US12103815B2
An image reading apparatus includes a stacking portion, a feeding unit, a reading unit, and a discharge portion provided below the stacking portion. The feeding unit feeds a sheet stacked on the stacking portion in a feeding direction. The reading unit reads an image on the fed sheet and the discharge portion discharges the read sheet. The stacking portion includes first and second support surfaces that support the sheet and first and second regulating units to regulate a position of the sheet in a widthwise direction using two opposing ends of the sheet. The second support surface is retractable from a predetermined section above the discharge portion. The first support surface includes a downstream support portion that supports the sheet on a downstream side of the predetermined section in the feeding direction. A part of the second regulating surface is positioned on the downstream support portion.
US12103810B1
An improved shaft safety pneumatic valve system in combination with a pneumatic expanding core shaft, is provided. The valve system provides a threaded air valve with a disk threadingly engaging the threaded air valve and a corresponding adapter fitted onto an air gun and adapted to engage the threaded air valve via the threaded disk. The threaded disk acts as a shroud about the air valve preventing an operator's finger from entering the bearing tube aperture to release air from the air valve.
US12103809B2
A scanner includes: a first transport roller pair that transports a material; a reader that reads the material; a second transport roller pair that transports the material; a transport motor; and a pressing section. The transport motor 50 rotates both the rollers of the first transport roller pair and both the rollers of the second transport roller pair. The pressing section can vary a first pressing force generated in the first transport roller pair and a second pressing force generated in the second transport roller pair. The pressing section varies the second pressing force in such a way that the second pressing force when the first transport roller pair transports the material but the second transport roller pair does not transport the material becomes lower than the second pressing force when neither the first transport roller pair nor the second transport roller pair transports the material.
US12103801B2
A raw material supply device for a separator of a secondary battery includes a conveyor for causing an end portion of the supplied raw material to move to an end portion of the existing raw material; and a bonding unit for bonding the end portion of the supplied raw material and the end portion of the existing raw material. The raw material supply device may automatically bond the existing raw material and the supplied raw material by using ultrasonic waves with respect to the raw material for the separator of the secondary battery in the form of a roll.
US12103799B2
Provided is a wound body formed by winding a long sheet. The wound body is supportable by a support shaft. The support shaft includes a cylindrical outer peripheral part that includes a first projection located at a proximal end and a second projection located at a distal end, and includes an inner peripheral part that includes a first recess part located at the one end and recessing outward in the radial direction and a second recess part located to extend from the one end to the other end and recessing outward in the radial direction. A recessing amount of the second recess part is smaller than that of the first recess part. The support shaft and the core body are integrally rotatable around the central axis by engagement of the first projection with the first recess part in a state where the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft. The circumferential position of the first projection around the central axis is aligned with the circumferential position of the first recess part around the central axis by engagement of the second projection with the second recess part when the core body is mounted on the outer periphery of the support shaft.
US12103798B2
A dispenser for dispensing plastic film for vehicle repair, the dispenser including: a first support adapted to rotatably support a roll of plastic film, and an aperture, wherein the plastic film can be pulled through the aperture from the roll and retracted through the aperture towards the roll.
US12103797B2
A reading apparatus to convey a document set on a document tray and to read an image of the conveyed document includes a control unit and a determining unit. The control unit performs lifting control for lifting the document tray in a case where a first condition is satisfied and performs lowering control for lowering the document tray in a case where a second condition is satisfied. The determining unit determines whether a predetermined period elapses after the lifting control of previous time is started. The control unit does not perform the lowering control even if the second condition is satisfied in a case where the determining unit determines that the predetermined period does not elapse.
US12103793B2
An unloading apparatus comprises a sensor interface, a gripping unit interface and a processor. A sensor interface acquires a photographed image from a sensor that photographs an image of a cargo group. A processor transmits, in a case of successfully recognizing each piece of cargo of a same-type cargo group, a first control signal to the gripping unit to perform unloading according to a first gripping method corresponding to the same-type cargo group, and transmits, in a case of failing to recognize each piece of cargo of the same-type cargo group, a second control signal to the gripping unit to perform unloading according to a second gripping method corresponding to a mixed-type cargo group including different types of cargo.
US12103789B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device pick-and-place system and an electronic device testing apparatus having the same, comprising a plurality of pick-and-place heads, a plurality of negative pressure generators and an air pressure regulating valve. Each pick-and-place head has a pick-and-place port; the plurality of negative pressure generators are communicated with the plurality of pick-and-place ports of the plurality of pick-and-place heads respectively; an inlet end of the air pressure regulating valve is communicated with an air pressure source, and an outlet end of the air pressure regulating valve is communicated with the plurality of negative pressure generators; the air pressure regulating valve can be used to adjust the suction forces of the pick-and-place ports of the pick-and-place heads in a batch. Accordingly, the suction forces and blowing forces of the pick-and-place ports of the pick-and-place heads can be adjusted in a batch.
US12103785B2
Provided an automatic feeding device for automotive wheel hub, comprising a separable material rack having material rack units capable of being stacked in turn, a first roller table for conveying the separable material rack containing the wheel hub to a second roller table, and a material rack separating device having a support frame and material rack inserting and taking devices; the second roller table, under which a lifting platform is mounted, is located at a first end of lower part of the material rack inserting and taking device; the material rack inserting and taking device splitting the separable material rack into units, and placing to a third roller table being arranged at a second end of the lower part thereof; a manipulator, for grasping and placing the wheel hub from the material rack unit to a fourth roller table being on a second side thereof.
US12103772B2
A wafer storage system includes a main rail, an overhead hoist transport (OHT) on the main rail, the OHT being configured to transfer at least one storage case with wafers, an interface port on at least one side of the main rail, an auxiliary rail on one side of the interface port, the auxiliary rail being parallel to the main rail, and the interface port being between the main rail and the auxiliary rail, an auxiliary transport on the auxiliary rail, the auxiliary transport being configured to move along the auxiliary rail and to move the at least one storage case, a storage shelf on at least one side of the auxiliary transport, the storage shelf being configured to store the at least one storage case, and a worktable on one side of the storage shelf, the storage shelf being between the worktable and the auxiliary transport.
US12103770B2
The present invention relates to a sorting robot and a sorting method. The sorting method is applicable to the foregoing sorting robot, where the sorting robot is configured to deliver specific goods to be sorted to a specific sorting position, and a sorting mechanism carrying the specific goods to be sorted corresponds to the specific sorting position. The sorting method includes: S130: the sorting mechanism receiving goods to be sorted; S140: the sorting mechanism being raised or lowered to a height corresponding to the sorting position under drive of a lifting mechanism; and S160: the sorting mechanism performing an action to deliver the goods to be sorted that is placed on the sorting mechanism to the corresponding sorting position.
US12103763B2
Various embodiments provide a shipping and display box. In example embodiments, a shipping and display box includes a bottom panel, the bottom panel comprising a distal end wall at a distal end of the bottom panel and a proximal end tab at a proximal end of the bottom panel. In embodiments, the shipping and display box further includes a first side wall adjacent to and at an approximate right angle to the bottom panel at a first crease line. The shipping and display box further includes a top panel adjacent to and at an approximate right angle to the first side wall at a second crease line, the top panel comprising a proximal end wall at a proximal end of the top panel and a distal end tab at a distal end of the top panel. In embodiments, the shipping and display box further includes a second side wall adjacent to and at an approximate right angle to the top panel at a third crease line. The bottom panel, first side wall, second side wall, top panel, and proximal end wall each comprise one or more perforations configured to enable removal of sections of each of the bottom panel, first side wall, second side wall, top panel, and proximal end wall for display of contents of the shipping and display box.
US12103758B2
A universal insulating beverage container cover device that expands to accommodate various sizes and shapes of beverage containers. The device is constructed of multiple panels of insulated material, such as stainless steel with double-wall vacuum insulation walls, that can expand and contract relative to each other depending on the size of the beverage container inserted into the container cover device. The bottom of the beverage container cover device also allows for expansion and contraction so that the size of the bottom of the drinking container can fit snuggly into the insulating beverage cover device as well.
US12103754B2
The present invention relates to a powder storage container formed by comprising: a storage part (10) in which a protein supplement is stored; an opening (20) which is open and connected to the top of the storage part and protrudes upward, and has a screw thread formed on the protruding outer circumferential surface thereof; a lid (30) for opening and closing the opening; a scoop (40) which is formed to be separate from the storage part (10) and is used when scooping the stored protein supplement; and an attaching part (50) which is formed between the upper end of the storage part (10) and the lower end of the opening (20) and enables the scoop (40) and the lid (30) to be attached thereto or detached therefrom and securely placed thereon, wherein the powder storage container of the present invention can improve the problems of uncleanliness in terms of hygiene and worry about loss, as the lid is not placed on the ground but securely placed on the exterior of the container, and the container has the significant effect of being more convenient to use, as an accurate amount by the spoonful can be scooped easily.
US12103752B2
A packaged product has a product surrounded by a vacuum skin package. The vacuum skin package has a support member and an implosion-resistant thermoplastic top web. The top web conforms with both the upper surface of the product, and an uncovered portion of the upper surface of the support member. The thermoplastic top web comprises an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer in an amount of from 55 wt % to 85 wt %, based on total weight of top web, and/or a blend of ethylene/α-olefin copolymer and cyclic olefin copolymer. Also disclosed is a vacuum skin package containing the implosion-resistant top web.
US12103750B2
A carrier and method of manufacture for a carrier that results in a package of containers includes a plastic sheet having an array of container apertures and a portion having a printed matte finish where the printed matte finish includes a lower coefficient of friction relative to a container than a remaining surface of the plastic sheet. A plurality of containers are each positioned within an aperture of the array so that the printed matte finish of the plastic sheet is positioned along an inner portion of the package and the remaining surface of the plastic sheet is positioned along an outer portion of the package.
US12103747B2
Packaging may include a base box and a lid having a tamper-evident seal. The tamper-evident seal may include a paper substrate having a first adhesive portion configured to attach to a side panel of the base box, a second adhesive portion configured to attach to a second side panel of the lid. The first and second adhesive portions may be disposed on opposing sides of the paper substrate, and a tab configured to be accessible on an exterior of a package when the tamper-evident seal is applied may be a part of the paper substrate. When the tab is pulled with sufficient force, the paper substrate tears such that the first adhesive portion and the second adhesive portion remain fixed to the first and second side panels, respectively, while the remainder of the paper substrate tears free so that the packaging may be opened.
US12103746B2
A beta container for an alpha-beta port system includes a sheath for receiving transport material and a flange part having a through opening for transferring the transport material from and/or into the sheath, a first interface for a reversible connection to an alpha connection of the port system, and a second interface for releasable attachment of a beta cover for closing the through opening. An edge of the sheath is connected with a first surface of a ring which encompasses a jacket surface of the flange part, the first surface and the jacket surface having different materials. An elastic bellows may be fastened to the flange part such that, in the relaxed state, it engages over the second interface and/or projects out of the through-opening on the side facing away from the sheath, and such that it can be compressed. At least one transponder for transmitting an identification may be arranged on the flange part.
US12103745B2
A package is provided to make it more resistant to access by individuals, such as small children, while remaining simple enough for an adult to open. A feature, such as a top gusset or a breachable flange or flap, can be provided to promote the child resistance attributes of the package.
US12103743B2
A product package includes a receiving space (1a), a covering film (7), an inner lining (6) and a body part (2) created out of a single blank. The body part (2) includes walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8), a bottom (3) and a rim portion (4) as well as a plurality of slots (5) for shaping the receiving space (1a). The rim portion (4) of the body part (2) is a continuous, seamless and planar portion formed out of the same said blank and interconnecting the walls (2a, 2b, 2c, 8) of the body part (2).
US12103740B2
Described herein are embodiments of systems and apparatuses that include a drinking vessel with a hygienic straw. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a container and a lid, where the lid is configured to engage an opening of a container to retain the liquid within the container. The lid may further include a drinking straw for use in extracting liquid from the container. The straw may be attached to the lid so that it can be covered, uncovered, and/or otherwise accessed without the need to physically touch the straw itself.
US12103738B2
One or more implementations of a thermoplastic bag with a grab zone of deformations including raised rib-like elements positioned in a high-touch area of the bag. For example, the thermoplastic bag includes a hem skirt non-continuously laminated to a sidewall by one or more raised rib-like elements. The grab zone regions of one or more raised-rib-like elements are located in visible and high-touch areas to provide visual and tactile cues of strength and durability. Moreover, the grab zone regions of one or more raised rib-like elements serve to distribute pull and lift forces across a wider area in order to avoid common failures in high-touch areas such as over stretching, punctures, tears, and rips.
US12103736B2
A container and accessory system comprising a bottom, at least one wall, and at least one accessory. The exterior of the wall is comprised of a plurality of holes. The accessory has a face and a peg which is configured to be insertable into the holes to allow the accessory to be removably attached to the container. This allows accessories to be attached to and removed from the container without disturbing the contents of the container.
US12103732B2
A folding box is provided. The folding box includes a bottom plate, a two side plates opposite to each other, a front plate, and a rear plate combined with one another. While in use, the above plates are expanded to form a box for mounting different objects. While not in use, the above plates are folded for storage. During expansion or folding of the folding box, touch fasteners are used to adhere and fix the respective plates tightly. Thereby overall weight of the folding box is lighter and the folding box is capable of being folded for minimizing storage space occupied while not in use. After being folded, the folding box is positioned precisely, unable to be expanded freely. Therefore, the folding box is more convenient to use.
US12103728B2
The present invention is a square bottle. In the square bottle, a body portion extending in a vertical direction is configured that a panel surface portion and a corner surface portion are disposed, a circumferential groove is formed at a center portion of the body portion in the vertical direction, a recessed portion for finger contact is disposed in a portion of the circumferential groove located on the panel surface portion, a horizontal stripe portion is provided at an upper end portion of an inner surface defining the circumferential groove, and a vertical stripe portion extending downward from the horizontal stripe portion is disposed.
US12103723B2
The present invention relates to a device for dispensing a single droplet of a fluid, for example a single droplet of an adhesive, onto the inside surface of a cap or onto the inside surface of a body of a capsule, this is useful for rendering a closed capsule with a telescopically engaged cap and body more tamperproof, or for fixing a cap or a body or both, which encloses a caplet or tablet or a part thereof, to the caplet or the tablet.
US12103721B2
A rotary filling machine for filling containers with bridgeable dry materials includes a turret supporting a plurality of circumferentially spaced drop buckets and a plurality of funnel assemblies located under the drop buckets. A stationary slide plate is located vertically between the funnel assemblies and the drop buckets. The slide plate is configured such that flow paths from the bottoms of the drop buckets to the inlet openings of the funnel assemblies increase progressively in at least a portion of a circumferential extent of the slide plate. Drop buckets are located above the slide plate and rotate with the turret. Each drop bucket is provided with one or more partitions that hinder the “snow-plowing of particles” along the edge of the associated fill opening in the machine's fill plate rather than the sweeping of those particles into the fill opening.
US12103720B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of sealing devices, for solving the technical problem that sealing and vacuumizing are incompatible when the sealing length of the bag is too long, and discloses a bag sealing machine, the machine head includes an upper bin, a roller for driving the bag to move and a heat generating module cooperating with the roller to seal the bag are arranged in the upper bin. An upper sealing ring is arranged at an outer side of a groove of the upper bin. A lower bin is arranged in the machine body, a vacuum hole is defined in the lower bin, and a lower sealing ring corresponding to the upper sealing ring is arranged at an outer side of a groove of the lower bin. A lifting mechanism for driving the lower bin to move up and down is provided in the machine body.
US12103718B1
A self-charging modular portable survival drone that recharges by natural elements is disclosed. The self-charging modular portable survival drone is capable of conventionally charging other devices, performing remote flight operations, and signaling for help. The natural elements include wind and water. The self-charging modular portable survival drone is configured to rapidly and repeatedly charge mobile battery units stored in ducted fan assemblies. The ducted fan assemblies can be used to charge personal electronic devices and power remote flight operations via modular drone. The self-charging modular portable survival drone can be used to signal for help using onboard high-output LEDs during SOS flight operations. The self-charging modular portable survival drone can further be used, during SOS flight operations, to broadcast current GPS coordinates over local search and rescue bands.
US12103714B2
The invention relates to a thermoplastic moulded part able to constitute a duct of an aerial vehicle or space vehicle, to a method of manufacturing same, and to this duct which comprises said part. For example, provided is a part according to the invention, which has an external surface (2) with symmetry of revolution at least in part, is such that the external surface comprises a multitude of integrally moulded depressions (6) which are connected to one another in pairs by crests (7), and that: each of the depressions has a largest transverse dimension D between the adjacently paired crests of between 3 mm and 10 mm, measured in a direction d perpendicular to the crests delimiting each depression, and each of the crests has an apex of transverse width L measured in said direction d, where L
US12103711B2
In a satellite constellation forming system, each satellite in an orbit satellite group includes a propulsion device to change velocity of each satellite in the orbit satellite group. A satellite constellation forming unit causes propulsion devices of satellites in the orbit satellite group to operate in synchronization, for each orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes. The satellite constellation forming unit causes each satellite in an orbit satellite group in a first orbital plane of the plurality of orbital planes to perform an acceleration and deceleration process of repeating operation of accelerating for a first time period and then decelerating for the first time period. The satellite constellation forming unit causes each satellite in an orbit satellite group in an orbital plane adjacent to the first orbital plane to start the acceleration and deceleration process after a delay of a second time period.
US12103702B2
An aircraft defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction is provided. The aircraft includes a fuselage; an engine mounted at a location spaced from the fuselage of the aircraft, the engine comprising rotor blades; and at least one fuselage shield removably coupled to the fuselage at a location in alignment with the rotor blades along the lateral direction.
US12103693B2
A power management system for an aircraft with a hybrid power source comprises a rechargeable electricity source and an electricity generating source, a detector determining status data of the elements of the aircraft power consumption electrical circuit, and power data relating to the instantaneous electrical power demanded by the aircraft and/or the charging status of the rechargeable electricity sources, an automaton receiving the power data from the detector and determining a control status for the power sources, an adapter determining a backup electrical configuration when the status data indicate a failure, a controller determining an electrical control for the rechargeable electrical source and the electrical generating source based on the instantaneous electrical power demanded, and a switch emitting commands to the switches of the aircraft power consumption electrical circuit to implement a nominal electrical configuration, or, a backup electrical configuration for the adapter in case of receipt thereof.
US12103690B2
Ice detection test apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some cases, ice detection and precautionary system shut-down event reduction systems and related methods are provided. The system utilizes a turbine engine ice detection apparatus that includes and engine pressure simulation device, an air moving device, and a first air pressure sensor associated with the engine pressure simulation device. The embodiment further includes an ice monitor controller that receives inputs from the first air pressure sensor and at least one second sensor located adjacent a turbine engine intake. The ice monitor controller performs comparisons of inputs from these sensors against each other and stored values to determine actual icing conditions then generate warnings on a display to an operator. The exemplary control section has multiple modes including manual, semi-manual and automatic.
US12103689B2
The invention relates to An aircraft on-board kitchen module (1) comprising at least one heater and/or cooler with at least one first compartment (2) for drinks and/or food and whose temperature can be conditioned by at least one thermoelectric element (5) having a first and a second heat exchanger (8, 9), one of the heat exchangers (8, 9) forming a cold side and the other heat exchanger (8, 9) forming a hot side of the thermoelectric element (5) such that heat generated by the thermoelectric element (5) is dissipated by a primary coolant from a central cooling system (11) of the aircraft, the primary coolant being supplied via a coolant duct (10) that is selectively supplied with ambient air from the cabin and/or conditioned cold air from the central cooling system (11) of the aircraft.
US12103685B2
Methods and systems to provide service levels for aircraft in-flight connectivity network systems based on service set identifiers (SSIDs) are disclosed. A disclosed method includes providing a first wireless access point having a first SSID; providing a second wireless access point having a second, different SSID; segregating users by providing instructions regarding which of the first and second SSIDs to use to access services; tagging first data received via the first SSID with a first differentiated services code point (DSCP) value; tagging second data received via the second SSID with a second, different DSCP value; and handling the first and second data with different service levels based upon the first and second DSCP values.
US12103681B2
An aerial monitoring system includes a base station having a controller and a user interface. The controller is configured to receive a first signal from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) indicative of a point cloud corresponding to a target object on a target agricultural tool. The controller is also configured to compare the point cloud to a model of the target object in a reference unworn state and to determine a state of wear of the target object based on the comparison. In addition, the controller is configured to determine an estimated cost to repair or replace the target object and/or a value of the target agricultural tool based on the state of wear of the target object. The controller is also configured to instruct the user interface to present the estimated cost to repair or replace the target object and/or the value of the target agricultural tool.
US12103671B2
An aerial vehicle has a passenger cabin for receiving at least one passenger, a load-bearing structure beneath the cabin, and a propulsion system including a number of propulsion units, which propel the aerial vehicle for powered flight and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The propulsion units are preferably carried by support arms attached to the load-bearing structure and extending upwards therefrom so as to support the propulsion units at a level above the cabin. The aerial vehicle is preferably reconfigurable to a compact configuration after landing, with at least some of the propulsion units overlapping the cabin and/or each other, while still allowing passenger transfer in and out of the vehicle, thereby facilitating efficient use of space for implementing a vertiport.
US12103664B2
An arrangement for influencing a liquid flow includes a first section selectively configurable to provide a vortex generator surface, the vortex generator surface comprising a series of laterally aligned projections, to induce vortices in the liquid flow.
US12103661B2
A propeller blade includes a first material and a second material. The first material includes fibers. The second material is different from the first material. The fibers are interspersed through the second material and the fibers are oriented in a same direction within the second material. The propeller blade is anisotropic and includes sections of the fibers.
US12103660B2
A table is incorporated into an aircraft staircase design. The table can be deployed when the stairs are stowed inside the aircraft cabin area. The table is upwardly biased such that when it is released from a locking mechanism the table flips up to horizontal.
US12103659B2
A track door system for an aircraft includes a door having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A first roller track and a second roller track are aligned adjacent one another on the first side of the door. A third roller track and a fourth roller track are aligned adjacent one another on the second side of the door. A first motion driver is configured to move the door along the first roller track and the second roller track. A second motion driver is configured to move the door along the third roller track and the fourth roller track. A drive unit is operatively coupled to the first motion driver and the second motion driver to provide electromechanical power for cooperatively moving the door forward to an open position or aft to a closed position.
US12103656B2
A self-adjusting variable pitch propeller included a central hub with an axial propeller centre line defining the rotational axis of the propeller. A plurality of blades extend radially from the hub. The hub exhibits a central bore arranged to receive a rotating drive shaft. Each blade is pivotally fixed to the hub and pivotal about a respective blade pivot axis which extends radially from the hub through the respective blade. Each blade exhibits a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side exhibiting a pressure side area and a suction side exhibiting a suction side area. The blades are mechanically interconnected to freely transfer pivotal movement of each blade to all other blades. The pivotal axis of each blade is positioned such that >50% of the suction side area and of the pressure side area is arranged between the trailing edge and the pivotal axis of the respective blade.
US12103652B2
An Axial Flux Propulsion System for an Electric Boat which includes interconnecting subsystems including a mounting system, a traction system, a transmission system, an electrical power distribution system, a control system, and a fluid management system among other boat systems. The traction system being an axial flux motor/generator.
US12103650B2
A cutting device to sever a cable or the like. The cutting device can be used to sever the cable or the like in relatively inaccessible locations, such as in the ocean. The cutting device can include one or more springs that can be loaded to facilitate the deployment of a cutting tool to sever the cable or the like. The cutting device can include a lever than can be rotated between a locked configuration impeding deployment of the cutting tool and an unlocked configuration permitting deployment of the cutting tool. A linkage can retain the lever in the locked configuration. The linkage can be compromised, permitting the movement of the lever into the unlocked configuration.
US12103648B2
A boat anchor monitoring system is disclosed and includes an anchor module operable to communicate with a base module. The anchor module includes a transmitter operable to transmit a signal containing a data payload on a set schedule. The base module on the boat is operable to determine if the signal strength exceeds, or is equal to a predetermined threshold value, in order to direct a status indicator to either display the anchor in a “Deployed” or “Not Deployed” position. The system may further include a time measurement component or water contact sensor that will direct the indicator to display the anchor in a deployed position if sufficient time has elapsed with no signal or the anchor module has contacted water. The system is also configured to prevent ignition if the anchor is determined to be deployed.
US12103647B2
A structure capable of suppressing load applied to a solar panel module due to thermal expansion and contraction of a float. Provided is a structure including a float, a solar panel module having a plate portion, and a supporting member fixed to the float and supporting the plate portion. The plate portion is supported to be movable relative to the supporting member, and a cushioning member is disposed between the supporting member and the plate portion.
US12103643B2
A modular, weight-shift controlled watercraft device is disclosed which includes: a modular board removably attachable to a power system. The power system includes a modular power supply system, and a modular propulsion system. The power supply system includes a housing including a battery. The propulsion system includes a modular strut, a modular propulsion pod, and a modular hydrofoil. In one embodiment, the power supply system is removably and mechanically attachable directly to the propulsion system.
US12103622B2
A vehicle safety system and method, having an attachment mechanism, a hinge, either a bend or a plurality of spacers, and a cover. The system comprises a hook and loop section which connects to a vehicle door as well as a hook and loop section which connects to the attachment mechanism.
US12103617B2
A vehicle control system controls a steer-by-wire type vehicle. The vehicle control system executes: reaction force control that applies a steering reaction force to a steering wheel; and driving assist control that assists driving of the vehicle. The reaction force control includes road information transmission control that applies a steering reaction force component corresponding to an oscillation caused by road surface unevenness to the steering wheel. The vehicle control system deactivates the road information transmission control when a deactivation condition is satisfied. The deactivation condition is that the driving assist control is in operation and a steering parameter reflecting a driver's steering intention is less than a threshold. As another example, the deactivation condition is that the driving assist control that vibrates the steering wheel for notifying the driver of a possibility of a lane departure is in operation.
US12103608B2
Disclosed embodiments include steering circuits utilizing a controllable cross-feed loop between left and right drive motor sides of an articulated power machine to reduce skidding caused by a turning operation in which an articulation actuator changes an articulation joint angle between a front frame member and a rear frame member of the power machine.
US12103601B2
A semi-trailer aerodynamic drag deflection assembly for reducing aerodynamic drag upon all surfaces of the semi-trailer includes a pair of interior walls positioned against a respective one of a pair of lateral surfaces of a semi-trailer. A plurality of vents is positioned from an inner surface to an outer surface of the interior wall. A pair of exterior walls is positioned against a respective one of the pair of interior walls. An outside surface of each of the exterior walls has a plurality of indents for deflecting wind An undercarriage has a pair of side walls with a storage being positioned between each of the side walls. Each of the side walls has a plurality of fins directing aerodynamic drag from the bottom surface of the semi-trailer into each of the vents of each of the interior walls. A pair of doors provides access to the storage of the undercarriage.
US12103597B2
A vehicle-mounted component attachment structure including a configuration member of a vehicle, a vehicle-mounted component, and a fixing member. The configuration member has plural recesses spaced apart from one another in a predetermined direction and formed in a fixing face that configures a part of a surface of the configuration member. The vehicle-mounted component includes plural protrusions corresponding to the plural recesses. The fixing member is configured such that one face of the fixing member is fixed to a location of the vehicle-mounted component positioned between the plural protrusions. Another face of the fixing member is spaced apart from the fixing face when the plural protrusions are contacting the fixing face, and the other face of the fixing member is fixed in a contact state to the fixing face when the plural protrusions have been positioned in the corresponding plural recesses.
US12103595B2
An embodiment front vehicle body structure of a vehicle including an underbody and an upper body coupled to the underbody is provided. The front vehicle body structure includes a dash crossmember coupled to an upper part of a front surface of a dash panel provided in a front part of the upper body along a vehicle width direction, a front tray panel coupled to an upper part of the dash crossmember along a vehicle body length direction, and a front cowl member coupled to a front part of the front tray panel along the vehicle width direction.
US12103589B2
An all-terrain vehicle and a body thereof are provided. The body includes: a vehicle frame and a seat frame. The vehicle frame includes a front part, a middle part, and a rear part, connected in sequence. The rear part is provided with a power compartment for accommodating a power train. The front part includes a lower mounting frame and an upper support frame, the lower mounting frame is connected to the middle part, and the upper support frame can be detachably connected to both the lower mounting frame and the middle part. The seat frame is detachably arranged in the middle part and defines, with a bottom of the middle part, a mounting space for a plurality of components.
US12103579B2
A working machine may include a battery box and a battery detachably attached to the battery box. The battery box may include a top cover, and a battery cover having a shape that covers the battery attached to the battery box and being pivotable about a pivot axis with respect to the top cover. When the battery box is viewed in a top plan view in an open state in which the battery cover is open, the battery cover and the top cover may at least partially overlap with each other. When the battery box is viewed in the top plan view in a closed state in which the battery cover is closed, the battery cover and the top cover may at least partially overlap with each other.
US12103574B1
A beach cart kit and method for transporting cargo over soft-sand may include a handle and a telescoping support member coupled to the handle. The telescoping support member allows the handle to move between several positions. A cargo deck may be coupled to the telescoping support member via a hinge. The hinge permits the telescoping support member with the handle to fold towards the cargo deck when an assembled beach cart is placed in a storage state. An axle may be coupled to the cargo deck for supporting two wheels. Each wheel is removable from the axle when the assembled beach cart is placed in the storage state. Each tire is inflated within a predetermined pressure range such that each tire rotates properly over soft-sand environments when supporting the cargo deck along with any cargo. The kit includes a tire inflation tool providing a predetermined circumference for each inflatable tire.
US12103573B2
A control system including one or more processors that may determine vehicle locations of one or more vehicles and states of charge of vehicle energy storage devices onboard the one or more vehicles. The control system may include an energy chassis having a fuel source holding a supply of fuel, an energy converter to convert at least a portion of the supply of the fuel from the fuel source into electric energy, and a communication device to communicate with the processors. The processors may direct which of the one or more vehicles are to couple with and be powered by the electric energy of the energy chassis based on one or more of: the vehicle locations, the states of charge of the vehicle energy storage devices, an amount of the supply of the fuel of the energy chassis, and a chassis location of the energy chassis.
US12103564B2
A method of generating an output trajectory of an ego vehicle includes recording trajectory data of the ego vehicle and pedestrian agents from a scene of a training environment of the ego vehicle. The method includes identifying at least one pedestrian agent from the pedestrian agents within the scene of the training environment of the ego vehicle causing a prediction-discrepancy by the ego vehicle greater than the pedestrian agents within the scene. The method includes updating parameters of a motion prediction model of the ego vehicle based on a magnitude of the prediction-discrepancy caused by the at least one pedestrian agent on the ego vehicle to form a trained, control-aware prediction objective model. The method includes selecting a vehicle control action of the ego vehicle in response to a predicted motion from the trained, control-aware prediction objective model regarding detected pedestrian agents within a traffic environment of the ego vehicle.
US12103562B2
An autonomous delivery box includes a first memory, a first processor coupled to the first memory, and a delivery box configured to house a package. The autonomous delivery box is configured to travel autonomously between a dispatch base from which the package is dispatched and a handover location at which the package is handed over. The first processor is configured to authenticate opening permission for a door of the delivery box, and to control whether or not the autonomous delivery box is permitted to travel such that the autonomous delivery box is not permitted to travel in a case in which a travel-permitting condition of the autonomous delivery box has not been satisfied at the handover location.
