US12135789B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for predicting attack types and likelihood the attack types will occur for new vulnerabilities. According to the present disclosure, the method includes receiving a disclosure of a new vulnerability, the disclosure comprising a plurality of vulnerability details. The method includes developing a series of vulnerability features associated with the details of the new vulnerability. The method includes extracting each of the vulnerability features into intermediate inputs. The method includes providing each of the intermediate inputs to one or more attack type classifiers to thereby determine if an attack type is associated with the new vulnerability. The method includes determining ranking for each of the one or more attacks occurring for the new vulnerability. The method finally includes assigning one or more attack type labels to the new vulnerability based on each attack type associated with the new vulnerability. Other aspects are also described.
US12135779B2
Data from a SaaS application may be stored and accessed locally, enabling SaaS data to be interacted with, regardless of connectivity, while providing secure authentication when offline. When online, a user may perform an authentication procedure and provide credentials to an application server, which may provide an authentication token for access to secure data or applications. The authentication token and user credentials may be cached locally. When offline or experiencing intermittent connectivity, if user provided credentials match the cached credentials, then the client application may retrieve the cached authentication token and allow the embedded browser to resume utilizing the network application and/or data; while if the new credentials do not match the previously provided and cached credentials, access may be denied. Thus, the embedded browser may perform authentication agnostic to whether the device is online or offline at that time, requiring no changes to the browser or network application.
US12135773B2
Provided is a system for face authentication which can operate separately for individual providers of face authentication service in a stable and efficient manner, which system includes: face authentication machines; an administrator terminal; a face management server for storing face image data of registered users; and face matching servers each configured to generate face feature amount data of a person to be verified from image data acquired from a camera of a face authentication machine. The face matching servers further perform a matching operation by comparing the face feature amount data of the person with that of the registered users, wherein, prior to face authentication, data of associations between face authentication machines and face matching servers entered by an administrator is transmitted from the administrator terminal to the face management server.
US12135766B2
Authentication translation is disclosed. A request to access a resource is received at an authentication translator, as is an authentication input. The authentication input corresponds to at least one stored record. The stored record is associated at least with the resource. In response to the receiving, a previously stored credential associated with the resource is accessed. The credential is provided to the resource.
US12135761B2
An improved convolution kernel system and method may be used to improve performance of analysis of input image data for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle navigation. A processing circuit may be used to apply a convolution kernel on the input data to provide output data that comprises output data segments. The application may include repeating scanning and summing, including parallel scanning input data segments of the different input channels and of the input data depth value to provide first intermediate results associated with the input data depth value, and summing first intermediate results associated with a same output data channel and with different input depth values to provide, per each output data channel, a second result. The output analyzed image data may be used to generate a vehicle control signal, such as automatic control of braking, acceleration, or steering of a vehicle.
US12135751B1
A method may include scraping published internet data from one or more data sources based on or more environmental parameters, one or more social parameters, or one or more governance parameters. The method may also include receiving user data from an account database, a user device, or both; identifying correlations between the user data and the published internet data; wherein the correlations are associated with environmental parameters, social parameters, or governance parameters. The method may also include generating a dynamic interest report based on the correlations, wherein the dynamic interest report comprises recommendations of one or more events, one or more content items, or both associated with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compliance. The method may then involve sending the dynamic interest report to the user device.
US12135745B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems and methods for synchronizing file-catalog table with a file stage. In an embodiment, a data platform receives a notification of a modification to one or more files in a file stage. The file stage includes data storage having a storage location. The data platform updates, based on receiving the notification of the modification, a first file-catalog table for the file stage based on the modification. The first file-catalog table includes a row for each file in the file stage, as well as a column for each of one or more metadata properties of the one or more files in the file stage.
US12135736B2
Questions play a central role in assessment of a candidate's expertise during an interview or examination. However, generating such questions from input text documents manually needs specialized expertise and experience. Further, techniques that are available for automated question generation require input sentence as well as an answer phrase in that sentence to generate question. This in-turn requires large training datasets consisting tuples of input sentence answer-phrase and the corresponding question. Additionally, training datasets are available are for general purpose text, but not for technical text. Present application provides systems and methods for generating technical questions from technical documents. The system extracts meta information and linguistic information of text data present in technical documents. The system then identifies relationships that exist in provided text data. The system further creates one or more graphs based on the identified relationships. The created graphs are the used by the system to generate technical questions.
US12135734B2
Various embodiments provide for replicating a share across deployments of a data platform, where the share can be on a source deployment and the share can be replicated on one or more target deployments, and where the share is replicated with one or more database objects of the source deployment associated with the share. Some embodiments analyze the share to be replicated and, based on the analysis, determine one or more database objects that would be replicated to the one or more target deployments to enable a replica of the share on the one or more target deployments.
US12135726B2
A method performed by a computing device for generating an identification identifier (ID) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes obtaining an instance ID for identifying each of a plurality of service instances, and generating an identification ID for identifying a data item sequentially generated by the respective service instance. The identification ID may include the instance ID, a sequence number, and generation time information.
US12135724B2
A user-interface system is provided for a patent management system having access to at least one patent matter database and at least one reference database. The user interface system comprises a first user interface element allowing selection of data stored in the at least one patent matter database, a second user interface element allowing selection of data stored in the at least one reference database, a third user interface element for linking at least one reference stored in the at least one reference database with at least one patent in the patent matter database, a fourth user interface element allowing the selection for storage of further references into the at least one reference database, and a fifth user interface element allowing analysis of at least one of the linked references.
US12135706B2
A system for maintaining consistency of a data value using a probability includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive a data value for storing. The processor is configured to store the data value in a data element of a data structure and determine, using an adaptive filter, a probability of certainty associated with the data value. The adaptive filter receives a previously stored data value in a previously stored data element of a previously stored data structure as input to determine the probability of certainty associated with the data value. The adaptive filter provides as output the probability of certainty. The processor is further configured to store the probability of certainty associated with the data value in the data structure.
US12135701B2
A method for training a machine learning model using self-contrastive decorrelation is provided. The method comprises training a machine learning model by receiving a sentence including text, performing a first encoding operation on the sentence, performing a second encoding operation on the sentence, mapping the first vector representation on which a first augmentation operation is performed to a first high dimensional vector representation and the second vector representation on which a first augmentation operation is performed to a second high dimensional vector representation, generating a correlation matrix using the first high dimensional vector representation and the second high dimensional vector representation, and performing a decorrelation operation on the correlation matrix. The method includes receiving, by the trained machine learning model, an query that includes a target sentence, and outputting, using the trained machine learning model, a result sentence that satisfies a similarity metric relative to the target sentence.
US12135699B2
A method for execution by one or more database storage nodes of a database management system includes obtaining a row of data that includes a plurality of columns. The method further includes generating a data confidence value for data within one or more columns of the plurality of columns. The method further includes storing the data confidence value in a memory of the database management system.
US12135694B2
Content replication between tenants is provided using a user interface to an application of an enterprise tenant. The user interface includes a list of files shared by an embedded tenant. A user can select one or more selected files from the list of files. This initiates a replicate content job based on the one or more selected files. The replicate content job includes pulling each of the one or more selected files from the embedded tenant to the enterprise tenant and storing the file in the enterprise tenant database.
US12135686B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program products for storing a snapshot of block-level changes in a data volume using a file system-level backup tool. An embodiment operates by receiving the block level changes in the snapshot from the data volume stored in an application in a cluster. The embodiment creates a root directory for the snapshot. The root directory may have one or more subdirectories. The embodiment maps one or more block changes in the data volume onto the one or more subdirectories and creates a manifest for identifying the snapshot in the file system-level backup tool. The manifest may be associated with the root directory. The embodiment then instructs the file system-level backup tool to store the snapshot by storing the root directory in content-addressable object storage based on the one or more subdirectories and storing the manifest in a manifest storage.
US12135675B2
A device for contactless communication with a terminal, comprising: an antenna for communication with the terminal, an embedded chip configured to communicate with the terminal in accordance with a contactless transmission protocol whereby a message sent by the terminal sets a specified initial waiting time for a response from the embedded chip to maintain a connection with the terminal, the embedded chip being configured to communicate requests to the terminal to extend the waiting time for response, and a module configured to perform processing formed of a plurality of discrete operations, the module being configured to, in response to completing a subset of one or more discrete operations within a waiting time interval set by the terminal, send a first type of command to the embedded chip if the processing is not complete: wherein the embedded chip is further configured to, in response to receiving the first type of command, communicate a request to the terminal to extend the waiting time for response.
US12135666B2
A method of transmitting a data packet from a first data processing device toward a second data processing device, the first and second data processing devices being communicably connectable to one another via respective first and second interface devices and over an optical network includes determining a communication path in the optical network to communicably connect the first data processing device to the second data processing device, accessing, by a coordination module communicably connected to the first interface device, a pre-determined training sequence, transmitting, by the coordination module and over the communication path, the pre-determined training sequence to cause the second interface device to recover a signal clock from the pre-determined training sequence and transmitting, by the first data processing device, the data packet toward the second processing device over the communication path. A coordination module implements the method in a computing unit.
US12135659B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a memory cell array and first and second circuits. The memory cell array is configured to store data in a non-volatile manner. The first circuit is configured to detect a first signal from an external device that is external to the semiconductor storage device. The first signal is required when the external device communicates with the semiconductor storage device in accordance with a first interface protocol, and not required when the external device communicates with the semiconductor storage device in accordance with a second interface protocol different from the first interface protocol. The second circuit is configured to generate a second signal in a first state when the first circuit detects the first signal and in a second state when the first circuit does not detect the first signal, the second state being different from the first state.
US12135648B2
A data prefetching method and apparatus, and related storage device are provided. Data samples are collected. An AI chip trains the data samples to obtain a prefetching model. The AI chip then sends the prefetching model to a processor. The processor reads to-be-read data into a cache based on the prefetching model to reduce the computing burden of the processor.
US12135644B2
A memory module is operable in a computer system having a memory controller and a system bus and comprises memory devices organized in one or more ranks and in a plurality of groups, and circuits configurable to receive from the memory controller a system clock and input control and address (C/A) signals, and output registered C/A signals and buffer control signals. The memory module further comprises a plurality of buffer circuits. In response to the buffer control signals, each buffer circuit is configured to communicate first data/strobe signals with at least one memory device and to communicate second data/strobe signals with the memory controller. The buffer circuit includes at least one delay circuit configured to delay at least one signal of the first data/strobe signals based on a first delay and a second delay. A respective local clock signal has a respective phase relationship with the module clock signal and is output to a corresponding group of the memory devices that includes at least one corresponding memory device in each of the one or more ranks.
US12135642B2
A semiconductor device capable of reducing power consumption is provided. A group controller detects a zero weight parameter having a zero value among “n×m” weight parameters to be transferred to a weight parameter buffer. Then, when receiving the zero weight parameter as its input, the group controller exchanges the “n×m” weight parameters to be transferred to the weight parameter buffer so that all multiplication results of the “n” multipliers included in a target multiplier group that is one of the “m” multiplier groups are zero. The group controller controls the target multiplier group to be disabled, and exchanges the “n×m” pixel data to be transferred to the data input buffer, based on the exchange of the “n×m” weight parameters.
US12135639B2
A testing system and method for testing application code against various failure scenarios. The testing system and method generate a test workflow including test source code implementing a series of actions that affect an application component and or an infrastructure component included in application code. The testing system and method execute the test workflow to determine the performance of the application code during one or more failure scenarios caused by the series of actions included in the test workflow. Performance data generated by the test code is analyzed by a performance analysis service or method to identify limitations of the application code and build resiliency patterns that address the limitations and improve the performance of the application code.
US12135636B2
A system, method and software product emulate and profile an application playing on a mobile device. The mobile device is emulated using a model based upon characteristics related to performance of the mobile device. The application is played and monitored within the model to determine resource utilization of the application for the mobile device.
US12135634B2
A computer system may receive a user input associated with a source code file via a first user interface displayed a first computing device, where the source code file comprising source code of a software application. The computer system may then obtain a tracing configuration based on the user input, where the tracing configuration comprises a line number of the source code and a variable within the source code. Next, the computer system may set a breakpoint in the source code at the line number using the tracing configuration, and then trace the variable during execution of the source code, where the tracing comprises determining a value of the variable using the breakpoint in the source code and creating a call stack based on the execution of the source code. The computer system may then store the value of the variable and the call stack in a log.
US12135630B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for automatic non-code test suite generation of an application programming language (API) specification. An embodiment operates by receiving a specification of an API, wherein the API comprises a plurality of endpoints. The embodiment generates, using a parser, an abstraction model corresponding to the specification of the API, wherein the abstraction model comprises a plurality of entities corresponding to the plurality of endpoints. The embodiment identifies, based on the abstraction model, an operation that is applicable to an entity of the plurality of entities. The embodiment then generates a functional test based on a use case corresponding to the entity and the operation.
US12135627B1
Embodiments described herein are directed to facilitating management of collection agents. In one embodiment, a control request is received at an agent service manager from an agent controller that manages collection agents that collect data. The agent controller and the collection agents operate on a remote computing machine. A desired agent event is identified to be executed in association with a set of collection agent of the collection agents. An indication of the desired agent event is provided to the agent controller for execution of the desired agent event in association with each collection agent of the set of collection agents.
US12135620B2
A method that is performed for backing up data. The method includes obtaining an asset backup request; and in response to the asset backup request: obtaining an asset and an asset entry associated with the asset backup request; dividing the asset into pseudo-assets using the asset entry; storing the pseudo-assets across backup storages to generate pseudo-asset backups; initiating the merging of the pseudo-asset backups to generate an asset backup; and updating asset backup metadata based on the asset backup.
US12135605B2
Described systems and techniques determine causal associations between events that occur within an information technology landscape. Individual situations that are likely to represent active occurrences requiring a response may be identified as causal event clusters, without requiring manual tuning to determine cluster boundaries. Consequently, it is possible to identify root causes, analyze effects, predict future events, and prevent undesired outcomes, even in complicated, dispersed, interconnected systems.
US12135596B2
A voltage regulator system of an information handling system includes a Smart Power Stage (SPS) and a voltage regulator controller. The SPS includes a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor. The voltage regulator controller detects a normal power down of the information handling system and sets bleed state for the SPS to a first state. Based on the bleed state being set to the first state, the voltage regulator controller provides a first control voltage to the low-side transistor and a second control voltage to the high-side transistor. The first control voltage causes the low-side transistor to be fully turned on, and the second control voltage causes the high-side transistor to be in a linear region. In response to a predetermined amount of time expiring, the voltage regulator controller enters the SPS in an idle mode.
US12135591B2
The subject technology is related to autonomous vehicles (AV) and, in particular, to an environmental and electromagnetic seal for autonomous vehicle control systems. The AV includes an autonomous driver system computer (ADSC) fixed to an interior surface of the AV and configured to control the electronic drivetrain, the ADSC including at least one port for connecting with an AV and an elastic conductive cover for selectively sealing the at least port one. The elastic conductive cover comprises a hooking member with an opening that is rotatably connected to the ADSC, cannot be independently removed from the ADSC, and includes an inner surface having at least one extended member with a sealing member that is configured to seal a port of the at least one port.
US12135585B2
Disclosed are techniques for automatically aligning a wrist-mounted display device to a primary display device to facilitate simultaneous use of both display devices. Historical usage information corresponding to a user using both devices is leveraged to determine usage patterns for the devices together. Subsequently, when the primary display device is used by the user, the usage patterns are used to determine when the wrist-mounted display device can be used together with the primary display device. Position information from each device is used to determine a position for the wrist-mounted display device to automatically relocate to for aligning the wrist-mounted display device and the primary display device to have similar viewing directions. The wrist-mounted display device is automatically aligned to the position, and a usage of the aligned wrist-mounted display device is initiated based on the historical usage patterns.
US12135570B2
A thermostat mixing valve for a water temperature control system may comprise a mixing chamber defining a valve outlet, a first proportional solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the mixing chamber, and a second proportional solenoid valve fluidly coupled to the mixing chamber. Each of the first proportional solenoid valve and the second proportional solenoid valve may include a housing assembly defining a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a plunger assembly configured to translate relative to the housing assembly, and a coil assembly configured to generate a magnetic field that translates the plunger assembly.
US12135560B2
A method for centrally aligning a robot with an electronic device, including: transmitting, with at least one transmitter, a first signal; receiving, with a first receiver and a second receiver, the first signal; detecting, with a controller coupled to the first receiver and the second receiver, the robot is centrally aligned with the electronic device when the first receiver and the second receiver simultaneously receive the first signal, wherein a virtual line passing through a center of the robot and a center of the electronic device is aligned with a midpoint between the first receiver and the second receiver; and executing, with the robot, a particular movement type when the robot is aligned with the electronic device.
US12135558B2
A system for a vehicle is provided herein that includes a position sensor configured to identify a location of the vehicle and a heading of the vehicle. A human-machine interface (HMI) is operatively coupled with the vehicle. A controller is in electronic communication with the position sensor and the HMI. The controller is configured to access one or more databases to identify a first location, a first heading, and a first speed for the vehicle, and to identify a first aggregate heading value and a first aggregate speed value associated with the first location; determine that either the heading or the speed of the vehicle is outside of acceptable ranges; and issue a wave-off alert to the HMI when the vehicle is outside of acceptable ranges.
US12135552B2
Disclosed are a road feature point extraction method and system. The road feature point extraction method comprises: acquiring map information for the current position of a vehicle, wherein the map information comprises the attributes of the current road and the attributes of the next road section; comparing the attributes of the current road with the attributes of the next road section to determine the road type of the next road section; and extracting, in conjunction with the road type of the next road section and the map information corresponding to the next road section, a road feature point representing a road scene on the next road section, and outputting the name of the extracted road feature point and information of the relative distance between the road feature point and the vehicle.
US12135547B2
Among other things, a determination is made that intervention in an operation of one or more autonomous driving capabilities of a vehicle is appropriate. Based on the determination, a person is enabled to provide information for an intervention. The intervention is caused in the operation of the one or more autonomous driving capabilities of the vehicle.
US12135544B2
A system and method for determining the operating conditions a machining operation includes a sensor array, a data acquisition system, and a computing device. The sensor array includes one or more sensors, such as a power, force, acoustic, fluid, or displacement sensor, configured to detect certain operational characteristics of the machining operating and machining tool. The sensor array is coupled to a computing device via a data acquisition system. The computing device runs software that outputs in human-readable format sensor data generated by the data acquisition system. The user can thereby detect anomalies in the machining operating, including errors or poor tolerances with the machining tool, such as a grinding of polishing wheel. The computing device can also send feedback signals to the machining tool to address detected anomalies. The computer software is configured to output up to eight (8) channels of data received from the sensor array.
US12135535B2
A system of household appliances is configured to provide services according to user identity. The system includes a first appliance, a server or other network device, and a second appliance. The first appliance is configured to collect sensor data associated with an identity of a user. The server or other network device is configured to receive the sensor data from the first appliance and analyze the sensor data to determine the identity of the user. The second appliance is configured to provide a device function to the user based on the identity determined from the sensor data collected by the first appliance.
US12135533B2
An automated kitchen assistant system inspects a food preparation area in the kitchen environment using a plurality of sensors or cameras. A trained model computes the identity and the location of the food item. In embodiments, the food items are on a grill, and the automated kitchen assistant system is operable to compute the time remaining to remove or flip each of the food items. The output may further be utilized to command a robotic arm, kitchen worker, or otherwise assist in food preparation. Related methods are also described.
US12135531B2
A rotating equipment system with in-line drive-sense circuit (DSC) electric power signal processing includes rotating equipment, in-line drive-sense circuits (DSCs), and one or more processing modules. The in-line DSCs receive input electrical power signals and generate motor drive signals for the rotating equipment. An in-line DSC receives an input electrical power signal, processes it to generate and output a motor drive signal to the rotating equipment via a single line and simultaneously senses the motor drive signal via the single line. Based on the sensing of the motor drive signal via the single line, the in-line DSC provides a digital signal to the one or more processing modules that receive and process the digital signal to determine information regarding one or more operational conditions of the rotating equipment, and based thereon, selectively facilitate one or more adaptation operations on the motor drive signal via the in-line DSC.
US12135529B2
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, methods, systems, computer-readable storage medium. A method can include a processing device receiving sensor data indicating a state of an environment of a processing chamber processing a series of substrates according to a substrate processing procedure. The series of substrates may be processed subsequent to a preventive maintenance procedure. The processing device may determine a first set of values based on the sensor data. The set of values may indicate a likelihood an associated substrate comprises a first process result that meets a threshold condition of the substrate processing procedure. The processing device may further predict a first test result based on the first set of values. The first test result may indicate a likelihood a first substrate processed subsequent to processing the series of substrates comprises a second process result that meets the threshold condition.
US12135527B2
A timepiece including a case; pivotably mounted display hands; a movement to drive the display hands while defining a sweeping surface; a display screen, a first part of the sweeping surface being superimposed on the screen and a second part of the sweeping surface not being superimposed on the screen; a control circuit configured to sequentially switch between first and second operating modes, with: a first operating mode wherein the display hands are driven in the first and second parts of the sweeping surface; a second operating mode wherein the display hands are driven only in the second part of the sweeping surface with display of a piece of information by the display screen.
US12135515B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a temperature sensing circuit to which a temperature sensing element is electrically connected, wherein a surface of a heater on a side where the temperature sensing element is provided is in contact with the inner surface of a film, a heating element is provided in a primary side circuit which is electrically connected to a commercial power supply, and the temperature sensing circuit is electrically insulated from both of the primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit which is electrically insulated from the primary side circuit.
US12135511B2
A shutter mechanism includes a shutter, a shutter support, and an elastic member. The shutter moves in one direction to close an opening. The shutter support supports the shutter. The elastic member biases the shutter and the shutter support in opposite directions. The shutter includes an abutting portion to hook on the shutter support with the abutting portion being biased by the elastic member. At least one of the abutting portion and the shutter support has a hook strengthening structure to strengthen hooking of the shutter on the shutter support.
US12135504B2
A method for determining a best focus and a best dose in the disclosure includes selecting a selection pattern from first and second shot regions of a wafer for split, measuring a critical dimension (CD) value of the selection pattern, thereby deriving a measurement CD value, calculating an effective CD value of the selection pattern for each of the first and second shot regions using the measurement CD value, calculating an upper-limit CD value and a lower-limit CD value of the selection pattern using the effective CD value of the selection pattern, calculating a process window area for the first shot region and a process window area for the second shot region using the upper-limit CD value and the lower-limit CD value of the selection pattern, and comparing the process window area for the first shot region and the process window area for the second shot region with each other.
US12135502B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a photoresist layer including a photoresist composition over a substrate. The photoresist layer is selectively exposed to actinic radiation to form a latent pattern and the latent pattern is developed by applying a developer to the selectively exposed photoresist layer to form a patterned photoresist. The photoresist composition includes a photoactive compound and a resin comprising a radical-active functional group and an acid labile group.
US12135496B2
A reflective mask blank, having a phase shift film having little dependence of phase difference and reflectance on film thickness, and a reflective mask.
US12135495B2
A light combining structure including a first beam splitter, a first light source, a second light source and a second beam splitter is provided. The first light source is disposed on a first side of the first beam splitter to emit a first light and is provided with a first reflection surface. The second light source is disposed on a second side of the first beam splitter to emit a second light and is provided with a second reflection surface. The second beam splitter is disposed on a third side of the first beam splitter, wherein the first beam splitter allows the first light and the second light to partially reflect and partially penetrate, and the first reflection surface, the second reflection surface and the second beam splitter allow the first light and the second light to enter a fourth side of the first beam splitter after being reflected.
US12135488B2
A light modulating device is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a light modulating device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer, wherein the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and second substrates, and wherein the light modulating device satisfies Equation 1: T2≤3×T1, wherein, T1 is an initial transmittance measured after vertically orienting the liquid crystal layer and placing it between orthogonal polarizers, and T2 is a transmittance measured after heating the liquid crystal layer showing the transmittance of T1 at 100° C. for 5 minutes, and then placing it between the orthogonal polarizers. The light modulating device can stably maintain designed optical properties even after an encapsulation process. The light modulating device can also stably maintain the orientation state of a light modulation layer while effectively securing adhesive force between upper and lower substrates.
US12135485B2
A display device including a gate line, a data line, a first thin film transistor including a first source electrode extending from the data line, and a first drain electrode spaced apart from the first source electrode, a second thin film transistor including a second source electrode extending from the first source electrode, and a second drain electrode spaced apart from the second source electrode, a third thin film transistor including a third drain electrode extending from the second drain electrode, and a third source electrode spaced apart from the third drain electrode, a first sub-pixel electrode electrically connected to the first drain electrode through a first contact hole, a first reference voltage line electrically connected to the third source electrode through a second contact hole, and a second sub-pixel electrode electrically connected to the second drain electrode through a third contact hole.
US12135484B2
A technique of producing a liquid crystal device, comprising: providing an assembly comprising a liquid crystal material contained directly between a polariser component and a first control component including a stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry; and containing further liquid crystal material directly between said polariser component of said assembly and another control component including another stack of layers defining electrical control circuitry.
US12135463B2
An apparatus for altering quantum of light passing through a lens of a photographic device. The apparatus comprises of a base assembly configured to be detachably coupled to the lens of the photographic device, a first assembly comprising a first filter, a second assembly comprising a second filter and a third assembly comprising a third filter. The first assembly is configured to be detachably coupled to the base assembly. The second assembly is configured to be detachably coupled to the base assembly. The third assembly is configured to be detachably coupled to the base assembly. Combination of the first filter and the second filter forms a first range of neutral density filter and combination of the first filter and the third filter forms a second range of neutral density filter.
US12135460B2
Embodiments described herein may be related to apparatuses, processes, and techniques related to incorporating photonics integrated circuitry into a base die, the base die including an optical interconnect at a bottom of the base die to transmit and to receive light signals from outside the base die. The top of the base die includes one or more electrical connectors that are electrically coupled with the photonics integrated circuitry. The base die may be referred to as the photonics die. A system-on-a-chip (SOC) may be electrically coupled with and stacked onto the top of the photonics die. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12135459B2
An example system for housing disassembly is provided. The system includes a first component including a platform defining an interior space configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive a first side of a housing including a first set of latching points. The system includes blades extending from the platform of the first component. The blades are disposed in a pattern to align with the first set of latching points of the housing when the housing is at least partially received in the interior space of the platform. Compressing the platform towards the housing or compressing the housing towards the platform disengages the first set of latching points of the housing with the blades to disassemble the housing.
US12135458B2
An apparatus and method of inspection are provided that inspects the end-face of two or more fiber optic connectors simultaneously without the need to move a probe from one end-face to another end-face and inspecting them one by one.
US12135454B2
Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the semiconductor devices are described herein. A method includes providing a first material layer between a second material layer and a semiconductor substrate and forming a first waveguide in the second material layer. The method also includes forming a photonic die over the first waveguide and forming a first cavity in the semiconductor substrate and exposing the first layer. Once formed, the first cavity is filled with a first backfill material adjacent the first layer. The methods also include electrically coupling an electronic die to the photonic die. Some methods include packaging the semiconductor device in a packaged assembly.
US12135450B2
A method of manufacturing a display includes coupling light from at least one light source into a front illumination film-based lightguide comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive layer between a core polymer film layer and a diffusely reflective release liner such that light from the at least one light source propagates by total internal reflection through the core polymer film layer, is extracted from the core polymer film layer, passes through the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, diffusely reflects from the diffusely reflective release liner and passes back through the pressure sensitive adhesive layer and core polymer film layer out of the front illumination film-based lightguide; analyzing the light exiting front illumination film-based lightguide from the at least one light source for defects; removing the diffusely reflective release liner from the front illumination film-based lightguide after analyzing; and laminating the front illumination film-based lightguide to a reflective spatial light modulator.
US12135449B2
Provided is a lighting assembly including an upper body that defines a top surface thereof; a lower body coupled to a lower portion of the upper body and defining a bottom surface thereof; a light diffusion member coupled to the upper body and the lower body, the light diffusion member including a first surface facing the upper body, a second surface facing the lower body, and a third surface that has a curved surface and is exposed to an outside of the light diffusion member; a light guide made of a light transmissive material, the light guide being in contact with the light diffusion member; and a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed to face a surface of the light guide.
US12135446B2
The present invention relates to a light guiding apparatus, comprising a light transmitting polymer guide having a first end, a second end extending from the first end, and a light path extending between the first end and the second end, and at least one light reflector disposed along the light path and at an angle relative to the light path. The present invention also relates to a method of fabricating the light guiding apparatus.
US12135443B2
A diffractive optical element, such as a holographic plasma lens, can be made by direction two laser beams so that they overlap in a nonlinear material, to form an interference pattern in the nonlinear material. The interference pattern can modify the index of refraction in the nonlinear material to produce the diffractive optical element. The interference pattern can modify the distribution of plasma for the nonlinear material, which can adjust the index of refraction. A third laser beam can be directed through the diffractive optical element to modify the third laser beam, such as to focus, defocus, or collimate the third laser beam.
US12135424B2
There is disclosed herein a waveguide comprising an optical slab and an optical wedge. The optical slab has a first refractive index, n1>1. The optical slab comprises: a pair of opposing surfaces and an input port. The pair of opposing surfaces are arranged in a parallel configuration. The input port is arranged to receive light into the optical slab at an angle such that the light is guided between the first and second opposing surfaces by a series of internal reflections. The optical wedge has a second refractive index, n2, wherein 1
US12135423B2
A head-up display includes a laser light source configured to generate a laser light. A mirror is configured to rotate about an axis to scan the laser light onto a screen. In embodiments, the screen is a microlens array that has a plurality of lenses that receive and transmit the scanned laser light. The screen extends within a plane that is perpendicular to the direction of the light received from the mirror. At least one processor is programmed to shift the screen a discrete distance and in a discrete direction along the plane. In embodiments, the discrete distance is a function of a size of the lenses in the microlens array.
US12135417B2
An optical component protector, comprising a transparent plate, configured to be mounted in front of an optical component to be protected and a plenum chamber, connected to a top edge of a transparent plate wherein the plenum chamber is configured to receive a supply of gas from a gas supply and provide a curtain of the gas across a surface of the transparent plate that is on an opposite side of the transparent plate from the optical component.
US12135409B2
An optical imaging lens group includes a first lens through a seventh lens sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens has positive refractive power, and object-side and image-side surfaces thereof are a convex surface and a concave surface, respectively. The second lens has negative refractive power, and object-side and image-side surfaces of the second lens are a convex surface and a concave surface, respectively. The fourth and fifth lenses both have refractive power. The third and sixth lenses both have positive refractive power. The seventh lens has negative refractive power, and an object-side surface thereof has a concave surface. A distance along the optical axis TTL from the object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane and half of a diagonal length ImgH of an effective pixel area on the imaging plane satisfy TTL/ImgH<1.3.
US12135398B2
The present disclosure includes dipole line trap system, a method for tuning a natural frequency of a dipole line trap system, and seismometer. One embodiment of the dipole line trap system may comprise a first axis unit. The first axis unit may comprise a first group of at least three cylindrical diametric magnets mounted in parallel around a first open region, and a first diamagnetic object in the first open region. In some embodiments, the first axis unit may comprise four cylindrical diametric magnets mounted in parallel around the first open region. In some embodiments, the first axis unit may have a natural frequency of less than 1 Hz.
