US12018284B2
An in vitro microfluidic intestine on-chip is described herein that mimics the structure and at least one function of specific areas of the gastrointestinal system in vivo. In particular, a multicellular, layered, microfluidic intestinal cell culture, which is some embodiments is derived from patient's enteroids-derived cells, is described comprising L cells, allowing for interactions between L cells and gastrointestinal epithelial cells, endothelial cells and immune cells. This in vitro microfluidic system can be used for modeling inflammatory gastrointestinal autoimmune tissue, e.g., diabetes, obesity, intestinal insufficiency and other inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders. These multicellular-layered microfluidic intestine on-chips further allow for comparisons between types of gastrointestinal tissues, e.g., small intestinal duodenum, small intestinal jejunum, small intestinal ileum, large intestinal colon, etc., and between disease states of gastrointestinal tissue, i.e. healthy, pre-disease and diseased areas. Additionally, these microfluidic gut-on-chips allow identification of cells and cellular derived factors driving disease states and drug testing for reducing inflammation.
US12018282B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing insulin-producing cells having sufficient glucose responsiveness from mesenchymal stem cells, an insulin-producing cell having sufficient glucose responsiveness, a cell structure containing the insulin-producing cell, and a pharmaceutical composition. According to the present invention, there is provided a method for producing an insulin-producing cell from a mesenchymal stem cell, including (a) a step of producing a cell structure by incubating a plurality of biocompatible macromolecular blocks and a plurality of mesenchymal stem cells, and (b) a step of culturing one or more of the mesenchymal stem cells before the incubation in the step (a), the mesenchymal stem cell in the incubation in the step (a), or the cell structure produced in the step (a) in a medium containing the GLP-1 receptor agonist, and (c) a step of culturing the cell structure obtained in the step (a) or the step (b) in a medium containing the water-soluble vitamin and the hepatocyte growth factor.
US12018269B2
The present invention relates to a tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, plant that is resistant to Tobamovirus, wherein the plant comprises one or more genomic sequences conferring Tobamovirus resistance. More specifically the invention relates to a tomato plant that is resistant to Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (TBRFV). The present invention further relates to a genomic sequence or locus providing resistance to Tobamovirus. In addition, the present invention relates to methods for proving a tomato plant that is resistant to Tobamovirus.
US12018265B2
The gene encoding N-methylputrescine oxidase (MPO) and constructs comprising such DNA are provided, including methods of regulating MPO expression independently or with other alkaloid biosynthesis genes to modulate alkaloid production in plants and host cells. MPO genes or fragments thereof are useful for reducing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, for increasing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, and for producing an MPO enzyme in host cells.
US12018262B2
Provided is a method for producing washing enzyme having protease resistance. According to the method, the washing enzyme having resistance to protease is obtained by carrying out fusion expression on a gene of the washing enzyme with the gene of a protease inhibitory peptide, thereby facilitating maintaining the stability of various enzyme components in an enzyme-containing detergent, and improving the use effect of the detergent.
US12018257B2
The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that are capable of bringing about specific editing of a target nucleotide (adenosine) in a target RNA in a eukaryotic cell, wherein said oligonucleotide does not, in itself, form an intramolecular hairpin or stem-loop structure, and wherein said oligonucleotide comprises a cytidine (a non-complementary nucleotide) or a uridine in a position opposite to the target adenosine to be edited in the target RNA region.
US12018253B2
A method of detecting Polycomb Repressive Complex (PRC) activity in a cell providing a cell with a DNA having a protein binding site and at least one reporter gene expression site is operatively connected to the protein binding site, and with a DNA containing a recombinant gene of a binding protein, the binding protein being capable of binding to the protein binding site, wherein the binding protein is fused to a member of the PRC, the method including the step of expressing the recombinant gene, letting the fused binding protein bind to the protein binding site and detecting at least one reporter gene expression.
US12018251B2
A method for synthesizing a target double stranded (ds) polynucleotide byproviding an oligonucleotide library within an array device that has a diversity of oligonucleotide library members, each of which has a different nucleotide sequence and is contained in a separate library containment in an aqueous solution. The library includes single stranded oligonucleotides and double stranded oligonucleotides with at least one overhang and covers at least 10,000 pairs of matching oligonucleotides. In a first step, at least a first pair of matching oligonucleotides are transferred transferred from the library into a first reaction containment using a liquid handler and the matching oligonucleotides are assembled, thereby obtaining a first reaction product comprising at least one overhang. Further reaction products are then likewise obtained and are assembled in a predetermined workflow using an algorithm, thereby producing said target ds polynucleotide with an overhang, optionally followed by a finalization step to prepare blunt ends.
US12018247B2
A method of binding a nucleic acid and/or a contaminant from a sample includes the step of contacting the nucleic acid and/or the contaminant with a metal-based gel. The metal-based gel is preferably an aluminum-based gel, a cesium-based gel, a lanthanum-based gel, or a combination thereof. The phosphate concentration, phosphate:metal ratio, and/or pH in the sample is modulated during binding to influence the binding capacity and/or preference of the gel.
US12018245B2
The present invention discloses a genetically engineered Kluyveromyces sp. yeast cell comprising at least a genetic modification that inactivates or deletes a nucleotide sequence encoding for transcription factor SEQ ID No. 2, particularly Haa1. The genetically engineered yeast cell according to this invention has an improvement of lactic acid tolerance, lactic acid production or a combination thereof as compared to the parental.
US12018241B2
Provided is a technique for easily trapping microbiota in a sample. A microbiota trapping device of the present disclosure includes a first solution tank having a first filter adapted to trap residue in a sample, and a second solution tank having a second filter adapted to trap bacteria in the sample. The second solution tank has a vent above the second filter.
US12018240B2
A microfluidic chip for causing the delivery of a payload to a cell comprises a plurality of constrictions configured to allow a cell suspension to flow through one or more of the plurality of constrictions from a first fluid flow region to a second fluid flow region within the microfluidic chip, wherein a cross-sectional width of each of the plurality of constrictions is less than a diameter of cells in the cell suspension, such that membranes of the cells are perturbed when passing through the constrictions such that a payload is able to pass through the perturbed cell membranes, and wherein a quotient of a cross-sectional area over a cross-sectional perimeter of each of the plurality of constrictions is greater than greater than or equal to 0.5 μm.
US12018229B2
The present invention refers to dihydropyran derivatives, and to a process of making the same. The invention further refers to perfume compositions and fragranced articles comprising them.
US12018223B2
A biofuel pellet and an apparatus for making the pellet are provided. The biofuel pellet includes a first region of high density and a second region of low density. The higher density region burns more slowly than the low density region and helps to suspend the pellet for longer and more complete combustion.
US12018216B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for enhancing the processing of hydrocarbons in a FCC unit by introduction of fluidized plastic at one or more locations of the FCC unit. In an embodiment, the method may include passing a coked FCC catalyst from a cyclone of the FCC unit to a regenerator. The method may include introducing at least oxygen and a fluidized plastic into the regenerator. The method may include combusting a combination of the fluidized plastic and a coke from the coked FCC catalyst in the regenerator, thereby to oxidize via the oxygen and produce a regenerated FCC catalyst and a flue gas. The method may include supplying the regenerated FCC catalyst from the regenerator to a riser of the FCC unit to crack the gas oil supplied to the riser of the FCC unit.
US12018213B2
A feed system for a reactor, a reactor assembly comprising such a feed system, and a method of supplying a feed material to a reactor with a feed system are provided. The reactor may be a pyrolysis reactor, such as a fluidised bed pyrolysis reactor. A method of pyrolysing a feed material is also provided. The feed system may comprise a feed conduit extending from an inlet to an outlet, and may have a first section including the inlet and a second section including the outlet. The first section may accommodate an auger. The second section may comprise at least one plug forming zone in which feed material is compressed into a substantially gas-tight plug during operation. There may be a temperature regulator for controlling the temperature in the second section. The temperature regulator may comprise a cooling jacket.
US12018211B2
Water-in-oil emulsions are provided that include an alkyl propylene diamine and an ethoxylated alcohol as the inverting surfactant, which is present in an amount less than 5 percent by weight of the water-in-oil emulsion.
US12018210B2
The invention includes methods for stimulating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation by perforating a wellbore and introducing an acidic composition in the wellbore. A preferred embodiment includes inserting an isolation plug in the wellbore at a predetermined location followed by inserting a perforating tool and a breakdown acid into the wellbore. The wellbore is perforated by the tool to create a perforated area. The breakdown acid is allowed to come into contact with the perforated area for a predetermined period of time sufficient to prepare the formation for stimulation. The tool is then removed from the wellbore wherein stimulation of the perforated area is thereby initiated. Also disclosed is a corrosion inhibiting composition for use with the acidic composition.
US12018207B2
A cement slurry including graphene, a cement, and water; the graphene comprises bioderived renewable graphene (BRG). The cement slurry has reduced transient gel formation relative to a same cement slurry absent the graphene. Methods of mitigating transient gels in cement are also provided.
US12018205B2
The present invention provides a highly dispersible metallic acrylate composition containing specific content of a graphene, a flake graphite or a combination thereof as a thermally conductive powder, and thus has better stability and dispersivity, which leads to advantages of low adhesion to the metal surface and ease of mixing in resin. Moreover, the metallic acrylate composition can be applied to resin composition as an auxiliary crosslinking coagent for enhancing mechanical strength and good uniformity of cell dispersion in the foamed product, such that the foamed products can be used as architectural materials, materials of daily commodities, vehicle materials, damping and cushioning materials, packing materials, sport pad materials, or shoe materials.
US12018193B2
Bulk assemblies are provided, which may have desirable photoluminescence quantum efficiencies. The bulk assemblies may include two or more metal halides, and a wide band gap organic network. The wide band gap organic network may include organic cations. The metal halides may be disposed in the wide band gap organic network. Light emitting composite materials also are provided.
US12018187B2
The present invention relates to a decorative ribbon made of natural or synthetic fiber with an integrated adhesive backing. The ribbon is in the form of a roll from which a length of the ribbon can be pulled and cut for use. The ribbon has a decorative surface and an opposite adhesive surface wherein the adhesive surface is protected by a cover. The cover is peeled off to access the adhesive surface and the ribbon is placed on an object material surface, such as a fabric, with the adhesive surface facing the fabric. The adhesive layer maintains straight and accurate placement of the ribbon without any wrinkles, buckling, or puckering. The ribbon comes in a variety of colors, designs, and sizes and obviates the requirement of a user to hold the ribbon against the object material using needles or glue, et al.
US12018186B2
A solvent-based polyurethane retort adhesive system for producing laminates including: (A) at least one isocyanate compound, Component A, comprising: a blend of: (i) at least one aliphatic-based isocyanate and (ii) at least one aromatic-based isocyanate; and (B) at least one isocyanate-reactive component, Component B, comprising: (i) at least one phosphate ester compound and (ii) at least one polyether polyol having an average molecular weight of less than 1,500 g/mol; a process for producing the above adhesive; a multi-layer laminate product including the above adhesive; and a process for producing a laminate product using the above adhesive.
US12018183B2
An adhesive composition, a method for preparing the same, a reticle assembly including the same, and a method for fabricating the reticle assembly including the same are provided. The adhesive composition includes a polyphenol compound including tannic acid, a polymer including polyvinyl alcohol, and a solvent including water and alcohol.
US12018180B2
Described herein is a fire-resistant adhesive coating composition which emits water vapor when exposed to fire. Such compositions comprise an ionic polyacrylate dispersant, aluminum hydroxide, silicate, and an alkoxylated alcohol. In certain embodiments, the composition comprises a solids content of at least about 44.2%, based on the wet weight of the composition. Also described herein are methods for making and using of such coating compositions.
US12018173B1
One-component waterborne coating compositions or paint having an optional crosslinker and a reactive binder polymer that interacts with a functionalized pigment, wherein the reactive binder polymer is derived from at least one monomer having at least one reactive functional group that interacts with a functional linkage of the functionalized pigment to provide high physical durability performance, including improved resistance to burnish, mar and scratching.
US12018171B2
A liquid coating composition of matter for application to wooden barrels or casks used in distilling, the composition of matter includes a polymer vulcanized with a silane crosslinking agent that is oxime-functional, acetoxy-functional, or alkoxy-functional, an OH-terminated polysiloxane that exhibits moisture curing, condensation reactions when in the presence of water vapors and silane crosslinkers, a low to medium molecular weight polysiloxane that exhibits low-permeance after curing via moisture-cure, condensation reaction, a transition metal catalyst that provides a reaction crosslink density that allows for minimal transport of ethanol vapors and water vapors after curing, a second transition metal catalyst that provides a reaction crosslink density with minimal impact on the rate of oxygen gas transport rate after curing, and inorganic polymers with a siloxane backbone that exhibits no leaching, migration or notable reaction with a liquid alcohol and water mixture upon curing.
US12018167B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of a) polymer particles having a z-average particle size in the range of from 50 nm to 500 nm; b) anion exchange resin particles having a D50 median particle size in the range of from 0.1 μm to 50 μm; and c) polymeric organic microspheres having a D50 median particle size in the range of from 1 μm to 20 μm, wherein the weight-to-weight ratio of polymer particles to microspheres is in the range of from 0.5:1 to 20:1. The composition of the present invention is useful for paint compositions that form matte finishes with an excellent balance of stain blocking and stain removal properties.
US12018160B2
A method of forming a titania-coated inorganic particle comprising the steps of: (a) agitating a mixture of inorganic particle and organic solvent; (b) adding titania precursor dropwise into the mixture of step (a) under agitation; and (c) adding catalyst to the mixture of step (b) thereby converting said titania precursor to titania which then forms a coating on said inorganic particle; wherein steps (a) to (c) are performed at neutral pH and ambient temperature.
US12018158B2
A method for preparing a dispersion of nanoparticles of a solid organic dye or pigment in a liquid carrier, and dispersions formed by such a method. The method includes continuously mixing: at least one solution or slurry containing a reactant precursor for the solid organic dye or pigment in an organic or other solvent with the liquid carrier in a counter current mixing reactor to obtain reaction of the reactant precursor and formation of the solid organic dye or pigment as a dispersion of nanoparticles in the liquid carrier and solvent mixture; optionally, removing unreacted reactant precursor and/or by-product from the dispersion when present; and optionally, concentrating the dispersion.
US12018156B1
This disclosure relates to extraction methods for compatibilizing lignocellulosic biomass and residues thereof with polymers to produce value-added composites therefrom and other value-added products generated during the extraction methods.
US12018149B2
An aqueous polyorganosiloxane hybrid resin dispersion includes at least one polyorganosiloxane hybrid resin and at least one emulsifier based on partly hydrolysed polyvinylacetates. The dispersion has a solids content of 30.0% by weight-70.0% by weight, preferably 45.0% by weight-55.0% by weight, based on the polyorganosiloxane hybrid resin dispersion, and the residual solvent content is <6.0% by weight, preferably <2.5% by weight, more preferably <1.0% by weight, based on the polyorganosiloxane hybrid resin dispersion.
US12018148B2
An ultralow-gloss polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) resin composition and a preparation method thereof are provided. The composition includes the following components: 40-80 parts by weight of bisphenol A polycarbonate, 19-40 parts by weight of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene graft copolymer, 1-20 parts by weight of ultralow-gloss toughening modifier, and 0.1-5 parts of processing aid. The ultralow-gloss toughening modifier includes the following components: post-treated polymeric microspheres, a low-temperature toughening agent, a coupling agent, and aid. The preparation method of the composition includes: fully mixing all components in a high-speed mixer to obtain a mixture; feeding the mixture into a main feed port from a twin-screw extruder, melting, extruding, cooling, drying, and pelletizing. The PC/ABS resin composition prepared by the present invention has extremely low gloss level and excellent impact toughness, and it can be applied in scenarios requiring low temperature resistance and low gloss level.
US12018138B2
The present invention relates to a composition including at least one hydrophobic silica present at a percentage by weight between 1 and 60% of the total weight of the composition, and at least one epoxy or polyester polymer resin present at a percentage by weight between 20 and 80% of the total weight of the composition.
US12018134B2
There is provided inter alia a process for drying an isolated polysaccharide comprising the step of spray drying a liquid composition comprising the isolated polysaccharide.
US12018124B2
The present invention generally relates to a powder comprising a PEEK-PEoEK copolymer, wherein the PEEK-PEoEK copolymer having RPEEK and RPEoEK repeat units in a molar ratio RPEEK/RPEoEK ranging from 95/5 to 5/95. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing the powder, as well as to the uses of the powder for coating, compression molding and to prepare a three-dimensional (3D) object.
US12018121B2
The present invention provides a (poly)alkylene glycol-containing compound having higher detergency for composite stains of hydrophilic stains and hydrophobic stains than conventional (poly)alkylene glycol-containing compounds. The present invention relates to a (poly)alkylene glycol-containing compound including: a hydrophobic structural moiety (A); a (poly)alkylene glycol moiety (B); and one lactam ring-containing structural unit (C), in its structure, the hydrophobic structural moiety (A) being present in a proportion of 2.5 to 60% by mass in 100% by mass of the (poly)alkylene glycol-containing compound.
US12018117B2
Water-soluble photoactive polymers, included polymer tandem dyes, as described as well as methods for their preparation and use. The photoactive polymers can be prepared by direct modification of core polymers (e.g., violet excitable polymers) with dyes or other functional groups. Methods of detecting analytes using the polymers are also described.
US12018113B2
Methods for producing final polymer A are provided that comprise the following steps: (A) providing a starting polymer V, the starting polymer V being obtainable by radical polymerization of the monomers (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) as described herein in the amounts provided herein; and (B) hydrolyzing the provided starting polymer V under alkaline conditions to obtain the final polymer A, wherein the N—C(═O)R1 groups of formula (I) at least partially hydrolyze the monomers (i) polymerized into the starting polymer V to form primary amino groups. Certain final polymers A obtained are useful for a method for producing paper or cardboard comprising adding certain final polymers A to a first aqueous pulp suspension, dewatering the obtained second aqueous pulp suspension containing certain final polymers A on a water-permeable substrate to a wet paper structure, and further dewatering of the wet paper structure into a paper or cardboard.
US12018100B2
Methods of producing a chitin composition by which the properties of the chitin composition derived from krill, such as molecular weight (chain length) and degree of acetylation are reproducible, are claimed. Such reproducible production methods allow for a wide use of the chitin composition end products in pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. The methods also allow for the production of chitin compositions which preserve the native state of chitin.
US12018099B2
The present disclosure provides methods of controlling the size of cellulose crystals by mixing a first composition comprising cellulose and coagulating this mixture with varying concentrations of hydrogen peroxide.
US12018093B2
A compound represented by formula (1): wherein AA represents a particular amino acid residue or a C1-6 alkyl ester thereof, and when there is a plurality of AAs, each AA may be the same as or different from each other and AAs are bonded to each other via an amide bond; an N-terminal nitrogen atom of (AA)m forms an amide bond together with carbonyl (a); Q represents an unsubstituted phenyl group, or a group represented by formula (Q-1), formula (Qa-2), formula (Qa-3), formula (Qa-4), formula (Qa-5), formula (Qa-6) or formula (Qa-7); R1a and R1b each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; and m represents an integer of 1 to 10, or a salt thereof.
US12018074B2
Provided concerns isolated anti CCL24 (eotaxin 2) antibodies for method of treatment of hepatic pathologies.
US12018072B2
The present invention provides novel antibodies or antibody fragments specifically binding to human C5aR. In particular, it relates to antibodies or antibody fragments that have combined beneficial properties and are therefore useful for the treatment of inflammatory or autoimmune diseases or cancer.
US12018063B2
Disclosed soluble PD-1 (sPD-1) proteins and nucleic acids, and therapeutic compositions comprising sPD-1 proteins and nucleic acids, for enhancing immunity of a subject against coronavirus infection. Disclosed are soluble PD-1 fusion proteins that include a soluble PD-1 protein fragment and an antigenic protein fragment, preferably where the antigenic protein fragment comprises a coronavirus protein fragment. In some forms, the coronavirus protein fragment is derived from a coronavirus receptor binding domain (RBD) or a coronavirus nucleoprotein (N). In some forms, the sPD-1 proteins, nucleic acids, and compositions are formulated as a vaccine composition. Also disclosed are methods for treating a subject at risk of or suffering a coronavirus infection.
US12018054B2
The present invention relates to an immunogenic polypeptide, a nucleic acid encoding the same, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and the immunogenic polypeptide, nucleic acid or pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament, particularly a vaccine, or for use in a method of treating or preventing a Borrelia infection.
US12018043B2
Described herein are CD73 inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US12018041B2
A metal tin cyclized perylene diimide derivative, having a structure formula of: where R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom or a group containing or not containing a substituent. The group containing or not containing a substituent is an alkyl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, an alkoxy having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl having between 3 and 60 carbon atoms, an aryl having between 5 and 60 atoms, an alkylaryl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, an alkylheteroaryl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, an alkylheterocyclyl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, an alkyleneoxyalkyl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, an alkyleneoxyaryl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, an alkyleneoxyheteroaryl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms, or an alkyleneoxyheterocyclyl having between 1 and 60 carbon atoms.
US12018040B2
Organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes, which have at least two silicon and two oxygen atoms as well as an organoamino group and methods for making the organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes are disclosed. Methods for depositing silicon and oxygen containing films using the organoamino-functionalized cyclic oligosiloxanes are also disclosed.
US12018036B2
Provided are transition metal compounds having 5-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring in a unique configuration of fused rings per Formula I The compounds show improved phosphorescent emission in red to near IR region and are useful as emitter materials in organic electroluminescence device.
US12018033B2
Provided herein are inhibitors of protein arginine deiminases (PADs), pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods for using the compounds for the treatment of diseases.
US12018030B2
The invention relates to inhibitors of USP7 inhibitors useful in the treatment of cancers, neurodegenerative diseases, immunological disorders, inflammatory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, ischemic diseases, viral infections and diseases, and bacterial infections and diseases, having the Formula: where m, n, X1, X2, R1-R5, R5′ and R6 are described herein.
US12018024B2
The invention relates to compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer, thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds for method for treating, preventing, inhibiting, ameliorating, or eradicating the pathology and/or symptomology of cryptosporidiosis by administering such a compound.
US12018022B2
The present specification relates to a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, an organic light emitting device comprising the same, a composition for an organic material layer of an organic light emitting device, and a method for manufacturing an organic light emitting device.
US12018012B2
Provided herein are arylcyclopropyl amino-isoquinoline amide compounds. In particular, the disclosure provides compounds that affect the function of kinases in a cell and that are useful as therapeutic agents or with therapeutic agents. The compounds of the disclosure are useful in the treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions including eye diseases such as glaucoma, cardiovascular diseases, diseases characterized by abnormal growth, such as cancers, and inflammatory diseases. The disclosure further provides compositions containing isoquinoline amide compounds.
US12018010B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing efinaconazole using an ionic liquid as a medium. The method includes subjecting 1-[[(2R,3S)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3-methyloxiranyl]methyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole to a coupling reaction with 4-methylenepiperidine or an organic chemically acceptable salt thereof in the presence of a base and an ionic liquid compound. The base makes the 4-methylenepiperidine or organic chemically acceptable salt thereof anionic. The use of the ionic liquid in the method of the present invention prevents the formation of related substances, shortens the reaction time, and enables easy preparation of the final compound efinaconazole in high purity and yield on a large scale, compared to the use of organic solvents in conventional methods.
US12018003B2
The invention relates to substituted pyrimidine compounds with the following formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof. These compounds selectively target the hemopexin domain of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) and do not inhibit the protease's catalytic functions. The invention also relates to methods of treating cancer in a patient in need thereof with the compounds.
US12018002B2
Chemical entities that are kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of cancer are described.
US12018000B2
Here are described compounds for use as electrode additives or as salts in electrolyte compositions, and their methods of preparation. Also described are electrochemical cells comprising the compounds as electrode additives or as salts in electrolyte compositions.
US12017987B2
A process can be used for preparing methyl methacrylate (MMA), by direct oxidative esterification of methacrolein. The MMA and polymers produced therefrom feature a very low yellowness index. A workup of the reactor output from the oxidative esterification of methacrolein allows for particularly discolouring by-products to be removed or degraded without significant MMA losses.
US12017981B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing acetaldehyde from acetylene under the catalysis of a ZAPO molecular sieve. The method comprises the steps of pre-heating an acetylene raw material gas and water, subjecting same to continuous hydration in a fluidized bed under the catalysis of the ZAPO molecular sieve to prepare acetaldehyde, and then subjecting same to separation, absorption and rectification to obtain an acetaldehyde product, wherein the catalyst can be continuously regenerated for use. The process of the present application is simple, stable and efficient, solves the problem of the dependence nature of the production of acetaldehyde by means of acetylene hydration on a mercury catalyst, avoids the harm caused by mercury to the human body and the environment, and has higher production and use values.
US12017965B2
A chelated zinc adjuvant composition includes water, an effective amount of a micronutrient consisting of zinc chelated with an organic acid and an organic amine, a mono-, di- or polysaccharide and an alkyl polysaccharide. The adjuvant has a pH of up to 6.5. When admixed with a pesticide capable of precipitating with the zinc, due to the zinc being chelated, the zinc is prevented from precipitating with the pesticide and is available for uptake. When the adjuvant composition is applied in seed, soil, foliage or fruit applications, zinc uptake is improved.
US12017962B2
Provided is a method including obtaining ceramic matrix composite (CMC) with a first matrix portion including a silicon carbide and silicon phase dispersed therewithin, disposing a coating thereupon to form a sealed part, and forming thereupon another segment comprising a CMC, which may be another matrix portion including a silicon carbide and a silicon phase dispersed within therewithin. Also provided is a gas turbine component with a CMC segment including a matrix portion including a silicon carbide and a silicon phase dispersed therewithin, a sealing layer including silicon carbide enclosing the first segment, and a second segment on the sealing layer, wherein the second segment includes a melt-infiltrated CMC having a matrix portion including a silicon carbide and a silicon phase dispersed therewithin.
US12017958B2
Methods and compositions for the installation of scientifically engineered and constructed unpaved runways are disclosed herein. The compositions are heterogeneous mixtures produced by blending aliphatic or cyclic organic compounds with binders that chemically react with gravel, aggregate, and soil particles to create permanent bonds, resulting in a strengthened and stabilized surface. When blended into the aggregate of a runway surface, the organic compounds act as a carrier fluid, distributing the binder system evenly so particles of all sizes are thoroughly and uniformly coated with the composition. Once the composition is distributed, an adhesion promoting compound reacts with constituents in the aggregate to increase the formation and strength of chemical bonds between particles.
US12017955B2
A cementitious composition comprises cement and crystalline cellulose or nanocrystalline cellulose formed from a cellulosic material by a redox reaction.
US12017939B2
An oily sewage pretreatment method without air flotation, comprising the following steps: (a) sedimentation separation: performing sedimentation separation on oily sewage to implement preliminary separation of oil, sludge, and water; (b) boiling bed separation: performing boiling bed separation on the oily sewage obtained by the preliminary separation to further remove dispersed oil, sludge, and sand from the oily sewage; (c) shape coalescence separation: performing shape coalescence separation on the oily sewage obtained by the boiling bed separation in step (b) to implement demulsification, coalescence, and separation of emulsified oil; and (d) biochemical treatment: the effluent obtained in step (c) directly enters an AOH biochemical system, an air flotation unit is omitted. Also disclosed is an oily sewage pretreatment apparatus without air flotation.
US12017937B2
Disclosed is a rotational flow rotation deoiling method for oil-based mud rock debris. The method comprises the following steps: (1) System viscosity control, wherein by means of heat exchange between a gas medium and the rock debris, the viscosity of the oil-based mud debris is reduced to reduce the interaction force between oil, water, and the surface and channels of solid particles, thereby facilitating the separation in a rotational flow field; (2) Rotational flow rotation deoiling, wherein the oil-based mud rock debris particles undergo a coupled motion of rotation and revolution, wherein by means of the rotation of the rock debris particles, the centrifugal desorption of oil on the surface of a solid phase, oil in capillaries and oil in pores is enhanced; and by means of the centrifugal force of periodic oscillation generated by the revolution thereof, the separation and enrichment of oil and gas and the solid phase are completed, thereby achieving the removal of the oil phase from the pore channels of the rock debris; and (3) gas-liquid separation and reuse, wherein an oil-containing mixture produced in step (2) is subjected to gas-liquid separation so as to realize the reuse of a base oil, circulation of the gas medium, and a harmless treatment of the rock debris; and a rotational flow rotation deoiling device for oil-based mud rock debris is further comprised.
US12017935B2
An article of manufacture for providing a water salinizer to add salt to pool water is disclosed. The water salinizer includes a barrel having a sidewall, a convex bottom, an angled sidewall between the convex bottom and the side wall, and an opening is a top surface for dissolving material into water, an input port coupled to the angled sidewall and being configured with the convex bottom to direct an incoming pressurized water stream and salt around the barrel along the angled sidewall, and a discharge port coupled to the sidewall about the opening in the top surface on an opposite side of the barrel from the input port.
US12017931B2
A static water sterilization module is provided according to the present application, which includes a lamp holder, a light-transmitting plate, a lamp plate, a sterilization lamp, a first sealing ring, a clamping member and a waterproof potting adhesive. The light-transmitting plate is mounted on the lamp holder. The lamp plate is mounted in the lamp holder. The sterilization lamp is mounted on the lamp plate. An inner surface of the lamp plate, an inner surface of the light-transmitting plate and an inner wall of the lamp holder form a sealing chamber for mounting the sterilization lamp. The first sealing ring abuts against an outer surface of the lamp plate. The clamping member is configured to press the first sealing ring and the lamp plate. The waterproof potting adhesive is configured to encapsulate a base chamber between the outer surface of the lamp plate and the lamp holder.
US12017925B2
A method for producing crystalline α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles involving ultrasonic treatment of a solution of an iron (III)-containing precursor and an extract from the seeds of a plant in the family Linaceae. The method involves preparing an aqueous extract from the seeds of a plant in the family Linacae and dropwise addition of the extract to the solution of an iron (III)-containing precursor. The method yields crystalline nanoparticles of α-Fe2O3 having a spherical morphology with a diameter of 100 nm to 300 nm, a mean surface area of 240 to 250 m2/g, and a type-II nitrogen adsorption-desorption BET isotherm with a H3 hysteresis loop. A method for the photocatalytic decomposition of organic pollutants using the nanoparticles is disclosed. An antibacterial composition containing the crystalline α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles is also disclosed.
US12017921B2
A preparation method for a silica aerogel, comprising the following steps: A) raw material containing a solid silicon source and an alkaline solution is used to produce an aerogel precursor after mixing; and B) the aerogel precursor is dried to obtain a silica aerogel. An improved silica aerogel preparation method, comprising the following steps: A) a cation exchange resin and a silicate solution are used as raw materials and mixed; B) the mixed material is allowed to stand to obtain an aerogel precursor; and C) the aerogel precursor is dried to obtain a silica aerogel.