US12103558B1
Techniques are discussed herein for executing and evaluating simulations and/or emulations based on parameterized scenarios, such as driving scenarios used to analyze and evaluate the responses of autonomous vehicle controllers. A surrogate model may be determined by simulating points in a simulation parameter space with a simulator to determine the surrogate model while capturing the main features of the simulation model. Additionally, relevant areas of the parameter space, such as, areas containing parameters associated with events occurring infrequently during simulations, may be quickly identified using Bayesian optimization techniques. An iterative evaluation of an acquisition function may delineate a contour associated with the region of interest, and the surrogate model may be evaluated to determine a probability of returning a result corresponding to a parameter being within the contour. The probabilities may be further analyzed to determine scenario/vehicle performance metrics access the scenario parameter space.
US12103555B2
A vehicle motion control device generates a travel route where behavior of a vehicle traveling on a curve is small and comfortable ride is achieved even when the vehicle travels on a continuous curve. The control device includes a travel track generation unit that generates, based on information on a curvature of a first curve on a lane existing in a traveling direction of a vehicle and a curvature of a second curve connected to the first curve, a travel route by setting curvature of the travel route at a time of traveling on a curve having a smaller curvature between the first and second curves to be larger than the curvature of the curve and setting a curvature of the travel route at a time of traveling on a curve having a larger curvature between the first and second curves to be smaller than the curvature of the curve.
US12103546B2
Provided is a vehicle control device capable of executing control processing by utilizing a power saving execution determination unit that determines a shift to or a release from a normal mode to a power saving mode on the basis of a preset power saving condition, and a power saving execution unit that executes power saving control of the CPU by determining a shift to the power saving mode and stops the power saving control of the CPU by determining a release of the power saving mode. Then, the power saving execution determination unit has a plurality of power saving conditions, determines to shift to the power saving mode in a case where all of the plurality of power saving conditions are satisfied, and determines to release the power saving mode in the case of being changed to a state in which some of the power saving conditions are not satisfied.
US12103541B2
An information output control method includes a step of deriving a driving load of a driver, based on a traveling environment or a driving state of the driver, a step of deciding to suggest a content that meets the derived driving load, to the driver, and a step of calculating a degree of acceptance of the suggested content by the driver. In the deciding step, the frequency of suggestion of the content or the type of the content is set based on the calculated degree of acceptance.
US12103538B2
A method for improving the force transmission between a wheel of a vehicle and the road is disclosed. The method has the following steps: determining target dynamics of a wheel; and, adjusting the dynamics of the wheel by a driving device of the vehicle by actively applying a torque to the wheel to set the target dynamics. A device, a vehicle, and a computer product are disclosed to execute the method.
US12103537B2
According to an embodiment, a driving assistance device includes a recognizer configured to recognize a surrounding situation of a vehicle, a driving controller configured to control at least steering of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation recognized, a receiver configured to receive an operation of an occupant of the vehicle, and an output controller configured to cause an output to output a traveling state of the vehicle. The driving controller causes a lane change of the vehicle to be made when a receiver receives an instruction for allowing the vehicle to make the lane change and a condition in which the lane change is made is satisfied. The output controller causes the output to output information about the lane change when the lane change has not been started even though a first prescribed time period has elapsed after the receiver received the instruction.
US12103533B2
Systems and methods are provided for implementing variable energy regeneration cruise control, which involves dynamically increasing a limit of allowed energy regeneration in order to meet the deceleration need of the vehicle. The system and techniques leverage variable energy regeneration to allow for the additional energy resulting from deceleration to be stored (e.g., in a vehicle battery) for further use rather than being lost. Consequently, by ultimately providing additional stored energy, the disclosed variable energy regeneration cruise control system can realize advantages over conventional cruise control systems. A system can be programmed to dynamically adjust an amount of regenerative energy for decelerating a vehicle while a cruise control is activated. A regenerative braking system can decelerate the vehicle and store an amount of captured energy based on the amount of adjusted regenerative energy.
US12103520B2
A vehicle driving support system evaluates the ability of a driver based on the driving operation of the driver for each of driving-related functions possessed by the driver to drive the vehicle. Based on the past evaluation result, the vehicle driving support system determines whether the ability of the driver is less than a predetermined standard, whether the ability of the driver is not improved from then on, and whether the ability of the driver is on a declining trend for each of the driving-related functions. The vehicle driving support system performs support control for causing the vehicle to support the exertion of the ability of the driver when determining that the ability of the driver is less than the predetermined standard and improvable from then on or that the ability of the driver is equal to or more than the predetermined standard and is on a declining trend.
US12103512B2
A system includes a vehicle having an electrically powered trailer towed thereto. The vehicle has a vehicle powertrain, and the trailer has a trailer powertrain. A controller, in order to propel the vehicle with the trailer towed thereto, operates the vehicle powertrain and the trailer powertrain according to a combined efficiency map based on (i) an efficiency map associated with the vehicle powertrain and (ii) an efficiency map associated with the trailer powertrain.
US12103505B2
A brake system includes a first electric power-supply-unit (EPSU) and a first electronic-brake-control-unit (EBCU). The first EBCU is connected to the first EPSU. Also, the brake system includes a second EPSU and a second EBCU, which is connected to the second EPSU. The brake system further includes a first axle-pressure-modulator (APM) for service-brake-chambers associated with a first vehicle-axle. The brake system includes a second APM for spring-brake-cylinders for a second vehicle-axle. The brake system includes two power-supply-switches (PSS). A first PSS is connected to the first EBCU, the second EBCU and the first APM and configured to connect the first EBCU or the second EBCU to the first APM. A second PSS is connected to the first EBCU, the second EBCU and the second APM and configured to connect the first EBCU or the second EBCU to the second APM.
US12103502B1
A heater box apparatus may include a shaft member and a gear member. The gear member may include one or more protrusions, with a first and a second protrusion being on a first side of the gear member and a third protrusion being on a second side of the gear member. The third protrusion may include an aperture configured to receive the shaft member. The shaft member may include a first shaft portion, a second shaft portion, and a hood that separates the first shaft portion from the second shaft portion. The hood may circumscribe an outer edge of a new, enlarged, or broken vehicle door bore, the door bore couples to the airflow doors, which directs airflow between hot and cold.
US12103500B2
A wiper blade (12) is disclosed having a support connector (18) for at least one wiper rubber (14), an adapter (20) that is able to take a front-end terminal part (10) of a drive arm of the wiper blade (12) which is mounted so as to be articulated with respect to the connector (18), about an articulation axis (A), between a working position and a maintenance position, and which has a locking member (32) for locking said terminal part (10) to the adapter (20), which is mounted so as to be movable between a locking position and a retracted position releasing said terminal part (10). The wiper blade (12) has a member (68, 38) for immobilizing the locking member (32) in the locking position when the adapter (20) is in the working position, and for releasing the locking member (32) when the adapter (20) is in the maintenance position.
US12103496B2
A vehicle is disclosed that includes: a passenger seating area; a seat that is repositionable (e.g., movable, slidable) within the passenger seating area; an electromechanical system that is located beneath the seat and which is configured to support movement and/or reconfiguration of the seat; and a storage compartment that defines a receptacle for at least one personal accessory. The storage compartment is configured to conceal the electromechanical system to reduce the visibility thereof and is unitary in construction. The storage compartment is removably connected to the seat such that the storage compartment is fixed in relation to the seat but movable concomitantly with the seat during repositioning of the seat within the passenger seating area.
US12103495B2
This disclosure relates to a front trunk including a number of features, which can be used for work purposes, entertainment purposes, or both. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including: a front trunk establishing a cargo space; a first panel moveable between a closed position in which the first panel covers the front trunk and an open position in which the first panel uncovers the front trunk, wherein the first panel includes a first surface facing the cargo space when the first panel is in the closed position; and an electronic visual display mounted to the first surface, wherein the first panel and the electronic visual display are configured such the electronic visual display is substantially perpendicular a ground surface beneath the motor vehicle when the first panel is in the open position.
US12103490B2
A self-regulating damper unit comprising a cylinder having a first working chamber and a second working chamber, a piston, a piston rod, and a through-hole between the first working chamber and the second working chamber. The damper unit also comprises a shiftable weight which modifies a passage cross-section of the through-hole. The shiftable weight is movably mounted such that retardation of the piston causes enlargement of the passage cross-section. A seat belt unit comprises a seat belt and the damper unit.
US12103489B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and/or the like are provided. An example method may include a vehicle restraint system. An example vehicle restraint system may include a first restraint hook array, a second restraint hook array, at least one restraint strap, and a restraint closure assembly. An example first restraint hook array may extend from the back portion of a vehicle seat and define at least one back restraint lock channel. An example second restraint hook array may extend from the seat portion of a vehicle seat and define at least one seat restraint lock channel. An example restraint strap may be configured to securely engage to at least one of the back restraint lock channels or to at least one of the seat restraint lock channels. An example restraint closure assembly may be configured to slidably close and secure an occupant seated in the vehicle.
US12103483B2
A device for retaining a safety module mounted on a vehicle steering wheel structure, comprising: at least one latching element, at least one elastic element that is arranged so as to engage with the latching element in order to retain the safety module on the steering wheel structure, the elastic element comprising a contact portion arranged such that, when there is a movement of mounting the safety module on the steering wheel structure, it comes into contact with a guide track arranged on an actuation face of the latching element located facing the elastic element, wherein the guide track is arranged on a first side of the latching element, and in that the actuation face has at least one offset arranged between the guide track and a second side of the latching element.
US12103480B2
Cable protector devices, assemblies, and systems. The cable protection system may include a moveable system with wheels for moving the moveable system across a floor and a cable pusher attached to each of the wheels. Each cable pusher may include a frame with a pair of deflector legs configured to be positioned in front of and behind each wheel in close proximity to the floor. The cable pusher may be magnetically secured to the wheel, and the deflector legs may magnetically connect to the frame. As the wheels spin or rotate, the frame and deflector legs remain stationary, thereby pushing obstacles out of the way.
US12103471B1
An extension capsule for vehicles is provided, consisting of an inner and an outer capsule, both vacuum-formed from lightweight, durable materials. The inner capsule is designed to nest within the outer capsule, and when joined, they create an insulated, structurally reinforced unit. This assembly method enhances the strength and durability of the extension capsule without significantly increasing the vehicle's weight. The capsules feature outwardly-extending lips that facilitate secure attachment to the vehicle, effectively expanding the cargo area's lateral dimensions. The inclusion of an insulation layer between the capsules offers thermal regulation, making the space suitable for comfortable occupancy in various weather conditions. The lightweight construction of the capsules ensures ease of installation and contributes to the vehicle's overall fuel efficiency. This invention provides a practical solution for vehicle owners seeking additional insulated cargo space without compromising on vehicle performance.
US12103466B2
Disclosed is a holder for retaining an electronic device within a vehicle. The holder includes a first segment oriented along a first axis, a second segment unitary with the first segment and oriented along a second axis, and a third segment unitary with the second segment and oriented along a third axis. The second segment includes opposite end portions. The vehicle includes a sun visor mounted on an elongated member mounted to an inner surface of the vehicle. The elongated member includes opposite end portions. The first segment of the holder includes a hooked end portion that is non-rotatably secured to one of the opposite end portions of the elongated member. The holder includes a strip of hook-and-loop material adhesively secured to the third segment. The cell phone has a backside surface to which is secured another strip of hook-and-loop material. One of the strips of hook-and-loop material, when engaged with and secured to the other of the strips of hook-and-loop material, secures the cell phone to the third segment.
US12103459B2
A method for displaying an external communication message includes determining an external communication message display situation via environmental information of a surrounding of a vehicle, generating the external communication message based on the determined situation, and scanning the generated external communication message.
US12103457B2
Disclosed is a lamp control device. The lamp control device may include: a lamp having an LED channel; a channel resistor corresponding to the LED channel; and a controller configured to boost a channel resistor voltage applied to the channel resistor, and retain a channel current of the LED channel as a target current, using the boosted channel resistor voltage.
US12103456B2
A vehicle headlight aiming device is provided that includes, a device housing having an input drive gear, a screw chamber, an output screw having a screw shaft, a screw first end that is rotationally coupled at least indirectly with the input drive gear, and a screw second end. The device further including an indicator nut having a base with a nut indicator mark, a first leg and second leg extending from a base bottom portion, and an expandable threaded opening extending between a first threaded wall of the first leg and a second threaded wall of the second leg, the threaded walls selectively engageable with a threaded portion of the screw shaft, wherein the threaded opening is expandable to disengage the first threaded wall and the second threaded wall from the threaded portion to allow longitudinal movement of the indicator nut within the device housing without rotating the output screw.
US12103434B2
A transportation vehicle may be equipped with electrical energy harvesting systems to harvest electrical energy for use. By way of example, the transportation vehicle includes a Venturi system and a plurality of energy harvesting systems. The Venturi system is configured to receive and accelerate the speed of an incoming air flow and based on the incoming air flow, each of the energy harvesting systems is configured to receive the accelerated incoming air flow and to generate electrical energy from the accelerated incoming air flow. The generated electrical energy is stored into onboard batteries in the transportation vehicle.
US12103425B2
An automatic battery replacement apparatus, a moving platform, and a rechargeable battery are provided. The moving platform includes a movable carrier and the rechargeable battery assembled in the movable carrier. The movable carrier includes a carrying body and a moving component that is assembled to the carrying body. The carrying body has a power supply slot recessed in an outer surface thereof, and an inner lateral wall of the power supply slot is in a shape of an arc having a central angle that is less than or equal to 180 degrees. The moving component is configured to move on a working surface. The rechargeable battery has a matching structure configured to be engaged with a driving gear. The rechargeable battery is configured to be rotated along the inner lateral wall of the power supply slot by having the matching structure engaged with the driving gear.
US12103421B2
Charging management methods and systems for electric vehicle charging stations for use in a charging field with charging stations are provided. First, a server instructs a first charging station to perform a first charging operation for a first electric vehicle via a network, wherein the server sets a first target power parameter value corresponding to the first charging operation, and the power output from the first charging station to the first electric vehicle in the first charging operation will not exceed the first target power parameter value. The server monitors a first power output value actually output from the first charging station to the first electric vehicle during the first charging operation, and determines whether to adjust the first target power parameter value of the first charging operation according to the first power output value and the first target power parameter value.
US12103417B2
A panel for wireless charging of an electric vehicle includes a metamaterial panel with a first shape and a second shape different than the first shape. The metamaterial panel is configured to be positioned between a transmitter coil of a wireless power transfer station (WPTS) and a receiver coil of the electric vehicle during wireless charging of the electric vehicle and change between the first shape and the second shape as a function of at least one of a size of the transmitter coil, a size of the receiver coil, and a distance between the transmitter coil and the receiver coil. A robot with at least one of a robotic arm and a robotic buggy can be included and the metamaterial panel can be coupled to the robot. And the robot is configured to position the metamaterial panel between the transmitter coil of the WPTS and the receiver coil of the electric vehicle during wireless charging of the electric vehicle.
US12103412B2
Electrical charging station that includes the following: A first socket to deliver electrical power to an electric vehicle. A casing to be fastened to the ground or to a wall. A holder in which the first socket is fastened or integrated. The holder is movable with respect to the casing between a protected position and an exposed position, in which positions access to the first socket, from outside the casing, is prevented and permitted. Structure to drive the holder between the protected and exposed positions. A control module for controlling the driving structure. The casing includes an aperture that is blocked in the protected position and that defines an access to the first socket in the exposed position. The holder is movable in the casing between the protected and exposed positions. The holder is arranged so as to block the aperture in the exposed position.
US12103405B2
A power distribution apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a power distribution mechanism configured to distribute power output from an electric motor to front and rear wheels, and a controller configured to control the power distribution mechanism. The power distribution mechanism includes a first clutch configured to fix a power distribution ratio during straight traveling to a first distribution ratio at which first power distributed to the rear wheels and second power distributed to the front wheels are nearly same, and a second clutch configured to fix the power distribution ratio during straight traveling to a second distribution ratio at which the first power is larger than the second power. The controller is configured set the second clutch to an engaged state and sets the first clutch to a half-engaged state during regenerative braking.
US12103403B2
The present disclosure relates to a sub-system for a vehicle comprising an electrical power bus (12, 14, 16) for distributing electrical power from an electrical energy storage means (10) to various different electrical components of the vehicle, such as a combined electric traction motor/generator (20). The sub-system comprises means for disconnecting the electrical energy storage means (10) from the bus (12, 14, 16), means (6) for measuring the potential difference between a rail of the bus of a first polarity and a chassis (18) of the vehicle, and means (4) for connecting the rail of the bus of the first polarity to the chassis (18) or a terminal of the electrical energy storage means of opposite polarity if the potential difference between the rail of the bus of the first polarity and the chassis is measured to be greater than a predetermined level, until the potential difference between the rail of the bus of the first polarity and the chassis is less than the predetermined level, then disconnecting the rail from the chassis or the terminal of the electrical energy storage means of opposite polarity, wherein the means (6) for connecting the rail of the bus to, then disconnecting the rail of the bus from, the chassis comprises the means (6) for measuring the potential difference between the rail of the bus and the chassis. This technique may be used to at least partially discharge a Y capacitance on the rail of the bus in question. The Y capacitance on any or all rails of the bus, of either polarity (positive or negative), may be discharged in this fashion, for example in the event of a collision of the vehicle, in order to render a high-voltage (HV) electrical supply sub-system (2) more safe. The present invention also provides a vehicle comprising such a sub-system and a method of reducing a potential difference between on the one hand, an electrical power bus (12, 14, 16) for distributing electrical power from an electrical energy storage means (10) of a vehicle and on the other, a chassis (18) of the vehicle to below a predetermined level.
US12103402B2
A system for selecting one of multiple paths in a linear drive system includes track segments having a first drive member and at least one mover having a second drive member for the linear drive system. Each mover includes a drive surface oriented toward the track segment when the at least one mover is driven along the track. Each mover also includes a first channel and a second channel extending along the drive surface. A switch track segment includes a first path and a second path along which the at least one mover may travel, at least one first pin positioned along the first path, and at least one second pin positioned along the second path. The first and second pins are extendable to engage the first and second channels of the at least one mover to direct the mover along either the first path or the second path, respectively.
US12103399B1
A hybrid electric driving device includes an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a power splitting mechanism, and a bypass mechanism. The power splitting mechanism includes at least one planetary gear set, an input end, a first output end, and a second output end. The input end of the power splitting mechanism is connected with the engine. The first output end of the power splitting mechanism is connected with the first motor. The second output end of the power splitting mechanism is connected with a wheel of a vehicle. The second motor is connected with the wheel. The bypass mechanism is configured to connect with or separated from the first output end and the second output end of the power splitting mechanism. The bypass mechanism includes an engagement separation component.
US12103396B2
A system includes a surface, a display screen positioned adjacent to the surface, and a selectively retractable screen cover positioned at the surface adjacent the display screen. The selectively retractable screen cover including a door member rotatably mounted relative to the surface between a first stop, wherein the display screen is fully exposed and a second stop, wherein only the display screen is only partially exposed, the door member including a door pivot. An actuating fork includes a first tine element, a second tine element, and a connector portion defining an axis of rotation. The door pivot is slidingly received between the first tine element and the second tine element. A motor includes a shaft connected to the actuating fork. The motor rotates the shaft to shift the door member between the first stop and the second stop.
US12103394B2
A vehicle display device includes: a display unit in a shape of a rectangular film, the display unit being configured to be advanced from and withdrawn into a ceiling of a vehicle cabin; a lower edge reinforcing portion located at a lower edge of the display unit, the lower edge reinforcing portion reinforcing the lower edge of the display unit; and a support mechanism configured to be extended and retracted according to an amount by which the display unit protrudes beyond the ceiling, and configured to support the display unit.
US12103379B2
A modified fuel tank for utility, off-road and all-terrain vehicles. The modified fuel tank has a built-up first side and a thinner second side, wherein a modified opening is formed through a portion of both. A modified insert is dimensioned and adapted to engage the periphery of the modified opening through a sidewall including a curved portion and a tapered portion to accommodate the transition between the first side and the second side. A pump assembly with a built-in regulator is supported by the modified insert, by way of a retaining lip and a seal and retaining ring, so that the pump assembly is fluidly coupled to the fuel compartment of the modified fuel tank, and an outlet protrudes just above the modified insert.
US12103375B2
Vehicle platforms, and systems, subsystems, and components thereof are described. A self-contained vehicle platform or chassis incorporating substantially all of the functional systems, subsystems and components (e.g., mechanical, electrical, structural, etc.) necessary for an operative vehicle. Functional components may include at least energy storage/conversion, propulsion, suspension and wheels, steering, crash protection, and braking systems. Functional components are standardized such that vehicle platforms may be interconnected with a variety of vehicle body designs (also referred to in the art as “top hats”) with minimal or no modification to the functional linkages (e.g., mechanical, structural, electrical, etc.) therebetween. Configurations of functional components are incorporated within the vehicle platform such that there is minimal or no physical overlap between the functional components and the area defined by the vehicle body. Specific functional components of such vehicle platforms, and the relative placement of the various functional components, to allow for implementation of a self-contained vehicle platform are also provided.
US12103371B2
This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including a tonneau cover with moveable panels. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including: a cargo area; and a tonneau cover including a first side panel, a second side panel, and a central panel between the first and second side panels, wherein the tonneau cover is configurable in a first configuration in which the central, first side, and second side panels provide a cover for a top of the cargo area, and wherein the tonneau cover is configurable in a second configuration in which portions of the first side panel and the second side panel are raised relative to the first configuration.
US12103364B2
An air discharge device includes a duct that defines a flow passage through which a working air flow to be discharged passes, and a hole forming member defining an air discharge hole as an outlet of the working air flow. The hole forming member has a vortex generation structure configured to generate an auxiliary vortex having a vortex characteristic including a vortex rotation direction and a vortex axis direction. The vortex characteristic of the auxiliary vortex is different from that of a lateral vortex generated by the working air flow at a downstream side of the air discharge hole. The vortex generation structure is configured in the hole forming member so that the auxiliary vortex collides with the lateral vortex in a state where at least one of the vortex rotation direction and the vortex axial direction of the vortex characteristic is different from that of the lateral vortex.
US12103360B2
This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) comprises: a PTC heater (H) that is included in a high-voltage system circuit (HV) and generates heat by the power supplied from a high-voltage battery (B2); and a microcomputer (10) that is included in the high-voltage system circuit (HV) and controls the power supply from the high-voltage battery (B2) to the PTC heater (H). This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) further comprises: a water temperature sensor (151, 152) that is included in a low-voltage system circuit (LV) and outputs a voltage signal corresponding to the temperature of hot water; and a V/f conversion unit (161, 162) that is included in the low-voltage system circuit (LV) and converts the voltage signal output from the water temperature sensor (151, 152) into a frequency signal. This vehicle-mounted air conditioner control device (1) further comprises a digital isolator (171, 172) that transmits the frequency signal to the microcomputer (10) while maintaining electrical insulation between the V/f conversion unit (161, 162) and the microcomputer (10).
US12103356B2
Provided is a vehicle air conditioning controller including a memory and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor determines whether or not an occupant in a cabin of a vehicle is applying makeup to herself/himself and, in a case in which it has been determined that the occupant is applying makeup, changes at least one of an air direction or an air volume of conditioned air that is generated by an air conditioning system installed at the vehicle and is supplied to the occupant from an air outlet provided in the cabin.
US12103339B2
A tire fitting system and a method therein for assisting in fitting a tire on a rim of a wheel prior to assembly of the wheel on a vehicle is provided. The tire fitting system comprising a processing circuitry configured to determine a location of a RFID tag on the tire of the wheel, determine a location for an air valve on the rim of the wheel, determine the distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim, and provide instructions for aligning the tire on the rim based on the determined distance between the location of the RFID tag and the location for the air valve on the rim.
US12103331B2
A transformable wheel assembly includes a spoke frame and a central gear coupled to the spoke frame. A plurality of legs are pivotably coupled to the spoke frame. The plurality of legs include an arcuate outer surface and an arcuate distal interior edge. A plurality of leg teeth are formed on the arcuate distal interior edge. The leg teeth engage the central gear such that the central gear drives the plurality of legs between a closed position and an open position based on a direction of rotation of the central gear.
US12103321B2
A printing apparatus includes a printhead having a plurality of chips each including a plurality of nozzle arrays which are arranged in a predetermined nozzle array direction and each of which is formed from a plurality of nozzles and energy generation elements provided in correspondence with the nozzles of each nozzle array and each configured to generate energy used for discharging ink. The apparatus relatively moves the printhead and a print medium in a direction intersecting the nozzle array direction, reads a predetermined test pattern printed on the print medium by driving the printhead, analyzes the read test pattern, calculates a slant of the printhead with respect to a reference based on a result of the analysis, and corrects the calculated slant of the printhead by moving the printhead.
US12103309B2
It is hereby disclosed a method to print on porous substrate by a printer comprising: a print zone; a conveyor to receive a porous substrate on a loading zone and to move the porous substrate along a transport direction between the print zone and the loading zone; a print engine positioned on the print zone for ejecting printing fluid towards the porous substrate; wherein the method comprises ejecting printing fluid towards a front side the porous substrate and, by a controller, activating a vacuum source as to exert a vacuum on a back side of the porous substrate being the vacuum exerted while the porous substrate is within the print zone.
US12103296B2
A foil transfer film cartridge includes a supply reel on which a foil film including a transfer layer containing foil is wound, a take-up reel on which to take up the foil film, a first connecting portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a first axial direction along a rotation axis of the supply reel and connecting the supply reel and the take-up reel at a position apart from the foil film, and a film guide member extending in a second axial direction along a rotation axis—of the take-up reel the film guide member being capable of assuming an out-of-contact state and an in-contact state with the foil film extended between the supply reel and the take-up reel.
US12103293B2
A thermal transfer ribbon includes a carrier layer, a release layer, and a thermally transferable ink layer. The ink layer includes an active ink having a chemistry that is configured, responsive to the occurrence of an environmental, physical or biological condition, to undergo a chemical or physical state change causing a change in the color state of the active ink.
US12103288B2
Described is an affixing apparatus capable of flattening a surface of a film affixed to a main surface of a plate-shaped body. An affixing apparatus for affixing the film to the plate-shaped body includes: a plate-shaped mounting member provided with a mounting portion on which the plate-shaped body is mounted; a plate-shaped pressing member installed at a position facing the mounting member; and a support member installed at an outer edge of the mounting portion so as to be positioned between the mounting member and the pressing member.
US12103282B2
A decorative film for insert molding includes a gravure-printed graphic layer and a light-transmissive patterned layer and has high dimensional accuracy and delicate and rich tone expression. A multilayer film includes first and second layers containing an acrylic-based resin, and a polycarbonate resin layer located between the first and second layers and containing a polycarbonate-based resin. The multilayer film is transmissive to visible light. A first gravure print layer is located on a first main surface of the multilayer film, includes a first graphic layer, and is transmissive. A backer film contains a polycarbonate-based resin and is transmissive. The first graphic layer includes a first image at a predetermined position in a three-dimensional shape of a decorative film formed in the three-dimensional shape. A patterned layer includes a pattern patterned to allow visible light to pass through the first image at the predetermined position in the three-dimensional shape.
US12103281B2
Multi-layer biaxially oriented compostable composite film with a sealant layer formulation has improved heat seal initiation temperature, enhanced plateau seal strength, and broadened heat seal temperature range, while optical clarity is maintained, and film modulus (noise) is reduced. The film includes a core layer comprising a PLA-rich biodegradable composite resin, and a heat sealable layer comprising 20 to 60 wt % amorphous polylactic acid resin, and 40 to 80 wt % flexible compostable polymeric modifier Y having a glass transition temperature of Tg≤0° C. and a melting temperature of 56° C.≤Tm≤90° C. Specifically, the flexible compostable polymeric modifier includes 20 to 70 wt % polybutylene succinate-co-adipate (PBSA) copolymer and 5 to 35 wt % polycaprolactone as a promoter of low heat seal initiation temperature (SIT) and hermeticity. The inventive compostable composite film is desirable to have improved home compostability.
US12103280B2
An integral modified polyolefin resin/silicone elastomer layered article is provided together with a method for its production. The integral polyolefin-based resin/silicone elastomeric material article comprises a shaped layer of a polyolefin-based copolymer or grafted polyolefin. It contains silyl trialkoxy groups, carboxylic acid groups and/or —OH groups. A silicone elastomeric material layer is subsequent to being cured from a hydrosilylation curable silicone elastomer composition comprising one or more adhesion promoters.
US12103273B2
A floor, wall, or ceiling panel and to a method for producing same. The panel has a base made of a wood material and an upper veneer. The base and the veneer are hot-pressed together while incorporating a resin layer. During the pressing process, pores, cracks, and/or gaps in the veneer are filled with resin. In particular, the pressing process is carried out such that the veneer is saturated with resin, and the resin can be seen on the surface of the veneer after the pressing process. The adhesion of the veneer to the base and the smoothing of the veneer are thus carried out in one operation.
US12103259B1
A laminating system, an insert injection system including a laminating process, a laminating method, and an insert injection method including the laminating process, which can enhance adhesive force between a metal sheet made of a SUS material and plastic resin, which are raw materials for injection-molded products, such as automobile window moldings, when the injection-molded products are manufactured, are described. The present system can enhance adhesive force between a metal sheet made of a SUS material and plastic resin through introduction of film-type adhesive and dedicated adhesive equipment, which are raw materials for injection-molded products, such as automobile window moldings, when the injection-molded products are manufactured, and can save labor costs generated due to manual work by workers and improve the workshop environment (e.g., the unique smell of solvent-type bond/contamination).
US12103243B2
Provided is a welding method including: a sheet disposition process of disposing a first and a second protection sheet such that the first and the second protection sheet come into contact with a first and a second composite material and disposing an energization sheet such that the energization sheet comes into contact with the first and the second protection sheet; and a welding process of applying a voltage to a pair of electrode portions disposed at the energization sheet and welding the first and the second composite material, the energization sheet contains the carbon fiber base material oriented in a first predetermined direction connecting the pair of electrode portions, and the first and the second protection sheet contain the carbon fiber base material oriented in a second predetermined direction that substantially perpendicularly intersects the first predetermined direction.
US12103241B2
A connection element for adhering to a component surface of a first component, such that a second component can be secured to the first component by the connection element, including a base element having an adhesive side with an adhesive surface, and a mounting structure. The base element consists of a thermoplastic with a temperature of continued use of at least 130° C., which can be poorly irradiated or cannot be irradiated with light, and has at least one irradiation region. The base element can be irradiated with light in this region in such a way that light energy penetrates the base element. The irradiation region, in cross-section, has a smaller thickness and a transmittance at least 20% with a light wavelength between 320 and 500 nm. Alternatively, the irradiation region is formed by a through-opening.
US12103234B2
Systems and methods for using a non-stick conductive material to automate tool touch-off in an additive manufacturing process are provided. A substrate comprises a first conductive layer, an intermediate binder layer, and a second non-stick conductive layer. The non-stick conductive layer may comprise perfluoroalkoxy alkanes and carbon nanotubes. An electrical connection may be made between the first conductive layer and the second non-stick conductive layer. When used with an additive manufacturing device, when the nozzle of the device contacts the substrate, a circuit may close resulting in a detectable voltage drop. When the voltage drop is detected, a reference point for the additive manufacturing device may be set.
US12103228B2
The present disclosure provides for making annealed additive manufacturing powder, where the powder can be used to make structures using additive manufacturing processes. The additive manufacturing powder can be annealed to improve the flowability of the powder. Once annealed, the powder can be used in the additive manufacturing process and structures can be formed by affixing the powder particles to one another (e.g., by reflowing and re-solidifying a material present in the powder particles). The annealed additive manufacturing powder can be formed in a layer-by-layer additive process to produce articles such as a component of an article of sporting equipment, apparel or footwear, including a sole structure for footwear.