US12135384B2
Provided is a process including: acquiring signal strength information that includes a plurality of signal strength measurements detected by a mobile computing device and that are each associated with a respective wireless signal measurement time; generating a wireless signal-based localization by localizing the mobile computing device based on the plurality of signal strength measurements and known locations of beacon devices; acquiring a plurality of mobility sensor measurements that are each associated with a respective mobility sensor measurement time; generating a mobility-based localization by localizing the mobile computing device based on the plurality of mobility sensor measurements; fusing the wireless signal-based localization and the mobility-based localization based on correspondence between the respective wireless signal measurement time for the signal strength measurements and the respective mobility sensor measurement time for the mobility sensor measurement to generate a fused mobile computing device localization.
US12135373B2
System and methods for Light Detecting and Ranging (LIDAR) are disclosed. The LIDAR system includes a light source configured to generate a tunable beam, an optical beam steering device positioned to receive at least a portion of the beam and configured to sweep the beam over a range of angles in a field of view (FOV) wherein each discrete frequency of the beam corresponds to a different angle in the FOV, a detector configured to generate an interference signal based on the received portions of the beam, and a processor communicably coupled to the detector. The processor is configured to cause the light source to tune the tunable beam from a first frequency to a second frequency and to calculate a range of an object corresponding to either the first frequency or the second frequency within the FOV.
US12135371B2
A method may include identifying features in images of a setting captured by cameras associated with a laser scanner at a first location. The features may correspond to elements in the setting. The method may include correlating the features with scan point data associated with the elements. The scan point data may be derived from a scan of the setting by a laser of the laser scanner at the first location. The method may include tracking the features within images captured by the cameras. The images may be captured during movement of the laser scanner away from the first location. The method may include estimating a position and/or an orientation of the laser scanner at a second location based on the tracking of the features and based on the correlating of the features with the scan point data.
US12135369B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to an array of individually readable distance sensors disposed along a first axis on a platform and configurable to detect penetration of a first plane containing the first axis, and an array of individually controllable light emitting indicators disposed on the platform along at least a second axis and configurable to emit visual indicia to a user out of the first plane. The visual indicia may, for example, be associated with the detected penetration. A reconfigurable predetermined detection window may, for example, be generated by associating adjacent sensors detecting input during a teaching operation. The detection window may, for example, be further generated by determining at least one distance threshold profile as a function of input received from the adjacent sensors during the teaching operation. Various embodiments may advantageously enable efficient configuration of generic sensing and indication units.
US12135354B1
Disclosed is a serial test circuit for controllable Chiplets, which belongs to the technical field of test or measurement of semiconductor devices during manufacturing or processing. The test circuit includes a master control test module, a slave control test module, a clock controlling module and an outputting module. The master control test module is composed of a test access port module, a segment insertion bit module and a test data register module. The test controlling signal is generated by the master control test module, and the test inputting signals of the slave Chiplets are respectively controlled by the slave control test module after receiving the test controlling signal. At the same time, the test controlling signal is inputted to the clock controlling module to obtain the clock signals of the slave Chiplets. The output signal of the test outputting module is determined by the test controlling signal.
US12135351B2
An integrated circuit (IC) includes: a first functional analog pin or pad; a first analog test bus coupled to the first functional analog pin or pad; first and second analog circuits coupled to the first analog test bus; and a test controller configured to: when the IC is in a functional operating mode, connect an input or output of the first analog circuit to the first analog test bus so that the input or output of the first analog circuit is accessible by the first functional analog pin or pad, and keep disconnected an input or output of the second analog circuit from the first analog test bus, and when the IC is in a test mode, selectively connect the input or output of the first and second analog circuits to the first analog test bus to test the first and second analog circuits using the first analog test bus.
US12135326B2
A system without electrodes for identifying analytes based on optical measurement of ion flux through nanopores that is driven by a chemical gradient, and a method for identifying an analyte by using such system. A nanopore array without electrodes for identifying different analytes in parallel, a method for identifying different analytes by using such array, and a method of manufacturing such array.
US12135322B2
An in-vitro method for determining a cell type of a white blood cell in a biological sample does so without labeling, wherein a microscopy apparatus images the cell, and physical parameters of the cell are ascertained from the image of the cell by an automated image analysis. The cell type of the white blood cell is determined on the basis of the physical parameters and on the basis of principal component analysis parameters (PCA parameters) , wherein the principal component analysis parameters comprise linear combinations of at least some of the physical parameters.
US12135320B2
Methods and systems for analyzing a field. The methods and systems acquire a thermal image indicative of thermal energy emitted by the soil and/or plants in the field and process the thermal image to assess variations in certain characteristics of the soil and/or plants.
US12135318B2
A multi-point air sampling system that can use a field reference subsystem to process sensor feedback to efficiently and reliably monitor and improve air quality within a space. The field reference subsystem can interface with multiple types of multi-point air sampling systems to ensure that sensors are operational and producing accurate measurements. Included within the field reference subsystem can be one or more permeation sources for generating test gases used to evaluate the integrity of the sensors, a processor for receiving the results of the test-gas evaluations to recurrently verify the operation level of each sensor, and a reporting system for carrying out actions in response to the recurrent verification of the sensors.
US12135302B2
A sensing device including film sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The film sensor includes a receptor capturing an intended analyte and an unintended analyte in a fluid medium to generate a film sensor signal. The receptor has a receptor cross-sensitivity to the unintended analyte. The second sensor contacts the fluid medium including the intended analyte and the unintended analyte to generate a second sensor signal. The second sensor has a second cross-sensitivity to the unintended analyte different than the receptor cross-sensitivity to the unintended analyte. The controller is programmed to determine a concentration of the intended analyte in the fluid medium in response to the film sensor signal, the receptor cross-sensitivity, the second sensor signal, and the second cross-sensitivity.
US12135299B2
An X-ray fluorescence analyzer is provided inside an analysis chamber covered with a housing with: an X-ray tube; an analyzing crystal for spectrally dispersing X-ray fluorescence emitted from a sample; an X-ray detector for detecting the X-ray fluorescence spectrally dispersed by the analyzing crystal; a warm air generator for generating warm air to maintain a temperature of the analyzing crystal at a target temperature; and a Peltier element for cooling the X-ray detector.
US12135293B2
A method for checking compliance of a mechanical part of a vehicle, including an image capture step for producing a study image of the mechanical part, and a step of analyzing the study image by an analysis unit, the analysis step including a results phase transmitting a results signal indicating whether the mechanical part is compliant or non-compliant.
US12135274B2
Outlet fittings are provided. Outlet fittings of interest include an elongate structure and an opening at a proximal end for receiving a flow stream from the distal end of a flow cell. In addition, the outlet fittings described herein are configured to reduce the formation of bubbles at the interface between the outlet fitting and the flow cell. In certain cases, outlet fittings do not include a planar surface in contact with the received flow stream. Flow cytometers and methods employing the subject outlet fittings are also provided.
US12135273B2
A method for characterizing a particle present in a sample, the sample lying between an image sensor and a light source and the sensor lying in a detection plane, includes illuminating the sample with the light source which emits an incident light wave propagating along a propagation axis, and acquiring an image of the sample with the sensor. The sensor is exposed to an exposure light wave. The image includes a plurality of elementary diffraction patterns each corresponding to one particle. The method also includes reconstructing a complex image representative of a complex amplitude of the light wave on a reconstruction surface passing through the sample, based on the acquired image; selecting a region of interest of the complex image corresponding to a particle of interest; forming an extracted image based on the region of interest; and characterizing the particle of interest depending on the extracted region of interest.
US12135266B2
Systems and methods for determining the yield stress of a non-Newtonian fluid in real time are provided. A pressure loss and/or liquid rise technique, an ultrasonic technique, and/or a penetrometer technique can be used to determine the yield stress of a non-Newtonian fluid. The ultrasonic technique can include a longitudinal wave approach and/or a shear wave approach. The methods and systems are non-invasive and only require slight modifications to the piping containing the non-Newtonian fluid in order to measure the yield stress.
US12135262B2
A comminuting device of biological material includes a casing that contains fixed cutting elements and movable cutting elements cooperating with each other to grind biological material, a collecting chamber for ground biological material, and a partition wall adjacent to the collecting chamber. The fixed and movable cutting elements are above the partition wall together with the biological material to be ground. The collecting chamber is below the partition wall. The fixed cutting elements are in the form of elongated corners that extend radially. The movable cutting elements are in the form of elongated corners that extend radially. The partition wall is provided with wall portions. Calibrated holes are provided for the passage of biological material ground by the fixed cutting elements and the movable cutting elements. The collecting chamber is in connection with the outside of the casing through at least a channel.
US12135254B2
A retrographic sensor includes a flexible transparent structure, a transparent elastomeric pad, and an at least partially reflective layer. The flexible transparent structure may be configured to elastically deform between multiple configurations. At least one light source emits light into the transparent structure. The flexible transparent structure may include one or more markers that are illuminated by the at least one light source. The retrographic sensor may also include a photosensitive detector configured to image the flexible transparent structure and one or more markers. A processor may determine a configuration of the flexible transparent structure based at least in part on an image from the one or more markers.
US12135253B2
The present invention relates to structural health and usage monitoring systems, particularly employing strain sensing means for assessment of the loading history and fatigue damage in an aircraft, vessel, structure or machinery. More specifically, the present invention relates to autonomous systems for recording, processing and assessment of the history of a variety of mechanical and environmental factors affecting structural health in a wide spectrum of applications, such as in mechanical components of a fixed wing or a rotary aircraft, civil structures, machines, windmills, gas or oil pipes and vessels including marine vessels. It also can work as a standalone or integrated sensor or recording device for use in variety of applications where its ultralow power consumption, low cost and multi-sensing capabilities can provide for accurate assessments based on neural network principles of data processing and autonomous monitoring for many years without a need for maintenance or post-processing.
US12135247B2
An electroconductive film (101) comprises a metal thin-film (10) on a first main surface of a flexible substrate (40) that includes a resin film (5). The thickness of the flexible substrate is 1 mm or less. The absolute value |H2−H1| of the difference between the heating dimensional change rate H1 of the electroconductive film and the heating dimensional change rate H2 of a film obtained by removing the metal thin-film from the electroconductive film is preferably 0.10% or less. There is a tendency that undulation of a temperature sensor film after patterning of the metal thin-film is further suppressed as the value of |H2−H1| decreases.
US12135238B2
A system and method for detection, localization and signaling of single photon events and of at least two photons time coincidence events. The system includes at least one array of pixels, each of which includes a photodetector and a front-end electronics, which outputs a digital signal; at least one event detection electronics including: a plurality of digital-to-analog transducers, one for each pixel of the array, configured to convert the digital signal coming from the respective pixel in a corresponding analog signal, which is quantized in amplitude and duration; an analog adder node configured to sum the analog signals coming from the digital-to-analog transducers, obtaining a sum analog signal; and an overall analog-to-digital transducer. The system and method are ultimately configured to output a digital signal if an output signal of an analog adder node exceeds, respectively, a first threshold or the second threshold, allowing event detection, within a time window.
US12135237B1
A through-beam photoelectric sensor includes an emitter and a receiver, the emitter is opposite the receiver, the receiver is configured to receive an optical signal from the emitter, the emitter comprises a first housing, an emitter lens, a first PCB, a lamp panel and an emission lamp, the emitter lens is embedded in the first housing, a light hole is formed in the lamp panel, the emission lamp is welded on the lamp panel and clamped in the light hole, a limit block is provided in the first housing, the lamp panel is detachably mounted on the limit block, and the first PCB is sleeved over the limit block and engaged with the lamp panel, such that a wick of the emission lamp is aligned with an optical center of the emitter lens. An assembly method is applied to the through-beam photoelectric sensor.
US12135236B2
A rain sensor in a vehicle includes a transmitter to implement a pseudorandom modulation of a timing of emission of infrared transmissions toward a windshield of the vehicle. The rain sensor also includes a receiver to be active for only a specified period of time following each emission of the infrared transmissions and to receive a reflection based on the infrared transmission encountering any substance on the windshield.
US12135230B2
A system for remotely measuring the characteristics of water passing through a plumbing control device (PCD) includes a sensor configured to measure characteristics of the water to obtain measured data. The sensor is also linked to a microcontroller of the PCD. An antenna board is linked, and configured to transmit power, to both the microcontroller and the sensor. The antenna board is configured to receive power transmitted from a mobile device and, in turn, transmit power to the microcontroller and the sensor. When power is not being transmitted from the antenna board, the microcontroller and the sensor may be powered off.
US12135227B2
A multi-measurement apparatus using a search-coil type sensor includes: sensor modules, each of which has one or more sensors including respective housings having respective inner spaces, respective cores formed to be inserted into the inner spaces of the housings, and respective coils which are each wound around a portion of an outer circumferential surface of each of the housings, the portion corresponding to a position of each of the cores; impedance matching units that are connected to a plurality of the sensors, respectively, and perform impedance matching; and amplifiers that are connected to the impedance matching units, respectively, and amplify a fine current and voltage generated during approach of objects to the sensors.
US12135219B2
A system and method of augmenting a delivery route. Exemplary methods include first location information from a first position device and receiving second location information from a second position device, storing first and second location information, and determining, based on at least one of the first and second information, a time and a location for each of a plurality of stops. Exemplary methods also include reconciling determined time and locations of each of the plurality of stops with a stored route, the stops having a stored location and a stored time associated therewith and estimating a plurality of transition times between pairs of the plurality of stops. Exemplary methods include constructing an updated timeline based on the plurality of stored stops, the plurality of determined stops, and the plurality of transition times and updating the delivery route based on the constructed timeline.
US12135205B2
A method for determining an edge profile of a custom decorative article to be installed in an installation area is disclosed, the installation area having a perimeter having a plurality of corners. A computing device receives data indicative of a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the plurality of corners of the perimeter of the installation area. Based on at least first, second, and third coordinates respectively corresponding to first, second, and third corners of the plurality of corners of the perimeter of the installation area, the computing device determines dimensional and/or geometric characteristics of a pair of opposed portions of the edge profile that, in an installed position, are configured to meet to form a corner of the custom decorative article when installed at the second corner of the perimeter of the installation area.
US12135200B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, which are capable of determining an owner of an attachment attached to a facility using a solid model of a facility extracted from three-dimensional point group data. The present invention determines the owner of the attachment from a planar positional relationship between the solid model of a columnar structure and the solid model of the attachment in the solid model. For example, a distance between a utility pole and a center of a point (a center of a ground boundary) at which a branch line or a post reaches a ground is acquired, and whether the branch line or the post is owned by a communication company or an electric power company is determined based on whether the distance exists in a constant threshold determined by the communication company or the electric power company.
US12135197B2
Ammunition cartridge comprising a rigid casing including a tubular sleeve and a base closing an end of the casing, a projectile mounted at another end of the casing, a propellant charge contained inside the casing, and an ignition device. The ignition device comprises an ignition charge arranged to ignite the propellant charge at a point of ignition distal from the base and proximal the projectile.
US12135196B2
A method is provided for producing a component for a warhead, wherein the method involves the steps: i.) an inner shell is arranged on a tool, ii.) preshaped projectiles are arranged on the inner shell, iii.) powder is arranged to enclose the preshaped projectiles, iv.) the powder is pressed such that the powder, the preshaped projectiles, and the inner shell are joined together, v.) the tool is removed from the component formed from the powder, the preshaped projectiles, and the inner shell. A warhead and a projectile are also provided.
US12135189B2
An archery bow sight is provided including an adjuster having a homing pin indexed within a homing slot to prevent a sight housing from free spinning with a round elongated arm in a round arm hole of the adjuster when the adjuster is operated by a user to move the sight housing relative to a mounting bracket. The adjuster can include a dial that interacts with threads on the elongated arm, which can cover a large portion of the arm and provide additional adjustability. The adjuster can include an adjustment control having a shaft that engages the homing pin forcibly with the homing slot and arm to lock the arm in a fixed position relative to the bracket in a lock mode. A related method of use is also provided.
US12135187B1
A method for authorizing and executing an operation for at least one portable launch assembly in a potential area is disclosed. An initial launch parameter set corresponding to an intended area is provided to a launch unit. An airspace deconfliction (AD) module within one or more electronic devices is provided an authorization to launch the launch unit based on an airspace collision avoidance status that is determined by ensuring there are no possible points of intersection between the launch unit and an air vehicle in an airspace surrounding the launch unit. After launch, the launch unit confirms an intended launch status according to one or more measured launch parameters, and, based upon the confirmed launch status, guides the launch unit to the intended area.
US12135185B2
A device for forming a secondary mount of a handguard on a firearm, wherein it is possible to bring the upper receiver of the firearm into a partially dismantled state from the lower receiver by tilting about a front takedown pin and/or into a dismantled state by removing (a pin), there being in the mounted state an elastic clamping connection between the handguard and the upper receiver and/or a barrel mount connected to the upper receiver, which barrel mount comprises at least one clamping element and at least one abutment, and the clamping element is designed such that when the handguard is connected or removed, an elastic deformation of at least one part of the clamping element takes place, and such that, in the mounted state, there is resilient prestressed contact with the abutment and/or at least partial accommodation in the abutment.
US12135179B1
A motion detection system designed for firearms, aiming to enhance safety and security while maintaining privacy which will alert a user of movement of their firearm or firearm magazine. The present disclosure incorporates an inconspicuous motion detection device, resembling a firearm bullet, to be inserted into a firearm or firearm magazine. This device includes a first communication module, first power source, electrical switch, and first microcontroller, all housed in a bullet-like casing. The system detects motion without transmitting personal location data, using an ultra-high radio frequency and an electrical switch configured to detect a change in position or orientation to maximize battery life. The motion detection device communicates with a base station, which communicates with a secure server network, ultimately sending notifications to a user's mobile device that the firearm or firearm magazine is being moved. The discreet design and non-reliant GPS technology of the system prioritizes firearm owner privacy.
US12135178B2
A system and method for determining an operational status of a firearm based on a discharge event is provided. A first acceleration is measured on the firearm at a first time. A second acceleration is measured on the firearm at a second time. A measured shot separation of first and second accelerations between the first and second times is calculated. The measured shot separation is compared to at least one shot separation threshold. A speed of a movement member in the firearm is assigned based on the comparing. The operational status of the firearm is determined based on the assigned speed. The operational status is communicated to a first user of the firearm in real-time.
US12135170B2
A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger includes a target area that is a target for heat exchange; and a flow path structure. The flow path structure includes at least one inlet; at least one outlet; a first flow path connected to each of the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet, and extending along a first side of the target area; and a second flow path connected to each of the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet, and extending along a second side, different from the first side, of the target area.
US12135166B2
One or more specific embodiments disclosed herein includes a method for separating hydrogen from an olefin hydrocarbon rich compressed effluent vapor stream, employing a integrated heat exchanger, multiple gas-liquid separators, external refrigeration systems, and a rectifier attached to a liquid product drum.
US12135160B2
A refrigerator and a control method, device and system thereof are included. The method includes detecting and confirming that the cumulative running time of a compressor is no less than a running time threshold, and an ice maker is currently in a working state, and controlling the ice maker to perform a defrosting operation after a current ice making period is ended, the running time threshold being a time difference between the defrosting period of the refrigerator and the ice making period of the ice maker.
US12135158B2
A refrigerator includes a first tray assembly to define one portion of an ice making cell, a second tray assembly to define another portion of the ice making cell, a heater disposed adjacent to at least one of the first or second tray assemblies, and a controller configured to control the heater. The refrigerator further includes a pusher including a first edge having a surface pressing the ice or at least one of the first and second tray assemblies to easily separate the ice from the tray assemblies, a bar extending from the first edge, and a second edge disposed at the end of the bar; and a pusher link having a connection part connected to the pusher. The controller controls at least one of the pusher or the second tray assembly to move and to change a relative position between the pusher and the second tray assembly.
US12135157B2
A refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage space in which food is stored; a cooler for supplying cold to the storage space; a first tray assembly constituting a part of an icing cell which is the space in which water is phase-changed to ice by the cold; a second tray assembly constituting another part of the icing cell; a heater located to be adjacent to the first tray assembly and/or the second tray assembly; and a control unit for controlling the heater, wherein the control unit performs controls so that the heater is turned on in at least a partial period while the cooler supplies the cold, and thus air bubbles disintegrating in the water inside the icing cell move to liquid-phase water from a part where ice is generated, thereby enabling transparent ice to be generated, and the degree of cold transfer, which is the amount of cold of the cooler is to be transferred, is different in the first tray assembly and the second tray assembly.
US12135156B2
The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for controlling an air conditioning system. The method of controlling the air conditioning system can include receiving air temperature data from an air temperature sensor and determining that the air conditioning system should operate in a reheat mode based on the air temperature being less than a threshold air temperature. The method can include outputting a control signal to a first electronic expansion valve to close and thereby prevent refrigerant to flow through an outdoor condenser coil. The method can also include outputting a control signal to a second electronic expansion valve to open and thereby permit refrigerant to flow through a reheat coil.
US12135154B2
The refrigerant management system has a service port connection, refrigerant treatment elements and a wet circuit connecting the service port connection to the refrigerant treatment elements. The refrigerant treatment elements are comprised of a refrigerant filter, a compressor, a condenser coil and a tank. The tank has tank head manifolds mounted thereto. The filter, the compressor and the condenser coil being mounted to the tank and connected to the tank head manifolds by respective pairs of tubing. The wet circuit being partially incorporated inside the tank head manifolds and inside the tank between the tank head manifolds. The first tank head manifold connects the service port connection to the refrigerant filter. The second tank head manifold connects the compressor to the condenser coil and to the tank. Conduits inside the tank extending between the first and second tank head manifolds connect the refrigerant filter to the compressor.
US12135151B2
A heat exchanger for use in an outdoor environment with a heat pump system is provided. The heat exchanger includes a first set of tubes arranged in a parallel flow manner between a first manifold and a second manifold, wherein central straight portions of adjacent tubes are disposed with a space therebetween along each tube of the first set of tube between the first and second manifolds. A second set of tubes are arranged in a parallel flow manner between a third manifold and a fourth manifold, wherein central straight portions of adjacent tubes within the second set of tubes are at least partially disposed within the space between adjacent tubes of the first set of tubes. A fluid that flows through the first set of tubes additionally flows through the second set of tubes before the fluid returns to again flow through the first set of tubes.
US12135150B2
A heat transfer system includes first (62) and second (64) electrocaloric module with aligned first and second sides. First and second prime movers (80,82) are arranged to direct a working fluid in opposite directions along flow paths through the electrocaloric modules. A rotary fluid control device (92,98) including a plurality of openings (94,96,100,102) is disposed around the electrocaloric modules, and is configured to rotate between positions relative to the modules. In a first position, the first module is in operative fluid communication through the openings with the first prime mover, and the second module is in operative fluid communication through the openings with the second prime mover. In a second position, the first module is in operative fluid communication through the openings with the second prime mover, and the second module is in operative fluid communication through the openings with the first prime mover.
US12135136B2
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes multiple circuit components that enable determining that a refrigerant leak is present in the HVAC system based on a signal. The circuit components then send a first set of instructions to a first set of control systems associated with one or more fans in response to the refrigerant leak being present. The first set of instructions causes the one or more fans to activate. The system then determines that the refrigerant leak signal is no longer present, and initiates a counter to detect when a period of time has passed in response to determining that the refrigerant leak signal is no longer present. The system then sends a second set of instructions to the first control system to cause the fans to return to base operating conditions in response to the counter indicating the period of time has passed.
US12135133B2
An oven muffle is provided with a cavity wrapper disposed between and connected to each of a bottom cap and a top cap. A lower rack-support embossment is formed on a peripheral skirt of the bottom cap, and at a position vertically below a seam where the cavity wrapper and the bottom cap are joined. The peripheral skirt can have first and second curved sections with a linear section disposed therebetween, when viewed in cross-section. The lower rack-support embossment has embossed features, each having a respective contour that is or converges to tangent to the linear section of the peripheral skirt.
US12135126B2
A luminaire includes multiple light-emitting elements (LEEs); a base supporting the LEEs; and a first wall and a second wall each extending along a first direction from a respective first end facing the LEEs to a respective second end. The first and second walls have light-reflective surfaces facing each other. In one or more cross-sectional planes parallel to the first direction, the light-reflective surfaces of the first and second walls have first portions that curve in opposite directions, second portions that are parallel, and third portions that curve in like directions. The first portions are arranged facing the LEEs to provide an input aperture that receives light from the LEEs. The third portions are arranged to provide an exit aperture that outputs output light into an ambient environment. The first and second walls are configured to propagate light from the input aperture to the exit aperture.
US12135123B2
A feature inspection lighting system includes an outer cover having a mounting structure at a first end thereof and defining an outer periphery at a second end thereof. The cover includes an inner surface between the first end and the second end. The inner surface has raised surfaces defined thereon. A plurality of light sources is coupled to the raised surfaces of the inner surface of the cover, and cables to provide electrical power to the light sources is routed between the raised surfaces of the outer cover. The outer periphery of the cover may have a cutout defined therein through which all or part of an object to be inspected can pass.
US12135119B1
A frame assembly for a recessed luminaire. The frame assembly has a planar platform with a sheetrock side and an exposed side opposing the sheet rock side. The planar platform defines a central aperture for receiving the recessed luminaire, and a plurality of perforations disposed around the central aperture, the perforations configured for receiving construction compound. The frame assembly has at least two barbs configured for bending out of a plane of the platform for insertion into sheetrock. Each barb has a barb base extending away from the exposed side of the planar platform at a 45 degree angle. Each barb has a barbed shank region extending towards the sheet rock side at a 90 degree angle with respect to the barb base so that the barbed shank region is configured to be secured into sheetrock when the sheetrock side of the platform is against sheetrock.
US12135110B2
A large-dip-angle self-leveling device is provided. The device comprises a mounting base platform arranged on a mounting stand column and a support cylinder connected with the mounting base platform. A leveling plate is arranged at the top of the mounting base platform, and a leveling platform is arranged on the leveling plate. A spirit bubble indicator and a control circuit board are arranged on the leveling platform. A connecting rod of balance weight is arranged in the support cylinder, one end of the connecting rod of balance weight is connected with the leveling platform, and the other end is connected with a balance weight. A four-core cable penetrates through the connecting rod of balance weight and the balance weight. Observation windows are symmetrically arranged at the lower part of the support cylinder. A melting pool is arranged at the bottom in the support cylinder.
US12135108B2
An electrostatic discharge tubing segment includes a porous non-conductive interior surface and an adjacent conductive polymer portion. The conductive polymer portion is configured to transfer electrostatic charge generated by a charged fluid passing through the tubing segment to ground such that electrostatic discharge can be mitigated.
US12135103B2
A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.
US12135097B2
Provided is a fluid control device that is compact and that enables data regarding an internal operation of the device to be acquired. A fluid control device V is disposed in a flow path of a fluid and enables data regarding an internal operation to be acquired, the fluid control device including a sensor hood 44 to which one or more sensors M2 for detecting an operation in the fluid control device are attached; a valve body 1 connected to the sensor hood; a diaphragm 42 held below the sensor hood, inside the valve body; a cover portion 5 that covers the outer periphery of the sensor hood; and a circuit board 60 that is electrically connected to the sensor(s) and for which a thickness direction of the circuit board and a flow path direction are arranged in the same direction on the inside of the cover portion.
US12135092B2
A fuel-isolation system includes a valve body that defines a flow passage that extends from an inlet to an outlet, a rupture diaphragm in the flow passage and fluidly sealing the inlet from the outlet, and an actuator situated adjacent the rupture diaphragm. The rupture diaphragm is integral with the valve body. The actuator includes a plunger that is configured to move and cause breach of the rupture diaphragm and thereby fluidly connect the inlet and the inlet.
US12135086B2
A material for gaskets is disclosed, wherein a metal surface coating layer, a primer layer and a rubber layer are formed, or a metal surface coating layer and a rubber layer are formed on at least a part of one side or both sides of a substrate formed of a metal plate sequentially from the metal plate side, and the metal surface coating layer comprises (A) one or more carbonates selected from the group consisting of Mg carbonate, Co carbonate, Zr carbonate, Mn carbonate, Ni carbonate, and Cu carbonate and (B) one or more selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, zirconia, and titania.
US12135073B2
A mechanical-double ring-hydraulic composite transmission mechanism includes an input member, a convergence mechanism, a hydraulic transmission mechanism, a double ring mechanism, an output member, a clutch assembly, and a brake assembly. The clutch assembly connects a left planetary gear train to a right planetary gear train. The clutch assembly connects the input member to the hydraulic transmission mechanism, the double ring mechanism, the left planetary gear train, and the right planetary gear train. The clutch assembly connects the hydraulic transmission mechanism to the right planetary gear train. The clutch assembly connects the double ring mechanism to the left planetary gear train. The clutch assembly connects the left planetary gear train and the right planetary gear train to the output member. A continuous transmission ratio between the input member and the output member is provided by adjusting a displacement ratio of the hydraulic transmission mechanism.
US12135064B2
Brake rotors for bicycles are described herein. An example brake rotor for a bicycle includes a carrier to be coupled to a hub of the bicycle. The brake rotor also includes a brake track having braking surfaces to be engaged by brake pads. The brake track is disposed radially outward of the carrier. The brake track has a first thickness and the carrier has a second thickness greater than the first thickness. The brake track is coupled to the carrier such that the brake track is axially movable relative to the carrier while being radially and circumferentially constrained relative to the carrier.
US12135060B2
A member for guiding an element mobile in oscillation or rotation is presented. The member has a body made of a hardened metallic material, provided with a bore for assembling the mobile element, having cavities that are distributed discontinuously in the bore and capable of acting as grease reserves, and having optional grease supply. In the bore are defined a bearing surface outside of the cavities and the grease supply, and a non-bearing surface in the cavities and the grease supply. The bore includes at least one zone with: cavities having a depth of between 2 and 5 mm, and a quantity of grease in the cavities per bearing surface of between 0.05 and 0.3 g/cm2. A mechanical system having such a member and a method for manufacturing such a member is also contemplated.
US12135058B2
A retainer is used for a linear guideway, including a main body, a retaining portion, and a hollow portion. The main body extends along the longitudinal direction of the retainer. The retaining portion extends from a long side of the main body along the width direction of the retaining portion. The hollow portion is abutted between the retaining portion and the main body for allowing a part of the retaining portion to be elastically deformed when the retaining portion is compressed by an external force. Therefore, when balls are assembled, the retainer of the present invention uses the partial elastic deformation of the retaining portion to avoid damage caused by directly collided with the balls, thereby enhancing convenience of installing and removing the balls. In addition, the hollow portion can be used to save lubricating oil for achieving the effect of extended lubrication.
US12135055B2
The present invention relates to a novel screw that causes drag and prohibits unwinding of the screw. The screw is designed for use in eyeglasses for securing eyeglass lenses and prohibiting same from falling out. The screw includes a fillister head, a drive disposed on the head for engaging a screwdriver, a shaft running from the head to a terminal end, the shaft having non-contiguous circumferential threads along the length of the shaft for rotatably sliding the screw through slots. The screw includes a longitudinal channel in the form of a slot disposed along the surface of the shaft and through the length of the shaft. A planar bar of neoprene or any other polypropene can be inserted in the channel which assists with prohibiting unwinding of the screw when the screw is in use.
