US12019170B1
The present disclosure relates to the field of GNSS and INS integrated navigation technology, and specifically discloses a GNSS and INS integrated navigation positioning method and a system thereof. To addresses the technical problem of positioning error divergence in integrated navigation systems caused by insufficient satellite visibility or strong multipath effects in GNSS denial environments, a method combining motion constraint algorithm and neural network algorithm is proposed for robustness by the present disclosure. The motion constraint algorithm is very stable, but it cannot self-adaptively adjust the constraint threshold based on the vehicle motion state. The neural network algorithm has strong flexibility, but the obtained predicted values inevitably have outliers. The present disclosure combines motion constraints with the neural network algorithms, enabling these two algorithms to complement advantages of each other, thereby effectively improving the positioning accuracy and reliability of the integrated navigation system after GNSS losing lock.
US12019165B2
A system for detecting satellite signal spoofing using error state estimates is provided. The system includes at least one satellite receiver to receive satellite signals, at least one memory and at least one controller. The at least one memory is configured to store at least operation instructions. The at least one controller is in communication with the at least one satellite receiver and the at least one memory. The at least one controller is configured to determine state estimates from the received satellite signals. The at least one controller is further configured to determine error state estimates based at least in part on differences in current state estimates and differences in delayed state estimates. The controller further configured to determine if spoofing is occurring in one more of the received satellite signals when the error state estimates are greater than a select threshold.
US12019157B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a distance sensor (4) of a vehicle (1), in which method a plurality of successive measurement cycles are carried out in an operating mode, wherein, in each measurement cycle, a transmission signal is transmitted, a reception signal (Rx1 to Rx8) is determined on the basis of the transmission signal reflected in a surrounding region (9) of the vehicle (1), the object (8) is classified, and the transmission signal is selected from a plurality of predefined transmission signals in accordance with how the object (8) is classified, wherein the transmission signal is selected in accordance with an assignment rule determined in a learning mode, said assignment rule describing an assignment of the plurality of predefined transmission signals to classes of objects (8), wherein, in each measurement cycle, the object (8) is classified on the basis of the reception signal (Rx1 to Rx8) and the transmission signal is selected in accordance with how the object (8) is classified for subsequent measurement cycles.
US12019152B2
An automotive sensor integration module including a plurality of sensors which differ in at least one of a sensing period or an output data format, an interface unit configured to receive pieces of detection data outputted from the plurality of sensors and convert the received detection data into a predetermined data format, and a signal processing unit configured to simultaneously output pieces of converted detection data from the interface unit on the basis of the sensing period of one among the plurality of sensors.
US12019139B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna module, a communication module configured to control the antenna module, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication module, wherein the at least one processor transmits a ultra-wide band (UWB) signal including a first data frame, receives, based on the transmitted first data frame, a reflected first data frame, obtains a first channel impulse response by using the reflected first data frame, acquires information by using the channel impulse response, and receives a UWB signal including a second data frame from an external electronic device in response to the transmitted first data frame.
US12019138B2
This beam formation device includes: a Doppler bin detection unit that detects a target Doppler bin which is a Doppler bin in which a target signal is present, from a correlation matrix calculated by a correlation matrix calculation unit and a reception signal vector calculated by a Doppler analysis unit; a target signal removal unit that removes, from the correlation matrix calculated by the correlation matrix calculation unit, the target signal in the target Doppler bin detected by the Doppler bin detection unit and thereby calculates a target-signal-removed correlation matrix from which the target signal has been removed; and a weighting calculation unit that calculates an adaptive weighting of the reception signal vector from the target-signal-removed correlation matrix calculated by the target signal removal unit. A beam formation unit forms an adaptive beam from the reception signal vector calculated by the Doppler analysis unit and the adaptive weighting calculated by the weighting calculation unit.
US12019136B2
A field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based real-time processing system applied to underwater acoustic positioning and realizing reconfigurability and multiple output is provided. The system includes a multi-interface control and command parsing module for automatically completing sample information transmission and command parsing; a finite-state machine (FSM) of sample management for calculating related data and completing splitting, flipping and writing of a sample; a parallel correlation processor group for completing, in parallel, high-performance processing operations regarding a plurality of targets; and a multiple output data former for simultaneously realizing data formation of a multiple output result and outputting a flag bit signal to the outside. A FPGA-based real-time processing control method is also provided that is applied to underwater acoustic positioning and realizing reconfigurability and multiple output. The system and the method are used, such that during a whole realization process, under multiple array elements and multiple targets, high-speed parallel correlation processing is realized, thereby solving problems in terms of real-time performance, universality and anti-noise performance, and effectively realizing high-performance correlation.
US12019134B2
A method of magnet resonance (MR) imaging of an object includes MR signal acquisition in a single scan providing information for electric properties imaging (EPT), which may include a phase map as well as tissue boundaries. The method includes: subjecting the object to a multi echo steady state imaging sequence or a fast spectroscopic imaging sequence that includes RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients, wherein two or more echo signals are generated after each RF excitation; acquiring the echo signals; deriving a magnitude image and a phase map from the acquired echo signals, which phase map represents the spatial RF field distribution induced by the RF pulses in the object; and reconstructing an electric conductivity map from the magnitude image and from the phase map, wherein tissue boundaries are derived from at least the magnitude image.
US12019133B2
In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for estimating a mechanical property based on a transformation of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) data using a trained artificial neural network are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided, the system comprising: a hardware processor programmed to: receive displacement data of tissue in vivo; provide the displacement data to a trained ANN that was trained using noisy input datasets as training data, and derivative datasets corresponding to the noisy input datasets to evaluate performance during training, such that the trained ANN provides an output dataset corresponding to an analytical solution to a derivative of a function represented in an unlabeled input dataset thereby transforming the unlabeled input dataset into its derivative; receive, from the trained ANN, an output dataset indicative of a derivative of the displacement data; and estimate stiffness of the tissue based on the derivative.
US12019126B2
A method for calibrating a magnetometer of a device is provided. The method includes collecting, with a portable calibration device having a magnetometer, magnetic field measurements in a spatial region about a mounting location where the device is to be installed for operation, estimating magnetometer compensation parameters to correct for magnetic field distortion at the mounting location based on the magnetic field measurements collected by the portable calibration device, and configuring the device installed at the mounting location based on the magnetometer compensation parameters.
US12019124B2
A calibration current load is selectively coupled to an output of a pulse frequency modulated (PFM) DC-DC converter during a calibration operation to increase charge supplied from a battery supplying an input voltage to the converter. A voltage across a sense resistor in series with the battery is integrated during a measurement interval while the calibration current load is coupled to the output. A charge drawn per pulse from the battery is determined based on the sense resistor, the integrated voltage and the number of pulses during the measurement interval. Alternatively, a first PFM frequency is determined with a first calibration current load coupled to the converter output. A second PFM frequency is determined with a second calibration current load. The charge drawn per pulse from the battery is determined based on the first and second PFM frequencies and the first and second calibration current loads.
US12019122B2
A learning method of a state estimation model of a secondary battery includes training the state estimation model to learn a relationship of a state estimation input data preprocessed from state variables including measured terminal currents and terminal voltages of the secondary battery with a charge rate or a deterioration degree of the secondary battery. The state estimation input data includes time-series data of difference gradients, which is a change rate of the differences of the terminal voltages with respect to the differences of the terminal currents.
US12019116B2
A method for aligning a device includes: loading devices sequentially on an upper surface of a base plate having vacuum holes; suctioning the loaded device with vacuum pressure that allows minute movement of the loaded device, as the vacuum pressure is applied while the device is loaded on the base plate; moving an alignment vision assembly positioned above the base plate to the upper portion of the device to be aligned and then lowering the alignment vision assembly; checking a position of the device with a vision means through a through hole and an opening in a state, in which an alignment block surrounds the device, so as to inform a controller of the coordinates of the device; and aligning the device by finely moving the base plate in X-Y-θ directions according to the coordinates so that the device is guided to two surfaces of the opening.
US12019115B2
The present application provides a gate detection circuit of an insulated gate bipolar transistor. The pulse shaping circuit is configured for shaping an input signal of a signal input device, and outputting a first square wave signal of a high level and a second square wave signal of a low level; and outputting a first square wave signal of the low level and a second square wave signal of the high level; the comparison circuit is configured for: comparing a first preset voltage with a voltage of a gate of the insulated gate bipolar transistor, and outputting a low level; and comparing a second preset voltage with a voltage of a gate of the insulated gate bipolar transistor, and outputting a low level; and the fault output circuit is configured for outputting a gate fault signal.
US12019112B2
A method for monitoring an energy supply in a motor vehicle. At least one energy reservoir supplies energy to several preferably safety-relevant loads in a partial vehicle electrical system. At least one measured variable of an energy reservoir and/or of at least one load is detected. At least one wiring harness model is provided which models the partial vehicle electrical system. A parameter estimator is provided which assesses at least one characterizing variable of the wiring harness model using the measured variable.
US12019105B2
A utility cover assembly includes a base unit made at least partially from a first material, a cover made at least partially from a second material capable of acting as a tuning plate for electromagnetic energy and an insert ring made at least partially from a third material and arranged between the base unit and the cover.
US12019104B2
A power monitoring and signal unit provided with projecting connectors at a first face and sockets for receiving like connectors in a second opposite face, and circuitry for monitoring power flow through said unit when projecting connectors are plugged into a mains power outlet; said unit further provided with transceiver circuitry for the transmission and reception of data including command and control data. The power monitoring and signal unit may be in communication with a programmable sensor device comprising an individual signal unit registered by an owner of individual signal unit with a central control facility; The individual signal unit communicates with central control facility when an even sensor activates said individual signal unit; central control facility executing a user-assembled schedule of predefined steps on receipt of a communication from individual signal unit, predefined steps configured or reconfigurable by an owner of said individual signal unit from a web site.
US12019099B2
Systems, methods, and an apparatus for current monitoring are disclosed. A current monitor comprises a high-voltage side configured to obtain a signal indicative of current through a conductor and apply different levels of gain to different frequency bands of the signal to produce an adjusted signal. A low-voltage side of the current monitor is electrically isolated from the high-voltage side and is configured to split the adjusted signal to produce a plurality of output signals that are each indicative of a level of current at one of the different frequency bands. An isolation amplifier is configured to communicate the adjusted signal from the high-voltage side to the low-voltage side while electrically isolating the high-voltage side from the low-voltage side.
US12019092B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor a sensor includes a base, a first support portion fixed to the base, and a first movable portion supported by the first support portion. The first movable portion includes first and second movable base portions, a connecting base portion, first and second movable beams, and first and second movable conductive portions. The first movable beam includes a first beam end portion, a first beam other end portion, and a first beam intermediate portion. The second movable beam includes a second beam end portion, a second beam other end portion, and a second beam intermediate portion. The first movable conductive portion includes a first crossing conductive portion, a first extending conductive portion, and a first other extending conductive portion. The second movable conductive portion includes a second crossing conductive portion, a second extending conductive portion, and a second other extending conductive portion.
US12019090B2
A field device for determining a process variable is provided, the field device including: a sensor circuitry configured to sense a measured value of the process variable; a communication circuitry configured to transmit the measured value wirelessly to a receiver; a position determination circuitry configured to determine a geographic position of the field device; and a control circuitry configured to determine, as a function of a current geographical position of the field device, at least one of: (a) a current measurement rate at which the sensor circuitry acquires measured values of the process variable, and (b) a current data transmission rate at which the communication circuitry transmits measured values to the receiver. A method of operating a field device is also provided.
US12019089B2
The present invention relates to a moving object sensing system and method based on motion propensity, which determine the of randomness based on an internal object motion propensity of a vehicle by using various sensors installed in the vehicle and quickly and accurately check and sense a separate external object through comparison with a reference randomness like luggage or a person.
US12019088B2
According to an embodiment, a detection apparatus includes an inclination sensor arranged to be capable of inclining according to an outer shape of a specimen container, the inclination sensor configured to detect inclination information, and an information processor configured to detect posture information of the specimen container based on the inclination information.
US12019087B2
Provided is a specimen treatment system that can detect whether a specimen container is uncapped by using a simple mechanism. The specimen treatment system comprises: an automatic analyzer that analyzes a specimen; a pretreatment device that performs a pretreatment on the specimen; and a conveyance passage that conveys, in the automatic analyzer or in the pretreatment device, a specimen container that houses the specimen. The specimen treatment system is characterized by further comprising a single sensor that is disposed so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the specimen container and that detects whether the specimen container is uncapped.
US12019079B2
The invention relates to a non-invasive process for evaluating the quality of one or more dense connective tissue(s) in a patient, comprising the following steps: a) Analyzing the profile of the microrelief of a cutaneous replica of a portion of the skin of said patient by at least one of the following step: a1. visually assessing on picture(s) of said cutaneous replica the line shape and the anisotropy of the lines; and/or a2. Determining, on picture(s) of said cutaneous replica, the roughness index of the microrelief with an optical sensor, b) identifying cutaneous replica of “stage 1”, representative of healthy skins, and cutaneous replica of “stage 2” representative of altered skins, a cutaneous replica of stage 2 being indicative of low quality of the one or more dense connective tissue(s) in the patients body.
US12019078B2
A method for analyzing macromolecules, including peptides, polypeptides, and proteins, employing nucleic acid encoding is disclosed.
US12019076B2
The present invention relates to the field of biochemistry, more particularly to proteomics, more particularly to protein sequencing, even more particularly to single molecule peptide sequencing. The invention discloses methods for single molecule protein sequencing and/or amino acid identification using cleavage inducing agents which are not specific for one particular amino acid, cleave polypeptides step by step from the N-terminus onwards and provide information on the identity of the cleaved amino acids based on the kinetics.
US12019062B2
The present invention provides a test paper box and a smart toilet containing same. The test paper box comprises a support and a housing arranged at the outside of the support. The support comprises a base and an elongated cavity arranged at the base for storing test paper. The base is provided with a through hole arranged at a location corresponding to a bottom surface of the elongated cavity. A paper-receiving slot is arranged below the through hole. The paper-receiving slot is fixed to the bottom of the base to receive the bottommost piece of test paper exposed from the elongated cavity, and the paper-receiving slot is provided with a paper outlet. The test paper box can be attached and detached conveniently, delivers test paper smoothly, can be replaced easily, has low costs, and is suitable for smart toilets.
US12019059B2
A system for automatic detection of a defect in equipment may include a binary classification model trained to classify laboratory analysis results of an oil sample according to a gradient boosting algorithm, and to output a classification indicator of “good” or “defective” for the laboratory analysis results of the oil sample. The system may include a first multiclass classification model trained to classify the laboratory analysis results according to the gradient boosting algorithm if the laboratory analysis results are classified as “defective,” and to output a predicted defect type for the defect in equipment. The system may include a second multiclass classification model trained to classify the laboratory analysis results according to the gradient boosting algorithm and the predicted defect type, and to output a predicted corrective action pertaining to the equipment based on the predicted defect type for the defect in equipment.
US12019039B2
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) may be used in conjunction with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to enable identification of valid and reliable sensor data, as well implementation of Smart Calibration algorithms.
US12019037B2
A signal processing method counting step waves in response to detection of radiation or pulse waves obtained by converting the step waves by wave height, comprising: inputting signal value sequence in response to the detection of the radiation to a learning model outputting, when time-series signal value sequence is input, information related to presence or absence of the step wave or the pulse wave in a signal configured with the signal value sequence or information related to a wave height of the step wave or the pulse wave in the signal; and counting the step wave or the pulse wave by wave height according to the information output by the learning model.
US12019034B2
Apparatus, systems and methods of analyzing an in vitro flowing fluid using an in vitro sensor that operates using non-optical frequencies such as in the radio or microwave frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. The in vitro sensor directs one or more signals that are in the radio or microwave frequency bands of the electromagnetic spectrum into an in vitro flowing fluid and detects one or more responses that result from transmission of the signal(s) into the in vitro flowing fluid.
US12019025B2
An apparatus and a method for preparing glow discharge sputtering samples for materials microscopic characterization are provided. The apparatus includes a glow discharge sputtering unit, a glow discharge power supply, a gas circuit automatic control unit, a spectrometer, and a computer. The structure of the glow discharge sputtering unit is optimized to be more suitable for sample preparation by simulation. By adding a magnetic field to the glow discharge plasma, uniform sample sputtering is realized within a large size range of the sample surface. The spectrometer monitors multi-element signal in a depth direction of the sample sputtering, so that precise preparation of different layer microstructures is realized. In conjunction with the acquisition of the sample position marks and the precise spatial coordinates (x, y, z) information, the correspondence between the surface space coordinates and the microstructure of the sample is conveniently realized.
US12019023B2
The invention generally relates to detecting an analyte in a medium. In certain aspects, the invention provides systems and methods for detecting an analyte in a medium comprising one or more light-emitting diodes, each operating at a single wavelength in a deep ultraviolet (UV) range for excitation of a target in a medium and a plurality of semiconductor photodetectors. The system is configured such that each semiconductor photodetector detects only a subset of emission from the excited analyte in the medium. In some examples, systems and methods of the invention comprise a light-emitting diode and a semiconductor photodetector for detection of the absence or presence of a non-specific contaminant.
US12019021B2
An embodiment provides a method for measuring zinc in a solution, including: preparing an indicator solution; introducing the indicator solution to a solution, wherein the solution contains an amount of zinc and the introducing causes a change in fluorescence of the solution in response to the indicator solution reacting with the zinc; and measuring the amount of zinc in the solution by measuring a change in intensity of the fluorescence. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US12019018B2
A full-field microscopy method for detection of Brillouin-scattered light includes illuminating a two-dimensional plane in a sample with interrogating light having a first wavelength. Light emitted from the two-dimensional plane can be collected. The emitted light comprises Brillouin-scattered light resulting from interaction of the interrogating light with the sample. The Brillouin-scattered light can have a second wavelength shifted from the first wavelength. The collected light can be passed through a spectrally-selective assembly comprising a gas or vapor illuminated by pumping light. After the spectrally-selective assembly, the Brillouin-scattered light from multiple points in the two-dimensional plane in the sample can be simultaneously detected by an electro-optical sensor. In some embodiments, the spectrally-selective assembly can be altered by changing a wavelength or polarization of the pumping light to allow acquisition of a Brillouin spectrum.
US12019016B2
Sample cells, light scattering detectors utilizing the sample cells, and methods for using the same are provided. The sample cell may include a body defining a flowpath extending axially therethrough. The flowpath may include a cylindrical inner section interposed between a first outer section and a second outer section. The first outer section may be frustoconical. A first end portion of the first outer section may be in direct fluid communication with the inner section and may have a cross-sectional area relatively smaller than a cross-sectional area at a second end portion thereof. The body may further define an inlet in direct fluid communication with the inner section. The inlet may be configured to direct a sample to the inner section of the flowpath.
US12019006B2
Disclosed herein include systems, devices, computer readable media, and methods for subsampling flow cytometric event data. First and second flow cytometric event data can be transformed into a lower-dimensional space, associated with a plurality of bins, and assigned to a first bin and a second bin. Subsampled flow cytometric event data comprising the first flow cytometric event data can be generated. The subsampled flow cytometric event data can comprise the second flow cytometric event data if the first bin and the second bin are different. The subsampled flow cytometric event data may not comprise the second flow cytometric event data if the first bin and the second bin are identical.
US12019005B2
A cell observation system observes a cell moving in a flow path with a fluid, and includes a first imaging apparatus, a second imaging apparatus, and a control device. The first imaging apparatus includes a first optical system and a first imaging element, and captures an image of the cell at a first position in a moving direction. The second imaging apparatus includes a second optical system, in which a focus is adjusted based on a focus adjustment signal, and a second imaging element, and captures an image of the cell at a second position downstream of the first position. The control device obtains a passing position of the cell in a cross section of the flow path based on the image obtained by the first imaging element, generates the focus adjustment signal, and provides the signal to the second optical system.
US12019001B2
The present invention relates to a fluid transport system for an automated slide treatment apparatus for treating one or more tissue samples disposed on slides, whereby the slide treatment apparatus includes a plurality of slide treatment modules arranged to receive ones of the slides, and the fluid transport system includes a fluid dispensing robot configured by a controller to dispense a plurality of reagents to said ones of the slides received in the slide treatment modules to treat said one or more tissue samples respectively.
US12018999B2
A test system for a pressure control equipment (PCE) stack includes a pump for directing fluid into the PCE stack, a drive for operating the pump to control fluid flow into the PCE stack, and a controller communicatively coupled to the drive and a sensor that transmits sensor data indicative of pressure within the PCE stack. The controller instructs the drive to cause the pump to direct fluid into the PCE stack until the sensor data indicates that the pressure within the PCE stack has reached a threshold pressure, blocks fluid flow into and out of the PCE stack upon receiving sensor data indicating the pressure within the PCE stack has reached the threshold pressure, monitors the pressure within the PCE stack over a time interval, and determines a condition of the PCE stack based on a change in the pressure within the PCE stack during the time interval.
US12018997B2
A method and device for detecting leaks of a containment barrier. The method may comprise placing the barrier in contact with one or more volumes of fluid such that the one or more volumes of fluid is in contact with a first surface and a second surface of the containment barrier, then placing a first electrode in contact with a first volume of fluid within in a first area defined by the first surface of the containment barrier. The method may then comprise placing a second electrode in contact with a second volume of fluid in a second area defined by the second surface of the containment barrier, measuring electrical conductivity between the first and second electrodes; and determining a presence of a leak in the containment barrier based on a calculation using properties of the one or more volumes of fluid, the containment barrier, and the measured electrical conductivity.
US12018994B2
A chain wear system for monitoring an amount of wear of a chain operating on a plurality of sprockets may include a chain monitoring device configured for determining a length of the chain passing by a point in an amount of time, a sprocket monitoring device configured for determining the amount of sprocket rotation of at least one of the plurality of sprockets in the amount of time, and a processing system in signal communication with the chain monitoring device and the sprocket monitoring device. The processing system may be configured for calculating the amount of wear based on the length of the chain and the amount of sprocket rotation.
US12018979B2
A system for measuring periodic displacement of an object in periodic motion at a first frequency includes a light source module, a camera module and a processor. The light source module is configured to periodically illuminate the object at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency and that is related to a sum of the first frequency and a first constant. The camera module is configured to take pictures of the object. The processor is in communication with the camera module in order to receive the pictures, and is configured to determine periodic displacement of the object based on the pictures.
US12018976B2
A method determines a vehicle mass of a self-driving vehicle, wherein an internal force can be exerted on the self-driving vehicle by the automated control of an electronic drive system and/or an electronic braking system. The method includes determining whether a trigger event is present indicating a change in vehicle mass is likely, and activating a learning operating mode in the presence of a trigger event wherein the self-driving vehicle is operated alternately in a first and a second phase. In the first phase, an internal force is exerted on the self-driving vehicle, and in the second phase, an internal force is exerted on the self-driving vehicle. A disturbing force acting in the phases is determined. The vehicle mass is determined depending on the vehicle acceleration and the internal force present in each phase, as well as depending on the determined disturbing force.
US12018971B2
Disclosed herein are a system and method for determining a liquid level in a container based on data extracted from a digital image of the container. An image capture apparatus captures an image of a container used to store liquid reagents used by analytical instruments to test patient samples. A controller receives the captured image and extracts an analysis region based on a container type and applies a gradient filter to the analysis region. A location of a minimum gradient value (i.e., a row index) is determined based on the air-to-liquid boundary of the liquid in the extracted analysis region. A volume module calculates the liquid level in the analysis region by dividing the row index by a length of a gradient column vector and compares the determined liquid level to a threshold analysis region fraction for the container type to determine whether to output an alert.
US12018968B2
The present disclosure describes a device including a wall protruding from and surrounding a base portion and an open top portion located opposite the base portion. The device may define a volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity for a food type. Also described is a kit including a first bowl and a second bowl. In some examples, the first and second bowls each include a wall protruding from and surrounding a base portion and defining an open top portion located opposite the base portion. According to some examples, the first bowl defines a first volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity of a first food type and the second bowl defines a second volume corresponding to a predetermined macronutrient quantity of a second food type that is different from the first volume corresponding to the predetermined macronutrient quantity of the first food type.
US12018961B2
A signaling device which generates a selection signal via an analog selection device for choosing a signal range, and a range scale for displaying the signal range chosen by the analog selection device, wherein the range scale includes setting ranges and a transition range, where one setting range of the setting ranges is arranged in an alternating manner with the transition range along the range scale, and the analog selection device is arranged such that selection of a setting range or a transition range along the range scale is selected and the analog selection device defines an analog selection value, and the signaling device additionally detects the analog selection value aided by the selection signal and checks whether this value corresponds to a value allocated to a transition range, and if so, outputs a signal via a signaler.
US12018960B1
A sensor mounting assembly includes a sensor that is operable to detect conditions, and a body structure having an inner wall and an outer wall located opposite the inner wall. A sensor mount is coupled to the outer wall with at least one fastener extending through the outer wall, inner wall, and sensor mount. The sensor mount defines an internal space in which the sensor is coupled.
US12018954B2
A route search device includes a memory and a processor. The processor performs search processing for a route from a current position to a destination of a ride-sharing vehicle based on data stored in the memory. A standard route with the shortest requested time from the current position to the destination is calculated in the search processing. A high-frequency route with a frequency of encountering a pedestrian between the current position and the destination that is higher than the standard route is also calculated in the search processing. A recognition level is compared with a reference level in the search processing. When the recognition level is equal to or less than the reference level, the standard route is selected as a final route. When the recognition level is higher than the reference level, the high-frequency route is selected as the final route.
US12018950B2
The invention relates to a charging system for dynamic charging of electric vehicles, comprising at least one navigation function on at least one mobile device or connectable to a navigation device, and/or software application installed and executed on at least one server, and a plurality of mobile charging vehicles each having a navigation apparatus configured to, inter alia, transmit a current position of each mobile charging vehicle of the charging system to the software application, wherein the software application is configured to display at least the respective next mobile charging vehicle on the mobile device located in an electric vehicle and, in the case that an electric battery of the electric vehicle is to be charged, to transmit a charging request for this electric vehicle and at least one current position of the electric vehicle to the displayed mobile charging vehicle, wherein the navigation apparatus of the charging vehicle is configured for transmitting coordinates of a suitable common meeting point (TP) and a suitable meeting time (TZ) for charging the battery of the electric vehicle to the mobile device in the electric vehicle to be charged on the basis of the received charging request, wherein the software application is configured to convert the meeting point (TP) and meeting time (TZ) into navigation instructions for a driver of the electric vehicle to be charged.
US12018948B2
A system for path selection, the system comprising a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a plurality of alimentary elements and a plurality of destinations. Computing device may compute, using the plurality of alimentary elements and the plurality of destinations, a projected combination as a function of an objective function, wherein computing is based on completion time and destination. Computing device may determine a combination ranking by generating a batching objective function, wherein the function generates an output ranking according to at least a target criterion and selects a combination. Computing device may provide batching instructions to a user. Computing device may determine a predicted path for the plurality of alimentary elements wherein the predicted path is updated as a function of each alimentary element that has reached its destination. Computing device may provide the predicted path to a user.
US12018945B2
An example calibration system may include a tractor and a calibration unit. The tractor may include a first sensor and a second sensor. The calibration unit may include a processing unit and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to direct the processing unit to: (1) determine a first estimate for a tractor parameter based upon signals received from the first sensor; (2) determine a second estimate for the tractor parameter based upon signals received from the second sensor; (3) determine a third estimate for the tractor parameter based upon a combination of the first estimate and the second estimate; (4) determine a tractor parameter correction based upon the second estimate and the third estimate; and (4) apply the tractor parameter correction to the second sensor to control positioning of the tractor.
US12018922B1
A cap for an explosive water charge may be fixed to a collapsible water bottle by threading internal threads of the cap onto external threads of the water bottle. The cap also may be fixed to a water bottle by engaging a lip on the water bottle with lip grabbers on the cap. The cap is configured to hold a blasting cap and two different sizes of tubes of energetic material.
US12018920B2
It is herein proposed a novel multi-spectral artificial target device for producing a deceptive thermal and radar signature of an object. The device features a multi-layer structure with a substrate and a functional thermal signal layer, which is provided directly or indirectly on the substrate. The substrate is made of pliable material which is capable of being shaped on a frame. The thermal signal layer includes electrically conductive material such arranged to form an array of independently controlled thermal elements for outputting a thermal signal, which is observable in the infra-red spectrum, upon exposure to a control voltage. The multi-layer structure further includes a functional radar signal layer, which is provided directly or indirectly onto the substrate. The radar signal layer outputs a radar response signal, which is observable in the radio frequency spectrum, upon exposure to an external radar stimulus or excitation.
US12018918B2
A method of delivering an electric charge to a remote target with a CEW includes using one or more sensors in communication with the CEW to determine a threat level of a situation and contacting the target with at least one electrode wire discharged from the CEW. The method further includes applying an electric charge along the at least one electrode wire so that electrical charge flows between the CEW and the remote target based upon the determined threat level of the situation.
US12018909B1
The crossbow preferably includes a rail, a riser, two energy storing components, (such as two limbs), two cams, and a bowstring harness. The bowstring harness is operably coupled with the cams. A halo-type cable hub is operably coupled with the bow riser or rail. The bowstring harness is operably coupled with the halo-type cable hub. The halo-type cable hub has a first side and a second side, an upper portion and a lower portion, and is of a material that is stronger than the material of the riser and rail. The first and seconds sides are preferably built as mirror images of each other at a centerline of the rail.
US12018905B2
A suppressor baffle and a firearm suppressor for suppressing the volume of the report of a firearm includes a fitting for mounting the suppressor on a firearm, a sleeve, and a baffle assembly. The sleeve is supported by the fitting. The baffle assembly is at least partially received in an internal volume defined by the sleeve. A first baffle in the plurality of baffles has a conical section with a proximal opening and a port. The port is elongate in a direction along the circumference of the conical section. The port provides a fluid path through the conical section from an entrance chamber of the suppressor to an internal conical volume defined by the conical section. Gas flowing along the first baffle is directed through the port, causing energy dissipation in the gas.
US12018903B1
A trigger assembly apparatus for a firearm which allows adjustment of the pre-travel distance a trigger travels before initiating a firing sequence and method of making the pre-travel adjustment using the apparatus disclosed herein. The apparatus generally comprises a trigger and a trigger bow, with the trigger bow having at least one threaded receptacle in a front lateral portion thereof. The pre-travel adjustment can be achieved by rotating a threaded fastener within the threaded receptacle and the method of adjusting the pre-travel can be accomplished without complete disassembly of the firearm.
US12018902B2
A method for determining a discharge event of a firearm includes receiving by an event detection module, (i) acceleration input signals over time including first acceleration input signals along a first axis, a second acceleration input signals along a second axis and a third acceleration input signals along a third axis; and (ii) rotation input signals over the time including first rotation input signals around the first axis, a second rotation input signals around the second axis and a third rotation input signals around the third axis. A sample event candidate is generated based on the plurality of acceleration and rotation input signals over the time. The sample event candidate is compared to a stored data collection of acceleration and rotation inputs known to represent at least one state of a user of the firearm. A state of the user is determined based on the comparing.
