US12077803B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods useful for the diagnosis, assessment, and characterization of endometriosis in a subject in need thereof, based upon the expression level of at least one miRNA that is associated with endometriosis.
US12077801B2
The present invention relates to novel process for the production of ketoisophorone via biocatalytic conversion of isophorone, in particular a one-pot biocatalytic system for conversion of α-isophorone in a two-step oxidation process, with a first oxidation being catalyzed by a heme containing oxidoreductase such as a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase followed by another oxidation which can be either a chemical reaction or a biocatalytic reaction, in particular wherein the oxidation is catalyzed by an NAD(P) or NADP(H)-dependent oxidoreductase. The invention further provides polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences coding for cytochrome P450 monooxygenase with modified (higher) substrate selectivity, total turnover numbers and/or (re)activity compared to the wild-type enzyme. Ketoisophorone is useful as building block in the synthesis of vitamins and carotenoids.
US12077798B2
Provided herein are food compositions comprising recombinant fusion proteins and methods for producing the same, which allow for safe, sustainable and humane production of milk proteins for commercial use. The disclosure provides recombinant fusion proteins comprising at least first casein milk protein and a second zein protein.
US12077795B2
A composition comprising a polypeptide ligated to an oligonucleotide through a sterol linker. A method of ligating a polypeptide to an oligonucleotide, comprising a polypeptide having a hedgehog steroyl transferase catalytic domain at the C-terminal of the polypeptide with an electrophilic residue, e.g., glycine, between polypeptide and the hedgehog steroyl transferase catalytic domain, and a steroylated oligonucleotide in solution, and permitting a reaction to cleave the hedgehog steroyl transferase catalytic domain from the polypeptide while ligating the steroylated oligonucleotide to the glycine at the C-terminal of the polypeptide. The oligonucleotide may be, for example, a therapeutic, diagnostic, or affinity ligand.
US12077784B2
The instant technology relates to a production system to produce AAV vectors in a serum free suspension platform and at high titers. This technology uses reagents comprising media, cells, transfection reagent, AAV enhancer, and a lysis buffer, each of which is designed to provide maximal AAV production from suspension culture of mammalian cells, e.g. HEK293 cells. With this new system we are able to deliver up to about 2×1011 viral genomes per milliliter (vg/mL) of unconcentrated AAV vectors.
US12077783B2
Provided herein are methods that include introducing into an inner ear of a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector that includes a nucleotide sequence encoding (a) a polypeptide including an antibody heavy chain variable domain operably linked to a signal peptide and a polypeptide including an antibody light chain variable domain operably linked to a signal peptide; (b) a polypeptide including an antigen-binding antibody fragment operably linked to a signal peptide; or (c) a soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor operably linked to a signal peptide.
US12077781B2
Provided are a cardiomyocyte preparation, a preparation method therefor and the use of the preparation in treating heart failure. The cardiomyocyte preparation comprises cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts, differentiated from pluripotent stem cells, wherein the concentration of the cardiomyocytes in the cardiomyocyte preparation is 0.75×107-1.0×109 cells/mL, and the content of the cardiomyocytes is higher than 80% while the content of the fibroblasts is not higher than 20%. The cardiomyocyte preparation can improve cardiac ejection fraction and left ventricular fractional shortening, and increase the thickness of the left ventricular inner wall.
US12077774B2
The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the ability of regulatory T cells (Tregs) to suppress immune responses comprising increasing FOXP3 expression in a population of Tregs.
US12077772B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for the treatment of diseases and genetic disorders linked to SLC6A1 loss and/or misfunction. The methods and compositions of the present disclosure comprise rAAV vectors and rAAV viral vectors comprising transgene nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding for a GAT1 polypeptide.
US12077764B2
Materials and methods for inducing genetic alterations in meristematic plant tissue are provided herein.
US12077755B2
Provided herein are self-delivering oligonucleotides that are characterized by efficient RISC entry, minimum immune response and off-target effects, efficient cellular uptake without formulation, and efficient and specific tissue distribution.
US12077754B2
The invention relates to a synthetic transfer RNA with an extended anticodon loop. The invention provides a synthetic suppressor transfer RNA useful for the treatment of a genetic disease like cystic fibrosis associated with a nonsense mutation. The synthetic transfer RNA contains an extended anticodon loop with two consecutive anticodon base triplets configured to base-pair to two consecutive codon base triplets on an mRNA. The first anticodon base triplet or the second anticodon base triplet is configured to base-pair to a stop codon base triplet on the mRNA.
US12077752B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions to extract and enrich by, physical separation or amplification, relatively short nucleic acids from a nucleic acid composition containing a high background of longer nucleic acids (e.g., host or maternal nucleic acids; genomic nucleic acid and the like).
US12077746B2
[A]queous inoculant compositions comprising microbial spores and methods for enhancing the survival and/or stability of microbial spores in an inoculant composition. In some embodiments, the aqueous inoculant compositions comprise microbial spores, one or more dispersants, one or more protectants, one or more aqueous additives in a non-aqueous liquid carrier.
US12077736B2
An improved system of generating renewable energy is comprised of a specific configuration of mechanisms, materials, and processes that all function together as a single symbiotic system. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the system cultivates aquatic biomass, then extracts triglycerides from said biomass. The extracted triglycerides are converted into biodiesel through transesterification. During the operation of the system, a continuous output of biofuel, thermal energy, steam, and electricity, is efficiently produced. These yields are precisely measured and repurposed as energy input at various points throughout system processes, thus resulting in a surplus output. Any embodiment of the disclosed system will generate a continuously renewable final product of biofuel and power.
US12077731B2
A method of improving or stabilizing foaming of a hand dishwashing detergent composition when combined with water is achieved by providing one or more of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol to a hand dishwashing detergent composition comprising an amine oxide. Hand dishwashing detergent compositions to reduce amine oxide content contain water, surfactant base, and foaming booster consisting of amine oxide, and one or more of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol. A foaming booster consisting of polyethyleneimine ethoxylate and polyethylene glycol can eliminate use of amine oxides.
US12077722B2
The present invention describes a water based semi-synthetic metal working fluid comprising a base oil, an organic acid, emulsifiers, optionally a concentrate additive, water and a microbial growth control agent which comprises a glycol ether amine.
US12077713B2
This disclosure relates to the production of chemicals and plastics using pyrolysis oil from the pyrolysis of plastic waste as a co-feedstock along with a petroleum-based, fossil fuel-based, or bio-based feedstock. In an aspect, the polymers and chemicals produced according to this disclosure can be certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) provisions as circular polymers and chemicals at any point along complex chemical reaction pathways. The use of a mass balance approach which attributes the pounds of pyrolyzed plastic products derived from pyrolysis oil to any output stream of a given unit has been developed, which permits ISCC certification agency approval.
US12077710B2
A thixotropic slurry material can be used in a wellbore during a wellbore operation. The wellbore operation can include a drilling operation, a cementing operation, or any other suitable operation that may include injecting a liquid material into the wellbore. The thixotropic slurry material can be a mixture of a cement, a clay mineral, and a suspending agent and can be injected into a wellbore during the wellbore operation.
US12077708B2
Substantially water-free antifreezes and coolants are useful for cooling lithium rechargeable batteries.
US12077706B2
A hybrid silicone composite for high temperature insulation applications is disclosed. The hybrid silicone composite is formed of a mixture of liquid high consistency silicone rubber and solid high consistency silicone rubber and a thermally decomposable inorganic filler which are compounded together. The compounded material is then injection molded, over molded, compression molded, cast, laminated, extruded, calendered, adhered or dispensed. When the silicone composite is exposed to a high temperature, it forms an inorganic composite and maintains its insulating properties and dimensional stability.
US12077694B2
A surface-protective PSA sheet capable of reducing adherend damage and well maintaining appearance, etc is provided. The surface-protective PSA sheet capable of reducing adherend damage and well maintaining appearance, etc., comprises a surface layer, a resin substrate layer and a PSA layer, and has a multilayer structure with the resin substrate layer placed between the surface layer and the PSA layer, wherein the surface layer is a layer obtainable by curing a heat-curable composition comprising the following components: (a) a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of −40° C. to 30° C.; (b) an allophanate polyisocyanate and/or a biuret polyisocyanate; and (c) a polysiloxane comprising a hydroxyl group-containing hydrocarbon group and/or polymer.
US12077693B2
An adhesive composition for a foldable display comprising a polymer comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate and a monomer having a crosslinkable functional group; and a crosslinking agent is provided.
US12077692B2
1) An HMPSA composition comprising: from 20% to 50% by weight of a composition of styrene block copolymers; from 35% to 65% by weight of one or more tackifying resins; and from 7% to 25% by weight of a plasticizer consisting of a composition comprising a stand oil of a vegetable oil. 2) A multilayer system comprising: an adhesive layer (A) consisting of said HMPSA composition; a printable support layer (B) adjacent to the adhesive layer (A); and a nonstick protective layer (C), adjacent to the adhesive layer (A). 3) The use of said multilayer system for the manufacture of self-adhesive articles.
US12077689B2
A flexible protective film is provided and is used to protect a curved display. The flexible protective film includes a substrate layer (10) and a flexible layer (20) laminated on the substrate layer (10). The flexible layer (20) is formed after a liquid-phase flexible material is laminated on a surface of the substrate layer (10) through solidification. The flexible layer (20) of the flexible protective film is directly formed on the substrate layer (10) to reduce internal stress of the flexible protective film, thereby increasing an adhesive force of the flexible protective film.
US12077684B2
A temporary adhesive includes: a polar resin of 5 wt % to 50 wt %, a first solvent of 30 wt % to 90 wt %, and a second solvent of 5 wt % to 60 wt %, wherein the polar resin includes at least one selected from a group consisting of a phenoxy resin, a poly(ether-ether-ketone) resin, a polycarbonate resin, a modified epoxy resin, or a polyolefin resin with a modified polar group; the first solvent is used to dissolve the polar resin; and the second solvent is used to improve a leveling property of the temporary adhesive.
US12077674B2
Disclosed herein are ink compositions for making a conductive palladium structure. For example, the ink composition can comprise a palladium salt and a complex of a complexing agent and a short chain carboxylic acid or salt thereof. In some embodiments, a second or third metal salt is included in the compositions. Also disclosed herein are methods for making and using such conductive ink compositions.
US12077673B2
Provided is a recording liquid set including: a pretreatment liquid containing a cationic component, a resin, and water; and an aqueous white inkjet ink containing a white-colored colorant, an organic solvent, and water, wherein the aqueous white inkjet ink has a static surface tension of 20 to 40 mN/m at 25° C., the aqueous white inkjet ink has a static surface tension at 25° C. that is greater than a static surface tension at 25° C. of the pretreatment liquid, and an amount of the white-colored colorant in the aqueous white inkjet ink is 15 to 100 times an amount of the cationic component in the pretreatment liquid.
US12077667B2
A resin composition includes resin and inorganic filler. The resin includes CE resin and BMI resin, and a purity of the inorganic filler is at least greater than 99%.
US12077660B2
Techniques for debinding additively fabricated parts are described that do not require solvent debinding or catalytic debinding, and that may be performed using only thermal debinding in a furnace. As a result, in at least some cases debinding and sintering may take place sequentially within a single furnace. In some embodiments, the techniques may utilize particular materials as binders that allow for a thermal debinding process that does not negatively affect the parts.
US12077657B2
A composition comprising at least the following components: A) an olefin multi-block copolymer; and B) a silicone rubber that comprises pendant vinyl groups, and optionally comprises terminal vinyl groups.
US12077652B2
The present invention relates to an oxidatively curable coating formulation comprising an oxidatively curable alkyd-based resin and a bispidon-based chelant, which chelant may optionally be complexed with a suitable transition metal ion. The formulations may be paints or other oxidatively curable coating compositions. The invention also provides methods for making such formulations and compositions resultant from the curing of such formulations.
US12077645B2
The present disclosure provides a surface-modified alginate micro-capsule having a core-shell structure in which a core is fluidizable phase alginate, and a shell is alginate hydrogel crosslinked with epigallocatechin gallate dimer, a preparation method thereof, and a cell encapsulation method using the same.
US12077641B2
The present disclosure relates to composites, systems, and methods for making the same. In particular, the present disclosure relates to composites that are useful for thermal protection applications, and systems and methods for making the same.
US12077634B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for purifying bis-2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate with high purity and a polyester resin containing the same.
US12077632B2
The present disclosure discloses a waterborne epoxy resin for an anti-corrosion coating, and a preparation method and use thereof. In the preparation method, a strongly-hydrophilic polyethylene glycol (PEG) branch is introduced into a molecular chain of epoxy resin to realize the self-emulsification function of epoxy resin. Moreover, due to the short molecular chain, a solid content can reach up to 66.7% under the action of PEG. In addition, the waterborne emulsion can be prepared without adding any additional alcohol-soluble solvents and other high-boiling-point organic solvents, and a production process and a product use process both are very environmentally friendly. The waterborne epoxy resin can be mixed with a waterborne ammonia curing agent to form a film for corrosion protection.
US12077612B2
The present invention relates to polypeptide compounds that are modulators (e.g., agonists and antagonists) of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. The compounds described herein are polypeptide of the following structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Values and preferred values of the variables in structural Formula (I) are described herein.
US12077605B2
Described herein are Mpro cysteine protease inhibitors and methods of utilizing such inhibitors in the treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions. Also described herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.
US12077604B2
Deuterated compounds, compositions, and methods for treating cancers associated with ETBR activation
Disclosed herein are deuterated compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for treating ETBR-related cancers. Also disclosed herein is a delivery system for the controlled, systemic release of at least one deuterated ETBR antagonist, optionally in conjunction with an additional anti-oncologic agent.
US12077603B2
The present invention provides multispecific antigen-binding molecules that bind both a T-cell antigen (e.g., CD3) and a target antigen (e.g., a tumor associated antigen, a viral or bacterial antigen), and which include a single polypeptide chain that is multivalent (e.g., bivalent) with respect to T-cell antigen binding, and uses thereof.
US12077598B2
Disclosed herein are chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides, which can be used with adoptive cell transfer to target and kill cancers, that comprise a costimulatory signaling region having a mutated form of a cytoplasmic domain of CD28 with altered phosphorylation at Y206 and/or Y218. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an antitumor immunity in a subject with a tumor associated antigen-expressing cancer that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.
US12077595B2
The disclosure relates to CD137 binding agents and the use of such binding agents in the treatment, prevention and detection of disease.
US12077591B2
The present disclosure provides TrkA antibodies, compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods of using such antibodies for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease or disorder associated with an inappropriate expression or function of TrkA, such as pain.
US12077587B2
Anti-CD8 antibodies, radiolabeled anti-CD8 antibodies, fluorescently labeled anti-CD8 antibodies and their use in imaging are provided herein. Included are methods of detecting the presence of CD8 proteins in a subject or sample.
US12077579B2
The present disclosure relates to the pharmaceutical use of antagonists (e.g., an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof) that specifically bind to FAM19A5 to treat or to diagnose a fibrosis and/or a fibrosis-associated disease in a subject in need thereof.
US12077571B2
The present invention relates to anti-VP1 antibodies, antibody fragments, and their uses for the prevention and treatment of polyoma virus infection and associated diseases.
US12077568B2
Described herein are single chain polypeptides comprising both the b- and a-chains of insulin fused to each other by a linker. Also provided are nucleic acids coding for the same, host cells expressing the same, and methods of use therefor.
US12077563B2
Provided herein are engineered hMPV F proteins. In some aspects, the engineered F proteins exhibit enhanced conformational stability and/or antigenicity. Methods are also provided for use of the engineered F proteins as diagnostics, in screening platforms, and/or in vaccine compositions.
US12077554B2
A crystalline form and/or polymorph of a compound having the following structure (I), including tautomeric and zwitterionic forms thereof, are provided: Methods associated with preparation and use of the polymorphs, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are also provided. Also provided are methods for preparing a compound having formula (I), or a salt, tautomer or zwitterionic form thereof.
US12077548B2
This disclosure relates to low molecular weight substituted imidazoles that inhibit the TGF-b signaling pathway. More specifically, this disclosure relates to methods of using said imidazoles for the treatment of diseases related to the TGF-b signaling pathways including, but not limited to, atherosclerosis, Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, obesity, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, keratoconus, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Alzheimer's Disease, chronic kidney disease, and scleroderma.
US12077547B2
The present disclosure relates to novel compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods for promoting healthy aging of skin, the treatment of skin disorders, the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, the treatment of renal disorders, the treatment of angiogenesis disorders, such as cancer, treatment of tissue damage, such as non-cardiac tissue damage, the treatment of evolving myocardial infarction, the treatment of ischemic injury, and the treatment of various other disorders, such as complications arising from diabetes with the compounds and compositions of the invention. Other disorders can include, but are not limited to, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic cardiomyopathy, infections of the skin, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, asthma, and the like.
US12077542B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of AHR, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US12077541B2
The present application relates to an amine compound according to formula (I), (II) or (III) which is suitable for use in electronic devices.
US12077537B2
The present disclosure relates generally to certain compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods of making and using said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein may be used for the treatment or prevention of a Retroviridae viral infection, including an infection caused by the HIV virus.
US12077526B2
The invention relates to processes for preparing isoindolin-1-one derivatives, and in particular processes for preparing (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid. The invention also relates to crystalline forms of the compound (2S,3S)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-[(1R)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-fluoro-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxy-1-(oxan-4-yl)propyl]-1-methoxy-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl]-2-methylpropanoic acid and its salts.
US12077520B2
Compounds for the selective solid-liquid extraction and liquid-liquid extraction of lithium chloride
The present disclosure relates to calixpyrrole compounds and compositions thereof. The calixpyrrole compounds are chemical groups which are located in such a manner so as to be useful for the selective extraction of specific salts. Also provided herein are compositions and methods of use thereof.
US12077515B2
Selective HDAC inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions that include the same, are described herein for the treatment of cancer, immunological diseases, inflammatory diseases, and neurological diseases.
US12077513B2
Disclosed are a process route of a compound of a compound of formula (IV), a crystal form and a preparation method therefor. Also disclosed is an application of the crystal form in preparation of drugs for treating diseases associated with SSAO.
US12077511B2
The present disclosure discloses a compound 1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine (R)-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)(2-(5-(2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-(2-fluoro-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)-4-methyl-2,6-dicarbonyl-3,6-dihydropyrimidine-1(2H)-yl)-1-phenylethyl) sulfamate (of structural formula I) and a preparation method thereof.
US12077502B2
Described herein, in part, are dosage forms and compositions useful for preventing and/or treating a disease or condition relating to aberrant function of a T-type calcium channel, such as epilepsy and epilepsy syndromes (e.g., absence seizures, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, or a genetic epilepsy), tremor (e.g., essential tremor), and psychiatric disorder (e.g., mood disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder)). The present invention further comprises methods for modulating the function of a T-type calcium channel.
US12077501B2
The disclosure features amino lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include an amino lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, PEG lipids, or a combination thereof. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US12077496B2
The present invention discloses a method of separating C8 aromatic hydrocarbon isomers. The anion-pillared metal-organic framework materials with a pore diameter of 5-10 Å is used as adsorbents to achieve selective adsorption and separation of C8 aromatic hydrocarbon isomers by contacting the C8 aromatic hydrocarbon isomers with the adsorbents; the anion-pillared microporous materials are porous materials formed by metal ion M, inorganic anion A and organic ligand L through coordination bonds, with the general formula of [MAL2]n, where n>4 and n is an integer; the descried “metal ion M” is Fe2+, Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+; the descried “inorganic anion A” is SiF62−, NbOF52−, TaF72−, ZrF62−, TiF62−, GeF62−, SO3CF3−, NbF6−; the descried “organic ligand L” is selected from any of the following:
US12077495B2
The invention relates to a compound according to formula I wherein when R5 is H, and R1 and R2 form a ring system, then said compound is selected from the following compounds of formula II or formula IV or when R2 is H, and R1 and R5 form a ring system, then said compound has formula III.
US12077494B2
Process for the alkoxycarbonylation of trivinylcyclohexane.
US12077489B2
By this invention processes are provided for the conversion of carbohydrate to ethylene glycol by retro-aldol catalysis and sequential hydrogenation using control methods having at least one of acetol (hydroxyacetone) and a tracer as inputs.
US12077488B2
The present invention discloses compounds that are useful in the treatment of respiratory diseases of animals, especially Bovine or Swine Respiratory disease (BRD and SRD).
US12077487B2
The present invention relates to new methods of manufacturing benzoquinoline inhibitors of vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2), and intermediates thereof.
US12077479B2
A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component is provided that includes: a CMC body in which an environmental protection layer is completely embedded within a CMC material of the CMC body, the environmental protection layer comprising a ceramic that has a higher impact and/or environmental resistance than the CMC material. Methods for manufacturing the CMC component are also provided.
US12077473B1
Provided is an inorganic solid waste-microbial composite curing agent and its preparation method and application. The inorganic solid waste-microbial composite curing agent consists of the following raw materials in parts by weight: steel slag, active magnesium oxide, recycled powder, stearic acid, borax, carbonic anhydrase bacteria, Bacillus subtilis, and soluble calcium salts. The preparation method includes performing granulation on steel slag, active magnesium oxide, recycled powder, stearic acid, borax, etc. into porous materials through dry rolling extrusion and compression, and loading carbonic anhydrase bacteria and Bacillus subtilis into the porous materials. By adding inorganic solid waste-microbial composite curing agent into the sludge and introducing CO2, the sludge is quickly solidified through the carbonization and microbial mineralization of inorganic solid waste. At the same time, microorganisms can effectively decompose organic pollutants in the sludge, achieving the goal of harmless, stabilized and resourceful utilization of sludge.
US12077466B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a reclaim cylinder includes: a single housing (60) coupled to a fiber draw furnace system, the housing defining a reclaim chamber 64, a plurality of gas reclaim ports (68) spaced equidistant from each other and tangentially coupled to the housing, a gas sampling port (52) tangentially or perpendicularly coupled to the housing, and a particle sampling port (54) tangentially or perpendicularly coupled to the housing.
US12077465B2
A glass blank is cut out from a glass plate by forming a crack starting portion inside the glass plate by moving a first laser beam relative to the glass plate such that a focal position of the laser beam is located in an inner portion of the glass plate in its thickness direction and the focal position forms a circle when viewed from a surface of the glass plate, then causing cracks to develop from the crack starting portion toward main surfaces of the glass plate, and splitting the glass plate to separate, from the glass plate, a glass blank that includes a separation surface having an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra smaller than 0.01 μm and a roundness not larger than 15 μm. Thereafter, main surfaces of the glass blank are ground or polished.
US12077463B2
A positioning device for a preloading ring of a hot forming machine is provided. The device has a first holding element and a second holding element. The first holding element has a first recess and a second recess. The second recess is at a distance radially with respect the first recess. The second holding element is arranged in a region of and faces the first and second recess. The first and second holding elements are configured and arranged movably about respective axes with respect to each other so that movement towards each other encloses a glass tube in each of the first and second recesses and between the holding elements.
US12077462B2
Apparatuses for making a laminated glass ribbon may include an upper forming body including an outer forming surface bounded by a pair of upper dams, and a lower forming body disposed downstream of the upper forming body and including an outer forming surface spaced from the outer forming surface of the upper forming body by an interior gap. An edge guide may be disposed along an interior upper dam wall and spaced apart in the interior gap from the lower forming body. Surfaces exterior to the outer forming surfaces of the upper and lower forming bodies may abut and be joined. A formed glass ribbon having a core glass layer and a pair of clad glass layers may include inner and outer portions that have substantially equal thickness ratios based on a glass core layer thickness compared to a combined glass cladding layer thickness in each portion.
US12077458B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a system for monitoring and/or controlling one or more agents, such as cleaning agents, in a wastewater treatment system. The system comprises a bio-electrochemical sensor for monitoring metabolic activity of a population of exo-electrogenic bacteria and providing an electrical output corresponding with the metabolic activity, where the bio-electrochemical sensor comprises an electrode pair and a power source for delivering a voltage across the electrode pair, and an electrical output analyzer for analyzing the electrical output and correlating the electrical output with the one or more agents in the wastewater treatment system. a change in electrical output beyond a threshold indicates that an adjustment in the delivery of the one or more agents is needed. a method and sensor for monitoring and/or controlling a cleaning process in a wastewater treatment system are also provided. The system, method, and sensor disclosed herein are particularly useful for cleaning membranes incorporated in a wastewater treatment process.
US12077454B2
A water treatment apparatus management system which manages a household water treatment apparatus located at or near a place of water use, and treats water before treatment with at least one type of filter to produce treated water for the place of water use. The system includes: a filter information storage unit storing information regarding an in-service filter used in the household water treatment apparatus; an information receiver receiving information regarding performance change of the in-service filter from the household water treatment apparatus; and a water type estimation means that estimates a water type of the water before treatment based on the information regarding performance change and the information regarding the in-service filter. The information regarding the in-service filter includes reference information of performance change of the same or the same type of filter as the in-service filter for each of plural types of reference water before treatment.
US12077447B2
Provided herein are methods and systems to form calcium carbonate comprising vaterite, comprising dissolving lime in an aqueous base solution under one or more precipitation conditions to produce a precipitation material comprising calcium carbonate and a supernatant solution, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises vaterite.
US12077404B2
A feed tray includes a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a first sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated, a conveyance guide configured to define a conveyance path for a roll medium which is the first sheet-shaped medium unrolled from the roll body accommodated in the first accommodation part, and a shutter movable between an intercept position where the shutter is located in the conveyance path and a retreat position where the shutter is further from the conveyance path than the intercept position.
US12077400B2
The present invention provides a label printer, including an upper cover module and a bottom case module configured to cooperate with the upper cover module in printing. An elastic wall is disposed at an articulating part between the upper cover module and the bottom case module. An inclined surface is provided at a corresponding position of the lower cover module. When the upper cover is opened upward to the maximum extent, a tail end of the elastic wall cooperates with the inclined surface to form a support structure to prevent the upper cover module from falling due to the gravity and the like when the upper cover module is opened.
US12077390B2
A conveyor belt cleaning assembly includes a first rail member, a second rail member, and a locking mechanism for removably securing the first rail member to the second rail member. The first rail member includes a first base wall, a first leg extending from a first end of the first base wall, a second leg extending from an opposite second end of the first base wall, a first bottom retaining wall, and a first side retaining wall defining a first inner taper portion extending inwardly toward the second leg. The second rail member includes a second base wall, an inner wall, an opposite outer wall, a second bottom retaining wall, and a second side retaining wall defining a second inner taper portion extending inwardly toward the inner wall. The second inner taper portion is a mirror image of the first inner taper portion.
US12077382B2
A picking system may provide a fast, flexible pick cart solution that may be deployed in warehouses or distribution centers to enable users to pick multiple items to put into a plurality of order bins (or carts) with high speed and accuracy to create completed orders ready for packing and shipping. Hardware and software may be bundled on the carts which may shorten training times, simplify integration, and allow for adjustment of carts based on product/items needs, all while improving picking efficiency. The picking system may include a cloud-based computer platform that may control light and displays in the lighted pick shelves that direct users to place a specified quantity of items in specific order bins. Users in remote locations may be linked to the cloud-based computer platform that may control lighted pick shelves in the users' locations.
US12077377B2
A pair of drive wheels are disposed in a middle region of a travel body section in a body length direction and are separated from each other in a body width direction. A first drive source is disposed on a first side in the body length direction relative to a width direction reference line and a first side in a body width direction relative to a length direction reference line in top-down view. A second drive source is disposed on a second side in the body length direction relative to the width direction reference line and a second side in the body width direction relative to the length direction reference line in top-down view.
US12077368B2
A resealable confectionery product for selective dispensing of a flowable edible liquid confection from a compressible liquid confection chamber through a dispensing aperture integrated into a collar that sealing engages the compressible chamber and establishes a seat for a solid confectionery product where the integrated dispensing aperture is disposed adjacent at least a portion of the solid confectionery product whereupon upon compression of the chamber, liquid confection is dispensed onto the solid confectionery product surface, and a solid confectionery product cover which when engaged with the collar seals the dispensing aperture to prevent further dispensing of the liquid confection.
US12077367B2
A drum is described for containing a coil of welding wire, comprising a container having a bottom and side walls for delimiting a cavity in which the coil can be housed, and a lid to close the container, To improve the storage the container is a frustoconical shell and the base of the container corresponds to the bottom of the container.
