation of the surface, grooves with recessed surfaces formed to extend in at least one direction are provided. Flat surfaces are formed at areas between the grooves that are adjacent to each other. Pitches between the adjacent grooves are set to a range of 0.05 mm to 0.30 mm. One of the grooves has a width that progressively decreases as the depth increases and is opened on one side in the depth direction at a maximum width. The one of the grooves has an aspect ratio in a range of 0.5 to 1.3 and an opening ratio of equal to or greater than 70%.
US12043578B1
High-strength flowable fill compositions are disclosed. The compositions include cement, aggregate (e.g., sand), water, coloring agent, polymer, and fibers. In an embodiment, the compositions include an accelerant, e.g., calcium chloride or sodium bicarbonate and/or an air entraining agent. In an embodiment, the compositions include a water-proofing agent to eliminate efflorescence. The compositions have a compressive strength of between 300 psi and 3000 psi after 1 day, a compressive strength of between 900 psi and 4000 psi after 7 days, and a compressive strength of between 1200 psi and 5000 psi after 28 days.
US12043570B2
Proposed are a flexible cover window for simultaneously improving strength characteristics and folding characteristics of a glass-based ultra-thin flexible cover window, and a method of manufacturing the same. A glass-based flexible cover window is configured such that a ratio of the intensity of replacing metal ions at the glass center to the intensity of replacing metal ions at the glass surface is 1:3 or greater. The present disclosure can provide a flexible cover window with improved window strength characteristics and folding characteristics by adjusting the depth (ion penetration depth) and the surface compressive stress of a tempered layer by performing a gradient tempering process including primary tempering, slimming, and secondary tempering.
US12043569B2
Methods for compensating for warp typically exhibited by glass-based articles having non-uniform thicknesses as a result of ion exchange strengthening are provided. The methods include producing a molding surface of a mold based on a measurement of warp obtained by a specified ion exchange strengthening of a glass-based substrate of non-uniform thickness, such that the molding surface offsets the warp. Glass-based substrates resulting from the mold can then be exposed to the specified ion exchange strengthening and form glass-based articles that are substantially free of warp.
US12043564B2
A manufacturing method of a porous glass base material for optical fiber includes: controlling a flow rate of a raw material liquid of an organic siloxane by a liquid mass flow controller; introducing raw material liquid to a raw material liquid nozzle of a vaporizer by a raw material liquid pipe; ejecting raw material liquid into the vaporizer; mixing raw material liquid and carrier gas to vaporize raw material liquid to form mixed gas; supplying mixed gas to a burner; combusting mixed gas together with a combustible gas and a combustion supporting gas in the burner to produce SiO2 particles; depositing SiO2 particles on a starting core base material to form the porous glass base material; and closing an open/close valve on a flow path of the raw material liquid pipe to stop supply of raw material liquid, while continuing to supply carrier gas, combustible gas, and combustion supporting gas.
US12043556B2
A system for desalinating water is disclosed. The system comprises a subsea reverse osmosis unit located beneath the surface of a body of water, a first liquid column comprising seawater, a second liquid column comprising desalinated water with a salinity less than seawater, and a brine discharge outlet. Due to the difference in density between the seawater and the desalinated water, the gravitational hydrostatic pressure of the first liquid column may be greater than the gravitational hydrostatic pressure of the second liquid column. At least a portion of the pressure difference for reverse osmosis desalination may be provided by the difference in gravitational hydrostatic pressure between the first liquid column and the second liquid column. A significant reduction in desalination energy consumption may be enabled by discharging the brine at an elevation lower than the maximum elevation of the first liquid column or the second liquid column.
US12043555B1
A system includes a carbon capture unit. The carbon capture unit includes a housing having a water inlet, a water outlet, and a water flow path from the water inlet to the water outlet. The carbon capture unit also includes a carbon capture cartridge disposed in the housing along the water flow path, wherein the carbon capture cartridge is configured to capture carbon from water along the water flow path and a mount coupled to the housing. The mount is configured to mount the carbon capture unit at an underwater location having underwater equipment.
US12043553B2
The subject invention pertains to the synthesis and characterization of V2O5/CdE NW/QD heterostructures. The V2O5/CdE heterostructures are versatile new materials constructs for light harvesting, charge separation, and the photocatalytic production of solar fuels; polymorphism of V2O5 and compositional alloying of both components provides for a substantial design space for tuning of interfacial energy offsets. Also provided are a new class of type-II heterostructures composed of cadmium chalcogenide QDs (CdE where E=S, Se, or Te) and α-V2O5 nanowires (NWs). The synthesis and characterization of V2O5/CdE NW/QD heterostructures, prepared via successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) and linker-assisted assembly (LAA), the characterization of their photoinduced charge-transfer reactivity using transient absorption spectroscopy, and their performance in the photocatalytic reduction of protons to hydrogen are also disclosed.
US12043546B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing an aerogel based on plasticizing and foaming with solvent, and the aerogel material is prepared through plasticization with solvent and generation of in-situ bubbles. The method solves the difficult problem that the non-polymer is difficult to realize thermoplastic foaming, and has wide applicability. In addition, a lot of foaming agents can be uses for this method, and this method is easy to implement, and does not require a special drying process, so that the industrialization development of the porous aerogel is greatly promote.
US12043540B2
This disclosure pertains to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device with a tiltable structure, a fixed supporting structure, and an actuation structure with driving arms connected to the tiltable structure by elastic decoupling elements. Described herein, particularly, is a planar stop structure between the driving arms and the tiltable structure, which functions to limit movement in the tiltable plane. This stop structure includes a first projection/abutment surface pair formed by a projection extending from a driving arm and an abutment surface formed by a recess in the tiltable structure. The projection and abutment surface are adjacent and spaced apart in the device's rest condition.
US12043538B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate and a first dielectric layer formed over the substrate. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first movable membrane formed over the first dielectric layer. In addition, the first movable membrane has a first corrugated portion and a first edge portion connecting to the first corrugated portion. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second dielectric layer formed over the first movable membrane. In addition, the first edge portion is sandwiched between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, the first corrugated portion is partially sandwiched between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer and is partially exposed by a cavity, and a bottom surface of the first corrugated portion is lower than a bottom surface of the first edge portion.
US12043534B2
Even when the filling speed increases, the surface temperature of a molded bottle falls within a constant range, and a sterilizer adequately sterilizes the bottle. A preform is heated, the heated preform is sealed in a mold, the preform sealed in the mold is blow-molded into a bottle, the surface temperatures of a neck portion, a body portion, and a bottom portion of the molded bottle are measured, and the mold temperatures of a neck portion, a body portion, and a bottom portion of the mold is so adjusted that the measured surface temperature of the bottle falls within a specified temperature range.
US12043524B2
Provided is a remote control crane system including a remote crane control center (RCCC) having a remote crane controller (RCC), remote crane controls, and a remote crane control activation system that can be activated/deactivated to enable/disable control of a remote controlled crane system by way of the remote crane controls. The RCC operable to receive, by way of the remote crane controls, a remote control command to cause a given operation by the remote controlled crane system, and, in response to determining that the remote controlled crane activation system is activated, send, to the remote controlled crane system, crane remote control data including a command to cause the given operation by the remote controlled crane system.
US12043522B2
The invention relates to a method for constructing an elevator, comprising providing an elevator car; providing plurality of prefabricated hoistway modules to be piled on top of each other, each hoistway module bordering a hoistway space into which the whole elevator car or at least an upper or lower end thereof can be fitted to move; and piling said plurality of prefabricated modules on top of each other, such that the hoistway spaces of the prefabricated modules are vertically aligned forming a continuous vertically elongated hoistway where the elevator car can be fitted to move; and arranging the elevator car to be vertically movable in the hoistway. The invention also relates to an elevator obtained with the method.
US12043518B1
Embodiments herein are directed to a traction sheave assembly that includes an actuator, a shaft, at least one meshing gear, a first sheave segment, and a second sheave segment. The shaft includes a first portion and a second portion separated by a collar. At least one spoke extends from an outer surface of the collar. The at least one meshing gear is received by a respective one of the at least one spoke. The first sheave segment has a first sheave receiving gear that engages with the at least one meshing gear. The second sheave segment has a second sheave receiving gear that engages with the at least one meshing gear. The first sheave segment and the second sheave segment rotate independently to have a motion independent from one another when the shaft is rotated to equalize a tension between the suspension members.
US12043517B2
An authorization management and authorization request of an elevator service request pertaining to the technical field of elevator management. The system for authorization management of the elevator service request includes a wireless signal device and an authorization management device, the wireless signal device being used for broadcasting an elevator identifier of a corresponding elevator system; the system for authorization management obtains the elevator identifier broadcasted by the wireless signal device through a personal mobile terminal; the authorization management device is used to receive authorization request information from the personal mobile terminal, the authorization request information containing a terminal identifier of the personal mobile terminal and the elevator identifier of the corresponding elevator system obtained by the personal mobile terminal.
US12043516B2
A system for providing audio, video and movement data of an elevator to a remote application. The system includes a camera positioned in the elevator that provides video images of the elevator, an audio device that provides audio data of the operation of the elevator, and one or more sensors that provide data showing movement of the elevator. The system also includes a controller that is responsive to and processes the video images, the audio data and the elevator movement data. A communications device transmits the processed video images, the audio data and the elevator movement data to the remote application to allow a user of the application to watch a video of a trip of the elevator, listen to the audio of operation of the elevator during the trip, feel the vibration of the elevator during the trip, and see the speed, acceleration and direction of the elevator.
US12043515B2
Systems and methods for operating an elevator system are provided. Aspects includes receiving, by a processor, a call request for an elevator car in an elevator system. Receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors associated with the elevator car, wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to collect sensor data from one or more predefined areas associated with the elevator car. Determining an occupancy level in the elevator car based on a feature vector, generated by a machine learning model, comprising a plurality of features extracted from the sensor data and operating, by the processor, the elevator car based at least in part on the occupancy level.
US12043508B2
A medium processing apparatus includes a conveyor, a liquid applier, and a crimper. The conveyor conveys a medium. The liquid applier performs liquid application of applying liquid to a part of the medium conveyed by the conveyor, the medium being at least one medium. The crimper presses and deforms a bundle of media including the medium to which the liquid is applied by the liquid applier, to bind the bundle of media. The liquid applier adjusts an application amount of the liquid in the liquid application according to an environmental condition that is a factor that affects a binding strength with which the bundle of media is bound by pressing and deforming of the crimper.
US12043502B2
Disclosed is a loading unit for use in loading a bundle of objects to be conveyed, the loading unit being installed on a lifting member of a feeding device. The loading unit includes a first movable base on which a downstream side in a conveying direction of a bundle of objects to be conveyed is loaded, the first movable base being rotatable; and a second movable base on which an upstream side in the conveying direction of the bundle of objects is loaded, the second movable base being rotatable and disposed on a more upstream side in the conveying direction than the first movable base.
US12043499B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for automated robotic sortation. In one embodiment, an example system may include a first robotic arm configured to grasp a moving object from a conveyor while the conveyor is in motion, a camera system configured to image objects moving on the conveyor, and a first scanner configured to scan machine-readable codes on objects moving on the conveyor. The system may be configured to sort objects from the conveyor using the first robotic arm based at least in part on an object destination.
US12043496B2
An embedded body including, at one end portion of a coaxial cable, one side antenna unit and an IC tag that is passive and connected to the one side antenna unit, and another side antenna unit at the other end portion of the coaxial cable is embedded in a conveyor belt. The one side antenna unit and the IC tag, and the other side antenna unit disposed with an interval in a width direction and the coaxial cable is embedded extending in the width direction. A calculation unit determines whether a detector has received a radio wave emitted from the IC tag through the coaxial cable and the other side antenna unit in response to a radio wave emitted from the detector, and then whether a vertical tear has been generated in the conveyor belt based on the determination result.
US12043492B2
The invention relates to a conveyor belt for transporting food products having a packaging composed of a magnetizable material, in particular cans, along a transport direction, wherein the conveyor belt comprises a belt body and a transport belt that runs around the belt body in the operation of the conveyor belt and that has an upper run and a lower run. The belt body is provided with a magnet arrangement that generates a magnetic field that acts in the direction of the upper run of the transport belt and that has a higher value at the belt entry side than at the belt exit side.
US12043486B2
Platform assembly for use with sorting articles comprises platforms connected to each other to form at least one level surface for transit thereabout by a plurality of vehicles. Each platform defines a first orientation in which the platform is in a retracted position and a second orientation in which the platform is in an extended position with a horizontal disposition. Each platform includes a first panel comprising a plurality of markers thereon, the markers forming a grid on the first panel for transit thereabout by the plurality of vehicles. Each marker includes a magnetic signature for determining an orientation of the marker. A container is positioned about at least one of the plurality of markers. In operation, the vehicle is directed by a control system to deposit an article carried thereon into a container associated with a marker based on the location and orientation of the marker.
US12043480B1
Various embodiments of a trash can assembly (e.g., a receptacle configured to receive refuse, recyclable materials, or otherwise), and related methods, are provided. Some embodiments of the trash can assembly include a body component and a lid configured to move between an open position and a closed position. In some variants, the lid can be moved between the open and closed positions by a power operated driving mechanism, such as a motor and/or other drivetrain components. In certain embodiments, the trash can assembly includes a clutch mechanism to facilitate manual operation of the lid while inhibiting or preventing damage to the motor and/or other drivetrain components.
US12043466B2
A structure is described for forming a wrapper, e.g., for print media, where the structure includes lines of weakness for facilitating a user's tearing of the wrapper to access the contents. The lines of weakness may include a first line of weakness that extends along a fold line of an envelope fold forming one of the front or rear or right sides of the wrapped package, as well as a second line of weakness that extends substantially perpendicularly to the respective longitudinal fold lines and a third line of weakness that extends between the first line of weakness and the second line of weakness and is disposed at a non-zero angle with respect to each. In this way, a tear initiated near the first line of weakness and may be propagated along the other lines of weakness to create an opening for accessing the product.
US12043465B2
The present invention relates generally to the field avoiding the disposal of small pieces of packaging material into the environment. In particular, the present invention relates to flexible pouches. Proposed are flexible tear-open pouches that after opening stay in one piece. This avoids that the small torn-off pieces of packaging are disposed into the environment after opening. Embodiments of the present invention relate to a flexible pouch that is sealed with seals and on the back of the pouch with a finseal, and that comprises a tear starting point that is located essentially opposite of the finseal.
US12043446B2
A bottle with an anti-scald handle is provided, including a bottle body internally provided with a cavity and a handheld portion independent of the bottle body, and the handheld portion is an interlayer structure internally provided with a cavity; an inward sunken space area is provided on the bottle body; a height of the handheld portion matches the space area, and when being placed in the space area, the handheld portion is fixed with the bottle body to form a handle of the bottle. On the premise of not changing the overall shape of the bottle, the handle portion is redesigned to make the handle have an anti-scald function and solve the problem of inconvenience to clean.
US12043438B2
A separator assembly for separating adjacent flexible bags in a filling assembly includes a body defining an opening therethough, a surface defined on the body within the opening, a clamp movable in the opening and configured to selectively contact the surface, a separator blade movable within the opening, a rail, and a rail guide configured to slidably engage with the rod. The separator assembly is movable along the rail. Methods of moving the separator assembly are also disclosed.
US12043433B2
An apparatus makes packages from a web of bags includes an indexing mechanism, an opening arrangement, engagement devices, and a sealing arrangement. The indexing mechanism moves the web. The opening arrangement opens a bag to form an opening so that a product can be placed into the bag. The engagement devices engage the bag and close the opening. Each engagement device includes a base, a first link, a second link, a sliding pivot, and a finger. The first link is pivotably connected to the base, and the second link is pivotably connected to the first link. The sliding pivot pivots with respect to the base and allows the second link to slide through the sliding pivot member. The finger is connected to the second link. The engagement devices pull a first and second sides of the bag in opposite directions. The sealing arrangement seals the opening of the bag.
US12043432B2
A vial accumulator for use in a high volume pharmacy facility includes: a feed plate having an aperture; a vial staging unit mounted to the feed plate, the vial staging unit comprising at least one receiving compartment; a gate movably mounted to the feed plate, the gate movable relative to the feed plate between a blocking position, wherein the gate prevents a vial from exiting one of the receiving compartments, and a dispensing position, in which the gate allows passage of a vial in one of the receiving compartments through the aperture in the feed plate; and a controller operatively associated with the vial staging unit and the gate.
US12043430B2
A method and a feeding apparatus for feeding spacers for cigarette packs are disclosed, in which each spacer comprises a substantially rectangular flat body, the spacers being insertable in cartons for cigarette packs to space out packs with dimensions smaller than the standard dimensions; the spacers are stacked on a pallet that is positioned in a withdrawal station; the stacks of spacers are withdrawn from the withdrawal station and transferred to a respective hopper by passing each stack of spacers through an upper opening of the hopper, to then unload the spacers one by one through a lower opening of the hopper.
