US12106097B2
A computer-implemented method of implementing a computation using a hardware-accelerated instruction of a processor system by solving a constraint satisfaction problem. A solution to the constraint satisfaction problem represents a possible invocation of the hardware-accelerated instruction in the computation. The constraint satisfaction problem assigns nodes of a data flow graph of the computation to nodes of a data flow graph of the instruction. The constraint satisfaction problem comprises constraints enforcing that the assigned nodes of the computation data flow graph have equivalent data flow to the instruction data flow graph, and constraints restricting which nodes of the computation data flow graph can be assigned to the inputs of the hardware-accelerated instruction, with restrictions being imposed by the hardware-accelerated instruction and/or its programming interface.
US12106094B2
Systems and methods for automatically creating a software component reference guide from multiple information sources are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes receiving, from a user, a request for reference guides for a software components and view corresponding results, identifying the software component, identifying different sources of information for the software component, generating introductory information of the software component, generating technology details of the software component, generating frequently asked questions (FAQs) and their related solutions associated with the software component, training a catalog of natural language terms related to the software components, and providing, based on the trained catalog, the introductory information, technology details, and FAQs to the user.
US12106091B2
An over-the-air (OTA) update apparatus includes a communication device that receives data for an OTA update of software for vehicle from a server and a processor that calculates an expected update current consumed by a controller loaded into a vehicle in an additional OTA update proceeding subsequently, based on current consumption consumed in an OTA update of the controller, determines an update factor to be proportional to the expected update current, and proceeds with the additional OTA update based on that the update factor is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
US12106085B2
A method (100) for installing a software package (38) on at least one computer (18) in which the software package has a container-based architecture and including a set (32) of containers (34) includes: providing a user interface (UI) (28) via which a use specification (30) is received from a user; identifying a subset of the set of containers based at least in part on comparing the received use specification with descriptors of the containers of the set of containers; computing resource requirements for the containers of the subset; and displaying at least one of (i) a list (36) of the containers of the subset and (ii) the computing resource requirements for the containers of the subset.
US12106084B2
Analyzing or debugging applications is provided. The system identifies an action for an application provided by a developer. The system determines a first classification score based on historical execution of the action. The system generates a machine generated action for the application based on metadata associated with the application. The system determines a second classification score based on a comparison of the action with the machine generated action. The system selects, via a matching program, a second application that matches the application. The system determines a third classification score based on a comparison of an action approved for the second application with the action provided by the application developer. The system updates a delivery control parameter based on the first classification score, the second classification score and the third classification score. The system controls delivery of the application based on the delivery control parameter.
US12106077B2
Database systems and methods are provided for visual design and customization of processes for web applications. One method involves obtaining, from a process flow builder graphical user interface (GUI) display at a client device, a sequence of configured components within a region of the process flow builder GUI display, automatically generating process flow code corresponding to the sequence of configured components within the region of the process flow builder GUI display, modifying one or more references within the process flow code from a first namespace associated with a first package corresponding to a virtual application supported by an application platform to a generic namespace, resulting in modified process flow code, and storing the modified process flow code to a location within a second package independent of the application platform.
US12106076B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for generating a program for use in an accelerator for deep learning. The method may include receiving, by a computing device, a deep learning application, generating an element-wise operation list included in the deep learning application, generating an intermediate expression from the element-wise operation list, and generating, based on the intermediate expression, a program for use in an accelerator for the deep learning application.
US12106074B2
An online software development platform providing an integrated resource for design, development, and purchase of customer-desired software applications for software projects created by customers. The platform comprising one or more computers configured using computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory computer memory to provide the software development platform, wherein the software development platform is configured to implement a plurality of electronic operational domains providing user-interactive capabilities or internal functionalities of the software development platform. The domains comprising a project scope process, a pricing process, and a project development process. The platform is configured to use a configuration involving knowledge graph to recommend features.
US12106060B2
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input.
US12106050B2
Debiasing pre-trained sentence encoders with probabilistic dropouts may be performed by various systems, services, or applications. A sentence may be received, where the words of the sentence may be provided as tokens to an encoder of a machine learning model. A token-wise correlation using semantic orientation may be determined to determine a bias score for the tokens in the input sentence. A probability of dropout that for tokens in the input sentence may be determined from the bias scores. The machine learning model may be trained or tuned based on the probabilities of dropout for the tokens in the input sentence.
US12106046B2
The system receives, from a client, a first request for a document which is parsed based on a syntax. The system parses and returns an initial number of lines of the document, thereby allowing the client to display the parsed initial number of lines in a visible window. Subsequent to successfully parsing a remainder of the lines, the system stores a fully-parsed version. Responsive to a scrolling action in the visible window, the system provides a relevant portion of an unparsed document associated with the first request. Responsive to detecting a termination of the scrolling action, the system receives a second request for parsed lines corresponding to a first set of lines. The system returns the corresponding parsed lines, thereby allowing the client to display the corresponding parsed lines in the visible window.
US12106039B2
Systems and methods for publication and external interfacing for a unified document surface are disclosed. An example system may include a document serving circuit structured to access a document data, the document data including data for a unified document surface, and to provide at least a portion of the document data to a client serving circuit; the client serving circuit structured to implement a unified document surface interface in response to the at least a portion of the document data; the client serving circuit further structured to implement an extension creation interface, and to provide a pack implementation value to the document serving circuit in response to user interactions with the extension creation interface; and wherein the document serving circuit is further structured to determine a pack definition value in response to the pack implementation value.
US12106036B2
A document processing device, a method of processing an image thereof, and a computer program product are disclosed. A set of display area information is preset on the document processing device. When the document processing device receives an input image, a set of reference information corresponding to the input image is obtained. The document processing device adjusts the input image according to the set of display area information and the set of reference information to generate an improved preview image. Because the user does not need to consider the direction in which the document is put into the document processing device, the document processing device directly and automatically generates the preview image that is convenient for the user to view based on the input image, thereby achieving the purpose of improving work efficiency, the convenience in use, and the user experience.
US12106032B1
Various embodiments provide for port generation for a circuit design based on layout connectivity information, which can be used as part of an automatic or a semi-automatic process of an electronic design automation (EDA) system. For instance, various embodiments access connectivity information for one or more networks of a circuit design, and use the connectivity information to identify pins of signal networks as positive connections for ports, and geometric shapes on references networks as candidates for negative connections for ports.
US12106029B2
This high-level synthesis device, which has a processor and a memory, and generates a hardware description code that describes the configuration of an integrated circuit connected to an external memory, comprises a high-level synthesis code adjustment unit which receives a high-level synthesis code that describes a process to be executed by the integrated circuit and an external memory access variable for exchanging data with the external memory, analyzes the high-level synthesis code, and reconstructs the high-level synthesis code on the basis of the analysis result, wherein the high-level synthesis code adjustment unit includes: a burst access determination unit that analyzes the external memory access variable in the high-level synthesis code, and determines whether burst access to the external memory is possible; and a code reconstructing unit that adds a code for executing burst access to the high-level synthesis code, for the external memory access variable capable of being burst accessed.
US12106017B2
A position/posture computing section determines that an azimuth of an upper swing structure calculated at a GNSS receiver is of low quality when at least one of a posture angle of the upper swing structure acquired at a machine-body IMU and a posture angle of a front work implement acquired at a boom IMU is equal to or larger than a threshold value, executes a bias removal computation on the basis of the quality of the azimuth and the azimuth of the upper swing structure calculated at the GNSS receiver, calculates a corrected azimuth of the upper swing structure on the basis of the azimuth of the upper swing structure calculated at the GNSS receiver, and an angular velocity of the upper swing structure from which a gyro bias has been removed, and computes a three-dimensional position and posture of the front work implement by using the corrected azimuth.
US12106008B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a screen sharing display method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method is performed by: obtaining two adjacent frames of images of a first terminal device; determining image change information according to the two adjacent frames of images, the image change information indicating a degree of change of a latter frame of image relative to a former frame of image in the two adjacent frames of images; if it is determined that the degree of change indicated by the image change information is greater than or equal to a first preset degree, compressing the latter frame of image to obtain compressed image data; and sending the compressed image data to a second terminal device for display.
US12106005B2
An information processing device includes a foldable display mechanism including a first display device and a second display device, and a processor configured to, in a case where provision information is proposed by an artificial intelligence assistant while a first image is being displayed in a display region assigned to a first application program on the first display device, execute a display control for displaying a second image indicating the provision information on the second display device.
US12105995B2
There is provided a printing apparatus that performs printing based on print data received from an information processing apparatus transmitting print data to the printing apparatus, transmitting print data as a substitute for the print data based on first error information, and not transmitting the print data as a substitute for the print data upon receipt of second error information. The printing apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect that the print data includes data that cannot be processed by the printing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine error information to be transmitted to the information processing apparatus as the first or second error information based on information included in the print data having been detected to include the data that cannot be processed by the printing apparatus, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the error information determined by the determination unit to the information processing apparatus.
US12105994B2
A printing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive, from a print server that provides a logical printer associated with the printing apparatus, a print job associated with the logical printer, a print unit configured to perform printing based on the print job, and a display control unit configured to electronically display, on a display device of the printing apparatus, a two-dimensional code obtained by encoding identification information allocated to the logical printer by the print server.
US12105993B2
The invention relates to a method, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and an apparatus for debugging a solid-state disk (SSD) device. The method is performed by a processing unit of a single-board personal computer (PC) to include: simulating to issue a first Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) command through a General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) interface (I/F) to the SSD device for stopping a running of a processing unit of a flash controller in the SSD device; simulating to issue a second JTAG command through the GPIO I/F to the SSD device for forcing the SSD device to exit a sleep mode; and simulating to issue a third JTAG command through the GPIO I/F to the SSD device for reading a designated length of data from a static random access memory (SRAM) in the SSD device.
US12105985B2
The invention is notably directed to a method of processing data in-memory. The method applies electrical signals to at least two input lines, which correspond to at least two rows. These two rows include at least one of the K rows and at least one of the L rows. This causes to obtain output signals in output of the M output lines, wherein the output signals depend on target values and operand values, in accordance with data stored across said at least two rows. Finally, the output signals are read out and a transformation operation is concurrently performed, in-memory, on the target values based on the operand values. This way transformed data are obtained by way of in-memory processing. The transformation may for instance be a cryptographic operation; the operand data may encode a cryptographic key. The invention is further directed to related apparatuses and systems, notably cryptographic service systems.
US12105975B2
Same sized blocks of data corresponding to a single read/write command are stored in the same memory array of a memory device, but using different formats. A first one of these formats spreads the data in the block across a larger number of memory subarrays (a.k.a., memory array tiles—MATs) than a second format. In this manner, the data blocks stored in the first format can be accessed with lower latency than the blocks stored in the second format because more data can be read from the array simultaneously. In addition, since the data stored in the second format is stored in fewer subarrays, it takes less energy to read a block stored in the second format. Thus, a system may elect, on a data block by data block basis, whether to conserve power or improve speed.
US12105972B2
A snapshot virtual device (SS-VDEV) is prepared for each snapshot family (SS-Family) and a deduplication virtual device is prepared apart from the SS-VDEV. When the same data is in a plurality of VOLs of the SS-Family, a storage system maps a plurality of addresses of the same data among the plurality of VOLs to address of the SS-VDEVs of the SS-Family. When duplicated data is in two or more SS-VDEVs, the storage system maps two or more addresses of the duplicated data of the two or more SS-VDEVs to addresses corresponding to the duplicated data among the deduplication virtual devices.
US12105967B2
A system can include a processing device operatively coupled with the one or more memory devices, to perform operations that include writing data to the one or more memory devices and performing one or more scan operations on a management unit containing the data to determine a current value of a chosen data state metric. Each scan operation can be performed using a corresponding predetermined read-time parameter value. The operations can include determining whether the current value of the chosen data state metric satisfies a criterion, and can also include, responsive to determining that the current value of the chosen data state metric satisfies the criterion, selecting a remedial operation by determining whether redundancy metadata is included in a fault tolerant data stripe on the one or more memory devices. The operations can also include performing the remedial operation with respect to the management unit.
US12105965B2
A storage device, including at least one nonvolatile memory device configured to store data; and a storage controller configured to: generate a virtual table including a plurality of random values, wherein each random value of the plurality of random values designates an index from among a plurality of indexes corresponding to a plurality of main functions; transmit the virtual table to a host; receive from the host a vendor unique command (VUC) generated by the host based on the virtual table; parse the VUC based on the virtual table, perform an operation corresponding to the at least one nonvolatile memory device based on the parsed VUC; and transmit a result of the operation to the host.
US12105952B2
Systems, methods, and techniques are provided for a fabric addressable memory. A memory access request is received from a host computing device attached via one edge port of one or more interconnect switches, the memory access request directed to a destination segment of a physical fabric memory block that is allocated in local physical memory of the host computing device. The edge port accesses a stored mapping between segments of the physical fabric memory block and one or more destination port identifiers that are each associated with a respective edge port of the fabric addressable memory. The memory access request is routed by the one edge port to a destination edge port based on the stored mapping.