US12077360B2
A supply of cushioning material for wrapping at least one object comprises a stack formed of a multitude of prefabricated sheets of three-dimensional cushioning material. The invention proposes that adjacent sheets are connected to each other by means of a releasable adhesive system, the adhesive system being designed such that the connection can be released without auxiliary means, i.e. without special heat exposure and without chemicals and without special tools simply by mechanical action, and non-destructively, i.e. without damaging the cushioning material.
US12077359B2
A container which is useful for safely storing and transporting compositions, such as liquid organic peroxide-containing compositions, which may be flammable, combustible, susceptible to exothermic decomposition, explosive and/or otherwise hazardous, is provided. The container includes a containment vessel having thermoset polymer-containing walls, as well as a vent mechanism. The containment vessel may be manufactured by a rotational molding process using a thermoplastic polymer, such as a polyethylene, which is crosslinked to provide the thermoset polymer.
US12077348B2
The invention relates to a package comprising a hollow body, a lid joined to the hollow body by a hinge, and a protective cover (that can be moved between a closed position in which it covers the lid and an open position in which it is separated from the hollow body and forms, with a coupling device, a lever arm coupled to the lid, with the coupling device being able to assume a retracted configuration when the cover is in the closed position, and a deployed configuration when the cover is in the open position. The invention also relates to a corresponding unpackaging process.
US12077346B1
A bottle closure and opener device for use on a wine bottle including a sleeve having a top side, a bottom side, an outer surface, and an inner surface, the top side having a first opening, the bottom side having a second opening, and the inner surface including inner threads, wherein the internal threads are configured to mate with external threads on a top portion of the wine bottle. A cork having an upper portion positioned within the first opening of the sleeve and extending above the bottle top and a lower portion of the cork positioned within the wine bottle's neck opening to seal a liquid within the wine bottle and to seal oxygen from entering the bottle. During operation, the cork and sleeve combination are configured to be removed from the wine bottle's opening via unscrewing the sleeve from the top portion of the wine bottle.
US12077342B2
A yogurt-based food product is packaged in a container, including a bottom wall and a sidewall, by depositing a mix-in in a center of the bottom wall and then driving the mix-in from the center of the bottom wall to the sidewall with a blast of gas. Afterwards, a dairy or plant-based product is deposited in the container. The mix-in is in contact with the bottom wall and the sidewall, and a height of the mix-in is greater at the sidewall than at a center point of the bottom wall.
US12077333B2
Apparatuses and methods for tamping the contents of a container are disclosed. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a tamp head for tamping the contents of the container; and a container support assembly structured and arranged to temporarily support the bottom surface of the container during tamping, the container support assembly comprising a support element having a protrusion extending upward from a substantially flat and horizontal upper surface, wherein the protrusion is sized and shaped to correspond to the size and shape of the bottom surface of the container.
US12077331B2
A packing cell for packing products in boxes includes a picking system for picking products and stacking them according to a stacking pattern, a support unit for the stacking process, with a rotatable horizontal shaft for placing a support platform in a predetermined angular position for the stacking process, and a box handling robot to transfer empty boxes towards the support unit and full boxes away from the support unit. A method includes placing the support platform in a predetermined angular position adjacent a product picking system, picking and stacking a number of products according to a stacking pattern on the support unit, and removing from the support unit, with a box handling robot, a box containing the stacked products.
US12077327B2
There is provided a method for wrapping a load comprising an upper portion defining an upper peripheral surface and a lower portion defining a lower peripheral surface. The method includes configuring a first material dispenser including a first material web in a first starting position and a second material dispenser including a second material web in a second starting position. The method includes and providing a rotation between the load and the material dispensers, such that, upon the rotation, the first material dispenser wraps the upper peripheral surface of the load with the first material web and the second material dispenser wraps the lower peripheral surface of the load with the second material web. The first material dispenser wraps the upper peripheral surface of the load simultaneously while the second material dispenser wraps the lower peripheral surface of the load during at least a portion of a wrapping cycle.
US12077322B2
A bearing assembly for stabilizing rotation of a rotatable element includes a gas bearing acting as a bearing for the rotatable element. An ultrasonic vibration pump is coupled to the gas bearing for providing pressurized gas to the gas bearing, and a sealed housing encloses the gas bearing and the ultrasonic vibration pump. Also described is a reaction wheel assembly for a spacecraft. The reaction wheel assembly includes a reaction wheel and the bearing assembly for stabilizing rotation of the reaction wheel.
US12077315B2
A system and related methods for storing data from avionics sensors and displaying the data on flight display. The data is received from the avionics sensor. The data is recorded in a memory according to a storage period, the storage period based on at least in part on a sampling rate of the signal. Furthermore, the memory may be limited to a fixed amount of data, with the oldest data being replaced with newer data. The data is further displayed on a flight display adjacent to a linear scale, with an orientation and position such that the data corresponds to values on the linear scale. By the data displayed on the flight display, an aircraft operator may visually determine trends regarding in-flight data in minimal time, thereby reducing cognitive workload.
US12077313B1
Tools, techniques, systems, methods and configurations are provided for modifying Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft (LCAA) to fly missions as functional, safe and effective aerial refueling (AR) tankers. The LCAA may be modified with a Selectively-Autonomous Aerial Refueling (SAAR) system, which can be installed in the LCAA to assist pilots and operators with actual AR procedures, to assist pilots and operators who are training to learn how to perform AR procedures, and/or to provide communication nodes in the form of a tactical edge network which is part of a common operational system. For AR training missions, LCAAs may be outfitted with a SAAR system including an aerial refueling store (ARS) buddy pod, such as for situations where fuel will not be offloaded to receiver aircraft.
US12077311B1
An aircraft propulsion system is provided that includes a turbine engine and an exhaust gas condenser. The exhaust gas condenser includes a housing, a nozzle, air scoops, a bank of exhaust gas conduits, and a center collection channel. The housing includes an interior cavity, top and bottom sides, and first and second lateral sides. The bank of exhaust gas conduits is disposed in the interior cavity of the housing and includes exhaust gas conduits and bypass air passages. The exhaust gas conduits and bypass air passages are disposed in an alternating configuration. The center collection channel is disposed radially inside of the bank of exhaust conduits. The exhaust gas conduits and bypass air passages extend spirally along the central axis between the forward and aft ends. Each bypass air passage is in fluid communication with an air scoop and the center collection channel.
US12077308B2
A method of operating a multi-engine drive system of an aircraft includes driving a main rotor of the aircraft by a main engine of the multi-engine drive system at an operating speed of the main engine, operating a supplemental engine of the multi-engine drive system at approximately 80% of an operating speed of the supplemental engine, wherein, during the operating step, a clutch interoperably coupled to the supplemental engine is interoperably decoupled from the main rotor and, responsive to a command to interoperably engage the clutch, if the clutch successfully engages such that the clutch is interoperably coupled to the main rotor, providing, by the supplemental engine, power to the main rotor.
US12077307B2
A method is provided involving a fairing for a turbine engine. During this method, a detail is provided. The detail includes a carrier and an exterior layer bonded to the carrier. The carrier is configured from or otherwise includes fiber-reinforced composite material. The exterior layer is configured from or otherwise includes polymer material. The detail is arranged with the fairing. The fairing includes an exterior side and an edge. The detail covers and extends along at least a portion of the exterior side. The detail wraps at least partially around the edge. The carrier and at least a first overhang portion of the exterior layer are bonded to the fairing.
US12077301B1
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a galley lift. In one embodiment, the galley lift includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion can have a lift platform and a lift platform ram extension. The lower portion can have a lift mechanism and a ram. In some embodiments, the lift platform ram extension is attached to the ram.
US12077299B2
A silicone heater assembly is provided. The silicone heater includes a heater and a thermal pad. The thermal pad is configured to couple to the heater. The thermal pad is configured to conform to a plumbing infrastructure to be heated.
US12077294B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for using a drone to identify a wireless network problem and initiate performance of one or more operations or actions that address the wireless network problem, the drone comprising a processor and a storage device, the storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising receiving, by the drone, an instruction to analyze a wireless network of a property, responsive to the instruction to analyze the wireless network, traveling, by the drone, to one or more zones of the property, determining, by the drone and based on an analysis of one or more characteristics of the wireless network, that a wireless network problem exists, and based on the determination that the wireless network problem exists, performing, by the drone, one or more operations directed to addressing the wireless network problem.
US12077293B2
Methods and apparatus to guide an unmanned aerial vehicle for recovery thereof are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a sensor at or proximate a tether line, the sensor to measure at least one parameter of an aircraft while the aircraft is in flight and provide sensor output corresponding to a position of the aircraft, and a transceiver to transmit data corresponding to the position to the aircraft for guiding the aircraft to engage the tether line for recovery of the aircraft or a payload carried by the aircraft.
US12077289B2
An aircraft assembly is disclosed including a longitudinal spar and an aerofoil cover integrally formed from a composite laminate material to form a spar-cover such that the composite material of the spar extends continuously into the cover through a fold region created between the spar and the cover. The spar and cover are separated by a recess at a longitudinal end of the fold region to define a spar end region and a cover end region, and a reinforcement element extends between the spar end region and the cover end region to couple the spar end region with the cover end region.
US12077287B2
An aircraft wing structure (100) including a spar (101) and a systems module (200) that is releasably secured to brackets (300) on a first side of the spar (101) and the second, opposite side of the spar is configured to define a wall of a fuel tank of an aircraft wing.
US12077285B2
The present invention relates to a free propeller assembly structure and an aircraft structure has the free propeller assembly. The free propeller assembly structure has at least one free propeller assembly. Each of the at least one free propeller assembly has a circular shaft, a main rotor, a signal transmitting device, and a rotor blade assembly. The main rotor has a shaft hole and multiple blade mounting structures radially disposed. Each blade mounting structure is provided with a positioning recess for mounting a driving motor in each positioning recess. The signal transmitting device includes multiple signal transmitters that are able to transmit interpretable electronic signals or photonic signals. The rotor blade assembly includes at least two rotor blades. One end of each rotor blade is connected with an open end of the positioning recesses of a corresponding one of the blade mounting structures.
US12077283B2
Actuator for moving an aircraft control part, the actuator comprising: a mobile element movable in a first direction and in a second direction; an actuating means for moving the mobile element (2); a mechanical brake which, in case of loss of electrical power and/or in case of a brake signal, brakes the mobile element in the first direction until a force from the aircraft control part on the mobile element (2) exceeds a threshold force.
US12077280B2
An oscillation system includes an oscillation circuitry configured to cause at least one motor of a first set of motors to provide an oscillation of a user-input device in at least one axis of the user-input device. The oscillation may be triggered in response to an input from at least one sensor, the user-input device for operating an aircraft control system of an aircraft. The oscillation circuitry is configured to operate independently from a resistive force circuitry. The resistive force circuitry is to provide a resistive force to the user-input device, using the at least one motor of the first set of motors.
US12077279B2
There is provided a method and a system for detecting and mitigating a propeller failure condition. An actual value of a rotational speed of the propeller and/or of a pitch angle of blades of the propeller is obtained. In response to determining that the speed is below a reference rotational speed for the propeller and/or determining that the pitch angle is above a pitch angle threshold, an actuator operatively connected to the blades is commanded to decrease the pitch angle to increase the speed towards the reference speed. After commanding of the actuator to decrease the pitch angle, a subsequent value of the speed and/or a subsequent value of the pitch angle is obtained. The actuator is commanded to hold the pitch angle in response to determining that the speed has failed to increase towards the reference speed and/or determining that the pitch angle has failed to decrease.
US12077253B2
A watercraft accessory operable to be secured to the deck of a paddleboard and provide storage of a plurality of items. The watercraft accessory of the present invention includes a housing having a top, bottom and a plurality of wall integrally formed to create an interior volume. A first storage compartment and a second storage compartment are secured within the rear wall and are slidably mounted thereto. A third storage compartment is secured to a side wall and is configured to provide additional storage. At least one storage compartment is sealably secured within the housing and another is thermally isolated. The housing further includes navigation lights and a bow light secured thereto. An audio player is further provided and the housing includes integral mounts to facilitate securing to the deck of the paddleboard. An internally located power supply provides the necessary electrical power.
US12077247B2
A bimini for a boat includes a cover mountable to the boat and an inflation system arranged in fluid communication with the bimini. The bimini is transformable between a stowed position, a retracted position, and an extended position. The bimini is transformable between the retracted position and the extended position via operation of the inflation system.
US12077242B2
A shock absorber includes a first damping force generating portion, and a second damping force generating portion. The second damping force generating portion includes a first flow path, an opening and closing member, an adjustment unit which adjusts a position of the opening and closing member in the axial direction, a second flow path which is located at a different position from the first flow path and passes through the piston in the axial direction, and a second valve which is disposed at an end portion of the second flow path at a side of a second end portion which is an end portion at an opposite side to the first end portion in the axial direction, and which opens and closes the second flow path.
US12077234B2
A suspension and steering mechanism for a vehicle including at least one suspension arm, a steering arm, and a steering actuator. The suspension arm includes a wheel mounting end and a base end rotatably coupled with a reference frame via a base axis. The steering arm is coupled with the suspension arm at a rotation point of the steering arm. An actuated end of the steering arm extends toward a first direction from the rotation point. The steering actuator includes an actuating end and a fixed end, and is rotatably coupled at the fixed end with the suspension arm and rotatably coupled at the actuating end with the actuated end of the steering arm. A horizontal location of the fixed end is within at least one of a horizontal cross-section of the suspension arm and a triangle defined by the rotation point and the largest width of the base axis.
US12077231B2
A steer-by-wire system can be controlled using a hypothetical or virtual model of a conventional automotive steering system such as an electric power steering (EPS) system in which a steering wheel is mechanically linked to one or more road wheels. The model of the EPS system may be implemented in algorithms or instructions of software. In order to reconstruct driving feedback similar to the conventional steering system in the steer-by-wire system, the steer-by wire system may use the model of the EPS system. For example, a controller of the steer-by-wire system controls an angular velocity of a steering feedback actuator of the steer-by-wire system operably connected with the steering wheel so as to provide a steering feedback to a driver or operator using the model of the EPS system.
US12077228B2
A transition track slider has a hollow body including a first side surface, a second side surface, a bottom surface at least partially interposed between the first side surface and the second side surface, and that also defines a cavity. A front surface with a bullet nose configuration connects the first side surface to the second side surface, and to the bottom surface, while a rear surface connects the first side surface to the second side surface, and to the bottom surface. A top surface extends from the rear surface toward the front surface.
US12077221B2
A device for raising and lowering a spare wheel of a vehicle includes a body to be mounted to the vehicle in a fixed position. The body includes a first indented surface defining an aperture, A lifter mechanism for raising and lowering the spare wheel includes a rotatable element capable of rotating relative to the body. The rotatable element is at least partly housed in the aperture and has a second indented surface. The first and second indented surfaces are configured to mutually interfere, in order to hinder the rotation of the rotatable element relative to the body.
US12077219B1
Rotary steering systems are disclosed. An example vehicle steering system includes an input gear fixed to an end of an input shaft, a first intermediate gear fixed to a first pinion, the first intermediate gear engaged with the input gear, a second intermediate gear fixed to a second pinion, the second pinion engaged with the first intermediate gear or a third intermediate gear, a motor fixed to a third pinion, the third pinion engaged with the second intermediate gear, the motor to rotate the first intermediate gear and the first pinion, a third gear fixed to a shaft, the third gear engaged with the first pinion, the third gear and the shaft to rotate as the first intermediate gear rotates, and a pitman arm coupled to the shaft, the pitman arm to couple to a drag link to turn wheels of a vehicle as the shaft rotates.
US12077212B2
A lightweight vehicle includes a pair of rear wheel assemblies, one or more front wheel assemblies, a universal assembly platform, and forward facing seating. The universal assembly platform includes a planar main vehicle chassis, a front suspension system connected to the planar main vehicle chassis and to which the one or more front wheel assemblies is mounted, and a rear suspension system connected to the planar main vehicle chassis and to which the pair of rear wheel assemblies is mounted. A front distal end of the one or more front wheel assemblies is longitudinally forward of a front end of the planar main vehicle chassis. The forward facing seating is mounted to the planar main vehicle chassis such that a portion of a seat bottom of the forward facing seating is located longitudinally rearward of an axis extending through a center of the pair of rear wheel assemblies.
US12077210B2
A steering control system comprises a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: determine a steering direction of a vehicle; determine a selected gear of the vehicle; generate a first steering control value based on the steering direction and the selected gear; selectively control steering of the vehicle based on the first steering control value; in response to the selected gear changing, generate a second steering control value based on the steering direction and a second selected gear; and selectively control steering of the vehicle based on the second steering control value.
US12077208B2
A steering device includes a cylindrical steering column that extends in an axial direction. The steering column includes: an upper column; a lower column; and a fixing member. The fixing member includes a cylindrical part, and the cylindrical part includes: a small diameter part that is fitted to the lower column; a curved part that has an outer circumferential surface whose outer diameter increases toward the other side in the axial direction; and a large diameter part whose outer diameter is larger than an outer diameter of the small diameter part.
US12077194B2
A vehicle is a vehicle on which an autonomous driving kit (ADK) is mountable. The vehicle includes: a vehicle platform (VP) that controls the vehicle in accordance with an instruction from the ADK; and a vehicle control interface that serves as an interface between the ADK and the VP. The VP receives a driver deceleration request in accordance with an amount of depression of a brake pedal by a driver, and receives a system deceleration request from the ADK through the vehicle control interface. During an autonomous mode, the VP specifies the sum of the driver deceleration request and the system deceleration request as a target deceleration of the vehicle.
US12077193B1
The described systems and methods determine a driver's fitness to safely operate a moving vehicle based at least in part upon observed sleep patterns. A smart ring, wearable on a user's finger, continuously monitors sleep amount and quality or the lack thereof. This sleep data, representing sleep patterns, can be utilized, in combination with driving data, to train a machine learning model, which will predict the user's level of risk exposure based at least in part upon observed sleep patterns. The user can be warned of this risk to prevent them from driving or to encourage them to get more sleep before driving. In some instances, the disclosed smart ring system may interact with the user's vehicle to prevent it from starting while in a sleep deprived and high risk state.
US12077190B2
In various examples, systems and methods are disclosed for weighting one or more optional paths based on obstacle avoidance or other safety considerations. In some embodiments, the obstacle avoidance considerations may be computed using a comparison of trajectories representative of safety procedures at present and future projected time steps of an ego-vehicle and other actors to ensure that each actor is capable of implementing their respective safety procedure while avoiding collisions at any point along the trajectory. This comparison may include filtering out a path(s) of an actor at a time step(s)—e.g., using a one-dimensional lookup—based on spatial relationships between the actor and the ego-vehicle at the time step(s). Where a particular path—or point along the path—does not satisfy a collision-free standard, the path may be penalized more negatively with respect to the obstacle avoidance considerations, or may be removed from consideration as a potential path.
US12077183B2
A system 100 for remote assistance of an autonomous agent can include and/or interface with any or all of: a sensor suite 110, a computing system 120, a communication interface 130, and/or any other suitable components. The system can further optionally include a set of infrastructure devices 140, a teleoperator platform 150, and/or any other suitable components. The system 100 functions to enable information to be exchanged between an autonomous agent and a tele-assist. Additionally or alternatively, the system 100 can function to operate the autonomous agent (e.g., based on remote inputs received from a teleoperator, indirectly, etc.) and/or can perform any other suitable functions.
US12077182B2
Provided are a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making method and apparatus for an autonomous vehicle in a snowy and icy environment based on trajectory prediction, with an aim of reducing the complexity of planning a lane-changing trajectory. The method includes: screening out at least one obstacle, planning a lane-changing trajectory according to the at least one obstacle, establishing a decision making model according to the lane-changing trajectory, and controlling the autonomous vehicle by designing a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making controller according to the decision making model. Further provided are a longitudinal and lateral integrated moving horizon decision making apparatus for an autonomous vehicle in a snowy and icy environment based on trajectory prediction and a storage medium.
US12077181B1
Controlling motion of an autonomous vehicle may comprise determining a state space representation of the environment associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on sensor data. The autonomous vehicle may parameterize the state space according to arc length and lateral distance from a route reference. The autonomous vehicle may determine a state in the state space upon which to base trajectory generation (e.g., via a tree search, via a state space sampling technique based on cost) and may determine a set of control instructions (i.e., a trajectory) that would bring the autonomous vehicle to the arc length and lateral distance specified by the state. Determining the state for generating the trajectory may be based on a heuristic for determining approximately where the trajectory would bring the vehicle, since the arc length parameterized state space doesn't include an indication of location.
US12077180B2
A control system for use in a motor vehicle and configured to monitor a current driving situation of the motor vehicle on the basis of surrounding data of the motor vehicle acquired from at least one surrounding sensor arranged on the motor vehicle in a current driving situation is disclosed. The control system is configured to determine information relating to a current driving situation of the motor vehicle on the basis of the provided surrounding data, to determine information relating to a current driving situation of the motor vehicle and to determine a component of a future driving maneuver for the motor vehicle on the basis of the information relating to the current driving situation of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, the control system is configured to determine a multiplicity of model trajectories for the motor vehicle on the basis of the determined component of the future driving maneuver for the motor vehicle and to determine from the multiplicity of model trajectories a trajectory for the motor vehicle which the motor vehicle is to follow in the further course of its travel. The control system is also configured to update the information relating to the current driving situation of the motor vehicle and/or the supplied surrounding data and to adapt the trajectory for the motor vehicle on the basis of a target function and on the basis of the updated supplied surrounding data and/or on the basis of the updated information relating to the current driving situation of the motor vehicle.
US12077175B2
Provided herein is technology relating to intelligent transportation systems and automated vehicles and particularly, but not exclusively, to function allocation systems and methods for a connected automated vehicle highway system that provides transportation management and operations and vehicle control for connected and automated vehicles.
US12077160B2
The present disclosure relates to driver interaction with a user interface of a vehicle. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for performing an action associated with a driver input indicated via an input modality of an HMI of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to receive initial data corresponding to an initial driver input via a first input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, compare a confidence level of the initial data to a confidence level threshold associated with the first input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, request, based on the comparison, a subsequent driver input via a second input modality of the HMI of the vehicle, determine a presence of an adverse condition within a vehicle environment, and perform an action associated with the subsequent driver input based on the presence of the adverse condition within the vehicle environment.
US12077153B2
A vehicular control system includes a forward-viewing camera viewing through the windshield at least forward of the equipped vehicle, a left-side camera viewing at least sideward and rearward of the equipped vehicle, a right-side camera viewing at least sideward and rearward of the equipped vehicle, and an electronic control unit (ECU). Image data captured by the cameras is transferred to and is processed at the ECU. Responsive at least in part to processing at the ECU of transferred image data, the vehicular control system detects another vehicle present rearward of the equipped vehicle and approaching the equipped vehicle in the same traffic lane that the equipped vehicle is traveling in on the road the equipped vehicle is traveling along. The vehicular control system undertakes a pre-impact measure to prepare the equipped vehicle for impact by the other vehicle and/or controls the equipped vehicle to mitigate impact by the other vehicle.
US12077151B2
A method for operating a car park parking system of a car park involves determining a current state of occupancy of the car park and assigning a quick-access parking space to a motor vehicle to be parked depending on the determined state of occupancy. The motor vehicle to be parked is brought driverlessly to the assigned quick-access parking space. An information message is communicated to a user of the motor vehicle to be parked depending on a decision criterion. The information message proposes a pick-up time, and, following acceptance of the proposed pick-up time by the user, the motor vehicle to be parked is brought driverlessly from the quick-access parking space to a long-stay parking space.
US12077149B2
A vehicle is a series hybrid vehicle that drives drive wheels using a travel motor by utilizing power of a power generation motor, which generates power by being driven by motive power of an internal combustion engine provided with a turbo charger. A method for controlling the vehicle includes executing a fuel cut of the internal combustion engine when excess power is greater than at least power that can be inputted in the system and the internal combustion engine is being supercharged.
US12077147B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle during conditions when a temperature of a motor/generator is increasing. In one example, a method is provided that adjusts engine speed as a function of motor/generator temperature while maintaining engine power output when driver demand wheel power is constant.
US12077144B1
A control device for a vehicle is provided with a region setting unit and a switching execution unit. The region setting unit is configured to set a drive region including a two-wheel drive region in which two-wheel drive is executed and a four-wheel drive region in which four-wheel drive is executed according to a driving state parameter. The switching execution unit is configured to switch between the two-wheel drive and the four-wheel drive according to a switching condition set in advance while the vehicle is traveling in the two-wheel drive region. The region setting unit is configured to expand the two-wheel drive region during autonomous driving compared to manual driving.
US12077142B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for distributed processing in a vehicle networking system. A node in the vehicle networking system receives sets of processed sensor data from multiple nodes in the vehicle networking system. Each set of processed sensor data is generated using a first portion of a data processing algorithm on sensor data captured by different sets of sensors of the vehicle networking system. The node performs a second portion of the data processing algorithm based on the sets of processed sensor data received from multiple nodes, yielding a set of processed aggregated sensor data. The node may use the set of processed aggregated sensor data to provide a computer managed feature and/or transmit the set of processed aggregated sensor data to other nodes in the vehicle networking system.
US12077138B2
Braking torque is automatically applied based on requested deceleration and requested distance from a driving assistance device. Standard deceleration decreases in an “upwardly curved” form and then decreases in a “downwardly curved” form over time in a standard deceleration profile, and a standard speed profile corresponds to the standard deceleration profile. In the present calculation period, target deceleration and target speed profiles are set by adjusting the standard deceleration/standard speed profiles to satisfy the relationship between deceleration and vehicle body speed. The estimated distance from the reference speed to the vehicle stop is calculated based on the target speed profile. In a condition that the estimated distance is equal to/less than the requested distance is denied, braking torque is adjusted based on requested deceleration. After first satisfying the condition that the estimated distance is equal to/less than the requested distance, braking torque is adjusted according to the target deceleration profile.
US12077137B2
A sliding brake pedal and base assembly includes a sled, a brake pedal rotationally attached to the sled, a brake valve with an input piston, a base fixedly attached to the brake valve, and a lever generally moveable in a first linear direction parallel to a direction of movement of the input piston. The lever receives an actuating force from the brake pedal and delivers the actuating force to a top surface of the input piston. The sled is controllably moveable in a second linear direction orthogonal to the first linear direction.
US12077132B2
The present disclosure provides a bracket connecting structure. The bracket connecting structure includes a bracket mounting piece, a mounting tube connected with the bracket mounting piece, and a locking assembly arranged on the mounting tube. The locking assembly includes a locking piece, a driving piece and a driving fitting piece which are arranged in the mounting tube. The locking piece is arranged in the mounting tube in rotating connection with the mounting tube. The driving fitting piece is rotatably connected with the locking piece. The driving piece runs through the mounting tube and is adaptively connected with the driving fitting piece.
US12077131B1
A storage compartment for removable vehicle roof panels, wherein the storage compartment is configured to be mounted on an exterior of a vehicle may include a cradle sized to accommodate placement of an end of a roof panel therein; at least two slats extending upward from the cradle; a clamp attached to the distal end of each slat; and a bracket attached to a proximal end of each slat, wherein each clamp is configured to removably engage with an upper surface on a side of the vehicle and each bracket is configured to removably engage with a lower surface on the side of the vehicle.
US12077128B1
Systems and methods for detecting tampering with a catalytic converter by using a catalytic converter sensor located outside of the exhaust system that is configured to sense vibrations from vehicle exhaust components and output that to a catalytic converter module. The catalytic converter module activates an alarm system if at least one vibration exceeds a vibration threshold for an amount of time that exceeds a duration threshold. The alarm system may include any combination of activating the integrated vehicle alarm module, an external catalytic converter alarm module, or transmitting a wireless alert to a server or user devices.
US12077125B2
An airbag venting device (10) comprises a housing (24) which includes a first flow orifice (18) facing away from the airbag (12) and a second flow orifice (20) facing the airbag (12). The housing (24) has an axial total length (26), the first flow orifice (18) has a first axial opening length (34) and the second flow orifice (20) has a second axial opening length (34). An adjustable closure element (22) assigned to the housing (24), in an open position, releases at least one of the two flow orifices (18, 20). An actuator device (30) interacts with the closure element (22) to release and/or to close the flow orifice (18, 20), and, in doing so, the axial total length (26) of the housing (24) is less than 3 times the length of the longer axial opening length (34) of the two flow orifices (18, 20).