US12017918B2
Provided is a production method of a carbon sheet having a structure intertwining only carbon nanotubes and having a porosity of 5% to 90%. The method comprises: removing a solvent from a dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes, spacer particles, and the solvent to obtain a primary sheet containing the carbon nanotubes and the spacer particles; and removing the spacer particles from the primary sheet. Alternatively, the method comprises: impregnating a porous substrate made from carbon with a dispersion liquid containing carbon nanotubes and a solvent, to obtain a dispersion liquid-impregnated porous substrate; and removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid-impregnated porous substrate. Alternatively, the method comprises: dispersing carbon nanotubes in a solvent to obtain a dispersion liquid, wherein an average bundle diameter of the carbon nanotubes in the dispersion liquid is 0.5 μm or more and 1,000 μm or less; and removing the solvent from the dispersion liquid.
US12017916B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of carbon materials, in particular to an amorphous carbon material and a preparation method and an application thereof. The amorphous carbon material has the following characteristics: (1) a true density ρ of the amorphous carbon material and a interlayer spacing d002 obtained by powder X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) spectrum analysis satisfy the following relational formula: 100×ρ×d002≥70; (2) the interlayer spacing d002, La and Lc of the amorphous carbon material obtained by powder XRD spectrum analysis satisfy the following relational formula: Lc×d002≤0.58, and 100×(Lc/La2)×d0023≤0.425 wherein ρ is denoted by the unit of g/cm3, each of d002, Lc and La is denoted by the unit of nm. The amorphous carbon material prepared by the present disclosure has desirable heat transfer performance and can provide high battery capacity.
US12017915B2
The present invention refers to processes for obtaining steam reforming catalysts containing nickel, cerium, lanthanum and copper oxides, free from potassium or alkali metals, preferably with the oxide layer being located externally with a thickness of less than 0.5 mm on the support particle, preferably the support being based on alumina, magnesium aluminate, hexaaluminates or mixtures thereof. The catalysts according to present invention show high activity, resistance to thermal deactivation and resistance to coke accumulation in the steam reforming reaction of hydrocarbons.
US12017896B2
The invention relates to a lifting machine (1) comprising a lifting arm (3), a rolling chassis (2) equipped with at least one front axle (5) and one rear axle (6), and a sensor for measuring the tilt of the lifting arm (3) in relation to the chassis (2), the rear axle (6) being pivotably mounted around an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the machine (1). The rear pivoting axle (6) is mounted to freely pivot inside an angular range defined by two abutments supported by said chassis (2), the front axle (5) is coupled to the chassis (2) by a pivoting connection with an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the machine (1) and is equipped with an activatable/deactivatable suspension (9) in order to allow the relative pivoting between the front axle (5) and the chassis (2) to be damped, said suspension (9) being deactivated at least when the angle value measured by sensor (4) for measuring the tilt of the lifting arm (3) is greater than a predetermined threshold value.
US12017894B2
A brake or a clutch includes a central shaft, an output-side threaded driver, an output brake plate, an input brake plate, and an input-side threaded driver. The output-side threaded driver and the input-side threaded driver are rotationally locked to the central shaft, such as by splines. The output-side threaded driver is threaded to the output brake plate and the input-side threaded driver is threaded to the input brake plate. The output brake plate is threaded to the input brake plate in a direction opposite the threaded engagement of the drivers to the brake plates. The brake or clutch may include two stator plates and three friction discs located between the output brake plate and the input brake plate.
US12017882B2
A medium conveying apparatus includes a torque limiter provided on a rotation axis of the separation roller, a unit including a first gear, a second gear provided on the rotation axis, and a third gear provided between the first gear and the second gear. The separation roller is pressed toward a feed roller side by a force generated by the torque limiter. The first gear rotates in a direction for generating a force for separating the separation roller from the feed roller. The third gear is a two-stage gear. The number of teeth of a gear on the second gear side of the third gear is more than the number of teeth of a gear on the first gear side of the third gear.
US12017874B2
An orientation switching apparatus capable of placing a pallet which is in a vertical orientation and holding a group of tires in a stacked state into a horizontal orientation, and placing a pallet which is in a horizontal orientation and holding a group of tires in a horizontally arranged state into the vertical orientation, includes: a base that holds the pallet; a switching drive device which switches the orientation of the pallet held, by rotating the base; a standing device which pushes a leaning tire located at one end of the group of tires toward the other end to cause the leaning tire to stand; and a restricting device which restricts movement of the tires.
US12017863B2
A conveyor belt monitoring system includes a field generation array, a sensor array and circuitry. The field generation array is configured to generate a magnetic field. The sensor array is positioned a conveyor distance downstream from the field generation array and configured to measure a remaining magnetic field of a conveyor belt, the sensor array may include a series of sensors. The circuitry is configured to determine conveyor belt characteristics of the conveyor belt based on the measured remaining magnetic field.
US12017862B2
A system for monitoring conveyor belts is disclosed. The system includes a generator array, a sensor array and circuitry. The generator array is configured to apply a magnetic field to a plurality of belt subsegments of a segment of a conveyor belt. The sensor array is configured to measure a plurality of magnetic responses for the plurality of belt subsegments. The circuitry is configured to determine whether at least a portion of the segment requires replacement based on the measured plurality of magnetic responses.
US12017855B2
A vehicle for use in an inventory management system having a plurality of destination areas and a guide system includes a platform for receiving and transporting items to and from the destination areas, a plurality of motors, a first drive system, a second drive system, a transfer mechanism, and a clutch mechanism. The transfer system is configured to transfer and retrieve items to and from the destination areas, and the clutch mechanism is configured to engage and disengage the transfer mechanism from at least one of the motors, whereby the second drive system drives movement of the vehicle independently of the transfer mechanism.
US12017850B2
The present invention is to provide a solution of high density storage and goods-to-man picking by proposing a three dimensional warehouse system for accurate inbound and outbound operation and management and improved space utilization rate of the warehouse. The technical solution includes a rack, containers, carrier vehicles, and track-switching devices. The rack includes a track structure and defines at least one load-bearing platform. The track structure includes running tracks, and the at least one load-bearing platform located below the running track. Each container stores goods, and part of the containers are stacked and placed on the at least one load-bearing platform. The carrier vehicle moves back and forth on the running tracks to perform storage and retrieval operations in the container storage system. The track-switching device is configured to switch the carrier vehicle from a current running track where the carrier vehicle is located to a target running track.
US12017845B2
A cargo container includes a plurality of panels, a first set of rales, a first pack, and a second pack. The plurality of panels defines a chamber that has an opening configured for loading and unloading of cargo in the chamber. The plurality of panels includes a first panel with the first set of rails connected to the first panel and disposed within the chamber. The first pack and the second pack are slidably received on the first set of rails and each include a phase-change material (PCM) disposed therein. The first pack and the second pack are interlocked with one another such that the first pack and the second pack slide in concert with one another.
US12017844B2
A system includes first and second sensors, and a controller. The first and second sensors are operable to attach to a water tank that supplies a building with water. The first sensor is configured to determine that a water level in the tank has fallen below a first level. The second sensor is configured to determine that the water level has risen to at least a second level. The controller includes a processor that is communicatively coupled to the sensors. The processor receives, from the first sensor, an indication that the water level has fallen below the first level. In response, the processor generates a signal to activate a pump that delivers water to the tank. The processor additionally receives, from the second sensor, an indication that the water level has risen to at least the second level. In response, the processor generates a signal to deactivate the pump.
US12017843B2
An artificial tree; it has a hollow receptacle for presentation as a decorative tree container; a core support; and branches connected or connectable to the core support, wherein the core support is connectable to the hollow receptacle and the branches are connected to the core support when the tree artificial tree is assembled for displaying the branches over the hollow receptacle, and wherein a hollow interior of the hollow receptacle is dimensioned to receive and store the branches and the core support therein when the artificial tree is disassembled, for at least one of storage and transportation of the disassembled artificial tree.
US12017842B2
A heat seal between a plastic bag and a plastic sheet is used to provide a more secure and reliable seal to define a modified atmosphere for a pallet of perishables. The heat seal reduces atmosphere failures and aids in providing a more consistent atmosphere in the pallet bag system thus reducing the number of pallets that have an out of specification atmosphere. The heat seal may be created with a heating sealing apparatuses that is part of a system used to load and seal a load of containers of perishables onto a pallet. The heat sealing apparatus uses a plurality of heated bar assemblies to form seal portions on sides of the pallet in order to form a seal around the entire perimeter of the pallet.
US12017837B2
The invention is drawn to a container comprising a bottom wall and at least one sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The sidewall terminates in an edge and has an inner and an outer surface. The bottom wall and the at least one sidewall form a container interior. A flexible bag having an open end is disposed within the interior of the container and over the top edge of the container. A slide ring extends at least partially circumferentially about the outer surface of the sidewall and is affixed to the open end of the bag and frictionally engaged with the outer surface of the sidewall.
US12017836B2
A thermoplastic bag includes structures that direct liquid away from areas of the bag more susceptible to failure and leaking. For example, one or more implementations include seals that direct liquid introduced into the bag away from corners of the bag. Additionally, one or more implementations include an insert positioned within the bag between the liquid directing structures such that the liquid directing structures direct liquid to the insert. In one or more implementations, the insert comprises an absorbent material. Thus, the liquid directing structures can direct liquid to a liquid absorbing insert.
US12017835B2
A method of forming a container and filling the container with a product. The method includes heat-set blow molding the container from a preform and hot-filling the container with the product such that the product occupies about 95% or more of a total interior volume of the container. A headspace volume is defined between a top fill line of the product and a brim of the container. The headspace volume is less than about 5% of the total interior volume of the container. The container is capped and allowed to cool. The container is configured to shrink during cooling such that the total interior volume decreases by about 0.5% to 1.5% during cooling. A base of the container is displaced after hot-filling and capping to reduce the total interior volume by less than about an additional 0.5% to 4%. The hot-filling, capping, cooling, and displacing of the base creates a pressure change within the container.
US12017833B2
A container for transporting and storing liquid, viscous or pourable substances, in particular a container of the Intermediate Bulk Container type. The container has a base, a side wall, and at least one outlet recess in the base and/or the side wall, in which an outlet valve is or can be arranged and which is closable on the outside of the container by a cover. The cover has a base section, by which the cover is fastened or fastenable to the container, and a closure section which is hinged on the base section via a hinge assembly such that it can pivot about a rotational axis. The hinge assembly can hold or lock the closure section in a self-supporting manner in a position releasing the outlet recess.
US12017789B2
An aircraft including a fuselage, a power generator configured to provide power to the aircraft, and at least one fuel tank for holding fuel for the power generator, and a fuel delivery assembly. The fuel tank is positioned in the fuselage and is configured to hold hydrogen fuel in a liquid phase. The fuel tank has a chamber for holding the hydrogen fuel and a fuel extraction line fluidly coupled to the chamber. The fuel extraction line extends from the fuel tank in a forward direction of the fuselage and at a downward angle relative to a centerline of the fuselage. The fuel delivery assembly is fluidly coupled to the fuel extraction line and fluidly connects the fuel tank to the power generator. The fuel delivery assembly is configured to provide the hydrogen fuel from the fuel tank to the power generator.
US12017777B2
A seating assembly provides direct aisle access for each seat in a row by employing a seat angling with respect to a cabin centerline. The seat angling opens up an area behind each seat back. Seat density may be increased by staggering the seats such that the opened area behind a forward row may be used to provide an armrest for a passenger in a next row. Seat density may be even further increased by overlapping the assemblies (as seen facing the seat) such that: the armrest for the forward row seat overlaps the legroom of the next row seat.
US12017768B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and information processing method of more easily capturing image in accordance with more various situations. An imaging device including an imaging function unit and an imaging range variable unit is controlled on the basis of vehicle information that is information regarding a vehicle. For example, on the basis of vehicle information obtained in a patrol car, such as vehicle location and position information, vehicle speed information, vehicle operation information, or vehicle attached equipment information, imaging of a subject by the imaging device provided to a flying body and flight by the flying body are controlled. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus, an image processing apparatus, a communication apparatus, an electronic device, an information processing method, or the like.
US12017767B2
A communication management device provided in a flight vehicle that communicates with a base station management device that manages a plurality of base stations, includes: a first communication unit that transmits and receives control signals of an airframe of the flight vehicle or flight information of the flight vehicle to and from the base station management device; a second communication unit that provides communications among the plurality of wireless terminals as a base station; an acquisition unit that acquires anomaly information indicating that an anomaly of the first communication unit or an anomaly of a flight state of the flight vehicle has occurred, and an anomaly reporting unit that transmits the anomaly information to the base station management device via the second communication unit when the anomaly information is acquired by the acquisition unit.
US12017760B2
A transmission lubricating assembly of a helicopter includes: a transmission including a speed change structure that changes the speed of rotation produced by rotational power input from a prime mover and outputs the resulting rotational power and a housing accommodating the speed change structure; and a lubricator that lubricates the speed change structure. The lubricator includes a collector that collects a mist of a lubricating oil in an internal space of the housing and a dropper that is disposed below the collector and that applies droplets of the lubricating oil to the speed change structure, the droplets resulting from the collected mist being gathered under its own weight.
US12017757B2
A drive augmenter provide supplemental drive power to the wheel of a landing gear with a drive system. The landing gear has a wheel rotatably mounted to an axle, and the drive system selectively provides a driving force to rotate the wheel. The drive augmenter includes a piston slidably disposed with a cylinder, and selective pressurization of the cylinder drives reciprocating translation of the piston within the cylinder. A crank is coupled to the piston by a rod and is also coupled to a crankshaft. The crank is configured to convert translation of the piston into rotation of the crankshaft. The drive augmenter further includes a drive shaft coupled to the wheel and a clutch configured to selectively transfer rotation of the crankshaft to the drive shaft.
US12017751B2
A propulsion system is provided including an unducted rotating fan defining a fan axis; and a turbomachine disposed downstream from the unducted rotating fan, wherein the turbomachine defines a working gas flowpath flowing therethrough; wherein the propulsion system defines a third stream flowpath and an inlet passage having an inlet that is offset from the fan axis, wherein the inlet passage is configured to provide an inlet airflow to the working gas flowpath, and wherein the third stream flowpath bypasses at least a portion of the turbomachine.
US12017746B2
A marine vessel control system comprises a propulsion unit and a steering actuator for steering the propulsion unit. There is a shift actuator for shifting gears in the propulsion unit and a throttle actuator for increasing or decreasing throttle to the propulsion unit. There is an input device for providing user inputted steering commands to the steering actuator and for providing user inputted shift and throttle commands to the shift actuator and the throttle actuator. There is a sensor for detecting a global position and a heading direction of the marine vessel. A controller receives position and heading values of the marine vessel from the sensor. The controller compares the received position value to a pre-programmed position value to determine a position error difference. The controller also compares the received heading value to a pre-programmed heading value to determine a heading error difference.
US12017724B2
An electronic device is related to a human-powered vehicle operating device that includes an operating mechanism, which is for operating at least one of a human-powered vehicle transmission device and a human-powered vehicle braking device, and at least one operating member. The electronic device comprises a storage, an electronic controller, and a communication unit. The storage stores setting information related to an operation of the at least one operating member and to an output destination device. The electronic controller is configured to generate an output signal corresponding to the operation of the at least one operating member based on the setting information. The communication unit transmits the output signal to the output destination device that includes at least one of a game device, a training device, an audio device, and a video device.
US12017707B2
A motor control system includes an inverter and a control calculation unit. The control calculation unit includes a voltage control calculation unit that calculates a voltage command value indicating a voltage to be applied to a motor from the inverter on the basis of a current deviation between the current command value and the actual current detection value, and a compensation calculation unit that compensates at least one of a k-th component and a 1/k-th component in the motor with respect to a signal value on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side in a signal flow that passes through the voltage control calculation unit. The compensation calculation unit calculates a compensation value on the basis of an actual angular velocity value indicating an angular velocity at which the motor rotates and the target current command value, while also taking into account advance angle control.
US12017690B1
A data-driven integral sliding mode control method, system and device for a high-speed electric multiple unit (EMU) is provided, which relates to the field of operation control of EMUs. The method includes performing kinetic analysis on an operation process of a high-speed EMU to enable an input and output data set of the EMU to be equivalent to a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) discrete-time nonlinear system; constructing an EMU full format dynamic linearization (FFDL) data model involving a generalized disturbance based on the MIMO discrete-time nonlinear system; designing an equivalent control law and a switching control law based on the FFDL data model; and establishing a MIMO EMU integral sliding mode control law, thus controlling the operation of the high-speed EMU. According to the present disclosure, the integral sliding mode control law is deduced based on the FFDL data model to conduct nonlinear control of the EMU.
US12017678B2
An optical system and method for controlling the system, and a self-driving vehicle connected thereto. The optical system includes a housing; a first light source configured to emit light in a first wavelength band; a second light source configured to emit light in a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band; a dichroic element configured for combining light from the first light source and the second light source into an output light beam to be scanned over a field of view; a scanning unit configured to direct output beam outwardly from the optical system, the scanning unit being disposed in the housing; a controller communicatively coupled with the scanning unit; and at least one sensor communicatively coupled with the controller and configured to sense light reflected off surrounding objects into the optical system.
US12017676B2
A driver monitoring device includes: a processor; and a memory. The memory stores instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the driver monitoring device to perform operations including: detecting an unbalanced posture of a driver based on an image of a driver's seat; determining whether the unbalanced posture is a habitual unbalanced posture of the driver; calculating an opening degree of at least one eye of the driver based on the image in a case in which it is determined that the unbalanced posture is other than the habitual unbalanced posture; determining whether it is a timing to give a notification in a case in which the vehicle is traveling and the opening degree is equal to or larger than a first threshold; and giving the notification to the driver in a case in which it is determined that it is the timing to give the notification.
US12017675B2
Provided is a vehicle, including: a user interface; a driver attention warning (DAW) system configured to determine a first driver attention level based on driving data, and when the first driver attention level is less than or equal to a threshold level, control the user interface to output a warning; and a controller configured to determine a second driver attention level based on an output of a neural network on driving data, compare the first driver attention level and the second driver attention level at predetermined periods, and when a number of times that a difference between the first driver attention level and the second driver attention level is greater than or equal to a predetermined value is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of times, adjust the threshold level in a decreasing direction. The neural network is configured to be trained with driving data.
US12017669B2
A drive force control system controls acceleration of a vehicle accurately in line with an operation of an accelerator pedal to improve an acceleration feel. A controller calculates a corrected target acceleration when a required acceleration is large and an operating speed of the accelerator pedal is fast, and converts the corrected target acceleration into a target driving force to propel the vehicle so as to achieve the corrected target acceleration by generating the target driving force.
US12017664B2
A system including a tracking device, sensors, and an operations management engine (OME), and a method for managing operations and assets, for example, motorized and non-motorized equipment, associated with multiple entities, are provided. The OME dynamically receives asset data from the tracking device and operating parameters of the assets from one or more sensors in real time. The OME dynamically determines multiple data elements, for example, location, asset status, operating status, asset proximity to asset requirement, etc., associated with each asset by processing logical combinations of the asset data and the operating parameters, based on which the OME determines actions associated with the assets to be executed. The OME generates an interactive, graphical map interface that renders a visual representation of the assets, a geography containing the assets, associated operations, and the data elements in real time for real-time monitoring and facilitating execution of the actions.
US12017661B2
An apparatus includes at least one camera configured to capture an image of a traffic lane in front of a vehicle. The apparatus also includes a radar transceiver configured to detect one or more target vehicles proximate to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a path prediction and vehicle detection controller configured to determine first parameters for predicting a path of the vehicle; determine second parameters for predicting the path of the vehicle; predict the path of the vehicle using a combination of the first parameters and the second parameters, where the combination is weighted based on a speed of the vehicle; identify one of the one or more target vehicles as a closest in path vehicle based on the predicted path of the vehicle; and activate at least one of a braking control and a steering control based on a proximity of the identified closest in path vehicle.
US12017658B2
Methods and systems are provided for selectively disabling a stop-start function of a vehicle based on a predicted anxiety of a driver of the vehicle upon merging into transverse traffic. In one example, selectively disabling the stop-start function of a vehicle based on a predicted anxiety of the driver of the vehicle includes, when approaching an intersection having a first traffic pattern, disabling a stop-start function responsive to an estimated merging acceleration for the intersection exceeding a threshold acceleration rate of the vehicle.
US12017647B2
Disclosed herein a vehicle includes a display; a sound device; a vibrator; an occupant detector configured to detect an occupant to output occupant information; an obstacle detector configured to detect an obstacle to output obstacle information; a braking system that generates a braking force; and a controller configured to set braking distance information based on the occupant information, control operation of at least one of the display, the sound device, and the vibrator based on the set braking distance information and the obstacle information, and control the braking system in response to operation control information of the at least one of the display, the sound device and the vibrator.
US12017639B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling and diagnosing a mechanical vehicle component. In one example, a method may include determining a vehicle speed and a plurality of clutch position settings at a diagnostic controller, and identifying unauthorized conditions based on these determinations. Further, the diagnostic controller may trigger an active fault state of the mechanical vehicle component in order to avoid unauthorized conditions that may lead to unwanted or unanticipated changes in vehicle motion.
US12017628B2
A brake control device is applied to a brake device that controls a front-wheel braking force and a rear-wheel braking force. The brake control device includes a ratio calculation circuit that calculates a target front and rear braking force distribution ratio based on a target pitch angle, and a brake control circuit that performs a stability control by operating the brake device based on the target front and rear braking force distribution ratio during braking.
US12017627B2
A method and system include a vehicle control system including a multi-vehicle system. The system includes a controller. The controller determines a slack condition of a multi-vehicle system while the multi-vehicle system is parked. The controller determines the slack condition based on one or more sensor signals received from at least one sensor, the controller configured to control movement of the multi-vehicle system based on the slack condition that is determined while transitioning from being parked to forward motion.
US12017623B2
A brake system includes a master cylinder configured to generate a hydraulic pressure, a primary brake actuator configured to increase and decrease the hydraulic pressure generated in the master cylinder, a secondary brake actuator connected in series with and downstream of the master cylinder and in series with and upstream of the primary brake actuator, and configured to increase and decrease the hydraulic pressure generated in the master cylinder, and at least one wheel cylinder configured to apply brake torque to a wheel of a vehicle based on the hydraulic pressure generated by the master cylinder and increased or decreased by the primary actuator or the secondary actuator. An automatic brake hold control method includes sequential performing an automatic brake hold control on at least one wheel cylinder by the primary brake actuator and then the secondary brake actuator.
US12017622B1
Methods and systems are provided for a battery exchange station for an electric vehicle. In one example, a battery exchange station may include a vehicle platform including one or more lifters, a first storage rack positioned on a first side of the vehicle platform, and a second storage rack positioned on an opposing, second side of the vehicle platform. The first storage rack and the second storage rack may store a plurality of batteries. The battery exchange station may include a battery exchange mechanism comprising a dual component battery chamber, a first mobile table, and a second mobile table, the dual component battery chamber comprising stationary component fixed to the electric vehicle and a mobile component slideably coupled to the stationary component, wherein the mobile component is released from the stationary component when the electric vehicle is directly on the vehicle platform and lifted via the one or more lifters.
US12017612B2
In some implementations, a device may receive an indication of a code associated with granting authenticated access to a door. The device may transmit, to a user device, presentation information to cause an augmented reality image of an input pad to be displayed by the user device, wherein the augmented reality image is displayed over an area of an image of an exterior of the door via a user interface. The device may detect, via a camera device, one or more user inputs to the area of the exterior of the vehicle based on tracking a movement of a user. The device may identify an input code based on the one or more user inputs. The device may perform an action to cause the door to be unlocked based on the input code matching the code.
US12017593B2
A multimodal vehicle can be configured according to the reference market and according to the user's needs, whether for shared or private use. The Multimodal Vehicle is created by a multimodal plug known as a TUC. The plug allows anchoring, with the utmost safety, the vehicle's on-board experiences inside the vehicle itself. Thanks to this system, it is possible to create a multimodal/modular platform, which can be configured in different dimensions. The platform provides available space wherein the user can move freely and insert, through the plug, the components that will make up the vehicle's interior, such as seats, dashboard, etc.
US12017574B1
A system of devices is provided to cooperate to tie-down a load and to cover the load with a tarp or cover. A knob with an optional locking base provides an anchor point to wrap and tie a tarp in the tarp anchoring system. The knob has numerous variations to accommodate attaching points and accessory characteristics. A compressing device secures the tarp over the knob. Two pieces move and lock within one another with sufficient clearance to receive the knob and the tarp. The knob having sufficient curvature to retain the compressing device when locked. Various mid-spanning hooking members cooperate with cords, straps, or ropes for a myriad of cargo lashing functionality and to receive the anchoring point. When used in combination, a user can employ the system to generate a web of load supports with a network of hubs and modes of attachment.
US12017563B2
A seat recliner for vehicles includes a mobile flange provided such that an upper part thereof is open and configured to define a seating space through a bottom surface and a side surface and to have an internal gear formed along an inner side of the side surface, and a support groove formed between upper ends of the internal gear and the side surface, a gear plate inserted into the seating space of the mobile flange, and configured to have an external gear formed along an outer side of a side surface of the gear plate, and a support configured to extend outwards from an upper end of the external gear and located in the support groove, and a retainer configured to cover both upper parts of the mobile flange and the gear plate, and fixed to an upper end of the mobile flange.
US12017556B2
An electric vehicle (EV) charging method which considers the EVs heterogeneity, taking into account the absence of any information about future arrivals and departures, and of the amount of time any charging will take. The method further considers both switch on and off possibilities and not an arbitrarily small minimum charging power. In order to achieve all these objectives, the invention defines novel metrics and uses them to construct a dedicated optimization problem. As the charging power is discontinuous, the minimum charging power not being arbitrarily small, the optimization problem is mixed integer by nature. Further, because the mixed-integer optimization is difficult to perform in real-time, the invention proposes a heuristic for reducing the number of integer variables, thus reducing the complexity of the problem.
US12017553B2
A base station for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed. The base station includes: an enclosure; a slide mechanism that is connected to the enclosure and which is repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; a cradle that is connected to the slide mechanism and which is configured for docking with the UAV such that the UAV is movable into and out of the enclosure during repositioning of the slide mechanism between the retracted position and the extended position; and a charging hub that is connected to the slide mechanism and which is configured for electrical connection to a power source of the UAV to charge the power source.
US12017546B2
The invention relates to an electric power transmission system (20) for a vehicle (10) comprising an energy storage system (30) for storing electrical power and a bidirectional power system (40) connected to the energy storage system, the bidirectional power system comprising a bidirectional DC/AC converter (50) for power conversion, the bidirectional DC/AC converter (50) being connected to the energy storage system, a junction unit (60) connected to the bidirectional DC/AC converter and comprising a charging interface (70) for connecting to an external power supply grid (72), and an electrical power take-off (ePTO) (80) interface for connecting to an external power load (82), and wherein the bidirectional power system is configured to perform any one of the following operations: an ePTO first operation (1 10), in which power is transferred from the energy storage system to the ePTO interface via the bidirectional power system, an ePTO second operation (120), in which power is transferred from the charging interface to the ePTO interface via the bidirectional power system, and a charging operation (130), in which power is transferred from the charging interface to the energy storage system via the bidirectional power system.
US12017545B2
A vehicle, system, and method of providing electrical power to a vehicle. The electrical system includes a variable power source, a constant power source, a bus line connecting the variable power source to an electrical load of the vehicle, a switch between the bus line and the constant power source, and a processor. The processor is configured to monitor a voltage being supplied to the electrical load by the variable power source and to operate a fuse controller to close the switch between the bus line and the constant power source when the voltage being supplied to the electrical load drops below a first voltage threshold.
US12017540B2
To provide a controller for AC rotary machine and a motor vehicle which can solve the countermeasure against heat of the inverter, and the generation of sound or electric resonance, at the same time. A controller for AC rotary machine turns on and off a plurality of switching devices which the inverter has at PWM frequency, based on the n-phase voltage command values; detects the temperature of the inverter; changes the PWM frequency based on the detected temperature of the inverter; and changes the PWM frequency out of range of the avoidance frequency band, when the PWM frequency after change is within the range of the avoidance frequency band.
US12017534B2
At least one electronic display has first and second mirrors separated by a distance. The two mirrors are arranged such that they at least partially overlap in a projection view of both mirrors. An intermediate space is formed in the overlap region between the mirrors. The at least one electronic display is part of a display apparatus having at least one light source emitting light into the intermediate space that is reflectable multiple times by the mirrors to generate an infinity mirror effect, resulting in the generation of an image having a light pattern that appears with an optical depth effect in an image plane of the display apparatus.
US12017532B2
A display type vehicle switch operating apparatus includes a receiver that receives driving information related to an external driving situation of a vehicle and display state information of a display of the vehicle, a highlight indication information generator that generates highlight indication information of a symbol displayed on the display based on the received driving information and the received display state information, and a controller that highlights the symbol displayed on the display based on the generated highlight indication information.
US12017524B2
An enclosed volume is provided for performing operations in space, or on any astronomical object, in a manner separated from aspects of the external environment. The enclosed volume can be a flexible container for a satellite. The enclosed volume can include a membrane having a fluid barrier layer and being configured to contain a propellant gas or fluid; and an expulsion device configured to expel material from the membrane. In a stowed configuration, the flexible container is contained within the satellite, and in a deployed configuration, the flexible container extends away from the satellite. The flexible container can inflate from one shape, in the undeployed configuration, to another shape, in a deployed configuration. The other shape can be toroidal or other appropriate shapes. The flexible container can provide bipropellant, blowdown, and gas/fluid metering functionality. Entertainment and game play can be enabled by the enclosed volume involving robots and other devices.
US12017518B1
A processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including receiving a location; in response to determining that the location is known, setting a first tinting level of a surface; and in response to determining that the location is unknown, setting a second tinting level of the surface that differs from the first tinting level.
US12017514B2
A work machine, such as a skid steer loader or a compact track loader, includes an air intake assembly for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit. A conduit integrated into a structure supporting a roof over an operator cab accepts air and water from the atmosphere through an air inlet proximate the roof. A debris outlet downstream in the conduit allows gravity to return the water to the environment. Between the air inlet and the debris outlet, an orifice in the conduit connects to an air duct through which the air may be diverted by suction from the HVAC unit. An air filter at the end of the air duct removes remaining particulates from the air prior to conditioning by the HVAC unit. Sizing the cross-sectional areas of the air path to exceed a cross-sectional area of an inlet to the air filter and providing a substantially straight air path avoids resistance to air flow, resulting in efficient intake of cleaner air.