US12103215B2
A device manufactures an electrode strip for a battery including a current collector strip and at least one layer of electrochemically active composite material on either side of the current collector strip. The device includes an extruder including a sheath, an extrusion head, and an extrusion screw. The extrusion screw includes an outer tube and an inner tube that are coaxial and fitted into one another. The outer tube is mounted so as to be rotatably movable relative to the sheath. The inner tube is stationary relative to the sheath and includes an outlet located upstream of the extrusion head. Moreover, the manufacturing device includes advancing and unwinding structure to convey the current collector strip through the inner tube and up to the extrusion head.
US12103211B2
There is provided a plasticizing device including a rotor which rotates around a rotational axis, and has a groove forming surface provided with a groove, a barrel which is opposed to the groove forming surface, and has a communication hole, and a first heating section configured to heat a material fed between the rotor and the barrel, wherein the material fed between the rotor and the barrel is plasticized and discharged from the communication hole due to a rotation of the rotor and heating by the first heating section. In the plasticizing device, the first heating section includes a first portion configured to house a first heat source, includes a second portion which is disposed closer to the groove forming surface than the first portion in an axial direction of the rotational axis, and which has a shape surrounding the communication hole when viewed along the axial direction, and is configured so that heat by the first heat source is transferred to the material between the rotor and the barrel via the second portion.
US12103207B2
There is provided a manufacturing method of a cover material fastening member including a clip locking member. The clip locking member is integrally provided at an end edge portion of a strip shaped member. The manufacturing method of the cover material fastening member includes: a molding step of filling a resin for forming the clip locking member in a cavity formed on a surface of each of a pair of rolls in rotation; and a press-bonding step of passing the strip shaped member between the pair of rolls in accordance with rotation of the pair of rolls, pressing the resin by the pair of rolls, and continuously press-bonding the clip locking member to two surfaces of the strip shaped member.
US12103203B2
In order to be able to operate a dust separator with or without a lower closure element (44), the closure element (44) is part of a separate closure unit (40) which is mounted under the dust separator if required. For this purpose, the dust separator, the closure unit (40) and optionally further components, such as a delivery flow generator, are kept available in a kit so as to be able to assemble the treatment unit as required. The dust separator can be operated in batches by means of the closure element (44).
US12103194B2
A device for machining material includes a rotatable turret including a plurality of plank holding positions, each plank holding position including a plank holding device. A projector is configured to project at least one cut line on a first surface of a plank. A cutting device is positioned adjacent to the turret, the cutting device includes a cutting tool configured to cut a trim section along a second surface of the plank to establish a substantially planar portion and/or to locate defects of the first edge. A sensor is configured to scan the first edge of the plank and determine whether the groove and the substantially planar portion are within a predetermined tolerance. A jointing device is positioned adjacent to the turret, the jointing device includes a joint cutting tool configured to cut at least one groove on the second surface.
US12103189B2
The article discharge system includes plural grippers, weight acquisition units, and a control unit. The grippers grip the articles. The weight acquisition units acquire weight values of the articles that each of the plural grippers grips. The control unit causes the plural grippers to grip the some articles from the article group disposed in the placement unit and, based on the result of a combination calculation using the weight values of the articles that each of the plural grippers grips, causes a predetermined combination of the grippers to release and discharge the articles. During the period after the control unit has caused the grippers to release the articles and before the control unit next causes the grippers to grip the articles, the control unit implements a zero correction process on the weight acquisition units corresponding to the grippers that were caused to release the articles.
US12103185B2
In one embodiment, a method includes generating a trajectory plan to complete a task to be executed by a robotic system, identifying objects in the environment required for completing the task, determining attributes for each of the identified objects, determining trajectory-parameters for the trajectory plan based on the determined attributes for each identified object and operational conditions in an environment associated with the robotic system, and executing the task based on the determined trajectory-parameters for the trajectory plan.
US12103184B2
The present application discloses a mechanism to adjust backlash in a rack and pinion powertrain assembly. The mechanism to adjust backlash includes a mounting frame having an opening defined therein to receive an operative end of a drive assembly, a shoulder fastener positioned through a first complementary set of holes at a first end of a mounting flange to movably couple the mounting flange to the mounting frame, the fastener being fastened in a manner such that the mounting flange and drive assembly have freedom to pivot about a longitudinal axis of the first complementary set of holes, and an adjustable length coupling device having a first end coupled mechanically to the mounting plate and a second end coupled mechanically to the mounting flange at a location substantially opposite the first end of the mounting flange.
US12103183B2
A method for controlling a robot includes detecting current positions of joints of the robot and actuating the joints using drives of the robot based on the detected current joint positions such that at least one drive supports a manual guidance-induced movement of the joint actuated by the drive if a distance between the detected or target joint position and a specified first boundary has a first value. The drive supports the manual guidance-induced movement to a lesser degree if the distance has a second value which is lower than the first value. Additionally, the manual guidance-induced movement is oriented towards the first boundary.
US12103180B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a robot gripper with a closing mechanism that while providing a desirable closing speed avoids exerting a force on the rigid object which is greater than the holding force required to hold the rigid object in the gripper. In another aspect, the present invention provides a robot gripper capable of detecting a slip or loss of an object held by the gripper. In an alternative aspect, the present invention provides a robot gripper capable of being hand guided. In another aspect, the invention provides a robot gripper brake drive circuit with faster operation. In one other aspect, the invention provides a connector for connecting a robot end effector to a robot arm with an adjustable cable.
US12103175B2
Described is a robotic apparatus (10) for investigating a confined area comprising: an articulated robot (20) for insertion into a confined area, the robotic apparatus further comprising a robot control system (30) for controlling the articulated robot. Further, the robot control system comprises a control unit (50), a robot driving means, a seal (70) for isolating the confined area from the external environment and at least one transmission member (80), wherein the control unit is configured to send control signals to the robot driving means, and the at least one transmission member extends from the robot driving means to connect to the articulated robot, the at least one transmission member extending through the seal.
US12103174B2
A robot arm includes a plurality of links and a plurality of joints connecting the links for adjustment relative to one another. At least a first link has a first bearing pin, a second bearing pin located opposite the first bearing pin, and a second link connected in an articulated manner to the first link by one of the joints has a first bearing flange on which the first bearing pin of the first link is rotatably mounted, and has a second bearing flange on which the second bearing pin of the first is rotatably mounted. The first bearing flange of the second link has a circumferentially closed recess in which the first bearing pin of the first link is received, and the second bearing flange of the second link has a circumferentially open recess in which the second bearing pin of the first link is received. An opening in the circumferentially open recess has an opening width that is greater than the width of the second bearing pin of the first link, and the second bearing flange has securing structure with which the second bearing of the first link is secured to the circumferentially open recess of the second bearing flange.
US12103171B2
A chairless chair exoskeleton in order to provide seating support to the user while the user is standing particularly in industrial field includes at least one foot connection element for being connected to the foot of the user and at least one calf support element connected to said foot connection element, and at least one thigh support element connected to said calf support element by means of at least one joint and at least one energy storage element associated to the thigh support element from one side and associated to the calf support element from the other side.
US12103162B2
An application processor processes an application. A sensor processor acquires image data from an image sensor and analyzes the image data. The application processor acquires an image analysis result obtained by the sensor processor and posture information for specifying an orientation of the image sensor. The application processor acquires posture information obtained when the image sensor acquires image data to be analyzed by the sensor processor.
US12103160B2
A rotation connecting mechanism includes: a joint that connects a second member rotatably to a first member with three rotational degrees of freedom; a first link and a third link in each of which one end is attached rotatably to second member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, each of first link and third link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; a second link in which one end is attached rotatably to first link with at least two rotational degrees of freedom while the other end is attached rotatably to first member with at least two rotational degrees of freedom, second link having a variable length and five rotational degrees of freedom; and motors that generate force changing lengths of the three links.
US12103158B2
The disclose provides a magnetic levitation gravity compensation device, including: a first permanent magnet, which is cylindrical; a second permanent magnet, which is cylindrical, arranged in the first permanent magnet and radially spaced from the first permanent magnet; and at least one end permanent magnet, which is cylindrical, and is located on at least one of two axial ends of the second permanent magnet and axially spaced from the two axial ends of the second permanent magnet, a center line of the end permanent magnet is configured to coincide with a center line of the second permanent magnet, and a cylinder wall thickness of the end permanent magnet is smaller than that of the second permanent magnet, wherein a magnetization direction of the first permanent magnet is a radial direction, and a magnetization direction of the second permanent magnet and the end permanent magnet is an axial direction.
US12103157B2
A hand tool includes a first driving element, a second driving element and at least one connecting element. The first driving element includes a first driving portion and a first staggered portion. The first driving portion is connected to the first staggered portion integrally. The second driving element does not contact the first driving element and includes a second driving portion and a second staggered portion. The second driving portion is connected to the second staggered portion integrally. The connecting element connects the first staggered portion and the second staggered portion, wherein the connecting element is made of insulating material.
US12103152B2
A gas spring-powered fastener driver includes a cylinder, a moveable piston positioned within the cylinder, a driver blade attached to the piston and movable between a ready position and a driven position, a lifter engageable with the driver blade to return the driver blade from the driven position to the ready position, and a multi-stage planetary transmission including an output shaft operatively coupled to the lifter to provide torque thereto, a first bearing supporting a first portion of the output shaft for rotation, a second bearing supporting a second portion of the output shaft for rotation, and first and second planetary stages. The fastener driver also includes a housing having a cylinder support portion and a transmission housing portion in which the first and second bearings are received. The cylinder support portion and the transmission housing portion are integrally formed as a single piece.
US12103151B2
Realized is a driving device capable of controlling driving timing of a blade and driving timing of a feeder independently. The driving device of the present invention has a housing having an injection path, a blade hitting a nail supplied to the injection path, an electric motor, a controller controlling drive of the electric motor, a magazine accommodating connected nails, and a supply, mechanism sequentially supplying the connected nails, which are accommodated in the magazine, to the injection path. The supply mechanism has a reciprocable feeder backward and forward, an energizing member energizing the feeder forward, and a stopper holding a position of the backward moved feeder against energization of the energizing member. Then, holding the position of the feeder by the stopper is released based on control of the controller.
US12103149B2
A clip installation tool that includes a shaft defining a first bore centered around a central axis. The first bore receives a spring therein. The clip installation tool further includes a movable portion partially disposed within the first bore and in contact with the spring. The movable portion defines a second bore. The clip installation tool further includes a stopper extending at least partially within the second bore and a handle coupled to the shaft.
US12103141B2
The wrench has a thumb switch, when operated, opens against a spring bias the pivotal ring portion around the axis pin attached to the fixed head portion of the wrench head portion, allowing a tube or pipe attached to the fastener to access the confines of the wrench head hexagonal inner profile via the said access channel now provided, the opening of the pivotal ring portion involves approximately 50% of the wrench head portion, the said pivotal ring portion encompassing approximately 50% of the wrench head inner profile. The corner profiles next to the swivel joints are scalloped such that when the pivotal ring is opened the scallops substantially align forming a passageway required for the abutting fastener drive corner to traverse through.
US12103140B2
Stuffing box rebuild systems including a first socket precision-tooled to couple with a top seat of the stuffing box, a second socket precision-tooled to couple with a bottom seat of the stuffing box, and a rebuild table including one or more receptacles for receiving and retaining the stuffing box during the rebuild. In some examples, the stuffing box rebuild system includes a top wrench precision-tooled to couple with a top seat of the stuffing box and a bottom wrench precision-tooled to couple with a bottom seat of the stuffing box. In some further examples, the top wrench is precision-tooled to couple to the first socket and the bottom wrench is precision-tooled to couple to the second socket.
US12103131B2
A method and associated implementing system eliminates much of the stress presently introduced by the bonding of ophthalmic lens blanks, or blanks to a holding device, namely a metal block. The method of attaching ophthalmic lens blanks to a blocking assembly comprises the steps of shaping a blocking assembly to take the shape of an ophthalmic lens blank surface of an ophthalmic lens, wherein the blocking assembly is not attached directly to the ophthalmic lens blank during shaping of the blocking assembly; and following the shaping of the blocking assembly, attaching the lens blank to the shaped blocking assembly.
US12103124B2
A wear pad for a longwall mining shield base lift. The wear pad includes at least one spanner hole for rotating the wear pad with a lever, at least one threaded retaining hole, and a retaining bolt threaded through the retaining hole until it contacts a cylinder rod to which the wear pad is to be attached.
US12103119B2
A robotic welder includes one or more motors, one or more articulating arms connected to the one or more motors, one or more sensors configured to image a wear plate for determining welding locations for welding the wear plate to a blade of a machine, and an orbital welder to rotate a torch head for welding the wear plate to the blade.
US12103116B2
An aluminum brazing sheet has a multilayer structure of two or more layers of at least a core material and a brazing material, wherein an Al—Si—Mg—Bi-based brazing material containing, by mass %, 0.01% to 2.0% of Mg, 1.5% to 14.0% of Si, and 0.005% to 1.5% of Bi is clad on one surface or both surfaces of the core material to be located at an outermost surface of the aluminum brazing sheet, in the Al—Si—Mg—Bi based brazing material, there are more than 10 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 0.01 μm or more and less than 5.0 μm when observed in a surface layer plane direction and there are less than 2 Mg—Bi-based compounds having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more, and in the brazing material, there are less than 5 Bi particles having a diameter of 5.0 μm or more when observed in the surface layer plane direction.
US12103102B2
A method and apparatus for joining using friction and current, wherein the friction/current joining apparatus includes a friction device, a forging device, an electrical current source, and a programmable controller, as well as workpiece holders for the workpieces to be joined. The friction/current joining apparatus is controlled such that, in a contacting phase, the workpieces are initially moved along a process axis, and their mutually facing joining surfaces oriented transverse to a common process axis are brought into contact. In a grinding phase, while subjected to contact pressure by mutual relative movement, the joining surfaces, are ground together and made smooth. At the end of the grinding phase, the relative frictional movement is permanently stopped and, in a forging phase following the grinding phase, the workpieces are pressed together, plasticized, and joined while subjected to contact pressure on their contacting joining surfaces along the process axis, and subjected to conductive heating with electrical current.
US12103097B2
A reciprocating saw blade includes a body including a first end portion, a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and a coupling edge extending between the first and second end portions. The body defines a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second end portions. The reciprocating saw blade also includes an attachment portion coupled to the first end portion of the body and a cutting portion coupled to the coupling edge of the body. The cutting portion includes a plurality of cutting teeth and a plurality of gullets. Moreover, the reciprocating saw blade includes a plurality of slots spaced along the cutting portion to separate the cutting portion into a plurality of cutting segments including a distal end segment adjacent the second end portion of the body. The distal end segment extends beyond the coupling edge of the body in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US12103095B2
An apparatus, system, and method for shearing cables, such as those used in concrete support structures, is presented. In one embodiment, an apparatus is presented that can include a casing, a handle, a cutting nose, a torque conversion mechanism, and a cable support. The cable support can be configured to removably couple to a cable, such as to secure the cable within a cable groove of the apparatus. In another embodiment, a system for cable shearing is presented, wherein the system comprises a shearing apparatus and torque-generation apparatus. In another embodiment, a method of clipping cables, such as within a pocket, is presented.
US12103092B2
A device for controlling deformation of a large-scale crankshaft comprising a crankshaft holder that is arranged for fixing the crankshaft so that the crankshaft is aligned with an axis; a regulatory bracket that is arranged on the crankshaft holder at a position corresponding to the crankshaft; and a high-energy acoustic beam transducer that is arranged on the bracket and is provided with an end part coupled with the crankshaft. The crankshaft is fixed through the crankshaft holder, high-energy ultrasonic waves are injected into the crankshaft by the transducer, mass points in the crankshaft are driven to vibrate along the acoustic beam direction, and machining residual stress of the crankshaft is removed through the high-energy acoustic beam to realize the regulation and control of the residual stress in the material in the specific direction, so that machining precision of the crankshaft is ensured and machining deformation of the crankshaft is reduced.
US12103088B2
A holder may include a base, an antenna and a sensor. The base has a bar shape extended along a central axis from a first end toward a second end. The base may include a metal member and a first resin. The metal member may include a pocket that is attachable of an insert including a cutting edge. The first resin may be located closer to the second end than the metal member. The antenna may be covered with the first resin. The sensor may be located closer to the pocket than the antenna and may be wired connected to the antenna, and may be measurable a state of the base. This configuration may contribute to solving the problem that handling of wiring becomes complicated.
US12103082B2
A method for producing a metallic green compact 61 relates to a method for producing the green compact 61 having at least one recess 62, including a step of subjecting a raw material powder filled in a resin mold 1 to cold isostatic pressing while placing a resin core material 11 having a shape corresponding to the recess 62 at a position corresponding to the recess 62 in the resin mold 1.
US12103079B2
An apparatus for forming at least one three-dimensional article through successive fusion of parts of a powder bed, which parts corresponds to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional article, the apparatus comprising: a powder distributor configured for evenly distributing a layer of powder on top of a work table provided inside a build chamber; and at least one high energy beam source emanating at least one high energy beam configured for fusing the powder layer in selected locations corresponding to the cross section of the three-dimensional article, wherein the apparatus further comprising at least one target area arranged spaced apart from the layer of powder for emanating light when irradiated by the at least one high energy beam.
US12103076B2
An apparatus includes a build plate, a powder application apparatus that applies metal powder onto the build plate to form a powder layer, a beam irradiation apparatus that irradiates the powder layer with an electron beam, and a control unit that controls the powder application apparatus and the beam irradiation apparatus. When the powder layer is preheated by irradiation with the electron beam, the control unit sets a beam size and an irradiation position of the electron beam such that lines of the electron beam do not overlap each other at least at a start of preheating, and controls the beam irradiation apparatus to gradually increase at least one of a beam current and the beam size of the electron beam from the start of preheating to an end of preheating.
US12103071B2
Methods for large-scale additive manufacturing of high-strength boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT)/aluminum (Al) (e.g., reinforced Al alloy) metal matrix composites (MMCs) (BNNT/Al MMCs), as well as the BNNT/Al MMCs produced by the large-scale additive manufacturing methods, are provided. A combination of ultrasonication and spray drying techniques can produce good BNNT/Al alloy feedstock powders, which can be used in a cold spraying process.
US12103070B2
A sliding closure (10) at the outlet of a metallurgic container is provided with a housing (12), at least one closing plate arranged therein, a longitudinally displaceable closing plate and a cover (15), fastened to the housing (12) by means of a bracing mechanism (20). The closing plates can be pressed against one another by the bracing mechanism (20) via the cover (15). The bracing mechanism (20) having at least one spring member (33) is provided with clamping levers (21, 22) pivotably housed on either side at the housing (12) and supports (23, 24) which cooperate with same, with the result that, by pivoting these clamping levers (21, 22), the cover (15) can be fastened to, or released from, the housing. In this way, the closing plates, which often need to be exchanged, can also be braced, always uniformly and optimally, against one another, even after many operational uses.
US12103065B2
A method of manufacturing a hub unit bearing (1) includes the step of applying an axial load to a shaft end of a hub body (21) so that a staking portion (26) for inner races (22a, 22b) is formed in the hub body (21). The load is adjusted based on at least one of first information acquired before applying the load and second information acquired while applying the load.
US12103064B2
A punch assembly with interchangeable tips includes a punch body and a punch tip releasably coupled to the punch body. The punch body includes a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, and a cross-sectional shape defined between the proximal end and the distal end. The proximal end includes a flange configured to engage a punch holder. The distal end includes a distal surface include a front side and a rear side. At least one first magnet faces a same direction as the front side and at least one second magnet faces a same direction as the rear side. The punch tip is coupled to the distal end of the punch body via a magnetic coupling provided by the at least one first magnet and the at least one second magnet.
US12103062B2
Molds for forming formed containers with reduced or eliminated parting lines, and systems and methods of forming the formed containers, using electromagnetic radiation are disclosed. In some aspects, the forming mold includes a multi-segment mold disposed about an electromagnetic coil. The multi-segment mold having a plurality of circumferential segments, a bottom mold section and an annular ring. Each of the circumferential segments including an inner surface wherein the plurality of inner surfaces defines a desired shape of the formed containers. The bottom mold section being adapted to hold and move the pre-form articles about an electromagnetic coil and into and out of the forming mold. The annular ring being adapted to hold, seal and optionally shape a top section of the pre-form articles so as to reduce or eliminate parting lines on the surface of the formed containers.
US12103058B2
The present invention discloses a soil remediation device and method. Soil is remediated by (i) introducing hot air at 550-650° C. from an outlet of an air heater into the drum from a circulating hot air inlet of a discharge end fixed hood and transferring heat with the soil by direct countercurrent contact such that the soil is heated, and (ii) releasing heat from a heat accumulator at a bottom of the drum through heat pipes such that the soil is heated. As a temperature of the soil gradually rises to about 300-500° C., water and organic contaminants in the soil are volatilized into a gaseous state and carry dust to become thermal desorption offgas that is separated from the soil, the thermal desorption offgas becoming part of the hot air and flowing from the drum to a dust remover. Part of the hot air is recirculated to the drum, and another part of the hot air is discharged after being purified.
US12103057B2
The present subject matter illustrates a zero-valent metal suspension in non-aqueous phase. The suspension comprises 41 wt. % of a plurality of zero-valent iron particles; 0.1 wt % of a surfactant; 36 wt. % of an oil; and 23 wt. % of a thickening agent.
US12103051B2
In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to apparatus comprising a liquid-impregnated surface, said surface comprising an impregnating liquid and a matrix of solid features spaced sufficiently close to stably contain the impregnating liquid therebetween or therewithin, and methods thereof. In some embodiments, one or both of the following holds: (i) 0<ϕ≤0.25, where ϕ is a representative fraction of the projected surface area of the liquid-impregnated surface corresponding to non-submerged solid at equilibrium; and (ii) Sow(a)<0, where Sow(a) is spreading coefficient, defined as γwa−γwo−γoa, where γ is the interfacial tension between the two phases designated by subscripts w, a, and o, where w is water, a is air, and o is the impregnating liquid.
US12103047B2
A cyclone separator wherein the tapered tip of the conical hollow body faces downwards. The air separator has at least one immersion tube which abuts the conical wall of the conical hollow body and which protrudes upwards within the conical hollow body, the conical hollow body tapered tip which faces downwards being connected to an outlet for fine material. The first cylindrical hollow body is equipped with a rotating rod basket which is enclosed by a static circular conveyor trough for coarse material, the conveyor trough resting against the lower outer circumference without contacting same. The conveyor trough for coarse material is connected to an outlet out of the cylindrical hollow body, and the volume enclosed by the rod basket is fluidically connected to the conical hollow body.
US12103046B1
A static classifier including a vessel having an inlet and an outlet and having a vessel interior area. A classifier chamber is positioned in the vessel interior area. The classifier chamber has a plurality of openings extending through a side wall of the classifier chamber and into a classifier interior area of the classifier chamber. The plurality of openings are configured for passing particles entrained in a gas from the vessel interior area into the classifier interior area. One or more flow restrictors are arranged with the classifier chamber. The flow restrictors are configured to establish an optimal flow velocity and direction of the particles entrained in the gas, through the static classifier.
US12103045B2
A system classifies materials utilizing a vision system that implements an artificial intelligence system in order to identify or classify and then remove automotive airbag modules from a scrap stream, which may have been produced from a shredding of end-of-life vehicles. The sorting process may be designed so that live airbag modules are not activated, which may cause damage to equipment or persons.
US12103042B2
An electrode material containing active material powder is prepared. Dry classification of the electrode material is performed by a classifier. An electrode is manufactured by using the electrode material subjected to the dry classification. The classifier includes a mesh screen, a blade, and a motor. Breakage of the mesh screen is detected by monitoring either or both of an operation sound of the classifier and torque of the motor. The electrode material contained in the classifier will no longer be used for manufacturing of the electrode when breakage of the mesh screen is detected.
US12103041B2
The present invention relates to a portable screening and stockpiling apparatus comprising a tracked chassis; a feed system mounted to the chassis for accepting material to be screened; means for moving the feed system upwards from a substantially horizontal transport position with respect to the chassis to an inclined working position at an angle to the chassis and from the inclined position downwards to the substantially horizontal position; a screen box supported on the chassis for accepting material from the feed system, wherein the screen box comprises a first deck for screening any material fed thereinto, whereby material of relatively finer and coarser fractions is adapted respectively to pass through the first deck and across the top of the first deck, a first folding conveyor mounted on the chassis beneath the screen box and feed system to receive fines material passing through the deck of the screen box and to convey same away from a first end of the apparatus; and a second folding conveyor mounted on the chassis and associated with the screen box to receive the coarser material from the top of the deck and to convey same away from a second, opposing end of the apparatus.
US12103035B2
An apparatus and method for modifying an aspect of an exterior polymer material or polymer type material of a linear substrate with a fluid. The apparatus include a variable exposure gap within which the linear substrate is exposed to the fluid. The width of the exposure gap is varied with the speed of the linear substrate traversing the exposure gap to maintain a constant exposure time of the linear substrate with the modifying fluid.
US12103032B2
A liquid product distribution assembly for on demand dispensing of liquid products includes a set of reservoirs, to which a set of supply lines is attached, a set of pumps, to which a set of feeder lines is attached, and a set of communicators. Each reservoir is configured to hold a respective liquid product and is in fluidic communication with at least one supply line. Each supply line is operationally engaged to a respective pump and each pump is in fluidic communication with at least one feeder line. Each communicator is positioned proximate to an outlet port of a respective feeder line and is in communicative engagement with an associated pump. The communicator is positioned to communicate a liquid demand request to the associated pump to actuate the associated pump so that an associated liquid product is delivered through the outlet port.
US12103031B2
Among arbitrary positions on the course of a sealing gun, a position ahead of and separated from the arbitrary position in the moving direction of the sealing gun by a given distance, where an application part falls within a given allowable size in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction on the basis of the sealing gun, is a first position, and a position where the application part is deviated from the allowable size is a second position. A control device corrects the course of the sealing gun that is defined by an operation plan, based on the shape of the application part measured in a measurement point located at the first position.
US12103030B1
A smart edge sealing system includes a control, monitoring and communication module that includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) controlling system processes. A curing and quality control module (CQCM) includes an artificial intelligence camera and a machine learning algorithm that identifies defects or inconsistencies in the coating process and communicates with the control, monitoring and communication module. A plunger sliding module is controlled by the control, monitoring and communication module based on information received from the CQCM to extrude a coating material on an edge of a workpiece.
US12103029B2
A painting device includes a paint output part for outputting paint toward an object to be painted; an introduction pipe through which the paint flows and which introduces the paint into the paint output part; flowmeters placed outside the introduction pipe and measuring the flow rate of the paint in the introduction pipe; and a determination unit for determining whether the condition of the paint is normal on the basis of the result of measurement by the flow meters. The flow meter can be placed between an air motor and a valve. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of the valve, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a joint, respectively. The flow meters can be placed downstream and upstream of a pump, respectively.
US12103020B2
A microfluidic delivery device and method of dispensing a fluid composition therefrom is provided. The microfluidic delivery device includes a housing electrically connectable with a power source; a cartridge releasably connectable with the housing; and a fan connected with the housing. The cartridge has a reservoir for containing a fluid composition and microfluidic die in fluid communication with the reservoir. The die is configured such that substantially all of the fluid composition exits the microfluidic die in a horizontal direction or downward direction relative to horizontal. The fan is configured to generate air flow that converges with and redirects the fluid composition dispensed from the microfluidic die in an upward direction relative to horizontal.
US12103015B2
The present application relates to a purification unit, a purification device and a using method, belonging to the technical field of air purification, the purification unit includes a frame, an electrostatic dust removal zone located inside the frame, the electrostatic dust removal zone is located inside the frame, a support plate located on an outer side of the frame, wherein an insulation member is connected between the support plate and the frame; and a conductive assembly connected to a high-voltage end of the electrostatic dust removal zone and the support plate. A grounding end of the electrostatic dust removal zone is connected to the frame.
US12103002B2
A method for analyzing biological samples is disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a fluid sample into a cartridge device, which comprises: a fluidic chamber; at least one microfluidic channel in fluid communication with the fluidic chamber; and a venting port configured to apply a pneumatic force to the fluidic chamber; and inserting the cartridge device into a reader device to perform measurements, wherein the cartridge device is positioned in a vertical or tilted position such that at least a portion of the fluid sample inside the fluidic chamber is pulled by gravity in a direction away from the venting port or towards the bottom of the fluidic chamber.
US12103001B2
A hydrodynamic barrier device including: a plurality of outlets disposed on a surface; a plurality of inlets dispersed among the plurality of outlets and disposed on the surface; and at least one pump in fluid communication with the plurality of outlets and the plurality of inlets, the at least one pump configured to simultaneously pump an operating fluid out of the plurality of outlets and pull the operating fluid back through the plurality of inlets to create a hydrodynamic barrier on the surface.
US12103000B2
The present invention is directed to the fabrication and use of phase-change material (PCM) membranes in microvalves for microfluidic systems. The microvalve may be fabricated by using a tissue-sectioning instrument to slice a thin membrane of PCM off of a block of PCM. The membrane may then be sandwiched between a plurality of microfluidic flow sections to act as a microvalve. At room temperature, the membrane may exist in a solid state to act as a zero-leakage seal and microvalve. Applying heat to the membrane may bring the membrane to a melting point, causing it to reach a liquid state. The microvalve in the liquid state may experience a surface tension effect by a material of the microfluidic flow sections, causing it to displace from a flow path and allow a fluid to pass from one microfluidic flow section to another.
US12102999B2
A device for handling a particle suspension, in particular a cell suspension, which includes at least one channel for flowing the particle suspension, a pumping unit configured to move a driving fluid and control element for controlling the pumping unit. Also, a method for handling a particle suspension, which includes flowing the particle suspension in or out of at least one channel using a driving fluid for driving the particle suspension in the channel.
US12102997B2
Provided herein are portable biocontainment devices for safe and reliable collection of biological samples, including liquid and gas samples. A sample inlet for collecting fluids and/or gases, including oral fluids and expired breath samples, is connected to a container having a climate-controlled container reservoir. One or more sample containers are connected to the sample inlet for collection of samples. The devices are configured for safe transport and handling of samples, while maintaining sample viability, including for relatively long transport periods. Safety components integrated within the device facilitates safe and effective decontamination of contagious samples. In this manner, aborting the sample preservation by decontamination prior to a hazardous release is achieved within the same apparatus.
US12102988B2
A thermal method of forming ferric oxide nano/microparticles with predominant morphology is described using different solvents. Methods of using the Fe3O4 nano/microparticles as catalysts in the reduction of nitro compounds with sodium borohydride to the corresponding amines and decomposition of ammonium salts.
US12102983B2
A solid-supported Pd catalyst is suitable for C—C bond formation, e.g., via Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross-coupling reactions, with a support that is reusable, cost-efficient, regioselective, and naturally available. Such catalysts may contain Pd nanoparticles on jute plant sticks (GS), i.e., Pd@GS, and may be formed by reducing, e.g., K2PdCl4 with NaBH4 in water, and then used this as a “dip catalyst.” The dip catalyst can catalyze Suzuki-Miyaura and Mizoroki-Heck cross coupling-reactions in water. The catalysts may have a homogeneous distribution of Pd nanoparticles with average dimensions, e.g., within a range of 7 to 10 nm on the solid support. Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions may achieve conversions of, e.g., 97% with TOFs around 4692 h−1, Mizoroki-Heck reactions with conversions of, e.g., a 98% and TOFs of 237 h−1, while the same catalyst sample may be used for 7 consecutive cycles, i.e., without addition of any fresh catalyst.