US12077116B2
An expandable bumper cargo carrying system is removably attachable to a rear bumper of a vehicle and does not require that the vehicle have a trailer hitch receptacle at the rear end of the vehicle to attach the cargo carrying system to the vehicle. The cargo carrying system comprises a cargo basket that can pivot downward to a first, horizontally oriented operative position for supporting cargo on the cargo basket, and can pivot upward to a second, vertically oriented stored position when the cargo basket is not in use. The cargo basket defines a cargo support surface that is adjustable between a first longitudinal dimension of the cargo support surface and a second longitudinal dimension of the cargo support surface, where the second longitudinal dimension is larger than the first longitudinal dimension.
US12077109B2
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a wire harness support member that makes it easier to increase the range in which a position tolerance of a bolt can be handled. A support member according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a main body portion that includes a holding portion for holding an electric wire; and a bolt fixing member that is a separate member from the main body portion. The bold fixing member includes a fixing hole into which a bolt provided on a vehicle body side is inserted and fixed, and an insertion portion serving as a supported portion. The main body portion includes a groove portion that is formed along a direction that intersects an axial direction of the bolt (height direction), and the groove portion movably supports the insertion portion in the length direction of the groove portion (height direction).
US12077108B2
A wire harness for routing in a vehicle in which an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas flows is attached under a floor, the wire harness including: a first wire to be routed alongside the exhaust pipe; and a second wire to be routed on an opposite side of the first wire to the exhaust pipe, wherein the first wire has: a conductor and an insulation coating covering an outer periphery of the conductor; and a metal tube housing the conductor and the insulation coating.
US12077106B1
Technologies are generally described for an acoustic isolator that may be designed to have equal stiffness along all axes. Example acoustic isolator devices may include a symmetrical design, that may be formed by a molding process or plastic or metal, or alternatively by an injection process.
US12077100B2
The described examples relate to a lighting device for a motor vehicle with multiple optical fibers and multiple further fibers, which are woven to a two-dimensional fiber fabric. The multiple further fibers may be formed as multiple further optical fibers or as multiple non-optical fibers. The fiber fabric may be formed corresponding to a developed surface of multiple sides of a preset three-dimensional body, which may be generated by cutting and by selectively separating the multiple optical fibers and the multiple further fibers that are woven with each other, at a distal cut end of the fiber fabric.
US12077087B2
A system for delivering packages from a warehouse to end destinations, the system comprising a fleet of self-propelled long-range transports and a fleet of containers, each configured to be loaded at the warehouse with packages destined for end destinations. Each long-range transport is configured to be loaded with at least four of the loaded containers and transport the at least four of the loaded containers from the warehouse to one or more intermediate destinations. Upon arrival of one of the loaded long-range transports at one of the one or more intermediate destinations, at least one of the loaded containers is separated from the loaded long-range transport, whereupon the separated container delivers packages to end destinations proximate to the one of the one or more intermediate destinations. After delivery of at least some of the packages loaded thereon at the warehouse, the container is once again loaded on the long-range transport and returned to the warehouse to be loaded with more packages.
US12077086B2
A vehicle access ramp includes a base section and a fold-out section. The base section is mounted to a vehicle and the fold-out section is mounted to the base section. The fold-out section is movable from a use position allowing access into or out of the vehicle using the vehicle access ramp to a storage position allowing movement of the vehicle.
US12077077B2
A personal watercraft has a hull, a deck, a motor, a motor control unit operatively connected to the motor for controlling at least one parameter associated with the motor, a seat assembly including a seat portion selectively connected to the deck, and a raised seating system including a seat support selectively connected to the deck for selectively supporting the seat portion above the deck. A sensor is connected to at least one of the hull and the deck and is communicating with the motor control unit. In response to the seat support being connected to the deck, the sensor detects a presence of the seat support, and in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the seat support, the motor control unit limits at least one of the at least one parameter associated with the motor. A method for adjusting performance of a personal watercraft is also provided.
US12077072B2
Provided is a semi-active seat suspension system that minimizes vibration and energy transmission from a vibration/energy source, such as a motor vehicle, to a seated occupant by means of a spring and computer-controlled damper suspension system. Using a variety of sensors to determine an ideal damping rate at a given point in time, the system adjusts the damping rate in real time to provide the best possible ride to the occupant given the constraints of the system.
US12077071B2
Child safety seats including energy absorbing elements in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In a variety of embodiments, a child safety seat includes a seat body comprising an outer surface and at least one energy absorber coupled to the outer surface, the energy absorber including an outwardly facing surface facing away from the outer surface of the seat body, an inwardly facing surface facing towards the outer surface of the seat body, and at least one energy absorbing element located between the outwardly facing surface and the inwardly facing surface, wherein the energy absorber absorbs energy in response to an impact.
US12077060B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for tracking an aircraft on a ramp. A system may receive a location datum and display the location datum to a user device. A location datum may include a machine vision datum.
US12077050B2
A hybrid automated manual transmission includes an input shaft configured to be connected to a prime mover by an input clutch. At least one splitter gear connectable to the input shaft. A main shaft is concentric with the input shaft and includes at least two main shaft gears connectable to the main shaft. At least one countershaft includes at least one first driven gears drivingly engaged with the at least one splitter gear and at least two second driven gears drivingly engaged with the at least two main shaft gears. A motor generator is drivingly connected to the input shaft.
US12077044B2
A vehicle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, and a power unit. The power unit is disposed between the front wheel and the rear wheel in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. An internal combustion engine and a compressor are modularized. The compressor is configured to operate on rotational power generated in the internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft and an output shaft. Rotation axes of the crankshaft and the output shaft are parallel to each other and extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The compressor is disposed on one side of the crankshaft in a left-right direction. The output shaft is disposed on the other side of the crankshaft in the left-right direction.
US12077036B2
The present invention pertains to a laminated glass for a vehicle, the laminated glass including a first glass sheet, a second glass sheet and an intermediate film sandwiched between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, in which: the total thickness of the first glass sheet, the second glass sheet and the intermediate film is 4.0 mm or more; the first glass sheet is formed of a borosilicate glass containing, in terms of oxide by molar percentage, 1.0% or more of B2O3; and when a radio wave (TM wave) with a frequency of 79[GHz] is made incident at an incident angle of 60° to the first glass sheet, the transmission property S21 is −4.0 [dB] or more.
US12077028B2
A coilover shock with adjustable crossover is disclosed, in which, in some embodiments, a pre-load collar of a coilover shock may be adjustable in length, so as to engage the spring divider, when the tender coil spring is partially compressed during a compression stroke of the coilover shock, to prevent further compression of the tender coil spring and begin compression of the main coil spring. In some embodiments, the spring divider may be adjustable in length, so as to engage the pre-load collar, when the tender coil spring is partially compressed during a compression stoke of the coilover shock, to prevent further compression of the tender coil spring and begin compression of the main coil spring. In some embodiments, an adjustable pre-load collar, or an adjustable spring divider, may be controlled remotely, such as by a controller located in the driver compartment of the vehicle.
US12077022B1
The apparatus is a grappling and coupler device that enables dynamic capture and transportation of wheeled devices, such as for example without limitation, multiple trash bins or material movers and the like, to be linked together so that all can be transported or moved together. The coupler or connector apparatus is a removable connector that is joined to a vehicle at one end and at the other includes retainer elements such as at least one hook that is/are configured to dynamically receive, capture, and/or engage an item, such as a handle of a bin or material mover. Additional material movers such as refuse/recycle bins can be linked into a train configuration to enable transport of multiple material movers.
US12077009B2
A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a recording layer including a coloring compound having an electron-donating property, a color developing/quenching agent having an electron-accepting property, a photothermal conversion agent, and a macromolecular material; and an ultraviolet absorbing layer provided on the recording layer, the macromolecular material including an organic material that has solubility of 20 wt % or more and 80 wt % or less at 25° C. or less and contains 0.5 wt % or less of chlorine atoms, fluorine atoms, and sulfur atoms in a molecule.
US12076995B2
When inspection driving is performed by a liquid ejection head, a signal output circuit outputs a determination signal indicating whether a nozzle is an abnormal nozzle. The inspection driving is driving the liquid ejection head to eject liquid from the nozzle for checking whether the nozzle is the abnormal nozzle. A recovery device performs a recovery operation of discharging liquid from the nozzle. A controller is configured to: in response to receiving a first signal, perform the inspection driving and, in response to determining that the determination signal transmitted from the signal output circuit indicates that the abnormal nozzle exists, store flag information in a memory, the flag information indicating that the recovery operation needs to be performed; and in response to receiving a second signal different from the first signal and determining that the memory stores the flag information, control the recovery device to perform the recovery operation.
US12076991B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a first pressure compartment extending in a first direction; a second pressure compartment extending in the first direction; a first communication passage continuous from the first pressure compartment and extending in the first direction; a second communication passage continuous to the second pressure compartment and extending in the first direction; a third communication passage continuous from the first communication passage and extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a fourth communication passage continuous to the second communication passage and extending in the second direction; a fifth communication passage continuous from the third communication passage and continuous to the fourth communication passage and extending in the first direction; and a nozzle provided on the fifth communication passage.
US12076986B2
A manifold includes: a liquid chamber including an elastic damper, the liquid chamber configured to store a liquid; multiple head couplers on a lower end of the liquid chamber, the multiple head couplers configured to be respectively coupled to multiple liquid discharge heads and spaced apart in a longitudinal direction of the liquid chamber; and a tank coupler on an upper end of the liquid chamber, the tank coupler configured to be coupled to a tank configured to store liquid to be supplied to or discharged from the manifold, wherein a length of the liquid chamber increases from the tank coupler on the upper end toward the multiple head couplers on the lower end of the liquid chamber.
US12076985B2
An inkjet printing system with a droplet measurement apparatus is described herein. The droplet measurement apparatus has a light source with a collimating optical system, an imaging device disposed along an optical path of the collimating optical system, and a droplet illumination zone in the optical path of the collimating optical system, the droplet illumination zone having a varying droplet illumination location, wherein the light source, the imaging device, or both are adjustable to place a focal plane of the imaging device at the droplet illumination location. The droplet measurement apparatus is structured to accommodate at least a portion of a dispenser of the printing system within the droplet illumination zone.
US12076983B2
A plurality of sub control circuits are connected to respective ones of a plurality of head units. One of the plurality of sub control circuits is connected to a main control circuit so as to perform communication. The plurality of sub control circuits include a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The second control circuit is connected to the first control circuit in series so as to perform communication. The first control circuit is configured to: receive first data, the first data including a first parameter and a second parameter, the first parameter corresponding to the first control circuit, the second parameter corresponding to the second control circuit; and transmit the first data to the second control circuit. The second control circuit is configured to: receive the first data from the first control circuit; and delete the first parameter from the first data.
US12076982B2
A printing system and method direct a printing assembly to apply a first ink of a first color toward first areas of a machine-readable data representation on a corrugated material surface, and direct the printing assembly to apply a second ink of a second color toward second areas of the machine-readable data representation on the corrugated material surface. The second color of the second ink is different from the first color of the first ink. The first and second areas are not identical to each other. The printing assembly is directed to apply the first ink and to apply the second ink to form the machine-readable data representation for machine scanning of the machine-readable data representation while on the corrugated material surface.
US12076972B2
In order to thermally cure a thermosetting adhesive quickly and with less energy, the bonded article (10) according to the present invention comprises an adherend member (1) having a thermal conductivity of 1 w/m·K or more, an adherend member (2) made of a material which can adhere to the adherend member (1), and an adhesion portion that is formed of a cured product of a thermosetting adhesive (3) and that is in contact with both the adherend member (1) and the adherend member (2), wherein the adherend member (1) has a heat transfer-inhibiting structure (4) which inhibits the transfer of heat from a portion thereof in contact with the adhesive (3) to a peripheral portion thereof.
US12076967B2
Provided is a metal joint (5) including: a Ag—Cu—Zn layer (7); and Cu—Zn layers (6) joined to both surfaces of the Ag—Cu—Zn layer (7), wherein the Ag—Cu—Zn layer (7) has a composition in which a Cu component is 1 atm % or more and 10 atm % or less, a Zn component is 1 atm % or more and 40 atm % or less, and the balance is a Ag component with respect to the total 100 atm %, and wherein the Cu—Zn layers (6) have a composition in which a Zn component is 10 atm % or more and 40 atm % or less and the balance is a Cu component with respect to the total 100 atm %. It is therefore possible to obtain the metal joint (5), which is capable of joining metal base materials to each other without being limited to aluminum-based materials, and also have high mechanical strength.
US12076964B1
A hydrophilized ePTFE sheet includes an ePTFE sheet, Japanese paper laminated on the surface of the ePTFE sheet processed with an atmospheric pressure plasma treatment, and a collagen layer applied to the surface of the Japanese paper.
US12076963B2
A packaging material is provided, comprising a core layer and one or more layers of a heat sealable material laminated thereto, and at least one carbon-based layer being configured to form a workpiece of an associated sealing system.
US12076951B2
A method of making an optical article having a gradient tint and a gradient polarization. The method includes contacting one or more dye compositions including at least one of a dichroic dye, a photochromic-dichroic dye, or any combination thereof, with an optical element having a continuous coating including at least one alignment zone. At least a portion of the dye composition diffuses into the coating at a predetermined concentration gradient along at least a portion of the coating.
US12076949B2
A process for repairing a part made of organic matrix composite material coated with at least one layer of paint includes removing the paint at a damaged area of the part, removing the composite material at the damaged area so as to form a recessed portion, depositing a repair resin in the recessed portion, curing the repair resin, applying at least one layer of paint to the repair area. The repair resin is loaded with magnetically detectable particles.
US12076947B2
Method for manufacturing a stiffened panel of composite materials and a stiffened panel, comprising: a skin (1), and stiffeners (3, 4), wherein the manufacturing method comprises the following steps: providing a skin (1), making a plurality of through drill holes (6) on the skin (1) located in correspondence with areas where the placement of stiffeners (3, 4) is expected, introducing threaded bolts (5) in the through drill holes (6) such that the head (11) of the threaded bolt (5) remains housed in the skin (1), locating a threaded nut (10) on the free end of the threaded bolts (5), manufacturing the stiffeners (3, 4) such that the threaded bolts (5) and the threaded nut (10) remain embedded in the stiffeners (3, 4).
US12076946B2
A preform for forming a composite structure, such as, but not limited to a panel for a building, house or the like includes a body substantially formed of a reinforcing material. The reinforcing material defines one or more compartments or sections. The compartments are fillable with a granular filler material through which settable liquid matrix material is impregnatable to form the composite structure. There is also disclosed a composite structure, a panel and related methods of forming the preform, the composite structure and the panel.
US12076945B2
A method for molding a composite material includes arranging a prepreg on a jig molding surface of a jig for molding. The method includes sealing a first endless seal region that surrounds the prepreg is formed by bonding a resin bag and the jig molding surface by a first sealing material and a second endless seal region that surrounds the prepreg and is positioned outside the first seal region is formed by bonding a resin bag and the jig molding surface by a second sealing material. The method includes depressurizing a first space inside the first seal region and a second space between the first seal region and the second seal region are depressurized. The method includes thermally curing the prepreg by supplying a water vapor into the internal space of a pressure vessel, while holding the pressure vessel in a sealed state.
US12076936B2
A manufacturing apparatus may be used for manufacturing a surface-layered part. The surface-layered part includes a base member assembled with a surface layer member, wherein a front side of the flat base member is covered with the surface layer member, and a wrapping portion formed at an edge of the surface layer member is fitted onto the edge of the base member. The apparatus includes a workpiece supporting table on which the base member and the surface layer member are placed, such that the surface layer member is layered on the base member. The apparatus further includes a push-to-fit device for pushing the wrapping portion formed at the edge of the surface layer member in a direction to fit the wrapping portion onto the edge of the base member from an opened position, in which the wrapping portion is positioned away from the edge of the base member.
US12076930B2
A method of manufacturing an integral impeller and motor rotor. The method includes manufacturing an impeller with a shroud, modifying a radially outer surface of the shroud to prepare the radially outer surface for additive manufacturing, additively manufacturing a motor rotor onto the radially outer surface of the shroud such that the motor rotor has a magnetic field with a geometry designed by computer modeling, and magnetizing the rotor.
US12076929B2
Disclosed is a method for providing control data for an additive manufacture device having a first step of accessing model data, and a second step of generating a data model in which a construction material layer region to be solidified during the production of an object section is specified for a construction material layer. The region to be solidified is divided into a first sub-region and a second sub-region, and a respective solidification scan of the region locations to be solidified is specified in a data model. The scan solidifying the construction material, and a repeated scan, is specified at the locations of the second sub-region but not at the locations of the first sub-region. The energy input parameter during the repeat scan is measured such that the temperature of the construction material lies above a melting temperature. The method further includes a third step of providing data models generated in the second step as control data for integrating into a control data set.
US12076919B2
Provided herein are compositions having a porous, architected three-dimensional geometry that are tiled to achieve increased surface area and/or volume. The tiled compositions include a plurality of tiles having seams where one of the plurality of tiles contacts an adjacent tile. Also provided herein are methods and systems for making the compositions.
US12076915B2
According to one aspect, there is provided a method of selectively solidifying successive layers of build material in a 3D printing system. The method comprises obtaining data relating to a 3D object to be generated, forming a layer of build material on a build platform, applying to the formed layer a pattern of fusing agent corresponding to a portion of the layer to be solidified to form a layer of the object, applying to the formed layer a pattern of anti-caking agent on portions of the formed layer that are not to be solidified to form a layer of the object, and applying energy to the whole of the formed layer to cause portions of the layer on which fusing agent was applied to heat up, melt, coalesce, and then solidify upon cooling, and to cause portions of the formed layer on which anti-caking agent was applied to control caking of build material in those portions.
US12076902B2
An ultra-high-molecular-weight fiber manufacturing method is provided. The method includes: removing moisture in a mixed liquid to form a to-be-processed raw material, and supplying the to-be-processed raw material to a spinning device, where the spinning device heats the to-be-processed raw material in different stages, to make the to-be-processed raw material form a semi-molten state and be extruded toward a discharge outlet, to spin at least one fibril; cooling the at least one fibril, to form a first wire; if hardness of the first wire is not in a hardness range, selecting at least two discontinuous heating zones located in the spinning device to perform temperature adjustment; stretching, heating, and re-stretching the first wire, to form a second wire; winding the second wire around a drum; and stretching, drying, and re-stretching the second wire, to form a final wire product.
US12076900B2
A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a resin molded article includes: an injection molding part configured to inject resin into an injection mold and injection-mold the resin molded article; a control unit configured to control the injection by the injection molding part; a calculation unit configured to calculate a pressure reduction curve for reducing a pressure generated by the injection; and an input unit via which a user inputs a condition of the pressure reduction curve, in which the control unit is configured to control the injection based on the pressure reduction curve.
US12076897B2
An injection molding device includes a barrel, an injection screw, and an injection driving unit, wherein the injection screw includes a screw body, a screw head coupled to a front end of the screw body, and a check ring coupled to the screw head, the check ring including an accommodation groove that accommodates a portion of the screw head, a front member disposed in front of the screw head accommodated in the accommodation groove, and an accommodation member connected to the front member and surrounding a side surface of the at least a portion of the screw head accommodated in the accommodation groove, and when the injection screw moves forward to supply a molding material in the barrel to a clamping device, as the front member is pushed by the molding material accumulated on a front side of the injection screw, the check ring moves rearward from the screw head.
US12076887B2
A switchable magnet device comprising at least one magnet package which can be moved between an interaction position and a release position, wherein the magnet device is configured such that the at least one magnet package, when moving between the interaction position and the release position, at least in portions, performs a pivot movement about a pivot axis. An actuation device is also provided, which can be coupled to the at least one magnet package to move the at least one magnet package between the interaction position and the release position. In order to easily lift the magnet from the formwork support in a small working space, the magnet device is configured such that the at least one actuation device, at least in portions and at least temporarily during the pivot movement of the at least one magnet package, performs a linear movement in a linear movement direction.
US12076886B2
The present disclosure provides a transparent alumina-based plate, and a hot-pressing method to make the transparent alumina-based plate from platelet alumina. Alumina powder with a platelet morphology was hot-pressed to transparency with pre-load pressures of about 0-8 MPa, maximum temperatures of about 1750-1825° C., maximum pressures of about 2.5-80 MPa, and isothermal hold times of 1-7 hours. A novel alumina-based plate has been prepared, wherein the plate has a thickness of 2-5 mm, an in-line transmission of at least 60-75% for a light with a wavelength range of 645-2500 nm, an in-line transmission variance of <15% over the wavelength range of 645-2500 nm, and a relative density of 99.00-99.95%.
US12076879B2
A method of processing a workpiece includes holding a face side of the workpiece on a holding table having a region made of a transparent material and forming a processed groove in the workpiece with a cutting blade. The forming a processed groove includes capturing an image of the processed groove on a reverse side and the face side of the workpiece, and detecting whether a position of a first central line of the processed groove on the reverse side and a position of a second central line of the processed groove on the face side are in conformity in a predetermined plane. If the positions of the first and second central lines are not in conformity, then the forming a processed groove further has correcting a position of the center of the cutting blade in order to bring the positions of the first and second central lines into conformity.
US12076877B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods of manufacturing polishing platens for use on a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) system and polishing platens formed therefrom. A method of manufacturing a polishing includes positioning a polishing platen on a support of a manufacturing system. The manufacturing system includes the support and a cutting tool facing there towards. Here, the polishing platen includes a cylindrical metal body having a polymer layer disposed on a surface thereof and the polymer layer has a thickness of about 100 μm or more. The method further includes removing at least a portion of the polymer layer using the cutting tool to form a polishing pad-mounting surface. Beneficially, the method may be used to form a pad-mounting surface having a desired flatness or shape, such as a concave or convex shape.
US12076876B1
A device for removing an agricultural storage bag from a stored product may include a cutter assembly operatively attached to a pulling assembly. The pulling assembly may be configured to pull the cutter assembly along a resting surface of the agricultural storage bag to remove the agricultural storage bag from the stored product. The pulling assembly may include a stop plate, a frame, and a winch mounted to the frame. The cutter assembly may include a skid, a cutter blade attached to a top surface of the skid, and a fanning mechanism attached to the top surface of the skid.
US12076875B2
An interchangeable cutlery system has a blade handle incorporating a quick-change blade mechanism. A selected one of a plurality of blades can be removably attached to the handle via the mechanism. The plurality of blades include a filet knife blade, a back-serrated fillet knife blade, a clip point knife blade, a gut hook knife blade, a saw blade, a fish scaler, and a large bush craft blade.
US12076873B2
The present disclosure provides a razor blade coating by a physical vapor deposition method through performing a deposition with a single composite target composed of dissimilar materials with their area ratio defined to be varied in the single composite target in the direction of transferring the razor blade subject to the deposition, thereby forming a single layer in which the composition ratio of the dissimilar materials gradually changes in the thickness direction of the coating layer to improve the durability of the razor blade coating layer.
US12076867B2
According to one embodiment, a control system controls a robot. The control system includes a first system and a second system. The first system transmits a first command and supplementary data. The first command is represented using a specification different from a control command specification used by a controller of the robot. The supplementary data corresponds to the first command. The second system generates a second command based on the first command, attaches the supplementary data to the second command, and transmits the second command to the controller. The second command corresponds to the control command specification.
US12076863B2
An autoteach system includes an autoteach pin that is a scannable feature having a fixed position within the autoteach system. The autoteach pin enables an autoteach operation of a robot arm of the wafer processing system. The autoteach operation is an operation to automatically teach the fixed position within the autoteach system to the robot arm of the wafer processing system. The autoteach pin includes a first portion including a cylindrical sidewall. The robot arm is to use the first portion to locate the fixed position within the autoteach system. The autoteach portion further includes a second portion including planar sidewalls that are configured to enable calibration of robot arm error.
US12076857B2
This patent defines a method for making robot programming more intuitive for tasks such as welding. The method further is an enhancement of manual guiding methods of robot positioning and can improve situations in which finer resolution or control of the robot end-effector is required. A motion sensor is mounted in series with the n−1 joint and in parallel with the nth joint, where n is the number of degrees of freedom or number of joints of the serial manipulator. The motion sensor is further mounted directly in-line with the nth joint and becomes part the opposing portion of the nth joint. The motion sensor further is uniquely adapted to apply to non-spherical wrist robots. The motion sensor senses input movements by a robot operator and controls the output tool motion in a controlled manner with resolution defined by user input at the motion sensor.
US12076855B2
A wearable cable-driven robotic arm system includes a wearing mechanism, two robotic arms located on two sides of the wearing mechanism, cable driving devices, a load trolley, and a motor controller, where the cable driving devices are divided into driving portions and driven portions, heavy objects, such as electric motors, of the driving portions are arranged in the load trolley, thereby reducing loads born by the wearable robotic arms, the load trolley can travel with a person by means of sleeves or can be controlled by the motor controller to move by means of signals measured by following modules, the driven portions are combined with the robotic arms, and are double-cable driven, thereby reducing weight of the robotic arms, and a brain-computer interface module is used for controlling the driving devices, thereby controlling the robotic arms more accurately.
US12076850B2
A monitor is installed in an eye of a robot, and an eye image is displayed on the monitor. The robot extracts a feature quantity of an eye of a user from a filmed image of the user. The feature quantity of the eye of the user is reflected in the eye image. For example, a feature quantity is a size of a pupillary region and a pupil image, and a form of an eyelid image. Also, a blinking frequency or the like may also be reflected as a feature quantity. Familiarity with respect to each user is set, and which user's feature quantity is to be reflected may be determined in accordance with the familiarity.
US12076841B2
An impact tool includes a motor, an impact mechanism, an output shaft, a control unit, and an angular lead measurer. The impact mechanism includes a hammer and an anvil. The anvil rotates upon receiving impacting force from the hammer. The angular lead measurer measures an angular lead in rotation of the anvil over the hammer. The control unit changes, according to the angular lead measured by the angular lead measurer, a control mode for controlling the rotational velocity of the output shaft from one of a plurality of modes to another.
US12076838B2
A screwdriver tool including a gear ratio arranged in a handle for multiplying a rotation angle transmitted from the hand to a blade protruding from the handle. A blocking element can be rotated from a release position, in which a first handle section can be rotated relative to a second handle section for the purpose of quick-action screwing, into a blocking position, in which a blocking element secures the blade to the handle in a rotationally fixed manner. The switching between the release position and the blocking position occurs by means of a push-button arranged in the tip of the handle, which is moved back into its starting position in a spring-loaded manner after being actuated.
US12076837B2
A superabrasive element includes a substrate and a superabrasive table bonded to the substrate, the superabrasive table including a polished surface having a polished finish, the polished surface extending over at least a central, apical region of the superabrasive table, and an unpolished surface including an unpolished finish, the unpolished surface surrounding a majority of the polished surface. A method of manufacturing a superabrasive element includes providing a superabrasive element having a substrate and a superabrasive table bonded to the substrate and polishing at least a central, apical region of the superabrasive table to form a polished surface, without polishing an unpolished surface of the superabrasive table, the unpolished surface surrounding a majority of the polished surface.
US12076834B2
The eddy current sensor for measuring the film thickness of a conductive film formed on a substrate includes a core made of a magnetic material that has a base portion, and outer legs provided to the base portion at both end portions in a first direction of the base portion respectively, an excitation coil that is arranged on the core and forms an eddy current in the conductive film, and a detection coil that is arranged on the core and detects the eddy current formed in the conductive film. The length of the base portion in the first direction is not less than the length of the base portion in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction.
US12076827B1
A tool assembly for disassembling a crankshaft assembly with a main shaft received within a hollow extension shaft along a shaft axis and coupled thereto via an interference fit, the extension shaft having a fastener slot. The tool assembly includes a main tool body having a central bore, a main tool body inner surface circumscribing the central bore, and a main tool body outer surface having a fastener bore, the central bore dimensioned for axially receiving the extension shaft, with the fastener bore axially aligned with the extension shaft fastener slot. A fastener is concurrently fastenable to the main tool body via the fastener bore and the hollow extension shaft via the fastener slot. An actuator assembly with a linearly-displacing actuating element is coupled to the main tool body and applies a force, via the actuating element, against an end of the main shaft in a direction along the axis.
US12076822B2
Briefly, the present disclosure relates generally to welding applications and, more particularly, to welding tracking and/or motion systems.
US12076818B2
Some variations provide a method of making an additively manufactured single-crystal metallic component, comprising: providing a feedstock comprising a first metal or metal alloy; providing a build plate comprising a single crystal of a second metal or metal alloy; exposing the feedstock to an energy source for melting the feedstock, generating a melt layer on the build plate; and solidifying the melt layer, generating a solid layer (on the build plate) of a metal component. The solid layer is also a single crystal of the first metal or metal alloy. The method may be repeated many times to build the part. Some variations provide a single-crystal metallic component comprising a plurality of solid layers in an additive-manufacturing build direction, wherein the plurality of solid layers forms a single crystal of a metal or metal alloy with a continuous crystallographic texture. The crystal orientation may vary along the additive-manufacturing build direction.