US12018901B2
A heat exchanger cabinet includes a base pallet. A heat exchanger base bracket of a selected fixed height or of an adjustable height bracket provides a support for a bottom of a heat exchanger, such that regardless of a height the heat exchanger, and within a range of different heat exchanger heights, a plurality of top mounted fluid inlets and outlets of the heat exchanger are disposed at about a same height above the base pallet. A set of heat exchanger base brackets, a stackable heat exchanger base bracket, a heat shield for a heat exchanger cabinet, and a heat exchanger cabinet for a vertically mounted heat exchanger are also described.
US12018899B2
The present invention is directed to a load bearing direct-drive system and a variable process control system for efficiently managing the operation of fans in a cooling system such as a wet-cooling tower, air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE), HVAC system, blowers and centrifugal blowers, mechanical towers or chiller systems. In one embodiment, the load bearing direct-drive system comprises a load bearing torque multiplier device having an output rotatable shaft connected to a fan, and a load bearing motor comprising a rotatable shaft that drives the load bearing torque multiplier device.
US12018897B2
A heat exchanger for a fuel cell is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes at least two tube bodies that are arranged at a distance from one another and are in each case structured so that a fluid can flow through internally and so that air can flow around externally. A water channel, through which water can flow fluidically separated from the fluid, is arranged in or on at least one tube body. At least one opening, via which the water channel communicates fluidically with an external environment of the at least one tube body, is provided on the at least one tube body. The at least one opening is arranged in the at least one tube body so that at least one of the tube bodies can be wetter with water, which is guided through the water channel and escapes the water channel through the at least one opening.
US12018894B2
Sweating-boosted air cooled heat-pipe condensers employing a nanowick micro fin structure to form a sweating boosted heat dissipation system, wherein the nanowicks may be layered.
US12018891B2
An air cooled steam condenser having heat exchanger panels supported in a heat exchange frame section. A bottom bonnet runs along the bottom length of each heat exchanger panel for delivering steam to the bottom end of condenser tubes in the heat exchange panel and for receiving condensate formed in those same tubes. The tops of the tubes are connected to a top bonnet. Uncondensed steam and non-condensables are drawn into the top bonnet from the condenser tubes. A steam distribution manifold is located below the heat exchange section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the heat exchange panels and delivers steam to each heat exchange panel via a single steam inlet located at a center point of each bottom bonnet.
US12018887B2
A heat exchanger having a first and second mixing devices having at least one lateral channel configured in order for a first phase of the first fluid to flow from at least one first inlet; a series of longitudinal channels extending in the longitudinal direction and each configured in order for a second phase of the first fluid to flow from a second inlet to a second outlet, the longitudinal channels succeeding each other in a lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and at least one opening fluidly connecting the at least one lateral channel to at least one longitudinal channel such that the first and second mixing devices are configured to distribute a mixture of the first phase and the second phase via the second outlets of their respective longitudinal channels.
US12018881B2
An appliance door assembly includes a front panel spaced apart from a rear panel. A door adjustment assembly is coupled with the rear panel and includes a housing that defines a cavity. A driven member is positioned within the cavity and extends at least partially from the housing. The driven member is movable between a first position and a second position. A driving member is rotatably engaged with the driven member and is configured to rotate the driven member. A bracket is coupled with the door adjustment assembly at a first end and coupled with the rear panel at a second end. The bracket abuts the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the first position and is spaced apart from the housing of the door adjustment assembly when the driven member is in the second position.
US12018877B2
An ice bin for a refrigerator appliance, the ice bin includes a storage body. An auger, rotatably driven by an auger motor, extends within the storage body and has first and second ends. The auger is rotatably driven about a first axis. A first crusher roller is disposed at the second end of the auger and is coupled thereto to rotate together with the auger about the first axis. A second crusher roller is disposed on an axle extending along a second axis, the second crusher roller is freely rotatable about the axle. The second crusher roller is movable between a first position and a second position. When the second crusher roller is in the first position, the first crusher roller and the second crusher roller are spatially arranged and configured to grind the produced ice pieces into crushed ice.
US12018866B2
A central air conditioning and heat pump system includes a main heat exchange system and a cooling arrangement. The main heat exchange system includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger. The cooling arrangement includes a cooling tower and a cooling heat exchanger. When the central air conditioning and heat pump system is selectively operated in a comprehensive air conditioning mode, refrigerant may be cooled both by water and ambient air in the cooling arrangement and the second heat exchanger respectively.
US12018863B1
Systems and processes for dry hot rock drilling operations using sCO2 expanded across one or more downhole J-T valves or chokes to cool MWD components. Methods of modeling same.
US12018860B2
An integrated pressure condensing boiler is provided which relates to the technical field of boilers. The integrated pressure condensing boiler includes a pressure-bearing housing, a heat-exchange furnace arranged in the pressure-bearing housing, a combustion chamber communicating with the heat-exchange furnace and cooling tube groups fixed in the heat-exchange furnace. Heat-exchange medium flows from bottom to top in the pressure-bearing housing and in the cooling tube groups, and exchanges heat with high-temperature flue gas flowing from top to bottom in the heat-exchange furnace, thus achieving a counterflow heat exchanging. The heat-exchange furnace includes a multi-stage heat-exchange chamber with each heat-exchange chamber being cylindrical. The heat-exchange chambers are arranged in sequence from top to bottom to achieve a flue gas diffusing manner that high-temperature flue gas diffuses from center part to periphery and then gathers from periphery to center part.
US12018857B2
The present teachings relate to various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system that can be readily transportable and assemblable and provide for maintaining a minimum inert gas volume and maximal access to various devices and apparatuses enclosed therein. Various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed gas enclosure assembly and system of the present teachings can have a gas enclosure assembly constructed in a fashion that minimizes the internal volume of a gas enclosure assembly, and at the same time optimizes the working space to accommodate a variety of footprints of various OLED printing systems. Various embodiments of a gas enclosure assembly so constructed additionally provide ready access to the interior of a gas enclosure assembly from the exterior during processing and readily access to the interior for maintenance, while minimizing downtime.
US12018854B2
A constant air volume control method includes acquiring a target air volume for a ventilation device, detecting a present rotational speed and a present torque of a motor of the ventilation device, selecting an air volume calculation formula corresponding to the target air volume according to a preset correspondence relation between air volumes and air volume calculation formulas, calculating a present air volume corresponding to the present rotational speed and the present torque, and adjusting motor parameters of the ventilation device according to a difference between the present air volume and the target air volume.
US12018849B2
A rear panel assembly includes a rear panel body provided with a vent and a motor bracket arranged at a side of the rear panel body and connected to the rear panel body. The motor bracket is at least partially opposite to the vent, and the motor bracket is provided with an air hole to allow air to flow into the vent through the air hole.
US12018843B2
A cooktop for an appliance includes a cooktop base surface that defines an edge. A cooktop burner is mounted on the cooktop base surface. A support base is rigidly fixed with the cooktop base surface adjacent the edge. A grate is rotatably supported to the support base and is rotatable between a raised position and a lowered position to alternately cover and uncover the cooking burner. A biasing member is coupled to the support base and exerts an upward biasing force on the grate.
US12018833B1
Solid-state lighting devices, and more particularly, asymmetric light-emitting diode (LED) optic for asymmetric luminaire applications for LED packages are disclosed. The asymmetric LED optic can be a lens or other type of refractive element that has one or more indentations or other features that cause internal reflection such that some portion of the light exits a refractive element in a first direction and a portion may instead be refracted to exit the lens elsewhere. The LED package comprising these refractive elements can thus provide asymmetric illumination to a lighting area. One exemplary application could be street lighting, where light can be preferentially directed toward a roadway and away from houses or other areas away from the road.
US12018826B1
A flush mount electronic device includes a housing cover defining a bottom opening, a housing base forming an internal volume when positioned within the bottom opening of the housing cover, and a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes two pairs of wing-shaped members. The wing-shaped members of the first pair are positioned opposite one another and fastened to the housing base. The wing-shaped members of the second pair are positioned opposite one another and are interleaved with the wing-shaped members of the first pair. Each wing-shaped member of the second pair is partially biased into the internal volume of the housing base and includes a deflected portion defining a hole and slot aperture combination. The hole and slot aperture combination is configured to receive a screw or stud fastened to and extending from a planar mounting bracket to which the mounting structure is to be mounted.
US12018825B2
A luminaire (1) is provided comprising a luminaire housing (3), a light module(5), and a communication module (7). The light module comprises a light source (15) for emitting light from the luminaire (1) and wherein the light module (5) is accommodated at least partly within the luminaire housing (3). The communication module (7) is configured for wireless transmitting and/or receiving communication signals which are unrelated to the 5 lighting function of the luminaire and/or to the operation of the light module. The communication module (7) is accommodated within the luminaire housing (3).
US12018823B2
A fixing base, a lamp fixing device, and a lamp are provided. The fixing base includes a first main body part and a junction box; the first main body part has an accommodation cavity for accommodating the junction box, a first joint part, and a first detachable connection part for direct and detachable connection with the junction box. A first electrical connection part and a second detachable connection part for detachably cooperating with the first detachable connection part are provided on the junction box. The first detachable connection part and the second detachable connection part are configured to be detachably connected through their relative rotation along a rotation shaft, and the junction box can be fixed detachably in the accommodation cavity through the cooperation of the first detachable connection part and the second detachable connection part.
US12018814B2
Example embodiments relate to light emitter devices with adaptable glare classes. One example light emitting device includes a carrier. The light emitting device also includes a plurality of light sources disposed on the carrier. Additionally, the light emitting device includes a lens plate disposed on the carrier. The lens plate includes a flat portion and a plurality of lenses covering the plurality of light sources. Further, the light emitting device includes a light shielding structure mounted on said lens plate. The light shielding structure includes a plurality of closed reflective barrier walls, each having an interior bottom edge disposed on the flat portion, an interior top edge at a height above the flat portion, and a reflective surface connecting the interior bottom edge and the interior top edge and surrounding one or more associated lenses of the plurality of lenses. The height is at least 2 mm.
US12018812B2
A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate; a resin layer covering the light source on the substrate; a light blocking layer having an opening portion on the resin layer; and a lens plate disposed on the light blocking layer, wherein the lens plate includes a light transmitting portion and a convex portion arranged on one surface or the other surface of the light transmitting portion, and the total area of the opening portions is 50% or less of an area of an emission surface through which light is emitted through the resin layer, and the interval between the lens plate and the light blocking layer may be greater than the length of the opening portion.
US12018808B2
Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle. The lamp for a vehicle includes a light source part that generates and outputs light, and a lens array provided on a front side of the light source part, the lens array includes a first lens part including a plurality of first micro lenses, to which the light is input from the light source part, a second lens part including a plurality of second micro lenses that outputs the light input from the first lens part, and a shield part located between the first lens part and the second lens part, and that shields a portion of the light input from the first lens part to the second lens part to form a specific beam pattern on a road surface, and the shield part is provided to be movable to change a lamp image of the beam pattern formed on the road surface.
US12018805B2
A light source device includes a semiconductor light-emitting device which emits coherent excitation light, and a wavelength conversion element which is spaced from the semiconductor light-emitting device, generates fluorescence by converting the wavelength of the excitation light emitted from semiconductor light-emitting device, and generates scattered light by scattering the excitation light. The wavelength conversion element includes a support member, and a wavelength converter disposed on the support member. The wavelength converter includes a first wavelength converter, and a second wavelength converter which is disposed around the first wavelength converter to surround the first wavelength converter in a top view of the surface of the support member on which the wavelength converter is disposed. The ratio of the intensity of fluorescence to that of scattered light is lower in the second wavelength converter than in the first wavelength converter.
US12018801B2
Methods, systems, and devices for inactivating microorganisms are disclosed. An example light emitting device that inactivates microorganisms on a surface comprises a light emitter configured to emit a first light comprising a first wavelength in a range of 380 nanometers (nm) to 420 nm, a first light-converting material configured to convert a first portion of the first light to at least a second light comprising a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and a second light-converting material configured to convert a second portion of the first light to at least a third light comprising a third wavelength different from the first wavelength, wherein at least the first light, the second light, and the third light mix to form a disinfecting white light.
US12018798B2
A method of controlling an accumulation in a fluid system and associated apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises heating. The heating is adaptive or adaptable. The method comprises adapting the heating in accordance with a parameter associated with a development of accumulation. The parameter is monitored. An associated subsea heating system (20) for controlling an accumulation in a subsea flow line (28) is also disclosed.
US12018797B2
A system. The system includes a prelubrication system, a filtration system, a valve, a sensor and a control module. An inlet of the valve shares a common junction with an outlet of a component of the prelubrication system and an inlet of a component of the filtration system. The sensor is configured to detect a triggering condition. The control module is coupled to the valve, and is configured to control operation of the valve based on the detected triggering condition.
US12018796B2
This application relates to a battery operated grease gun comprising a body able to be connected to a container configured to store grease, the body defining first and second elongate chambers therein, the first chamber extending along a first axis and the second chamber extending along a second axis, the first axis being spaced from the second axis, and the second chamber having a smaller cross-sectional area than the first chamber; first and second pistons, the first piston configured to reciprocate within the first chamber along the first axis and the second piston configured to reciprocate within the second chamber along the second axis, the second piston having a smaller cross-sectional area than the first piston; a common grease channel, the common grease channel being disposed between the container and the first and second chambers such that the grease is able to flow from the container into the first and second chambers; an actuator connected to the body and moveable between a retracted position, whereby grease is able to flow through the common grease channel, and an engaged position, whereby grease is restricted from flowing through the common grease channel, the actuator being configured to cause reciprocation of the first piston and the second piston when moved between the engaged and retracted positions; and a grease outlet fluidically connected to the first and second chambers that allows for grease to be discharged from the grease gun. The battery operated grease gun may further comprise a high pressure/high flow switch in the form of a pressure-sensitive spool, bypass valve or gap-based bypass.
US12018794B2
A wheel clamp (2) for fastening to a wheel (1), in particular to a wheel (1) of a motor vehicle, comprises at least two arms (22, 23, 24) which extend outward from a center (28) of the wheel clamp (2) in a radial direction, and a central rotary element (40) which is rotatably arranged in the center (28) of the wheel clamp (2). Each arm (22, 23, 24) has at least one movable element (32, 33, 34) which is movable in the radial direction in order to permit varying the length of the arm (22, 23, 24) in the radial direction. The wheel clamp (2) comprises furthermore at least two coupling elements (52, 53, 54) which each extend between one of the movable elements (32, 33, 34) and the central rotary element (40) such that the movable elements (32, 33, 34) are movable in the radial direction by rotation of the rotary element (40).
US12018786B2
A two-part coupling for use in joining sections of pipe without additional fasteners is disclosed. The two-part coupling includes integral coupling features molded by additive manufacturing technology. The two-part coupling increases reliability, reduces weight, and provides ease of manufacture. The coupling distributes a fluid load so that the coupling can withstand pressures and leak rates in accordance with stringent standards. The two-part coupling can be coupled and de-coupled using a locking and release mechanism built into the integral parts. Assembly is made easier because the geometry of the coupling is amenable to additive manufacturing. Because the two-part coupling requires a lesser degree of precision, machined parts are not required.
US12018785B2
A fluidic connection device couples a first end piece of a first tubing/equipment item and a second end piece of a second item/equipment item. The first constitutes a female end piece with a first tubular ending with a smooth internal face, the external face carrying a locking pin or claw. The second end piece constitutes a male end piece with a second tubular ending forming with the first tubular ending a mating part and whose smooth outer face forms a sealed link for the connection with the first tubular ending's smooth inner face. The second end piece includes: a skirt surrounding the mating part; and a spring tongue with a reception housing receiving the pin, locking the first and second end pieces together. The skirt is coupled to a rear part of the second tubular ending by an annular crown forming an introduction stop of the first tubular ending.
US12018783B2
In the case of a connector coupling, a rib structure (4) is configured on a hose nipple (3), which rib structure (4) has at least one first rib (5), the at least one first rib (5) extending continuously from a rib start (6) as far as a rib end (7) which is spaced apart axially from said rib start (6), and winding around the hose nipple (3) over a circumferential section of more than 180°, preferably more than 270°, particularly preferably over more than 360° or at least once.
US12018782B2
A system for crown molding that enables safely incorporating electrical and communications cabling within crown molding by creating one or more protected paths which inherently prevent overly sharp bends in crown molding corners and by mitigating damage from penetrating punctures through a decorated face designed to fracture when improperly penetrated by a screw or nail, and enables the secure installation of hardware either concealed within the molding or securely and favorably positioned through the decorative face to view or sense a room, and enables additional cable capacity that is concealed within a light reflector to increase lighting efficacy as well as power and data delivery capacity.
US12018781B1
The present invention relates to a reinforcing cap for enhancing the stiffening force of a pipe used in a safety belt, and more specifically, to a reinforcing cap for preventing a pipe from being damaged due to the explosion of an explosive device accommodated in the pipe, or for preventing explosive force of the explosive device accommodated in the pipe from being transferred to anything other than an actuating ball accommodated in the pipe due to the explosive device being expelled from the pipe by a closing operation of the pipe, and especially, to a reinforcing cap for a safety belt with enhanced stiffening force, which is fixed at a position past an expanded portion of the pipe, which is relatively low in stiffening force, thereby preventing the expanded portion from being damaged due to the explosive force of an explosion.
US12018780B2
Losses in the connecting line between the Pressure Wave Generator and the cold head of a GM type pulse tube refrigerator, are reduced while maintaining or improving upon the desirable features of a standard corrugated hose connecting line including vibration isolation, separation distance, and mounting convenience. The basic means are to reduce the internal void volume of the convolutions in a corrugated hose in combination with reducing the number of corrugations, adding fillers to the void volumes, and vibration absorbing coatings.
US12018778B2
Integrated joining system in tubular fluid distribution elements includes a tubular element having a first enlarged cup-shaped end and a second opposite end with a radial protuberance, the first end equipped with a flange having an external concentric edge and an inside cavity capable of receiving and retaining an elastomeric gasket, the first end having a concentric radial groove adjacent to the edge, and having an end edge protruding from the tubular element, the assembly of the tubular elements occurs by inserting the second end of a tubular element inside the cup-shaped end of a similar tubular element up to a shoulder of the cup-shaped end with the edge of the second end having passed the gasket, a junction block including two semicircles placed around the tubular element at this concentric edge and end edge which, by tightening by clamping elements, crimps the two tubular elements.
US12018776B1
A threaded connection comprising a pin connecting having dual tapered threads and a box connection having mating dual tapered threads. There is an internal torque shoulder in the box connection, the torque shoulder having a negative angled surface which mates with an angled surface on the nose of the pin connection. The pin connection has an external torque shoulder having a negative angled surface which is engaged and mates with a negative angled surface formed on the face of the box connection.
US12018774B2
A hose conducts high-temperature steam combined with cleaning solution in a cleaning operation. The hose comprises an external liner, an intermediate conduit, and an internal liner. The external liner comprises first braiding and is disposed along a longitudinal length of the hose. The intermediate conduit is disposed in the external liner along the longitudinal length of the hose. The intermediate conduit has a plurality of corrugations disposed laterally in the tubular wall of the intermediate conduit. The internal liner comprises second braiding and is disposed in the intermediate conduit along the longitudinal length of the hose. The internal liner provided a full bore for the hose configured to conduct the high temperature steam combined with the cleaning solution in a volatilized mixture.
US12018773B2
A directional valve adjusts a fluid flow, such as a coolant flow. The valve includes a valve housing having at least two fluid openings, a valve member adjustable to close and at least partially open the at least two fluid openings, and a seal mounted in a mounting direction in a seal support of the valve member or the valve housing. The seal support and the seal are form-matched to each other such that the seal and the seal support engage behind each other in a barb-like manner with respect to the mounting direction.
US12018770B2
In various implementations, a manual actuator may be coupled to a valve to provide the ability to shut off anhydrous ammonia flow through the valve remotely (e.g., in emergencies). The valve may be coupled to anhydrous ammonia tanks, such as nurse tanks and/or storage tanks. The manual actuator may include manual release member, a breakaway member, a handle, and pull cord(s). The handle may allow a coupled valve to be opened and/or closed. The handle may allow the valve to be shut off at the valve, in some implementations. The pull cord(s) may allow a coupled valve to be remotely closed.
US12018768B2
An assembly includes a housing. A first set of coils is mounted to the housing. The first set of coils extends in an axial or rotational direction along the housing for a first length. A second set of coils is mounted to the housing. The second set of coils extends in the axial or rotational direction along the housing for a second length that is shorter than the first length. A core member includes a first core and a second core in series with one another in an axial direction along the core member. The core member is moveable within the housing along a stroke. For at least a first portion of the stroke, the first core is within the first set of coils. For at least a second portion of the stroke, the second core is within the second set of coils.
US12018767B2
A solenoid valve includes a spool housing defining a spool axis, a spool extending within the spool housing, a solenoid housing, an armature extending within the solenoid housing and defining an armature axis perpendicular to the spool axis, a spool actuator extending from the armature and in engagement with the spool, a first coil positioned along a first portion of the armature, and a second positioned along a second portion of the armature. The first coil and the second coil are controllable to reposition the armature along the armature axis such that the spool actuator variably engages with the spool to move the spool between a plurality of positions along the spool axis.
US12018763B2
A relief valve includes: a housing having a hollow cylindrical valve chamber and having a first communication port opening on one end side of the valve chamber; a first valve element for opening and closing the first communication port; a first spring for biasing the first valve element in the closing direction; and a retainer having a spring seat for supporting the first spring. A set load of the first spring is adjusted based on the press-fit amount of the retainer with respect to the housing. A press-fit piece member including a plurality of press-fit pieces is formed in the retainer, such that the press-fit pieces of the press-fit member are arranged to be spaced away from each other in the circumferential direction of the retainer and elastically abut the housing.
US12018760B2
A valve slide for a valve unit used as an insufflation and purging valve, which valve slide has a proximal actuating section, which is led through a holder and has an actuating knob. The actuating knob is supported on the holder via a compression spring on the one hand, and wherein an annular projection of the valve slide interacts with the holder as a stop acting in the axial direction on the other hand. At the distal control section of the valve slide, sealing rings are provided, which project radially beyond the valve slide, an outer lateral surface of the distal control section, apart from radial guide sections possibly provided on the latter and the projection, is formed with a smooth wall, and the sealing rings are connected integrally to the smooth-walled outer lateral surface.
US12018752B2
Provided is a clutch engaging arrangement for a clutch of a transmission arrangement. The clutch engaging arrangement includes a spring-loaded connecting rod having a connecting portion arranged at a distance from an engaging member of the clutch engaging arrangement when the engaging member assumes the first disengaged position.
US12018751B2
A device (10) for axially moving a gearbox element (12), including: a shift drum (50) mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation (8) and having a shifting groove (62) formed in its outer casing at least partially circumferentially about the axis of rotation (8), which groove is axially inclinded (64) at least in some areas, a cage (30) holding the gear shift drum (50) with a cage wall (34) delimiting an inner cage space (48) against an outer cage space and a wall slot (70) extending axially through the cage wall (34) and opening the inner cage space (48) towards the outer cage space, a carriage (42) held axially movably between the gear shift drum (50) and the cage wall (34) in the area of the wall slot (70), and a shift fork (46) with two fork legs (80).
US12018729B2
A torsional vibration damper includes an input side and an output side, first and second rolling bodies, an intermediate element for torque transmission between the input and output sides, and an energy storage element for supporting the intermediate element in an oscillating manner. The intermediate element has a first transmission path for rolling the first rolling body, and a second transmission path for rolling the second rolling body. The input side has a first counter path complementary to the first transmission path. The output side has a second counter path complementary to the second transmission path. The first rolling body is guided between the first transmission path and the first counter path, and the second rolling body is guided between the second transmission path and the second counter path. The energy storage element is arranged with a vector component that acts circumferentially on the intermediate element in a circumferential direction.
US12018721B2
The invention relates to a wheel end assembly for a vehicle, comprising a central wheel support member such as a spindle or a steering knuckle, and an outboard wheel end bearing arranged concentrically around the central wheel support member. The outboard wheel end bearing comprises roller elements accommodated between an inner race-forming part and an outer race-forming part surrounding the inner race-forming part. The inner race-forming part is configured to be supported by the central wheel support member. The central wheel support member comprises a first rotational lock portion. The inner race-forming part comprises a second rotational lock portion configured to engage with the first rotational lock portion to prevent the inner race-forming part from rotating relative to the central wheel support member. The invention also relates to a vehicle comprising such a wheel end assembly.
US12018712B2
A refractory anchor including an elongated mounting pin having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end seen in the longitudinal direction of the elongated mounting pin, wherein the first end of the elongated mounting pin is weldable to an object, the refractory anchor further includes two anchor fins of which each has a first anchor fin section having a first side and an opposing second side located at a distance of the elongated mounting pin with respect to the first side, wherein the first side is connected to the elongated mounting pin.
US12018691B2
A vacuum pump comprising: a rotor rotatably mounted within a stator; the rotor comprising a plurality of angled blades arranged along a helical path from an inlet to an outlet; the stator comprising a plurality of perforated elements forming a plurality of perforated discs arranged to intersect the helical path at different axial positions, the perforations allowing gas molecules travelling along the helical path to pass through the perforated elements. Each of the perforated discs comprises an outer curved wall forming an outer circumference of the disc and an inner curved wall forming a portion of an inner circumference of the disc, the inner circumference comprising at least one gap where there is no inner wall.
US12018677B2
Disclosed herein is a user interface that can be universally mounted to a combination variable speed pump and a drive assembly therefor. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly and/or to an environmental surface that is remotely located from the drive assembly. The user interface is universally configured to be selectively mounted to the drive assembly in any one of a plurality of available positions relative thereto.
US12018674B2
An apparatus and a method may control a compressor. The apparatus may control a motor (included in a compressor) such that the motor quickly repeats turn-on and turn-off operations in a cooling power supply time period/section, thereby enabling the compressor to compress refrigerant in the cooling power supply time period/section. Thus, cooling power of a refrigerator may change while the compressor operates with maximum efficiency.
US12018670B2
Provided is a tube pump system in which a first insertion groove extending along a first axial direction is formed in a first accommodating portion of a first tube pump, the first tube pump includes a first tube holding member that holds a first tube in the first insertion groove, a second insertion groove extending along a second axial direction is formed in a second accommodating portion of a second tube pump, the second tube pump includes a second tube holding member that holds the second tube in the second insertion groove, the shape of the first insertion groove is different from the shape of the second insertion groove, the first tube holding member has a shape corresponding to the first insertion groove, and the second tube holding member has a shape corresponding to the second insertion groove.
US12018662B2
A high pressure pump. The pump comprises a fluid end assembly supported on a power end assembly. The power end assembly is modular and held together by a first set of stay rods. The fluid end assembly comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section comprises a housing made of multiple-piece construction. One or more pieces of the housing are configured to having a second set of stay rods attached thereto. The second set of stay rods interconnect the fluid end assembly and a power end assembly and a vertically offset from the first set of stay rods.
US12018661B2
A thin film that has a flexible polymer layer and a peptide layer. The peptide layer is disposed on the flexible polymer layer and has a peptide selected from HYF, DYF and YFD. The thin film reversibly curves with changes in humidity.
US12018659B1
A power generation device may include: a blade; a first rotation shaft; a differential gear mechanism; and a first motor generator. The differential gear mechanism may include: a pair of a first side gear and a second side gear; and a first ring gear connecting the first side gear and the second side gear to the first motor generator. The first side gear may be fixed to one end of the first rotation shaft, and the blade is connected to the other end of the first rotation shaft. In the differential gear mechanism, at least two of the first side gear, the second side gear and the first ring gear may be fixed to each other such that they are not able to rotate relative to each other.
US12018644B2
The present invention relates to a method for installing an offshore wind turbine at a target location at sea with an installation vessel, the vessel comprising: —a nacelle support structure for temporarily supporting a nacelle comprising a hub having a plurality of root end connectors to which the root ends of the blades are to be connected, the nacelle support structure comprising: ○a support tower extending upwardly from a deck of the installation vessel, ○a support platform configured to temporarily support the nacelle, —one or more lifting devices configured for: ○lifting the nacelle onto the support platform, ○lifting a nacelle assembly including the blades onto a wind turbine mast located adjacent the vessel, wherein the method comprises: a) lifting the nacelle onto the support platform, and securing the nacelle to the support platform, b) orienting a root end connector of the hub of the nacelle in a direction facing a guide path of the blade moving system, c) connecting the root end of the first blade to the corresponding first root end connector of the hub, d) repeating steps b) and c) for subsequent blades and root end connectors until all blades are connected to the hub of the nacelle, thereby providing a RNA, e) lifting the RNA from the nacelle support structure and positioning the RNA onto a wind turbine mast located adjacent the vessel.
US12018636B1
The invention relates to a water wheel having a plurality of circumferentially mounted buckets adapted to receive fluid, each of the buckets having a pivotable containment flap for maintaining the fluid in the buckets for a longer period during downward rotation of the wheel. The containment flaps comprise a buoyant material such that the flaps will float on top of the fluid housed in the buckets. In an embodiment, the buckets are mounted on tracks such that when filled with fluid and rotated on the wheel to a downward angle the buckets will slide radially outwardly, producing added force and power to the wheel and increasing the mechanical energy which is generated. A means for moving the buckets to a retracted position when empty such as heavy spring or elastic cord members or strut is also provided. In combination, the slide and flap increase the power of the wheel.
US12018632B1
The disclosure relates to an air filter assembly for cleaning an air stream for a commercial vehicle, including a pre-filter communicating with an air intake and a first fine filter which is provided downstream of the pre-filter in the direction of the air stream and, together with the pre-filter, is associated with an air filter part which extends vertically in a predetermined installation position. A redundant second fine filter, which is associated with an air filter part which extends horizontally in the predetermined installation position, follows the first fine filter in the direction of the air stream, the horizontally extending air filter part being a component of a syphon-like conduit region which rises in a curved manner in the direction of an air outlet, starting from the redundant second fine filter.
US12018626B1
A power system for a work vehicle is provided and includes an intake arrangement configured to intake charge air; a fuel arrangement including a first fuel tank configured to store a first fuel and a second fuel tank configured to store a second fuel; a compression ignition engine including a plurality of piston-cylinder sets configured to receive, ignite, and combust the first fuel, the second fuel, or a combination of the first and second fuels from the fuel arrangement with the charge air from the intake arrangement to generate mechanical power and exhaust gas; and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) arrangement configured to direct a portion of the exhaust gas back into the compression ignition engine. The fuel arrangement is arranged to selectively inject the second fuel into the EGR arrangement.