US12102977B2
A biomass-based porous carbon composite material and preparation thereof and an application thereof in CO2 adsorption are provided. In the biomass-based porous carbon composite material, with a pulping black liquid solid as a precursor, by arc treatment, porous carbon structures capable of physically adsorbing CO2 and basic substances capable of chemically adsorbing CO2 are obtained; with lignin in the precursor as the carbon source, and sodium hydroxide, sodium salts, and small-molecular carbohydrate degradation products in the precursor as the template and activator, porous carbon structures are obtained by arc thermal carbonization and self-activation; the basic substances are obtained by allowing sodium hydroxide and sodium salts in the precursor to undergo arc thermal decomposition. Further, the present disclosure relates to an application of the biomass-based porous carbon composite material in CO2 adsorption.
US12102971B2
The invention relates to a generator and its operation and use for generating toroidal and spatial vortices in a liquid. It comprises a rotationally symmetrical stator housing with an inlet opening and an eccentric outlet opening. It further comprises a rotor rotatably arranged in the stator housing with radially outwardly extending channels in constant fluid connection to the inlet opening. The rotor comprises a rotor disc, radially outside of the rotor with a side surface with inner notches in fluid connection to the rotor channels. The stator housing comprises a stator disc comprising a side surface with stator notches. When these notches face each other due to rotation of the rotor disc, a periodical liquid flow from the inner notches to the stator notches is formed and toroidal vortices are generated in the portioned liquid by shear stress as the portions of liquid move back and forth in the notches.
US12102969B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to an assembly including a CF Valve coupled to a solenoid and an inlet area on a first plane, an outlet area located on a second plane, and a flow path which passes through the CF Valve and the solenoid to the outlet area on at least a portion of the first plane.
US12102968B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for proportional gas mixing. A method for mixing gas may include receiving, at a modified ball valve, a first gas via a first gas input port of the modified ball valve, and a second gas via a second gas input port of the modified ball valve. The method may also include coupling a motor control device with the modified ball valve. The method may further include operating the modified ball valve via the motor control device by adjusting a position of the modified ball valve. In addition, the method may include releasing a gas mixture of the first gas and the second gas through a gas output port of the modified ball valve.
US12102964B2
A reverse osmosis water production apparatus for use in a body of water includes a first section defining a buoyancy chamber and an elongate second section connected to the first section and configured to define an elongate chamber which extends downward beneath a waterline in use. The elongate chamber is provided with a plurality of elongate reverse osmosis membrane tubes, each tube containing a reverse osmosis membrane. A longitudinal axis of each reverse osmosis membrane tube is substantially parallel with a longitudinal axis of the elongate chamber and the reverse osmosis membrane tubes are arranged around a passage.
US12102963B2
A high salinity feed water such as seawater is treated to produce a reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate and an RO permeate. Optionally, some or all of the RO concentrate may be filtered to produce a nanofiltration (NF) permeate. Optionally, some feed water can also be filtered to produce NF permeate without first being concentrated by RO treatment. The NF permeate, or a blend of the RO permeate and NF permeate, may be used to produce a product water for injection into an oil-bearing reservoir to enhance oil recovery. Optionally, the product water may have salinity greater than the feedwater, or at least 30 g/L. The product water may have hardness of less than 20 mg/L.
US12102961B2
A process for capturing carbon dioxide in which an exhaust stream containing carbon dioxide is cooled by a plurality of stages of indirect heat exchange to produce a cooled exhaust stream, compressed over a plurality of stages of compression, and separated to produce a CO2-enriched stream and a CO2-depleted stream. The CO2-enriched stream is dehydrated by contacting the CO2-enriched stream with a regenerated desiccant to produce a CO2 product stream and a spent desiccant. The CO2-depleted stream is heated by indirect heat exchange against the exhaust stream to produce a hot CO2-depleted stream, while a portion of the CO2-depleted stream is extracted from an interstage of the plurality of stages of indirect heat exchange to regenerate the spent desiccant. The hot CO2-depleted stream is expanded over a plurality of stages of expansion to drive the compression of the cooled exhaust, thereby producing an expanded CO2-depleted stream.
US12102958B2
A method and apparatus for continuously treating acid gases including recovering absorbent chemicals by introducing streams leaving a regenerator and/or leaving an absorber into a static mixing zone wherein supplemental washing water is added to recover absorbent chemicals. Improvements to the prior art methods are provided where one or more absorbent chemical recovery units are included to increase the amount of recovered absorbent chemicals exiting the regenerator and/or exiting the absorber are increased and/or maximized. Absorbent chemical recovery units can include mixing units where liquid is added to the stream of sour gas and absorbent chemical to mix with and absorb the absorbent chemical from the stream.
US12102951B2
An air cleaner includes: a housing including a suction portion suctioning air and a discharge portion discharging air, a frame disposed inside the housing, a sterilizer sterilizing the suctioned air, a filter assembly filtering air, a blower moving air, a flow converter disposed on a top surface of the housing, guiding a flow of air, and discharging air inside the housing to an outside, and a guide guiding a direction of the flow converter. The sterilizer includes a sterilizing light source generating sterilizing light, a first sterilizing casing accommodating the sterilizing light source, and a second sterilizing casing coupled to a lower portion of the first sterilizing casing and supporting the first sterilizing casing and the sterilizing light source, where a portion of the first sterilizing casing is spaced apart from the second sterilizing casing to define a space therebetween that dissipates heat generated from the sterilizing light source.
US12102946B1
A pipeline filter assembly comprising a base assembly, an outer wall, and a lid assembly. The base plate has a pocket to hold a tool for opening and closing a drain plug. The outer wall has a lower end portion and an upper end portion, wherein the upper end portion comprises a lower collar, and the lower collar comprises threading around an exterior surface thereof. The lid assembly is configured to couple to the lower collar of the outer wall. The lid assembly has an upper collar configured to mate with the lower collar. The upper collar has at least one housing that is coupled to the upper collar, and at least one biasing clip pivotally mounted within the housing for releasable engagement with the lower collar.
US12102938B2
A distribution chamber suitable for distributing a liquid stream to a plurality of pipe openings distributed over a planar surface. The distribution chamber includes three perforated plates. A method to distribute a liquid stream to a plurality of pipe openings, a method to decompose ammonium carbamate from an aqueous solution comprising ammonium carbamate and a method to produce a concentrated aqueous urea solution from a diluted aqueous urea solution.
US12102935B1
A bubble blowing apparatus comprising a main body, a plurality of legs connecting the main body to a base, a motor, a fan operably coupled to the motor to blow an upward stream of air, a liquid fountain unit operably coupled to the motor to blow a bubble solution upward, a gear shaft operably coupled to the motor to rotate about a rotational axis, and a plurality of bubble wands rigidly affixed to an upper portion of the gear shaft. Further, the gear shaft is configured to continuously rotate about the rotational axis, such that each of the plurality of bubble wands repetitively cycle between the two positions of (1) passing over the liquid fountain unit so as to amass upwardly blown bubble solution, and (2) passing over the fan such that the amassed bubble solution contacts the upwardly blown air and forms a bubble.
US12102934B1
A religious speaking teddy bear including a stuffed animal assembly, an attachment assembly and an electronic assembly. The stuffed animal assembly includes a movable mouth. The movable mouth moves to emulate speaking. The attachment assembly includes attachments to illustrate the ten commandments. The attachments can be attached to the stuffed animal assembly. The electronic assembly includes buttons and a speaker. The buttons can be depressed to actuate the speaker to recite the ten commandments and the movable mouth to emulate speaking. The electronic assembly is inside the stuffed animal assembly.
US12102930B1
A ball pitching device includes a frame including three first elbows and four second elbows, an upper PVC sheet and a lower PVC sheet below the upper PVC sheet and connected with the upper PVC sheet, the upper PVC sheet is connected with the frame, a ball storage space is formed between the lower PVC sheet and the upper PVC sheet, the upper PVC sheet is configured with a hole, the three first elbows are connected in sequence, two adjacent first elbows are arranged horizontally and hinged to each other, the remaining first elbow extends obliquely and is hinged to the two horizontal first elbows, two second elbows are respectively hinged with the two horizontal first elbows at two ends of the frame, another second elbow is hinged at a connection between the two horizontal first elbows, and the remaining second elbow is hinged to the oblique first elbow.
US12102927B2
A game system includes a game apparatus providing gameplay concerning development of characters evolving through multiple evolution stages and an information communication terminal with the game apparatus, which causes a display unit to display an evolution flow indicating a group of characters. Type information uniquely identifying the type and the evolution state of each character is defined. The evolution flow is displayed in an aspect in which at least part of the characters is unidentifiable in an initial state and is configured so that the number of kinds of the characters in each evolution stage is identifiable. The information communication terminal includes a first acquisition unit acquiring the type information and a display control unit that changes the evolution flow including the character having the acquired type information from an unidentifiable aspect to an identifiable aspect to cause the display unit to display the evolution flow.
US12102923B2
A method of determining an authenticity of a normal map is disclosed. An input candidate normal map is received. A reconstructed candidate normal map is generated based on a performance of a mathematical differentiation on an integration of the input candidate normal map. A reconstruction error is determined based on a comparison of the input candidate normal map to the reconstructed candidate normal map. An authenticity of the input candidate normal map is determined based on the reconstruction error being within a configurable threshold.
US12102920B2
In a computer-implemented method of generating a virtual 3D environment, a hierarchy of slots is provided. The slots are organized in tiers from one or more top tier slots to one or more bottom tier slots. Each slot defines a portion of a 3D environment and includes a plurality of layouts. Each layout of a non-bottom tier slot defines a position of at least one slot from a lower tier within the portion of the 3D environment. One or more of the top tier slots are positioned within the 3D environment. The 3D environment is generated by randomly selecting one of the plurality of layouts of the top tier slot and the lower tier slots, and populating each of the selected layouts with one or more objects. The 3D environment is rendered for display.
US12102915B2
A client device of a game streaming system generates an overlay that identifies discontinuities and other changes in features between streamed frames. The client device receives a stream of frames, representing game content for display, from a server via a network. The client device analyzes the received frames to identify discontinuities and other changes in features of the plurality of frames, such as a particular feature changing one or more of position, size, texture, or other visual characteristic between successively received frames. The client device generates the overlay to indicate the identified features and displays the overlay with at least one of the received frames.
US12102907B2
A game device includes a storage unit and a control unit configured to execute a game program. The control unit acquires biological information indicating physical feature of a user operating the game device, computes a biological parameter of the user based on the biological information, and stores the biological parameter in the storage unit. The control unit then computes, in accordance with the biological parameter stored in the storage unit, a property parameter that determines a property of a character generated by the game program.
US12102900B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing a golf simulator comprising a computing system with real-life golf courses stored in memory, a projector, and a screen; projecting a simulation of a real-life golf hole stored in memory on the screen with the computing system to provide a simulated golf hole that simulates the real-life golf hole; and using one or more lights to indicate a location of the ball after a simulation of one or more golf shots.
US12102897B2
A multi-purpose golf tool includes a golf tee platform arranged on a golf tool body, the golf tee platform configured to receive a golf ball balanced thereon, a first prong extending from the golf tool body opposite the golf tee platform, a second prong extending from the golf tool body opposite the golf tee platform, a curved depression extending perpendicular to the length and formed by the golf tool body and a portion of the first prong and second prong, and a first rounded gap between the first prong and the second prong. The first prong has a first ridge extending perpendicular to the length and abutting the curved depression. The second prong has a second ridge extending perpendicular to the length and abutting the curved depression.
US12102896B2
A golf bag includes a base, two wheels, a bag body and a stand assembly. The base has a first base member and a second base member. The first base member has a first bottom side. The second base is pivoted on the first base member to be turned between a first position and a second position. The bag body is connected to the base, and is turned between a third position and a fourth position. The stand assembly has two stands, which are turned between a fifth position and a sixth position. Wherein, the golf bag can be switched between an upright status and a self-standing status. In the upright status, the golf bag has both the first bottom side and the second bottom side touch the ground. In the self-standing status, the golf bag has the first bottom side and distal ends of the stands touch the ground.
US12102894B2
Iron-type golf club heads are disclosed having a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. The iron-type golf club heads include a localized stiffened region that is located on the striking face of the club head such that the localized stiffened region alters the launch conditions of golf balls struck by the club head in a way that wholly or partially compensates for, overcomes, or prevents the occurrence of a rightward deviation. In particular, the localized stiffened region is located on the striking face such that a golf ball struck under typical conditions will not impart a right-tending sidespin to the golf ball.
US12102886B2
Various embodiments of a golf putter having a putter head attached to an elongated shaft with the putter head defining a retention cavity configured to engage and retain a golf ball therein are disclosed. The retention cavity is formed along the back region of the putter head and is configured to have a diameter that is slightly less than the diameter of a regulation sized golf ball such that the golf ball is retained therein when urged into the confines of the retention cavity by the putter head. The putter head further includes an alignment aid that cooperates with the retention cavity to assist in aligning the golf putter during a putting stroke.
US12102884B1
A balance beam includes a main body and two support components. The main body includes a middle part and two connection parts located on opposing sides of the main body. The two support components are respectively connected to the two connection parts. Each support component includes a connector, a supporter and an adjuster. The connector is connected to the main body and the connector is provided with multiple connection positions at intervals. A connection end of the supporter is rotatably connected to an end of the connector. The supporter rotates between a folding state and an open state, a free end of the supporter is configured to support on a support surface, a first end of the adjuster is rotatably connected to the supporter, and a second end of the adjuster is detachably connected to one of the multiple connection positions.
US12102879B2
Disclosed herein are examples of user-paced exercise equipment, as well as related circuitry, methods, and computer-readable media. For example, disclosed herein is a user-paced treadmill, including a belt, a motor coupled to the belt, and control circuitry communicatively coupled to the motor. The control circuitry may be configured to change a velocity of the belt based at least in part on a body velocity and a leg swing velocity of a user of the user-paced treadmill.
US12102878B2
A method is disclosed for using an artificial intelligence engine to perform a control action. The control action is based on measurements from a wearable device. The method includes generating, by the artificial intelligence engine, a machine learning model trained to receive the measurements as input, and outputting, based on the measurements, a control instruction that causes the control action to be performed. The method includes receiving the measurements from the wearable device being worn by a user, determining whether the measurements indicate, during an interval training session, that one or more characteristics of the user are within a desired target zone, and responsive to determining that the measurements indicate the one or more characteristics of the user are not within the desired target zone during the interval training session, performing the control action.
US12102877B2
Some existing health and fitness apps map athletic activity and track that activity over time and present to the athlete various aggregations of their activity. Other existing health and fitness apps create training schedules for the athlete to achieve a fitness goal. However, the training schedules provided by these apps are static in nature and provide a fixed quantity and type of exercise within a fixed schedule for the athlete to accomplish. The presently disclosed virtual athletic coach offers dynamic training schedules that can make incremental adjustments based on an athlete's performance to the training schedule over time.
US12102873B2
There is provided a method and apparatus for tracking a device. The tracked device may be a wearable device worn by a user participating in an athletic activity. An anchor device is positioned with respect to a playing area and receives signals from the tracked device. The anchor device estimates the position of the tracked device by measuring a distance and direction of the signal, and decodes the signal to obtain measurements taken by the tracked device. The position and the measurements are combined to produce tracking data for the device.
US12102872B1
Apparatus and method for measuring angles, such as foot angle at each of a plurality of positions during a plurality of successive strides during activity such as bicycling or running. Optionally, acceleration and gyroscopic/rotational data is wireless received from a foot-mounted sensor module having accelerometers for acceleration measurements in orthogonal directions and gyroscope sensors to provide rotational measurements around orthogonal axial directions; and a processor that calculates foot angles at a plurality of successive positions within each of a plurality of strides of a human user during an athletic activity; and an output device in the personal electronic device that presents human-perceptible indications based on the calculated foot-angle data. In some embodiments, the output data is presented visually and/or audibly. In some embodiments, stereo audio indications provide different audio indications to the user's left and right ears that correspond to different foot-angle data from the user's left and right feet.
US12102867B1
An exercise device uses a vertically oriented member with multiple sheaves. Each sheave may be disposed around three different heights of the vertical member. A first sheave may be disposed substantially at a first end of the member. A second sheave may be disposed substantially at second end of the member. A third sheave may be disposed substantially at the center of the member. A flexible line may be connected to a weight at one end of the line, and the flexible line is then threaded through at least two of the first sheave, second sheave or third sheave.
US12102866B2
The present application provides a combinable weight plate, which relates to the field of fitness equipment, and includes a plate body, a limiting assembly and an engaging assembly. The limiting assembly and the engaging assembly are arranged in the plate body. The engaging assembly is used to engage and connect the two plate bodies, and the limiting assembly is used to restrict the relative rotation of the two engaged and connected plate bodies. The present application also provides a weight adjustable kettle bell. The present application also provides a weight adjustable dumbbell. The present application also provides a weight adjustable barbell.
US12102863B1
The present invention relates to a device for fixing the movement track of a barbell bar mounted on a squat rack, which comprises two sliding mounting seats, wherein the two sliding mounting seats are respectively arranged on the left and right sides of a squat rack body, and two groups of first sliding shafts are arranged between the two sliding mounting seats, and the two groups of first sliding shafts are both fitted tightly with the squat rack body, and the two sliding mounting seats are provided with fixing mechanisms for fixing barbell bars; the fixing mechanism comprises a fixing seat corresponding to the sliding mounting seat, and both a clamping seat and the fixing seat are provided with at least one second sliding shaft, and the axial direction of the second sliding shaft is parallel to the axial direction of the barbell bar.
US12102861B2
A perfluorohexanone microcapsule with a high core-wall ratio is provided. In the perfluorohexanone microcapsule, there is no need for auxiliary materials/fillers and other adsorption or high-boiling solvent to dissolve perfluorohexanone. By coating the microcapsule shell with secondary polymers, the shell strength of the microcapsule is improved, the volatilization loss of perfluorohexanone is reduced, and the problem of short storage life of the perfluorohexanone microcapsule material is overcome, so that it has commercial application value. The perfluorohexanone microcapsule can be further compounded with various materials and interfaces to obtain various fire extinguishing materials with perfluorohexanone microcapsule as the core component. This kind of fire extinguishing material can be dry powder of perfluorohexanone microcapsules, and can also be made into shapes suitable for various surfaces, such as fire extinguishing stickers, fire extinguishing blankets and fire-fighting clothes with various thicknesses.
US12102859B2
A corrosion monitoring device for pipe systems according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a pipe having a first pipe portion and a second pipe portion. The first pipe portion includes a wall having a first wall thickness, and the second pipe portion includes a wall having a second wall thickness that is greater than the first wall thickness. The corrosion monitoring device further includes a structure coupled to the pipe and defining a sealed chamber between the structure and at least the first pipe portion, and a sensor for sensing a pressure in the sealed chamber or for sensing a liquid in the sealed chamber. Example corrosion monitoring devices and methods for monitoring corrosion in pipe systems are also disclosed.
US12102855B2
A spray nozzle and fan spray system is provided to aid in the cooling and extinguishing of electric vehicle fires. The spray nozzle is configured to be positioned underneath the vehicle, where water is evenly distributed along the underside of the vehicle through a plurality of holes disposed through the side and upper surfaces of the spray nozzle. Simultaneously a fan nozzle may be configured to spray fluid over the top of the vehicle and provides a heat barrier. A method of extinguishing an electrical vehicle fire is also provided that improves the safety of bystanders and fire fighters.
US12102836B2
A cold plasma device generates cold plasma to treat an area of a biological surface. The device includes an array of cold plasma generators associated with a substrate. Each of the cold plasma generators has an electrode and a dielectric barrier. The dielectric barrier has a first side that faces the electrode and a second side that faces away from the electrode. A controller is operably coupled to the array of cold plasma generators and is programmed to control each of the cold plasma generators to generate a plasma dose.
US12102833B2
Devices, systems, and techniques for controlling charging power transmitted to an implantable medical device during a recharging process based on patient activity are disclosed. Various example techniques include a method comprising receiving, by processing circuitry, an activity signal generated by an implantable medical device and indicative of an activity level of a patient during charging of a rechargeable power source of the implantable medical device implanted in the patient, determining, by the processing circuitry and based on the activity signal, a patient status for the patient during charging of the rechargeable power source, and controlling, by the processing circuitry and based on the patient status, charging of the rechargeable power source of the implantable medical device.
US12102831B2
The present invention changes the magnet-mode of an active implantable medical device (AIMD) using a static strip magnet comprising at least a first, second and third magnet. The electronic circuits of the AIMD have been programmed to register when the static strip magnet has been swiped across the AIMD so that when the magnetic field-detection sensor detects a defined north and south polarity sequence of the first, second and third magnets, the electronic circuits have been programmed to enter into magnet-mode with electrical stimulation therapy of the body tissue and/or electrical sensing of biological signals from the body tissue being suspended, maintained in a preset mode, or placed in a programmed mode.
US12102827B2
This disclosure relates to implantable neuro stimulation devices with a feedback loop to control an amount of energy delivered into a neural tissue based on a measured evoked neural response. Stimulation electrodes deliver stimulation energy to neural tissue. A microprocessor performs closed-loop control of the stimulation energy based on a feedback signal that is indicative of an evoked neural response. A supervisor is connected to the feedback signal and detects malfunction of the stimulator based on the feedback signal. The supervisor is also connected to the stimulator to provide a status signal to the stimulator and changes the status signal to indicate malfunction upon detecting malfunction based on the feedback signal. The microprocessor adjusts the control of the stimulation energy in response to the status signal from the supervisor indicating malfunction.
US12102821B2
A device for positioning an electrode in tissue includes: a lead body having a distal portion; an electrode array coupled to the lead distal portion; an anchoring element having an anchor tip and being operable in a first configuration in which the anchor tip is retracted within the lead and in a second configuration in which the anchor tip is extended outside the lead and configured to fixate within the tissue; and a displacement mechanism that is actuated to bias the electrode array or the anchoring element toward the tissue. A method for positioning an electrode in tissue includes: navigating, to the tissue, a lead with an electrode array, an anchoring element with a distal anchor tip, and a displacement mechanism; biasing the electrode array and anchoring element towards the tissue with the displacement mechanism; and deploying the anchoring element, and verifying fixation of the anchor tip within the tissue.
US12102817B2
An external power source, implantable medical device, and method for indicating an extent of power transfer between an external coil to an internal coil associated with the implantable medical device. According to one aspect, a method includes determining a parameter that depends on an extent to which the external coil is aligned with the internal coil, where the parameter includes at least one of an indication of an internal coil output power and power transfer efficiency and a resonant frequency of the external coil when inductively coupled to the internal coil. The method further includes indicating an extent to which the external coil is aligned with the internal coil based on the parameter.
US12102813B2
A catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include a catheter assembly that comprises a drive shaft and an impeller coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft. A driven assembly can be coupled to a proximal end of the drive shaft within a driven assembly housing. The catheter pump can also include a drive system that comprises a motor and a drive magnet coupled to an output shaft of the motor. The drive system can include a drive assembly housing having at least one magnet therein. Further, a securement device can be configured to prevent disengagement of the driven assembly housing from the drive assembly housing during operation of the pump.
US12102811B2
Provided are a medicine injecting tip, which injects a medicine into a hole in a skin formed by a needle while invading the needle to a preset depth of a deep portion of the skin, a hand piece equipped with the medicine injecting tip, and a skin treatment device using the medicine injecting tip. The medicine injecting tip includes a cylinder, a plunger that reciprocates downward and upward, and has a first space and a second space formed inside the cylinder, and a needle disposed in the plunger and disposed in the second space of the cylinder. The needle is inserted into a skin and a negative pressure state is formed in the second space when the plunger moves downward, and the needle is discharged from the skin and a positive pressure state is formed in the second space, when the plunger moves upward.
US12102801B2
Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
US12102800B2
Described is a syringe carrier comprising a body adapted to receive a barrel of a syringe. The body includes two sections having distal ends with shoulder sections. The shoulder sections are adapted to engage a circumferential gap between the barrel of the syringe and a needle shield covering a needle of the syringe.
US12102792B2
A bilaterally driven drug infusion device with multiple infusion modes comprises: a drug storage unit (150); a piston (160) and a driving wheel (130,630) respectively connected with a screw (170), the driving wheel (130,630), provided with wheel teeth (131,631), drives the screw (170) movement by rotation, the piston (160) is arranged in the drug storage unit (150), the screw (170) advances the piston (160) to move; a driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) cooperating with the driving wheel (130,630); and a power unit (180,680), connected to the driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600), outputs forces in two different directions (A′,B′) on the driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) to lead driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) to perform multiple-mode operation, making the infusion device have multiple infusion increments or infusion rates. The driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) has a variety of different pivot amplitudes, that is, the driving unit (100,200,300,400,500,600) can realize multiple-mode pivot, thereby achieving increment-adjustable infusion.
US12102791B1
A drug delivery device has a housing with an adhesive pad associated with the lower surface of the housing and configured to removably attach to a human body surface. A drug reservoir is positioned within the housing and includes an outlet with a valve, with a needle fluidically connected to the reservoir and configured to define at least a portion of a fluid flow path between the reservoir and the human body surface. A controller is configured to control the components of the drug delivery device to execute a drug delivery routine. The drug delivery device also includes pressurized fluid positioned to apply a force to the reservoir. The controller moves the valve from a closed condition to an open condition during a drug delivery routine to allow the pressurized fluid to deform the reservoir or move a plunger to convey the drug out of the reservoir via the outlet.
US12102788B2
A portable IV fluid bag suspension device has a flexible main body defined by a slender, elongated strap having inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface is provided with two pockets on opposite sides of a tab defining a grommet or a hole for receipt of a hook or the like from an intravenous fluid bag. A stiffening member having two legs disposed at an acute angle has first and second legs which reside in the first and second pockets on the main body so as to provide rigidity to the flexible main body. A second tab is provided adjacent an end of the strap distal from the first tab which may be inserted behind a door or a drawer such that when the door or drawer is closed, the structure is capture by the door or drawer and the first tab is rigidly defined in a space relationship from a front surface of the door or drawer whereby the intravenous fluid bag may be hung therefrom without interference from the support structure.
US12102776B2
An embolization microcatheter having an elongated microcatheter body configured for passing therein a suspension of particles suspended in a suspension fluid; and a microcatheter head connected to a distal end of said microcatheter body and comprising a proximal head section and a distal head section, wherein the proximal head section includes a proximal wall forming a proximal section lumen, the proximal wall having a plurality of through-holes, wherein the distal head section includes a distal wall forming a distal section lumen, and a suspension delivery opening at a distal end of the distal end section; wherein the distal section is devoid of through-holes, and wherein each of the plurality of through-holes are shaped and/or sized to allow passage therethrough of the suspension fluid while blocking passage of the particles suspended therein.
US12102774B2
An IV device assembly may include a lumen forming a fluidic channel within the IV device assembly. The lumen may be fluidically coupled to a vascular access device (VAD) coupler via a funnel coupler, and an IV device assembly coupler at a proximal end of the lumen. The IV device assembly may also include one or more of the following: a collapsible sleeve formed coaxially around a first portion of the lumen and mechanically coupled to the funnel coupler, a patency instrument formed along a second portion of the lumen within the collapsible sleeve and into the VAD coupler, a translation handle that translates the patency instrument out of a distal end of the VAD coupler, and a fixed grip formed around the lumen to maintain a position of the IV device assembly relative to the translation handle.
US12102773B2
A catheter manufacturing method includes the step of providing a hollow cylindrical part of a catheter, having a longitudinal axis, to be bonded to a given part along respective edge surfaces of the hollow cylindrical and the given parts. One or more undercut structures that are disposed circumferentially with respect to the longitudinal axis and also generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, the undercut structures having a radial orientation with respect to the longitudinal axis, are formed at least in the edge surface of the hollow cylindrical part. The hollow cylindrical part and the given part are connected using the undercut structures.
US12102769B2
An apparatus for humidifying a flow of pressurised, breathable air includes varying a first pressure of the flow of breathable gas to vary a level of thermal engagement between the conductive portion of the reservoir and the heater plate, varying a height of the variable portion varies a level of thermal engagement between the conductive portion of the reservoir and the heater plate, use of a humidifier reservoir base component with a maximum water capacity substantially equal to the predetermined maximum volume of water of the humidifier reservoir or the use of intersecting inlet and outlet axes.
US12102767B2
An oxygen concentrator includes one or more adsorbent sieve beds operable to remove nitrogen from air to produce concentrated oxygen gas at respective outlets thereof, a product tank fluidly coupled to the respective outlets of the sieve bed(s), a compressor operable to pressurize ambient air, one or more sieve bed flow paths from the compressor to respective inlets of the sieve bed(s), a bypass flow path from the compressor to the product tank that bypasses the sieve bed(s), and a valve unit operable to selectively allow flow of pressurized ambient air from the compressor along the one or more sieve bed flow paths and along the bypass flow path in response to a control signal. The valve unit may be controlled in response to a command issued by a ventilator based on a calculated or estimated total flow of gas and entrained air or % FiO2 of a patient.
US12102766B2
A vent assembly for a respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) system. The vent assembly may include a vent housing having a first orifice configured to receive the flow of pressurized gas from the RPT device and the vent housing having a plurality of holes to discharge pressurized gas to atmosphere; a vent housing connector having a second orifice configured to direct the flow of pressurized gas to the patient interface; and a heat and moisture exchanger (HME) comprising an HME housing and an HME material within the HME housing, wherein the vent housing and the vent housing connector are configured to be connected to, at least in part, form a cavity, and wherein the HME is positioned in the cavity when the vent assembly is assembled.
US12102760B2
A patient interface comprises a frame, a headgear, a manifold and two nasal prongs. The frame may be recessed from the face of the patient, and preferably from the manifold so that the manifold may deform or move with respect to the face of the patient. The manifold may be further configured to be compliant in the direction of engagement with the patient's face, such as in the anterior direction. These features may allow the manifold to engage with the face of the patient, such as the upper lip, without exerting a significant pressure which may lead to patient discomfort. The manifold may also be configured to be rotatable with respect to the frame, for example by a grip feature which may be configured to be held in one hand for rotation.
US12102756B2
Automated methods provide leak detection that may be implemented in a respiratory treatment apparatus. In some embodiments, the detection apparatus may automatically determine and score different types of leak events during a treatment session, including, for example, continuous mouth leak events and valve-like mouth leak events. The detection methodologies may be implemented as a data analysis of a specific purpose computer or a detection device that measures a respiratory airflow or a respiratory treatment apparatus that provides a respiratory treatment regime based on the detected leak. In some embodiments, the leak detector may determine and report a leak severity index. Such an index may combine data that quantifies different types of leak events.
US12102750B2
A device for monitoring drug use from a drug dispenser in the form of a dispenser cap, especially an inhaler, comprising a sensor for measuring drug release from the dispenser. As a drug release measurement sensor (2) a piezoelectric transducer (2) is used, while a piezoelectric transducer (2) is connected to a microprocessor. The cap includes the activator (1) of the drug release measurement sensor (2) associated movably connected with the piezoelectric transducer (2), wherein the piezoelectric transducer (2) is located in the cap in such a way that, with the help of the activator (1) of the drug release measurement sensor (2), after using the drug dispenser, the force pressure on the cap as a kinetic force is transmitted from the activator (1) of the drug release measurement sensor (2) directly to the piezoelectric transducer (2), which measures the transferred kinetic force.
US12102745B2
A blood purification device includes a blood circuit for extracorporeally circulating blood of a patient: a blood purifier provided on the blood circuit; a gas-liquid separator being provided on the blood circuit on the downstream side of the blood purifier on a blood flow and separating air bubbles contained in inflowing blood: and a liquid level adjustment unit capable of adjusting a liquid level height in the gas-liquid separator. The liquid level adjustment unit performs control so that the liquid level height during priming is higher than the liquid level height during treatment.