US12076816B2
A laser scanner includes a rotary member, light-transmitting glasses, and a mirror. The rotary member rotates about a rotation axis. The light-transmitting glasses are disposed on the rotary member. The mirror guides a laser beam such that the laser beam is incident on the light-transmitting glass. When the rotary member is viewed in a direction parallel to the rotation axis, a polygon is formed by connecting inner surfaces of the light-transmitting glasses. Given that the angle formed between the inner surface of each light-transmitting glass and a straight line parallel to the rotation axis is defined as an inclination angle, the inclination angles of at least two of the light-transmitting glasses have different values.
US12076811B2
A device is provided for processing hard-to-access workpieces by means of an imaging optical path as well as a corresponding method for laser processing by means of this device, comprising a relay optical system with an optical axis passing through the relay optical system and a focusing unit arranged behind the same seen in the optical axis in the propagation direction of the imaging optical path, with a plurality of optical elements for generating a third focal length, as well as a beam scanner arranged before the first relay optical group seen in the propagation direction of the imaging optical path, which scanner is provided both as an entrance pupil for the imaging optical path entering the first relay optical group and at least for deflecting the imaging optical path in relation to the optical axis.
US12076808B2
Method and devices using lasers to reduce reflection of transparent solids in the optical spectrum, coatings and devices employing transparent solids are disclosed. The lasers are used to shape surfaces of the transparent solid materials by raising the temperature of the material to around the melting temperature, and thereby generate desired target nanostructure two-dimensional antireflection flection pattern arrays on the surfaces. The laser fluence value, wavelength, repetition rate, pulse duration and number of consecutive laser pulses per focus spot are selected, and a desired focus spot distribution on the surface of the transparent solid material is identified. The transparent solid material is relatively translated to generate the desired nanostructure two-dimensional pattern array.
US12076806B2
A sealing method that uses an electrostatic energy storage welding machine which includes an energy storage section including a plurality of energy storage parts is provided. A method of sealing a liquid inlet port of a power storage device includes burring in advance a through-hole of the liquid sealing port to raise a hole edge of the through-hole into a form of a projection, wherein the liquid sealing port of the power storage device to be sealed with electrolyte contained therein corresponds to an object to be welded; placing a spherical body that is a lid body on the projection; and performing resistance welding between the projection and the spherical body to seal the liquid inlet port.
US12076805B2
A process for building a high-performance liquid flow-through plate is provided and includes providing a substrate formed of metal matrix composite (MMC) material, metallizing a surface of the substrate to reform the surface into a metallized surface, placing a braze foil on the metallized surface and executing a high-temperature and high-pressure bake whereby material of the braze foil diffuses into the metallized surface.
US12076804B2
A machining tool (1) includes a band-shaped tooth supporting body (2) and a plurality of teeth (3) each having a tooth tip (4) being covered with cutting particles (5) to form a plurality of geometrically undefined cutting portions. The tooth tip (4) is furthermore covered with buffer particles (6) of a different material than the cutting particles (5). The buffer particles (6) are located between the cutting particles (5).
US12076803B2
A method of manufacturing a reciprocating saw blade includes forming a body with a shank end configured to secure the blade with a reciprocating saw, a plunging end configured to enter a workpiece, and a cutting edge and opposite back edge extending between the shank end and the plunging end. The cutting edge is formed to include a plurality of teeth arranged in a repeating pattern that includes left set teeth and right set teeth, the plurality of additional teeth being substantially the same size as each other and as the third tooth, wherein the plurality of additional gullets are substantially the same size as each other, and wherein the enlarged first gullet is longer in an axial direction than each of the plurality of additional gullets.
US12076802B2
An accessory for oscillating power tools includes an attachment portion with a rear end couplable to an oscillating power tool and a working portion coupled to the attachment portion and extending along a tool axis. The working portion includes a cutting edge arranged asymmetrically relative to the tool axis with a leading tooth disposed at one end of the cutting edge at a first distance from the rear end, a trailing tooth disposed on an opposite end of the cutting edge at a second distance from the rear end that is less than the first distance, and a plurality of intermediate teeth between leading tooth and the trailing tooth, each disposed less than or equal to the first distance and greater than or equal to the second distance from the rear end, the cutting edge slanted at an acute angle to a line perpendicular to the tool axis.
US12076800B2
A tool head includes a first frame having first and second arms extending from a base to a distal end. The tool head may also include a first blade in the frame between the first and second arms. The first blade is movable from the base toward the distal end. The tool head includes a second frame hingedly coupled to the first arm. The second frame may include a second blade. The second frame is configured to rotate between a closed-frame position and an open-frame position. The tool head includes a trip lever hingedly coupled to the first arm and configured to rotate between an open-lever position and a closed-lever position.
US12076796B2
A drilling tool, in particular a twist drill, has a substantially cylindrical main body formed with a shank portion, a cutting-edge portion having a drill diameter, and a drill end. The drilling tool is rotatable in a direction of rotation about a drill longitudinal axis. At least two flutes extend in a twisted manner along the drill longitudinal axis and are inclined with at least one helix angle. The flutes form a chip space. Webs are formed between the flutes with a web width. The chip space is formed with a chip space extension that enlarges the chip space in at least part of at least one of the flutes. The web width is reduced in the region of the chip space extension.
US12076795B2
A method for pushing, with a force a tool at the end of an articulated arm against a surface with a normal, including the steps of: positioning the tool against the surface; applying an increasing force to the tool until reaching a value, corresponding to a fraction of the force, the value of the applied force being monitored; measuring the orientation of the tool with respect to the normal, after having reached the force value; and redirecting the tool so as to recover its initial orientation with respect to the normal. Iteration is carried out to proceed, by repetition of steps to, while progressively increasing the force at each iteration, and until reaching the force value, the increase increment between two successive steps being smaller than a determined value.
US12076791B2
A method of making a sintered body includes a step of preparing raw material powder containing powder of inorganic material, a step of producing a powder compact having a high-density portion with a relative density of 93% or more and a low-density portion with a relative density of less than 93% by compressing the raw material powder injected into a mold, a step of producing a machined compacted part by machining at least the high-density portion of the powder compact, and a step of sintering the machined compacted part to make a sintered body, wherein a perimeter shape of a cavity constituted by the mold in a cross-section perpendicular to an axial direction of the mold is such than a maximum stress applied to an inner perimeter surface of the mold during a compacting process using the mold is less than or equal to 2.6 times an imaginary maximum stress that is applied to an inner perimeter surface of an imaginary mold during a compacting process using the imaginary mold, the imaginary mold having an imaginary cavity that has a same area as the cavity and that has a circular perimeter shape.
US12076790B2
The present invention relates to processes for producing metal foam bodies, in which metal-containing powders that may comprise aluminium and chromium or molybdenum are applied to metal foam bodies that may comprise nickel, cobalt, copper and iron and then treated thermally, wherein the highest temperature in the thermal treatment of the metal foam bodies is in the range from 680 to 715° C., and wherein the total duration of the thermal treatment within the temperature range from 680 to 715° C. is between 5 and 240 seconds. Following this method of thermal treatment can achieve alloy formation at the contact surface between metal foam body and metal-containing powder, but simultaneously leave unalloyed regions within the metal foam. The present invention further comprises processes comprising the treatment of the alloyed metal foam bodies with basic solution. The present invention further comprises the metal foam bodies obtainable by these processes, which find use, for example, as support and structure components and in catalyst technology.
US12076775B2
A method for chamfering the installation position of a water control valve of a faucet body, mainly using a punching machine to drive a processing punch to punch a first end or second end, where the processing punch is provided with a fillet corresponding to the hole of the first end or second end, which squeezes the burrs through the driving of the punching machine, allowing the surface of installation position of the water control valve to be even and smooth, achieving smooth rotation of the water control valve, and preventing the water stop rubber to be scratched by the burrs or sharp corners.
US12076770B2
The present invention relates to methods of working sheet metal, and sheet metal working apparatus for performing such methods. Such methods include steps of providing a sheet metal workpiece having first and second surfaces opposed to each other and at least one edge, bending the workpiece to form at least a first sidewall portion defined between the edge and a basal region, the first sidewall portion thereby defining a curved fold region in the sheet metal workpiece adjacent the first sidewall portion. Following this, first anvil tool and a first forming tool are provided for contact with and constraint of the first and second surfaces of the sheet metal workpiece respectively. The forming tool and/or the anvil tool are then progressively slid along the curved fold region to cause shear material transfer in the curved fold region to further deform the curved fold region. Such methods can allow for formation of components of similar shape as made at present by deep drawing methods, but with less wastage of the starting material.
US12076769B2
A flatness roller includes a body having at least one cavity opening onto an outer surface of the body through a plurality of slots, two successive slots defining a lamella between them, each lamella being connected to the body by two connection portions. The flatness roller also includes at least one optical fibre having at least one strain sensor having a measurement axis. Each strain sensor is housed in a cavity and attached at a connection portion of a lamella, the measurement axis forming an angle less than or equal to 20° with a plane orthogonal to the axis of revolution of the body. Each strain sensor is configured to send an optical response wave representative of a strain of the strain sensor according to the measurement axis thereof.
US12076765B2
A sealing system for isolating the environment inside a vitrification container from the outside environment comprises a vitrification container with a lid. The lid comprises two or more electrode seal assemblies through which two or more electrodes may be operatively positioned and extend down through the lid into the vitrification container. The electrodes may move axially up and down through the electrode seal assemblies or lock into place. The electrode seal assemblies each comprise a housing having two halves with recessed ring grooves. Sealing rings with a split may be placed into the grooves. Gas galleries may be machined or cast into the housing such that they are adjacent to the ring grooves. The gas galleries distribute gas onto the external faces of the sealing rings causing a change in pressure resulting in the sealing rings compressing onto the electrodes and forming a seal.
US12076764B2
An apparatus and method for scarifying the interior surface of pipes, such as a sewer pipe, the apparatus including a chassis, a carriage coupled to the chassis to reciprocate along a longitudinal axis of the chassis, a shaft capable of indexing rotation coupled to the carriage, and arms extending radially from the indexing shaft and tipped in high-pressure nozzle assemblies. The method includes positioning the apparatus in a pipe and alternately reciprocating the carriage and indexing the shaft so as to scarify successive longitudinal swathes of the pipe surface until the desired circumference of the pipe section is scarified. The apparatus is then repositioned in the next section of pipe and the method is repeated until the desired length of pipe is scarified. The apparatus may further include a separable propulsion unit.
US12076743B2
Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a spreading unit, having a shaper, for spreading viscous material, in particular sealing material, on a component, wherein the shaper has a shaping contour for the forming of the viscous material in the course of the spreading. It is proposed that the shaping contour of the shaper for the forming of the viscous material is adjustable by actuator-based means.
US12076741B2
An electrically powered, portable fluid dispenser that includes a main housing and extendable wand that when used in conjunction with an electric motor, a self-feeding tentacle pumping spinning element, tentacle feed tube, and focusable vibrating backstops, is able to pump, atomize, and dispense, low and high viscosity fluid with controlled directionality and droplet size.
US12076738B2
A method for painting a skin component of a vehicle includes conveying the skin component along a conveying direction. The method further includes controlling first and second painting robots by a control installation such that a first spraying tool of the first painting robot applies a first paint of a first color in a first sub-region and a second spraying tool of the second painting robot applies a second paint of a second color in a second sub-region, where in an overlap region within which the first sub-region overlaps the second sub-region, the first paint is applied over the second paint such that a quantity of the first paint is kept constant perpendicular to a painting direction and is reduced along the painting direction such that a color gradient from the first color to the second color is formed in the overlap region.
US12076737B2
The valve is threaded onto the pot filler faucet and is opened and closed by turning of the hand wheel secured to the nozzle either clockwise or counter-clockwise. The ceramic valve discs within the valve have pairs of passages that provide either opening or closing of the valve for each 90° turn of the hand wheel. A spring actuated plunger between the valve body and the rotatable nozzle provides an audible sound when moved into a recess in a flange of the nozzle.
US12076723B2
A glass container is provided that includes a tube, a circular bottom, and a longitudinal axis. A curved glass heel extends from an outer end the bottom to the first end of the tube. The outer surface has a topography defined by a function ĥ(x) that is an azimuthal average of a distance between a contact plane and the outer surface at any given position located on a circle having the centre and the radius |x|. The values ĥ for ĥ(x) are determined for a plurality of circles the radius of which increases stepwise by 500 μm starting with a circle around the centre having a radius of 500 μm. The values ĥ are determined in a range from x=−0.4×d2/2 to x=+0.4×d2/2, d2 having a size such that at least 4 values ĥ are determined and can be fitted with a curvature function h ^ ( x ) = - c × x 2 1 + 1 - c 2 × x 2 + h 0 .
US12076711B2
A catalyst that includes heterogeneous metal carbide nanomaterials and a novel preparation method to synthesize the metal carbide nanomaterials under relatively mild conditions to form an encapsulated transition metal and/or transition metal carbide nanoclusters in a support and/or binder. The catalyst may include confined platinum carbide nanoclusters. The preparation may include the treatment of encapsulated platinum nanoclusters with ethane at elevated temperatures. The catalysts may be used for catalytic hydrocarbon conversions, which include but are not limited to, ethane aromatization, and for selective hydrogenation, with negligible green oil production.
US12076710B2
A ring-shaped catalyst may have a straight body part and a hollow body part, which is used when a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction of a material substance is conducted to produce a target substance, wherein a length of the straight body part is shorter than a length of the hollow body part and at least at one end part, a region from an end part of the straight body part to an end part of the hollow body part is concavely curved.
US12076704B2
The present invention relates to novel sulfur-doped carbonaceous porous materials. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these materials and to the use of these materials in applications such as gas adsorption, mercury and gold capture, gas storage and as catalysts or catalyst supports.
US12076701B2
Disclosed are extended and/or branched oligonucleotide capture probe assemblies for use in spatial transcriptomics systems, and methods for making the capture probe assemblies.
US12076691B2
In an embodiment, a method of concentrating a hydrogen isotope, comprises delivering a fluid comprising the hydrogen isotope to be concentrated and an additional gas other than then hydrogen isotope to an anode of an electrochemical cell comprising a hydron exchange membrane comprising hydrons of the hydrogen isotope, and also comprising said anode on a first side of the hydron exchange membrane, a cathode on a second side of the hydron exchange membrane, and an electrical circuit connection between the anode and the cathode; removing a first stream in fluid communication with the cathode, the first stream comprising concentrated hydrogen isotope; and removing a second stream in fluid communication with the anode, comprising the additional gas delivered to the anode depleted of the hydrogen isotope.
US12076685B2
A gas scrubber and a waste gas treatment system with a gas scrubber for removing particles from a waste gas has a housing with a waste gas inlet and a waste gas outlet. A substantially circular plate member defining an axis of rotation is rotatably arranged in the housing. Waste gas fed into the housing via the waste gas inlet is directed toward approximately the center of the circular plate member. An outlet nozzle sprays a liquid, especially a cleaning liquid or a scrubbing liquid, onto the circular plate member, in order to obtain a mixture of waste gas and liquid in front of the plate member. A combination of inner and outer rotor arrays, and inner and outer stator arrays are arranged alternatingly and concentrically relative to each other, and separated from the circular plate member, and rotate about the axis of rotation. A rotary atomizer for atomizing the mixture of waste gas and liquid may be arranged on the circular plate member. Particles from the waste gas stream are transferred into the liquid.
US12076678B2
Embodiments of present disclosure relates to a filter for use in a vacuum food processor and a vacuum food processor including the filter. The filter comprising: a first filter part adapted to direct a suction airflow generated by a vacuum module of the vacuum food processor into the filter via an inlet channel; and a second filter part adapted to coaxially fit with the first filter part and comprising a cavity, the cavity adapted to maintain non-gaseous substance that is moving along with the suction airflow inside the filter, wherein the first filter part and the second filter part jointly define an outlet channel at a bottom of first filter part, the outlet channel adapted to direct the suction airflow outside the filter. In this way, the food particles/bubbles can be prevented from entering the vacuum module, while the suction airflow is allowed to freely flow to the vacuum module.
US12076677B2
A method for collecting dust from a single crystal growth system includes providing dry air and oxygen into an exit pipe connecting to the single crystal growth system, blowing a first inert gas into the exit pipe to compel the dust oxide toward a dust collecting device, collecting the dust oxide by the dust collecting device; and providing a rotary pump to transport residues of the dust oxide backward. The oxygen reacts with the unstable dust for forming dust oxide. The exit pipe is used to exhaust unstable dust from the single crystal growth system.
US12076657B2
The zip line rail system can be connected to a challenge course, a zip line, a zip track system, or any combination thereof. The zip line rail system of the present invention can have two rails that a member slide's two wheels rollably engage with, and the zip line rail system can be configured in any of a variety of directions.
US12076655B2
A transformational toy comprises at least six polyhedron bodies, at least one connection strip for connecting the polyhedron bodies in a chain, wherein the connection strip provides hinges between every pair of adjacent polyhedron bodies of the chain, wherein the hinges facilitate movement of the polyhedron bodies between at least two different geometric transformations of a combined body of all polyhedron bodies, wherein at least one of the connection strips is connecting at least three adjacent polyhedron bodies.
US12076643B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for improved threat sensitivity in a gaming application. As audio streams are received during a gaming scenario, a threat profile is selected that best matches the audio streams. The threat profile is a machine language cluster of noise used to adjust speaker equalization profile to emphasize threat noises. Digital signal processing (DSP) coefficients of the speaker equalization profile are adjusted as the gaming application continues.
US12076639B2
A seat experience system that allows an occupant to grasp the state of the system and feel secure about using the system is provided. In the seat experience system, a seat includes a seat body, and a sensor provided at the seat body and configured to acquire a measurement value for detection of a motion of the occupant seated on the seat body. A controller is connected to the sensor and capable of acquiring the measurement value from the sensor, and a seat experience device is connected to the controller and operable based on the measurement value. The seat experience device may be capable of communicating with a server. If the seat experience device detects a malfunction of the seat experience system, the seat experience device notifies the occupant of the malfunction and limits at least a subset of functions of the seat experience system.
US12076635B2
An apparatus for installing and removing glass panels and methods of using the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a base portion, a back support structure secured to the base portion, and a glass adjustment system moveably coupled to the back support structure. Methods for using the apparatus to install and remove glass panels from, for example, ice rink boards, are also disclosed.
US12076623B2
Disclosed herein is a hollow golf club head comprising a first component adhered to a second component. The first component comprises: a crown return and a sole return extending rearwardly from the strikeface, a sole extension extending rearwardly from the sole return and forming a portion of the sole, a back rail connected to the sole extension, a skirt connected to the back rail, and a rib positioned on an interior surface of the golf club head. The crown return forms a portion of the crown. The sole return forms a portion of the sole. The rib comprises a lower front end point, a lower rear end point, an upper rear end point, a bottom edge and a top edge. The rib height varies between the lower front end point and the lower rear end point. The rib extends from channel configured to receive a weight portion, to the crown.
US12076617B2
A nonlinear radar system includes a first antenna configured to generate and emit an incident signal having a first frequency, a transponder tag attached to an existing portable object, wherein the transponder tag includes an electromagnetic nonlinear element configured to be detected by the incident signal. Upon being detected by the incident signal, the transponder tag is configured to transmit a reflected return harmonic signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency, wherein the reflected return harmonic signal is an on-off keying (OOK) signal. A second antenna is configured to receive the reflected return harmonic signal having the second frequency. The transponder tag includes a conductive layer in electrical communication with the electromagnetic nonlinear element including a Schottky diode.
US12076614B2
A system and method of using two exercise machines for performing a wide range of exercise movements that utilize both of the exercise machines in concert. The system and method of using two exercise machines generally includes first exercise machine and a second exercise machine which are used in concert to perform a wide range of exercise movements. The first exercise machine may include a track, a carriage movably connected to the track, and an end platform. The second exercise machine may include its own separate track, a carriage movably connected to the track, and an end platform. The exercise machines may be positioned side-to-side in parallel orientation such that an exerciser may perform various exercise moves by positioning different limbs on the respective carriages, end platforms, and/or tracks of the exercise machines, in addition to the surface underlying the exercise machines.
US12076613B2
The present disclosure provides an elliptical crawler. The elliptical crawler includes a front support having an adjustable height and an assembly of elliptical rowing body having two extendible arm supports and two foot supports. Methods of making and using the elliptical crawler are also disclosed.
US12076609B2
A transformable exercise apparatus is disclosed. The exercise apparatus includes base arms parallel to each other, front legs and rear legs extending from the base arms. The exercise apparatus includes top arms, each connecting respective front and rear leg of each base arm. The exercise apparatus presents telescopic members stored in the front legs. The exercise apparatus includes a first table top and a second table top. The second table top includes collapsible legs. The collapsible legs fold and allow for placing the second table top and the first table top over the top arms, thereby transforming the exercise apparatus into a furniture. The second table top demounts and transforms into a workbench. The telescopic members extend and include a pull-up bar at the top, transforming the exercise apparatus into a pull up exercise apparatus. The apparatus may transfer into a leg press and arm press.
US12076598B2
A medication disposal apparatus includes a collection chamber to receive a medication having an active agent. The collection chamber includes a receiver having a one-way opening. The one-way opening receives the medication in the collection chamber and to impede the medication from exiting the collection chamber through the receiver. The collection chamber includes a first converter to receive the medication and/or convert the medication into a plurality of particles. The first converter is housed in the collection chamber and/or may receive the medication from the collection chamber. The first converter has a grinder with a plurality of rollers operable to convert the medication into the plurality of particles. The first converter includes a motor powered by a power source. The apparatus includes a reservoir fastened to the collection chamber and apparatus includes a second converter.
US12076597B2
A fire protection system is provided for a space having a pitched roof constructed of structural members extending from a ridgeline to an eave, with respective channels therebetween. A first row of sprinklers is mounted to a first branch line extending generally parallel to the ridgeline. Each sprinkler is positioned within a respective channel, with consecutive sprinklers spaced apart having no less than one, and no more than five, channels therebetween. A second row of sprinklers, downslope from the first row, is mounted to a second branch line extending generally parallel to the first branch line. Each sprinkler thereof is positioned within a respective channel, with consecutive second row sprinklers spaced apart as in the first row. Each second row sprinkler is also placed within a different channel from each first row sprinkler. A farthest number of channels between a first row sprinkler and a second row sprinkler is three.
US12076595B2
A fall arrester includes holder, rotating drum, and braking module. The rotating drum is pivotally installed on the holder, and includes main body and pawl which has first abutting portion and is pivotally provided on setting part. The braking module is fixed to holder, and includes cover, friction plate, and ratchet plate, being coaxially set in order. The ratchet plate has second abutting portion on its periphery. When rotating drum rotates at speed greater than or equal to predetermined rotating speed, and first abutting portion moves to second position to abut against second abutting portion, the cover and ratchet plate rotate relative to friction plate, driven by rotating drum. Additionally, the cover and ratchet plate generate frictional resistance with friction plate respectively to stop the rotating drum. Thus, the braking module of the fall arrester can be replaced thereby enabling provision of a new braking module as an initial condition.
US12076594B2
A fall arrester includes a holder, rotating drum, braking device, and dust cover. The rotating drum is pivotally provided on and within the holder, and includes a main body and at least one pawl; the main body has an accommodating part to be wound by a cable and a setting part. The pawl is pivotally provided on the setting part, and the braking device is fixed to the holder and between the holder and the setting part. When the rotating drum rotates quickly by pull of the cable, the pawl would pivot and make a part thereof abut against a part of the braking device to stop the rotating drum. The dust cover is fixed to the setting part, and thereby prevents dust from affecting the pawl and the braking device located therein, and thus to enhance safe use thereof.
US12076585B2
A treatment planning system that generates treatment planning for irradiating a target with a particle beam, includes an arithmetic processing device that sets at least two or more irradiation patterns for one treatment planning, calculates a plurality of predicted dose distributions for each irradiation pattern based on a target dose set for each region for at least one region including a region of the target, and calculates an index for evaluating validity of the irradiation pattern based on the plurality of predicted dose distributions.
US12076580B2
An apparatus for treating athlete's foot. The apparatus includes: a main body having at least one body accommodating space part to accommodate a body portion of at least one of a hand and foot; a laser output unit mounted onto the main body, and provided to emit laser light from an upper side to a lower side of the body accommodating space part; and a laser swing unit driven so that the laser output unit swings on the main body, in which the laser output unit includes a first laser diode emitting laser light of a 405 nm wavelength and a second laser diode emitting laser light of a 635 nm wavelength. The apparatus is capable of treating athlete's foot generated on the hand, foot, nails, or toenails by using the light from a laser and/or an LED having a wavelength band useful for treating athlete's foot.
US12076575B2
A method for treatment of erectile dysfunction uses radiofrequency (RF) energy applied to the patient in proximity to the penile bulb.
US12076572B2
An apparatus for supplying energy to an active eye implant can include a beam expander that includes a first expansion element and a second expansion element. The second expansion element can be configured to provide light that has been expanded twice and is effectively focused. A processes for manufacturing apparatuses for supplying energy to an active eye implant can be based on head geometry data of a user.
US12076563B2
A neural stimulator, suitable for implanting in a recipient, and configured to combine vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) with cochlear stimulation, to result in faster adaptation to new sounds and maps, and alleviation of tinnitus in the recipient.
US12076561B2
It has been discovered that pain felt in a given region of the body can be treated, not by motor point stimulation of muscle in the local region where pain is felt, but by stimulating muscle spaced from a “nerve of passage” in a region that is superior (i.e., cranial or upstream toward the spinal column) to the region where pain is felt. Spinal nerves such as the intercostal nerves or nerves passing through a nerve plexus, which comprise trunks that divide by divisions and/or cords into branches, comprise “nerves of passage.”
US12076559B2
Disclosed are gastrointestinal dysfunction treatment protocols and kits for the testing, diagnosis, clinical intervention (diet, medications, temporary gastric electrical stimulation, and/or permanent gastric electrical stimulation), clinical feedback and/or associated treatment parameter adjustment for treating gastrointestinal dysfunctions in a patient. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to how neuromodulation via gastric electrical stimulation, performed anywhere in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, can help modulate inflammation and its resultant effects. Modulating inflammation via neuromodulation and gastric electrical stimulation enables treatment of a plurality of gastrointestinal dysfunctions.
US12076556B2
Disclosed are compositions for and methods of altering the electric impedance to an alternating electric field in a target site of a subject. Disclosed are compositions for methods of improving transport of a nanoparticle across a cell membrane of a cell.
US12076552B2
The present disclosure is directed to providing digital health services. In some embodiments, systems and methods for conducting virtual or remote sessions between patients and clinicians are disclosed. During the sessions, media content (e.g., images, video content, audio content, etc.) may be captured as the patient performs one or more tasks. The media content may be presented to the clinician and used to evaluate a condition of the patient or a state of the condition, adjust treatment parameters, provide therapy, or other operations to treat the patient. The analysis of the media content may be aided by one or more machine learning/artificial intelligence models that analyze various aspects of the media content, augment the media content, or other functionality to aid in the treatment of the patient.
US12076550B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a magnetic drive system of a blood pump. The magnetic drive system may include a drive shaft coupled to an impeller, a driven magnet assembly coupled to at least one of the drive shaft and the impeller, and a driving coil assembly configured to drive the driven magnet assembly.
US12076547B2
Some embodiments of percutaneous ventricular assist devices have a two-part design that includes a housing component and a separately deployable rotatable inner catheter component. The housing component can include an expandable pump housing. The inner catheter can include an expandable pump impeller and an associated flexible drive shaft. The drive shaft can be coupled to a motor located external to the patient. The motor can rotate the drive shaft to spin the pump impeller inside of the pump housing, causing blood to be pumped within the patient. In some embodiments, the pump impeller is inflatable or self-expandable. The two-part percutaneous ventricular assist devices with inflatable or self-expandable pump impellers are designed to have very small delivery profiles. Accordingly, various deployment modalities, including radial artery deployment, are practicable using the two-part percutaneous ventricular assist devices described herein.