US12018624B1
Implementations herein may include camless engines and methods for operating the same. An engine may comprise a cylinder including a cylinder wall, a piston, a compression ring disposed about the piston, and a cylinder head; a fuel injector in fluid communication with the combustion chamber; an air injector in fluid communication with the combustion chamber; an ignition device in communication with the combustion chamber; an exhaust port in fluid communication with an exhaust manifold and the cylinder; an angular position sensor configured to measure an angular position of a crankshaft in mechanical communication with the piston; and a controller configured to control the fuel injector, the air injector, and the ignition device.
US12018623B2
An internal combustion engine system includes an engine with a plurality of pistons housed in respective ones of a plurality of cylinders, an air intake system to provide air to the plurality of cylinders through respective ones of a plurality of intake valves, an exhaust system to release exhaust gas from the plurality of cylinders through respective one of a plurality of exhaust valves, an aftertreatment system to treat exhaust emission from the engine, and a controller coupled to at least one sensor and configured to control a cam phaser for thermal management of the aftertreatment system.
US12018616B2
Fuel systems of gas turbine engines of aircraft, and associated methods are provided. The fuel systems and methods can permit reverse purging of one or more fuel manifolds of a gas turbine engine to prevent coking in some modes of operation. A fuel system includes first and second fuel manifolds fluidly connectable to a combustor of the gas turbine engine. A valve is operatively disposed between the second fuel manifold and a fuel supply line for controlling fuel supply to the second fuel manifold. A reservoir includes a movable piston disposed therein and dividing the reservoir into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is fluidly connectable to the fuel supply line or to a fuel purge line via the valve. The second chamber is in fluid communication with the second fuel manifold to receive residual fuel from the second fuel manifold.
US12018609B2
An electric assist turbocharger unit for use in an internal combustion engine, comprising a shaft configured for torque-transmittingly connecting a compressor to a turbine of the turbocharger unit and an electric motor configured for rotatably actuating the shaft in a first rotational direction and in an opposed second rotational direction. The engine includes an aftertreatment system, and the rotation of the shaft is designed to retard the flow of intake air through an intake passage and of exhaust gases through the aftertreatment system, thereby controlling the temperature in the aftertreatment system.
US12018603B2
A diesel engine is provided with an exhaust after-treatment device for purifying exhaust gas. The exhaust after-treatment device comprises a DPF that collects a particulate matter included in the exhaust gas, and an SCR that reduces nitrogen oxides included in the exhaust gas through addition of urea. The DPF is arranged to extend in an engine front-rear direction, which is a direction parallel to a crankshaft (CS), while the SCR is arranged to extend in an engine width direction rearward of the DPF in the engine front-rear direction.
US12018596B2
An energy storage system converts variable renewable electricity (VRE) to continuous heat at over 1000° C. Intermittent electrical energy heats a solid medium. Heat from the solid medium is delivered continuously on demand. Heat delivery via flowing gas establishes a thermocline which maintains high outlet temperature throughout discharge. The delivered heat which may be used for processes including power generation and cogeneration. In one application, the energy storage system provides higher-temperature heat to a conventional lower-temperature heat source to boost the temperature of a thermal power cycle working fluid to a turbine, thereby increasing efficiency of the power cycle.
US12018595B2
A method for flushing a heat recovery steam generator in a power plant having a gas turbine, having a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine with a rotor, and having a generator coupled to the gas turbine and a start-up converter to convert from an alternating current of random frequency into an alternating current of a specified frequency. The start-up converter is connected to an output of the generator at which the alternating current of random frequency is applied. Wherein, when the gas turbine is run down, the rotor is cushioned with the help of the start-up converter at a boiler flushing speed and the heat recovery steam generator is further flushed until the specifications for flushing the waste heat steam generator are complied with.
US12018582B2
A turbine blade for a turbine engine, including an aerofoil and a platform. The platform includes an internal channel having a suction opening which opens on a first surface of an upstream portion of the platform, this first surface defining a primary duct. The internal channel includes an ejection opening which opens on a second surface of a downstream portion of the platform, this second surface defining a purge cavity. The internal channel makes it possible to suck in a part of a fluid circulating in the primary duct so as to reduce the intensity of secondary flows which result from friction of the fluid on the first surface.
US12018572B2
An article may include a substrate and a coating system on the substrate. The coating system may include an environmental barrier coating (EBC) layer and a CMAS resistant layer on the EBC layer (e.g., as the top coat of the system). The CMAS layer includes a rare-earth (RE) monosilicate composition including a plurality of RE metal cations, wherein RE monosilicate composition is configured to react with CMAS to form a reaction product including a RE apatite phase with a RE2O3·SiO2 composition, wherein the RE of the RE2O3·SiO2 composition includes at least one of the plurality of RE metal cations of the RE monosilicate.
US12018571B2
A method of installing a seal in a bore of a component includes, among other things, slidably orienting the component in a support fixture. The method includes securing a base plate to the component. The method includes arranging the seal onto a pusher. The method also includes inserting the pusher into a hole in the base plate. The method further includes installing a hub onto the base plate and over the pusher. The method further includes rotating a rod relative to the hub to advance the pusher and seat the seal in the bore.
US12018553B2
A protector for an electric submersible pump includes a plurality of chambers, with adjacent or consecutive pairs of chambers coupled, e.g., fluidly coupled, via a series or parallel body. The body defines two separate hydraulic circuits, which allows for the inclusion of a shaft seal, even when the body couples consecutive chambers in a parallel configuration or couples to a thrust bearing chamber. The shaft tube circuit can include a compensator and/or a relief valve.
US12018551B2
A header with associated lubricator is for fluid handling at the wellhead of an oil and gas well where a plunger/lubricator lift system is deployed, and provides a novel compact lubricator with attached header which can replace a conventional wellhead flow-tee without modifying or moving other wellhead equipment to accommodate the new lubricator and header replacing the old flow-tee. A sub seal is provided at the header/lubricator attachment(s). The header with associated lubricator encloses a conduit with seals in the attachment interfaces between the header and lubricator or between the header and exit attachment means, where the conduit may also comprise a means of flow restriction through machined geometry or by retaining a reduced diameter or valve component through various means of attachment. The flow restrictor means may also be serviced via service access means provided in the header or lubricator exterior wall.
US12018544B2
A system includes a tubular disposed within a borehole, a sleeve disposed around the tubular, and an isolation element bounded to an outer diameter of the sleeve. The inner diameter of the sleeve is connected to an outer diameter of the tubular via a plurality of seals. The isolation element is configured to conform to a surface of the borehole when the isolation element is in an expanded configuration. The sleeve compensates for movement of the tubular by being able to freely move across the tubular.
US12018543B2
Disclosed herein are downhole landing assemblies including a downhole landing assembly for an oil or gas well, downhole landing assembly may include: an upper seat cylinder capable of being coupled to an upper portion of a tubular string; a lower seat cylinder capable of being coupled to a lower portion of the tubular string, wherein the lower seat cylinder may be coupled to the upper seat cylinder; a landing seat coupled to the lower seat cylinder, the landing seat may have two inner surfaces; and a landing mandrel having two outer surfaces, wherein one outer surface of the two outer surfaces may be capable of being abutted against one inner surface of the two inner surfaces.
US12018541B1
A stripper head assembly for holding back pressure while stripping a work-string in and out of a pressurized well environment. The stripper head assembly comprises a stripper head, a stripper insert, a stripper rubber, one or more retention bushing assemblies, one or more retention pins, and one or more retention apertures. The stripper head comprises an outer portion of the stripper head assembly. The stripper head comprises, from top to bottom, a top portion, a body portion, a lower neck portion and a flange base. A portion of the stripper insert fits within a portion of the stripper rubber. A portion of the stripper rubber fits within a portion of the stripper head. A portion of the stripper insert is configured to fit within a portion of the stripper rubber.
US12018534B1
A drilling device for coal mining is provided, including a placement board. The placement board is fixedly connected to a first support pillar and a second support pillar, and the first support pillar and the second support pillar are together fixedly connected to a transmission rod; the transmission rod is connected to support rods symmetrically distributed in a limited sliding manner, and the support rods symmetrically distributed are connected to a connecting rod in a sliding manner; the connecting rod is provided with grooves evenly distributed in a circumferential direction, the grooves are fixedly connected to pneumatic telescopic blocks, and the telescopic end of each pneumatic telescopic block is fixedly connected to an arc-shaped plate. The arc-shaped plate is extended in a circumferential direction to support the drilled hole close to the drill bit, preventing the collapse of the drilling wall close to the drill bit.
US12018532B2
A hole opener configured for use with a power unit to open a hole. The hole opener comprises a gearbox including a hydraulic inlet fluidly coupled to the power unit and an exciter fluidly coupled to the hydraulic inlet, the exciter being coupled to a gear train including an imbalanced mass which is configured to generate vibrations upon receipt of pressurized hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic inlet. The hole opener further comprises a connector coupled to the gearbox for receiving the vibrations, the connector defining a void, and a hammer slidably coupled to the connector within the void, the hammer configured to receive the vibrations from the connector and to transmit the vibrations to the hole.
US12018525B2
A fenestration system includes one or more of a light modulation controller or ventilation modulation controller. The light modulation controller is in communication with at least one light modulation element of a fenestration assembly having a frame and a panel. The light modulation controller includes a light prescription module configured to provide a specified light prescription for the building interior. A lighting difference module is configured to determine a prescription difference between the specified light prescription and ambient light. A dynamic light module of the light modulation controller operates the at least one light modulation element according to the prescription difference. The ventilation modulation controller is in communication with at least one operator configured to open and close the panel. A ventilation prescription module provides a specified ventilation prescription for the building interior, and a dynamic ventilation module implements panel closing and opening according to the specified ventilation prescription.
US12018518B2
A latch includes a housing, a fork bolt operably coupled to the housing and pivotal between an unlatched position, a primary latched position, and a secondary latched position, and a detent lever operably coupled to the housing and arranged to cooperate with the fork bolt. A drive link is operatively connected to the fork bolt and to the detent lever. An override lever is operably coupled to the drive link. A manual release lever is operably coupled to the override lever. The manual release lever is movable between a rest position and a release position. The drive link is automatically moved out of a path of rotation of the fork bolt when the manual release lever is moved to the release position.
US12018516B2
A lock includes a cable configured as an antenna, a shackle pin connected to one end of the cable, and a lock body connected to another end of the cable. The lock body includes a channel for the shackle pin, at least one lock member adjacent the channel pivotable from an open position disengaged from the shackle pin to a closed position engaging the shackle pin, a retainer associated with a lock member driven from a released position disengaged from the lock member to an engaged position retaining the lock member in the closed position, and an electrically driven linear actuator driving the retainer to the released position in response to a signal received by a receiver via the antenna.
US12018513B2
Lock indicators useable to signal the locked or unlocked state of a lock where the lock indicator is usable with an adjustable rose for accommodating various door thicknesses.
US12018507B2
The innovation relates to a pool covering system that is usable as a flooring surface. The pool covering system includes brackets that support beams spanning the pool opening. The beams provide structural support to cross members and flooring placed on top of the beams. The pool covering system does not require significant drainage of the pool and does not damage the pool structure during installation and use.
US12018501B2
The present invention relates to a formwork system (1) comprising a form lining (2) and at least one shaped element (10) which is attached to the rear side (4) of the form lining (2). The form lining (2) and the shaped element (10) have been produced by a 3D printing method. This is preferably carried out in a common 3D printing process, but the form lining (2) and the shaped element (10) can also be produced in separate 3D printing processes, with the shaped element (10) then being attached to the rear side (4) of the form lining (2). This is effected using at least one first fastening element (50). If, by contrast, the form lining (2) and the shaped element (10) have been produced in a common 3D printing process, the additional use of a first fastening element (50) for fastening the shaped element (10) to the form lining (2) is not required. According to the invention, the shaped element (10) and optionally the first fastening element (50) are attached to the rear side (4) of the form lining (2) in such a way that they do not touch or pierce the front side (3) of the form lining (2). The present invention also relates to the use of such a formwork system (1), for example in the production of structural elements made of concrete.
US12018499B2
Provided is an accumulative sliding construction method of segmental track-changing for unequal-span structure, which divides the unequal-span structure into at least two sliding sections according to span variation, and a plurality of track segments corresponding to the spans of each sliding section. By providing sliders on the main truss/beam of each sliding section at positions corresponding to the track segments that each main truss/beam need to pass through, the sliding section smoothly passes through the sliding track segments to be in position; in addition, the main truss/beam of each sliding section is provided with temporary lengthening auxiliary structure or divided into an initial-mounted unit and rear-mounted units to allow the main truss/beam of each sliding section to pass through the track segments smoothly and to be in place.
US12018496B2
A framing accessory includes a bead and a backing strip. The bead may comprise a first leg, a second leg, and a lip. The second leg may comprise a plurality of openings. The strip may be attached to the upper surface of the first leg. In some embodiments, the strip may comprise a single layer of material, while in other embodiments, the strip may comprise two or more layers of material. The strip may comprise material having fire resistant, intumescent, and/or sound insulating properties. The finishing accessory may be configured to be installed in a gap at a head of wall joint by positioning the first leg and strip along the top edge of a wallboard panel and the second leg extending vertically downward along the outer surface of the wallboard panel.
US12018495B2
A floor element for forming a floor covering, the floor element comprising a decorative layer comprising a ceramic material, an intermediate layer comprising a resin material, and a support layer arranged below the decorative layer, wherein the support layer comprises edges provided with coupling elements configured to realize a mechanical coupling with coupling elements of an adjacent floor element and wherein the resin material comprises a modulus of elasticity greater than 0.1 GPa, preferably greater than 0.5 GPa, even more preferably greater than 1 GPa.
US12018489B2
A roof drain including a base defining a channel and an axis, a gravel guard coupled to the base and including a plurality of teeth, where the gravel guard defines a plurality of gullets between the teeth, and a dome coupled to the base, where the dome includes a plurality of ribs, where the ribs define a plurality of gaps therebetween, and where each gap is radially aligned with a corresponding gullet.
US12018486B2
A ceiling system is provided for use in a building space. The ceiling system has an open cell grid structure and is attached to a support structure of the building via hanging hardware. The open cell grid structure is constructed of a plurality of bottom panels attached to the hanging hardware, a plurality of middle panels attached to the plurality of bottom panels, and a plurality of top panels attached to the plurality of middle panels. The bottom, middle, and top panels are arranged in a plurality of rows and arranged to ensure that the plurality of panels form an interconnected system capable of being extended to any size desired by a user.
US12018483B2
An acoustic baffle (1) to be arranged in a building for the absorption of sound propagating there through, the acoustic baffle (1) comprising at least one panel (2) of a sound absorbing material, wherein the baffle (1) comprises at least one edge portion (3) having a recess (4) arranged therein of a size and shape so as to be capable of accommodating a suspension profile (8) in form-fit therein.
US12018479B2
The disclosure discloses a method for preparing a multifunctional ecological exterior wall, including: preparing a ceramic board of a ceramic thermal insulation waterproof layer; preparing a ceramic sound-absorbing board of a sound-absorbing layer; and installing a ecological exterior wall: leveling a surface of the wall of a building with cement slurry, and applying a cement bonding layer thereon; laying the ceramic thermal insulation waterproof board on the cement bonding layer, and applying the cement bonding layer on the ceramic board; laying the ceramic sound-absorbing board on the cement bonding layer and reserving a gap used to place a pipe; driving the screw-thread steel bolt from the surface of the ceramic sound-absorbing board into the wall obliquely; installing and fixing the pipe in the gap, which is reserved at the upper of the ceramic sound-absorbing board; planting a green plant on the surface of the ceramic board of the sound-absorbing layer.
US12018477B2
A structure system that enables heat, sound and moisture insulation without having a thermal bridge and has its own load-bearing elements, and a production method is disclosed. The structure system has at least one main load-bearing system, and at least one filling material that partially or completely surrounds the main load-bearing system and has an insulating feature. The production method of the structure system has the steps of placing the main loadbearing system in at least one mould in a way that there is a space between the main load-bearing system and the surfaces of the mould, wherein the filling material does not adhere to the mould and the mould limits the filling material so as to shape it, filling and drying the filling material in the space so as to partially or completely surround the main load-bearing system, and removing the mould after the drying process is completed.
US12018476B2
A mounting device including a base having an open bottom, a longitudinal axis, and a linear guide on the base. The linear guide guides support hardware in linear movement along the longitudinal axis. An internal cavity is under the base for containing a sealant against and in cooperation with a roof when the mounting device is secured to the roof. An opening is though the base is for receiving a fastener when the mounting device is secured to the roof. The opening is in communication with the internal cavity. The linear guide extends beyond the internal cavity.
US12018474B2
A corner support assembly comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a first flange configured and arranged to be connected to a corner. The second portion has a second flange. The second portion is operatively connected to the first portion, and the second portion is configured and arranged to be adjustable relative to the first portion to vary a distance between the first and second flanges of the first and second portions to accommodate varying thicknesses of different types of insulation between the first and second flanges.
US12018463B2
A system and method for various levels of automation of a swing-to-hopper motion for a rope shovel. An operator controls a rope shovel during a dig operation to load a dipper with materials. A controller receives position data, either via operator input or sensor data, for the dipper and a hopper where the materials are to be dumped. The controller then calculates an ideal path for the dipper to travel to be positioned above the hopper to dump the contents of the dipper. In some embodiments, the controller outputs operator feedback to assist the operator in traveling along the ideal path to the hopper. In some embodiments, the controller restricts the dipper motion such that the operator is not able to deviate beyond certain limits of the ideal path. In some embodiments, the controller automatically controls the movement of the dipper to reach the hopper.
US12018458B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a construction machine capable of efficiently driving a hydraulic cylinder by an accumulator. Thus, the construction machine includes a first control valve disposed in a first hydraulic fluid line connecting a bottom-side fluid chamber of a hydraulic cylinder with an accumulator, and a second control valve disposed in a second hydraulic fluid line connecting a rod-side fluid chamber of the hydraulic cylinder with a tank. The construction machine further includes a third control valve disposed in a third hydraulic fluid line connecting the rod-side fluid chamber with the accumulator, and a fourth control valve disposed in a fourth hydraulic fluid line connecting a line part of the first hydraulic fluid line, which connects the bottom-side fluid chamber with the third control valve, and a line part of the third hydraulic fluid line, which connects the rod-side fluid chamber with the third control valve, with each other.
US12018450B2
A mandrel for forming a cavity at a target location. The mandrel includes a base part positioned at a top end of the mandrel, a first middle part, a second middle part, a third middle part, a first plurality of diamond-shaped crushing blades, a second plurality of diamond-shaped crushing blades, and a bore head positioned at a bottom end of the mandrel. The first plurality of diamond-shaped crushing blades are attached around the first middle part and the second middle part. The second plurality of diamond-shaped crushing blades are attached around the third middle part and the bore head.
US12018426B1
A lint capturing assembly includes a bag holding member having a top portion, a bottom portion, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The inner surface defines a central open region. The assembly includes a fabric bag having a first end portion defining an open end. The first end portion is disposed through the central open region of the bag holding member. The first end portion is disposed against the top portion and the outer surface of the bag holding member. The assembly includes a cap member that is disposed against the first end portion of the fabric bag such that the first end portion is disposed between the cap member and the top portion of the bag holding member. The cap member has a central opening that communicates with the open end of the fabric bag. The assembly includes a first hook member that is coupled to the bag holding member.
US12018425B2
A washing machine includes a tub, a drum, a motor, a pulsator, a coupler configured to couple and decouple a driving shaft of the motor and a drying shaft of the drum, and a clutch supporting the coupler and moving in an axial direction. The clutch includes driven protrusions extending in a vertical direction. The washing machine further includes a clutch supporter having a plurality of support surfaces that are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction and support lower ends of the driven protrusions located between the support surfaces when the coupler is at a connection position, and guide surfaces that are located above the support surfaces in the circumferential direction and configured to interfere with the upper ends of the driven protrusions based on the clutch moving upwards from the connection position to a disconnection position to thereby rotate the driven protrusions to positions corresponding to the support surfaces.
US12018422B2
A circuit that increases input voltage to higher output voltage connected to a drive. The circuit can include a power input that receives the input voltage from a power source and at least one capacitor bank connected with the power input. A current-limiting surge suppressor is positioned between the power input and the at least one capacitor bank. The current-limiting surge suppressor includes a first current-limiting path and a second bypass path. A drain, when operable, dissipates the charge of the at least one capacitor bank. The drive is operable in response to the higher voltage output from the at least one capacitor bank.
US12018407B2
Processes for forming a yarn comprising a plurality of bicomponent filaments having a first region comprising a first polymer composition and a second region comprising a second polymer composition; the regions being distinct and present in the bicomponent filaments in a sheath-core structure or a side-by-side structure; wherein the first polymer composition comprises aramid polymer comprising 5 to 10 weight percent homogeneously dispersed discrete carbon particles and the second polymer composition comprises aramid polymer being free of discrete carbon particles and having at least one homogeneously dispersed masking pigment, the yarn having a total content of 0.5 to 5 weight percent discrete carbon particles.
US12018394B1
A thin-walled metal part, and a method to fabricate such a part out of various alloys. A plurality of layers are formed, each of the layers being formed on a polymer template or on a previously formed layer. A homogenizing heat treatment is used to cause chemical elements in the layers to interdiffuse, to form a single continuous layer with a substantially uniform alloy composition.
US12018388B2
Disclosed are oxyalkylated surfactants used in compositions and methods for inhibiting corrosion.
US12018386B2
The disclosure describes a method that includes forming a soft magnetic material by a technique including melt spinning. The soft magnetic material includes at least one of: at least one of an α″-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 phase domain or an α′-Fe8(NxZ1-x), where Z includes at least one of C, B, or O, and where x is a number greater than zero and less than one; or at least one of an α″-Fe16N2 phase domain or an α′-Fe8N phase domain, and at least one of an α″-Fe16Z2 phase domain or an α′-Fe8Z phase domain.
US12018381B2
A method of manufacturing a copper oxide (CuxO) structure onto a Copper (Cu) surface by fabricating an electroactive hierarchical CuxO structure directly onto the Cu surface by laser-induced oxidation (LIO). The generated heat from the laser source provides energy for the oxidation of the Cu surface in the presence of atmospheric oxygen. The electroactive hierarchical CuxO structure is a binder-free nanotextured structure. The electroactive hierarchical CuxO structure may be used as a glucose sensor.
US12018368B2
A powder transfer apparatus includes: a powder transfer pipe connecting a powder raw material supply source to a vaporizer and configured to supply a powder to the vaporizer from the powder raw material supply source; a first purge gas supply pipe connecting a buffer tank to the powder transfer pipe at a first branch point and configured to supply a purge gas from the buffer tank to the powder transfer pipe; a first valve that is closer to the powder raw material supply source than the first branch point is; a second valve that is closer to the vaporizer than the first branch point is, an opening degree of the second valve being adjustable; a first purge gas valve provided on the first purge gas supply pipe; and a controller configured to control opening and closing of the first valve, the second valve, and the first purge gas valve.
US12018359B2
Purpose of the present invention is to provide a composite tungsten oxide film having a transmissivity of light with a wavelength of 700 to 1200 nm, in addition to a function to shield light by absorbing light, a function to generate heat by absorbing light and a function to release electrons by absorbing light, and also having a substantial radio wave transmissivity, and having both of an infrared light absorbing property in an infrared light region and a transparency in a visible light region, and a method for manufacturing the composite tungsten oxide film, and further, to provide a film-deposited base material or an article using any of or a plurality of the above functions. A composite tungsten oxide film comprising a composition represented by a general formula MxWyOz (wherein, an element M is one or more elements selected from alkaline metal, alkaline earth metal, Fe, In, Tl, and Sn, an element W is tungsten, and an element O is oxygen) as main components, wherein 0.001≤x/y≤1, 2.2≤z/y≤3.0, organic components are not contained substantially, a sheet resistance is 105 ohms per square or more, a transmittance in a wavelength of 550 nm is 50% or more, a transmittance in a wavelength of 1400 nm is 30% or less, and also, an absorptance in a wavelength of 1400 nm is 35% or more, and an absorptance in a wavelength of 800 nm with respect to an absorptance in a wavelength of 1400 nm is 80% or less.
US12018353B2
The present disclosure provides a decorative coating film, which ensures and/or maintains millimeter wave transmission properties even though the decorative coating film is continuously used. The present disclosure relates to a decorative coating film formed on the surface of a resin substrate positioned in the pathway of a radar device, wherein the decorative coating film at least comprises: fine silver particles or fine silver alloy particles, nickel oxide, and a binding resin having light transmission properties, which binds the fine silver particles or the fine silver alloy particles dispersed in the decorative coating film with one another, wherein the shape of the nickel oxide is a wire shape.
US12018352B2
This hot rolled steel sheet is a hot rolled steel sheet including a base steel sheet and a scale formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, in which the base steel sheet has a predetermined chemical composition, the scale has a layer structure composed of wustite, magnetite, and hematite in order from the base steel sheet side or a layer structure composed of the wustite and the magnetite in order from the base steel sheet side, and, when a thickness of the scale is represented by s, a thickness of the hematite is represented by h, and a thickness of the magnetite is represented by m, the s, the h, and the m satisfy formula (1) and formula (2). (h+m)/s<0.20 Formula (1) h≤m/4 Formula (2)
US12018351B2
The present application can provide a composite material which comprises a metal foam and a polymer component and has other excellent physical properties such as impact resistance, processability and insulation properties while having excellent thermal conductivity.
US12018350B2
The invention relates to a method for recycling used lithium batteries containing the steps: (a) digestion of comminuted material (10), which contains comminuted components of electrodes of lithium batteries, using concentrated sulphuric acid (12) at a digestion temperature (TA) of at least 100° C., in particular at least 140° C., so that waste gas (14) and a digestion material (16) are produced, (b) discharge of the waste gas (14) and (c) wet chemical extraction of at least one metallic component of the digestion material (16).
US12018346B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for extracting valuable metal from low-matte nickel converter slag. The method comprises: mixing low-matte nickel converter slag and quicklime then calcinating, obtaining a calcinated material; grinding and magnetically separating the calcinated material, obtaining silicate and iron-rich slag; adding a strong alkali solution to the iron-rich slag to perform leaching processing, and performing solid-liquid separation, obtaining a filtrate and a residue; mixing the residue with an acid solution, performing oxygen pressure acid leaching, and performing solid-liquid separation, obtaining a leachate and iron oxide; introducing hydrogen sulfide gas into the leachate, adjusting the pH, and performing solid-liquid separation, obtaining a copper sulfide precipitate and a nickel-cobalt-containing filtrate. In the present invention, first, removing silicon dioxide is removed by means of calcination to prepare silicate, then iron oxide is prepared by means of acid leaching, and finally metal separation is performed on the leachate, causing various components of the converter slag to be effectively utilized. The process flow of the present invention is short and effectively utilizes each component of the low-matte nickel converter slag, waste is turned into valuable material, and the loss of valuable metal elements is reduced.
US12018344B2
A high-strength steel sheet includes a predetermined chemical composition, a microstructure contains, by volume percentage, 80% or more of tempered martensite, and a remainder consists of ferrite and bainite, the microstructure contains 5.0×1011 pieces/mm3 or more of, per unit volume, precipitate containing Ti and having an equivalent circle diameter of 5.0 nm or less, Hvs/Hvc which is a ratio of an average hardness Hvs at a position of a depth of 20 μm from a surface to an average hardness Hvc at a position of 0.20 to 0.50 mm from the surface is 0.85 or more, and the tensile strength is 1,180 MPa or more.
US12018333B2
A method for identifying lung cancer status in a subject comprising: collecting a biological sample from the subject; detecting the methylation level of a biomarker gene in the biological sample, the biomarker gene being one or more selected from the following genes: BCAT1, CDH1, DCLK1, FOXL2, HOXA9, PTGER4, RARB, RASSF1A, Septin9, and SHOX2; and comparing the detected methylation levels with a normal methylation level of a corresponding biomarker gene in the population to determine the lung cancer status in the subject. Also provided herein is a kit for identifying lung cancer status in a subject.
US12018328B2
The disclosure is directed to kits and methods for amplifying and detecting human papilloma virus (HPV) of genotype 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, and/or 68 in a sample, which comprises a variety of combinations of forward oligonucleotide primers, reverse oligonucleotide primers, and oligonucleotide probes.
US12018326B2
The invention relates to mutant forms of CsgG. The invention also relates to analyte detection and characterization using CsgG.
US12018320B2
The present invention provides for novel methods for regulating and detecting the cytosine methylation status of DNA. The invention is based upon identification of a novel and surprising catalytic activity for the family of TET proteins, namely TET1, TET2, TET3, and CXXC4. The novel activity is related to the enzymes being capable of converting the cytosine nucleotide 5-methylcytosine into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by hydroxylation.
US12018317B2
Methods for incorporation of unique bowtie-barcodes into a nucleic acid origami nanostructure (FIG. 1). In particular, provided herein are methods that facilitate pairing and analysis of nucleic acids from individual cells using, for example, high-throughput next-generation sequencing.
US12018307B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro or in vivo process for producing a glucuronide comprising a glucuronic acid moiety bound to a phenolic hydroxyl group or a phenolic carboxyl group. Also provided are expression vectors, nucleic acids, polypeptides, and recombinant microbial cells useful in carrying out the process and prodrugs produced by the process.
US12018299B2
Methods and kits for quantifying adenosine-containing molecules within an aqueous composition. Particularly, the methods utilize a competitive fluorescence-polarization and FRET-based assays that directly measure the production of adenosine-containing compounds, particularly S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) compounds produced by MTases. The generation of AdoHcy can be quantified by displacing a novel fluorescent probe comprising a 5-carboxytetramethylrhodamine fluorophore covalently bound to an adenosine scaffold from a catalytically inert 5′-methylthioadenosine nucleosidase (MTAN) variant. One or more of the reaction materials can be pre-loaded into wells within multi-well reaction plates as a kit, which can be used to determine the enzymatic activity of MTases or conduct drug screening for potential inhibitors in a high-throughput format. Additionally, the developed assay is applicable to S-adenosyl methionine-dependent and adenosine triphosphate-dependent enzymes by detecting adenosine and various adenosine-containing molecules including 5′-methylthioadenosine, adenosine monophosphate and adenosine diphosphate produced during the course of a chemical reaction.
US12018290B2
Methods for continuously inactivating a virus during manufacture of a protein are provided. Steps include (1) combining, at a single predetermined volumetric ratio, a composition including the protein, and a composition including a virus-inactivation reagent, to obtain a treatment composition having a predetermined property for inactivation of a virus; (2) transferring the treatment composition to a treatment vessel; (3) incubating the treatment composition in the treatment vessel at predetermined conditions; and (4) subjecting the treatment composition to a post-treatment processing operation. The single predetermined volumetric ratio has been selected to ensure that the predetermined property of the treatment composition is maintained across a range of concentrations predicted for the protein in the composition including the protein. Steps (1) to (3) are carried out (a) continuously and (b) without feedback control being exerted by either adjustment of the volumetric ratio or diversion of the treatment composition.