US12017513B2
The present invention is a hand sanitizer, air purification, fogger vehicle mount, or combination thereof, attach to a dashboard of a vehicle. Its purpose is to maximize disinfecting opportunities as a countermeasure to the spread of disease, including COVID-19. As a hand sanitizer, this invention is a hand-free device that minimizes cross-contamination among vehicle patrons during operation. A sensor, activated by hand proximity, sends a signal to a controller, then to a pump to dispense a portion-controlled volume of hand sanitizer. To disinfect airborne antigens, HEPA filtration and UV light are utilized. Pathogen lingering on surfaces are disinfected by a fogger, which dispenses atomized droplets throughout a vehicle. To eliminate exposure to nebulized sanitizer, the controller may receive a wireless signal from outside the vehicle. Independently powered, a vehicle can be sanitized each time it arrives at a destination, made ready to transport the next group of patrons safely.
US12017509B2
A heat pump includes a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes an accumulator having an inlet and an outlet, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, and a first coupling point. The compressor includes a low-pressure inlet and an outlet. The low-pressure inlet is downstream of the outlet of the accumulator. The first heat exchanger includes an inlet and an outlet. The first coupling point is positioned immediately downstream of the outlet of the accumulator and immediately upstream of the low-pressure inlet of the compressor. The first coupling point is immediately downstream of the outlet of the first heat exchanger such that a first heat exchange fluid circulating through the refrigerant loop is directed to the low-pressure inlet of the compressor upon exiting the outlet of the first heat exchanger.
US12017475B2
The present application can provide a decoration material in which a printed layer having various designs and colors to meet demands and needs is formed on a basic material layer to have clearness and high adhesion. The present application can also provide a transfer film for manufacturing the decoration material and a method for manufacturing a decoration material using the transfer film.
US12017472B2
The application relates to a porous color linker comprising a tip portion configured to deposit indicia on a writing surface; a mixing portion configured to combine a plurality of inks; and a base portion having a first receiving portion configured to receive a tip of a first ink discharge device and a second receiving portion configured to receive a tip of a second ink discharge device.
US12017445B2
The present invention relates to a multilayer material comprising a layer of stone (1) laminated to a layer of reinforcing element (2) and its manufacturing process.
US12017443B2
The present invention relates to a laminate structure comprising an adhesive polymeric interlayer (API) that comprises discrete zones. Such discrete zones are located at the interface of the API and the glass substrate. Generally, the discrete zones comprise two sets of discrete zones, debonding and adhesive. These zones allow for a unique combination of modified API-glass debonding, laminate toughness, and laminate durability. Various spatial patterns and densities of debonding are described, as well as the resulting material properties.
US12017442B2
The present disclosure provides: a non-woven fabric for a sterilization packaging material, the non-woven fabric being capable of being compatible with all sterilization treatment methods and maintaining a sterile state in the interior without breaking even in a variety of environments in which the non-woven fabric can be assumed to be used as a sterilization packaging material; and a non-woven fabric for a sterilization packaging material, the non-woven fabric achieving both easy-peel properties that enable easy handling without breakage and barrier properties for retaining the sterile state in the interior.
US12017441B2
An acoustical ceiling panel including a first layer having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween, a second layer having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween, and a sealing layer having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween. The sealing layer may be positioned between the first major surface of the first layer and the second major surface of the second layer. The side surface of the sealing layer may extend beyond the side surface of the first layer and the side surface of the second layer.
US12017426B2
Processing method for inserting electronic devices that are suitable for communicating in radio frequency into respective rubber sleeves (5); are provided: a conveyor (9) for advancing a first rubber belt (10) arranged along an insertion path; a first feed device (12) for placing the transponder (1) upon an upper surface of the first rubber belt (10); a second feed device (13) for placing upon the upper surface of the first rubber belt (10) and upon each previously placed transponder (1) a corresponding sheet of green rubber (14) that completely covers the transponder (1); and a cutting device (16) arranged downstream of the second feed device (13) along the direction of travel of the first rubber belt (10) for cutting out at least the first rubber belt (10) by performing a cut of a rectangular shape around each transponder (1) in order to separate each sleeve (5) from the rubber belt.
US12017423B2
A caul for debulking a composite part broadly includes opposing first and second surfaces, a plurality of through-holes, and a coating. The first surface may have a curvature complementary to a shape of the composite part. The through-holes pass through the caul from the first surface to the second surface. The coating may be a chemically inert material to ensure the caul does not affect the composite part. The caul is configured to be positioned against the composite part for debulking. The caul may be made out of silicone rubber or any other suitable material and may be reusable.
US12017416B2
A method of fastening a joining insert to a wind turbine rotor blade element, the method including: providing a wind turbine rotor blade element of a fiber-reinforced composite material, the rotor blade element having a joining surface and a blind hole, the blind hole having a proximal end at the joining surface and a distal end within the fiber-reinforced composite material; forming a channel through the fiber-reinforced composite material, the channel connecting the distal end of the blind hole to a channel opening at an inner and/or outer surface of the rotor blade element; placing a joining insert in the blind hole; filling a space between the joining insert and the blind hole with a liquid plastics material in a vacuum infusion process, wherein the channel opening is connected either to a liquid plastics material supply line or to a process suction line; curing the liquid plastics material.
US12017414B2
A three-dimensional (3D) printing methodology is disclosed for freeform fabrication of hydrophobic structures without the use of printed support structures. The build material is directly printed in and supported by a fumed silica-containing yield-stress support bath to form an intermediate article in the support bath material. The intermediate article may be liquid or only partially solidified after being printed into the support bath material. The intermediate article is then heated or irradiated with ultraviolet radiation to initiate cross-linking to solidify the printed intermediate article, forming a finished article.
US12017407B2
The present invention provides a method improving the shear strength of a 3D manufactured product by inserting infill into the interstices between the bead layers.
US12017405B2
According to some aspects, techniques are provided for fabricating sinterable metallic parts through the application of directed energy to a build material. In particular, applying energy to a build material comprising a polymer mixed with a metal powder may cause the polymer to form a cohesive structure with the metal powder. As a result, the polymer acts as a “glue” to produce a metallic green part without local melting of the metal. The green part may subsequently be sintered to remove the polymer and produce a fully dense metal part. Optionally, a step of debinding may also be performed prior to, or simultaneously with, sintering.
US12017404B2
An additive manufacturing powder particle including a surface and at least one functional group formed on the surface, wherein the at least one functional group increases laser energy absorption of the additive manufacturing powder particle. The additive manufacturing particle is treated with plasma radiation to form hydroxyl functional groups on a surface of the additive manufacturing powder particle, where the hydroxyl functional groups have a molecular vibrational frequency corresponding to a laser wavenumber range of laser energy of an additive manufacturing process, and where the plasma radiation treating the additive manufacturing powder particles depends on the laser energy of the additive manufacturing process. Treating the additive manufacturing powder particle with the plasma radiation increases laser energy absorption of the additive manufacturing powder particle when the additive manufacturing particle is exposed to the laser energy, produced by a carbon dioxide laser, of the additive manufacturing process.
US12017400B2
To solve the above problem, a pouch forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a die in which a forming space is recessed inward from a top surface thereof; a partition wall partitioning the forming space into first and second forming spaces; a stripper disposed above the die and configured to descend to contact the die with the pouch film therebetween to fix the pouch film to be seated on a top surface of the die; and an electromagnetic force generation part disposed above the forming space and configured to generate electromagnetic force and configured to apply the electromagnetic force to the forming space.
US12017395B2
The disclosure belongs to the technical field of heat insulation materials, and discloses an in-situ microfibrillated reinforced polymer composite heat insulation foam material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. This disclosure adopts a polypropylene matrix, a fiber-forming polymer, an elastomer and an antioxidant as a foam material. The foaming material is subjected to a primary melt blending process and a hot stretching process first, then subjected to a secondary melt blending process and cooling granulation and subjected to a pressing process, and a composite board is obtained. The composite board is subjected to supercritical fluid foaming process, and a composite heat insulation foam material is obtained.
US12017391B2
A manufacturing process for an active grille shutter arrangement including in-mold assembly of an active aero hinge modular frame that allows for the joining of multiple components that are to be assembled directly out of the molding process tooling. These components could be the vane end pivots, vane end stops, drive linkages, frame end stops, etc. Final assembly of the system is facilitated by geometrical considerations and molding material considerations in the in-mold assembly (IMA) design.
US12017387B2
A method to reproduce an original object includes receiving a 3D model of the original object; forming a reformable master shape from the 3D model by using a computer controlled shape actuator; impressing the reformable master shape into a reformable material to form a custom mold, the reformable material having a material state that is reversible between a solid condition stable force-resisting state and a flowable state by addition of a transition liquid; pouring a material into the custom mold while the reformable material is in the stable force-resisting state and fabricating a copy; adding the transition liquid to the reformable material to change the state of the reformable material from the stable force-resisting state to the flowable state; and reusing the reformable material to form another custom sole once the reformable material is in the flowable state.
US12017382B2
A manual ceramic cutter with an adjustable set-square, having a set-square (1) installed at one of the longitudinal extremities of a base (2) for supporting the ceramic items to be cut, and a manually-operated cutting head (3) installed with the possibility of displacement along a number of longitudinal guides (4). This cutter comprises adjustment means (13, 14) of the perpendicularity of the set-square (1) with regard to a cutting line (L1) of the cutter, and fixing means (11, 12) of the set-square (1) to the base (2). It further comprises visual verification means of the perpendicularity of the set-square (1) with regard to the cutting line (L1).
US12017374B2
The present invention provides a blade-replaceable cutting tool, which includes: a first handheld portion and a second handheld portion; the second handheld portion is rotatably connected to the first handheld portion; and further includes a blade mounting plate and a blade, the blade mounting plate is rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion; the blade is detachably mounted to the blade mounting plate. Wherein, the blade mounting plate and the blade may be replaced with a ratchet blade which is detachably and rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion.
US12017366B1
A palletizing system includes: a system casing which is positioned on one side of a pallet for loading goods; an actuator lift which is installed above the system casing, and extends or contracts in the vertical direction; a collaborative robot which is a multi-joint robot formed to load goods onto the pallet, is connected and installed on the top of the actuator lift to be vertically lifted and moved by the actuator lift; a vacuum suction-type gripper which is installed at the end of the collaborative robot, and fastens goods using vacuum; radar sensors, which are respectively installed on at least one side of the system casing, and sense objects within a predetermined distance of the system casing; and a main controller which controls the operations of the actuator lift, the collaborative robot, and the vacuum suction-type gripper to load goods onto the pallet.
US12017362B2
Robotic process automation (RPA) tasks for operating on data within a productivity program may be initiated by single user action from within the productivity program. A user device is provided with a plugin program that provides an automation user interface within the productivity program. A request to perform an automation task on data in a productivity file is received along with identification of a software robot to perform the automation task. The request also specifies data from the productivity file. The request is provided to a control room server that controls execution of a plurality of different automation tasks by a plurality of different software robots. Results of the automation task are received from the control room server and are provided to the plugin program, which provides the results of the automation task to the user within a productivity file accessible by the user.
US12017358B2
A robot system assisting a worker to allow the worker to perform a work more smoothly. The robot system includes a robot, a detection device configured to detect motion of a worker when the worker is performing a predetermined work, an end determination section configured to determine whether the work is ended or not on the basis of detection data from the detection device, and a robot controller configured to cause the robot to carry out an article-feed operation or an article-fetch operation when the end determination section determines that the work is ended, the article-feed operation transporting an article for the work to a predetermined position to feed the article to the worker, the article-fetch operation fetching the article used for the work and transporting the article to a predetermined storage location.
US12017356B2
A robotic grasp generation technique for part picking applications. Part and gripper geometry are provided as inputs, typically from CAD files. Gripper kinematics are also defined as an input. A set of candidate grasps is provided using any known preliminary grasp generation tool. A point model of the part and a model of the gripper contact surfaces with a clearance margin are used in an optimization computation applied to each of the candidate grasps, resulting in an adjusted grasp database. The adjusted grasps optimize grasp quality using a virtual gripper surface, which positions the actual gripper surface a small distance away from the part. A signed distance field calculation is then performed on each of the adjusted grasps, and those with any collision between the gripper and the part are discarded. The resulting grasp database includes high quality collision-free grasps for use in a robotic part pick-and-place operation.
US12017354B2
The present invention discloses a pneumatic-controlled pitch-adjustable telescopic mechanism used for a robotic arm, which belongs to the technical field of robotic arm pneumatic control movement, comprising a sliding block, a fixed block and a driving device, the fixed block is in a fixed position; the sliding block slides relative to the fixed block according to a predetermined movement track, which is used to adjust the distance between the sliding block and the fixed block; the driving device is used to provide power to drive; a sliding bar is disposed between the driving device and the sliding block, one end of the sliding bar is fixedly connected to the driving device, and the other end is slidingly connected to the sliding block, which is used to drive the sliding block to slide; the fixed block is provided with a fixed base and a guide mechanism, the fixed base is used to restrict the sliding bar from moving in a direction non-parallel to the predetermined movement track; the guide mechanism is used to guide the sliding block to slide along the predetermined movement track. The present invention provides a pneumatic-controlled telescopic mechanism that can adjust the length of a robotic arm joint and has a small and flexible joint; using a gas bag as a driving force, the present invention has high movement precision, and is environmentally friendly and pollution-free, and the length of the joint can be changed, increasing the flexibility of the robotic arm.
US12017353B2
An actuator particularly in order to be used in movements of joints of robot systems includes at least one drive element which provides movement and arranged as from the first side of at least one body towards the second side thereof, at least one gearbox which can arrange the movement, obtained from said drive element, at predetermined proportions, and at least one dampening element which can at least partially dampen the movement, which exists at said gearbox output, against the force being subjected to and which can transfer said movement to at least one drive cover.
US12017352B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to map coordinates in task space to a set of joint angles of an articulated robot. In at least one embodiment, a neural network is trained to map task-space coordinates to joint space coordinates of a robot by simulating a plurality of robots at various joint angles, and determining the position of their respective manipulators in task space.
US12017341B2
The robot apparatus includes a solder pot having a nozzle from which solder flows out, a flux ejection tool for ejecting flux, and a support tool for supporting the solder pot. The robot apparatus includes a table for supporting a workpiece, and a placement member on which the operation tools and the solder pot can be placed. The controller performs a flux application control for coupling the flux ejection tool to the robot and applying flux to the workpiece, a preheating control for coupling the support tool to the robot and arranging the solder pot below the workpiece so as to heat the workpiece, and a supply control for moving the nozzle of the solder pot closer to the workpiece and supplying the solder.
US12017338B2
A convertible sawhorse and work table assembly includes two sawhorse legs, a worktable and two pivoting support rods. The two support rods are pivotably attached to the work table near one end thereof and to one of the sawhorse legs at the other end thereof. When in the closed condition, the sawhorse legs are folded against each other, with the worktable folded along one of the legs and the two support rods folded against the other sawhorse leg. In a second condition, the sawhorse legs are pivoted away from each other with the worktable and support rods remaining folded against the legs. In a third condition, the table is pivoted upwardly away from the one sawhorse leg until it is disposed substantially horizontally above the sawhorse legs, and is then slid rearwardly relative thereto until the pivot support rods are fully extended away from the other sawhorse legs.
US12017336B2
Power tool (10) with high emissivity heat sinks (66). One embodiment provides a power tool (10) including a power source, a motor (46), and a power switching network (58) coupled between the power source and the motor (46). The power switching network (58) includes a plurality of switches (62). A heat sink (66) is in a heat-transfer relationship with the plurality of switches (62). The heat sink (66) includes a high emissivity material having an emissivity of greater than or equal to 0.1 and/or a high emissivity finish to increase the emissivity of the heat sink.
US12017335B2
A driver capable of suppressing an increase in a load of a bumper is provided. The driver includes a striking portion provided movably and configured to move to strike a fastener; a bumper configured to be in contact with the striking portion to restrict a range of movement of the striking portion; and a housing configured to support the bumper, the driver further including a load suppressing portion configured to suppress an increase in a load of the bumper based on the load of the bumper detected by a load detection portion or number of operations of the striking portion within a predetermined time.
US12017331B2
The present disclosure is directed to a tool for operating a nozzle holder. The nozzle holder is configured to couple a spray nozzle to a spray device, and includes an outer ring movable between a holding position and a release position. The nozzle holder is configured to securely hold the spray nozzle when the outer ring is in the holding position, and release the spray nozzle when the outer ring is in the release position. The tool includes an elongated body including a first end that defines an annular rim and a pocket that communicates with the annular rim. The annular rim is configured to selectively engage the outer ring to move the outer ring from the holding position to the release position. The elongated body also includes a second end that defines a recess configured to selectively receive and hold a portion of the spray nozzle.
US12017329B2
An abrasive tool includes a tool base having a supporting surface and a generally cylindrical abrasive surface layer disposed on the supporting surface. The abrasive surface removes material from a work-piece outer surface by contact therewith and by relative movement along a defined working path. The abrasive tool comprises a first axially extending circumferential portion featuring an abrasive coating selected to produce a final finish on the work piece, and a second trailing portion that tapers radially inwardly to accommodate post-grind radial expansion of the work piece.
US12017326B2
A surface treatment method for preventing adhesion of powder to a powder-contacting member having a surface on which contacted powder flows in the form of a particle layer. The method includes performing surface treatment on the surface such that an arithmetic average peak curvature Spc (1/mm) of the surface is 150 to 400, a peak density Spd (piece/mm2) of the surface is 10000 to 180000, a root mean square gradient Sdq of the surface is 0.05 to 0.30, and an arithmetic average height Sa (μm) of the surface is 0.02 to 3.00, and providing a space where an air layer can exist between the particle layer and the surface.
US12017324B2
A quick clamping device for a portable machine tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes at least one output shaft, at least one clamping unit, at least one operating unit, and at least one securing unit. The clamping unit, for the purpose of fixing an insert bit to the output shaft without using tools, includes at least one clamping element for applying a clamping force to the bit in a clamping position. The operating unit moves the clamping element into the clamping position and/or into a release position in which the insert bit can be removed from the clamping unit and/or the output shaft. The securing unit is designed to prevent movement of the clamping element from the clamping position into the release position at least under the action of a force decoupled from the operating unit and acting on the clamping element in the direction of the release position.
US12017322B2
A chemical mechanical polishing method includes holding a wafer in a carrier over a polishing pad, dispensing a first slurry comprising a plurality of first abrasive particles into the carrier, rotating at least one of the carrier and the polishing pad, halting the dispensing of the first slurry, and dispensing a second slurry into the carrier after halting the dispensing of the first slurry, wherein the second slurry comprises a plurality of second abrasive particles smaller than the first abrasive particles.
US12017317B2
A magnetic device for magnetically coupling to a ferromagnetic body, comprises a housing having a central bore. A plurality of pole sectors arranged within an envelope of the central bore and forming a workpiece contact interface of the magnetic device, each of the plurality of pole sectors comprising a plurality of spaced-apart pole portions arranged at respective distances, wherein a recess of a plurality of recesses separates each pole portion of the plurality of pole portions, wherein a first sector forms a first pole of the magnetic device and a second sector forms a second pole of the magnetic device. A first permanent magnet. A second permanent being moveable relative to the first permanent magnet. And, an actuator operatively coupled to the at least one second permanent magnet to move the at least one second permanent magnet relative to the at least one first permanent magnet.
US12017311B2
The present invention relates to an operation parameter regulation unit (50) for use with a bolting system having a plurality of networked electrically powered torque tools (10, 11) and/or drive portions of torque tools (10, 11) for simultaneous tightening of industrial threaded fasteners (40), the operation parameter regulation unit (50) including: a processing unit (53); an output unit (51) an input unit (52) an activation unit (55) for activating operation units and/or drive portions of torque tools (10, 11); and a control unit (54) for controlling operation parameters (41) of each of the plurality of networked electrically powered torque tools (10, 11) and/or drive portions of torque tools (10, 11) to maintain a difference between the operation parameters (41) within a predetermined value.
US12017310B2
Axial relative movement of an auxiliary member (30) and a hub body (22z) is performed, the hub body (22z) and an inner race (21) are combined with each other in an axial direction, and a part of the hub body (22z) deformed by a blade (33) of the auxiliary member (30) is disposed inside an engagement concave portion (26) of the inner race (21).
US12017307B2
Provided is a flux for resin-cored solder that is used in resin-cored solder that is supplied into a through hole formed along a central axis of a soldering iron. The flux includes 60% by mass to 99.9% by mass of a rosin ester to a total mass of the flux, 0.1% by mass to 15% by mass of a covalent halogen compound to the total mass of the flux, and more than 0% by mass to 10% by mass of rosin amine, N,N-diethyloctylamine, or rosin amine and N,N-diethyloctylamine to the total mass of the flux.
US12017301B2
An example additive manufacturing apparatus includes an energy source to melt material to form a component in an additive manufacturing process, a camera aligned with the energy source to obtain image data of the melted material during the additive manufacturing process, and a controller to control the energy source during the additive manufacturing process in response to processing of the image data. The controller adjusts control of the energy source based on a correction determined by: applying an artificial intelligence model to image data captured by a camera during an additive manufacturing process, the image data including an image of a melt pool of the additive manufacturing process; predicting an error in the additive manufacturing process using an output of the artificial intelligence model; and compensating for the error by generating a correction to adjust a configuration of the energy source during the additive manufacturing process.
US12017298B2
An irradiation device for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects may include a beam generation device configured to generate an energy beam, an optical modulator including a micromirror array disposed downstream from the beam generation device, and a focusing lens assembly disposed downstream from the optical modulator. The micromirror array may include a plurality of micromirror elements configured to reflect a corresponding plurality of beam segment of the energy beam along a beam path incident upon the focusing lens assembly. The focusing lens assembly may include one or more lenses configured to focus the plurality of beam segments such that for respective ones of a plurality of modulation groups including a subset of micromirror elements, a corresponding subset of beam segments are focused to at least partially overlap with one another at a combination zone corresponding to the respective modulation group.
US12017295B2
A torch having first and second housing portions may contain multiple adjustment features such as an adjustable length, an adjustable pivot angle of the second housing portion, and an adjustable rotational angle of the second housing portion. The second housing portion may be both slidably and rotationally coupled to the first housing portion. The second housing portion may be configured to slide along a longitudinal axis of the torch to adjust a length of the torch. The second housing portion may be further configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the torch to adjust the rotational orientation of the second housing portion with respect to the first housing portion. At least a section of the second housing portion may be configured to pivot about a transverse axis with respect to the first housing portion, the transverse axis being transverse to the longitudinal axis of the torch.
US12017289B2
A reciprocating saw includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The motor includes an output gear rotatable about a motor axis. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that engages the output gear and is rotated by the motor. The driven gear has a circumference and is vertically-oriented within the housing. The drive mechanism also includes an output shaft coupled to the driven gear and configured to reciprocate relative to the housing. The drive mechanism further includes a single counterweight fixed relative to the driven gear and rotating with the driven gear through a path and in a same direction. As the counterweight moves through a rearward half of the path, the counterweight generally moves in an upward direction, and as the counterweight moves through a forward half of the path, the counterweight generally moves in a downward direction.
US12017286B2
Disclosed is an automatic hole-processing method with self-adapting adjustment of processing parameters, including the following steps: performing tool feeding, detecting whether the rotate speed changes or not, if changes, judging the type of the processing material according to the new rotate speed after stabilization (if not, the tool feeding is continued); feeding the tool according to the processing parameters suitable for the material, detecting whether the rotate speed changes or not, if changes, judging whether the hole processing has been completed or not according to the new rotate speed after stabilization (if not, the tool feeding is continued), if completed, retracting the tool with the set parameters (if not, judging the type of the processing material according to the new rotate speed after stabilization, and repeating the above steps), completing the hole processing. During the hole processing in the present disclosure, there is no need to know the type of workpiece material of each processing hole in advance and to set processing parameters for each material respectively; there is no need for axial tool setting, processing parameters can be changed automatically after the tool contacts the workpiece; there is no need to know the total thickness of each processing hole material in advance and to set the feed stokes respectively, after cutting through the workpiece, the tool automatically identifies and begins to retract.
US12017280B2
A method for producing a green body for a machining segment, where the machining segment is connectable to a basic body of a machining tool by an underside of the machining segment, includes placing first hard material particles in a matrix material in a defined particle pattern. The first hard material particles are placed in the matrix material with a respective projection with respect to the matrix material.
US12017275B2
A method of forming a unitary sintered body can include cutting a first portion and a second portion from a sheet of feedstock. The feedstock can include ceramic or metallic particles suspended in a binder. The first portion can be positioned in contact with the second portion and the portions can be sintered together to form the unitary body.
US12017273B2
Submerged nozzle (1) through which molten steel can be poured from a tundish into a mould, said nozzle comprising: a substantially tubular body (2), extending from a first end (3) to a second end (4); a passageway (5), extending through the tubular body (2) along a longitudinal axis (A) from the first end (3) towards the second end (4); at least one inlet port (6), opening into the passageway (5) at said first end (3); a plurality of outlet ports (8), opening into the passageway (5) in a region (7) adjacent to the second end (4); and at least one rotatable insert (10); whereas the submerged nozzle (1) with the at least one rotatable insert (10) is configured that a molten metal entering the submerged nozzle (1) at the at least one inlet port (6) flows through the passageway (5) and around the rotatable insert (10) and exits the submerged entry nozzle (1) via the plurality of outlet ports (8), such that a rotation of the rotatable insert (10) is driven by the stream of molten metal.
US12017272B2
A three-dimensional (“3D”) printer. The 3D printer includes: a plurality of ejector conduits arranged in an array, each ejector conduit comprising a first end positioned to accept a print material, a second end comprising an ejector nozzle, and a passageway defined by an inner surface of the ejector conduit for allowing the print material to pass through the ejector conduit from the first end to the second end, the ejector nozzle comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one surface of the first electrode being exposed in the passageway and at least one surface of the second electrode being exposed in the passageway; a current pulse generating system in electrical contact with the ejector nozzle of each of the plurality of ejector conduits; a magnetic field source sufficiently proximate the second end of the ejector conduit so as to generate a flux region disposed within the ejector nozzle during operation of the 3D printer; and a positioning system for controlling the relative position of the array with respect to a print substrate in a manner that would allow the print substrate to receive print material jettable from the ejector nozzle of each of the plurality of ejector conduits during operation of the 3D printer.
US12017265B2
A technology for evaluating forming allowance for a bending crack at a sheared end face of the press-formed component from shape information of an actual component. The method includes applying press forming including bending deformation to a metal sheet being sheared to manufacture a press-formed component, evaluating forming allowance for a bending crack at a sheared end face being an end face subjected to the shearing. A crack index value for evaluating the bending crack at the sheared end face of the press-formed component is obtained from a bend outer side strain at or near the sheared end face acquired on a basis of a component shape of the press-formed component and a press die bend radius at a portion forming the sheared end face in a press die used in the press forming, and the forming allowance for the bending crack is evaluated by the obtained crack index value.
US12017264B2
Discussed is an aluminum foil for ultraviolet light reflecting materials, wherein a ratio of a total surface area of aluminum particles pressed into or adhering to a region having a predetermined surface area to the surface area of the region is less than or equal to 0.05%, the total surface area of crystallized products present in the region having a predetermined surface area is less than or equal to 2% with respect to the surface area of the region, an average surface area per crystallized product is less than or equal to 2 μm2, and arithmetic surface roughness Ra of the region is less than 20 nm.
US12017261B2
A processing apparatus includes: a processing container; a temperature sensor that detects a temperature therein; a gas supply unit that supplies a cleaning gas into the processing container; a pressure regulation unit that regulates a pressure in the processing container; and a control unit that controls the gas supply unit and the pressure regulation unit to perform a cleaning processing of removing a deposited film in the processing container. The control unit stores a vapor pressure curve in which the temperature in the processing container is associated with a vapor pressure of water in the processing container. In the cleaning processing, the control unit sets a target pressure below the vapor pressure curve based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the vapor pressure curve, and controls the pressure regulation unit such that the pressure in the processing container becomes the target pressure.
US12017256B2
A solar panel cleaning system includes: an automated cleaning device for cleaning a surface of a reference cell panel; a cleaning device controller in communication with a motor of the automated cleaning device, the cleaning device controller configured to receive a signal corresponding to measurement of a current of photovoltaic system. The cleaning device controller activates the automated cleaning device to clean a surface of the reference cell panel when the received signal indicates that a measurement of the current of the photovoltaic system is to be taken.
US12017253B2
A device for using a powder or granular product for absorbing fluids spilled on the floor or ground includes a container provided with a storage tank for storing the absorbent product, a tank for receiving the soiled absorbent product, and a sifting receptacle. The sifting receptacle includes, at the bottom, a strainer which is arranged above an opening in the storage tank and can be emptied into the receiving tank.
US12017250B2
A vibration presentation apparatus (100) including: a connection plate (120); and a plurality of cells (110) spaced apart from each other on the connection plate (120), in which the cells (110) each include: a vibration device (112); a first elastic body (113); a vibration presentation plate (111) on which the vibration device (112) and the first elastic body (113) are disposed; and a support member (114) that is interposed between the first elastic body (113) and the connection plate (120), and supports the vibration presentation plate (111) through the first elastic body (113).
US12017243B2
A liquid droplet production apparatus comprising a perforate membrane and an actuator. The actuator is configured to vibrate the perforate membrane such that a liquid in contact with the perforate membrane during use is caused to pass through at least one aperture of the perforate membrane and to be ejected as liquid droplets from the perforate membrane. The perforate membrane includes one or more stiffening structures for increasing the stiffness of the perforate membrane, the one or more stiffening structures each being defined by a local transverse deformation of the perforate membrane. A removable cartridge, a perforate membrane, an actuator assembly for use in such a liquid droplet delivery apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a perforate membrane for such a liquid droplet apparatus.
US12017239B2
A fluid application system includes a manifold defining an internal passageway for fluid flow therethrough and a plurality of nozzle assemblies connected in fluid communication with the internal passageway. Each nozzle assembly of the plurality of nozzle assemblies includes a body defining a fluid passage, an inlet connected to the manifold for receiving fluid flow into the fluid passage, and a spray outlet for discharging fluid from the fluid passage. Each nozzle assembly also includes an electrically actuated valve fluidly connected between the inlet and the spray outlet and configured to control fluid flow through the fluid passage. Each nozzle assembly further includes a pressure dampener connected in fluid communication with the fluid passage upstream of the electrically actuated valve. The pressure dampener is configured to dampen fluctuations in fluid pressure within the fluid passage.