US12043426B2
A binding machine includes: a holding portion configured to hold a tip end side of a cured wire rod; a feed unit configured to hold a base end side of the wire rod, the tip end side of which is held by the holding portion, such that the base end side of the wire rod is able to be fed out; a twisting unit configured to twist the wire rod; and a control unit configured to control the feed unit and the twisting unit. The control unit is configured to control the feed unit to feed the wire rod when detecting a first signal, and is configured to control the twisting unit to twist the wire rod when detecting a second signal.
US12043418B2
An environmental control system for a space vehicle includes an oxygen supply, a nitrogen supply, a first pressure control panel having a first oxygen control board configured to receive an oxygen gas from the oxygen supply and a first nitrogen control board configured to receive a nitrogen gas from the nitrogen supply, and a supervisory controller configured to control the first pressure control panel and thereby to adjust a partial pressure of oxygen and an ambient pressure of an oxygen/nitrogen gas mixture within a first module.
US12043417B2
A satellite constellation forming system forms a satellite constellation (20) having N orbital planes (21) (N being a natural number) with mutually different normal directions. A satellite constellation forming unit forms the satellite constellation (20) in which each orbital plane (21) of the N orbital planes is an elliptical orbit with the same eccentricity and the same major axis. In the satellite constellation (20), an elevation angle of a major axis of each orbital plane (21) of the N orbital planes has a relative angle of 360/N degrees with respect to each other. In the satellite constellation (20), an azimuth direction of each orbital plane (21) of the N orbital planes has a relative angle of 180/N degrees with respect to each other.
US12043416B2
A satellite with deployable optics is provided. The satellite has a frame, an optical axis, and a deployable optical system. The optical system has a mechanical aperture perpendicular to the optical axis, where light collected travels substantially parallel to the optical axis. The optical system has a stored configuration in which it remains within the frame and a deployed configuration in which it extends outside the frame. In some configurations, the light-collecting area of the deployed configuration is larger than the possible light-collecting area of the stored configuration. In a partially deployed configuration, all of the primary mirror segments remain substantially within the frame, and the light-collecting area is smaller than that in the deployed configuration. A method of using the satellite includes setting the satellite to the deployed configuration, detecting whether there is a deployment malfunction, and, if so, setting the satellite to a partially deployed configuration.
US12043415B2
The present invention relates to an autonomous, multi-use, subterranean aircraft pull-through system that connects with an aircraft arriving at the ramp pick-up point and transits through the terminal building, in a unidirectional movement, where the aircraft is serviced, then disconnects from the aircraft at the ramp release point. The autonomous, subterranean aircraft pull-through system receives multiple aircraft in a row, with rows adjacent to each other, where aircraft are nose to tail, and side by side, occupying the smallest footprint in the industry. The autonomous, subterranean aircraft pull-through system is remotely controlled and operates autonomously in a subterranean manner to assist in servicing the aircraft. The system helps to speed up the aircraft handling component of airside operations, improve safety, reduce emissions, and the cost factors borne by both airports and airlines. The autonomous, subterranean aircraft pull-through system design is versatile in handling all code A-F (ICAO) aircraft.
US12043408B2
A hard landing indicator assembly is disclosed herein. The hard landing indicator assembly includes a pressure relief valve, a hydraulic tube having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the pressure relief valve, and a plunger having a top portion and a shaft, the plunger disposed in the hydraulic tube, wherein a portion of the shaft is a hard landing indicator that extends outward from the hydraulic tube in response to a hard landing event.
US12043399B2
A hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a propulsor, a turbomachine, and an electrical system having an electric machine coupled to the turbomachine. A method for operating the propulsion system includes operating, by one or more computing devices, the turbomachine to rotate the propulsor and generate thrust for the aircraft; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, data indicative of an un-commanded loss of the thrust generated from the turbomachine rotating the propulsor; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, electrical power to the electric machine to add power to the turbomachine, the propulsor, or both in response to receiving the data indicative of the un-commanded loss of thrust.
US12043394B2
A roll stabilization system for an aircraft ejection seat may be provided. An integral seat sequencer may activate an ejection sequence causing an aircraft ejection seat to be ejected from an aircraft. In various instances, particularly with lighter occupants of the aircraft ejection seat, the aircraft ejection seat may begin a rotational movement. To ameliorate this rotational movement, a roll correction rocket motor is installed on the aircraft ejection seat and selectively activated by the integral seat sequencer in the event that an undesired rotational movement is detected.
US12043393B2
Systems and methods to cut a closing loop to deploy a parachute. The system includes a cutter with a body with a cutter opening that extends through the body and a blade that is movable across the cutter opening. Processing circuitry is configured to signal the cutter to move the blade across the cutter opening. A mount includes a base, a retainer with a channel sized to receive the cutter, and a mount opening that extends through the mount and across the channel. The cutter is configured to fit within the channel with the cutter opening aligned with the mount opening to form a through-opening such that the closing loop extends through the cutter and the mount.
US12043390B2
A leg rest assembly is disclosed. The assembly may include a support sub-assembly configured to provide at least one of leg support or foot support. The support sub-assembly may include a panel and a support cushion. The support cushion may include a cavity defined by one or more surfaces of the support cushion. The assembly may include a translation sub-assembly configured to translate the support sub-assembly. The translation sub-assembly may include one or more translation arms. The translation sub-assembly may include one or more guide rails. The translation sub-assembly may include one or more linear bearings configured to engage with the one or more guide rails, the one or more linear bears slideable along a length of the one or more guide rails. The translation sub-assembly may include one or more translation devices configured to translate the support sub-assembly between a first position and one or more additional positions.
US12043389B2
The present invention provides an aircraft passenger accommodation unit comprising a seat, a shell that allows a passenger egress between an aisle and the seat through an opening, and a door assembly comprising a door slidable with respect to the shell between a retracted position and an extended position, a slide track attached to the shell, a slide runner for sliding along the slide track, and a connection mechanism for selectively connecting the door to the slide runner, wherein the door has a first sliding mode in which the connection mechanism connects the door to the slide runner and wherein the slide runner slides along the slide track, and a second sliding mode in which the connection mechanism does not connect the door to the slide runner and wherein the door slides in relation to the slide track. The invention also provides a door arrangement and associated methods.
US12043388B2
An aircraft seat group is described. The aircraft seat group includes first and second aircraft seats. The seat group also includes a center console between the aircraft seats. The center console includes a microphone unit including an audio transducer. The audio transducer generates a voice recording of a passenger sitting on one of the seats in response to a signal, thereby reducing privacy concerns. The signal is received by one or more of a record button or a communication interface. The voice recording may thus provide one or more of passenger recommendation or flight recordings during emergency conditions. The microphone unit is embedded in one or more of an armrest or a seat back divider of the center console.
US12043386B2
Wing assemblies (100) comprise one or more wing support structures (24), an inboard-most flap (32), one or more flap supports (28) that operatively couple the inboard-most flap (32) to the one or more wing support structures (24), and one or more flap actuators (31) configured to operatively move the inboard-most flap (32) relative to the one or more flap supports (28). The flap support(s) (28) comprise at least an inboard-most inboard-flap support (106), the flap actuator(s) (31) comprise at least an inboard-most inboard-flap actuator (108) that is outboard of the inboard edge (102) of the inboard-most flap (32), and the inboard-most inboard-flap actuator (108) is spaced-away from the inboard-most inboard-flap support (106).
US12043378B2
A vehicle comprises a propulsion assembly that includes a rotor system configured to swivel about a pivot axis and a flight control system in communication with the propulsion assembly. In one embodiment, the pivot axis is fixedly oriented at an angle relative to a lateral axis of the vehicle in a plane defined by a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The flight control system is configured to activate a particular operational mode of the propulsion assembly, in which the rotor system is configured to swivel about the pivot axis to move a rotor axis of the rotor system from a first gimbal angle to a second gimbal angle. In various embodiments, the gimbal angle is configured to change a center of gravity, or direction of thrust vectors, or attitude of the vehicle. The operational mode may comprise a one engine inoperative (OEI) mode in an example embodiment.
US12043377B2
A rotatable thruster aircraft includes an airframe, which includes an aircraft body and a fixed wing; rotatable thruster assemblies, each including first and second thrusters that provide rotation via differential thrust; a rotatable shaft with torsional flexibility; an inertial measurement unit; optionally vertical lift thrusters; and an aircraft control unit, including a processor, a non-transitory memory, an input/output component, and a power manager that controls specific power applied to the thrusters.
US12043372B1
A micro-cavity passive actuator is configured to delay dynamic stall of an airfoil. The micro-cavity actuator is formed in the pressure sidewall surface proximate the leading edge of the airfoil. This cavity remains essentially inactive at low incidence. However, as the wing's effective angle of attack dynamically increases and the stagnation point displaces past the micro-cavity, the accelerating flow grazing the cavity induces a high-frequency resonance phenomenon (known as Rossiter modes). The self-generated small-scale disturbances are carried around the leading-edge through the boundary layer to the wing's upper side where the laminar separation bubble (LSB) amplifies these disturbances. This process delays LSB bursting and dynamic stall. The micro-cavity must be sized such that its naturally emitting oscillations are in a range of frequencies that can be amplified by the LSB.
US12043365B2
An aircraft door having: a first handling arm and a first forearm; a second handling arm and a second forearm; a holding device movable between: an immobilising position in which the first forearm and the second forearm are immobilised relative to the door panel; and a released position in which the first forearm and the second forearm are free to pivot relative to the door panel in at least one direction of rotation.
US12043364B2
An airframe design may include a bonded frame or assembly, and one or more components that may be removably attached to the bonded frame. The bonded frame may include struts, central bulkheads, a tail section, a plurality of wing sections, and motor mounts that are adhered together using adhesive. The one or more attachable components may include a forward fuselage, motors, propellers, motor pod fairings, stabilizer fins, and landing gear that are attached using fasteners. The bonded frame may reduce the number of parts of the airframe design and may also reduce complexity, cost, and weight, while also increasing stiffness and strength. Further, the various attachable components may facilitate fabrication, assembly, and maintenance of an aerial vehicle having the airframe design.
US12043352B2
A drag-inducing mat includes a main body configured to accommodate a rider. The main body includes a rider surface configured to face the rider and an opposing surface configured to face a slide surface. The drag-inducing mat also includes a sipe array defined within the opposing surface. The sipe array includes a plurality of sipes that extends from a first lateral edge of the main body to a second lateral edge of the main body to selectively induce friction between the main body and the slide surface based on force applied to the sipe array by the rider.
US12043348B2
A mooring buoy includes a cylindrical structural shell. The cylindrical structural shell includes fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) and has a first open end and an opposite second open end. A plurality of annular stiffeners are bonded to an inside of the cylindrical structural shell. A first endcap is disposed on the first open end of the cylindrical structural shell. The first endcap is configured to substantially cover the first open end. A second endcap is disposed on the second open end of the cylindrical structural shell. The second endcap is configured to substantially cover the second open end. At least one cylindrical attachment mechanism is coupled to an outside of the cylindrical structural shell. The cylindrical attachment mechanism is configured to attach mooring lines to the cylindrical structural shell.
US12043344B2
An ebike comprises a front wheel, a rear wheel, a frame structure supported on the front wheel and the rear wheel, a crank assembly, and a battery assembly. The frame structure can include a front fork supported on the front wheel, a head tube coupled to the front fork, and a down tube extending downward and rearward from the head tube, the down tube defining a down tube axis and being open at its lower end. The crank assembly can be supported by the frame structure and can be rotatable about a crank axis that is spaced rearward from the down tube axis. The battery assembly can be at least partially secured in the down tube in an installed position and can be slidable into the down tube from the lower end of the down tube along the down tube axis.
US12043341B2
The present disclosure relates to the location of a disc brake caliper mounted to a trailing-link suspension fork. In one aspect, the disc brake caliper is attached to a sprung portion of the fork, hence adding zero mass and corresponding inertia to the un-sprung portion of the suspension system. Further, the disc brake caliper is positioned forward of the wheel axle and linkage member.
US12043336B2
A bicycle frame tube which is in particular a down tube of a bicycle frame comprises a battery opening for inserting or removing a battery. Inside the bicycle frame tube a holding element for holding the battery is arranged. The holding element is at least partially elastically deformable, wherein the holding element in particular comprises two abutment elements which are elastically deformable.
US12043331B2
There is described a bicycle seat post assembly in which the travel distance of the seat post can be adjusted. The seat post assembly includes an outer tube that is configured to telescopically receive an inner tube. The inner tube is axially slidable relative to the outer tube between a retracted position and an extended position, the extended position being determined by an extension assembly in which an inner contact member engages an outer contact member, thereby setting the upper limit of axial extension of the inner tube. The extension of the inner tube can be limited to an intermediate position that lies between the retracted and extended positions by an insertable shim that is positionable between the inner and outer contact members.
US12043330B2
A self-balancing tilting vehicle comprising a rear frame section having two drive wheels and a front frame section having at least one front wheel, connected to the rear frame section such as to be tiltable about a tilt axis that extends in a length direction, the front frame section carrying a driver seat, the rear frame section comprising an electric propulsion drive for rotating the drive wheels, an electric tilting drive for tilting the front frame section about the tilting axis and a power generating unit, the front wheel being rotatable about a steering axis that extends transversely to the tilt axis, characterised in that the drive unit of the tilting vehicle is cut off well before the tilting drive.
US12043329B2
An automatic steering control apparatus includes a road information recognition device, a travel state detector, and a steering angle control device. The road information recognition device recognizes road information ahead of a vehicle. The travel state detector detects information regarding a travel state of the vehicle. The steering angle control device controls a steering angle of the vehicle, on the basis of the road information and the information regarding the travel state, to allow the vehicle to move toward a target position ahead of the vehicle. The steering angle control device controls the steering angle, to allow at least a portion of a steering angle waveform to have a non-sinusoidal wave. The steering angle waveform represents a time change in the steering angle in a case where the vehicle travels while crossing repetitively an ideal travel locus to be obtained from the target position.
US12043322B2
The present disclosure relates to a steering control system, a steering control device, and a steering control method. More specifically, a steering control system according to the present disclosure comprises: an actuator driven at a target driving speed and with a target output current on the basis of an input control signal; a rack bar axially moving by the drive of the actuator; a location sensor for detecting the location of a rack included in the rack bar; and a steering control device for calculating a target rack stroke of the rack on the basis of at least one of a driving speed of a vehicle, a steering angle of a steering wheel and a rotation speed of the steering wheel, and generating a control signal such that the rack moves by the target rack stroke to control the drive of the actuator.
US12043321B2
A chassis-height adjustment system for selectively raising and lowering a chassis relative to a ground surface includes a plurality of support assemblies supporting a chassis on respective ground-engaging elements. Each support assembly has a height adjustment actuator. Each height position sensor senses an adjustment position one of the height adjustment actuators and generates a height signal. Each of the support assemblies may be mounted to the chassis by a track-width adjustment mechanism having a track-width adjustment actuator. The height adjustment system is controlled in a manner to synchronize each height adjustment actuator with the other actuators. Adjustment of one or more height adjustment actuators is slowed or stopped in the event that other actuators need to catch up. The track-width adjustment actuators may shift the position of the associated ground-engaging element laterally relative to the chassis to keep the ground-engaging elements from sliding laterally as the chassis height changes.
US12043293B2
The invention relates to a greasing device for a contact wire which can be clamped into a conductor rail for the electrical energy supply of a pantograph of a rail vehicle, comprising: a basic body extending in a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the transverse direction, a passage opening penetrating the basic body from a front side, seen in the longitudinal direction, to a rear side, seen in the longitudinal direction, through which the contact wire can be pushed in the longitudinal direction, and a supply line leading into the passage opening for introducing a grease which can be applied to the contact wire, wherein the passage opening as seen in the longitudinal direction after the supply line.
US12043292B2
The present disclosure provides a technology that can preferably improve the usability when a user wearing a hearable device boards a vehicle. In an information processing device according to the present disclosure, a controller obtains a drive mode of a vehicle in which a user wearing the hearable device rides. When the drive mode of the vehicle is an automatic drive mode, the controller permits the operation mode of the hearable device to be set to a first mode. On the other hand, when the drive mode of the vehicle is a manual drive mode and a user wearing a hearable device is a user performing a drive operation of the vehicle, the controller sets the operation mode of the hearable device to a second mode.
US12043283B2
A small-object perception system, for use in a vehicle, includes a stereo vision system that captures stereo images and outputs information identifying an object having a dimension in a range of ˜20 cm to about ˜100 cm in a perception range of ˜3 meters to ˜150 meters from the vehicle, and a system controller configured to receive output signals from the stereo vision system and to provide control signals to control a path of movement of the vehicle. The stereo vision system includes cameras separated by a baseline of ˜1 meter to ˜4 meters. The stereo vision system includes a stereo matching module configured to perform stereo matching on left and right initial images and to output a final disparity map based on a plurality of preliminary disparity maps generated from the left and right initial images, with the preliminary disparity maps having different resolutions from each other.