US12135053B1
A mechanical fastening device is provided. The device comprises two principal components: a stud and a corresponding nut. The stud is engineered with a central longitudinal axis, a threaded section for robust engagement, and a handle section to enable manual manipulation without auxiliary tools. The nut component is outfitted with a manually operable knob, a rod section that incorporates a hollow interior to accommodate the stud, and an access opening positioned opposite the knob for straightforward insertion of the stud. Additionally, a strategically designed curved transition area between the rod section and the knob enhances the structural integrity of the nut and reduces the potential for snagging or injury during use. This invention is optimally suited for diverse applications that demand reliable and user-friendly fastening mechanisms.
US12135049B2
An intelligent work vehicle filtration system includes a hydraulic subsystem, a controller architecture, and an electric drive subsystem containing a battery pack. A hydraulic subsystem includes, in turn, a fine filter device having a first filter efficiency, a coarse filter device having a second filter efficiency less than the first filter efficiency, a hydraulic circuit in which the fine filter device and the coarse filter device are positioned, and a hydraulic pump controllable to circulate hydraulic fluid about the hydraulic circuit. During operation of the intelligent work vehicle filtration system, the controller architecture selectively places the intelligent work vehicle filtration system in an externally-powered filter mode in which hydraulic flow is directed through the fine filter device, while bypassing the coarse filter device, when the electric drive subsystem is electrically coupled to an external power supply utilized to charge the battery pack.
US12135045B2
A gas circulation apparatus is applied to a pneumatic apparatus including a solenoid valve apparatus and a cylinder apparatus, and is connected in series between the solenoid valve apparatus and the cylinder apparatus. The gas circulation apparatus includes a valve core structure, a first circulation cavity, and a second circulation cavity. The valve core structure is configured to move in a first direction, so that compressed gas discharged from a first cylinder cavity of the cylinder apparatus and passing through the solenoid valve apparatus is collected and stored by the first circulation cavity, and a second cylinder cavity of the cylinder apparatus is supplied with compressed gas stored in the second circulation cavity together with the compressed gas supplied from the solenoid valve apparatus.
US12135042B2
A fan is provided for a lighting device of a motor vehicle, and includes an impeller, a frame, and a housing. The impeller is rotatably mounted on the frame. The housing is mountable on the lighting device, and the frame is form-lockingly fastened to the housing. The housing includes compliance elements, which are in preloaded contact with the frame, and which are designed for damping of vibrations of the frame along three spatial axes (X, Y, Z).
US12135029B2
A scroll compressor with a stationary scroll, an orbiting scroll, and a discharge port through which a fluid that has been compressed by both the scrolls is discharged. An end plate of the orbiting scroll is provided with an end-plate side stepped portion formed such that, along a spiral of a spiral wrap, the height thereof increases toward a central side of the spiral and decreases toward an outer end side thereof. A spiral wrap of the stationary scroll is provided with a wall-portion side stepped portion formed corresponding to the end-plate side stepped portion such that the height thereof decreases toward the central side of the spiral and increases toward the outer end side thereof. A pair of compression chambers face each other. The ventral side compression chamber communicates with the discharge port before the dorsal side compression chamber communicates with the discharge port.
US12135028B2
The invention relates to a scroll compressor (10) and to a method for operating the scroll compressor (10). The scroll compressor (10) has a stator (15), an orbiter (20) which can be moved about an orbiter axis (55) relative to the stator (15), and a coupling device (50). The stator (15) and the orbiter (20) engage into each other and at least partly delimit at least one working area (105) for compressing a fluid (110) which can be filled into the working area (105). The coupling device (50) has a first coupling unit (60) which is arranged on the stator (15) and a second coupling unit (65) which is arranged on the orbiter (20) opposite the first coupling unit (60), wherein the first coupling unit (60) is magnetically coupled to the second coupling unit (65), and the second coupling unit (65) introduces a coupling torque (MK) which acts about the orbiter axis (55) into the orbiter (20).
US12135019B2
A system for monitoring flow conditions of fluid flowing from a product container through a solenoid pump. The system includes at least one solenoid pump comprising a solenoid coil, which, when energized, produces a stroke of the solenoid pump, at least one product container connected to the at least one solenoid pump wherein the at least one solenoid pump pumps fluid from the at least one product container during each stroke, at least one PWM controller configured to energize the at least one solenoid pump, at least one current sensor for sensing the current flow through the solenoid coil and producing an output of the sensed current flow, and a control logic subsystem for controlling the flow of fluids through the solenoid pump by commanding the PWM controller and for monitoring the current through the solenoid pump by receiving the output from the current sensor, wherein the control logic subsystem uses the measured current flow through the solenoid coil to determine whether the stroke of the solenoid pump is functional.
US12135016B2
Systems and methods for generating and a controller for controlling generation of geothermal power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation in the vicinity of a wellhead during hydrocarbon production to thereby supply electrical power to one or more of in-field operational equipment, a grid power structure, and an energy storage device. In an embodiment, during hydrocarbon production, a temperature of a flow of wellhead fluid from the wellhead or working fluid may be determined. If the temperature is above a vaporous phase change threshold of the working fluid, heat exchanger valves may be opened to divert flow of wellhead fluid to heat exchangers to facilitate heat transfer from the flow of wellhead fluid to working fluid through the heat exchangers, thereby to cause the working fluid to change from a liquid to vapor, the vapor to cause a generator to generate electrical power via rotation of an expander.
US12135011B1
A double turbine, includes: a rotatable deflector disc including a first base plate and a second base plate facing opposing directions along an axis of rotation; a first plural number of first vanes each pivotally mounted on the first base plate and uniformly spaced around the axis of rotation by a vane spacing angle; a second plural number of second vanes each pivotally mounted on the second base plate, and uniformly spaced around the axis of rotation by the vane spacing angle, the second plural number being equivalent to the first plural number; wherein each first vane is angularly positioned with respect to the rotation axis as between two second vanes. Multiple such double turbines can be stacked with a progressive helical twist such that each one double turbine is offset from at least one adjacent double turbine by a common twist angle with respect to the axis of rotation.
US12135009B2
A method and a system for estimating remaining components life of an operational wind turbine from actual wind turbine operation conditions after it was commissioned, using a data acquisition module configured to measure real historical data of said operational wind turbine, and an additional state detection unit configured to identify historical states of operation. The method comprises extracting historical data from the data acquisition module at time intervals, identify operational states of the wind turbine, validate the identified operational states and identify uncertain data that do not match. Next, simulate a turbine model for each operational state identified and wind condition thereof at each time interval, and calculate a fatigue equivalent load for each operational state and wind condition.
US12135008B2
An off-shore wind turbine system is assembled using a platform or jack-up vessel, and a first base anchored to the seafloor at a blade assembly off-shore location. A buoyant tower is attached to the first base. A crane provided on the platform or jack-up vessel is used to lift blades and blades, which are then coupled to a turbine held in a nacelle provided at the top of the buoyant tower. The buoyant tower, the nacelle, and the blades are detached from the first base. The buoyant tower, the nacelle, and the blades are towed to a wind farm and connected to a second base provided in the wind farm. The buoyant tower, the nacelle, and the blades are further stabilized using mooring lines spanning between the buoyant towers and other bases provided in the wind farm. The first base and/or the second base include anti-rotation features.
US12135005B2
Disclosed herein is an array including at least ten wave power converters and at least one marine substation, each wave energy converter including a floating body, a wire, a housing anchored in a seabed or lakebed, the housing including a stator and a seesawing translator. The seesawing translator is connected via the wire to the floating body and each of the at least ten wave power converters is electrically connected to the marine substation. The at least ten wave energy converters are arranged on a symmetric, open, concave line, where a symmetry axis is at least more or less parallel to a primary wave direction and where the marine substation is arranged on the symmetry axis.
US12135000B2
A fuel filter includes: a casing having a chamber for collecting water separated from fuel; a water level sensor that extends into the casing and is provided with an electrical water level contact extending into the collection chamber and an intermediate electrical contact arranged inside the casing and outside the collection chamber; and a water separator element having: a filtering element; a filtering element support provided with a through opening crossed by the water level sensor so that the electrical water level contact extends into the collection chamber; and a conductive element provided on the filtering element support and provided with: a water level electrode extending into the collection chamber; and a contact electrode electrically connected with the water level electrode, spaced apart from it and in contact with the intermediate electrical contact of the water level sensor.
US12134996B2
The invention regards an acoustic liner which comprises: a facing sheet that comprises holes, the facing sheet having a porosity and a facing sheet thickness, a backing sheet, and a plurality of cells arranged between the facing sheet and the backing sheet, the cells having a cell depth and each cell defining a cavity. A plurality of internal necks are provided that extend from the inner side of the facing sheet towards the backing sheet, each internal neck being located around a hole of the facing sheet, thereby extending the longitudinal length of the hole. The invention further regards a gas turbine engine with such acoustic liner.
US12134989B2
A compressed air supply system includes: a bleed air passage; an auxiliary compressor structure including a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, the compressor inlet being fluidly connected to the bleed air passage; a supply passage which is fluidly connected to the compressor outlet and through which compressed air from the auxiliary compressor structure is supplied to an air cycle machine; an accessory gear box; and a continuously variable transmission structure that changes speed of rotational driving force output from the accessory gear box and rotates the auxiliary compressor structure. The continuously variable transmission structure and the auxiliary compressor structure are fixed to the accessory gear box, and the accessory gear box is fixed to the gas turbine engine.
US12134980B2
A liquid ammonia phase-change cooling type hybrid power thermal management system. The system comprises an injector, a liquid ammonia hydrogen supply system, a liquid ammonia common rail pipe, a fuel oil common rail pipe and an oil tank, wherein the liquid ammonia hydrogen supply system comprises a liquid ammonia storage tank, an ammonia pumping system, a flow dividing system and an ammonia inlet and outlet system, the fuel oil common rail pipe is respectively connected with the oil tank and a one-way oil inlet of the injector, the liquid ammonia common rail pipe is respectively connected with the ammonia inlet and outlet system and a one-way ammonia inlet of the injector, an ammonia inlet pipe and an ammonia return pipe are arranged in the ammonia inlet and outlet system, the ammonia pumping system comprises a liquid ammonia storage flow divider, a low-pressure pump and a high-pressure pump.
US12134977B2
[Task] A task is to make a V-type engine compact while suppressing the decrease in the output thereof. [Solution] A V-type engine 1 includes an engine body (3) including a crankcase (7) configured to rotatably support a crankshaft (11), and a pair of cylinder banks (8, 9) extending from the crankcase (7), a pair of exhaust pipes (31, 32) connected to the pair of cylinder banks (8, 9), a catalyst pipe (34) connected to the pair of exhaust pipes (31, 32), and a catalyst (33) accommodated in the catalyst pipe (34), wherein each of the pair of exhaust pipes (31, 32) is connected to the catalyst pipe (34) on an upstream side of the catalyst (33) in an exhaust direction, and the catalyst pipe (34) is arranged adjacently to the pair of cylinder banks (8, 9).
US12134973B2
A test blade for a blade release test, including: an airfoil extending radially from a platform; and a root portion secured to the platform, the root portion having an elongated opening extending longitudinally from a leading edge of the root portion towards a trailing edge of the root portion, wherein the elongated opening has a width extending along the leading edge of the root portion that is greater than or equal to 3 times a radial height of the elongated opening.
US12134971B2
A fan for a gas turbine engine is provided. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades, a disk, and a trunnion mechanism for attaching the fan blades to the disk. The disk can be formed of a plurality of individual disk segments, with the trunnion mechanism attaching one of the plurality of fan blades to a respective disk segment. A retention member is also provided. The retention member includes a means for catching a portion of the trunnion mechanism should a primary attachment system of the trunnion mechanism fail.
US12134969B2
Disclosed is a rock bolt assembly including: a rock bolt with an elongate body which extends between a distal end and a proximal end and which has an integrally formed anchor portion and, where the body is not so formed, cylindrical stem portions; a tubular sleeve with a first diameter, which longitudinally extends between a first end and a second end, partially encasing the rock bolt so at least a proximal end portion of the bolt projects from the first end of the sleeve; a grout-input element which engages the rock bolt on the proximal end portion and which engages the first end of the sleeve in sealing contact; wherein, over each stem portion, the tubular sleeve is adapted along a band section by a reduction in the first diameter in a diametric plane; and wherein, over the anchor portion, the tubular sleeve retains the first diameter.
US12134953B2
A core barrel head assembly having a longitudinal axis can comprise an elongate tube body having an outer surface, an interior cavity, a proximal end, and a distal end. The elongate tube body can define a helical groove that extends from the interior cavity to the outer surface of the elongate tube body. The helical groove can be configured to allow the elongate tube body to elastically extend and compress. The elongate tube body can define at least one aperture that extends between the interior cavity and the outer surface. The core barrel head assembly can further comprise a valve body that is attached to the elongate tube body and is movable with respect to the proximal end of the elongate tube along the longitudinal axis, as the elongate tube body compresses. When sufficiently compressed, the valve body restricts flow through the at least one aperture.
US12134952B2
A hydraulic fracturing plan executable by a hydraulic fracturing system to hydraulically fracture at least first and second wells. In one or more embodiments, executing the hydraulic fracturing plan includes opening a first valve while hydraulic fracturing fluid is communicated to the second well via a second valve and a manifold, the first valve being associated with both the first well and the manifold, and the second valve being associated with both the second well and the manifold. In one or more embodiments, executing the hydraulic fracturing plan further includes closing the second valve, wherein the second valve is closed after opening the first valve, and while hydraulic fracturing fluid is communicated to the first well via the first valve and the manifold.
US12134943B2
A kelly valve for placement in a tubular drillstring has an inner cage, which holds a valve ball, lower valve ball seat and other valve components. A valve stem connected to the valve ball extends through a valve stem sleeve, positioned in an opening in the wall of the main body of the kelly valve. A thrust bearing of a low friction material, preferably of polyether ether ketone (PEEK), is positioned between the valve stem and the valve stem sleeve. A port in the valve ball seat permits pressure below the kelly valve to bypass a seal and act on the inside of the valve ball. A circumferential notch in the valve ball seat accommodates a circular spring, and prevents complete compression of the spring when the valve ball seat contacts an interior shoulder in the inner cage.
US12134932B2
A cabinet door having a first member with a first recess disposed along a top side of the center panel between a first stile and a second stile, a second recess disposed along a bottom side of the center panel between the first stile and the second stile, and a first veneer having a longitudinally extending grain pattern; a second member with a second veneer having a longitudinally extending grain pattern, and a first rabbet; and a third member with a third veneer having a longitudinally extending grain pattern; and a second rabbet; where the second member fits into the first recess, the third member fits into the second recess, and the longitudinally extending grain pattern of the second veneer is parallel to the longitudinally extending grain pattern of the third veneer and perpendicular to the longitudinally extending grain pattern of the first veneer.
US12134929B2
Another implementation of the present disclosure is a refuse vehicle. The refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a body coupled with the chassis, a tailgate, an electric lock, and a fully electric tailgate actuator assembly. The body assembly defines a refuse compartment. The tailgate is coupled with a rear of the body and is transitionable between a first position to limit access to the refuse compartment and a second position to allow access to the refuse compartment. The electric lock is operable between an engaged state and a disengaged state to limit movement of the tailgate out of the first position when the electric lock is in the engaged state. The fully electric tailgate actuator assembly is configured to transition the tailgate between the first position and the second position.
US12134914B2
A lock knob attachment includes an attachment portion configured to be attached to a lock bar that is configured to lock a door by sliding in a first direction, and a main body portion configured to be coupled to the attachment portion and configured to extend from the attachment portion to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. When a direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction, a length of the main body portion in a direction along the third direction is greater than a length of the attachment portion in a direction along the third direction.
US12134911B2
An above ground frame pool (10) includes a frame assembly (20) and a liner (40) supported by the frame assembly (20). The frame assembly (20) includes a plurality of horizontal pipes (22), a plurality of vertical pipes (24), and a plurality of T-shaped joints (30). The joints (30) may lack mechanical fasteners with adjacent pipes or corresponding apertures. The joints (30) may be one-piece or multi-piece structures. Such joints (30) maybe water-resistant and convenient to manufacture, assemble, disassemble, and store.
US12134899B2
A building sub-floor construction comprising a plurality of elongated beams formed of rigid polymer foam material, wherein the elongated beams comprise similar cross-sectional shapes, and wherein the elongated beams are configured to snuggly engage one another along their lengths to produce a continuous slab.
US12134891B2
A barrier panel to separate food production operations and/or operators in food processing facilities, minimizing contact between the components to minimize bacteria and contaminant harbors, which requires little or no disassembly for cleaning, the upper portion of the panel being translucent or transparent and supported by contact tabs which are rounded to minimize surface area touches.
US12134890B2
A water drainage system may include a clip having a support arm, a catch arm, and a brace. The support arm may include a support arm contact surface that may be opposingly positioned to the brace. A rail may have an upper plate, a back plate, and a lower plate. The lower plate may include a plate lip that extends toward the upper plate, and a channel may be formed in the rail that extends between the upper plate, back plate, lower plate, and plate lip. The upper plate may include an upper plate contact surface that is disposed within the channel. An optional waterproof membrane may be coupled to the clip and rail by engaging the clip to the rail with a portion of the waterproof membrane tensioned between the support arm contact surface and the upper plate contact surface.
US12134889B2
A masonry veneer support assembly for mounting masonry veneer to supporting wall structure has a shelf angle, and first and second shelf angle mounting brackets. Each shelf angle mounting bracket has an upwardly extending back that mounts to the supporting wall structure, and a web extending forwardly away from the wall structure. The web has first and second shelf angle mounting seats formed therein. The first shelf angle mounting seat is upwardly spaced from the second shelf angle mounting seat. Hangers in the form of two-part separable brackets are provided to permit masonry veneer to be mounted underneath the shelf angle, thereby concealing it from view.
US12134883B2
The present application relates to the technical field of shower system, and provides a device for adding a fluid medium to a shower system and a shower system. The device includes a water pipe assembly, a fluid medium pipe assembly and a valve body assembly. The valve body assembly includes a one-way valve for preventing back flow of the liquid medium and a water jet pump. The one-way valve is provided between a fluid medium inlet and a fluid medium outlet. The water jet pump includes a three-way valve pipe. A water inlet pipe of the three-way valve pipe is in communication with a water inlet, a water return pipe of the three-way valve pipe is in communication with the fluid medium outlet, and a water mixing pipe of the three-way valve pile is in communication with a water outlet.
US12134882B2
A wear assembly for earth working equipment includes a base, a wear member and a lock. The lock includes a retainer and a lock body. The retainer is seated in a recess in the base. A key of the retainer is received in the keyway of the wear member as the cavity receives the base. A lock body passes through aligned openings of the base, retainer and wear member to engage the retainer and secure the wear member to the base.
US12134873B2
Disclosed is a bucket for an earth-working or materials-handling machine having a top portion, a first and a second bucket side wall, a bucket floor extending from a front cutting edge up to the top portion, wherein the front cutting edge, the first and second side walls and the top portion form a bucket opening, seen from a front view of the bucket, the bucket floor has an inside facing towards the bucket opening and an outside facing away from the bucket opening, characterized in that the bucket floor has at least one floor section being attached to the bucket floor, optionally by at least one weld interface between the at least one floor section and the bucket floor provided in the proximity of the front cutting edge; and at least one protection element for protecting at least a part of the floor section, and/or at least a part of the optional at least one weld interface, which at least one protection element is mounted on the inside of the bucket floor in the proximity of the front cutting edge.
US12134870B2
A fluctuation belt ecological slope protection system that responds to hydrological variation includes a runoff treatment system and an ecological floating island system. The runoff treatment system includes a grass planting side ditch and a water accumulation pit-pond. The ecological floating island system includes an ecological floating island and an ecological gabion base. The ecological floating island includes a flexible substrate, and aquatic plants. The ecological gabion base is positioned below the ecological floating island. The ecological protection system is suitable for a fluctuation belt and consists of a runoff treatment system and a separable ecological floating island system. Rain water on bank slope is purified and collected as wet soil is stabilized, the protection system responds to backwater water level variation in fluctuation belt, providing growing space for plants, organisms, and fish, following variation in water level, enriching the ecological environment of the fluctuation belt, and improving scenic effect.
US12134868B2
Disclosed is an oil pressure type seismic mitigation and isolation support and a use method thereof. An upper plate slot is arranged above a lower plate slot, the lower part of the upper plate slot and the upper part of the lower plate slot are both provided with grooves, and the upper part of the upper plate slot and the lower part of the lower plate slot are both provided with embedded bars; a steel cushion body has a shape of a cuboid and is arranged on the upper surface of a seismic mitigation layer, the seismic mitigation layer is arranged in the groove at the upper part of the lower plate slot, and the upper part of the steel cushion body extends into the groove of the upper plate slot and is in contact with the bottom surface of the groove one-direction double-direction.
US12134867B2
A road milling machine includes a machine frame having a longitudinal axis. A plurality of ground engaging units support the machine frame from a ground surface. A milling drum is supported from the machine frame. An operator's station is supported from the machine frame by a support linkage configured to move the operator's station laterally between an inner position and an outer position relative to the machine frame. The support linkage includes at least one pivot link extending between the machine frame and the operator's station and oriented to pivot about a pivot axis extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the machine frame. The operator's station in the outer position extends laterally partially beyond the machine frame on one of the left and right edges of the machine frame, the outer position being at a higher elevation than the inner position relative to the machine frame.
US12134855B1
A facemask container for use in washing machines including a top portion and a bottom portion is disclosed. The facemask container top portion and bottom portion may have a repeating pattern of contour openings, wherein the repeating pattern of contour openings may be oblong in shape to let water in an out of the container. The facemask container top portion and bottom portion may be hingely hooked to each other. The facemask container top portion and bottom portion may be fixed to each other by a fastening mechanism. The facemask container bottom portion may also contain an upright rod used to place straps of the facemasks in order to keep the facemasks within the container and prevent damage because of the washing cycle.
US12134853B2
A clothes treatment apparatus includes: a cabinet forming a treatment space for storing clothes; a filter module having a filter portion for filtering out dust from air passing therethrough; an air flow path having a plurality of preset flow paths for directing air to be discharged into the treatment space; a fan for moving the air in the air flow path; at least one valve disposed on the air flow path; a valve actuating module for actuating the valve; and a control part for controlling the valve actuating module so as to select one of the plurality of flow paths. The plurality of flow paths include: at least one bypass flow path for directing the air to bypass the filter portion; and at least one filtering flow path for directing the air to pass through the filter portion.
US12134833B2
A plating apparatus 1000 includes a plating tank, a substrate holder 20, a rotation mechanism, an elevating mechanism, a contact member 40, and a cleaning device 50 configured to clean the contact member 40. The cleaning device 50 includes a pivot shaft 51, a first arm 53, a second arm 54, and a nozzle 55 that includes at least one discharge port. Applying a cleaning fluid discharged from the discharge port to the contact member 40 cleans the contact member 40.
US12134832B2
A coating device for coating components, in particular for nickel-plating spark plug housings. The coating device includes: a housing having an outer anode that is designed to receive the component, an inner anode that can be introduced into a through-opening of the component, and a voltage-generating device, the voltage-generating device being designed to generate a first voltage between the outer anode and the component, as well as a second voltage between the inner anode and the component. The housing has an inlet and an outlet for introducing and discharging a process medium into or out of the housing.
US12134831B2
In one example, an electroplating apparatus is provided for electroplating a wafer. The electroplating apparatus comprises a wafer holder for holding a wafer during an electroplating operation and a plating cell configured to contain an electrolyte during the electroplating operation. An anode chamber is disposed within the plating cell, and a charge plate is disposed within the anode chamber. An anode is positioned above the charge plate within the anode chamber. In some examples, the anode chamber is a membrane-less anode chamber.
US12134828B2
Disclosed are methods of anodizing a metal component. In the methods an anodization bath includes an organic acid.
US12134820B2
A hollow cathode plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition process for depositing a hydrophobic carbon based coating on a fabric substrate.
US12134819B2
A cesium tungsten oxide film has high heat ray shielding performance and a radio wave transmissivity, and a method for manufacturing a cesium tungsten oxide film capable of manufacturing such film by a dry method. A cesium tungsten oxide film including cesium, tungsten and oxygen as main components, wherein, an atomic ratio of the cesium and the tungsten is Cs/W, which is 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less, and the cesium tungsten oxide film is having a hexagonal crystal structure. A method for manufacturing a cesium tungsten oxide film including cesium, tungsten and oxygen as main components, including: a film deposition process using a cesium tungsten oxide target; and a heat treatment process for heat-treating the film at a temperature of 400° C. or more and less than 1000° C., wherein either the film deposition process or the heat treatment process is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen.
US12134817B2
The present disclosure provides alloys for coating a steel substrate, the alloys comprising aluminum and one or more of zinc, magnesium, and zirconium. The alloy coatings have a percent total pore volume of about 5% or less and an average pore diameter about 10 microns or less. The present disclosure further provides methods of depositing aluminum alloy onto a substrate, magnetron sputtering targets, and methods for making coated steel.
US12134808B2
A hot-stamping formed body includes: a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition; and a plating layer provided on a surface of the steel sheet, the plating layer having an adhesion amount of 10 g/m2 to 90 g/m2 and a Ni content of 10 mass % to 25 mass %, and containing a remainder consisting of Zn and impurities. The hot-stamping formed body includes, in a surface layer region of the steel sheet, a metallographic structure has one or more of martensite, tempered martensite, and lower bainite as a primary phase, and with respect to the sum of the lengths of grain boundaries having a rotation angle of 57° to 63°, the lengths of grain boundaries having a rotation angle of 49° to 56°, the lengths of grain boundaries having a rotation angle of 4° to 12°, and the lengths of grain boundaries having a rotation angle of 64° to 72° with a <011> direction as a rotation axis among the grain boundaries of grains having a phase of a body-centered structure, the ratio of the lengths of the grain boundaries having a rotation angle of 64° to 72° is 35% or more.
US12134807B2
Provided is an alloy member including a substrate made of magnesium-lithium alloy with a sum of content of magnesium and content of lithium of 90 mass % or more and a coating film disposed on the substrate. The coating film contains fluorine and oxygen, with a fluorine content of more than 50 atom % and an oxygen content of less than 5 atom %.
US12134806B2
The present invention provides a non-heat-treatable aluminum alloy for die casting, which can exhibit good castability and is able to confer excellent tensile characteristics (0.2% proof stress and elongation) and excellent corrosion resistance on die cast aluminum alloy materials. Also, the present invention provides a die cast aluminum alloy material having excellent tensile characteristics (0.2% proof stress and elongation) and excellent corrosion resistance. An aluminum alloy for die casting of the present invention comprises Mg: 3.7 to 9.0% by mass and Mn: 0.8 to 1.7% by mass, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. It is preferable that the Mn content is 0.9 to 1.7% by mass and the Mg content is 4.7 to 9.0% by mass.
US12134802B2
Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet excellent in magnetic properties and excellent in adhesion of the primary coating to the steel sheet is provided. The grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to the present invention is provided with a base metal steel sheet containing a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.005% or less, Si: 0.5 to 7.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 1.00%, a total of S and Se: 0.005% or less, sol. Al: 0.005% or less, and N: 0.005% or less and having a balance comprised of Fe and impurities and with a primary coating formed on a surface of the base metal steel sheet and containing Mg2SiO4 as a main constituent, wherein a peak position of Al emission intensity obtained when performing elemental analysis by glow discharge optical emission spectrometry from a surface of the primary coating in a thickness direction of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet is arranged within a range of 2.0 to 12.0 μm from the surface of the primary coating in the thickness direction, and a number density of Al oxides of a size of 0.1 μm or more in terms of a circle equivalent diameter based on the area at the peak position of Al emission intensity is 0.03 to 0.2/μm2.
US12134801B2
The present invention provides a high strength hot rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the steel sheet containing, in weight percentage, 0.11-0.14% of C, 0.20-0.50% of Si, 1.8-2.0% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.01-0.04% of Nb, 0.5-0.8% of Cr, 0.01-0.03% of Ti, 0.2-0.4% of Cu, 0.1-0.4% of Ni, 0.2-0.4% of Mo, 0.007% or less of N, 0.001-0.006% of Ca, 0.01-0.05% of Al, a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein relational expressions 1 to 3 below are satisfied, and a microstructure includes, by area percentage, 88% or more of bainite, 10% or less of ferrite, 2% or less of pearlite, and 0.8% or less of island martensite. [Relational Expression 1] 7≤(Mo/93)/(P/31)≤16. [Relational Expression 2] 1.6≤Cr+3Mo+2Ni≤2. [Relational Expression 3] 6≤(3C/12+Mn/55)×100≤7.
US12134797B2
Described herein are methods and compositions for improved hybridization capture for enriching for target nucleic acid sequences from a population of nucleic acids. In one aspect, the methods and compositions are useful for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) applications. The methods and compositions include combining in solution capture probes and target nucleic acid and permitting hybridization of the target nucleic acid to the capture probes under conditions to promote efficient hybridization. Following hybridization, the probe/target complex is immobilized to a capture material while simultaneously incubating at an optimum hybridization temperature. The incubation denatures unwanted nucleic acids from the capture probes further enriching for target nucleic acid.
US12134787B2
The present invention relates to a method of increasing the yield of at least one of oxidosqualene, triterpenes and/or triterpenoids in a specifically engineered host cell and a respective host cell as well as to the use of said host cell for manufacturing the at least one of oxidosqualene, triterpenes and/or triterpenoids.
US12134784B2
An object is to prepare an intestinal organoid having a characteristic close to the small intestine of a living body, from a pluripotent stem cell. An intestinal organoid is prepared from a pluripotent stem cell, by the following steps of: (1) differentiating the pluripotent stem cell into an endoderm-like cell; (2) differentiating the endoderm-like cell obtained in step (1) into an intestinal stem cell-like cell; (3) culturing the intestinal stem cell-like cell obtained in step (2) in the presence of an epidermal growth factor, a fibroblast growth factor, a TGF β receptor inhibitor, a GSK-3 β inhibitor, and a ROCK inhibitor; (4) culturing the cell obtained in step (3) to form a spheroid; and (5) differentiating the spheroid formed in step (4) to form an intestinal organoid, wherein the differentiation includes culturing in the presence of an epidermal growth factor, a BMP inhibitor, and a Wnt signal activator. Also, a plane culture system is prepared by subjecting the cells constituting the intestinal organoid formed in step (5) to plane culture in the presence of an epidermal growth factor and a TGF β receptor inhibitor. A highly functional evaluation system having the villi structure is constructed by using air-liquid interface culture in the plane culture.
US12134783B2
A tissue treatment apparatus and method for treating bone tissue has a controller, an enclosure, a reagent supply system, a draining configuration, and a gas relief valve is controlled by the controller. A bioactive agent may be applied through the reagent supply system. Optionally provided is a gas evacuation assembly, a gas supply unit, a thermal unit for heating or cooling reagents or gases, a sonication unit, any or each operated by the controller. The method provides for programming controller to effect a treatment procedure. In an embodiment of the present application the treatment procedure effects demineralization of the bone material.