US12076535B2
Described is an autoinjector comprising a case, a door hingedly coupled to the case and having an open position and a closed position, a plunger slidably disposed in the case, and at least one drive spring applying a biasing force on the plunger relative to the case, wherein the door is operably coupled to the plunger, and wherein rotation of the door from the closed position to the open position moves the plunger from a distal position in the case to a proximal position in the case and compresses the at least one drive spring.
US12076530B2
An apparatus for preventing backflow. The apparatus includes a housing; a trap flow part forming a flow passage for a medical fluid, a discharge part provided on an lower portion of the housing and to receive the medical fluid from the trap flow part and to discharge the medical fluid; a backflow prevention chamber part provided between the trap flow part and the discharge part; and a plate-shaped backflow prevention member provided on one surface of the inner side of the backflow prevention chamber part connected to the trap flow part and in close contact with a periphery of the outlet opening, the plate-shaped backflow prevention member being provided to open or close the opening depending on forward flow and the backflow of the medical fluid.
US12076526B2
A patch delivery device includes a bottom housing part, a delivery element for subcutaneous delivery of a liquid to a patient, an adhesive patch for attaching the bottom housing part to the skin of the patient, a capacitive sensor with an electrode configuration including a plurality of skin contact sensitive electrodes, and a release liner covering a patient-side adhesive layer of the adhesive patch prior to adhering to the patient's skin. The release liner includes an electrically conductive area extending over at least a portion of the electrode configuration of the capacitive sensor before being removed from the adhesive patch. Providing the release liner with a conductive area gives rise to a discernible change in capacitive response of the sensor electrodes upon release liner removal that enables sensing a removal of a release liner covering a patient-side adhesive layer prior to attachment to the skin of a patient.
US12076525B2
A medical device includes a housing, a power supply, a thermally conductive mounting clamp, a heat shield, and at least one fastener. The housing includes a handle. The power supply is disposed within the housing. The thermally conductive mounting clamp is attached to an outer surface of the housing. The heat shield is disposed within the housing adjacent to the power supply. The heat shield is disposed against at least one interior surface of the handle. The at least one fastener passes through at least one opening in the housing and is in thermally conductive contact with the thermally conductive mounting clamp. Heat generated by the power supply is configured to dissipate from the power supply, through the heat shield, through the at least one fastener, and into the thermally conductive mounting clamp.
US12076523B2
A medical stopcock includes a main body having an input port and an output port, a valve body having a handle and a syringe port, with the valve body moveable relative to the main body and defining a valve passageway. The valve body includes a first position where the input port and the output port are in fluid communication via the valve passageway, a second position where the syringe port and the output port are in fluid communication via the valve passageway, and a third position where the syringe port and the input port are in fluid communication via the valve passageway. Rotation of the syringe port is configured to move the valve body relative to the main body.
US12076517B2
Computerized oral prescription administration (COPA) devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a method of managing substance administration is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a substance management system, a dosage instruction for administering a substance to an intended user through a mouthpiece including a recess sized and shaped to receive a unique dentition of the intended user; receiving, by the substance management system, activity information associated with administering the substance to the intended user; and generating, by the substance management system, a record based on the received activity information.
US12076515B2
The devices and methods described herein include an implantable body lumen fluid flow modulator including an upstream flow accelerator separated by a gap from a downstream flow decelerator. The gap is a pathway to entrain additional fluid from a branch lumen(s) into the fluid stream flowing from the upstream flow accelerator to the downstream flow decelerator.
US12076514B2
Described herein is a catheter (10) including a needle (12) arranged for creating a puncture suitable for a TIPS shunt. The catheter can include a flexible catheter body (14) having a proximal and a distal end, the needle (12) being provided at the distal end of the catheter body (14), and an actuator (16) arranged for vibrating the needle, the needle being provided with serrations (18) on its outside.
US12076494B2
A determination section of a sleep control apparatus determines an awakening point based on target data. The target data is time-series data of biological information of a target person in a target period. The target period is a period between wakefulness to failing asleep of the target person, or a period from the wakefulness of the target person to a time point at which a predetermined time has passed since the target person fell asleep. The controller controls a target device so that the target device stimulates the target person to wake up at the awakening point.
US12076490B2
An environment control system utilizes oxygen and humidity control devices that are coupled with an enclosure to independently control the oxygen concentration and the humidity level within the enclosure. An oxygen depletion device may be an oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell that reacts with oxygen within the cell and produces water through electrochemical reactions. A desiccating device may be g, a dehumidification electrolyzer cell, a desiccator, a membrane desiccator or a condenser. A controller may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of oxygen reduction and may control the amount of voltage and/or current provided to the dehumidification electrolyzer cell and therefore the rate of humidity reduction. The oxygen level may be determined by the measurement of voltage and a limiting current of the oxygen depletion electrolyzer cell. The enclosure may be a food or artifact enclosure.
US12076483B2
An apparatus includes an elongated band having a first terminal end, a second terminal end, a top surface, and a bottom surface. A plurality of openings extend through the top surface and the bottom surface of the band. A plurality of moveable vibrating elements are coupled to the band at the plurality of openings. A plurality of moveable covers are also coupled to the band. Each of the covers encloses an internal cavity configured to receive one or more of the moveable vibrating elements. A releasable connection assembly includes a first terminal-end connector coupled to the first terminal end of the band and a second terminal-end connector coupled to the second terminal end of the elongated band. The second terminal-end connector is releasably connectable to the first terminal-end connector.
US12076475B2
A subcutaneous tunneling device includes a shaft having a bend, a catheter connector extending from a distal end of the shaft distal of the bend, and a sleeve. The catheter connector can include a body having a gripping portion, and a barbed extension distal of the body configured for insertion into a lumen of a catheter. The sleeve is slidably mounted on the shaft, and has a retracted position exposing the catheter connector to permit a distal end of a catheter to be coupled thereto, and an extended position covering the catheter connector and the distal end of the catheter.
US12076472B2
Techniques for monitoring fluid volumes during peritoneal analysis include: computing lower abdominal fluid volumes, continuously during a dwell time of a peritoneal dialysis treatment, based at least on bioimpedance data from electrodes positioned on a patient's upper thighs; and computing intraperitoneal volumes, continuously during the dwell time of the peritoneal dialysis treatment, based at least on bioimpedance data from the electrodes positioned on the patient's upper thighs and electrodes positioned on the patient's torso.
US12076467B2
An air management system for a common indoor room or space that comprises a plurality of air outflow apertures or vents, a plurality of air curtains having at least a portion of the air curtains separated from one another, a plurality of separated air suction intakes, and an air sterilization and/or air cleaning mechanism.
US12076464B2
Tumor resection is commonly practiced to prevent the progression of cancer. However, there are post-surgery concerns including the formation of a void that can allow cancer cells to escape at the surgery site, which increases the risk of metastasis. To counter this challenge, an embodiment includes a polyurethane-based shape memory foam as a tissue void-filling device that can also release anti-cancer drugs. Such foams may activate at body temperature and become malleable. Such properties may enable the foam to be shaped to precisely seal the tissue void and then serve as a drug-eluting device. Based on the drug composition with poly vinyl alcohol (PVA), the drug release profile from the foam may be altered depending on the application.
US12076462B2
A uniformly hydrated composition is provided and methods of making the uniformly hydrated composition. The method comprises providing a plurality of lyophilized porous macroparticles in a chamber, the plurality of lyophilized porous macroparticles each having an average diameter from about 0.1 mm to about 10 mm and comprising ceramic material and polymer; and mixing each of the plurality of lyophilized porous macroparticles with a fluid in the chamber to uniformly hydrate each of the plurality of lyophilized porous macroparticles to form a uniformly hydrated composition. Hydratable compositions are also provided.
US12076461B2
The disclosure provides a method of using blood or fractions thereof, e.g., serum, obtained from a mammal subjected to liver surgery, for example, obtained following a partial hepatectomy, to increase the engraftment, proliferation and/or functionality of cells on a biocompatible scaffold.
US12076452B2
A system and method for sanitizing a target space include an ultraviolet (UV) lamp, an occupancy sensor, and a control unit operably connected to the occupancy sensor and the UV lamp. The UV lamp is configured to emit UV light into the target space. The occupancy sensor is configured to monitor the target space and generate sensor signals indicative of an occupancy of the target space by at least one person. The control unit is configured to receive the sensor signals generated by the occupancy sensor and to modulate an irradiance of the UV light emitted by the UV lamp over time based on the occupancy of the target space.
US12076451B2
The present invention relates to liquid filled light distributor comprising an elongated tubular body with a tube wall defining an in inner lumen filled with a liquid, said tubular body having a proximal end closed by first closing means a distal end closed by second closing means Wherein the proximal end is arranged to be in optical communication with a light source and wherein the refractive index of the tube wall is n1 and the refractive index of the fluid is n2 and n1/n2<1 so that light from the light source travels along the longitudinal direction of the tubular body and that a part of the light is emitted through the tube wall along at least a part of the tubular body. Further a method of use for the liquid filled light distributor is provided.
US12076450B2
An air handling system for a hot air sterilizer apparatus includes a sterilization chamber having an air exhaust portal, an air handling pathway traversing above the sterilization chamber through an upper supply air plenum and traversing below the sterilization chamber through a lower supply air plenum, a circulation fan configured to direct supply air from the air exhaust portal over an upper heating element through the upper supply air plenum and over a lower heating element through the lower supply air plenum, a first temperature sensor in the upper supply air plenum and configured to measure temperature of air downstream from the upper heating element, a second temperature sensor in the lower supply air plenum and configured to measure temperature of air downstream from the lower heating element, and a third temperature sensor at the air exhaust portal and configured to monitor temperature of air exiting the sterilization chamber.
US12076449B2
A method of treating a biological surface. The method includes a first generator dispersing a first dryfog within a sealed chamber, then exhausting the first dry fog from the sealed chamber. Further the first generator or a second generator dispersing a second dry fog within the sealed chamber, then exhausting the second dry fog from the sealed chamber.
US12076448B2
A hemostatic device for promoting the clotting of blood includes a gauze substrate, a clay material disposed on the gauze substrate, and also a polyol such as glycerol or the like disposed on the gauze substrate to bind the clay material. When the device is used to treat a bleeding wound, at least a portion of the clay material comes into contact with blood emanating from the wound to cause the clotting. A bandage that can be applied to a bleeding wound to promote the clotting of blood includes a flexible substrate and a gauze substrate mounted thereon. The gauze substrate includes a clay material and a polyol. A hemostatic sponge also includes a gauze substrate and a dispersion of hemostatic material and a polyol on a first surface of the substrate.
US12076444B2
Systems and methods for delivering active ingredients, such as pharmaceutically active ingredients, to substrates are described herein. The active ingredients are delivered as fluids to a fluid-dispensing device for the creation of one or more drops for deposition onto substrates such as for the creation of microdoses. The invention further includes microdoses made by such processes.
US12076440B2
High (greater than 30%) and/or low (less than 10%) loaded multiple API powdered/nanoparticle were tabulated with increased flowability and physical properties. Properties include blend flowability and uniformity, bulk packing density, compactability, tensile strength, and dissolution. Blending is done through solventless dry mechanical coating of at least one minority API component defined as the API component with the least weight per volume surface coated with nano-sized powders in lesser amounts by wt % of the blend, and preferably less than 10% dry coated of the minority API. An excipient may be dry coated in the lesser amount wherein the excipient is a minority component. Both minority excipient and minority API may be dry coated. Using dry coating instead of dry granulation and/or wet granulation techniques in producing tablets saves manufacturing steps, costs, and produces higher quality tablets with surprisingly higher properties than expected for low flowability solid powdered ingredients.
US12076436B2
A bacterial ferment obtained by a method including the following steps: (a) culturing Lactobacillus species in at least one growth medium for at least 24 hours; (b) separating the mixture via centrifugation; (c) adding lactic acid to the supernatant obtained from step b) in an amount sufficient to lower the pH value of the supernatant; (d) stabilizing the resulting mixture with the addition of at least one preservative and/or at least one multifunctional; and optionally (e) filtering the mixture to remove any final precipitation.
US12076426B2
Provided herein is a method of reducing or preventing sunburn caused from visible and ultraviolet radiation in a subject, the method comprising topically applying to the subject a sunscreen composition comprising inorganic UV filtering agents, antioxidants, and at least one inorganic pigment, wherein the at least one inorganic pigments and antioxidants are present in an amount effective to reduce or prevent sunburn caused from visible light. Also provided herein are sunscreen compositions and methods of increasing the SPF of a sunscreen composition that comprises at least one inorganic UV filtering agent.
US12076424B2
The present disclosure provides a glass composition that include from about 50 mol % to about 95 mol % of B2O3; from about 5 mol % to about 50 mol % of one or more glass components selected from the group consisting of: Li2O, Rb2O, K2O, Na2O, SrO, CaO, MgO, and ZnO. The glass composition includes less than 30 mol % of Rb2O. The glass composition is a quaternary system. The glass composition is a particulate material that includes particles that are from about 1 to about 50 μm in size. The glass composition loses at least 5 mass % within 24 hours when exposed to a buffered saline solution. The glass composition may be used to desensitize dentin. The present disclosure also provides a dentin-desensitizing composition.
US12076404B2
The present invention provides compositions containing efinaconazole, butylated hydroxytoluene, a salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and optional citric acid. The compositions exhibit stable color profiles and are useful in the treatment of fungal infections.
US12076399B2
Provided are combination therapies and related compositions and methods for treating cancers, including epithelial tumors, which include a combination of at least two agents such as an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) 1/2 inhibitor; and a cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor.
US12076388B2
Nucleic acids encoding modified norovirus VP1 proteins, and virus-like particles (VLPs) containing one or more of the modified norovirus VP1 proteins, and compositions containing the nucleic acids, VP1 proteins, or the VLPs are provided. Methods for producing modified norovirus VP1 protein, and norovirus VLP, production in plants, portions of the plant or a plant cell, are also provided.
US12076376B2
The present invention provides methods of treating LAL deficiency comprising administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of lysosomal acid lipase with an effective dosage frequency. Methods of improving growth and liver function, increasing LAL tissue concentration, and increasing LAL activity in a human patient suffering from LAL deficiency are also provided.
US12076366B2
The invention provides non-hormonal vitamin D conjugated to apelin proteins that result in increased absorption, bioavailability or circulating half-life when compared to non-conjugated forms. In some embodiments, the vitamin D targeting groups are coupled to the apelin proteins via the third carbon on the vitamin D backbone.
US12076365B2
Prophylactic and/or therapeutic antipathogen agents are provided that disrupt or prevent the formation of at least one homotypic and/or heterotypic protein-protein interaction that has at least one CEA-family protein and that is involved in the establishment and colonization of a pathogen in a suitable host.
US12076360B2
This invention provides herbal compositions useful for increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapeutic compounds. This invention also provides methods useful for improving the quality of life of an individual undergoing chemotherapy. Furthermore, this invention improves the treatment of disease by increasing the therapeutic index of chemotherapy drugs by administering the herbal composition PHY906 to a mammal undergoing such chemotherapy.
US12076352B2
The present invention discloses an engineered bacteriophage capable of binding to a commensal bacterium and inserting its genome polynucleotide into the commensal bacterium, but incapable of producing progeny, incapable of carrying out a lysogenic cycle and incapable of carrying out a lytic cycle within the commensal bacterium, wherein the engineered bacteriophage comprises a genome polynucleotide including at least one gene encoding at least one heterologous antigen(s) under the control of a promoter.
US12076351B2
The invention relates to chimeric AAV capsids targeted to oligodendrocytes and virus vectors comprising the same. The invention further relates to methods of delivering a nucleic acid of interest to an oligodendrocyte in vitro and in vivo, methods of delivering a nucleic acid of interest to an area of the CNS bordering a compromised blood-brain barrier, and methods of treating disorders associated with oligodendrocyte dysfunction using the AAV capsids and virus vectors of the invention.
US12076348B2
Provided herein are micronized placental compositions composed of micronized placental tissue component, such as amnion or chorion and/or filler bound to one or more chelating agents, which in turn are optionally bound, reversibly, to pharmacologically active metal ions. Further provided are methods of making and using the placental compositions. The compositions have numerous therapeutic applications.
US12076344B2
The present disclosure provides chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T-Rapa cells and methods of making and using them. Specifically, methods of producing T-Rapa cells that can express chimeric antigen receptors is provided.
US12076342B2
The present disclosure provides a method for generating progenitor T cells from stem and/or progenitor cells comprising exposing the stem and/or progenitor cells to Notch ligand Delta-like-4 (DL4) and vascular adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) under conditions suitable to generate progenitor T cells. The method provided is suitable for in vitro and in vivo pro-T cell generation. In vitro, the pro-T cells are generated under serum-free conditions. Cells produced using the method are provided as well as methods of using same.
US12076339B1
In order to inhibit the growth of bacteria, such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), gold nanoparticles are synthesized and capped with an extract of Caralluma sinaica. The gold nanoparticles capped with the extract of Caralluma sinaica are made by adding the extract of Caralluma sinaica to an aqueous HAuCl4 solution to reduce the HAuCl4 and form a suspension of gold nanoparticles capped with the extract of Caralluma sinaica. An unreacted portion of the extract of Caralluma sinaica is removed from the suspension by centrifugation or the like, and the gold nanoparticles capped with the extract of Caralluma sinaica are then removed from the suspension by further centrifugation or the like. The gold nanoparticles capped with Caralluma sinaica extract exhibit strong antibacterial activity. To treat a MRSA infection, an effective dose of the gold nanoparticles capped with Caralluma sinaica extract may be administered to a patient in need thereof.
US12076335B2
The present invention relates to products and compositions and their uses. In particular the invention relates to nucleic acid products that interfere with the TMPRSS6 gene expression or inhibits its expression in combination with one or more iron chelators and possibly other active agents, as well as therapeutic uses such as for the treatment of hemochromatosis, porphyria and blood disorders such as beta-thalassemia, sickle cell disease and transfusional iron overload or myelodysplastic syndrome, and infections and non-relapse related mortality associated with bone marrow transplantation.
US12076332B2
In various embodiments methods are provided for the treatment or prophylaxis of liposomal storage diseases. In certain embodiments the methods involve administering to a subject in need thereof one or more molecular tweezers that inhibit protein aggregation.
US12076323B2
Disclosed is a method of treating in a subject hair loss disorders that are beneficially treated by administering a JAK1 and/or JAK2 inhibitor. The method comprises administering to the subject an amount in the range of about 4 mg to about 50 mg of Compound (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. This invention also provides compositions comprising Compound (I) and the use of such compositions in the described methods.
US12076320B2
The present invention provides a diarylpyrazole compound, a composition comprising same, and a use thereof. The diarylpyrazole compound refers to the compound represented by a formula (I) or a tautomer, a stereoisomer, a prodrug, a crystalline form, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate, or a solvent compound. The compound and the composition of the present invention can be used for treating BRAF kinase mutant proliferative diseases and have better pharmacokinetic properties.
US12076318B2
The invention provides methods of treatment of heart failure with hibernating myocardium using modified forms of trimetazidine, such as CV-8972 and CV-8814.
US12076313B2
The invention relates to a method of inhibiting viral replication by topically administering imiquimod, {1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]-quinolin-4-amine} or by administering imiquimod cocrystals (made with ferulic, acetic, tartaric, citric or coumaric acid). Another aspect of the invention is a method of preventing or reducing the severity of an infection by topically administering by imiquimod, or one of these cocrystals. Another aspect is administering imiquimod or one of these cocrystals in a nasal spray.
US12076310B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds and methods for treating cancer, the methods comprising administering to the subject a compound of formula (1). In some embodiments, the disclosure provides compounds and methods for inhibiting IQGAP1.
US12076309B2
The present invention relates to the pyrrolidine substituted with flavone derivatives, represented by the compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a stereoisomer or a diastereoisomer thereof for use in the treatment of cancers associated with human papillomavirus. The present invention also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of Formula (I) for the treatment of cancers associated with human papillomavirus.
US12076299B2
The present disclosure relates to relates to improved dietary supplement compositions formulated in a therapeutic effective amount for enhancing cognitive support and brain health. Specifically, the present disclosure relates to dietary and nutritional supplement compositions administered to a mammal in a therapeutically-effective amount to provide cognitive support and enhance overall brain health. The present disclosure further relates to a method of supporting cognitive health in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a nutritional supplement comprising a combination of a carotenoid and an adaptogen.
US12076295B2
Compression garment systems may include a trunk garment and a leg garment to be positioned about a trunk and leg of a body to provide compression therapy thereto. The trunk garment and the garment may include a plurality of controllable pressure applying regions to move lymph from the leg and trunk.
US12076286B2
There is described a patient lift apparatus comprising a supporting frame, a boom portion connected to the supporting frame via a pivot joint (PJ1) to allow the boom portion to pivot with respect to the supporting frame about a pivot axis (PA1), a boom actuator to mechanically assist pivotal movement of the boom portion with respect to the supporting frame, and a leg/knee support connected to the supporting frame. The leg/knee support is configured to be selectively releasable from the supporting frame and comprises a manually-operable release mechanism forming an integral part of the leg/knee support, which manually-operable release mechanism is configured to allow selective release of the leg/knee support from the supporting frame. The manually-operable release mechanism comprises a retaining device configured to cooperate with a support mount provided on the supporting frame to secure the leg/knee support onto the supporting frame, and a manually-operable handle cooperating with the retaining device to allow selective release of the retaining device from the support mount and thereby allow removal of the leg/knee support from the supporting frame.
US12076274B2
A phacoemulsification system includes a phacoemulsification probe and a processor. The phacoemulsification probe includes (a) a needle configured for insertion into a lens capsule of an eye, and to be vibrated to emulsify a lens of the eye, (b) an irrigation channel for flowing irrigation fluid into the lens capsule, (c) an aspiration channel for removing material from the lens capsule, (d) a bypass channel fluidly coupled with the irrigation channel and with the aspiration channel, (e) a processor-controlled valve configured to control a level of fluid communication between the irrigation channel and the aspiration channel via the bypass channel, and (f) one or more sensors configured to measure fluid pressure at a distal portion of one or both of the irrigation channel and the aspiration channel. The processor is configured to adaptively adjust the valve based on the fluid pressure measured by the one or more sensors.
US12076273B2
A method of deploying an ocular implant into Schlemm's canal of an eye. The method includes the steps of inserting a distal end of a cannula through a cornea of the eye and into an anterior chamber of the eye, the cannula having a distal opening extending from the distal end and through a side wall; placing the distal opening of the cannula into fluid communication with Schlemm's canal; advancing the ocular implant distally through the cannula with a delivery tool engaged with the ocular implant, a proximal portion of the ocular implant engaging the delivery tool proximal to a distal portion of the delivery tool; and disengaging the ocular implant and the delivery tool when the proximal portion of the ocular implant reaches the cannula distal opening. The invention also includes a system for practicing the method.
US12076268B2
An oral appliance having an upper dental tray and lower dental tray. The upper dental tray and lower dental tray are connected by an elongated connector having receptacles at its proximal and distal ends for engaging laterally extending supports on the upper dental tray and lower dental tray, respectively. A backstop is positioned adjacent to each of the laterally extending supports to prevent movement of the connector in a predetermined direction.
US12076267B2
An external urine collection system for collecting urine excreted by a user through the user's external urethral orifice includes a urinary assembly having a sleeve and a cup that define a collection chamber. The sleeve can be attached to an area around the user's external urethral orifice by an adhesive. The cup can be coupled to the sleeve through a male connector and female connector that form a liquid tight seal between the sleeve and the cup. An outlet is defined by at least one of the sleeve and the cup for draining urine excreted by the user into the urinary assembly.
US12076266B2
A urine removal device includes a plurality of layers suitable to capture and transfer urine. A conduit system is disposed inside of the device and extends from the proximal portion of the device, where it interfaces via an outlet conduit member, to the distal end of the device where it draws in urine from the device. The device allows air flow through the device to support suction that is applied. The fluid layer system has at least one conduit configured to draw urine from the distal portion of the device up to the proximal end of the device, and into the outlet conduit where it exits the urine removal device.
US12076265B2
Certain embodiments of the present application relate to an adjustable ostomy wafer system including an ostomy wafer and an insert ring. The ostomy wafer includes an adjustable layer with an effluent opening through which effluent flows, and the adjustable layer has a body-facing side and a non-body-facing side. The insert ring is capable of providing or increasing convexity of the adjustable layer when the insert ring is pressed against the non-body-facing side of the adjustable layer.
US12076263B2
A medical auxiliary equipment, in particular to an adjustable toe orthotic device, with a primary support and a secondary support connected by rotation; the primary and secondary supports are both provided with bandages, separately used for tying the primary support to the arch of the foot and the secondary support to the toe. Pivots of the primary and secondary supports are arranged with a lifting component, which is used to abut on the deformity point of the toe, and by adjusting the lifting distance of the lifting component, it adapts to different degrees of toe deformity. The device adapts to different toe deformities through the adjustment of the lifting degree of the abutting surface, so that the orthotic abutment of the toe orthotic device is always in the state that best matches the toe deformity of users.
US12076261B2
An implant delivery system is described. The implant delivery system utilizes an implant, implant wire, delivery sheath, and a torque device. The torque device may include a cutting element to slit the delivery sheath and a clamp device to fix the position of the implant delivery wire.
US12076258B2
Methods for crimping a stent on an expandable member of a delivery catheter, and devices and methods for treating a bifurcation are disclosed. A method for crimping includes positioning a stent having a first portion and a second portion over the expandable member, and non-uniformly crimping the stent to the expandable member. The method can include routing an elongate shaft under the second portion of the stent and through the side hole so as to be routed external to the first portion. The stent second portion can be crimped so that the elongate shaft can be slidably disposed relative to the stent second portion prior to deployment of the stent.
US12076256B2
A growth stent and valve and methods for making and using the same. The growth stent and valve may be delivered to treat early stage congenital lesions, while expanding to adult vessel diameters. In selected embodiments, the growth stent and valve can comprise a frame and may have a covering on some portion to prevent blood flow through a wall of the frame. The growth stent and valve advantageously can maintain radial strength across an entire range of diameters necessary to treat a narrowed lesion from birth and childhood through adulthood as the vessels grow over the lifetime of a patient.
US12076240B2
Balloon catheters for delivery of prosthetic hear valves is provided. The balloon catheters are configured to deploy a prosthetic heart valve through inflation. The balloon catheters are further configured with one or more retention bumpers to reduce or prevent migration of the prosthetic heart valve during delivery. Balloon catheters described herein are configured with substantially incompressible retention bumpers that promote longitudinal inflation fluid flow.
US12076238B2
A heart valve prosthesis is provided having a self-expanding multi-level frame that supports a valve body comprising a skirt and plurality of coapting leaflets. The frame transitions between a contracted delivery configuration that enables percutaneous transluminal delivery, and an expanded deployed configuration having an asymmetric hourglass shape. The valve body skirt and leaflets are constructed so that the center of coaptation may be selected to reduce horizontal forces applied to the commissures of the valve, and to efficiently distribute and transmit forces along the leaflets and to the frame. Alternatively, the valve body may be used as a surgically implantable replacement valve prosthesis.
US12076235B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a frame, a valvular structure, and a skirt. The frame is movable between collapsed and expanded configurations and includes struts disposed between inflow and outflow ends, apices disposed at the inflow end formed by intersections of two or more struts, and junctions disposed between the apices and the outflow end and formed by intersections of two or more struts. The apices are circumferentially offset from the junctions. The valvular structure is positioned within and secured to the frame. The skirt is secured to the frame and includes a first edge portion and a second edge portion. The first edge portion is secured to the frame at the apices. The second edge portion is secured to the frame at the junctions. The skirt is configured to retract inwardly between the apices when the frame is moved from the radially expanded configuration to the radially collapsed configuration.
US12076233B2
A device for implanting a heart prosthesis including a central body, a containment portion having one or more sub-components, and a release device for the central body capable of being inserted into a catheter. A device for assisting the connection operation between the central body and the sub-components of the containment portion includes an assembly of catheters, of which there are at least two catheters for each sub-component of the containment portion, the catheters being joined to each other over a portion thereof and having at least one free end for each catheter.
US12076229B2
The present invention pertains to accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) assemblies including a haptics system for self-anchoring implantation in a human eye's annular ciliary sulcus for retaining an AIOL at a desired position along the human eye's visual axis, and an accommodation measurement implant (AMI) for determining accommodation and accommodation forces in an experimental set-up including an animal's eye.
US12076227B2
The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be constrained to other diameters, such as an intermediate diameter. The sleeves can be expanded, allowing for expansion of the diameter of the expandable implant, by disengaging a coupling member from the sleeve or sleeves from outside of the body of the patient. The expandable implant can comprise a steering line or lines which facilitate bending and steering of the expandable implant through the vasculature of a patient.