US12105949B2
A touchpad device is to be operated by using a stylus pen, and includes a touchpad and a controller that are connected to each other. The controller is connected to an electronic device that includes a display panel, and operates in a stylus-pen mode where a handwriting area is presented on the display panel. When it is determined that a distance between the stylus pen and the touchpad is less than a preset pen-hover distance but is non-zero, the controller operates in a hover-move sub-mode where the controller outputs a control signal to enable the electronic device to present, in the handwriting area, the cursor moving, without presenting a trace of the cursor.
US12105947B2
Systems, devices, and methods relate to utilizing an electronic caliper to analyze an electronic electrocardiogram (ECG). An example method for includes outputting, by a display, an electronic ECG within a graphical user interface (GUI). An electronic caliper is output, by the display, as overlaid on the electronic ECG within the GUI. The electronic caliper includes a first electronic tip and a second electronic tip. The method further includes receiving, by a user input device, a user input signal and moving, based on the user input signal, the first electronic tip, the second electronic tip, or both the first electronic tip and the second electronic tip, relative to the electronic ECG within the GUI.
US12105941B2
A method for profile matching includes receiving a plurality of user profiles, each user profile comprising traits of a respective user. The method includes receiving a preference indication for a first user profile of the plurality of user profiles. The method also includes determining a potential match user profile of the plurality of user profiles based on the preference indication for the first user profile. The method also includes presenting the potential match user profile to a second user.
US12105940B2
A computer system displays a first version of a first user interface that includes first user interface objects displayed concurrently with a first background. The first user interface objects include content from a first plurality of applications. In response to detecting a first input, when the first input includes movement in a first direction, the system replaces display of the first version of the first user interface with a second user interface that includes representations of a second plurality of applications. When the first input includes second movement in a second direction, the system replaces display of the first version of the first user interface with display of a second version of the first user interface that includes second user interface objects displayed with a second background. The second user interface objects correspond to a third plurality of applications and include content from the third plurality of applications.
US12105936B2
The disclosure herein describes a virtual commute experience system. In some examples, the virtual commute experience includes receiving a plurality of information from one or more different programs; in response to a trigger event, launching a virtual commute experience; in response to the launch of the virtual commute experience, displaying a first portion of the plurality of information from the one or more different programs; receiving a first user interaction; in response to receiving the first user interaction, displaying a second portion of the plurality of information; receiving a second user interaction; outputting a prompt to continue or end the virtual commute experience; and in response to receiving a response to the prompt to end the virtual commute experience, pausing notifications generated by one or more different programs via the user interface until another trigger event.
US12105933B2
Disclosed are methods and systems of displaying graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that illustrate various offering analytics and insights. The GUI display selectable graphical components representing attributes of maturity bonds, wherein when a user interacts with a first graphical component corresponding to a first maturity bond, the server dynamically updates a second section of the GUI. The second section of the GUI displays time periods corresponding to a maturity date for the first maturity bond, wherein the server displays a vertical bar for each time period, a height of the vertical bar indicating a value of the maturity bond, wherein each vertical bar is divided into two areas a first area corresponding to a competitive sale of the first maturity bond, and a second area corresponding to a negotiated sale of the first maturity bond.
US12105928B2
Technologies for selectively augmenting communications transmitted by a communication device include a communication device configured to acquire new user environment information relating to the environment of the user if such new user environment information becomes available. The communication device is further configured to create one or more user environment indicators based on the new user environment information, to display the one or more created user environment indicators via a display of the communication device and include the created user environment indicator in a communication to be transmitted by the communication device if the created user environment indicator is selected for inclusion in the communication.
US12105916B2
Systems and methods for providing a virtual keyboard are shown and described. User gestures are captured by a camera and are mapped to spatial coordinates that correspond to the keys of a virtual keyboard. The user defines the coordinate system based on his or her range of motion and also defines the spatial dimensions of the virtual keyboard. The spatial dimensions are then scaled to provide a display image of the virtual keyboard on a TV display. Facial recognition techniques and corresponding data regarding the viewer's anatomy and previously captured reference gestures are used to interpret the viewer's gestures and determine which keystrokes are intended. A character prediction technique using the trajectory of the cursor (i.e., trajectory of entered keystrokes) is combined with language/semantic-based character prediction models to identify a next predicted character that is indicated as the user's selected character, thereby disambiguating the key selection indicated the positioning of his or her fingers relative to the virtual keyboard keys.
US12105912B2
A computing subsystem includes a plurality of drive-sense circuits operable for coupling to a plurality of loads. A drive-sense circuit of the plurality of drive-sense circuits is operably coupled to a load of the plurality of loads. The drive-sense circuit functions to generate a digital signal indicative of a characteristic of the load. The computing subsystem further includes a processing module operably coupled to the plurality of drive-sense circuits. The processing module is operable to receive a set of digital signals from at least some of the plurality of drive-sense circuits, wherein the set of digital signals includes the digital signal and process the set of digital signals to produce a plurality of frames of load data regarding the plurality of loads. A frame of the load data of the plurality of frames of load data is a representation of the characteristics of the at least some of plurality of loads at a sampling interval of a plurality of sampling intervals.
US12105910B2
A touch sensing method for a touch panel and an electronic device are provided. The touch panel includes touch sensing units. The touch sensing method includes: in a first sensing period, applying touch excitation signals to a first group of the touch sensing units to obtain first touch sensing signals; applying touch reference signals to a second group of the touch sensing units to obtain a first reference sensing signal; in a second sensing period, applying the touch excitation signals to the second group of the touch sensing units to obtain second touch sensing signals; applying the touch reference signal to the first group of the touch sensing units to obtain a second reference sensing signal; and acquiring capacitance values of the touch sensing units according to the first touch sensing signals, the first reference sensing signal, the second touch sensing signals, and the second reference sensing signal.
US12105900B2
The present invention relates to a multifunctional touch input device capable of detecting a touch position, driving a stylus pen, and detecting a position of the stylus pen. The touch input device includes a sensor unit and a control unit, the sensor unit including a plurality of patterns. The plurality of patterns include a first pattern extending in a first direction, a second pattern disposed adjacent to the first pattern, a third pattern extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a fourth pattern disposed adjacent to the third pattern. Here, the plurality of first third patterns have one ends electrically connected to the control unit and the other ends electrically opened. The plurality of first patterns have the other ends that are electrically connected to each other, and the plurality of third patterns have the other ends that are electrically connected to each other.
US12105895B2
An operating device has: a lever configured to be operated by tilting; a resistor having a flat strip shape and provided on a surface of a substrate; and a slider configured to change an output voltage value by sliding on a surface of the resistor in accordance with tilting operation of the lever. In this operating device, the resistor has a low-resistance portion that has a lower resistance value than other portions of the resistor, and that is a portion in contact with the slider when the lever is in a neutral position.
US12105885B2
A sensor on a wearable device may be further configured as a sensor for detecting and recognizing a gesture to control the wearable device. For example, light detected by a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor of a smart watch may include (i) light back reflected from underneath the smart watch and (ii) light back reflected from a touch to a wrist adjacent to the smart watch. The detected light may be filtered to isolate the light back reflected from the touch. A waterfall image that includes information about how the isolated light changes with time and amplitude may be generated and used to detect and recognize gestures performed on the wrist, such as a touch. This additional touch area may help to supplement a touch area provided by a display to control the smart watch.
US12105883B2
The present disclosure relates to a cable-based force feedback control apparatus capable of automatically determining the unspecified number and positions of cable haptic apparatus and performing force feedback control based on the determination result and a control method for the apparatus. A force feedback control apparatus and a control method for the apparatus according to the present disclosure may freely change the number and positions of haptic modules, may be installed according to various screen sizes, and may automatically detect the number and positions of the haptic devices, thereby achieving scalability.
US12105882B2
A force sense presentation device 1 includes a base body 2 that is gripped by a hand of a user, a movable unit 3 having a finger placement portion 5 on which the user is to place a fingertip in a state in which the base body 2 is gripped by the user, and a moving mechanism that moves the movable unit 3 with respect to the base body 2. The base body 2 is held by two or more fingers. The finger placement portion 5 has a finger engagement portion 4 provided thereon uprightly in a direction different from a moving direction of the movable unit 3.
US12105881B2
In some aspects, an electronic device may display a keyboard user interface on a touchscreen display panel. The electronic device may detect a key press interaction with the keyboard user interface. The electronic device may trigger one or more haptic actuators to generate a vibration waveform associated with a haptic pattern that is based at least in part on a context associated with the key press interaction. Numerous other aspects are described.
US12105880B2
A vibration method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: in response to a first operation, the electronic device including at least two motors enters a first application scene; when a screen direction of the electronic device is a first screen direction, the at least two motors vibrate in a first vibration mode; and in response to a second operation, the screen direction of the electronic device is switched from the first screen direction to a second screen direction, and the at least two motors vibrate in a second vibration mode, wherein the first vibration mode is different from the second vibration mode. A vibration mode of a motor may be changed to adapt to the screen direction of the electronic device, so as to achieve an effect of adapting to a vibration feeling of a user based on the screen direction and improve user experience.
US12105870B2
A method for controlling a display screen according to an eye focus and a head-mounted electronic device are provided. The method is applicable to the head-mounted electronic device, the head-mounted electronic device includes a display screen, and the display screen is transparent when display is turned off. Furthermore, the method can include displaying an image on the display screen, an eye focus of a user being within a first distance range. The method can further include turning off the display screen, when it is detected that a duration in which the eye focus of the user is not within the first distance range is greater than or equal to a first duration. The method can lower power consumption, and reduce impact of an image on watching a real world.
US12105869B2
An information processing device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a movement-information acquisition unit, a gaze-information acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The movement-information acquisition unit acquires movement information about a gesture by a user. The gaze-information acquisition unit acquires information about a gazing point of the user. The display control unit controls a display device on the basis of the movement information. The display control unit causes the display device to display a first virtual object including information relating to a target object in a first region related to the target object, and to vary, on the basis of a position of the gazing point in duration for which the user is making the gesture, how the first virtual object is displayed.
US12105864B2
Systems and methods of securing, distribution and enforcing for-hire vehicle operating parameters are described whereby a first computer system maintaining the parameters generates a data packet that is distributed to a second computer system which acts as a meter (such as a taximeter, limousine meter or shuttle meter) for the for-hire vehicle. The first computer system may secure or encrypt the data packet according to a security protocol associated with the second computer system. Once the second computer system receives the data packet, it may validate and extract the operating parameters contained within it. The second computer system may then store the operating parameters and operate according to the parameters by, for example, calculating fares for passengers that make use of the for-hire vehicle associated with the second computer system. The second computer system may include a secure segment that is attached to the for-hire vehicle and a non-secure segment that may be easily removed to prevent theft or for repairs.
US12105861B2
An example embodiment may involve a storage device comprising one or more processors, memory, a host interface connectable to a host device, a network interface connectable to a backup device, and program instructions, stored in the memory, that upon execution by the one or more processors cause the storage device to perform operations comprising: causing data received, by way of the host interface, to be stored in a page of the memory; after storing the data, marking the page as invalid due to input/output operations of the memory; determining a predicted idle time period within which the memory is not expected to be engaged in further input/output operations; determining that a duration of the predicted idle time period exceeds a threshold length; and during the predicted idle time period, transmitting, by way of the network interface, the data to the backup device.
US12105850B2
A method of implementing a self-provisioning computer system is shown. The method includes storing a secure base activation image on a computer system. This includes storing executable code to implement enhanced network discovery configured to first attempt to determine if a private TCP port is open and if the private TCP port is not open to default to use of a public URL on a well-known TCP port at the computer system. This further includes storing executable code to implement an auto-connection service configured to automatically connect to a remote activation service to perform identification and attestation of the computer system. This further includes storing executable code to implement a secure vault for cryptographic secrets.
US12105848B2
A data deidentification system that extracts insights from user data, and retains both the insights and user data in a form that complies with applicable data privacy and related standards. The system receives user data, which can include personal identifying information and other sensitive data governed by one or more standards, including standards specifying how the data can be used and how long it can be retained. From the data, the system extracts insights characterizing various aspects of the associated users. The system also selectively hashes portions of the data, obscuring the identity of associated users. Neither the insights nor the selectively hashed data identify individual users, and therefore they are not subject to the same standards and can be retained indefinitely. Later, after the standards-protected data has been discarded, the system can provide insight information in response to a request.
US12105846B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing targeted messaging to a user of a user device without requiring transmittal of personal information from the user device. The user device employs one or more machine learning models to obtain analytic data that reflects the demographics of the user from personal information. This analytic data is then provided to a central server without transmission of the personal information. The central server uses the analytic data to obtain messaging from one or more third party providers that is targeted to the user of the user device, which is provided to the user device for display to the user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US12105845B2
A system and a method for entity resolution is disclosed. An entity reference parsing subsystem to parse one or more entity references of a corresponding seed set of entity into corresponding one or more personal data properties and property values. A property value standardization subsystem performs one or more standardization operations for standardization of the corresponding one or more property values. A property value anonymization subsystem secures the one or more property values by performing one or more anonymization procedures. A property strength quantification subsystem identifies at least one additional property suspected to belong to the seed set of the entity, assigns a property strength score to the at least one additional property, adds the at least one additional property to the corresponding seed set of entity. A local entity resolution and a global entity resolution subsystem performs a first and a second entity resolution process respectively.