US12134780B2
The invention refers to a method for culturing cells in a substrate in which a chamber having at least one side wall, a bottom, and a top is formed, comprising introduction of cells into the chamber, tilting of the substrate such that the cells accumulate on a side wall of the chamber, and holding the substrate in the tilted orientation such that the cells form a three-dimensional cell aggregate.
US12134779B2
The present disclosure provides feeder hydrogel particles that can function to support the growth, proliferation, and/or activation of a target cell in culture. The present disclosure also provides methods of culturing target cells with feeder hydrogel particles.
US12134778B2
The present invention relates to a method for culturing microorganisms, in particular protists, carried out in such a way as to prevent the microorganisms from adhering to the walls of the reactors in which the culture is performed.
US12134769B2
A novel network of tumorigenic prognostic factors is identified that plays a critical role in advanced pancreatic cancer (PC) pathogenesis. This interactome is interconnected through a central tumor suppressive microRNA, miR-198, which is able to both directly and indirectly modulate expression of the various members of this network to alter the molecular makeup of pancreatic tumors, with important clinical implications. When this tumor signature network is intact, miR-198 expression is reduced and patient survival is dismal; patients with higher miR-198 present an altered tumor signature network, better prognosis and increased survival. Further, according to the present disclosure, MiR-198 replacement reverses tumorigenicity in vitro and in vivo. As such, an embodiment of the disclosure is a method of treating cancer in an individual, comprising the step of increasing the level of active microRNA-198 molecules in the pancreatic cancer tumor cells of the individual by an amount sufficient to cause an improvement in the pancreatic cancer in the individual.
US12134766B2
Provided herein are methods for generating circular nucleic acid molecules and circular nucleic acid libraries. The methods can be used to generate clonal populations of target nucleic acid molecules for downstream applications such as sequencing.
US12134762B2
The present disclosure comprises a lymphovascular bioreactor system and methods of making and using same.
US12134754B2
Disclosed is a well insert for cell culture and a method of manufacturing same, where the well insert has a membrane support made of a polyolefin material and having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being adapted to engage a well of a microplate so as to suspend the well insert therein, and a permeable membrane sealed to the membrane for supporting a tissue culture, the permeable membrane being of brittle material and transparent in both air and water.
US12134751B2
Bioactive coatings that include a base and a protein associated with the base for actively promoting the removal of organic stains are provided. In aspects, bioactive coatings that are stabilized against inactivation by weathering are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme, and, optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate to form an active coating facilitating the removal of organic stains or organic material from food, insects, or the environment.
US12134750B2
The invention includes a solid rinse aid that is particularly designed for extrusion solid formation and which is effective for creating spotless surfaces after rinsing. According to the invention, application has identified the critical combination of solid surfactants, coupling agents, hydrotrope, and hardening agents that is acceptable in the extrusion process to create a solid. The hydrotrope includes one or more short-chain alkylbenzene and/or alkyl naphthalene sulfonates. The composition hardens quickly but not so quick as to negatively impact the extrusion process. The compositions may also be used to form pressed or cast solids.
US12134748B2
The present disclosure pertains to branched surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces.
US12134746B2
A vertical seed conditioner may be formed of a plurality of sections that can be individually removed for repair and/or replacement without requiring the entire seed conditioner be permanently decommissioned. For example, the seed conditioner may be formed of a plurality of heat transfer sections stacked vertically with respect to each other to form the conditioning vessel. Each heat transfer section may include an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, and multiple heat transfer tubes extending from the inlet manifold to the outlet manifold. The multiple heat transfer tubes may be spaced from each other to provide a gap between adjacent tubes through which the granular solid can travel.
US12134742B2
A detergent additive package comprising a quaternary ammonium internal salt detergent and a Mannich base detergent mixture, wherein the quaternary ammonium internal salt is obtained from amines or polyamines that is substantially devoid of any free anion species, wherein the Mannich base detergent mixture comprises a first Mannich base detergent component derived from a di- or polyamine and a second Mannich base detergent component derived from a monoamine, wherein the weight ratio of the first Mannich base detergent to the second Mannich base detergent mixture ranges from about 1:6 to about 3:1, and wherein the weight ratio of the quaternary ammonium internal salt detergent and the Mannich base detergent mixture ranges from about 1:10 to about 1:100.
US12134738B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing renewable hydrocarbons from an oxygen containing renewable feedstock, the feedstock comprising dissolved impurities selected from impurities comprising phosphorus and impurities comprising at least one metal, the feedstock further comprising at least one of triglycerides and free fatty acids. The method comprises obtaining a net elementary charge based on phosphorus and the at least one metal of a first feedstock; mixing the first feedstock with an elementary charge balancing component to obtain the feedstock to be purified, which feedstock to be purified has a net elementary charge within a range of from −5 to 15 mmol elementary charge/kg of the feedstock to be purified; subjecting the feedstock to be purified to heat treatment at a temperature of 180-400° C. in order to precipitate compounds containing said phosphorus and said at least one metal; removing formed precipitate compounds comprising said at least one metal and said phosphorus to obtain a purified feedstock; and subjecting the purified feedstock to a hydrotreatment using a catalyst sensitive to at least one of said impurities.
US12134737B1
A process comprises contacting a hydrocarbon feed with an FCC catalyst in an FCC reactor at reaction conditions that cause at least a portion of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed to undergo catalytic cracking reactions to a cracking effluent comprising the light olefins separating the cracking effluent in a cracking effluent separation system to produce a light olefin effluent and a plurality of FCC naphtha fractions, recycling at least two of the plurality of FCC naphtha fractions back to the FCC reactor, and injecting each of the at least two of the plurality of FCC naphtha fractions at a different location within the FCC reactor based on reactivity of each of the at least two of the plurality of FCC naphtha.
US12134731B2
A method of incorporating a compressible cementitious composition into a subterranean structure having a tunnel including: (a) incorporating a compressible cementitious composition into annular gaps formed around the tunnel of the subterranean structure, and (b) allowing the compressible cementitious composition to cure to a hardened cementitious material within the annular gaps. Further, the compressible cementitious composition includes: (i) water; (ii) a cementitious material; and (iii) a rubber material, in which the rubber material comprises at least 15 weight % of the composition based on the total weight of the composition. A subterranean system and compressible cementitious composition is also included.
US12134726B2
Stabilized fluoroolefin refrigerant compositions and methods for their production, storage and usage
The present invention relates to refrigerant compositions comprising at least one fluoroolefin, at least one lubricant and an effective amount of at least one inhibitor wherein the inhibitor is present in the fluoroolefin and the lubricant.
US12134721B2
The present application provides ligands and fluorescent or luminescent complexes comprising these ligands.
US12134717B2
Provided is a curable silicone composition, a cured product thereof, a laminate body, a manufacturing method thereof, and an optical device or optical display exhibiting excellent performance for use as a member where transparency is required such as for an optical display, a touch panel, or the like. A curable silicone composition, comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane having in a molecule at least 2 alkenyl groups with 2 to 12 carbon atoms; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; and (C) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. Component (B) is present in an amount such that the silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in component (B) are 0.5 to 2 mol per mol of aliphatic unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds in component (A), and 2 to 17.5 mol % of the silicon-bonded organic groups in the curable silicone composition are aryl groups.
US12134715B2
The present disclosure provides a two-component solvent-less adhesive composition. The two-component solvent-less adhesive composition contains the reaction product of (A) an isocyanate component; and (B) a polyol component containing (i) a polyester-polycarbonate polyol and (ii) a phosphate-terminated polyol. The present disclosure also provides a method of forming the two-component solvent-less adhesive composition.
US12134709B2
Coating compositions that may be used in combination with UV light for sterilization include a polyurethane component and nanoparticles having an average particle size of from about 30 nm to about 400 nm. The nanoparticles absorb light having a wavelength of from about 100 nm to about 290 nm, and are present in an amount of less than about 25 weight percent of total solids in the coating composition.
US12134706B2
Provided is an antistatic silicone rubber composition. The composition comprises at least one lithium compound selected from the group consisting of a lithium amide, lithium silylamide, lithium alkyl phosphate salt, lithium phenoxide, lithium sulfate and a lithium permanganate, in an amount of from about 0.1 to about 15 mass % of the composition. In general, the composition may comprise: (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded alkenyl groups per molecule; (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule; (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst; and (D) the at least one lithium compound as described above. The composition generally exhibits good curability, and cures to form a silicone rubber exhibiting excellent antistatic properties.
US12134702B2
In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, the disclosure, in one aspect, relates to gel-phase inks suitable for extrusion-based 3D printing and methods of making the same, as well as anisotropic hydrogels printed from the same. In another aspect, the disclosure relates to linear contractile elements constructed from the anisotropic hydrogels and 3D structures with programmed morphologies and motions comprising the linear contractile elements. In still another aspect, the disclosure relates to a process for preparing soft materials and a method to create 3D structures starting from the gel-phase inks disclosed herein. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US12134697B2
A curable hot-melt silicone composition that is less susceptible to curing inhibition and with excellent storage stability, and a sheet or film containing the same, is provided. The composition comprises: (A) a solid organopolysiloxane resin containing a specific ratio of (A1) an organopolysiloxane resin having a curing reactive functional group that contains a carbon-carbon double bond and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit, and (A2) an organopolysiloxane resin not having a curing reactive functional group that contains a carbon-carbon double bond and containing 20 mol % or more of a Q unit; (B) a chain organopolysiloxane having a curing reactive functional group that contains at least two carbon-carbon double bonds; (C) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane resin having a mass loss ratio relative to pre-exposure of 10% or less after exposure to 100° C. for 1 hour under atmospheric pressure; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The composition generally has hot-melt properties.
US12134695B2
Described herein are binder formulations based on acryloyloxy-functionalized polyurethanes.
US12134686B2
A polymer composition containing a polyamide resin, a metallic pigment, and a carrier is disclosed that exhibits a metallic appearance.
US12134679B2
The invention provides a polyester resin for heat-shrinkable film which contains terephthalic acid as a main component of a dicarboxylic acid component, contains ethylene glycol as a main component of a diol component, and contains from 18 to 32% by mole of neopentyl glycol and from 7 to 15% by mole of diethylene glycol when a total amount of the whole diol component in total polyester resin components is taken as 100% by mole. The polyester resin has (i) an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of not less than 0.65 and less than 0.70 dl/g, (ii) a carboxyl end group concentration (AV) of 8-25 eq/t, (iii) a color b value of 1.0-8.0 in an L*a*b* color system, and (iv) aluminum and phosphorus atoms, wherein the aluminum atoms are present in an amount of 15-40 ppm, and wherein the molar ratio of the phosphorus atoms to the aluminum atoms is 1.8-2.6.
US12134675B2
A polyurethane elastomer memory foam composition includes an organic diisocyanate, a chain extender, a crosslinker, a plasticizer, a surfactant, a foaming agent, and a polyester resin, the polyester resin being a random copolymer having randomly distributed subunits of formula 1: where: R is ethylene, octylene, or decylene; a is from about 1 to about 99 mole % of the polyester resin; b is from about 1 to about 99 mole % of the polyester resin; c is from 0 to about 10 mole % of the polyester resin; and a+b+c=100 mole % of the polyester resin.
US12134667B2
This invention relates to a a one-step process for making a polymer composite suspension for coating plastic films characterized in that a first polymer is synthesized in-situ optionally in the presence of other polymers and in the presence of clay. Preferably the polymer composite suspension comprises a) 1.0 to 11.0 wt % of clay or silane modified clay, b) 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of poly (acrylic acid), which is a copolymer of acrylic acid (AA) with at least one other monomer selected from 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA), β-carboxyethyl acrylate (β-CEA), methacrylamidoethyl ethylene urea (WAM II) and ethoxylated behenyl methacrylate (β-EM), c) 1.0 to 15.0 wt % of other polymers, preferably poly (vinyl alcohol) and d) 70 to 97 wt % of water or mixture of water with 2-propanol. The coating films made from the suspensions show good barrier capabilities against water vapor and oxygen can be used to make barrier layers on or within plastic films for packaging applications. The invention also relates to methods for making silane modified clay usable in the process for making the suspensions.
US12134666B2
The present invention provides an aqueous dispersion as a biobased binder and an aqueous coating composition comprising such aqueous dispersion and showing balanced stain resistance, freeze-thaw stability, and anti-clogging properties.
US12134648B2
The present disclosure is directed to bispecific antibodies which bind to both PD-L1 and PD-L2, and methods of using such antibodies to treat cancers, such as those that express or overexpress PD-L1, PD-L2, or both.
US12134642B2
Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical agents and compositions that activate integrin heterodimers that contain beta-1 integrin protein that specifically bind laminin protein. Such agents and compositions are useful for treating diseases related to muscle malfunction, including muscular dystrophies.
US12134638B2
SIRPalpha-4-1BBL variant fusion proteins are provided. Also provided are isolated polypeptides comprising a SIRPalpha variant. Also provided are polynucleotides and nucleic acid constructs encoding the SIRPalpha-41BBL fusion protein or the isolated polypeptide, host-cells expressing same and methods of use thereof.
US12134637B2
Provided is a MART-1 (27-35) epitope-specific T cell receptor, comprising an α chain and a β chain. The α chain comprises three complementary determining regions, respective sequences thereof being positions 61-66, positions 84-89, and positions 124-136 of SEQ ID No. 3. The β chain comprises three complementary determining regions, respective amino acid sequences thereof being positions 46-50, positions 68-73, and positions 112-125 of SEQ ID No. 4. A T cell expressing the TCR can effectively recognize a MART-1 (27-35) epitope polypeptide supported on a T2 cell and secrete IFN-γ, thereby demonstrating the functionality of the receptor. Use of the TCR with a relevant drug target allows for effective drug development.
US12134633B2
The invention relates to a separation matrix comprising at least 11 mg/ml Fc-binding ligands covalently coupled to a porous support, wherein: a) the ligands comprise multimers of alkali-stabilized Protein A domains, and b) the porous support comprises cross-linked polymer particles having a volume-weighted median diameter (d50,v) of 56-70 micrometers and a dry solids weight of 55-80 mg/ml.
US12134632B2
The present invention is directed to a method of inactivating virus that is present during production of a polypeptide of interest. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method of on-column virus inactivation using a low pH and high salt wash solution that effectively inactivates viruses with minimum recovery loss of the polypeptide.
US12134625B2
Pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure concerns the use of pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazine compounds or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by overexpression of DYRK1A (e.g., cancer, Down syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, viral infections, and osteoarthritis).
US12134622B1
A 2-benzo-[3,4-b]pyridine-[b,g]indeno[1′,2′:3,4]fluoreno-[1,2-d]oxonine-5,11,16,21-tetraone compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12134620B2
Compounds having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein are provided. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, isotopic form or prodrug thereof, wherein R1, L1, L2, L3, A1, A2, A3, A4, G1, G2, E, W, X, Y, Z, m, and n are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to modulate the activity of G12C mutant KRAS protein for treatment of disorders, such as cancer, are also provided.
US12134619B2
Described herein are polymorphs comprising 2′,6-difluoro-5′-[3-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazin-7-yl]biphenyl-2-carbonitrile (TPA023B) or salts thereof. In one aspect, disclosed herein is a crystalline polymorphic salt or co-crystal of TPA023B with p-toluenesulfonic acid of the following formula: Also described herein are methods of making and using the same.
US12134610B2
Described herein are somatostatin subtype-2 receptor (SST2R) targeted therapeutics that target tumor cells expressing SST2R and their use in the treatment of cancer.
US12134605B2
In an embodiment of the present invention, compounds of the present application or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are capable of interacting with and activating the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) protein. In an embodiment of the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions and methods involving such compounds as STING modulators are additionally provided herein.
US12134596B2
A compound represented by the following formula (1). The compound can be used as a film forming material for lithography or an optical component forming material. A resin may also be obtained using this compound as a monomer, a composition, a method for forming a resist pattern, a method for forming an insulating film, a method for forming a circuit pattern, and a method for purifying the above compound or resin.
US12134593B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to a method of oxidizing sulfur-containing compounds. The method involves contacting a sulfur-containing compound with a helmet phthalocyaninato-type catalyst in the presence of an oxidant. The present invention also provides a method of removing undesired sulfur-containing compounds from a fluid, such as natural gas, crude oil or an aqueous waste stream.
US12134591B2
Processes for converting methane into methanol are disclosed in which methane, water, and a supported chromium (VI) catalyst are contacted with a light beam at a wavelength in the UV-visible spectrum in an oxidizing atmosphere in a single reactor to form a reaction product comprising methanol, followed by discharging a reactor effluent containing the reaction product from the single reactor, and then separating methanol from the reaction product. Processes to produce methanol using additional reactors also are described, as well as related methanol production systems.
US12134590B2
The disclosure pertains to a coupled plant process for the production of urea and melamine, with a urea synthesis section with HP CO2 stripping, and with a part of the CO2 feed supplied to a recovery section.
US12134581B2
A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 50 mol % and less than or equal to 70 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 10 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 1 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 7 mol % and less than or equal to 14 mol % Li2O; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % Na2O; greater than 0 mol % and less than or equal to 1 mol % K2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 7 mol % CaO; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % MgO; and greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 8 mol % ZnO. R2O+R′O is less than or equal to 25 mol %, wherein R2O is the sum of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O and R′O is the sum of CaO, MgO, and ZnO. The glass composition includes at least one of NiO+Co3O4+Cr2O3+CuO is greater than or equal to 0.001 mol %, CeO2 is greater than or equal to 0.1 mol %, and TiO2 is greater than or equal to 0.1 mol %.
US12134573B2
An ion removal system includes: an electrolysis device configured to generate alkaline water and acid water by electrolysis; a hard water flow path to supply the electrolysis device with hard water; a first flow path and a second flow path through which the alkaline water and the acid water generated by the electrolysis device can alternately flow; a fine bubble generation device configured to generate and supply fine bubbles to the hard water flow path, the first flow path, or the second flow path so as to adsorb and remove metal ions in water by the fine bubbles generated; and a controller, wherein the controller controls the electrolysis device to perform a first mode in which the alkaline water is allowed to flow through the first flow path and the acid water is allowed to flow through the second flow path and a second mode in which the acid water is allowed to flow through the first flow path and the alkaline water is allowed to flow through the second flow path.
US12134572B2
A UV reactor irradiates a flow of fluid with UV radiation. The reactor comprises: a fluid conduit defined by a heat conducting conduit body comprising one or more heat conducting walls for permitting a flow of fluid therethrough; a UV-LED operatively connected to a PCB and oriented for directing radiation into the fluid conduit. The PCB comprises a heat conducting substrate having a first surface. The conduit body is in thermal contact with the first surface of the heat conducting substrate. Heat is dissipated from the UV-LED via the heat conducting substrate, the thermal contact between the first surface of the heat conducting substrate and the heat conducting conduit body, and from the one or more heat conducting walls of the heat conducting conduit body to the fluid flowing through the fluid conduit.
US12134567B2
Provided are a ferrite powder that suppresses decreases in saturation magnetization and decreases in filler filling ratio and also suppresses inhibition of resin curing, and a method for producing the same. A ferrite powder composed of spherical ferrite particles, wherein the ferrite powder contains iron (Fe) 54.0-70.0 mass % and manganese (Mn) 3.5-18.5 mass %, has an average volume particle size of 2.0-20.0 μm, and has a carbon content of 0.100 mass % or lower.
US12134563B2
A porous silica particle has disintegration properties. The porous silica particle has an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 50 μm, a pore volume of 0.5 to 5.0 cm3/g, a mode of a pore diameter of 2 to 50 nm, a shape factor of 0.8 to 1.0, an average compression strength of 0.1 to less than 1.0 kgf/mm2, a sodium content of 10 ppm or less, and a network structure.
US12134558B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for preparing hydrazine hydrate from the azine of methyl ethyl ketone obtained from methyl ethyl ketone by oxidizing ammonia with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an activator, characterized in that it comprises a step of recycling the pyrazoline-class heterocycles purge.
US12134533B2
A sheet storage device includes a sheet storage unit to store sheets, a regulating unit in the sheet storage unit, and a lifting unit. The regulating unit regulates a position of a rear edge portion of the sheets in a sheet conveyance direction and includes a supporting portion, an urging member, and a pressing portion having a pressing surface in which a position to be in contact with lower sheets is a pressing surface lower portion, and a position to be in contact with upper sheets located higher than the lower sheets is a pressing surface upper portion. The pressing surface can be in a first state, where the pressing surface upper portion is located downstream from the pressing surface lower portion in a pressing direction, or in a second state, where the pressing surface lower portion is located downstream from the pressing surface upper portion in the pressing direction.
US12134517B2
A storage, retrieval and processing system is disclosed for processing objects. The system includes a plurality of bins including objects to be distributed by the processing system, said plurality of bins being provided in at least a partially generally circular arrangement, a programmable motion device that includes an end effector for grasping and moving any of the objects, said programmable motion device being capable of reaching any of the objects within the plurality of bins, and a plurality of destination containers for receiving any of the objects from the plurality of bins, said plurality of destination containers being provided in a region that is generally within the at least partially generally circular arrangement of the plurality of bins.
US12134515B2
An isolation bag for transporting objects of an unknown nature is provided. The isolation bag comprises a chemically resistant storage container, an adhesive dispensing apparatus, and a carrier. The chemically resistant storage container comprises a chemically etched portion to promote bonding with an adhesive material dispensed by the adhesive dispensing apparatus. The adhesive dispensing apparatus slides along the top of the storage container depositing adhesive and sealing the storage container. The sealed storage container is placed in a dual lined carrier. The dual lined carrier has an out an outer shell having a first color, an interior lining having a second contrasting color, and a storage pouch for receiving the storage container. In the event of a puncture, cut, or breach of the outer shell, the contrasting color of the interior lining provides an indication of the breach.
US12134510B2
An insulating device can include a body assembly and a lid assembly where an insulating layer is connected to both the body assembly and the lid assembly. An aperture with a closure is formed between the body assembly and lid assembly to form a storage compartment. An insulating tab may be formed from a portion of the insulating layer and an inner liner of the body assembly to help insulate the closure region. In addition, a first magnetic element may be secured within the insulating tab that may engage a second magnetic element secured within the lid assembly.
US12134509B2
The present disclosure relates to a container for retort food and, more specifically, to a container for retort food, which includes: a ridge portion having a closed curve shape to surround a tray part; and an exhaust hole surrounded by the ridge portion, so that the container enables a lid film to be automatically peeled off from the ridge portion by means of a steam pressure generated in a food during heating to exhaust steam and can be used for retort food which is stored at room temperature.
US12134503B2
A consumer product having a detergent product and a container, particularly containers that include corrugated fiberboard, where the container includes a box and a lid having a top panel and flanks, the flanks having at least a first flank that has a first major flap, the first major flap having a first flank corrugated fiberboard layer. Methods of manufacturing and using such products and containers.
US12134501B2
The invention relates to a flap closure comprising a closure body (1) and a flap cover (2), which are connected to one another via at least one hinge (9) and via at least one tensioning band (10) in order to achieve a snap-effect when opening and/or closing the flap cover. In the unloaded state, in a cross-section perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the at least one hinge, the at least one tensioning band (10) has at least three curved sections and a substantially straight section between two respective neighbouring curved sections, as well as not curving in opposing directions. Alternatively, in the unloaded state of the at least one tensioning band (10), in a cross-section perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the hinge, the distance from a tangent at a central line between the edges of the at least one tensioning band at a connection point of the tensioning band with the closure body or with the flap cover to the axis of rotation of the at least one hinge (9) is max. three times the size, preferably max. twice the size, more preferably max. the same size and particularly preferably max. 0.5 times the size of the thickness of the at least one tensioning band at the respective connection point. As a result, a breaking or tearing of the tensioning band rarely occurs.
US12134500B2
A method is provided for protecting tubing protruding from a container, in particular a bottle, containing a pharmaceutical fluid. The method includes providing the container filled with the pharmaceutical fluid, from which the tubing protrudes, and providing a layer of foam and/or a body of foam surrounding the tubing, preferably in its entirety, with a shell such that the layer of foam and/or body of foam is interposed between the tubing and the shell. A body of the container remains outside of the shell, attaching the shell to the container, and freezing the container and the shell surrounding the tubing.
US12134494B2
An automatic packager configured to dispense pharmaceuticals into a pharmaceutical pouch and including a verification system. The verification system includes a camera system configured to capture images in a visible spectrum and an infrared spectrum, a heat source configured to heat the pharmaceutical pouch, a visible light source, and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the camera system, the heat source, and the visible light source. The electronic processor is configured to activate the heat source to heat the pharmaceutical pouch and capture a first image of the pharmaceutical pouch when the pharmaceutical pouch is heated by the heat source. The electronic processor is also configured to activate the visible light source and capture a second image of the pharmaceutical pouch while illuminated by the visible light source. The electronic processor is further configured to generate a third image based on the first image and the second image.
US12134484B2
A method is provided for diagnosing a failure on an aircraft that includes aircraft systems and monitors configured to report effects of failure modes of the aircraft systems. The method includes receiving a fault report that indicates one or more of the monitors that reported the effects of a failure mode in an aircraft system of the aircraft systems, and accessing a fault pattern library that describes relationships between possible failure modes and patterns of those of the monitors configured to report the effects of the possible failure modes. The method also includes diagnosing the failure mode of the aircraft system from the one or more of the monitors that reported, and using the fault pattern library and a greedy selection algorithm, determining a maintenance action for the failure mode; and generating a maintenance message including at least the maintenance action.
US12134479B2
An evacuation slide light system may comprise a sensor, a controller configured to receive a signal from the sensor, and a projector light operably coupled to the controller. The sensor may be configured to measure at least one of a pressure of the evacuation slide or a stretch of a material of the evacuation slide. The controller may determine the pressure of the evacuation slide based on the signal from the sensor. The controller may be configured to command the projector light to emit a first image if the pressure of the evacuation slide is less than a threshold pressure and to emit a second image if the pressure of the evacuation slide is greater than or equal to the threshold pressure.
US12134478B2
An inflation control system for an inflatable device may comprise: a compressed fluid source; a solenoid valve connected to the compressed fluid source and configured to control a flow of gas to the inflatable device; and a control circuit comprising a power source, a pressure switch, and an electrical switch, the control circuit configured to energize, via the power source, the solenoid valve in response to both the pressure switch and the electrical switch being in a closed state, the pressure switch configured to open and de-energize the solenoid valve in response to being exposed to a pressure at or exceeding a pressure threshold.
US12134474B2
The invention provides an aircraft passenger accommodation unit comprising a seat, a shell defining an opening that allows a passenger to egress between an aisle and the seat and a door, comprising a base portion, translatable in a first direction across the opening of the shell, between a retracted position and an extended position, and a second portion, translatable relative to the base portion in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, between a stowed position and a deployed position. When the second portion is in the deployed position, the base portion is able to translate between the extended position and the retracted position. The invention also provides a method of opening and a method of closing a door.
US12134464B2
An uplock for selectively retaining a capture pin of a movable element including a hook, a locking member, and a detector. The hook is movable between a release position and a retaining position. The locking member is movable between a locked position that immobilizes the hook and an unlocked position in which the hook is free. The detector detects whether the hook is in the retaining position and the capture pin is present in the hook. The detector includes a sensor associated with a single target which is movable between two positions The sensor emits a signal which is modified when the target passes from one of the positions to the other. The target is independently in kinematic interaction with the hook and the capture pin.
US12134457B2
A lighter-than-air semi-rigid airship has Configurable Buoyancy And Geometry (CBAG) allowing it to become short and plump for high buoyancy during takeoff and landing, but also allowing it to become long and slim for reduced drag (albeit less buoyancy) so that it may travel at high speed. It may be combined with a heavier-than-air structure having wings or rotors to form a hybrid aircraft whereby the wings or rotors provide enough lift to compensate for the reduced buoyancy during high-speed flight.
US12134454B1
A marine propulsion system for a marine vessel includes one steerable rear marine drive positioned along the center line of the marine vessel and a lateral marine drive positioned at a bow region of the marine vessel. The rear marine drive is steerable about a vertical steering axis to a range of steering angles. The lateral marine drive is positioned at a fixed angle with respect to the marine vessel and configured to generate lateral thrust on the marine vessel. A user input device is operable by a user to provide a propulsion demand input commanding surge movement, sway movement, and yaw movement of the marine vessel, and the control system is configured to control steering and thrust of the rear marine drive and thrust of the lateral marine drive based on the propulsion demand input to generate the surge movement, sway movement, and/or the yaw movement commanded by the user.
US12134450B2
A propulsion device for rotating a propulsor to propel a marine vessel. The propulsion device includes a drive housing having a cavity that extends along a first central axis. A motor is positioned within the cavity. The motor rotates a shaft extending along a second central axis that is non-coaxial with the first central axis. The shaft is configured to rotate the propulsor to propel the marine vessel.
US12134449B2
A robotic fish comprises one or more torque reaction engines and a fish body, wherein the torque reaction engine cyclically oscillates and causes a wave to propagate across the fish body, including through a flexible wing comprising a disk, accelerating thrust fluid and propelling the robotic fish.
US12134445B2
According to the invention an energy conversion system, in particular a solar park, is proposed, which is configured to be arranged floating on a body of water, with at least three floating units (48a, 48b) and with at least one connection device (66), wherein the connection device (66) connects at least two floating units (48) in a rigid manner and/or at least two floating units (48a, 48b) in a movable manner.
US12134437B2
Assembly method and assembly device for suspension device of vehicle and mixed model production line
A coil spring is interposed between a vehicle body and a suspension member which is elastically and swingably supported by the vehicle body and supports a wheel. The suspension member and a vehicle part attached to the vehicle body are connected by a fastening member. The orientation of the suspension member with respect to the vehicle body is forcibly changed so as to increase the distance between the vehicle body and the suspension member at a coil spring interposition portion. An excessive change in the orientation of the suspension member is restricted by the fastening member, and a coil spring is inserted between the vehicle body and the suspension member.
US12134436B2
Land vehicles and methods of operating land vehicles are disclosed. A land vehicle includes a frame structure, a plurality of wheels, and a brake system. The frame structure includes a front cage that at least partially defines an operator cabin and a rear compartment positioned rearward of the front cage in a longitudinal direction. The plurality of wheels are supported by the frame structure. Each of plurality of wheels is sized to permit direct integration of an electric motor therein.
US12134433B2
An embodiment vehicle includes a camera installed in the vehicle to have a front view of the vehicle, a steering device, and a processor configured to determine whether a road has an inclination in a transverse direction based on image data obtained by the camera and to control the steering device to compensate for the inclination in the transverse direction in response to a determination that the road has the inclination in the transverse direction.
US12134427B2
A vehicle has external bodywork including an upper surface and an under surface, the under surface having at least one aperture, and the vehicle comprising lower ducting located within the external bodywork and communicating with that aperture, the upper surface having at least one aperture, and the vehicle comprising upper ducting located within the external bodywork and communicating with that aperture, the upper ducting and the lower ducting leading to a fan adapted to selectively draw air through the respective ductings, the vehicle further comprising a control unit adapted to receive information as to the vehicle dynamic state and, in the light of that state, draw air through the lower ducting or through the upper ducting. Thus, a choice can be made between enhanced levels of downforce on the one hand, and low drag on the other. By providing pre-set thresholds for parameters such as speed, g-force, vehicle attitude or the like within the control unit, the car can be tailored so that it is optimised for low drag during high speed straight-line driving, when tight cornering is unlikely, and optimised for greater downforce when lateral grip is more likely to be needed.