US12076215B2
Provided herein are fabric materials and debridement devices comprising gel-forming hydrofibres for disrupting a biofilm, loosening, or sequestering unwanted materials from wounds, and uses thereof. In particular, debridement and detection devices for selective and atraumatic removal of unwanted tissues and for detection of a wound infection are provided.
US12076213B2
The wound dressing described herein can be used as a contact layer dressing. The wound dressing can be positioned between a wound bed and a secondary dressing. The wound dressing can include a layered construction. Each of the layers can include a bioresorbable sponge enclosed within a collagen-based film. The wound dressing can include a plurality of fluid channels that enable fluid flow from the wound bed toward the environment-face side of the wound dressing.
US12076204B2
A method for generating a 3D digital, updated, model of a dental arch, including: Acquiring at least one updated image. Each updated image representing an active aligner attached, in an operating position, to a dental arch, or ‘image with aligner’, or representing the dental arch without an aligner, or ‘image of uncovered teeth’. Searching in an updated image, referred to as the ‘updated analysis image’, for representations of teeth that are non-compliant with the treatment scenario. If one or more non-compliant teeth are identified, determining, depending on the updated time, one of an intermediate models, or ‘active intermediate model’, then identifying one or more models of teeth representing the noncompliant tooth or teeth, respectively, in the active intermediate model. Deforming the active intermediate model until an updated model is obtained that is compatible with at least one of the updated images.
US12076203B2
A method of making an absorbent insert for absorbing fluid in a root canal. Forming a body in a pre-compressed state prior to use, having a matrix of absorbent material. The matrix of absorbent material swells upon absorbing fluid after the body in the pre-compressed state has been inserted into the root canal. In the forming process, a sheet of absorbent material is compressed to form a compressed sheet, which is cut and shaped to form an insert. Cutting and shaping is by using complementary split mold halves which together define a cavity corresponding to the body of the insert and stamping the compressed sheet with the split mold halves to form the body of the insert.
US12076202B2
An oral suction device provides an oral suction screen over the oral cavity of a patient by providing upper and lower suction wings attached to a manifold. The wings are inserted between the upper and lower lips and arches of a patient, respectively, and serve to capture aerosols which would otherwise be ejected from the oral cavity. A tongue/cheek retractor, also in pneumatic communication with the manifold, serves to extract saliva and other products from the oral cavity while also preventing the tongue and cheeks from ingress of the workspace for the dental procedure.
US12076201B2
A dental blank, having an upper surface and a lower surface, constructed of a flesh-coloured material and a tooth-coloured material. The flesh-coloured material and the tooth-coloured material are bonded together. The interface between the materials with elevations and depressions formed in or at the interface extends through an optionally curved plane, which plane is parallel to or oblique to at least part of the surfaces of the blank.
US12076199B2
A dental appliance set may include a base frame and at least one attachment. The base frame may be configured to engage at least one of a gum tissue area, a bone structure, an existing detention, and an artificial fixed prosthesis of a patient. The base frame may have an arcuate shaped structure and may not obstruct a surgical site region of an alveolar ridge of a patient jaw. The at least one attachment may be attachable to the base frame using a second connector element selectively engaging the first connector element. The at least one attachment may be configured to obstruct at least a portion of the surgical site region of the top ridge. The base frame and the at least one attachment may be configured to be fully received in the patient's mouth in an assembled orientation.
US12076195B2
A medical holding apparatus includes: an arm including a plurality of links mutually coupled through one of joints, the arm having at least six degrees of freedom due to rotational motion about a rotation axis, the arm being configured to function as a balanced arm with a counterweight and support a medical device; and an arm controller configured to control motion of the arm, in which at least three of the joints in the arm each are provided with an angular sensor that detects a rotation angle of the rotation axis and an actuator that gives the joint an assist force of assisting the rotational motion, and the arm controller controls, based on respective detected results of the angular sensors, the respective assist forces of the actuators such that an amount of force in operation necessary when an operator moves the medical device supported by the arm remains in a predetermined range.
US12076191B2
Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, method for displaying ultrasound image, and computer program product
Provided is a method for displaying an ultrasonic image, the method comprising: acquiring data by transmitting ultrasound pulses to a subject and receiving echo signals reflected from the subject; detecting microcalcified tissues in the subject by analyzing the acquired data; and displaying an image representing the detected microcalcified tissues.
US12076168B2
A system using combined electrocardiography (EKG) and photoplethysmography (PPG) sensing, to determine venous oxygen saturation is described. The system uses averaging of similar pulses based on Prior (or n−1) R-to-R pulse wave duration, and current (or n) R-to-R pulse wave duration for evaluation of the metabolic reserve and/or stress of the patient.
US12076157B2
Disclosed is a method with different exemplary embodiments for determining a degree of damage to hair. Said method can comprise the following steps: during the exposure of a hair sample to near-infrared and/or infrared light, recording a spectrum of at least part of the near-infrared and/or infrared light that has interacted with the hair sample, comparing at least part of the spectrum with a spectroscopic calibration model obtained by near-infrared and/or infrared spectra and degrees of damage of a plurality of calibration hair samples, and determining the degree of damage to the hair using said comparison.
US12076155B2
Disclosed is a system for monitoring physiological parameters during a medical interventional procedure involving high intensity/energy radiofrequency electrical currents/voltages applied through a body of a subject, the system including an electrode-based sensor, configured to close an electrical conduction path passing through a body of a subject, and one or more non-electrode-based sensors, a plurality of electrical lines, a monitor, and a filter array including EMI filters mounted at specific locations and characterized by a frequency response curve having a magnitude of an attenuation in a first frequency range (typical of operating frequencies of high intensity/energy radiofrequency medical interventional equipment), which is greater than a magnitude of an attenuation in a second frequency range (typical of the sampling frequencies of the electrode-based sensor and the one or more non-electrode-based sensors), the system being thereby configured for suppressing noise induced by the medical interventional equipment.
US12076154B2
Apparatus for the assessment of electrophysiological signals obtained from a patient, the apparatus comprising: a housing; a support arch pivotally mounted to the housing, the support arch comprising a plurality of facial contact point supports for supporting contact points on the face of the patient relative to the support arch without supporting the chin of the patient; at least one display screen for presenting a stimulus to a single eye of the patient, the at least one display screen being movable relative to the support arch; and control electronics disposed within the housing for driving the at least one display screen and for amplifying electrophysiological signals obtained from the patient.
US12076152B2
An electroencephalogram decision system determines, when finding electroencephalogram information representing an electroencephalogram obtained by an electrode unit placed on a region of interest that forms part of a subject's head satisfying a predetermined condition, that a target electroencephalogram, which is an electroencephalogram with a characteristic variation, should have been produced. The predetermined condition is selected from of detection conditions including a first type of condition and a second type of condition. The first type of condition specifies that a decision should be made, based on a component falling within a single frequency band included in the electroencephalogram represented by the electroencephalogram information, whether or not the target electroencephalogram has been produced. The second type of condition specifies that a decision should be made, based on components falling within multiple different frequency bands included in the electroencephalogram represented by the electroencephalogram information, whether or not the target electroencephalogram has been produced.
US12076149B2
Disclosed embodiments provide for vehicle manipulation with convolutional image processing. The convolutional image processing uses a multilayered analysis engine. A plurality of images is obtained using an imaging device within a first vehicle. A multilayered analysis engine is trained using the plurality of images. The multilayered analysis engine includes multiple layers that include convolutional layers and hidden layers. The evaluating provides a cognitive state analysis. Further images are evaluated using the multilayered analysis engine. The further images include facial image data from one or more persons present in a second vehicle. Manipulation data is provided to the second vehicle based on the evaluating the further images. An additional plurality of images of one or more occupants of one or more additional vehicles is obtained. The additional images provide opted-in, crowdsourced image training. The crowdsourced image training enables retraining the multilayered analysis engine.
US12076144B2
A system for transdermal alcohol sensing to be worn near a skin surface of a user, including: an alcohol sensor; a microporous membrane; a housing coupled to the alcohol sensor and the membrane, defining a volume between the alcohol sensor and a first membrane side, and fluidly isolating the volume from a second membrane side opposing the first membrane side; an electronics subsystem electrically coupled to the alcohol sensor, operable to power and receive signals from the alcohol sensor; and a fastener operable to position the second membrane side proximal the skin surface.
US12076143B2
A biosensor device includes a porous substrate, where the substrate comprises semiconductor elements functionalized to conjugate with a particular analyte, the semiconductor elements are embedded within at least a portion of the substrate, and the substrate is to absorb fluid capable of carrying the particular analyte. The device further includes two or more electrodes attached to the substrate to correspond to the portion of the substrate, where the portion of the substrate further comprises Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid (RTIL).
US12076139B2
A system and/or device for transabdominal fetal oximetry and/or fetal pulse oximetry and/or uterine tone determination may include one or more articulating, adjustable, and/or selectable components such as a light source and/or a photodetector. In some embodiments, the positioning of a light source and/or detector may be adjustable. The articulation and/or adjustment of position of the light source and/or photodetector may be in any plane (X, Y, and/or Z) and, in some instances, may be responsive to a fetal position within a maternal abdomen. Light detected by the detectors may be used to determine a fetal hemoglobin oxygen saturation level and/or a muscular state (e.g., contracted or relaxed) of the pregnant mammal's uterus.
US12076135B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a soft robotic device for assisting hemiparetic patients. In embodiments, the soft robotic device includes an inflatable actuator capable of assisting hemiparetic patients with their gait cycle via application of a force on the gluteus muscle.
US12076130B2
Systems and methods for providing image guidance for motion tracking and compensation in magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) guided therapies, such as MRI-guided radiation therapies using an MR-linac or other MRI-guided radiation therapy system, are described. Simultaneous orthogonal plane imaging (“SOPI”) is used to acquire images from a first slice that remains static throughout the acquisition, and from a plurality of slices that are orthogonal to the first slice. This first slice can be referred to in some instances as a “tracking” or “navigator” slice, and the plurality of slices that are orthogonal to the first slice can be referred to as “imaging” slices. The tracking slice images can be used to estimate motion of the subject that occurred during the data acquisition, and to track the position of targets (e.g., anatomical targets) during the delivery of radiation treatment.
US12076129B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining an indication of blood flow in a limb. According to an embodiment, the apparatus comprises an orientation sensor, a blood volume (BV) measuring device and a control unit. The orientation sensor is configured to determine an orientation of the limb and output an orientation signal indicative thereof. The blood volume measurement device is configured to measure an indication of blood volume (BV) in the limb and output a BV signal indicative thereof. The control unit is arranged to receive the orientation signal and the BV signal, determine a change in orientation of the limb in dependence on the orientation signal, and correlate the change in orientation with a change in blood volume of the limb determined in dependence on the BV signal.
US12076127B2
The invention provides a body-worn system that continuously measures pulse oximetry and blood pressure, along with motion, posture, and activity level, from an ambulatory patient. The system features an oximetry probe that comfortably clips to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital, such as reading and eating. The probe secures to the thumb and measures time-dependent signals corresponding to LEDs operating near 660 and 905 nm. Analog versions of these signals pass through a low-profile cable to a wrist-worn transceiver that encloses a processing unit. Also within the wrist-worn transceiver is an accelerometer, a wireless system that sends information through a network to a remote receiver, e.g. a computer located in a central nursing station.
US12076124B2
A blood pressure monitor that includes an acceleration sensor attached to an arm, which is a measurement site, of a measurement subject, and an orientation detection unit that detects an orientation of the measurement subject during blood pressure measurement based on an output of the acceleration sensor. The orientation detection unit specifies the orientation of the measurement subject in accordance with a torso angle with respect to a bed surface in a view along a body height direction of the measurement subject lying on the bed surface, and the orientation of the arm position. The blood pressure monitor also includes a blood pressure measurement unit that measures a blood pressure value at the measurement site of the measurement subject, and a blood pressure correction unit that corrects the blood pressure value of the measurement subject according to the specified orientation of the measurement subject.
US12076121B2
Approaches described herein can determine one or more breathing phase patterns over a period of time using audio data captured by at least one microphone. The audio data can include one or more snores. A breathing phase pattern included within the period of time can be determined based at least in part on sensor data captured by one or more sensors in the electronic device. A determination can be made that a first breathing phase pattern represented by the audio data and a second breathing phase pattern represented by the sensor data are correlated. A determination can be made that the first breathing phase pattern represented by the audio data and the second breathing phase pattern represented by the sensor data both correspond to a user wearing the electronic device.
US12076118B2
One or more devices, systems, methods and storage mediums for optical imaging medical devices, such as, but not limited to, Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), single mode OCT, and/or multi-modal OCT apparatuses and systems, and methods and storage mediums for use with same, for detecting external elastic lamina (EEL) and/or lumen edge(s) are provided herein. One or more embodiments provide at least one method, device, apparatus, system, or storage medium to comprehend information, including, but not limited to, molecular structure of a vessel, and to provide an ability to manipulate the vessel information. In addition to controlling one or more imaging modalities, the EEL detection techniques may operate for one or more applications, including, but not limited to, manual or automatic EEL detection, stent positioning, stent selection, co-registration, and imaging.
US12076100B2
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for endoscopically-assisted percutaneous medical procedures. A method can include inserting a first medical instrument having an elongated shaft and a first position sensor into a treatment region of a patient through a natural orifice of the patient. A first position of the first medical instrument within the treatment region can be determined with the first position sensor. A target location can be defined within the treatment region that is distanced from the determined first position. A second medical instrument can be percutaneously guided toward the target location. The method can be performed on a robotically-enabled medical system.
US12076097B2
Devices, systems, and methods for a robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, and navigation software allow for the navigated placement of interbody fusion devices or other surgical devices. The interbody implant navigation may involve navigation of access instruments (e.g., dilators, retractors, ports), disc preparation instruments, trials, and inserters.
US12076089B2
Example systems and techniques for denervation, for example, renal denervation. In some examples, a processor determines one or more tissue characteristics of tissue proximate a target nerve and a blood vessel. The processor may generate, based on the one or more tissue characteristics, an estimated volume of influence of denervation therapy delivered by a therapy delivery device disposed within the blood vessel. The processor may generate a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the tissue proximate the target nerve and the blood vessel and a graphical representation of the estimated volume of influence.
US12076086B2
According to one aspect, the invention relates to a system (101) for in vivo, full-field interference microscopy imaging of a scattering three-dimensional sample. It comprises a full-field OCT imaging system (130) for providing en face images of the sample, wherein said full-field OCT system comprises an interference device (145) with an object arm (147) intended to receive the sample and a reference arm (146) comprising an optical lens (134) and a first reflection surface (133), and an acquisition device (138) configured to acquire a temporal succession of two-dimensional interferometric signals (I1, I2) resulting from interferences produced at each point of an imaging field; an OCT imaging system (110) for providing at the same times of acquisition of said two-dimensional interferometric signals, cross-sectional images of both the sample and a first reflection surface (133) of said full-field OCT imaging system (130); a processing unit (160) configured to determine a plurality of en face images (X-Y) of a plurality of slices of the sample, each en face image being determined from at least two two-dimensional interferometric signals (I1, I2) having a given phase shift; determine from the cross-sectional images provided by the OCT imaging system (110) at the times of acquisition of each of said two two-dimensional interferometric signals (I1, I2) a depth (z) for each en face image (X-Y) of said plurality of slices; determine a 3D image of the sample from said plurality of en face images of said plurality of slices of the sample and depths.
US12076085B2
A method of verifying ophthalmic measurements includes obtaining, via an ophthalmic measurement device, a first measurement of at least one ophthalmic parameter over a first measurement area. The first measurement area corresponds to an unassisted visible area of a patient's eye. A second measurement of the at least one ophthalmic parameter over a second measurement area is obtained via the measurement device. The second measurement area corresponds to an assisted visible area of the patient's eye. The first measurement is compared to the second measurement. It is determined if the second measurement diverges from the first measurement. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement diverges from the first measurement, an alert that the second measurement is inaccurate is generated. Responsive to a determination that the second measurement does not diverge from the first measurement, the second measurement is accepted as accurate.
US12076076B2
A probe for treating shoulders and other joints has a working end which includes a first element for cutting soft tissue, a second element for applying RF energy to tissue, and a third element for cutting or burring bone. The probe is introduced to a working space in a patient's joint, such as the patient's subacromial space, typically under endoscopic viewing. Soft tissue is cut with the first element. Radiofrequency energy is applied with the second element to ablate or cauterize tissue, while bone may be burred with the third element. Successive treatments steps are performed by reorienting the treatment device in situ with removal or withdrawal of the working end.
US12076072B2
A pulse generator discharge circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes one or more discharge stages, each discharge stage including a plurality of control input terminals. The circuit also includes first and second discharge terminals, and a plurality of serially connected switches electrically connected between the first and second discharge terminals, where a conductive state of each of the switches is controlled by a control signal. The circuit also includes a plurality of inductive elements configured to generate the control signals for the serially connected switches, where each inductive element is configured to generate a control signal for one of the serially connected switches in response to one or more input signals at one or more of the control input terminals, and where each of the serially connected switches is configured to receive a control signal from a respective one of the inductive elements.
US12076056B2
An anchor assembly can be couplable to a bone and can include an anchor and a housing. The anchor can include a shank securable to bone and a head coupled to a proximal portion of the shank. The housing can include a proximal portion including an anchor bore and a distal portion including a secondary bore configured to engage the anchor to limit angulation of the anchor relative to the housing.
US12076053B2
A bone anchoring device includes a bone anchoring element with a spherical segment-shaped head, a receiving part configured to couple a rod to the bone anchoring element, and having a top end, a bottom end, a first passage at the bottom end with a first longitudinal axis, and a second passage at the top end with a second longitudinal axis that intersects the first longitudinal axis, a compression element, and a locking element. The receiving part also has a recess for the rod, the recess extending from the top end towards the bottom end and having a bottom that extends along an axis that is perpendicular to the second longitudinal axis. The receiving part or the compression element further has a seat. The compression element is configured to move along the first longitudinal axis while the locking element is configured to move along the second longitudinal axis.
US12076045B2
Surgical systems and methods for percutaneously inserting surgical devices, such as during glenoid labrum repairs or rotator cuff repairs of the shoulder, for example, may include a cannula and a cutting obturator insertable through the cannula. The cutting obturator may include a cutting tip configured for penetrating and dilating tissue during a percutaneous insertion into a joint space.
US12076038B2
A medical device includes a lever with an applied force position, a load position, and a fulcrum position. A first cable extends from the applied force position of the lever to a first capstan, the first cable wrapping around the first capstan. A second cable extends from the applied force position of the lever to a second capstan, the second cable wrapping around the second capstan. A rod couples the load position of the lever and a surgical end effector. The first and second capstans may be fixed to an axle. The axle may receive a rotational input from a rotary actuator. A hand wheel may be coupled to the axle. There may be a spring between a support structure and the lever to bias the lever to rotate about the fulcrum position of the lever.
US12076033B2
Ablation device including a probe structure 10 having a proximal end 12 and a distal end 14. Probe structure 10 includes a tubular first catheter 16, a tubular second catheter 18 surrounding the first catheter and a tubular guide catheter extending within the first catheter 16. The first catheter 16 carries a cylindrical ultrasonic transducer 20 adjacent its distal end. The transducer 20 is connected to a source of electrical excitation. The ultrasonic waves emitted by the transducer 20 are directed at the heart wall tissue. Once the tissue reaches the target temperature, the electrical excitation is turned on and off to maintain the tissue at the largest temperature. Alternatively, the transducer 20 is subjected to continuous excitation at one power level and upon the tissue reaching the target temperature, the power level of the continuous excitation is switched to a second lower power level.
US12076028B2
A surgical system comprises a handpiece and a battery. The handpiece includes a body and a handpiece connector operatively coupled to the body, the handpiece connector including a first coupler. The battery includes a housing, a rechargeable cell for storing an electric charge, and a battery connector operatively coupled to the housing, the battery connector including a second coupler configured to rotatably engage the first coupler. The second coupler receives the first coupler along an axis at an initial radial position where relative axial movement between the battery and the handpiece is permitted and permits rotation of the battery relative to the handpiece from the initial radial position to a first secured radial position and a second secured radial position. Relative axial movement between the battery and the handpiece is constrained in the first secured radial position and in the second secured radial position.
US12076023B2
A tissue clipping apparatus, comprises a flexible, elongate member, a proximal end of which remains external to the body accessible to a user while a distal end of the flexible member is inserted into the body to a location adjacent to target tissue to be clipped and a control wire extending through the flexible member in combination with a capsule releasably coupled to a distal end of the flexible member and a clip a proximal portion of which is received within the capsule. A joint releasably coupling the clip to the control wire, includes a yoke extending around a proximal end of the clip and a frangible link which fails when subject to a predetermined force to separate the clip from the control wire.
US12076022B2
Provided herein is an occlusion device for implantation into a body lumen or aneurysm comprising, a continuous compressible mesh structure comprising axial mesh carriages configured end to end, wherein each end of each carriage is a pinch point in the continuous mesh structure. Also provided herein is a kit comprising the occlusion device disclosed herein and a means for delivery thereof. Methods of manufacture and use of the occlusion device are also disclosed.
US12076017B2
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a cartridge, and a staple driver actuator. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue. The end effector comprises a lower jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a translating cutter. The translating cutter is operable to translate relative to the lower jaw and the anvil when the anvil is pivoted toward the lower jaw to manipulate tissue. The cartridge is insertable into the lower jaw and includes a plurality of staples. The staple driver actuator is disposed within the cartridge. The staple driver actuator comprises a secondary cutting element. The translating cutter of the end effector is operable to drive the staple driver actuator distally to staple and cut tissue substantially simultaneously.
US12076011B2
A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a firing member movable distally from a home position to effect a first firing motion in the end effector, wherein the firing member is movable proximally toward the home position in a return motion, and a lockout pawl. The firing member has a cam slot, a protrusion, and a retaining pocket. The lockout pawl has a cam feature receivable in the cam slot during the return motion, wherein the cam slot is configured to guide the cam feature and move the lockout pawl toward a locking engagement with the protrusion to prevent a second firing motion of the firing member, and wherein the retaining pocket is configured to receive the cam feature to releasably secure the firing member to the lockout pawl when the firing member is in the home position.
US12076006B2
A surgical instrument configured to detect its orientation and adjust its operation based on the detected orientation is disclosed.
US12075999B2
A knotless tensionable fixation system may be utilized for performing surgical methods for repairing tissue defects within a joint. An exemplary surgical method may include fixating a graft over top of the tissue defect with the knotless tensionable knotless fixation system. The knotless tensionable fixation system may include a plurality of knotless suture anchors, the graft, and a reinforcement construct. The reinforcement construct may establish a fixed segment of material over the graft after being secured in place by the plurality of knotless suture anchors.
US12075995B2
A mixing and spraying assembly for a tissue sealant includes a mixing assembly, a spray tip assembly, and a malleable section having a proximal end connected with the mixing assembly and a distal end connected with the spray tip assembly for enabling the spray tip assembly to be angulated relative to the mixing assembly. The malleable section includes a flexible shaft having a length, a malleable wire conduit that extends along the length of the flexible shaft, and a malleable wire disposed in the malleable wire conduit. The malleable wire is longer than the flexible shaft and has a proximal end that is connected to the mixing assembly and a distal end that is connected to the spray tip assembly. First and second fluids are mixed within the mixing assembly to form a tissue sealant that is delivered through the malleable section for being expressed from the spray tip assembly.
US12075993B2
A soluble needle (100) for hair transplantation, wherein the soluble needle (100) comprises a fixing plate (30) and a plurality of micro-needles (20) made of water-soluble polymers arranged on the fixing plate (30), wherein each of said micro-needle (20) comprises a needle wall (21) to penetrate scalps and a needle cavity (22) confined by the needle wall (21) and configured for accommodating a hair follicle. A method of manufacturing a soluble needle (100) for hair transplantation, wherein the method includes: dissolving water-soluble polymers in water to prepare a molding solution (S101); delivering the molding solution into a mold (S102); letting the molding solution settle in the mold to shape (S103); and separating and removing the mold to produce the soluble needle (S104). The soluble needle (100) effectively shortens the time of surgery, reduces the pain of the patients, and increases the viability rate of transplanted hair follicles.
US12075986B2
A biological sample collection system includes (i) a sample collection vessel having an opening for receiving a biological sample, (ii) a selectively movable valve comprising a core and a collar disposed about the core, and (iii) a sealing cap coupled to the collar and including a reagent chamber for storing a measure of sample preservation reagent. The sealing cap is configured to associate and form a fluid tight connection with the sample collection vessel. Associating the sealing cap with the sample collection vessel causes a physical rearrangement of the core relative to the collar such that a fluid vent associated with the core is placed into fluid communication with the reagent chamber, thereby permitting sample preservation reagent to pass from the regent chamber to the sample collection vessel.
US12075981B2
The invention relates to a correlated set for minimal invasive surgery comprising a surgical instrument and a pattern generating member, a surgical system, a training kit, a method of training and a method of performing a minimal invasive surgery. The surgical instrument comprises a handle portion, a surgical tool and a body portion connecting the handle portion to the surgical tool. The pattern generating member comprises a pattern light source and a projector for projecting a light pattern. The projector is adapted for being at least temporarily fixed to the body portion of the surgical instrument such that a movement of said surgical tool results in a correlated movement of said projector.
US12075977B2
An endoscope with a folding mechanism for foldably or bendably holding an endoscopy head at the distal end of the endoscope, preferably an endoscope shaft, having a number of axially successive segments that are adjustable via an actuating element. The segments define at least one channel for the passage of minimally invasive surgical instruments, flushing media, supply lines and the like. The segments are in the form of wedge-shaped cylinder sections having end faces oriented relative to each other in a wedge-shaped manner. Each cylinder section receives a cylinder jacket portion having a minimum axial length and an opposite cylinder jacket portion having a maximum axial length. Two directly adjacent segments are mutually oriented such that they are axially supported on or axially abut the relevant cylinder jacket portions of maximum axial length, which results in hinge- or joint-contact occurring on the support or placement point.
US12075972B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an insertion tube of an endoscope from a tubular element, wherein the insertion tube includes a proximal passive flexible portion and a distal deflecting portion, wherein, in the proximal passive flexible portion, cuts are provided to enable the proximal passive flexible portion to be bent. In the method, the cuts are configured in the proximal passive flexible portion such that adjacent cuts do not have the same distance. The invention further relates to an endoscope including such insertion tube.
US12075967B2
The present disclosure discloses a mobile robot in which at least one suspected wet contaminated region where a dust concentration is relatively low is specified in a cleaning area, and the suspected wet contaminated region is specified as a wet contaminated region based on a floor image of the suspected wet contaminated region.
US12075956B2
A cleaning robot system is provided. The cleaning robot system includes a cleaning robot including one or more mop members configured to clean a surface and a base station that operates in conjunction with the cleaning robot. The base station includes a housing, a cleaning notch disposed in the housing and configured to receive the one or more mop members during a cleaning process for cleaning the one or more mop members, at least one fluid inlet structure configured to supply a cleaning fluid to at least a portion of the one or more mop members, one or more protruding portions disposed in the cleaning notch and configured to scrape off the cleaning fluid from at least the portion of the one or more mop members, and a fluid discharge structure configured to drain the cleaning fluid from the cleaning notch.
US12075950B2
A drop assembly for a paper product dispenser is provided that transitions an upper carriage for a second roll of paper product into a primary or first position after depletion of a first or primary roll of paper product without user intervention. The drop assembly transitions the upper carriage into approximately the same position previously occupied by the lower carriage, allowing a small aperture in a front face of a dispenser to be used. Additionally, the drop assembly can include a reset connection to transition the drop assembly back to the firsts position upon opening of a dispenser front face.
US12075947B2
The present application discloses an automated cooking system including: a cooking apparatus comprising a cooking container and a stirring motion mechanism configured to produce a motion in the cooking container as to stir, mix or distribute the food or food ingredients held in the cooking container; ingredient containers to store food ingredients; an dispensing apparatus to dispense the food ingredients from an ingredient container into the cooking container; food containers to hold a cooked food; an unloading motion mechanism to turn the cooking container to dispense cooked food from the cooking container to a food container; a transfer apparatus configured to grip and move a food container; a food container transport system; a liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense liquid ingredients into the cooking container; and a cleaning apparatus; and a computer system with algorithms to control these mechanisms and apparatuses.
US12075944B2
An air fryer comprises: an air fryer basket; and an air fryer basket accessory. The fryer basket accessory comprises: a first plate configured to be supported by the air fryer basket; and a second plate rotatably connected to the first plate, the second plate configured to be supported by the air fryer basket.