US12102734B2
A method of producing bioengineered tissue includes coating a microstructured fiber with a bioink containing a plurality of living cells. The microstructured fiber is embedded with microfluidic channels defining periodic outlet apertures, a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, at least one chemical sensor, and at least one temperature sensor. The method further includes applying the coated fiber to an anatomic model of an organ. The microfluidic channels and outlet apertures of the fiber are configured to function as an artificial blood-vessel system to the bioengineered tissue, thereby supplying building material for the proliferation of the plurality of living cells, and allowing the bioengineered tissue to mature into functional tissue.
US12102732B2
An orthopaedic implant comprising a titanium substrate having silver deposited thereon, wherein the silver is operable to be eluted at a rate of at least 0.25 μg/cm2 24 h−1, for at least 14 consecutive days, in use. The invention also extends to a method of producing an orthopaedic implant and use of the same.
US12102719B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition which has excellent stability, disintegratability, and absorbability, is easily prepared, and contains 4-(2-fluoro-4-(3-(2-phenylacetyl)thioureido)phenoxy)-7-methoxy-N-methylquinoline-6-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a cyclodextrin derivative. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing 4-(2-fluoro-4-(3-(2-phenylacetyl)thioureido)phenoxy)-7-methoxy-N-methylquinoline-6-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin.
US12102717B2
The invention pertains to a method for treating a neoplasm, such as colorectal cancer, using hollow silica spheres (“HSS”). It also is directed to a method for making uncalcined HSS, calcined HSS from which phenyl groups have been removed, and HSS incorporating particles of Fe3O4, as well as compositions containing HSS.
US12102716B2
The invention pertains to a method for treating a neoplasm, such as colorectal cancer, using hollow silica spheres (“HSS”). It also is directed to a method for making uncalcined HSS, calcined HSS from which phenyl groups have been removed, and HSS incorporating particles of Fe3O4, as well as compositions containing HSS.
US12102709B2
One aspect of the present invention provides an anti-obesity agent, an anti-dementia agent, a deodorant, an anti-aging agent, an anti-glycation agent, an anti-type I allergy agent, a hypotensive agent, a flavor improving agent, a muscle enhancing agent, and a bone metabolism improving agent which contain a bagasse decomposition extract as an active ingredient.
US12102705B2
Peptides able to inhibit the muscarinic receptor M3 activity and to products comprising such peptides, in particular pharmaceutical and cosmetic products useful for ameliorating skin conditions mediated by the muscarinic receptor M3 activity, such as excessive perspiration, inflammation, sebum production, and cell adhesion, motility, growth, differentiation and proliferation.
US12102704B2
The subject of the present application is an agent for the oxidative dyeing of keratinous fibers, in particular human hair, which contains the coupling oxidation dye precursor 2-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylamino)ethanol in combination with the oxidation base 2-(2,5-diaminophenyl)ethanol, wherein the pH of the agent is higher than 8.0.
US12102696B2
The present disclosure relates to methods to create a robust procedure capable of supplying commercial quantities of a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for use with positron emission tomography (PET) for localization of somatostatin receptor positive neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) in adult patients.
US12102694B2
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a technique that allows producing a novel radiolabeled compound. The invention is a method for producing a radiolabeled compound, the method including the steps of: irradiating an alloy of a target substance with a radiation beam, to generate two or more radioisotopes from the alloy, and allowing the two or more radioisotopes to migrate into a gas; a step of generating an intermediate label by allowing a first radioisotope, from among the two or more radioisotopes having migrated into the gas, to react with a label precursor; and a step of generating a final label by allowing a second radioisotope different from the first radioisotope, from among the two or more radioisotopes having migrated into the gas, to react with the intermediate label.
US12102690B2
A preparation method and application of a biomimetic nano-protectant for detoxifying doxorubicin (DOX)-induced cardiac and systemic toxicity are provided. The preparation method comprises the following steps: obtaining and mixing DNA and protamine (Pro) to prepare DNA&Pro nanoparticles; reacting heterofunctional polyethylene glycol DSPE-PEG2000-MAL with PCM/KALA to prepare DSPE-PEG2000-PCM/KALA; inserting DSPE-PEG2000-PCM/KALA into a surface of Red Blood Cell Membrane (RBCM) to prepare PCM/KALA-RBCM; and mixing the RBCM-PCM/KALA with the DNA&Pro nanoparticles to prepare a biomimetic nano-protectant DNA&Pro@RBCM-PCM/KALA. The biomimetic nano-protectant prepared is applied to detoxification of DOX.
US12102685B2
This invention provides modified IGFBP-derived peptides—collectively termed “immodulator peptides”—and related compositions and methods. Chemical modifications to peptides using small molecules, and sequence extensions to immodulator core sequences exhibit new and surprising biological activities. The invention builds the combinatorial power of the immodulator peptide class further by demonstrating which core sequences bind metal or glycosaminoglycans such as heparin. The invention discloses some surprising biological properties of compositions derived from these modifications, including a host of new therapeutic and diagnostic utilities (e.g. immune modulation of TLR signaling, enhanced collagen synthesis by skin fibroblasts, and synergy with a RIG-I agonist in killing melanoma cells). The invention also teaches methods for enhancing previously disclosed uses of immodulator peptides by showing how the modifications of the invention can boost the efficacy of immodulator peptides in a model of burn trauma.
US12102684B2
The present invention a polyphenol complexes with amino acids, peptides, proteins, glycosaminoglycans, polysaccharides, mucopolysaccharide, disaccharides, monosaccharides, amino sugars, glycol-proteins, DNA/RNA oligonucleotides, mRNA, siRNA, antibodies or other micro- or macro biomolecules.
US12102673B2
Described herein are Zika virus vaccines and compositions and methods of producing and administering said vaccines to subjects in need thereof.
US12102671B2
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection may lead to severe respiratory illness in young children. Thus, there is a need for a live attenuated vaccine, which would mimic the natural course of infection without causing illness; however, restricting viral replication also reduces the immune response. Reported herein is a method of vaccination using a single dose of a recombinant RSV lacking the M2-2 protein that surprisingly induced a stronger immune response to RSV than previous vaccine candidates despite being more restricted in replication.
US12102668B2
The present invention is related to the field of tissue regeneration. It concerns more particularly new processes, tubes and devices for thrombin, platelet concentrate and wound healant preparations, alone or in combination with cell extracts, cell compositions and uses thereof.
US12102654B2
Isolated Rhodococcus ruber, a product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber (in particular, a product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber cell wall), a method for preparing the product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber, and use of the product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber in prevention and/or treatment of lichen planus. The product derived from the Rhodococcus ruber effectively reduce the erosion area of lichen planus and relieve pain.
US12102653B2
A ligand regulated protein-protein interaction system based on a lipocalin-fold molecule including: (a) a lipocalin-fold molecule; (b) a lipocalin-fold ligand with a low molecular weight of 1500 Da or below; and (c) a lipocalin-fold binding interaction partner, wherein the lipocalin-fold molecule can bind to the lipocalin-fold ligand; and wherein the lipocalin-fold molecule bound to the lipocalin-fold ligand binds to the lipocalin-fold binding interaction partner with an affinity which is at least 10-fold higher than the affinity of the lipocalin-fold molecule not bound to the lipocalin-fold ligand; and wherein the lipocalin-fold binding interaction partner is not a naturally occurring protein which has an affinity of <10 μM to any naturally occurring lipocalin-fold molecule in the presence of any lipocalin-fold ligand.
US12102643B2
The present disclosure provides aqueous formulations comprising hydrocortisone sodium phosphate and monothioglycerol. In some embodiments, the formulations comprise monobasic sodium phosphate, dibasic sodium phosphate, or disodium EDTA. The present disclosure further provides a method of treating a disease or disorder in a subject by administering the aqueous formulation.
US12102635B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of using palmitoylation inhibitors for reducing or treating enveloped virus infections.
US12102627B2
The subject invention provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with Rett syndrome comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of pridopidine so as to thereby treat the subject.
US12102613B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods, systems and/or kits for preventing and/or treating neoplasms using at least one of quercetin, sodium phenyl butyrate and epigallocatechin-3-gallate in combination with one or more anti-cancer agents. The compositions, methods, systems and/or kits are used to prevent and/or treat neoplasms that are resistant to the one or more anti-cancer agents when administered alone.
US12102610B2
A novel salt of treprostinil and methods of its preparation and use are disclosed.
US12102598B2
Medical devices and methods of use thereof are described. The device may include a body having a housing that defines a lumen, a piston within the housing, and an actuator operably coupled to the piston, wherein the piston is movable along the lumen by operating the actuator. The device also may include a cartridge insertable into the body and/or a flexible fitting configured for direct application to an eye of a subject.
US12102592B1
A motor-linked blowing and sucking structure and a health care tool using the same, the motor-linked blowing and sucking structure including a cavity tube and a linkage. A swinging vane is disposed in the cavity tube, and a side wall of the swinging vane fits into an inner wall of the cavity tube; one end of the linkage is connected to a drive motor and the other end of the linkage is connected to the swinging vane; the drive motor rotates to drive the linkage; and the linkage as an engagement structure allows a fan-shaped reciprocating motion of the swinging vane within the cavity tube to achieve a higher transmission ratio and a larger torque, such that a larger amplitude of motion can be achieved with the same spatial structure, achieving a more significant air blowing and sucking effect at an opening of the cavity tube.
US12102590B2
A medical device system for providing sensor data capture includes a medical device that may include one or more removably coupled sensor hubs and that includes a display to provide sensor data and at least one data interface (DI) port that may be a sensor-agnostic DI (SA-DI) port and a data transfer cable that may be compatible with the sensor-agnostic DI port and includes a first electromechanical connector configured to detachably couple to the SA-DI port and a second electromechanical connector configured to couple to the sensor and that includes a cable memory and processor configured to execute stored software to format sensor data according to a protocol of the SA-DI port, an authentication circuit, and a cable isolation device to limit patient leakage current flow from the medical device to the sensor and to electrically isolate the authentication circuit from the cable processor and the cable memory.
US12102588B2
An electronic walking assistance device, has a cane portion, having surfaces for holding against arms and/or hands of a user; and an electromotive device, which automatically creates motion to follow a movement of the user, enabling walking assistance without lifting the handle portion or the electromotive device off the ground.
US12102587B2
An improved crutch includes an improved shock absorbing mechanism, lighting components, and an improved tip component. The improved shock absorber mechanism utilizes compressible spheres that are compressed when a person supports all or partial of their body weight onto the crutch and are uncompressed when the weigh is removed. This compression of the spheres absorbs any impact from the walking surface to the person's body. The elasticity of the compressible spheres is adjusted by forming a central through-opening through the sphere, varying the number of the sphere, their diameter and material.
US12102586B2
A motion assistance apparatus may include a shank frame configured to support a shank of a user, a thigh frame configured to rotate relative to the shank frame and support a thigh of the user, and a driving frame configured to assist a motion of a hip joint of the user by transmitting power directly or indirectly to the shank frame.
US12102584B2
Disclosed is a motorized assistance system with a tibial orthosis including: a tibial fastening that covers the user's shin; an ankle fastening articulated with a plantar fastening at the axis of the ankle; and a processor. The tibial fastening can include a support of a motorized winch, in which a strap is hooked, whose free end is fixed to the foot, so that the winch takes up the strap when a foot position sensor indicates that it is not resting on the ground. Alternatively, the system can have a femur orthosis with two femur actuators that take up or release two strap in parallel, one attached to a harness or belt and the other to the tibial fastening. The system may include additionally or alternatively a hip orthosis.
US12102582B2
A hands-free female sexual organ stimulation apparatus stimulates the vulva region by detachably clipping to the labia majora while generating multiple speeds of vibrations to produce stimulation at the female sexual organ. The apparatus comprises an elongated disc sized to mate with the vulva. The disc has a mount face, an opposing stimulation face, and an outer wall extending therebetween. The stimulation face forms a flush, mating relationship with the vulva. A vibration portion rests concentrically on the stimulation face. The vibration portion engages the clitoris and the urethra while being partially fitted into the vagina. A vibratory motor with multiple speeds is embedded into the vibration portion. A receiver and a remote transmitter remotely control the vibratory motor. A tension clip detachably clips the disc to the labia majora. The clip has a curved shape that reduces pressure for enhanced comfort to the labia majora.
US12102581B2
A treatment force application device includes a proximal end having a weight and having a support for a practitioner; a distal end having a treatment interface configured for applying a therapeutic treatment including at least a treatment force; and a connection between the support and the treatment interface. The connection is lockably adjustable by the practitioner to establish a placement of the treatment interface relative to the support. The weight is sufficient to substantially prevent movement of the treatment interface relative to the support when the connection is locked. The support enables movement of the practitioner to provide a practitioner force, and the practitioner force is transferred from the support to the treatment interface through the connection.
US12102576B2
A vehicle includes a seat on which a passenger is to be seated, a rear suspension to support rear wheels, and a drive source to drive the rear wheels. Pivots of the rear suspension are located forward relative to a rotation shaft of the rear wheels. A relationship WB/Dw≤2.5 is satisfied, where WB is a wheelbase of the vehicle, and Dw is an outer diameter of the rear wheels. A relationship 3.0≤Hs/Hp is satisfied, where Hp is a height from a level road surface to the pivots, and Hs is a distance in an up-down direction between an upper end portion of a front portion of the seat and a line of action where a reaction of a driving force that the rear wheels receive from the road surface acts on the pivots.
US12102575B2
A wheelchair comprises a base assembly and a tilt assembly detachably supported on the base assembly. The base assembly has a mounting point that receives the tilt assembly and a latch receiver that engages a latch assembly of the tilt assembly. The wheelchair further provides a fore and aft adjustment of a seat mounted to the tilt assembly and an angular adjustment of the seat relative to a rocker of the tilt. Each of the fore/aft seat adjustment and the seat angle adjustment relative to the rocker is independently adjustable. The rocker position of the tilt assembly relative to the base is unchanged when either the seat longitudinal position or angular position is adjusted.
US12102564B2
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic treatment apparatus and a control method therefor, the ophthalmic treatment apparatus comprising: a display unit for displaying an image of a patient's eyeground; a treatment region setting unit for setting a treatment region on the basis of the image of the patient's eyeground; a treatment light radiating unit for radiating treatment light to the set treatment region; a radiation density setting unit for setting radiation density of the treatment light radiated to the set treatment region; and a control unit for controlling the treatment light radiating unit so as to radiate the treatment light onto the set treatment region on the basis of the set density.
US12102558B2
Thermal therapy systems, devices, and methods of using the same disclosed. A localized hypothermia of the pancreas with a delivery and placement procedure in the stomach of a patient comprising a cooling balloon system is disclosed that can be used for the treatment of pancreatitis in a patient. The cooling balloon system can have mechanisms for affecting the pancreas without impacting or inducing hypothermia in the patient in a systemic fashion. The localized hypothermia system can have a simplified delivery system and can be intended to reduce patient discomfort while reducing the metabolic activity of the inflamed pancreas of the patient.
US12102546B2
The device according to the invention for preparing a bone transplant (100) outside the human or animal body comprises a base element (101) and at least one holding element (102). The at least one holding element (102) is inserted in the base element (101) of the device for preparing a bone transplant (100). In the method according to the invention for configuration of the device according to the invention, the at least one holding element (102) is inserted into the base element of the device for preparing a bone transplant (100). In the method according to the invention for preparing a bone transplant outside the human or animal body with the device according to the invention (100), a bone fragment to be prepared is placed into the holding element (102) inserted in the base element (100), the bone fragment to be prepared is fixed with the inserted holding element, and the bone fragment to be prepared is processed.
US12102541B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for joint (e.g., shoulder) arthroplasty. In one aspect, there is provided a device for determining inclination and/or version of a prosthetic head with respect to a prosthetic stem. In another aspect, there is provided a joint (e.g., shoulder) prosthesis. In another aspect, there is provided a method for setting an inclination angle and/or a version angle of a prosthetic head with respect to a stem implanted or to be implanted in a bone of a joint (e.g., shoulder).
US12102532B2
A partial valve prosthesis includes a framework configured for following a shape of a portion of the native valve annulus when implanted into the native valve annulus, the framework including securement features for anchoring the framework to an inner periphery of the native valve annulus and retaining at least one leaflet configured to replace a corresponding one of the plurality of native leaflets; and at least one leaflet secured to the framework. Additional embodiments and methods are disclosed.
US12102531B2
Methods, devices and systems for disabling and/or removing a mitral valve edge-to-edge repair device via minimally invasive, endovascular procedures. Additional procedures on a heart may sometimes become necessary after the installation of a mitral valve edge-to-edge repair device. To prepare for such additional procedures, the edge-to-edge repair device may be removed or disabled in minimally invasive ways (e.g., through an endovascular procedure), without requiring open access to the heart.
US12102521B1
A vascular prosthesis includes an outer crimped textile graft and an inner polymeric liner. The polymeric liner is secured to the valleys of the crimps of the textile graft while leaving the peaks of the textile graft free of the liner. The polymeric liner is impermeable to blood flow. The inner liner may include expanded polytetrafluoroethylene polymer, and the graft may include polyethylene terephthalate yarns.
US12102513B2
An apparatus for equipping tampon applicators with tampons includes an encircling guide arrangement with an entry point, at which the tampon applicators are fed into the apparatus. The apparatus furthermore includes an exit point, at which equipped tampon applicators are discharged. The apparatus furthermore includes an equipping unit arranged between the entry point and the exit point and designed for equipping tampon applicators with tampons. A multiplicity of guide units which are guided on the guide arrangement serves for transporting the tampon applicators on the guide arrangement. A guide unit conveys tampon applicators on such apparatus, and a method equips tampon applicators with tampons.
US12102512B2
Many embodiments of wound filling devices and methods of their use in systems for the application of negative pressure therapy are described herein. In one embodiment, a wound filling device comprises: an inflatable bag member having at least one fluid carrying conduit operably connected thereto to inflate/deflate said bag member; a separate textured covering sock member at least partially covering the inflatable bag member. Another embodiment comprises a three-dimensional wound packing member, and may optionally comprise a plurality of such members linked together. Certain embodiments of wound packing members may comprise a porous bag member adapted to be non-adherent to the wound. Yet other embodiments may comprise a non-porous bag member provided with means to connect a fluid supply to the interior.
US12102510B2
The present invention relates to a long-lasting medical product for protecting or treating a lesion in the gastrointestinal tract. The medical product includes a protective covering, wherein the medical product upon application at and about the site of the lesion adheres to the gastrointestinal tissue and is capable of remaining at and about the site of the lesion for a time sufficient to allow the lesion to heal or be treated.
US12102505B2
Apparatus comprising: a holder for receiving a mouldable element and for insertion into a user's mouth to allow the user to apply a biting force to the mouldable element to provide close adaptation to the user's teeth, the holder comprising: opposed sidewalls extending from a base, wherein at least one of the opposed sidewalls is configured to move inwards when the user applies a biting force to the mouldable element received by the holder.
US12102501B2
Disclosed are asymmetrical splints for a mandibular advancement device (MAD) for use with a patient having an asymmetrical dentition, wherein the asymmetry of the splint complements the asymmetry of the dentition such that when the MAD is used to advance the mandible, the mandible is advanced symmetrically. Also disclosed are methods of manufacture and use of the splints.
US12102493B2
The invention provides for a dental or surgical handpiece with an elongated handle sleeve (110) and a head piece (50) attached to the front end of the handle sleeve (110) that serves to to detachably receive a dental tool as well as for a clamping mechanism (20) formed in the head piece (50) to detachably hold the tool, the clamping mechanism (20) having a push-button (10) for actuating the clamping mechanism (20). The handpiece further has an RFID transponder (5) for identifying the handpiece. The push-button (10) consists of a heat-insulating electrically non-conductive plastic or m ceramic material with a plate-shaped recess that holds the RFID transponder (5). The push-button (10) has a flat round shape so that the RFID transponder (5), because of the equally flat round shape of its coil, can be integrated very well into it. Particularly advantageous ambient electrical conditions can be achieved for the RFID transponder as the push-button (10) is made of an electrically non-conductive material. An advantageous thermal insulation is provided as the push-button (10) is made of a heat-insulating material.
US12102491B2
A biopsy marker may include three shaped portions arranged sequentially along an axis, each shaped portion having a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface. A first narrow portion connects a first of the three shaped portions to a second of the three shaped portions. A second narrow portion connects the second of the three shaped portions to a third of the three shaped portions. The first narrow portion is twisted about the axis such that the first surface of the first shaped portion is at a first angle to the first surface of the second shaped portion. The second narrow portion is twisted about the axis such that the first surface of the second shaped portion is at a second angle to the first surface of the third shaped portion.
US12102482B2
The invention provides for a method for switching between fields of view of an ultrasound probe. The method begins by obtaining an anatomical model representing a region of interest of a subject and establishing a first field of view relative to an ultrasonic probe, wherein the first field of view comprises an initial portion of the region of interest. Ultrasound data is then obtained from the first field of view by way of the ultrasonic probe and a first anatomical feature is identified within the first field of view based on the ultrasound data. A location in digital space of the first field of view relative to the anatomical model is determined based on the first anatomical feature. A second field of view is then established based on the anatomical model and the first field of view, wherein the first field of view functions as a reference field of view. The field of view is then switched from the first field of view to the second field of view.
US12102476B2
The present disclosure concerns a system for determining vital signs of a subject, such as heart activity profile (e.g. heart rate and heart rate variability), respiration rate or blood pressure. The above vital signs can be extracted from analyzing the movement profile of the chest due to heartbeat, e.g. ballistocardiography (BCG), and respiration process. The monitoring system processes and analyzes measured data of acoustic signals that are obtained by transmitting acoustic signals, in particular, ultrasonic signals, towards a subject and detecting the reflected signals therefrom. The transducer/transmitter of the acoustic signals is positioned remotely from the subject such that the signal communication between the measured subject and the transducer is contact-free. The analysis includes determining a variation profile of phase and frequency between the transmitted signals and the reflections thereof from the subject, and said variation profile is indicative of vital signs of the subject.
US12102473B2
Embodiments provide an ultrasound treatment system. In some embodiments, the system includes a removable transducer module having an ultrasound transducer. In some embodiments, the system can include a hand wand and a control module that is coupled to the hand wand and has a graphical user interface for controlling the removable transducer module, and an interface coupling the hand wand to the control module. The interface may provide power to the hand wand or may transfer a signal from the hand wand to the control module. In some embodiments, the treatment system may be used in cosmetic procedures on at least a portion of a face, head, neck, and/or other part of a patient.
US12102472B2
There is provided an apparatus (100) for detecting subjects with disordered breathing. The apparatus (100) comprises one or more processors (102) configured to acquire an acoustic signal from an acoustic sensor (108) in an environment, determine a plurality of acoustic signal components from the acquired acoustic signal and determine a plurality of signal envelopes or energy signals based on the acoustic signal components. One or more processors (102) are also configured to analyze the determined plurality of signal envelopes or energy signals to detect whether there are one or more subjects in the environment with disordered breathing.
US12102466B2
A method of minimizing a patient's exposure to CT scan radiation during the mu-map generation process in a long axial field of view (FOV) PET scan includes performing a long axial FOV PET scan on a patient; performing one or multiple truncated FOV CT scan of a region in the patient's body in which the organs of interest lies; generating a truncated mu-map covering the truncated CT FOV; and generating a mu-map for the whole long axial FOV of the PET scan by extending the truncated mu-map generated from the truncated FOV CT scan by estimating the missing mu-map data using the PET data.
US12102460B2
In an X-ray dose management system, a dental radiograph device includes an imaging condition setter, an output information creator, and an information communicator that sends the output information to a wireless tag. An X-ray imaging element includes an X-ray image information obtainer and a wireless tag. An information reading device includes an output information reader and an information communicator that sends the read output information to an information terminal. The information terminal includes a patient information retriever that retrieves patient information from a patient information storage, a communicator that receives the output information, and an output information processor that records the output information and the patient information in association with each other in the patient information storage.
US12102457B2
A protective assembly for medical devices that includes a case having a case base and a case lid, at least one case hinge joins the case base to the case lid, a mounting system contained within the case base. The mounting system further including an enclosure attachment system movably attached to a hardware attachment system by a front rotating pin connector and at least one lockable hardware attachment support.
US12102453B1
The utilization of sensors towards the study of internal and external work at the distal lower extremity during movement is presented. Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) and Electromyography (EMG) sensors are paired together to calculate the neuromuscular effort and torque at the ankle and are compared with plantar pressure and torque measurements using the pressure mat. Subsequently image tracking data is also to inform machine learning models that predict real-world distance movement from video recorded movement. Finally, a mobile application is developed allowing users to see a simulation of their movements, among other information.
US12102423B2
For autonomous MR scanning for a given medical test, a simplified MR scanner may be used without or will little input or control by a technologist (e.g., by a physician, radiologist, or person trained in MR scanner operation). The MR scanner autonomously positions, scans, checks quality, analyzes, and/or outputs an answer to a diagnostic question with or without an MR image. Scan analysis, based on artificial intelligence, allows for on-going or on-the-fly alteration of the scanning configuration to acquire the data desired to answer the diagnostic question. By using a simplified MR scanner, both position of the patient relative to the MR scanner and localization of the scan by the MR scanner are jointly solved. Sensors may sense a patient in a scan position where the reduced radio frequency requirements allow for a more open bore.
US12102422B2
A method of measuring a bio signal using a bio signal measuring apparatus includes: positioning electrodes included as part of the bio signal measuring apparatus to contact a surface of an examinee; switching an impedance measurer included as part of the bio signal measuring apparatus and including a voltmeter and a current source; measuring a first impedance value of the examinee while operating the impedance measurer according to a first mode; switching the impedance measurer to a second mode; measuring a second impedance value of the examinee while operating the impedance measurer according to a second mode; and obtaining bio impedance of the examinee based on the first and second impedance values and an internal impedance of the current source.
US12102412B2
A guidewire with a cross section of at least a part of its length, comprising a filling material (PLM), a lumen (LM) arranged inside the filling material (PLM) for accommodating an optical fiber (OF) with optical shape sensing properties. One or more stiffening elements (RD) are arranged inside the first material (PLM), wherein the stiffening element(s) (RD) is formed by a material having a higher axial stiffness than the filling material. A braiding structure (BR) encircles all of: the filling material (PLM), the lumen (LM), and the stiffening element(s) (RD). Such guidewire can be designed with a circular symmetric bending behavior, and is thus suitable as an interventional medical device, e.g. for endovascular procedures, and still it can provide optical shape sensing properties.
US12102405B2
A medical robot of the present disclosure includes: a surgical tool including a treatment portion, and a body including a driven portion configured to transmit a driving force to the treatment portion; and an attachment portion including a transmitting portion configured to transmit the driving force by being engaged with the driven portion, and an attachment surface configured to face the body. The surgical tool includes a surgical-instrument-engagement-part and the attachment portion includes an attachment-portion-engagement-part. The surgical-instrument-engagement-part and the attachment-portion-engagement-part are configured to allow the surgical tool to be attached to the attachment portion by a relative movement of the surgical tool and the attachment portion in a direction along the attachment surface, and also configured to allow the surgical tool to be removed from the attachment portion by a relative movement of the surgical tool and the attachment portion in a direction intersecting with the attachment surface.
US12102402B2
A robotic surgical tool includes a handle having a drive input and a spline, a bailout ring arranged at the handle, and a slipper clutch mechanism received within the bailout ring. The slipper clutch mechanism including a slip carrier rotationally fixed to the bailout ring and defining a vertical slot that slidably receives a pin, a first ring arranged within the slip carrier and defining a first interface, a second ring arranged within the slip carrier atop the first ring and defining a second interface, and a pinion gear operatively coupled to the spline and arranged to intermesh with radial gear teeth defined on the second ring. Manual rotation of the bailout ring rotates the slip carrier and the pin and thereby rotates the first and second ring in succession to rotate the spline and manually bail out a function of the robotic surgical tool.
US12102394B2
A multi-stage dilator and cannula assembly for use in surgical procedures, including minimally invasive surgical procedures, to provide tissue dilation and opening of a portal to enable the surgeon to access and provide treatment to anatomical feature of interest.
US12102391B2
A system and method for registration and coordinated manipulation of augmented reality image components includes registering a model of patient anatomy to a first image of the patient anatomy captured using an imaging device to determine a baseline relationship between the model and the first image, tracking movement of a computer-assisted device used to manipulate the imaging device, updating the baseline relationship based on the tracked movement, and generating a composite image by overlaying the model on a second image of the patient anatomy according to the updated relationship. In some embodiments, the model is semi-transparent. In some embodiments, registering the model to the first image includes adjusting the model relative to the first image based on one or more inputs received from a user and generating a model to image transformation based on the adjustments to the model. The model to image transformation captures the baseline relationship.
US12102385B2
A method of calibration for a plenoptic camera system to determine the true size of an object feature in a light-field image of the object wherein the camera system comprises: an objective lens positioned along an imaging axis intersecting a point in the object; a photosensor positioned for acquiring images of portions of the object and a microlens array positioned in between the objective lens and the photosensor such that each microlens in the array projects a different view of the image formed at the image plane thereby forming an array of elemental images on the photosensor, the method comprising: acquiring an initial image of the object; extracting matching features from any plurality of views derived from a plurality of elemental images forming the initial image; and calculating at least one functional relationship between two or more views having matching features.
US12102380B2
Methods, systems and devices for treating a patient include providing a tissue treatment element constructed and arranged to deliver energy to tissue and treating tissue of the gastrointestinal tract by causing the tissue treatment element to deliver energy to an energy delivery zone. Treatment results in a reduction in the luminal surface area of at least a portion of the gastrointestinal tract. In particular embodiments, the methods, systems and devices are used to treat diabetes.
US12102375B2
A medical device may include a handle having a handle lumen extending therethrough. The medical device further may include a first body shaft including a first body shaft lumen in direct communication with the handle lumen and an RF electrode tip may be positioned at a distal end of the first body shaft. The RF electrode tip may include a lumen extending therethrough and in direct communication with the lumen of the first body shaft. Additionally, an energy delivery wire may be electrically coupled with the RF electrode tip.
US12102370B2
A skin status monitoring apparatus that includes one or more sensors for sensing the applied energy density to an operative site in real time based on one or more monitored variables is provided. Based on the sensed applied energy density, the applied power level of the cold plasma beam may be adjusted, such that, the applied energy density to the operative site remains within the beneficial range that achieves the desired physiological effect to the operative site. The skin status monitoring apparatus of the present disclosure may be coupled to a distal end of an electrosurgical device capable of generating cold plasma.
US12102369B2
Various exemplary surgical impacting tool interfaces and methods of using surgical impacting tool interfaces are provided. In general, a surgical impacting tool includes a locking assembly configured to releasably attach to an adapter. In response to engagement with the adapter, the locking assembly is configured to move from an unlocked configuration, in which the adapter is not releasably attached to the surgical impacting tool (nor is any other adapter releasably attached to the surgical impacting tool via the locking assembly), to a locked configuration, in which the adapter is releasably attached to the surgical impacting tool via the locking assembly. The locking assembly is configured to receive the adapter in a longitudinal direction along a longitudinal axis defined by the locking assembly and to automatically lock the adapter to the surgical impacting tool.
US12102368B2
A bone positioning guide may include a main body member, a shaft, and a bone engagement member. The shaft can be movably connected to the main body member and have the bone engagement member rotatably coupled to its distal end. The bone engagement member can have a surface configured to engage a bone. The main body member can also include a tip opposite the bone engagement member for engaging a second bone. In use, the bone engagement member may be positioned in contact with a medial side of a first metatarsal while the tip is positioned in contact with a lateral side of a different metatarsal, such as a second metatarsal. The shaft can then be moved to advance the bone engagement member toward the tip, causing realignment of the first metatarsal.