US12134424B1
A modular vehicle assembly platform is disclosed. In some embodiments, the platform may comprise a cast bulkhead, a cast cowl, one or more cast front strut towers, a front subframe, a cross-car beam, one or more door rings, a structural central floor comprising a battery, a cast structural rear floor, a cast upper rear section (or d-ring), and a rear motor cradle. The platform may allow for the use of common parts and structure across different vehicle types.
US12134417B2
Disclosed herein are aspects of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures that comprise a plurality of interconnected discrete structural components implemented in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections between such components. In particular, Advantageously, implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections thereof improves operability and longevity of use of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures utilize such an implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components.
US12134415B2
A communication architecture of a train in which at least one central processing unit arranged in a train carriage is interconnected through a communication network of the train with a plurality of peripheral processing units. The central processing unit is provided on a single board with: a processor designed to process data associated with an SIL 0 safety level; a coprocessor designed to process data associated with an SIL 1-SIL 2 safety level; an internal bus built on the board and configured to allow a two-way data communication between the processor and the coprocessor; an interface for the communication network of the train. The coprocessor is designed to be programmed in a reconfigurable manner with a software that allows the validation and encoding of data coming from the processor according to a safety protocol.
US12134412B2
A well car for carrying shipping containers has a pair of end structures supported by railcar trucks, a pair of first and second spaced apart side beams extending between the end structures and a well defined therebetween. Container support cross-members are mounted between the side sills in a position to support an end of a shipping container load carried within the well. An array of elongate members is provided to divide the opening into smaller spaces and to prevent excessively large openings from being left. The elongate members can have different forms, whether rigid hollow structural sections, rods, or cables. The arrays of elongate members are oriented at oblique angles along the railcar body.
US12134408B2
A biased driving system and a biased driving method are capable of controlling biased driving of a vehicle in consideration of host vehicle location recognition accuracy, nearby vehicle risk, driving style, road curvature, and road shape. The biased driving system includes a control parameter creation unit configured to extract an object causing biasing of a host vehicle using converged object information, which is map information including location and speed of a vehicle around the host vehicle, to create an imaginary line of the extracted object by reflecting at least one of risk of a nearby vehicle, location recognition accuracy, driving style of a driver of the host vehicle, road curvature, or road shape, and to create a control parameter using the imaginary line.
US12134403B2
A driving assistance device for a vehicle includes an acquisition module configured to acquire information comprising at least one of vehicle state information and environment information surrounding the vehicle; a decision module configured to determine a driving behavior for the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode based on the acquired information; a pre-processing module configured to process the acquired information to identify a respective information category among a plurality of predefined information categories the acquired information belongs to; and a determining module configured to retrieve one or more traffic rules related to the information category the acquired information belongs to from a traffic rule database pre-stored in the driving assistance device; determine whether the driving behavior violates any of the retrieved traffic rules; and determine risks of said driving behavior if it is determined the driving behavior violates at least one of the retrieved traffic rules, said risks comprising one or more of the legal penalty, property damages and personal injury caused by the driving behavior.
US12134391B2
A tire longitudinal stiffness estimation system includes an electronic communication system disposed on a vehicle. A sensor is disposed on the vehicle in communication with the electronic communication system, and a processor is accessible through the electronic communication system. The sensor measures parameters associated with the vehicle and communicates data for the parameters to the processor. A mu slip curve generator receives the parameters to generate a mu slip curve in real time from the data. An extraction module extracts raw data from a linear portion of the mu slip curve. A denoising module de-noises the raw data from the mu slip curve by determining a vector for the raw data, an orientation of the vector, and a heading of the vector. The denoising module generates de-noised data, and a stiffness calculator receives the de-noised data and generates a longitudinal stiffness estimate for the tire.
US12134387B2
A vehicle occupant monitoring apparatus includes an operation determination unit and an output unit. The operation determination unit is configured to process a captured image obtained by an imaging device configured to capture an image of an occupant in a vehicle. The operation determination unit is further configured to determine a non-contact operation provided by the occupant. The output unit is configured to output a control signal associated beforehand with the non-contact operation that is provided by the occupant and that is determined by the operation determination unit.
US12134385B2
A driving support device wherein an own vehicle and a peripheral vehicle are symbolized, and relative dispositions are displayed in real time in a display unit visible to the driver, is obtained to facilitate a lane change by a driver. The driving support device includes a vehicle detecting unit, which detects peripheral vehicles positioned in a periphery of a vehicle, and an image generating unit, which generates an image representing positions of the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles from vehicle information obtained by the vehicle detecting unit. The image generating unit generates a driving support image including vehicle information representing relative dispositions of the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles using symbols indicating the vehicle and the peripheral vehicles. The image generating unit includes an image stacking unit, which generates original data of the driving support image, and an image control unit, which cuts a necessary portion from the original data.
US12134383B2
A braking control arrangement is for a braking system of a vehicle. The braking system comprises an anti-lock braking system, ABS, and an electronic stability control, ESC. The braking control arrangement comprises a module that is arranged to operate with the anti-lock braking system and the electric stability control. The arrangement is also arranged to drive a gear arrangement of the vehicle in such a way that when braking the vehicle, the anti-lock braking system works, and a slippery road is detected, the gear arrangement of the vehicle is driven to shift a reverse gear.
US12134378B2
A vehicle collision avoidance assistance device is configured to perform forced braking or forced steering when a driver's vehicle has a possibility of colliding with an object ahead of the driver's vehicle, acquire at least one of information related to a condition of the driver's vehicle and information related to a situation around the driver's vehicle, determine, based on the acquired information, whether a request condition for requesting execution of the forced steering is satisfied and whether a forbiddance condition for forbidding the execution of the forced steering is satisfied, perform the forced braking when the request condition is not satisfied regardless of whether the forbiddance condition is satisfied, perform the forced steering when the forbiddance condition is not satisfied and the request condition is satisfied, and perform the forced braking when the forbiddance condition is satisfied though the request condition is satisfied.
US12134377B2
A power machine can include a traction lock system to stop movement of the power machine. The traction lock system can include a controller configured to receive a brake input from an operator. In response to receiving the brake input, the controller can temporarily command a target (e.g., reduced) speed of the engine before engaging the brake.
US12134374B2
A brake device for braking rotation of an input shaft includes a selectively operable trigger brake that includes: a static element; a trigger brake shaft mounted for rotational and axial movement relative to the static element and the input shaft; a preloaded torsion spring rotationally coupled to the input shaft but permitting a limited rotational movement between the trigger brake shaft and the input shaft; a roller jamming mechanism operable upon the relative rotation between the trigger brake shaft and the input shaft exceeding a predetermined amount to stop rotation of the input shaft upon operation of the trigger brake; and a brake actuator for selectively moving the trigger brake shaft into and out of engagement with a contact surface of the static element. Engagement of the contact surface of the static element and the trigger brake shaft overcomes the preload of the torsion spring.
US12134369B2
An embodiment console having a multi-storage configuration includes a console body configured to be disposed inside a vehicle, a first storage assembly located in the console body, and a second storage assembly held in the console body and configured to be withdrawn by deploying at least a portion of the console body, wherein the second storage assembly includes a housing including at least one surface of the console body and configured to be deployed to form a second storage region, a first support located at an upper end of the second storage region, and a second support configured to be deployed in an extension direction of the second storage region.
US12134368B2
A transit request is initiated, which requests dispatch of a vehicle to a location of the electronic device. Information, including authentication information, is received and a communication channel is established with the vehicle.
US12134363B2
A vehicle occupant restraint device, including: a driver's seat and a front passenger seat; a recognition device to recognize whether or not an occupant is seated at the front passenger seat; a center airbag; a regulating member provided at the interior of the center airbag to regulate a thickness of the center airbag to a thickness that is suitable at a time at which an occupant is seated at the front passenger seat; and a release device provided at the interior of the center airbag to release regulation by the regulating member, at a time at which a side-on collision of the vehicle is detected or at a time at which a side-on collision of the vehicle is predicted, in a case in which the recognition device has recognized that an occupant is not seated at the front passenger seat.
US12134361B2
The present disclosure is directed to a device and method for detection of motion events including towing of the vehicle, jacking of the vehicle, and the vehicle being hit by another object. Processing is split between an MCU and a sensor unit. After the vehicle is turned off and before the MCU enters a sleep mode, the MCU calculates a gravity vector of the vehicle using accelerometer data, calculates threshold values based on the gravity vector, and saves the threshold values. After the MCU enters the sleep mode, the sensor unit subsequently monitors and detects motion events with the saved threshold values.
US12134351B2
An asymmetrically reflective member is disclosed. This asymmetrically reflective member may be utilized in a rearview assembly to hide an imager disposed there behind. The member may comprise a substrate and an asymmetric transflective coating. The substrate may have a first side and a second side. The asymmetric transflective coating may be associated with the substrate. Additionally, the asymmetric transflective coating may have a transflective layer, a plurality of dielectric layers, and one or more absorptive layers interleaved with the plurality of dielectric layers. Further, the member may have a first side and a second side. The reflectance of the first side may be substantially greater than the reflectance of the second side.
US12134348B2
A virtual guidance apparatus and method assist an operator to maneuver a loader of a work vehicle for material handling of a workpiece. The virtual guidance apparatus includes a guidance control unit, one or more camera devices mounted on the associated work vehicle and operable to obtain an image of a loader of the associated work vehicle, and a display unit operatively coupled with the guidance control unit and displaying on a screen of the display unit that is viewable from an operator's seat of the associated work vehicle visual aids for guiding the operator in operating the loader to position a boom relative to level ground, to position a tool carrier on an end of the boom, to show a preview of a path of the tool carrier and of tools attached with the tool carrier, and to assist in positioning the workpiece load to be manipulated.
US12134344B2
A method for controlling a lighting system of a host motor vehicle with a plurality of selectively controllable elementary light sources, each able to emit an elementary light beam with the vertical angular opening of which is less than 1°. The method includes detecting a target object by a sensor system. Determining a vertical angle between a given point of the sensor system of the host vehicle and a detected point of the target object. Determining, from the vertical angle, a lower angle and an upper angle between a given point of the lighting system and, respectively, an upper cut-off and a lower cut-off intended to together vertically border the target object. Controlling the elementary light sources to emit a pixelated road light beam, as a function of the lower and upper angles, to generate, in the light beam, a dark area extending substantially between the upper and lower cut-offs.
US12134340B2
This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle including a load-assist roller. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a motor vehicle, including a panel and a roller moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. When the roller is in the deployed position, the roller projects rearward of a rear edge of the panel.
US12134337B2
A power supply system for an electric vehicle drivetrain includes series connected first and second high-voltage battery units, a circuit arrangement having high-power switching semiconductor devices connected to the battery units, and an electronic control system. During a charging mode, the control system controls the semiconductor devices to route high-voltage DC from a vehicle external charging source alternatingly to the battery units. During a power supply mode, the control system controls the operation of the semiconductor devices to supply high-voltage DC from both the battery units for driving a vehicle electrical traction machine of the electric vehicle drivetrain, wherein the supplied high-voltage DC has a voltage level corresponding to an accumulated voltage level of the series connected battery units.
US12134331B2
A charge control system includes a charging apparatus including a first processor configured to cause the charging apparatus to store electric power to be supplied to a preset region, and a charge control apparatus including a second processor configured to calculate a charge amount of the charging apparatus and perform charging control for the charging apparatus based on the calculated charge amount, wherein when calculating the charge amount, the second processor calculates a charge amount to be larger in a case where the engine driving prohibited zone is set in the region than a charge amount in a case where the engine driving prohibited zone is not set in the region.
US12134329B2
A system for recharging an autonomous aerial vehicle includes a base, a supply boom, a receiving basket, a centering device, and a locking device. The supply boom includes a tip and first recharger. The receiving basket has an inner wall delimiting a cavity that may receive the tip of the supply boom. The receiving basket including a second recharger that is complementary to the first recharger. One of the supply boom and the receiving basket is mounted on the autonomous aerial vehicle while the other is mounted on the base. The centering device centers the tip of the supply boom in the cavity of the receiving basket. The locking device is controlled by a controller and locks the supply boom in the receiving basket.
US12134323B2
A bus bar including a first end comprising a first material and a second end comprising a second material and a method of manufacture are provided. The first end is designed to be coupled to a terminal of a first battery cell of a battery module and includes a first collar disposed on the first end designed to receive and surround the terminal of the first battery cell of the battery module. The second end is designed to be coupled to a terminal of a second battery cell of the battery module and includes a second collar disposed on the second end designed to receive and surround the terminal of the second battery of the battery module. The first and second batteries of the battery module are adjacent to one another. Moreover, the bus bar includes a joint electrically and mechanically coupling the first end and the second end.
US12134322B2
A mobile object control device controls an electric motor assisting traveling of a mobile object. The mobile object control device includes a rolling resistance calculation section, a power loss calculation section, and an assist force calculation section. The rolling resistance calculation section calculates a rolling resistance based on a set weight set by a user. The power loss calculation section calculates a power loss caused until a power outputted from the electric motor is transmitted to a drive wheel. The assist force calculation section calculates an assist force of the electric motor based on an acceleration of the mobile object, the set weight, the rolling resistance calculated by the rolling resistance calculation section, the power loss calculated by the power loss calculation section, and an assist ratio.
US12134321B2
A method of virtualizing characteristics of an internal combustion engine vehicle in an electric vehicle, includes obtaining, by a controller, real-time vehicle driving information, determining, by the controller, tooth surface pressures of gears in the powertrain between a motor for driving a vehicle and driving wheels based on the obtained real-time vehicle driving information, generating, by the controller, a virtual effect signal for generating a virtual effect that simulates powertrain characteristics of an internal combustion engine vehicle based on the determined tooth surface pressures of the gears in the powertrain, and generating, by the controller, a virtual effect that simulates powertrain characteristics of an internal combustion engine vehicle by controlling an operation of a virtual effect generation device that generates a virtual effect according to the generated virtual effect signal.
US12134318B2
Guided driver positioning system and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include determining gait for a user of a vehicle from images obtained from a camera, the gait being indicative of a posture of the user, determining a distance between the user and a display of the vehicle, and automatically adjusting a vehicle component in response to the gait and the distance to change a user position relative to the display.
US12134309B2
A composite liftgate system with an inner panel construction having a strengthening channel structure. Structural composite reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed to meet predetermined performance requirements. Where the extra structure is needed, no steel or a minimum amounts of steel is used and the structural reinforcements are bonded in place using adhesive prior to application of additional fasteners.
US12134296B2
Example adjustable suspension components for bicycles are described herein. An example bicycle suspension component includes a damper operable in a low damping state, a high damping state, and an intermediate damping state between the low damping state and the high damping state, a motion controller operable to change the damper between the low damping state, the intermediate damping state, and the high damping state, and a processor to, based on sensor data, activate the motion controller to change the damper between the intermediate damping state and one of the low damping state or the high damping state.
US12134295B2
The anti-dive control method for the automobile comprises: obtaining preset automobile operating condition parameters, and obtaining parameter values of the automobile operating condition parameters in real time; determining in real time whether the parameter values of the automobile operating condition parameters satisfy a preset first trigger condition or a preset second trigger condition; if the parameter values of the automobile operating condition parameters satisfy the preset first trigger condition, obtaining a preset first control strategy corresponding to the first trigger condition; implementing real-time control of the suspension damping force of the automobile according to the first control strategy; if the parameter values of the automobile operating condition parameters satisfy the preset second trigger condition, obtaining a preset second control strategy corresponding to the second trigger condition; and implementing real-time control of the suspension damping force of the automobile according to the second control strategy.
US12134286B1
An apparatus including first and second apparatuses for removably attaching a wheelbarrow to a power tow vehicle. The first apparatus includes a cradle clamp head assembly; a vertical body assembly having a first end and an opposing second end, the cradle clamp head assembly configured to be attached to the vertical body assembly closer to the first end than the second end of the vertical body assembly; and a hitch receiver adapter configured to be attached to the vertical body assembly, while the cradle clamp head assembly is attached to the vertical body assembly, such that the hitch receiver adapter is further from the first end of the vertical body assembly than the cradle clamp head assembly. The second apparatus includes a first bar having a first and second ends; and a first attachment device which attaches the first bar to a wheelbarrow.
US12134285B2
A tire comprises a tread portion comprising a circumferentially arranged blocks divided by lateral grooves. Each block has a block side wall and a block tread. Each lateral groove comprises an axially outer first portion, an axially inner second portion, and a connect portion at which the first portion and the second portion are connected with each other so that each block is provided with a convex corner portion which is convex toward the outside of the block at the connect portion. In the convex corner portion, the block side wall comprises a first side wall extending along the first portion, a second side wall extending along the second portion, and a substantially triangular third side wall intersecting the first side wall, the second side wall and the block tread. The third side wall terminates radially outside the groove bottom of the lateral groove.
US12134283B2
An art or decorative piece according to which a reflective surface reflects artistic or decorative elements.
US12134280B2
An optical device with ordered scatterer arrays for secure identity and a method of producing the same This invention discloses a method for configurable spatial control and modification of optically active resonantly coupled scatterer arrays to produce identifiable security features and a corresponding photonic secure identity device. The invention comprises at least the steps of (i) producing a deposition template from said master stamp, (ii) synthesis of a plasmonic particle colloid, (iii) producing an optically active, two-dimensional security tag template using self-assembly of said particles on said deposition template, (iv) producing a customized secure identity device from said security tag template by selective removal or modification of optical properties using ultrashort laser pulses. The produced customized plasmonic-photonic device can then be used as secure identity and anti-counterfeiting means. The device exploits customized spatial control and modification of optically active plasmonic particle arrays demonstrating surface lattice resonance optical signature to produce easily identifiable security features.
US12134279B2
A laser marking apparatus includes a head marking the identifier on a mold, a light-shielding case, a light-shielding gate provided at either a carrying-in port or a carrying-out port of the light-shielding case, and a control unit controlling operation of the head and operation of the light-shielding gate, and the control unit closes the light-shielding gate and causes the head to start a marking operation on the mold in response to carrying-in of the mold into the operation space and opens the light-shielding gate in response to the marking operation ending.
US12134276B2
A liquid cartridge includes: a cartridge case defining therein a liquid storage chamber; a liquid supply portion; a circuit board; a plate member; and a residual-amount detecting portion. The residual-amount detecting portion is configured to change a state of incident light according to an amount of the liquid stored in the liquid storage chamber, and includes an optical access portion on which light traveling in a left-right direction is incident. The plate member is pivotally movable between: a first posture where a portion of the plate member is positioned upward relative to the optical access portion; and a second posture where the plate member is positioned downward relative to the optical access portion. The plate member in the first posture and the residual-amount detecting portion define a light transmissive region therebetween in the front-rear direction. The light transmissive region has a light transmittance greater than that of the plate member.
US12134261B2
The present invention provides a self-adhesive prepreg which is characterized by comprising: a base prepreg that is composed of reinforcing fibers and a thermosetting resin composition (I), some or all of which is impregnated into a reinforcing fiber layer that is formed of the reinforcing fibers; an adhesive layer that is composed of a nonwoven fabric which is laminated on at least one surface of the base prepreg so as to be integrated with the base prepreg and a thermosetting resin composition (II) which is laminated on the surface of the nonwoven fabric so as to be integrated with the nonwoven fabric.
US12134260B2
An insulating structure for an appliance includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein an insulating cavity is defined therebetween. A plurality of hollow nano-spheres are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each of the hollow nano-spheres includes a diameter in the range of from approximately 50 nanometers to approximately 1000 nanometers and has a wall that defines the internal space, and wherein the wall of each hollow nano-sphere has a thickness that is in a range of from approximately 0.5 nanometers to approximately 100 nanometers. A fill material is disposed in the insulating cavity and wherein the fill material is disposed in the space defined between the plurality of hollow nano-spheres, and wherein the fill material includes at least one of powdered silica, granulated silica, other silica material, aerogel and insulating gas.
US12134256B2
A coated sheet for use in additive manufacturing includes a base polymer layer formed of a base polymer material and a coating polymer layer formed of a coating polymer material. At least the coating polymer material is susceptible to dielectric heating in response to electromagnetic radiation, thereby promoting fusion between adjacent coated sheets during the additive manufacturing process. Specifically, when electromagnetic radiation is applied to at least an interface area between adjacent coated sheets, the polymer coating layer of each coated sheet melts to diffuse across an interface area, thereby preventing formation of voids. The base polymer material and the coating polymer material also may have similar melting points and compatible solubility parameters to further promote fusion between sheets.
US12134254B2
A protective film comprises a first film layer, a second film layer disposed on a first surface of the first film layer, and an adhesive layer disposed on a second surface of the first film layer, which is opposite to the first surface, and a through hole is defined through the second film layer to expose the first surface of the first film layer.
US12134252B2
There is provided a decorative sheet having high ink adhesion without using an oil-based ink having a high environmental load. The decorative sheet includes: a base paper; a thermoplastic resin layer provided on one surface side of the base paper; an ink layer provided on the thermoplastic resin layer of opposite to the base paper side and containing a water-based ink and at least one of a xylene diamine-based curing agent, a polycarbodiimide-based curing agent, and an aziridine-based curing agent as a curing agent; and a surface protective layer provided on the opposite surface side to the thermoplastic resin layer of the ink layer. The addition amount of the curing agent in the ink layer is preferably 1 part by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the water-based ink.
US12134248B2
A laminated glass capable of producing an observable pattern when edge-illuminated contains two sheets of glass adhered by an adhesive film of at least one film B containing a polyvinyl acetal PB and at least one plasticizer WB; and at least one film A or an area thereof containing a polyvinyl acetal PA and optionally at least one plasticizer WA, wherein the refractive indices of film A and film B differ by at least 0.0002.
US12134239B2
The present invention is directed to a plug for sealing a puncture in a tyre, whereby the plug comprises a head portion and a tail portion, the head portion comprising: a porous material that comprises open pores and capable of absorbing >0.02 grams of water per gram of porous material; and an accelerant selected from the group consisting of a salt, a polar solvent, an acid, and any combinations thereof, wherein the accelerant is retained in the pores of the porous material and is configured to react on contact with a curable sealant selected from the group consisting of anionic stabilized sealants, steric stabilized sealants and anionic colloidal dispersions thereby reducing curing time of the sealant, and wherein the porous material does not comprise the sealant.
US12134236B2
A method of bonding a first object to a second object includes the steps of: providing the first object including thermoplastic material in a solid state, providing the second object including a proximal surface, applying a mechanical pressing force and a mechanical excitation capable to liquefy the thermoplastic material until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material is flowable and penetrates into structures of the second object, and stopping the mechanical excitation and letting the thermoplastic material resolidify to yield a positive-fit connection between the first and the second object. The second object has a region of low density, wherein the protrusion penetrates the region of low density at least partly before the thermoplastic material is made flowable, and wherein the first object includes a protruding portion after the step of letting the thermoplastic material resolidify, the protruding portion at least partly penetrates the region of low density.
US12134225B2
The invention provides a method comprising 3D printing a 3D item (1), the method comprising co-depositing during a printing stage 3D printable material (201) and an elongated solid fiber (310) with a fused deposition modeling 3D printer (500) via a single nozzle (502), to provide the 3D item (1) comprising 3D printed material (202) with the elongated solid fiber (310) embedded therein.
US12134222B2
A blow molding machine includes a support member that supports a mold component and a moving mechanism that moves the support member to a projecting position toward the outside of the machine and to a storing position. The machine includes a first fixed fulcrum shaft. The support member includes a base end portion rotatably supported by the first fixed fulcrum shaft and a free end portion having a first movable fulcrum shaft. The moving mechanism has rotatably interconnected links. One link is rotatably supported by the movable fulcrum shaft. In the projecting position, the links are maintained linearly by a first angle fixing tool to serve as a leg portion that supports the support member's free end portion.
US12134221B1
An on-orbit composite filament forming device for space 3D printing includes a constant tension unwinding module, a replaceable resin filament rotary wrapping module, a melt preheating chamber, a curved channel impregnation chamber, a variable aperture resin recovery device, a heat protective housing, a convective cooling device, a traction device, and a winding device. The replaceable resin filament rotary wrapping module wraps a resin filament on a surface of a carbon fiber by circumferential rotation and is provided with an active unwinding reel placed on a circular rail centered on the carbon fiber; the melt preheating chamber is used for melting resin to wrap the surface of the fiber, and is equipped with a lifting device for automatic opening and closing; the curved channel impregnation chamber is formed with a wedge-shaped high-pressure impregnation zone by mutual extrusion of upper and lower pressure blocks, thereby improving the quality of fiber impregnation.
US12134216B2
Problems of high impact resistance and “warpage” of a molded body are solved by a method for producing a molded body, including: using a mold MA and a mold MB, which are a pair of male and female molds, to compression-mold a material A and a material B in contact with the mold MA and the mold MB, respectively, in which the material A contains a carbon fiber and a thermoplastic resin M1, and the material B contains a glass fiber and a thermoplastic resin M2, the molded body includes a pair of side walls and a connecting wall that is connected to the side walls, the molded body has a wave shape in cross section, and a relationship between a flatness Fa of the molded body and a height h of the side wall satisfies 0≤Fa/h<1.3.
US12134206B2
The present disclosure relates to a 3D printer for construction for printing and forming various structures, in which agitating blades 45 capable of auto-rotation are mounted inside a nozzle 10 discharging a printing material such as concrete or mortar, to thereby enable agitation of a fluid printing material inside the nozzle 10. According to the present disclosure, agitation of the fluid printing material inside the nozzle 10 of the 3D printer for construction may be facilitated to prevent material segregation and maintain a homogeneously mixed state of materials constituting the fluid printing material.
US12134205B2
A die output lane assembly for receiving a blank through an opening of a die-cutter machine includes a frame, a support structure, and a memory device. The support structure is attached to the frame to form a lane and is configured to receive the blank from the opening of the die-cutter machine and temporarily store the blank in the lane. The memory device is configured to store data associated with the die output lane assembly thereon. The data includes at least one of a dimension of the die output lane assembly, a dimension of a cutting die of the die-cutter machine, a dimension of the blank, a pick position for removing the blank, a retraction path for removing the blank, a speed of part handling, or placement position data for storing the blank.
US12134199B2
Training and/or using a machine learning model for performing robotic tasks is disclosed herein. In many implementations, an environment-conditioned action sequence prediction model is used to determine a set of actions as well as a corresponding particular order for the actions for the robot to perform to complete the task. In many implementations, each action in the set of actions has a corresponding action network used to control the robot in performing the action.
US12134198B2
Examples provide a method and system for customized item decanting. A decant manager, implemented on a processor, identifies a destination tote in a set of totes for placement of a selected item. The decant manager controls a robotic decanting device to remove the selected item from a selected case and places the selected item into the destination tote. The decant manager analyzes sensor data and item data associated with the selected item to confirm an identification of the selected item placed into the destination tote for inventory update.
US12134187B2
A robot arm (500) for positioning a tool (44) with controlled orientation. The robot arm (500) comprises an inner-arm linkage (15, 18, 29; 15, 18, 77); an outer-arm linkage (23; 81; 173; 228; 632; 384) and a first actuator (1; 249) configured to rotate the inner-arm linkage about a first axis of rotation (180). The inner-arm linkage includes a first inner link (15) that at an inner end is arranged to rotate around a fourth axis of rotation (185), and a second inner link (18) that at an inner end is arranged to rotate around a different, third axis of rotation (182, 185), wherein the axes of rotation (182, 185) are perpendicular to the first axis of rotation (180), and the rotations result in a geometric reconfiguration of the inner-arm linkage. The inner-arm linkage also includes a connection shaft (29; 77) mounted at an outer end of the first inner link and at an outer end of the second inner link by means of joints of at least one degree of freedom, is connected to the outer-arm linkage via the connection shaft, is connected to the tool and forms a first kinematic chain that gives a first degree of freedom for positioning the tool. A second actuator (2; 254) is configured to rotate the outer-arm linkage around the second axis of rotation, thereby forming a second kinematic chain giving a second degree of freedom for positioning the tool. A third actuator (3) is configured to move the outer-arm linkage by actuating the geometrically reconfigurable inner-arm linkage, resulting in a movement of the second axis of rotation around which the outer-arm linkage is arranged to rotate, thereby forming a third kinematic chain giving a third degree of freedom for positioning the tool. The robot arm also comprises one or more transmission mechanisms that in combination with the outer-arm linkage are arranged to accomplish the controlled orientation of the tool.
US12134174B2
A driving device includes an operable striking unit, a piston upper chamber configured to operate the striking unit by gas pressure, a housing, a head cap provided in the housing, a passage provided in the head cap, and an exhaust valve operably provided in the housing and configured to open and close the passage. The exhaust valve includes a contact portion and a non-contact portion, the contact portion comes into and out of contact with the head cap on an outer side of the passage in a radial direction of the passage, the non-contact portion is provided on an inner side of the contact portion in the radial direction of the passage, and the non-contact portion is provided at a position separated from the head cap in a state where die contact portion is in contact with the head cap.
US12134169B2
A rotary impact tool includes a housing, an electric motor, and a drive assembly for converting a continuous torque input from the motor to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece. An anvil has a bore defining a hexagonal cross-sectional shape and having a nominal width of 7/16 inches. A hammer is rotationally and axially movable relative to the anvil for imparting the consecutive rotational impacts upon the anvil. A spring biases the hammer in an axial direction toward the anvil. A battery pack has a nominal voltage of at least 18 Volts and a nominal capacity of at least 5 Ah. The rotary impact tool has an overall weight including the battery pack that is less than or equal to 7.5 pounds. A second performance ratio of the rotary impact tool, defined as (ηa×RPMno-load/Inertiahammer)×(1/216,000,000) is greater than 2.
US12134161B2
A method for polishing a diamond crystal includes preparing a diamond crystal having a main surface having a plane orientation of (100). Mechanical polishing is performed on the main surface using a polishing wheel such that: a tangent contacts a curve extending in a rotation direction of the wheel and contacting a contact position between the diamond crystal and the wheel that is rotating; and a tangent direction of the tangent at the contact position is within a range of ±10 degrees relative to a <110> direction of the diamond crystal, thereby causing an affected region to appear such that the affected region is parallel to a direction of a plane orientation (111) of the diamond crystal and penetrates the diamond crystal onto the main surface. Chemical mechanical polishing is performed on the main surface to remove the affected region, thereby removing the affected region from the main surface.
US12134159B2
A workpiece orientation mechanism includes: a driving device including a transmission motor and a controller which are connected with each other via signal, the transmission motor defining an axial direction; a rotating seat, combined with the transmission motor, and capable of being driven to rotate by the transmission motor; an orientation head disposed on the rotating seat to rotate synchronously with the rotating seat, wherein the orientation head is capable of moving along the axial direction relative to the rotating seat, one end of the orientation head includes a mounting head, and a blocking member is disposed on the orientation head; reset means, arranged between the rotating seat and the orientation head, and positioning the orientation head at a predetermined position; and a sensor facing the blocking member, wherein the sensor is signally connected with the controller.