US12075938B2
A separable screw and a juice extractor using the same are disclosed. A separable screw according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a first module formed with slits by bars on an external circumferential side; and a second module formed with ribs inserted into the slit of the first module; wherein the first module and the second module are detachably coupled, and the rib is inserted into the slit and a gap is formed between the rib and the slit when the second module is inserted into and coupled with the first module.
US12075935B1
Disclosed embodiments include a foldable hanger assembly and a clothing storage system that accommodates foldable hanger assemblies. Foldable hanger assembly embodiments comprise: (i) a first frame component with a hook; (ii) a second frame component; and (iii) a hinge assembly connecting the first frame component and the second frame component. In some examples, the hinge assembly comprises: (i) a first hinge insert attached to the first frame component; (ii) a second hinge insert attached to the second frame component; and (iii) a hinge clip that connects the first hinge insert to the second hinge insert, where the hinge clip allows the first frame component and the second frame component to pivot relative to each other from a horizontally open configuration into a horizontally closed configuration.
US12075934B2
The present disclosure is directed to can cooler for holding a can. The can cooler includes a vessel having a closed bottom end, an upper open end, a sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface and a ring positioned about the upper open end. The ring having a plurality of ribs configured for holding the can in the vessel.
US12075924B2
A foldable small dining chair includes a front support frame and a rear support frame which are arranged in a foldable manner. The front support frame is provided with a left sleeve member and a right sleeve member. The front support frame is provided with a left armrest connecting rod and a right armrest connecting rod. A top front end of the left armrest connecting rod is provided with a foldable left armrest, and a top front end of the right armrest connecting rod is provided with a foldable right armrest. A rotatable seat is provided between the left sleeve member and the right sleeve member. A dining tray being detachable and movable forwards and backwards is provided between the left armrest and the right armrest. A detachable backrest is provided between the left armrest connecting rod and the right armrest connecting rod.
US12075922B2
An example interchangeable decorative feature described herein includes an interchangeable panel provided on a housing of a task chair. The panel provides aesthetic functionality by allowing a user to customize, modify, personalize, or otherwise alter the design, theme, or aesthetic of the example task chair. The panel is interchangeable and includes a snap fitting coupling the panel to a surface of the chair. An example interchangeable decorative feature described herein additionally or alternatively includes an interchangeable vinyl skin provided on a task chair. The vinyl skin includes an adhesive for adhering the skin to a surface of the example task chair.
US12075921B2
A chair includes a base and a back coupled to the base. The back includes a pair of back supports extending from the base and a back panel coupled to the pair of back supports. Each back support is configured to exhibit a first bending stiffness when bent to a first stop point, and exhibit a second bending stiffness when bent beyond the first stop point, the second bending stiffness being greater than the first bending stiffness.
US12075920B2
A structure includes a first body member including a first interfacing side edge and a first interconnecting component at the first interfacing side edge and a second body member identical to the first body member, the second body member including a second interfacing side edge and a second interconnecting component at the second interfacing side edge. The first interconnecting component engages with the second interconnecting component to secure the first body member and the second body member together.
US12075916B2
A patient support apparatus may include a mattress configured to receive a fluid from a pneumatic system, a graphical user interface, and a controller configured to control the pneumatic system and to communicate with the graphical user interface. The controller may control the graphical user interface to selectively display a home screen comprising a plurality of icons, the icons comprising a mattress function menu icon and a mattress function screen accessible via the mattress function menu icon. The mattress function screen may include at least one control input configured to activate a first state and a second state of the controller.
US12075912B2
A seat device that can reliably regulates a reclining operation when in a long state where a back of a seat is along a wall. The seat device (10) that can convert the state of the seat (1) includes a reclining mechanism (50) that can tilt a backrest (3) of the seat (1), wherein an operation of tilting the backrest (3) by the reclining mechanism (50) is disabled when the seat (1) is in the long state.
US12075910B2
Provided is a stool or stoop device that is easily transitioned between a stowed position within a cabinet and a deployed or in-use position outside of a cabinet. The stool may have a streamlined design and high ease of use so that the stool may be stowed away, set up, and utilized by children, in an example. The stool can accommodate multiple cabinet designs, floor surfaces and under-cabinet structures, such as drain traps and plumbing. The stool may be flat-boxed shipped and easily assembled and installed into a cabinet structure with minimal tools or training. In an embodiment, the stool may comprise at least two legs, wherein each leg includes a concaved or recessed portion, at least one step between and connecting the at least two legs, and a pivotable bracket for facilitating the transition between a stowed and deployed positions. The stool may be mounted to an interior of a cabinet or may include a weighted base that is positionable within the interior of the cabinet. The stool may include a cantilevered design.
US12075900B2
The container for containing a product, typically cosmetic, has an internal receptacle mounted in an external covering receptacle, by using an adapter insert. The receptacles are made of glass and an attachment region is provided internally on the internal receptacle, near its annular upper end, in order to secure the latter to the insert. The insert is provided with an insertion portion received internally within the external receptacle, a first locking unit and second locking unit. The first locking unit, formed in an elastically deformable portion separated from the rest of the insertion portion by slots are opposing the rotation of the insert around the internal receptacle, while the second locking unit is opposing the rotation of the external receptacle around the insert by engaging on a neck of the external receptacle.
US12075898B2
The present application relates to a decorative member including a color developing layer including a light reflective layer and a light absorbing layer provided on the light reflective layer; and a substrate provided on one surface of the color developing layer, wherein the light absorbing layer includes a copper oxide (CuaOx).
US12075886B2
An article of footwear is configured to be worn so as to at least partially cover a wearer's foot. The footwear includes at least one optical fiber on an internal surface of the footwear. The at least one optical fiber is configured to project radiation having a therapeutic wavelength through the at least one optical fiber and toward at least one of the wearer's foot, ankle or leg when the footwear is being worn so as to at least partially cover the wearer's foot.
US12075877B2
Embodiments described herein relate to an improved footwear and methods for making and using the improved footwear, to provide improved structural support and comfort for a user. Embodiments described herein also relate to an improved footwear including a multi-layered midsole configured to provide improved support and comfort during use, while also providing antimicrobial protection to the user's foot.
US12075874B2
A personal air filtration system comprising a rigid component, a flexible component, wherein the rigid component and the flexible component combine to cover at least a user's mouth and nostrils and form a seal therearound, an intake port with an inlet filter, an exhaust port, an air mover causing filtered air to enter the intake port and exhaust air to exit the exhaust port, and an app running on a user's smart device, wherein a smart app is configured to control and monitor operation of the system.
US12075865B2
A self-adjustable surgical garment includes a front defining a centerline, a back, and two sides connecting the front and the back. The self-adjustable surgical garment also includes a strap having a first end portion, a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and a fastening portion. The strap is attached at the first end portion to the back. Additionally, the fastening portion is removably coupled to a portion of the garment such that the second end portion is in a sterile zone of a wearer. The region corresponding to a sterile zone of the wearer being at least partially defined as a region within ninety degrees in either direction of the centerline.
US12075863B2
A mask with sterilization function is provided. The mask comprises two straps, a mask body, a functional layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a power inlet. The functional layer, the first electrode and the second electrode located in the mask body. The first electrode and the second electrode are located on a surface of the functional layer and are electrically connected to the power inlet. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to input a current to the functional layer to heat the functional layer. The functional layer is a conductive layer and comprises a plurality of micropores.
US12075854B2
A composite soft support sizeless bra includes a front piece, a soft support rubber strip, a rear piece and a shoulder strap. The soft support strip is arranged on an inner side of the front piece and is connected is connected to a bottom part of the front piece by the shoulder strap to form a W shape, a U-shape, a straight shape, an arc shape or a curved shape. The rear piece and the front piece are integrally formed. The shoulder strap is used to connect the front piece and the rear piece. The inner side of the front piece and/or the rear piece is provided with dot-shaped glues.
US12075852B2
Aspects herein are directed to a breast-supporting structure that provides adjustable fit and support to a wearer's breasts. The breast-supporting structure includes an adjustment mechanism that is slidably coupled to a shoulder strap of the bra. A first end and a second end of a continuous cable structure are fixedly secured to the adjustment mechanism. An intervening portion of the continuous cable structure repeatedly extends between the adjustment mechanism and a plurality of spaced-apart pulley structures located at a lower portion of the breast-supporting structure to form a plurality of spaced-apart cable segments. The cable segments slidably engage with both the adjustment mechanism and the pulley structures such that the cable segments are freely movable with respect to the adjustment mechanism and the pulley structures.
US12075840B2
A method for controlling the temperature of a vaporizer for an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising the steps of measuring the voltage applied to a heating element; measuring the current flowing through the heating element; determining the resistance of the heating element from the measured voltage and the measured current; controlling the temperature of the heating element by switching off the switching element in a controlled manner so that the current flow through the heating element is interrupted when the determined resistance exceeds or falls below a first critical threshold R_co.
US12075837B1
An electronic cigarette includes a main body, a control module, atomizers, a functional module, a sensing module, and a movable part being capable of sliding or rotating on the main body. The functional module includes at least one of a lighting module, driving modules and a reminder module. The lighting module, the driving modules and the reminder module are all electrically connected to the control module. The atomizers are electrically connected to the control module through the driving modules. The sensing module is used for feeding back a control signal to the control module when the movable part slides or rotates. According to the control signal fed back by the sensing module, the control module switches the functional module, adjusts power output by the driving modules to the atomizers, switches a lighting effect of the lighting module, or switches a working mode of the reminder module.
US12075836B2
An atomizing sheet assembly, an atomizer, and an electronic cigarette are disclosed. The atomizing sheet assembly comprises an e-liquid guide member, an atomizing sheet, and an atomizing seat. The atomizing sheet is fixed on the atomizing seat. The e-liquid guide member is in contact with an atomizing surface of the atomizing sheet. The atomizing seat is made of an elastic material. The e-liquid guide member is flaky. The atomizing seat is provided with a through hole. The flaky e-liquid guide member passes through the through hole and is in contact with the atomizing sheet. The atomizing sheet assembly can effectively adjust the e-liquid guide rate.
US12075834B2
A cartridge includes: a liquid storage that accommodates an aerosol generating material; an atomizer receives the aerosol generating material from the liquid storage and generates an aerosol from the aerosol generating material; a mouthpiece which is coupled to an end of the liquid storage and includes a discharge hole through which the aerosol generated from the aerosol generating material is discharged; a delivery tube arranged inside the liquid storage and connecting the discharge hole of the mouthpiece and the atomizer such that the aerosol generated in the atomizer is delivered to the discharge hole; and an absorbent element that is arranged on a delivery path of the aerosol between the delivery tube and the discharge hole, and absorbs a liquid.
US12075832B2
An aerosol generating device includes: a main body including a processor and a battery; a heater module detachably coupled to the main body and including a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material; and a cartridge detachably coupled to the heater module and storing the aerosol generating material to be delivered to the heater, wherein the heater module includes an integrated circuit electrically connected to the processor when the heater module is coupled to the main body.
US12075831B2
An aerosol generating device includes a heating element of which inner surface have different portions having different structures such that the portions of the heating element may heat corresponding areas of an aerosol generating article which is inserted in the aerosol generating device at different temperatures, thereby providing a good quality of aerosol to the user.
US12075826B2
Vaporizer apparatuses having a head movable between operational and non-operational positions are provided. The vaporizer apparatus comprises a body and the head. The head comprises a mouthpiece portion and is engaged with the body in the operational and non-operational positions. The apparatus further comprises a vaporizing chamber and vaporizing element operatively coupled to the vaporizing chamber and operable to vaporizing the material therein when activated. The vaporizing element is activatable when the head is in the operational position. The vaporizer apparatus may not be usable to vaporize the material when the head is in the non-operational position. Methods of providing vaporizer apparatuses having a head movable between operational and non-operational positions are also provided.
US12075820B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a wrapping paper for a non-combustible heated-type smoking article with which the occurrence of staining is suppressed. The present invention resolves said problem by means of a wrapping paper for a non-combustible heated type smoking article, the wrapping paper having a basis weight of at least 35 g/m2, a pulp freeness of at least 69° SR, an air permeability of no more than 20 CU, and an opacity of no more than 85%.
US12075819B2
The present disclosure is directed to an aerosol delivery device and a cartridge for use with an aerosol delivery device. In some implementations, the aerosol delivery device may comprise a holder, and a cartridge comprising an outer housing, a heat portion comprising a heat source, and a substrate portion comprising a substrate material including an aerosol precursor composition. The outer housing may comprise a heat end and a substrate end, wherein at least one of the ends of the outer housing includes at least one opening, and wherein the cartridge is configured to be removable and replaceable within the holder. Some implementations may include an intermediate housing, wherein the heat portion and the substrate portion are contained within the intermediate housing. Other implementations may include an inner housing, wherein an inner chamber is defined within the inner housing and an outer chamber is defined between the inner and outer housings.
US12075818B2
A wrapper of a smoking article comprising a base web and banded regions comprising a leading edge, a trailing edge and a plurality of add-on material-free openings between said leading edge and said trailing edge. The add-on material-free openings establish a predetermined, nominal opened-area within said banded regions to control diffusivity. The add-on material can be applied by a gravure roller comprising a surface region with cells, cell-free areas and a chevron shape.
US12075816B2
An aerosol delivery device and an aerosol source member for use with an inductive heating aerosol delivery device are provided. The aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having a housing with an opening defined in one end thereof, a resonant transmitter located in the control body, a control component configured to drive the resonant transmitter, and an aerosol source member, at least a portion of which is configured to be positioned proximate the resonant transmitter. The aerosol source member may comprise a tobacco substrate and a plurality of porous susceptor particles, and the susceptor particles may be infused with an aerosol precursor composition.
US12075812B2
An apparatus for the formation of machine-made tobacco rods for use in the production of smoking articles, such as cigars, from tobacco comprising a tacky material. The apparatus includes a pair of transfer and compression belts for receiving and compressing the stream of tobacco, the transfer and compression; a pair of squeeze bars for compressing the tobacco in a direction perpendicular to the pair of transfer and compression belts, the pair of squeeze bars produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); a tongue for receiving the compressed tobacco, the tongue produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone); and a folder for folding a wrapper material around the compressed tobacco so as to form a continuous rod of tobacco, the wrapper material provided from a source of wrapper material, the folder produced from a material comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone).
US12075809B1
A process for preparing crunchy sprouted nuts and the resulting nuts of such process are disclosed herein. The nuts are submerged and soaked in water for a period of 24-48 hours. Then the nuts are drained and rinsed and allowed to dry for a period of 20-60 minutes. Next the nuts are dehydrated for a period of 24-48 hours. The result is a particularly crunchy sprouted nut.
US12075805B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of reducing the formation of acrylamide in a thermally processed food product and to cooked food products with reduced acrylamide. The method comprises providing a food product or food intermediate in need of reduction of formation of acrylamide during thermal processing and applying a bran composition to the food product or food intermediate in an amount effective to reduce formation of acrylamide during thermal processing to a level that is lower than if the composition had not been applied.
US12075800B2
The present disclosure relates to a die-pressing production device and method for flavored dried bean curd. The die-pressing production device includes a die-pressing apparatus and an intermittent fabric operation apparatus located on a side of the die-pressing apparatus; the die-pressing apparatus includes a frame body on which two parallel wrapping mechanisms for wrapping a to-be-pressed material are disposed, and a cover plate for downwards pressing the wrapping mechanisms and a jacking plate for upwards jacking the wrapping mechanisms are respectively disposed on the top and bottom of the frame body; and the intermittent fabric operation apparatus includes a rack and a roller set disposed on the rack, and the roller set is wound with a rotary fabric belt passing through a space between the two wrapping mechanisms.
US12075791B2
A paper interleaver that is separate from the food patty molding machine for inserting a sheet of paper underneath a meat patty.
US12075784B2
The present invention relates to the use of mixtures containing secondary calcium and secondary magnesium phosphonate for combatting harmful fungi, to the use thereof as fertilizer or plant nutrient, to a mixture, containing secondary calcium and secondary magnesium phosphonate in a specific molar ratio, characterized in that the solid form of the mixture has a water solubility of at most 5 g/l, and to a method for preparing a mixture containing secondary calcium phosphonate and secondary magnesium phosphonate.
US12075776B2
The present application relates to semiochemical-based lures for mammals, particularly mammalian pest species that are useful for monitoring, capturing and/or controlling mammals and to methods of using semiochemical-based lures for monitoring, capturing and/or controlling mammals, particularly mammalian pest species. The present application also relates to the use of semiochemical-based lures for monitoring, capturing and/or controlling mammals, particularly mammalian pest species. In some embodiments, semiochemical-based lures are useful for reducing the number of mammalian pest species in one or more designated target environments.
US12075774B2
The present invention relates to agricultural methods and the use of an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative in seed treatment and soil application methods. The insecticidal carboxamide derivative is highly suitable alone or in combination with other active agricultural ingredients for controlling animal pests such as insects and/or spider mites and/or nematodes by treating the soil/growth substrate by drenching or drip application or dipping or soil injection.
US12075770B2
Method for pest treatment of a plantation field, controlling device for controlling a pest treatment of a plantation field and a treatment device having said controlling device, wherein the treatment considers a pest insect population and a beneficial insect population.
US12075769B2
An agricultural applicator, that applies material to an agricultural field, includes an on-board, real-time image sensor that senses targets for the material to be applied. A controller controls applicators, such as nozzles or other applicators, to apply the material to the sensed targets.
US12075765B2
An apparatus and method for a multipoint, flexible fishing rod holder that may be quickly and efficiently engaged and disengaged is disclosed. Both the rod handle and rod blank may be supported by separate flexible devices that accommodate all sizes and styles of fishing rod such that the rod may be maintained in a generally horizontal orientation. In one embodiment, the supporting apparatus can be retrofitted to existing fishing apparel. In another, the supporting apparatus is integral to the apparel at the time of manufacture. In certain aspects, the rod holder can be quickly engaged and disengaged to allow an angler use of both hands to facilitate various activities such as changing lures, adding bait, positioning bobbers, or wading with a staff.
US12075760B2
A feeding device for preventing displacement of feed during livestock feeding inside a livestock trailer is described. The device includes a wall bracket configured for connection of the device to an interior surface of the trailer and a net frame having a net connected thereto. The net frame is connected to the wall bracket and pivotable from an elevated open position permitting the feed to be placed on a substantially flat manger surface of the trailer to a substantially horizontal closed position where the net covers the feed on the manger surface and permits the livestock feeding to occur through the net while the net prevents the displacement of the feed.
US12075758B2
A dog harness assembly comprising: a harness body adapted to be positioned on a chest portion of a dog, a pair of restraint loops coupled with the harness body and adapted to pass respectively under the left and right foreleg pits of the dog, each loop comprising a clasp adapted to be releasably fastened to a fastening arrangement provided in the harness body; a connector located in the harness body for engaging with a locking portion of a leash for allowing a user to exert a force for controlling movements of the dog wearing said harness when the harness is connected to the leash through said connector; a key or combination actuated locking arrangement coupled with said connector to provide a lockable connection between the leash and the harness wherein in a locked configuration the leash connector is prevented from being uncoupled from the connector; wherein the locking arrangement is coupled with said fastening arrangement such that in the locked configuration the clasps of the restraint loops engage with the locking portion of the leash to prevent the clasps from being released from the fastening arrangement and wherein in an unlocked configuration, each clasp only be released from the fastening arrangement after the leash connector has been uncoupled from the connector and by additionally actuating a clasp release mechanism provided on said harness body.
US12075755B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for implementing a Lubricated Pet Nail Grinder (LPNG). One embodiment takes the form of a LPNG that includes a housing handle, a support portion affixed on a top portion of the housing handle and a through hole extending vertically through the top portion of the housing handle and the bottom portion of the housing handle, a hose extending through the through hole of the housing handle, wherein the hose comprises a connector affixed to a first end of the hose extending through the bottom portion of the housing handle and an actuator affixed to a second end of the hose extending through the top portion of the housing handle, a lubricant, a lubricant source, a cylindrical roller axially mounted on the support portion of the housing handle, a motor mounted within the interior of the housing handle, a nail-pad separator affixed to a rear side of the support portion of the housing handle, and a shield affixed to a font side of the support portion of the housing handle.
US12075753B2
A bed for at least one animal is provided. The bed includes a strip of belting having a front end, a back end, and opposing sides, an animal bed having a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. A first fluid supply tube is in fluid connection with the first chamber, and a second fluid supply tube is in fluid connection with the second chamber, wherein the first and second chambers are fluidly isolated from one another. A method of preparing for use a bed for at least one animal is also provided. In addition, a system for using a bed for at least one animal is also provided.
US12075746B2
The present disclosure provides tobacco Nic1b locus and associated genes. Also provided are tobacco plants with altered total alkaloid and nicotine levels and commercially acceptable leaf grade, their development via breeding or transgenic approaches, and production of tobacco products from these tobacco plants. Further provided are compositions and methods for producing tobacco plants having novel mutations or alleles to reduce nicotine levels. Further provided are sequence polymorphisms and molecular markers for breeding tobacco with reduced nicotine or alkaloids while maintaining tobacco leaf grade and tobacco product quality.
US12075741B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV515373. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV515373, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV515373 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV515373 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV515373.
US12075736B1
A tray for supporting floral arrangements has a base with a periphery, an interior section within the periphery, and an open section within the interior section. An exterior sidewall and an interior sidewall are respectively attached to and disposed around the base's periphery and interior section. The interior sidewall is spaced inwardly from the exterior sidewall and forms a channel between the interior sidewall and the exterior sidewall. An angled flange is attached to the exterior sidewall. A platform with a flat top and a curved perimeter is attached to the interior sidewall's distal end. The interior sidewall is tapered from its proximal end to its distal end and surrounds a hollow space within the interior section of the base. Multiple trays are stacked in a nesting arrangement with one tray's platform extending through another tray's open section into its hollow space.
US12075733B2
A fully automated irrigation system to irrigate regular and irregular shapes of land. The system includes a water delivery pipe assembly configured to travel linearly while irrigating adjacent to a stationary row of water main spaced access valves. The system includes an automated connector configured to supply water from the access valves to the water delivery pipe assembly. The connector includes a swing arm, a compensator, a valve coupler, a lift and a swinger. The swing arm facilitates positioning a coupler body above a next-up access valve and facilitates positioning the delivery pipe assembly. The compensator compensates for distance change between a coupled-to access valve and the delivery pipe assembly when the assembly travels. A coupler body resides at an outer end of the swing arm. The lift raises and lowers the swing arm to couple and uncouple respectively the coupler body along the row of access valves. The lift also holds the swing arm above the ground while the swinger swings the swing arm proximate to the next-up access valve for subsequent coupling the coupler body thereto.
US12075728B2
A locking mechanism for an agricultural header includes a rod that extends laterally along the header and a hook coupled to the rod. The rod is configured to rotate in a first direction to transition the locking mechanism to a first position and rotate in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to transition the locking mechanism to a second position. The hook is configured to engage an arm of the header. The arm is configured to support a cutter bar assembly of the header and is configured to rotate about a pivot joint relative to a frame of the header. The rod is configured to rotate in the first direction to engage the hook with the arm to block rotation of the respective arm, and the rod is configured to rotate in the second direction to disengage the hook from the respective arm to enable rotation of the arm.
US12075724B2
One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.
US12075719B2
A reversible seed trench appurtenance for a row unit of an agricultural planter. The seed trench appurtenance includes an upper portion and a trailing portion. The upper portion is received within a mounting bracket attached to the row unit of the planter. The seed trench appurtenance is movable between a normal operating position in which the trailing portion extends into the seed trench. When the row unit is reversed in a direction opposite the forward direction of travel, the seed trench appurtenance moves from the normal operating position to a reversing position in which the trailing portion is vertically above the normal operating position thereby avoiding damage to the seed trench appurtenance and the mounting bracket.
US12075716B2
A rotary tillage, sowing, ditching and pressing compound operation machine includes a fertilization and sowing device, an intermediate rotary tillage and ditching device, a frame, a liftable ditcher, and a multi-stage press wheel device. The multi-stage press wheel device includes a front press wheel and a rear press wheel. The front press wheel includes a front press roller shaft, front press rollers, and connecting rods. The rear press wheel includes a connecting plate, a rear press roller shaft, and a rear press roller. A first end of the connecting plate is connected to the rear press roller shaft by a support, and the connecting plate is connected to the frame in a manner of a sliding pair. The rear press roller is mounted on the rear press roller shaft in a manner of a revolving pair, and the rear press roller is located behind the liftable ditcher.
US12082508B2
Disclosed is a memory device including a lower electrode, a seed layer, a synthetic antiferromagnetic layer, a magnetic tunnel junction, and an upper electrode laminated on a substrate, wherein the magnetic tunnel junction includes a pinned layer, a tunnel barrier layer, and free layers, wherein the free layers include a first free layer, a spacer layer, a coupling layer, a buffer layer, and a second free layer laminated in sequential order.
US12082504B2
A composite substrate of the present disclosure is a composite substrate in which a piezoelectric substrate and a sapphire substrate are directly bonded, and a bonding surface of the sapphire substrate has a step bunch structure. A piezoelectric device of the present disclosure includes the composite substrate. A method for manufacturing a composite substrate includes the steps of: preparing a piezoelectric substrate and a sapphire substrate including a surface having a predetermined off-angle to a specific crystal plane, heat treating the sapphire substrate in an oxidizing atmosphere to form a step bunch on the surface of the sapphire substrate, and bonding the piezoelectric substrate and the surface of the sapphire substrate directly.
US12082501B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an organic compound, a preparation method thereof, and a display panel. The organic compound is represented by the following general formula: wherein a structure of the organic compound includes at least one of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, or Ar4, any one of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 includes any one or a combination of hydrogen, an isotope of hydrogen, an aromatic group, an arylamine group, a heteroarylamine group, and a fused ring group. In the embodiments of the present invention, by adding other electron-donating groups on the basis of a structure of phenazine acridine, organic compounds with high mobility are obtained.
US12082499B2
An organic compound has a structure as shown in Formula (I). The compound has a phosphorus-oxygen five-membered ring combined with a five-membered ring as an electron acceptor unit. The compound has a high luminous efficiency and a lower material cost than phosphorescent metal complexes. The compound can be built into a stack structure of organic optoelectronic device, such as OLED. The resultant organic optoelectronic device includes an anode, a cathode, and at least one organic thin film located between the anode and the cathode, the organic thin film contains the compound as shown in Formula (I).
US12082494B2
The present disclosure relates to an OLED that includes a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and a first emitting material layer including a first host, a second host and a first blue dopant and positioned between the first and second electrodes, wherein the first host is an anthracene derivative, and the second host is a deuterated anthracene derivative.
US12082481B2
A flexible display device and an electronic device are provided. The flexible display device includes: a flexible display panel; a plurality of functional members on a side of the flexible display panel, including a first functional member, a second functional member, and a third functional member; a back film on the other side of the flexible display panel; a supporting member on a side of the back film away from the flexible display panel; and a plurality of adhesive layers, including a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, a third adhesive layer, a fourth adhesive, and a fifth adhesive layer. The third functional member includes a touch module including a touch substrate, a sensor layer, and an adhesive material layer between the sensor layer and the touch substrate, the modulus of the adhesive material layer is not less than the modulus of each of five adhesive layers.
US12082453B2
A display device may include a substrate including a display area, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a via layer disposed on the thin film transistor, where a via hole is defined through the via layer to expose a part of the thin film transistor, a lower electrode disposed on the via layer, a pixel defining layer disposed on the via layer, where a step structure is defined in the pixel defining layer to overlap the via hole, and a transmission preventing pattern disposed on the pixel defining layer and overlapping the via hole.
US12082452B2
A display apparatus includes a display area including pixels; a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a first planarization layer located in the display area and the non-display area; a second planarization layer on the first planarization layer; an organic insulating layer on the second planarization layer; a first dam on the first planarization layer, including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer, and surrounding the display area; a second dam disposed outside the first dam, including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer, and surrounding the first dam; and a monitoring bank disposed between the display area and the first dam and including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer. A thickness of the second planarization layer included in the monitoring bank is less than a thickness of the second planarization layer included in the first dam.
US12082451B2
A display device includes a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area are defined, a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the base substrate, a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and including an oxide, and a first gate insulating layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, wherein the material of the first interlayer insulating layer and the material of the second interlayer insulating layer are different from each other. Methods of manufacturing a display device are also disclosed.