US12043279B2
A cloud service receives locations of priority vehicles (PVs) and non-priority vehicles in a metropolitan area. The cloud service accesses a database storing indicia of restricted road portions in the metropolitan area. The cloud service allocates restricted road portions from the database to the NPVs based on the locations of the PVs, the locations of the NPVs, and locations of the restricted road portions. The allocating includes preventing some of the restricted road portions in the database from being available to be allocated to the NPVs based on determining, according to the locations of the PVs and NPVs and according to pre-stored routes of the PVs, that estimated uses of the road portions by the NPVs would conflict with estimated uses of the road portions by the PVs as they travel along the pre-stored routes. Routes generated to include the respectively allocated road portions are provided to the NPVs.
US12043277B2
A vehicle driving support device issues an alert to notify a driver of a vehicle that there is a possibility of occurrence of a situation in which the vehicle is not able to travel along a lane. The vehicle driving support device issues an alert when an alert condition that a rate of increase in a lateral acceleration of the vehicle is equal to or larger than a predetermined rate of increase is satisfied.
US12043274B2
Methods and systems for autonomous driving algorithm evaluation are described herein. A computing device may receive, via telematics sensors associated with a vehicle, telematics data corresponding to one or more trips taken by the vehicle during a period of time. Portions of the telematics data corresponding to use of an autonomous driving algorithm may be determined. One or more performance metrics of the autonomous driving algorithm may be determined based on the portions of the telematics data corresponding to use of the autonomous driving algorithm. The one or more performance metrics may be compared to one or more other performance metrics, such as those corresponding to other autonomous driving algorithms. An autonomous vehicle score may be assigned to the autonomous driving algorithm. Based on the autonomous vehicle score, an indication of a second autonomous driving algorithm may be sent to the vehicle.
US12043271B2
Systems and methods described herein concern estimating the mass of a vehicle. One embodiment uses a slope estimator to estimate the grade of a roadway on which the vehicle is traveling; inputs state estimates from the slope estimator, an estimated wheel force, and an estimated wheel acceleration to a secondary mass estimator that calculates a first estimated mass of the vehicle; selects, based at least in part on the first estimated mass, a calibration value using a tuning map; inputs the calibration value, the estimated wheel force, the state estimates, and a measurement noise value to a main mass estimator that calculates a second estimated mass of the vehicle that is more accurate than the first estimated mass due, at least in part, to the calibration value; and adjusts automatically one or more operational parameters of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the second estimated mass.
US12043263B2
Sound signals are received by one or more microphones disposed at an ADV. The sound signals are analyzed to extract a feature of a road on which the ADV is driving. A road condition of the road is determined based on the extracted feature. A path planning and speed planning is performed to generate a trajectory based on the road condition. The ADV is controlled to drive autonomously according to the generated trajectory.
US12043258B2
In a vehicle computer, a trigger may be received to provide localization data to a first vehicle application that is one of a plurality of vehicle applications in a vehicle that receive the localization data. Based on the trigger, resources can be allocated to a first data container that provides the localization data in a first format specified for the application, and that is one of a plurality of data containers included in the system. The localization data can be provided in the first format to the first vehicle application upon receiving a location request from the application.
US12043254B2
A lane information detection unit detects the shape and the road width of a traveling lane of a vehicle. A present transverse position detection unit detects a present transverse position indicating a present traveling position of the vehicle in the width direction of the traveling lane. A driver-corresponding transverse position setting unit sets a driver-corresponding transverse position corresponding to a driving tendency of a driver. An upper/lower limit value setting unit sets upper/lower limit values that the driver-corresponding transverse position can take, in accordance with the road width. Then, when change in the road width is detected, a transverse position control amount calculation unit sets, as a target transverse position, the driver-corresponding transverse position within the upper/lower limit values in which the change is reflected, and calculates a transverse position control amount for the vehicle from the present transverse position of the vehicle.
US12043240B2
A method for detecting an erroneous velocity data using a controller in communication with a velocity sensor onboard a vehicle includes receiving a time-series velocity data from the velocity sensor, calculating a time-series acceleration data using the time-series velocity data, calculating a time-series jerk data using the time-series acceleration data, calculating a saturated (numerically bounded) jerk data using the time-series jerk data, calculating an estimated acceleration data using the saturated jerk data, calculating a difference between the estimated acceleration data and the time-series acceleration data, and determining whether the difference is greater than a threshold value. The erroneous velocity data is detected in response to the difference being greater than the threshold value.
US12043239B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for controlling braking of a vehicle, comprising: a first switching member configured to receive a parking start signal and generate a first drive signal; a second switching member configured to receive the parking start signal and generate a second drive signal; a first controller configured to receive the first drive signal; a second controller configured to receive the second drive signal, the first and second controllers further configured to transceive a switch fail signal with each other; and an electronic parking brake motor configured to be controlled by at least one of the first and second controllers, wherein, when at least one of the first and second drive signals is abnormal, the electronic parking brake motor is controlled by at least one of the first and second controllers based on the switch fail signal.
US12043234B2
A brake device includes: a brake pedal including a pedal and a lever that rotates about a rotation axis when the pedal is operated; a housing that rotatably supports the lever; a reaction force generator that generates a reaction force to the lever in accordance with a stroke amount of the brake pedal by receiving a force from the lever when the brake pedal is operated; a deformation member including a deformation portion that is deformed by a force received from the lever when the brake pedal is operated in a state where the reaction force generated by the reaction force generator is generated; and a stroke sensor that outputs a signal corresponding to the stroke amount and outputs a value indicating that operation of the brake pedal is abnormal and instructing execution of control for stopping a vehicle when the deformation portion is deformed.
US12043232B2
A system diagnoses and monitors air supply systems and includes a compressor with a drive, which is configured to provide pressurized air for the system, an air dryer, which is configured to remove moisture from the compressed air in the system, at least two sensors, wherein one sensor is configured and arranged to detect a status signal of a component to be monitored, and another sensor is configured and arranged to detect a reference signal relating to the component to be monitored, and an evaluation unit which is configured to evaluate the signals of the sensors. The evaluation unit is also configured to convert the sensor signals into maintenance and control signals based on an evaluation logic, which signals control the operating mode and the maintenance intervals of the air supply system.
US12043231B2
A hydraulic assembly has a hydraulic unit having a hydraulic unit body, in which a delivery channel is formed, the hydraulic unit body having a hydraulic unit body base, in which an inlet mouth is formed. The hydraulic assembly has a connection having a feed pipe for receiving a hydraulic fluid and an eyelet for outputting the hydraulic fluid, the eyelet delimiting an eyelet hole and having an upper eyelet sealing surface and a lower eyelet sealing surface. The hydraulic assembly has a pipe union having a hollow cylindrical body for receiving the hydraulic fluid from the eyelet and introducing the hydraulic fluid into the delivery channel and a pipe union head, an upper gasket and a lower gasket. The connection has a shoulder having a lower projection not interfering with the lower gasket. The connection is coupled in a fail-proof manner to the hydraulic unit, preventing the hydraulic unit from rotating during assembly and use.
US12043230B2
A brake control device forming a brake device includes an acquisition unit acquiring an operation value which is a value relating to an operation of a brake pedal in each control cycle, a target derivation unit deriving a final target braking power BPTrF which is a target of a braking power at a point in time when a prescribed time passes from a start of the operation of the brake pedal based on an increase state of the operation value when the operation of the brake pedal is started, and a brake controller increasing a vehicle braking power BP toward the final target braking power BPTrF.
US12043228B2
A brake system for actuating a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of rear wheel brakes includes a reservoir and a deceleration signal transmitter. First and second power transmission units are configured for selectively providing pressurized hydraulic fluid during a braking event. The first power transmission unit actuates a selected one of the front wheel brakes and a selected one of the rear wheel brakes. The second power transmission unit actuates the other one of the front wheel brakes and the other one of the rear wheel brakes. First and second electronic control units control the first and second power transmission units. A pair of rear brake motors selectively electrically actuate rear wheel brakes. Multiplex control of each of the pairs of front and rear wheel brakes is provided by an arrangement of first and second parallel valves for each wheel brake.
US12043211B2
In accordance with embodiments of this disclosure, a method of securing an autonomous vehicle is presented. The method includes receiving a request for an action at the autonomous vehicle; requesting permission from a user device that has been paired with the autonomous vehicle; and performing the action if permission is received from the user device.
US12043210B2
In some implementations, a system may receive an access request associated with an agent and the vehicle. The system may authenticate, based on an agent identification associated with the agent, the agent in association with providing the vehicle service. The system may send, based on authenticating the agent, an authorization request to a user associated with the vehicle, wherein the authorization request is sent to a user device associated with the user that enables the user to authorize the agent to access the vehicle in association with providing the vehicle service. The system may receive, from the user device, a user authorization that authorizes the agent to access the vehicle. The system may configure the vehicle to enable the agent to access the vehicle via a client device associated with the agent.
US12043204B2
A buckle for a seat belt device has a latch member that is configured to be engaged with a tongue when the tongue is inserted into the buckle; a buckle base having a bottom wall and a first side wall and a second side wall that stand up from the opposite side edges of the bottom wall, each of the first and second side walls having latch holding portions that hold the latch member, the latch holding portions each being formed of a cutout extending from an upper end of each of the first and second side walls of the buckle base; and a bridging member configured to be assemblable to the first and second side walls so as to span the latch holding portions in a front-rear direction.
US12043179B2
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustably attached at a mounting base. The mirror head includes a prismatic mirror reflective element having a wedge-shaped, reflector-coated glass substrate having a front side and a rear side separated by a thickness of the glass substrate, with the thickness of the glass substrate varying between a lower edge region of the glass substrate and an upper edge region of the glass substrate. A driver monitoring camera is accommodated by the mirror head and views through the prismatic mirror reflective element. A refraction-compensating element is disposed between a lens of the driver monitoring camera and the rear side of the glass substrate of the prismatic mirror reflective element. The refraction-compensating element is a wedge-shaped element that offsets refraction of light that passes through the wedge-shaped, reflector coated glass substrate of the prismatic mirror reflective element.
US12043174B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method of facilitating communications from an autonomous vehicle to a user. For instance, a method may include, while attempting to pick up the user and prior to the user entering an vehicle, inputting a current location of the vehicle and map information into a model in order to identify a type of communication action for communicating a location of the vehicle to the user; enabling a first communication based on the type of the communication action; determining whether the user has responded to the first communication from received sensor data; and enabling a second communication based on the determination of whether the user has responded to the communication.
US12043172B2
A lighting system using fluid for a vehicle includes: a first flow path configured in an interior part of the vehicle, and receiving fluid stored in the vehicle and guiding a flow of fluid; a lighting part disposed inside the vehicle to radiate light toward the first flow path; and a controller for receiving state information of the vehicle, and providing the state information of the vehicle to a passenger by controlling the flow of fluid flowing through the first flow path or the lighting part according to the state information.
US12043162B1
A dry bulk material transport system for the modular transport and unloading of dry bulk material, the dry bulk material transport system comprises a transport container, a storage container, and a pneumatic bulk material outflow system. The transport container comprises a transport container shell, a transport container support frame fixed to the transport container shell, a transport container outlet disposed at a bottom of the transport container shell, and a transport container outlet valve rotatable between an open position and a closed position. The storage container comprises storage container shell, a receiving frame fixed to the storage container shell and configured to receive the transport container support frame, a storage container inlet disposed at the top of the storage container shell, and a plurality of storage container outlet valves movable between an open position and a closed position.
US12043150B2
A car seat includes an air outlet located in a seat upper portion (a portion provided above a seat cushion and including a seat back and a headrest) to let out air therethrough; an air inlet located in the seat upper portion to draw in air therethrough; at least one fan configured to produce a current of air flowing from the air outlet toward the air inlet at a front side of the seat upper portion; and a scenting device configured to scent air to be forced out through the air outlet. The air outlet and the air inlet are located in such positions that at least part of the headrest is positioned between the air outlet and the air inlet in a direction from the air outlet toward the air inlet as viewed from a front side.
US12043148B2
An embodiment is a seat height gear system including a monopost apparatus configured to be mounted under a seat, the monopost apparatus comprising a lower post and an upper post, and a direct drive motor apparatus within the monopost apparatus, the direct drive motor apparatus including a motor and a gear unit, the gear unit including a pinion and a rack bar, the rack bar being configured to be engaged with the pinion, the motor being fixed to the lower post of the monopost apparatus, the pinion being coupled to the motor, the rack bar being fixed to an upper post of the monopost apparatus, the motor being configured to rotate the pinion, and the rack bar being configured to convert the rotation of the pinion into the linear motion.
US12043145B2
A seat for a vehicle includes support links enabling a rotating motion and a sliding motion between a seat frame and seat rails, the support links being mounted so that the seat may be rotated in the forward and rearward directions as in a seesaw motion about a shaft of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle, so as to easily implement a facing mode posture, in which passengers sit facing each other, a relaxed comfort posture, etc.
US12043143B2
Embodiments are directed to system and methods for determining the user identity of a vehicle occupant and identifying a corresponding user profile to provide customer settings for the user. In some embodiments, the seat or position of the user is determined and settings are applied depending on the which seat is occupied by the user. In some embodiments, vehicle settings are updated as additional vehicle occupants enter the vehicle.
US12043141B2
A system for an electrically-driven vehicle includes at least one first energy store, which is of an accumulator type, and at least one second energy store, of a type which differs from an accumulator type. The second energy store has an energy density lower than an energy density of the first energy store, and has a power density higher than a power density of the first energy store. The first energy store and the second energy store are designed to supply electrical energy for an electric drive of the vehicle.
US12043123B2
A method for controlling the activation of an electric machine in voltage control mode for an electrical network of a motor vehicle following a failure of a traction battery present in a traction network of the vehicle. The traction network includes the traction battery, the electric machine, an inverter and a DC-to-DC converter connecting the traction battery to an onboard network of said motor vehicle. The method includes a step of precharging capacitors present in the electrical network and a step of activating the electric machine in voltage control mode for the electrical network. The activation of the electric machine in voltage control mode is activated before the deactivation of precharging.
US12043119B2
A timing control circuit is applied to the in-vehicle center console, and includes a hub, a first resistor, a capacitor, and a voltage conversion circuit. The hub is configured to be coupled to an on board unit, and a power supply control terminal of the hub is coupled to a first terminal of the first resistor. A second terminal of the first resistor is coupled to a first terminal of the capacitor and an input terminal of the voltage conversion circuit, a second terminal of the capacitor is grounded, and an output terminal of the voltage conversion circuit is used to connect an external device.
US12043115B2
A control system for a vehicle comprises a controller comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions. The system comprises first, second, and third inputs configured to be manipulated by an operator. The system comprises first, second, and third displays adjacent the first, second, and third inputs, respectively. The first, second and third displays are configured to show first, second, and third indicia, respectively. Manipulation of the first input by the operator transmits a selection input signal to the controller. The controller receives the selection input signal. The processor compares the selection input signal to the instructions in the non-transitory computer-readable medium, transmits a selection output signal to the second and third displays, removes the second and third indicia from the second and third displays, and shows a first sub-selection indicium on the second display and a second sub-selection indicium on the third display.
US12043112B2
A pedal for a motor vehicle is provided, having a pedal arm with at least one first resetting spring and with a friction system comprising a separate friction element and a friction surface of the base part corresponding to the separate friction element. The friction system features a rocker arranged in a rotatable manner on the base part and the at least one first resetting spring is arranged between the separate friction element and the rocker. The separate friction element is connected in a pressure-transmitting manner with the pedal arm by the at least one first resetting spring and at least one connection element. At least one second resetting spring is arranged between one bearing part connected in a pressure-transmitting manner with the pedal arm by the at least one connection element and the base part or the rocker.
US12043111B2
To provide a work vehicle that does not include a forward-reverse lever and is capable of stopping transmission of drive to a PTO shaft at a low cost when the vehicle is stopped or is moving backward. A work vehicle includes: a PTO shaft configured to transmit power to a work machine; a transmission; a forward pedal to be operated to move a traveling vehicle body forward; a switch configured to determine whether the forward pedal is operated; and a PTO clutch configured to switch the power to the PTO shaft to a non-transmission state when it is determined that the forward pedal is not operated based on a determination result of the switch. The forward pedal is provided on one of left and right sides of the transmission, and the switch is provided on the other of the left and right sides of the transmission.
US12043100B2
Described is a stabiliser (1) for a telehandler, comprising a supporting frame (11) designed to be mounted on the carriage (2) of a telehandler (1) and two telescopic arms (12, 13) fixed to the frame (11), each of which includes a first hollow segment (121, 131) directly connected to the frame (11) and a second hollow segment (122, 132) inserted in a slidable fashion in the first segment (121, 131). A pull-out linear actuator (18) of the electric type is positioned inside each arm (12, 13) and has one end fixed to the first segment (121, 131) and one end fixed to the second segment (122, 132).
US12043069B2
A motor vehicle (10, 100) with a chassis (20, 120), a plurality of wheels (12, 14, 16, 18) with pneumatic tyres (14a) and an on-board compressed air system (40, 140) for supplying pneumatic operating devices of motor vehicle (10, 100), includes at least one brake circuit (44) and/or one air suspension system (46), an emergency system (60, 160) for temporary pressurisation of the tyres in the event of a flat tyre, including compressed air connections (62, 64, 66, 68; 162, 164, 166, 168) installed permanently on the motor vehicle, each one having a flexible compressed air hose (70) for connection with a tyre valve (14b) and may be stored entirely in the motor vehicle (10, 100) and extracted from it in the event of a flat tyre, and which is supplied by the on-board compressed air system (40, 140).