US12105841B2
Aspects of the technology described herein provide for controlled access to a secure computing resource. A first device may receive a child token from a second device having a parent token. The child token may grant the first device access to a subset of data accessible to the second device. Based on a degree of physical proximity between the first device and a third device associated with a user satisfying a threshold proximity, an indication of a user identifier for the user may be received from the third device. A request for access to a secure computing resource associated with the user may be sent to the second device. The request may include the indication of the user identifier and an indication of the secure computing resource. Access to the secure computing resource may be granted based on the child token and the indication of the identifier.
US12105838B2
This disclosure relates to using probabilistic data structures to enable systems to detect fraud while preserving user privacy. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a set of frequency filters. Each frequency filter defines a maximum event count for a specified event type over a specified time duration and corresponds to a respective content provider. A subset of the frequency filters are identified as triggered frequency filters for which an actual event count for the specified event type corresponding to the frequency filter exceeds the maximum event count defined by the frequency filter during a time period corresponding to a specified time duration for the frequency filter. A probabilistic data structure that represents at least a portion of the frequency filters in the subset of frequency filters is generated. A request for content is sent to multiple content providers. The request for content includes the probabilistic data structure.
US12105828B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for using inherited grants to grant privileges to objects in a container. An inherited grant may be generated that specifies a permission on a first type of object in a container and a grant of the permission to a role. The inherited grant may be attached to the container, wherein the container includes a set of objects of the first type. In response to a first object of the set of objects being referenced via the role, a virtual implied grant may be created based on the inherited grant. Authorization of utilization of the permission on the first object is performed using the virtual implied grant, wherein the virtual implied grant is transient and exists in-memory only for the purpose of authorizing the utilization of the permission on the first object.
US12105823B2
An example operation may include one or more of capturing a current version of sensitive data by a data processor node, hashing, by the data processor node, the current version of the sensitive data, storing, by the data processor node, a hash of the current version of the sensitive data on a first blockchain, encrypting, by the data processor node, the current version of the sensitive data using a secret key, and storing the encrypted current version of the sensitive data on a second blockchain.
US12105811B2
A system and method that utilize an encryption engine endpoint to encrypt data in a data storage system are disclosed. In the system and method, the client controls the encryption keys utilized to encrypt and decrypt data such that the encryption keys are not stored together with the encrypted data. Therefore, once data is encrypted, neither the host of the data storage system, nor the encryption engine endpoint have access to the encryption keys required to decrypt the data, which increases the security of the encrypted data in the event of, for example, the data storage system being accessed by an unauthorized party.
US12105798B2
A method for coordinating mitigation of a cyber attack, an associated device and system. The coordination method is implemented by a device managing resources in a computing domain, wherein the resources are protected by a plurality of services protecting against cyber attacks. The method includes: producing mitigation plans implemented by protection services from the plurality of protection services in response to a cyber attack targeting at least one of the resources in the computing domain; and following a detection of at least one incompatibility between the mitigation plans produced, coordinating an adjustment to all or some of the incompatible mitigation plans, among the protection services that have implemented the incompatible mitigation plans, so as to eliminate the incompatibility.
US12105796B2
Systems and methods for tracking, collecting, processing, enriching, analyzing and reporting on data in the context of cyber security investigations are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for conducing cyber investigations may include: (1) receiving initiation of an investigative workflow comprising contextual information including at least one of a case, a data asset, a subject, and a threat; (2) collecting digital evidence from the data asset; (3) processing the digital evidence into structured data; (4) staging and enriching the structured data; (5) analyzing the enriched structured data; and (6) generating at least one report based on the analysis.
US12105794B2
A system is provided for electronic data obfuscation and protection using independent destructible data objects. The system may split a set of data into a data portion and a key portion, where the data portion may be stored in a database separately from the key portion. The data portion may further comprise a set of executable code for a time or iteration based destructible data object, where the data object may incrementally decrease a countdown value based on the passage of time and/or iterations. If the countdown value reaches a threshold value without being refreshed, the data object may automatically execute one or more processes to protect the set of data. In this way, the system provides a secure way to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data.
US12105791B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for identifying potential attacks through monitoring of user credential login attempts across a network of websites. One example method includes receiving a request associated with an authentication of a requestor at a landscape environment. In response to receiving the request encrypted credentials responsive to the request are loaded at a credential manager running at the landscape environment. The encrypted credentials are persisted at a storage by the credential manager. The encrypted credentials include credentials that are encrypted with a public key and are provided in encrypted form to the credential manager. The encrypted credentials are provided to a credential usage component running at the landscape environment for decrypting the encrypted credential with a private key persisted by the credential usage component at the landscape environment.
US12105790B2
An information processing apparatus is provided with a receiving section configured so as to receive the selection of a service to be used and the settings related to a second application corresponding to the service that has been selected; a control section configured to control the execution of process including the installation of the second application and the application of the received settings in parallel with a device registration processing, without waiting to record the results of the device registration processing for the information processing apparatus by the first application; and a communication control section configured so as to execute a communication test in the case in which the results of the device registration processing is successful.
US12105783B2
Systems and methods include program instructions to predict that a user will utilize external source(s) to transfer at least one resource into an entity-based record. The program instructions obtain identifying information data about the external source(s), the identifying information data including user-specific authentication information data, and automatically populate one or more data entries of a virtual aggregation table that is configured to store data records of external source identification information, where the automatically populating includes storing the obtained identifying information data about the external source(s). The program instructions also determine that a user is accessing an entity-based digital platform to access optional sources for making a resource transfer. Additionally, the program instructions display, via a user interface of a user device, an aggregation of optional external sources each optional external source having a selectable input associated therewith.
US12105782B2
A system and method to authenticate users on a computing system using a free text behavioral biometric method by recording on the computer system a dataset for each user to be authenticated to create a user profile for each user to be authenticated, each data set comprising a plurality of free-text keystrokes entered by a respective user on a computer that is part of the computing system, and storing each user profile in the memory, subsequently collecting the keystrokes of a user to be authenticated as the user enters text on a keyboard connected to the computing system, creating a plurality of graphs based on the collection of keystrokes entered by the user and calculating n instance based tail area density (ITAD) metric, and then combining the ITAD metric for each graph duration into a single similarity score.
US12105780B2
An electronic apparatus and a method of controlling the same are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a camera configured to capture an image, a communication interface, a memory configured to store at least one instruction, and a processor configured to obtain characteristics information of a user based on the image; based on the characteristics information of the user being obtained, identify whether first information corresponding to the characteristics information is stored in the memory; based on the corresponding first information not being stored in the memory, generate identification information corresponding to the characteristics information of the user, perform mapping of the characteristics information and the identification information of the user and store in the memory; and transmit the characteristics information and the identification information of the user to a second electronic apparatus.
US12105773B2
GANs based generators are useful to perform image to image translations. GANs models have large storage sizes and resource use requirements such that they are too large to be deployed directly on mobile devices. Systems and methods define through conditioning a student GANs model having a student generator that is scaled downwardly from a teacher GANs model (and generator) using knowledge distillation. A semantic relation knowledge distillation loss is used to transfer semantic knowledge from an intermediate layer of the teacher to an intermediate layer of the student. Student generators thus defined are stored and executed by mobile devices such as smartphones and laptops to provide augmented reality experiences. Effects are simulated on images, including makeup, hair, nail and age simulation effects.
US12105771B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for generating training data. An apparatus for generating training data according to an embodiment includes a reading result acquirer that acquires one or more oral endoscopic images and clinical information related to each of the one or more oral endoscopic images, provides the one or more oral endoscopic images and the clinical information to a user terminal of each of a plurality of preset medical staffs, and receives a reading result for each of the one or more oral endoscopic images from the user terminal of each of the plurality of medical staffs, and a labeling unit that selects one or more labeling target images from among the one or more oral endoscopic images based on the reading result received from the user terminal of each of the plurality of medical staffs and determines one or more labels for each of the one or more labeling target images based on the reading result.
US12105761B2
A web crawling solution is presented for automatically prioritizing web crawling according to crawling policies. Web page wrappers are automatically created and updated using XPath expressions and web page analysis algorithms. Crawling is implemented using parallel queues converging into a single prioritized queue taking into account web site reputation and influence and also exploiting content, comments and metadata from social media, blogs and other sources. The crawled news content is clustered according to similarity and thematic summaries are created before serving the results.
US12105757B2
Systems and methods are described herein for updating search results based on a user's comment or a conversation among users using a media guidance application. A set of search results may be presented to a user or users. Comments or a conversation about the search results may be analyzed by the media guidance application. Selected comments by a user determined to have a greater weight may be used to update the search results.
US12105754B2
Example systems and methods are audio identification based on data structure are disclosed. An example apparatus includes memory, and one or more processors to execute instructions to execute a constant Q transform on query time slices of query audio, binarize the constant Q transformed query time slices, execute a two-dimensional Fourier transform on query time windows within the binarized and constant Q transformed query time slices to generate two-dimensional Fourier transforms of the query time windows, sequentially order the two-dimensional Fourier transforms in a query data structure, and identify the query audio as a cover rendition of reference audio based on a comparison between the query data structure and a reference data structure associated with the reference audio.
US12105749B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and a technical system for generating triples including providing a plurality of log entries from respective log files, wherein each log entry of the plurality of log entries includes at least one text message, generating at least one template based on the plurality of log entries using unsupervised clustering, wherein the at least one template includes at least one variable part and at least one fixed part, assigning each log entry of the plurality of log entries to one respective template based on the generated at least one template using a similarity measure, extracting the corresponding at least one variable and at least one fixed part of each text message of the plurality of text messages as key/value pairs using the respective assigned at least one template based on the plurality of log entries, and providing the text messages, keys and values as triples.
US12105748B2
Systems and methods for item recommendation are described. One or more embodiments of the systems and methods include generating a hidden vector representation for each word of a source document; removing at least one word from the source document based on the hidden vector representation using a summarization network to obtain a summary document; filtering a plurality of candidate documents based on the source document to obtain a plurality of filtered candidate documents; comparing the summary document to each of the filtered candidate documents to obtain a ranking score for each of the filtered candidate documents; and identifying a relevant candidate document from the filtered candidate documents based on the ranking score.
US12105736B2
In some implementations, a user device can maintain a multi-device context store. For example, the user device can receive device and/or user context information from multiple devices and store the context information in a local data store. The user device can collect local device and/or user context information and store the context information in the local context store. The user device can receive user/device context queries from client processes and send the client processes user/device context information from multiple devices in response to the queries.
US12105735B2
An asynchronous accounting method for a blockchain is provided. After a block reaches a consensus, different types of data contained in block information of the block are written into message queues corresponding to the respective types of data. Each of the message queues correspond to a different one of the types of data contained in the block information. A next round of block consensus processing is started after the different types of data are written into the message queues corresponding to the respective types of data. The different types of data are read from the message queues corresponding to the respective types of data to perform persistence processing of a blockchain ledger.
US12105732B2
A method for executing a query on a target database against the most recent source data is disclosed. The method comprises maintaining linked—i.e., at least partially synchronized—databases comprising a source and a target database. The method comprises receiving a direct query against a table in the target database, the query comprising a request for using the most recent source data and requesting by the target database from the source database a status about latest data regarding the table. Upon the status indicating that data in the table do not correspond to the most recent data, the method comprises waiting up to a predefined time period for the most recent data of the table to be synchronized from the source database to the target database, and upon the data of the table not being synchronized within the predefined time period, the method comprises issuing a timeout signal.
US12105730B2
Exemplary embodiments provide computer-implemented methods, mediums, and apparatuses configured to visualize data stored in a cloud-based storage service. A database in the data storage ecosystem may store results sets from an analytical chemistry system. An uploader may automatically upload the data into cloud storage. Because a great deal of data can be made available this way, more complex analyses can be performed based on visualizations for the data. Examples of analyses performed in connection with these visualizations include product analyses for potency and stability, analyst performance analyses, analytical method analyses, site performance analyses, etc.
US12105728B2
Systems and methods are described herein for creating a data object for each of a plurality of imported unstructured data files. Each data object may expressly include one of the unstructured data files. Preprocessing subsystems and/or machine learning algorithms and subsystems process the data to generate or otherwise identify structured insight features. The system updates each data object to expressly include the structured insight features.
US12105725B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, devices, and computer program products are described. A system may identify, from an event log including log entries for a tenant of a multi-tenant database system, a pattern of log entries corresponding to main actions and satisfying a frequency threshold. The system may identify log entries associated with the pattern and corresponding to the main actions, detailed actions, or both. The system may retrieve data corresponding to a history field of a data object associated with the pattern and may determine at least a portion of a process flow for the data object according to the pattern and based on the log entries and the historical data. The process flow may include operations to perform using the data object. In some cases, the system may transmit, to a user device, an indication of the portion of the process flow for user review and implementation.