US12134157B2
When an operation portion (38) provided at an axial end portion of a valve member (37) is pushed into a valve case (31) provided to a first block (3), a clamping apparatus transitions from a first state, in which communication between: each of a primary-side pressure fluid supply/discharge port (34) and a secondary-side pressure fluid supply/discharge port (35); and a pressure fluid discharge port (36) is open, to a second state, in which communication between: each of the primary-side pressure fluid supply/discharge port (34) and the secondary-side pressure fluid supply/discharge port (35); and the pressure fluid discharge port (36) is closed.
US12134154B2
Submerged arc welding torches and systems to resistively preheat electrode wire are disclosed. A disclosed example submerged arc welding torch includes: a first contact tip configured to transfer weld current and preheating current to the wire; a second contact tip configured to conduct the preheating current to the wire; an air-cooled first conductive body portion configured to receive the weld current and to conduct the weld current and the preheating current to the first contact tip; an air-cooled second conductive body portion configured to receive the preheating current and to conduct the preheating current to the second contact tip; and an insulator coupled between the first and second conductive body portions.
US12134145B2
The present invention relates to a brazing ribbon and a method for manufacturing same, and comprises a release film, a seed layer formed on an upper surface of the release film, and a brazing alloy layer formed on an upper surface of the seed layer and is manufactured into a ribbon. The present invention is advantageous in that, since a brazing filler is prepared in advance and then attached to a substrate in the form of a strip, time for attaching the brazing filler can be saved, and the convenience of attaching the brazing filler can be improved.
US12134141B2
An additive manufacturing system may include an energy source, an optical system to modify and direct an energy beam from the energy source toward a component to form a melt pool, and a material delivery device to deliver material to the melt pool. The optical system may form an annular energy beam, direct the annular energy beam toward the component, receive at least a portion of thermal emissions produced by the annular energy beam and the melt pool, and direct the portion of the thermal emissions toward an imaging device, which may be used to control the energy source.
US12134134B2
A cutting insert is mountable on a body. The cutting insert includes: a top surface; a bottom surface opposite to the top surface; a side surface contiguous to the top surface and the bottom surface; and a cutting edge formed at a ridgeline between the top surface and the side surface. The side surface has a first surface disposed adjacent to the cutting edge and a second surface contiguous to the first surface. When viewed in a cross sectional view parallel to the bottom surface, the second surface has a first position and a second position that are brought into abutment with the body when mounted on the body. Between the first position and the second position, an imaginary straight line extending through the first position and the second position is separated from the second surface.
US12134133B2
The invention relates to a method to form copper nanoparticles. The method comprises heating a solution comprising a copper precursor comprising at least one neat copper carboxylate in a concentration of at least 0.2 M, a stabilizer comprising an amine in a concentration equal or larger than the concentration of the copper precursor and optionally a solvent to a temperature T1 to form metallic copper. The solution is then heated to a temperature T2, with the temperature T2 being at least 10° C. higher than the temperature T1. The solution is heated from temperature T1 to temperature T2 with an average rate of at least 2 degrees per minute. The invention further relates to copper nanoparticles obtainable by such method and to formulations comprising such nanoparticles.
US12134131B2
Methods and apparatus for recoating parameter control are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a blade holder, a blade, and a control element disposed within the blade holder, the control element to move the blade between a first position and a second position, the apparatus having a first stiffness when the blade is in the first position, the apparatus having a second stiffness when the blade is in the second position, the first stiffness greater than the second stiffness.
US12134127B2
The present invention provides an alloy, an alloy powder, an alloy member, and a composite member which are excellent in corrosion resistance and wear resistance, have crack resistance, and are suitable for an additive manufacturing method and the like. An alloy and an alloy powder include, by mass %, Cr: 18 to 22%, Mo: 18 to 28%, Ta: 1.5 to 57%, C: 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb: 0 to 42%, Ti: 0 to 15%, V: 0 to 27%, Zr: 0 to 29%, and a remainder consisting of Ni and unavoidable impurities, where a molar ratio of (Ta+0.7Nb+Ti+0.6V+Zr)/C=0.5 to 1.5 is satisfied. An alloy member is an additively manufactured product or a cast having such a solidification structure, and the solidification structure is a dendrite-like crystal structure having a metal phase having a face-centered cubic structure and carbides.
US12134121B2
A description is given of the use of an additive mixture (A) for combination with a solution or dispersion (B) comprising waterglass, for producing a moulding material mixture for producing articles from the group consisting of foundry moulds and foundry cores; a multi-component binder system comprising (A) an additive mixture and (B) a solution or dispersion comprising waterglass; a moulding material mixture comprising a mould base material (C) and also components (A) and (B) of such a multi-component binder system; a method for producing an article from the group consisting of foundry moulds and foundry cores; articles from the group consisting of foundry moulds and foundry cores; and the use of such an article for metal casting, preferably for light metal casting, more particularly for aluminium casting.
US12134119B2
A strand cutter includes a drive assembly and a clamp assembly. The strand cutter includes a nose piece. The nose piece includes a nose piece body, a shoulder, a fixed blade receptacle and a rotating blade receptacle. The strand cutter includes a fixed blade received in the fixed blade receptacle and a rotating blade assembly. The rotating blade assembly includes a cylindrical cutting body, a replaceable shear blade or a cutting edge, and a drive gear engagement coupled to or integrated with the cutting body. The drive gear engagement engages the drive assembly so as to allow the transmission of torque from the drive assembly to the blade mount, the blade mount coupled to or integrally formed with the cutting body. The strand cutter also includes a flange plate, wherein the flange plate receives the shoulder. The flange plate retains the nose piece in engagement to the drive assembly.
US12134116B2
Disclosed is a novel split header for use in a rolling mill. The split header has a mounting block and a quick-change header cartridge, wherein the mounting block is coupled to the quick-change header via a quick-disconnect feature, the quick-disconnect feature configured to enable uncoupling (in a toolless manner) of the quick-change header from the mounting block. Additionally, the quick-change header cartridge may be replaced by a dummy header cartridge that diverts water when stand is dummied, and a split base and header cartridge design. Further, the mounting block may have one or more sensors and the quick-change header may have an RFID tag, where the sensors and the RFID tag may communicate with a central computer.
US12134114B2
Methods and compositions for cleaning industrial equipment (e.g. biofuel or corn ethanol plant equipment) in place at high temperatures using acidic methane sulfonic acid compositions having a low pH.
US12134107B2
A multi-slot die coater includes a first slot and a second slot to extrude and coat a coating solution on a surface of a continuously moving substrate through at least one of the first slot or the second slot, and includes a first outer die block; an intermediate die block positioned on the first outer die block such that the first slot is formed between the intermediate die block and the first outer die block; and a second outer die block positioned on the intermediate die block such that the second slot is formed between the second outer die block and the intermediate die block, wherein the die-coater includes contact surfaces between the first outer die block, the intermediate die block and the second die block that are inclined relative to a first plane and a fastener is fastened substantially perpendicular to one of the inclined contact surfaces.
US12134101B2
A fixed angle centrifuge rotor is provided including a rotor body having an upper surface and a plurality of tubular cavities extending from the upper surface to respective bottom walls. A pressure plate is operatively coupled to the bottom walls of the tubular cavities and is configured to transfer torque to the bottom walls. The pressure plate is configured to be directly coupled to a rotor hub and to receive torque directly from the rotor hub.
US12134080B2
The present disclosure relates to a dispenser, comprising: a housing; a plurality of cartridges which are disposed inside the housing; a mounting body to which the plurality of cartridges are mounted so as to be replaceable; a main motor which rotates the mounting body; and an elevating body which elevates such that a composition is discharged from any one of the plurality of cartridges, wherein the elevating body may be disposed so as to be displaced on a rotation path on which the plurality of cartridges rotate.
US12134074B1
A two or particularly three-phase process, and corresponding apparatus, desulfurizes sour hydrocarbon gas, e.g., natural gas, generally better than known, using a fixed-bed, two-phase processes in terms of the amount of H2S scavenged and the breakthrough time of H2S. The three-phase process is effective in scavenging H2S at ambient temperature and pressure, using a copper salt catalyst impregnated on alumina or other generally inert support, which is regenerable.
US12134055B2
The disclosure relates to a collecting device for collecting fluid media (e.g. rinsing agent, paint residues), which are produced when rinsing an atomizer (e.g. rotary atomizer) in a painting plant. The collecting device according to the disclosure comprises a collecting container with an insertion opening at the top of the collecting container for inserting the atomizer into the collecting container. Furthermore, the collecting device according to the disclosure comprises a lateral container wall which externally delimits the collecting container and is substantially impermeable to paint in order to prevent paint from escaping from the collecting container. The disclosure provides that the lateral container wall of the collecting container is at least partially air-permeable so that moist air can escape from the interior of the collecting container to the outside.
US12134053B2
Fibrous filtration media and methods of making and using the same are provided whereby the media includes a wet-laid nonwoven fibrous web having from about 20 wt. % to about 80 wt. %, based on total weight of fibrous web, of bicomponent staple fibers, and from about 10 wt. % to about 50 wt. %, based on total weight of the fibrous web, of fibrillated lyocell staple fibers. The fibrous web exhibits a wet burst strength of greater than 3 bar, for example between about 3 bar to about 6 bar and is especially suitable for use in filtering process fluids (e.g., water) associated with wire electron discharge machining (WEDM).
US12134051B1
A contaminated water purification system includes a contaminated water storage tank and a contaminated water inlet manifold to transfer contaminated water to a reactor unit having a heater unit mounted therein. The heater unit is disposed and configured to contact the contaminated water in the reactor unit and convert an aqueous component of the contaminated water into purified steam. A purified steam discharge manifold is disposed between the reactor unit and a steam conversion chamber to transfer the purified steam to the steam conversion chamber which condenses the purified steam into purified water, while the contaminant component or components remain in the reactor unit. A purified water storage assembly includes a purified water storage tank to at least temporarily hold the purified water condensed from the purified steam in the steam conversion chamber.
US12134048B2
An oil and grit separator system having twin vortex which uses gravity providing a twin vortex effect to remove sediment and oil from contaminated water. The system is designed to control storm water runoff and reduce the annual suspended solids loading of the granulometric particles. The conception and configuration of the system has a double action vortex. It ensures an optimal treatment level in either light or heavy rain and avoids re-suspension of particles. It also removes, separates and stores floating oil without any possible re-suspension of the matter.
US12134046B1
A water purification system that produces freshwater from saltwater/contaminated water via two closed but connected and offset heating-evaporation-condensation-cooling processes that share energy via two heat exchangers. The system includes a closed air subsystem and a closed refrigerant subsystem. The closed air subsystem uses air repeatedly heated via a heat exchanger and a supplemental heating source. In the air/refrigerant heat exchanger, hot compressed gas refrigerant from the closed refrigerant system releases heat and undergoes a phase change to a liquid refrigerant. The supplemental heating source adds heat energy to produce hot, dry air delivered to a water evaporator containing saltwater/contaminated water. The hot, dry air causes evaporation of the saltwater/contaminated water forming hot air/water vapor. The hot air/water vapor is then delivered to an expander/condenser heat exchanger, where it is condensed into freshwater by the phase change of the liquid refrigerant back into a gas refrigerant. The two subsystems operate continuously and repeatedly exchange energies to efficiently produce freshwater.
US12134039B2
In a process for selecting a LOD visual asset from a set of pre-generated LOD visual assets for rendering during gameplay, data representative of the set of pre-generated LOD visual assets and associated switch distances is accessed. One or more variables related to the client devices and/or the gameplay being rendered on the client devices is monitored. Thereafter, either a first action of applying at least one corrective factor to the associated switch distance in order to generate modulated switch distances and then selecting a LOD from the set of pre-generated generated LOD visual assets based on one of the modulated switch distances or a second action of selecting a LOD visual asset from the set of pre-generated LOD visual assets based on the associated switch distances corresponding to the selected LOD visual asset is performed.
US12134037B2
A method for providing information in an HMD. The method includes defining an active zone in a virtual reality (VR) viewing environment of a user as presented through a 3D display of the HMD. The method includes placing main content in the active zone of the VR viewing environment. The method includes defining one or more peripheral zones outside of the active zone. The method includes placing secondary content in the first peripheral zone of the VR viewing environment. The method includes displaying an attractor within the active zone in conjunction with the entry of new data in the secondary content, wherein the attractor brings attention of the user to the first peripheral zone. The method includes detecting rotation of the HMD from the first orientation directed to the active zone towards a second orientation directed to the first peripheral zone. The method includes pausing the main content.
US12134031B2
A method for predefining an entryway, corresponding to a real entryway, for an object entering or leaving an extended reality (XR) space contained within a real environment includes: accessing a spatial mapping mesh (SMM) for the real environment, and a sealed space mesh (SSM) for the XR space; analyzing polygons in the SMM and SSM to identify first subsets representing real boundary walls and virtual wall boundaries respectively; filtering the first subsets according to first criteria to yield second subsets; colliding polygons across the second subsets to yield a third subset of SSM polygons; defining groups of connected SSM polygons within the third subset based on proximity; and selecting one group as defining the entryway. The entryway is predefined in advance of user interaction with any virtual elements in the XR space.
US12134028B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including receiving an actuation profile comprising one or more actuation thresholds responsive to a detection of a triggering event during a gaming session of a video game, configuring the sensor according to the one or more actuation thresholds, receiving, from the sensor, a signal indicating a depression range of the button, comparing the depression range to the one or more actuation thresholds of the actuation profile, and generating an actuation state when the depression range exceeds an actuation threshold of the one or more actuation thresholds. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US12134021B2
A striking practice device includes a striking body, a cover, a connecting rod and an outer fixing plate. The striking body includes a hollow portion inside, an assembly hole formed along a direction of the striking body and a cover bole formed along another direction of the striking body. The assembly hole has an inner junction at the hollow portion of the striking body and an outer junction outside the striking body; the cover has a shape corresponding to the cover hole for sealing the cover hole; the connecting rod is installed to the assembly hole and has an inner fixing plate at an end; the inner fixing plate is greater than the assembly hole and disposed at the inner junction; and the outer fixing plate is fixed to the connecting rod and the outer junction of the striking body.
US12134018B2
A baseball grip training device is provided for use with a baseball bat, comprising a base adapted to contact a bat grip, wherein the base includes one or more shaped surfaces adapted to receive one or more of an index finger and a middle finger of a user; a retaining member extending from the base shaped to surround one or more of the index finger and the middle finger of the user; and a bat contacting surface adapted to contact the bat grip, wherein the bat contacting surface and the shaped surfaces are separated by a predetermined distance to lift the index finger and the middle finger of the user away from the bat grip sufficient to place greater reliance on the remaining fingers to hold the bat grip during a swing of the bat. The device is preferably constructed from a resilient material.
US12134012B2
Method of making a golf ball, the golf ball comprising a core, an outer layer and at least one adhesion promoting coating disposed between each of the core and the outer layer; the core comprising a rubber composition comprising at least one zinc-containing and/or magnesium-containing component; the outer layer comprising at least one ionomer; and the adhesion promoting coating comprising a waterborne dispersion comprised of at least one ethylene acid copolymer having an acid content of at least 15% by weight wherein the copolymer is at least partially neutralized with one or more neutralizing agent; wherein at least one neutralizing agent is selected from ammonia compounds and/or amine compounds. In a specific embodiment, the at least one neutralizing agent comprises i) mono and/or divalent metal compounds and ii) ammonia compounds and/or amine compounds.
US12134009B1
A system for automatically detecting made and missed basketball shots using machine vision includes a launcher connected to a structural subassembly which passes basketballs to locations about a basketball playing area. One or more cameras are connected to the structural subassembly and capture images of an underside or an upper side of a rim of the basketball goal. One or more controllers program the launcher to pass the basketballs to select locations forming part of a basketball practice arrangement, receive images from the camera(s), associate each of the received images with one of the passes from the launcher forming part of the basketball practice arrangement, and process each of the received images using a machine vision model to determine which of said received images indicate a made shot.
US12134006B2
An exercise station with a pull-up bar is disclosed. The exercise station is freestanding without engaging external structures, and supports a user in performing an exercise routine, such as pull-ups or dips. The exercise station may be collapsed to a small footprint and a low vertical profile without removal or disassembly of the exercise station's components.
US12133994B2
The focused ultrasound device according to an embodiment comprises: an ultrasound probe structure including a treatment transducer for transmitting a focused ultrasound signal and an image transducer for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic image signal; a reception switch for selecting a plurality of first elements among elements of the image transducer as protection areas and deactivating same, and selecting a plurality of second other elements among the elements of the image transducer as reception areas and activating same; an image beamformer for forming a reception beam signal by focusing ultrasonic echo signals received from the plurality of second elements; an image generation unit for generating an image for a target area in an object on the basis of the reception beam signal; and a control unit for controlling the selection of the protection areas and reception areas by means of a reception switch.
US12133993B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring anatomic position of a human subject for a radiotherapy treatment session, based on use of a regression model trained to estimate movement of a region of interest based on 2D image data input. Example operations for movement estimation include: obtaining 3D image data for a subject, which provides a reference volume and at least one defined region of interest; obtaining 2D image data corresponding to the subject, captured in real time (during the radiotherapy treatment session); extracting features from the 2D image data; analyzing the extracted features with a machine learning regression model, trained to estimate a spatial transformation in the three dimensions of the reference volume; and outputting and using a relative motion estimation of the at least one region of interest, produced from the machine learning regression model, the relative motion estimation being estimated from the extracted features.
US12133990B2
A wearable therapeutic device is provided. The wearable therapeutic device includes a garment, and the garment includes an electrode and a conductive thread. A control unit is coupled to the conductive thread and identifies an electrical connection between a conductive surface of the electrode and the conductive thread, and an alarm module can provide information about the positioning of the electrode in the garment based on the electrical connection.
US12133988B2
Implantable apparatuses are provided, where the implantable apparatus includes a first electrode, a second electrode, an electrode signal transceiver connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, an antenna, a wireless power receiver connected to the antenna, and a conductor case configured to protect the electrode signal transceiver and the wireless power receiver. The antenna be spaced apart from the conductor case and encloses the conductor case, and a plane in which the antenna is disposed is at a same level or at a higher level than a top surface of the conductor case.
US12133987B2
There is provided a feedthrough including a ceramic body; and a plurality of electrical conductors embedded in the ceramic body. Wherein the density of the electrical conductors exceeds 1 conductor per 23 thou2 (14,839 μm2) through a planar cross-section of the ceramic body.
US12133971B2
An injection delivery device involves a body, a medication-containing vial within at least a portion of the body, the medication-containing vial having an open end and a closed end opposite the open end. The open end of the vial includes a seal that prevents medication contained therein from exiting the vial until delivery of the medication to a target injection site is desired. The injection delivery device also includes a plunger positioned near the open end of the vial and a needle having a passage therethrough, wherein the needle, plunger and vial are positioned relative to each other such that, during delivery of an injection, a portion of the passage will be within the plunger, and the plunger and needle will remain stationary relative to each other while the vial moves relative the plunger in a direction towards the target injection site.
US12133968B2
An apparatus includes a cannula assembly, a housing, a fluid reservoir, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. The housing includes an inlet port removably coupled to the cannula assembly and defines an inner volume. The fluid reservoir is fluidically coupled to the housing and configured to receive and isolate a volume of bodily fluid from a patient. The flow control mechanism is at least partially disposed in the inner volume. The actuator is operably coupled to the flow control mechanism and is configured to move the flow control mechanism between a first configuration, in which bodily fluid can flow, via a fluid flow path defined by the flow control mechanism, from the cannula assembly, through the inlet port and into the fluid reservoir, to a second configuration, in which the fluid reservoir is fluidically isolated from the cannula assembly.
US12133953B2
A respiratory device comprises a respirator having a controllable respiratory gas source, a programmable control unit and at least one sensor unit for determining pressure and/or flow of respiratory gas. The control unit controls a respiratory gas source to specify a first respiration pattern. The respiratory device comprises at least two further sensor units, a first sensor unit comprising a plurality of individual sensors for generating and/or measuring electrical potentials and noninvasively determining the electrical impedance of the lungs of a patient, a second sensor unit for noninvasively determining the carbon dioxide supply and a third sensor unit for noninvasively determining the oxygen supply of the patient. The control unit evaluates the measured values of the first, second and third sensor units to determine the instantaneous ventilation of the lungs during the respiration using the first respiration pattern, the instantaneous carbon dioxide supply and the instantaneous oxygen supply.
US12133948B2
An apparatus for locating and venting pathogen cells in blood. A cassette has a plurality of thin holding chambers that are filled with blood drawn from a patient. A light source illuminates each of the holding chambers and passes light to an underlying sensor array such that the cells in the blood produce shadow images of the cells in the sensor array. A processor performs pattern recognition to identify and locate the pathogen cells by use of an image library. After the pathogen cells are located, a pump is operated to move the identified cells to a processing zone. When each identified cell reaches the processing zone, a control voltage is generated to open a valve to vent the identified pathogen cells. The pump refills the cassette holding chambers, returns the processed blood to the patient, and the procedure is repeated for a treatment time period.
US12133945B2
A disposable set for a peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) treatment includes a fresh PD fluid pumping portion (118a): a used PD fluid pumping portion (118b): a reusable tubing section (124f) including the fresh PD fluid pumping portion (118a) and a one-way valve (132), the reusable tubing section terminating at a first connector; and a disposable tubing section (124u) including the used PD fluid pumping portion (118b) and terminating at a second connector, the second connector configured to be connected to the first connector to form the disposable set for use in the PD treatment.
US12133942B2
To provide a manual breast pump capable of stabilizing movement of a handle while reducing burden on muscle resulting from a repetitive operation of the handle. A manual breast pump 2 has a main body 3 having a passage 312 through which extracted breast milk passes, a hood 4 connected to the main body 3 and placed onto a breast, a diaphragm 34 generating a negative pressure in the passage 312, a holding member 200 attached to the main body 3 and provided to be rotatable with respect to the main body 3, and a handle 5 for being operated thereby deforming the diaphragm 34, the handle being held by the holding member 200. When the holding member 200 rotates with respect to the main body 3, the handle 5 rotates with respect to the main body 3 together with the holding member 200.
US12133937B1
Examples of air treatment systems for use in neutralizing airborne pathogens are disclosed herein. The air treatment systems comprise a housing, an air moving device, and one or more sources of ultraviolet light. An airflow may be directed through the enclosure by the air moving device and exposed to the ultraviolet light sources disposed within the enclosure. In some examples, the air treatment systems include one or more baffles disposed within the enclosure to disrupt the linear flow of air through the enclosure and cause more uniform exposure to the ultraviolet light emitted by the sources of ultraviolet light. Some examples may also include one or more air filters for removing particulate matter.
US12133933B2
Disclosed herein are methods of regional gene-therapy with growth-factor transduced cells, in bone graft scenarios. In embodiments, the methods comprise use of 3D printed scaffolds.
US12133929B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a hypochlorous acid aqueous solution having excellent antimicrobial effect and safety. An antimicrobial agent is provided, which is a hypochlorous acid aqueous solution with a pH 6.0 to 6.7, wherein the effective chlorine concentration in the aqueous solution is from 50 to 260 ppm. Further, a sterilization method is provided, which is characterized by immersing the member to undergo sterilization treatment in the aforementioned antimicrobial agent for 0.5 to 10 minutes. The antimicrobial agent has a broad antimicrobial spectrum of norovirus, Staphylococcus aureus and other bacteria, yeast belonging to Rhodotorula, and Cladosporium cladospolioides and other fungi.
US12133926B2
A sanitizing system includes a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) lamps mounted at various locations within an internal cabin of a vehicle. The UV lamps are configured to receive electrical power from a power source onboard the vehicle and to emit UV light into the internal cabin on a continuous basis during a trip of the vehicle. The UV lamps are positioned such that the emitted UV light disinfects air within the internal cabin.
US12133924B2
The present disclosure provides compositions which shown preferential targeting or delivery of a nucleic acid composition to a particular organ. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a steroid or sterol, an ionizable cationic lipid, a phospholipid, a PEG lipid, and a permanently cationic lipid which may be used to deliver a nucleic acid.
US12133919B2
The present application is directed to stabilized core-shell microcapsules comprising a core of benzoyl peroxide (BPO) or all trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and a metal-oxide shell; and to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof.
US12133916B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing an andrographolide carrier system, comprising: (i) preparing a dispersed phase by dissolving andrographolide in ethanol solvent; (ii) preparing an inner encapsulating carrier layer; (iii) forming a protective encapsulating layer of the active agent; (iv) forming bonds to attach mucoadhesion enhancers onto the surface structure of the encapsulating layer, and then bringing the mixture to room temperature, slowly adding hydroxypropyl methylcellulose HPMC; (v) heating until the temperature reaches 50° C., adding Polysorbate 80 and PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil to the mixture, with further stirring under vacuum; and (vi) filtering the product by injection through a nanofilter system.
US12133914B2
Provided herein are oral liquid formulations of hydrocortisone. Also provided herein are methods of making and using hydrocortisone oral liquid compositions for the treatment of certain diseases including endocrine disorders, rheumatic disorders, collagen diseases, dermatologic diseases, and others.
US12133911B2
Disclosed are dosage forms comprising a capsule and a fill material, comprising (a) a fill material comprising a dispersion of an active agent and a polymer, the dispersion being granulated, (b) an osmogen, and (c) a glidant. In one embodiment, the dispersion comprises 10 wt % to 90 wt % of the fill material, the osmogen comprises from 5 wt % to 40 wt % of the fill material, and the glidant comprises at least 0.1 wt % of the fill material.
US12133908B2
Described herein, are personal care compositions comprising taurine in combination with arginine and glycine, and methods for using the compositions to effect reduction of skin irritation and or inflammation, and/or improving barrier repair of the skin.
US12133897B2
The present disclosure provides novel gene therapy constructs comprising a PARK2 gene or activating variant and methods of administering to treat Parkinson's Disease or symptoms thereof.
US12133889B2
Disclosed are a metal aluminum nano-adjuvant, a vaccine composition and a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The vaccine adjuvant comprises metal aluminum nanoparticles, and can be used as a candidate adjuvant for preventive vaccines and therapeutic vaccines for various diseases such as infections, autoimmune diseases and tumors. The combined use of the vaccine adjuvant provided by the present disclosure and antigen can effectively enhance the humoral immune response and the cellular immune response of the vaccine, and the enhancement effect is significantly better than that of the commercially available aluminum hydroxide adjuvant.
US12133885B2
The present disclosure relates to fusion proteins that comprise one or more modified alpha virus surface glycoproteins and one or more tumor specific antigens. Also disclosed are fusion proteins that comprise one or more modified alpha virus surface glycoproteins and one or more viral specific antigens. Also disclosed are fusion proteins that comprise one or more modified alpha virus surface glycoproteins. It also relates to methods to activate the immune system in cancer patients to infiltrate and kill tumor cells or cells infected with a latent virus. The present disclosure provides a platform technology that elicits a faster, broader and stronger immune response using the fusion proteins.
US12133878B2
The present invention provides for a stabilized biodegradable polymeric composition useful as a controlled release delivery system for peptide agents. The compositions of the present invention comprise a) a strong acid salt and a weak acid of a LHRH agonist or antagonist; b) a biodegradable polymer of poly(lactide-co-glycolide), wherein the ratio of lactide:glycolide of the copolymer is from 50:50 to about 100:0; and c) N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), wherein the composition does not contain excess strong acid in addition to the strong acid used to form the salt of the LHRH agonist or antagonist. The composition, when injected, can provide a controlled release of leuprolide for a period of up to 6 months.
US12133869B2
This document provides methods and materials for treating multiple system atrophy. For example, methods and materials for using autologous mesenchymal stem cells (e.g., adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells) to treat multiple system atrophy are provided.
US12133861B2
It relates to a combination comprising a) rhamnose or a rhamnose-rich polysaccharide; b) a film-forming agent; and c) one or more further active agents selected from: i) a hyaluronic acid derivative selected from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid, a pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable salt thereof, and a cationized hyaluronic acid, ii) a silanol compound, and iii) an extract of Pistacia lentiscus; for use in the treatment and/or prevention of fungal infections in human beings. It also relates to this combination per se, and to pharmaceutical or cosmetic topical nail composition containing it.
US12133852B2
The present invention relates to novel ACSS2 inhibitors having activity as anti-cancer therapy, treatment of alcoholism, and viral infection (e.g., CMV), composition and methods of preparation thereof, and uses thereof for treating viral infection, alcoholism, alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), obesity/weight gain, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, inflammatory/autoimmune conditions and cancer, including metastatic cancer, advanced cancer, and drug resistant cancer of various types.
US12133848B2
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and a mouth-soluble binder dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix.
US12133847B2
The present invention provides an oral pharmaceutical composition and a usage thereof, comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable acidic medicinal auxiliary material whose surface is modified and dabigatran etexilate or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or aquo-complexes thereof. The present invention further provides a surface modification method for a medicinal auxiliary material.
US12133846B2
Isothiocyanate (ITC)-androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor conjugates for apoptosis induction in cancer cells are described. The conjugates can have electrophilicity blocked with an agent such as N-acetyl cysteine. When administered in combination with a glutathione (GSH)-depleting agent, the conjugates result in ferroptosis of cancer cells.
US12133840B2
A method of treating a mammalian subject having hematologic, non-tumorous cancer cells is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (A) administering to such a mammalian subject a therapeutically effective amount of a halogenated xanthene, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a C1-C4 alkyl ester thereof as a first cancer cytotoxic agent dissolved or dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable aqueous medium. The mammalian subject is maintained for a period of time sufficient to induce death of hematologic, non-tumorous cancer cells. A contemplated administration is typically repeated. A contemplated treatment method can also be carried out in conjunction with administration to said mammalian subject of a second therapeutically effective amount of a second, differently-acting cancer cytotoxic agent dissolved or dispersed in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium. The second cancer cytotoxic agent can be a small molecule or an intact antibody or paratope-containing portion thereof.
US12133837B2
The inventive subject matter provides ready-to-administer, preferably anti-oxidant free, epinephrine compositions with improved stability, and methods for preparing the same. Contemplated compositions can be packaged using blow-fill-seal technology or packaged into flexible IV bags and maintain degradation of the epinephrine at a level of less than 5 wt % when stored over at least one months at between 2-40° C.
US12133832B2
A Thermally Isolated Blood Carrier Tray includes a main panel having a plurality of thermally isolated compartments attached thereto. The thermally isolated compartments are arranged in two separate matrices having a plurality of column and rows. Each thermally isolated compartment is thermally isolated from an adjacent thermally isolated compartment. Each thermally isolated compartment maintains its own heat transfer rate without being affected by an adjacent thermally isolated compartments heat transfer rate. The placement of several different storage units having different temperatures into the Thermally Isolated Blood Carrier Tray does not affect the heat transfer rate of any one storage unit in a thermally isolated compartment. The Thermally Isolated Blood Carrier Tray provides a steady and even heat transfer from the storage unit to bring the storage units to an appropriate temperature for storage or transportation.
US12133830B2
A pharmaceutical container houses a substance for treating an individual having a medical condition. A disposable pouch has a primary layer and a secondary layer and defining a pouch chamber. A first pharmaceutical substance is within the pouch chamber for treating the medical condition. A second pharmaceutical substance is within the pouch chamber for treating the medical condition. The first pharmaceutical substance and the second pharmaceutical substance define a fixed-dose combination drug for ingestion by the individual for treating the medical condition.