US12018287B2
The present disclosure relates generally to an improved gene expression system in the field of recombinant gene expression. The invention relates to a system showing an improved yield and quality of protein production and methods for increasing production of a protein produced by cultured cells, particularly cultured eukaryotic cells.
US12018285B2
The present invention relates to the identification of a genomic integration site for heterologous polynucleotides in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells resulting in high RNA and/or protein production. More specifically it relates to CHO cells comprising at least one heterologous polynucleotide stably integrated into the S100A gene cluster of the CHO genome and to methods for the production of said CHO cells. Further, the invention relates to a method for the production of a protein of interest using said CHO cell and to the use of said CHO cell for producing a protein of interest at high yield. Integration within these specific target regions leads to reliable, stable and high yielding production of an RNA and/or protein of interest, encoded by the heterologous polynucleotide.
US12018281B2
The present invention provides a cardiomyocyte maturation promoter. The present invention provides a cardiomyocyte maturation promoter comprising one or more compounds selected from 2-methoxy-5-((Z)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)vinyl)phenol, (1-ethyl-1H-benzotriazol-5-yl)methyl (2-(2-methoxy-4-methylphenyl)-4-methyl-1,3-thiazol-5-yl)carbamate, (2′beta)-22-oxovincaleukoblastine, 2-(2-(4-chlorophenyl)ethyl)-6-(2-furyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine, 4,5-anhydro-1,2-dideoxy-4-methyl-2-((N-(morpholin-4-ylacetyl)-L-alanyl-O-methyl-L-tyrosyl)amino)-1-phenyl-L-threo-pent-3-ulose, 3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-N7,N7-dimethylisoquinoline-1,7-diamine, methyl 4-(2-benzylbenzoyl)-2,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate, 2′-(4-aminophenyl)-1H,1′H-2,5′-bibenzimidazol-5-amine, and salts thereof.
US12018278B2
Provided are chemical inducers of lineage reprogramming (CiLR) which include glycogen synthase kinase inhibitors, TGFβ receptor inhibitors, cyclic AMP agonists or histone acetylators. Also provided is a method of inducing lineage reprograming in a partially or completely differentiated cell of a first type into a cell with characteristics of a second and different lineage. The method includes: contacting a cell with the CiLR for a sufficient period of time to result in reprograming the cell into a modified XEN-like cell which is subsequently programmed into a cell with characteristics of a second and different lineage.
US12018268B2
The present invention provides for soybean plant and seed comprising transformation event MON89788 and DNA molecules unique to these events. The invention also provides methods for detecting the presence of these DNA molecules in a sample.
US12018267B2
The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
US12018263B2
As disclosed herein, optimal native genomic loci from maize plants have been identified that represent best sites for targeted insertion of exogenous sequences.
US12018250B2
The present invention features modified polynucleotide sequences that mimic host cell DNA and methods of using such sequences for the genetic engineering of bacteria that are otherwise genetically intractable.
US12018227B2
The present disclosure is directed to an encapsulated fragrance composition including an accord including at least one of menthol and isopulegol. Consumer products containing said encapsulated fragrance composition are also disclosed herein.
US12018226B2
The present disclosure provides fragrance compositions having an olfactive profile that changes with time. The fragrance compositions include at least two contrasting perfume accords. The at least two contrasting perfume accords provide an olfactory modulating effect, such that the fragrance compositions deliver a desirable scent with increased perceived intensity and improved longevity of perception.
US12018219B2
A method of improving the transportation of a crude oil which has been recovered from a crude oil well, the method comprising adding one or more glycerophospholipid(s) to a crude oil before and/or during the transportation of said crude oil.
US12018217B2
The present invention concerns a method for processing a petrol containing sulfur and olefin compounds, comprising the following steps: a) a step of hydrodesulfurisation in the presence of a catalyst comprising an oxide support and an active phase comprising a metal from group VIB and a metal from group VIII, b) a step of separating the H2S formed, c) a step of hydrodesulfurisation at a higher temperature than that of step a), with a hydrogen/feedstock ratio less than that of step a), and in the presence of a hydrodesulfurisation catalyst comprising an oxide support and an active phase consisting of at least one metal from group VIII, d) a step of separating the H2S formed.
US12018209B2
A viscoelastic surfactant fluid composition comprising: a surfactant: a counterion: and a modified nanoparticle.
US12018208B2
A method is proposed for making geological deep wells that are clogged unblocked and capable of absorbing fluid again by adding an acid from the group of carboxylic acids and vinylogous carboxylic acids.
US12018201B2
The present invention relates to compositions in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion preferably comprising an aqueous phase, a natural wax, at least two surfactants, and a neutralizing agent.
US12018192B2
A receiver comprising a luminescent collector (luminescent detector) comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant B, an optical data communication system comprising said receiver, and to the use of the luminescent collector as fast photodetector in a receiver for an optical data communication system.
US12018191B2
Described are luminescent components with excellent performance and stability. The luminescent components comprise a solid material composition comprising luminescent crystals 11 from the class of perovskite crystals, embedded in a solid matrix 14 comprising a polymer P1 or Small Molecules SM1 and metal selected from Mg, Sr, Ba, Sc, Y, Zn, Cd, In, and Sb. Further described are components and devices comprising the same. Also described are methods for manufacturing such components and devices comprising such components and liquid compositions useful for such manufacturing.
US12018182B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition containing a base polymer containing a propylene-based polymer (A) in which a melting endotherm (ΔH-D) is 0 J/g or more and 60 J/g or less, and a melting point (Tm-D) is not observed or is 0° C. or higher and 120° C. or lower; and a propylene-based polymer (C) in which a melting endotherm (ΔH-D) is 20 J/g or more and 120 J/g or less, and a melting point (Tm-D) is higher than 120° C., the content of the propylene-based polymer (C) being 0.5 parts by mass or more and 100 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the content of the propylene-based polymer (A).
US12018181B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides: an adhesive coating composition enabling adherence (coupling) of an electrical steel sheet without using conventional coupling methods such as welding, clamping, and interlocking; an electrical steel sheet laminate to which the same is applied; and a method for manufacturing the same. An adhesive coating composition for an electrical steel sheet, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes, on the basis of 100 wt % of total solids: 15 to 70 wt % of a first composition containing an organic resin and an organic/inorganic composite in which inorganic nanoparticles are substituted for an organic resin; 20 to 80 wt % of a second composition containing a metal phosphate and phosphoric acid; and 1 to 10 wt % of a coupling agent. The coupling agent may contain one or more of a silane-based coupling agent, a titanate-based coupling agent, and an aluminate-based coupling agent.
US12018176B2
The instant invention concerns the use of at least one polymer P obtained by radical copolymerization of a mixture of (i) acrylic acid; (ii) methacrylic acid; and (iii) at least one 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate phosphate for treating a metallic surface intended to be coated by a paint, a varnish or an adhesive. The invention also concerns methods of coatings making use of this polymer P, compositions comprising the polymer P and useful for these methods, and the obtained coated materials.
US12018175B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a surface treatment agent which is capable of forming, on a metal material, a film that not only comprehensively satisfies various performance such as corrosion resistance and adhesion but also exhibits excellent corrosion resistance and adhesion even when exposed to a high-temperature environment. The Problem is solved by a surface treatment agent for metal materials, which contains: a compound and/or mixture (A) represented by M2O·SiO2, wherein a molar ratio of SiO2/M2O is in a range of 1.8 to 7.0 and M represents an alkali metal; a stabilized zirconium oxide (B); and a component (C) that contains at least one selected from metal oxide particles and clay minerals except for the compound and/or mixture (A) and the stabilized zirconium oxide (B).
US12018152B2
A polybutadiene composition which enables the achievement of a rubber material that has excellent crack propagation resistance and a method for producing this polybutadiene composition are provided. A polybutadiene composition is produced by a method that comprises a step Y wherein 1,3-butadiene is polymerized in the presence of 1,2-polybutadiene and a lanthanoid catalyst. A polybutadiene composition which contains 1,2-polybutadiene and 1,4-polybutadiene, and which is obtained by polymerizing 1,3-butadiene in the presence of 1,2-polybutadiene and a lanthanoid catalyst.
US12018143B2
An ionomer may include a neutralized blend of an ethylene acid copolymer and an aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid. The ethylene acid copolymer may be the polymerized reaction product of: ethylene, alkyl acrylate; optionally monocarboxylic acid monomer; and unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monomer. Another ionomer may include a neutralized blend of a first ethylene acid copolymer, a second ethylene acid copolymer, and an aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid. The first ethylene acid copolymer may be the polymerized reaction product of ethylene; monocarboxylic acid monomer; and optionally alkyl acrylate. The second ethylene acid copolymer may be the polymerized reaction product of: ethylene; alkyl acrylate; and unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monomer. Either blend may comprise from 5 to 40 wt. % of the aliphatic, mono-functional organic acid. At least 30 mole percent of total acid units of either blend may be neutralized with a magnesium cation of the magnesium neutralizing salt.
US12018139B2
The present invention concerns the use of a mixture of organic peroxides for crosslinking a polyolefin elastomer (POE), in particular intended to be used in photovoltaic applications. The invention also relates to a crosslinkable composition comprising at least one polyolefin elastomer (POE) and at least one mixture of organic peroxides. The present invention also concerns a method for preparing a material made from polyolefin elastomer (POE), preferably an encapsulating material or a sealing agent, in particular for photovoltaic cells, comprising a step of crosslinking a crosslinkable composition as defined previously.
US12018132B2
There are provided processes for recycling waste such as polystyrene thermoplastic polymer waste and/or polystyrene thermoplastic copolymer waste as well as recycled polystyrene thermoplastic polymer and/or recycled thermoplastic copolymer that may, for example, be obtained from such processes. The processes can comprise the use of a reducing agent.
US12018125B2
Provided is an (A)-(B)-(A) triblock copolymer comprising two hydrophilic polymer blocks (A) as further defined herein, and a polymer block (B), said polymer block (B) comprising at least one type of repeating unit of the following formula (I) wherein R1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which is optionally substituted with one or more of —OR5, —SR5, —NR6R7, —(NR6R7R8)+, —CONR6R7, —C(O)OR9 and —C(O)R10, wherein R5 to R10 are independently selected from H, aliphatic and aromatic residues, and wherein R1 is selected such that the polymer block (B) is more hydrophobic than the polymer block (A); and compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, formed with the block copolymer.
US12018122B2
A method for producing an alkoxysilane polymer via a carbamate, thiocarbonate or carbonate-terminated prepolymer (IIIa) or (IIIb) includes reaction of a polymer backbone of formula (I) terminated with at least two amino, mercapto or hydroxyl groups and with a chloroformate of formula (IIa) or a pyrocarbonate of formula (Ilb) (I) (IIa) (IIb) (IIIa) (IIIb), wherein R1 and R3 represent a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group with 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a mono- or polycyclic aliphatic or aromatic ring system with 5 to 18 carbon atoms in the ring system, which is optionally substituted by one or more groups R2, X is oxygen or sulphur, n is 0 for a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated alkyl or alkenyl group and is 0.1 or 2 for a mono- or polycyclic aliphatic or aromatic ring system, and A represents a polymer backbone.
US12018120B2
A method for producing a terminal carboxyl group-containing polyethylene glycol, which includes the following steps 1 and 2. Step 1: In a solution containing a polyethylene glycol having a hydroxyl group, an inorganic base 0.5 to 4 times the polyethylene glycol in mass, an aprotic solvent and water, mass of the water being 5 to 20 meq with respect to the inorganic base and mass of the water in the solution being 2,000 ppm or less, a compound of the formula (1) is reacted with the polyethylene glycol to obtain a polyethylene glycol ester: wherein X represents a leaving group, a represents an integer of 4 to 9, and R1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; Step 2: The polyethylene glycol ester is hydrolyzed to obtain a terminal carboxyl group-containing polyethylene glycol.
US12018116B2
Provided is a hydrogenated ring-opened polymer having excellent ductility. The hydrogenated ring-opened polymer includes 90 mass % or more of norbornene-derived structural units. The proportion of meso diads of cis-structural units (I) of formula (I), shown below, included among the norbornene-derived structural units is not less than 0% and not more than 30% or is not less than 70% and not more than 100%. Trans-structural units (II) of formula (II), shown below, constitute a proportion of not less than 0.5% and not more than 20% among the total of the cis-structural units (I) of formula (I) and the trans-structural units (II) of formula (II).
US12018114B2
The present disclosure provides a polymeric material including a polymerized reaction product of a polymerizable composition including components, and a thermally activatable amine curative, and has a solids content of 90% or greater. The components include a uretdione-containing material including a reaction product of a diisocyanate reacted with itself; a first hydroxyl-containing compound; and an optional second hydroxyl-containing compound having a single OH group. The first hydroxyl-containing compound has more than one OH group and the optional second hydroxyl-containing compound is a primary alcohol or a secondary alcohol. The present disclosure also provides a two-part composition, in which a polymeric material is included in the first part and the second part includes at least one liquid amine. Further, a method of adhering two substrates is provided, including obtaining a two-part composition; combining at least a portion of the first part with at least a portion of the second part to form a mixture; disposing at least a portion of the mixture on a first substrate; and contacting a second substrate with the mixture disposed on the first substrate. The disclosure also provides a polymeric material and a method of curing a two-part composition. Advantageously, two-part compositions according to the present disclosure can be used as coatings and adhesive systems having a two-step cure with handling and performance similar to existing two-part urethane systems, but with less sensitivity to water.
US12018112B2
A free radical cure catalyst composition is provided that includes a free radical cure catalyst present as a paste at 20° C. A cure inhibitor is dissolved in a solvent compatible with the free radical cure catalyst paste to form an inhibitor solution that is mixed into the paste. A filler composition is also provided that includes an ethylenically unsaturated resin, a crosslinking agent; and the free radical cure catalyst composition. A method of repairing a vehicle body is provided that includes an uncured layer of the composition as noted above is applied to a substrate. The uncured layer is modified during a working time of from 8 to 35 minutes. The uncured layer is allowed to cure under free radical conditions to form a cured layer.
US12018106B2
The present invention provides a fluoropolymer containing fluorosulfonyl groups capable of forming a polymer electrolyte membrane with high conductivity and hot water resistance, a method for its production, a fluoropolymer containing acid-form sulfonic acid groups and a method for its production, a polymer electrolyte membrane, a membrane-electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The method for producing a fluoropolymer containing fluorosulfonyl groups of the present invention comprises copolymerizing a monomer m1 (CF2═CFCF2O-Q1-SO2F) and TFE in a reactor at a temperature of from 150 to 200° C. in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, wherein the radical polymerization initiator is continuously or sequentially added into the reactor so that the concentration of the radical polymerization initiator is kept to at most 2.5 mass ppm of the initial feed of the monomer m1 present in the reactor before initiation of the copolymerization during the copolymerization, and the molar ratio of the total feed of the monomer m1 to the total feed of tetrafluoroethylene is from 1.5 to 20.
US12018103B2
An example of a flow cell includes a substrate and a pattern of two different silanes on at least a portion of a surface of the substrate. A first polymer is attached to a first of the two different silanes and a second polymer is attached to a second of the two different silanes. The first and second polymers respectively include a first functional group and a second functional group of a functional group pair, the functional group pair being selected from the group consisting of an activated ester functional group and an azide functional group, a tetrazine functional group and an activated ester functional group, and a tetrazine functional group and an azide functional group. A first primer set is grafted to the first polymer and a second primer set is grafted to the second polymer. The first and second primer sets are different.
US12018096B2
The present disclosure provides a novel peptide as potent inhibitor of protein aggregation. A peptide for an inhibition of protein aggregation having the general Formula 1, [XiSACX1]mHHHH[X2X3CGG]m (SEQ ID NO. 9) is provided. The m is 0 or 1; Xi is an acetyl group; X1 is a hydrophilic polar uncharged amide group containing amino acid; X2 is His or Leu; and X3 is His or Ser. The present disclosure specifically relates to peptide-based inhibitors useful in treatment of amyloid related disorders.
US12018094B2
Disclosed are crystalline forms of L-Lys(Boc)-Phe-NH2 and Boc-D-Arg-DMT. The crystalline forms may be used in the synthesis of elamipretide.
US12018080B2
Provided are methods and compositions for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof. One of the top gene products in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is KLRB1 (also known as CD161), a C-type lectin protein that binds to CLEC2D. Binding of CLEC2D to the KLRB1 receptor inhibits the cytotoxic function of NK cells as well as cytokine secretion. KLRB1 is only expressed by small subpopulations of human blood T cells, and consequently little is known about the function of this receptor in T cells. However, preliminary data demonstrate that KLRB1 expression is induced in T cells within the GBM microenvironment. In an exemplary embodiment, a method is provided comprising administering an agent capable of blocking the interaction of KLRB1 with its ligand. The agent may comprise an antibody or fragment thereof, which may bind KLRB1 or CLEC2D.
US12018075B2
A method of operating a chromatography column is described for use in methods of manufacture for producing anti-TNF antibodies, e.g., the anti-TNFα antibody SIMPONI® (golimumab). This method involves collecting column outlet signal and accumulated flow parameters at two or more intervals of at least one mobile phase transition front during operation of the chromatography column comprising column packing. A model gamma cumulative distribution curve is calculated based on the collected column outlet signal and accumulated flow parameters for the at least one mobile phase transition front. A height equivalent theoretical plate (HETP) value is calculated for the at least one mobile phase transition front using parameters of the model gamma cumulative distribution curve and the quality of the chromatography column packing is assessed based on the calculated HETP value.
US12018073B2
Antitumor antagonists that bind specifically to immune checkpoint regulators, angiogenesis pathway regulators and/or TGF pathway regulators are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for treating proliferative disorders, infections, and immunological disorders with the antitumor antagonists described herein.
US12018064B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12018052B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods, mixtures, and kits for detecting the presence of, and for removing, a virus from a product produced in an insect cell. The disclosure also relates to proteins, peptides, polypeptides, drug substances, biological products, vaccine antigens, and virus-like particles that are produced in an insect cell and that are free or substantially free of a virus. The disclosure also relates to compositions, methods, assays, and kits for detecting a rhabdovirus in a sample.
US12018050B2
This disclosure relates to variant AAVrh 10 particles engineered to escape host neutralizing antibodies but retain or improve transduction efficiency, and their use as gene delivery vehicles.
US12018046B2
The present invention relates to improved methods in the separation recombinant polypeptides with post-translational modifications from complex mixtures through the use of a cation exchange medium.
US12018034B2
Semisynthetic methods of preparing neosaxitoxin from cultures of the dinoflagellates Alexandrium pacificum and Gymnodinium catenatum are described. The scalable method includes the reductive desulfonation of an unresolved mixture of gonyautoxin 1 (GTX1) and gonyautoxin 4 (GTX4) using dithiol in a buffered reaction solvent at a pH of about 7.5.
US12018029B2
The disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1 and X5 is each selected from CR1 or N; X2, X3 and X4 is each selected from CR1, CR2 or N, provided at least one of X2, X3 and X4 is CR2 and provided only one of X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5 can be N. R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, L1, L2 and L3 are as defined herein. Compounds according to Formula (I) are pharmacologically effective as lysyl oxidase (LOX) inhibitors and are believed to be useful in the treatment of, for instance, cancer.
US12018025B2
Provided herein are integrin inhibitors, compositions thereof, and methods of their uses. Crystalline forms of salts of the inhibitors are also described, along with methods of preparing the crystalline forms. X-ray powder diffraction data, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry data are provided for the crystalline forms. The integrin inhibitors are useful for treatment of, inter alia, fibrotic diseases.
US12018023B2
The present invention relates to certain substituted heterocondensed pyridone analogues of formula (I) which modulate the activity of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase (IDH). The compounds of this invention are therefore useful in treating diseases caused by mutated IDH1 and/or mutated IDH2 enzyme and/or IDH1 wild type enzyme, in particular cancer, cell proliferative disorders and immune-related disorders. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
US12018020B2
The present application relates to crystalline forms of 1-[(3R,4S)-4-cyanotetrahydropyran-3-yl]-3-[(2-fluoro-6-methoxy-4-pyridyl) amino]pyrazole-4-carboxamide and processes for the preparation thereof. The compound is useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases or conditions such as atopic dermatitis.
US12018018B2
Provided are a pregabalin lactam methylene dimer and a preparation method therefor. The method comprises the following steps: dissolving pregabalin in a reaction solvent, reacting same with an aldehyde in an acidic system and isolating the obtained target product pregabalin lactam methylene dimer. The preparation method for pregabalin lactam methylene dimer provided by the present application has a simple operation, a high product yield, a good purity and a low cost.
US12018017B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, ester, stereoisomer, tautomer, solvate, hydrate, or combination thereof: which inhibit the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK-1), which associated with autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from ASK-1 related disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating an ASK-1 related disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention specifically relates to methods of treating ASK-1 associated with hepatic steatosis, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcohol steatohepatitis disease (NASH).
US12018007B2
An object is to provide a method for producing a compound which is useful as a synthetic intermediate for an active pharmaceutical ingredient of an antidiabetic drug or the like in an industrially inexpensive and efficient manner, and the present invention can achieve the object by reducing a compound (2) represented by the following formula (2): wherein R1, Ar, n and X are as mentioned herein in the presence of a titanium compound by using a reducing agent to produce a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, Ar and n are the same as defined above.
US12018006B2
The present invention is directed to methods for the preparation of eremophila-1(10)-11(13)-dien-12,8β-olide (EPD) and analogues thereof.
US12017991B2
The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (I): Among the substituents in a compound of formula (I), one of R4 and R5 is hydrogen and the other of R4 and R5 is —OSC2Rs6. The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (II): Among the substituents in a compound of formula (II), R6 is a halogen chosen from F, Cl, Br, and I. The disclosure relates to compositions comprising a compound of formulas (I) or (II) and an excipient. The disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formulas (I) or (II). The disclosure relates to therapeutic uses of compounds of formulas (I) or (II). The disclosure relates to compounds of formula (II), including 5-fluoro-N,N,N-trimethyltryptammonium iodide, 5-fluoro-N,N,N-triethyltryptammonium iodide, 5-fluoro-N,N,N-tri-n-propyltryptammonium iodide, 5-chloro-N,N,N-trimethyltrptammonium iodide, 5-chloro-N,N,N-triethyltryptammonium iodide, 5-bromo-N,N,N-triethyltryptammonium iodide, 5-bromo-N,N,N-tri-n-propyltryptammonium iodide, and 5-bromo-N,N,N-tri-n-propyltryptammonium iodide acetonitrile solvate and their crystalline forms and their compositions and uses.
US12017985B2
The present application pertains to processes producing oxides using a weak acid intermediate. In one embodiment a material comprising calcium carbonate is reacted with a solution comprising aqueous carboxylic acid to form a gas comprising carbon dioxide and a solution comprising aqueous calcium carboxylate. The solution comprising aqueous calcium carboxylate is reacted with sodium sulfate to form a solution comprising aqueous sodium carboxylate and a solid comprising calcium sulfate. The solution comprising aqueous sodium carboxylate is reacted with sulfur dioxide to form sodium sulfite and an aqueous carboxylic acid. The sodium sulfite is separated from said aqueous carboxylic acid and reacted to form a solid comprising calcium sulfite which is decomposed to form calcium oxide and sulfur dioxide.
US12017977B2
A method for producing a carbodiimide compound, comprising a carbodiimide production step of reacting an aliphatic tertiary isocyanate compound (A) in the presence of an organic alkali metal compound (B) having Lewis basicity.
US12017969B2
The present invention relates to increasing longevity of the nitrogen content of soil through improved liquid delivery formulations of nitrification inhibitors. The liquid formulation can also be comprised of nitrification inhibitors and optionally urease inhibitors that are blended solutions of each. The nitrification inhibitors are present in a mixture that comprises both a protic and an aprotic solvent system. The novel formulations are designed to be applied to fertilizers, especially urea and manure based fertilizers. The delivery formulations provide an environmentally sound and inherently safe solvating system that improves the storage stability of the urease inhibitors by utilizing liquid organic non-water containing solvents, maintains the nitrification inhibitors in solution to storage temperatures of at least 10° C., and provides improved application to fertilizer of nitrification inhibitors. These delivery formulations enable safe storage, transport and subsequent application or blending with urea-based or manure-based fertilizers that can be applied to soil in either a liquid or granular form to provide improved nitrogen retention in the soil for uptake for plant life.
US12017968B2
The present invention relates to increasing longevity of the nitrogen content of soil through improved liquid delivery formulations of nitrification inhibitors. The liquid formulation can also be comprised of nitrification inhibitors and optionally urease inhibitors that are blended solutions of each. The nitrification inhibitors are present in a mixture that comprises both a protic and an aprotic solvent system. The novel formulations are designed to be applied to fertilizers, especially urea and manure based fertilizers. The delivery formulations provide an environmentally sound and inherently safe solvating system that improves the storage stability of the urease inhibitors by utilizing liquid organic non-water containing solvents, maintains the nitrification inhibitors in solution to storage temperatures of at least 10° C., and provides improved application to fertilizer of nitrification inhibitors. These delivery formulations enable safe storage, transport and subsequent application or blending with urea-based or manure-based fertilizers that can be applied to soil in either a liquid or granular form to provide improved nitrogen retention in the soil for uptake for plant life.
US12017967B2
A method of increasing organic carbon in a soil is disclosed. The method includes inoculating the soil and/or a plant growing in the soil with one or more fungal strains from at least one genus selected from the group consisting of Acrocalymma, Clonostachys, Leptodontidium, Periconia, Phaeosphaeria, Thozetella, Trichoderma, and a combination thereof, wherein the one or more fungal strains are in an amount effective to increase organic carbon in the soil compared to a non-inoculated control soil. Also disclosed is a method of enhancing plant growth, comprising: applying to a plant, a plant part, or the locus surrounding the plant with one or more fungal strains from at least one genus selected from the group consisting of Acrocalymma, Clonostachys, Leptodontidium, Periconia, Phaeosphaeria, Thozetella, Trichoderma, and a combination thereof in an amount effective to enhance the growth of the plant as compared to an untreated control plant.
US12017953B2
An alkali-free glass has a strain point of 650° C. or more, an average coefficient of thermal expansion at 50 to 350° C. of from 30×10−7 to 45×10−7/° C., and a temperature T2 at which a glass viscosity reaches 102 dPa·s of from 1,500 to 1,800° C. The alkali-free glass contains, as represented by mol % based on oxides, SiO2: from 62 to 70%, Al2O3: from 9 to 16% B2O3: from 0 to 12%, MgO: from 3 to 10%, CaO: from 4 to 12%, SrO: from 0 to 6%, and Fe2O3: from 0.001 to 0.04%, provided that MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO is from 12 to 25%. The alkali-free glass has a β-OH value of from 0.35 to 0.85/mm.
US12017952B2
Chemically tempered lithium aluminosilicate glasses and methods of tempering are provided. The method allows fast tempering at moderate temperatures, which leads to a deep zone of surface tension with a high level of surface tension.
US12017950B2
Provided is a Low-E glass plate protection method capable of preventing or inhibiting alteration and erosion of Low-E layers. The protection method includes a step of applying a protective sheet to a surface of a Low-E glass plate having a Low-E layer comprising a tin component. Here, the Low-E layer comprises a tin component. The protective sheet has a PSA layer. The PSA layer comprises a phosphorus compound having a P—OR group. Here, R is a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
US12017945B2
Apparatus for conveying molten glass includes an electrical flange attached to a metallic vessel and an electrical flange support apparatus coupled to an electrode portion of the electrical flange and configured to prevent distortion of the metallic vessel and misalignment between the metallic vessel and an adjacent metallic vessel. A bracing assembly is also disclosed.
US12017936B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a water filter cartridge in a pipe, said water filter cartridge having a housing in the form of a pressure vessel, and an inlet and an outlet for water, characterized in that a main flow of water to which minerals are added is conducted through a main pipe inside the pressure vessel, and a dosing flow of concentrated salt solution is conducted through a dosing pipe, wherein the dosing pipe branches off from the main pipe and passes through a reservoir of constant volume and in which there is a concentrated salt solution consisting of sulphate salt, chloride salt and/or hydrogen carbonate salt, wherein the part of the dosing pipe extending from the reservoir leads into the main flow at a dosing point through a dosing opening with a constant flow cross-section, and wherein a resistance section which is situated upstream of the dosing point in the main flow is used to set the flow resistance in the main flow such that a pressure difference results between the main flow and the dosing flow and causes a volumetric flow rate of the dosing flow of salt solution which is substantially proportional to the main flow, through the dosing opening into the main flow.
US12017933B2
A water treatment system includes a magnetic electrode stage structured to receive water and to subject the water to a plurality of magnetic fields alternating in polarity, a static mixer stage coupled to an output of the magnetic electrode stage and structured to direct the water through an alloy mesh, a high voltage electrode stage coupled to an output of the static mixer stage and structured to subject the water to an electrostatic field.
US12017928B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for detecting and removing microplastics from wastewater effluent. Both, automatic/remote and manual monitoring and sampling components are included to detect the presence of microplastics. The automatic monitoring and sampling component includes a TSS sensor and associated apparatus calibrated to account for non-plastic solids present in the wastewater and, thereby, more accurately determine the presence of microplastics. Efficient separation and removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent is performed by a specialized capture net apparatus having multiple sized mesh components and optional diffuser devices which perform size exclusion filtration of microplastics from the water. In an exemplary embodiment, the methods generally include diverting treated wastewater effluent from a wastewater treatment facility's main line into a wastewater sampling mechanism via an intake pipe, and then into a solids monitoring and separation mechanism which includes the specialized capture net apparatus.
US12017926B2
A Ni-rich ternary cathode material, a preparation method and application thereof are disclosed. The method for preparing a Ni-rich ternary cathode material includes: using a Ni—Co—Mn ternary cathode material as a precursor and a metal boride as a modifier, adding a lithium-derived material, heating for a sintering, to prepare the Ni-rich ternary cathode material.
US12017913B1
A method for providing energy to commercial or industrial operations, such as greenhouses and algae farms, is provided. The method includes the step of recovering waste heat from a hydrogen production process, wherein the hydrogen product has a carbon intensity preferably less than about 1.0 kg CO2e/kg H2, more preferably less than about 0.45 kg CO2e/kg H2, and most preferably less than about 0.0 kg CO2e/kg H2. The hydrogen is preferably produced by converting a hydrocarbon feedstock to hydrogen through a reforming process, wherein at least some, and preferably substantially all, of the required energy for the hydrogen production process is provided from a biomass power plant. The method also includes the steps of processing one or more gas streams containing carbon dioxide from the biomass power plant and the hydrogen production process in one or more carbon capture unit to reduce CO2e emissions, and converting at least some of the waste heat to thermal energy for use in the commercial or industrial operations. The method further comprises the step of providing at least some, and preferably substantially all of the required energy for the commercial or industrial operations from the biomass power plant.