US12017231B2
A roller mill for comminution of bulk material may include a first grinding roller and a second grinding roller that are arranged opposite one another and are configured to be driven in opposite directions. The grinding rollers may be positioned with a grinding gap therebetween. A fixed bearing unit may be configured to hold the second grinding roller, and a floating bearing unit may be configured to hold the first grinding roller. Attached to the floating bearing unit are hydraulic actuators for applying a force to the floating bearing unit. The hydraulic actuators are hydraulically connected to a synchronization device. The synchronization device has a plurality of hydraulic cylinders, each having a piston. The pistons may be connected to one another via a mechanical coupling such that movements of the pistons are coupled.
US12017226B2
A sample collection system can include a sample collection vessel having a sample collection chamber with an opening configured to receive a sample into the sample collection chamber. The sample collection system can additionally include a selectively movable sleeve valve configured to associate with the opening of the sample collection chamber. The sample collection system can include a sealing cap that is configured to associate with the selectively movable sleeve valve and with the sample collection vessel. The sealing cap can include a reagent chamber having reagent(s) stored therein, and when the sealing cap is associated with the sample collection vessel, the selectively movable sleeve valve opens, dispensing the reagent(s) into the sample collection chamber. When the selectively moveable sleeve associates with the sample collection chamber, an outer sleeve slides relative to an inner vessel, opening the sleeve and dispensing reagent into the sample collection chamber.
US12017215B2
Disclosed is a modular bio-processing unit (100) comprising: a housing (110) having one or more internal fluid paths (101), the housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet (5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,60,65,70), each in fluid communication with the fluid path or one or more of the fluid paths; one or more sensor elements (120,150,170,190) operatively associated with the or each path, said sensor(s) elements including elements of one or more of: a flow sensor, a flow rate sensor, a conductivity sensor, a pressure sensor, a pH sensor, and a light absorbance sensor such as a UV spectroscopic concentration sensor; one or more fluid flow inducing components (140) operatively associated with the or each fluid path; and plural valves (180) for preventing or reducing flow in the or each path, the housing, inlet(s), outlet(s), flow inducing component(s) and valve(s) being arranged to operate together as a bio-processing unit within or substantially within the housing.
US12017209B2
Provided are a sparger including: a disc-shaped body; and a first hole and a second hole having different sizes from each other provided in the body, wherein a diameter of the second hole is smaller than a diameter of the first hole, and a reactor comprising the sparger.
US12017204B2
The invention relates to a superior core-in-shell adsorbent comprising adsorbent, and an inert core, wherein said core possesses a porosity less than 10%, and has a volumetric thermal capacity greater than 1 J/K*cc. The adsorbents of the invention possess good physical strength, and allow a longer cycle time, thereby reducing the blowdown (vent) losses compared to known adsorbents. The invention relates to an adsorber design for a vacuum/pressure swing adsorption (VSA, VPSA, PSA) process designed to obtain oxygen product from air utilizing the adsorbents of the invention.
US12017203B2
A method of removing a degraded component from a hydrocarbon fluid includes: receiving the hydrocarbon fluid from a fluid source; directing the hydrocarbon fluid to a first porous medium capable of adsorbing the degraded component to produce a purified fluid that has a reduced amount of degraded component as compared to the hydrocarbon fluid; removing the purified fluid from the first porous medium; and regenerating the first porous medium with a regenerant. The porous medium can include a crosslinked polystyrene having at least one of a BET pore volume of greater than or equal to 0.6 mL/g or a surface area of 500 to 900 m2/g, or 500 to 850 m2/g as determined in accordance with to ISO 9277:2010.
US12017200B2
The invention relates to a method for removing polyfluorinated organic compounds from water by means of an adsorbent and to the regeneration of the latter. According to the invention, at least one zeolite is used as an adsorbent, which is brought into contact with the water and is then regenerated by wet-chemical oxidation, wherein the oxidation is carried out by means of UV irradiation and/or at a pH in the range from pH 2.5-7.5.
US12017190B2
Composite hollow fiber gas separation membranes with improved permeance and separation layer adhesion are manufactured by providing dipping a hollow fiber membrane substrate in a pre-coat layer coating composition followed by drying to thereby provide a pre-coated substrate and dipping the pre-coated substrate in a separation layer coating composition followed by drying to thereby provide the composite hollow fiber gas separation membranes. The pre-coating composition includes a first polymer dissolved in a first solvent and the separation layer composition includes a second polymer dissolved in a second solvent. The first and second polymers are the same or different, each of the first and second polymers is at least 1 wt % soluble in a same third solvent, the first and second solvents are the same or different, the first and third solvents are the same or different, and the second and third solvent are the same or different.
US12017189B2
Water-filtration compositions, membranes, devices, and manufacturing processes including graphene oxide with hydrophilic functional groups. Disclosed are a composition comprising graphene oxide with an average particle diameter of no more than about 1 μm and has an oxygen atomic percentage of at least about 30%, a membrane comprising the composition, a water-permeable device comprising the membrane, a method of making the membrane using the composition, and several methods of generating the composition.
US12017187B2
A method for in situ production of antimicrobial filtration membranes that uses self-assembly of surfactants such as block copolymers as a template. The mesophase structure (for example hexagonal or lamellar) can be determined, and membrane pore size can be controlled in the nanometer range, by changing the block copolymer and the amounts of the components such as the block copolymer, aqueous solution, monomer, crosslinker, and initiator. The monomer phase cures in the template and there is no need for organic solvents and coagulation bath or other post-modification. As-synthesized membranes were found to have pore sizes with a narrow size distribution in the range of 3-4 nm with a molecular weight cutoff of 1500 g/mol and displayed both excellent fouling resistance and high permeance of water, vastly outperforming a conventional NIPS UF membrane. The monomer can comprise a quaternary ammonium group so that the membrane is antibacterial. The block copolymer can comprise hydrophilic blocks which form the surfaces of the membrane pores, rendering them hydrophilic.
US12017186B2
Embodiments include methods of fabricating a zeolite-like metal-organic framework with an ana-topology (ana-ZMOF) thin film membrane, the methods comprising: (1) modifying a substrate with ana-ZMOF crystal precursors in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone; and (2) intergrowing the ana-ZMOF crystal precursors in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone to form a continuous defect-free thin film of an ana-ZMOF intergrown on the substrate. Embodiments further include methods of separating chemical species comprising contacting an ana-ZMOF thin film membrane with a fluid composition containing one or more chemical species and separating at least one of the chemical species.
US12017180B2
Methods and systems for recovering sulfur dioxide from a Claus unit process emissions stream are provided. The method comprises the steps of generating a process emissions stream from a thermal oxidizer or other combustion device, introducing the emissions stream to an SO2 removal system, introducing the SO2 rich stream from the SO2 removal system to a CO2 removal system, and introducing an enriched SO2 stream back to the Claus unit. The SO2 removal system can include one or more SO2 selective membranes. The CO2 removal system can include one or more CO2 selective membranes.
US12017178B2
An absorption solvent regeneration device includes: a regenerator for regenerating an absorption solvent by separating CO2 from the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2; a main rich solvent line for supplying the absorption solvent which has absorbed CO2 to the regenerator; a regeneration reboiler for heating an absorption solvent extracted from the regenerator; a reboiler line configured to extract the absorption solvent stored in the regenerator and return the absorption solvent to the regenerator via the regeneration reboiler; a branch rich solvent line branching from the main rich solvent line and connected to a portion of the reboiler line downstream of the regeneration reboiler; and a heating part for heating the absorption solvent flowing through the branch rich solvent line, the heating part being disposed on the branch rich solvent line.
US12017174B2
The invention relates to a filter element for mounting in an air cleaner housing of a vehicle. The filter element comprises a circumferential filtering wall through which air is allowed to enter. The filter element also comprises a first end and an open second end for fluidly connecting the filter element to a turbo. The open second end is located opposite the first end. The circumferential filtering wall extends from the first end towards the open second end. The filter element further comprises a resonator. The entire resonator is encircled by the circumferential filtering wall such that air entering through the circumferential filtering wall passes on the outside of the resonator to and through the open second end.
US12017166B2
The present invention relates to an insertion device for inserting at least one section of packing for a gas/liquid separation column into a cylindrical casing, characterized in that a deployment module comprises a main member centred about a main axis of the insertion device, and a plurality of peripheral members arranged circumferentially and uniformly around the main axis, each of the peripheral members comprising an attachment means configured to grasp hold of a packing section, the deployment module comprising a plurality of branches arranged as pairs of branches connecting the main member to one of the peripheral members, the deployment module being able to modify the dimension of the insertion device by modifying a radial distance between the main member and each of the peripheral members.
US12017158B2
Provided are degasification devices and methods of degasifying a liquid. Methods of degasifying a liquid can include filling a liquid chamber with a liquid; increasing an internal volume of the liquid chamber to generate a vacuum within the liquid chamber; applying one or more pressure waves to the liquid in the liquid chamber to accelerate the formation of a plurality of gas bubbles which rise to the surface of the liquid and release gas within the plurality of gas bubbles into a space above the liquid in the liquid chamber; and decreasing the internal volume of the liquid chamber to force the gas through a vapor outlet of the liquid chamber, wherein a degassed liquid remains in the liquid chamber.
US12017154B2
Disclosed is a method for the determination of impurities in polyalkylene ethers and polyalkylene amines comprising the steps i) introducing polyalkylene ethers or polyalkylene amines as an analyte into a chromatography column containing monolithic silica gel as a stationary phase, ii) eluting the analyte with a liquid elution agent having such a polarity that the analyte is in adsorptive equilibrium with the stationary phase during chromatography, iii) detecting the components of the analyte at the exit-side end of the chromatography column, receiving a chromatogram, which shows different components of the analyte and its qualitative amount depending on the elution time of the individual components, and iv) identifying bands in the chromatogram having a low height or area compared to the band with the largest height or area as an indication of the presence of impurities in the analyte. The method allows in an easy manner to identify impurities in the sample. The method can be used for quality control but also for the preparative cleaning of the sample.
US12017149B2
Sets of magnet assemblies coupled to the undercarriage of an amusement kart are provided. Each of the magnet assemblies can include: a suspension component coupled to the undercarriage; magnetic material coupled to the suspension component; and a rotating component coupled to the suspension component. Other sets of magnet assemblies can include a skid component coupled to the suspension component. Amusement park attractions are provided that can include: an amusement kart having one or more magnet assemblies coupled to an undercarriage of the amusement kart; and a track comprising iron plating sufficient to magnetically engage the one or more magnet assemblies. Amusement karts are also provided that can include: a frame supported by front and rear wheels; and complimentary side rails extending along both sides of the frame and between the front and rear wheels.
US12017147B2
A video game may include a virtual representation of a game player created object. The game player created object may be imaged by an imaging device of a smartphone, with the smartphone determining a virtual representation for use in the video game based on information of the image. In some embodiments the game player may control the virtual representation during game play. In some embodiments the game player created object may be an origami object.
US12017143B2
A method and device for selecting a game object and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: in response to an object selection operation acting on a first display area on a graphical user interface, selecting multiple game objects in a game scene; and displaying an object selection control in a second display area of the graphical user interface. Multiple game objects are selected by an object selection operation. A first game object indicator and/or a second game object indicator is further displayed in an object selection control, and respectively corresponds to different game objects or types of game objects.
US12017136B2
A bowling enhancement system is for a bowling lane, and may include a mobile device, an image sensor arranged over the bowling lane and configured to generate image data of the bowling lane, projectors arranged over the bowling lane and configured to generate a set of projected images onto the bowling lane, and a server. The server may be configured to cause a given projector to project a pairing token onto the bowling lane, when receiving the pairing token from the mobile device, establish a communication link with the mobile device to receive a given game characteristic from the mobile wireless communications device, determine a tracking path of a bowling ball traveling on the bowling lane based upon the image data, and selectively change the set of projected images based upon the tracking path of the bowling ball and the given game characteristic.
US12017109B2
A mounting apparatus for exercise equipment includes a first elongate support member having a first end, a second end, and a connector positioned along a first portion of the first elongate support member and arranged to detachably connect to a portion of the exercise equipment. The mounting apparatus further includes a second elongate support member having a first end and a second end meeting the first end of the first elongate support member at a first vertex. The mounting apparatus further includes a third elongate support member having a first end and a second end meeting the first end of the first elongate support member at a second vertex.
US12017107B2
An exercise machine includes a shaft configured to rotate about an axis; a spool configured to receive a strap and drive rotation of the shaft about the axis in response to movement of the strap; a flywheel configured to rotate about the axis; one or more conductive coils arranged to generate magnetic fields that induce eddy currents in the flywheel; a clutch configured to engage and disengage transmission of torque between the spool and the flywheel; and a spring arranged around the axis, the spring configured to exert a return torque on the spool about the axis in response to rotation of the shaft.
US12017103B2
A sprinkler adapter includes a first pipe receiver, a second pipe receiver, a channel, a first sprinkler port, and a second sprinkler port. The first pipe receiver couples with a first pipe. The second pipe receiver couples with a second pipe. The channel extends between the first pipe receiver and the second pipe receiver along a pipe axis. The first sprinkler port is fluidly coupled with the channel, couples with a first sprinkler, and defines a first port axis spaced from the pipe axis. The second sprinkler port is fluidly coupled with the channel, couples with a second sprinkler, and defines a second port axis spaced from the first port axis and the pipe axis.
US12017102B2
A nozzle for dispensing a fluid having a barrel having a proximal end and a distal end, the barrel having a passage defined by a first internal surface extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and an orifice defined by a second internal surface at the distal end of the barrel, a stem located at least partially in the barrel, the barrel is movable in relation to the stem to switch between a low pressure mode and a high pressure mode, a shaper located around an outer surface of the distal end of the barrel, the shaper being movable in relation to the barrel to switch between a low pressure fog mode and a low pressure stream mode. The nozzle is configured to dispense the fluid in a straight stream or fog in both the low pressure mode and the ultra-high pressure mode. The orifice is also configured to provide flushing capability for the ultra-high pressure mode while operating in the low pressure mode.
US12017099B2
A modular respirator comprising a mask assembly, an elongated filter unit, an elongated control unit, and a blower assembly. The blower assembly is located around the back of a neck of the user and housed in an air pipe, wherein the air pipe comprises an air inlet with a first female threaded connector at one end, an air outlet with a second female threaded connector at an opposite end. The elongated filter unit is located on one side of the neck of the user, wherein air flows into the elongated filter unit, and then flows opposite to the direction of the mask assembly into the inlet of the air pipe of the blower assembly, then flows into the control unit before flowing into the inlet of the mask assembly.
US12017094B2
Embodiments relate generally to respirator face masks, and specifically to powered face masks which may be custom-controllable to better provide for the specific air needs of the individual user wearing the mask. For example, the face mask embodiments typically include a filter and a motorized fan, both generally located on the face mask itself, along with a processor. The processor then may use inputs, for example specific to the user and/or the environment, to control the fan speed. Thus, the fan speed of the face mask may be custom controlled to provide the appropriate amount of filtered air as the specific user needs it.
US12017077B2
An external control device for indicating whether a stimulation parameter set for use in a neurostimulator is available on a remote control in communication with the external control device is provided. The device includes a user interface configured for displaying the stimulation parameter set and an indicator that indicates whether the stimulation parameter set is available to the patient from the remote control. The device also includes control circuitry configured for, in response to input from the user (e.g., actuating the indicator), selectively turning the indicator on or off. The indicator may be an icon, and the icon may be a graphical depiction of a remote control. The user interface may be further configured for receiving additional input from the user, and the control circuitry may be further configured for, in response to the additional input from the user, programming the remote control with the stimulation parameter set.
US12017076B2
A blood pump system includes a catheter, a pump housing disposed distal of a distal end of the catheter, a rotor positioned at least partially in the pump housing, a controller, and an electrode coupled a distal region of the blood pump. The electrode can be used to sense electrocardiogram (EKG) signals and transmit the signals to a controller of the blood pump. The operation of the blood pump can be adjusted based on the EKG signal and on cardiac parameters derived from the EKG signal. Further, the controller can determine a need for defibrillation or pacing of the patient's heart based on the signal and can administer treatment with electrical shocks to the heart via the electrode coupled to the blood pump. The use of an electrode with a blood pump already in place in the heart allows for more efficient and safer treatment of serious cardiac conditions.
US12017072B2
A gait management apparatus applies stimulation to a user suffering from a neurological disease (such as Parkinson's Disease) gait dysfunction. Motion sensors are arranged to be worn by a patient, and electrical stimulation electrodes are on the legs for stimulation. A controller receives motion sensing signals, and processes these signals to generate stimulation signals for operation of the electrodes to stimulate limb movement upon detection of a gait abnormality. There may be a user actuator for user actuation of electrical stimulation, and the inputs may be a series of taps. The controller may provide signals to prevent occurrence of freezing of gait when it senses that a patient is walking or has an intention to walk. Also, it may apply stimulation at an intensity level which is insufficient for functional muscle stimulation but sufficiently high to trigger activation of efferent nerves.
US12017052B2
A pain-reducing injection apparatus to enhance the safety, efficacy, and efficiency of injection procedures which utilize topical pain-reducing measures. Apparatuses and methods of use provide pain reduction through thermal cooling of an injection region or vibrating the region or both, and optionally include safety shielding and lockout features.
US12017042B2
A flow restrictor includes a flexible tube held in a housing and a linear actuator connected through an intermediate link to a distal link via a first revolute joint proximate the linear actuator and a second revolute joint connecting the intermediate and distal links. The distal link has a distal end adjacent the flexible tube and the intermediate and distal links are constrained to move such that when the linear actuator moves the first revolute joint toward the linear actuator, the distal end of the distal link is driven into the side of the tube thereby progressively occluding the flexible tube.
US12017041B2
A first open/close valve (12a), a drip chamber (14), and a variable valve (17) are provided in this order on a first flow path (10a) from a first connector (11a) side toward a downstream connector (19) side. A second flow path (10b), on which a second open/close valve (12b) is provided, is connected to a section of the first flow path between the first open/close valve and the drip chamber. A priming method includes a first step of causing the first liquid to flow from a first container (20a) into the first flow path and priming the first flow path using the first liquid, and a second step of causing the second liquid to flow from a second container (20b) into the second flow path and priming the second flow path using the second liquid. In the second step, the second liquid moves air that has been present in the second flow path toward the first container (20a).
US12017038B2
Described is a large volume parenteral (LVP) infusion device system including a cassette and a pump. The system can include means for sensing pressure in a pump having a symmetric or matched, parallel dual chamber pumping mechanism and an attached cassette. The system can include a cassette having dual pumping chambers and a distal fitment, the distal fitment having an outlet port configured for attachment to tubing for infusion administration and being disposed on a distal end of the cassette, the distal fitment further including opposing cutouts. The system can also an air in line sensor, the AIL sensor configured to bracket the distal fitment at the position of the cutout when the cassette is loaded on the pump. The cassette can be mechanically coupled to the pump. The cassette can include a user actionable flow stop. The system can be configured for cassette misload protection.
US12017022B2
Devices, systems for localized delivery of a chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or targeted drug/biologic therapy to a target tissue area of an internal body organ of a patient. A catheter 10 forms a sealed treatment chamber in a natural lumen extending through the target tissue area. Air is purged from the chamber, which is then filled with a liquid drug solution for an adequate treatment session time, solution volume and drug concentration to saturate the target tissue area, thereby providing the treatment. The liquid drug solution may be circulated or recirculated through the chamber or maintained stationary therewithin. The drug may saturate the target tissue area and pass therethrough into the lymphatic system or interstitial space, which may serve as a reservoir of the drug for continued therapeutic treatment after withdrawal of the catheter. The chamber is evacuated at the end of the treatment session.
US12017021B2
A non-shortening catheter balloon having a longitudinal axis and an inflatable balloon able to be affixed to a catheter shaft is provided. The balloon has an uninflated length which remains relatively unchanged upon inflation and is formed of least two helically oriented wrapped passes of balloon materials at a balanced force angle. Methods of making this balloon are also provided.
US12017020B2
A catheter placement tool for placing a catheter within a vasculature of a patient includes a housing, a guidewire advancement assembly, a needle, and a catheter assembly. The housing can include a hermetically sealed guide portion and one or more translucent sides to enable blood entering an interior of the housing to be viewed. The guidewire advancement assembly is disposed in the housing and can include a guidewire, and a flexible track coupled to the guidewire. The flexible track can be positioned along the hermetically sealed guide portion, and be accessible via an opening in a distal portion of the housing. The needle can be fixed in the housing, and can include a proximal opening in fluid communication with the interior of the housing. The catheter assembly is positioned over the needle with the catheter hub disposed outside of the housing prior to insertion of the catheter.
US12017019B2
A full-surround contact antimicrobial dressing is disclosed. The dressing includes a transparent body that covers a skin insertion site through which a catheter assembly passes for disposal within the body of a patient. The transparency of the dressing body enables inspection of the skin insertion site. In one embodiment, therefore, an antimicrobial full-surround contact dressing for use with a medical device inserted into a skin surface of a patient via a skin insertion site is disclosed and comprises a transparent flat body, an antimicrobial adhesive substance disposed on a bottom surface of the body, and a slit defined in the body. The slit is configured to enable the body to be placed fully around a perimeter of the medical device on the skin surface at the skin insertion site such that the bottom surface of the body fully surrounds and contacts the skin insertion site.
US12017017B2
A catheter insertion device that allows for single-handed insertion of the catheter within the vasculature of the patient is disclosed. The catheter insertion device includes a handle, a needle cannula partially within the handle, a guidewire partially within the handle and the needle cannula, and a first actuator connected to the handle and the guidewire. The guidewire is movable relative to the handle in a distal direction away from the handle, and in a proximal direction towards the handle. A catheter assembly is removably coupled to the handle and is configured to slide on the needle cannula. A catheter hub may be connected to a proximal end of the catheter, and a catheter advancer base may be releasably connected to the catheter hub. The catheter insertion device may also include a needle support pivotally connected to the handle for supporting the needle cannula on a cantilever portion thereof.
US12017008B2
A pressure safety device is used with a bag valve mask (BVM) for preventing over-pressurization. The BVM includes a bag assembly having a bag connector for detachably mating to a mask connector on a patient mask. The pressure safety device has a housing with a bag port, a mask fitting, and a flow path from the bag port to the mask fitting. The bag port detachably connects to the bag connector on the BVM, and the mask fitting detachably connects to the mask connector on the BVM. The pressure safety device includes an automatic flow reduction valve located on the flow path in the housing and impedes flow when pressure on a bag connector side of the valve exceeds a maximum threshold value.
US12017007B2
A vent system for use during respiratory therapy with a flow of pressurized gas may provide a continuous vent flow of gas. The vent system may include a vent housing having an outer wall; an inner wall, the inner wall defining an inlet for the flow of gas; and a base positioned between the outer wall and the inner wall, the base having at least one first orifice and at least one second orifice. The vent system may include a membrane, the membrane being shaped and dimensioned such that the membrane does not cover the at least one first orifice to allow the vent flow through the at least one first orifice, and the membrane being shaped and dimensioned such that in a first position the membrane is positioned over the at least one second orifice to allow the vent flow through the at least one second orifice.
US12017002B2
A patient circuit of a ventilation system, such as a non-invasive open ventilation system, wherein the patient circuit comprises a nasal pillows style patient interface that incorporates at least one “Venturi effect” jet pump proximal to the patient. The patient circuit further comprises a pair of uniquely configured 3-way connectors which, in cooperation with several uniquely configured tri-lumen tubing segments, facilitate the cooperative engagement of the patient interface to a ventilator of the ventilation system.
US12016991B2
A system comprises a negative-pressure source including a pump and an electric motor for maintaining negative-pressure at the wound and a pressure sensor for sensing a wound site pressure (WP). The system further comprises a system controller coupled to the first pressure sensor and the electric motor. The system controller maintains the wound site pressure (WP) within a hysteresis band by the application of power to the electric motor from a battery power source, based upon, at least in part a flow rate (FR) of fluid between the pump and the wound site as determined by the system controller. The hysteresis band including a maximum wound site pressure (WPMax) and a minimum wound site pressure (WPMin).
US12016990B2
A surgical drain system for use during and following surgery is provided. A collection reservoir is placed in fluid communication with the body of a user through a collection port. A pump creates a vacuum pressure to urge fluid into the collection reservoir. Fluid exits the collection reservoir through a drain port. A drain mechanism allows air to come into the collection reservoir through an air intake aperture and collected fluid to leave the reservoir simultaneously. The drain system can be worn beneath clothes.
US12016985B2
A wearable breastmilk collection device includes a storage compartment with a flange and a cup, a breast accepting flange separated from the storage compartment by a one-way valve, a vacuum source attachment, and a reservoir in communication with the vacuum source attachment. A method of expressing and collecting breastmilk from a breast may involve using the wearable breastmilk collection device described above to express breastmilk from the breast, while the device is positioned in the woman's brassiere.
US12016978B2
According to the invention there is provided inter alia a process for the manufacture of a solid object having a surface comprising a layered coating of cationic and anionic polymer wherein the outer coating layer comprises an anticoagulant entity, comprising the steps of: i) treating a surface of the solid object with a cationic polymer; ii) treating the surface with an anionic polymer; iii) optionally repeating steps i) and ii) one or more times; iv) treating the surface with a cationic polymer; and v) treating the outermost layer of cationic polymer with an anticoagulant entity, thereby to covalently attach the anticoagulant entity to the outermost layer of cationic polymer; wherein, the anionic polymer is characterized by having (a) a total molecular weight of 650 kDa-10,000 kDa; and (b) a solution charge density of >4 μeq/g; and wherein, step ii) is carried out at a salt concentration of 0.25 M-5.0 M.
US12016977B2
The disclosure relates to a method of making a bioceramic coating on a fibrous article for use in a medical implant, comprising steps of providing an article comprising fibers made from a biocompatible, non-biodegradable polymer; coating at least the fibers that will be in contact with bone upon use as an implant with a solution of a coating polymer to result in coated fibers having a coating polymer layer; treating the coated fibers with a dispersion of bioactive ceramic particles 0.01-10 μm in a treating solvent comprising a solvent for the coating polymer in at least one step; and substantially removing the treating solvent; to result in the particles being partly embedded in the coating polymer layer of the coated fibers.
US12016973B2
Methods, systems, and devices for enhancing cancer immunotherapy featuring co-transplantation of encapsulated xenogeneic cells with separately encapsulated autologous or allogeneic cells, e.g., autologous or allogeneic tumor cells. For example, both a first cellular transplantation device housing a patient's own tumor cells and a second cellular transplantation device housing xenogeneic cells may be implanted into a patient. The presence of the xenogeneic cells elicits an enhanced immune response, e.g., the xenogeneic cells will draw in a large number of immune cells. Shed tumor antigens from the first cellular transplantation may then be taken up by the immune cells that were drawn to the xenogeneic cells. This will generate an anti-tumor immune response that is amplified relative to a response elicited by the encapsulated tumor cells alone.
US12016969B2
Described herein are injectable in vivo crosslinking materials for use as soft tissue filler comprising (a) a reactive multi-arm polymer that comprises a plurality of hydrophilic polymeric arms, at least a portion of the hydrophilic polymeric arms comprising one or more reactive end groups and (b) a multifunctional compound that comprises functional groups that are reactive with the reactive end groups of the reactive multi-arm polymer. Also described herein are systems and methods that are based on such materials.
US12016956B2
The present invention relates to a lyophilizate comprising at least one globin, one globin protomer or one extracellular hemoglobin of annelids, and a stabilizer chosen from disaccharides, polyols and antioxidants. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising: a solution comprising at least one globin, one globin protomer or one extracellular hemoglobin of annelids, and a stabilizer chosen from disaccharides, polyols and antioxidants. Finally, the present invention relates to a process for preparing the lyophilizate.
US12016954B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for effective delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA) to the central system (CNS). In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for administering intrathecally to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome, such that the administering of the composition results in the intracellular delivery of mRNA in neurons in the brain and/or spinal cord. The present invention is particularly useful for the treatment of CNS diseases, disorders or conditions, such as spinal muscular atrophy.
US12016941B2
The invention discloses a treatment composition to treat nasal or oral dryness and allergy symptoms, and a method for using the same. Certain compositions include xylitol, at least two wetting agents, an aqueous carrier, and other active ingredients, such as a potassium salt, a sodium salt, and a preservative. The composition may be configured as a nasal or oral spray, and oral rinse, or a nasal gel.
US12016931B2
The present invention provides nanoparticles comprising: (a) an amphiphilic polymer with a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 20,000 g/mol or less; and (b) a peptide that is covalently linked to the polymer, wherein the peptide comprises 8 to 50 amino acids, including an N-terminal linker sequence comprising at least one Arg amino acid residue and a sequence comprising an MHC binding sequence comprising a T cell receptor epitope. The present invention further comprises compositions comprising respective nanoparticles and a liquid or lyophilized carrier as well as nanoparticles and compositions of the invention for use in inducing tolerance to a therapeutic compound (protein, viral vector, lipid vesicle), an allergen or to an autoantigen or for treating an allergy, an autoimmune disease, an exogenous antigen (transplantation antigens, drugs) or a food intolerance.
US12016929B2
The present invention provides novel, serum-stable lipid particles comprising one or more active agents or therapeutic agents, methods of making the lipid particles, and methods of delivering and/or administering the lipid particles. More particularly, the present invention provides serum-stable nucleic acid-lipid particles (SNALP) comprising a nucleic acid (e.g., one or more interfering RNA molecules), methods of making the SNALP, and methods of delivering and/or administering the SNALP (e.g., for the treatment of cancer). In particular embodiments, the present invention provides tumor-directed lipid particles that preferentially target solid tumors. The tumor-directed formulations of the present invention are capable of preferentially delivering a payload such as a nucleic acid to cells of solid tumors compared to non-cancerous cells.
US12016926B2
Terpolymer, wherein 20 to 35% by weight of the structural units are derived from acrylic acid, 45 to 60% by weight of the structural units from a hydrophobic methacrylate selected from a group consisting of isopropyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate and cyclohexyl methacrylate and 15 to 40% by weight of the structural units from a third olefinic monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinyl lactam, hydroxy ethyl methacrylate and phenoxyethyl acrylate with the proviso that the total amount of structural units derived from the three monomer groups adds up to 100% by weight, and the use of the terpolymers as crystallization inhibitors in pharmaceutical dosage forms for inhibiting the recrystallization in an aqueous environment of a human or animal body of an active ingredient.
US12016925B2
A carbohydrate composition includes fucose, glucuronic acid, galactose, and arabinose. Based on the total weight of the carbohydrate composition, the content of fucose is 45.5% to 76% by weight; the content of glucuronic acid is 11% to 19% by weight; the content of galactose is 4.5% to 14.5% by weight, and the content of arabinose is 5.5% to 18% by weight. A pharmaceutical ingredient including the above-mentioned carbohydrate composition is provided.