US12105721B2
An enterprise resource planning system server comprising a SQL database and an executing module to execute an SQL query according to an execution plan to generate execution data relative to the execution of each SQL query; a monitoring module to determine an estimated execution plan metric associated with executing the SQL query according to the execution plan, and to determine whether a hardware performance metric associated with executing the query plan exceeds a hardware performance metric threshold. The monitoring module also determines whether the SQL query is invalid by comparing an execution plan metric associated with executing the execution plan with the estimated execution plan metric in response to determining that the server performance metric exceeds the server performance metric threshold.
US12105720B2
In an example embodiment, machine learning is used to train a machine-learned model that projects each entity, title pair into a single number, called a seniority score, to represent the career progression needed for that position. For example, company A's “software engineer” and company B's “senior software engineer” can be represented as two separate numbers, one being p (company A, software engineer) and the other being p (company B, senior software engineer) on the same axis. This allows a comparison to be made about the absolute levels of each title despite their potential different meanings at different entities.
US12105717B2
The present invention discloses a method and a device for processing information by batch-stream fusion, and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: Obtaining an index based on an input query statement; extracting a pre-computed index data segment based on the index as a query result; and extracting a re-computed index data segment to update the query result. The present invention solves the technical problem that real-time data and offline data are difficult to fuse and analyze.
US12105708B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for executing a relational database management system (RDBMS) in a computer system, wherein the RDBMS manages a relational database comprised of one or more tables storing data. The RDBMS executes a query with a semi-join operation comprising an inclusion join and/or an exclusion join performed against at least an outer table and an inner table, wherein the inclusion join returns a row from the outer table when there is a match with a row in the inner table, and the exclusion join returns a row from the outer table when there is no match with a row in the inner table. The RDBMS performs a rewrite of the query to avoid spooling and/or sorting of the inner table, when the inner table is larger than the outer table and a cost after the rewrite is lower than before the rewrite.
US12105706B2
The disclosure provides an approach for database query management. Embodiments include receiving, by a service operating on a server, a request for data stored in a database. Embodiments also include determining, by the service, whether to handle the request as an internal request or an external request. Embodiments include, in response to determining to handle the request as an internal request: sending, by the service, a query for at least a portion of the data to the database; receiving, by the service, the at least the portion of the data, and storing query metadata of the request in local memory of the server and not in the database, the query metadata comprising parameters of the request.
US12105697B2
User information is protected by providing a protective layer between a provider and a user device. A server receives a suggestion to present to the user device from a third party, such as a provider of goods or services that wants to push the suggestion to the user device. The suggestion includes a request for user information. The server then determines a likelihood that the request for user information is a necessary component of the suggestion. When the likelihood is low, the request is removed from the suggestion. When the likelihood is high, the server creates an executable computer code that includes the request. The executable computer code can be transmitted to the user device to present the suggestion to the user device without disclosing the user's information to the server.
US12105692B1
Shard management may be implemented for scalable database tables. A table may be identified as aligned with another table of the database according to a common shard key across multiple shards that are mapped to respective storage volumes of a data store of the database according to a placement hierarchy. Different portions of the table may be stored across the shards as respective table slices with corresponding portions of the other table as respective other table slices with same values of the shard key. Metadata for performing access requests to the database may be updated to identify individual ones of the table slices stored with individual ones of the other table slices as respective table slice groups that are mapped to respective ones of the shards in the placement hierarchy.
US12105688B2
Methods and apparatus to estimate audience sizes using deduplication based on vector of counts sketch data are disclosed. A system includes hardware circuitry to instantiate: coefficient analyzer circuitry to determine coefficient values of a polynomial based on (i) variances in values in a first vector of counts and a second vector of counts, (ii) a first cardinality of the first vector of counts, and (iii) a second cardinality of the second vector of counts; and overlap analyzer circuitry to: determine a real root of the polynomial; and report generator circuitry to estimate a deduplicated audience size based on (i) the estimate of the quantity of the second subscribers that are duplicates of the first subscribers and (ii) the first and second cardinalities. The system includes communication circuitry to transmit a network communication to a third party entity, the second network communication including a report based on the deduplicated audience size.
US12105679B2
Approaches and mechanisms for cloning a file are described. A first node requests a clone of a file at a time when it also requests an exclusive delegation of the original file from a second node where the original file is stored. The second node marks the original file as delegated to the first node and the second node records an intent to create the clone file and a delegation record for the clone file. The second node creates the clone file. The delegation of and the identity of the clone file are returned to the first node. The first node marks in the delegation record that the clone file was committed in response to modification. If the clone file was committed the delegation is cleared and the clone file is kept, and if the clone file was not committed, the delegation is cleared, and the clone file is deleted.
US12105677B2
Technologies for implementing customized behaviors for content items are provided. An example method can include receiving, from a user account registered with a content management system, a request to access a content item managed by the content management system for the user account, the content item having one or more behaviors configured for an attribute associated with the content item and/or the content item associated with the attribute; obtaining, from a representation of a remote state of content items associated with the user account, metadata defining the attribute associated with the content item; based on the metadata, determining the one or more behaviors configured for the attribute and/or the content item associated with the attribute; and applying the one or more behaviors to the content item.
US12105672B2
Method for calculating a modifier code of a file, the method comprising the following steps: a) establishing a list of possible modifier codes; b) establishing a list of a plurality of possible mixer numbers; c) for each modifier code: i) creating a list of hashes of the file; ii) for each mixer number, calculating the hash of the file mixed and modified by the modifier code, the modification of the file being performed using the same modification function; iii) adding each hash calculated in step ii) to the list of hashes of the file; iv) counting the number of different elements N of the list of hashes; v) memorizing this number N, as well as the associated modifier code, if N is the first to be counted or is greater than the number N previously memorized; and d) returning the last modifier code memorized.
US12105667B2
A device may include a processor system and an array of data processing engines (DPEs) communicatively coupled to the processor system. Each of the DPEs includes a core and a DPE interconnect. The processor system is configured to transmit configuration data to the array of DPEs, and each of the DPEs is independently configurable based on the configuration data received at the respective DPE via the DPE interconnect of the respective DPE. The array of DPEs enable, without modifying operation of a first kernel of a first subset of the DPEs of the array of DPEs, reconfiguration of a second subset of the DPEs of the array of DPEs.
US12105661B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first power management integrated circuit (PMIC) with a first fault controller connected to a first node and a first interface circuit connected to a second node; a second PMIC with a second fault controller connected to the first node and a second interface circuit connected to the second node; and a third PMIC with a third fault controller connected to the first node and a third interface circuit connected to the second node. The first fault controller is configured to, during a power on sequence or a power off sequence, detect a change in a voltage level of the first node. The first interface circuit is configured to communicate with any one or any combination of the second interface circuit and communication and the third interface circuit based on the change in the voltage level of the first node.
US12105658B2
In one example, an integrated circuit (IC) is provided that includes data circuitry and a processing circuitry. The data circuitry is configured to provide data to be transferred to a different circuitry within the IC or to an external IC. The processing circuitry is configured to: read the data provided by the data circuitry before it is transferred to the different circuitry or the external IC; calculate a first signature for the data; attach the first signature to the data; calculate, after transferring the data to the different circuitry or the external IC, a second signature for the data; extract the first signature corresponding to the data; compare the first signature to the second signature; and generate a signal based on a comparison of the first signature to the second signature.
US12105651B2
A method is described. The method includes executing solid state drive program code from system memory of a computing system to perform any/all of garbage collection, wear leveling and logical block address to physical block address translation routines for a solid state drive that is coupled to a computing system that the system memory is a component of.
US12105648B2
A data processing method includes receiving, by a virtual machine, an I/O access request. The I/O access request is used to access data, the I/O access request includes a type of hardware data used to indicate a working status of a virtual I/O device, and the virtual I/O device is obtained after the I/O device is virtualized. The method also includes identifying, by the virtual machine, that the type of the hardware data in the I/O access request is first-type data. The first-type data is hardware data of the virtual I/O device that remains unchanged in a data processing process. The method further includes obtaining, by the virtual machine, to-be-accessed data from a first memory space. The first memory space is memory storage space in the data processing system.
US12105636B2
A data storage system can include a deduplicated data cache used to store unique deduplicated data portions. Data portions can be promoted to the deduplicated data cache in connection with servicing I/O operations. Servicing the I/O operation that reads data from, or writes data to, a logical address can include determining whether a data portion stored at the logical address meets criteria for promoting the data portion to a deduplicated data cache. The criteria can include a condition that the data portion is a duplicate of content stored at multiple logical addresses, and can include a condition that the data portion has a reference count that is at least a minimum threshold where the reference count denotes a number of logical addresses at which the data portion is stored. Responsive to determining the data portion meets the criteria, the data portion can be stored in the deduplicated data cache.
US12105635B2
A method is provided that includes performing, by a processor in response to a vector permutation instruction, permutation of values stored in lanes of a vector to generate a permuted vector, wherein the permutation is responsive to a control storage location storing permute control input for each lane of the permuted vector, wherein the permute control input corresponding to each lane of the permuted vector indicates a value to be stored in the lane of the permuted vector, wherein the permute control input for at least one lane of the permuted vector indicates a value of a selected lane of the vector is to be stored in the at least one lane, and storing the permuted vector in a storage location indicated by an operand of the vector permutation instruction.
US12105627B2
A reverse cache for inserting data into a main cache is disclosed. The reverse cache is configured to identify candidates for insertion into a main cache. The reverse cache stores entries such as fingerprints and index values, which are representations of or that identify data. When the entry has been accessed multiple times or is a candidate for promotion based on operation of the reverse cache, data corresponding to the entry is promoted to the main cache.
US12105619B2
Training a predict model with network traffic and data change messages generated by an existing web application running in a production environment. The predict model being is trained to predict data changes resulted from API calls embodied in network traffic. A stream of network traffic of the existing web application is replayed with an upgraded version of the existing web application to generate real data changes. The stream of network traffic is applied to the predict model to generate predicted data change messages. The predicted data change messages are comparing with real data change messages representing the real data changes. One or more existing APIs is identified as being possibly functionally degraded based on any inconsistency of the predicted data change messages with the real data change messages.
US12105617B2
According to some embodiments, systems and methods are provided including an n−1 Application Programming Interface (API) including n−1 API metadata; an API automate, wherein the API automate is generated for the n−1 API; a memory storing processor-executable program code; and a processing unit to execute the processor-executable program code to cause the system to: receive an n API including n API metadata; execute the API automate with the n version API and output an API automate status; and in a case the API automate status is failed: compare the n API metadata and the n−1 API metadata; identify at least one difference between the n API metadata and the n−1 API metadata; generate an alert based on the identified at least one difference; and render a user interface, wherein the rendered user interface includes the alert. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12105615B2
A method, computer program product and computer system to track and test custom webpage components is provided. A processor retrieves a production webpage. A processor determines a custom component of the production webpage. A processor retrieves component metadata associated with the custom component. A processor generates a hidden element in the production webpage including the component metadata, wherein the production webpage is configured to make the hidden element visible in response to an event.
US12105614B2
A method for collecting and processing application telemetry may include: collecting, by a telemetry insights computer program, first telemetry data from computer applications, network appliances, and hardware devices in a distributed architecture; generating, by the telemetry insights computer program and based on the first telemetry data, a CPU operating service level, a memory operating service level, and a latency service level; collecting, by the telemetry insights computer program, second telemetry data from the computer applications, the network appliances, and the hardware devices; identifying, by the telemetry insights computer program, an anomaly by comparing the second telemetry data to the CPU operating service level, the memory operating service level, and the latency service level; generating, by the telemetry insights computer program, an event for the anomaly and communicating the event to an event manager; and executing, by the event manager, an automated proactive action in response to the anomaly.
US12105605B2
A method for redundancy loss recovery. The method may include creating pairs of quorum sets, wherein each pair of the pairs of quorum sets comprises at least two volumes and a quorum, and each of at least two volumes and quorum are located at different storage devices; for a failure occurring in a storage device associated with the pairs of quorum sets or in a network communication between storage devices of the pairs of quorum sets, modifying volume attributes associated with volumes of the pairs of quorum sets; and for the failure occurring in a storage device associated with the pairs of quorum sets, relocating quorum associated with the failed storage device to another storage device that is different from storage devices associated with the pairs of quorum sets.
US12105600B1
A method for efficient file-based backups and recoveries. The method includes: receiving, to initiate a backup session, a file-system backup instruction identifying a host file-system; obtaining at least one clone logical cluster number (LCN) corresponding to a file managed by the host file-system, and a region LCN corresponding to a file region of the file; based on a determination that the region LCN matches a clone LCN of the at least one clone LCN: querying a cluster-offset tracking data structure using the region LCN to identify a cluster-offset tracking entry including the region LCN and a container offset; writing, as a session metadata record stored in backup session metadata for the backup session, file metadata describing the file and including the container offset; and transmitting, to a backup target, an information tuple including a backup session identifier generated for the backup session, and the backup session metadata.