US12043068B2
An air pressure abnormality determination system determines whether an air pressure abnormality in which an air pressure of at least one of multiple front tires and multiple rear tires drops. The front tires are front wheels of a vehicle. The rear tires are rear wheels of the vehicle and of which outer diameter is different from an outer diameter of the front tires. A determination is made on whether the air pressure abnormality occurs using a corrected wheel speed obtained by correcting one of a front wheel speed that is a wheel speed of the front wheels and a rear wheel speed that is a wheel speed of the rear wheels based on the outer diameter of the front tires and the outer diameter of the rear tires and an uncorrected wheel speed that is the other of the front wheel speed and the rear wheel speed that is uncorrected.
US12043059B2
A wheel having a hub and a circular ring is provided. The circular ring has a central axis, an outer surface having a first outer edge and a second outer edge, and a plurality of holes disposed on the outer surface. Additionally, the wheel has a plurality of spokes each being adapted to attach to both the hub and the circular ring, and each of the plurality of spokes being concaved and arranged in an alternating pattern. A plurality of lugs is disposed on the outer surface of the circular ring, and each of plurality of lugs has a first leg and a second leg, each extending from a center rib and a lug plate adapted to connect the first leg to the center rib.
US12043046B2
A method of digital printing and finishing for fabrics is provided. The method includes a step of unwinding a fabric from a first reel. A step of compensating the speeds and of spreading the fabric for its positioning on a conveyor belt provided with supporting elements on which a digital printing step occurs is provided. A step of drying the fabric is provided. A step of winding the fabric onto a second reel is provided. These steps are being executed at corresponding stations arranged in sequence with respect to each other and the fabric passing through them continuously, transversely to the conveyor belt, there being a plurality of bars provided with printing heads which are controlled electronically and synchronized with the movement of the conveyor belt.
US12043037B2
A liquid supplying device includes a tank and a cartridge. The cartridge is configured to be detachably attached to the tank in an attachment-detachment direction crossing a vertical direction. The cartridge includes a first storage chamber. The tank includes a second storage chamber, a liquid passage, and a gas passage. The liquid passage has a first end, a second end, and a first extending portion. The second end is formed with a second opening open to an atmosphere. The first extending portion extends from the second opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The gas passage has a third end, a fourth end, and a second extending portion. The fourth end is formed with a fourth opening open to the atmosphere. The second extending portion extends from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction. The second opening is at a position different from the fourth opening in the attachment-detachment direction.
US12043036B2
The present disclosure is drawn to an ink supply tank for a printer. The ink supply tank includes a main chamber to supply a printer with ink. The main chamber includes a fill port to receive ink during filling and an exchange port to release the ink. A chamber separator device is configured with a fill surface and a vent port. An overflow chamber can be configured with a vent to pass air into the overflow chamber, a first portion of air in the overflow chamber passes through the vent port of the chamber separator device to a feeder chamber to replace a second portion of ink leaving the ink supply tank to feed a print head and the vent port of the chamber separator device to pass a third portion of ink and a second portion of air from the feeder chamber to the overflow chamber.
US12043034B2
A printer is provided with a first nozzle surface including a first nozzle row, a second nozzle surface including a second nozzle row positioned with respect to the first nozzle row in a main scanning direction, a receiver having a width smaller than an interval between the first nozzle row and the second nozzle row, and a driver. A processor of the printer causes the driver to perform a discharge driving to discharge ink from at least one of nozzles of one of the first nozzle row or the second nozzle row, and causes the driver to perform a non-discharge driving to not discharge ink from at least one of nozzles of the other of the first nozzle row or the second nozzle row, in a state of one of the first nozzle row or the second nozzle row being caused to face the receiver in a discharge direction.
US12043033B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a first drive circuit including a switching element that selects, from a plurality of drive elements, a drive element to which a drive signal for ejection of liquid through a nozzle is sent, a case defining a first accommodating portion that is a space accommodating the first drive circuit, and a first gas supply passage that is in communication with the first accommodating portion and through which gas is supplied to the first accommodating portion.
US12043031B2
A computing device for a printing device may include a first transducer for generating a first clock frequency and a second transducer for generating a second clock frequency. The computing device may determine the timing signal for clocking the printing operation of the printing device on the basis of the first clock frequency and/or on the basis of the second clock frequency, in particular to increase the uniformity of the timing signal and/or in order to enable a dynamic adaptation of the timing signal to a changing property of the printing device and/or of the recording medium to be printed to.
US12043030B2
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a nozzle; a head; a signal generating circuit configured to generate, based on at least a first data representing a first driving waveform and a second data representing a second driving waveform different from the first driving waveform, a time division multiplex signal; a separating circuit to which the time division multiplex signal is inputted and which includes a switch configured to separate, from the time division multiplex signal, a first driving waveform signal representing the first driving waveform or a second driving waveform signal representing the second driving waveform, based on a synchronization signal; and a synchronization signal generating circuit configured to generate the synchronization signal indicating an opening and closing timing of the switch. The synchronization signal generating circuit is a circuit different from the signal generating circuit.
US12043020B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a stitched fiber-reinforced substrate material capable of suppressing the formation of microcracks in a fiber reinforced composite material. The stitched fiber-reinforced substrate material of the present invention is a stitched fiber-reinforced substrate material formed by stitching reinforcement fiber sheets made of reinforcement fibers using stitching yarns, to which an organic compound having a polar group is adhered. The organic compound having a polar group is preferably a compound having a polyoxyalkylene structure, and also preferably a compound having an epoxy group. The organic compound having a polar group is preferably adhered in an amount of 0.1 to 10 wt % with respect to the mass of the stitching yarn.
US12043019B2
A nonwoven web for an absorbent article is provided. The nonwoven web includes a first surface and a second surface. The nonwoven web includes a repeat unit comprising a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on the first surface or the second surface. The three-dimensional features comprise one or more first regions and a plurality of second regions. The one or more first regions are different than the plurality of second regions. The one or more first regions comprise a plurality of substantially linear segments. A first group of the plurality of substantially linear segments intersects with a second group of the plurality of substantially linear segments at angles of intersection. The angles of intersection are in the range of about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees.
US12043018B2
A method of manufacturing a capsule 12 for holding a substance 14 including providing a capsule body 2 having a closed end 5, an opposed open end 6 and a predetermined length defined between the ends 5, 6; providing a diaphragm 4 having a closed end 7, an opposed open end 8 and a predetermined length defined between the ends 7, 8; partially filling the body 2 with substance 14; inserting the closed end 7 of the diaphragm 4 into the open end 6 of the body 2 such that regions of the body 2 and the diaphragm 4 overlap one another with the open ends of the capsule body 2 and the diaphragm 4 being flush, thereby closing off the open end 6 of the body 2 and defining a chamber 104 within which the substance 14 is held; and heat welding the flush ends of the body 2 and the diaphragm 4 to one another to hermetically seal the chamber 104.
US12043016B2
A method of attaching a detector onto a substrate that has an array of electrically conducting pads is provided, together with the resulting detector assembly. The method includes pouring a non-conductive adhesive material over a substrate surface, allowing the adhesive to settle between the conducting pads to form dams around the conducting pads, applying a conductive adhesive material onto the conducting pads of the substrate, and placing a surface of the detector on the substrate surface over the conducting and non-conducting adhesives to thereby attach the surface of the detector to the surface of the substrate.
US12043015B2
A method of forming a cushioning sheet includes forming a plurality of first sockets in a first layer; forming a plurality of second sockets in a second layer, each of the second sockets aligned with a corresponding one of the first sockets; positioning a cushioning insert within a void defined between each corresponding pair of the first and second sockets; and coupling the first layer to the second layer to retain the plurality of cushioning inserts within the voids.
US12043008B2
This invention discloses a technique for replenishing the level of sealant in self-sealing tires at the time that a puncture in the tire is being repaired or when the tire is being recapped. This technique provides the tire with its original level of self-sealing capabilities and will enhance the possibility of the tire remaining in service until it can be conveniently repaired. This method involves (1) injecting a liquid sealant formulation into the sealant layer of a self-sealing tire through at least one puncture hole therein, and (2) sealing the hole or holes in the supporting carcass and the innerliner of the tire. The sealant utilized is typically liquid polyisobutylene having a weight average molecular weight of 25,000 to 200,000. The sealant formulation used can optionally also contain a colorant or a pigment.
US12043005B2
A system includes a mandrel having an exterior surface configured to receive composite material, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end, an end support coupled to the first end of the mandrel such that the mandrel is rotatable about an axis of rotation, and an intermediate support configured to support the mandrel between the first end and the second end such that at least a portion of the exterior surface is exposed while the mandrel is supported by the intermediate support, a vertical distance between the intermediate support and the axis of rotation defining a support distance, and the intermediate support being adjustable between a first position having a first support distance and a second position having a second support distance greater than the first support distance.
US12043001B2
The invention relates to a foil tape (10) for sealing joints between structural elements (30, 31) which are joined to one another, for example in house-building between masonry and a door or window jamb, wherein the foil tape (10) has a functional membrane (1), a textile (4) joined, preferably all-over, to the functional membrane (1) on a top side or an underside, and at least in certain areas an adhesive layer (2) applied in certain areas to that side of the membrane (1) which is averted from the textile (4), wherein the foil tape (10) is folded to produce a folded body (20), so that sections of the textile (4) lie on top of one another at least in certain areas, the sections of the textile (4) lying on top of one another being welded to one another partially and in particular in a punctiform pattern by supplying energy to the folded body (20).
US12042994B2
Provided herein are methods of recycling additively manufactured objects (e.g., stereolithographically produced objects), the additively manufactured objects comprising linear polyurethane, branched polyurethane, linear polyurea, branched polyurea, a copolymer thereof, or a combination thereof. Compositions comprising the same and methods of use thereof are also provided.
US12042992B2
A method of additive manufacture suitable for large and high resolution structures is disclosed. The method may include sequentially advancing each portion of a continuous part in the longitudinal direction from a first zone to a second zone. In the first zone, selected granules of a granular material may be amalgamated. In the second zone, unamalgamated granules of the granular material may be removed. The method may further include advancing a first portion of the continuous part from the second zone to a third zone while (1) a last portion of the continuous part is formed within the first zone and (2) the first portion is maintained in the same position in the lateral and transverse directions that the first portion occupied within the first zone and the second zone.
US12042985B2
Formulations usable in additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object, which comprise a reinforcing material such as silica particles in an amount of from 10 to 30%, or from 15 to 20%, by weight, of the total weight of the formulation, and a designed combination of curable materials as described in the specification, is provided. Additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects made of such a formulation and featuring enhanced mechanical properties, and objects obtained thereby are also provided.
US12042979B2
An imprinting, texturing or embossing system for a roll-to-plate process including at least one roller and at least one device capable to exert a resetting force to the starting position of the imprinting process after imprinting wherein the roller is a freely rotating roller.
US12042977B2
A method produces a hollow electrical insulator. The method includes: winding first wound layers of a first fiber element onto a core; and winding second wound layers of a second fiber element onto an end region of the core. The first wound layers have turns of the first fiber element which enclose a first winding angle with a main direction of extension of the core. The second wound layers have turns of the second fiber element which enclose a second winding angle with the main direction of extension of the core which is larger than the first winding angle. An inner region of the core remains free of second wound layers.
US12042962B2
The present disclosure provides a VR face mask and a manufacturing method thereof. The VR face mask includes a mask body, and a first PU covering layer arranged on a surface of the mask body to be attached close to a human face. The mask body includes a mask bottom layer arranged away from the first PU covering layer, and a filling layer arranged between the first PU covering layer and the mask bottom layer.
US12042959B2
A method for producing a polymer coated metal strip in a continuous coating line, including the subsequent steps of: laminating a thermoplastic polymer film onto at least one side of a metal strip to produce a polymer coated metal strip; post-heating the polymer coated metal strip to temperature sufficiently high to melt the thermoplastic polymer film to reduce orientation and crystallinity of the thermoplastic polymer film to target value; cooling the post-heated polymer coated metal strip; in-line illuminating the laminated polymer film with near-infrared light having one or more or all wavenumbers between 3500 and 9000 cm−1; in-line acquiring back-scattered near-infrared light with a near-infrared spectroscopy detector; calculating near-infrared spectrum from the back-scattered near-infrared light; comparing the calculated near-infrared spectrum to a reference material near-infrared spectrum to determine Conformity Index as measure of the laminated polymer film degree of crystallinity and/or molecular orientation.
US12042953B2
A method for producing a counter-form (20) for manufacturing a part having a complex shape (24) by pressure sintering densification. The counter-form (20) is formed from successive layers produced by numerically-controlled three-dimensional (3D) additive printing according to the following steps: numerically recording a three-dimensional negative of the part to be produced (24) in a control unit of a three-dimensional additive printing system in order to constitute the positive form of the counter-form to be produced; producing the counter-form (20) using a 3D additive printing technique. The part having a complex shape (24d) is then manufactured by pressure sintering, then separated from the counter-form which is also sintered (20).
US12042949B2
The machine (1; 100) comprises a winding station (3; 101), adapted to receive secondary winding cores (T) coaxial with, and adjacent to, one another. A cutting device (11; 104) is also provided, with a plurality of blades (13; 105), arranged upstream of the winding station (3; 101) with respect to the feeding direction of the web material (N) and adapted to subdivide the web material into plurality of strips (S1-S5) of web material; The machine has a web material evaluation system and a programmable unit (71) for processing data collected by the web material evaluation system.
US12042946B2
Electric scissors includes at least one movable blade having a blade portion which cuts a to-be-cut object. A drive unit opens and closes the at least one movable blade, and a holding part holds the to-be-cut object that is cut by the at least one movable blade. A support part supports the to-be-cut object, which is cut by the at least one movable blade, while regulating a direction of the to-be-cut object.
US12042943B1
A system comprising a robot and a robot base station is described. The processor of the robot base station is configured to receive information about a potential water leak and cause transmission of a first command to cause the robot to traverse an area associated with the potential water leak. The processor of the robot is configured to receive the first command from the robot base station, cause the robot to traverse the area associated with the potential water leak, and determine, using at least a sensor, that a liquid corresponding to the potential water leak is present in the area. Further, the processor of the robot is further configured to determine information about the liquid and cause transmission of a first indication to the robot base station, where the first indication indicates that the liquid is present in the area and the information about the liquid.
US12042938B2
A method for controlling a robotic device, in which a composite robot trajectory model made up of robot trajectory models of the movement skills is generated for a sequence plan for a task to be carried out by the robot including a sequence of movement skills and primitive actions to be carried out, and the robot is controlled, if after one movement skill according to the sequence plan one or multiple primitive action(s) is/are to be executed before the next movement skill, by interrupting the control of the robot according to the composite robot trajectory model after carrying out the movement skill, and by executing the one or multiple primitive action(s) and then resuming the control of the robot according to the composite robot trajectory model.
US12042925B2
A robotic lifting and orienting system for an overspray-free paint system includes: a base coupled to wheels; and an automated carrier coupled to the base. The automated carrier includes: a fixture assembly configured to hold an object to be painted; one or more manipulators configured to move the fixture assembly relative to a paint robot; a propulsion system connected to the wheels and configured to move the robotic lifting and orienting system; and a control module configured to control the one or more manipulators and the propulsion system to control positioning and orienting of the object relative to at least one of the paint robot and an overspray-free paint applicator of the paint robot.
US12042899B2
A carrier head for chemical mechanical polishing includes a housing for attachment to a drive shaft, a membrane assembly beneath the housing with a space between the housing and the membrane assembly defining a pressurizable chamber, and a sensor in the housing configured to measure a distance from the sensor to the membrane assembly.
US12042897B2
The present disclosure provides a grinding wheel cutting apparatus comprising a first laser distance sensor, a master controller and a grinding wheel. The first laser distance sensor is communicatively coupled to the master controller. The laser distance sensor is configured to obtain an outer diameter of a rod workpiece. The master controller is configured to determine a segment length of a segment to be cut from the rod workpiece based on the outer diameter, a material density of the rod workpiece and a preset segment weight. The master controller is configured to perform a control to circularly cut the rod workpiece with the grinding wheel according to the segment length. The present disclosure further relates to a cutting method using the grinding wheel cutting apparatus.
US12042895B2
A spindle vibration measuring system which measures vibration of a spindle in a machining device that performs a cutting or abrading process on a workpiece. The machining device has a workpiece holder that holds the workpiece, the spindle that holds a tool, and a moving mechanism that relatively moves the workpiece holder and the spindle. The spindle vibration measuring system acquires positional variation data or vibration data of the moving mechanism when the spindle rotates, and a result related to vibration of the spindle to output or store based on the positional variation data or the vibration data.