US12102362B2
A compression device made of a superelastic material having a peripheral portion with an upper surface, a lower surface, and a central opening extending therethrough is provided. One or more resilient teeth project inward of the peripheral portion into the central opening and are configured to exert a biasing force in an axial direction when deformed in a direction opposite the axial direction.
US12102348B2
The present disclosure is directed to devices, kits, and methods for treating lumbar spinal stenosis by at least partially decompressing a compressed nerve root. The method can include identifying the compressed nerve root and percutaneously accessing a region of a lamina located adjacent to the compressed nerve root. The method can also include forming a channel through the region of the lamina, wherein the channel can be formed medial to a lateral border of the lamina. Further, the method can include expanding the channel in a lateral direction.
US12102347B2
A holder for mounting a hand tool to a surface has a suction cup positionable upon a surface. A yoke is connected to a central area of the suction cup, and is movable in a vertical direction relative to the surface, to distort the suction cup to secure the suction cup and yoke to the surface. A frame includes a cradle shaped to receive and support the hand tool, and a base. An extension connects the base and the cradle. A cam pin is movable within the frame, and has a cam profile that slides along the cam engagement surface of the yoke to displace the yoke along a vertical axis to increase or decrease the pressure between the suction cup and the surface.
US12102344B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a medical device for snaring guidewire during endovascular procedure. The medical device includes a catheter and an elongate member. The catheter is deployed into a lumen of a blood vessel through a first vascular access point of a subject. The elongate member includes a distal tip mounted with a first magnetic element and configured to be insertable within the catheter. The elongate member is deployed in the lumen of the blood vessel by advancing through the catheter. The first magnetic element of the elongate member is configured to exert magnetic force to magnetically couple with a guidewire advancing within the lumen through a second vascular access point. The magnetic coupling of the elongate member and the guidewire facilitates attracting the guidewire into the catheter and draw out from the first vascular access point by withdrawing the elongate member while advancing the guidewire.
US12102329B2
Methods and devices for performing transjugular carotid flow reversal are provided. A flow reversal sheath is advanced through a transjugular carotid fistula. An occlusion balloon is inflated, causing carotid inflow to be diverted through the sheath and through a flow reversal region positioned in the jugular vein. After reversal of blood flow, a carotid intervention is performed.
US12102327B2
An apparatus for treating an aneurysm includes an occlusion element configured to be releasably coupled to an elongate delivery shaft and having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the occlusion element configured to be delivered in a collapsed configuration and further configured to expand to an expanded configuration, the occlusion element comprising an inverted mesh tube having an outer layer and an inner layer, the outer layer transitioning to the inner layer at an inversion fold located at or adjacent the distal end of the occlusion element, the inversion fold defining an inner diameter, the occlusion element further comprising a maximum outer diameter, wherein the inner diameter is between about 35% to about 85% of the maximum outer diameter, and wherein an outer diameter of the occlusion element increases along the longitudinal axis to the maximum outer diameter.
US12102324B2
The present invention relates to an artificial blood vessel comprising a shape-memory polymer, and a vascular anastomotic member formed of a shape-memory polymer. An artificial blood vessel according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a shape-memory polymer including photo-crosslinkable functional groups, the artificial blood vessel thus provided having a fusion point suitable for in vivo transplantation. Also, provided is a vascular anastomotic member which comprises a shape-memory polymer including photo-crosslinkable functional groups, and thus has a fusion point suitable for in vivo transplantation.
US12102319B2
Methods for measuring tissue defects include the use of a suture anchor, a drill guide, a needle driver, and a ruler. Using the drill guide, the surgeon extends the suture attached to an implanted anchor between the first and second ends of the defect. The surgeon then attaches a needle driver to the suture extending from the proximal end of the drill guide. Finally, the surgeon retracts the suture back through the drill guide and measures the distance between the needle driver and the proximal end of the drill guide to determine a length of a graft needed to repair the defect.
US12102318B2
Exemplary embodiments of a tissue repair device to repair tissue by deploying implants, comprising: a selector knob is configured to allow a user to change from a default position to a first position, position is indicated by a window positioned on a handle; a depth control knob is configured to adjust an exposure length of a needle under a depth control sheath to an appropriate or desired length to deploy a first implant and a second implant to secure with a tissue, a deployment knob is configured to push a pusher rod to deploy first implant from needle for delivering of a flexible member to secure tissue, deployment knob is configured to automatically spring back to a pre-specified position after deploying first implant from needle, deployment knob configured to push pusher rod to deploy second implant from needle for delivering of flexible member to secure tissue.
US12102317B2
Devices, systems and/or methods for fixating soft tissue to bone are provided. In one embodiment, a repair device for fixating soft tissue to bone with a bone anchor includes a soft tissue anchor and one or more flexible members. The soft tissue anchor includes a base with multiple legs extending from the base. The one or more flexible members are coupled to the base and configured to extend from the base to the bone anchor with a fixed length. With this arrangement, the fixed length of the one or more flexible members is configured to maintain a substantially fixed pre-determined distance between the soft tissue anchor and the bone anchor such that, as the bone anchor is seated into bone, the one or more flexible members pulls the soft tissue anchor down against the soft tissue to fixate the soft tissue to the bone.
US12102308B2
A medical insertion device includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having flexibility sufficient for insertion through a working channel of an endoscope along a tortuous path. The elongated shaft includes a coil extending from the proximal end to the distal end and having a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a braided portion extending around a portion of the coil, the braided portion including a plurality of lines wound together such that first and second ones of the lines intersect to enclose a predetermined angle therebetween, the angle being between 25 and 55 degrees.
US12102306B2
A control device for an ablation treatment tool includes: a target-value storage unit that stores a target value for the total treatment area; an energy-source output unit that outputs, to the ablation treatment tool, an energy source for performing ablation treatment; an area calculation unit that calculates the total treatment area of the ileal mucosa on which the ablation treatment has been performed; and a control unit that controls termination of the ablation treatment performed by the ablation treatment tool. The control unit notifies an operator of the termination of the ablation treatment or stops the output of the energy source from the energy-source output unit when the calculated total treatment area of the ileal mucosa becomes equal to or greater than the target value.
US12102291B2
A device may include a first portion coupled to a shaft of an insertable medical device. The first portion may extend along a first portion longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end. The first portion may include a protrusion extending radially outwardly of the first portion longitudinal axis. At least a portion of the first portion may be received within a lumen of a second portion. The second portion may be axially moveable along the first portion longitudinal axis relative to the first portion. The second portion may include a longitudinally extending channel. A spring may be located radially between the first portion and the second portion.
US12102272B2
A bar soap grater body comprises a bar soap chamber positioned over a soap flake dispensing chamber. A grater plate interposed between the bar soap chamber and the soap flake dispensing chamber comprises a handle at an one end and a stop at a second end with a grater surface between the first end and the second end. The grater plate is configured so a bar of soap placed into the bar soap chamber is positioned in contact against the grater surface. Wherein the handle when pushed in and out of the grater body moves the grater plate back and forth across the bottom surface of the bar of soap to shave flakes off the bar of soap that fall into the soap flake dispensing chamber.
US12102270B2
Systems, devices, and methods for providing a sheet product dispenser with automated product level tracking functionality are provided herein. Various product level sensors are disclosed herein including a product level sensor configured to emit a signal toward an outer circumference of a sheet product roll on a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis and to receive a reflected signal. The product level sensor is positioned a radial distance away from the spindle and aimed to emit the signal in a direction that is not parallel and not perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The product level sensor detects a parameter of the reflected signal corresponding to the distance between the product level sensor and the sheet product roll. Other example embodiments include mechanical product level sensors. Various communication protocols may be employed to limit transmission of data to conserve battery life while still maintaining desired communication functionality.
US12102268B2
A turntable cutting board device for cutting food on a rotatable surface includes a base with a cutting board rotatably coupled to the base. The cutting board is planar and has a cutting surface facing away from the base and a bottom surface facing the base. A plunger is coupled to the base, faces the cutting board, and is spring biased toward the cutting board. A detent is positioned in the bottom surface of the cutting board. The detent faces the base and is positioned such that the plunger aligns with the detent when the cutting board is positioned in a locked position. The plunger removably secures the cutting board in the locked position when the cutting board is in the locked position, and the cutting board becomes unsecured from the locked position when a sufficient torque is exerted on the cutting board about the rotational axis.
US12102263B2
A countertop appliance and coffee roaster (10) with a roasting chamber containing at least one heating element (30), a bean container (12), and an exhaust duct (22) for venting said roasting chamber. The countertop appliance and coffee roaster (10) may include a cooling duct (42) for cooling the beans at the conclusion of the roasting cycle. The exhaust duct (22) may contain an exhaust fan (72), secondary heating elements (74), and/or exhaust duct vents (20).
US12102260B2
Rotisserie forks and a basket for use on a motorized elongated spit rod having a central axis and a sharpened tip, wherein the forks or basket have a) a split shaft collar having an opening that slidably receives the spit rod and has an inside diameter, and b) a lever-action quick-release clamp that surrounds the shaft collar, has open and closed lever positions, and which when open enables the shaft collar and fork or basket to move along the spit rod central axis, and which when closed reduces the shaft collar inside diameter so that the fork or basket does not move along the spit rod central axis during rotisserie grilling.
US12102258B2
An automatic cooking machine includes: a cooking pot; a strainer arranged to be capable of being placed in the cooking pot to receive ingredients; a water outlet connector arranged to operably output cold water or hot water into the strainer; an inlet valve arranged to operably control timing of outputting cold water or hot water from the water outlet connector; a drain valve arranged to operably control timing of draining the liquid from the cooking pot; and a drain port arranged to operably output liquid passed through the drain valve. When the cooking pot is being heated, the inlet valve intermittently turns on and turns off, so that the water outlet connector outputs cold water or hot water into the strainer, while the drain valve intermittently turns on and turns off to output a portion of the liquid within the cooking pot.
US12102255B2
The present invention relates to a brewing apparatus (1) for making a beverage from a single-serve capsule (2), wherein the brewing apparatus (1) has a first brewing-chamber element (3), a second brewing-chamber element (4) and a sealing device (5), wherein the first brewing-chamber element (3) can be moved along a central axis (12) between a loading position, in which the first and the second brewing-chamber elements (3, 4) are spaced apart from one another, and an operating position, in which the first and the second brewing-chamber elements (3, 4) have been moved towards one another to form a substantially closed brewing chamber (10), wherein, in the operating position, the sealing device (5) is arranged between the first and the second brewing-chamber elements (3, 4), wherein the first or second brewing-chamber element (3, 4) has a liquid-feeding device (6) for injecting liquid into a single-serve capsule (2) located in the brewing chamber (10).
US12102251B2
The invention relates to a pet bed configurable as any of a plurality of cushion types or a blanket. The pet bed may be folded a first way and secured in place with a first attachment device to form a cushion with a first surface type. The pet bed may be folded a second way and secured with a second and third attachment device to form a cushion with a second surface type. The pet bed may be unfolded to form a blanket. Additionally, the pet bed is constructed of fully washable materials so that the pet bed may be washed in a typical household washing machine.
US12102220B2
An oral care implement including an elongated body having a head portion supporting plurality of tooth cleaning elements and a handle portion defining an outer surface. A grip control component is disposed on the handle portion and includes a pair of transversely spaced apart control surfaces separated by a longitudinally extending channel. The control surfaces are elevated above the outer surface of the handle portion and positioned to engage a user's thumb. The control component is operable to tilt the head portion at an upward or downward angle relative to a vertical plane of a user's teeth when the control component is grasped between the user's thumb and forefinger for producing a proper brushing angle at the gum line.
US12102219B1
A brush has a brush head having a main body and bristles extending therefrom, with the main body having a cylindrical shaft with a rounded cylindrical circumference. Semispherical bodies having bristles extending therefrom are adapted to be removably secured to axially opposite ends of the main body. These bristles radially extend 360° around both the cylindrical circumference of the main body and each semispherical body. A handle for the brush and an adapter for coupling the brush to a handle, are also provided.
US12102213B2
Devices, systems, and apparatuses are provided for enhanced hair covering. An enhanced covering device may include a first outer layer made of a first material type. The enhanced covering device may include a second inner layer disposed inside the first layer, wherein the second layer is made of a second material type. The enhanced covering device may include an elastic band situated on an interior of the hair covering device at a first edge, wherein the elastic band permits air out of the hair covering device while preventing air from flowing back into the interior of the hair covering device.
US12102206B2
Provided are a decorative nail tip and a manufacturing system and method thereof. The decorative nail tip includes a nail tip layer shaped like a nail. A convex outer surface of the nail tip layer is a decorative surface. The nail tip layer includes a flexible portion and a rigid portion which are sequentially arranged in a nail tip direction. The decorative nail tip has a flexible end and a rigid end, and thus can fit the nail and has an orientation function. During use, the decorative nail tip can fit the edge of the nail by means of its flexibility, such that the possibility of stretching, folds, air holes, hollows and edge warping is reduced; and after being cured, the whole nail tip layer can decorate the nail in a rigid and plump form.
US12102198B2
A protective cover for an electronic device including a shell having upright sides that position the electronic device within the shell, a first slot and a second slot formed in the upright sides of the shell, a removable locking clip selectively coupled to the upright sides and including a first flange and a second flange that are receivable within the first slot and the second slot, respectively, a first hole extending through a portion of the upright sides, and a second hole extending through a portion of the upright sides. The removable locking clip overlaps a first portion of the electronic device when the electronic device is received within the shell and the first and second flanges are received within the first and second slots, respectively.
US12102196B2
An article of jewelry configured to secure a handheld, mobile electronic device. The article of jewelry includes a shank configured to hold the article of jewelry on a finger of a user and opposing shoulders extending from the shank. A setting extends from the opposing shoulders and has a receptacle. A magnet is positioned within the receptacle and is configured to engage a ferromagnetic structure of a handheld, mobile electronic device in a manner such as to secure the handheld, mobile electronic device to a finger of the user.
US12102192B2
A magnetic buckle device has a first base, a second base, a first component mounted to the first base, a second component mounted to the second base, and a lock mechanism. A magnetic attraction force is generated between the first component and the second component to move the first base and the second base toward each other. The lock mechanism is connected to the second base and has a locked status and an unlocked status. The lock mechanism has an engaging component and an unlocking component. In the locked status, the first base and the engaging component engage with each other such that the first base and the engaging component are inseparable. In the unlocked status, the unlocking component is capable of being operated to allow the first base and the engaging component to disengage from each other.
US12102189B2
An upper is provided for a shoe. The upper is basically provided with a base layer, a first reinforcement layer and a second reinforcement layer. The base layer includes a toe portion and a heel portion. The base layer has a joint free three-dimensional shape at least partly defining an interior foot receiving space. The first reinforcement layer is disposed on an outer side of a centerline of a toe-heel direction of the upper. The first reinforcement layer overlies a first heel area of the heel portion. The second reinforcement layer is disposed on an inner side of the centerline. The second reinforcement layer overlies a second heel area of the heel portion. The first reinforcement layer and the second reinforcement layer are separated at the heel portion.
US12102188B2
An upper may be included with an article of footwear. The upper may include a textile portion, the textile portion forming a throat area of the upper. The upper may further include a base portion, the base portion extending to a biteline area of the upper. The upper may further include a tie structure, the tie structure extending through a first opening of the textile portion and a second opening of the base portion to secure the textile portion to the base portion.
US12102187B2
An article of footwear comprising: a sole; an upper, attached to the sole; and a full length footbed located inside the upper; wherein a portion of an underside of the full length footbed is attached relative to the sole with an underside of a forward portion of the full length footbed being unattached for placement of a forefoot cushion thereunder and/or an underside of a rearward portion of the full length footbed being unattached for placement of a heel raise thereunder.
US12102186B1
Unique pads, called cuboid lifts, cuboid inserts, or balance-enhancing textured insoles, prevent falls and improve balance by producing site-specific stimulation of different types of cutaneous receptors located along the outer sides of the foot. These cutaneous receptors play a key role in maintaining balance. The outer placement also makes them important in preventing lateral falls, which are far and away the most likely to result in injury. Domes on the upper side of the cuboid inserts increase feedback from the cutaneous receptors as the center of pressure of the person wearing the cuboid inserts moves too far to the outer side of the midfoot. These cuboid inserts are also helpful when managing ankle sprains, as this common injury frequently results in impaired balance.
US12102185B2
A midsole or insole device for a shoe includes a first variable stimulation mechanism positioned to interface one of the metatarsal heads and the heel and a second variable stimulation mechanism positioned to interface a lateral aspect of the foot between the fifth metatarsal head and the heel. During gait-related activities, the first variable stimulation mechanism produces stimulus of an intensity greater than the second variable stimulation mechanism. At least one of the first variable stimulation mechanism and the second variable stimulation mechanism comprises two bonded layers including a resilient stimulating upper layer and a less resilient stimulus-enhancing lower layer. The upper layer includes a plurality of holes that pass through the entirety of the upper layer, and the lower layer includes a plurality of equally spaced upwardly facing projections aligned substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the upper layer.
US12102168B2
A sole for an article of footwear includes an outsole that has longitudinal ribs and a midsole that is disposed above the outsole and that defines notches. The longitudinal ribs are disposed in the notches.
US12102164B2
A sensor hub for collecting sensor data during a parachuting or wing-suite event is described herein. In some instances, the sensor hub may include a sensor hub housing, the sensor hub housing including a first cavity that houses a power supply and a communication unit and a second cavity that houses a location sensor and an orientation sensor, wherein the communication unit is configured to share the location sensor and the orientation sensor with a second sensor hub and a helmet that attaches to the sensor hub housing.
US12102161B2
A helmet features a sound management mechanism within a hard exterior shell and an interior of expanded polystyrene foam. Ear cups embedded within the shell surround the ears, with a torus-shaped soft material forming a seal against the wearer's head. The helmet allows the transition of ear cups between engaged and disengaged positions. The engaged position is against the head. The disengaged position is away from the head, allowing easy placement and removing of the helmet. Positions may be transitioned using one hand. The helmet may include lateral adjustment of ear cups, and some versions incorporate electronic audio features like noise cancellation, communication capabilities, and wireless connectivity.
US12102160B1
The present disclosure includes a headgear for a helmet. The headgear includes a front band, a back band, and an intermediate band comprising a plurality of intermediate band parts arranged between the front band and the back band. The plurality of intermediate band parts comprises first pair of band parts having a circular shape, the band parts of the first pair of band parts extending from and connecting on a first side of the headgear, a second pair of band parts having a circular shape, the band parts of the second pair of band parts extending from and connecting on a second side of the headgear, a first cross band part intersecting with and extending from the connection of the first pair of band parts, and a second cross band part intersecting with and extending from the connection of the second pair of band parts.
US12102152B2
According to an example embodiment, a method and an apparatus for simulating a garment may receive, through a user interface expressing a three-dimensional (3D) garment, an input of deforming at least one style line among a plurality of style lines representing a style of the 3D garment, identify a first line corresponding to the style line among a plurality of lines included in a two-dimensional (2D) pattern corresponding to the 3D garment, deform the first line based on the input, deform the 2D pattern by propagating deformation of the first line to candidate lines associated with the first line, and output at least one of the deformed 2D pattern and the 3D garment in which the style line is deformed based on the deformed 2D pattern.
US12102151B2
The present invention relates to a fiber for artificial hair having a hollow in a center of a fiber cross section. A ratio of an area of the hollow to an entire area of the fiber cross section is 5% to 50%. The fiber cross section has a flat multilobed shape, and the hollow has a first side and a second side that are inclined 70 to 110 degrees relative to a major axis of the fiber cross section. The present invention also relates to hair ornament products including the above fiber for artificial hair. Thus, the present invention provides a fiber for artificial hair having a favorable curl setting property when curling with a hair iron and a favorable combing property after curling with a hair iron, and hair ornament products including the same.
US12102149B2
A garment, particularly swimwear, to cover a wearer's body between the waist and thighs has a shell of substantially impermeable material, a permeable inner lining material which lies next to the wearer's skin in use and an antimicrobial agent disposed between the shell of substantially impermeable material and the inner lining material. The antimicrobial agent may be Silver which has been deposited by a physical deposition process onto a textile disposed between the shell and inner lining material. The garment may form a lining of a swim nappy, the combination providing an article of swimwear.
US12102146B2
A utility glove including a retention assembly, the glove being configured to be worn on a hand of a user and having a body portion including a palm covering and a dorsal covering, the body portion defining a wrist opening and a plurality of digit apertures, and a retainer assembly having a base portion disposed on an outer surface of the dorsal covering, the base portion including a body portion defining a circular aperture, and a platform portion that is rotatably disposed within the circular aperture of the base portion and includes a retention portion for selectively retaining items thereon.
US12102143B2
The disclosed inventive concept comprises a form-fitting body suit, or thermal jumper for wearing by a person, the jumper further comprising an internalized plurality of separate but integral pads. Each of the pads is secured within a pocket attached to the interior surface of the jumper, the pockets corresponding to the location of specific parts of the human anatomy when the jumper is donned by a wearer. Each pad functions as 1) a conductor of varying ranges of heat and 2) a source of vibration when integral wiring in the pad is activated by electrical current generated by at least one battery or rechargeable battery pack.
US12102137B1
A shirt retaining assembly including a chain assembly, a shirt button connector assembly and a buttonhole connector assembly. Chain assembly includes a chain, wherein the chain is a jewelry chain with an S-shape connector attached in and edge thereof. Shirt button connector assembly includes a round member attached to the S connector, wherein the round member has a circular shape that can be placed underneath a shirt button. Buttonhole connector assembly includes a post attached to the opposite side of the chain, wherein the toggle is attached vertically aligned the post by means of a free end. The toggle can be introduced in a buttonhole allowing the shirt to keep stable while unbuttoned.
US12102136B2
A universal filtering mouthpiece for smoking devices comprising a flexible and substantially conical shaped body having a small diameter end and a large diameter end; a hollow smoke passage which runs axially through the conical shaped body from the small diameter end to the large diameter end; a filter cartridge housing centered axially at the mouthpiece end of the said flexible and substantially conical shaped body which communicates with the hollow smoke passage and capable of housing a removable filter; and a disposable, high-airflow filter cartridge consisting of a rigid cylindrical frame having rounded edges, the rigid cylindrical frame housing a smoke filter inside the inner diameter of said rigid cylindrical frame. The universal filtering mouthpiece for smoking devices is readily implementable across a wide variety of smoking devices such as, but not limited to, pipes, bongs, hookahs, water pipes, electronic cigarettes, cigarettes, and pre-roll cigarettes.
US12102131B2
Provided is a device including: a battery configured to supply power; a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating material by receiving power from the battery; a sensor; at least one output unit; and a controller, wherein the controller detects a user's puff by using the sensor and controls at least one output unit based on puff characteristic data based on a result of the detection.
US12102127B2
An aerosol generating device includes an accommodation portion configured to accommodate at least a portion of a cigarette, and a heater arranged in the accommodation portion to heat the cigarette. The heater may include a first heating portion arranged along the inside of the accommodation portion, a second heating portion arranged in a lower portion of the accommodation portion, and a third heating portion extending in a lengthwise direction of the cigarette from the lower portion of the accommodation portion, and the first heating portion, the second heating portion, and the third heating portion may be thermally connected to one another.
US12102126B2
An electronic atomizer includes a cartridge tube provided with an e-liquid storage cavity and a flue, a closure member closing the e-liquid storage cavity, a sealing member, an atomizing core provided in the closure member, and a base. The closure member includes a closure end, an accommodation end extending downward from closure end, a flow passage vertically penetrating through closure member, and an air passage separated from flow passage; the sealing member is integrally formed on closure member and includes a first sealing portion covering outer side of the atomizing core, a second sealing portion covering outer periphery of the closure end and abutting against inner wall surface of the cartridge tube, and a third sealing portion fitted to top end of the air passage and abutting against end edge of the flue; the e-liquid storage cavity communicates with upper end surface of atomizing core through the flow passage.
US12102123B2
A cartridge includes a cartridge housing, an atomizing head, and a sealing member. A liquid storage cavity for storing e-liquid is formed inside the cartridge housing. The atomizing head is located at one end of the cartridge housing, and the sealing member is located at the other end of the cartridge housing opposite to the atomizing head. The atomizing head is in communication with the liquid storage cavity and the outside. When a liquid injection needle is used to inject liquid into the cartridge, the liquid injection needle pierces the sealing member and extends into the cartridge housing to inject e-liquid into the liquid storage cavity. The air in the liquid storage cavity is discharged out through the end of the cartridge housing with the atomizing head. After the liquid injection needle is pulled out, the sealing member will form a self-sealing at the pierced position.
US12102116B2
A device for burning smoking material and inhaling the resulting smoke is disclosed. The device can include a tubular member formed from a dried leaf having an internal elongated cavity extending from an open end to a closed end. The elongated cavity can be configured to receive a smoking material. The smoking accessory can include a filter disposed within dried leaf and defining the closed end. The filter can have a recess formed in a surface of the cylindrical body along a curved face extending from the first end to the second end, the recess extending radially into the cylindrical body. The smoking accessory can include a capsule containing a flavoring agent disposed within the recess.
US12102106B2
The invention pertains to the field of food or medicine, and relates to a method for preparing modified starch, a liposome and a method for preparing liposome. Specifically, the method for preparing modified starch, comprises: (1) in a supercritical carbon dioxide medium, starch is used as raw material, ethanol is used as an entrainer, and the reaction is carried out under supercritical CO2 conditions to obtain a pretreated product; (2) separating and purifying the pretreated product of step (1); (3) using the pretreated product obtained in step (2) to prepare modified starch; and (4) separating and purifying the modified starch prepared in step (3). The liposome prepared from the modified starch of the present invention has good stability, encapsulation rate and bioavailability.
US12102102B2
A composition and process for making pet food treats is described herein. Auxiliary ingredients are combined to form a meat mixture. The meat mixture is formed into portions. The portions of meat mixture are positioned on a chew stick that comprises rawhide. The pet treat gives the appearance of a grilled shish kabob, where the meat portions are meant for initial taste, while the chew stick will provide the dog with a longer-lasting chewing portion.
US12102093B2
Flavored flatbread is made by a method comprising providing a cooked flatbread having first and second major surfaces and a thickness of from about 1.0 to about 10 mm and a density of from about 0.1 to about 0.5 g per cubic cm and docking the cooked flatbread to impart a plurality of holes into at least the first major surface of the cooked flatbread. An egg containing liquid mixture is applied to the docked cooked flatbread in an amount and time sufficient to take up from about 0.02 to about 0.09 g per square cm linear surface area of the docked cooked flatbread to provide a coated flatbread. The coated flatbread is cooked to provide a cooked flavored flatbread. Flavored flatbreads are also described.
US12102092B2
dsRNA for preventing, mitigating and/or treating infestation of a plant with red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus), the dsRNA comprising a polynucleotide sequence which is about 85% to about 100% complementary to a segment of a target gene of the red palm weevil, wherein ingestion of the dsRNA polynucleotide by the red palm weevil results in mortality and/or stunting thereof.
US12102087B2
The present invention relates to active compound combinations, in particular within a fungicide composition, which comprises (A) a thiazolylisoxazoline of formula (I) and a further fungicidally active compound (B). Moreover, the invention relates to a method for curatively or preventively controlling the phytopathogenic fungi of plants or crops, to the use of a combination according to the invention for the treatment of seed, to a method for protecting a seed and not at least to the treated seed.
US12102085B2
The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising as active compound I an insecticidal active carboxamide derivative and at least one active compound II selected from a group M comprising acteylcholine esterase inhibitors, GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists, sodium channel modulators, nicotinic acteylcholine receptor agonists/antagonists, allosteric nicotinic acetylcholine receptor activators, chloride channel activators, juvenile hormone mimics, homopteran feeding blockers, mit grow inhibitors, inhibitors of mitochondrial ATP synthase, uncouplers of the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis, moulting disruptors, ecdyson receptor agonists, octamin receptor agonists, inhibitors of the MET, voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, inhibitors of the lipid synthesis, ryanodine receptor modulators and other compounds as defined in the description, in synergistically effective amounts. The invention relates further to methods and use of these mixtures for combating and controlling insects, arachnids or nematodes in and on plants, and for protecting such plants being infested with pests, especially also for protecting plant proparagation material, such as seeds.
US12102084B2
Provided herein are treated seeds and methods for the preparation of treated seeds comprising a biological agent and a polymeric coating.
US12102081B1
A vertical farming spraying system including a robotic mobile sprayer with a base and driving members. The robotic mobile sprayer includes a first cylindrical element connected to a first pump and a second cylindrical element connected to a second pump. A first mechanical support is mounted on the base, supporting a humidity sensor and a humidifier sprayer connected to the first pump; and a second mechanical support is mounted on the base, supporting a disinfection sensor and a disinfection sprayer connected to the second pump. A control unit controls operation of the driving members and mechanical supports, and of the pumps through the respective sensors via a flow control sensor. The vertical farming spraying system further includes a vertically oriented elongated cylindrical support encircled by a spiral path, designed to guide the robotic mobile sprayer from the base to the top for humidification and disinfection operations.
US12102074B2
A baitcaster includes a body, a spool, a handle, and a drive. The body defines a proximate end and a distal end opposite the proximate end. The spool extends between the proximate end and the distal end. The handle extends from the proximate end and is configured to receive an input torque. The drive is configured to receive the input torque from the handle at the proximate end and drive the spool through a coupling at the distal end.
US12102072B1
The mechanical fishing lure device may comprise a body, a hook, an axle, and a magnet. The mechanical fishing lure device may be a fishing lure adapted for attracting fish. The body may conceal the hook in a retracted position. An individual fish may strike at the fishing lure and may pull the body of the fishing lure while the fishing lure is in the mouth of the individual fish. A strike force exceeding a predetermined force threshold may pull the body against a fishing line causing the hook to pivot to an exposed position. The hook may be adapted to impale the individual fish when the hook is in the exposed position during a strike.
US12102068B2
An aquarium system includes a tank, a motion sensor, and a light source. The motion sensor is adapted to sense motion within a predetermined distance from the tank. The light source has a controllable intensity projecting light into the tank. The intensity varies responsive to motion sensed by the motion sensor. When the motion sensor senses movement, the light is on at 100% intensity. After some period of no-motion, such as about 60 seconds, the lighting slowly dims to around 20% of full brightness. When it senses movement again, the lighting slowly ramps up to 100% intensity.
US12102050B2
Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated PINION is disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of lettuce designated PINION, to the plants and plant parts of lettuce designated PINION, and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce designated PINION with itself or another lettuce plant. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce designated PINION.
US12102047B2
A method of increasing interspace among plant containers. The method comprises: providing a set of plant containers, the set comprising first and second plant containers; arranging the first plant containers in a first structured grid formation along a horizontal plane; and arranging the second plant containers in a second structured grid formation along said horizontal plane, whereby when viewed from above the first and second plant containers are alternatingly arranged in a joint structured grid formation in a first area. The method comprises, for increasing the interspace among the plant containers, mutually simultaneously moving the second plant containers in their second grid formation away from the first plant containers in a vertical direction and subsequently placing the second plant containers in a second area.
US12102042B2
The protective sleeve device is intended to prevent damage to irrigation equipment caused by trees, shrubs, and grass roots. The device is a copper sleeve designed to naturally repel plant roots. The profile shape of the device enables it to fit around any pop-up style sprinkler head. Preferably, the device is made of rectangular panel that is rolled into a cylinder and held in shape by curved edges of the panel. Due to the unique one-piece construction, the device easily installs on both new and existing irrigation systems. Thus, as tree roots expand, the copper material in the device naturally deflects the tree roots away from the sensitive irrigation equipment. In addition, the device can be adapted to fit side-mounted pop-up sprinkler heads with the help of a cutout provision, wherein the user can insert the side-mounted pop-up sprinkler inlet tube into the groove of the cutout.