US12017911B2
A system for creating and dispersing a dry fog utilizing a production system for producing hypochlorous acid, a preservation system for preserving hypochlorous acid, and a dry fog system for creating dry fog droplets of hypochlorous acid.
US12017908B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a MEMS substrate, a dielectric structure between the substrate and the MEMS substrate, a cavity in the dielectric structure, an electrode over the substrate, and a protrusion disposed in the cavity. The MEMS substrate includes a movable membrane, and the cavity is sealed by the movable membrane. A height of the protrusion is less than a depth of the cavity.
US12017906B2
A mattress production line for use in mattress production includes at least one adhesion bridge, and at least one assembly unit provided in the vicinity of the adhesion bridge and where the parts, forming the mattress, are joined. The improved mattress production line is that in order to provide transfer of a bending element used in mattress production and of a first component and of a second component, which can essentially be positioned on mutual sides of the bending element, to an assembly unit within a predetermined arrangement; the subject matter mattress production line includes a driving unit having at least one lower conveyor and at least one upper conveyor positioned at the upper vicinity of the lower conveyor, and at least one guidance conveyor configured to feed the element, which forms the mattress, to at least one of the lower conveyor and the upper conveyor in the driving unit.
US12017902B2
A fuel delivery system and method for reducing the likelihood that a fuel tank of equipment at a well site during fracturing of a well will run out of fuel. A fuel source has plural fuel outlets, a hose on each fuel outlet of the plural fuel outlets, each hose being connected to a fuel cap on a respective one of the fuel tanks for delivery of fuel to the fuel tank. At least a manually controlled valve at each fuel outlet controls fluid flow through the hose at the respective fuel outlet.
US12017900B2
A pouch for use in a beverage dispenser is a soft pouch having a liquid or slurry contents stored in a compartment thereof. The pouch has a front panel, a rear panel, and a base panel. The front and rear panels are joined together by a common seal around their side edges and an upper edge thereof. An upper portion of the pouch has a top edge, upper side edges and rounded shoulders that are connected to the side edges of the front and rear panels. The top edge has a width that is narrower than the pouch width. The pouch is formed of a laminated material.
US12017897B2
A robot includes a rail system, a body structure coupled to the rail system, a first arm coupled to a first side of the body structure, one or more first arm actuators providing the first arm with multiple degrees of freedom, a second arm coupled to a second side of the body structure, one or more second arm actuators providing the second arm with multiple degrees of freedom, a lift actuator operable to move the body structure along the rail system, and a tilt structure coupled to the body structure. The first arm actuators and the second arm actuators are operable to wrap the first arm and the second arm around an object and hold the object against the body structure. The tilt structure is operable to tilt the body structure. The lift actuator is operable to move the body structure such that the object is lifted.
US12017891B2
A crawler frame has a crawler frame outer surface that is opposite to a surface via which the crawler frame is attached to a traveling body main part in the left-right direction. A bracket includes an attaching part, a circuitous part, and a crawler lifting section. The attaching part is attached to the crawler frame outer surface. The circuitous part is partially arranged below and above a crawler belt on an outer side thereof in the left-right direction, and extends around the crawler belt. The crawler lifting section is connected to the circuitous part and arranged above the crawler belt for receiving the crawler lifting tool.
US12017890B2
The invention relates to a spreader bar (1) for distributing a lifting force from a crane (2) onto a two lifting regions (3,4) f a load (5) to be lifted. The spreader bar comprises a frame (6) and first and second systems (7,8). Each system comprises a lifting pulley (9), a connector (10) for connecting the spreader bar to the respective lifting region via a main wire (11) guided by the lifting pulley, an actuator (15) for vertically moving the connector via an actuator wire (16), and a movably arranged suspension element (19) connecting the actuator wire and the main wire. A compensator (20) compensates for possible fluctuations in the vertical distance between the respective lifting region of the load and the spreader bar. Such fluctuations can be due to the crane or the load being located on a floating vessel. When the suspension element is engaged with a blocking element (23), the lifting force from the crane can be transferred to the main wire in order to lift the load.
US12017884B2
The invention is directed to an organizing device for cables comprising a spool, wherein the spool comprises: a barrel; an upper flange affixed to a first side of the barrel; and a lower flange affixed to a second side of the barrel, wherein the barrel is elliptical and wherein the upper flange and the lower flange each extend outwardly beyond the barrel.
US12017880B2
A transport system includes a transport device and a peeling device. The transport device includes: a transporting belt including an adhesive layer and configured to transport a medium affixed to the adhesive layer; a heating unit configured to be able to heat the adhesive layer; a driving unit configured to drive the transporting belt; and a control unit including a detector configured to detect a load of the driving unit, the control unit being configured to control the driving unit and the heating unit. The peeling device is configured to peel the medium from the transporting belt. The detector is configured to be able to detect the load of the driving unit when the medium is peeled from the transporting belt by the peeling device, and the control unit controls the heating unit on the basis of a detection result from the detector.
US12017878B2
The invention relates to a method for successively winding a film web onto a plurality of spools, wherein the film web is wound to form a first spool, and a tube and/or winding shaft for forming a subsequent second spool and the film web are moved closer to one another and/or are brought into contact with one another upstream of the first spool. The film web is cut, and thus an end of the film web is produced, with end is wound onto the first spool, and a new start of the file web is produced, which is wound onto the second tube. In order to cut the film web, the film web is cut partially in the transverse direction, at least one cut edge and at least one uncut region remaining in the transverse direction, the uncut region being subsequently torn off or cut off.
US12017871B2
Robotic assembly systems and methods of assembling products using planar robots. Planar movers cooperate magnetically with stators to pick products provided on an infeed and place them in a pattern on an outfeed system, wherein the movers having a clamp having at least two opposing clamping surfaces whose relative positions are continuously adjustable by a force from an object external to the mover and the stator. Sensors and controllers cooperate to precisely move the movers on the stator, particularly as a group, for the movers to pick respective products at respective picking locations. Some systems permit packaging of multiple products.
US12017868B2
A conveying apparatus having a buffering unit extending between a receiving end and output end, including, a base conveyor, a distributing unit adapted to distribute a at least one incoming line of articles received at the receiving end into buffering lanes configured onto the base conveyor, and including a first closed loop track at the receiving end of the base conveyor. The first closed loop track having a distributing lugs, an accumulator unit extending away through the buffering to accumulate positioned on a base conveyor and oriented generally transversally to the first closed loop track, the second closed loop track including a plurality of accumulating lugs, Articles received at the buffering unit are moved along by distributing lugs and dropped into buffering lanes merging into a output lane, and having a second closed loop track on a base conveyor oriented transversally to the first closed loop track having accumulating lugs.
US12017867B2
A container transport device for transporting containers in a container handling system includes a chassis for supporting the container transport device on a track. The chassis is equipped with a frame on which at least one tray for transporting the containers is provided in a vertically adjustable manner. The at least one tray has a transport surface with multiple transport elements arranged in a substantially parallel manner for temporarily storing and conveying containers in rows, and each transport element is drivable in a controlled and/or closed-loop manner independently of one another in two different conveying directions.
US12017860B2
A conveying device for conveying a sheet-like material of the present invention includes: a rail portion arranged in a loop shape; a plurality of travelers; a linear motor for circulating the travelers along the rail portion; and a pad attached to each of the travelers, wherein the pad circulates in at least one horizontal plane while holding the sheet-like material on the pad, thereby conveying the sheet-like material.
US12017858B2
Automated control of a longwall stageloader bootend using a plurality of sensors. The sensors include lift sensors, side shift sensors, advance sensors, angle sensors, and conveyor belt sensors. Signals from the plurality of sensors are received by a controller and used to control the operation of the bootend. Controlling the operation of the bootend includes controlling, for example, one or more lift actuators, one or more side shift actuators, one or more advance actuators, and one or more belt actuators. These various actuators can be controlled to, for example, advance the bootend, level the bootend, or match the interfaces between the bootend and a stageloader or a conveyor structure.
US12017857B2
A pallet loader for a positioning apparatus, including at least two pallet bays and at least one intermediate member, arranged such that at least two pallet bays are located on different sides of the intermediate member, such that at least one pallet can be driven i) from one pallet bay to another, and ii) from one pallet bay to a positioning apparatus, in which the apparatus includes cooperating guide features on the underside of the at least one pallet and on one or more of the intermediate member and pallet bays for guiding the pallet along a predetermined path and/or for controlling the rotational orientation of the pallet about a vertical axis, as the pallet moves across the intermediate member/pallet bay.
US12017854B2
A handling robot, a material fetching method, a material replenishing or returning method, and an intelligent warehousing system, the handling robot comprises a vertical bracket (19); a pallet (22) for storing a material box; and a handling system installed to the vertical bracket (19), where the pallet (22) is installed to the handling system, and the handling system is used for fetching a material box from one of a warehouse shelf (24) and the pallet (22), storing it onto the other, and/or fetching out a material from a material box stored on the pallet (22). With the configuration of the handling system, a material can be fetched out from a material box stored on the pallet, and after the material is fetched out, the material box is placed back onto the warehouse shelf, such manner of material fetching is flexible, and has high efficiency.
US12017849B2
A refuse vehicle includes a chassis, a vehicle body supported by the chassis, a lift assembly, and a projector. The vehicle body defines a receptacle for storing refuse. The lift assembly is configured to selectively engage a waste container. The lift assembly is movable between a first position and a second position. The projector is positioned to emit light outwardly away from the refuse vehicle and proximate the lift assembly to define a target area.
US12017830B2
A biodegradable composite comprising an oxidizing metal barrier layer, a bio-based outer print layer attached to a top surface of the oxidizing metal barrier layer, and a bio-polymer inner layer attached to a bottom surface of the oxidizing metal barrier layer. In another aspect, a method for making a biodegradable composite comprising the steps of applying a bio-based outer print layer to a top surface of an oxidizing metal barrier layer, and applying a bio-polymer inner layer to a bottom surface of the oxidizing metal barrier layer. In another aspect, a biodegradable or compostable single-serving coffee pod is provided.
US12017829B2
Container having support for a membrane (30) which is sealed (by sealing means or adhesive bonding) onto the inner side (41) of the container wall (40) of the container, particularly while the container is being filled with contents or by virtue of a positive pressure being introduced. The intention is to relieve the sealing of the membrane of loading, wherein the action of force during the filling operation from beneath is advantageous or easily withstandable. For this purpose, the container is provided with the container wall (40), a container opening (2), a lid (10), the membrane (30) and a supporting structure (20). The lid (10) closes the container opening (2). A portion of a membrane collar (31) of the membrane (30) is fastened on a portion of the inner side (41) of the container wall (40), a fastening region (33) therefore being formed. The supporting structure (20) has a supporting portion (21) and a carrying portion (22). The supporting portion (21) is assigned to the membrane (30) and the carrying portion (22) is assigned to the lid (10).
US12017828B2
Disclosed herein is a barrel lid for facilitating ventilating of a barrel, in accordance with some embodiments. Further, the barrel lid comprises ports, pumps, a duct, and valves. Further, an inlet pump of the pumps is configured for drawing external air into an interior space of the barrel from an exterior space of the barrel through an inlet port of the ports and an outlet pump of the pumps is configured for expelling internal air from the interior space into the exterior space through an outlet port of the ports. Further, the duct is coupled with the inlet port. Further, openings of the duct are configured for creating airflows in the interior space for ventilating the interior space based on the drawing and the expelling. Further, the valves are configured for transitioning between an open state and a closed state for openably closing the ports.
US12017824B2
The present application belongs to the technical field of daily necessities, and in particular relates to a cup cover and a thermos cup. Aiming at the defect that the position of the front button of the existing bouncing type cup cover is fixed, the present application adopts the following technical solution: a cup cover, the cup cover including: a cover seat, a water outlet being formed in the cover seat; a flip cover assembly, the flip cover assembly including a flip cover, a button and an elastic member, the flip cover being capable of covering the water outlet, and a clamping structure being formed between the button and the water outlet; and a movable lock, the movable lock being movably provided on the cover seat, the movable lock moving between a locked position and an unlocked position, and the movable lock being provided with a blocking part. The cup cover provided by the present application has the following beneficial effects: the button flips with the flip cover and is not fixed, so it is not easy to touch the lip, does not affect the user's drinking, and will not bring potential health hazards caused by the contaminated button touching the lip; the movable lock can restricts the movement of the button.
US12017821B2
The intention relates to a closure (1) for sealing of a neck finish (2) of a liquid container comprising a top deck (3) and an outer skirt (4) extending from the top deck (3) in an axial direction (z) away from the top deck (3) comprising at least one locking means (5) for engaging the closure (1) to the neck finish (2) of the liquid container. A with respect to the top deck (2) deformable primary sealing lip (6) is arranged on an inner surface (7) of the top deck (3) and extends in a circumferential manner along the inner surface (7) of the top deck (3). The primary sealing lip (6) comprises with respect to its cross-section a dorsal end (8) connected to the inner surface (7) of the top deck (3) and a free distal end (9) arranged opposite to the dorsal end (8), wherein the primary sealing lip (6) with respect to its cross section is arranged in an inclined manner facing inwardly. Furthermore, at least one supporting element (10) protrudes from the inner surface (7) of the top deck (3), said supporting element (10) being arranged coaxially to and at least partially in side of the primary sealing lip (6). The at least one supporting element (10) is configured to support the primary sealing lip (6) with respect to the neck finish (2) in an applied position of the closure (1).
US12017819B2
A mixing bottle has a container having an open top area. A cover is removably coupled to the container and covering the open top area. A first opening is formed in a top surface of the cover to dispense the contents stored within the container. A second opening is formed in a center area of the top surface of the cover. A mixing device is positioned within the container and extends out of the second opening in the cover.
US12017818B1
A food containment assembly includes a first cup with a first sealing flange and a second cup with a second sealing flange. The second cup is separate from and disposed adjacent to the first cup. A seal sheet is adhered to the first sealing flange and the second sealing flange, and the seal sheet forms a hinge to allow rotation of the second cup with respect to the first cup. The seal sheet includes a first slit disposed proximate the hinge and a second slit proximate the hinge, wherein tearing the seal sheet along the first slit allows access to contents of the first cup and tearing the seal sheet along the second slit allows access to contents of the second cup and the hinge remains intact.
US12017809B1
The present disclosure provides a device for detecting carbon emission of a passive house. The device for detecting carbon emission of a passive house is arranged on a metal rain cap at a top of a chimney. The device for detecting carbon emission of a passive house includes an unmanned aerial vehicle, a guide assembly, and two landing gear assemblies. The two landing gear assemblies are arranged at a bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the guide assembly is arranged at a bottom of the two landing gear assemblies, and the guide assembly includes two split assemblies. The two split assemblies correspond one-to-one to the two landing gear assemblies, and the split assemblies are in linked connection to the landing gear assemblies. In the device for detecting carbon emission of a passive house, the unmanned aerial vehicle, the guide assembly and the two landing gear assemblies are arranged to cooperate with each other. The present disclosure can have a function of delivering and fixing a device for detecting carbon emission to a chimney by means of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and can further effectively avoid the shielding of the metal rain cap on the chimney and make the detector smoothly correspond to an air outlet of the chimney. The present disclosure is greatly convenient for personnel to use.
US12017797B2
A method for controlling operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), includes receiving one or more commands selected by a user via a remote controller of the UAV, and in response to a received landing command: identifying the vehicle from a plurality of vehicles for landing, navigating the UAV to travel in a substantially same direction as the vehicle, and controlling the UAV to land on the vehicle when the UAV approaches the vehicle. The one or more commands includes at least the landing command to land the UAV on a vehicle while the vehicle is in operation.
US12017796B2
An easy extention of a telescopic rod. The telescopic rod extends in the axial direction by a gas forcibly fed to the inside and is provided with a posture control means.
US12017795B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launch and recovery is disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for recovering a UAV includes a base to be mounted to a recovery vehicle, a flexible arm extending from the base to pivot therefrom, the arm having a first end at the base and a second end opposite the first end, the arm to move to counteract a movement of the recovery vehicle, and a coupler mounted on or proximate the second end of the arm, the coupler to be releasably coupled to the UAV.
US12017793B2
An exterior aircraft light with integrated light output monitoring includes a light source support, at least one light source, arranged on an outward facing side of the light source support, an aperture in the light source support, a light collection surface, arranged to direct an output monitoring light portion of the light, emitted by the at least one light source, through the aperture in a predefined angular range with respect to the light source support. The light also includes a light detector, arranged on a back side of the light source support, and a total internal reflection optical element, arranged to direct the output monitoring light portion, having travelled through the aperture in the predefined angular range with respect to the light source support, to the light detector via total internal reflection.
US12017790B2
An auxiliary power unit (10) for an aircraft (1) comprises a gas turbine engine comprising an engine core (12). The engine core comprises a core compressor (14) and core turbine (18) coupled by a core shaft (24). The auxiliary power unit further comprises a load spool comprising a load compressor (30), a load turbine (20) and a permanent magnet electric machine (28), each being coupled by a load shaft (26). The load shaft (26) and core shaft (24) are configured to rotate independently of one another.
US12017786B2
An auxiliary fan based hybrid cooling system of an electric machine is contemplated. The hybrid cooling system comprises a propeller positioned on an exterior portion of an enclosure and mechanically coupled to a rotor, at least one electronic component, a stator, the rotor, and an auxiliary fan disposed within the enclosure, and wherein: in a single cooling mode, the propeller rotates to generate air that is channeled into the enclosure, in a dual cooling mode: the propeller rotates to generate the air that is channeled into the enclosure, a coupling mechanism simultaneously engages the rotor and the auxiliary fan and links the propeller to the auxiliary fan by the engaging of the rotor with the auxiliary fan, and the auxiliary fan, rotates responsive to the rotation of the propeller in the dual cooling mode.
US12017780B2
A shock absorber assembly, particularly for attenuating shocks transmitted to a person's body, especially to reduce shock to a paratrooper's body during a tethered cargo tandem jump. Specialized elastic absorber units are disposed in series in connection with a tether or strap to maintain the series configuration. A chain reactive shock absorption can be predetermined, and adjusted based on the expected shock(s) of a given jump. The adjustment is accomplished by selecting the number and type of absorber unit(s) provided an any of two (or more) series chains of the assembly. In use, the complete shock absorber assembly is deployed between a cargo tether and a cargo harness.
US12017778B2
Provided is a cushion for an aircraft seat including at least one antimicrobially active pad made of at least one plastic material, the pad having at least two antimicrobially active substances contained therein. The antimicrobially active substances do not contain silver or silver ions, and at least one antimicrobially active flame retardant fabric covering side at least one pad.
US12017775B2
A system for use in determining a capacity of a storage bin. The system includes a plurality of sensors positioned within the storage bin. Each sensor is configured to determine a used capacity within a portion of the storage bin, and generate a voltage output based on the determined used capacity, wherein the plurality of sensors is configured to generate an aggregate voltage output based on the voltage output of each sensor. A controller is in communication with the plurality of sensors. The controller is configured to receive the aggregate voltage output from the plurality of sensors, determine a minimum voltage output and a maximum voltage output of the plurality of sensors, and determine a total used capacity of the storage bin as a function of the aggregate voltage output, the minimum voltage output, and the maximum voltage output.
US12017765B2
A method is described for the folding of a convertiplane with a fuselage having a first axis, a pair of wings and a pair of rotors arranged on respective mutually opposite sides of the respective wings; each rotor comprises a mast rotatable about a second axis and a plurality of blades; each wing comprises a first portion fixed with respect to the fuselage; a second tip portion opposite to the first portion; and a third intermediate portion, which is interposed between the associated first portion and second tip portion; the mast of each rotor is integrally tiltable with the second axis and associated second tip portion about a third axis transversal to the second axis and the fuselage so as to set said convertiplane between a helicopter configuration and an aeroplane configuration; the method comprises the steps i) of arranging the convertiplane in the helicopter configuration and ii) rotating a pair of assemblies of respective wings with respect to the fuselage and the associated first portion about respective fifth axes, so as to arrange the convertiplane in a stowage configuration. A convertiplane is also disclosed.
US12017759B2
A piston engaging member of a piston assembly for engaging a pressure plate of an aircraft brake system, the engaging member comprising a body having a first side configured to selectably engage with the pressure plate, and a mount on a second side of the body configured to mount the piston engaging member with a piston of the piston assembly wherein the body comprises a cellular structure between the first and second sides.
US12017754B2
An aircraft includes a wing positioned below a vertical rotor, the wing extending in a transverse direction to a wingtip having an outboard face, and a turbulence feature located on the wingtip and oriented to induce turbulence in the rotor downwash flowing across the outboard face in a direction from a top surface of the wing to a bottom surface of the wing.
US12017753B2
An active wing extension includes a body portion substantially parallel to a wing of an aircraft, as if it were an extension of the wing. The body portion is attachable to an aircraft wing and includes multiple controllable airflow modification devices coupled thereto. By virtue of having multiple controllable airflow modification devices, the wing extension is capable of adjusting control surfaces of the multiple controllable airflow modification devices in response to in-flight conditions, to reduce wing loads, improve wing fatigue characteristics, increase range, reduce torsional loads, alleviate flutter, and/or increase efficiency.
US12017745B2
Disclosed is an actuator for a marine steering apparatus with steering shaft. The actuator comprises a housing, a gearmotor disposed within the housing, a worm gear disposed within the housing, and a sector gear disposed within the housing. The gearmotor drives the worm gear and the worm gear drives the sector gear. The sector gear transmits torque to the steering shaft of the marine steering apparatus.
US12017733B2
A control device for controlling a transmission ratio between a traction means and a sprocket set rotatable about an axle may include at least two sprockets alternatively wrapped around by the traction means. At least one of the sprockets may include several independently adjustable rim segments. Adjustment of the rim segments in relation to a fixed plane may be effected by a control device in a direction substantially transverse to the plane. The control device includes at least one electrically actuatable control element, e.g., a servomotor. The at least one control element is configured to rotate with the sprockets.
US12017729B2
A drive unit of an electrically assisted bicycle includes a movement restrictor to restrict the movement of a first bearing relative to a housing along a thrust direction. A first end surface of the first bearing is farther outward than a second end surface along the right-left direction. The housing includes an abutting portion that abuts the first end surface of the first bearing, and a groove that is farther inward than the abutting portion along the right-left direction. The movement restrictor includes the abutting portion, the groove of the housing, and an elastic member fitted in the groove.
US12017714B2
An active-passive differential series-parallel connection supporting leg, a gravity-based closing series-parallel connection supporting leg, and a six-degree-of-freedom position-adjusting robot platform are provided. The six-degree-of-freedom position-adjusting robot platform is formed of a plurality of legs distributed in parallel, and includes a frame, a distributed controller, and multi-chain parallel legs, wherein a plurality of legs are fixedly connected with the frame through a base. The present disclosure integrates an omnidirectional movement and position adjustment to solve problems that the existing position-adjusting platform is fixed or moved inflexibly, the structure is over complicated, the occupation space is excessive, and the movement error is large, and thereby effectively expanding application range of the six-degree-of-freedom position-adjusting robot platform.
US12017712B2
A travel control device includes a turning control unit configured to execute turning support control causing a turning state quantity to follow a target turning state quantity by causing at least one of a front wheel steered angle adjustment device, a rear wheel steered angle adjustment device, and a braking device to be driven, and a steering instruction unit configured to, when steering is not being performed during the execution of turning support control, derive a holding torque and instruct a steering device to apply the holding torque to a steering wheel. The turning control unit causes the rear wheel steered angle adjustment device and/or the braking device to be driven but causes the front wheel steered angle adjustment device not to be driven when steering is not being performed. The turning control unit causes the front wheel steered angle adjustment device to be driven when steering is being performed.
US12017708B2
A breakaway fifth wheel coupling may couple a semi-tractor to a semi-trailer. In one embodiment, a breakaway fifth wheel coupling may include a top plate, a bottom brace, and a release mechanism that releasably attaches the top plate to the bottom brace. When a rollover event is detected, the release mechanism may allow the top plate to release from the bottom brace, thereby allowing the semi-tractor to separate from the semi-trailer. The fifth wheel coupling may include a pair of pivot rails that promote consistent decoupling of the top plate from the bottom brace. The breakaway fifth wheel coupling may reduce the likelihood of the semi-tractor participating in a rollover accident.
US12017705B2
A vehicle includes a support assembly extending between a chassis and a cab. The support assembly includes a first bracket coupled to the chassis, a second bracket coupled to the cab, a stay arm having a first end coupled to the first bracket and an opposing second end, and a locking assembly. The stay arm defines a locking interface between the first end and the opposing second end. The locking assembly includes a slide, an actuator, a release arm, and a pawl. The slide is translatable along the stay arm. The slide defines a first interface coupled to the second bracket, a second interface coupled to the actuator, and a third interface. The release arm is coupled to the actuator and the third interface. The pawl is coupled to release arm at the third interface. The pawl selectively engages with the locking interface based on a configuration of the actuator.
US12017701B2
A cast structure configured to support a suspension arm and motor mount assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The cast structure comprises a first fixing point attachable to a first mounting feature of a first crossmember of a vehicle frame, a first feature configured to receive the suspension arm of the vehicle in an assembled configuration, and a first portion configured to support a motor of the vehicle in an assembled configuration.
US12017699B2
A machine includes a frame, a first steering arm, a second steering arm, a first hydraulic actuator coupled to the frame and the first steering arm, and a second hydraulic actuator coupled to the frame and the second steering arm. A first angle sensor measures a rotational displacement of the first hydraulic actuator relative to the first steering arm. A first link couples the first hydraulic actuator and the first sensor, and isolates movements other than the first rotational displacement. A second angle sensor measures a second rotational displacement of the second hydraulic actuator relative to the second steering arm. A second link couples the second hydraulic actuator and the second sensor, and isolates movements other than the second rotational displacement.
US12017697B2
A snapping structure is provided, which is configured to detachably mount a body to a support frame. The snapping structure includes a locking member movably disposed on the body and a positioning member disposed on the support frame and mated with the locking member. The locking member is movable to be locked to the positioning member, so as to mount the body to the support frame, or the locking member is movable to be unlocked from the positioning member, so as to separate the body from the support frame.
US12017695B2
The present disclosure provides a transporting apparatus. The transporting apparatus can include the following components: a first frame support configured to support an object; a second frame support configured to roll the transporting apparatus and to move relative to the first frame support; and a plurality of shock absorbing elements positioned between the first frame support and the second frame support.
US12017694B2
A shopping cart basket comprises one or more modular baskets couplable to a bottom basket having a plurality of wheels extending downwardly to allow the shopping cart basket to roll. Each of the modular baskets has a foldable bottom wall that can act as a bottom of a separate basket or can be folded against a side wall of the modular basket. The modular baskets could be used to hold items within a smaller compartment, and can be combined with the bottom basket to form a roll-able shopping cart having a larger compartment. Such a cart is advantageously used in a store, such as a grocery store, a retail shopping mall, or a home improvement store.
US12017686B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for computing a backward looking surprise metric for autonomously driven vehicles. One of the methods includes obtaining first data representing one or more previously predicted states of an agent along one or more predicted trajectories of the agent at a first time step. Second data representing one or more states of the agent at a subsequent time step is obtained. A surprise score is computed from a measure of a difference between the first data computed for the one or more predicted trajectories for the prior time step and the second data computed for the one or more predicted states for the subsequent time step.
US12017681B2
Embodiments of a system/method is disclosed to operate an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). In one embodiment, a system perceives a driving environment surrounding the ADV using a plurality of sensors mounted on the ADV including one or more obstacles. The system receives traffic signal information from one or more traffic indicators identified within a predetermined radius of the ADV. For each of the one or more obstacles, the system determines if the obstacle is situated on a lane with traffic flow coordinated by the one or more traffic indicators. The system predicts a behavior of the obstacle based on the traffic signal information for the lane. The system plans a trajectory based on the predicted behaviors for the one or more obstacles to control the ADV based on the planned trajectory.
US12017679B2
An adaptive trust calibration based autonomous vehicle may include vehicle systems, a system behavior controller, and a driving automation controller. The system behavior controller may generate a driving automation signal indicative of a desired autonomous driving adaptation. The driving automation controller may control the vehicle systems based on parameters including a desired velocity, current velocity of the autonomous vehicle, desired minimum gap distance between the autonomous vehicle and a detected object, current gap distance gap between the autonomous vehicle and a detected object, relative velocity of the detected object with respect to the autonomous vehicle, desired time headway, desired maximum acceleration, desired braking deceleration, and an exponent. The driving automation controller may receive the driving automation signal and implement the desired autonomous driving adaptation via the vehicle systems by adjusting the parameters based on a type of object associated with the detected object.
US12017667B2
A hitching assistance system for a vehicle includes a steering system including a vehicle steering wheel and a controller executing an automated hitching maneuver including controlling the steering system to back the vehicle toward a trailer, monitoring the hitching assistance system for an interruption event affecting execution of the automated hitching maneuver, detecting the interruption event and identifying the interruption event as one of a standard interruption event or an exception interruption event, upon identifying the standard interruption event, causing the steering wheel to move to a centered position and ceasing control of the steering system, and upon identifying the exception interruption event, ceasing control of the steering system without causing the steering wheel to move to the centered position.
US12017665B2
An automated driving system (ADS) of an autonomous vehicle includes a communication module, a perception module, a misbehavior detection module, and a processor. The communication module is configured to receive a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) message comprising message-based vehicle data. The perception module configured to receive sensor data from at least one vehicle sensing device. The misbehavior detection module is configured to determine whether the V2V message is one of a legitimate message and a malicious message based at least in part on a comparison of the message-based vehicle data with sensor-based vehicle data generated based on the sensor data. The processor is configured to manage performance of the autonomous vehicle in accordance with the message-based vehicle data based on the determination. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12017652B2
A method for displaying a feasibility of an at least semi-automatically executable driving maneuver in a transportation vehicle wherein data regarding the surroundings of the transportation vehicle forms the basis for determining whether the driving maneuver is able to be executed in the position of the transportation vehicle. A first graphical object is generated and displayed on a display surface, which signals whether the driving maneuver is able to be executed. A device for displaying a feasibility of an at least semi-automatically executable driving maneuver in a transportation vehicle.
US12017649B2
A system comprises a computer including a processor and a memory. The memory storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to receive a blockchain including a record of a vehicle status, wherein the vehicle status comprises at least an intended vehicle operation of a first vehicle; determine a path recommendation for the first vehicle based on at least a vehicle trajectory of a second vehicle; and transmit the path recommendation to the first vehicle.
US12017645B1
A vehicle computing system may implement techniques to control a vehicle to avoid collisions between the vehicle and an object in an environment in which a vehicle path and an object path merge. The techniques may include determining an initial merge location associated with the vehicle path and the object path and a final merge location. The final merge location may represent a location at which the vehicle is proximate to and ahead of the object. The vehicle computing system may determine whether the vehicle may proceed to the final merge location and merge with the object without the occurrence of a collision. The vehicle computing system may determine to maintain a vehicle trajectory or modify the vehicle to trajectory to yield to the object based on a determination of whether the vehicle may proceed without the occurrence of the collision.