US12016923B2
Claudin 18.2 T cell antigen couplers (TACs) polypeptides having (i) an antigen-binding domain that binds Claudin 18.2, (ii) an antigen-binding domain that binds a protein associated with a TCR complex, and (iii) a T cell receptor signaling domain polypeptide are provided. Nucleic acids encoding the claudin 18/2 TACs are also provided.
US12016922B2
The present invention provides an aqueous solution comprising an antibody protein at a concentration of at least about 10 mg/mL and an oligomer of ethyleneimine, wherein the number of repeating units of ethyleneimine (n) in the oligomer is in the range of n=2-12.
US12016915B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for making and using anti DC-ASGPR antibodies that can, e.g., activate DCs and other cells.
US12016909B2
The invention is directed to T cell epitopes wherein said epitopes comprises a peptide or polypeptide chain comprising at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant or variable region. The invention also relates to methods of using and methods of making the epitopes of the invention.
US12016895B2
A method of treating telangiectasia in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method includes topically applying to skin of said subject in need of treatment of telangiectasia a composition comprising effective amounts of an extract of Centella asiatica leaf and an extract of Vitis vinifera seed to disrupt endothelial tubes in skin.
US12016893B2
The present disclosure provides for recombinant oncolytic viruses with gene deletions or insertions which result in downregulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex class I and alternatively or additively upregulation of Major Histocompatibility Complex class II. Immunologic and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these recombinant viruses and methods of using these compositions are also presented.
US12016890B2
The present invention relates to: a novel Lactobacillus intestinalis YT2 strain (deposition number: KCCM11812P); and a composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating menopause, comprising, as an active ingredient, Lactobacillus intestinalis comprising the novel strain. The present inventors have established an animal model for menopause through ovariectomy, confirmed changes of the distribution of intestinal microorganisms by the model, identified and isolated a novel Lactobacillus intestinalis strain among lactic acid bacteria of which the distribution is significantly reduced in the menopausal model, and confirmed effects, by means of the novel strain and previously reported Lactobacillus intestinalis strains, of alleviating menopausal symptoms, such as the inhibition of an increase in body fat, the inhibition of a decrease in bone mineral density, the inhibition of an increase in the pain sensitivity, and the alleviation of depression. Therefore, it is expected that the composition comprising the Lactobacillus intestinalis according to the present invention can be usable for a use of preventing, alleviating, or treating menopause.
US12016884B2
Provided herein are exosomal compositions and exsosomal lncRNA compositions and formulations thereof. Also provided herein are methods of treating a wound in a subject in need thereof that can contain the step of administering an exosomal composition and/or exsosomal lncRNA compositions or formulation thereof to a wound in a subject in need thereof.
US12016881B2
The present invention is directed to methods of inducing a phenotypic change in a population of monocytes and/or macrophages. The method includes administering to the population of monocytes and/or macrophages, a macrophage stimulating agent coupled to a carrier molecule, wherein the carrier molecule facilitates macropinocytic uptake of the agent by monocytes and macrophages in the population and is defective in neonatal Fc receptor binding, wherein the administering induces a phenotypic change in the monocytes and macrophages in the population.
US12016879B2
In various aspects, the present disclosure provides methods for applying ablation therapy to a target tissue region within a patient, which methods include: (a) navigating a catheter to a target tissue region within the patient, the catheter including an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a balloon structure positioned at the distal portion of the elongate body, which balloon structure may be permeable to a calcium-ion-containing solution that comprises one or more calcium salts; (b) positioning the balloon structure at the target tissue region; (c) delivering energy to the target tissue region; and (d) eluting the calcium-ion-containing solution from the balloon structure before, during, and/or after delivering the energy to the target tissue region. In various other aspects, the present disclosure provides apparatuses that can be used for performing such methods, among others.
US12016874B2
Methods of using rifampicin and zidovudine and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same to inhibit growth of and/or kill Klebsiella pneumoniae, such as antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.
US12016870B2
The present invention relates to glycosphingolipids selected from a globotriaosylceramide, a glucosylceramide, a galactosylceramide, a lactosylceramide and a sphingosine derivative of those or a mixture thereof, formulations thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, in particular atrial fibrillation.
US12016869B2
A method of producing sialyloligosaccharides a sialyloligosaccharides-containing source that also contains carbohydrates and minerals. The process includes subjecting the source to a temperature of from about 67° C. and (i) filtration with a heat-resistant filter at a temperature of about 35 to about 95° C. to produce a first retentate and first permeate, or (ii) centrifugal separation to produce a light phase and a heavy phase and filtration of the light phase at a temperature of about 50 to about 70° C. to produce a first retentate and first permeate, (b) nanofiltration of the first permeate, or nanofiltration and diafiltration of the first permeate, to produce a second retentate and second permeate, and (c) concentration of the second retentate, to produce a sialyloligosaccharide-containing extract. Additionally, the invention relates to a sialyloligosaccharide-enriched composition comprising at least 3′-sialyllactose and 6′-sialyllactose and its use in, for example, nutritional and infant formulas, and for maintaining or improving cognitive function.
US12016860B2
The present disclosure relates to combination therapies with Cbl-b inhibitor compounds, and compositions and kits comprising combinations with the Cbl-b compounds. Also provided are methods of using the combinations with Cbl-b compounds and compositions thereof, such as in therapeutic methods.
US12016856B2
The present disclosure is directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention or salt overload, such as heart failure (in particular, congestive heart failure), chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, liver disease, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist-induced fluid retention. The present disclosure is also directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of hypertension. The present disclosure is also directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with gastrointestinal tract disorders. The methods generally comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound, that is designed to be substantially active in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to inhibit NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions therein. More particularly, the method comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound, that inhibits NHE-3, -2 and/or -8 mediated antiport of sodium and/or hydrogen ions in the GI tract and is designed to be substantially impermeable to the layer of epithelial cells, or more specifically the epithelium of the GI tract. As a result of the compound being substantially impermeable, it is not absorbed and is thus essentially systemically non-bioavailable, so as to limit the exposure of other internal organs (e.g., liver, heart, brain, etc.) thereto. The present disclosure is still further directed to a method wherein a mammal is administered such a compound with a fluid-absorbing polymer, such that the combination acts as described above and further provides the ability to sequester fluid and/or salt present in the GI tract.
US12016848B2
An improved a method of treating a patient having a disorder responsive to PDE-4 inhibition by administering roflumilast. The improvement involves administering the roflumilast topically in a composition having a roflumilast release profile that produces in the patient a flattened plasma concentration time curve and a reduced Cmax relative to oral administration of a PDE4-inhibiting amount of roflumilast. Such disorders include inflammatory disorders such as inflammatory dermatoses, including psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and seborrheic dermatitis. Such disorders also include inflammatory diseases in a variety of organs, especially the lungs (asthma, COPD). Because of reduced side effects with topical administration due to the improved pharmacokinetics (PK) characteristics, it may be possible to provide higher systemic exposures (AUCs) with topical administration, resulting in greater therapeutic efficacy than with the oral route of administration.
US12016841B2
The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits containing an alpha-adrenergic antagonist, such as phentolamine, for use in monotherapy or as part of a combination therapy to treat patients suffering from presbyopia, mydriasis, and/or other ocular disorders.
US12016839B2
A process for producing a vegan cannabinoid chewy wherein the process entails mixing a cannabinoid compound with a sugar solution, pectin mixture, and agar mixture.
US12016833B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a combination formulation for treatment or enhancing the therapy of liver disease, and more particularly, to a combination formulation prepared by containing colchicine and metformin as main active ingredients. The composition according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be used as an effective therapeutic agent for liver disease capable of treating and preventing liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer, or hepatitis by reducing the amount of fat accumulated in the liver tissues by a synergistic effect of colchicine and metformin and lowering glucose tolerance and insulin tolerance and further, may be used as an excellent drug capable of replacing ursodeoxycholic acid.
US12016823B2
A pharmaceutical management system includes: an IC tag attached to a pharmaceutical; a pharmaceutical storage box to store the pharmaceutical and read information of the IC tag; a controller to acquire the information of the IC tag from the pharmaceutical storage box and manage the pharmaceutical; and a pharmaceutical refrigerator to store the pharmaceutical storage box to refrigerate the pharmaceutical.
US12016816B2
A manual ear pump including one or more of a support element configured to releasably engage an external ear canal and having an interior chamber, a resilient element capable of being resiliently deformed coupled to a support element, and an aperture disposed on a support element bottom surface communicating with the external ear canal and interior chamber.
US12016811B2
A pressure sore prevention mattress is provided alternating pressure points on the body of an occupant that is easily transformable between two stable configurations. The four-layer mattress construction has a top foam pad, a webbing layer, a dynamic layer of deformable panels trapezoid-shaped four-bar mechanisms that deform to produce an undulating pattern of peaks, and a base. Panel geometry can determine peak height. The mattress has a spatially hollow geometry that allows natural air convection through the breathable top foam pad to enable drying of moisture as well as the use of forced air convective drying or cooling. The mattress can be transformed from one configuration to the other while the occupant is on the mattress.
US12016797B2
In a laser cataract procedure that also corrects for astigmatism, an iris registration method compares an iris image of a patient's eye taken when the eye is not docked to a patient interface device with an iris image of the same eye that is docked to the patient interface, to calculate a rotation angle between the two images. The astigmatism axis of the eye is measured when the eye is not docked, and the measured axis is rotated by the calculated rotation angle to obtain a rotated astigmatism axis relative to the iris image of the docked eye. The laser cataract procedure is performed based on the rotated astigmatism axis. The rotation angle is calculated by optimizing a transformation that transforms the undocked iris image to match the docked iris image, where the transformation includes a dilation factor that accounts for different pupil dilation of the two iris images.
US12016796B2
An ocular implant having an inlet portion and a Schlemm's canal portion distal to the inlet portion, the inlet portion being disposed at a proximal end of the implant and sized and configured to be placed within an anterior chamber of a human eye, the Schlemm's canal portion being arranged and configured to be disposed within Schlemm's canal of the eye when the inlet portion is disposed in the anterior chamber.
US12016777B2
An example system for delivering an implantable heart valve is disclosed. The system includes an inner shaft having a proximal end region, a distal end region and a first coupling member disposed along a portion of the distal end region, wherein the first coupling member includes a first aperture. The system also includes a support shaft having a proximal end region, a distal end region and a second coupling member disposed along a portion of the proximal end region, wherein the second coupling member includes a stem, wherein the stem includes a groove extending circumferentially around the stem. The system also includes a locking clip coupled to the inner shaft, wherein coupling the inner shaft to the support shaft includes extending at least a portion of the locking clip through the first aperture and into at least a portion of the groove.
US12016775B2
A delivery system for a transcatheter heart valve (THV) to a subject is provided, the delivery system includes a delivery catheter housing the THV therein; an elongated member for receiving the THV thereon and having an accessory extending from the distal portion thereof, the accessory comprising a plurality of components for alignment with commissures of the THV during delivery of the THV, and a rotational member connected to the elongated member to rotate the accessory and THV together to align with a native or bioprosthetic valve commissure or valve leaflet at a desired angle.
US12016769B2
An implantable tendon protection system includes a body adapted to be implanted within a bursa overlying a tendon of a patient to protect the tendon. The body may be fixed to the tendon with adhesive, sutures, staples, and/or anchors. A surgical kit is provided with such a tendon protection system and an insertion cannula. Methods of protecting a tendon of a patient are also disclosed.
US12016767B2
Disclosed are implantable tubular devices having a fenestration in a wall of the tubular device and a conductive coil positioned around the fenestration, such that the coil is operable to generate a magnetic field when electrical current flows through the coil. The magnetic field can be used to draw a ferrous or magnetically tipped guidewire or other device to and through the fenestration. In the example of a fenestrated endovascular graft, the coil can be used to draw a guidewire out through a fenestration into a branch blood vessel, such that the guidewire can be used to deliver a branch of the graft through the fenestration into the branch vessel. A power source can be contained in a nosecone.
US12016759B2
A disposable absorbent article may include a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff. The inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge.
US12016758B2
Disclosed is an absorbent article comprising a core chassis and a leg gasketing system comprising a pair of wearer facing cuff regions comprising an inner cuff sealing and inner cuff free edge positioned inward from the inner cuff sealing, wherein the inner cuff sealing bonds the cuff material and a topsheet, and an inner cuff elastic element is disposed adjacent the inner cuff free edge; a pair of garment facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending the cuff material over a garment facing side of the core chassis, and a pair of outer cuff elastic elements disposed on wearer facing cuff regions or garment facing cuff regions; and wherein the absorbent article has a Worn Leg Opening (WLO) of from about 300 mm to about 450 mm, a Minimum Leg Opening (MLO) of from about 225 mm to about 300 mm, and a ratio of WLO/MLO of from about 1.5 to about 1.7.
US12016754B1
The present invention relates to novel and secure tampons that overcome the problems associated with conventional non-secure tampons, and methods of using the novel and secure tampons.
US12016752B2
A non-surgical corrective apparatus for a deformed external ear is described. The corrective apparatus will be worn externally to correct a deformity or malformation on the external ear through molding over a period of time. Using a typical infant's ear as a guide, the corrective apparatus is configured to mold and reshape the deformed ear and correct its present deformities.
US12016750B2
A bodily fluid transporting unit that includes a container with a syringe housing and a refrigerant pack in the container. The container is covered by a lid and the engagement of the container and the lid results in an air-tight and moisture-tight bodily fluid transporting unit.
US12016748B2
An apparatus for mandibular relocation may include a first appliance. The first appliance may include a first plurality of a teeth receiving cavities, a first engagement structure that may include a first engagement surface, and, a second engagement structure that may include a second engagement surface. The apparatus may include a second appliance. The second appliance may include a second plurality of teeth receiving cavities, a third engagement structure that may include a third engagement surface to engage the first engagement surface, and a fourth engagement structure that may include a fourth engagement surface to engage the second engagement surface. The first and second engagement surfaces may be inclined with respect to the third and fourth engagement surfaces, respectively, to generate mandibular relocation forces and limit a lateral movement of the mandible.
US12016742B2
Provided is a tooth whitening device capable of performing tooth whitening treatment. The tooth whitening device can be disposable. The tooth whitening device comprises: a main frame provided in a horseshoe shape and having a whitening groove in which teeth can be fitted; a support member coupled to the main frame; a plurality of light-emitting members installed inside the main frame and configured to emit light during tooth whitening; a fluid storage member positioned to extend through the insides of the main frame and the support member, and configured to store a fluid such as saliva flowing out of the mouth during the tooth whitening; and a control member for controlling a light-emitting time or operation of the light-emitting member, wherein the whitening groove is coated with a gel-type whitener.
US12016727B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for controlling an ultrasound machine using one or more touchless inputs. In one embodiment, the method for controlling operation of the ultrasound machine comprises obtaining one or more touchless inputs; determining one or more operations to control the ultrasound machine based on the one or more touchless inputs and machine state of the ultrasound machine; and controlling the ultrasound machine using the one or more operations.
US12016724B2
Ultrasound image devices, systems, and methods are provided. An ultrasound imaging system comprising a processor circuit configured to receive, from an ultrasound transducer array, a plurality of images of a patient body at different imaging planes; determine a first imaging plane based on a first image of the plurality of images by applying a first predictive network, wherein a second image of the plurality of images is based on the first imaging plane, and wherein the second image includes an imaging view of at least one of an anatomy of the patient body or a medical device within the anatomy; apply a second predictive network to the second image to generate segmentation data; and output, to a display, a displayed image including an indication of a first portion of the at least one of the anatomy or the medical device based on the segmentation data.
US12016711B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus (XI) including an X-ray source (XS) with a cathode (C) and an anode (A). The source (XS) is to generate an X-radiation beam (XB). An X-ray detector (XD) detects the X-radiation after interaction with an imaged object (OB). The beam (XB) has different spectra on its anode side (AS) and cathode side (CS) caused by the heel effect when the X-ray source (XS) is in operation. -ray imaging apparatus (XI) has a heel-effect-harnessing (HH) mechanism configured to cause a pixel (PX) of the detector (XD) to be alternately exposed to both, the anode side (AS) and the cathode side (CS) of the beam (XB).
US12016710B2
The disclosure relates to techniques for scan preparation in a medical imaging system. The technique includes triggering a 3D camera acquiring a 2D color and depth image of a patient when a patient bed is at an origin position, inputting the image into a pre-trained first body information model to obtain position information of multiple body feature site points, and calculating position information of multiple candidate scanning regions in the patient bed coordinate system. The technique further includes providing the position information of the multiple candidate scanning regions to a medical imaging application apparatus, so that the medical imaging application apparatus determines position information of a current scanning region in the patient bed coordinate system and controls the patient bed to move the current scanning region to a scanning center of a medical imaging device according to the position of the patient bed relative to the scanning center.
US12016708B2
An apparatus applicable for use in the context of dental or medical X-ray imaging includes a support construction 12 to which an X-ray source 14, an X-ray detector and a visible light emitting construction 141′ are mounted. The support construction 12 is configured to enable moving the X-ray source 14 and the visible light emitting construction 141′ such that they can be positioned at a given first and second time at essentially the same location so as to direct, when positioned at that location, a given field pattern in essentially the same direction towards the X-ray detector 15.
US12016706B2
The present disclosure relates to a notification method of a continuous glucose monitoring system. A notification method of a continuous glucose monitoring system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: performing a communication connection between a body attachment unit and a communication terminal for the communication terminal to receive blood glucose data measured from the body attachment unit which is attached to a human body and continuously measures blood glucose; transmitting information on the body attachment unit from the body attachment unit to the communication terminal and calculating a remaining use period of the body attachment unit; and generating, in the communication terminal, a notification on the remaining use period of the body attachment unit. According to the present disclosure, as the notification for the remaining period of the body attachment unit is generated in the communication terminal, there is an effect wherein a user can prepare in advance a body attachment unit to be replaced before the use period of the body attachment unit ends.
US12016705B2
The disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for identifying presence of abnormal heart sounds from heart sound signals of a subject being monitored. Conventional Artificial intelligence (AI) based abnormal heart sounds detection models with supervised learning requires a substantial amount of accurate training datasets covering all heart disease types for the training, which is quiet challenging. The present methods and systems solve the problem solves the problem of identifying presence of the abnormal heart sounds using an efficient semi-supervised learning model. The semi-supervised learning model is generated based on probability distribution of spectrographic properties obtained from heart sound signals of healthy subjects. A Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence between a predefined Gaussian distribution and an encoded probability distribution of the semi-supervised learning model is determined as an anomaly score for identifying the abnormal heart sounds.
US12016703B2
An esophageal monitoring device includes a camera and, optionally, one or more lights to enable visualization of an interior of a subject's esophagus. Visualization of the interior of the subject's esophagus before and after a left atrial ablation procedure may enable a healthcare provider to determine whether or not the left atrial ablation procedure has damaged the subject's esophagus before the subject experiences any symptoms of such damage. An esophageal monitoring device may also include sensors and/or markers that enable a determination of its location within a subject's esophagus. Such an esophageal monitoring device may be configured for three-dimensional mapping, and enable the generation of an accurate three-dimensional map of the physical relationship between a subject's esophagus and the left atrium of his or her heart. Methods of monitoring a subject's esophagus while a left atrial ablation procedure is being conducted on the subject's hear are also disclosed.
US12016691B2
A monitoring system which constitutes an oxygen measurement system includes: an oxygen partial pressure calculation unit that calculates an oxygen partial pressure in urine based on an output signal from the oxygen measurement device; a monitor that displays the oxygen partial pressure calculated by the oxygen partial pressure calculation unit; and a display control unit that changes a format of display of the oxygen partial pressure displayed by the monitor according to the flow rate of urine acquired based on the output signal from the oxygen measurement device.
US12016688B2
Systems and methods of in vivo hydroxyl radical protein foot-printing are presented. These teachings may be used to, for example, study three-dimensional protein structure or bio-kinetics. Radical Dosimetry including an optional intrinsic standard is used on isolated intact cells. Real-time feedback based on an internal standard provides comparability between different experiments and in vivo analysis results in data that is representative of actual biological conditions.
US12016684B2
An analyte monitoring system may include an analyte sensor and a transceiver. The analyte sensor may include one or more sensors and a transceiver interface. The one or more sensors may be configured to generate sensor measurements indicative of an analyte level in a first medium. The sensors may include a temperature transducer configured to generate a sensor temperature measurement, and the sensor measurements may include the sensor temperature measurement. The transceiver interface may be configured to convey the sensor measurements. The transceiver may include a sensor interface and a processor. The sensor interface may be configured to receive the sensor measurements conveyed by the analyte sensor. The processor may be configured to adjust the sensor temperature measurement and calculate an analyte level in a second medium using at least the adjusted sensor temperature measurement and one or more of the sensor measurements.
US12016681B2
A physiological signal monitoring device includes a biosensor, and a transmitter including a bottom casing, a processing unit and a battery. The bottom casing has a first stepped section, a second stepped section, and a riser section interconnecting the first stepped section and the second stepped section. The processing unit corresponds in position to the first stepped section. The battery corresponds in position to the first stepped section, and is configured not to overlap the processing unit in a direction of a first axis so as to reduce a thickness of the transmitter.
US12016672B2
There is provided a computer-implemented device comprising a processor, a machine readable medium storing instructions, the instructions when executed by the processor for configuring the device for: receiving an airflow and volume signal from at least one airflow and volume sensor for a plurality of patients; digitizing the signal to a digital signal and segmenting the signal using a sliding window to extract a plurality of features from the digital signal comprising: peak-to-peak amplitude, root mean square, integral of the absolute values, zero-crossing rate, standard deviation of a first derivative, mean value; normalizing the plurality of extracted features; and, using the normalized plurality of extracted features and an input indicating sleep apnea severity to train a machine learning algorithm and generate a mathematical model for subsequent use in classifying airflow and volume sensed signals received for a particular patient during wakefulness as normal or sleep apnea.
US12016664B2
A non-invasive blood pressure monitoring device includes an inflatable blood pressure cuff, a pump device for pressurizing the cuff, a pressure sensor to monitor blood pressure as physiological parameter, and an electrically actuated, normally-open solenoid valve configured to maintain a cuff pressure. A control unit configured to regulate a valve hold value for holding the normally-open solenoid valve at a desired closed position, wherein the valve hold value is at least one of a voltage value and a current value for controlling actuation of the normally-open solenoid valve. At least one inertial sensor configured to detect and transmit motion signals representative of external motions applied to the portable medical device, wherein the control unit is configured to regulate the valve hold value as a function of the motion signals of the at least one inertial sensor to maintain the normally-open solenoid valve in the closed position.
US12016662B2
An earphone includes a loudspeaker, a microphone, a housing supporting the loudspeaker and microphone, and an ear tip surrounding the housing and configured to acoustically couple both the loudspeaker and the microphone to an ear canal of a user, and to acoustically close the entrance to the user's ear canal. A processor receives input audio signals from the microphone, detects peaks having a frequency of around 1 Hz in the input audio signals, based on the detected peaks, computes an instantaneous heart rate, measures a frequency of an oscillation within the instantaneous heart rate, and based on the frequency of the oscillation, computes a rate of respiration.
US12016660B2
A Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) guidewire and method of use includes at least two pairs of small surface area, closely spaced electrodes spaced axially along the length of the guidewire to allow one electrode pair to be positioned on each side of a coronary stenosis. The electrodes can sense electrical signals from the myocardium immediately adjacent to the electrodes, enabling the guidewire to record and analyze an Intra-Coronary Electrogram (ICEG) and heart pacing, and, therefore, facilitate more accurately diagnosis of an individual patient's stenosis and provide a more patient specific diagnosis of clinical need.
US12016658B2
A core body thermometer includes a substrate, a heat receiving terminal with which heat from a subject is received and which divides the heat into first heat flow and second heat flow and causes the first heat flow and the second heat flow to flow out, a first heat flow measurement system that measures the first heat flow using a first input-side temperature sensor and a first output-side temperature sensor, a second heat flow measurement system that measures the second heat flow using a second input-side temperature sensor and a second output-side temperature sensor, a first thermal resistance body provided between the heat receiving terminal and the first input-side temperature sensor, and a second thermal resistance body provided between the heat receiving terminal and the second input-side temperature sensor.
US12016650B2
A dependency-based startup method in a multi-modality medical processing system that includes receiving initialization information about a plurality of executable components to be started, the plurality of executable components including an executable modality component configured to communicate with a medical device communicatively coupled to the multi-modality medical processing system. The method also includes receiving dependency information about the executable modality component, the dependency information identifying one or more of the executable components upon which the executable modality component depends and transforming the initialization information and the dependency information into a dependency map that represents the dependencies between the plurality of executable components. Further, the method includes deriving a start order for the plurality of executable components based on the dependency map and starting the plurality of executable components in the multi-modality medical processing system according to the start order.
US12016642B2
Tracking constellations for use with surgical instruments, and associated systems and methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a tracking constellation includes (i) a support, (ii) a plurality of first standoffs extending from the support to a first height, and (iii) a plurality of second standoffs extending from the support to a second height different than the first height. The tracking constellation can further include a plurality of markers mounted to corresponding ones of the first standoffs or the second standoffs. The markers can lay in a common plane. The support can extend at a generally orthogonal angle to an instrument when the tracking constellation is coupled to the instrument such that the common plane is angled relative to the instrument.
US12016641B2
A flexible marker system for use with a computer-assisted surgical (CAS) tracking system is disclosed. The system includes a rigid frame or instrument having a plurality of coupling locations each configured to position a navigation marker in a predetermined position and a flexible array configured to be coupled with the rigid frame or instrument. The flexible array can include an elastically deformable body and a plurality of navigation markers, where the flexible array is configured to be coupled to the rigid frame or instrument by stretching the elastically deformable body over the rigid frame or instrument such that each of the plurality of navigation markers is positioned at one of the plurality of coupling locations of the rigid frame or instrument.
US12016640B2
Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating tissue through an opening or port through an airway wall are provided herein.
US12016639B2
A method and process for providing three dimensional (3-D) virtual image of a patient in metaverse for surgical or other procedures, wherein the avatar of a medical practitioner, imitating the actions of the practitioner performing the procedure, can visually identify the organs and the location of the instruments in real-time inside patient. Such an image reconstruction with spatial coordination provides a usable metaverse implementation with the medical professional's persona as avatar, usable as a training and supportive tool in medical applications. It is a very valuable, especially for the medical and surgical community. The implemented Metaverse provides all details collected and combined from the multiple imaging systems. It is usable as a diagnostic tool, a practice tool a teaching tool and real time direction and feedback tool by the medical community for procedures. The real-time image implemented as Metaverse provides critical visual capabilities during procedures.
US12016635B2
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US12016633B2
An AR headset is described to co-localize an image data set with a body of a person. The image data set of a portion of the body may be identified. The image data set can include a virtual anatomical marker to identify an anatomical location. A spatial location may be identified using a physical pointer object in a field of view of the AR headset. A spatial location of a visible anatomical feature as identified using the physical pointer object may be recorded. The registration may be triggered based on an input that the physical pointer object is located at a visible anatomical feature of the body of the person. Further, the image data set may be aligned with the body of the person using the spatial location recorded for the visible anatomical feature as referenced to the virtual anatomical marker in the image data set.
US12016628B2
A multi-modal functional OCT imaging methodology and system are provided that enable concurrent intrinsic optical signal (IOS) imaging of stimulus-evoked neural activity and hemodynamic responses at capillary resolution. An OCT angiography (OCTA)-guided IOS analysis is used to separate neural-IOS and hemodynamic-IOS changes in the same retinal image sequence. The OCTA-guided IOS data processing used for this purpose differentiates two functional images, namely, a neural-IOS map and a hemodynamic-IOS map, from the same image dataset.
US12016619B2
A single pass, large bore transseptal crossing catheter system is disclosed. An elongate, flexible tubular body has a proximal end, a distal end and an electrically conductive sidewall defining a central lumen. An insulation layer surrounds the sidewall and leaves exposed a first distal electrode tip. An inner conductive wire is provided, having a second distal electrode tip. The inner wire is axially movably extendable through the central lumen. A tubular insulation layer is provided in between the wire and the electrically conductive sidewall.
US12016618B2
A tissue resection device comprises inner and outer coaxial sleeves. The outer sleeve has a cutting window formed therein, and the inner sleeve has a distal cutting end that can be reciprocated past the cutting window. The sleeves comprise electrodes to provide electrosurgical cutting, and an edge portion of the window includes a dielectric material.
US12016612B2
An apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an electrode assembly at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first conductive segment extending along a first angular range at the distal end of the shaft assembly. The first conductive segment is operable to apply RF energy to tissue at a first polarity. The electrode assembly further includes a second conductive segment angularly spaced apart from the first conductive segment. The second conductive segment extends along a second angular range at the distal end of the shaft assembly. The second conductive segment is operable to apply RF energy to tissue at a second polarity such that the first and second conductive segments are operable to apply bipolar RF energy to tissue.
US12016610B2
A catheter system (100) for treating one or more treatment sites (106) within or adjacent to the heart valve (108) includes an energy source (124), a plurality of energy guides (122A), and a balloon assembly (104). The energy source (124) generates energy. The plurality of energy guides (122A) are configured to receive energy from the energy source (124). The balloon assembly (104) includes a plurality of balloons (104A) that are each positionable substantially adjacent to one or more treatment site(s) (106). Each of the plurality of balloons (104A) has a balloon wall (130) that defines a balloon interior (146). Each of the plurality of balloons (104A) is configured to retain a balloon fluid (132) within the balloon interior (146). A portion of at least one of the plurality of energy guides (122A) that receive the energy from the energy source (124) is positioned within the balloon interior (146) of each of the plurality of balloons (104A) so that plasma is formed in the balloon fluid (132) within the balloon interior (146).
US12016606B2
Briefly, the invention relates to a surgical tool and method for forming a pilot bore by inserting a guide wire into bone. More particularly, the device includes a cannulated hand grip and driving tool used for the rotation of a pedicle screw into bone. The rear portion of the hand grip includes a slide assembly that is suited to grip a guide wire. The slide assembly includes a user adjustable stop to control the sliding movement of the guide wire. The rear surface of the slide assembly is constructed to be impacted with a hammer or similar device, whereby the stop prevents the guide wire from penetrating the bone further than desired. Should it be desired that the guide wire be retracted, a screw jack is included to allow the guide wire to be precisely retracted.
US12016592B2
An external bone fixation system may include a first semi-circular external fixation member, a second semi-circular external fixation member, four ball collet assemblies attached to the second external fixation member, and four shafts. Each shaft may include a first end attached to the first external fixation member and a second end with a stop member, and each of the four shafts extends slidably through an opening in a ball of one of the four ball collet assemblies. The stop member of each second end prevents each second end from passing through the opening in its respective ball. Each shaft also includes a hinge located closer to the first end than to the second end.