US12102037B2
A self-propelled machine includes a drive motor, a handle having two grips, an electromechanical converting device, and a speed adjusting element configured to move relative to the handle to adjust a rotational speed of the drive motor and configured to be operated by a user when the user holds one of the two grips with a single hand. The speed adjusting element is disposed between the two grips. The electromechanical converting device is configured to convert a positional change of the speed adjusting element into an electrical signal for adjusting the rotational speed of the drive motor. The speed adjusting element is movable between a first position and a second position. The rotational speed of the drive motor when the speed adjusting element is in the first position is greater than the rotational speed of the drive motor when the speed adjusting element is in the second position.
US12102034B1
A system for mapping a plot of land includes a utility vehicle and a remote computer. The utility vehicle includes a GPS unit configured to collect location data of the utility vehicle during operation on the plot of land. The utility vehicle includes an accelerometer configured to collect roll data and pitch data of the utility vehicle during operation on the plot of land. The utility vehicle includes a transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit the location data, the roll data, and the pitch data. The remote computer is configured to wirelessly receive the location data, the roll data, and the pitch data. The remote computer is configured to generate a three-dimensional contour map of the plot of land based on the location data, the roll data, and the pitch data.
US12102030B2
A row unit of a seeder includes a frame configured to be coupled to a toolbar of the seeder. The row unit also includes a single opener disc rotatably coupled to the frame and a closing system. The closing system includes a closing disc arm pivotally coupled to the frame, and a closing disc rotatably coupled to the closing disc arm. The closing system also includes a closing disc actuator coupled to the closing disc arm. Furthermore, the closing system includes a packer wheel arm pivotally coupled to the frame. The packer wheel arm and the closing disc arm are configured to rotate independently of one another relative to the frame. The closing system also includes a packer wheel rotatably coupled to the packer wheel arm. Furthermore, the closing system includes a packer wheel actuator coupled to the frame and to the packer wheel arm.
US12102026B1
A method for treating expansive soils includes excavating a hole in a superficial expansive soil layer from an excavation site to form the hole and an expansive soil material. Further, the expansive soil material is mixed with an inert material, at least two chemical additives, and a binder to form an additive soil material. The additive soil material is further poured into the hole in the excavation site to form an additive soil layer. The inert material is a sand, the chemical additives are a sulfur and a silica fume, and the binder is a dicyclopentadiene. The sand and the sulfur are present in the additive soil material in an amount from 30 wt. % to 40 wt. % and 12 wt. % to 25 wt. %, respectively, based on a total weight of the additive soil material.
US12108670B2
Provided are a novel compound capable of improving the luminous efficiency, stability and lifespan of an element, an organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof.
US12108667B2
An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a hole transport region on the first electrode, an emission layer on the hole transport region, an electron transport region on the emission layer and a second electrode on the electron transport region, wherein the emission layer includes a spiro compound containing an aryl amine group and an indenoindole derivative, thereby showing high emission efficiency and the emission layer emits green light.
US12108656B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a perovskite having a surface, where the surface includes a pyridine compound. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pyridine compound may include an amine functional group. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pyridine compound may be selected from a group that includes N(2-methylpyridine)A, N(3-methylpyridine)A, N(4-(methyl)pyridine)A, N(3-(2-ethyl)pyridine)A, and N(4-(2-ethyl)pyridine)A, where A is a cation, and the pyridine compound has an ionic radius larger than 10 Å.
US12108640B2
Provided is an array substrate, including: a first conductive wire, a second conductive wire and a first electrostatic protection unit, wherein the first electrostatic protection unit comprises a first thin-film transistor and a first capacitor; wherein a gate of the first thin-film transistor is suspended and is connected to a first electrode of the first thin-film transistor via the first capacitor, the first electrode of the thin-film transistor is connected to the first conductive wire, and a second electrode of the first thin-film transistor is connected to the second conductive wire.
US12108637B2
Provided are a backplane and a display device. The backplane comprises an active area, a first binding area and a second binding area. The first binding area is detachably disposed on a side of the second binding area away from the active area, and both the first binding area and the second binding area are capable of being bonded to an external electronic assembly. By arranging two binding areas, if there is a defective product in a module process, the first binding area is detached, and the second binding area is attached to the external electronic assembly, such that the display device is repaired in the module process, thereby reducing a scrapping cost of the product.
US12108633B2
A display panel includes: a substrate including a first region, a second region, and a third region between the first region and the second region; a display element located in the second region and including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, an intermediate layer; a multi-layered film arranged between the substrate and the pixel electrode and including an organic insulating layer and an inorganic layer on the organic insulating layer; and at least one groove formed in the multi-layered film and located in the third region, wherein at least one organic material layer is included in the intermediate layer and is disconnected by the at least one groove.
US12108631B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a second insulating layer having a first opening and a second opening, a partition disposed on the second insulating layer, a first organic layer, a first upper electrode. The partition includes a first layer formed of a metal material and including a first side surface and a second side, and a second layer including a bottom surface. The first upper electrode is in contact with the first side surface, the bottom surface extends from the first side surface toward the first opening and extends from the second side surface toward the second opening. A lower portion of the second layer has an inverted tapered shape whose width increases as it is closer to top from the bottom surface.
US12108617B2
A light-emitting layer of a light-emitting element contains halogen ligands and organic ligands coordinated to each of quantum dots. The light-emitting layer includes: a first region toward a hole-transport layer; and a second region toward an electron-transport layer. In the first region, a concentration of the halogen ligands is higher than a concentration of the organic ligands, and, in the second region, the concentration of the halogen ligands is lower than the concentration of the organic ligands.
US12108615B2
The disclosed technology includes an infrared-emitting quantum dot comprising a core comprising a first semiconductor material, a shell comprising a second semiconductor material, and a gradient interface between the core and the shell. The disclosed technology also includes methods of manufacturing the same.
US12108609B1
A configuration for efficiently placing a group of capacitors with one terminal connected to a common node is described. The capacitors are stacked and folded along the common node. In a stack and fold configuration, devices are stacked vertically (directly or with a horizontal offset) with one terminal of the devices being shared to a common node, and further the capacitors are placed along both sides of the common node. The common node is a point of fold. In one example, the devices are capacitors. N number of capacitors can be divided in L number of stack layers such that there are N/L capacitors in each stacked layer. The N/L capacitors are shorted together with an electrode (e.g., bottom electrode). The electrode can be metal, a conducting oxide, or a combination of a conducting oxide and a barrier material. The capacitors can be planar, non-planar or replaced by memory elements.
US12108608B1
An integration process including an etch stop layer for high density memory and logic applications and methods of fabrication are described. While various examples are described with reference to FeRAM, capacitive structures formed herein can be used for any application where a capacitor is desired. For instance, the capacitive structure can be used for fabricating ferroelectric based or paraelectric based majority gate, minority gate, and/or threshold gate.
US12108605B2
A memory device includes a plurality of first conductive pillars, a plurality of second conductive pillars, a plurality of gap filling pillars, a channel layer and first dielectric pillars. The gap filling pillars are located in between the first conductive pillars and the second conductive pillars. The channel layer is extending in a first direction, and located on side surfaces of the first conductive pillars and the second conductive pillars. The first dielectric pillars are located in between the channel layer and the plurality of gap filling pillars, wherein a length of an interface where the first dielectric pillars contact the gap filling pillars along the first direction is different from a length of the gap filling pillars along the first direction.
US12108603B2
Embodiments of semiconductor devices and methods for forming the same are disclosed. In an example, a method for forming a semiconductor device is disclosed. A first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer is formed on a first side of a substrate. A plurality of first contacts each extending vertically through the first ILD layer and in contact with the substrate are formed. The substrate is thinned from a second side opposite to the first side of the substrate. A plurality of dielectric cuts each extending vertically through the thinned substrate are formed to separate the thinned substrate into a plurality of semiconductor blocks, such that the plurality of semiconductor blocks are in contact with the plurality of first contacts, respectively.
US12108601B2
Back gates and related apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed. An apparatus includes a channel material including a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The apparatus also includes word lines comprising electrically conductive material spaced along the first side of the channel material. The apparatus further includes a back gate comprising electrically conductive material proximate to the second side of the channel material. A method includes biasing a bit line and a word line associated with a memory cell according to a memory operation and biasing the back gate while biasing the bit line and the word line.
US12108595B2
A device structure includes a first gate on a first fin, a second gate on a second fin, where the second gate is spaced apart from the first gate by a distance. A fuse spans the distance and is in contact with the first gate and the second gate. A first dielectric is between the first fin and the second fin, where the first dielectric is in contact with, and below, the fuse and a second dielectric is between the first gate and the second gate, where the second dielectric is on the fuse.
US12108590B2
The disclosure relates to a semiconductor storage device and a forming method thereof. The semiconductor storage device includes a substrate; a plurality of active region structures provided on the substrate; a shallow trench isolation structure provided within the substrate, the shallow trench isolation structure surround the plurality of active region structures; a plurality of conductive line structures, extending parallel to each other along a first direction, the conductive line structure include a first region and a second region, the first region being located over each of the plurality of active region structures, the second region is located over the shallow trench isolation structure; in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the depth of the first region is greater than the depth of the second region.
US12108589B2
A memory device includes pages, each being composed of a plurality of memory cells arrayed on a substrate in row form. The memory device controls voltages to be applied to a first gate conductor layer, a second gate conductor layer, a first impurity region, and a second impurity region of each of the memory cells included in the pages to perform a page write operation of holding a hole group formed by an impact ionization phenomenon or a gate induced drain leakage current in a channel semiconductor layer, and controls voltages to be applied to the first gate conductor layer, the second gate conductor layer, the third gate conductor layer, the fourth gate conductor layer, the first impurity region, and the second impurity region to perform a page erase operation of removing the hole group out of the channel semiconductor layer. The first impurity layer of each of the memory cells is connected to a source line, the second impurity region is connected to a bit line, one of the first gate conductor layer and the second gate conductor layer is connected to a word line, and the other is connected to a first driving control line. The bit line is connected to a sense amplifier circuit via a switching circuit. When in a page read operation, the memory device reads page data in a memory cell group selected by the word line to the bit line, and performs charge sharing between the bit line and a charge sharing node of the switching circuit opposite to the bit line to accelerate a read determination by the sense amplifier circuit.
US12108588B2
A memory and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The memory includes a substrate; at least one pair of transistors on a surface of the substrate, in which conductive channels of the transistors extend in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; storage layers, which each are located, in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate, on a side surface of each of the transistors, the storage layers are interconnected with the conductive channels of the transistors, any one of the storage layers is located between the pair of transistors, and the storage layers are configured to store electric charges and transfer the electric charges between the storage layers and the conductive channels interconnected therewith.
US12108585B2
A gate TiN layer of adjacent Si pillars among Si pillars contacts at entire channel length in a vertical direction. SiO2 layers are formed, surrounding the Si pillars, and mask material layers on top thereof, and being spaced from each other. Then, a SiN layer is formed surrounding the SiO2 layers. Then, the mask material layers and the SiO2 layers are removed. Then, a P+ layer and N+ layers which upper surfaces are lower than an upper surface position of the SiN layer are formed surrounding each top of the Si pillars by selective epitaxial crystal growth method.
US12108580B2
A power converter including a semiconductor module having a base plate and a cooling housing. The cooling housing includes a receptacle plate and a cover. The receptacle plate has an opening. The receptacle plate is connected to the base plate of the semiconductor module around the opening. The cover is connected to the receptacle plate along a closure path around the opening, and either the receptacle plate or the cover is formed as a stamped or deep-drawn plate.
US12108573B2
An electronic control device 1 includes: a circuit board 4 having a first surface 4A on which heat-generating components 21, 22, 23 and heat-degradable components 31, 32 are mounted; a first metallic case 2 covering the first surface 4A; a second case 3 covering a second surface 4B of the circuit board 4 opposite to the first surface 4A; supporting members 51, 52 provided between the heat-degradable components 31, 32 and the first case 2 to support the heat-degradable components 31, 32; and heat-dissipating members 41, 42, 43, each provided on at least any of the heat-generating components 21, 22, 23, and the first case 2, to transmit heat generated from the heat-generating component 21, 22, or 23, to the first case 2. A heat conductivity of the heat-dissipating members 41, 42, 43 is higher than a heat conductivity of the supporting members 51, 52.
US12108568B2
A method of thermal management of a computing device includes immersing a first electronic component of the computing device in a first working fluid contained in a first volume, immersing a second electronic component of the computing device in a second working fluid contained in a second volume, and changing a pressure in the first volume to alter a boiling temperature of the first working fluid in the first volume.
US12108564B2
A flow path module, adapted to a heat exchange element and a coolant and including a pipeline structure and at least one flow resistance element, is provided. The pipeline structure is adapted to be connected to the heat exchange element. The flow resistance element is disposed in the pipeline structure, and the coolant flows through the heat exchange element from the pipeline structure. A flow resistance of the flow resistance element is adapted to be adjusted corresponding to a flow resistance of the heat exchange element. A coolant distribution device and a server are also provided.
US12108556B2
Tools and techniques are described to attach a device to a controller, whereby the controller analyzes the device inputs, looks up information about the device in a database, and then determines which inputs on the device match the defined device inputs. It then may translate information received from the device into an intermediate language. It may also use the information received from the device, the location of the device, and information about the device to create a digital twin of the device.
US12108550B2
According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing, a hinge device configured to connect the first housing and the second housing to be foldable about a folding axis, and a flexible display arranged to be supported by at least a part of the first housing, the second housing, and the hinge device. The hinge device may include a hinge housing including an accommodation portion, at least one cam assembly arranged in the accommodation portion, at least two coil spring members providing a pressing force to the at least one cam assembly in a direction parallel to the folding axis, and at least one hinge plate configured to support the at least one cam assembly. The at least two coil spring members may be coiled in opposite directions. Various other embodiments may be possible.
US12108547B2
An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a display panel with an array of pixels on a flexible substrate. A display cover layer may overlap the display panel. The flexible substrate may have a protruding portion that forms a tail. When the display is mounted in the housing, the tail may be bent back on itself to create a bend. The bend may be embedded in molded polymer. The device may have structures that help prevent the display cover layer from being compressed inwardly towards the rear of the housing such as frame structures embedded in the molded polymer and/or housing sidewall structures. Optical components and optical waveguides may be embedded within the molded polymer. Mating chamfers on the display cover layer and housing may help seat the display cover layer in the housing.
US12108541B2
A welding structure and a display module. The welding structure includes: an output carrier, arranged with a first welding area on a side edge of the output carrier; an input carrier. A first end of the input carrier is arranged with a second welding area, the second welding area being electrically connected to the first welding area; an orthographic projection of the first end of the input carrier on the output carrier is disposed beyond the first welding area; and at least one set of a first support member and a second support member. The first support member is disposed on the input carrier and at a position of the first end beyond the first welding area; the second support member is disposed on the output carrier and opposite to the first support member.
US12108538B2
A component type management device includes an association registration section configured to register association data in which individual identification information of a component supply device which is attached to a component mounter and supplies a component is associated with a type of the component held in the component supply device, an association discarding section configured to discard the association data in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after the component supply device is detached from the component mounter, a detachment discrimination section configured to discriminate whether the component supply device is detached by an automatic exchanging device; and an association maintaining section configured to invalidate a function of the association discarding section before the predetermined condition is satisfied and maintain the association data in a case of being discriminated that the component supply device is detached by the automatic exchanging device.
US12108532B2
A printed circuit board with an embedded bridge includes: a first connection structure including a first insulating film; a bridge disposed on the first connection structure and having one surface, in contact with the first insulating film; and a second connection structure disposed on the first connection structure, and including a second insulating film. The second insulating film covers at least a portion of the other surface of the bridge.
US12108530B2
A circuit board structure includes a circuit substrate, a first circuit layer, and a second circuit layer. The circuit substrate has a surface and includes at least one conductive structure and at least one patterned circuit layer. The conductive structure is electrically connected to the patterned circuit layer, and an upper surface of the conductive structure is aligned with the surface. The first circuit layer is directly disposed on the surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the conductive structure. A line width of the first circuit layer is less than or equal to 1/4 of a line width of the patterned circuit layer. The second circuit layer is directly disposed on the first circuit layer and electrically connected to the first circuit layer.
US12108519B2
Disclosed is an assembly (11) of an electronic board (22) and a heat sink (24), in particular for a motor-fan unit (10) of a motor vehicle, comprising an electronic board (22); a heat sink (24) comprising a plate (28) fastened to the electronic board (22), the surface of which has through-openings (30); and a thermal paste (26) arranged between the electronic board (22) and the plate (28).
US12108513B2
The present specification provides a heating system including: a heating unit including a substrate and a heating layer provided on the substrate and including graphene; an electromagnetic wave irradiation unit configured to irradiate at least one region of the heating unit with electromagnetic waves; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the electromagnetic wave irradiation unit, wherein the heating layer emits heat by absorbing the electromagnetic waves.
US12108500B2
An apparatus for feeding and dosing powder includes a powder storage container, an oscillating feeder with feeder with adjustable feeding rate for dispensing the powder to a powder outlet, a conduit arrangement for feeding the powder dispensed from the oscillating feeder in a feeding gas as a powder-gas mixture and for supplying the powder-gas mixture to a powder processor, wherein a decoupler is provided in the conduit arrangement to extract a defined proportion of the powder from the powder-gas mixture, a powder quantity measuring arrangement for detecting the decoupled powder quantity and for providing a powder quantity information signal, wherein the extracted powder quantity has a predetermined ratio to the fed powder quantity of the oscillating feeder, and controller configured to adjust the adjustable feeding rate of the oscillating feeder to a predetermined set value based on the powder quantity information signal provided.
US12108498B2
A wafer placement table includes a ceramic plate, an electrode embedded in the ceramic plate, a hollow ceramic shaft attached to a surface of the ceramic plate, a power-supplying member running inside the ceramic shaft and connected to a terminal of the electrode, a plate-side attaching site defined on the ceramic plate and to which the power-supplying member is attached, and a power-source-side attaching site defined at a free end of the ceramic shaft and to which the power-supplying member is attached. The power-source-side attaching site is defined in correspondence with the plate-side attaching site and in such a manner as to be shifted from the plate-side attaching site in plan view. The power-supplying member includes a redirecting portion where the power-supplying member extending from the power-source-side attaching site is forcibly redirected toward the plate-side attaching site.
US12108492B2
When a failed connection is detected from a first radio unit (RU) to the cellular site router (CSR), activation of an existing backup cabled connection from the first RU to the CSR through a cabled connection between the first RU and a second RU of the cellular telecommunications tower may be performed. In one example, a first RU and second RU each have two physical network ports. The activation of the existing backup cabled connection from the first RU, via the second RU, to the CSR may include causing the first RU to enter from a normal operating mode into an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) cascade operating mode to attempt to attain network connectivity for the first RU using the second physical network port of the first RU.
US12108480B2
This disclosure provides a method for data transmission, a method for information configuration, a terminal, and a network device. The method for data transmission includes: determining at least one transmission path usable for a radio bearer in a case that a PDCP duplication function of the radio bearer changes from an activated state to a deactivated state; and transmitting PDCP data by using the at least one transmission path.
US12108473B2
A first base station may establish a first connection with an IAB node and transmit, to a second base station, a request for the second base station to establish a second connection with the IAB node. The first base station may indicate to the second base station, based on the second connection being established with the IAB node, that at least one of a first base station or the second base station is to serve as an IAB donor for the IAB node. The second base station may accept or reject the indication received from the first base station that the at least one of the first base station or the second base station is to serve as the IAB donor for the IAB node.
US12108470B2
A session management function (SMF) receives a request message from a network exposure function (NEF). The request message is for a delivery of a trigger to a wireless device. The request message includes a trigger payload and a trigger indication. The trigger payload includes information for an application on the wireless device. The trigger indication identifies that the request message carries the trigger payload. The SMF sends, via an access and mobility management function (AMF), a non-access stratum (NAS) message to the wireless device. The NAS message includes the trigger indication and the trigger payload. The SMF receives, from the wireless device via the AMF and based on the trigger payload, a request to establish a packet data unit session for the application.
US12108469B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing relay communication by a relay wireless device in a wireless communication system. A relay wireless device may receive bearer configuration information from a network. Based on the bearer configuration information, the UE may establish a bearer with a remote wireless device. The relay wireless device may forward data to/from the remote wireless device using the bearer.
US12108467B2
This disclosure provides methods, devices and systems for synchronized channel access. Some implementations more specifically relate to facilitating coexistence among wireless communication devices that support synchronized channel access and those that do not. A group of access points may schedule periodically recurring, synchronized channel access periods by periodically transmitting quiet elements. The quiet elements establish recurring quiet periods during which legacy devices are not permitted to transmit. In some implementations, an access point may transmit one or more quiet override elements each associated with a respective quiet element and indicating to other access points supporting synchronized channel access that they are permitted to contend for access during the respective quiet period. In some other implementations of synchronized channel access, an access point supporting synchronized channel access that wins contention after one or more consecutive synchronized channel access periods during which no other synchronized access points won contention, may be entitled to an extended TXOP.
US12108464B2
A random access method and apparatus. The method includes: transmitting a first random access request at least including a preamble, uplink data and a demodulation reference signal by a terminal equipment to a network device; and receiving a random access response transmitted by the network device; wherein mapping of the preamble to an uplink data channel resource and a demodulation reference signal port is determined according to configuration information or is configured by the network device.
US12108461B2
A method performed by a UE for implementing a random access procedure is provided. The method transmits a MSGA, monitoring an MSGB-RNTI within an MSGB time window starting from an earliest symbol of an earliest PDCCH occasion after the MSGA transmission. The method receives the MSGB in a first slot. The MSGB includes a success RAR that contains a HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator, a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) Resource Indicator, and a UE Contention Resolution Identity. The method determines, by a MAC entity of the UE, to instruct a lower layer to transmit a HARQ feedback in a second slot in response to the reception of the success RAR. The method delivers, by the MAC entity, the HARQ Feedback Timing Indicator and the PUCCH Resource Indicator to the lower layer, and performs, by the lower layer, a HARQ feedback delivery on an uplink (UL) resource.
US12108455B2
A user apparatus includes, a control unit configured to apply in a specific order a plurality of processing rules for determining a channel as a transmission candidate by dropping a channel or multiplexing channels and repeat the application until detecting no channel collision in a time domain, in a case where a channel associated with a first service type and a channel associated with a second service type collide with each other at least in a time domain, and for at least one of the channel associated with the first service type and the channel associated with the second service type, a plurality of channels associated with a same service type collide with each other at least in the time domain; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit, to a base station apparatus, the channel as the transmission candidate for which no channel collision is detected in the time domain.
US12108449B2
A system and method of terminating any pending listen-before-talk (LBT) attempts after they have been submitted to the physical layer of a system interconnection model if one or more of the LBT attempts succeed. The system and method include receiving a plurality of frequency resources, each of the plurality of frequency resources corresponding to a respective resource occasion. The system and method include performing, for each of the frequency resources, a listen-before-talk procedure in a first layer of an open system interconnection model. The system and method include indicating, to a second layer of the open system interconnection model, a first one of the plurality of frequency resources that succeeded in the respective listen-before-talk procedure.
US12108446B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a closed loop Listen Before Talk (LBT) which is a coexistence mechanism used by wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi, to access unlicensed shared spectrum, such as the ISM UNII bands (5 GHz). The embodiments disclosed herein enable a base station to coordinate the LBT process at both the base station and a receiver in order to avoid hidden node interference where the interfering nodes are outside the sensing range of the transmitting node. The base station device can send an LBT trigger to the receiver to synchronize the clear channel assessments that are performed at each device to determine if there is any activity on the channel. The receiving device can send back a report to the base station device, and if no activity on the channel is detected, the base station device can schedule a transmission on the channel.
US12108438B2
A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE) includes transmitting, to a base station, a random access preamble to initiate a random access procedure. The method also includes receiving, from the base station based on transmitting the random access preamble, a downlink message comprising a repetition number indicator. The method further includes transmitting a number of repetitions of a physical uplink channel based on the repetition number indicator.
US12108436B2
A Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission method includes the following. It is determined that a first PUSCH overlaps with a second PUSCH in time domain. The first PUSCH is configured by semi-persistent scheduling and the second PUSCH is configured by dynamic scheduling. A relationship between a first priority of the PUSCH configured by the semi-persistent scheduling and a second priority of the PUSCH configured by the dynamic scheduling is determined. The first PUSCH is sent in an overlapped time domain in response to the first priority is greater than the second priority, or the second PUSCH is sent in an overlapped time domain in response to the second priority is higher than the first priority.
US12108434B2
The present disclosure discloses a dynamic transmission bandwidth allocation method having dynamic transmission bandwidth allocation mechanism used in a wireless communication apparatus is provided that includes the steps outlined below. Interference information and transmission ability information of remote wireless communication apparatuses is retrieved. A predetermined transmission bandwidth range that includes resource units is set. The remote wireless communication apparatuses are allocated in the predetermined transmission bandwidth range to generate an allocation result. Whether the allocation result satisfies resource unit allocation criteria is determined. When the allocation result does not satisfy the resource unit allocation criteria, the predetermined transmission bandwidth range is shrunk to another allocatable transmission bandwidth range to determine whether the allocation result satisfies the resource unit allocation criteria. When the allocation result satisfies the resource unit allocation criteria, the remote wireless communication apparatuses are allocated according to the allocation result to perform communication thereto through a communication circuit.
US12108433B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to perform groupcast transmission on a sidelink channel of a high frequency band, such as a millimeter wave (mmW) band. The UE may transmit, via a sidelink channel, beamformed repetitions of a packet in multiple directions corresponding to multiple quality of service (QoS) profiles configured for transmission of the packet. The UE may determine precoders to transmit the packet in the multiple directions. Each repetition of the packet may be associated with a separate hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process. The UE may perform precoder cycling to transmit the packet in the multiple directions, and the UE may retransmit the packet in directions where the initial transmission was unsuccessful.
US12108431B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for determining a sidelink feedback channel, which is applied in the field of communication technologies. The method includes: receiving first sidelink data; and determining, based on a feedback channel format indicator, a target sidelink feedback channel format for transmitting feedback information for the first sidelink data.
US12108428B2
A data transmission method, a terminal device, a network device, a chip, a computer-readable storage medium, a computer program product and a computer program are provided. The method includes that: a basic parameter set adopted for a first sidelink (SL) channel is determined; and data transmission is performed on the first SL channel based on the basic parameter set.
US12108427B2
The implementations of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for determining a slot format. The method includes: a terminal device determining a target time window on a first carrier, wherein the target time window includes at least one of the following: a discovery reference signal (DRS) transmission window and a channel occupancy time (COT) window, the DRS transmission window being used for transmitting a synchronization signal block (SSB); and the terminal device determining a slot format on the first carrier according to the target time window.
US12108423B2
The present disclosure relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure a reduced processing burden on a receiving side in LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) communication. Communication data is sent and received at a communication time of day and a communication frequency based on group identification information set for groups into which a plurality of transmission apparatuses is divided and communication interval information shared by the transmission apparatuses and a reception apparatus, rather than individual identification information. The present disclosure is applicable to an LPWA communication system.
US12108422B2
A radio terminal (2) receives beam configuration information from a base station (1), measures a plurality of transmission beams (10) transmitted from the base station (1) in accordance with the beam configuration information, and uses one or more beams selected from among the plurality of transmission beams (10) based on a measurement result as a serving beam. Each of the plurality of transmission beams carries a beamformed reference signal to be measured by the radio terminal (2). The beam configuration information includes a reference signal configuration indicating a radio resource used on each beam for transmitting the beamformed reference signal. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to provision of a procedure for UE mobility between beams.
US12108414B2
Logical channel (LCH) may be multiplexed together based on one or more latency requirements. Mapping of LCH(s) to spectrum operating mode(s) (SOM(s)) may be based on SOM capability and/or LCH requirements. A WTRU may determine mapping based on one or more pre-defined rules. The mapping may be based on one or more requirements for the various type of traffic and/or SOM capabilities. A radio bearer may be mapped to one or more SOMs. The WTRU may be configured with a set of SOMs, for one or more, or each, radio bearer. The WTRU may dynamically determine, for example based on radio conditions, buffer status and/or other parameters, the SOM to use. Incompatible multiplexing of LCH may be reduced and/or avoided, perhaps based on using one or more transport blocks (TBs) mapped to the same physical layer (PHY). Traffic may be prioritized based on one or more latency requirements.
US12108405B2
A resource indication method applied to a sidelink transmission process. The method includes: determining, by a first device, a first resource, where the first resource is used for transmitting first feedback information; and sending by the first device, first indication information to a second device, where the first indication information is used to indicate the first resource.
US12108402B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for physical uplink control channel configuration and coverage enhancement in a wireless communication network. A base station can dynamically indicate a repetition factor for an uplink control channel to improve coverage of the uplink control channel. The base station can explicitly or implicitly indicate the repetition factor using various signaling techniques. The interpretation of an indication of a repetition factor can depend on one or more parameters, for example, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format, an uplink control information size, a code rate, and/or a PUCCH resource set used for the PUCCH.
US12108401B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for control signal transmission. One aspect provides a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a message indicating multiple configurations for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission; selecting, from a sequence database, a sequence to be used for the transmission of a PUCCH in accordance with one of the multiple configurations indicated by the message from the base station; and transmitting the PUCCH using the selected sequence.
US12108398B2
Methods, systems, and devices for sidelink configured grant skipping are described. In some examples, a first user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication of periodic data resources for a plurality of sidelink data transmissions and an indication of negative scheduling request resources for the first UE to report a skipped sidelink data transmission associated with the plurality of sidelink data transmissions. In some examples, the first UE may transmit, to a second UE, an indication of the skipped sidelink data transmission and may transmit, to a base station, a negative scheduling request using the negative scheduling request resources, where the negative scheduling request may report the skipped data transmissions associated with the plurality of sidelink data transmissions.
US12108391B2
A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a reception section which monitors a first downlink control channel for cross-carrier scheduling in a first cell; and a control section which assumes that transmission configuration indication (TCI) field information indicating whether a TCI field exists in downlink control information is set to be enabled when a downlink shared channel of a second cell is scheduled by the downlink control information in the first downlink control channel and the second cell is different from the first cell. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the information about the QCL can be appropriately determined when the user terminal configures the cross-carrier scheduling.
US12108388B2
The method and device for transmitting and receiving signals in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprise: receiving downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a single physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) or a plurality of PUSCHs to be transmitted on a serving cell; and transmitting the single PUSCH or the plurality of PUSCHs on the serving cell on the basis of the DCI, wherein the payload size of the DCI may be determined on the basis of the larger one of the number of bits of the pieces of information for scheduling the single PUSCH and the number of bits of the pieces of information for scheduling the plurality of PUSCHs.
US12108385B2
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 a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Various embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for repeatedly transmitting/receiving uplink data in a network cooperative communication system, and an apparatus capable of performing the same.
US12108383B2
An information sending method is disclosed comprising: performing resource mapping in a comb arrangement manner on a frequency domain of a last time domain unit, wherein the comb arrangement manner includes at least one mapping mode; transforming the frequency domain to a time domain; and after transforming to the time domain, not sending set duration information which is at the end of the last time domain unit, wherein the set duration is determined by a target mapping modes used when the resource mapping is performed.
US12108379B2
This disclosure presents processes for improving the quality of NR PDCCH reception at a UE when transmitted in a same orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and a same frequency domain resource element as an LTE CRS. Using a capability parameter of the UE, a network node can transmit an LTE CRS and NR PDCCH in the same OFDM symbol and the same frequency domain resource elements using various encoding schemes. The encoding schemes can be one or more of puncture signalling, superposition signalling, relative power levels, UE type, adjusting the AL of the LTE CRS, or various combinations thereof. The UE can decode the PDDCH using the encoding scheme. Legacy UEs can be supported with this disclosure by the network node selecting supported UE capabilities for the encoding. The network node can balance transmission reliability with available resources.