US12042866B2
An additive manufacturing (AM) apparatus is provided, having a build unit including a powder delivery mechanism, a powder recoating mechanism, and an irradiation beam directing mechanism. The AM apparatus further includes a rotatable build platform having an inner diameter and an outer diameter. A fluid flow mechanism includes an inlet body forming an inlet plenum and a collector body extended from the inlet body. The collector body forms a collector plenum in fluid communication with the inlet plenum. The collector body forms an outlet opening, wherein the outlet opening is positioned proximate to the inner diameter of the rotatable build platform. The outlet opening is configured to provide a flow of fluid toward the outer diameter above the rotatable build platform.
US12042864B2
Additive manufacturing structures and methods that enable the facile release of 3D printed parts are described. In one implementation, an additive manufacturing structure includes: a body; and a recessed section formed through a surface of the body, the recessed section comprising: a pour hole for filling the recessed section with a liquid metal or metal alloy that solidifies into an insert having a surface for forming a 3D object in a 3D printing device; and one or more air holes configured to release air displaced by the liquid metal or metal alloy.
US12042863B2
Provided is a 3D printer having a residual powder removal device, including: a cabinet configured to form an exterior and protect a plurality of parts embedded therein, a chamber configured to form a printing space where a 3D part is formed by being irradiated with a laser from a laser irradiator inside the cabinet, a concentration measurer configured to measure a concentration of metal powder scattered inside the chamber, a powder transfer unit configured to transfer the metal powder from inside the chamber, and a residual powder removal device configured to spray an inert gas into the chamber to forcibly scatter cohered metal powder, discharge the metal powder scattered inside the chamber to the outside along with the inert gas, and cause the metal powder to pass through a filter assembly so that the metal powder is filtered and the residual metal powder is removed from inside the chamber.
US12042857B2
An ingot mould for continuous casting, with a lubricant channel (2) opening to the running surface (1), has a distribution portion (3) adjoining the running surface (1). In an ingot mould of the aforementioned type a uniform lubrication of the running surface of the ingot mould is possible using as few wear-susceptible components as possible, where the flow resistance within the distribution portion (3) increases in the direction of the running surface (1) and is constant in a discharge region (4) of the distribution portion (3) adjoining the running surface parallel to the running surface (1).
US12042844B2
A fastener, installing tool, system, and method all contemplate integrated magnetic and/or vacuum traps positioned so as to capture particulates and debris created during the installation and use of the fastener. These elements are integrated into the installing system so as to eliminate the need for additional clamps.
US12042838B2
An apparatus of holding a blank for incremental forming, includes a blank holder to which a blank is configured to be coupled; a motor configured to provide driving power; an interlocking mechanism engaged to the motor and configured to rectilinearly move the blank holder in a direction perpendicular to a forming surface of the blank in conjunction with an operation of the motor; and a controller configured to control the operation of the motor so that the blank rectilinearly moves in accordance with a position of a forming robot configured for forming the blank.
US12042833B2
A method for operating a combined casting/rolling installation: A casting machine (4) of the combined installation (2) produces a cast product (40) and a rolling mill (6, 8) of the installation (2) produces a rolled product (42a, 42b) from the cast product (40). The installation (2) has a control device (12) with a measuring unit (14) and a controller (16). The measuring unit (14) detects a rolled-product property, generates a measurement signal dependent on that property and transmits the measurement signal to the controller (16), and the controller (16) uses the measurement signal to generate a control signal for the casting machine (4) based on a control algorithm and transmits the control signal to the casting machine (4) which uses the control signal to set a casting parameter. The detected rolled-product property is a temperature profile of the rolled product (42a, 42b) in the width direction thereof and the casting parameter that is set by the casting machine (4) using the control signal is a cooling parameter of the casting machine (4).
US12042829B2
For surface wetting control, an apparatus can expel fluid from a droplet on a surface using a transducer mechanically coupled to the surface. A first area of the surface can have a first wettability for the fluid, and a second area of the surface can have a second wettability for the fluid. The first wettability of the first area of the surface can be greater than the second wettability of the second area of the surface. The first area and the second area can have a patterned arrangement.
US12042821B1
A squirter sonar transducer is provided as a body having a first end and a second end. The body is a cylindrical wall having a length and an inner diameter with a piezoelectric ring actuator disposed within the cylindrical wall. A baseplate is connected to the first end of the body and caps the first end. The second end of the body is open to define a resonator cavity within the body. The baseplate is made of a solid mass having a thickness of approximately fifty percent of the length of the cylindrical wall and has a recess approximately fifty percent of the thickness with a recess diameter equal to the inner diameter of the cylindrical wall.
US12042813B2
A substrate processing method includes a liquid film forming step of forming a liquid film, a liquid film heat retaining step of keeping the liquid film warm, a gas phase layer forming step of forming a gas phase layer which holds the processing liquid on a center portion of the liquid film, an opening forming step of forming an opening in the center portion of the liquid film by excluding the processing liquid held by the gas phase layer, a substrate rotating step of rotating the substrate around a rotation axis, and an opening expanding step of expanding the opening, while a state in which the gas phase layer is formed on an inner circumferential edge of the liquid film is maintained, by moving the irradiation region toward a circumferential edge portion of the substrate while the liquid film heat retaining step and the substrate rotating step are performed.
US12042812B2
A system for automatically dispensing a fluid from a deformable container onto a panel includes a primer head having a container receiver and a container deformer, the container receiver receiving and holding a container of primer thereat. An adapter is received into an opening of the container and is secured to a portion of the primer head, and the container is retained at the container receiver of the primer head. A primer tip is disposed at the adapter. With the container held at the container receiver and retained at the primer head, the primer head moves to position the primer tip at the panel. When the primer tip is positioned at the panel, the container deformer automatically operates to deform the container to cause a predetermined amount of primer to be dispensed from the container, through the adapter and to the primer tip and onto the panel.
US12042806B2
A system and method include a frame member and an applicator. The frame member includes a hollow frame and a distribution component arranged in the interior of the frame. The distribution component includes a base component and a conduit on its exterior surface. The applicator delivers a fluid, which can include an anti-corrosion material, to the distribution component, which fluid is then delivered by the conduit throughout the interior of the frame and ejected through discharge openings of the conduit onto the interior surface of the frame to coat the frame with the fluid. The fluid may form an anti-corrosion coating on the interior surface of the frame.
US12042793B2
A microfluidic system is presented that includes a cartridge, a container, and a lid for the container. The cartridge includes a plurality of microfluidic channels coupled to one or more chambers. The container holds dry chemicals and includes a housing with a first opening and a second opening smaller than the first opening. The container is designed to be inserted into an opening of the cartridge, such that the container is independently secured within the opening. The insertion of the container allows for the container to be fluidically coupled with a microfluidic channel of the plurality of microfluidic channels via the second opening. The lid includes a column that extends from the lid into the container.
US12042792B2
Described is a multi-dimensional double spiral (MDDS) microfluidic device comprising a first spiral microchannel and a second microchannel, wherein the wherein the first spiral microchannel and second spiral microchannel have different cross-sectional areas. Also described is a device comprising a multi-dimensional double spiral and system for recirculation. The invention also encompasses methods of separating particles from a sample fluid comprising a mixture of particles comprising the use of the multi-dimensional double spiral microfluidic device.
US12042788B2
Lewis acidic metal-organic framework (MOF) materials comprising triflate-coordinated metal nodes are described. The materials can be used as heterogenous catalysts in a wide range of organic group transformations, including Diels-Alder reactions, epoxide-ring opening reactions, Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions and alkene hydroalkoxylation reactions. The MOFs can also be prepared with metallated organic bridging ligands to provide heterogenous catalysts for tandem reactions and/or prepared as composites with support particles for use in columns of continuous flow reactor systems. Methods of preparing and using the MOF materials and their composites are also described.
US12042785B1
A Fischer-Tropsch catalyst includes a substantially homogeneous blend of cobalt and alumina, wherein the catalyst includes a pore volume (PV) ranging from 0.3 cc/g to 0.5 cc/g and an average pore diameter (PD) ranging from 18 nm to 30 nm. Methods of preparing the Fischer-Tropsch catalyst are also included in the present disclosure.
US12042784B1
A thermal method of forming ferric oxide nano/microparticles with predominant morphology is described using different solvents. Methods of using the Fe3O4 nano/microparticles as catalysts in the reduction of nitro compounds with sodium borohydride to the corresponding amines and decomposition of ammonium salts.
US12042782B2
Provided is a post-treatment method and system for a core-shell catalyst, which relate to the field of fuel cell materials. The post-treatment method of the present disclosure includes the following steps: a core-shell catalyst is added into an electrolyte solution containing citric acid or ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, a gas containing oxygen is introduced into the electrolyte solution followed by stirring for a predetermined reaction time, the open circuit potential of the reactor base is recorded during the reaction time, and the open circuit potential should stabilize at 0.90˜1.0 V vs. RHE when the reaction is completed. The molar ratio of citric acid or ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid to platinum of the core-shell catalyst is 10 to 1000:1. A percentage of oxygen in the gas is 10 to 100% by volume. The post-treatment method of the present disclosure can significantly improve the platinum mass activity and PGM mass activity and durability of core-shell catalyst.
US12042777B2
A deodorant composition may be suitable for use with an aldehyde gas or a ketone gas, and may include an aminoguanidine salt and a metal chelating agent. The aminoguanidine salt is preferably at least one of an aminoguanidine hydrochloride and an aminoguanidine sulfate. The chelating agent is preferably at least one of an inorganic phosphoric acid and salt thereof, and a carboxylic acid and salt thereof.
US12042775B2
A consumer product comprising a biodegradable delivery particle having a benefit agent containing core and a shell.
US12042772B2
A method and system are used to enhance a marker material to include a plurality of air bubbles. The method of manufacturing a marker includes enhancing a marker material to include a plurality of air bubbles using at least a first EFD and a second EFD. The method may include cycling repeatedly through a transfer process between a first container and a second container. A system for enhancing a marker material includes a transfer apparatus configured to receive a marker material and a selected amount of air. The system comprises a first EFD coupled to a first end of the transfer apparatus and a second EFD coupled to a second end of the transfer apparatus.
US12042762B2
A chemical processing system for removing carbon dioxide from a gas mixture using a multicomponent amine-based scrubbing solution includes a spectroscopic evaluation system with a liquid contact probe for spectroscopic investigation, an energy source connected with the liquid contact probe to provide the spectroscopic stimulation energy to the probe, a spectrometer connected with the liquid contact probe to detect the spectroscopic response energy to the probe and to output spectral data corresponding to the spectroscopic response energy, and a machine learning spectral data analyzer connected to the spectrometer for evaluation of the spectral data to determine a concentration value for each of water, amine component and captured carbon dioxide in the scrubbing solution, the machine learning spectral data analyzer being trained for each such component over a corresponding trained concentration range, and optionally over a trained temperature range to provide a temperature-compensated concentration value.
US12042749B2
A filter cartridge for use in the interior of a water tank of a household appliance, the wall of which separates a housing internal side from a housing external side. A filter inlet opening which in the operation of the filter cartridge is open in relation to the external environment of a filter housing. A device for water conduction comprises at least one filter chamber having at least one filter medium and terminates in a filter outlet opening for suctioning water from the filter cartridge in the interior of the filter housing, downstream of the filter inlet opening relative to the flow direction of the water during operation. A filter port has an annular filter sealing face for the connection of the filter cartridge in a water tank. The filter sealing face has a separately disposed filter-proximal guide structure for receiving a centering element for centering the filter cartridge.
US12042744B2
The present disclosure belongs to the field of toys, and in particular discloses a touch pressure-relieving toy, including an insulating shell, wherein a vibration component and at least one pair of copper foils are accommodated in the insulating shell, the same pair of copper foils are covered on inner walls of the insulating shell at intervals, all the copper foils are electrically connected to the vibration component, and a silicone sleeve is sleeved outside the insulating shell. According to the present disclosure, a human hand approaches the same pair of copper foils to form touch sensing to control the vibration component to vibrate in the insulating shell, so that the fun can be improved while a user relieves his/her pressure.
US12042743B2
A room installation including: a room having at least one wall, a ceiling, and a floor, each of which is at least partially covered by a mirrored surface; at least one transparent window to permit ambient light into the room; and a first plurality of mirrored balloons arranged within the room, and filled with a mixture of helium and another gas, the mixture configured to float the balloons of the first plurality of balloons substantially within a middle height of the room; and a plurality of vents to circulate and move the balloons of the first plurality of balloons in a designated pattern within the room.
US12042740B2
A movable puzzle platform includes a movable puzzle platform having a puzzle board having a top surface and a board accessible unit having a first moving member, a second moving member, and a first bearing unit coupled between the first moving member and the second moving member. The first moving member is rotatably mounted to the second moving member by the first bearing unit. Wherein the first circumferential surface of the first moving member is engaged with the second circumferential surface of the second moving member via the first bearing unit to enable the second moving member to be coaxially rotated with respect to the first moving member. Therefore, a player is able to move the puzzle board on the playing surface at a desired orientation to assemble the puzzle pieces on the top surface of the puzzle board.
US12042736B2
A high-skilled-low-level detection system may detect high-skilled entities in low-level matches of an online gaming. The system may identify a plurality of entities that are within a first category of entities eligible to be matched by a matchmaking algorithm. The system may then determine respective feature sets based at least in part on gameplay data associated with the plurality of entities and perform anomaly detection on the respective feature sets. The system may then determine, based on the anomaly detection, an anomalous entity of the plurality of entities and cause the matchmaking algorithm to match the anomalous entity with other entities that are in a second category of entities.
US12042733B2
Provided is a control method of a game executed by an information processing device, the method including: storing a plurality of first game media associated with a first player and a plurality of second game media associated with a second player, the plurality of first game media being associated with ability information, placing one or more first selection game media; producing an effect corresponding to the ability information selected; placing one or more second selection game media; converting at least a part of the one or more first selection game media placed in the field from the first parameter state to the second parameter state; and changing a use status of the ability information associated with the one or more first selection game media converted from the first parameter state to the second parameter state.
US12042729B2
Systems and methods for executing content to be rendered on a screen of a head mounted display (HMD) are provided. One method includes executing the content to render interactive scenes on the screen and tracking an orientation direction of the HMD when worn on a head of a user and the interactive scenes are being rendered on the screen. The method includes changing view directions into the interactive scenes based on changes in the orientation direction of the HMD, such that movements of the head of the user causes the changes in the view directions into the interactive scenes. The method further includes receiving images of a real world space using a camera of the HMD. The camera of the HMD is configured to capture a location of real world objects in the real world space relative to the user of the HMD. The method includes detecting that at least one real world object is becoming proximate to the user of the HMD and generating a warning or message to be presented to the HMD, the warning or message indicating that the user is likely to bump or contact the at least one real world object. The method further includes transitioning at least a portion of the screen to a transparent mode. The transparent mode provides at least a partial view into the real world space using the camera of the HMD.
US12042720B2
The present invention discloses electronic equipment with a vibration function, including a carrier and a vibration module configured for providing a vibration sense; the vibration module includes a housing having a receiving space and provided with an opening in at least one end; a vibration unit received in the receiving space and directly providing a vibration sense to a user; and an elastic member; the elastic member elastically connects the vibration unit to the housing, so as to elastically suspend the vibration unit in the receiving space. According to the electronic equipment of the present invention, in both cases where a surface of the carrier is a flexible material and the carrier is relatively heavy, local vibration can be provided through the independent vibration unit, so as to directly feedback vibration actually generated by the vibration unit to the user, thus improving the experience of the user.
US12042716B2
A powered board vehicle can include a deck having a support surface, a rear wheel assembly, and a front wheel assembly. The support surface can include a forward portion, a rearward portion, and a neck that connects the forward portion with the rearward portion. The forward portion, the rearward portion, and the neck can be integrally formed. The rear wheel assembly can include a powered rear wheel. The front wheel assembly can include at least one front wheel configured to swivel about a first axis and rotate about a second axis.
US12042713B2
An exercise machine includes a sensor configured to detect a movement of the exercise machine, a user interface (UI) unit configured to output a UI screen, a memory, and a processor. The processor executes one or more instructions stored in the memory to control the UI unit to display, on the UI screen, a first UI element indicating a user's exercise state corresponding to the detected movement and a second UI element indicating an exercise guide recommended during an exercise using the exercise machine, and change and display a color or shape of at least one of the first UI element and the second UI element, based on a distance between the first UI element and the second UI element on the UI screen.
US12042711B2
A golf swing training device can be easily worn by a user, without requiring any special connection mechanism or clothing item, to provide adjustably positionable sights that assist users in improving their golf swing. One goal of the training device is to keep the golfer's vision focused on the ball while taking the swing and minimize head movement, especially during the backswing. When the correct focus is established, the swing will follow, therefore enhancing muscle memory to improve the user's swing consistency. A pair of focusing rings may be flexibly connected to a mounting system. The focusing rings can be positioned to help the golfer focus on the ball while taking their swing, especially while putting. The mounting system can secure the focusing rings in the desired position during use, while being comfortable to wear.