US12017644B2
A method for evaluating measurement data that are obtained by a plurality of sensors. The method includes: the measurement data originating from sensors of a first group are processed by a function evaluation module to form a function signal that, when it is supplied to a driving dynamics system of a vehicle, causes the driving dynamics system to carry out a driving task; the measurement data originating from a second group of sensors are processed by at least a first safety evaluation module to form a first safety signal that, when it is supplied to the driving dynamics system, causes the driving dynamics system to prevent a specified undesired event of the vehicle, the second group containing a proper subset of the first group; the function signal is aggregated with the first safety signal to form a control signal that is capable of being outputted to the driving dynamics system.
US12017642B2
In a method for front-rear driving torque distribution of a vehicle, a controlling apparatus determines an expected status parameter existing during steering of a vehicle based on a wheel angle of the vehicle. The controlling apparatus determines a current correction yawing moment based on an actual status parameter existing during the steering of the vehicle and the expected status parameter, and determines a mapping relationship between a correction yawing moment and a torque distribution coefficient based on the wheel angle and acceleration information of the vehicle. The controlling apparatus then determines a torque distribution coefficient of the vehicle based on the current correction yawing moment and the mapping relationship, and determines front and rear axle driving torques of the vehicle based on the torque distribution coefficient of the vehicle.
US12017638B2
A vehicle includes: a motor generator as a drive source; an automatic transmission via which the motor generator is connected to driving wheels, the automatic transmission being configured to change a gear ratio; and a shift actuator for a driver to operate the gear ratio of the automatic transmission. A control device for the vehicle includes: a motor controlling portion configured to control output torque of the motor generator; and a gear shift controlling portion configured to control the gear ratio of the automatic transmission. In a case where the output torque has a negative value, when downshift is not requested by an operation on the shift actuator, the gear shift controlling portion prohibits a downshift process of downshifting the gear ratio of the automatic transmission, but when downshift is requested by an operation on the shift actuator, the gear shift controlling portion permits execution of the downshift process.
US12017634B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a multi-axle assembly in a vehicle. The multi-axle assembly may be operated according to a requested mode, where the mode includes providing torque at one, two, or no axles of the multi-axle assembly, and the requested mode may be selected based on vehicle speed. In this way, operation of the multi-axle assembly may be adjusted according to a fuel efficiency of the vehicle while the vehicle is in motion.
US12017629B2
Steering a vehicle may include applying a net brake-steering force to a steered wheel sufficient to affect a steering moment upon the steered wheel sufficient to move the steered wheel away from a zero steering angle, and resisting movement of the steered wheel back toward the zero steering angle.
US12017621B2
Disclosed is a cleaning device for a washing apparatus arranged in a vehicle, comprising a housing with a chamber which is formed in the housing, is configured to be filled with cleaning fluid and is hydraulically connectable to at least one spray nozzle for the cleaning fluid, and with at least one heatable heating wire protruding at least in sections into the chamber. To obtain high functional reliability even at low temperatures and to permit particularly rapid and reliable deicing, a heat-conducting element is arranged in the chamber to enlarge a heat-transferring convection surface, said heat-conducting element absorbing the heat from the heating wire, and being at least partially, and preferably completely, surrounded by the cleaning fluid.
US12017620B2
A system for modifying the structure of a unibody vehicle includes a vehicle body having a unibody construction and a first module attached to the vehicle body. The first module is removable from the vehicle body and replaceable with a second module having a different size and/or functionality. A rear portion of the first module may be removed from the first module and attached to the second module. The first module may be a stock cargo module, and the second module may be an aftermarket module. The rear portion may be a stock tail tamp and/or sensor module. The rear portion may be removed before or after removing the first module from the vehicle body, and may be attached to the second module before or after attaching the second module to the vehicle body.
US12017613B2
A system and method for wirelessly generating a roster of drivers and passengers in transportation vehicles. A driver's or passenger's smartphone can communicate using short-range communications with the vehicle, or a smartphone in the vehicle, so that the ID associated with the phone can be linked to a vehicle ID, date and time stamped, and stored in a log or database. Any unauthorized person can be refused admittance (by not permitting the vehicle to start or otherwise being denied the right to be a driver or passenger). A downloaded application is used for this purpose. The invention also can include a secure, remote database as well as a mobile device such as a smartphone running the application, a wireless receiver/transmitter in the vehicle, and a wireless communication network such as a cellular network.
US12017611B2
A lock control apparatus for a vehicle includes anchors to receive a signal transmitted from a terminal; a communication module to communicate using controller area network (CAN) communication; a detector installed on a door to input a detection signal; and a processor to receive the signal transmitted from the terminal from at least one of the anchors through the communication module, calculate a position of the terminal based on the signal transmitted from the terminal, determine whether to unlock the door in response to the position of the terminal and the detection signal, and control an engine to start. The processor controls the anchors to enter a sleep mode in response to waiting times of the anchors and resets the anchors to release the sleep mode and controls the anchors to enter a waiting mode in response to the number of anchors transmitting the signal from the terminal.
US12017607B2
An inertia sensor (10), in particular provided on a belt retractor (12), includes at least two components which are reversibly movable relative to each other and each of which includes at least one contact surface (20, 22, 34, 36) on which the components are in contact with each other, wherein at least one of the contact surfaces (20, 22, 34, 36) is coated with graphite powder (38).
US12017605B2
An assembly includes a vehicle roof and a vehicle floor spaced from the vehicle roof. The assembly includes a seatbelt assembly for accommodating a wheelchair. The seatbelt assembly is slidably supported by the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor. The seatbelt assembly is slidable along the vehicle roof and the vehicle floor along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The seatbelt assembly has a seatbelt webbing elongated in a direction from the vehicle roof to the vehicle floor. The assembly includes a seatbelt buckle slidably supported by the vehicle floor. The seatbelt buckle is slidable relative to the vehicle floor along the vehicle-longitudinal axis.
US12017598B2
The present invention provides a side collision energy absorbing structure that gives a good performance while avoiding breakage of a door trim. A side collision energy absorbing structure 2 includes an energy absorber 10 made of molded resin and formed separately from a door trim 1. The energy absorber 10 includes a deformable portion 110 protruded outward in a vehicle width direction and a plurality of mounting flange portions 121, 122, 123 formed in an end portion of the deformable portion 110 on the door trim side. Boss portions 6, 7, 8 of the door trim 1 are respectively inserted and fixed in holes 121a, 122a, 125 of the mounting flange portions 121, 122, 123. The hole 125 of the mounting flange portion 123 is an elongated hole. The elongated hole 125 extends from where the boss portion 8 is inserted toward the deformable portion 110.
US12017592B2
A powertrain system may determine a power distribution for a set of power sources of a vehicle. The powertrain system may be coupled to a perception system that may provide perception data indicating a scenario, situation, or environment that has been encountered by the vehicle. The powertrain system may also receive health values. The powertrain system may include machine learning model that may generate the power distribution based on one or more of the perception data, the health values, and a power request.
US12017584B2
A method for playback of messages in a transportation vehicle, wherein messages are received by components of the transportation vehicle. In response to messages being present at the same time, these messages are prioritized relative to each other based on a category allocated in each case. The prioritized messages are played back according to the respective priorities thereof.
US12017581B2
A lamp control system for vehicles includes a rail provided on a roof of a vehicle and configured to extend in a longitudinal direction, a lamp module slidably connected to the rail to slide in a direction of extension of the rail, and including lamps configured to emit light to an interior of the vehicle, a sensing unit configured to detect the number of passengers riding in the vehicle, positions of the passengers, or a position of cargo loaded in the vehicle, and a controller electrically connected to the lamp module and the sensing unit and configured to control operation of the lamp module based on the number and the positions of the passengers or the position of the loaded cargo, detected by the sensing unit.
US12017567B2
A vehicle seat, an air conditioned vehicle seat, and an air conditioning system for a vehicle seat that includes an air mover attached to a first side of a connecting member of the vehicle seat; a gasket attached to a second side of the connecting member; and an air distributor provided adjacent to the gasket on the first side of the connecting member. The air conditioning system is free of adhesive between the air distributor and the gasket.
US12017559B2
The present invention relates to a longitudinal seat adjustment device (1), comprising a rail (10) running along a longitudinal axis (X), a slide (20) with an electric drive device (40), by means of which the slide can be moved along the longitudinal axis (X) of the rail (10), and a first control unit (15) and a second control unit (25), wherein the first control unit (15) is fixedly connected to the rail (10) and the second control unit (25) is arranged on the slide (20), wherein the first control unit (15) and the second control unit (25) are connected via an electrical conductor (50) which can be energized by a voltage source (4) with a supply voltage (S1), wherein the second control unit (25) can control the drive device (40), and wherein the first control unit (15) and the second control unit (25) communicate via a communication signal (S2) that can be modulated to the supply voltage.
US12017551B2
A vehicle on-board electrical system is equipped with a DC voltage charging connection, a non-configurable accumulator, a galvanically isolating DC-DC voltage converter, and an electrical drive. The accumulator is connected to a first side of the DC-DC voltage converter via a switchable connection circuit to which a DC voltage charging connection is connected. The accumulator is connected to the electrical drive and a second side of the DC-DC voltage converter via a drive switch. The connection circuit has a direct connection switch that connects the accumulator to the first side of the DC-DC voltage converter in a switchable manner. The DC voltage charging connection is connected to the direct connection switch via a charging connection switch of the connection circuit.
US12017547B2
A vehicle having at least one cargo pod. The cargo pod may be rolled into and out of a cargo area of the vehicle. The cargo pod may include at least one battery. The battery may be selectively connectable to a vehicle power network. The battery may be disposed proximate a base of the cargo pod.
US12017542B2
A safety circuit for a power system of a vehicle includes a hazardous voltage interlock loop (HVIL) circuit configured to disconnect a high-voltage energy source from a high-voltage system, the HVIL-circuit comprising a contactor and a HVIL control unit; a current meter arranged to measure a current; a fuse; a switching circuit controlling the contactor of the HVIL-circuit. A safety circuit control unit is connected to the current meter and to the switching circuit for controlling the contactor. The safety circuit control unit is configured to, if the HVIL control unit provides a control signal to the switching circuit to open the contactor, and if the current measurement exceeds a first threshold current value, control the switching circuit to delay the opening of the contactor by a controllable time period.
US12017538B2
At least one source of light mounted in a terrestrial vehicle optically couples to one or more light-bearing conduits. Various sizes of conduit can be utilized and the conduits can be grouped or physically separated. One, some, or all of these light-bearing conduits may carry any or all of visible light, data-bearing light, and power conveying light for use by any of a variety of illumination components, data-capable components, and light-to-electricity conversion components, respectively. A given component may itself constitute both an illumination component and a data-capable component, or both an illumination component and a light-to-electricity conversion component, or both a data-capable component and a light-to-electricity conversion component, or a component that constitutes each of an illumination component, a data-capable component, and a light-to-electricity conversion component as desired.
US12017535B2
A display controller for controlling a content displayed on the display provided on the working machine comprises a display control unit. The display control unit is configured to display, on the display, an icon image indicating information regarding the working machine and a plurality of graphic meter images indicating respective conditions of the working machine so that the graphic meter images, each in an arcuate shape, are displayed as being arranged so as to surround the icon image.
US12017531B2
A travel information notification method includes generating an augmented reality object composed of a plurality of lines that indicate a virtual trajectory corresponding to at least a portion of a predicted travel path of a vehicle; providing the generated augmented reality object on a head-up display of the vehicle so that the plurality of lines display the virtual trajectory in association with the road on which the vehicle is traveling; and providing travel information about the vehicle by controlling at least one among the spacing, colors, or shapes of the plurality of lines, displayed as the augmented reality object on the head-up display, according to travel conditions of the vehicle.
US12017528B2
A traveling transmission device of a tractor including a transmission case to which power from an engine is inputted via an input shaft, a speed changer transmission section provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power from the input shaft and to speed-change the inputted power and output it, and a rear wheel differential mechanism provided inside the transmission case and configured to input power outputted from the speed changer transmission section and transmit the inputted power to left and right rear wheels. The speed changer transmission section includes a plurality of speed changer sections configured to speed-change power from the input shaft by a gear coupling mechanism and a multiple-disc clutch and output it, and, inside the transmission case, an oil feeding pipe extends upwardly of the speed changer transmission section and a discharge nozzle connects to respective portions of the plurality of speed changer sections.
US12017523B2
A front closing cross-member includes a medial portion having an airfoil-like shape arranged between left and right end portions of greater height than the medial portion. The medial portion includes a trailing edge having a height less than a height of a leading edge thereof. The end portions are configured to be mounted to at least a portion of a chassis frame of a road vehicle. The cross-member may exhibit the same or greater stiffness and torsional rigidity as a conventional member, while exhibiting reduced drag and facilitating formation of a laminar airflow wake.
US12017522B2
A heat exchanger assembly has: a front portion; a middle portion rearward of the front portion; a rear portion rearward of the middle portion, at least one of the front and rear portions being curved from the middle portion, the at least one of the front and rear portions extending below the middle portion; a top part, the top part defining at least one top recess; and a bottom part disposed below the top part and being joined to the top part, the bottom part defining at least one bottom recess. The top and bottom parts define therebetween a passage formed in part by the at least one top recess and the at least one bottom recess. The passage has an inlet and an outlet. A snowmobile having the heat exchanger assembly is also disclosed.
US12017519B2
An apparatus for covering at least a portion of a cargo area of a vehicle, the apparatus includes a frame; one or more side panels attached to the frame; one or more quarter panels attached to the frame; a rear panel; a roof panel supported by the frame; and a lifting mechanism configured to reposition the roof panel relative to the frame and/or the one or more side panels. The lifting mechanism has a handle, a lifter, and a track supporting the lifter. Movement of the handle causes the track to move in a first direction, which causes the lifter to slide in the track in a second direction to raise and/or lower the lifter, which causes the roof panel to be moved or repositioned.
US12017516B2
Disclosed is an improved interior window sunshade for a window of a building and/or an automobile window. The interior window sunshade comprises a flexible flat wire loop member secured to a fabric. The flexible flat wire loop member comprises flexible arch on one or more sides of the flexible flat wire loop member.
US12017511B2
An air conditioner system for mobility is provided. The air conditioner system is configured to secure the air conditioning performance in cooling and heating conditioning and to prevent a battery from being deteriorated as the battery is prevented from being overcharged while the air conditioner system is driven when the battery is charged by the regenerative breaking while the charge amount of the battery is already high.
US12017510B2
A method is provided and includes activating, by a controller, a compressor of an HVAC subsystem when heating of a passenger compartment is required and determining whether a heat rejection from a powertrain component is greater than or equal to a reference heat rejection. A powertrain-side pump is activated and a battery-side pump is stopped when the heat rejection is greater than or equal to the reference heat rejection. A refrigerant circulating in the HVAC subsystem exchanges heat with a powertrain coolant having absorbed heat from the powertrain component.
US12017504B2
A duct structure having excellent sealing performance at a connection portion between a duct and a piping member. The duct structure includes a duct and a piping member. The duct includes an opening in a tubular portion, and the piping member includes a piping portion. The piping portion is inserted into the opening and connected to the duct, and a foam rubber sealing material is disposed in a compressed state between an outer peripheral surface of the piping portion and an edge of the opening.
US12017503B2
A plate arrangement for fluid flow includes a support plate, and a plurality of channel plates detachably mounted on the support plate, wherein the plurality of channel plates are mounted to cover at least a portion of the support plate, each channel plate has a fluid channel, the plurality of channel plates are arranged along a fluid flow path of at least a portion of a predetermined fluid circulation loop so that the plurality of channel plates form at least the portion of the fluid circulation loop, and fluid channels of adjacent channel plates are fluidly connected to each other.
US12017502B2
A parking air conditioning device and a mounting bracket thereof are provided. The mounting bracket includes a loading frame. The loading frame includes a bottom bracket and a first connecting member fixedly connected to the bottom bracket to form a mounting position. The mounting frame includes a second connecting member and a plurality of first bolts. The second connecting member is located at a side of the first connecting member away from the mounting position and is spaced apart from the first connecting member. The first bolts are connected to the first connecting member and the second connecting member. When the mounting bracket is connected to a vehicle body crossbeam, the first bolts are respectively located at the upper and lower sides of the vehicle body crossbeam, and the first connecting member and the second connecting member clamp the vehicle body crossbeam.
US12017501B2
An electric automotive vehicle gross vehicle rating of greater than 10,000 pounds includes an electric powertrain connected to the frame and positioned at a base of the frame. The vehicle includes a first central axis, and the weight of the electric powertrain is centered about the first central axis. All drivetrain components of the vehicle other than the electric powertrain may be positioned above the base of the electric powertrain. The vehicle includes two electric drive units configured to drive the front and rear axles respectively. The electric drive units consist of an electric motor, motor controller, two speed electrically actuated gearbox, electrically actuated park lock, and electrically actuated locking differential. The drive units transmit power to inboard mounted brakes, which in turn are connected by constant velocity driveshaft to the wheel hubs where a further final gear reduction resides. Additionally, the suspension of the vehicle utilizes a dynamically adjustable hydraulic suspension that is capable of automatically leveling the vehicle and also provides capability to adjust nominal vehicle ride height. The vehicle is capable of multiple modes of operation, and in one mode the vehicle is able to export electrical power for usage outside of the vehicle. The vehicle body has been designed in multiple embodiments, including a sport utility model and pickup truck model. Additionally, each embodiment is designed with available two door and four door variants. All vehicle variants utilize the aforementioned common powertrain and chassis.
US12017491B2
Maneuverable ergonomic trailer stands are disclosed. An example portable trailer stand includes: a frame having an upper ledge, a post, and a lower subframe, the lower subframe connected to the upper ledge via the post; an extendible leg coupled to the post independent of the lower subframe, the upper ledge being vertically movable based on movement of the extendible leg relative to the upper ledge, the post, and the lower subframe of the frame; and a wheel connected to the frame via the lower subframe such that the wheel is to move with the upper ledge as the upper ledge is vertically moved.
US12017487B2
A retainer assembly may comprise: a retainer main body having a first mounting flange, a second mounting flange, a body portion, a first rib and a second rib, the body portion extending from the first mounting flange to the second mounting flange, the first rib extending from the second mounting flange towards the first mounting flange, the second rib extending from the second mounting flange towards the first mounting flange, the first rib and the second rib extending orthogonal to the body portion; and a retainer sleeve having a first slot extending from the first axial end towards the second axial end and a second slot extending from the first axial end towards the second axial end, a portion of the first rib disposed in the first slot, and a portion of the second rib disposed in the second slot.
US12017484B2
Provided is an insert for a tire, capable of being fastened together with a rim and a tire, the insert including a flow path connecting an upper surface and a lower surface of the insert.
US12017481B2
A tire comprises a tread which comprises a plurality of tread pattern elements (1) delimited by cut-outs (3, 4), the tread pattern elements respectively comprising at least one lateral face (13, 14, 15, 16), and a first rubber composition (FC) at least partially covered on at least one of the lateral face (13, 14, 15, 16) with a layer of a second rubber composition (SC) based on an elastomer matrix comprising more than 55 phr and up to 100 phr of a first diene elastomer having a glass transition temperature of less than −25° C. and 0 to less than 45 phr of a second diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler comprising more than 100 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler, and more than 45 phr of a plasticizing agent predominately comprising at least one hydrocarbon resin having a glass transition temperature of more than 20° C.
US12017476B2
A wheel with flexible spokes, including a rim and hub, and spokes between the rim and hub made of fibrous material that causes the spokes to be both lighter in weight and stronger than comparable steel spokes. The spokes are also flexible and resilient such that they can bend while retaining their integrity and strength.
US12017470B2
There are provided a useful resin composition for a back-surface layer and a heat-sensitive transfer recording material using the same, wherein under the circumstances where the temperature of thermal heads has been increased, the back-surface layer of the formed heat-sensitive transfer recording material has more excellent heat resistance, damage to a thermal head can be alleviated, and durability is excellent in that bleeding is suppressed even if the silicone content is increased. The present invention provides a resin composition for a back-surface layer to be used for forming a back-surface layer of a heat-sensitive transfer recording material, the resin composition containing, as film-forming components, a siloxane-modified urethane- or urea-based resin A, a resin B, and a cross-linking agent C, wherein the resin A contains a polysiloxane component in a range of 5 to 55%, the resin B has at least one active-hydrogen-containing group and has a glass transition point of lower than 100° C., and when the total amount of the resin A, resin B, and the cross-linking agent C is assumed to be 100%, the resin A is contained within a range of 1 to 79%, the resin B is contained within a range of 1 to 79%, and the cross-linking agent C is contained within a range of 20 to 80%. The present invention also provides a heat-sensitive transfer recording material using the resin composition for a back-surface layer.
US12017464B2
A thermal printing apparatus includes a frame, an endless ribbon to transport ink on its outer face, a coating device to coat the endless ribbon with ink, a printhead to print by thermal transfer a substrate with a part of the ink, a plurality of first rollers supporting and transporting the endless ribbon by its inner face along a path from the coating device to the printhead and from the printhead to the coating device in a cyclic manner, at least one first conveyor arranged to support the inner face of the endless ribbon between two adjacent first rollers along its path from the coating device to the printhead; the first conveyor including a plate fixed in translation and rotation with the frame and having a first convex surface supporting the inner face, a heat exchanger designed to cool down the first surface of the plate at a predefined temperature.
US12017462B2
A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes at least one physical memory device to store halftone calibration logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the halftone calibration logic determine an uncalibrated deposition distribution for each of a plurality of pel forming elements, determine a calibrated deposition distribution for each of the plurality of pel forming elements and determine calibration values for each of the plurality of pel forming elements.
US12017457B2
A printer, which is an example of a liquid ejecting apparatus, including a slide mechanism that has a first member and a second member configured to slide with each other in lifting and lowering directions; a head that is fixed to the first member and has a nozzle for ejecting a liquid; a lifting and lowering mechanism that is fixed to the second member, and lifts and lowers the head in the lifting and lowering directions; and a cap that covers the nozzle. The first member is configured of a wall member having an elongated hole, and the second member is configured of a pin. The lifting and lowering mechanism relatively moves the head toward the cap in a state where the head does not slide in a direction away from the cap.
US12017454B2
A liquid discharge head includes a flow channel member, a pressurization part, a plurality of discharge holes, a flexible substrate, a cover member, and a heater. The flow channel member includes a first surface and a second surface that is positioned on an opposite side of the first surface. The pressurization part is positioned on the first surface. The plurality of discharge holes are positioned on the second surface. For the flexible substrate, a one-end part thereof that is positioned on the pressurization part is electrically connected to the pressurization part. The cover member covers the one-end part of the flexible substrate. The heater is positioned on the cover member.
US12017452B2
An object of the present invention is to bring a print head into a liquid ejectable state while reducing waste ink. The present invention is a printing apparatus including: a tank in which liquid is stored; a print head that comprises an ejection port surface on which an ejection port is formed, the ejection port ejecting the liquid which is supplied from the tank; a cap mechanism that caps the ejection port surface of the print head; a timer that counts a time during which the ejection port surface is capped; and a circulation unit configured to circulate the liquid in a circulation path including the tank and the print head, and in a case where the timer counts a predetermined time, the circulation unit circulates the liquid.
US12017450B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head having nozzles; a signal output device; a recovery device configured to perform a first recovery operation or a second recovery operation, to discharge liquid from the nozzles; and a controller configured to: in response to receiving a second signal, activate the signal output device, and drive the liquid ejection head in a check mode for ejecting liquid from the nozzles, the second signal instructing to record a check pattern on a recording medium; in response to receiving a first signal indicating that a first nozzle being one of the nozzles is in failure in liquid ejection when the liquid ejection head in driven in the check mode, activate the recovery device to perform the first recovery operation; and subsequent to the first recovery operation, drive the liquid ejection head to record the check pattern on the recording medium.
US12017448B2
A roll paper printer includes an accommodation section configured to accommodate roll paper wound such that one surface of recording paper faces outward, a transport roller configured to pull the recording paper from the roll paper and transport the paper in a transport direction, a guide positioned upstream of the transport roller in the transport direction and configured to come into contact with the other surface of the recording paper, and a protrusion positioned upstream of the transport roller in the transport direction and configured to come into contact with the one surface of the recording paper, the protrusion being configured to move toward the guide.
US12017439B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a bonded body that includes a glass member, a bonding subject member, and a bonding portion bonded to the glass member and the bonding subject member. The method includes a setting step, a pressing step, and a bonding portion formation step. The setting step is a step of setting a jig main body lid on a jig main body in a state in which a stack is disposed in a recess of the jig main body. The pressing step is a step of adjusting an atmospheric pressure in the recess of the jig main body after the setting step to press the stack with the jig main body lid. The bonding portion formation step is a step of forming the bonding portion from a bonding material included in the stack in a state in which the stack is pressed in the pressing step.
US12017435B2
A composite structure of a cargo body and a method of making the same are disclosed. The composite structure includes at least one electrical grid embedded within fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) layers. The embedded electrical grid includes a plurality of conductive fibers and a plurality of insulating fibers integrated into a polymer matrix of the FRP layers. The embedded electrical grid may be used for power distribution, structural strengthening and stiffness, and/or puncture detection.
US12017428B2
A transfer press includes a press machine that moves a slide up and down in accordance with pressing motion, and a transport device that moves a retainer in accordance with transfer motion to transport a workpiece. The transfer press includes a creation unit, a determination unit, and a phase adjustment unit. The creation unit creates a three-dimensional operating curved surface based on the provisionally set pressing motion and the provisionally set transfer motion. The determination unit compares a standard upper die interference curved surface with the operating curved surface in the same three-dimensional coordinate system to determine whether the operating curved surface is present within an interference region of the standard upper die interference curved surface. The phase adjustment unit changes a relative phase of the transfer motion relative to the pressing motion when the operating curved surface is present within the interference region.
US12017421B2
A method of producing composites that are capable of being used in various industries, including the aerospace and automotive industries. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods of curing one or more prepregs and/or a liquid curable composition using one or more self-supporting, nonwoven carbon nanotube sheets comprising substantially non-aligned carbon nanotubes.
US12017420B2
A method for improving the impact resistance of a fiber-composite part includes positioning fibers within an expected impact region of the part, wherein at least a portion of most of the positioned fibers is oriented to be within about 45 degrees of parallel to an impact vector of an impact that occurs at the impact region. At least some of the fibers in the impact region should have relatively high impact resistance, such as glass fiber or aramid fiber, and the matrix in the impact region should have relatively high impact resistance.
US12017401B2
A molding device may comprise a mold, a plate, and a ring. The mold may comprise: a lower surface; an upper surface parallel to the lower surface; a hole defined in a part of the upper surface; and a through hole extending from a bottom surface of the hole to the lower surface of the mold. The plate may comprise a surface with a gas outlet defined therein. The ring may be arranged between the lower surface of the mold and the surface of the plate and connecting the mold and the plate. The ring may surround the through hole exposed on the lower surface of the mold and the gas outlet exposed on the surface of the plate. In a region where the ring is not arranged, a space may be defined between the lower surface of the mold and the surface of the plate.
US12017398B2
A method of manufacturing a polymer film includes melting a resin, extruding the melted resin through a die to produce a polymer film, shaping the polymer film, cooling the polymer film, capturing an image of a test pattern through the polymer film, calculating a modulation transfer function value from the image, and adjusting a process parameter of the melting, the extruding, the shaping, or the cooling based on the calculated modulation transfer function value.
US12017389B2
Disclosed are methods for scalable, cost-effective, and rapid production manufacturing and packaging a semi-rigid acoustic coupling medium that can be used for ultrasound diagnostic and treatment systems and techniques. In some aspects, a method includes forming a staged solution by adding together a stock solution comprising a monomer and a block copolymer in deoxygenated water and a primed solution comprising a covalent crosslinking agent and a catalyst; forming a gel-sol by mixing the staged solution with a first network activator solution comprising a monomer activator and a second network activator solution comprising a block copolymer activator; dispensing the gel-sol into a mold; and curing the gel-sol in the mold to produce a semi-rigid acoustic coupling material, where the method is carried under an inert atmosphere.
US12017388B2
An optical lens casting gasket, wafer, and system and method that provides for more efficient formation of optical lenses employing optically functional wafers.
US12017384B2
This description relates to the reuse of waste materials based on synthetic resins and, more specifically relates to the reuse of disposable diapers, plastic packaging (PVC, PP, PET, and so on), for the production of raw material for extrusion, lamination, injection and rotational molding processes, among others. A system comprises a chopper, a mill for homogenization of particle size, a disc compactor employing frictional heating between a fixed disc and a rotating disc and cooling by circulation of cold water inside the discs.
US12017380B2
Systems and methods are described for constructing insulated concrete forms and their skeletons, A mold assembly is discussed for molding insulated concrete forms and has an outer housing; first and second mold lids; first and second entrance doors; first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions, each of the first and second pluralities of downward oriented extensions being movable between a retracted position and an inserted position, to define first and second mold cavities; and fill guns oriented for injecting insulating polymeric material into the first and second mold cavities. The systems and methods may mold insulated panels on both sides of an insulated concrete form skeleton, and may be used to make forms of any length.
US12017379B2
A method of preparing a ceramic fabric for use in a ceramic matrix composite includes transforming a ceramic tow from a first tow geometry to a second tow geometry, thereby reducing a first dimension of the ceramic tow and increasing a second dimension of the ceramic tow orthogonal to the first dimension to produce a flattened tow. The method includes weaving or braiding the flattened ceramic tow to form a ceramic fabric.
US12017378B1
A riving knife assembly has a holder, a clamping plate, a riving knife body disposed between the holder and the clamping plate, a handle pivotally connected to the clamping plate, and a fastener assembly connecting the holder, the riving knife body, the clamping plate, and the handle. The handle has a curved hole and a stage surrounding the curved hole and having a lower step and an upper step. The fastener assembly includes a connecting rod, a positioning flange, and an elastic pressing element. When the handle is in a locked position, the elastic pressing element is located between the positioning flange and the upper step of the stage to clamp the riving knife body. When the handle is in an unlocked position, the elastic pressing element is located between the positioning flange and the lower step of the stage to release the riving knife body.
US12017376B2
The present disclosure provides a process for manufacturing a printed support (S), which can be cut by any automatic cutter capable of reading an optical code (OC), which does not require updating the resident software of the microprocessor unit that controls the printer (or printers). A printing system of a printable support which implements the process is also disclosed.
US12017370B2
A robot uses controlled omni-wheels and an arm assembly coupled to a gripper to facilitate the opening of doors. The gripper is rotatable around at least one of its axis to engage and rotate a door handle to unlatch a door. The omni-wheels are driven to move the robot along a curved path to open the door.