US12133824B2
A locking arrangement for a patient lift configured to selectively lock the vertical movement of a patient support mounting device connected to a lifting device of the patient lift via a load bearing member. The locking arrangement including a shape memory alloy element and a locking device. The shape memory alloy element is connected to the locking device and arranged to selectively actuate the locking device to control a locking force on an engagement member mechanically connected to a motor and the load bearing member of the patient lift. The present invention further relates to a patient lift including the locking arrangement.
US12133818B2
A device may include an image capturing component to obtain images of an environment of a user, and a light projection system. The light projection system may include a laser source and an optical imager. The device may process, in real-time, images captured by the image capturing component to derive signals for controlling the laser source, provide the signals to the laser source to enable the laser source to generate a laser beam pattern, cause the optical imager to raster scan the laser beam pattern to an absorptive element. The absorptive element may be disposed on or in the user, and positioned proximate to a region-of interest, of the user, that includes neuronal cells. The laser beam pattern may cause the absorptive element to produce acoustic energy that cause depolarization of the neuronal cells. The sensory stimulation may enable the user to visually and/or auditorily perceive the environment.
US12133815B2
An eye drop applicator includes an applicator body with a top cavity, a bottom cavity, and a dispensing channel connecting the bottom cavity with the top cavity such that a fluid can selectively flow through the dispensing channel to the top cavity. The top cavity includes an opening at a top end of the applicator body, and the bottom cavity includes a bottom opening at a bottom end of the applicator body. The bottom cavity may receive a portion of an applicator container within the bottom cavity to assemble the eye drop applicator with the applicator container containing the fluid to be dispensed.
US12133813B2
In an example, a urine collection device includes a covering defining a recessed receptacle and a fluid collection assembly positioned in the recessed receptacle. The fluid collection assembly includes (i) a foam sleeve including a bore, (ii) a shape retaining element positioned in the bore of the foam sleeve and defining a passage, and (iii) a tube extending through the passage defined by the shape retaining element. The shape retaining element can conform the fluid collection assembly to a curved configuration and maintain the curved configuration of the fluid collection assembly until the curved configuration is adjusted. The urine collection further includes a top sheet coupled to the covering. The top sheet and the covering define an internal chamber of the urine collection device. The top sheet is configured to draw urine into the internal chamber and toward the fluid collection assembly.
US12133804B2
Methods for total ankle replacement procedures are disclosed. A method includes making an initial incision, obtaining an alignment guide, performing an alignment, performing a tibia and talar resection, trialing the implant components, performing a talar chamfer resection, and implanting the components.
US12133800B2
An exemplary method of performing an annuloplasty procedure includes introducing a catheter into a left atrium of a heart, deploying a first member from the catheter, anchoring the first member to a posterior side of a mitral valve annulus in the left atrium, deploying a second member from the catheter, anchoring the second member to an anterior side of the mitral valve annulus in the left atrium, deploying a flexible tensile member from the catheter, attaching the tensile member to both the first member and the second member and applying tension to the tensile member to draw the first member and the second member toward one another and bring the posterior side and the anterior side of the mitral valve annulus into closer approximation. Annuloplasty systems and components are also disclosed.
US12133796B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a non-collapsible annular frame extending in a longitudinal direction between an inflow edge and an outflow edge, and a valve assembly connected to the frame. The frame includes a plurality of annularly spaced commissure posts adjacent the outflow edge, each of the commissure posts including a tip and a post slot spaced apart from the tip. The prosthetic heart valve further includes a radiopaque element including an elongated main body having a first end and a second end. The radiopaque element may extend around the tip and through the post slot of at least one of the commissure posts so that a portion of the main body extends between the slot and the tip. Alternatively or additionally, a radiopaque element may be positioned adjacent a base of the frame.
US12133791B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods for making tampons including primary absorbent members and secondary absorbent members. In some configurations, the tampons may be constructed with a primary absorbent member formed by a primary absorbent pad in a rolled configuration. In some configurations, the tampons may be constructed with a primary absorbent member formed by first and second primary absorbent pads positioned in a crossing configuration.
US12133786B2
A dental implant evaluation unit is disclosed and described. The dental implant evaluation includes a body portion having threads that mimic the general thread pattern of an actual dental implant, without attempting to copy any of the osseointegrative features of the actual implant. A threaded collar is associated with the body portion, and, in certain embodiments, a safety flange is screwed to the threaded collar. The safety flange prevents the dental implant evaluation unit from infiltrating the sinus of a patient when testing the fit of a maxillary implant. The dental implant evaluation unit can be used by a dentist to evaluate the proper size and fit for an actual dental implant by installing the dental implant evaluation unit, and imaging the same, prior to installing the actual dental implant.
US12133779B2
A dental restoration system for a full-mouth dental replacement may include a dental restoration device having integrally formed teeth portions corresponding in number to a number of post-extraction tooth sockets of an entire maxillary or mandibular arch of a patient and abutment holes extending through teeth portions having a longitudinal axis that is substantially coaxially aligned with a tooth portion axis; straight implants secured within post-extraction tooth sockets having an implant axis that is substantially coaxially aligned with a tooth socket axis; abutments received within corresponding abutment holes and securable to corresponding implants by passing an abutment screw through each abutment and threadably securing the abutment screw within a threaded opening of a corresponding straight implant, wherein upon securing each of the abutments to the corresponding straight implants, an ovate pontic portion of the dental restoration device body seals against keratinized gingiva of the corresponding post-extraction tooth socket.
US12133772B2
A surgical robot positions an end effector that guides movement of a surgical tool during a surgical procedure on a patient anatomical structure. A tracking system determines a pose of the anatomical structure and a pose of the end effector and/or the surgical tool. A navigation controller determines a target pose for the surgical tool based on a surgical plan and based on the pose of the anatomical structure, and generates steering information based on the target pose for the surgical tool, the pose of the anatomical structure, and the pose of the surgical tool and/or the end effector. The steering information indicates where the surgical tool and/or the end effector need to be moved. An AR headset controller receives the steering information from the navigation controller and displays a graphical representation of the steering information and/or the target pose for the surgical tool on a see-through display screen.
US12133771B2
This disclosure relates to combined frequency and angle compounding for speckle reduction in ultrasound imaging. Such combined frequency and angle compounding can result in a multiplicative speckle reduction compared to using either frequency compounding or angle compounding alone. Compounding methods of this disclosure can make use of the full aperture of the ultrasound probe when acquiring individual images, hence there can be no compromise in resolution. In disclosed embodiments, ultrasound images can be obtained while an ultrasound probe is moving and the relative position and orientation of the ultrasound images can be determined from a measurement of the position and orientation of the ultrasound probe. Certain embodiments can correct for the movement and distortion of an object being imaged during the image acquisition.
US12133768B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a medical imaging apparatus, a training device, an ultrasonic image display method, and a storage medium storing a program that can quickly set a region of interest on an ultrasonic image are provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an ultrasonic image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasonic image of a subject, an inference unit configured to set, by using a trained model trained with a region of interest set on the ultrasonic image as teaching data, a region of interest on a new generated ultrasonic image, and a display unit configured to display the region of interest set by the inference unit along with the new generated ultrasonic image.
US12133767B2
This system for real-time localization of a millimetric or submillimetric object, such as a microrobot, in a viscoelastic medium, in particular in an organ of a subject such as a brain, a liver or a pancreas, includes: at least one bubble configured to be attached to said object, the or each bubble having a hermetic envelope filled with a gas; at least one ultrasound transducer configured to emit initial ultrasound signals and to detect deflected ultrasound signals deflected at the surface of the bubble(s); a processing unit in communication with the ultrasound transducers and configured to generate localization data of the object from localization data of the bubble(s) based on the deflected ultrasound signals detected by the ultrasound transducers.
US12133764B2
Various methods and systems are provided for dynamically adjusting user guidance based on a user's proficiency by tracking the same. In one example, a proficiency score for a user may be tracked over time and practice based on a pre-defined rubric for a given anatomical region and a given anatomical target within the anatomical region. During medical imaging, based on the proficiency score of the user, an amount of user guidance that is provided to the user may be adjusted. For example, user guidance may be automatically activated to guide the user during the imaging procedure when the proficiency score of the user is less than a threshold score.
US12133760B2
The present disclosure provides an ultrafast Doppler ultrasound method for estimating a blood flow velocity through repetitive compounding of multi-angle plane waves. The method includes: controlling an ultrasonic transducer to cyclically transmit plane waves (101) according to a sequence of deflection angles of {0, −β, β, −β}; receiving echo signals (102) of the plane waves reflected by an area to be scanned; searching for three consecutive frames of signals with deflection angles in a sequence of {0, −β, β} and {β, −β, 0} in the echo signals to obtain multiple frame groups (103); compounding the three consecutive frames of signals of each frame group to obtain a compounded radio frequency (RF) signal (105); calculating a blood flow velocity (106) according to the compounded RF signal; and performing color coding on the blood flow velocity to generate a two-dimensional (2D) blood flow velocity image (107).
US12133758B2
Versatile, multimode radiographic systems and methods utilize portable energy emitters and radiation-tracking detectors. The x-ray emitter may include a digital camera and, optionally, a thermal imaging camera to provide for fluoroscopic, digital, and infrared thermal imagery of a patient for the purpose of aiding diagnostic, surgical, and non-surgical interventions. The emitter may cooperative with an inventive x-ray capture stage that automatically pivots, orients and aligns itself with the emitter to maximize exposure quality and safety. The combined system uses less power, corrects for any skew or perspective in the emission, allows the subject to remain in place, and allows the surgeon's workflow to continue uninterrupted.
US12133756B2
A CPU acquires projection images captured at each irradiation position in a state in which a marker is disposed and set irradiation positions set as the irradiation positions of the projection images, generates a tomographic image from the projection images using the set irradiation positions, derives the coordinates of a three-dimensional position where the marker is disposed from the tomographic image, derives a first two-dimensional position of the marker projected onto the projection plane from the set irradiation positions and the coordinates of the three-dimensional position of the marker, and estimates the irradiation positions on the basis of the first two-dimensional position and a second two-dimensional position of the marker in the projection plane which is specified from a marker image indicating the marker included in each of the projection images.
US12133754B2
A system and method are provided for creating both angiographic images of a subject and dynamic images of the subject from imaging data acquired during an imaging acquisition. The method includes operating an imaging system to perform an imaging acquisition by delivering interspersed doses of high doses of the ionizing radiation and low doses of the ionizing radiation, wherein more low doses of the ionizing radiation are delivered than high doses of ionizing radiation during the imaging acquisition to thereby acquire the imaging data with a high frame rate of low dose data and a low frame rate of high dose data. The method also includes generating at least volumetric angiographic images of the subject and dynamic images of the subject from the imaging data.
US12133753B2
An imaging support device used in a radiography apparatus including a radiation source and a radiation image detector that detects a radiation image of a subject on the basis of radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the subject, and includes an optical camera that outputs an optical image by optically imaging a region including an irradiation field of the radiation applied to the subject from the radiation source, and at least one processor, in which the processor executes a determination process of determining a possibility of reimaging in a case where radiography is performed on the basis of the optical image acquired by the optical camera before start of the radiography by using a trained model that has learned a relationship between the optical image captured during the radiography and a necessity of recapturing the radiation image that is captured during the radiography.
US12133751B2
A radiography apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; an arm that holds the irradiation unit and an image receiving unit in a facing posture such that the image receiving unit is attachable and detachable; a connection portion or a main body portion that rotatably supports the arm; a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism that lock a rotation of the arm with respect to the connection portion or the main body portion; a photo sensor that detects whether or not the image receiving unit is detached from the arm; and a control unit that performs control not to release the lock even in a case in which an unlock operation for releasing the lock of the rotation by the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism is performed in a state in which the image receiving unit is detached from the arm.
US12133750B2
The X-ray imaging apparatus (100) is provided with an imaging unit (2), a moving mechanism (4), and an image processing unit (17) for generating a subject image (42). The image processing unit is configured to set a reference plane (34) that is an imaging region when generating a subject image and generate the subject image on the reference plane. In a case where there is a plurality of X-ray images in which pixel corresponding points are reflected, the image processing unit is configured to select the pixels corresponding to the pixel corresponding points in the X-ray image in which the pixel corresponding points are reflected to determine pixel values of the pixel corresponding points.
US12133747B2
The invention relates to a computer-assisted tomography (CT) system having the following features: a) at least one X-ray source, b) at least one patient couch for supporting a patient, c) at least one first X-ray detector, provided permanently or at least temporarily in the ray path of the X-rays radiated by the X-ray source through the patient couch, d) at least one second X-ray detector, provided permanently or at least temporarily in the ray path of the X-rays radiated by the X-ray source through the patient couch, e) at least one actuable drive mechanism, using which the first and/or second X-ray detector can be moved from a position in the ray path of the X-rays radiated by the X-ray source through the patient couch, to a position outside the ray path and vice versa, f) at least one electronic control device that is configured to actuate the drive mechanism.
US12133744B2
Intravascular devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the intravascular devices include at least one electronic, optical, or electro-optical component positioned within a distal portion of the device and one or more connectors positioned at a distal portion of the device. In some instances, the connectors are flexible coils, such as a ribbon coil, formed of a conductive material. In some particular instances, the conductive coil is embedded within a polymer tubing. Further, in some embodiments the electronic, optical, or electro-optical component is positioned within a flexible element at the distal portion of the device. In some instances the flexible element is a coil. Methods of making and/or assembling such intravascular devices/systems are also provided.
US12133735B2
To prevent unintended concentration of radially protruding arm members. An electrode catheter (1) includes a catheter body (10) and an electrode unit (100) attached to a distal-end portion (10a) of the catheter body. The electrode unit includes a plurality of arm members (110) in which a one-end portion (110a) in a longitudinal direction is supported by the catheter body and the other-end portion (110b) in a longitudinal direction radially protrudes from the distal-end portion of the catheter body, ring-shaped electrodes (120) attached to the arm members, and core wires (130) as regulating units that regulate actions of adjacent ones of the arm members.
US12133733B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a medical electrode, comprising the following steps: (i) providing a substrate; (ii) applying a composition onto the substrate, wherein the composition comprises (a) a non-aqueous solvent and (b) an organic iridium complex compound dissolved in the solvent; (iii) heating the composition, and thereby forming a noble metal layer on the substrate.
US12133732B2
An ECG electrode includes a substrate and one or more holes. The substrate includes on one side an electrolyte gel for contacting a patients skin and an adhesive. The one or more holes perforate the substrate and the adhesive to increase the adhesion between the patients skin and the substrate. The one or more holes can have a circular shape, rectangular shape, crescent shape, polygonal shape, elliptical shape, diamond shape, star shape, or triangular shape. A method for manufacturing an ECG electrode includes assembling a substrate that includes on one side an electrolyte gel for contacting a patients skin and an adhesive and creating one or more holes in the substrate and the adhesive that increase the adhesion between the skin and the substrate. The one or more holes are created using a laser or a drill.
US12133725B2
A gait analysis apparatus 10 includes, a data acquisition unit 11 that acquires a three-dimensional point cloud data of a human to be analyzed, a center of gravity location calculation unit 12 that calculates coordinates of a center of gravity location on the three-dimensional point cloud data of the human to be analyzed by using coordinates of each point constituting the acquired three-dimensional point cloud data, and a gait index calculation unit 13 that calculates a gait index of the human to be analyzed by using the calculated center of gravity location.
US12133724B2
Monitoring patients utilizing computer vision to analyze patient movements on or near a patient support apparatus such as a bed. Computer vision is employed to analyze video feed of patients to detect movements indicative of clinical parameters. Information generated by the computer vision processor can be recorded to a patient's electronic medical record. Such information can be used to make clinical assessments, diagnoses, or detect critical patient events requiring attention of caregivers. In instances where caregiver assistance is required, an alert can be communicated to one or more caregivers through a caregiver call system.
US12133715B2
Hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging with a minimal area image sensor are disclosed. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation, wherein the pixel array comprises active pixels and optical black pixels. The system includes a black clamp circuit providing offset control for data generated by the pixel array. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm; electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 565 nm to about 585 nm; electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm; an excitation wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that causes a reagent to fluoresce; or a laser mapping pattern.
US12133706B2
A surgical robot includes an arm configured to allow a medical device to be attached thereto, and an operation unit supported by the arm. The operation unit includes a joystick configured to operate movement of the medical device by the arm.
US12133700B2
A system comprises a robotic manipulator for control of motion of a medical tool. The robotic manipulator including a joint and a link connected to the joint. The link is configured to connect to the medical tool. A processing unit of the system is configured to receive first data from an encoder of the joint. A first tool tip estimate of a first parameter of a tool tip coupled at a distal end of the medical tool is generated using the first data. The first parameter of the tool tip is a position or a velocity of the tool tip. Second data is received from a sensor system located at a sensor portion of the link or the medical tool. The joint is controlled based on a first difference between the first tool tip estimate and a second tool tip estimate generated using the first and second data.
US12133688B2
Methods, systems and devices for pre-operatively planned shoulder surgery guides and implants. Pre-operative planning methods for designing glenoid implants and prostheses, particularly with patient-specific augmentation, based on considerations of multiple factors affecting the outcome of shoulder surgery. Methods of using surgery guides and implants, including adaptive glenoid implants, in patients undergoing shoulder surgery.
US12133687B2
An ophthalmic apparatus includes a first optical system for acquiring information regarding an eye refractive power of a subject eye based on reflection light of measurement light reflected from a fundus of the subject eye, a second optical system for acquiring anterior segment information regarding a shape of an anterior segment of the subject eye, and a calculation controller that acquires an axial length of the subject eye based on an on-surface eye refractive power, which is the eye refractive power on a cross section on which an optical axis of the first optical system is arranged and the anterior segment information regarding the cross section.
US12133686B2
Apparatus and methods are presented for non-contact in-vivo measurement of one or more properties of a cornea or tear film with spatial resolution. In certain embodiments the cornea/tear film is probed at substantially normal incidence with a converging array of beamlets from a multi-wavelength optical source, and the reflected light analysed interferometrically to generate a time sequence of pachymetry maps. Thickness variations arising from differences between the external and intraocular pressure, e.g. from the ocular pulse or externally applied pressure changes, are measured and analysed to obtain information on a biomechanical response of the cornea. In preferred embodiments the time variation in tear film thickness is measured and subtracted to yield normalised pachymetry data for the biomechanical analysis. In certain embodiments the apparatus is configured to measure the dynamics and profile of the tear film, using either converging or substantially parallel arrays of beamlets.
US12133683B2
Methods and systems for dynamically determining stimuli characteristics for vision defect determination during a vision test. The methods and systems convert the feedback received from the binary suprathreshold test into a feature input that is provided to a prediction model. The prediction model may be trained to predict non-binary characteristics for sets of locations and confidence scores associated with the sets of locations based on feedback indicating binary characteristics under which users see one or more stimuli presented on user interfaces.
US12133667B2
The self-contouring plate system for bone fractures allows a surgeon to bridge a bone fracture, primarily in bones of complex shape where the use of plates or screws is difficult. The self-contouring plate is formed from a series of similar or identical rigid elements, the elements able to bend and rotate with respect to each other. This flexibility is initially helpful as the surgeon contours the device to the shape of the bone. When the desired shape is reached, the elements are locked into place. The length of device is adjusted by adding or removing elements, much like a necklace. Each element of the self-contouring plate includes a ball that extends away from a body, a cavity for receiving the ball of the neighboring plate, and a screw to compress the ball within the cavity.
US12133665B2
A surgical instrument comprises a member being engageable to a spinal implant configured for connection to a bone fastener shaft. An actuator is connected to the member. A latch is connected to the actuator and the connection is configured to change between at least one non-locked orientation such that the actuator is movable relative to the member and a locked orientation such that the actuator is fixed relative to the member. Systems, spinal constructs, implants and methods are disclosed.
US12133662B2
A skin graft tool can cut a skin graft at a desired thickness and width, as desired. A skin punch is provided to cut a perimeter around the area of the skin to be cut for the graft, and a fenestrator tool is provided to fenestrate the cut graft skin material prior to applying to a graft site.
US12133661B2
A medical device is able to achieve a high aspiration pressure while also effectively transmitting rotational torque to a cutting portion to remove an object inside a biological lumen. The medical device includes a drive shaft, an outer tube accommodating the drive shaft, a cutting portion fixed to the drive shaft, and a hub unit. The hub unit has a first housing with an aspiration port, a second housing with a liquid delivering port, and first and second seal portions disposed between the second housing and the drive shaft. The first seal portion has a first frictional coefficient, and the second seal portion has a second frictional coefficient. The first frictional coefficient is lower than the second frictional coefficient, and the first seal portion is located on a distal side of the second seal portion.
US12133660B2
An ultrasonic electromechanical system for an ultrasonic surgical instrument may include an ultrasonic blade, a clamp arm disposed opposite the ultrasonic blade, an ultrasonic transducer configured to oscillate the ultrasonic blade in response to a drive signal, and a control circuit coupled to the ultrasonic transducer. The control circuit can be configured to determine a temperature of the ultrasonic blade, increase an amount of power of the drive signal when the temperature of the ultrasonic blade is less than a first predetermined value, and decrease the amount of power of the drive signal when the temperature of the ultrasonic blade is greater than a second predetermined value. The second predetermined value may be greater than the first predetermined value. An ultrasonic generator connectable to the ultrasonic electromechanical system may include the control circuit.
US12133644B2
Knotless suture anchors and methods are provided for affixing soft tissue to a bone. One exemplary embodiment of a suture anchor includes an insertion rod, a distal tip member removably coupled to a distal end of the insertion rod, the distal tip member having a suture engagement feature configured to have a plurality of suture limbs slidably coupled to the tip member, and a proximal main member having an elongated cylindrical body with one or more bone-engaging features disposed on its outer surface and a longitudinal lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The suture anchor can also include two suture limb holding surfaces to maintain two suture limbs a distance apart from each other. Other exemplary embodiments, as well as methods for affixing soft tissue to a bone, are also provided.
US12133621B2
A hands-free footwear and foot cleaning device which allows the user to clean the bottom or the sole of the footwear as well as the exterior surrounding sides of the footwear. The device can also be used to clean a user's bare foot. The device utilizes a plurality of rollers and a series of water line sprayers that are adapted to spray in a direction to contact one or more of the side portion, bottom portion, or top portion of the sole of a footwear or foot. The sprayers are activated by either a sensor or a pressure devise. The device may also include the option of incorporating additional elements for the purpose of cleaning bare feet rather than just the bottoms of the footwear.
US12133619B2
Experimental color data obtained from a plurality of cleaning process verification coupons is used to determine optimized cleaning process parameters in an automated cleaning machine. Color data may also be obtained from cleaning process verification coupon(s) to verify the efficacy of a real-world cleaning processes in an automated cleaning machine and/or to obtain one or more suggested corrective action(s) in the event the cleaning process yields an unsatisfactory cleaning result. Based on the optimized cleaning process parameters, an automated cleaning machine may automatically adjust one or more cleaning process parameters to correct for non-optimized parameters sensed during execution of a cleaning process to help prevent an unsatisfactory cleaning result.
US12133616B2
A portable kitchen assembly for cold storage and cooking of food items includes a housing, which defines an interior space. A power module is engaged to the housing. A cooktop is engaged to an upper facet of the housing and is operationally engaged to the power module. An oven is engaged to the housing and is positioned in the interior space so that a door of the oven is accessible from a front of the housing. Food items can be heated on the cooktop or baked or cooked in the oven. A cooling unit is engaged to the housing and is positioned in the interior space so that a door of the cooling unit is accessible from the front of the housing. The cooling unit provides cold storage for a food item. A set of wheels is engaged to a lower facet of the housing allows for locomotion of the housing across a surface.
US12133612B2
A blade means for a mixer, such as for example an immersion blender or stand mixer includes a rotational shaft; at least one blade which extends from the rotational shaft and has at least one cutting edge; and a plurality of serrations which are formed in the at least one cutting edge. The individual serrations are spaced apart from one another by a planar portion of the at least one cutting edge, wherein the planar portion of the at least one cutting edge is less sharp than the serrations.
US12133610B2
The present application discloses a cooking system comprising more than one cooking apparatuses, each capable of cooking a food. A first cooking apparatus can boil or deep fry food or food ingredients to produce a semi-cooked food. The semi-cooked food may be cooked or mixed in a second cooking. The cooking apparatuses work together to produce cooked foods. A computer system is used to control the cooking system.
US12133609B2
A solid-fuel grilling device comprises a direct-current power source. A direct-current sensor is in communication with the direct-current power source. The direct-current sensor is configured to gather power characteristic data in relation to the direct-current power source. A solid-fuel grilling component is in communication with the direct-power source. The direct-power source provides power to the solid-fuel grilling component. A processor, in communication with the direct-current sensor, is configured to analyze the power characteristic data and determine operational health of solid-fuel grill components.
US12133608B2
A method for operating an electric heating system of a kitchen machine and a kitchen machine for carrying out the method are proposed, wherein a measuring temperature of the heating system is determined by means of a temperature element in order to carry out a calibration of a heating element and/or to compare the measuring temperature with a heating temperature of the heating element determined by means of the heating element for identifying a critical heating state.
US12133599B2
A drink cup includes a body formed to include an interior region providing a fluid-holding reservoir and a brim. The brim is coupled to the body to form an opening into the interior region. The body includes a floor and a sidewall that extends away from the floor. The drink cup further includes a body-strengthening system coupled to the body.
US12133596B2
An ergonomic chair has a back support member and means for arranging and supporting legs of the user in an asymmetric configuration, with a first leg extending in front of a body of the user and a second leg aligned with or extending behind the body of the user. An angle between the first and second legs in a side view can be at least 30 degrees. The means for arranging and supporting legs can comprise one or more fixed structures that support the first leg in a first orientation, or one or more dynamic structures that can be positioned by the user to support the first leg in a first orientation. In some embodiments, with the legs of the user in the asymmetric configuration, a centerline of the user is offset from a centerline of the back support member with respect to a lateral direction.
US12133592B2
Modular units for forming structures, such as furniture assemblies or other structures. The modular units being interconnectable by magnetic connectors that have a cage with an end cap, and a bridge connected to the cage and spaced from the end cap to define a magnet void in the cage between the end cap and the bridge. A magnet is movably positioned within void, and a magnetic mass is coupled to the cage with the bridge is between the mass and the magnet. The magnet is movable in the cage void between a shielded position held against the bridge by a first magnetic attraction between the magnet and the mass, and a locked position held against the end cap by a second magnetic attraction that is greater than the first magnetic attraction.
US12133590B1
A fluid dispenser for manually applying a selected fluid to a desired location, the fluid dispenser includes a reservoir for the selected fluid, the reservoir has a flexible resilient body plus an applicator assembly with a cavity that is in communication with the reservoir, applicator assembly also has a partial disposing of a plurality of bristle elements, such that the cavity openly terminates within the plurality of bristle elements, wherein operationally the selected fluid is manually moved from the reservoir interior via manually squeezing the surrounding sidewall with the selected fluid moving into the cavity, and finally dispensing adjacent to the plurality of bristles.
US12133587B2
A golf bag comprising a body for holding golf clubs and a shoulder strap assembly comprising (i) a first shoulder strap, (ii) a second shoulder strap, (iii) a bridge member, and (iv) a plurality of connecting straps coupled to the first and second shoulder straps. The first and second shoulder straps are configured to extend laterally towards each other. The bridge member is configured to directly and undetachably couple the first and second shoulder straps. A first end of the bridge member is attached to the first shoulder strap at a first attachment point, and a second end of the bridge member is attached to the second shoulder strap at a second attachment point. The connecting straps are attached to the first shoulder strap and the second shoulder strap at a third attachment point and a fourth attachment point.
US12133582B1
A smart cane for an individual includes a linear main frame rod (LMFR), a linear extending rod (LER) slidably connected to the LMFR, a load-bearing feet coupled to the LER, a top case assembly having a pivot connected to an end of the LMFR, and a hand grip coupled to an outer side of the top case assembly. A casing box of the top case assembly is in the form of an irregular hexagonal cell having an axis of symmetry that is coaxial with an axis of the hand grip. Two longest sides of the irregular hexagonal cell are opposite one another and two shortest sides of the irregular hexagonal cell are of equal length and are opposite one another.
US12133574B2
A footwear, including an outsole including an anterior portion and a posterior portion wherein at least one of the anterior portion and the posterior portion are configured to receive at least one protuberance, the outsole including a visible outsole map including at least one of an anterior portion outsole map and a posterior portion outsole map, each including different outsole coordinate systems, and at least one protuberance movably mountable on the outsole and configured to contact the ground and including at least one visible protuberance coordinate system corresponding to the outsole map, wherein each of the reference points on the outsole map represents a unique protuberance alignment setting in respect to the outsole map.
US12133564B2
The present teaching relates to a protector capable of dynamically deploying protection to a user. Data are received from a plurality of sensors embedded in the protector, worn by a user on head and for providing protection to the user based on need. The data capture information surrounding the protector and are used to detect a closest distance associated with a person among one or more people appearing nearby the user. If the closest distance satisfies a first condition, the protector applies protection to the user via at least one protection sheet stored in the protector to create a barrier between the user and the one or more people.
US12133554B2
A liquid detecting system for an electronic cigarette includes a light source; a light detector; a liquid store including an internal cavity for holding liquid; and a light guide optically coupled to the light source and detector such that light emitted from the source propagates towards the detector along an optical path including an internal reflection within the light guide at a boundary with the cavity, such that light received by the detector along the optical path varies depending on contents of the cavity. Also provided are a liquid cartridge and an electronic cigarette including the system, a method for determining contents of the liquid cartridge and a computer readable medium including executable instructions which, upon execution by a device, cause the method to be performed.
US12133553B2
A vapor generator assembly for an e-vaping device may include a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation, a vaporizer assembly configured to heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from the reservoir to form a vapor, and an air intake assembly configured to direct ambient air into the vaporizer assembly. The air intake assembly may at least partially define an air inlet that extends at least partially around an outer surface of the vapor generator assembly. The air inlet may be an arcuate air inlet or an annular air inlet. The air intake assembly may at least partially define an inlet channel extending from the air inlet into an interior of the vapor generator assembly to at least partially establish fluid communication between the arcuate air inlet and the vaporizer assembly. The inlet channel may extend coaxially in relation to a longitudinal axis of the vapor generator assembly.
US12133542B2
The present invention relates to animal feed compositions comprising at least one probiotic and polypeptides having muramidase activity.
US12133541B2
A feed composition comprising hexahydro-β-acid component compounds shown in formula I, i.e. hexahydrocolupulone and/or hexahydroadlupulone, applications of the feed composition and the hexahydro-β-acid component compounds, and a method for using the feed composition to improve animal production performance.
US12133536B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a coating composition comprising cellulose nanomaterials and emulsion systems. The coating compositions provide improved moisture barrier and wettability onto fruit surfaces and can control physiological activity and enhance storability of food products, such as fruits during ambient storage. Also disclosed herein are embodiments of dried and substantially dried coatings, films, products made with the coating compositions, and methods of making and using the coating compositions described herein.