US12042707B2
Apparatus and rules for playing a boules-style game. The apparatus may include one or more rigid gamepads on which balls can roll, each gamepad having a raised ridge around its periphery defining a base area, and shapes formed in the base area by raised ridges enclosing one or more additional distinct areas. The game may be played in an open area with one or more gamepads placed on the ground. Gameplay includes players rolling the balls onto the gamepad from a distance. Each gamepad may have a post affixed thereto extending vertically from the gamepad. A bonus ball may be balanced atop the post, subject to being dislodged and awarding bonus points. Points are awarded based on a predetermined point value of the base area, and higher predetermined point values of the areas defined by the raised ridges, and the final positions of the balls.
US12042693B2
An exercise device comprises a base and a rotation assembly movably attached to the base. The rotation assembly comprises an exercise interface assembly comprising at least one exercise support portion configured to be moved by a user, a crank assembly comprising at least one crank rotatably attached to the at least one exercise support portion and configured to be rotated about a crank rotational axis by the at least one exercise support portion, and a flywheel assembly comprising a flywheel configured to be rotated about a flywheel rotational axis due to rotation of the at least one crank. The crank rotational axis and the flywheel rotational axis are substantially perpendicular to each other.
US12042692B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses and methods for rendering haptic environments, such as may be used in rehabilitation. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, haptic rehabilitative movement is effected by providing feedback signals characterizing sensed engagement of a user's lower extremity with a crank coupled to a shaft that is driven by a motor, and controlling movement of the crank in response to the feedback signals. Force may be provided by the motor and shaft, by applying control inputs to the motor that cause the motor and crank to render respective haptic environments while engaged with the user's lower extremity, via rotation of the shaft. The haptic environments may include one or both of impedance-based haptic environments and admittance-based haptic environments.
US12042691B2
Disclosed herein are a motion-based virtual-reality simulator device and a method for controlling the same. The motion-based virtual-reality simulator device includes a virtual-reality interface for outputting virtual reality content in a form of multi-sense data that is perceptible by a user, a virtual-reality movement implementation unit including a track component for performing continuous track motion in a state in which a user gets on the track component, the track component being configured such that a slope of the track component is controlled while a surface of the track component is deformed into an even surface or an uneven surface, and an interworking control unit for outputting a control signal to the virtual-reality movement implementation unit so that a slope and a surface of the track component are deformed in accordance with the virtual reality content that is output through the virtual-reality interface.
US12042681B2
A helipad fire suppression system includes a helipad having an outer boundary that defines an impervious deck area for at least one of landing or storing one or more helicopters, with at least a portion of the impervious deck area being designated a fire suppression target area. The system includes a nozzle assembly having a spray-type nozzle for spraying a fire suppression fluid in a radial pattern. The nozzle assembly can include a nozzle enclosure for enclosing the spray-type nozzle and can be configured for installation in a surface made of an impervious material. The nozzle assembly is disposed in an interior portion of the impervious deck area so as to provide the fire suppression fluid to the fire suppression target area.
US12042673B2
A radiation therapy apparatus of an embodiment allows radiation to be applied while rotating a gantry and controls irradiation and stop of the radiation during the rotation of the gantry based on respiration of a treatment subject, and includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry detects the respiration of the treatment subject. The processing circuitry predicts an administration dose based on a respiratory phase range in which the radiation is applied in the respiration of the treatment subject, and changes at least one or both of a dose rate of the radiation to be applied to the treatment subject and a rotation speed of the gantry so that the administration dose reaches a target dose. The processing circuitry performs control according to the change with respect to at least one or both of the dose rate of the radiation and the rotation speed of the gantry.
US12042670B2
Systems, devices, and methods for imaging-based calibration of radiation treatment couch position compensations.
US12042668B2
A method for treating a tumor, comprising identifying a tumor as a squamous cell carcinoma tumor and implanting in the tumor identified as a squamous cell carcinoma tumor at least one diffusing alpha-emitter radiation therapy (DaRT) source (21) with a suitable radon release rate and for a given duration, such that the source (21) provides during the given duration a cumulated activity of released radon between 3.7 Mega becquerel (MBq) hour and 8.6 MBq hour, per centimeter length.
US12042666B2
A phototherapy device for delivering light emitted by a light source to an infant. The phototherapy device includes two or more light pads configured to be optically connected to a light source via a connector. Light emitted by the light source is received by the connector and propagated through the connector to the light pads. The phototherapy device also includes a flexible garment configured to maintain the position of the pads on a front and back of an infant.
US12042663B2
The proposed invention relates to an electromedical device that produces a cold plasma at atmospheric pressure for use in blood clotting and the treatment of ulcers and other skin injuries in human and animal patients. The main claims relate to the use of gas pre-treated by means of a cooling and dehumidification, together with a system of plasma expansion chambers in the outlet channel of same. As a result of these innovations, the plasma produced using the invention has a lower temperature than those in the prior art, preserving greater effectiveness both in blood clotting and in the disinfection and treatment of skin injuries, without causing any damage to the patient's healthy tissue. The device can be used in the treatment of human and animal patients to considerably accelerate blood clotting without damage to healthy tissue, during clinical and surgical treatments. I can also be used to treat ulcers and other skin injuries, owing to its disinfection properties, without damaging healthy tissue.
US12042659B2
Techniques for determining the location of a physiological midline are disclosed. A first technique evaluates the response to stimulation of spinal electrodes at peripheral electrodes on different sides of the body. In this technique, a spinal electrode's position relative to a physiological midline is determined based on a relationship between responses to its stimulation observed on different sides of the body. A second technique evaluates the response of spinal electrodes to stimulation of peripheral electrodes on different sides of the body. In this technique, a spinal electrode's position relative to a physiological midline is determined based on the different responses that it observes to stimulation on different sides of the body.
US12042654B2
At least one of the first or second hearing prostheses of a binaural hearing prosthesis system includes a dual-mode sound processing unit that is configured to selectively operate in a “sound processing mode” or in a “wireless streaming mode.” When operating in the sound processing mode, the dual-mode sound processing unit is configured to convert received sound signals into output signals for use in stimulating a first ear of a recipient. However, while operating in the wireless streaming mode, the dual-mode sound processing unit is configured to capture input signals (e.g., sound signals, data signals, etc.) and to encode those input signals for direct or indirect wireless transmission to the sound processing unit of the other hearing prosthesis of the binaural hearing system.
US12042636B2
The disclosure relates to a syringe support for supporting an axial position of a syringe relative to a housing of an autoinjector. The syringe support comprises a projecting portion, which projects from the syringe support in a distal direction and a flexible portion which axially adjoins the projecting portion. The flexible portion is adapted to axially bias the syringe in the distal direction within the housing. The disclosure further relates to an autoinjector.
US12042625B2
A device for protecting a user from a sharp tip of a medical needle includes a central body portion, a medical needle having a sharp tip, a pair of wings in attachment to the central body portion, and a hook-and-loop fastening system disposed on at least one of the wings, and configured to selectively attach the wings together with the medical needle positioned between the wings so as to protect a user from the sharp tip of the medical needle. A method of using the device includes withdrawing a sharp tip of a medical needle from a patient, closing a pair of wings with the medical needle positioned between the wings, and fastening the wings together with the medical needle positioned between the wings so as to protect a user from the sharp tip of the medical needle.
US12042624B2
A manually operated mechanical pump for drug infusion through a syringe including a plunger slidable within a syringe body to cause drug contained within the syringe body to exit a front opening of the syringe. The pump has a pump body with an open front end, to which the syringe attaches, and an open rear end, at which a drive member is associated movably relative to the pump body. A pair of thrust members are provided between the drive member and the syringe to impart longitudinal thrust in a distal direction onto the plunger to cause the drug to exit the front opening. An elastic element is provided between the thrust members to store and release elastic energy when the first thrust member proximal to the drive member is manually actuated, thus causing the second thrust member proximal to the syringe to advance as the drug exits the front opening.
US12042621B2
An aseptic coupling arrangement can include a first coupling device and a second aseptic coupling device. In one embodiment, the first and second coupling devices are substantially similar, each having a main body defining a front face and a fluid passageway therethrough. A first connecting feature disposed on the main body of each coupling device may be provided for aligning and coupling the aseptic devices together. Each coupling device may also include a sealing member received in the main body and a membrane removably coupled to the main body front face to cover the sealing member. The first aseptic coupling device may also include a rotatable protective cover that is removably attached to the main body and connected to the membrane. In one embodiment, the removal of the protective covers away from two coupled main bodies, in a direction parallel to the front faces, causes removal of the membranes.
US12042614B2
A transdermal drug delivery device includes a reservoir, a transdermal membrane, a piston, a control rod, a spring, and a rotational cam. The reservoir is configured to hold a formulation. The transdermal membrane is configured to allow the formulation from the reservoir to pass therethrough. The piston is configured to move into the reservoir. The control rod is attached to the piston and includes a plurality of teeth thereon. The spring is configured to apply force to the control rod in the direction of the reservoir. The rotational cam has a first camming surface and a second camming surface that are configured to engage with the plurality of teeth. The rotational cam, when rotated, is configured to disengage the first camming surface from a first tooth of the plurality of teeth, thereby allowing the spring to advance the piston into the reservoir to expel the formulation onto the transdermal membrane.
US12042604B2
A method for controlling mechanical lung ventilation is described. The method may include intermittently switching the airway pressure of a patient from a first baseline pressure level to a second baseline pressure and vice-versa such that the patient is able to breathe spontaneously in both first and second baseline pressure levels; detecting an inspiration effort by the patient within a predetermined period of time before a switching event of the intermittently switching the airway pressure; and controlling, responsive to detecting a breathing effort, a flow control valve and an exhalation valve to adjust a length of the first period of time according to a delay time so a patient inspiration-exhalation cycle is completed prior to the switching event.
US12042601B2
The present disclosure may provide an atomizer and an electronic atomization device. The atomizer may include a shell, a heating assembly, a lid, a base, and a first sealing component. The shell defines a liquid cavity and a smoke outlet. The heating assembly may heat and atomize the liquid into a smoke. The lid and the base may be provided to fix the heating assembly therebetween. The lid defines a liquid inlet communicating with the liquid cavity, and the liquid may flow through to reach the heating assembly. The atomizer may define an air entering hole, such that external air may enter the device through the hole to drive smoke to flow. The first sealing component may be engaged between the lid and the heating assembly, contacting both at the same time and defining air guiding channels to guide the air to flow into the liquid cavity.
US12042596B2
A mobile negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device is described having an inlet to be in fluid flow connection with a wound site; a canister in fluid flow connection with the inlet for collection of liquid from the wound site; a pump in fluid flow connection with the canister for establishing a negative pressure in the canister; a pressure sensor arranged to sense a pressure in the canister; and control circuitry for controlling operation of the NPWT device. The control circuitry is configured to: initiate a test sequence for the NPWT device; acquire a first signal indicating the pressure in the canister; evaluate the first signal; when the acquired first signal indicates a pressure less negative than a predefined threshold pressure: control the pump to operate during a predefined time period; acquire a second signal after the predefined time period; proceed with the start-up test sequence; and when the acquired signal indicates a pressure more negative than the predefined threshold pressure: proceed with the start-up test sequence without controlling the pump to operate during the predefined time period.
US12042592B2
A shunt comprising a flexible tube having a first, and a second end, and a central opening, having a first diameter that extends from the first end to the second end. The shunt also includes one or more restrictor bands having a second diameter around the flexible tube. The one or more restrictor bands are located between the first end and the second end of the flexible tube and the second diameter is less than the first diameter such that the restrictor band forms a restriction. The restrictor band is expandable between a first position and a second position. The restrictor band may have fracturable sections configured to fracture in responds to pressure thereby increasing a diameter of the one or more restrictor bands to a diameter greater than the second diameter. The one or more restrictor bands may comprise restrictor bands of at least two different inner diameters.
US12042590B1
A system for preparing a cancer vaccine (and optionally purifying the blood) has a blood filtration system, controlled by a processing unit, for filtering exogenous blood plasma to isolate tumor cells, tumor stem cells and tumor breakdown products. The blood filtration system filter includes multiple layers having differently sized apertures to retain differently sized materials (from among (i) tumor cells of different sizes, (ii) tumor stem cells and (iii) tumor DNA or other breakdown products. A device directs electromagnetic radiation at the isolated tumor cells, tumor stem cells and tumor DNA (or other breakdown products). The electromagnetic radiation may cause at least one of the (i) isolated tumor cells, (ii) isolated tumor stem cells, (iii) isolated tumor protein or breakdown products of the cells such as DNA to have a coagulated outer layer or a coagulated outer surface. The electromagnetic radiation may have a UV wavelength. A conical coil improves blood flow rate uniformity.
US12042588B2
An oxygenator unit adapted for the use in an extracorporeal blood treatment device. The oxygenator unit includes an oxygenator having a gas inlet and a supply line for conducting a gas provided at the gas inlet, the supply line being connectable to a source of a pressurized gas containing oxygen, wherein the oxygenator unit further includes a pressure relief valve provided in the supply line upstream of the oxygenator, the pressure relief valve being adapted to release pressure exceeding a predetermined pressure value from the supply line, thereby preventing a critical overpressure in the oxygenator.
US12042587B2
A method includes collecting used dialysis fluid in a container and combining the dialysis fluid with an acid to lower the pH value of the used dialysis fluid.
US12042583B2
To provide an aroma diffusing device and a method of controlling an aroma diffusing device that can enable a plurality of functions to be achieved by operation inputs to one operation input part. Provided is an aroma diffusing device including: a perfume holding part in which a perfume is held; an air blowing source configured to supply air to the perfume holding part; an aroma discharge part through which the air having passed through the perfume holding part is discharged; an operation input part on which an operation input for the air blowing source is performed by a user; and an air blowing source control part configured to control a supply state of the air on the basis of an operation input on the one operation input part.
US12042581B2
A medium for purifying fluids containing toxic compounds can be made by a method which comprises applying a dispersion of a halogenated heterocyclic N-halamine in an inert liquid carrier to the surface of a substrate having a high surface area and allowing the inert liquid carrier to penetrate into the substrate, wherein the inert liquid carried does not react with halogen atoms in the halogenated heterocyclic N-halamine, wherein the halogenated heterocyclic N-halamine is capable of destroying the toxic compound by oxidative action, and wherein the halogenated heterocyclic N-halamine becomes deposited on the surface of the substrate after the inert liquid carrier penetrates into the substrate.
US12042577B2
Example medical devices and methods of making example medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes a frame configured to be secured to cardiac tissue, wherein the frame includes a fatigue resistant nickel-titanium alloy that is heat set at a temp in the range of 450-550 degrees Celsius.
US12042566B2
Orally-administrable, pharmaceutical formulations comprising a plurality of pellets are described herein. The pellets comprise a core, a release coating, and an enteric coating, where the release coating comprises, for example, an HPMC.
US12042564B2
The present invention relates to a solid dosage form comprising two or more compounds selected from N,N-dimethyltryptamine and its deuterated analogues and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of treatment (e.g., of a psychiatric disorder or a neurological disorder) comprising administering the solid dosage form to a patient in need thereof.
US12042562B2
The present disclosure provides a stable solid pharmaceutical dosage form for oral administration. The dosage form includes a substrate that forms at least one compartment and a drug content loaded into the compartment. The dosage form is so designed that the active pharmaceutical ingredient of the drug content is released in a controlled manner.
US12042561B2
Symmetrically and asymmetrically branched homopolymers are modified at the surface level with functional groups that enable forming aggregates with water insoluble or poorly water soluble pharmaceutically active agents (PAA). The aggregates formed are specifically induced by interaction of PAA and homopolymer and are different from aggregates that are formed by the polymer alone in the absence of the PAA or by the PAA alone in the absence of the polymer. Such aggregates can be used to improve drug solubility, stability, delivery and efficacy.
US12042560B2
The present invention provides a novel liposome composition containing eribulin or its pharmacologically permissible salt, and its method of manufacture.
US12042558B2
Decreasing skin penetration lag times will improve the bioavailability of a topically administered roflumilast composition. A shorter skin penetration lag time provides quicker onset of disease relief and more consistent bioavailability as there is less transference to clothing or other people. The skin penetration lag time for roflumilast can be reduced by formulating a roflumilast composition to have a pH between 4.0-6.5 and/or combining roflumilast with an emulsifier blend comprising cetearyl alcohol, dicetyl phosphate and ceteth-10 phosphate.
US12042550B2
In the instant disclosure relates to a leave-on hair treatment composition and to methods for treating hair using the hair treatment composition. The hair treatment composition include: (a) water; (b) about 5 to about 40 wt. % of one or more polyols chosen from glycerin, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, hexylene glycol, pentylene glycol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, 1,3 propanediol, and a mixture thereof; (c) at least 20 wt. % of one or more oils; and (d) at least 0.5% of one or more C1-C9 non-polymeric and non-thiol, mono-, di-, and/or tri-carboxylic acids; and the ratio of ((a)+(b)) to (c) is about 1:1 to about 1:5. The composition imparts durability, hydration, and moisturization to hair in addition to desirable styling effects.
US12042547B2
Luminescent particles with a maximum diameter of less than 100 μm are produced by stirring an emulsion material, including a host material, an organic luminescent material containing no heavy metal element, a surfactant and water, under conditions that melt the host material, thereby forming an emulsion, and then cooling the emulsion. This method can provide luminescent particles which are highly safe and which exhibit high luminous efficiency in water.