US12017368B2
A system and method for identifying a box to be picked up by a robot from a stack of boxes. The method includes obtaining a 2D red-green-blue (RGB) color image of the boxes and a 2D depth map image of the boxes using a 3D camera, where pixels in the depth map image are assigned a value identifying the distance from the camera to the boxes. The method generates a segmentation image of the boxes by performing an image segmentation process that extracts features from the RGB image and the depth map image, combines the extracted features in the images and assigns a label to the pixels in a features image so that each box in the segmentation image has the same label. The method then identifies a location for picking up the box using the segmentation image.
US12017365B2
Safety architecture for an automated work cell provides a barrier separating a work cell area from an operator or personnel area. The safety architecture enables personnel to conduct routine interactions with nonfunctioning motion platforms or positioning machines located in the work cell area through openings in the barrier separating the personnel area from the work cell area while other motion platforms or positioning machines in the work cell area continues to function.
US12017364B2
A processor-based system provides a user interface to facilitate generation of motion planning graphs or roadmaps, for example via autonomous generate of additional poses, for example neighboring poses, based on specified seed or origin pose, and/or generate or sub-lattice connecting poses and/or edges to couple separate regions or sub-lattices of the motion planning graph together. Such may include performing collision-checking and/or kinematic checking (e.g., taking into account kinematic constraints of robots being modeled). The resulting motion planning graphs or roadmaps are useful in controlling robots during runtime. Robots may include robots with appendages and/or robots in the form of autonomous vehicles.
US12017363B2
The present invention provides a mechanism which can avoid narrowing of a range in which a continuum robot can be driven and suppress damage to the continuum robot and an object. A continuum robot control apparatus controlling an operation of a continuum robot having a bendable portion bending in response to driving of at least some of a plurality of wires includes an external force estimating unit configured to estimate an external force applied to the bendable portion based on compressive/tensile forces applied to two or more wires of the plurality of wires, and a driving control unit configured to control driving of the wires to be driven based on the external force estimated by the external force estimating unit.
US12017349B2
A haptic transmission system includes a master device and a slave device. The master device controls position and force in an operation of the master device based on information acquired from the operation of the master device and information relating to a response of the slave device, and compensates for a communication delay in a communication path with respect to the control of force. The slave device controls speed and force in an operation of the slave device based on information acquired from the operation of the slave device and information relating to control from the master device.
US12017348B2
A robot is provided with driving wheels, a battery, a charging terminal, a charging terminal mounter in which the charging terminal is disposed, a first spring elastically supporting the charging terminal in an outward direction, a switch switched by the charging terminal mounter when the charging terminal mounter retreats, and a processor for stopping the driving wheels when the switch is switched by the charging terminal mounter.
US12017333B2
A system for handling a composite workpiece includes a work cell and a plurality of workpiece holders to hold a composite workpiece in the work cell. Each one of the plurality of workpiece holders is selectively controlled to index the composite workpiece in the work cell and to conform the composite workpiece to an as-built shape of the composite workpiece.
US12017318B1
An accessory mounting system for connection of an accessory to a work component having an elongated central opening to a T-shaped slot and a method of making such connection, the accessory mounting system including a generally planar body, a retention element connected to the body, a clamp assembly spaced from the retention element and being connected to the body, a first reference surface extending upward from the body and in a first direction and being located between the retention element and the clamp assembly, the retention element comprising a leg portion extending from an upper end of an upright portion, the clamp assembly having a portion extending toward the retention element and that moves the work component laterally relative to the first reference surface, wherein the retention element is sized to be received through the elongated central opening to the T-shaped slot in the work component.
US12017309B2
An excess metal amount setting method includes: a thermal shrinkage prediction step of predicting a thermal shrinkage amount in the deposited body after manufacturing; a thermal shrinkage modifying step of obtaining a thermal deformation modifying profile by expanding a target profile according to the thermal shrinkage amount; a release strain prediction step of predicting an elastic deformation amount due to release strain of the deposited body after machining; an elastic deformation modifying step of obtaining an elastic deformation modifying profile by deforming the thermal deformation modifying profile according to the elastic deformation amount in a direction opposite to a deformation direction due to the release strain; and an excess metal amount setting step of adjusting an outer edge shape of the deposited body so that an excess metal amount from the elastic deformation modifying profile to an outer edge of the deposited body falls within a predetermined reference range.
US12017308B2
Techniques and devices are disclosed for fabrication layout device. The device includes a table with a work surface. The work surface being a continuous surface and configured to support a plurality of railing pieces for fabrication of a railing assembly. The device further includes a beam located above the work surface. The beam is operatively coupled to the table, such that the beam moves relative to the work surface in a first direction. Attached to the beam is an ink dispenser. The ink dispenser is configured to move along the beam in a second direction different from the first direction. The ink dispenser is further configured to dispense ink onto the work surface of the table in the form of a pattern of the railing assembly. Railing pieces are positioned on the pattern so that they can be assembled to one another.
US12017303B2
Laser cutting nozzle for a laser machining unit and method for operating such a laser machining unit
A laser cutting nozzle for a laser machining unit is described, the nozzle including a passage for the laser beam and cutting gas. The passage extends between a nozzle inlet and a nozzle mouth along a passage longitudinal axis. The passage comprises a convergence portion and a divergence portion. In the entire divergence portion, the wall of the passage forms an angle of inclination relative to the passage longitudinal axis of at most 5°. In addition, the length of the divergence portion is less than 5 times the diameter of the constriction.
US12017300B2
An apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include at least one calibration unit, at least one irradiation device, and a determination device. The least one calibration unit may include at least one calibration region arranged in the beam guiding plane, and the at least one calibration region may include a plurality of sub-regions differing in respect of at least one optical property. The at least one irradiation device may be configured to guide a plurality of energy beams across the at least one calibration region comprising the plurality of sub-regions, and a plurality of calibration signals may be generated by the plurality of sub-regions being irradiated with the plurality of energy beams. The determination device may be configured to determine the plurality of calibration signals and to determine a calibration status of the irradiation device based at least in part on the determined plurality of calibration signals.
US12017299B2
Laser welding is performed while moving irradiation positions of a laser beam and a measurement beam in forward, rightward, rearward and leftward directions, and the penetration depth of a weld portion is measured during laser welding in each of the directions. Then, a direction in which a value smaller than a reference value is measured is determined to be an optical axis deviation direction, and a correction value is added to the values measured during the laser welding when the laser welding is performed in the optical axis deviation direction.
US12017296B2
A multi-source self-adaptive low-stress additive manufacturing apparatus including a multi-axis manipulator additive manufacturing system, a high-energy sound beam regulation system, a substrate and a self-adaptive additive manufacturing workbench. The multi-axis manipulator additive manufacturing system includes multi-axis manipulator(s), welding torch(es), manipulator controller(s) and a guide rail, where base(s) of the multi-axis manipulator(s) is connected with the guide rail, the welding torch(es) is held by distal end(s) of the multi-axis manipulator(s), the multi-axis manipulator(s) is controlled by the manipulator controller(s) to move the welding torch(es) to conduct low-stress additive manufacturing on the workpiece to be additive manufactured. The high-energy sound beam regulation system includes one or more high-energy sound beam exciters, each having a high-energy sound beam excitation unit and a titanium alloy special adiabatic amplitude transformer so as to realize the regulation of residual stress generated in the additive manufacturing process of the workpiece.
US12017291B2
An improved design for a dust shroud providing an airflow conduit for collecting dust off a work piece and a saw blade. The dust shroud is configured with either one or two extending and telescoping lower rigid jaws that are durable and can engage a work piece at different angles. A novel roller is additionally provided for moving along a work piece.
US12017288B2
A remotely controlled cutting tool for safely cutting electrified cables using a remote control and a method of setting up and operating the remotely controlled cutting tool and remote control.
US12017287B2
A powered cutting tool for cutting tubular or cylindrical workpieces such as pipe is described. The cutting tool includes a base, an electric motor, a collection of rollers, a frame, a feedscrew, an auto cut wheel system, and a handle for rotating the feedscrew and adjusting the position of the auto cut wheel system relative to the rollers. In certain versions, the cutting tool includes torque-limiting provisions, to limit the amount of torque applied to the feedscrew. In certain versions, the cutting tool includes rollers and press wheels featuring non-metal outer surfaces.
US12017284B2
The present application relates to a method for the production of a noble metal nanomaterial comprising: (A) adding an aqueous solution of a source of noble metal ions and a reducing agent to an aqueous solution of an organic compound to form a reaction mixture, wherein the organic compound is capable of undergoing 2D planar stacking in aqueous solution; and (B) separating the noble metal nanomaterial from the reaction mixture. The present application also relates to a noble metal nanomaterial manufactured according to said method.
US12017283B2
A metal powder production method includes a powdering step of causing a jet flow to collide with a molten metal that flows down, thereby powdering the molten metal, and a coating step, for a metal powder, of immersing the powdered molten metal in a liquid containing a non-aqueous liquid, thereby forming a suspension of the metal powder, wherein the powdering step and the coating step are performed in a same apparatus, the non-aqueous liquid contains a raw material of an electrically insulating material, and in the metal powder, a surface is coated with the electrically insulating material.
US12017277B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a chamber, a material layer former, an inert gas supplier, and a material supply unit. The material supply unit includes a material tank, a transporter, and a sieve. The material tank stores material. The transporter transports the material discharged from the chamber and the material tank to the highest level of a conveyance route of the material. The sieve is provided below the transporter and above the chamber, removes impurities from the material sent from the transporter and then discharge the material downward to replenish the material layer former with the material.
US12017276B2
A method is provided to remove a selective amount of material from a metal component fabricated by additive manufacturing in a self-terminating manner. The method can be used to remove support structures and trapped powder from a metal component as well as to smooth surfaces of a 3D printed metal component. In some embodiments, selected surfaces of the metal component are treated to make the selected surfaces at least one of mechanically and chemically unstable. The unstable portion of the metal support can then be removed chemically, electrochemically, or through vapor-phase etching. The method can be used for processing any fluid or vapor-accessible regions and surfaces of a 3D printed metal component.
US12017270B2
A three-plate pressure die casting mold for producing at least one metallic die casting part by die casting a metal melt, includes first, second and third mold parts and at least one mold cavity as well as a sprue system. A relatively movable pressure plate is arranged in the third mold part, which, when opening the die casting mold, presses the sprue produced in the sprue system against the first mold part, whereby the sprue is retained and tears off from the die casting part in a defined manner. A method for pressure die casting using the three-plate pressure die casting mold is disclosed.
US12017269B2
A method for producing an Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy ribbon, the method including a step of supplying a molten Fe-based alloy onto a rotating chill roll, and rapidly solidifying the molten Fe-based alloy that has been supplied onto the chill roll, thereby obtaining an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a free solidified surface and a roll contact surface, and a step of heat-treating the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, thereby obtaining an Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy ribbon; wherein an outer peripheral part of the chill roll is composed of a Cu alloy, and a thermal conductivity of the outer peripheral part is from 70 W/(m·K) to 225 W/(m·K).
US12017260B2
Belt-fed tube cleaning systems and methods may include a tube cleaning projectile belt loaded into a pneumatic firing apparatus employing a cam-activated indexing element and projectile belt separation objects that permit or cause removal of individual tube cleaning projectiles from the tube cleaning projectile belt for semi-automatic tube cleaning operation thereof.
US12017255B2
Systems and methods for classifying and sorting materials in order to produce a collection of materials that are composed of a particular chemical composition in the aggregate. The system may utilize a vision system and one or more sensor systems, which may implement a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials. The sorting is then performed as a function of the classifications.
US12017252B2
A vibration device includes a first vibration plate having a length direction, the first vibration plate including a first end portion at one end in the length direction and a second end portion at another end in the length direction, a first piezoelectric element provided on the first vibration plate, a first conductive wiring line joined to the first piezoelectric element at a position closer to the first end portion in the length direction than a center of the first vibration plate, a first fixed component connected to the first conductive wiring line, and a case component to which the first fixed component is fixed. The second end portion is a free end, and the first conductive wiring line includes a bent portion.
US12017234B2
A nozzle apparatus may comprise a nozzle body having a nozzle tip with a discharge port for spraying a treatment fluid onto a substrate; a nozzle moving member for moving the nozzle body relative to the substrate; a rotating member for rotating the nozzle body or the nozzle tip so that a treatment fluid is sprayed onto the substrate during rotation; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the nozzle moving member and the rotating member.
US12017233B2
Provided is a nozzle structure, a blow device, and a manufacturing method for parts, a bearing, a linear motion device, a steering device, a vehicle, and a mechanical device which can uniformly and satisfactorily perform various processes with fluid over a wide range on a processing target member. The nozzle structure includes an inner member, an outer member surrounding the inner member, and a laminar flow path formed between an outer surface of the inner member and an inner surface of the outer member to allow fluid to flow. The blow device or the mechanical device having the nozzle structure can process the inner member by flowing the fluid in the flow path.
US12017232B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a protective mask to be worn over a nose and mouth of a wearer to protect the wearer from hazards in surrounding ambient air. The mask includes a mask portion, an airway, and an ionization filter. The mask portion includes an interior that extends over the nose and mouth of the wearer. The airway extends between the interior of the mask portion and the surrounding ambient air. The ionization filter includes an emitter within a portion of the airway, and a collector plate radially encompassing the emitter and defining at least a portion of the airway. The collector plate is electrically connected to at least first and second conductive porous filters. The first and second conductive porous filters and the collector plate collectively form at least a portion of a Faraday cage that encapsulates the emitter.
US12017227B2
A specimen holder includes a body, a sleeve, and a wireless transponder. The body has distal and proximal portions, the distal portion including a surface that carries a specimen upon engagement of the body with the specimen, and the proximal portion including a first pair of parallel surfaces. The sleeve has distal and proximal portions, a side wall, and an internal cavity at least partially enclosed by the side wall. The distal portion of the sleeve includes a second pair of parallel surfaces. The wireless transponder is sized to be positioned within the internal cavity of the sleeve. The sleeve is attachable to the body by capturing one of the first and second pairs of parallel surfaces between the other of the first and second pairs of parallel surfaces.
US12017225B2
Methods and apparatus for providing an isolated single cell are provided. In one disclosed arrangement, a test body of liquid is formed on a substrate surface. A contact angle between the test body of liquid and the substrate surface is lower than an equilibrium contact angle. An optical image of the test body of liquid is analysed to determine whether one and only one cell is present in the test body of liquid.
US12017221B2
The present invention provides a microfluidic structure for sorting targeted substances. The microfluidic structure includes: an inlet portion having at least one fluid input port; an outlet portion having a plurality of fluid output ports; a first annular flow channel communicated with the inlet portion at the upstream end and rotatably extended; and a second annular flow channel communicated with the downstream end of the first annular flow channel at the upstream end, communicated with the outlet portion at the downstream end and rotatably extended. The first annular flow channel and the second annular flow channel are connected in series according to an S-shaped track, so that the outer side wall of the first annular flow channel is continuously connected to the inner side wall of the second annular flow channel. The cross-sections of the first annular flow channel and the second annular flow channel have a height difference.
US12017219B2
The present disclosure provides a micro-fluidic substrate, a micro-fluidic structure and a driving method thereof. The micro-fluidic substrate of the preset disclosure includes a substrate, and a plurality of driving electrodes on the substrate and configured to drive a droplet to move, the plurality of driving electrodes being in a same layer with a gap space between adjacent driving electrodes. The micro-fluidic substrate further includes: at least one auxiliary electrode on the substrate and configured to drive the droplet to move, an orthographic projection of the auxiliary electrode on the substrate at least partially overlapping with an orthographic projection of the gap space on the substrate, and the auxiliary electrode and the driving electrodes being in different layers.
US12017218B2
A hybrid microfluidics device includes a substrate having a base region with a width and a length. A paper has testing regions disposed along the width of the base region. A cover has an angled relationship with the base region to form a wedge profile to provide a length-wise droplet pump effect to separately maintain channel-less regions for the testing regions.
US12017198B2
According to some embodiments there is provided herein a granule of potash dust comprising a binder selected from the group including Flyash, Sodium Silicate, Potassium Silicate and starches, wherein said potash dust comprises particles in the size between 0.001-0.5 mm
US12017191B2
A mixing cartridge delivery system, which mixes additive with base liquid flowing through it, utilizes a dispensing closure valve to achieve improved flow of mixed liquid from the cartridge. A closure base may include a tethered lid. A flexible valve, such as a slit valve, is supported on a valve supporting end of the closure base and retained thereon with a valve retainer that interlocks with the closure base. The system may include a one-way valve for base liquid and a mixing section defined in the cartridge. The dispensing closure valve achieves improved flow characteristics in combination with the base liquid valve. The dispensing closure valve also prevents leakage and inadvertent discharge from the cartridge system.
US12017188B2
Described herein are mixed matrix filtration membranes and related, dendrimers, dendrimer particles, compositions, methods and systems and in particular mixed matrix filtration membranes with an embedded dendrimer particles and related compositions, methods, and systems wherein each dendrimer particle comprises at least two dendrimers each having at least two core chemical moieties having a core multiplicity Nc; branch cell units attached to the core chemical moiety or one to another, with the branch cell units attached one to another having a branch cells multiplicity Nb; and a number of surface functional groups Z presented on terminal branch cell units, wherein Z=NcNbG with G≤3.
US12017182B2
The present disclosure provides a system for refining long chain dicarboxylic acid, comprising: a first membrane filtration unit, for a first membrane filtration of a long chain dicarboxylic acid fermentation broth or a treated liquid therefrom; a first decolorization unit, for carrying out a first decolorization treatment to the filtrate obtained after the membrane filtration; a first acidification/crystallization unit, for carrying out a first acidification/crystallization of a filtrate obtained after the membrane filtration to give a solid-liquid mixture; a first separation unit, for a solid-liquid separation of the solid-liquid mixture; a drying unit, for drying the solid separated by the separation unit to give a first solid. By using the refining system according to the present disclosure, the purity of the obtained product is high, and the disadvantages such as poor quality of the product obtained by crystallization from a solvent and environment pollution caused by a solvent can be overcome.
US12017181B2
A compressed air drying system is provided for removing moisture from compressed air. The dryer operates in two modes in response to the demand for compressed air. In a first mode of operation, a refrigeration compressor runs continuously and the speed of a condenser fan is varied to maintain a constant cooling temperature. In a second mode of operation, the refrigeration compressor runs intermittently between on and off periods. As result, the cooling temperature fluctuates during the second mode of operation.
US12017177B2
A filtration media pack is provided having a plurality of layers of single facer media. The layer of single facer media includes a fluted sheet, a facing sheet, and a plurality of flutes extending between the fluted sheet and the facing sheet and having a flute length extending from a first face to a second face of the filtration media pack. A first portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered fluid flowing into the first portion of the plurality of flutes, and a second portion of the plurality of flutes are closed to unfiltered fluid flowing out of the second portion of the plurality of flutes so that fluid passing into one of the first face and the second face of the media pack and out the other face of the media pack passes through media to provide filtration of the fluid.
US12017169B2
Articles and methods involving filter media are generally provided. In certain embodiments, the filter media includes at least a first layer, a second layer, and an adhesive resin positioned between the first layer and the second layer. In some embodiments, the first layer may be a pre-filter layer or a support layer. The second layer may, for example, comprise fibers formed by a solution spinning process and/or may comprise fine fibers. In some embodiments, the adhesive resin may be present in a relatively low amount and/or may have a low glass transition temperature. The filter media as a whole may have one or more advantageous properties, including one or more of a high stiffness, a high bond strength between the first layer and the second layer, a high gamma, and/or a low increase in air resistance after being subjected to an IPA vapor discharge. The filter media may be, for example, a HEPA filter and/or an ULPA filter.
US12017168B2
An aqueous fluid filter assembly with aeration mitigation includes a cap, a bowl engaging the cap and defining a filter volume, and a filter element disposed in the filter volume. The filter element is sealed against an interior of the cap and an interior of the bowl to provide an unfiltered volume and a filtered volume. An inlet is in fluid communication with the unfiltered volume and an outlet is in fluid communication with the filtered volume via a pickup section. The pickup section has a pick-up section inlet extending into the filtered volume and an air-metering orifice, wherein the air-metering orifice has a diameter less than 30% of the diameter of the pick-up section inlet and the pick-up section inlet is located below the air-metering orifice.
US12017162B2
The present disclosure relates to a filter element for use in a fluid filter system is disclosed herein. The filter element comprises a filter medium having a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, and an end cap assembly attached to the first end of the filter medium. The end cap assembly includes a first end cap aligned with the longitudinal axis and proximate to the first end of the filter medium; a first member concentric with and disposed radially apart from the first end cap and the filter medium and axially between the first end cap and the second end of the filter medium; and a plurality of arms connecting the first end cap with the first member, each arm configured to align the filter element with respect to the container and base plate by absorbing alignment discrepancies between at least the base plate and container.
US12017161B2
The current technology relates to filter media configurations where the filter media has a surface with a treatment that increases the roll off angle of the surface for a 50 μL water droplet when the surface is immersed in toluene. Some example filter media have a fluted configuration, and some example filter media have multiple layers. Filter media having multiple layers can be single facer media, for example, where one layer is planar and another layer is fluted.
US12017157B2
The de-aerator can be used to separate air from oil in an aircraft engine lubrication system. The de-aerator can include a swirler cavity extending circumferentially around axis and axially between a proximal wall and a distal wall, a separation path dividing within the swirler cavity into a radially outer oil segment leading to an oil outlet and a radially inner air segment leading to an air outlet, and a swirling conduit portion having a length turning around the axis upstream of an opening in the proximal wall along the separation path.
US12017153B2
These liquid-liquid extractors are adapted to very low fluid flow rates passing through them. In order to reduce the influence of capillarity and air phenomena that may make the flow irregular, the outlet ducts comprise, downstream of the settling cell where the heavy and light phases separate, overflows of the phases the edge of which is irregular in height, for example serrated. The circulation channels of the phases are advantageously open to also reduce the risks of blocking by air bubbles.
US12017146B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a data processing method, performed by a computer device, and including: obtaining an associated virtual object associated with a main virtual object and obtaining a variable pertaining to a first update frequency type among character variables of the associated virtual object as a first-type variable; compressing the first-type variable to obtain compressed data and encapsulating the compressed data to obtain first change data of the main virtual object; and transmitting the first change data of the main virtual object to a target client where the main virtual object is located, so that the target client performs frame image update and display based on the first change data.
US12017145B2
A method and a system of automatically generating animations imports Json data exported from a Spine tool into a Unity3d tool, parses the Json data into an animation data format by the Unity3d tool, obtains key frame information from the animation data format and stores the key frame information as an animation file of the Unity3d tool, and runs the animation file to play an animation. The present invention does not need to remake the Spine key frame in the Unity3d tool, and the key frame can be automatically generated. The animation key frame effects of the Spine tool can be reproduced, such as displacement, zooming, rotation, and color change, and the animation made by the artist in the Spine tool can be accurately restored, which reduces repetitive work and greatly improves the efficiency of game development.
US12017115B2
The present invention discloses a method for monitoring an exercise. The method comprises: building up an energy metabolism system having an energy metabolism feature, wherein the energy metabolism feature comprises a first feature factor, wherein the first feature factor is associated with a first biological system being one of a plurality of biological systems of a human body and not associated with the complete human body; building up a mathematical model describing that an energy expenditure depends on at least one exercise-associated parameter based on the energy metabolism feature for the energy metabolism system; estimating the energy expenditure based on the at least one exercise-associated parameter measured in the exercise by the mathematical model of the energy metabolism system; and monitoring the exercise based on the energy expenditure.
US12017111B2
A hydrotherapy apparatus comprises a tank; a conveyer with a conveyer frame and drum mounted within the tank, and an actuator comprising: a guide mounted on an end region of the conveyer frame, the guide comprising a first portion and a second portion angled downwards with respect to, and closer to the drum than, the first portion; a glider arranged to be received by the guide; and an actuator shaft arranged to move the glider. The conveyer is arranged to be rotated around the axis of the drum by the actuator shaft moving the glider along the guide. The hydrotherapy apparatus may comprise a lifting arm rotatably connected to the conveyer frame, at a position spaced from the drum, at a first end region of the lifting arm, and arranged to be driven by the actuator so as to rotate the conveyer further.
US12017105B2
An aqua-resistance exercise device includes an elongate member, a strap, fasteners, and one or more fins. The elongate member includes an engagement portion, a shaft extending from the engagement portion, and a handle to be gripped by a user. The fasteners are provided to the engagement portion of the elongate member and an inner side of the strap to releasably attach the strap to the engagement portion of the elongate member. The one or more fins are adapted to be received on the strap, and the fasteners releasably secure the strap to the engagement portion of the elongate member to thereby releasably secure the fins to the elongate member.
US12017100B2
A dump gate system for a fluid hopper in a firefighting aircraft. A gate sealably engages a gate opening in the hopper at a closed position. The gate is hingedly connected about the gate opening, and a drive shaft is supported within the hopper. A crank arm is fixed to the drive shaft and is further coupled to the gate by a connecting link. The crank arm and the connecting link define an over-center geometry while the gate is at the closed position, such that weight of the fluid on the gate induces torque on the drive shaft in a gate-closing direction. An electric motor is selectively coupled to rotate the drive shaft in a gate-opening direction to thereby enable control of the fluid flow from the hopper according to an angular position of the drive shaft.
US12017090B2
Particle radiation therapy and planning utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. Radiation therapy prescription information and patient MRI data can be received and a radiation therapy treatment plan can be determined for use with a particle beam. The treatment plan can utilize the radiation therapy prescription information and the patient MRI data to account for interaction properties of soft tissues in the patient through which the particle beam passes. Patient MRI data may be received from a magnetic resonance imaging system integrated with the particle radiation therapy system. MRI data acquired during treatment may also be utilized to modify or optimize the particle radiation therapy treatment.
US12017088B2
This radiotherapy device comprises: an X-ray irradiation device and an X-ray camera for detecting the position of a specific landmark present in an irradiation target; a storage unit which, with one from among a plurality of time-lapse three-dimensional CT images including the landmark and obtained beforehand during treatment planning used as a reference images, stores the relationship between the displacement of the landmark position from that in the reference image to that in another three-dimensional CT image, and the deformation of each of the sites in the other CT image, obtained by analysis thereof; and an image processing unit, a deformation amount evaluation unit, and a display unit, that estimate the deformation of each of the sites and reproduce the estimated three-dimensional CT image, according to the position of the landmark detected and the relationship stored by the storage unit.
US12017085B1
A device comprising an upper housing containing a polarized light emitting diode array and a plurality of electronically conductive wires coupled to the polarized light emitting diode array. The array comprises a plurality of polarized light emitting diodes capable of generating polarized light having a wavelength of one thousand, one hundred nanometers to a polarized light having a wavelength below three hundred, eighty nanometers. An intermediate arm and a lower arm rotatably couple the upper housing and a base. The base containing an electronic control module which is electronically coupled to the array of the upper housing.
US12017082B2
A method of manufacturing an implantable stimulation device includes providing a circuit board of the implantable stimulation device, the circuit board optionally equipped with circuit components and being electrically connected to an antenna, adhering one or more electrodes to the circuit board, and applying an insulation material to the circuit board such that the insulation material forms a housing that surrounds the circuit board, the optional circuit components and antenna, while leaving the one or more electrodes exposed for stimulating a tissue.
US12017081B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to implantable medical devices. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for forming an electrode on an implantable medical device (IMD), comprises forming a nonconductive body comprising a well having a bottom surface and at least one side surface extending from the bottom surface. The method further comprises forming a conduit through the bottom surface and inserting the nonconductive body into an opening in an external surface of the IMD. The method also comprises depositing conductive material into the well and coupling the conductive material to a circuit of the IMD via the conduit through the bottom surface of the well.
US12017070B2
A method for deriving information for setting a fitting parameter of a cochlear implant, wherein the cochlear implant includes an electrode array having a plurality of stimulating electrode contacts. The method includes modelling an interface between an electrode contact of the electrode array and a cochlear tissue as a corresponding electrical circuit comprising a resistive component representative of Faradaic resistance at the interface; determining at least an impedance value corresponding to the resistive component; obtaining an indication of a value of a fitting parameter for the electrode contact by mapping the determined impedance value to a mathematical model relating the fitting parameter to the impedance.
US12017068B2
In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for providing antiemetic therapy through neuromodulation include positioning a first electrode against or at least partially into a first tissue region on or surrounding a subject's ear such that the first electrode is on, over, or adjacent to one or more first neural structures, positioning a second electrode against or at least partially into a second tissue region on or surrounding the ear such that the second electrode is on, over, or adjacent to one or more second neural structures, delivering a first series of stimulation pulses to the first electrode for modulating peripheral activity via modulating central neural autonomic structures, and delivering a second series of stimulation pulses to the second electrode for increasing availability of central norepinephrine.
US12017066B2
Methods for modulating the release and content of extracellular vesicles from target cells using electrical stimulation are provided. Compositions comprising extracellular vesicles or extracts of extracellular vesicles and methods of administering the compositions to a subject are also provided.
US12017057B2
A blood pump system for persistently increasing the overall diameter and lumen diameter of peripheral veins and arteries by persistently increasing the speed of blood and the wall shear stress in a peripheral vein or artery for a period of time sufficient to result in a persistent increase in the overall diameter and lumen diameter of the vessel is provided. The blood pump system includes a blood pump, blood conduit(s), a control system with optional sensors, and a power source. The pump system is configured to connect to the vascular system in a patient and pump blood at a desired rate and pulsatility. The pumping of blood is monitored and adjusted, as necessary, to maintain the desired elevated blood speed, wall shear stress, and desired pulsatility in the target vessel to optimize the rate and extent of persistent increase in the overall diameter and lumen diameter of the target vessel.
US12017051B2
An injection device includes a lower housing, a needle guard and an upper housing. With the upper housing in a pre-use position and the needle guard in a first position, an abutment body of an arm of the upper housing abuts a catch of the lower housing, preventing the upper housing from moving distally relative to the lower housing toward a dispensed position. Proximal movement of the needle guard from the first position to a second position thereof causes proximal movement of a camming ramp of a leg of the needle guard with respect to the catch and the abutment body such that the camming ramp engages the arm, thereby deflecting the abutment body radially outwardly by a distance sufficient to allow the abutment body to pass radially outside of the catch, and, in turn, permits the distal movement of the upper housing into the dispensed position of the upper housing.
US12017049B2
The invention relates to a medical injection device having a polymeric housing or housing parts. The housing comprises a moulded outer housing element and a moulded elongated tubular inner housing element. The elongated tubular inner housing element is formed as one unitary element and carries a pointer and one or more projections in predetermined and correlated positions. The pointer points to indicia on a scale drum and the projections engage the scale drum. The outer housing element is moulded over the elongated tubular inner housing element in a 2K moulding to form one single housing component.