US12016586B2
Surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument is capable of being operated manually or automatically for use in laparoscopic surgery or various surgeries and includes a locking device capable of locking and/or unlocking at least one operation.
US12016563B2
Various embodiments are directed to battery packs for use with surgical instruments. The battery packs may comprise a plurality of cells and at least a portion of the plurality of cells may not be electrically connected to one another. The battery packs may comprise a switch or other mechanism for interconnecting the plurality of cells and may also comprise, or be used in conjunction with, a discharge switch or plug configured to electrically connect an anode of the battery pack to a cathode of the battery pack, for example, via a resistive element.
US12016557B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a housing assembly and an elongated shaft assembly. The elongated shaft assembly is selectively attachable to the housing assembly. The elongated shaft assembly includes an adapter assembly and a loading unit. The adapter assembly extends distally to a distal tip housing. The distal tip housing supports an adapter electrical connector assembly therein. The loading unit is selectively attachable to the adapter assembly and extends distally to an end effector supporting one or more sensors therein. The loading unit supports a loading unit electrical connector assembly therein. The loading unit electrical connector assembly is positioned to contact the adapter electrical connector assembly when the adapter assembly and the loading unit are coupled together to electrically couple the one or more sensors to the housing assembly.
US12016553B2
A braided barbed suture includes a barbed monofilament insert including an elongated core having a thickness and a plurality of barbs projecting outwardly from opposite sides of the elongated core. The braided barbed suture includes a braided sheath surrounding the elongated core to form a composite core of the braided barbed suture. The composite core has a thickness and the elongated core is located in a center of the composite core. The elongated core thickness is about 6-8 mil and the composite core thickness is about 13-18 mil. A ratio of the elongated core thickness relative to the composite core thickness is between about 0.16 to 0.91. The elongated core has transition zones that form a concave profile. The braided barbed suture has a single breaking point for both the braided sheath and the barbed monofilament insert. The barbed monofilament insert has a PDS monofilament core, and the braided sheath is a VICRYL multifilament yarn braided sheath.
US12016551B2
An instrument for crimping one or more suture fasteners to one or more corresponding surgical sutures is disclosed. The instrument also includes at least one shaft having one or more receiving faces, one or more anvils, one or more hammers, one or more pushers moveable in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the at least one shaft and configured to engage at least one of the hammer and the anvil for urging the hammer and the anvil together; and a loading tool. The loading tool may also include a target cover defining one or more snare guides, a target tray coupled to the target cover, one or more suture fasteners, one or more snare loops, and at least one handle.
US12016549B2
A repair suture consists of a strand of suture material formed into a continuous loop. One end of the loop may be thicker than the other. The repair suture may be part of a suture assembly including the repair suture, a linking suture having a looped end and a straight end, and a suture anchor. The suture anchor may have a suture bridge that divides the cross-sectional area of the interior of the anchor into two unequal sections. The suture assembly may be used to create luggage tag configurations for repairing tissue or for attaching tissue to bone. In a double-row method with medial row compression, loose suture ends from the medial row are inserted into a lateral row anchor having a proximal anchor body, a distal tip, and internal locking elements for locking the distal tip to the proximal anchor body.
US12016546B2
Meniscal repair devices, systems, and methods are provided.
US12016541B2
In accordance with the disclosure, devices are provided for closing an opening in tissue. The devices include a proximal portion configured and arranged to occlude the tissue opening, and a distal anchor portion configured and arranged to anchor the device in the tissue opening. If desired, the distal anchor portion can be moved proximally or distally with respect to the proximal portion during implantation. The proximal portion can be configured and arranged to fit into a left atrial appendage of a patient, and further wherein the distal anchor portion is configured and arranged to extend into the left atrial appendage.
US12016540B2
A dispensing device and cartridge for simultaneous delivery and mixing of multiple co-reactive materials, the cartridge having proximal and distal ends, and having an elongated holder body with substantially parallel longitudinal voids. Multiple syringe bodies are disposed parallel within the voids and multiple co-reactive materials are separately disposed in the syringe bodies. The dispensing device also includes a longitudinal housing which is structured and arranged to receive the cartridge.
US12016539B2
A method for operating a medical device includes measuring a configuration of a tube, receiving a desired configuration of the tube, determining an actuation input to bend the tube to the desired configuration, and transmitting the actuation input to at least one force transmission element that is actuatable to alter the tube between a flexible state and a stiffened state. Altering the tube from the flexible state to the stiffened state includes simultaneously applying first and second tension forces to first and second force transmission elements, respectively, to compress and shorten a length of the tube. The method further includes receiving a first command to place the tube in the flexible state, reducing longitudinal compression on the tube in response to the first command, receiving a second command to place the tube in the stiffened state, and longitudinally compressing the tube in response to the second command.
US12016537B2
A sponge-based variable-stiffness support structure for natural orifice surgical instrument is to support the surgical instrument and includes: a variable-stiffness sponge pipeline connected with the natural orifice surgical instrument and configured to support the natural orifice surgical instrument in a natural orifice; a hydrophobic breathable film attached to an outer wall of the variable-stiffness sponge pipeline, and configured to isolate the variable-stiffness sponge pipeline from body fluid in the natural orifice; and a gas delivery assembly connected with the variable-stiffness sponge pipeline, and configured to inject high-pressure air or water vapor into a variable-stiffness sponge pipe of the variable-stiffness sponge pipeline; wherein the variable-stiffness sponge pipeline has a stiffness inversely proportional to content of the water vapor.
US12016534B2
A cannula suitable for use in minimally invasive surgery is improved with a highly polished and very smooth luminal wall and/or LED's or other light sources focused at particular angles relative to the axis of the cannula. The devices provide for improved lighting and/or reduced lighting requirements for cannulas used for minimally invasive surgery.
US12016529B2
A scope system includes a processor and a scope device. The scope device includes a handle configured to remain outside of the body and an elongated shaft extending from the handle to a distal tip and including a working channel extending therethrough. The working channel is open at the distal tip of the shaft. The shaft is inserted through a bodily lumen to a target surgical site. The shaft includes at least one sensor transmitting to the processor sensor data relating to the target surgical site.
US12016516B2
A cleaner system includes a cleaner and a cleaner station that performs a method for removing residual dust. The cleaner station is configured to suction dust stored in the cleaner. Residual dust in the cleaner station after suctioning dust in a dust bin of the cleaner is suctioned through a bypass hole that penetrates an outside and an inside of a suction tube.
US12016499B2
A non-drip hygiene dispenser for dispensing a wipe paper-towel while keeping a clean and sterile working area comprises (a) a wipe paper-towel, (b) at least one reservoir containing liquid, (c) a first stream of compressed air, (d) a second stream of compressed air, an anti-dripping nozzle, (e) rolling means, and (f) cutting means. The anti-dripping nozzle further comprises activating means and a dispensing tip. The activating means comprises a retractable anti-drip needle backed by a spring. The spring retracts backwards when compressed air of the first stream of compressed air presses the spring, thus retracts the anti-drip needle, and thus, unblocks the dispensing tip to allow liquid from the at least one reservoir to flow through the dispensing tip. When the compressed air pressing the spring is released, the retractable anti-drip needle returns to its original place, blocking the dispensing tip to block the passage of liquid remained in the dispenser immediately upon shut off of the dispenser, thus, to avoid undesired dripping. The second stream of compressed air entering the anti-dripping nozzle mixes with the sprayed liquid in order to form a foggy environment around the wipe paper-towel.
US12016498B2
A cooking and processing appliance includes a container having a lid and a stirring mechanism for rotating at least one processing attachment of a plurality of processing attachments, a housing having a receptacle for receiving the container and having a motor in communication with the stirring mechanism, a heating structure disposed within the housing and a wall of the container, a heating activation system included within the housing and the container, wherein the heating structure defines a heating-active state when the container is received within the receptacle, a mixing activation system, wherein the motor defines a mixing active state when the container is received within the receptacle and the lid is in a closed position and a control in communication with the heating structure and the stirring mechanism.
US12016488B1
Disclosed is trivet and cookware protector system, generally comprising a multiuse kitchen device, which may serve as both a trivet or cookware protection liner in different modes of use.
US12016479B1
A secure parcel receptacle system includes a box-shaped container having a locking and hinged lid with LED lights positioned on the corners of the lid. Additionally, the lid includes a digital display on the front edge and a handle. The interior of the container includes a plurality of mounting holes in the floor panel. The holes receive a screw or a bolt to effectively couple the receptacle to a ground surface in front of a user's house. Additionally, the digital display of the front edge of the receptacle may serve as a digital bar code which effectively locks and unlocks the hinged lid. In one embodiment, the hinged lid is unlocked when a user inserts a code into the digital bar.
US12016478B2
A secure package delivery and pick-up system includes a security door having a frame, and one or more collapsible storage compartments affixed to the frame. The collapsible storage compartments are configured for accommodating packages. An electronic unit is mounted on the frame, and is configured for electronically controlling an operation for the collapsible storage compartments. A security device is connected to the security door and receives images of a physical object from a first camera, receives an indication from at least one security tether indicating movement of the at least one physical object, and provides an alert based on the indication of movement of the at least one physical object.
US12016465B2
Disclosed is an electric bed with an adjustable bed length, containing an upper head bed frame, an upper foot bed frame, a lower bed frame, and a plurality of bedboards with at least one pivotable relative to the lower bed frame. At least one of the upper head bed frame and the upper foot bed frame is fixed/immobile while the other contains a moving component to move between a rest position and an extension position. At least one pivotable bedboard keeps horizontal and the upper head bed frame is away from the upper foot bed frame by Distance 1 at the rest position, while the at least one pivotable bedboard pivots and there is Distance 2 longer than Distance 1 between the upper head bed frame and the upper foot bed frame at the extension position.
US12016453B2
Automatic toothbrushes are disclosed herein. A toothbrush configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a handle and a mouthguard coupled to the handle. The mouthguard can be configured to be positioned within a mouth of a user over multiple teeth of the user. A brush assembly having a plurality of bristles can be removably positioned within the mouthguard for engaging and cleaning the teeth of the user. A motor can be disposed within or coupled to the handle and configured to articulate the brush assembly within the mouthguard.
US12016449B2
A holder for a wirelessly locatable tag may be used with a wirelessly locatable tag comprising a housing member defining a region of an exterior surface of the wirelessly locatable tag configured to act as a speaker diaphragm. The holder may include a receptacle portion configured to at least partially surround the wirelessly locatable tag, the receptacle portion defining a first opening configured to allow the wirelessly locatable tag to be positioned in the receptacle portion, a second opening configured to at least partially surround an outer periphery of a battery door of the wirelessly locatable tag, and a third opening aligned with the region of the exterior surface configured to act as the speaker diaphragm. The holder may further include a fastener coupled to the receptacle portion and configured to releasably secure the first opening in a closed configuration to retain the wirelessly locatable tag in the receptacle portion.
US12016448B2
A portable activity tray for children is provided. The activity tray includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment provides a plurality of pockets for storing various items and also provides an activity surface for a child to play, draw and work on. An integrated cup holder is provided. The second compartment includes a removable foam pad making placement of the tray on a child's lap comfortable while simultaneously providing a hard layer for the activity surface that is suitable for writing and drawing. Backpack straps are provided for carrying the tray easily and comfortably while a chest strap serves to stabilize the tray while in use. Playful elements such as a face on outer and inner surface, ears and arm-like flaps with pockets are also provided.
US12016443B2
A hair styler generally comprises an upper arm, a lower arm, and a hinge. The upper arm includes an upper grip and an upper clamp head. The upper clamp head includes an upper hair contact surface. The upper hair contact surface is twisted relative to the upper grip. The lower arm includes a lower grip and a lower clamp head. The lower clamp head includes a lower hair contact surface. The lower hair contact surface is twisted relative to the lower grip. The hinge attaches the upper and lower arms together such that the upper and lower arms are openable and closeable relative to one another. The hair styler is configured to receive hair between the upper and lower hair contact surfaces when the hair styler is in a closed position.
US12016442B2
Various carrying mechanisms to transport a storage device, container or unit are shown. The carrying mechanisms actuate between various positions that may interfere with opening a lid of the storage unit. Various configurations of the carrying mechanisms reduce their profile when in use. Also described are multi-segmented carrying mechanisms that provides a beneficial weight distribution while facilitating actuating the carrying mechanism between different positions.
US12016433B2
Provided is an insole that can check the operation of a sensor and accurately and quickly connect with a user terminal, the user terminal and a pairing method thereof. The method for pairing an insole comprises scanning an insole, in which at least one pressure sensor and tactile element are installed, providing a vibration command to the scanned insole to vibrate a tactile element of the scanned insole, and pairing the insole including the vibrating tactile element and a user terminal.
US12016419B2
A weight compensating bracket to releasably and pivotably mount a protective face shield to a helmet. The bracket has an adapter, which places the pivot of the cap bracket to which the face shield is mounted, rearwardly from the releasable connector to the helmet, enabling the face shield to be well balanced when in the stowed position above the helmet.
US12016414B2
Provided is artificial hair including chemical fibers and a fiber treatment composition that is adhered to the surfaces of the chemical fibers. The fiber treatment composition may include an oxazoline group-containing acrylic resin and an organic-modified silicone oil. The oxazoline group-containing acrylic resin may have a main chain that includes a (meth)acrylic acid ester and styrene.
US12016411B2
A mechanism for ventilating the crack of buttocks, includes a ventilation frame made of elastic material, inserted along the crack of buttocks in the longitudinal direction to open the crack of buttocks. The ventilation frame includes elliptical frames in which plurality of elongated frames are disposed at intervals in an elliptical shape to form an ellipse in cross-section, and linear frames. The elongated frames are disposed across the plurality of elliptical frames at intervals along the outer circumferences of the elliptical frames, so that the plurality of elliptical frames are connected to each other.
US12016397B2
A response procedure for an aerosol-generating device includes detecting a fall or shock using at least one acceleration value and initiating at least one response procedure using a controller. Acceleration values are provided by at least one accelerometer coupled to the aerosol-generating device. The response procedures may include at least one of: initiating a mechanical change in the aerosol-generating device, initiating a modification to an external device interface, generating a human-perceptible beacon, storing data associated with the fall or shock in persistent or non-volatile memory, initiating a diagnostic routine, monitoring for a lost device condition, and initiating a soft shutdown or restart.
US12016396B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling an electronic cigarette, and an electronic cigarette. When a trigger signal is received, the electronic cigarette is initiated, a heating temperature of a heat generating sheet of the electronic cigarette is controlled to be a first temperature, and the heat generating sheet enters a low-temperature heating state; when it is determined that no cartridge exists in a cigarette pocket of the electronic cigarette, the heating temperature of the heat generating sheet is controlled to be maintained at the first temperature which cannot combust a flammable substance, thereby when the electronic cigarette is carried, avoiding safety hazards of a fire brought by an unintentional trigger of an initiation switch in case a flammable substance is brought into contact with the heating element of the electronic cigarette, and improving the usage safety of the electronic cigarette.
US12016380B2
A hookah device (202) which attaches to a hookah (246). The hookah device (202) comprises a plurality of ultrasonic mist generator devices (201) for generating a mist for inhalation by a user. The hookah device (202) comprises a driver device (202) which controls the mist generator devices (201) to maximize the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator devices (201) and optimize mist output from the hookah device (202).
US12016378B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic cigarette atomizer, including an atomization assembly and a liquid reservoir engaging with the atomization assembly; the liquid reservoir includes a liquid storage cavity; wherein the atomization assembly includes a lower holder, an upper holder installed on the lower holder, and a heating assembly clamped between the lower and the upper holders; the heating assembly includes a porous body and at least one heater engaging with the porous body, and the porous body has an atomizing surface and a liquid-absorbing surface; and the liquid-absorbing surface communicates with the liquid storage cavity, and an atomization cavity is formed between the atomizing surface and the lower holder. In the present disclosure, the heating assembly is a porous body and is clamped by the upper holder and the lower holder, thus, the structure is stable and the assembly of the heating assembly is facilitated.
US12016375B2
An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device configured to receive an aerosol-forming article including a magnetic material, the device including: a heater element configured to heat the aerosol-forming article; an inductor; and a controller configured to measure an inductance of the inductor, the heater element being further configured to be controlled in response to a measured inductance of the inductor and to provide a predetermined heating profile based on a type of the aerosol-forming article. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device and at least one aerosol-forming article is also provided. A method of operating an electrically heated aerosol-generating system is also provided.
US12016352B1
An animal food composition for preparation by brewing forms a broth and a mash when steeped in water. The brewed animal food may be served independently or as an additive to a standard pet meal. Methods of preparing the brewed animal food advantageously utilize widely available consumer brewing technologies. The composition includes a dehydrated proteinaceous food, and embodiments include digestive aids, heat resistant ingredients, herbal remedies, or minimal farinaceous components. Embodiments of the brewed animal food include complete and balanced meals, flavor enhancers, gravies, nutritional or vitamin supplements, pet beverages, and other ingesta for animals, especially domestic pets.
US12016351B2
A crisp proteinaceous food product in which egg white proteins constitute the majority of total proteins present is described. The food product has a bulk density of from 120 to ˜500 g/L and includes water, expanded starch, and denatured proteins. Ovalbumin constitutes at least 33% (w/w) of the proteins. Expanded starch can constitute at least 35% (w/w) of the food product.
US12016348B2
A method for manufacturing the pearl daifuku characterized in that the surface layer is formed by subjecting the mochi skin raw material to steps of stirring and steaming to be then shaped to form the mochi skin; the first internal layer is formed by subjecting the pearl raw material to steps of stirring and steaming so as to be shaped into the pearls; and the second internal layer and the first internal layer are subjected to stuffing and shaping so as to be wrapped with the surface layer to thereby form the pearl daifuku.
US12016347B2
A heat resistant chocolate containing ethylcellulose. The ethylcellulose is introduced into the chocolate as a solution in oil or in a non-aqueous solvent, suitably in an amount of from about 1% to about 3% ethylcellulose by weight. Ethylcellulose oleogels may also be used to replace a portion of the oils and fats normally present in chocolate and/or to formulate fillings for filled chocolates exhibiting reduced oil migration. Also provided are methods of making chocolate compositions according to the invention.
US12016346B2
A method for producing a fat standardized milk product, including separating raw milk into cream and skim milk, wherein the cream is fed to a main cream pipe and the skim milk is fed to a skim milk pipe, dividing the cream in the main cream pipe into a cream remixing pipe and a cream surplus pipe, combining the cream in the cream remixing pipe and the skim milk in the skim milk pipe into the fat standardized milk product, wherein the fat standardized milk product is fed to a product pipe, wherein controlling a flow rate in the cream remixing pipe by regulating a valve placed in the cream surplus pipe.
US12016345B2
A support structure for a whey draining belt includes a beam formed of a metal material, and a slide plate formed of a plastic material and fixedly connectable to an upper part of the beam for allowing the whey draining belt to slide over the slide plate.
US12016339B2
Disclosed are double stranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules that are toxic to insect pests. In particular, interfering RNA molecules capable of modulating expression of a pest insect target gene and that are toxic to the insect pest are provided. Further, methods of making and using the interfering RNA, for example as the active ingredient in an insecticidal composition or in a transgenic plant, to confer protection from insect damage are disclosed.
US12016334B2
The present disclosure discloses a composition comprising: (a) at least one sulphated galactose; and (b) at least one saccharide selected from a group consisting of disaccharide, trisaccharide, tetrasaccharide, pentasaccharide, and salts thereof. The present disclosure further discloses a weight percentage of the at least one sulphated galactose to be in a range of 15-90% with respect to the total sugar content. Further, the present disclosure discloses a use of the composition for protecting/treating plants from infection. Also provided is a use of the composition for protecting/treating animals from infection. The present disclosure discloses a use of sulphated galactose for protecting/treating plants from infection. Also provided is a use of sulphated galactose for protecting/treating animals from infection. The present disclosure also discloses a method for preparing the composition as described herein.
US12016333B2
A coat protein of Junonia coenia densovirus (JcDNV) is used to deliver attached peptide insect toxin across the gut epithelium of a fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda. A fusion protein comprising VP4 attached to an insect toxin via a peptide linker is developed. A composition comprising a JcDNV coat protein attached to an insect toxin via a peptide linker can be used for insect pest control.
US12016320B2
A multipurpose compostable absorption mat serves to receive and encapsulate organic matter for compostable disintegration of the mat and organic matter simultaneously. The mat comprises at least three portions: a first portion facing the organic matter defined by a parchment paper or parchment-like material having multiple pinholes or other openings or porosity sized and dimensioned to enable passage of greases and/or liquids; a second portion outboard of the first portion defined by a deliquescent material, and is able to absorb the greases and/or liquids from the first portion through a capillary mechanism; and a third portion outboard of the second portion defined by an impermeable plant/corn starch-based plastic-like material. The third portion looks and feels like plastic film. The at least three portions of the mat may be formed as at least three discrete layers, with the three discrete layers attached to one another so as to form the mat, with the mat having a thickness in the range from about that of a sheet of paper or a paper towel or a napkin to about ¾″ or more.
US12016317B1
A dip net, which has a net assembly, a handle assembly connected to the net assembly, and a retaining frame securing the net assembly to the handle assembly. The net assembly has a net frame with respective distal ends and a net. The handle assembly has a handle having first and second ends, a neck, and first and second flat sides. The retaining frame has first and second walls connected by a bend. The retaining frame is U-shaped. The retaining frame is removably connected to the handle assembly. The first wall is attached to the first flat side and the second wall is attached to the second flat side. The net frame and the handle are secured by the retaining frame defining a predetermined angle. The predetermined angle is adjustable.
US12016307B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CW1660188, EW1660376, CW1660229, CW1660193, CW1660068, EW1660140, CW1660195, EW1660025, AND/OR EW1660054 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CW1660188, EW1660376, CW1660229, CW1660193, CW1660068, EW1660140, CW1660195, EW1660025, AND/OR EW1660054 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CW1660188, EW1660376, CW1660229, CW1660193, CW1660068, EW1660140, CW1660195, EW1660025, AND/OR EW1660054 in a breeding program.
US12016305B2
A soybean cultivar designated 13390425 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13390425, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13390425, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13390425, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13390425. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13390425. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13390425, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 13390425 with another soybean cultivar.
US12016304B2
A soybean cultivar designated 18120126 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 18120126, to the plants of soybean cultivar 18120126, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 18120126, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 18120126. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 18120126. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 18120126, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 18120126 with another soybean cultivar.
US12016303B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010978. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH010978, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010978 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010978.
US12016300B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011223. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011223, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011223 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011223.
US12016286B2
The present invention relates to wheat plants comprising a mutation causing an alteration of the amino acid sequence in centromere histone H3 (CENH3), which have the biological activity of a haploid inducer. Further, the present invention provides methods of generating the wheat plants of the present invention and haploid and doubled haploid wheat plants obtainable by crossing the wheat plants of the present invention with wildtype wheat plants.
US12016284B2
A barley variety designated AS-Wolf, the plants, seeds and plant parts of barley variety AS-Wolf, methods for producing a barley plant produced by crossing the variety AS-Wolf with itself or another barley plant, and hybrid barley seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety AS-Wolf with another barley line or plant, and the creation of variants of variety AS-Wolf by backcrossing, mutagenesis, haploid systems, cell and tissue culture or transformation utilizing transgenes are disclosed. Methods for producing other barley varieties or breeding lines derived from barley variety AS-Wolf and to barley varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided. Barley variety AS-Wolf demonstrates a unique combination of traits for the human food market including waxy starch, hulless seed and increased levels of beta-glucan fiber.
US12016283B2
The subject invention provides compositions and methods of using the same for improving plants' defense by employing naturally-derived chemicals. In a specific embodiment, the composition is from Parthenium argentatum Gray, also known as the guayule plant. Preferred compositions can up- or downregulate growth genes responsible for the targeted plants' defense mechanisms in order to create physical and/or chemical barriers, and produce detouring exudates, antagonistic compounds, or fumigating compounds that prevent and treat damages from pests in agronomic or non-agronomic plants.
US12016279B2
A connector assembly for a plant support structure comprising of a hub, a compressible sleeve and a second piece engaged with the hub is disclosed. The hub contains a pass through hole at the center to allow passage of a support member. It also contains receptacles perpendicular to the axis of the central pass through hole to receive the cross members of the plant support structure. The reversible engagement features utilized to secure hub to the second piece allow vertical repositioning of the cross members supporting multiple plants.
US12016276B2
A hydroponic growing apparatus, system, and method is provided. The hydroponic grower includes one or more seed beds each having a length and a width operably supported by a framework. A seed belt is rotatable around each of the one or more seed beds between loading and offloading positions to and from a seed growing position. Seed is discharged onto the seed belt for hydroponically growing a seed atop of the one or more seed beds. Seed growth can be offloaded through the path of a stream of liquid exiting a liquid nozzle for cutting through offloaded seed growth in at least one direction.
US12016273B2
An irrigation system having a reservoir with self-sealing openings is provided. The reservoir comprises a body having an outer surface and a cavity for storing fluid. The reservoir also includes a plurality of self-sealing openings on the outer surface and configured to move between a first configuration in which the self-sealing openings are closed and a second configuration in which the self-sealing openings are open and permit fluid to release from the cavity to a target zone. The self-sealing openings are in the first configuration when a fluid pressure in the reservoir is at least one of zero pressure or negative pressure and the self-sealing openings are in the second configuration when the fluid pressure in the reservoir is a positive pressure relative to an external pressure.
US12016266B2
A walk reel mower has a traction frame that carries at least one ground engaging member operatively powered by a prime mover. A rotatable cutting reel is operatively powered by the prime mower for pushing grass against a bedknife to cut the grass. A handle assembly is used to guide and manipulate the mower, and a traction bail on the handle assembly disengages and engages the traction drive. The traction bail is movable between first and second positions that have a range of motion large enough to permit the user to move the control into at least one intermediate position to produce a reduced ground speed greater than zero but less than the nominal ground speed.
US12016262B2
An agricultural row unit includes a knife disposed ahead of the gauge wheel for delivering material to soil adjacent to a trench. In one example, an agricultural row unit includes a frame, a wheel mounted to the frame, and a knife disposed ahead of the wheel and comprising a material delivery conduit disposed on, through, or adjacent the knife.
US12022752B2
A method of forming a memory device includes the following operations. A first conductive plug is formed within a first dielectric layer over a substrate. A treating process is performed to transform a portion of the first conductive plug into a buffer layer, and the buffer layer caps the remaining portion of the first conductive plug. A phase change layer and a top electrode are sequentially formed over the buffer layer. A second dielectric layer is formed to encapsulate the top electrode and the underlying phase change layer. A second conductive plug is formed within the second dielectric layer and in physical contact with the top electrode. A filamentary bottom electrode is formed within the buffer layer.
US12022751B2
This method comprises the steps: a) provide a substrate (1); b) form a layer of a first block copolymer on the substrate (1), by a technique of self-assembly such that the first layer comprises a series of first lithographic patterns extending in a first direction; c) create a first mold comprising impressions formed from the series of first lithographic patterns; d) provide a structured layer comprising a series of patterns (30), conforming to the series of first lithographic patterns, and extending in the first direction; e) form a layer (4) of a second block copolymer (40, 41) on the structured layer by a technique of self-assembly such that the second layer (4) comprises a series of second lithographic patterns (40) extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; f) create a second mold comprising impressions formed from the series of second lithographic patterns (40).
US12022748B2
A superconducting composition of matter including overlapping first and second regions. The regions comprise unit cells of a solid, the first region comprises an electrical insulator or semiconductor, and the second region comprises a metallic electrical conductor. The second region extends through the solid and a subset of said second region comprise surface metal unit cells that are adjacent to at least one unit cell from the first region. The ratio of the number of said surface metal unit cells to the total number of unit cells in the second region being at least 20 percent.
US12022747B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include a resonator for use in quantum computing. The resonator can include a housing that is disposed along a resonator axis. The housing can have a first portion extending from a housing distal end to near a qubit location and a second portion extending from near the qubit location to a housing proximal end. The housing can define a cavity extending from a cavity proximal end to a cavity distal end along a portion of the resonator axis. The housing can include a protrusion extending axially from the housing distal end along the resonator axis to near the qubit location. A proximal portion of the protrusion can include a tapered portion. The resonator can include a qubit extending into the cavity at the qubit location.
US12022740B2
A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes providing a substrate, where the substrate includes a conductive layer therein, and a surface of the substrate exposes a surface of the conductive layer; forming a groove adjacent to the conductive layer in the substrate, where the groove exposes a portion of a sidewall surface of the conductive layer; and forming a lower electrode layer in the groove and on a top surface of the conductive layer.
US12022737B2
A system includes a piezoelectric capacitor assembly and signal processing circuitry coupled to the piezoelectric capacitor assembly. The piezoelectric capacitor assembly includes a piezoelectric member and piezoelectric capacitors located at respective lateral positions along the piezoelectric member. Each piezoelectric capacitor includes: (1) a respective portion of the piezoelectric member, (2) a first electrode, and (3) a second electrode. The first and second electrodes are positioned on opposite side of the piezoelectric member. The piezoelectric capacitors include piezoelectric force-measuring elements (PFEs). The PFEs are configured to output voltage signals between the respective first electrode and the respective second electrode in accordance with a time-varying strain at the respective portion of the piezoelectric member between the respective first electrode and the respective second electrode resulting from a low-frequency mechanical deformation. The signal processing circuitry is configured to read at least some of the PFE voltage signals.
US12022722B2
A method for manufacturing a display device is provided. A process of forming an inspection pattern, in which a protective film unit is partially removed in a thickness direction, in a pad area portion of the protective film unit, which corresponds to a pad area of a display unit, may be performed, and then, a process of delaminating the pad area portion of the protective film unit may be performed. A process of checking whether the inspection pattern exists may be performed to check whether the delamination has succeeded, and, at the same time, a process of measuring distances from an alignment mark to each of a long side and a short side of the display unit may be performed.
US12022719B2
A display substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of photosensitive sensors disposed on a side of the substrate, and a first light guide layer disposed on a side of the plurality of photosensitive sensors away from the substrate. A material of the first light guide layer includes a light-shielding material. The first light guide layer is provided with a plurality of first through holes, and an orthographic projection of at least one first through hole on the substrate is located within a range of an orthographic projection of a photosensitive sensor of the plurality of first through holes on the substrate.
US12022717B2
A display apparatus includes a substrate, a first light-emitting element disposed over the substrate to emit light, a first dummy light-emitting element disposed over the substrate to emit light of a same color as a color of the light emitted from the first light-emitting element, an input sensing layer disposed on the first light-emitting element and the first dummy light-emitting element, and a light-blocking layer disposed on the input sensing layer, where an opening is defined through the light-blocking layer to overlap the first light-emitting element, and the input sensing layer includes a diffraction structure disposed to overlap the first dummy light-emitting element.