US12105596B2
Data of a computer system can be secured from malware. During a Primary Operating System (PrimaryOS) run-time, the system determines if the computer system has been compromised and, if so, a Trusted Operating System (TrustedOS) is launched and assumes control of the hardware resources and the software resources of the computer system. The TrustedOS obtains a cryptographic key that is inaccessible to the PrimaryOS. The TrustedOS uses the cryptographic key to disable writing to a first portion of the storage media that includes the first set of logical block addresses. The PrimaryOS can incrementally back-up files to a second set of logical block addresses on a second portion of the storage media. Control of the hardware resources and the software resources is returned to the PrimaryOS.
US12105592B2
There are provided systems and methods for increasing availability of a micro-computation decision service by utilizing execution flow configurations. A service provider, such as an electronic transaction processor for digital transactions, may utilize different decision services that implement rules and/or artificial intelligence models for decision-making of data including data in production computing environment. A decision service may normally be used for data processing and decision-making through an execution flow configuration and/or graph identifying a flow of task executions and other computing operations.
US12105591B2
A redundant data calculation method and apparatus. The method is applied to the redundant data calculation apparatus including a processor and a redundant data calculation unit. In the method, after obtaining to-be-processed data, the processor stores the to-be-processed data in cache space of the redundant data calculation unit. The redundant data calculation unit obtains the to-be-processed data from the cache space and performs calculation for checking the to-be-processed data to obtain redundant data corresponding to the to-be-processed data.
US12105571B2
Systems and methods for managing consumption of alternating-current (AC) power by an Information Handling System (IHS). In a non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include: a heterogeneous computing platform comprising a plurality of devices and a memory, the memory having a plurality of sets of firmware instructions, where each of the sets, upon execution by a respective device, enables that device to provide a corresponding firmware service, and where at least one of the devices operates as an orchestrator configured to: execute or instruct one or more devices to execute one or more Artificial Intelligence models usable to characterize usage profiles based, at least in part, upon context or telemetry data received from at least a subset of the plurality of devices; and, based upon the usage profiles, determine whether to allow a battery to power the IHS at least partially while the IHS is coupled to an AC power source.
US12105564B2
A display device including: a display module including a display folding portion and a display curved portion adjacent to the display folding portion, wherein the display curved portion has a curvature when the display folding portion is folded; and a window disposed on the display module, the window including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and having first grooves overlapping the display folding portion and second grooves overlapping the display curved portion, wherein the first grooves are formed in the first surface of the window and the second grooves are formed in the second surface of the window.
US12105557B2
There are provided systems, devices and methods for operating a housing for an electronic device as an input/output (I/O) device. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing configured to function as an integrated housing and I/O device and one or more sensors obscured by a panel of the housing. The one or more sensors being configured to sense via the panel of the housing. The electronic device further includes a processing unit communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to interpret electrical signals generated by the one or more sensors. One or more output devices are communicatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to provide an output in response to the one or more sensors generating an electrical signal.
US12105556B2
A terminal device includes: a first folding portion; a second folding portion is connected to the first folding portion, and the first folding portion and the second folding portion are rotatable between a folded state in which the first folding portion and the second folding portion are folded and an unfolded state in which the first folding portion and the second folding portion are unfolded; a first magnetic component is disposed in the first folding portion; second magnetic components are disposed in the second folding portion; and an adjustment component is connected to the first magnetic component or the second magnetic components, and the adjustment component adjusts the first magnetic component or the second magnetic components, so that the first magnetic component and the second magnetic components attract or repel each other in the folded state.
US12105547B2
A battery power supply to power an intermittently operating load includes a voltage downconverter configured to be serially connected to a battery and to output a voltage VOUT smaller than a battery voltage V1. A current limiter is serially connected to the voltage downconverter and is configured to provide a voltage drop in a current limiting mode, and to substantially provide a short circuit in a non-current limiting mode. The battery power supply additionally includes a capacitor tank serially connected to the current limiter for providing a voltage V2 to the load, and configured to be charged to a voltage VCT which is less than VOUT when the current limiter is switched to the current limiting mode. The capacitor tank is additionally configured to be charged to a voltage which is substantially equal to VOUT when the current limiter is switched to the non-current limiting mode.
US12105538B2
Example implementations relate to a pressure regulator assembly for a closed fluid loop of a CDU. The pressure regulator assembly has a cylinder having an internal volume, and first and second hollow pistons slidably connected to the cylinder to split the internal volume into a first volume portion having cooling fluid, a second volume portion having driver fluid, and a third volume portion having compressible matter. The first volume portion is fluidically connected to the closed fluid loop. The first hollow piston is reciprocated by the compressible matter to maintain operating pressure of the cooling fluid in the closed fluid loop. The second hollow piston is driven by the driver fluid in response to predefined pressure drop of the cooling fluid during predefined time period, to inject additional cooling fluid from the first volume portion into the closed fluid loop to restore pressure level of cooling fluid to operating pressure.
US12105533B1
A control system for a powered lift aircraft includes a pilot input device, at least one powered lift element configured to provide powered lift support to the aircraft, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from the pilot input device, an input indicative of one of a powered lift enabled mode or a powered lift disabled mode and control the at least one powered lift element to operate the aircraft in a selected one of the powered lift enabled mode or the powered lift disabled mode based on the received input. When the aircraft is in the powered lift enabled mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one powered lift element based on a state of the aircraft. When the aircraft is in the powered lift disabled mode, the at least one processor is configured to control the at least one powered lift element to disable powered lift.
US12105526B2
A household service matching system built on a communication network, includes: a request disclosing unit configured to disclose on the communication network, a request transmitted from a terminal apparatus related to a client who wishes to entrust household service; an acceptance receiving unit configured to receive an acceptance transmitted from a terminal apparatus related to a consignment applicant in response to the request; a determination unit configured to determine a formal consignee from consignment applicants related to the terminal apparatuses having transmitted the acceptance; a vehicle dispatching unit configured to dispatch a vehicle for picking up the formal consignee to a designated position designated by the formal consignee; and a vehicle control unit configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle that carries the formal consignee arrives at the client's address.
US12105516B2
A self-moving device includes a body, a walking assembly arranged on the body, and a control system arranged in the body. The self-moving device further includes an optical receiving device and at least two optical emitting devices arranged on the body. Paths of emitted light emitted by the at least two optical emitting devices are different. The optical receiving device is adapted to receive a reflected light formed after the emitted light emitted by at least one of the optical emitting devices hits an obstacle. A distance measuring method of the self-moving device is also disclosed.
US12105513B2
A controller for an agent of a group of agents, in particular for a group of autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles, and to a computer program implementing such a controller. A temporal deep network for such a controller and to a method, a computer program and an apparatus for training the temporal deep network. The controller includes a temporal deep network designed to calculate a desired trajectory for the agent, a nonlinear model predictive controller designed to calculate commands for the agent based on the desired trajectory and desired trajectories of the other agents of the group of agents, and an augmented memory designed to integrate historic system states of the group of agents for the temporal deep network.
US12105511B2
The invention relates, inter alia, to a method for operating an autonomous agricultural work machine. A first current position of the agricultural work machine is determined by means of a first position-determining device. A second current position of the agricultural work machine is determined by means of a second position-determining device. A difference value which relates to a difference between the first current position and the second current position is determined. The work machine is operated autonomously as a function of the determined difference value.
US12105510B2
The present disclosure provides a method including determining an operational mode of a vehicle based on data accumulated from at least one vehicle information system associated with the vehicle; selecting one of a plurality of power consumption profiles for the vehicle based on the determined operational mode; and applying the selected one of the power consumption profiles to the vehicle.
US12105506B1
A system and method are provided for identification of a combination of sensors suitable for achieving a set of output requirements, enabling assembly thereof. An arrangement of sensors is assembled according to an optimized sensor set, generated to define at least one sensor channel having a threshold value for at least one quality criterion. The sensor sets are generated by down-selection of the sensor channels from a previously tested set of available channels to a subset mapping to a set of required output states. Assignment of a threshold value for each sensor channel is based on a mapping of the value to a target value of a performance metric.
US12105502B2
There is provided a method of controlling an industrial gas plant complex comprising a plurality of industrial gas plants powered by one or more renewable power sources, the method being executed by at least one hardware processor, the method comprising receiving time-dependent predicted power data for a pre-determined future time period from the one or more renewable power sources; receiving time-dependent predicted operational characteristic data for each industrial gas plant; utilizing the predicted power data and predicted characteristic data in an optimization model to generate a set of state variables for the plurality of industrial gas plants; utilizing the generated state variables to generate a set of control set points for the plurality of industrial gas plants; and sending the control set points to a control system to control the industrial gas plant complex by adjusting one or more control set points of the industrial gas plants.
US12105501B1
The methods, process, and apparatus of the present invention produces a structurally representative organ model using magnetic resonance imaging scan information of a organ and a patient's medical history and physiology. This is accomplished by mathematically convolving the scan information with a second order ranked tensor matrix encoded with the patient's physiological information as it relates to the scanned organ and their medical profile. The convolved scan information and encoded matrix are computer processed to produce a 3D printer driver file which is used to print a structurally representative organ model conforming to the patient's physiology.
US12105500B2
A method for generating a quote for fabrication of a part to be fabricated is disclosed. The method includes receiving, from a customer device associated with a customer, a design request for a part to be fabricated by a fabrication process. The design request includes a three-dimensional (3D) model file representing the part to be fabricated. The method further includes generating a feature vector for the part based on the model file and determining a total height of the part to be fabricated. Further, the method includes identifying one or more candidate orientations for the part to be fabricated and generating, as a function of a geometry of the part and a candidate orientation of the one or more candidate orientations, fabrication parameters for the part to be fabricated, wherein the fabrication parameters include a cost to fabricate the part and estimated completion date.
US12105494B2
The invention relates to a method for configuring a monitoring system for monitoring industrial processes and industrial assets. The method comprising, the monitoring system: receiving data associated with operation of industrial plants in native data format, adapting a common predefined data model to organize the data to convert in a common structured data format for use by application functions, receiving a request for data processing, generating a graphical view of the industrial process; identifying specific industrial processes and assets relating to the request of data processing and generating the graphical view; processing of specific data according to data processing request and generating a first graphical view associated for the specific data and associated identifiers according to a preconfigured first view configuration, generating a second graphical view from the first graphical view by incorporating a new view configurations onto the first view configuration based on result of data processing.
US12105490B2
Systems, devices, and methods include protection functions in an electrical power system. A processing subsystem may include a processor. A memory subsystem may comprise a first memory section and a second memory section. A memory management subsystem may, in a first operational mode, enable memory access between the processor and the first memory section and the second memory section and, in a second operational mode, enable memory access between the processor and only the first memory section.
US12105476B2
An adjustable lever (100) of a tourbillon mechanism for stopping at least one tourbillon unit (200). The adjustable lever (100) includes at least one first member (110) configured to be actuated, at least one second member (120) configured to actuate at least one brake element (240) and at least one adjustment member (130) configured to adjust a position of the at least one second member (120) via a method of adjustment.
US12105462B2
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member about a rotational axis extending in the axial direction, a charging member, an accommodating portion accommodating toner charged to a predetermined polarity; a developing member, a transfer portion, a static eliminating portion, and a collecting member. In the axial direction, when A is a eliminating width with which the eliminating portion discharges the surface of the image bearing member, B is an effective charging width with which the charging member charges the surface, and C is a collection contacting width with which the collecting member contacts the surface, the formula A
US12105458B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a transfer cylinder having a first groove formed in an outer portion in a rotational radial direction. The apparatus also includes a fixing cylinder having a second groove formed in an outer portion in a rotational radial. A looped-shape circulating member that is wrapped around the transfer cylinder and the fixing cylinder. The circulating member supports plural holding members configured to hold the recording medium. The apparatus also includes a pressure unit that is rotatably supported and configured to permit the recording medium to pass between the pressure unit and the fixing cylinder while a pressure is applied. The apparatus also includes a rotatable transfer roller opposing the transfer cylinder, the transfer roller opposing the first groove when a rotationally upstream end portion of the second groove in the fixing cylinder is in contact with the pressure unit.
US12105454B2
A fixing device includes a rotatable endless belt, a pressing roller and a fixing pad. The pressing roller contacts an outer peripheral surface of the belt and forms a nip portion in cooperation with the belt. A toner image is formed in the nip portion and fixed onto the recording material by application of heat and pressure. The fixing pad contacts an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The fixing pad includes a contact area in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The contact area includes a downstream end portion with respect to a conveyance direction of the recording material. The downstream end portion includes a central portion and both end portions with respect to a widthwise direction of the belt. The central portion locates downstream of the both end portions with respect to the conveyance direction.
US12105447B2
An example image forming apparatus includes a power device, a photosensitive drum, a transfer device to remove remaining toner based on a cleaning bias voltage, an optical sensor to detect remaining toner, and a processor to adjust the cleaning bias voltage based on a set offset bias voltage. The processor may change a surface potential of the photosensitive drum to a voltage of a set pattern using the power device, acquire a size ratio of a periodic component based on a frequency of a signal detected from the remaining toner using the optical sensor, and, based on the acquired size ratio of the periodic component being greater than or equal to a set size ratio, adjust the cleaning bias voltage based on an offset bias voltage corresponding to the size ratio of the periodic component and provide the adjusted cleaning bias voltage to the transfer device to remove remaining toner.