US12017048B2
A medical monitoring system increases patient safety and confidence. The system has a disposable injection device with a container holder for holding a container such as a cartridge or a syringe with a liquid drug for subcutaneous injection. The system includes a passive machine-readable tag mounted to a device housing of the injection device and coding or storing drug information about the drug in the container. The system also includes an electronic module or supplemental device releasably attachable to the injection device. The electronic module comprises injection status sensing means for monitoring a status of an injection or for tracking progress of a medication event, as well as a tag reader different from the sensing means for reading drug information from the machine-readable tag. The system includes a drug status signaling or interfacing unit for signaling to a user a drug status based on, or derived from, the drug information.
US12017046B2
A system for compounding medications. The system includes one or more compounding devices, and a central computer system. The central computer system receives requests, at least some of which require the compounding of one or more medications, and pushes assignments of respective compounding tasks to the one or more compounding devices. The assignments are made based at least in part on records of performance to promote efficient use of compounding resources.
US12017044B2
Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a user involves determining a current value for a physiological condition of the user influenced by the fluid violates a first threshold value, determining a predicted value for the physiological condition of the user violates a second threshold value, and automatically altering operation of the infusion device to modify delivery of the fluid to the user after determining the predicted value violates the second threshold value when the current value violates the first threshold value.
US12017040B2
The objective of the present invention is for an object discharged from a discharge port to be less liable to form a jet flow, and less liable to cause injury to the central nervous system. A passage 11 for a cell is formed inside a needle body 10 of a puncture needle 1. A discharge port 15 for a cell is formed in a side surface 13b of a front end part 13 of the needle body 10. Furthermore, the needle body is a single tube provided with a passage for an object. Further, a discharge path 14 for a cell, oriented upward from the passage 11 toward the discharge port 15, is formed in the front end part 13. The discharge path 14 comprises a frustoconical part 14a and a columnar part 14b. As a result, the discharge path 14 is formed in such a manner that the surface area of a cross section orthogonal to the upward/downward direction increases smoothly towards the discharge port 15 in at least one part of the discharge path 14, and, in each position in the upward/downward direction, is equal to or greater than the surface area of a cross section in a position closer to the passage 11.
US12017037B2
A sterilization adaptor includes a check valve unit, a main body, and a vent valve unit. The check valve unit is disposed in the vent valve unit. The check valve unit includes a fluid passage. The vent valve unit includes a communication path. The vent valve unit includes a vent valve, a vent valve holding member, a rotation prevention member, and an elastic member. The main body includes an engaging portion configured to be engageable with a medical device by a biasing force of the elastic member.
US12017036B2
This disclosure relates to blood flow reversal valves and related systems and methods. In certain aspects of the invention, a blood flow reversal valve includes a first member having a first passage and a second passage, and a second member having a first passage and a second passage. The first and second members are rotatably fixed relative to one another such that the first passage of the first member is aligned with the first passage of the second member and the second passage of the first member is aligned with the second passage of the second member. A flow directing element is disposed in the cavity and is moveable relative to the first and second members between a first position in which the first passage of the first member and the first passage of the second member are fluidly connected and a second position in which the first passage of the first member and the second passage of the second member are fluidly connected.
US12017035B2
An airway assist device and methods of making and using an airway assist device to assist in opening an airway or removing fluid or material obstructing an airway of a subject.
US12017034B2
A single use cap for connectors and corresponding method of use. The single use cap has a carrier with a body including a base that defines an opening separated from an end wall by a side wall. The opening leads into a cavity sized to receive a connector head. The single use cap also has an elastomeric sleeve releasably coupled to the carrier to span the opening. The elastomeric sleeve is configured to be transferred to the connector upon insertion of the head through the opening and at least partially into the cavity.
US12017016B2
A transfer device includes an introducer coupleable to a peripheral intravenous catheter, with the introducer having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, a catheter having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and defining a lumen, a secondary catheter having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and defining a lumen, and an actuator receiving the proximal end portion of the catheter and the distal end portion of the secondary catheter. The actuator is moveable within introducer from a first position where the distal end portion of the catheter is positioned within the introducer to a second position where the distal end portion of the catheter is positioned outside of the introducer.
US12017011B2
The intravenous catheter device (100) includes a catheter hub (102), a valve member (158), an actuator member (176) and a valve closure member (192). The valve member (158) includes a convex portion (162) provided with slits (170) defining prongs (172). The slits (170) are configured to open when a needle (116) is pierced through the slit (170) to puncture a vein of a patient. The valve closure member (192) is disposed inside the catheter hub (102) such that the first surface (194) of the valve closure member (192) abuts the convex portion (162) of the valve member (158). When the luer lock member (206) abutting the actuator member (176) inside the catheter hub (102) is disengaged, the valve closure member (192) is adapted to push the prongs (172), closing the passage (204) for the fluid flow and preventing blood flow from the punctured vein of the patient.
US12016987B2
Dialysis systems and methods for operating dialysis machines (e.g., peritoneal dialysis machines) for conducting dialysis treatments are disclosed. The dialysis system may include a dialysis machine for transferring dialysate to a patient from a dialysate source. The dialysate may flow from the dialysate source through a cartridge or cassette (e.g., a disposable cartridge or cassette) positionable within the dialysis machine. The cassette includes a fluid flow channel. The dialysis machine includes a heating chamber for in-line heating of the dialysate in the fluid flow channel. The fluid flow channel is arranged and configured to provide turbulent flow of the dialysate through the fluid flow channel to provide increased heat transfer from the heating chamber to the dialysate.
US12016982B2
A filter and a filter system including the filter. The filter includes a porous filter frame having a first upstream-side surface, and a second downstream-side surface based on a thickness direction, the porous filter frame filtering particulate matter. A copper material layer is disposed on at least a portion of the first upstream-side surface of the filter frame.
US12016980B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure may include a base for a scent warmer. The base may include a base member and a stem extending upwardly from the base member. The stem may be configured to carry a heating element thereon. The base may also include an elastomeric sleeve surrounding at least a portion of the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may be configured to apply a retention force between a removable decorative body and the stem. The elastomeric sleeve may include a wall member sized and configured to abut against the stem and a plurality of ribs extending radially outward from the wall member.
US12016975B2
An implantable device including a metal substrate; that contains particles having a size of 1 μm or more; if the wall thickness of the metal substrate is greater than or equal to 0.04 mm and less than or equal to 0.12 mm, the largest particle size is less than or equal to 15 μm and the average content of the particles is less than or equal to 40 ppm; if the wall thickness of the metal substrate is greater than 0.12 mm and less than or equal to 0.2 mm, the largest particle size is less than or equal to 20 μm and the average content of the particles is less than or equal to 100 ppm; The size of the particles and the average content of the particles are reasonably controlled according to the wall thickness of the metal substrate, improving the plastic deformation capability of the implantable device.
US12016974B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for treated articles of tubing having anti-fouling characteristics, methods of making treated articles of tubing, and the like. Disclosed herein are treated articles of tubing impregnated with a silicone oil and a nitric oxide release agent. Also described are methods for preparing a treated article of tubing and methods for delivering a pharmaceutically acceptable fluid to a subject in need thereof, wherein the fluid is transferred from a fluid source through treated articles of tubing to the subject.
US12016971B2
Systems and methods for tissue engineered synthetic support structures, such as grafts and patches are provided. The systems and methods can be used to make tissue engineered planar sheathes or meshes that can be fashioned into substantially planar or non-planar 3D tissue/organ structures adaptable to structure and organs within a human or mammalian body. The systems and methods can use bioink deposited on a material having specified properties and matured under specified conditions to create the tissue engineered planar sheathes or meshes having biomechanical and biological properties tailored to a particular tissue.
US12016966B2
A sterilization container with a sensor module for monitoring the environmental characteristics internal to the container. The sensor module includes a normally closed end bore. A sensor is disposed in the closed end void space. Other sensors also part of the module monitor the pressure and temperature of the environment inside the container. Based on the measurements of the environment in the container and the environment within the closed end void space it is possible to determine the extent to which the container is filled with saturated steam.
US12016965B2
The present invention relates to an automatic medical device cleaning agent supply device, comprising a case, peristaltic pump unit, timer unit, foot switch, and controller, that automatically supplies the cleaning solution into the cleaning tank to clean medical devices in an amount relative to the amount of water in the cleaning tank when the foot switch is pressed and wherein an attachment housing is secured on a fixed housing in the peristaltic pump unit in a detachable manner for the attachment housing to be selectively detached to facilitate tube replacement and use, through which the tube, which is a consumable, can be replaced conveniently to ensure the ease of maintenance of the device.
US12016964B2
A sterilization system includes a communication hub that is configured to transfer information between devices of the system such as a sterilizing cabinet, biological indicator analyzer, and a server in order to allow a user to track a medical device throughout a sterilization process. The server may provide data to the sterilizing cabinet during a sterilization process that may be used to verify that the medical device is compatible with the sterilizing cabinet, and to automatically select a compatible sterilization cycle to perform on the medical device. Automatic selection of sterilization cycles and confirmation of compatibility reduces the possibility for user error, which could result in contaminated medical devices being placed back into service. Automatic selection of sterilization cycles also allows users to more efficiently configure and perform sterilization cycles while being confident that the medical device will be sterile upon completion.
US12016963B2
Freshening composition having at least 85% by weight of the freshening composition of water; at least 0.0015% of by weight of the freshening composition of alkoxylated phenol; and a perfume having at least 60% by weight of the perfume, Perfume Raw Materials having ClogP greater than 1.0. The alkoxylated phenol is according to Formula (I): wherein a is a value selected from 3 to 15; b is a value selected from 0 to 12; wherein the value of a+b, the degree of alkoxylation is from 3 to 15.
US12016961B2
Hand held and portable disinfection units for use with patients having indwelling catheters or are hospitalized or under care in an intensive care unit.
US12016959B2
A sustained release sheet that includes a drug for treating nerve injury, wherein the sheet is applied to a nerve injury site, can maintain a high concentration of the drug over a long period, and promotes nerve regeneration without stimulating the nerves, even when the sheet is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site. Also provided is a production method for the sheet. This sustained drug release sheet for treating nerve injury is a sheet including a non-woven fabric that is formed from nanofibers each containing a drug such as vitamin B12 and a biocompatible polymer such as a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, and is implanted in the periphery of the nerve injury site to promote nerve regeneration.
US12016953B2
The present invention relates to a method of obtaining a novel gelling agent. Said method comprises adding ethylcellulose, to a mixture of propyleneglycol laurate and propyleneglycol isostearate at a temperature of between 90° C. and 110° C. The method according to the invention provides a simpler, less energy consuming, cheaper and easier way of obtaining a substantially gelling agent which can be used for manufacturing an oleogel and/or a bigel, for cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical use.
US12016948B2
Disclosed are nano/micromotor devices, systems, and methods for providing payloads in the gastrointestinal system. In one aspect, a micromotor for a gastrointestinal tract includes a micromotor body including a one or more material layers to provide a structure that surrounds a hollow interior region and has an opening to an exterior of the micromotor body; one or more particles including a biocompatible metal element, the one or more particles contained in the interior region of the micromotor body; a coating coupled to the structure of the micromotor body; and a payload material, in which the micromotor is structured to move in a fluid of a gastrointestinal system based on a reaction between the one or more particles and a constituent or a condition of the fluid, such that the reaction generates bubbles that accelerate out of the opening of the micromotor body to propel the micromotor in the fluid.
US12016937B2
The present disclosure provides a composition that includes a mixture of (i) radioactive microparticles; and (ii) non-radioactive microparticles. The radioactive microparticles may be suitable to treat a vascularized tumour, such as a liver tumour or a metastasized liver tumour. The radioactive microparticles and the non-radioactive microparticles may have substantially the same resistance when flowing in a liquid through a conduit. The present disclosure also provides methods of making and methods of using mixtures of microparticles.
US12016932B2
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are materials and methods for treating hemophilia A in a subject ex vivo or in vivo. Also provided herein, in some embodiments, are materials and methods for knocking in a coding sequence encoding a synthetic FVIII having a B domain substitute into a genome.
US12016921B2
Compositions and methods for treating a subject with psoriasis are provided, including an inhibitor of oxidized low density lipoprotein (LDL), malondialdehyde-modified epitope in LDL or native LDL for administration. Exemplary inhibitors of oxidized or malondialdehyde-modified LDL include orticumab, a variant antibody or peptides capable of binding oxidized or malondialdehyde-modified LDL, which results in improvement in conditions of psoriasis even in patients that are refractory to ultraviolet A/B therapy and topical steroids.
US12016906B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition/formulation for use in treatment of Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA), Anaemia of Inflammation (AOI) and neuro-degenerative disorders. More particularly, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition/formulation comprising a synergistic combination of Lactoferrin and Guanosine Nucleotides or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The application also provides various formulations and methods of preparing the same.
US12016903B2
The present invention relates a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a long-acting growth hormone for use in a method of treating growth hormone deficiency, wherein the long-acting growth hormone formulation is administered to a patient in a bracketed dosage regimen, to a multitude of unit dosage forms comprising a long-acting growth hormone formulation, wherein the unit dosage forms comprise increasing amounts of growth hormone equivalents and wherein the amount of growth hormone equivalents increases by at least 10% between one unit dosage form and the next higher dosage form; their use in a method of treating growth hormone deficiency and method of treating growth hormone deficiency in a bracketed dosing regimen.
US12016902B2
In one aspect, methods of treating a subject having a cancer that expresses a cytokine receptor are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises administering to the subject a biologic agent in an amount sufficient to induce loss of cytokine receptor signaling through increased expression of a Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling genes and/or loss of one or more cytokine receptor components from the cancer cell surface. In some embodiments, the biologic agent is a cytokine or cytokine mimetic.
US12016900B2
A method is provided for treating a cancer patient non-responsive to treatment with a immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) by treating the patient with said ICI in combination with an agent that blocks the activity of a dominant factor selected among the plurality of host-driven resistance factors generated in response to treatment of the cancer patient with the ICI, these factors having a fold-change predictive of a non-favorable response of the cancer patient to the treatment with the ICI.
US12016892B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a combination of five or more phages and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods of treating, reducing, or preventing a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a mammal, methods of treating an antibiotic resistant infection in a mammal, and methods of treating, reducing, or preventing activation of a latent disease caused by M. tuberculosis.
US12016891B2
This disclosure provides for compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, dietary supplements, medical foods and food stuff), comprising combinations of live microbe populations for the treatment and/or prevention of immune system disorders and conditions related to inflammation, including both pathogen assisted conditions and conditions that are independent of pathogens. Included with the present disclosure are methods for use of the compositions, and methods for selecting microbial entities to formulate the compositions of the disclosure.
US12016889B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for maintaining and improving the integrity of gastrointestinal epithelial tight junctions, thereby helping to maintain healthy paracellular permeability of the GI epithelium. The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of various conditions that are associated with gastrointestinal paracellular permeability, including various autoimmune conditions, inflammatory liver diseases, as well as inflammatory conditions of the large or small intestines.
US12016886B2
The present invention relates, in part, to cell-based gene therapies, including those targeting, by way of non-limiting example, TDP43 and Aβ aggregates, for the use in neurodegenerative disorders, including without limitation Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's Disease, respectively.
US12016882B2
This technology describes novel cell based combined therapeutic modalities that induces mechanism based tumor cell killing in a broad spectrum of sensitive and resistant tumors. These new agents are tumor specific and target a broad spectrum of solid tumors.
US12016880B2
The present invention relates to the use of halogen compounds, including iodide, and chalcogenide compounds, including iodide, sulfide and selenide, to treat and prevent diseases and injuries. The present invention further relates to compositions comprising a halogen compound and/or a chalcogenide compound, including pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods of manufacturing such compounds and administering such compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US12016877B2
In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, for treating or ameliorating a cancer by inhibiting expression or activity of Mouse Double Minute 2 homolog (MDM2), an APOBEC3G (A3G) protein, message (mRNA) or gene, and/or an ADAR1p150 protein, message (mRNA) or gene, e.g., by increasing the presence of in a cell or adding to a cell a molecule inhibitory to MDM2, APOBEC3G and/or ADAR1p150 expression, such as an miRNA that binds to MDM2, APOBEC3G and/or ADAR1p150 transcripts, or any molecule that can inhibit or destabilize the transcripts, resulting in decreased MDM2, APOBEC3G and/or ADAR1p150 expression, to treat a cancer such as leukemia, e.g., by inhibiting the propagation of a cancer cell, a leukemia cell, a leukemia stem cell (LSC) or a pre-leukemia cell stem cell (pre-LSC).
US12016876B2
microRNAs and compositions comprising same for the treatment and diagnosis of serotonin-, adrenalin-, noradrenalin-, glutamate-, and corticotropin-releasing hormone-associated medical conditions are provided.
US12016875B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating and preventing ophthalmological disease and disorders, comprising administering Antagonist A or another pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, optionally in combination with another treatment, to a subject in need thereof. The present invention also relates to methods for treating and preventing ophthalmological disease and disorders, comprising administering an anti-C5 agent (e.g., ARC1905), optionally in combination with another treatment, to a subject in need thereof.
US12016868B2
Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compounds, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, the use and preparation thereof. Some embodiments relate to boronic acid derivatives and their use a therapeutic agents.
US12016867B2
Disclosed are aqueous pharmaceutical compositions which provide sustained released delivery of corticosteroid compounds. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an insoluble corticosteroid; a soluble corticosteroid; and at least one viscosity enhancing agent. Also provided are methods for using the pharmaceutical compositions in an epidural injection, intra-articular injection, intra-lesional injection, or an intra-ocular injection.
US12016866B2
Methods and compositions for potentiating the effect of an opioid analgesic in a patient undergoing or planning to undergo opioid analgesic therapy using a potentiating amount of iboga alkaloid or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or solvate thereof that does not prolong the patient's QT interval by more than about 50 milliseconds.
US12016865B2
A method for treating Candida auris in blood, comprising administering to the blood taurolidine, and/or one or more taurolidine derivatives, in a concentration which is effective to treat C. auris in the blood.
US12016864B2
This invention relates to LOX enzyme-inhibiting compounds in accordance with Formula I or Formula II, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof: and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds. Such compounds and compositions can be useful in treating a variety of conditions, diseases, and disorders including, but not limited to, fibrotic disorders, proliferative disorders, cardiovascular disorders, acute and chronic inflammatory disorders, primary and metastatic cancer, pulmonary conditions, ocular diseases, and neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions. 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 invention.
US12016861B2
Amorphous solid dispersions and pharmaceutical compositions of the protein kinase inhibitor nilotinib. The pharmaceutical compositions may be used in methods of treating a proliferative disorder such as cancer. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions can be administered without regard to food consumption. In other embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions can be administered at a significantly lower dose as compared to a commercially available immediate-release nilotinib formulation, while providing a comparable therapeutic effect.
US12016853B2
Provided herein are heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for the treatment of retinal binding protein (RBP4) related diseases, such as obesity and the like.
US12016840B2
The present invention relates to a controlled release formulation comprising the active compounds tesofensine and a beta blocker, such as metoprolol or carvedilol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention further relates to use of the controlled release formulation in a method of treatment of diabetes, obesity, or an obesity associated disorder.
US12016831B2
The present invention relates to the use of diluted, thus non-sclerosing, polidocanol solutions as immunomodulating and anti-inflammatory agents. The inventions further relates to non-sclerosing compositions 5 comprising polidocanol in concentration of from 0.03 to 0.10% w/V for the treatment of psoriatic skin rashes, for cosmetic use and for the reduction of peripheral venous stasis.
US12016826B2
There is provided a system for monitoring a heart of a subject and monitoring impedance-related parameters, comprising: a feeding tube, an electrode disposed(s) on a distal end of the feeding tube, a controller that performs, while the feeding tube is in located in an esophagus and feeding is delivered to a subject via the feeding tube, in a plurality of iterations: continuously measuring voltage at the electrode(s) of the feeding tube, applying alternating current(s) between the electrode(s) of the feeding tube and at least one other electrode, computing impedance measurement(s) from the electrode(s) of the feeding tube according to the applied alternating current(s) and the measured voltage, computing impedance-related parameter(s) based on the impedance measurement(s), terminating the application of the alternating current(s), obtaining an electrocardiogram (ECG) measurement based on the voltage measured at the electrode(s) of the feeding tube, and providing the impedance-related parameter(s) and the ECG measurement.
US12016820B2
Systems and methods for applying enhanced guided active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation are provided. Exemplary systems include a load cell, a handle, an adhesive pad. The handle and the adhesive pad are configured for magnetic coupling.
US12016813B2
A motorized rehabilitation device includes a mobile base bound by a lower surface and an upper surface. A first motorized wheel assembly is supported on the upper surface of the mobile base. The mobile base also includes a second motorized wheel assembly at least partially extending below the lower surface of the base. A dome is bound by an exterior convex surface and an interior concave surface. The dome is biased for friction contact of the interior concave surface with the first motorized wheel assembly. An end-effector is positioned above the exterior concave surface. The end-effector is configured to engage an animal body part.
US12016809B2
A patient support apparatus includes a base frame and an upper frame configured to support a mattress. The upper frame has a head portion including a recessed edge. Lift arms are coupled to the upper frame and configured to adjust a position of the upper frame. A first handle is coupled to the head portion on a first side of the recessed edge. A second handle is coupled to the head portion on a second side of the recessed edge. The first and second handles are configured to pivot inboard and toward one another to a lowered position extending over the upper frame adjacent to the recessed edge. An intravenous pole is pivotally coupled to the head portion and is adjustable between a deployed position and a stowed position. The intravenous pole extends along a rear wall of the recessed edge over the upper frame when in the stowed position.
US12016806B2
Provided is a wheel (6a) in which a disk (62) includes a ring-shaped rim (60) on which a tire (6b) is fitted, and a disk (62) having a flat circular shape and disposed on an inner circumference of the rim (60). The disk (62) includes a first rib (62a) and a second rib (62b) which extend in a radial direction of the disk (62). A width of each of the first rib (62a) and the second rib (62b) in a circumferential direction of the disk (62) increases toward an outer circumferential side of the disk (62).
US12016802B2
An operating room air treatment system and method for handling airflow in zones in an operating room. The system provides a substantially vertical air flow zone that is located generally peripherally to the operating room table and a substantially central airflow zone that is located generally centrally in the operating room.
US12016800B2
An eye mask for sleeping has a headband and two eyecups. The headband comprises an inner surface and an outer surface. The two eyecups are configured to cover two eyes respectively. Each eyecup has an adhering surface, a contact surface, and multiple first passages. The adhering surface is securely mounted on the inner surface of the headband. The contact surface is configured to cover one of the eyes of the user. The first passages are formed through each eyecup and extend from the adhering surface to the contact surface. With the eyecups mounted on the headband and configured to cover the eyes of the user, because the first passages are formed through the eyecups, heat and moisture can be dissipated and drained via the first passages.
US12016799B2
Intraocular pressure in an eye is reduced by delivering each of a high resolution optical coherence tomography (OCT) beam and a high resolution laser beam through the cornea, and the anterior chamber into the irido-corneal angle along an angled beam path. The OCT beam provides OCT imaging for diagnostic purposes and surgery planning and monitoring, while the laser beam is configured to modify tissue. A volume of ocular tissue within an outflow pathway in the irido-corneal angle is modified to reduce a pathway resistance present in one or more of the trabecular meshwork, the Schlemm's canal, and the one or more collector channels by applying the laser beam to ocular tissue defining the volume to thereby cause photo-disruptive interaction with the ocular tissue to reduce the pathway resistance or create a new outflow pathway.
US12016795B2
An apparatus for mechanically coupling a motor to a rotor includes an outer ring including an inner surface shaped to define multiple recesses, an inner ring disposed within the outer ring and shaped to define multiple compartments having respective outer openings, which face the outer ring, and respective inner openings opposite the outer openings, and multiple gripping elements disposed within the compartments, respectively. The inner ring is configured to receive the rotor while the compartments are aligned with the of recesses, by virtue of the gripping elements sitting at least partially within the recesses. The outer ring is configured to couple with a shaft coupled with the motor such that rotation of the shaft by the motor causes the compartments to become misaligned with the recesses, thereby causing the outer ring to push the gripping elements, through the outer openings, against the rotor, through the inner openings.
US12016789B2
A device for positioning a coronary stent within coronary arteries is described. The device has a housing having a cylindrical front part and an internally-threaded cylindrical rear part connected to each other by a slot allowing the cylindrical rear part to rotate around an axis. The cylindrical front part of the housing is provided with recesses for fixing a coronary guide. A runner is provided with projections for engaging an internal thread of the cylindrical rear part of the housing. The device includes a structure for clamping disposed in a threaded runner cap. The runner is disposed inside a retainer with ears projecting into side holes on both sides of the housing. Clamping is operable by rotation of the rear part of the device housing. A method for positioning a coronary stent within coronary arteries is also described.
US12016788B2
A neuromorphic controlled powered orthotic and prosthetic system and device including a custom or universal fit fixed-ankle orthosis, to stabilize or immobilize an injured lower limb or act as an ankle prosthesis, and an actuated or powered articulated false-foot connected to the fixed-ankle orthosis or the prosthesis to form an actuated articulated false-foot orthosis. Associated with or mounted on the actuated articulated false-foot, or in or on the body, are sensors for sensing the intent of the subject to move, and the movement range of the articulating false-foot or AAFO and an environmental perturbation. An actuator is used to drive the articulated false-foot orthosis. The system and device further include a controller having an electronic circuit with a biomimetic design based on knowledge of connectivity of neurons within the spinal cord of a primitive vertebrate. The system and device include an electronic circuit made from analog very large scale integrated components and discrete electronic components capable of autonomously generating cyclic voltage output. An integral power supply serves the portable controller and AAFO.
US12016787B2
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a bidirectional biomechanical prosthetic finger assembly. In one embodiment, the assembly includes an eccentric metacarpophalangeal (MCP) pivot configured for swivelable attachment to a hand of a user, a distal coupler, and an articulation assembly rotatively coupled therebetween. A ring configured to receive a user's residual finger is disposed upon the articulation assembly, and may be adjusted to a target location based on a length of the residual finger. The articulation assembly is configured to utilize vertical movements of the residual finger within the ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-z plane, and the MCP pivot is configured to utilize lateral movements of the residual finger within the ring to articulate the distal coupler within a plane parallel to an x-y plane. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US12016784B2
A variable lordotic interbody spacer including a face plate, superior and inferior endplates coupled to the face plate via a hinge, an actuation frame between the endplates, and an actuation screw. The face plate includes actuation and stabilizer channels. Each of the endplates has endplate arms coupled by an endplate base, and includes actuation ramp recesses. The actuation frame includes frame arms coupled by a frame base in a generally U-shaped configuration, each actuation frame arm having a stabilizer feature passing through a corresponding stabilizer channel and having actuation ramp pins fitted to a corresponding ramp recesses. The actuation screw passes through the actuation channel, with a head retained at the front surface and a threaded end coupled to the actuation frame. When operated, the actuation screw moves the actuation frame between the superior endplate and the inferior endplate to adjust an angle therebetween.
US12016780B2
A medical implant which comprises a porous lattice is fabricated with additive manufacturing techniques such as direct metal laser sintering. A CAD model of the porous lattice is created by defining a trimming volume and merging some lattice elements with adjacent solid substrate.
US12016772B2
The present technology is a prosthetic heart valve device, and related systems and methods, for treating a native valve of a human heart having a native annulus and native leaflets. One embodiment comprises a valve support, a prosthetic valve assembly within the valve support, and an anchoring member. The device further includes an extension member coupled to the anchoring member and having an annular first portion coupled to the anchoring member and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The extension member is folded in a delivery configuration such that the first portion overlaps the second portion. When released from the a delivery catheter, the extension member unfolds such that the first portion extends radially outwardly from the anchoring member and the second portion extends radially outwardly from the first portion.
US12016770B2
A prosthetic implant transfer device is provided that may be used to insert a prosthetic implant through a surgical opening. In some embodiments, the device may comprise a flexible sheet of material that may be formed into an elongated hollow structure. The flexible sheet of material includes a plurality of fasteners that may be selected and engaged to define a desired size distal opening.
US12016762B2
A method and an apparatus are disclosed for assembling kits of sanitary products which involves loading of the sanitary products into containers including a plurality of independent housings for the sanitary products, each of the housings being configured to allow loading of a sanitary product therein and withdrawal of the sanitary product therefrom independently of the other housings.
US12016751B2
An ear covering device including a headband having opposing ends connected to ear cups. Outer shells are also included which are releasably connectable to the ear cups.
US12016745B2
Embodiments are provided for digital dental modeling. One method embodiment includes receiving a three-dimensional data set including a first jaw and a second jaw of a three-dimensional digital dental model and receiving a two-dimensional data set corresponding to at least a portion of the first jaw and the second jaw. The method includes mapping two-dimensional data of the two-dimensional data set to the three-dimensional digital dental model by transforming a coordinate system of the two-dimensional data to a coordinate system of the three-dimensional data set. The method includes positioning the first jaw with respect to the second jaw based on the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set. The method includes using at least a portion of the two-dimensional data mapped to the three-dimensional data set as a target of movement of the first jaw with respect to the second jaw in the three-dimensional digital dental model.
US12016744B2
In an embodiment, a method of manufacturing customized ceramic labial/lingual orthodontic brackets by additive manufacturing may comprise measuring dentition data of a profile of teeth of a patient, based on the dentition data, creating a three dimensional computer-assisted design (3D CAD) model of the patient's teeth, and saving the 3D CAD model, designing a virtual 3D CAD bracket structure model for a single labial or lingual bracket structure based upon said 3D CAD model, importing data related to the 3D CAD bracket structure model into an additive manufacturing machine, and directly producing the bracket with the additive manufacturing machine by layer manufacturing from an inorganic material including at least one of a ceramic, a polymer-derived ceramic, and a polymer-derived metal.
US12016736B2
A method of calibrating a frontal 2D image of a pelvis of a patient is disclosed. Frontal and lateral 2D images are received, where a fiducial marker is positioned on the patient's suprapubic region during image capture. A first distance of the fiducial marker from the imaging detector is determined based on the fiducial marker's measured diameter in the frontal image. A second distance of the fiducial marker from a coronal plane of the pelvis is determined based on the fiducial marker's measured diameter in the lateral image. The second distance is corrected based on a rotational offset of the patient in the lateral image. A third distance of the coronal plane from the imaging detector in the frontal image is determined from the first distance and corrected second distance. A calibration factor for the frontal image is calculated from the third distance and used to scale the frontal image.
US12016731B2
Systems and methods for automated ultrasound credentialing are described. In some embodiments, a credentialing system for issuing a sonographer credential to a sonography candidate includes an ultrasound probe coupled to a computing device and configured to generate ultrasound data. The computing device is configured to generate, based on the ultrasound data and as part of an automated review, an ultrasound examination score. The computing device is configured to transfer, based on the ultrasound examination score, the sonography candidate from the automated review to a manual review by a reviewer.