US12042546B2
The present invention is directed to methods for the treatment or prevention of oxidative stress in a cell, e.g., photoreceptor cell, and methods for the treatment and prevention of disorders associated therewith by the administration of an agent, e.g., a nucleic acid molecule, which increases the expression and/or activity of an antioxidant defense protein.
US12042541B2
The present invention provides lipids that are advantageously used in lipid particles for the in vivo delivery of therapeutic agents to cells. In particular, the invention provides lipids having the following structure wherein: R1 and R2 are each independently for each occurrence optionally substituted C10-C30 alkyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 alkenyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 alkynyl, optionally substituted C10-C30 acyl, or -linker-ligand; R3 is H, optionally substituted C1-C10 alkyl, optionally substituted C2-C10 alkenyl, optionally substituted C2-C10 alkynyl, alkylhetrocycle, alkylphosphate, alkylphosphorothioate, alkylphosphorodithioate, alkylphosphonates, alkylamines, hydroxyalkyls, ω-aminoalkyls, ω-(substituted)aminoalkyls, ω-phosphoalkyls, ω-thiophosphoalkyls, optionally substituted polyethylene glycol (PEG, mw 100-40K), optionally substituted mPEG (mw 120-40K), heteroaryl, heterocycle, or linker-ligand; and E is C(O)O or OC(O).
US12042539B2
Disclosed herein are liquid diluents, formulations, and kits for preparing reconstituted suspensions of a proton pump inhibitor (e.g., omeprazole). The present disclosure also provides formulations for liquid diluents that do not have a tendency for gel formation following exposure to freeze-thaw cycles.
US12042532B2
An immunomodulator for use in the treatment, reduction, inhibition or control of a neoplastic disease in a patient intended to undergo checkpoint inhibition therapy, simultaneously, separately or sequentially with administration of the immunomodulator. The immunomodulator preferably comprises a whole cell Mycobacterium, for example, M. vaccae or M. obuense.
US12042530B2
A set of target peptides are presented by HLA A*0101, A*0201, A*0301, B*4402, B*2705, B*1402, and B*0702 on the surface of disease cells. They are envisioned to among other things (a) stimulate an immune response to the proliferative disease, e.g., cancer, (b) to function as immunotherapeutics in adoptive T cell therapy or as a vaccine, (c) facilitate antibody recognition of tumor boundaries in surgical pathology samples, (d) act as biomarkers for early detection and/or diagnosis of the disease, and (e) act as targets in the generation antibody-like molecules which recognize the target-peptide/MHC complex.
US12042529B2
The present invention provides a method of PEGylating a human truncated cystathionine β-synthase protein containing a mutation of a cysteine to a serine at amino acid position 15 (htCBS C15S). The htCBS C15S was PEGylated with one of 5 kDa, 10 kDa, or 20 kDa NHS ester PEG molecules. In-process monitoring of the PEGylation process was used in the method to reduce levels of unPEGylated htCBS C15S and htCBS C15S with insufficient PEGylation. Administration of the PEGylated htCBS C15S had efficacy throughout the course of treatment for homocystinuria.
US12042524B2
This disclosure provides ActRII-binding proteins such as anti-ActRIIA and anti-ActRIIB antibodies, and compositions and methods for making the ActRII-binding proteins. In certain aspects the ActRII-binding proteins inhibit, or antagonize ActRII activity. In addition, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases and conditions associated musle wasting; a fibrotic condition; an inflammatory, cardiovascular, pulmonary, musculoskeletal, neurologic, ocular, skeletal, autoimmune, or metabolic disease or condition; wound healing; and cancer, and other ActRII-mediated diseases and conditions.
US12042522B2
An enhanced food composition in the form of a frozen or refrigerated food is described, the enhanced food composition comprising a nitrate-containing vegetable, such as beetroot, effectively mixed with a salt content of a food component of the food composition at a specified ratio. The enhanced food composition has the effect to prevent an increase in blood pressure while masking the bad taste of the nitrate-containing vegetable.
US12042511B1
A method for effective delivery of vitamin B12 to a human being involves positioning a delivery device containing a mixture comprising a form of vitamin B12 and water such that, when activated, the delivery device places at least a portion of the mixture inside of a user's mouth in a form suitable for inhalation, and activating the delivery device while or before the user inhales. The form of vitamin B12 may be cyanocobalamin, methylcobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, and/or adenosylcobalamin. The delivery device may be an aerosolizer, atomizer, vaporizer, or humidifier. The mixture may also include flavorings. Water may be 20% or less of the mixture by volume. The mixture may contain no nicotine, propylene glycol, or diacetyl. A method for vitamin B12 supplementation includes determining that a person has a disorder causing the person to have a reduced ability to process B-vitamins and administering methylcobalamin by inhalation.
US12042509B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide compounds, compositions, and methods for modulating the expression or activity of plasma prekallikrein (PKK). In some aspects, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the disclosure can be used to reduce the expression of PKK mRNA in a cell or animal. In some aspects, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the disclosure can be used to reduce the expression of PKK protein in a cell or animal.
US12042506B2
The present invention relates to a non-digestible prebiotic oligosaccharide modified so as to incorporate one or more monosaccharide units thereon and have a higher sweetness value than the unmodified oligosaccharide. Uses and methods of producing the non-digestible prebiotic oligosaccharides are also described.
US12042504B2
The present application and its embodiments teach stable compositions of fosaprepitant or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with such compositions lacking polysorbate 80 and containing dual functional excipients of hydrolysis inhibition and solubility enhancement. Further described are methods of preparation of such compositions. Among other advantages of contemplated compositions, fosaprepitant hydrolysis degradation is kept low and the compositions maintain physically and chemically stable for prolonged period.
US12042501B2
The inactivation of BK virus in patients diagnosed with BK virus, those receiving a kidney that is infected or suspected of being infected by BK virus, or in the transplanted kidney before, during, and/or after transplant surgery is described.
US12042497B2
Provided are methods of treating a brain tumor in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient a compound described herein and radiation therapy and/or one or more additional therapeutic agents.
US12042495B2
One embodiment of the disclosure is a compound represented by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The variables in Formula I are defined herein. Compounds of Formula I are selective MAP4K1 inhibitors, which can be used to treat a diseases or disorders in a subject that benefits from control of MAP4K1 activity.
US12042490B2
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day.
US12042489B2
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day.
US12042488B2
Provided are methods for treatment of Fabry disease in patients having HEK assay amenable mutations in α-galactosidase A. Certain methods comprise administering migalastat or a salt thereof every other day, such as administering about 150 mg of migalastat hydrochloride every other day.
US12042486B2
The present disclosure belongs to the field of pharmaceuticals. Disclosed is a use of bulleyaconitine A in treating pruritus or a secondary lesion thereof, especially pruritus induced by histamine and/or chloroquine.
US12042482B2
One of the aspects of the invention is directed toward a method of treating or preventing acute brain or nerve injury in a subject, comprising administering an effective amount of posiphen, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of posiphen, to the subject in need thereof. Similarly, another aspect of the invention is directed toward a use of posiphen, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of posiphen, for the treatment or prevention of acute brain or nerve injury. Preferably, the posiphen in the method or use of the invention is posiphen tartrate.
US12042475B2
Systems and methods for treating a fibrous mass associated with a condition such as Morton's neuroma, plantar firbroma, or Achilles tendinopathy are disclosed. According to illustrative implementations, exemplary methods may comprise identifying a location of the fibrous mass and non-surgically delivering electromagnetic energy to the fibrous mass.
US12042473B2
This disclosure relates to administration of a combination of: 1) about 100-110 mg, about 104-106 mg, or about 105 mg of bupropion hydrochloride, or a molar equivalent amount of a free base form or another salt form of bupropion; and 2) about 40-50 mg, about 44-46 mg, or about 45 mg of dextromethorphan hydrobromide, or a molar equivalent amount of a free base form or another salt form of dextromethorphan in certain patient populations, such as patients having moderate renal impairment, patients receiving a concomitant strong CYP2D6 inhibitor, patients who are known CYP2D6 poor metabolizers, those in need of an NMDA antagonist that does not cause dissociation, and those at risk of QT prolongation.
US12042472B2
The present disclosure provides sublingual epinephrine tablets and methods of treating anaphylaxis, methods for concomitant therapy during a cardiac event, treating hypoglycemia, and prophylaxis for immunotherapy, using sublingual epinephrine tablets.
US12042465B2
A method for treatment of a headache disorder in a human subject, including selecting at least one treatment area in the nasal cavity of the human subject, said treatment area being selected from a posterior part of the nasal cavity or an anterior part of the nasal cavity, providing a device including a stimulation member arranged for vibration stimulation of the selected treatment area, and at least one expansion member provided with a channel having a plurality of openings arranged for fluid communication with the stimulation member, introducing the stimulation member into a nasal cavity of the human subject, expanding the stimulation member to a volume such that the stimulation member abuts against the tissue to exert a pressure on tissue of the selected treatment area and bringing the stimulation member to vibrate in the nasal cavity to impart vibrations to the selected treatment area, wherein the vibrations are imparted to a posterior part of the nasal cavity, to an anterior part of the nasal cavity, sequentially to a posterior and an anterior part of the nasal cavity; or simultaneously to a posterior and an anterior part of the nasal cavity.
US12042452B2
A microclimate management system including a person support surface including one or more sensors, a fluid supply device coupled to an inlet of the person support surface and configured to supply fluid to an outlet the person support surface, and a controller configured to detect an inlet condition value at the inlet of the person support surface, detect an outlet condition value at the outlet of the person support surface, determine a difference between the inlet condition value and the outlet condition value, and transmit a first alert in response to determining that a rate of change of the difference between the inlet condition value and the outlet condition value is below a lower condition threshold.
US12042451B2
A system and method of patient bed communication and bed-to-room association in a healthcare facility having a network with at least one wireless access point (WAP) and a nurse call system is provided. A handheld unit is moved to a position within a pairing distance of a pairing zone of a patient bed so that the handheld unit and the bed are paired using a first wireless communication technology. A second wireless communication technology is used to send bed identification data (ID) to the handheld unit after the pairing operation has been completed. The bed ID is transmitted from the handheld unit to the nurse call system via a wired connection to establish a bed-to-room association between the patient bed and a room in which the patient bed is located. A third wireless communication technology is used to send bed status data and the bed ID to the WAP of the network.
US12042446B2
A wheelchair stand may include a base; a vertical support bar extending upward from the base; an upper bar extending transversely from the vertical support bar and spaced vertically away from the base; a hanger supported by the upper bar and spaced away from the vertical support bar; and a strap supported by the hanger. A method of maintaining a wheelchair may include: a) moving the wheelchair to a position below a hanger; b) positioning a strap below the wheelchair; c) connecting the strap to opposite ends of the hanger; and d) shortening the strap to raise the wheelchair.
US12042445B2
A chair is disclosed having a chair frame and a seating surface having a first side surface movably coupled to the frame, and a second side surface coupled to the frame. The first side surface is independently moveable relative to the second side surface. Each of the first side surface and the second side surface define a front end of the seating surface and a back end of the seating surface. A first actuator is coupled to the frame, where the first actuator is configured for operative communication with the first side surface.
US12042440B1
A therapeutic bed includes stowable prone packs and lateral side supports.
US12042437B2
A massage cushion is provided, using a semi-solid foam board to be the a filler of the massage cushion, so we can open a breathing hole on one side of massage cushion, and open a ditch in the form of a horizontal air channel connected to the breathing hole. Accordingly, the fabric case of the massage cushion is opened into a breathing hole at the same location, and has two or three stainless steel airholes closer the outlet of air channel. In this manner, the massage cushion becomes one side breathing hole cushion, having one side for massage and the other side can be used for gym exercises.
US12042422B2
A device for collecting urine discharged from a body of a user includes a fluid collection assembly having at least one layer for drawing urine discharged from the body into an interior cavity, an external covering that covers a portion of the at least one layer, and at least one fenestration for receiving urine, wherein the fenestration is a portion of the fluid collection assembly that is uncovered by the external covering. The device further includes a cap enclosing a first end of the assembly, a tube having a first end in fluid communication with the cap, and a shape retaining element configured to conform the assembly to a curved configuration and maintain the curved configuration until the configuration is adjusted. The assembly is configured to be disposed against the body of the user, with the at least one fenestration in operative relation with a urethral opening of the user.
US12042421B2
A coupling assembly according to certain embodiments is configured for use with an ostomy appliance, and generally includes a first coupling, a second coupling, and a clamp arrangement. The second coupling is mounted to the first coupling and surrounds at least a portion of the first coupling. The clamp arrangement is mounted to the second coupling and surrounds at least a portion of the second coupling. The clamp arrangement generally includes a clamp ring and a clamp lock. The clamp ring includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a continuous body extending between the first end portion and the second end portion. The clamp lock is operable to selectively couple the first end portion with the second end portion to thereby discourage separation of the first coupling from the second coupling.
US12042417B2
Ankle foot orthosis and methods of manufacturing an ankle foot orthosis. In one embodiment, an ankle foot orthosis is disclosed that includes a foot plate constructed to have both a trimmable portion and a non-trimmable portion. The ankle foot orthosis includes a spiral strut coupled with either the hindfoot region of the foot plate laterally of a mid-line for the foot plate or the midfoot region of the foot plate laterally of the mid-line. The spiral strut includes a transition portion that spirals by approximately sixty-five degrees (65°) over less than one-hundred sixty millimeters (160 mm) in height from the bottom surface of the foot plate. The spiral strut also includes an adjustable portion that enables a cuff coupled thereto to be height adjustable. Methods of manufacturing the aforementioned ankle foot orthoses are also disclosed.
US12042414B2
A splint device for stabilizing and/or securing a limb or appendage in a fixed position is provided. The splint device can include a first plate member and a second plate member connected together at one end by a hinged connection member. The hinged connection member can be configured to allow each plate member to be rotated relative to one another and selectively locked into a fixed position. The splint device can include a third plate member connected to the second plate member by a second hinged connection. The rotation of each plate member relative to the other can allow the splint device to be selectively positioned in a fixed configuration to generally match the shape and contour of a limb or appendage in a desired configuration. The splint device permits the accommodation of a joint (elbow, wrist, knee, ankle), and may provide for multiple configurations at a splinted limb.
US12042407B2
In a sole which is attached to a ground contact region of an athletic prosthetic leg which has a leaf-spring-like leg portion extending to a side of a toe via at least one curved portion, the ground contact region extending from the toe to a side of the curved portion in an arc, the sole includes a bottom surface having a shape conforming to an extending shape of the ground contact region, and, in the bottom surface, a region at the side of the curved portion, which is defined by a border as a line extending in a width direction of the leg portion through a contact point with a road surface in a standing state of a wearer who wears the athletic prosthetic leg, has a higher drainage performance compared with a region other than the region at the side of the curved portion.
US12042402B2
Sacro-iliac joint stabilizing implants adapted for implanting across a SI joint from a dorsal approach. Methods of, and delivery tools adapted for implanting sacro-iliac joint stabilizing implants across a SI joint from a dorsal approach.
US12042395B2
An expandable implant includes an upper main support of bone, a lower main support coupled to the upper main support, the lower main support comprising a first coupling feature and a second coupling feature being substantially parallel to the first coupling feature, and a control assembly configured to control relative movement between the upper main support and the lower main support, the control assembly including a first control member configured to engage the upper main support and the lower main support and interface with the first coupling feature a second control member configured to engage the upper main support and the lower main support and interface with the second coupling feature, and a control shaft configured to be received by the first control member and the second control member, wherein manipulation of the control shaft causes relative movement between the upper main support and the lower main support.
US12042385B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating bone fractures. In particular, provided herein are systems comprising carbon fiber sleeves and biocompatible polymers and the use of such systems in treating or preventing bone fractures.
US12042369B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to synthetic tissue or organ scaffolds and methods and compositions for promoting or maintaining their structural integrity. Aspects of the disclosure are useful to prevent scaffold damage (e.g., delamination) during or after implantation into a host. Aspects of the disclosure are useful to stabilize tissue or organ scaffolds that include electrospun fibers.
US12042364B2
Absorbent articles containing dark-tinted nonwoven webs are provided. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may include a first plurality of filaments having a diameter between a between about 8 μm and about 50 μm, wherein the first plurality of filaments includes a pigment. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may include a second plurality of filaments having a diameter between about 0.3 μm and about 5 μm. The dark-tinted nonwoven web may have a CIE L* value of between about 0 and about 26.
US12042363B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatuses and methods for making tampons including primary and secondary absorbent members. During assembly, primary absorbent members, a continuous length of secondary absorbent members, and a continuous cord are advanced in a machine direction. Leading edges of the primary absorbent members are separated from each other in the machine direction by a pitch distance. Discrete secondary absorbent members are cut from the continuous length of secondary absorbent members. Leading edges of the discrete secondary absorbent members are also separated from each other in the machine direction by the pitch distance. The continuous cord is positioned on the secondary absorbent members. And a secondary absorbent member is positioned in contact with a primary absorbent member. A thread is combined with the continuous cord, the secondary absorbent member, and the primary absorbent member.