US12105440B2
An image forming apparatus includes a body, a toner container that is removably set in the body and contains toner, a toner supplier to supply the toner from the toner container to the body, a memory that stores container information that is information of the toner container, and circuitry. The circuitry is to determine, after the toner container is set in the body, based on the container information acquired from the memory, whether the toner container set in the body is same as a toner container set in the body in a past and the container information satisfies a predetermined condition, and to drive the toner supplier in a case where the toner container set in the body is determined to be same as the toner container set in the body in the past and the container information satisfies the predetermined condition.
US12105437B2
A charging device according to one or more embodiments may include: a charging member that is rotatable and provided to be in contact with a contact member. The charging member includes: a shaft; a surface layer to be in contact with the contact member and containing porous particles; and an elastic layer provided between the shaft and the surface layer. A ratio of convex portions formed by the porous particles on the surface layer to a surface area of the surface layer is 68.4% or more.
US12105435B2
A conductive roller includes a base including an outer surface along and about an axial line thereof, and a surface layer arranged on the outer surface of the base. The surface layer includes particles. The ten-point height of irregularities Rz of the outer surface of the base is greater than or equal to 6.0 micrometers and less than or equal to 8.0 micrometers. A ten-point height of irregularities Rz of an outer surface of the surface layer is greater than or equal to 5.5 micrometers and less than or equal to 8.5 micrometers. The base included in the conductive roller preferably includes a core member and a conductive elastic layer arranged between the core member and the surface layer. The surface layer preferably includes a conductive portion including a resin material and a conductive agent.
US12105426B2
A control method for a line narrowed gas laser apparatus is a control method for a line narrowed gas laser apparatus configured to emit a pulse laser beam including a first wavelength component and a second wavelength component. The apparatus includes a laser chamber including a pair of electrodes, an optical resonator including an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a parameter of an energy ratio of the first and second wavelength components, and a processor in which relation data indicating a relation of the parameter of the energy ratio with a control parameter of the adjustment mechanism is stored. The control method includes receiving a command value of the parameter of the energy ratio from an external device, and acquiring, based on the relation data, a value of the control parameter corresponding to the command value and controlling the adjustment mechanism based on the value of the control parameter.
US12105417B2
A method of forming a photo-cured layer on a substrate can include applying a first photocurable composition overlying a first region of the substrate and a second photocurable composition overlying a second region of the substrate and photo-curing the applied compositions, wherein the first region is a center region of the substrate and the second region is an edge region of the substrate, and the second photocurable composition has a higher vapor pressure than the first photocurable composition. The method can have the advantage that the forming of an extrusion within the edge region of the photo-cured layer can be avoided or being kept very low.
US12105410B2
A light pass aperture module, in order along a central axis, includes a blade assembly and a cap. The blade assembly includes a plurality of blades. The blades form a light pass aperture, and the light pass aperture is variable in size with the central axis as a center. The cap covers the blade assembly. The cap has a through hole, and the through hole is disposed corresponding to the light pass aperture. The cap includes a surface level down structure. The surface level down structure is disposed corresponding to one of the blades, and the surface level down structure is closer to the one blade than the through hole.
US12105402B2
A tethered imaging camera encapsulated in a shell lens element of such camera enables viewing from inside and imaging of a biological organ in/from a variety of directions. A portion of camera's optical system together with light source(s) and optical detector mutually cooperated by housing structure inside the shell are moveable/re-orientable within the shell to vary a desired view of the object space without interruption of imaging process. A tether carries electrical but not optical signals to and from the camera and controllable traction cords to move the camera, and a hand-control unit and/or electronic circuitry configured to operate the camera and power its movements. Method(s) of using optical, optoelectronic, and optoelectromechanical sub-systems of the camera.
US12105397B2
An optical modulator includes first and second waveguides; a first phase shifter provided in at least one of the first and second waveguides and configured to control a phase of the laser beam; a first optical element configured to combine the laser beam propagating through the first waveguide and the laser beam propagating through the second waveguide and separate the combined laser beam into two laser beams; a third (fourth) waveguide on which one (the other) of the laser beams separated by the first optical element is incident; a second phase shifter provided in at least one of the third and fourth waveguides and configured to control a phase of the laser beam; and a second optical element configured to combine the laser beam propagating through the third waveguide and the laser beam propagating through the fourth waveguide and emit the laser beam in the superposition state.
US12105394B2
Methods are described for the commissioning of optically switchable window networks. During commissioning, network addresses are paired with the locations of installed devices for components on a window network. Commissioning may also involve steps of testing and validating the network devices. By correctly pairing the location of a device with its network address, a window network is configured to function such that controls sent over the network reach their targeted device(s) which in turn respond accordingly. The methods described herein may reduce frustrations that result from mispairing and installation issues that are common to conventional commissioning practices. Commissioning may involve recording a response to a manually or automatically initiated trigger. Commissioning methods described herein may rely on user input, or be automatic, not requiring user input.
US12105386B2
A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided by the present application. The display panel includes a first liquid crystal cell, a second liquid crystal cell, and a flexible circuit board. The first liquid crystal cell includes a first epitaxial portion. The first epitaxial portion includes a plurality of first bonding terminals. The second liquid crystal cell includes a second epitaxial portion. The second epitaxial portion includes a plurality of second bonding terminals. And the second binding terminals and the first binding terminals are located on a same side. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected with the first binding terminals and the second binding terminals.
US12105377B2
A lighting unit for a display panel includes a light distribution module, an array of out-couplers, and a beam spot array generation module. The light distribution module includes a plurality of output waveguides for configurably distributing illuminating light between the output waveguides. Each out-coupler is coupled to an output waveguide and configured to out-couple a portion of the illuminating light to propagate towards the display panel. The beam spot array generation module is configured to receive portions of the illuminating light out-coupled by out-couplers of the array of out-couplers and to convert each portion to illuminate a zone of the display panel with an illuminating light field comprising an array of light spots. Each light spot is configured for illuminating an individual pixel or sub-pixel of the zone of the display panel.
US12105369B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first cover glass having a first main surface opposed to the second substrate, a second main surface on a side opposite to the first main surface, a first side surface connecting the first main surface with the second main surface, and a second side surface on a side opposite to the first side surface, and a light source provided on the first side surface side. A thickness of the first cover glass on the first side surface side is different from a thickness of the first cover glass on the second side surface side.
US12105368B2
The present invention provides a curved display device manufacturing method comprising the steps of: coupling a flat display, a transparent adhesive layer, and flat cover glass, thereby manufacturing a flat display assembly; applying an adhesive to the edge of the flat display assembly; seating the flat display assembly on a curved jig; adsorbing the flat display assembly onto the surface of the curved jig by using vacuum holes formed in the curved jig such that the flat display assembly is bent; and coupling a backlight unit to the adhesive-applied area. The step of coupling a backlight unit to the adhesive-applied area comprises a step of curing the adhesive in a state in which the backlight unit is forced against the display assembly such that the display assembly remains bent.
US12105350B2
An adjustable optical lens and camera module, and manufacturing method and applications thereof is disclosed. The camera module includes an optical sensor and an adjustable optical lens. The adjustable optical lens includes an optical structural member and at least two lenses, wherein each of the lenses is arranged in an internal space of the optical structural member. Along a vertical direction of the optical structural member, at least one lens is adapted to be adjustably pre-mounted to an internal space of the optical structural member serving as an adjustable lens. The side wall of the optical structural member is provided with at least one adjustment channel, which is positioned corresponding to the adjustable lens, so that an assembling position of the adjustable lens can be adjusted through the adjustment channel so as to align a central axis line of the adjustable optical lens with a central axis line of the optical sensor.
US12105347B2
Provided is an optical apparatus having good lens positioning accuracy and excellent optical performance. The optical apparatus includes a straight-proceeding barrel configured to move on a lens group in an optical axis direction and a guide barrel having a guide groove part configured to guide the movement of the straight-proceeding barrel in the optical axis direction. In the guide groove part, a first guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction so as to have a bottom on an outer diameter side, and a second guide groove part is formed in the optical axis direction as a through hole from the outer diameter side to an inner diameter side. The first guide groove part and the second guide groove part are connected to each other and have respective use regions configured to partially overlap each other in the optical axis direction.
US12105344B2
A lens barrel including a space-saving position adjustment function. The lens barrel constitutes a part of a projection optical system including a catoptric system including at least one reflecting mirror and that uses a dioptric system including multiple lens groups. At least one of the multiple lens groups includes a non-circular lens. The lens barrel includes a movable part that has an inner wall surface holding the non-circular lens and that is able to move the lens group that includes the non-circular lens in an optical axis direction of the non-circular lens, a holding part that is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the movable part and that holds the movable part and a shaft part formed in the optical axis direction, and a curved part that is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the holding part.
US12105338B2
The present invention provides modular trays having cutout features that are configured to engage with a mounting feature of one or more removable rails. The removable rails may be removably secured to a tray body in a plurality of positions to allow a user to install or uninstall rails to support different sized fiber optic modules. For example, a tray may support a twenty-four optical fiber module, two twelve optical fiber modules, or three eight optical fiber modules. Fiber optic enclosures housing the trays can be affixed to the outside of a fiber optic enclosure and allow for easy stacking and unstacking.
US12105336B2
An optical cable is provided in which an optical fiber bundle with clustered or bundled optical fibers is accommodated in a tubular member and the optical fibers are formed in an excess group length (EGL) by modeling considering bending properties of the optical cable or a lossless bending radius of the optical fibers of the optical fiber bundle, thereby minimizing stress, damage or optical loss of the optical fibers in the optical fiber bundle.
US12105328B2
A connection structure of the adapter and the connector includes an adapter and a connector engaging with the adapter in a snap-fit manner. The adapter is provided with a mounting hole. A first positioning boss is disposed on the inner wall of the mounting hole. The connector includes a connector housing and a ferrule flange. The connector housing engages with the adapter in a snap-fit manner. A sliding recess and a first positioning recess that communicate with each other are disposed on the connector housing in the axial direction of the connector housing. The first positioning boss is configured to selectively match the sliding recess or the first positioning recess. A first end of the ferrule flange engages with the outer end face of the connector housing in a snap-fit manner. A second end of the ferrule flange extends into the adapter.
US12105326B2
An optical multiplexer reduced in background light and reduced in size is provided. The optical multiplexer takes a plurality of light beams having different wavelengths as input from respective waveguides, and outputs multiple light obtained by multiplexing the plurality of light beams by a directional coupler. Background light is reduced by a reflection groove which reflects excess light outputted from a discard port of the directional coupler, and downsizing of the optical multiplexer is achieved.
US12105323B2
Disclosed are semiconductor packages and manufacturing method of the semiconductor packages. In one embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a substrate, a first waveguide, a semiconductor die, and an adhesive layer. The first waveguide is disposed on the substrate. The semiconductor die is disposed on the substrate and includes a second waveguide aligned with the first waveguide. The adhesive layer is disposed between the first waveguide and the second waveguide.
US12105321B2
The present disclosure provides a multi-core fiber (MCF) and manufacturing method thereof and an MCF marker (or marker). The MCF (100) comprises a plurality of cores (102) and a marker (108). Each core is associated with a core diameter (104) and a core-placement-radius (106) and the marker (108) is associated with a marker diameter (110) and a marker-placement-radius (112). The marker has a marker core (116) and a marker clad (118) with a D/d ratio between 5 to 20. During manufacturing, the MCF is drawn from a preform assembly (200) having a top hollow handle (202) with a handle thickness (114) attached on a top end of a glass preform (204) that has a plurality of core holes (206) and a marker hole (210), wherein the marker hole (210) is at least partially covered by the top hollow handle of the handle thickness (114).
US12105317B2
An electronic device includes a light guide plate, a plurality of light sources, a sealant frame and at least an optical film. The light guide plate includes a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to each other. The plurality of light sources are disposed adjacent to the second end portion and are arranged along the first direction. The sealant frame is disposed adjacent to the first end portion. One of the at least an optical film includes a body portion and a lug portion connected to the body portion, and the lug portion is fixed on the sealant frame. The body portion includes a first side adjacent to the sealant frame and, in a second direction, a shortest distance between the first side and the sealant film is in a range of 0 mm to 0.4 mm.
US12105314B2
A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a lighting-emitting unit; an optical film; and a light-adjusting layer located on a side of the optical film adjacent to the light-exiting surface of the backlight module. The light-adjusting layer includes light-adjusting units, a light-adjusting unit includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface is located on a side of the second surface adjacent to the light-exiting surface and is a flat surface, the second surface at least includes a first sub-surface and a second sub-surface, along a second direction, a plane where the first sub-surface is located intersects a plane where the first surface is located, the first sub-surface and the second sub-surface are inclined to a side away from the light-exiting surface, and the first direction, the second direction and the third direction all intersect each other.