US12133527B2
The invention relates to a formulation comprising: 2-undecanone in an amount of about 5% to about 50%; at least one hydrophobic base in an amount of about 5% to about 65%; at least one alcohol in an amount of about 5% to about 50%; and at least one emulsifier in an amount of about 5% to about 15% and methods of repelling insects and ticks by applying to a subject or a substrate a formulation of the invention.
US12133515B2
A method of modulating some or all copies of a gene in a cell is provided including introducing into a cell one or more ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequences that comprise a portion that is complementary to all or a portion of each of the one or more target nucleic acid sequences, and a nucleic acid sequence that encodes a Cas protein and maintaining the cells under conditions in which the Cas protein is expressed and the Cas protein binds and modulates the one or more target nucleic acid sequences in the cell.
US12133512B2
An artificial propagation method of Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous, comprising placing female and male parent fish in a sterilized culture container in which a black cave simulant is placed in advance, strictly controlling the environmental parameters of the parent fish culture. The method realizes natural spawning and sperm production of S. rhinocerous under artificial conditions without using oxytocin. There is no oxytocin used in the artificial propagation, thus not only obtaining a higher fertilization rate and incubating rate, but also reducing the aquaculture cost. The operation is simpler and faster. At the same time, different feeds are fed in different growth stages according to the different growth characteristics of each stage of S. rhinocerous fry, thereby increasing the survival rate and reducing the deformity rate of fries. Therefore, the method provided by the present disclosure realizes efficient artificial propagation method of S. rhinocerous.
US12133504B2
A soybean cultivar designated 85030154 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 85030154, to the plants of soybean cultivar 85030154, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 85030154, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 85030154. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85030154. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85030154, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 85030154 with another soybean cultivar.
US12133499B1
A novel maize variety designated 1PUFT30 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PUFT30 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PUFT30 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PUFT30 or a locus conversion of 1PUFT30 with another maize variety.
US12133491B2
A method of making a tree injection device includes identifying a species specific depth at which phloem is located beneath a tree's bark and preparing a tree injection device. The tree injection device has a head defining an input opening for receiving the solution and a shank. A shank of the device has a radially constricted section positioned between a first radially enlarged section and a second radially enlarged section. An output opening for delivering the solution is defined by the radially constricted section and is formed at a distance from a collar substantially equal to the depth.
US12137622B2
A method for fabricating a forming-free resistive random-access memory (RRAM) device is provided. The method includes: fabricating an RRAM cell and annealing the RRAM cell. The RRAM cell includes: a bottom electrode, a switching oxide layer comprising at least one transition metal oxide; a top electrode, and an interface between the switching oxide layer and the top electrode. In some embodiments, the at least one transition metal oxide includes at least one of HfOx or TaOy, wherein x≤2.0, and wherein y≤2.5. The interface layer comprises a layer of at least one of Al2O3, MgO, Y2O3, or La2O3. The forming-free RRAM device may be switched to multiple resistance levels without a forming process.
US12137616B2
A method of fabricating a magnetoresistive device includes forming a magnetically fixed region on one side of an intermediate region. Forming the magnetically fixed region may include forming a first ferromagnetic region and forming an antiferromagnetic coupling region on one side of the first ferromagnetic region. The method may also include treating a surface of the coupling region by exposing the surface to a gas, and forming a second ferromagnetic region on the treated surface of the coupling region.
US12137614B2
A piezoelectric composition containing: at least one or more elements selected from alkali metal elements; at least one or more elements selected from a group consisting of vanadium, niobium, and tantalum; copper or copper and germanium; and oxygen. The piezoelectric composition has a main phase, and a high Cu-concentration phase in which a content ratio of copper is higher than the main phase, and when a content ratio of oxygen in the high Cu-concentration phase is set as Og, and a content ratio of copper is set as Cug, Og and Cug satisfy relationships of 51≤Og≤60 and 2.0≤Cug≤15.
US12137606B2
A compound having a structure of Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, X1-X7, Z1 and Z2 are each independently C or N; Z3 is selected from BR′, NR′, PR′, O, S, Se, C═O, S═O, SO2, CR′R″, SiR′R″, and GeRR″; L is selected from O, S, and NR; C1, C2, and C3 are all carbon atoms; the bonds represent single bond or double bond to fulfill the valency requirement of a neutral compound; each R1, R2, R3, R, R′, R″, RA, and RB is independently hydrogen or a substituent; and any two of R1, R2, R3, R, R′, R″, RA, and RB can be joined or fused together to form a ring. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these compounds.
US12137592B2
The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device, wherein the display substrate includes a substrate body, the substrate body includes a plurality of island portions spaced apart from each other, a plurality of connection areas connecting the plurality of island portions, and a penetration portion penetrating the substrate body among the plurality of connection areas, at least a portion of each edge of the island portion is connected with the connection area; each island portion is respectively provided with a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group includes a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit which are adjacently arranged along a first direction, an arrangement of the sub-pixels in the first pixel unit is different from an arrangement of the sub-pixels in the second pixel unit, the plurality of pixel groups form an n×m arrangement on the island portion and cover the whole island portion.
US12137590B2
A display device includes: a light-emitting diode including a first electrode, a second electrode arranged on the first electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a bus electrode spaced apart from the first electrode of the light-emitting diode; a bank layer covering an edge of the first electrode and an edge of the bus electrode, and exposing a portion of the first electrode and a portion of the bus electrode; and an insulating pattern layer arranged on the bus electrode, and including a first opening overlapping a first opening, wherein the second electrode contacts the bus electrode through the first opening of the insulating pattern layer.
US12137589B2
A display device may include a substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding at least a portion of the display area, a first organic insulating layer disposed on the substrate in the non-display area, a first conductive layer disposed on the first organic insulating layer and including first discharge holes, a second organic insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer, and a transparent conductive layer disposed on the second organic insulating layer and including second discharge holes that respectively overlap the first discharge holes.
US12137586B2
Provided are a display substrate, a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes: a first display region and a second display region; the first display region includes a plurality of first pixels, wherein the first pixel includes a passive light-emitting device, the second display region includes a plurality of second pixels, wherein the second pixel includes an active light-emitting device and a pixel drive circuit electrically connected to the active light-emitting device. The first display region includes a plurality of first driving signal wire groups, each first driving signal wire group corresponds to a first pixel row. The first pixel row includes one row of the first pixels, and each first driving signal group includes a plurality of first driving signal wires.
US12137582B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate, a light-emitting device located on the base substrate, a first flat layer located on a side of the light-emitting device away from the base substrate, and a black matrix located on a side of the first flat layer away from the base substrate, wherein the black matrix has a plurality of opening regions, and color filters are arranged in corresponding opening regions; the color filters are configured to filter external incident light; and the first flat layer has a plurality of first concave faces arranged corresponding to the opening regions, the color filters fill the first concave faces, and the color filters further cover peripheral regions of the first concave faces.
US12137579B2
A display device includes a display panel, and an electronic module disposed thereunder. The display panel includes a first display area having first areas with a first pixel density and a pixel-free area, each first area including a respective pixel, the pixel-free area including second areas and third areas, each third area surrounding a respective second area and disposed between the respective second area and at least one first area, a second display area having a second pixel density greater than the first pixel density, first pattern layers disposed in the third areas, respectively, each first pattern layer surrounding a respective second area in a plan view, and second pattern layers disposed on the first pattern layers, respectively.
US12137575B2
A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes: providing a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; forming an organic light emitting diode element in the display area; forming a barrier wall around the display area and spaced apart from the organic light emitting diode element; performing a plasma treatment on the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode element is formed; and forming a thin film encapsulation layer for coating the organic light emitting diode element, wherein forming the thin film encapsulation layer includes: forming at least one inorganic layer; and forming at least one organic layer inwardly of the barrier wall.
US12137574B2
Approaches for integrating FE memory arrays into a processor, and the resulting structures are described. Simultaneous integrations of regions with ferroelectric (FE) cells and regions with standard interconnects are also described. FE cells include FE capacitors that include a FE stack of layers, which is encapsulated with a protection material. The protection material protects the FE stack of layers as structures for regular logic are fabricated in the same die.
US12137573B2
A two-dimensional array of discrete dielectric template structures is formed over a substrate. A first dielectric spacer matrix may be formed in lower portions of the trenches between the discrete dielectric template structures. A second dielectric spacer matrix layer may be formed in upper portions of the trenches. A pair of a source cavity and a drain cavity may be formed within a volume of each of the discrete dielectric template structures. A source electrode and a drain electrode may be formed in each source cavity and each drain cavity, respectively. The gate electrodes may be formed prior to, or after, formation of the two-dimensional array of discrete dielectric template structures to provide a two-dimensional array of field effect transistors that may be connected to, or may contain, memory elements.
US12137561B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a first stack including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of first interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked on a substrate; a second stack including a plurality of sacrificial layers and a plurality of second interlayer insulating layers alternately stacked on the substrate; a plurality of stepped grooves defined at different depths in the first stack; and an opening defined in the second stack, and having, on a sidewall thereof, a plurality of steps which have the same heights as differences in depth between the plurality of stepped grooves.
US12137557B2
A semiconductor memory device may include a second conductive type first well, a second conductive type third well, a first conductive type second well, a floating gate and a selection gate. The first well may include a first active region. The third well may include a third active region. The second well may be arranged between the first well and the third well. The second well may include a second active region. The floating gate may be overlapped with the first active region, the second active region and the third active region. The selection gate may be overlapped with the second active region. The selection gate and the floating gate may be arranged side by side. A second overlap area between the second active region and the floating gate may be larger than a third overlap area between the third active region and the floating gate.
US12137522B2
A wiring circuit board includes a mounting region for mounting an electronic element and a circuit region surrounding the mounting region. The mounting region includes a terminal. The circuit region includes a circuit to be electrically connected to the terminal. The circuit region includes a metal support layer, a base insulating layer, and a conductive layer including the circuit. The mounting region does not include the metal support layer and includes a base insulating layer having an opening portion, and the conductive layer including the terminal. The terminal is disposed in the opening portion of the base insulating layer.
US12137519B2
A planar lightwave circuit structure based on a printed circuit board and its manufacturing method are provided. The manufacturing method includes: S1, preparing the printed circuit board; S2, adhering the lower cladding layer to one side of the printed circuit board, and then annealing process carried out; S3, jetting a lightwave circuit material on an upper surface of the lower cladding layer in a predetermined route through an electrohydrodynamic jet printing device to form lightwave circuit lines to be cured, the lightwave circuit material being a slurry containing silver ions and an ultraviolet (UV) curing agent; S4, curing the lightwave circuit lines through irradiation of UV light, the UV light irradiating onto the lightwave circuit lines through a lens assembly with slits; and S5, depositing an upper cladding layer on the lower cladding layer and the lightwave circuit lines, and then solidifying treatment carried out.
US12137517B2
A wave launcher may include a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a pin that receives a radio frequency (RF) signal. The wave launcher may include a cylinder configured to be electrically coupled to the pin and define an opening. The cylinder may receive the RF signal from the pin, form a transition from coplanar to Goubau line structure with a plate, and generate the surface wave. The wave launcher may include an insulator configured to be physically positioned within the opening and between the cylinder and a power line. The insulator may mechanically isolate the cylinder from the power line and permit the cylinder to launch the surface wave on the power line. The wave launcher may include the plate electrically coupled to a pad and may provide a reference for the pin and the cylinder. The pin and the cylinder may be physically positioned proximate the plate.
US12137512B2
The present approach relates to generating one or both of a failure prediction indication for an X-ray tube or a remaining useful life estimate for the X-ray tube. In one implementation, a complexity of a regression model is selected based on the operating points utilized by an imaging system for the X-ray tube, where the regression model estimates coefficients utilized by a static tube model in estimating health (e.g., thickness) of the electron emitter of the X-ray tube, which in turn may be used in predicting remaining useful life of an electron emitter of the X-ray tube. In another implementation, replacement of an X-ray tube or a component of a filament drive circuit coupled to the X-ray tube may be detected.
US12137501B2
A method for producing a Fe—Cr alloy comprises: rolling a slab having a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.020% or less, Si: 0.01% to 1.5%, Mn: 1.0% or less, P: 0.040% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Cr: 16.0% to 30.0%, Al: 2.0% to 6.5%, N: 0.020% or less, and Ni: 0.50% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities to obtain a sheet material; subjecting the sheet material to siliconizing treatment by a thermal CVD method to obtain a Fe—Cr alloy having a Si content of more than 1.5 mass % and 10.0 mass % or less and satisfying: 14.0%≤Si+1.15×% Al+0.35×% Cr (1) where % Si, % Al, and % Cr indicate Si, Al, and Cr contents, by mass %, respectively in the chemical composition of the Fe—Cr alloy.
US12137499B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchscreen display; first communication circuitry to establish a short-range communication connection; second communication circuitry to establish a cellular communication connection; and a processor. The processor is adapted to establish, using the first communication circuitry, the short-range communication connection with a wearable device based at least in part on a graphical code being displayed on a display of the wearable device; based at least in part on a determination that an embedded subscription identity module (eSIM) profile is not installed on the wearable device, display, via the touchscreen display, a user interface (UI) to install the eSIM profile on the wearable device, the UI including one or more contract options associated with a cellular network service for the wearable device; receive, via the touchscreen display, a user input to select at least one contract option from the one or more contract options; and transmit, using the second communication circuitry, a service subscription request corresponding to the at least one contract option to a first server associated with the cellular network service, such that the eSIM profile corresponding to the at least one contract option is installed on the wearable device based at least in part on the service subscription request.
US12137492B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently performing dynamic power control with minimal complexity in a dual connectivity mode. In particular, a user equipment (UE) may determine the reserved power (or maximum available power) for uplink transmissions on one or more cells in one cell group to a base station based on the total power available to the UE and the minimum reserved power for uplink transmissions on one or more cells in another cell group. Once the UE determines the reserved power for conflicting uplink transmissions on one or more cells in a cell group, the UE may allocate the reserved power to each uplink transmission on the one or more cells in the cell group (e.g., based on a priority of each of the uplink transmissions).
US12137476B2
A low complexity user equipment (UE) may be in communication with another UE (e.g., with a premium UE or more capable UE) via a device-to-device communication link (e.g., via sidelink), and the low complexity UE may leverage the device-to-device link to improve (e.g., simplify, expedite, etc.) random access procedures performed by the low complexity UE. For example, a low complexity UE may request contention free random access (CFRA) resources via the device-to-device link with another UE. Another device (e.g., another UE in device-to-device communication with the low complexity UE) may receive the request from the low complexity UE and forward the request to the network (e.g., to a base station). The network may then configure CFRA resources for the low complexity UE. Upon receiving the CFRA configuration, the low complexity UE may perform a random access procedure (e.g., a CFRA procedure) with the network (e.g., with the base station) accordingly.
US12137473B2
A method for configuring a plurality of wireless access point devices, executed by a configuration device, in a communication network, includes: gathering first information items representing usage capacities of the wireless access point devices; gathering second information items representing the use or usage capacities of electronic devices connected to one or more wireless access point devices; gathering third information items representing a use, by at least one wireless access point device outside the network, of a communication channel that can be used by at least one wireless access point device; considering a plurality of configuration scenarios corresponding to a combination of a frequency band and a bandwidth; establishing a theoretical performance score for each of the scenarios, the score established at least with respect to said first, second and third information items and configuring the wireless access point devices in accordance with the configuration scenario having the best performance score.
US12137470B2
Embodiments of this disclosure disclose a method for determining a search space parameter and a terminal device. The method includes: receiving dedicated signaling, where the dedicated signaling is used to configure a TCI state of a CORESET #0 for the terminal device, and a Source RS indicated by the TCI state of the CORESET #0 is a CSI-RS; determining a target SSB having a first association relationship with the CSI-RS; and determining parameter information of a search space #0 in the CORESET #0 based on the target SSB.
US12137466B2
A mobile communications system is proposed in which mobile communications devices are arranged to transmit signals to and to receive signals from a base station using one or a subset of available sub-bands, with the base station being configured to move the mobile communications devices between the sub-bands. An anchor sub-band is also provided on which idle mobile communications devices camp until they are moved to one or more other sub-bands in addition to or instead of the anchor sub-band.
US12137462B2
Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for improving configured grant for new radio (NR) unlicensed. For example, some embodiments are directed to an electronic device including radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to receive, using the radio front end circuitry, a message from a base station and, based on the received message, determine whether to use a lowest Channel Access Priority Class (CAPC) or a highest Units (SDUs) that are multiplexed in one or more MAC Protocol Data Units (PDUs) for an uplink (UL)transmission. The processor circuitry transmits, using the radio front end circuitry, the MAC PDU to the base station.
US12137461B2
A user terminal according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a receiving section that receives a first PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) from a first transmission/reception point (TRP), and a second PDSCH from a second TRP, the second PDSCH overlapping the first PDSCH in at least one of time and frequency resources, and a control section that performs control for using a common codebook to transmit a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for the first PDSCH and a second HARQ-ACK for the second PDSCH. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the HARQ-ACK control can be preferably implemented even in a case of using the multi-TRP.
US12137457B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a signaling mechanism associated with activating a secondary cell (SCell) for uplink control information (UCI), including under circumstances in which the SCell is deactivated and belongs to a timing advance group (TAG) lacking a valid timing advance (TA) value. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) and one or more components of a network entity may employ a signaling mechanism for establishing an SCell as a PUCCH-SCell in scenarios in which the PUCCH-SCell belongs to a secondary TAG (sTAG) lacking a valid TA value. The signaling mechanism may include signaling to directly provide the network entity with beam measurement information associated with one or more SCells of the sTAG or may include singling that the network entity may use to derive the beam measurement information associated with the one or more SCells of the sTAG.
US12137450B2
A communications method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: A first terminal side device determines a frequency domain resource of a scheduled first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), where the first PDSCH corresponds to a first demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) on a first antenna port; and when the frequency domain resource includes N consecutive frequency domain units, and there is a second DM-RS on a second antenna port in each of L consecutive frequency domain units in the N frequency domain units, determines that precoding of each second DM-RS is the same. The second DM-RS and the first DM-RS are in a same code division multiplexing (CDM) group, the second DM-RS corresponds to a second PDSCH scheduled for a second terminal side device, each N and L is an integer greater than 1, and L is less than or equal to N.
US12137448B2
A method performed by a wireless device (110) includes receiving a configuration for one or more data transmission starting positions for a configured uplink, UL, in unlicensed spectrum. The one or more data transmission starting positions include at least a first starting position. The method further includes performing an UL transmission at one of the one or more data transmission starting positions based on when the wireless device is able to access a channel. The UL transmission includes UL control information, UCI, multiplexed in a Physical Uplink Shared Channel, PUSCH. The UCI carries one or more parameters for unlicensed spectrum.
US12137446B2
There is provided an apparatus comprising means for receiving, from a full-duplex network node, at least one message comprising at least primary scheduling information comprising at least a primary resource allocation for uplink data transmission, wherein a configuration related to the primary resource allocation indicates that the primary resource allocation is adjustable; sensing reservation signals on a physical resource block group basis, the sensing comprising determining one or more contiguous sets of physical resource block groups on which the apparatus is allowed to transmit; adjusting the primary resource allocation to correspond to at least a subset of the one or more contiguous sets of PRB groups to obtain an adjusted resource allocation; and transmitting, to the full-duplex network node, an adjustment indication on uplink control channel resource corresponding to the primary resource allocation, wherein the uplink control channel resource is received in the at least one message or is pre-configured.
US12137434B2
This application provides an example paging indication information transmission method and an example communications apparatus. The method includes the terminal device receiving paging indication information, where the paging indication information includes at least one of the following bits: all or some bits of valid bits of a short message field in downlink control information (DCI), all or some bits of remaining bits of the short message field in the DCI, and all or some bits of a reserved field in the DCI. The method also includes the terminal device determining, based on the paging indication information, whether to detect a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
US12137432B2
Techniques discussed herein facilitate configuration of network slices for a User Equipment (UE) supporting constraints on simultaneous operation of slices. One example embodiment is a UE device configured to: transmit a registration request message to request registration on a set of requested network slices; and receive a registration accept message indicating the UE is registered to a set of allowed network slices, and wherein the registration accept message indicates slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice of the set of allowed network slices for the UE, wherein the slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice indicates whether or not other configured network slices of the set of configured network slices are compatible with the configured network slice for simultaneous operation by the UE.
US12137398B2
The present disclosure relates to feedback channel sending methods. In one example method, a first terminal device obtains configuration information of a resource pool, where the configuration information is used to indicate that frequency domain resources of the resource pool include L sub-channels and each sub-channel includes q resource blocks (RBs), M of the L sub-channels are used by the first terminal device to send at least one of a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) or a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), N of the L sub-channels are used by the first terminal device to receive a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) from a second terminal device, and there is a correspondence between one of the M sub-channels and one of N·q RBs included in the N sub-channels, and sends at least one of a first PSCCH or a first PSSCH on a first channel in a slot n.
US12137395B2
A system and method are described that are carried out by a mobility management component for providing enhanced short message service (SMS) memory handling in the absence of a user equipment (UE) signaling capability to indicate that an SMS memory is available after the UE issues a signal indicating an SMS memory unavailable error condition to the mobility management component. The method includes receiving the signal indicating an SMS memory unavailable error condition from the UE. In accordance with receiving the signal, an SMS memory error condition timer is set for the UE and issues an SMS memory failure message to temporarily cause suspension of sending SMS messages, via a short message service center (SMSC), to the UE. In response to expiration of a time period after the setting the SMS memory error condition timer, the mobility management component issues an SMS memory available message to resume SMS message delivery to the UE.
US12137393B2
A wireless communication system has an access point managing a first wireless local area network. To transmit the frame, the access point: obtains data to be transmitted in multicast mode; obtains data to be transmitted in unicast mode; and constructs a physical-layer header including: in a common signalling field, an identification of each channel resource intended to be used for making the frame transmission, whether this be for the data to be transmitted in unicast mode or in multicast mode; and, in each field in a series of specific signalling fields, information representing an association between a channel resource identifier used and a unique identifier of the destination concerned or group of destinations concerned. Thus each destination can determine each channel resource to listen to in order to receive the data that are addressed to it, whether this be in unicast mode or in multicast mode.
US12137390B2
The method for performing location dependent actions in a system having a motor vehicle and a mobile communication device connected to the motor vehicle via a short-range radio connection, said motor vehicle having N rotating magnets with N≥1, includes the following steps performed by the motor vehicle at each request for performing an action: A) setting N new frequency(ies), each frequency being assigned to one of the N magnet(s); B) rotating the N magnet(s) at the N respective frequency(ies); C) receiving values of a magnetic field of each of the N magnet(s) detected by the mobile communication device; D) estimating a position of the mobile communication device from the received values; and E) controlling the execution of the requested action when the estimated position is allowable.
US12137368B2
A user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a network for transmission of a plurality of data bursts further comprising a plurality of data segments. The UE may transmit, to the network, a first data segment corresponding to a first quality of service flow identifier (QFI) associated with a first quality of service (QoS) flow and a second data segment corresponding to a second QFI associated with a second QoS flow. The UE may be configured to map one or more data segments to one or more QFIs based on at least one of a slice type, a frame type, a modulo operation, and a sequence number. The plurality of data bursts may be transmitted according to at least one of one or more configured grants (CGs), one or more dynamic grants (DGs), and one or more instances of the one or more CGs or one or more DGs.
US12137361B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to high throughput (HT) control information. A device may determine a frame comprising HT control information. The device may determine to extend a size of the HT control information. The device may cause to generate a management or data frame for sending to a first station device of one or more station devices, the management or data frame comprising extended high throughput (HT) control information, define a new control identification (ID) associated with the extended HT control information, and cause to send the management or data frame to the first station device.
US12137359B2
An embodiment relates to a vehicular distributed antenna system operating in a wireless communication system, the vehicular distributed antenna system comprising: a plurality of distributed units including RF antennas; and a central unit for controlling the plurality of distributed units, wherein, in a case of receiving a configuration of a power sleep mode from the central unit, the plurality of distributed units store final configuration parameter information; and in a case of receiving a configuration of a power activation mode from the central unit, the plurality of distribution units use the stored final configuration parameter information when a storage parameter use mode is configured, and receive new configuration parameter information when the storage parameter use mode is not configured.
US12137355B2
A user equipment (UE) and a base station exchange communications to enable the UE to switch beams. The UE receives a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource configuration from the base station, wherein the PUCCH resource configuration includes a plurality of PUCCH resources, receives a signal from the base station based on which one of the plurality of PUCCH resources is activated, performs a beam switching operation to change a transmission beam to a beam corresponding to the activated PUCCH resource and transmits periodic uplink (UL) data using the beam corresponding to the activated PUCCH resource.
US12137354B1
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes an antenna assembly configured to transmit and receive beams in time-varying directions, and a beam steering controller configured to determine a first beam pointing vector by searching for a satellite from a plurality of satellites included in the communication system. The antenna assembly maintains a communication link with a satellite of the plurality of satellites by determining a plurality of beam pointing vectors that converge to increasing signal quality measurements, the satellite associated with the first beam pointing vector. The beam steering controller is configured to obtain, from the satellite, satellite ephemeris information of the satellite and one or more of remaining satellites of the plurality of satellites. The beam steering controller is configured to determine an orientation of the antenna assembly based on the satellite ephemeris information and the plurality of beam pointing vectors.
US12137351B2
Optimizing a performance of a software function within a content delivery network, such as a software-implemented virtual cable modem termination system (CMTS) network, a virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN), a Passive Optical Network (PON), or a Wi-Fi network. The performance may be optimized by dynamically changing a deployment location of a software function for a set of one or more users but not all users of a content delivery network from an original location to an updated location using an instance management platform. The deployment location may be dynamically changing in response to a variety of trigger conditions or concerns, such as but not limited to a difference in compute resources, responding to latency needs or tolerances, and a desired cohabitation of data or other software.
US12137349B2
System, method, and apparatus for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum management and utilization
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing dynamic, prioritized spectrum utilization management. The system includes at least one monitoring sensor, at least one data analysis engine, at least one application, a semantic engine, a programmable rules and policy editor, a tip and cue server, and/or a control panel. The tip and cue server is operable utilize the environmental awareness from the data processed by the at least one data analysis engine in combination with additional information to create actionable data.
US12137343B2
Provided herein are methods and systems for verifying a path in a monitored space, comprising transmitting a device identification (ID) of the mobile wireless device while the mobile wireless device moves through a monitored space, receiving one or more location certificates transmitted, in response to reception of the device ID, by one or more wireless transceivers deployed at a predefined location in the monitored space and having a limited transmission range, each location certificate comprising at least the device ID and a transceiver ID of the respective wireless transceiver, storing the one or more location certificates, and transmitting the one or more location certificates to one or more verification units configured to verify a path of the mobile wireless device in the monitored space estimated according to the predefined location of the one or more wireless transceivers identified by the transceiver ID extracted from the one or more location certificates.
US12137342B2
The present invention relates to a method for authenticating a device with a wireless access point. The method includes receiving an audio signal at the device via a microphone; processing the audio signal to extract a code; using the code to authenticate the device, at least to part, with the wireless access point; and in response to the authentication, providing access to one or more network services to the device via the wireless access point A system and software are also disclosed.
US12137340B2
In some embodiments, a method in a wireless device comprises registering first and second connections with an AMF. The first and second connections share a first security context and connect via first and second access networks, respectively. The method further comprises establishing a second security context with the AMF, setting a flag to a first value based on the second security context having been taken into use on the first connection, and setting the flag to a second value based on the second security context having been taken into use on the second connection. The second value indicates that the second security context has been taken into use on both the first and second connections. The method further comprises retaining the first security context when the flag is set to the first value, and disposing of the first security context after setting the flag to the second value.
US12137338B2
A method for private wireless communication from a broadcaster to an observer, including determining a maximum time error between broadcaster and observer and defining a time unit T exceeding the maximum time error, and sharing a secret s with the broadcaster and the observer. At the broadcaster, the method includes transmitting a message containing a security code c, and at the observer, receiving the message and assessing its genuineness by comparing the security code c with a value h(s, t120) of a predefined function h for a combination of the secret s and a current epoch t120, wherein the current epoch is an integer multiple of the time unit T.
US12137336B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for audio processing. In some examples, an apparatus for media processing includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives first six degrees of freedom (6 DoF) information associated with a media content for a scene in a media application. The first 6 DoF information includes a first spatial location and a first rotation orientation for rotation about a center at the first spatial location. The processing circuitry determines that a rendering platform for rendering the media content is a three degrees of freedom (3 DoF) platform; and calculates, a revolution orientation of the media content on a sphere centered other than the first spatial location, according to at least the first spatial location. The revolution orientation is 3 DoF information associated with the media content for rendering on the 3 DoF platform.
US12137328B2
Examples of the disclosure relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs for controlling noise reduction in audio signals including audio captured by a plurality of microphones. The apparatus includes circuitry for obtaining one or more audio signals wherein the one or more audio signals include audio captured by a plurality of microphones and dividing the obtained one or more audio signals into a plurality of intervals. The circuitry may also be configured for determining one or more parameters relating to one or more noise characteristics for different intervals and controlling noise reduction applied to the different intervals based on the determined one or more parameters within the different intervals.
US12137327B2
An apparatus and method for monitoring audio output is disclosed. The apparatus may include circuitry configured for providing one or more primary audio signals based on signals from one or more first microphones associated with an audio capture device and providing one or more secondary audio signals based on signals from one or more second microphones associated with an audio monitoring device, the audio monitoring device being separate from the audio capture device and configured for output of the one or more primary audio signals and the one or more secondary audio signals through one or more loudspeakers. The apparatus may include circuitry configured for modifying one or both of the primary and secondary audio signals such that output of the one or more primary audio signals are distinguished over output of the one or more secondary audio signals.
US12137324B2
A binaural hearing aid system includes first and second hearing aids configured to be worn by a user at or in respective first and second ears of the user, each of the first and second hearing aids including: at least one input transducer configured to pick up a sound at the at least one input transducer and to convert the sound to at least one electric input signal representative of the sound, the sound at the at least one input transducer including a mixture of a target signal and noise; a controller for evaluating the sound at the at least one input transducer and providing a control signal indicative of a property of the sound; a transceiver configured to establish a communication link between the first and second hearing aids allowing the exchange of the control signal between the first and second hearing aids; a transmitter for establishing an audio link for transmitting the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to another device. The controller is configured to: transmit the locally provided control signal to, and receive a corresponding remotely provided control signal from the opposite hearing aid via the communication link, and to compare the locally provided and the remotely provided control signals and to provide a comparison control signal in dependence thereof, and to transmit the at least one electric input signal, or a processed version thereof, to the another device via the audio link in dependence of the comparison control signal.
US12137323B2
A hearing aid includes an input providing an input signal representing sound in an environment, the input signal including no speech signal, or one or more speech signals from one or more speech sound sources and additional signal components, termed noise signal, from one or more other sound sources, an own voice detector, a voice activity detector, and a talker extraction unit to determine and/or receive one or more speech signals as separated one or more speech signals from speech sound sources other than the hearing aid user and to detect the speech signal originating from the voice of the user. The talker extraction unit provides separate signals, each including, or indicating presence of, one of the one or more speech signals. A noise reduction system determines speech overlap and/or gap between the speech signal originating from the user's voice and each of the separated one or more speech signals.