US12108371B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for configuring sidelink slots without symbols for automatic gain control. One aspect provides a method for wireless communication by a user equipment, including receiving a first cyclic prefix of a first symbol within a slot at the user equipment. The method further includes configuring a first automatic gain control setting based on a received power in the first cyclic prefix of the first symbol, and receiving a data portion of the first symbol using the first automatic gain control setting.
US12108368B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a next-generation wireless communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G (4th generation) wireless communication system. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting same may be provided.
US12108361B2
Described is a method and system for radio frequency (RF) signature generation and position estimation using the RD signature. A method includes receiving, by a server, a RF signature associated with a user device present in a connected environment, updating, by the server, stored RF signatures based on RF signatures received from the user device, monitoring stations, and active radio emitting devices in the connected environment when a defined threshold for one or more stored RF signatures is exceeded, where each stored RF signature corresponds to a subdivision in the connected environment, and estimating, by the server, a location of the user device in the connected environment by comparing the RF signature of the user device with the stored RF signatures or updated stored RF signatures.
US12108351B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a synchronization signal block (SSB) including a physical layer cell identifier (PCI), where one or more resource elements carrying the SSB overlap with resource elements carrying a downlink shared channel associated with another PCI. The PCIs may be for a serving cell or another cell, such as a non-serving cell. The UE may also receive one or more demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) in the one or more resource elements in the downlink shared channel. The UE may determine whether overlap is permitted between the resource elements by comparing the PCIs of the SSB and the downlink shared channel. In some examples, once the UE determines whether resource element overlap is permitted, the UE may process the DMRSs.
US12108324B2
A technique includes detecting, by a user device, a network slice associated with an access attempt by the user device to access a wireless network, and making, by the user device, a barring decision for the access attempt based on the network slice associated with the access attempt. Another example technique may include receiving, by a base station from one or more core network entities within a wireless network, network slice-specific load information that indicates a load for each of one or more network slices, determining, by the base station based on the received network slice-specific load information, a barring configuration that indicates a set of barring parameters for one or more access categories, and sending, by the base station to a user device, the barring configuration to reduce a load on the wireless network.
US12108321B2
A method performed by a network node operating as an Integrated Access Backhaul (IAB) node includes determining at least two parent nodes within a multi-hop IAB network. The IAB node receives an uplink routing configuration associated with a cell group configuration that identifies a selected one of the parent nodes. Based on the uplink routing configuration associated with the cell group configuration, packets are sent to at least one of the at least two parent nodes.
US12108309B2
A telecommunications system includes a base, a plurality of handsets, and a status database for storing status information. Each handset is localized to the base. The status information may be that of a first handset of the plurality of handsets. The base broadcasts to the plurality of handsets a status broadcast that includes the status information.
US12108297B2
Systems and methods for dynamically managing the states (e.g., enabling/disabling) of telecommunication services/features are disclosed. To do so, the system associates parameters (e.g., timers) with the impacted services/features. For example, when a user experiences issues with voice calls, he/she calls the telecommunications service provider (carrier) to help resolve the issue. A customer care representative may ask the user to temporality turn off the VoNR service to help alleviate the issue. When the user turns off (or toggles off) the VoNR service on his/her mobile device, the system can start a configurable timer (parameter) for the VoNR service. In this manner, the system can replace the conventional toggle on/off feature with a time-based feature. The system monitors the timer's value and when the timer's value reaches a target value (e.g., 24 hours, 1 week, etc.), the system alerts the user that the VoNR service will be turned on (or toggled on).
US12108296B1
A communication method for a user equipment to perform wireless communication with a master node and a plurality of secondary nodes in a mobile communication system includes performing, at a master node, processing of transferring, to at least one of a plurality of secondary nodes, a control authority for performing, on a user equipment, configuration and/or control related to a coordinated operation between the plurality of secondary nodes, and performing, at the secondary node to which the control authority is transferred, the configuration and/or control related to the coordinated operation on the user equipment.
US12108294B2
The present disclosure relates to a cell reselection in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system, the method comprises: receiving a connection release message from a network upon which the wireless device leaving a connected state; receiving a configuration of a threshold range from the network; receiving information for identities (IDs) of higher priority cells from the network; identifying a highest ranked cell among a plurality of neighbor cells based on a result of a measurement on the plurality of neighbor cells; identifying one or more neighbor cells among the plurality of neighbor cells whose ranking value is within the threshold range of a ranking value of the highest ranked cell; and performing a cell reselection to a cell among the one or more neighbor cells based on that an ID of the cell is included in the IDs of higher priority cells.
US12108292B2
Techniques to configure a UE for time-division multiplexing (TDM)-based multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding UE capability information for transmission to the SBS. The UE capability information indicates the UE supports the TDM-based multi-connectivity handover. A measurement report is encoded for transmission to the SBS, the measurement report triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. RRC signaling from the SBS is decoded, which includes a handover command in response to the measurement report. The handover command indicates a TDM pattern for multi-connectivity with the SBS and the TBS during the handover. UL data is encoded for transmission to the SBS. Transmission of the UL data to the SBS is time-division multiplexed with communications between the UE and the TBS during the handover based on the TDM pattern.
US12108287B2
A first radio network node for assisting application adjustment is configured to receive a potential quality of service change notification (PQCN) from a second radio network; associate the PQCN with an in-advance quality of service prediction notification (IQN) recipient based on a mapping between a request for an IQN from an IQN recipient and an existing PQCN subscription, wherein the mapping is established based on a location, a required quality of service (QoS) and at least one of: configuration information associated with the IQN recipient or subscription information associated with the IQN recipient; and send an IQN to the IQN recipient for assisting the application adjustment.
US12108281B2
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 invention, provided is a method for a terminal transmitting a data packet in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: generating a data packet; determining whether to perform duplicate transmission for the data packet; and if it is determined to perform duplicate transmission for the data packet, generating at least two duplicate packets by duplicating the data packet, and transmitting the respective at least two duplicate packets to at least two base stations.
US12108279B2
A first wireless communication apparatus includes: a controller configured to perform numbering of multiple pieces of data and transmit the multiple pieces of data that are numbered, to a second wireless communication apparatus, and perform first processing in a case where, among the multiple pieces of data, specific data is discarded after the numbering and before the transmission, wherein the first processing is configured to transmit the multiple pieces of data subsequent to the discarding to the second wireless communication apparatus without renumbering, and transmit discarding notification information that notifies the discarding, to the second wireless communication apparatus.
US12108278B2
A sidelink buffer status report sending method includes: in a case where an uplink resource is not enough to report a total data amount of buffer data of all sidelink logical channels, sending a truncated SL BSR based on preset information of the buffer data, at least one domain of the SL BSR being associated with the preset information; or in a case where an uplink resource is not enough to report a total data amount of buffer data of all sidelink logical channels, sending the SL BSR in at least one SL BSR format based on preset priorities, the SL BSR format being determined based on the preset information of the buffer data.
US12108277B2
A method performed by a user equipment (UE)-to-network relay in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes, in case that PC5 quality of service (QoS) flows setup is initiated by a remote UE, identifying whether QoS requirements associated with the remote UE and the UE-to-network relay are supported, in case that the QoS requirements are not supported, identifying one or more QoS parameters that satisfy the QoS requirements, and based on the one or more QoS parameters, updating a PC5 QoS flow.
US12108271B2
According to embodiments herein, the use of an SL interface in the positioning of a UE can include additional reporting from the UE or an anchor UE related to a reference signal sent via the SL interface. This information can include information regarding the received power and/or timing of the reference signal, the angle at which it was received, and orientation of a receiving UE, and various other considerations that may not be needed in a Uu interface with a base station.
US12108268B2
The invention relates to an integrated system for the periodic or continuous monitoring of multiple heterogeneous radio communications networks, and the processing, storage and analysis of the measurement data generated from that monitoring. In particular, the present invention relates to a radio network monitoring device that is capable of periodically or continuously monitoring multiple heterogeneous radio communications networks, including of networks used for cellular, P25, TETRA, Wi-Fi, NB-IoT, LoRA, and CAT-M1/CAT-M2 communications; and a high-performance, and highly-scalable and extensible computer system that supports the processing, storing and analysis of large quantities of heterogeneous radio network measurement data received from multiple monitoring devices, and that assists in the understanding of the propagation characteristics and performance of those heterogeneous radio networks, and therefore supports the design, engineering, optimisation, operation, management, maintenance, support and benchmarking of those heterogeneous radio networks.
US12108267B2
The present invention provides a method for transmitting or receiving CSI in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for reporting CSI by a UE in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving CSI-related configuration information from a base station; receiving a reference signal on the basis of the configuration information from the base station; measuring a crosslink interference on the basis of the reference signal; and transmitting CSI including a report about the measured crosslink interference to the base station, wherein the configuration information includes information related to the crosslink interference.
US12108264B2
Provided are a communication node which comprises a signal monitoring device configured to receive a plurality of communication signals transmitted from two or more base stations, and to monitor a bandwidth of each of the received communication signals, a frame setter configured to reset a frame structure by merging at least some of blocks in a preset frame structure according to a result of the monitoring, and a framer configured to frame the plurality of communication signals into one frame by including the plurality of communication signals in a block corresponding to a bandwidth of each of the plurality of communication signals according to the reset frame structure.
US12108263B2
A network device may receive historical data identifying historical error data and error data categorizations associated with a first core network and may store the historical data in a data structure. The network device may receive a request associated with a user equipment and may receive error data from the first core network based on the request. The network device may receive network health data identifying load levels and health of the first core network and a second core network. The network device may determine possible cause data identifying causes associated with the error data based on the historical data, the error data, and the network health data. The network device may generate a cause code for the user equipment based on the possible cause data and may provide the cause code to the user equipment.
US12108261B2
A coordinated multi-access-point transmission method, where a first access point (AP) sends, to a second AP, transmission control information that carries link transmission direction information, and the first AP and the second AP pre-coordinate a transmission direction of a first link and a transmission direction of a second link, where concurrent transmission is performed on the first link and the second link. Further, the first AP completes data transmission on the first link based on the transmission control information, and the second AP completes data transmission on the second link based on the transmission control information.
US12108253B2
A method reconfigures an IoT device which is connectable to a cloud backend. The method includes: storing an access code that is input locally in the cloud backend and storing the access code or check information formed on the basis thereof on the IoT device. The method further includes reconfiguring the IoT device, requesting the access code from the cloud backend, inputting the requested access code on a local configuration interface of the IoT device or on an input device connected to the local configuration interface of the IoT device, and comparing the input access code against the access code stored on the IoT device, or the check information formed on the basis thereof. The IoT device is enabled for reconfiguration upon a positive comparison of the input access code against the access code stored, or the check information formed on the basis thereof.
US12108238B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus capable of outputting a desired sound to a user. An information processing apparatus includes: a first acquisition unit that acquires first position information indicating position information of a user; a second acquisition unit that acquires second position information indicating position information of a predetermined object; a generation unit that generates, based on the first position information and the second position information, sound information in which a sound image is localized on the predetermined object, the sound information being related to the predetermined object; and a control unit that executes control to output the generated sound information to the user.
US12108225B2
An implantable device for delivery of a macromolecular drug compound is provided. The device comprises a core having an outer surface and a membrane layer positioned adjacent to the outer surface of the core. The core comprises a core polymer matrix within which is dispersed a drug compound having a molecular weight of about 0.5 kDa or more, the polymer matrix containing a hydrophobic polymer. Further, the membrane layer comprises a membrane polymer matrix within which the macromolecular drug compound is optionally dispersed. The membrane polymer matrix contains a hydrophobic polymer in combination with a hydrophilic compound, and the weight ratio of the hydrophobic polymer to the hydrophilic compound within the membrane polymer matrix ranges from about 0.25 to about 200.
US12108221B2
An assembly for a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid with the assembly includes an in the ear part and a behind the ear part and a part mechanically interconnecting the two parts. In the interconnection, a flexible substrate is arranged. The flexible substrate includes conductive paths. The conductive paths may be used for communication between the in the ear part and the behind the ear part, and/or for an antenna function.
US12108218B2
Hearing system, accessory device, agent and method for situated design of a hearing algorithm of a hearing device is disclosed, the method comprising initializing a model comprising a parameterized objective function; providing one or more operating parameters indicative of the hearing algorithm to the hearing device; obtaining operating data comprising corresponding input data and output data of the hearing device; obtaining evaluation data indicative of user evaluation of the output data; determining one or more updated operating parameters based on the model, the operating data and the evaluation data; and providing the updated operating parameters to the hearing device.
US12108213B2
An ear-wearable electronic device includes one or more processors configured to detect presence of first and second hearing devices in a charging case, and to initiate a self-check protocol by at least one of the first and second hearing devices. The self-check protocol comprises wirelessly coupling the first and second hearing devices, selectively activating at least one electronic component of the first hearing device, and assessing performance of the second hearing device using an output or a response of the at least one electronic component of the first hearing device. The self-check protocol also comprises selectively activating at least one electronic component of the second hearing device, assessing performance of the first hearing device using an output or a response of the at least one electronic component of the second device, and storing results of the performance assessment in a memory.
US12108212B2
An acoustic bending converter system may have a plurality of bending converters configured such that deformable elements of the bending converters oscillate coplanarly in a common planar layer, wherein the bending converters include different resonance frequencies and different expansions of the deformable elements along a common longitudinal axis which is transversal to a direction of oscillation of the deformable elements. Further, an acoustic apparatus may have such an acoustic bending converter system.
US12108204B2
An acoustic sensor assembly includes a housing having an external-device interface and a sound port to an interior of the housing. An electro-acoustic transducer and an electrical circuit are disposed within the housing. The electro-acoustic transducer separates the interior into a front volume and a back volume, where the sound port acoustically couples the front volume to an exterior of the housing. The back volume includes a first portion and a second portion. The electrical circuit is electrically coupled to the electro-acoustic transducer and to the external-device interface. One or more apertures acoustically couple the first and second portions of the back volume and are structured to shape a frequency response of the acoustic sensor assembly.
US12108201B1
Disclosed is a USB game microphone with double sound card output devices, which belongs to the technical field of microphones. The USB game microphone includes a master chip, a headphone amplifier chip circuit, a microphone core, and a master volume potentiometer, wherein the master chip is at least provided with two sound cards and is further electrically connected to a hybrid potentiometer, outputs of the two sound cards are filtered by an operational amplifier low-pass filter after being adjusted in an equal proportion by the hybrid potentiometer, and signals of left and right sound channels are amplified and outputted by the headphone amplifier chip circuit. The master chip is further electrically connected to a touch switch and a light touch switch, the touch switch controls the mute switching of the microphone, and the light touch switch is used for switching the noise reduction of the microphone.
US12108199B2
A loudspeaker grille comprises a carrier element, which comprises a plurality of openings through a front surface, and a cover element to be attached to the front surface, which comprises a plurality of openings corresponding to the openings of the carrier element. The cover element is attached to the carrier front surface, wherein the cover element covers at least part of the front surface of the carrier element, and wherein the openings of the carrier element and the cover element are aligned with each other. The cover element is made of a flexible organic material, in particular a compound material with an organic outer surface layer, such as cork-leather.
US12108194B2
An imaging system can include a segmented modulator, for example, a spatial light modulator, that is segmented into two or more equally or differently sized regions, and utilized to create a 3D, pseudo 3D, hologram, pseudo hologram, holographic, or pseudo holographic image. A voltage control unit is coupled to the spatial light modulator and controls voltages across each of the regions, wherein the voltage across one of the regions differs from the voltage across another one of the regions.
US12108191B1
The system and methods disclosed include a Drop-In Video-as-a-Service (DIVaaS) system that provides two-way video-based communications on demand, such as instant, interactive video conferences. Drop-in video sessions can be added directly to business websites (e.g., Live Office Hours), shared and accessed via a URL or activated from the SoHive app or website. The Drop-In-Video-as-a-Service (DIVaaS) system is distinctly designed to provide “drop-in” video sessions that do not require having a prior awareness of all participants (e.g., names, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.) or prompting the participants (e.g., emailing each participant prior to the video conference) in order to access the video communication session in a manner that supports spontaneous inclusion and collaboration globally.
US12108190B2
Participant attendance is readily determined for remote conferences over a network via use of associated participant devices. Going beyond mere attendance, engagement of a participant is determined by observing their actions (e.g., gestures, head movement, eye position) and interactions (e.g., talking, text chat, etc.) within the conference. Such engagement is scored and the value of the score is then used to trigger engagement responses, such as reporting the score to a repository or stakeholder, or initiating a remediation action, such as addressing a network fault.
US12108185B2
An embodiment may include a display processor, memory to store a 2D frame corresponding to a projection from a 360 video, and a quality selector to select a quality factor for a block of the 2D frame based on quality information from neighboring blocks of the 2D frame, including blocks which are neighboring only in the 360 video space. The system may also include a range adjuster to adjust a search range for the 2D frame based on a search area of the 2D frame, a viewport manager to determine if a request for a viewport of the 2D frame extends beyond a first edge of the 2D frame and to fill the requested viewport with wrap-around image information, and/or a motion estimator to estimate motion information based on both color information and depth information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US12108176B2
An imaging device includes a voltage generation circuit and an output circuit. The voltage generation circuit includes a first capacitance element including a fifth terminal. The voltage generation circuit is configured to provide the fifth terminal with a first voltage in accordance with a power source voltage so as to store an electric charge in the first capacitance element. The voltage generation circuit is configured to increase a voltage of the fifth terminal by a second voltage in accordance with the power source voltage so as to generate a control voltage having a greater absolute value than an absolute value of the power source voltage. The output circuit is configured to output the control voltage to at least one of a gate terminal of a reset transistor of a pixel and a gate terminal of a transfer transistor of the pixel.
US12108175B2
Dynamic systems and methods for fixed noise pattern calibrations and image corrections are provided. Imaging devices may be calibrated via the system by adjusting an imaging sensor exposure to acquire one or more black images. A global average pixel value is calculated to accumulate pixel values per column of the acquired image. The calculated global average pixel value is then saved as offset imaging data. An average pixel value per column of the imaging data based on the accumulated pixel values may also be calculated, and stored as offset imaging data. A correction matrix may be recomposed based on the offset imaging data and used for calibrating the imaging sensor, and for creating corrected images in or near real time.
US12108169B2
A spectral filter may include a plurality of filter arrays each including a plurality of unit filters having different center wavelengths from each other. Each of the plurality of unit filters may include a first metal reflection layer and a second metal reflection layer which are disposed to be apart from each other; a cavity including a first pattern and being arranged between the first metal reflection layer and the second metal reflection layer; and a lower pattern film being disposed under the first metal reflection layer and including a second pattern. In unit filters having a same center wavelength in each of the plurality of unit filters corresponding to the plurality of filter arrays, the first pattern of the cavity and the second pattern of the lower pattern film may vary according to a position of the unit filters.
US12108166B2
In an endoscope system, an imaging device is electrically connected to a signal line and is configured to output a video signal to the signal line. A receiver circuit is electrically connected to the signal line and is configured to receive the video signal. A noise detection circuit is configured to detect that noise having a higher frequency than a frequency of the video signal is mixed into the video signal. A filter circuit has a function of reducing the noise included in the video signal. An imaging control circuit is configured to set a signal-output time per one pixel of the imaging device to a second set time longer than a first set time and a filter control circuit is configured to turn on the function of the filter circuit when the noise is detected by the noise detection circuit.
US12108156B2
A method for capturing images of large target area using a single camera configured with an aerial vehicle (AV) for reconstructing a high-resolution image is disclosed including the steps of moving the AV over the area of interest along a straight path; capturing a first set of images of an area down below by pointing an optical axis of the camera towards a first side of the straight path such that the optical axis makes a first predefined angle with vertical; and capturing a second set of images of the area down below by pointing the optical axis of the camera towards a second side of the straight path such that the optical axis makes a second predefined angle with respect to the vertical. Side overlap between the first and second set of images is optimized to account for error in camera movement.
US12108154B2
A camera module includes a lens module and an anti-shake module. The anti-shake module includes an outer frame and a first drive component; the lens module is rotatably disposed inside the outer frame; the first drive component includes a first drive coil and a first magnetic element, where one of the first drive coil and the first magnetic element is disposed on the outer frame, and another of the first drive coil and the first magnetic element is disposed on the lens module; the first drive coil is located in a magnetic field of the first magnetic element; and in a case that the first drive coil is energized, the lens module is able to rotate relative to the outer frame.
US12108153B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a camera actuator comprising: a holder disposed in a lower part; a rotation part disposed inside the holder, an optical member disposed on the rotation part; a first drive part for tilting the optical member to a first axis by pressing the rotation part; and a second drive part for tilting the optical member to a second axis by pressing the rotation part, wherein the rotation part comprises: a first rotation plate disposed on the inside; a second rotation plate disposed outside the first rotation plate; a fixing plate disposed outside the second rotation plate; a first bridge disposed between the first rotation plate and the second rotation plate so as to be positioned corresponding to the first axis; and a second bridge disposed between the second rotation plate and the fixing plate so as to be positioned corresponding to the second axis.
US12108151B2
Systems and methods for correcting point of view (POV) aberrations in scanning folded cameras and multi-cameras including such scanning folded cameras. In a Tele folded camera that includes an optical path folding element (OPFE) and an image sensor, the OPFE is tilted in one or two directions to direct the Tele folded camera towards a POV of a scene, a Tele image or a stream of Tele images is captured from the POV, the Tele image having POV aberrations and the POV aberrations are digitally corrected to obtain an aberration-corrected image or stream of images.
US12108136B2
An in-vehicle display device is provided. The in-vehicle display device includes a display panel including a non-display light transmissive area and a display area located on a periphery of the non-display light transmissive area, and an infrared sensing component located on a back side of a light emergence surface of the display panel, disposed corresponding to the non-display light transmissive area, and configured to receive infrared, wherein an infrared transmittance of the non-display light transmissive area of the display panel is greater than an infrared transmittance of the display area of the display panel.
US12108134B2
A method for manufacturing a phase mask and a lens-less camera module comprises the steps of: obtaining a replica mold on which an inverted phase shift pattern is formed in which a phase shift pattern of a master phase mask spaced apart from an image sensor is inverted; calculating a thickness of a phase mask disposed on the image sensor replacing the master phase mask; arranging a photocurable material for implementing the phase mask on the image sensor to a calculated thickness, placing the replica mold on an upper surface of the photocurable material, and then curing the photocurable material; and removing the replica mold from the top of the phase mask, so that the focal distance change or parallel movement does not occur depending on the position of the phase mask.
US12108133B2
A lens driving device includes a lens holder configured to hold a lens barrel; and an image stabilization driver including an image stabilization magnet and an image stabilization coil facing each other and configured to apply a driving force to the lens holder in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens holder, wherein the lens holder includes a molded frame structure, and a magnet mounting bracket including an upper plate member protruding away from an upper end of an external side of the molded frame structure in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and an upper side of the upper plate member is disposed on a same plane as an upper side of the molded frame structure of the lens holder.
US12108132B2
An electronic device including a camera module is provided. The camera module includes a lens assembly including a lens, a lens holder in which the lens assembly is fixedly disposed, a sensor carrier that includes an image sensor at least partially aligned with an optical axis of the lens and a circuit board electrically connected with the image sensor and that moves in a first axial direction perpendicular to the optical axis and a second axial direction perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axial direction, a fixed substrate adjacent to the sensor carrier and fixed in a specified position, and a connecting member that extends from the circuit board to the fixed substrate and that extends to surround at least three interconnected edges of the circuit board when viewed in a direction of the optical axis.
US12108127B2
System and method for processing a media program that comprises multiple tracks, each of the tracks including one or more media assets that are arranged relative to a reference timeline, including computing automation metadata for the media program; receiving a media recording corresponding to a track of the media program, the media recording including one or more replacement media assets to replace corresponding original media assets included on the corresponding track of the media program; generating, based on the automation metadata, playback sequence data that includes a list the original media assets that have not been replaced together with the one or more replacement media assets, the playback sequence data indicating a playback sequence order and playback timecodes that preserve a respective timing of the original and replacement media assets between the media program and a new version of the media program; and rendering, based on the playback synchronization data, the new version of the media program.
US12108124B2
A method, a system and an apparatus are employed in a virtual reality (VR) environment. The method of building a virtual reality (VR) environment includes building the VR environment as formatted video content; defining at least one interactive overlay; and providing the at least one interactive overlay with a position information on a viewpoint of the VR environment.
US12108117B2
A management server grants a reward to a provider of a video contributing to commodity's sales. The server determines whether a commodity introduction video conforms to a commodity introduction rule, registers the commodity introduction video, recommended store information in association with the commodity introduction video when a recommended store is introduced at a commodity purchase time, issues a viewing completion ID and registers the viewing completion ID in association with a user ID when viewing of the commodity introduction video by the user satisfies a predetermined condition, certifies that the user has purchased a commodity in the recommended store, and determines a reward to the video provider according to a predetermined reward determination rule when the purchase of the commodity in the recommended store by the user who has acquired the viewing completion ID is certified.
US12108109B2
Techniques are described for expanding and/or improving the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 television protocol. In an ATSC 3.0 environment, receivers (including consumer and professional receivers) have signal reception parameters and antenna factors available to them. These reception parameters, together with time and location data are transmitted to one or more servers that maintain databases of reception characteristics. This data is analyzed such that a set of likely receivable signals (based on reception parameters, date/time, location, geographical features, transmitter information, etc.) is identified. Receivers query the servers to receive information indicating the set of likely receivable signals to reduce channel scan time by scanning only or first for more-receivable channels. Also, difficult reception locations identified in the data collected by the servers are used in aggregate to guide RF improvements (e.g., adding SFN transmitters). Further, the data collected by the servers may provide data to be used to feed “MFN” data.
US12108101B2
Methods and apparatus to determine a duration of media presentation based on tuning session duration
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a duration of media presentation based on tuning session duration. Example apparatus a receiver to obtain a first tuning session duration indicative of an amount of time between channel changes of a first media presentation device at a first media presentation location, a presentation session estimator to select a model from storage, the model selected based on a match of the first tuning session duration and a second tuning session duration, the model including a relation between the second tuning session duration and a first presentation session duration of media presented on a second media presentation device at a second media presentation location, and estimate a second presentation session duration of media presented within the first tuning session duration based on the model.
US12108098B2
One or more computing devices may be configured to identify information corresponding to a program change request associated with a multi-program data transmission. The information may comprise at least a link to a desired program within the multi-program data transmission. The one or more computing devices may communicate the link to the desired program to a client device over a specified time period. After the time period, the one or more computing devices may communicate the desired program to the client device using a single program data transmission. The single program data transmission may be derived from the multi-program data transmission.
US12108090B2
A method for processing a video includes performing a conversion between a current video block and a bitstream representation of the current video block, wherein the current video block is unsymmetrically split into four partitions using an unsymmetrical quad-Tree (UQT) splitting, wherein the four partitions includes a first partition having a dimension of W1×H1, a second partition having a dimension of W2×H2, a third partition having a dimension of W3×H3, and a fourth partition having a dimension of W4×H4, wherein W1, W2, W3, W4, H1, H2, H3, and H4 are integers.
US12108086B2
Methods are described to communicate source color volume information in a coded bitstream using SEI messaging. Such data include at least the minimum, maximum, and average luminance values in the source data plus optional data that may include the color volume x and y chromaticity coordinates for the input color primaries (e.g., red, green, and blue) of the source data, and the color x and y chromaticity coordinates for the color primaries corresponding to the minimum, average, and maximum luminance values in the source data. Messaging data signaling an active region in each picture may also be included.
US12108084B2
Decoder for decoding a picture, wherein blocks into which the picture is subdivided are assigned to a set of prediction types, which include intra prediction and inter prediction. For each of predetermined intra-predicted blocks, the decoder is configured to derive, from the data stream, an information on a partitioning of the respective predetermined intra-predicted block into partitions. The decoder is configured to derive, from the data stream, for each partition of the respective predetermined intra-predicted block, a partition-specific prediction residual signal related to a spatial domain prediction residual signal of the respective partition of the respective predetermined intra-predicted block via a predetermined transform. The predetermined transform can be identified out of a set of transforms including a first transform and a second transform, which equals a concatenation of a primary transform and a secondary transform applied onto a subset of coefficients of the primary transform.
US12108077B2
A method of intra predicting a block of a picture, comprising determining a predicted sample value from one or more reference sample values by intra-prediction using an intra prediction mode selected from one of a DC intra-prediction mode, a planar intra prediction mode, or an angular intra-prediction mode; determining a first and second weights based on the intra prediction mode and one of a height of the block, a width of the block, or both; calculating an additional value as a weighted sum of a top reference sample value and a left reference sample value; multiplying the predicted sample value by a sample weighting factor, resulting in a weighted predicted sample value; adding the additional value to the weighted predicted sample value, resulting in a non-normalized modified predicted sample value; and normalizing the non-normalized modified predicted sample value.
US12108068B2
Examples of video encoding methods and apparatus and video decoding methods and apparatus are described. An example method of video processing includes performing a conversion between a video and a bitstream of the video, wherein the bitstream includes network abstraction layer (NAL) units for multiple video layers according to a rule; wherein the rule defines a sub-bitstream extraction process by which NAL units are removed from the bitstream to generate an output bitstream, and wherein the rule specifies to remove all supplemental enhancement information (SEI) NAL units that contain a non-scalable-nested SEI message with a particular payload type, responsive to a list of NAL unit header layer identifier values in an output layer set (OLS) with a target OLS index not including all values of NAL unit header layer identifiers in all video coding layer (VCL) NAL units in the bitstream that is input to the sub-bitstream extraction process.
US12108064B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a frequency value update unit, a first intra-group rearranging unit, a second intra-group rearranging unit, and a routing unit. The frequency value update unit adds a first value to each of one or more first frequency values that are associated with one or more first symbols, respectively, in one or more entries in a table. The first intra-group rearranging unit rearranges first entries, which belong to a first group, using frequency values in the first entries. The second intra-group rearranging unit rearranges second entries, which belong to a second group lower than the first group, using frequency values. The routing unit rearranges at least one of the first entries and at least one of the second entries.
US12108062B2
A neural processing unit (NPU) for decoding video and/or feature map may incluide at least one processing element (PE) for an artificial neural network (ANN), the at least one PE to receive and decode a bitstream. The bitstream is received in units of frames, and one frame includes a weight for an ANN model, data of a base layer, and data of a plurality of enhancement layers. An NPU for encoding video and/or feature map may include at least one processing element (PE) for an artificial neural network (ANN), the at least one PE to encode an input video or feature map and to transmit the encoded input video or feature map as a bitstream. The at least one PE transmits the bitstream in units of frames, and one frame includes a weight for an ANN model, data of a base layer, and data of a plurality of enhancement layers.
US12108053B2
The present invention relates to an intra prediction scheme among video coding techniques and, more particularly, relates to a video decoding method and apparatus for diving a block into a plurality of sub-blocks when intra prediction is performed and sequentially performing infra prediction on each of the sub-blocks. The decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes determining whether to perform sub-block-based intra prediction on a current coding unit, dividing the current coding unit into a plurality of sub-blocks, performing intra prediction on each of the sub-blocks when a result of determination of whether to perform sub-block-based intra prediction has a value of “true”, and directly performing block-based intra prediction on the current coding unit without dividing the current coding unit when the result of the determination has a value of “false”.
US12108036B2
A system comprises an encoder configured to compress video data. The encoder includes an adaptive bilateral filter that uses look-up tables. The encoder may encode one or more adaptive adjustment factors to be used by a decoder to select or adjust look-up tables used to decode the compressed video data.