US12022713B2
An array substrate and a detection method thereof, and a display panel are disclosed. The array substrate includes a plurality of subpixels and a plurality of signal line structures. The plurality of subpixels are arranged in an array of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns along a first direction and a second direction. Each signal line structure of the plurality of signal line structures includes at least one first detection line extending along the first direction; adjacent (n)th row and (n+1)th row of subpixels in the array form a subpixel row group, and the signal line structure is configured to be connected to the (n)th row and (n+1)th row of subpixels and detect electrical characteristics of first transistors or light-emitting elements in the subpixels.
US12022712B2
A transparent display apparatus for preventing the occurrence of a sense of difference between a display panel and a cover substrate is provided. The transparent display apparatus includes a transparent display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of pixels provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, a display area including the plurality of pixels, and a non-display area surrounding the display area and a cover substrate including a first area overlapping the transparent display panel and a second area surrounding the first area and including a plurality of dummy patterns.
US12022707B2
Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes a base layer in which a display area where a plurality of pixels are disposed and a non-display area surrounding the display area are defined; a circuit element layer which is disposed on the base layer; an input sensing layer which is disposed on the circuit element layer; and one or more display signal pads and one or more sensing signal pads which are disposed on a sidewall of each of the base layer, the circuit element layer and the input sensing layer, wherein each of the display signal pads is electrically coupled to a display signal line disposed in the circuit element layer, and each of the sensing signal pads is electrically coupled to an input sensing line disposed in the input sensing layer.
US12022705B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a wiring substrate connected to the first substrate, a cover member located on an opposite side to the first substrate so as to interpose the second substrate therebetween and a conductive layer maintained at a predetermined potential, and the first substrate includes an extension portion extending further from the second substrate, the wiring substrate is connected to the extension portion, the cover member includes a first surface opposing the extension portion, and the conductive layer overlaps the extension portion in plan view.
US12022700B2
A display device includes a substrate; pad electrodes disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from one another; a driving member including bumps, which overlap the pad electrodes in a thickness direction of the substrate and are spaced apart from one another; conductive members disposed between the pad electrodes and the bumps to electrically connect the pad electrodes and the bumps; and non-conductive members disposed adjacent to the pad electrodes, the bumps, and the conductive members, wherein the conductive members and the non-conductive members include different materials, each of the conductive members includes a first side surface that faces a corresponding one of the non-conductive members, each of the non-conductive members include a second side surface that faces a corresponding one of the conductive members, and a part of the first side surface and a part of the second side surface directly contact one another.
US12022699B2
A display device includes: a substrate; sub-pixels on the substrate; data lines connected to the sub-pixels; a display driving circuit supplying data voltages to the data lines; and fan-out lines on the substrate and connecting the data lines and the display driving circuit. Each of the sub-pixels includes a first transistor including a first active layer on the substrate and including a silicon semiconductor and a first gate electrode on the first active layer, and a second transistor including a second active layer on the substrate and including an oxide semiconductor and a second gate electrode on the second active layer. The fan-out lines include first fan-out lines and second fan-out lines alternately arranged each other in one direction. The first fan-out lines are arranged on the same layer as the first gate electrode, and the second fan-out lines are arranged on the same layer as the second gate electrode.
US12022697B2
A method of fabricating a display panel includes forming a first conductive layer on a base substrate, wherein the first conductive layer is formed in an encapsulated area and a peripheral area of the display panel; forming an organic insulating layer on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate, wherein the organic insulating layer is formed to be limited in the encapsulated area; forming a first inorganic insulating layer on a side of the organic insulating layer away from the base substrate; forming a second conductive layer on a side of the organic insulating layer and the first inorganic insulating layer away from the base substrate, wherein the second conductive layer is formed in the encapsulated area and the peripheral area; and forming a second inorganic insulating layer, the second inorganic insulating layer formed between the organic insulating layer and the first conductive layer.
US12022687B2
A display panel includes a first display substrate including first to third pixel areas and a light blocking area that is adjacent to the first to third pixel areas and a second display substrate including first to third display elements respectively overlapping the first to third pixel areas. The first display substrate includes a base substrate, a first color filter overlapping the first pixel area and having a first color, a second color filter overlapping the second pixel area and having a second color different from the first color, a third color filter disposed on the base substrate, having a third color different from the first and second colors, and including a filter portion overlapping the third pixel area and a light blocking portion overlapping the light blocking area, and a light blocking member disposed on the light blocking portion and containing a black organic pigment.
US12022678B2
A display device having an active region and a non-active region, includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a sealing layer. The first substrate includes a first substrate layer, a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the first substrate layer in the active region, and a plurality of dams disposed on the first substrate layer in the non-active region. The second substrate includes a plurality of light conversion units in the active region. The sealing layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the sealing layer includes a first portion disposed in the non-active region and a second portion disposed in the active region, and the first portion and the second portion are continuous, wherein at least a part of the first portion of the sealing layer is disposed between at least two of the plurality of dams.
US12022675B2
A display device includes a substrate including an emission area and a non-emission area; a circuit element layer formed on the substrate and having circuit elements disposed thereon; an overcoat layer covering the circuit element layer; an auxiliary electrode formed on the overcoat layer in the non-emission area and composed of multiple layers with a reflective layer in between; an electron transport layer covering the auxiliary electrode; and a cathode electrode formed on the electron transport layer, wherein the auxiliary electrode includes an electrode hole passing through the multiple layers, and the reflective layer includes at least one protrusion protruding toward inside from a sidewall of the electrode hole and contacting the cathode electrode.
US12022657B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a conducting layer and an insulating layer that are disposed above a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of pillars that extend in a direction which crosses a surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a plate that is disposed between the plurality of pillars and extends in the same direction as the pillars. A surface of the plate, which faces the pillars, has convex portions and non-convex portions.
US12022653B2
A semiconductor device may include a cell gate conductive pattern in a cell array area that extends to a step area, a cell vertical structure in the cell array area that extends through the cell gate conductive pattern, a cell gate contact structure on the cell gate conductive pattern in the step area, a cell gate contact region in the cell gate conductive pattern and aligned with the cell gate contact structure, a first peripheral contact structure spaced apart from the cell gate conductive pattern, a second peripheral contact structure spaced apart from the first peripheral contact structure, a first peripheral contact region under the first peripheral contact structure, and a second peripheral contact region under the second peripheral contact structure. The cell gate contact region may include a first element and a remainder of the cell gate conductive pattern may not substantially include the first element.
US12022647B2
Microelectronic devices including memory cell structures, and related methods and electronic systems
A microelectronic device comprises memory cell structures extending from a base material. At least one memory cell structure of the memory cell structures comprises a central portion in contact with a digit line, extending from the base material and comprising opposing arcuate surfaces, an end portion in contact with a storage node contact on a side of the central portion, and an additional end portion in contact with an additional storage node contact on an opposite side of the central portion. Related microelectronic devices, electronic systems, and methods are also described.
US12022646B2
A semiconductor device includes: a plurality of active layers stacked in a first direction perpendicular to a substrate and laterally oriented in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a plurality of bit lines each of which is coupled to one side of each of the active layers and laterally oriented in a direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction; a plurality of capacitors each of which is coupled to another side of each of the active layers; and a word line vertically oriented penetrating the active layers in the first direction.
US12022642B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of patterned electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation materials (e.g., EMI absorbers, thermally-conductive EMI absorbers, etc.) including carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes may comprise single-walled carbon nanotubes, multi-walled carbon nanotubes, and/or carbon nanostructures comprising a branched network of crosslinked carbon nanotube structures. For example, an EMI mitigation material may comprise a filled dielectric including a pattern of EMI absorbers. The filled dielectric comprises carbon nanotubes.
US12022641B2
An electromagnetic wave suppression sheet includes an electromagnetic wave transmitting layer having conductivity and transparency; a suppression layer having transparency; a conductive mesh having openings formed by woven lines; and an adhesive layer having transparency in this order from an outer side toward an inner side. The openings of the conductive mesh have a region in which the suppression layer and the adhesive layer are in contact with each other. A method of manufacturing an electromagnetic wave suppression sheet includes steps of preparing a laminate including the suppression layer, and the conductive mesh disposed to be in contact with the suppression layer; and applying a pressure to the conductive mesh in a direction of the suppression layer.
US12022633B2
A graphics subsystem includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a blower, and a heat sink. A graphics processing unit (GPU) is integrated into the PCB. The PCB is shortened to occupy a portion of the width of the graphics subsystem. The heat sink is coupled to the PCB and/or GPU similarly occupies just a portion of the width of the graphics subsystem. The blower is disposed adjacent to the PCB and heat sink and configured to occupy the full height of the graphics subsystem. The blower is further configured to intake air from both the top side of the graphics subsystem and the bottom side of the graphics subsystem. In this configuration, the blower provides an elevated air flow rate in order to facilitate cooling of the PCB and/or GPU.
US12022631B1
The present disclosure discloses a dual-screen display. The dual-screen display includes a first display screen, a second display screen and a hinge device. The first display screen is electrically connected to the second display screen; the first display screen is connected to the second display screen through the hinge device. The first display screen rotates until a front surface of the first display screen abuts against a front surface of the second display screen, and a back surface of the first display screen abuts against a back surface of the second display screen. By using the hinge device, the first display screen can rotate until the front surface of the first display screen abuts against the front surface of the second display screen, and the back surface of the first display screen abuts against the back surface of the second display screen.
US12022630B2
A modular, non-metallic enclosure with a first enclosure having an open end between first and second side panels and a second enclosure having an open end between third and fourth side panels. At the open end of the first enclosure, the first and second side panels each include a guide rail having a male guiderail member and a female guiderail channel. At the open end of the second enclosure, the third and fourth side panels each include a guide rail having a male guiderail member and a female guiderail channel. The male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the first sidewall are configured to engage with the opposite of the male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the third side wall. The male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the second sidewall are configured to engage with the opposite of the male guiderail member/female guiderail channel of the fourth side panel.
US12022628B2
A display device includes a display screen, connection members and a driving apparatus. The display screen includes a flexible display panel and a plurality of supports. The plurality of supports include a first support and a second support that are adjacently arranged. The first support includes a connection portion. A connection member in the connection members is disposed on the second support. The driving apparatus is configured such that the driving apparatus drives the connection member to be connected to or disconnected from the connection portion.
US12022624B2
A display assembly with electric vehicle charging equipment includes one or more side assemblies, each connected to a structural frame and including an electronic display subassembly. An external portion of the electric vehicle charging equipment is connected to the structural frame and located rearward of the cover of each of the one or more side assemblies, where the cover is located forward of a display layer. An internal portion of the electric vehicle charging equipment is located at a cavity provided below or rearward of the cover of each of the one or more side assemblies.
US12022619B2
A semiconductor chip module includes a PCB including first and second faces; a buffer on the first face; a first chip on the first face, and including a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal, a first signal being provided to the first connection terminal, and a second signal being provided to the second connection terminal; a second chip on the second face, and including a third connection terminal to which the first signal is provided, and a fourth connection terminal to which the second signal is provided. The first connection terminal and the third connection terminal receive the first signal from the buffer at the same time. The first connection terminal is closer to the buffer as compared with the second connection terminal. The third connection terminal is closer to the buffer as compared with the fourth connection terminal.
US12022605B2
A stacking system is disclosed and includes a circuit board, an integrated circuit, a voltage regulation module and a heat dissipation module. The integrated circuit and the voltage regulation module are opposite disposed on a first side and a second side of the circuit board. The heat dissipation module includes a first heat dissipation component and a second heat dissipation component located at a top surface of the integrated circuit and the bottom surface of the voltage regulation module. The second heat dissipation component includes a base and an extended arm. The base is in thermal contact with bottom surface of the voltage regulation module. The extended arm is extended from the base to the first heat dissipation component and in thermal contact with the first heat dissipation component.
US12022599B2
A polarization-multiplexed radiator system, preferably including one or more electron splitters, undulator networks, electron combiners, and/or optics, and preferably integrated into a light source system that can include one or more accelerator modules and/or radiator modules. A method of operation, preferably including receiving high-energy electrons, separating electrons, and/or generating optical outputs S330, and optionally including separating outputs, providing the optical outputs, and/or outputting electrons.
US12022594B2
A wall-mounted assembly may include one or more host devices which receive line voltage and generate low voltage power on one or more contacts for powering one or more modular devices. The one or more modular devices may be installed adjacent to the host device and may share a faceplate with the host device, such as a standard decorator faceplate. The modular devices may receive power from the host device via a power bus between the host device and the one or more modular devices. Further, the power bus may include a communication bus for communication between the host device and the modular devices. The faceplate may be a smart faceplate, which may include circuitry, such as a battery backup, occupancy sensing, a charging dock for a mobile phone, etc.
US12022584B2
An apparatus, a method and a device for calibrating the apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises one or more light sources, at least one image acquisition device for acquiring images; and a device. The device comprises a processing unit, a memory coupled to the processing unit. The memory comprising a calibration module configured to obtain a value of current flowing through each of one or more light sources in real-time, compare the value of current flowing through each of the one or more light sources with a predefined threshold current value, and calibrate color gain value associated with at least one image acquisition device, if the determined value of current for each of the one or more light sources is above the predefined threshold current value.
US12022583B2
Portable devices, systems and methods with automated heat control assembly are provided. The portable devices and systems comprise a light source, a current source, a heat control circuit, a temperature sensor and a processor. The current source is electrically coupled to the light source. The heat control circuit adapted to allow changing the current supplied to the light source. The temperature sensor adapted to measure a temperature adjacent the light source and to output an associated temperature sensor data to the processor. The processor configured to automatically adjust the current supply in the heat control circuit based on the temperature sensor data relative to a predetermined temperature threshold. The method comprises measuring a temperature adjacent a light source using a temperature sensor and automatically adjusting, using a processor, the current suppled to the light source based on the temperature sensor data relative to a predetermined temperature threshold.
US12022582B2
A load control device for an electrical load is configured to operate in a normal mode and a burst mode to adjust the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device comprises a control circuit that operates in the normal mode to regulate an average magnitude of a load current conducted through the load between a maximum rated current and a minimum rated current. During the normal mode, the control circuit controls the operating period of a load regulation circuit between a high-end operating period and a low-end operating period. The control circuit operates in the burst mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current. During the burst mode, the control circuit adjusts the low-end operating period to be less than or equal to a minimum on time of the load regulation circuit.
US12022581B2
To improve display quality in a case where pixels are driven by using a ramp wave voltage. A display device includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in at least one direction, a plurality of signal lines that supplies the plurality of pixel circuits with signal voltage corresponding to gradation, a voltage output unit that generates ramp wave voltage having a voltage level that changes with time, a ramp wiring that supplies the ramp wave voltage generated in the voltage output unit, a plurality of voltage holding units that is connected between the ramp wiring and the plurality of signal lines, and holds the ramp wave voltage at a timing corresponding to luminance of the plurality of pixel circuits to generate the signal voltage, a plurality of correction current sources that supplies correction current to a plurality of connection paths of the ramp wiring and the plurality of voltage holding units, and a current adjustment unit that adjusts the correction current on the basis of a voltage difference, on a predetermined connection path, of when setting a predetermined luminance to a pixel circuit connected to the predetermined connection path, in a case where the correction current is passed from the plurality of correction current sources to the plurality of connection paths, and in a case where the correction current is not passed from the plurality of correction current sources to the plurality of connection paths.
US12022576B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a method for interconnecting a plurality of networks, including a first network, with a second network via an interworking gateway (IWG). The method may comprise receiving a request from the first network for a user in the first network to access at least one service or application available in the second network, determining at least one criteria associated with the second network to enforce for the user in the first network, and enforcing the at least one criteria for communications associated with the user between the first and second networks. The IWG may be a cloud-based service that is configured to perform the aforementioned steps. The IWG may also be configured to be dynamically scalable to support multiple networks in the plurality of networks requesting interconnection with the second network.
US12022575B2
A communication system includes a first inference server that obtains subset of information from a connectivity enhanced database of a central cloud server based on a geographical zone served by the first inference server. The first inference server receives a real-time or a near real-time request from a road-side unit (RSU) device within the geographical zone, where the request includes input features corresponding to sensing information from a vehicle. Based on the sensing information, the first inference server further causes a first edge device on the vehicle to connect to the RSU device to perform uplink and downlink communication with high throughput without any interruptions. Further, the first inference server obtains updated sensing information from the first edge device and communicates updated initial access information to the first edge device directly or via the RSU device to maintain a connectivity of the first edge device to a base station.
US12022573B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications using a split bearer. A user equipment device may perform a recovery operation for a lost uplink packet. The recovery operation may be in response to an indication from the network or may be initiated autonomously by the device.
US12022562B2
A method and apparatus enable sidelink resource management using a sidelink discovery signal. The method provides for determining a resource configuration for a sidelink discovery signal. The resource configuration provides one or more parameters for transmitting the sidelink discovery signal. The method also provides for measuring link quality between the UE and at least one candidate relay UE. Based on the measured link quality one of the candidate relay UEs is selected and serves as a relay UE.
US12022560B2
The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. Disclosed is a method of controlling timer T3440 or T3540 in a User Equipment, UE, the timer being operable to guard a time during which the UE maintains a certain type of connection to a telecommunication network, wherein the timer has a default first time period in the absence of a first condition and a second condition being met, wherein if both the first condition and the second condition are met, then the first default time period is extended to a second time period.
US12022558B2
Apparatus, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating multi-tasking and smart location selection during connected-mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) mode are disclosed herein. Example techniques disclosed herein enable a UE to perform multiple tasks during a same SSBS to reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. For example, disclosed techniques enable a UE to perform RLM tasks and loop tracking tasks during a first SSBS and thereby reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. In some examples, the UE may also perform the search task or the measurement task during the same first SSBS and, thereby, further reduce the number of wake-up SSBSs. Example techniques disclosed herein may also enable the UE to select which SSBS occurrences to wake-up for during the OFF duration of the CDRX cycle.
US12022554B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method for providing state information regarding a user equipment, UE, performed by a radio access node, RAN, and an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF, respectively. Embodiments here in relate also to a RAN and an AMF configured to perform a method for providing state information regarding a UE.
US12022547B2
The present invention provides communication control methods relating to control signal management, a user equipment (UE), and a network node. The method includes transmitting a first initial Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session establishment request message containing a request type field to the network node to establish a first PDU session with a Data Network Name (DNN) and a Single Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (S-NSSAI); receiving a PDU session establishment reject message; setting a request type field contained within a second initial PDU session establishment request message to initial request to establish a second PDU session based on a cause value of the PDU session establishment reject message indicating the first PDU session does not exist; and transmitting the second initial PDU session establishment request message to the network node to establish the second PDU session.
US12022544B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a signal measurement method for adding a secondary node in an electronic device and the electronic device thereof, and the electronic device may include a first communication circuit configured to provide first wireless communication using a first frequency range, a second communication circuit configured to provide second wireless communication using a second frequency range, a processor operatively connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected with the processor, and configured to store at least one first measurement configuration information, and the memory may store instructions for, when executed, causing the processor to, using the first communication circuit, perform communication connection with a master node (MN) base station operating as an MN, while performing the communication connection with the MN base station, measure a state of a signal from at least one base station for operating as a secondary node (SN) using the at least one first measurement configuration information, using the second communication circuit, and transmit a first message including at least part of the measurement result, to the MN base station.
US12022524B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive first information indicating a first set of parameters associated with repetition of a second random access message (RAM) associated with a random access channel (RACH) procedure. The UE may transmit, using the first set of parameters, an initial RAM in association with the RACH procedure. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12022519B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for beam refinement via physical random access channel (PRACH) repetition. A method that may be performed by a network entity includes determining resources to monitor for a PRACH transmission sent from a user equipment (UE) as part of a random access channel (RACH) procedure, performing receive beam sweeping when receiving PRACH repetitions sent using the determined resources, using results of the receive beam sweeping to refine one or more beams and to select a refined beam of the refined one or more beams, and using the selected refined beam for at least one of receiving a subsequent message from the UE as part of the RACH procedure or sending a subsequent message to the UE as part of the RACH procedure.
US12022513B2
A method and a device for random access are provided. The method may include that a base station transmits target indication information for indicating a ratio of target demodulation reference signals (DRSs) to a terminal. Further, the terminal determines a target listen before talk (LBT) mode corresponding to the ratio of target DRSs based on a correspondence between ratios of DRSs and LBT modes predefined in a protocol and transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) for uplink random access to the base station through the target LBT mode.
US12022512B2
Systems, devices, and techniques for listen-before-talk (LBT) operations in unlicensed spectrum are described. A described technique includes receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a downlink control information (DCI) message, the DCI message including available bandwidth information and a channel occupancy time (COT) duration, the available bandwidth information being associated with one or more LBT bandwidths of a bandwidth part (BWP) in unlicensed spectrum; receiving, by the UE, one or more physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions in the BWP, during the COT duration; and processing the one or more PDSCH transmissions based on the available bandwidth information.
US12022503B2
Wireless devices may communicate with each other via a sidelink. At least two wireless devices may communicate via a sidelink using a resource allocation mode that may be determined with or without assistance from a base station. A wireless device may select, based on one or more conditions, from at least two resource allocation modes of operation for the sidelink.
US12022499B2
The present disclosure relates to a downlink control information sending method and receiving method, an apparatus, and a storage medium. The downlink control information sending method can be applied to a network side device, and the method can include, when determined that a terminal uses a preset type of service, sending information of PDCCH resources to the terminal such that the terminal receives DCI of the preset type of service on the PDCCH resources. The method can further include, by means of the PDCCH resources, sending the DCI of the preset type of service to the terminal. The present disclosure can reduce the complexity of acquiring DCI of a preset type of service, and decreases time delays in acquiring DCI of a preset type of service.
US12022495B2
A network node (12) schedules a wireless communications device (14) to utilize a subsection (54) of a previously configured active bandwidth part (46). The wireless communications device (14) utilizes the subsection (54) for operations such as monitoring for control signaling from the network node (12), channel measurements, and/or for communication between the wireless communications device (14) and the network node (12) (e.g. uplink and/or downlink traffic). Accordingly, the wireless communications device (14) may reduce power consumption by not monitoring and/or using a wider bandwidth.
US12022480B2
Provided are a transmission determination method, a transmission determination apparatus, a base station, a terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium. Whether to receive a first transmission is determined according to first information, and/or whether to send a second transmission is determined according to first information, so that the first transmission is received or the second transmission is sent at one time moment. It is ensured that a terminal and/or a base station transmit at most one transmission at one time moment, thus avoiding a time domain conflict caused by overlapping of time domain resources for a transmission scheduled by downlink control information (DCI) and a transmission configured by higher-layer signaling.
US12022475B2
An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may include receiving bandwidth part (BWP) change information from a base station in a BWP i; changing an operation BWP of the terminal from the BWP i to a BWP j even when a transmission and reception procedure of first data in the BWP i is not completed at a BWP changing point indicated by the BWP change information; and performing a data transmission and reception procedure of second data in the BWP j, wherein the BWP i and the BWP j are different BWPs, and i and j are different integers.
US12022466B2
In a terminal (200), a controller (209) dynamically determines one or more parameters relating to transmission of uplink data. A transmitter (216) transmits uplink control information indicating the determined one or more parameters to a base station.
US12022464B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide techniques for communicating in a wireless communications system. In particular, in an embodiment a base station receives a capability message from a user equipment (UE) indicating downlink scheduling delay. The base station transmits a downlink control frame to the UE in response to determining that transmitting a frame to the UE satisfies a scheduling delay condition. The downlink control frame indicates a scheduling delay of the frame equal to or greater than the downlink scheduling delay. The base station then transmits the frame to the UE in accordance with the downlink control frame.
US12022461B2
A user equipment (UE) and a method for small data transmission are provided. The method includes receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a base station (BS), the RRC release message including a small data transmission configuration indicating a radio bearer to be retained; suspending all established signaling radio bearers (SRBs) and data radio bearers (DRBs) except SRB0 and the indicated radio bearer; transitioning from an RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_INACTIVE or RRC_IDLE state; performing the small data transmission via a random access (RA) procedure by applying the small data transmission configuration; receiving, from the BS, a downlink (DL) response message including a specific uplink (UL) resource indication indicating a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) associated with a configured grant; and determining whether to perform subsequent data transmission after receiving a random access response (RAR) for the RA procedure according to the specific UL resource indication.
US12022449B2
A data transmission method includes that a first device sends a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) to a second device. A bandwidth of channels occupied by the PPDU is N×20 megahertz (MHz), the PPDU includes a preamble sequence having a backward compatibility function and a first extremely high throughput long training field (EHT-LTF), the first EHT-LTF is carried in a first subcarrier set, the first subcarrier set includes one or more subcarriers other than a subcarrier that carries the preamble sequence having the backward compatibility function and a direct current subcarrier in the N 20 MHz channels, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. The second device receives the PPDU sent by the first device.
US12022444B2
Provided is a power transmission and reception system and a power transmission and reception system method capable of simultaneously transmitting/receiving data and power and including an array antenna including a plurality of antennas, a radio frequency (RF) unit and a baseband unit provided for data transmission and reception, a slot allocation unit configured to allocate a channel for power transfer and a slot for data transmission in a Contention Access Period (CAP) section, and allocate a slot for power transfer in consideration of whether to perform cooperative charging with a nearby another Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT) power transfer system, and a power supply and beamforming control unit configured to adjust the array antenna such that a power signal to be transmitted is beamformed according to a positioning beacon from a power receiving unit (PRU).
US12022437B2
The apparatus may be a UE. The UE may be configured to receive, from a second UE, an indication of a first DC location corresponding to a first subcarrier of multiple subcarriers. The UE may further be configured to decode at least one transmission from the second UE based on the received indication of the first DC location corresponding to the first subcarrier. The UE may also be configured to receive a request for a second DC location and to transmit, to the second UE, an indication of a second DC location corresponding to a second subcarrier of the multiple subcarriers. The UE may, in some aspects, further be configured to receive, from a base station, signaling relating to a transmission of a DC location between sidelink UEs.
US12022436B2
A 5G UE achieves flexible SL time resource granularity by determining which UL/Flexible symbols/slots belong to a symbol-based SL resource pool and a slot-based SL resource pool based on SFI in RRC/GC-PDCCH. The UE then determines which resources are available in each pool based on sensing and selects a resource pool to use so that QoS/latency requirements are met.
US12022428B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for remote user equipment direct to indirect path switching in sidelink relay are provided. For example, a method can include receiving, at a user equipment from a network element, a system information block message having an information element to configure monitoring of paging messages at a common paging occasion, which can be configured for user equipment that are in idle or inactive state and that are configured to act as a user-equipment-to-network relay user equipment. The method may also include monitoring a page at the common paging occasion based on the information element. The method may further include sending a random access preamble dedicated to the user equipment in response to the page. The method may additionally include performing a state transition to connected mode only after a response to the random access preamble is received.
US12022427B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit capability information indicating a first capability associated with a core network based UE subgrouping type and a second capability associated with a UE identifier based subgrouping type. The UE may receive, from a base station, an indication of whether the base station supports one or more UE subgrouping types, of the core network based UE subgrouping type and the UE identifier based subgrouping type. The UE may monitor a selected paging occasion based at least in part on the capability information and the indication. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12022422B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to a location server that transmits a control signaling request to a NTS in a non-terrestrial network, the control signaling requesting an entity type of the NTS, and ephemeris data associated with the NTS. The location server may transmit a control signaling request to a non-terrestrial network configuration entity in the non-terrestrial network, the control signaling requesting an identifier of the NTS, an entity type of the non-terrestrial network configuration entity, and/or a number of non-terrestrial network nodes communicatively connected to the non-terrestrial network configuration entity. The location server receives a control signaling response from the NTS and/or the non-terrestrial network configuration entity, the control signaling response indicating configuration parameter values. The location server then configures positioning assistance data for positioning a UE based in part on the configuration parameter values received in the control signaling response.
US12022420B2
A method can include transmitting, by a wireless device to an access and mobility management function (AMF), a registration request message for the wireless device. The method can also include transmitting, by the wireless device to the AMF, a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment request to establish a PDU session associated with an aerial service, wherein the transmitting is after an authentication and/or authorization procedure for the aerial service of the wireless device is confirmed. The method can further include receiving, by the wireless device from by the AMF, an indication of acceptance or rejection of the PDU session establishment request, wherein the rejection or acceptance of the PDU session establishment request is based on an indication of whether the aerial service of the wireless device has been authenticated and/or authorized by an uncrewed aerial system service supplier (USS).
US12022419B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing 5G services to at least one user device [302], The at least one user device [302] transmits a first connection request to the gNodeB [304], The gNodeB [304] attaches a first protocol message to the first connection request received from the at least one user device [302] and transmits the attached first connection request to an interworking unit [306], The interworking unit [306] generates a third request from the attached first connection request based on an application protocol and transmits the generated third request to an EPC [308], The EPC [308] establishes a connection with the at least one user device [302] and 5G services to the at least one user device [302] via the gNodeB [304].
US12022413B2
Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for wireless communication including an apparatus, e.g., a UE. In some aspects, the apparatus may determine a timing synchronization procedure with at least one sidelink UE. The apparatus may also configure a timing synchronization signal associated with the timing synchronization procedure, the timing synchronization signal including at least one of a signal bandwidth or a signal location. The apparatus may also transmit, to the at least one sidelink UE, the timing synchronization signal associated with the timing synchronization procedure.
US12022398B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques for reducing radio resource management (RRM) measurements and user equipment (UE) power consumption in a wireless cellular network. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12022397B2
A terminal device for use with a wireless telecommunications network, the terminal device including a transceiver; and a controller configured to control the transceiver to exchange data with the wireless telecommunications network using one of a first communications service and a second communications service, the first communications service being associated with a first quality of service for exchanging data and the second communications service being associated with a second quality of service for exchanging data. The controller is configured to control the transceiver to establish one of a first set of radio connection states with the wireless telecommunications network and one of a second set of radio connection states with the wireless telecommunications network, and control the transceiver to establish the radio connection state of the first communications service independently of the radio connection state of the second communications service.
US12022389B2
Implementations of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting data, an access network device and a terminal device. The method includes the following steps: an access network device receives a first data packet sent by a core network device, and determines a state that the terminal device needs to be in for receiving the first data packet, the state that the terminal device needs to be in for receiving the first data packet is any of at least two states, and the at least two states are different states when the terminal device is in data transmission with a network side device; the access network device sends the data packet to the terminal device. The implementations of the invention can enable the terminal device to transmit the data packet in a state matched with the data packet.
US12022384B2
Disclosed as a method of controlling access to a network in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method of performing access to a network by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may include receiving first information on whether a specific access identity is valid in a specific public land mobile network (PLMN) from the network, when the UE selects a PLMN and attempts access, determining whether the specific access identity is valid in the PLMN selected by the UE based on the first information, selecting an access identity based on the determination, and performing an access control procedure based on the selected access identity.