US12082449B2
A separation wall is provided in a frame shape along a circumferential edge of a through-hole in a non-display region, in which the through-hole is formed, defined in an island shape inside a display region. The separation wall includes a wall base portion provided in a frame shape by a part of a second interlayer insulating film and a resin layer provided in an eave shape on the wall base portion to extend to a through-hole side and a display region side. Opening portions opening upward are provided on peripheries of the wall base portion on the through-hole side and the display region side in the second interlayer insulating film.
US12082446B2
A display apparatus having improved reliability and preventing or reducing damage to an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus by arranging a protective layer on an opposite electrode during a photo-patterning process, are provided. The display apparatus includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer on the pixel electrode, the pixel defining layer having a first opening that exposes a center of the pixel electrode; an auxiliary electrode on the pixel defining layer; an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode; an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode with the intermediate layer therebetween; a first protective layer on the opposite electrode; and a contact electrode on the first protective layer, the contact electrode electrically contacting the auxiliary electrode and the opposite electrode.
US12082445B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a display panel. First, the method includes sequentially preparing an anode layer and a first pixel define layer on a side of a substrate layer, then coating an organic light-induced material on a first surface, distal from the anode layer, of the first pixel define layer, and forming a polymer film layer by reacting the first pixel define layer with the organic light-induced material under a predetermined condition, and then preparing an organic functional layer and a cathode layer on a surface, distal from the first pixel define layer, of the organic light-induced material. The organic light-induced material at least contains a hydroxyl group and an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond.
US12082436B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, including: a base substrate, which includes a display region and a driving region arranged on at least one side of the display region; a first electrode layer disposed in the display region; a signal output part disposed in the driving region, the first electrode layer is electrically coupled to the signal output part, the first electrode layer comprises a plurality of electrode regions each having a same area; and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, which are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of electrode regions and configured to be coupled in parallel with the first electrode layer, a resistance of each auxiliary electrode is inversely correlated with a minimum distance from the electrode region corresponding to said each auxiliary electrode to the signal output part. The present disclosure further provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device.
US12082432B2
The present disclosure provides a quantum dot light-emitting device, a preparing method and a display device. The quantum dot light-emitting device includes an anode, a hole transport layer, a quantum dot light-emitting layer, an electron transport layer and a cathode laminated one on another. The quantum dot light-emitting layer includes heterodimer quantum dots, the heterodimer quantum dots include first quantum dots carrying a positive charge and second quantum dots carrying a negative charge, and each first quantum dot and each second quantum dot have a same energy gap and different positions of conduction band and valence band.
US12082431B2
A display device includes a pixel; and a first color conversion region, a second color conversion region, and a third color conversion region respectively overlapping a first color pixel, a second color pixel, and a third color pixel and spaced from each other. The third color conversion region is aligned with a region between the first color conversion region and the second color conversion region in a first direction, and the first color conversion region and the second color conversion region are aligned with each other in a second direction crossing the first direction. Part of the first color conversion region is disposed in a second pixel area that is adjacent to the first pixel area in the second direction, and part of the second color conversion region is positioned in a third pixel area that is adjacent to the first pixel area in the second direction.
US12082429B2
A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having a long lifetime is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having low driving voltage is provided. A light-emitting device including an EL layer including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side is provided. The first layer includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer includes a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the second organic compound is from −5.7 eV to −5.4 eV. The HOMO level of the seventh organic compound is −6.0 eV or higher.
US12082424B2
Methods, systems, and devices for access line formation for a memory array are described. The techniques described herein may be used to fabricate access lines for one or more decks of a memory array. In some examples, one or more access lines of a deck may be formed using an independent processing step. For example, different fabrication processes may be used to form a plurality of access lines in a deck and to form the pillars (e.g., the memory cells) that are coupled with the access lines. In some examples, an offset between the access lines and the pillars may exist due to the components being fabricated in different processing steps.
US12082421B2
A semiconductor device includes a bottom electrode, a top electrode, a sidewall spacer, and a data storage element. The sidewall spacer is disposed aside the top electrode. The data storage element is located between the bottom electrode and the top electrode, and includes a ferroelectric material. The data storage element has a peripheral region which is disposed beneath the sidewall spacer and which has at least 60% of ferroelectric phase. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device and a method for transforming a non-ferroelectric phase of a ferroelectric material to a ferroelectric phase are also disclosed.
US12082420B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a substrate, a gate structure disposed over the substrate, a dielectric structure disposed to contact a sidewall surface of the gate structure over the substrate, and a channel layer disposed on a sidewall surface of the dielectric structure over the substrate. The gate structure includes a gate electrode layer and an interlayer insulation structure which are alternately stacked. The interlayer insulation structure includes a metal-organic framework layer.
US12082418B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes: a stacked structure including a plurality of first layers stacked with a second layer therebetween above a substrate having a memory region in which a plurality of memory cells are arranged and an outer edge portion surrounding the memory region, the stacked structure having a stepped portion at which ends of the first layers form a stepped shape at an end of the stacked structure in a first direction within the memory region, wherein at least some of the first layers among the plurality of first layers extend, along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, from above the outer edge portion at a first end side of the substrate through above the memory region over the substrate to above the outer edge portion at a second end side of the substrate.
US12082416B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a stack of alternating insulative levels and conductive levels. A pillar of channel material extends through the stack. The conductive levels have terminal regions adjacent the pillar. Charge-storage-material-segments are adjacent the conductive levels of the stack, and are between the channel material and the terminal regions. Tunneling material is between the charge-storage-material-segments and the channel material. Charge-blocking-material is between the charge-storage-material-segments and the terminal regions. Ribbons of dielectric material extend vertically across the insulative levels and are laterally inset relative to the terminal regions. The ribbons have first regions adjacent the conductive levels and have second regions between the first regions, with the second regions being laterally inset relative to the first regions. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US12082415B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower stack structure on the substrate and including lower gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, an upper stack structure on the lower stack structure and including upper gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, a lower channel structure penetrating through the lower stack structure and including a lower channel layer, and a lower channel insulating layer on the lower channel layer the lower channel insulating layer surrounding a lower slit, and an upper channel structure penetrating through the upper stack structure and including an upper channel layer and an upper channel insulating layer on the upper channel layer, the upper channel insulating layer surrounding an upper slit. A width of the lower slit is greater than a width of the upper slit, and a thickness of the lower channel insulating layer is greater than a thickness of the upper channel insulating layer.
US12082412B2
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell array region and a connection region, an electrode structure including electrodes vertically stacked on the substrate, the electrodes including pad portions on the connection region, respectively, and the pad portions of the electrodes being stacked in a staircase structure, first vertical structures penetrating the electrode structure on the cell array region, and second vertical structures penetrating the electrode structure on the connection region, each of the second vertical structures including first parts spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and at least one second part connecting the first parts to each other, the at least one second part penetrating sidewalls of the pad portions, respectively.
US12082410B2
Disclosed are semiconductor memory devices and methods of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory device comprises a first semiconductor pattern that is on a substrate and that includes a first end and a second end that face each other, a first conductive line that is adjacent to a lateral surface of the first semiconductor pattern between the first and second ends and that is perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, a second conductive line that is in contact with the first end of the first semiconductor pattern, is spaced part from the first conductive line, and is parallel to the top surface of the substrate, and a data storage pattern in contact with the second end of the first semiconductor pattern. The first conductive line has a protrusion that protrudes adjacent to the lateral surface of the first semiconductor pattern.
US12082399B2
In certain aspects, a memory device includes an array of memory cells, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of slit structures. Each memory cell includes a vertical transistor, and a storage unit coupled to the vertical transistor. The array of memory cells is arranged in rows in a first direction and columns in a second direction. Two adjacent rows of the memory cells are staggered with one another, and two adjacent columns of the memory cells are staggered with one another in a plan view. Each word line extends in the second direction. Each slit structure extends in the second direction and separating two adjacent word lines of the plurality of word lines in the first direction.
US12082398B2
A method of forming a capacitor structure includes following operations. A first electrode is formed. A hafnium-zirconium oxide (HZO) layer is formed over the first electrode under a first temperature. An interface dielectric layer is formed over the HZO layer under a second temperature greater than the first temperature. A second electrode is formed over the interface dielectric layer. The HZO layer and the interface dielectric layer are annealed.
US12082397B2
The embodiments of the present application belong to the technical field of semiconductor manufacturing, and relate to a semiconductor structure manufacturing method and a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure manufacturing method includes: the substrate is provided with a plurality of active area structures and a plurality of first hole structures arranged at intervals, first bonding pad structures are formed in the first hole structures, and the first bonding pad structures are electrically connected to the active area structures; and second bonding pad structures are formed on the first bonding pad structures, and the second bonding pad structures are connected to the first bonding pad structures, and connected to a capacitor structure.
US12082392B2
A semiconductor structure includes a conductive structure. A method for preparing the conductive structure includes: forming a semiconductor conductive layer; forming a nitrile or isonitrile transition layer on the semiconductor conductive layer; and forming a metal conductive layer on the nitrile or isonitrile transition layer.
US12082379B2
An arrangement of ducted exhaust equipment enclosures includes a row of electronic equipment enclosures and a vertical wall rising from, and extending along, the tops of the electronic equipment enclosures. Each enclosure includes a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and cross members, and a plurality of panels, including a top panel, at least partially enclosing the frame structure and defining a single compartment for mounting an electronic component. The top panel and upper portions of the frame structure form a top of the electronic equipment enclosure, the electronic equipment enclosure top having a rectangular opening therein and also an outer perimeter. The rectangular opening has a front bound, a rear bound, and two side bounds, and has a side-to-side width that is at least 75% of a side-to-side width of the electronic equipment enclosure top perimeter. The vertical wall is formed by a row of air duct panels, each extending upward from a respective electronic equipment enclosure top and forming part of an air duct. The side-to-side width of a lower section of each air duct panel is substantially the same as the side-to-side width of the rectangular opening in the respective electronic equipment enclosure top, an the lower section of each air duct panel is disposed immediately adjacent, and aligned with, the rear bound of the opening in the respective electronic equipment enclosure top such that an interior of the air duct is in direct and unobstructed fluid communication with an interior of the single compartment.
US12082360B2
A controller for an e-machine of a turbomachine including a support structure, a printed circuit board, and a fastener arrangement that retains the printed circuit board on the support structure, the fastener arrangement including a resilient member that resiliently biases the printed circuit board towards the support structure.
US12082356B2
The present disclosure relates to a rollable display device comprising: a roller; a display part on which the roller rolls and which comprises a display panel and a module cover adjoining and facing the display panel; a supporter fixed to an end portion of the display part; a link assembly comprising an upper link rotatably mounted on the supporter and a lower link connected to the upper link through a joint; and a motor assembly for rotating the lower link; wherein the module cover comprises a first skin and a second skin facing the first skin and having a buckling stress greater than that of the first skin, and the module cover is joined to the display panel so that the second skin thereof faces the display panel.
US12082354B2
Various embodiments of an electronic package and implantable medical device are disclosed. The electronic package includes a nonconductive substrate having a first major surface, a second major surface, and an opening disposed through the substrate between the first major surface and the second major surface. The package also includes a conductive layer hermetically sealed to the first major surface of the substrate and over the opening; a conductor block disposed in the opening and extending beyond the second major surface of the substrate, where the conductor block is electrically connected to the conductive layer; and an electronic device disposed adjacent to the first major surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. The package also includes a nonconductive cover disposed over the electronic device and the nonconductive substrate and hermetically sealed to the substrate, where the electronic device is disposed within a cavity of the cover.
US12082353B2
The present application provides a splicing display device, which comprises a box body, a bracket, a plurality of display panels, a plurality of panel fixing members, and a plurality of bracket fixing members. The bracket is detachably disposed on the box body. The plurality of display panels are detachably disposed on the bracket. The plurality of panel fixing members fix the display panel and the bracket. The plurality of bracket fixing members fix the bracket and the box body.
US12082343B2
A display device includes a display panel in a wraparound form. The display panel includes two wraparound edges opposite to each other and surrounding a surrounding axis, two non-wraparound edges opposite to each other, a display surface, and a back surface opposite to the display surface, wherein the two wraparound edges and the two non-wraparound edges surround the display surface and the back surface. A first flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the display panel and contacts the back surface of the display panel.
US12082340B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes receiving terminals on a surface of a substrate to receive first signals and transmitting terminals on the surface of the substrate to transmit second signals. The transmitting terminals are symmetrically positioned on the surface of the substrate with respect to the receiving terminals at a substantially 90 degree rotation about a rotation center position. The ordering of the transmitting terminals along the surface of the substrate from the rotation center position matches the ordering of the receiving terminals along the surface of the substrate from the rotation center position.
US12082339B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, a first circuit board on which the image sensor is mounted, a second circuit board facing the first circuit board, a flexible board that electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and a fan. The image sensor moves within a movable range of the image sensor in a direction different from an optical axis direction. The flexible board includes a bent portion that is located closest to a side of the flexible board connected to the first circuit board. The flexible board is bent in an area overlapping the movable range of the image sensor in the optical axis direction. As viewed from the optical axis direction, an inner surface of the bent portion is disposed to be outside a range of a blowing direction of an airflow discharged from a vent of the fan.
US12082338B2
A printed wiring board includes a resin insulating layer, pads formed on the resin insulating layer, an uppermost resin insulating layer formed on the resin insulating layer such that the uppermost resin insulating layer is covering the pads and has openings exposing the pads, respectively, via conductors formed in the uppermost resin insulating layer such that the via conductors are formed on the pads exposed from the openings in the uppermost resin insulating layer, respectively, and metal posts formed on the via conductors such that each of the metal posts has a portion on a surface of the uppermost resin insulating layer around the via conductors and a side surface having a flared bottom extending toward the uppermost resin insulating layer.
US12082335B2
Superconducting flex circuit boards having metal structures for improved interfacing characteristics
A flex circuit board can be used in transmitting signals in a quantum computing system. The flex circuit board can include at least one dielectric layer and at least one superconducting layer disposed on a surface of the at least one dielectric layer. The at least one superconducting layer can include a superconducting material. The superconducting material can be superconducting at a temperature less than about 3 kelvin. The flex circuit board can have at least one metal structure electroplated onto the at least one superconducting layer.
US12082330B2
An electronic device capable of discharging static electricity is disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing, an antenna arrangement region, and an electrostatic discharge guide. The antenna arrangement region is disposed inside the housing. The electrostatic discharge guide includes a first conductive region, a second conductive region, a non-conductive region, and a discharging unit. The first conductive region is disposed on an inner surface of the housing, and the antenna arrangement region is disposed in the first conductive region. The second conductive region is disposed on the inner surface of the housing. The discharging unit is located in the first conductive region and has a tip, the tip extends toward the second conductive region to cause a spacing between the tip and the second conductive region to be less than or equal to a width of the non-conductive region.
US12082303B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure provides a method and apparatus which enable a device change when two devices supporting device change methods having different versions attempt a device change.
US12082299B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, via a subscription of the UE to a network node, a UE assistance information (UAI) that indicates a reduction to one uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layer for the subscription. The UE may transmit, via the subscription to the network node, an uplink transmission using one uplink MIMO layer on one transmit (Tx) chain of the UE based at least in part on the UAI and a timer associated with the UAI. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12082296B2
A network management system (NMS) is configured to control roaming in a wireless network using a variable mobility threshold. For a first wireless device associated with a current location, the NMS obtains at least one performance metric of a first wireless signal received by the first wireless device at the current location from a first AP of a plurality of APs, compares the at least one parameter of the first wireless signal to at least one performance metric of a second wireless signal received by at least one other wireless device at the current location from a second AP of the plurality of APs, and triggers a roaming operation of the first wireless device from the first AP to the second AP if the comparison satisfies a mobility threshold that varies based on the at least one performance metric of the first wireless signal.
US12082278B2
Systems and methods for remotely controlling a surgical instrument of console-based surgical systems
A surgical system and a method of operating a surgical system are disclosed herein. The surgical system includes a foot-operable control device and a dongle. The foot-operable control device includes a first communication device and a radio frequency (RF) reader and communicates with a surgical console to remotely control a surgical device. The dongle includes a second communication device and an RF device and physically couples to a connection port of the surgical console to be powered through the connection port. The RF reader is configured to receive pairing information from the RF device in response to the RF device being within a threshold proximity of the RF reader. The first and second communication devices are configured to wirelessly connect based on the pairing information to thereby enable the foot-operable control device to wirelessly communicate with the surgical console to remotely control the surgical device.
US12082277B2
A method and apparatus for allocation of lower identifier (ID) and upper identifier (ID) for sidelink transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A first wireless device (e.g., receiving user equipment (UE)) receives, via upper layer signaling from a second wireless device (e.g., transmitting UE), a lower ID associated with an upper ID and monitors sidelink control information (SCI) based on the lower ID and the upper ID. The first wireless device receives, from the second wireless device, a data unit scheduled by the SCI.
US12082274B2
For establishing network connections via a trusted gateway function, a method includes relaying a first set of messages of a first type between a remote unit and a mobile communication network via a non-3GPP access network, sending a connection setup request to the remote unit via the non-3GPP access network, and relaying subsequent messages of the first type between the remote unit and the mobile communication network via the non-3GPP access, where the first set of messages are encapsulated with a first encapsulation protocol and where the first set of messages initiate a registration procedure to the mobile communication network, where the connection request setup contains information for activating a second encapsulation protocol, where the subsequent messages are encapsulated with the second encapsulation protocol, and where the subsequent messages complete the registration procedure.
US12082268B2
A resource processing method and a resource processing device are provided. The method includes: configuring at least one downlink resource in addition to a cell-specific resource configuration; and/or configuring at least one uplink resource.
US12082266B2
A random access method in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are provided. A method for performing two-step random access in user equipment (UE) includes transmitting a first message to a base station (BS), the first message including a medium access control (MAC) packet data unit (PDU) that includes a common control channel (CCCH) service data unit (SDU) or a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), and a random access preamble, monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a second message from the BS within a configured time window, the second message corresponding to the first message, and determining whether the two-step random access is successful based on a result of the monitoring.
US12082264B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) for control resource set (CORESET) configuration in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), system information, determining whether the system information includes a random access channel (RACH) CORESET configuration, determining a CORSET to use for transmitting data based on whether the RACH CORESET configuration is included in the system information, and receiving, from the BS, the data based on the determined CORESET over an RACH.
US12082261B2
A wireless communication method includes transmitting, by a first communication node, a first type of random access preamble, monitoring, by the first communication node, a link recovery confirmation information, performing, by the first communication node, after meeting a first type of condition, and the first type of condition includes detecting the link recovery confirmation information, an operation including performing a transmission on an outbound channel to a second communication node using a spatial filter determined by the first type of random access preamble.
US12082260B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a method may include selecting, by a user equipment, at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention based random access resource and at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention free random access resource. The method may further include detecting, by the user equipment, a predetermined number of listen before talk failures associated with one or more of the at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention free random access resource. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, in response to detecting a predetermined number of listen before talk failures, according to the selected at least one random access occasion associated with at least one contention based random access resource.
US12082256B2
A user terminal includes a receiving section that receives a signal in initial access or random access, and a control section that determines, based on reception of the signal, a specific signal quasi-co-located with a downlink control channel in a specific control resource set associated with a random access search space. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, monitoring of the downlink control channel can be appropriately controlled.
US12082255B2
Disclosed is a method of managing random access of a User Equipment, UE, in a telecommunication network, comprising the steps of: the UE receiving, from a Base Station, BS, information regarding a response delay interval; the UE transmitting a preamble to a BS; the UE entering a power-saving mode for the duration of the response delay interval, before monitoring for a response from the BS to the preamble.
US12082245B2
A method of wireless communication includes selecting, based on a field in a message received by a wireless device, an access procedure mode for accessing a wireless network upon occurrence of a condition and performing, by the wireless device upon occurrence of the condition, the access procedure according to the access procedure mode for accessing the wireless network. In some embodiments, the disclosed techniques may be used to improve the performance of a wireless network by reducing number of listen-before-talk attempts that devices have to make before successfully accessing the wireless network.
US12082238B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, a security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of a terminal of a communication system comprises: receiving, from a base station, first downlink control information (DCI) including first priority information; receiving, from the base station, second DCI including second priority information; checking whether a first uplink transmission resource, associated with the first DCI, and a second uplink transmission resource, associated with second DCI, overlap on a time axis; and if the first uplink transmission resource and the second uplink transmission resource overlap on the time axis, carrying out uplink transmission for the higher priority information on the basis of the first priority information and the second priority information.
US12082226B2
A wireless device receives power control parameters of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a bandwidth part of a cell. The power control parameters indicate first power values and second power values, and each power value of the first power values and the second power values is associated with a respective index. A downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transmission via the PUSCH is received. Based on the DCI, one of the first power values and the second power values is determined as determined power values for transmission of a transport block. The transport block is transmitted, via the PUSCH, with a transmission power based on a power value with a lowest index among indexes associated with the determined power values.
US12082224B2
The present invention relates to a method of transmitting buffer status report (BSR) by a node in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: transmitting, to a parent node, a first BSR with starting a timer before receiving data from a child node; triggering a second BSR based on receiving the data from the child node; and based on the data not being transmitted to the parent node until expiration of the timer, transmitting, to the parent node, a scheduling request (SR) for transmission of the second BSR, wherein, based on the data being transmitted to the parent node before the expiration of the timer, the timer is stopped and the second BSR is canceled.
US12082218B2
Techniques disclosed herein efficiently address prioritization by a UE regarding its reception behavior with respect to a configured downlink transmission that is overlapped by a dynamic assignment and/or the dynamic downlink transmission scheduled via the dynamic assignment. In at least one embodiment having applicability to operation of the UE in a communication network based on the 5G NR specifications, the techniques disclosed herein provide for predictable behavior by the UE as to when the UE prioritizes a configured Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) versus another PDSCH. Correspondingly, a radio network node may exploit the predictable behavior of the UE to override a configured PDSCH in favor of a dynamic PDSCH, by transmitting the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that schedules the dynamic PDSCH so that a timing relationship between the PDCCH and the configured PDSCH is satisfied.
US12082217B2
Methods and apparatus are described for a User Equipment (UE) with reduced processing capabilities (e.g., Machine Type Communication (MTC) UE) to transmit and receive signaling are provided. The Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats scheduling a transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) or a reception of a Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) are designed and have a smaller size than respective DCI formats for conventional UEs. DCI formats scheduling PUSCHs to or PDSCHs for a group of MTC UEs are also designed and can have a same size as DCI formats scheduling PUSCH or PDSCH for an individual MTC UE.
US12082211B2
A wireless communication method, a terminal device and a network device, the method includes: a terminal device determines, according to first information, whether to retransmit deprioritized data on a configured grant resource and/or determines a target resource location for retransmitting the deprioritized data, where the first information includes at least one of the following: a running state of a configured grant timer; a configured grant resource location after the configured grant timer is started; whether the deprioritized data is scheduled during a first time period after the configured grant timer is started; whether the deprioritized data is transmitted during a second time period after the configured grant timer is started; whether the deprioritized data is cleared during a third time period after the configured grant timer is started.
US12082208B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some examples, a base station may transmit, to a secondary user equipment (UE), a first grant to conditionally transmit one or more data messages over a first set of resources upon completion of a detection procedure. The detection procedure may include monitoring a second set of resources for over-the-air (OTA) signals transmitted by a primary UE pursuant to a second grant, where the first set of resources at least partially overlaps the second set of resources. The UE may monitor for the OTA signals from the primary UE, determine that one or more conditions for transmission of the one or more data messages have been satisfied, and transmit the one or more data messages over the first set of resources.
US12082207B2
Different sidelink resource configurations and allocation schemes may be controlled by an interface, such as the Uu interface. The radio resource control configurations may include dynamic assignment of broadcast sidelink transmission, unicast sidelink transmission, or group sidelink transmission. There may be radio resource control configured static resource allocation for broadcast sidelink transmission, unicast sidelink transmission, or group sidelink transmission.
US12082205B2
Disclosed are a feedback resource allocation method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program. The method includes: receiving feedback resource configuration information sent by a network side, wherein the feedback resource configuration information is used for allocating feedback resources, and the allocation of the feedback resources is limited by feedback multiplexing granularity or feedback timing granularity, wherein the feedback multiplexing granularity represents a time-domain range of a multiplexing window for feedback information. The time-domain range is: a time slot, a half time slot, and N symbols, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; the feedback timing granularity is one of the following: the time slot, the half time slot, and N symbols, and N is the integer greater than or equal to 1.
US12082202B1
Provided is a method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a signal in a wireless communication system. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, the method may involve determining a maximum data rate a terminal is able to support, comparing the maximum data rate with an actual data rate determined from scheduling information, and transmitting a signal according to the scheduling information based on a result of the comparing.
US12082199B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may transmit semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) messages to a set of user equipments (UEs) using respective resources corresponding to each UE. The base station may receive, from each of a subset of UEs from the set of UEs, a negative acknowledgement (NACK) message associated with the SPS messages. The base station may transmit a group downlink control message including information associated with a downlink resource configuration for retransmission of the respective SPS messages to the subset of UEs. The base station may retransmit SPS messages to each of the subset of UEs using the downlink resource configuration.
US12082195B2
A radio terminal can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell of a first radio station and a second cell of a second radio station. The first radio station performs, with the radio terminal, radio resource control for the first cell and the second cell in order to perform the carrier aggregation. Further, the first radio station transmits, to the second radio station, update information regarding an update to a configuration related to the radio resource control for the second cell. It is thus, for example, possible to prevent or reduce data transmission/reception failures which would otherwise occur while a configuration of radio parameters or the like is being changed by a radio terminal in carrier aggregation of a plurality of cells served by different radio stations.
US12082192B2
A method and apparatus for selecting a resource for transmission may be performed by a WTRU. The method may comprise determining a priority of a data packet and determining a CBR of a resource pool. The WTRU may set a backoff counter to an initial backoff value, in accordance with at least one of the priority of the packet or the CBR. A CCA may be performed in a plurality of resource slots to determine whether the resource slots are available. The backoff counter may be decreased by the number of available resources in each slot. When the backoff counter reaches a threshold value, which may be set at 0, the resource for transmission may be randomly selected. The WTRU may then transmit data to another WTRU on the randomly selected resource.
US12082190B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting information, a base station and a terminal. The method includes: determining transmission configuration information of a transmission region based on a preset size of a data block after channel detection on an unlicensed spectrum succeeds, the transmission region bearing downlink data transmission; generating a scheduling instruction according to the transmission configuration information, and transmitting it to a target terminal; and performing the downlink data transmission according to the transmission configuration information based on the preset size of the data block. The method for transmitting the information provided by the present disclosure may effectively transmit information with an unlicensed spectrum resource, and improve the reliability of information transmission of the unlicensed spectrum.
US12082183B2
A method performed by an access node includes the reception of dynamic resource requirements from a core network (CN) to perform adaptive scheduling of uplink transmissions linked to downlink data exchanges between the access node and a user device. The method involves configuring uplink and downlink schedule adaptively to accommodate variations in network conditions and user device requirements. The method facilitates an agile response from the core network which corresponds to closed-loop control events while considering real-time feedback from multiple user devices simultaneously.
US12082180B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a cancellation indication, to drop one or more scheduled uplink communications associated with a first one or more scheduled uplink resources, in a group-common downlink control information message of a downlink control channel communication; identify, based at least in part on the cancellation indication, a second one or more scheduled uplink resources for a particular uplink communication; and transmit the particular uplink communication using the second one or more scheduled uplink resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12082179B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to information associated with a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) in a wireless communication network are provided. For example, a method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communications device may include transmitting, to a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), a request for information associated with the RIS and receiving, from the RIS, the information. Other features are also claimed and described.
US12082177B2
Methods and apparatus for providing quasi-licensed intra-cell spectrum reassignment. In one embodiment, the quasi-licensed spectrum utilizes 3.5 GHz CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) spectrum, and a “seamless” reassignment of wireless spectrum without disruption or loss of continuity to existing data sessions of the CBSD is provided via a pool of temporary RF carriers which act as substitutes for the currently allocated (granted) carriers. The served user devices (e.g., UEs) are instructed by the CBSD to migrate to a new “final” carrier via the substitutes, either directly or via one or more intermediary hops. In one variant, existing 3GPP signaling mechanisms between the UE and CBSD/eNodeB obviates any changes to extant UEs. Communications between the CBSD and its cognizant SAS/DP include new information objects which direct the CBSD to implement the handover functionality. In a further variant, inter-CBSD sector and frequency handovers are provided for using CBRS-plane and 3GPP signaling.