US12105308B2
The present invention relates to a polarization filter for ophthalmic lenses. The polarization filter comprises a mesogen layer coated onto a retardation film, either directly or through an adhesive layer. The present invention further discloses that the polarization filter formed by employing a thin film or sheet, having a defined level of retardation between the light source and the mesogen layer, for example, a cholesteric mesogen layer, the multilayered laminate structure demonstrates linear polarization of the light transmitted through the mesogen laminate structure, and, hence, can be used in ophthalmic lenses, e.g. spectacle or eyeglass lenses. The polarization filter enhances the performance by allowing transmission of the polarization filter closer to the theoretical maximum transmission.
US12105305B2
Provided in the present application is a holographic display system, comprising an on-site holographic display system, a transmissive geometric holographic display system, a geometric holographic display system with folded optical path, and a reflective geometric holographic display system. A display element capable of directly displaying screens provided with depth of field information is used to project a diverging 3D image in the air without the aid of another reference light source. The image is converted by a projection screen of an equivalent negative refractive index flat lens to then obtain an observable 3D image suspended in the air, which reduces costs. At the same time, the 3D image may be displayed in front of or behind the projection screen, the display space is infinite, and in a very small device space, a super large screen and super deep depth of field may also be displayed.
US12105300B2
The embodiment relates to an image stabilization device and a camera module including the same. The image stabilization device according to the embodiment includes: a first prism for changing a path of a light beam; a second prism disposed below the first prism and changing a path of light beam emitted from the first prism; an image stabilization control unit for controlling a shape of the second prism including a coil part and a magnet part. The first prism may be disposed inside the image stabilization control unit. The second prism may be a variable wedge prism. The image stabilization control unit may control the path of the light beam by changing the shape of the second prism through the magnet part.
US12105292B2
An optical see-through (OST) near-eye display (NED) system is presented, integrating ophthalmic correction for an eye of a user, comprising a partially transmissive partially reflective lens, including an inner surface characterized by an inner surface radius of curvature exhibiting a first optical power, and an outer surface characterized by an outer surface radius of curvature exhibiting a second optical power, said partially transmissive partially reflective lens is configured to be facing said eye, and to at least partially transmit incoming light of an outward scene to said eye; and an electro-optical unit, configured to be optically coupled with said partially transmissive partially reflective lens, and including a light display configured to project a light beam image onto said inner surface, so to enable reflection of said light beam image toward said eye, said electro-optical unit is configured to be located at a glabellar region of said user.
US12105287B1
A display having a reflective display panel may provide image light to an eye box. The panel may include mirrors rotatable between first and second angles. The mirrors may take a non-zero time period to transition between the first and second angles. During the non-zero time period, the light source may emit pulses of illumination. The mirrors may reflect the pulses of illumination as offset pupils of image light. The mirrors may be at respective intermediate angles while reflecting each of the pulses of illumination. The mirrors may toggle between the first and second angles at a sufficiently fast rate such that the offset pupils form an effective pupil that is expanded in at least one dimension. If desired, the offset pupils may be used to display virtual objects in different focal planes at the eye box.
US12105285B2
The apparatus including an optical arrangement including at least one light guide wherein the at least one light guide is configured to propagate a beam of light from an image source towards a user's eye to direct the beam of light to a location proximate to the user's eye. The apparatus also including absorptive material positioned within the optical arrangement so as to absorb light having a first wavelength from the optical arrangement and re-emit light having a second wavelength where the second wavelength is different to the first wavelength.
US12105280B2
In one implementation, a method includes emitting light with modulating intensity from a plurality of light sources towards an eye of a user. The method includes receiving light intensity data indicative of an intensity of the plurality of glints reflected by the eye of the user in the form of a plurality of glints. The method includes determining an eye tracking characteristic of the user based on the light intensity data. In one implementation, a method includes generating, using an event camera comprising a plurality of light sensors at a plurality of respective locations, a plurality of event messages, each of the plurality of event messages being generated in response to a particular light sensor detecting a change in intensity of light and indicating a particular location of the particular light sensor. The method includes determining an eye tracking characteristic of a user based on the plurality of event messages.
US12105279B2
A display for providing an image to an eye of an observer is disclosed. An image generator provides image illumination corresponding to the image to a substrate having mutually-parallel major external surfaces for propagation within the substrate. An intermediate optical arrangement including at least one astigmatic optical element directs the image illumination from the image generator so as to propagate within the substrate in a first in-plane direction by internal reflection. A reflective optical arrangement having cylindrical optical power reflects the image illumination so as to propagate in a second in-plane direction by internal reflection. A coupling-out arrangement couples out the collimated image illumination towards an eye of an observer. The intermediate optical arrangement includes an element deployed to generate a corrective optical aberration that at least partially cancels out with a characteristic aberration introduced by the reflective optical arrangement.
US12105255B2
A four-piece optical image capturing system. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lenses are aspheric. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US12105246B2
Methods and systems are provided that use resistivity log data to estimate water saturation of formation rock and/or other useful formation parameters (such as CEC) in a manner that accounts for one or more electrically conductive mineral components contained in the formation rock.
US12105239B2
A method and apparatus for marine surveying includes: towing sources in a wide-tow source geometry; towing streamers that comprise receivers; actuating at least one of the sources to create a signal; and detecting the signal with a first receiver, wherein: at least one of the source separations or the streamer separations is non-uniform, and the sources and the receivers provide a regular sampling grid for the survey area. A system includes a survey plan; sources in a wide-tow source geometry; and streamers comprising receivers, wherein: at least one of the source separations or the streamer separations is non-uniform, and the sail lines, sources, and receivers provide uniform CMP coverage for the survey area. A method includes operating a system in a survey area, the system having a non-uniform configuration with wide-tow source geometry; actuating at least one source to create a signal; and detecting the signal with a first receiver.
US12105236B1
An apparatus, a method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for event detection of passive seismic data are disclosed. The apparatus includes processing circuitry extracts features from the passive seismic data based on a backbone subnetwork of a residual deep neural network. The processing circuitry generates bounding box proposals for a region of interest (ROI) in the passive seismic data based on the extracted features being input to a region proposal network of the residual deep neural network. The processing circuitry classifies the bounding box proposals into two groups. Each bounding box proposal in a first group indicates that a corresponding seismic signal presents in the ROI. Each bounding box proposal in a second group indicates that no seismic signal presents in the ROI. The processing circuitry determines at least one seismic signal in the ROI from the first group of bounding box proposals.
US12105235B2
A ring assembly of an underwater acoustic sensor (hydrophone) system includes a ring that has brackets that mount the hydrophones evenly circumferentially spaced apart. The ring assembly may have three hydrophones mounted on the ring, with the hydrophones maintained in a triplet configuration. Multiple ring assemblies may be stacked in a nested array, with the hydrophones of adjacent stacked ring assemblies offset circumferentially, with each of the hydrophones overlapping multiple of the stacked rings, with the stacking accomplished such that the ring assemblies are in a helical array. Rings with non-acoustic sensors may be stacked with (and interspersed within) the stacked rings. The stacked array of ring assemblies (and non-acoustic sensor assemblies) may be stored in a canister that facilitates uniform and controlled descent and deployment of the assemblies, with ring assemblies and non-acoustic assemblies paying out sequentially from a float at the top of the array.
US12105233B2
An assembly and method for detecting cross bores and the location of underground pipe system assets includes an acoustic generator placed within an interior of the sewer system and an acoustic receiver placed within proximity of the lateral(s) of the pipe system. The acoustic generator generates an acoustic signal to transmit through the interior of a sewer pipe of the sewer system. A controller detects, in response to the acoustic receiver hearing the acoustic signal, a location of the underground pipe.
US12105232B2
Disclosed is a coded-aperture-based dual particle image fusion apparatus that simultaneously fuses a real-time site image of a radiation source and a reaction image of gamma rays and neutrons to perform nuclide discrimination through the position of radiation, dose per second, and spectrum information, to provide numerical information of dose, and to visualize position information of gamma rays and neutrons through GPS information, whereby it is possible to secure worker safety, and that has a compact size so as to be easily carried, whereby it is possible to create a radiation distribution map based on location movement.
US12105228B2
Described herein are Compressive Sensing algorithms developed for automated reduction of NDE/SHM data from pitch-catch ultrasonic guided waves as well as a methodology using Compressive Sensing at two stages in the data acquisition and analysis process to detect damage: (1) temporally undersampled sensor signals from (2) spatially undersampled sensor arrays, resulting in faster data acquisition and reduced data sets without any loss in damage detection ability.
US12105215B2
A method for geolocating a terminal of a wireless communication system. A set of reference elements is determined with the aid of messages transmitted by calibration terminals during a calibration phase. Each reference element includes a radio signature and a geographical position of a calibration terminal when a message is transmitted. A refinement phase makes it possible to clean and/or to enrich the set of reference elements by virtue of the identification of points of interest corresponding to preferential positions of transmission of messages by the terminals. During a search phase, the position of a terminal of interest is determined based on its radio signature and of the modified set of reference elements.
US12105211B2
A system for estimating a receiver position with high integrity can include a reference station observation monitor configured to: receive a set of reference station observations associated with a set of reference stations, detect a predetermined event, and mitigate an effect of the predetermined event; a modeling engine configured to generate corrections; a reliability engine configured to validate the corrections; an observation monitor configured to: receive a set of satellite observations from a set of global navigation satellites corresponding to at least one satellite constellation; detect a predetermined event; and mitigate an effect of the predetermined event; a carrier phase determination module configured to determine a carrier phase ambiguity of the set of satellite observations; and a position filter configured to estimate a position of the receiver.
US12105195B2
Collision avoidance is an important issue for unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs). As such, UAVs can be outfitted with a simple and inexpensive sensor for use in collision avoidance. The sensor can be attached to a gimbal and can include a RADAR transmit antenna, a RADAR receive antenna, and an optical camera. The RADAR transmit antenna and RADAR receive antenna are part of a RADAR system. The optical camera and the RADAR system are bore sighted to one another by aligning their fields of view. The optical camera captures an image of a target when the RADAR system indicates the target is in the field of view. The RADAR system and image data can be used to determine a target trajectory. The target trajectory can be used to avoid a collision with the target.
US12105194B2
The present disclosure relates to a radar apparatus and antenna apparatus therefor. More specifically, the radar apparatus may include an antenna apparatus configuring to include a transmission antenna unit including two or more first transmission antennas mounted in the rear-side or front-side of a vehicle and arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the horizontal direction, each of which has a plurality of array antennas and a second transmission antenna having one array antenna disposed between the two or more first transmission antennas, and a receiving antenna unit including one or more receiving antennas; and a signal processor configuring to transmit a transmission signal through the transmission antenna unit, receive a reflection signal reflected from an object through the receiving antenna, and process the received reflection signal to acquire information about the object, and wherein the two or more first transmission antennas are tilted and arranged toward a driving axis of the vehicle at a position where the radar apparatus is mounted.
US12105191B2
A radar-enabled device that manages radar interference. In particular, the radar-enabled device detects a radar signal transmitted by a second radar-enabled device, transmits a notification of the detected radar signal, receives localization information associated with the second radar-enabled device, and sets a device location based on the received localization information. Additionally, the radar-enabled device may adjust a timing of radar signal transmissions to avoid subsequent detections of radar signals transmitted by the second radar-enabled device.
US12105180B2
Methods of defining a virtual fence and for detecting a body inside or outside a region of interest defined by the virtual fence and/or of determining a height for a body on a surface in a region of interest use radar signals and a configuration mode and a monitoring mode are disclosed. In the configuration mode coordinates for defining a virtual fence are determined and/or a topology of a surface in the region of interest is determined. In the monitoring mode, a location of a second body on the surface is detected to determine if the second body is inside or outside the virtual fence and/or a height of for the second body relative to the determined topology is determined.
US12105170B2
A magnetic resonance imaging method, a magnetic resonance imaging system, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. The magnetic resonance imaging method comprises: acquiring a plurality of portions of a k-space by using a plurality of sets of imaging sequences to obtain a plurality of k-space data sets, each set of imaging sequences comprising a pre-dephasing gradient pulse and a plurality of phase encoding gradients applied after the pre-dephasing gradient pulse, wherein the pre-dephasing gradient pulses in the plurality of sets of imaging sequences have a standard area difference in order when sorted according to the sizes of area values, and the standard area difference is 2/N of the area of any phase encoding gradient, where N is the number of sets of the plurality of sets of imaging sequences; respectively reconstructing a magnetic resonance image from each of the plurality of k-space data sets; and processing the plurality of k-space data sets to obtain a magnetic resonance image.
US12105166B2
A radiation therapy system comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system combined with an irradiation system, which can include one or more linear accelerators (linacs) that can emit respective radiation beams suitable for radiation therapy. The MRI system includes a split magnet system, comprising first and second main magnets separated by gap. A gantry is positioned in the gap between the main MRI magnets and supports the linac(s) of the irradiation system. The gantry is rotatable independently of the MRI system and can angularly reposition the linac(s). Shielding can also be provided in the form of magnetic and/or RF shielding. Magnetic shielding can be provided for shielding the linac(s) from the magnetic field generated by the MM magnets. RF shielding can be provided for shielding the MRI system from RF radiation from the linac.