US12042360B2
A dressing for treating a tissue site with negative pressure may comprise a first polymer film having a plurality of fluid restrictions, and a second polymer film comprising a plurality of standoffs disposed adjacent to the first polymer film. The first polymer film and the second polymer film may be substantially transparent to allow observation of the tissue site. In some embodiments, at least some of the standoffs may be offset from the fluid restrictions. The second polymer film may comprise fluid passages adjacent to the standoffs in some examples.
US12042353B2
Provided herein are curable compositions for use in a high temperature lithography-based photopolymerization process, a method of producing crosslinked polymers using said curable compositions, crosslinked polymers thus produced, and orthodontic appliances comprising the crosslinked polymers.
US12042345B2
A dental device is described. The dental device includes a surgical template having one or more sites for drilling osteotomies in the maxillary or mandibular jaw and a false teeth set. The surgical template and false teeth set are configured to fit together to form a denture prosthesis that can be implanted in a patient. Also described are a method for creating a surgical dental template, a method for implanting a dental prosthesis, and a method for reducing jaw bone in a patient.
US12042342B2
A gyroscopic stabilizer configured to stabilize a surgical instrument relative to a patient includes a frame having a central axis and a hub configured to releasably couple with the surgical instrument. A first gyroscope assembly is coupled with a first frame portion and a second gyroscope assembly is coupled with a second frame portion. Each gyroscope assembly includes a gimbal pivotably coupled with the respective frame portion about a precession axis, a motor, and a rotor rotatably coupled with the motor about a spin axis perpendicular to the respective precession axis. Each gyroscope assembly is operable generate a torque in a torque plane that contains the respective spin axis and the respective precession axis. The torques are configured to resist rotation of the gyroscopic stabilizer relative to the patient about respective device axes that are perpendicular to the central axis and to one another.
US12042340B2
A method and system for the identification and treatment of events for synchronization and combined display of information in a sequence of frames relating to the progress of a diagnostic investigation or surgery performed on a patient. Frames are searched for the occurrence of an event, the search carried out by comparison between identified events and sought-after events, the latter stored in an archive; in the event of recognition of an event, executing a computer program for carrying out a treatment on the frame and/or the activation of a program procedure for signaling the occurrence of the event; memorizing the event or the frame that contains it, in the correct temporal reference with respect to the sequence of frames.
US12042336B2
During acquisition of an ultrasound image feed, ultrasound control data frames are acquired that may be interspersed amongst the ultrasound data frames. The control data frames may use consistent reference scan parameters, irrespective of the scanner settings, and may not need to be converted to image frames. The control data frames can be passed to an artificial intelligence model, which predicts the suitable settings for scanning the anatomy that is being scanned. The artificial intelligence model can be trained with a dataset containing different classes of ultrasound control data frames for different settings, where substantially all the ultrasound control data frames in the dataset are consistently acquired using the reference scan parameters.
US12042335B2
A system for breast cancer detection using co-localized ultrasound-mammography is disclosed. The system includes an examination box having a cavity connected to a side opening. A compression plate is connected to an actuator, the actuator configured to advance a surface of the compression plate towards a breast positioned within the cavity from the side opening to compress and stabilize the breast. An x-ray device is configured to generate at least one mammography image. An ultrasound probe is configured to generate at least one ultrasound image. A controller is operably connected to the x-ray device and ultrasound probe, the controller configured generate an image based on co-localization of the at least one mammography image and at the least one ultrasound image. A method of performing breast cancer detection and methods of breast imaging are also disclosed.
US12042330B2
An ultrasound signal processing device including a transmitter, a receiver, an observation point setter, and a frame generator. The transmitter repeatedly performs a transmission event, changing a position of a transducer array for each transmission event, the transmission event including selecting the transducer array from transducers on an ultrasound probe and outputting a drive signal driving the transducer array to transmit focused transmitted ultrasound. The receiver receives signals from the ultrasound probe to generate signal sequences, the signals being based on reflected ultrasound acquired by the ultrasound probe. The observation point setter sets observation points corresponding to positions in the subject. The frame generator generates a frame acoustic line signal based on the signal sequences corresponding to each of the observation points. The observation points are set such that observation points in a region shallower than a focal region each correspond to only one transmission event.
US12042313B2
Provided herein is technology relating to controlling radiation and protecting biological organisms from exposure to radiation and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, methods, and systems for minimizing and/or eliminating exposure of humans to stray radiation used for medical imaging and therapy.
US12042309B2
Device for folding an instrument tray into a packaging material, comprising a supporting surface for supporting the instrument tray during folding of the instrument tray into the packaging material, a first folding plate and a second folding plate, a movable folding aid for fixing the packaging material over a predefined line portion before and/or during the making of a fold, at least one movable clamp for gripping and moving the packaging material, a control unit for controlling the movement of the first folding plate between its respective first and second positions, the movement of the second folding plate between its respective first and second positions, the movement of the folding aid, and the movement and clamping and release of the at least one clamp.
US12042306B2
The invention provides for a medical apparatus (100, 200, 300, 500) comprising an optical imaging system (106) configured for acquiring a series of optical images (544) descriptive of cardiac motion of a subject (102). The medical apparatus further comprises a memory (534) for storing machine executable instructions (540). The medical apparatus further comprises a processor (530) for controlling the medical apparatus. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to repeatedly: acquire (400) a series of images using the optical imaging system, wherein the series of images are acquired at a rate of at least 10 frames per second; and derive (402) a cardiac motion signal (546) from the series of images, wherein the cardiac motion signal is derived by tracking motion of at least a group of pixels within the series of images.
US12042300B2
A monitoring device for measuring one or more physiological parameters of a medical patient can include a finger clip sensor connected to a monitor. A placement indicator helps the patient to properly position the sensor. The monitor can display a message alerting the patient to reposition the sensor. The device can delay measurement until the sensor is properly positioned.
US12042287B2
A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, a lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end, and a side port in fluid communication with the lumen. A catheter may extend distally from the catheter adapter. A septum may be disposed within the lumen. The septum may include a first slit generally aligned with a longitudinal axis of the catheter and a second slit offset from the longitudinal axis of the catheter. An introducer needle may be secured within a needle hub and may extend through the catheter and the first slit of the septum. A winged needle set may include: a body; a needle extending distally from the body and through the second slit of the septum; an extension tube extending from the body; and a blood collection device coupled to the extension tube.
US12042286B2
Methods, devices, systems and kits for obtaining blood samples are provided. Devices include a cuff, a pressure source, and a timing mechanism. The methods include placing a cuff on a digit of a subject, inflating the cuff, and obtaining a small volume blood sample. The methods further include warming a digit lancing a digit pulsing the cuff; and providing a signal indicating the end of the sample collection time period.
US12042280B2
An apparatus for estimating oxygen saturation is provided. The apparatus may include a sensor configured to measure optical signals of multiple wavelengths based on emitting multi-wavelength light onto an object; and a processor configured to: determine a section of the optical signals for estimating the oxygen saturation based on a difference between at least two optical signals among the optical signals of the multiple wavelengths; and estimate the oxygen saturation based on the optical signals of the multiple wavelengths in the section.
US12042278B2
Systems and methods are described, and one method includes determining a fetal blood oxygenation level, including: activating at least one light source with at least two distinct wavelengths of light on an abdomen of a pregnant mammal to direct light into a maternal abdomen toward a fetus; receiving a set of mixed signals from a set of photodetectors positioned at different locations on the maternal abdomen from reflected light that traverses maternal tissue or maternal tissue and fetal tissue; determining the fetal blood oxygenation level by performing computations on a composite fetal signal produced from the mixed signals; and ensuring a skin temperature of the maternal abdomen does not rise to unsafe levels due to activating the at least one light source.
US12042269B2
A method for analyzing the stride of a walking pedestrian. It includes steps of: (a) acquiring, during a recording period, measurements of a motion of a lower limb of the pedestrian, (b) determining each stride made by the pedestrian, (c) dividing the recording period into recording sub-periods, (d) estimating a characteristic quantity of the stride for several detected strides, (e) selecting at least one characteristic stride quantity in a predetermined range of percentiles within a set formed by the estimated characteristic stride quantities, ordered by increasing values and occurring during a recording sub-period, (f) repeating step (e) for several recording sub-periods. The invention also concerns an equipment for analyzing the stride of a walking pedestrian, and a computer program product.
US12042268B2
One or more radar sensors can be used to monitor patients in a variety of different environments and embodiments. In one embodiment, radar sensors can be used to monitor a patient's movement, including movement in a patient bed and around a room. In another embodiment, a patient position can be monitored in a patient bed, which can be used as feedback for control of bladders of a patient bed. Additional embodiments are described herein.
US12042262B2
A method for detecting and correcting for magnetic field distortions within a magnetic field used for medical magnetic localization systems may include a first set of one or more signals is indicative of the magnetic field sensed by each of the sensor coils within the metal distortion detection fixture at a first time received from the metal distortion detection fixture. A first magnitude value of the combined signals is determined. A second set of one or more signals is indicative of the magnetic field sensed by each of the sensor coils at a second time is received and a second magnitude value of the combined signals is determined. A magnetic shift in the magnetic field between the first and second magnitude values is determined. The magnetic shift is compared to a threshold shift amount indicative of a magnetic distortion in the magnetic field.
US12042250B2
In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions, medical devices or products of manufacture, systems, diagnostic tools, and methods, including computer implemented methods, for predicting the response of patients with dyssynchronous heart failure (DHF) to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), comprising: measuring or determining the fraction of the LV/septum performing negative work (MNW); and measuring or determining the coefficient of variation of external work density (COVW), wherein the MNW fraction performing negative work and coefficient of variation COVW (sd/mean) correlated strongly with observed reduction in end-systolic volume after CRT. In alternative embodiments, provided are products comprising a remote communication device for remotely and operably interacting with a programmable implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or CRT-D including a defibrillator in case defibrillation is needed, an implantable defibrillator, a dual-chamber defibrillator or a single-chamber defibrillator, or a CRT-P where there is no defibrillator but the CRT-P has a pacing system alone without the defibrillator.
US12042247B2
There is described a system for determining a coronal artery tissue type. The system generally has an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging system being configured for acquiring an OCT image of coronal artery tissue; and a controller configured to perform the steps of: using trained feature extraction engines, extracting corresponding feature vectors comprising a plurality of features in at least a region of interest of the OCT image; using trained classification engines, determining corresponding preliminary coronal artery tissue types associated to the region of interest of the OCT image based on corresponding ones of the plurality of feature vectors; and using a majority voting engine, majority voting an output coronal artery tissue type associated to the region of interest of the OCT image based on the previously determined preliminary coronal artery tissue types.
US12042245B2
A medical system is disclosed. The medical system can include a patient monitoring device, a patient information system, and a mobile application. The patient monitoring device can be coupled to a patient to monitor one or more physiological parameters. The patient information system can allow the patient to communicate with a clinician. The patient information system can also provide information regarding schedules, medications, and procedures to the patient. The mobile application can be communicatively coupled with the patient monitoring device and the patient information system. The mobile application can allow a clinician to receive, view, and send information to or from the patient monitoring device and the patient information system.
US12042243B2
Minimally invasive surgical techniques are used to obtain access to vertebrae while protecting soft tissues in the surrounding area. The dilators may be used to provide a working channel through which the operation is performed. Standard dilators may be used with a robotic surgical system to provide precise guidance of surgical tools. A dilator may be held by the robot and automatically repositioned when the surgeon adjusts a trajectory for performing the surgery. The dilator itself may be used as a surgical instrument guide along with dilator adaptors that adjust the diameter of a portion of the dilator to allow for different sized tools to be guided by the dilator. Alternatively, surgical instrument guides may also be held by the robotic arm such that tools are guided by a surgical instrument guide through the dilator to perform a medical procedure.
US12042237B2
A surgical system includes a plurality of voice sensors located in a surgical environment and configured to detect sound and generate a first plurality of signals. The surgical system also includes a position indicator, in proximity to a designated user, configured to indicate a first position of the designated user and generate a second signal representative of the first position. The surgical system further includes a processor configured to receive the first plurality of signals and the second signal and determine, based on the first plurality of signals, a second position. The processor is also configured to compare the detected sound with registered voice command of the designated user stored in a memory to verify the designated user's credentials, and send a command signal to a surgical instrument to carry out an operation related to the voice command based on at least one of the verification of the designated user's credentials, the first position and the second position.
US12042234B2
An example surgical pin configured to be installed in a bone of a patient includes a distal end; a shaft comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced visually marked regions separated by non-marked regions; and a proximal end.
US12042229B2
A method of implanting a prosthetic component using bone density information comprises positioning a bone density reference proximate a patient, obtaining two-dimensional x-ray images of a bone of the patient including the bone density reference, determining a density of the bone from the bone density reference in the two-dimensional x-ray images, superimposing the density of the bone into a three-dimensional mean bone model to generate a patient-specific mean bone model, determining an interface between the bone and the prosthetic component based on bone density information of the patient-specific mean bone model, and implanting the prosthetic component in the bone at the interface. Determining the interface comprises evaluating bone density at the interface to place the prosthetic component, determining bone load threshold at the interface to avoid damaging the bone, and determining hardness for the prosthetic implant at the interface to avoid damaging the bone.
US12042227B2
A system and method for dynamically a visual function of a subject are provided where the system and method account for fixation eye movement(s); saccade eye movement (s); smooth pursuit eye movement(s); optokinetic nystagmus eye movement(s); and/or blink eye movement, the system for dynamically assessing a visual function of a subject is provided, comprising: i) a visual display; ii) an eye-tracking device configured to detect a gaze position of at least one eye of the subject; and updating in real time the appearance of a first stimulus to provide a second stimulus based on at least on of the updated evidence-of-visibility score and the updated evidence-of-trackability score for the first visual stimulus.
US12042221B2
The disclosed invention relates to an improved system and method for treatment of soft tissue, e.g., for treatment of a snoring condition. The system can include a laser source; a hand piece; and a device for directing radiation emitted by the laser source to a treatment area (e.g., an oral treatment area). In some cases, the handpiece can include an optical element (e.g., a lens) mounted within a replaceable cartridge and adapted to modulate a laser beam such that it is non-ablative, prior to its delivery to a treatment region. In various embodiments, the system includes a CO2 laser capable of performing treatment in a more efficient manner than conventional techniques.
US12042220B2
The invention discloses a laser-assisted tumor localization and resection device, which comprises a laser displacement sensor, a cylindrical base, a joint part, a transmission rod, and a data screen, wherein the laser displacement sensor comprises 2 sensors L1 and L2, which are revolvably arranged in the cylindrical base and are coaxial, mounting holes are arranged on both sides of the cylindrical base, the transmission rod is revolvably connected with the cylindrical base at multiple angles through the joint part, the data screen is arranged on the transmission rod. The invention belongs to the field of open surgery or minimally invasive surgery, in particular relates to a laser-assisted tumor localization and resection device that the surgeons use in the minimally invasive surgery and the open surgery to realize the real-time precise intraoperative navigation and tumor localization, ensure the correct surgical plane and enough tumor resection margin and improve the operation efficiency and precision.
US12042216B2
A medical probe includes a shaft and an expandable balloon. The shaft is configured for insertion into an organ of a patient. The expandable balloon is coupled to a distal end of the shaft, with the expandable balloon including: (a) an expandable membrane having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the expandable membrane is configured to be expanded from a collapsed shape to a balloon shaped member, (b) a plurality of electrodes disposed on the outer surface of the expandable membrane, (c) one or more wires connected to the plurality of electrodes, the wires extending from the distal end to the electrode, (d) and an expandable cover that encapsulates the wires between the expandable cover and the expandable membrane so that the wires are constrained between the cover and the expandable membrane but the electrodes are exposed to ambient environment.
US12042212B2
A handpiece for a surgical instrument having a valve position sensing circuit arranged to detect the position of a valve arranged to control the flow of fluid through the suction lumen of the instrument. The distal end of the handpiece is arranged to couple to a cutting accessory. The handpiece comprises: a housing; a suction lumen within the housing extending from the distal end of the handpiece to a proximal end of the handpiece; a valve arranged to control the flow of fluid through the suction lumen; and a valve position sensing circuit arranged to detect a position of the valve. The valve position sensing circuit can be used to alert a surgeon if the valve is closed when it would be preferable for it to be open. For example, if the motor is overheating, the in-joint temperature is too high, or the RF component is activated.
US12042210B2
A surgical instrument having vessel/tissue sealer and/or cutter jaws are described designed with variety of shapes and more safer jaws. Optional ceramic insert, partial DLC coating on the substantially back portion and TiN coating is a combination in the jaw assembly which increases its safety, performance and reusability compared to other existing jaws.
US12042194B2
Bone plates for engaging bone members are described herein. The bone plates can receive one or more screws to secure the bone plates to an underlying bone member. The one or more screws can be inserted into bone plate holes that can be considered locking or non-locking. The bone plates described herein can have particular combinations of locking and/or non-locking holes. The bone plates can include features that accommodate the underlying anatomy of different types of bone, such as the condylar region of a femur.