US12022379B2
An example method can comprise receiving a first wireless signal from a first device at a boundary device. The boundary device can measure one or more properties of the first wireless signal and can transmit information regarding the one or more measured properties of the first wireless signal to the first device, the information regarding the one or more measured properties of the first wireless signal causing the first device to adjust one or more properties of wireless transmission based on the information.
US12022369B2
A system for content sharing and methods for making and using the same. The content sharing system enables a smooth and easy exchange of electronic data.
US12022368B2
Examples associated with Bluetooth device pairing are described. One example includes storing a set of device pairings. Device pairings may indicate Bluetooth devices that are authorized to connect. An authorization signal is received from a first Bluetooth device. The authorization signal may seek approval to connect with a second Bluetooth device over a Bluetooth connection. A control signal is provided to the first Bluetooth device when a device pairing indicates the first Bluetooth device is authorized to connect to the second Bluetooth device.
US12022365B2
A method of managing and sharing information based upon telematic information related to mobile devices includes one or more processors receiving telematic data from one or more mobile devices. The processors receive trigger criteria from at least one processing entity. The trigger criteria is based upon the telematic data and represents an event to initiate a request to share information relating to the mobile devices. The processors automatically initiate a notification representing a request to share the information with at least one external third party device based upon the telematic data corresponding to the trigger criteria. The processors then automatically share the information with the at least one external third party device based upon a response to the notification and facilitate display of the information on the at least one external third party device.
US12022363B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a processing system that analyses, without user intervention, content of a first message directed from equipment of a sending user to equipment of a receiving user, to identify a task. The processing system determines that the receiving user is unable to perform the task according to biometric data of the receiving user. The biometric data is selected from one of heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and combinations thereof. According to the content of the first message and the biometric data obtained from the receiving user, the processing system determines that the task should be delegated to another user, and responsive thereto, provides a second message associated with the task to equipment of the other user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12022353B2
A device may include a memory storing instructions and processor configured to execute the instructions to select a vehicle attached to a base station; determine a speed and a vehicle type associated with the vehicle; and calculate an estimated braking distance for the vehicle based on the speed and the vehicle type. The processor may be further configured to generate a geofence for the vehicle based on the calculated estimated braking distance; use the generated geofence to identify at least one relevant Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) message to be forwarded to the vehicle; and forward the identified at least one relevant V2X message to the vehicle via the base station.
US12022349B2
Provided are a load balancing method and device. The load balancing method comprises: a first base station to which a first cell belongs receiving beam load information, which is sent by a second base station to which a second cell belongs, of the second cell.
US12022342B2
According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises: determining geographical location information of the wireless device with respect to each cell of a plurality of cells; adjusting a cell reselection ranking for the plurality of cells based on the geographical location information for the plurality of cells; selecting a cell from the plurality of cells based on the adjusted ranking; and camping on the selected cell.
US12022337B2
A method, system and apparatus for switching of a transmission between cell groups. According to one aspect of the disclosure, a network node is configured to provide a first cell on a first carrier and to communicate with a wireless device where the first cell is part of a first cell group is provided. The network node includes processing circuitry configured to: receive a transmission from a wireless device after a time period following a switching of a transmission from a second cell being part of a second cell group, the first cell group being different from the second cell group; and determine a timing value corresponding to the time period, the time value being associated at least in part with the second cell group.
US12022335B2
Techniques to configure a UE for a multi-connectivity handover with a source base station (SBS) and a target base station (TBS) include encoding UE capability information for transmission to the SBS, the UE capability information indicating tire UE supports multi-connectivity handover. A measurement report is encoded for transmission to the SBS, the measurement report triggered based on a measurement event configured by the SBS. RRC signaling is received from the SBS and includes a handover command for a multi-connectivity handover from the SBS to the TBS. The handover command is in response to the measurement report and the UE capability information. First UL data and second UL data are encoded for transmission during the multi-connectivity handover. The first UL data is encoded for transmission to the SBS and the second UL data is encoded for transmission to the TBS during the multi-connectivity handover.
US12022325B2
Disclosed herein is an architecture for an edge computing platform based on an underlying wireless mesh network. The architecture includes nodes installed with equipment for operating as part of a wireless mesh network, including (1) a first tier of one or more Point of Presence (PoP) node, (2) a second tier of one or more seed nodes that are each directly connected to at least one PoP node via a PoP-to-seed wireless link, and (3) a third tier of one or more anchor nodes that are each connected to at least one seed node either (i) directly via a seed-to-anchor wireless link or (ii) indirectly via one or more intermediate anchor nodes, one or more anchor-to-anchor wireless links, and one seed-to-anchor wireless link, where at least one node in each of these tiers is further installed with equipment for operating as part of an edge computing platform.
US12022313B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving control information indicating a starting time and at least one of a duration or an end time associated with the interference measurements, wherein the duration is a difference between the end time and the starting time, measuring a plurality of reference signals associated with the interference measurements between the starting time and the end time at a period, generating a plurality of interference reports based on measuring the plurality of reference signals, and transmitting the plurality of interference reports to a base station (BS).
US12022308B2
In some implementations, a device may determine a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) value associated with a communication channel between a user equipment and the device. The device may select, based on the SINR value, a channel quality indicator (CQI) value associated with the communication channel or a sounding reference signal (SRS) from the UE to determine a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) configuration for transmitting data to the UE. The device may determine the MIMO configuration according to the CQI value based on the SINR value being a first value. The device may determine the MIMO configuration according to the SRS based on the SINR value being a second value that is different than the first value. The device may transmit the data to the UE using the MIMO configuration.
US12022302B2
A method for performing spatial sharing between an existing SP and a candidate SP includes transmitting a first measurement request to an STA involved in the candidate SP carrying measurement configuration information for measurement over primary tier 1 channel of a tier 2 channel. The measurement configuration information includes the method that is to be used for the requested measurement, the measurement start time, the measurement duration, the number of time blocks within the measurement duration, the number of concurrent measurements to be performed using plural RX antenna configurations, and the method for reporting results of plural concurrent measurements, wherein the duration of each time block is the same.
US12022291B2
System and methods are disclosed that enable data sharing across networks, including peer-to-peer sharing of content over wireless networks using peer mobile devices. A database may store content associated with a first peer mobile device. A request from a requester peer mobile device for content associated with a user of the first peer mobile device may be received at a server. The encrypted request is transmitted by the server to the first peer mobile device which may decrypt the request. An authorization token may be transmitted by the first peer mobile device to the server which may then enable the requesting peer mobile device to access the requested content, which may be accessed from the first peer mobile device and/or a cloud storage system.
US12022286B2
A data transmission method includes each of a plurality of devices determining an IP address of each device based on a hash value calculated from a public key of each device according to a hash function. Each of the devices holds state information reflecting a connection relationship between the devices and transmits a notification message indicating content of the state information to another device. Each of the devices updates the state information held by each device based on the notification message received from the another device. In a group of devices logically defined based on the state information held by each device, a routing table is determined and held between the devices included in the group and is used to search for a device to be a destination of data transmission.
US12022283B2
An objective is to provide a communication system, a terminal, a communication method, and a program capable of improving the probability of successful authentication regardless of mobility of the terminal. The communication system according to the present invention includes a terminal 30 including: a sensor unit 36 that senses a state of the terminal and includes at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a position sensor, and a proximity sensor; an optical receiver 31 that receives an optical modulation signal and outputs an electrical signal; a correction circuit 34 that corrects the electrical signal on a basis of the state of the terminal sensed by the sensor unit 36 when one of the following is true: illuminance of light received from an optical transmitter 21 by the optical receiver 31 is equal to or lower than an illuminance threshold value; and a signal intensity of the electrical signal output by the optical receiver 31 is equal to or lower than an intensity threshold value; an authentication information checking circuit 32 that checks the authentication information contained in the electrical signal; and a terminal-side RF transmitter/receiver 33 that transmits the authentication information to a base station 20 via RF wireless communication.
US12022281B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for secure communication between computing devices. A mobile device may communicate with an untrusted device to cause the untrusted device to send information (e.g., encrypted information that the untrusted device is unable to decrypt) to a server using an Internet connection of the untrusted device. The mobile device may have limited or no access to the Internet. To prevent potential security risks associated with using a public or untrusted device, the mobile device may encrypt information stored on the mobile device (e.g., stored in a mobile application associated with the server), send it to the untrusted device (e.g., by displaying a QR code to a camera of the untrusted device), and the untrusted device may send the information to the server via a network connection of the untrusted device.
US12022278B2
A method and apparatus configured to create a zone of privacy within which tracking signals, transmitted by a tracking device located within the privacy zone, cannot be used to identify a location of the tracking device.
US12022271B2
Individual loudspeaker dynamics processing configuration data, for each of a plurality of loudspeakers of a listening environment, may be obtained. Listening environment dynamics processing configuration data may be determined, based on the individual loudspeaker dynamics processing configuration data. Dynamics processing may be performed on received audio data based on the listening environment dynamics processing configuration data, to generate processed audio data. The processed audio data may be rendered for reproduction via a set of loudspeakers that includes at least some of the plurality of loudspeakers, to produce rendered audio signals. The rendered audio signals may be provided to, and reproduced by, the set of loudspeakers.
US12022261B2
Implementations generally relate to hearing aids. In some implementations, a method includes receiving outside sound at a hearing aid. The method further includes amplifying the outside sound. The method further includes generating an in-ear announcement. The method further includes providing the in-ear announcement, wherein the in-ear announcement is at a higher volume level than the outside sound.
US12022259B2
A system, method and computer program are configured to interactively assist a user in evaluating and/or configuring a hearing aid. The system is equipped with a display element, with an input unit and with a processing unit. The environmental situations are shown on the display element. Based on a user input, a selected section of the environmental situation is determined and highlighted. A specific hearing situation is presented on the basis of the selection made by the user. An evaluation scale is displayed, allowing the user to enter a hearing value for a self-assessment of his hearing ability for the specific hearing situation, and the hearing value entered by the user is recorded. The above steps are repeated and hearing values are recorded for different specific hearing situations. Based on the hearing values entered by the user, setting values for the hearing aid are determined.
US12022255B2
According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may include: a first housing, a second housing accommodating at least a portion of the first housing and configured to guide sliding movement of the first housing, a flexible display including a first display area disposed on the first housing and a second display area extending from the first display area, a speaker module including a speaker unit including at least one speaker disposed in the second housing and a speaker enclosure accommodating the speaker unit and including a vent hole, and a seal connected to the first housing and the speaker enclosure and configured to be variable based on the sliding movement of the first housing.
US12022252B2
A sound input-output control apparatus includes a posture calculation unit configured to calculate postures of a plurality of respective sound output apparatuses each independently mounted on a user, a synchronousness determination unit configured to determine whether changes in at least two postures among the postures of the plurality of sound output apparatuses are synchronized, and an operation control unit configured to control operation of each of the sound output apparatuses, the operation control unit controls each of the sound output apparatuses to perform first operation when changes in the postures are synchronized, and the operation control unit controls each of the sound output apparatuses to perform second operation when it is determined that changes in the postures are not synchronized.
US12022250B2
The application discloses a loudspeaker and an installation structure. The loudspeaker includes a front surface and a back surface. The loudspeaker includes an installation frame and a loudspeaker body installed on the installation frame. The installation frame is provided with a guiding hole passing through the front surface and the back surface. By opening a guiding hole passing through the front surface and the back surface on the installation frame, the sound generated by the back surface of the loudspeaker can be directed to the front surface of the loudspeaker through the conduction of the guiding hole. The sound of the front surface of loudspeaker is strengthened, which can greatly improve the loudness of the loudspeaker.
US12022244B2
An electronic apparatus includes: an image sensor for acquiring pixel values of first pixels sensed during a first exposure time and second pixels sensed during a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time; and a controller for outputting an output image acquired based on pixel values of the first pixels and a corrected saturated pixel value obtained by correcting a pixel value of a saturated pixel having a pixel value exceeding a threshold value among the second pixels, using a pixel value of at least one first pixel having a distance closest to a position of the saturated pixel among the first pixels.
US12022242B2
In a display system, an imaging apparatus takes a video by shifting pixels in units of frames by moving a solid state image sensing device or an optical member physically. A projection video display apparatus acquires a video taken by the imaging apparatus, optically performs pixel shift corresponding to pixel shift performed in the imaging apparatus at the time of imaging, and projects the video acquired.
US12022237B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a vehicle-mounted control unit, and a method and an apparatus for FPGA based automatic driving of a vehicle, which includes a MCU and a first SoC implemented by being integrated with an ARM through the FPGA, where the vehicle-mounted control unit is set on an automatic driving vehicle, the FPGA of the first SoC receives video data sent by a vehicle-mounted camera, performs visual perception on the video data by using a first neural network algorithm to obtain first perception information; and sends the first perception information to the ARM of the first SoC. The ARM of the first SoC processes the first perception information to obtain first decision information, and sends the first decision information to the MCU. Finally, the MCU generates a control command according to the first decision information and sends it to the corresponding execution mechanism.
US12022234B2
A video conferencing system includes a multi-user interaction slate for the execution of applications having a state that is responsive to inputs from multiple attendees of a video conference. The video conferencing system includes a graphical user interface having video slates provided for video streams and multi-user interaction slates for the execution of code that is responsive to inputs provided at multiple client devices. The video conferencing system can determine a current state of a multi-user interaction slate in response to inputs provided by users of the client devices in association with the multi-user interaction slate. The video conferencing system can provide data for rendering the graphical user interface, including video data associated with the video slates and data indicative of the current state of the multi-user interaction slate.
US12022233B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to web conference contact routing. An indication of a first participant device of a web conference attempting to contact a second participant device of the web conference can be received, where the second participant device is designated as a screen sharer within the web conference during a time of the contact and where the contact is configured to be received on a display shared in the web conference. Two or more candidate devices for routing the contact from the first participant device to can be identified. A candidate device of the two or more candidate devices for routing the contact from the first participant device to can be selected using a set of selection criteria. Contact from the first participant device can be routed to the selected candidate device instead of the display of the second participant device shared in the web conference.
US12022232B2
A signal processing method for processing a signal received by a receiver device includes: performing a first correlation calculation on the received signal to obtain a first calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset estimation and compensation on the received signal to obtain a first compensated signal; performing a second correlation calculation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset compensation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second compensated signal; determining whether at least one phase of the second compensated signal is correct; and determining whether at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is correct. The received signal is determined not a signal conforming to a predetermined standard when the at least one phase of the second compensated signal or the at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is determined incorrect.
US12022231B2
A method includes: rendering a field of view of a virtual environment for a first user of a head mounted display, rendering a view of the virtual environment outside the field of view of the first user at a lower resolution, outputting the rendered field of view for display to the first user, and recording the combined render as a video for subsequent viewing by a second user. A corresponding method includes requesting to download or stream the video from a remote source, receiving the download or stream of the video from the remote source, and outputting at least part of the stream or video for display to a second user wearing a head mounted display.
US12022227B2
Apparatus and methods for stitching images, or re-stitching previously stitched images. Specifically, the disclosed systems in one implementation save stitching information and/or original overlap source data during an original stitching process. During subsequent retrieval, rendering, and/or display of the stitched images, the originally stitched image can be flexibly augmented, and/or re-stitched to improve the original stitch quality. Practical applications of the disclosed solutions enable, among other things, a user to create and stitch a wide field of view (FOV) panorama from multiple source images on a device with limited processing capability (such as a mobile phone or other capture device). Moreover, post-processing stitching allows for the user to convert from one image projection to another without fidelity loss (or with an acceptable level of loss).
US12022226B2
Systems and methods are described for enabling user-controlled extended reality (XR). The systems and methods may access one or more frames, depicting an environment surrounding a first user, of a video feed captured by a first user's device, and classify each portion of the frames as a physical background of the environment, as depicting the first user, or as depicting an additional entity. First and second masks may be generated for the depictions of the first and second users, respectively, and such masks may respectively define boundaries of the first user's depiction and the second user's depiction at which the XR portion should not be inserted. The frames may be modified by combining portions of the frames belonging to the physical background with the first mask and the second mask, and the video feed comprising the modified frames may be encoded and transmitted to the second user device.
US12022215B2
An imaging device including: a first imaging cell including a first photoelectric converter that generates a first signal; and a second imaging cell including: a second photoelectric converter that generates a second signal; and a capacitor having a first and second terminal, the first terminal electrically coupled to second photoelectric converter. An area of the first photoelectric converter is greater than an area of the second photoelectric converter in a plan view, the first imaging cell has a first number of saturation charges, and the second imaging cell has a second number of saturation charges, the first number of saturation charges is greater than the second number of saturation charges, and the capacitor has capacitance that causes the second number of saturation charges of the second imaging cell to become greater than the first number of saturation charges of the first imaging cell.
US12022194B2
Various embodiments include a camera voice coil motor (VCM) actuator configured to shift an image sensor along multiple axes. Some embodiments include a magnet and coil arrangement. Some embodiments include a position sensing arrangement. Some embodiments include a flexure arrangement. Some embodiments include a coil structure and coil carrier assembly.
US12022189B2
An operation method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes generating a first bokeh image by blurring a part of an image acquired using at least one of a first camera module or a second camera module, by using a distance value determined based on the first camera module and the second camera module, and identifying whether a designated subject is included in the acquired image by using at least one of the first camera module or the second camera module; and in response to identifying that the designated subject is included, deactivating the second camera module, performing image segmentation on the acquired image by using the first camera module, and generating a second bokeh image by blurring a part of the acquired image, based on a result of the image segmentation.
US12022186B2
A camera for a vehicle includes: an imaging unit configured to image an exterior of the vehicle; and a controller configured to enlarge a region of interest of the imaging unit in response to a driving speed of the vehicle being higher than a reference speed, and reduce the region of interest of the imaging unit in response to the driving speed being lower than the reference speed.
US12022179B2
An electronic device includes a first housing including a first surface and a second surface; a second housing including a third surface and a fourth surface; a hinge structure; a camera module disposed within the first housing; and a first magnet disposed within the second housing and facing the camera module. The camera module includes: a case including one surface facing the first surface and the another surface facing the second surface and spaced apart from the first surface; a lens assembly movable within the case; and an actuator accommodating a second magnet and including a carrier configured to move the lens assembly in a direction toward the one surface of the case or a direction toward the other surface of the case; and the first magnet limits the movement of the lens assembly by interaction with the second magnet when the electronic device is in the folding state.
US12022176B2
A vehicular exterior camera includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion. An imager printed circuit board (imager PCB) includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side and separated from the first side by a thickness of the imager PCB, with an imager disposed at the first side of the imager PCB. A lens barrel accommodates a lens and has an inner end. The first housing portion includes a passageway for receiving the lens barrel. The lens barrel is received through the passageway of the first housing portion. The inner end of the lens barrel is adhesively bonded to the first side of the imager PCB via an adhesive. The adhesive circumscribes the imager at the first side of the imager PCB to enclose an area between the imager PCB and the lens. The imager is disposed within the enclosed area.
US12022154B2
The system and methods described herein determine whether to override commands to modify content presentation in a multi-user content consumption environment. A media guidance application detects a first and second user consuming content. Upon receiving a command from the first user to modify the presentation of the content, the media guidance application retrieves a user profile of the second user and compares attributes in the user profile to metadata for the segment of the content. Based on the comparison, the media guidance application determines whether to override the command, for example based on a predicted interest level or importance level determined by the comparison. In response to determining to override the command, the media guidance application refrains from executing the command by canceling or delaying the command and generates a notification message to the user with a reason why the command was overridden.
US12022149B2
A method for processing sound information, the method including: obtaining, by a terminal with a graphical user interface, viewer position information of a viewer identifier in the graphical user interface and broadcaster position information of a broadcaster identifier in the graphical user interface; determining, by the terminal, orientation information of the broadcaster identifier relative to the viewer identifier according to the viewer position information and the broadcaster position information; and obtaining, by the terminal, broadcaster sound information corresponding to the broadcaster identifier, and obtaining stereo sound information by converting the broadcaster sound information based on the orientation information.
US12022145B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for searching for media content across multiple sources. A multi-source content system can connect various media content sources (e.g., internet streaming platforms, local or cloud storage, OTA networks, cable network, satellite network, public library databases, etc.) to a gateway. When a user searches for media content, the gateway can detect the search and perform a query across the various media content sources to locate the media content. The multi-source content system can prioritize the search results according to free content, local storage devices, gateway content services or bandwidth management metrics, and present the search results to the user. The multi-source content system can aggregate multiple media content sources and devices connected to a gateway to retrieve media content.
US12022138B2
Systems and methods for entity detection using artificial intelligence, including: a deep learning model service configured to: select and analyze a set of frames from a media item to determine a set of candidate brand-probability pairs; a voting engine configured to: determining that a first brand-probability pair of a set of candidate brand-probability pairs based on at least one obtained hyperparameter value does not meet a threshold for determining whether candidate brand-probability pairs are to be included in a result set; excluding the first brand-probability pair from the result set based on the determination; sorting the result set; and selecting at least one final brand-probability pair from the result set; and an offline transcoding service configured to: store the final brand-probability pair in a repository with a relation to an identifier of the media item.
US12022137B1
A content delivery service includes a management service for determining an anticipated window of time in which supplemental content can be inserted in the dynamic content stream. The management service will then pre-fetch supplemental content from the third party supplemental content service prior the identification or request for supplemental content to be included in the streaming content. During the streaming of content to individual users via an established channel, as markers for insertion opportunities are identified, the content delivery service will attempt to utilize the pool of pre-fetched supplemental content.
US12022132B2
A video signal processing method comprises: obtaining, from a bitstream, a skip parameter (cu_skip_flag) indicating whether a skip mode is applied to a current block; when the skip parameter indicates that a mode is not the skip mode, obtaining, from the bitstream, a merge parameter (merge_flag) indicating whether the current block is coded with a merge mode; and determining whether a coded block flag (CBF) parameter (cu_cbf), which indicates whether a syntax element related to transform is obtained from the bitstream, is obtained, according to a value of the merge parameter, wherein, when the value of the merge parameter indicates the merge mode, the CBF parameter is not obtained from the bitstream and is determined to be a preconfigured value.
US12022127B2
A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus according to the present document comprises: parsing number information about the number of slices for which height is explicitly signaled in a tile of a current picture from a bitstream; parsing height information about the height of the slices for which height is explicitly signaled from the bitstream based on the number information; and decoding the current picture based on the number information and the height information.
US12022114B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes matrix-based intra prediction methods for video coding, are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video processing includes performing a first determination whether a luma video block of a video is coded using a matrix based intra prediction (MIP) mode; performing a second determination that the luma video block is applicable for determining a chroma intra mode for a current chroma video block of the video; performing, based on the first determination and the second determination, a third determination about the chroma intra mode to be used for the current chroma video block; and performing, based on the third determination, a conversion between the current chroma video block and a bitstream representation of the current chroma video block.
US12022112B2
This disclosure relates generally to video coding and particularly to methods and systems for derivation and scaling of motion vector difference (MVD) in joint MVD scaling for compound inter-prediction of video blocks, and the signaling therefor. In one example implementations, a method and video device for processing a video block of a video stream is disclosed. For example, the method may include scaling a jointly motion vector difference and quantize the scaled motion vector difference in order derive a predicted motion vector according to a pixel resolution of the predicted motion vector.
US12022111B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing a video signal, which can increase the accuracy of the motion vector prediction through motion vector scaling which takes a difference in the temporal distance between reference pictures into consideration. To this end, the present invention provides a video signal processing method and a video signal processing apparatus using the same, and the method comprises the steps of: scaling at least one neighboring partition motion vector for a motion vector prediction of the current partition; scaling the neighboring partition motion vector, which has been selected, when the reference picture of the neighboring partition motion vector is different from the reference picture of the current partition; acquiring a motion vector prediction value of the current partition using the scaled motion vector; and acquiring a motion vector of the current partition using the motion vector prediction value.
US12022106B2
This disclosure relates encoding and decoding of motion vector difference in for inter-predicting a video block. An example is disclosed for decoding an inter-predicted video block of a video stream. The method includes receiving a coded video bitstream; extracting, from the coded video bitstream, an inter-predication mode and a joint delta motion vector (MV) for a current block in a current frame; extracting, from the coded video bitstream, a flag indicating whether a first delta MV for a first reference frame and a second delta MV for a second reference frame are jointly signaled; in response to the flag indicating that the first delta MV and the second delta MV are jointly signaled, deriving the first delta MV and the second delta MV based on the joint delta MV; and decoding the current block in the current frame based on the first delta MV and the second delta MV.
US12022105B2
A moving picture coding apparatus includes a co-located block information determination unit which determines which one of a forward reference block and a backward reference block will be a co-located block and further determines whether only the unidirectional motion vector of the motion vectors of the co-located block is to be stored in a colPic memory; a temporal motion vector predictor calculation unit which derives a candidate motion vector predictor in temporal motion vector predictor mode using the colPic information stored in the colPic memory; and an inter prediction control unit which determines to code a motion vector using a candidate motion vector predictor having least error from the motion vector derived by motion estimation among candidate motion vector predictors.
US12022103B2
A transmission method for data comprising a bitstream for an image, the method including obtaining the bitstream for the image; and transmitting the data comprising the bitstream, wherein the bitstream is decoded by a decoding device, wherein the image decoding device is configured to derive, by a motion compensation predictor, motion information using effective spatial and temporal merge candidates of a current prediction unit; generate, by the motion compensation predictor, a prediction block of the current prediction unit using the motion information; entropy decode, by an entropy decoder, a bit stream to generate a quantized coefficient sequence, inversely scan, by an inverse quantizer/inverse transformer, the quantized coefficient sequence to generate a quantized block, inversely quantize, by the inverse quantizer/inverse transformer, the quantized block to generate a transformed block using a quantization parameter, and inversely transform, by the inverse quantizer/inverse transformer, the transformed block to generate a residual block; and generate, by an adder, a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block, wherein a motion vector of the temporal merge candidate is a motion vector of a temporal merge candidate block within a temporal merge candidate picture, and the quantization parameter is derived using an average of two effective quantization parameters among a left quantization parameter, an upper quantization parameter and a previous quantization parameter of a current coding unit, wherein when the quantized block is larger than a predetermined size, the quantized block is generated with plurality of subblocks, and a scan pattern of inversely scanning for the plurality of subblocks is the same as a scan pattern of inversely scanning for quantized coefficients of each subblock, and wherein a scanning scheme for inversely scanning the quantized coefficients is determined according to an intra-prediction mode and a size of a transform unit.
US12022101B2
Provided is an image encoding/decoding method and apparatus. The image decoding method comprises obtaining subpicture information from a bitstream, deriving one or more subpictures in a current picture based on the subpicture information, and decoding a current subpicture in the current picture based on the subpicture information. The subpicture information may comprise a first flag specifying whether each of the one or more subpictures is treated as a picture, and, based on the bitstream including at least one first layer referring to a current layer including the current picture, the first flag for the first subpicture included in a first layer and corresponding to the current subpicture, and the first flag for the current subpicture have the same value.
US12022094B2
An image decoding method according to the present document may be characterized by including a step for deriving residual samples by applying at least one of an LFNST or MTS to a transform coefficient, wherein whether to parse an LFNST index indicating an LFNST kernel is determined on the basis of whether zeroing-out has been performed on the LFNST, whether to parse an MTS index indicating an MTS kernel is determined on the basis of whether zeroing-out has been performed on the MTS, the MTS index is parsed on the basis of a color index of the current block being a luma component, and the LFNST index is parsed regardless of the color index of the current block.
US12022090B2
A method includes receiving transform coefficients corresponding to a scaled video input signal, the scaled video input signal including a plurality of spatial layers that include a base layer. The method also includes determining a spatial rate factor based on a sample of frames from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor defines a factor for bit rate allocation at each spatial layer of an encoded bit stream formed from the scaled video input signal. The spatial rate factor is represented by a difference between a rate of bits per transform coefficient of the base layer and an average rate of bits per transform coefficient. The method also includes reducing a distortion for the plurality of spatial layers by allocating a bit rate to each spatial layer based on the spatial rate factor and the sample of frames.
US12022074B2
An image encoding device (1) encodes a block-based target image. The image encoding device (1) comprises: a predictor (109) configured to generate a prediction image corresponding to the target image by performing prediction using a plurality of reference images; an evaluator (111) configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the plurality of reference images on a pixel-by-pixel basis; a calculator (101) configured to calculate a prediction residual indicating a pixel-based difference between the target image and the prediction image; a determiner (112) configured to determine a partial area, to which an orthogonal transform and quantization are to be applied, of the prediction residual based on a result of the evaluation by the evaluator; and a transformer/quantizer (102) configured to perform an orthogonal transform and quantization only for the partial area in the prediction residual.
US12022073B2
A video decoding method includes: determining a largest size of a coding unit and a smallest size of the coding unit by using information about the largest size of the coding unit and information about the smallest size of the coding unit, the information being obtained from a bitstream; obtaining, from the bitstream, information about a largest size of a block allowed to be ternary split and information about a smallest size of the block allowed to be ternary split, determining the largest size of the block allowed to be ternary split, determining the smallest size of the block allowed to be ternary split, determining whether to ternary split a current block, and decoding blocks generated by ternary splitting the current block.
US12022069B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a video encoding and decoding method and devices relate to artificial intelligence technologies applied to video encoding and decoding, and are implemented to reduce decoding complexity and improve filtering efficiency when the video quality is not significantly affected by performing video filtering using machine learning technologies. The video encoding method may include obtaining a reconstructed video frame from encoded data of an encoded video frame, the encoded video frame comprising at least two encoding blocks; filtering the reconstructed video frame, to obtain filtering gains corresponding to the at least two encoding blocks; determining, according to a distribution of the filtering gains of the at least two encoding blocks, a target encoding block among the at least two encoding blocks that is to be filtered when being decoded at a decoder; and including into the encoded data of the encoded video frame, an indication information for indicating that the target encoding block is to be filtered.
US12022068B2
An example device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to: generate an intra-prediction block for a current block of video data using an angular intra-prediction mode, the angular intra-prediction mode being an upper-right angular intra-prediction mode or a lower-left angular intra-prediction mode; determine a prediction direction of the angular intra-prediction mode; for at least one sample of the intra-prediction block for the current block: calculate a gradient term for the at least one sample along the prediction direction; and combine a value of an intra-predicted sample of the intra-prediction block at a position of the at least one sample of the intra-prediction block with the gradient term to produce a value of the at least one sample of the intra-prediction block; and decode the current block using the intra-prediction block.
US12022067B2
An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction using a plurality of reference sample lines are provided. An image decoding method may comprise configuring a plurality of reference sample lines, reconstructing an intra prediction mode of a current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the plurality of reference sample lines.