US12105162B2
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a configuration of dipole-line (DL) magnets and selecting a magnetic field vector to be generated. The method also includes determining, based on the configuration, orientations of the DL magnets for generating the magnetic field vector.
US12105158B2
A model of a power transformer describes a transfer behavior for input data into output data as a function of model parameters. In successive time windows, measurement dataset is received from first and second sensors of the power transformer. The model parameters are optimized by executing, for each of the time windows, the following group of steps a) to c), repeatedly: a) determining the output of the model using the input data defined by first sensor data, for the first execution of predefined parameters are used; b) determining a target value, which includes at least one squared error, weighted by a first weighting factor, the squared error is between the second sensor data from the measurement dataset assigned to the given time window and a previously determined output data, and c) determining optimization parameters as new model parameters based on the target value.
US12105155B2
A method is used to test a cell monitoring unit, in which method respective cell voltages are applied to cell voltage connections of the cell monitoring unit. A measurement is then carried out on a cell monitoring unit which is in operation in order to determine whether a respective current is flowing via at least one cell voltage connection, and a fault message is output if this is the case. A testing device is used to test a cell monitoring unit and has at least one current measuring apparatus for measuring currents at cell voltage connections of the cell monitoring unit. The testing device is configured to carry out the method. The method and testing device are applicable in particular to testing a cell monitoring unit of a vehicle, in particular of an electric vehicle.
US12105154B2
A current protection system for an energy storage system includes: batteries connected in parallel; battery control units respectively connected to the batteries, and respectively having battery current measurement units; a battery connection panel connecting the battery control units to one connection point, the battery connection panel having a contact point current measurement unit; and a control unit configured to sum current values respectively measured by the battery current measurement units and a current value measured by the contact point current measurement unit, and to detect a presence of an internal short circuit based on the sum.
US12105134B2
Method and system for quickly determining transient stability of half-wavelength transmission system
The present disclosure provides a method and a system for quickly determining transient stability of a half-wavelength transmission system. The method includes: obtaining power and a power angle of a feeding-end generator of a half-wavelength transmission system; and determining transient power angle stability and a power angle instability mode of the half-wavelength transmission system by using a constructed index system, where two power angle instability modes, that is, an instability mode 1 and an instability mode 2, are specifically constructed for the half-wavelength transmission system based on an equal area method. Based on the equal area method, the present disclosure constructs two instability modes specific to the half-wavelength transmission system, so as to accurately describe transient power angle characteristics of the half-wavelength transmission system under a severe fault, and characteristics of the two instability modes are significantly different from those of an AC transmission mode.
US12105132B2
An electric field measuring apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck with a through hole and holding a wafer, a lift pin picking up the wafer, a driver vertically moving the lift pin along the through hole, a probe in the lift pin and having a refractive index changed by an electric field of the wafer, the probe including an electro-optical crystal, an optical waveguide forming at least one internal path of light having a polarization characteristic changed by the changed refractive index between the probe and the wafer, and a control module controlling the lift pin and the driver. The lift pin moves to first and second positions. The control module calculates a strength of the electric field of the wafer, using electric field data measured using the probe at each of the first and second positions.
US12105130B2
A microwave sensor determines an electric-field strength of a microwave field populated by quantum particles in an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) cell. A probe laser beam and a coupling laser beam are directed into the UHV cell so that they are generally orthogonal to each other and intersect to define a “Rydberg” intersection, so-called as the quantum particles within the Rydberg intersection transition to a pair of Rydberg states. The frequency of the probe laser beam is swept so that a frequency spectrum of the probe laser beam can be captured. The frequency spectrum is analyzed to determine a frequency difference between Autler-Townes peaks. The electric-field strength of the microwave field within the Rydberg intersection is then determined based on this frequency difference.
US12105128B2
A method and a device for impedance monitoring for a single-phase or multiphase, ungrounded power supply system. The method comprising the following steps: measuring a complex impedance against ground simultaneously for each active conductor using a measuring device; calculating a complex touch current for each active conductor; testing in the computing unit whether the corresponding complex touch current exceeds a settable body-current threshold value; generating a switch signal in the computing unit upon the body-current threshold value being exceeded; and controlling a switch element using the switch signal for shutting off or isolating the power source.
US12105124B2
In some aspects of the present disclosure, a power detection system is disclosed. In some aspects, the power detection system includes a constant-transconductance (gm) reference generator circuit receiving a power supply voltage. In some embodiments, the constant-gm reference generator circuit includes a first current mirror to provide a first reference voltage and a second current mirror to provide a second reference voltage. In some embodiments, the constant-gm reference generator circuit includes a power detection circuit coupled to the first current mirror to receive the first reference voltage. In some embodiments, the power detection circuit is coupled to the second current mirror to receive the second reference voltage. In some embodiments, the power detection is operated to receive the power supply voltage. In some embodiments, the power detection circuit is operated to provide an output voltage having one of two logic states at least based on the second reference voltage and the power supply voltage.
US12105119B2
In order to improve conductivity, the number of components is decreased, and a sliding property of an elastic member can be improved. Elastic force can be controlled in accordance with a characteristic of a contact object, and electrical contact stability with the contact object can be improved. An electrical contactor of the present disclosure is formed by winding a plate member having conductivity. The electrical contactor includes a first contact part that is formed by winding a first tip part of the plate member, a first elastic part that is formed by winding an upper arm part having a tapered shape, a second contact part that is formed by winding a second tip part, a second elastic part that is formed by winding a lower arm part having a tapered shape, and a cylindrical part that is formed by winding a main body part that is a plate member.
US12105117B2
An electrical component inspection instrument includes a substrate and a rod-shaped conductor component having one end for contact with a conductor of an electrical component which is an object to be inspected. A conductor pattern on a board surface of the substrate reaches an edge of the substrate, and the other end of the rod-shaped conductor component is electrically connected to the conductor pattern at the edge of the substrate. A direction in which the rod-shaped conductor component extends is orthogonal to the direction of the normal to the board surface of the substrate.
US12105114B2
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer comprises a compliant spring structure with a first beam, a second beam, and a rigid structure. One end of the first beam and one end of the second beam are coupled to the rigid structure and a proof mass is coupled to another end of the second beam. Further, a spring anchor is coupled to another end of the first beam. In response to the proof mass moving, an extension coupled to the rigid structure moves in an opposite direction to motion of the proof mass to contact the proof mass and stop the movement of the proof mass.
US12105112B2
An acceleration transducer defines a rectangular coordinate system with two orthogonal horizontal axes that are both normal to a vertical axis and includes a main body defining tangential side faces arranged tangentially to the vertical axis, and normal side faces arranged normally to the vertical axis. The transducer includes at least a first piezoelectric element secured to one the three tangential side faces, and exactly one seismic mass is secured to the at least one piezoelectric element, which has a high sensitivity for a shear force exerted by the attached seismic mass along a principal tangential axis and a low sensitivity for a shear force exerted by the attached seismic mass along another one of the three axes.
US12105111B2
A method for adjusting operation of a motion tracking system having a computing device and sensors, wherein each sensor includes a magnetometer, a gyroscope and an accelerometer, includes the following steps: receiving, the computing device, a magnetic field measurement from each of the sensors; digitally processing, the computing device, each of the magnetic field measurements in order to determine if a difference of intensities and/or inclinations of at least one pair of magnetic field measurements exceeds a threshold value, and/or if an x,y point with the differences of intensities and inclinations as coordinates thereof falls outside of a threshold area; and adjusting the operation of the motion tracking system if at least one difference exceeds the threshold value and/or the x,y point falls outside of the threshold area.
US12105109B2
The invention relates to a rapid method for estimating the dry matter content of a fruit or vegetable. The method comprises drying a sample of the fruit or vegetable on a support and measuring the dry matter content, wherein the whole method can be carried out in less than 2 hours. This compares to the industry standard method for assessing dry matter in horticultural products which typically takes 6-48 hours.
US12105107B2
A jig assembly for connecting first and second consoles with predefined relative positioning includes first and second positioning pins attached or attachable to the first console and a positioning connection bracket attached or attachable to the second console and including a longitudinal span and first and second transverse legs including first and second pin recesses at respective free ends thereof. The first and second pin recesses receive the first and second positioning pins, respectively, when the first and second consoles are moved laterally toward each other. The first and second transverse legs may be attached to the first console with a first and second leg attachment brackets, respectively. The first and second positing pins and the first and second leg attachment brackets may be fixed with respect to the first console by attachment to a mounting rail that is fixed to the first console.
US12105106B2
A process module for a biology laboratory system includes a housing, a working deck located within the housing, having working deck plate slots for receiving cell culture plates, a liquid handling robot comprising at least one pipette for aspirating a liquid medium, and a first transfer interface in communication with a first storage module for storing cell culture plates. The working deck is movable to a plurality of working positions. In one of the positions, the cell culture plate is located under an operating point of the liquid handling robot. In another of the positions, the cell culture plate is in alignment with the first transfer interface for transfer of the cell culture plate between an outside of the housing and the working deck plate slot. The first transfer interface or a second interface can be brought in communication with a second storage module for storing lab-ware or liquid material.
US12105101B2
Methods are disclosed for determining whether a subject has a synucleinopathy. Methods are also disclosed for detecting misfolded alpha synuclein (αSyn) in a biological sample or fraction thereof. These methods include the use of an αSyn seeding assay.
US12105099B2
This disclosure provides methods and devices for determining a quantitative estimate of syndecan-1 levels in a mammalian subject suspected of internal hemorrhaging. The method includes applying a blood sample from the subject to a hand-held assay device capable of providing optical quantitation of the amount of syndecan-1 in the sample, measuring, by means of said assay device, an analyte signal value correlated to a concentration of the syndecan-1 in the blood sample and comparing the analyte signal value to a minimum threshold, wherein an analyte signal value less than the minimum threshold indicates that the subject is not internally hemorrhaging, and an analyte signal value above the minimum threshold indicates the subject is internally hemorrhaging. The methods and devices are adapted to rapidly assess internal hemorrhaging and hemorrhagic shock in a patient outside of hospital settings.
US12105084B2
Disclosed herein are highly sensitive immunoassays that utilize a capture/release mechanism to reduce non-specific binding and achieve detection with attomolar-level sensitivity. Kits that can be used for carrying out these highly sensitive immunoassays are also disclosed herein.
US12105082B2
A method for separating a target substance includes: forming a mixture containing: a target substance-magnetic particle complex that includes: a sample containing a target substance, and magnetic particles to which a first receptor is fixed, wherein the first receptor is adapted to specifically recognize a site of the target substance; and separating the target substance-magnetic particle complex from the mixture by magnetism and electrophoresis.
US12105081B2
The present invention includes methods and systems for assessing a cellular response to a treatment modality, such as potential drug candidate, by comparing normalized single-cell measurements of cellular properties without the need of a calibration step.
US12105067B2
A detector system includes a droplet generator system, wherein the droplet generator system includes a droplet generator unit. The droplet generator unit is configured to create droplets from a liquid supplied to the droplet generator unit with a droplet generator liquid flow. The droplet generator unit is configured to create the droplets with a defined droplet generation frequency.
US12105056B2
The disclosed are a deflection calibration apparatus and method for a laser type high-speed deflection tester. The apparatus comprises rigid supports, rotating discs, driving systems and a deflection calibration unit; the rotating discs are mounted on the rigid supports and driven by the driving systems to rotate, and upper surfaces of the rotating discs are processed into inclined planes having a slope in the circumferential direction; the deflection calibration unit is used for calibrating a laser type high-speed deflection tester according to measured and theoretical deflection values; laser emitted by a Laser-Doppler vibrometer is incident on the upper surfaces of the rotating discs to obtain the measured deflection value; the deflection calibration unit calculates the theoretical deflection value according to the inclination angle and the rotational angular velocity of each rotating disc and the distance between a laser incident point and the gyration center of each rotating disc.
US12105055B2
This backing material for ultrasonic probes substantially comprises porous amorphous carbon.
US12105052B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for ultrasound imaging and targeting. In one example, the systems and methods improve targeting and imaging through a heterogenous medium by using the angular spectrum approach (ASA) alone or in combination with passive acoustic mapping (PAM). In another example, the systems and methods improve the ultrasound imaging of vessels using microbubbles. The imaging of the vessels is also aided by the ASA and PAM. A closed loop controller is described that adjusts the ultrasound pressure provided to a region of interest to a desired pressure based at least in part on the harmonic, ultra-harmonic, sub-harmonic, or broadband frequency ranges for the microbubbles.
US12105049B2
Disclosed is a method for analytically measuring sample material deposited on a sample support surface, comprising: (a) defining a plurality of regions on the surface, several of which are in contact with sample material, (b1) sampling sections of sample on a region using a desorbing beam to generate desorbed molecules, which are ionized and transferred to an analyzer, (b2) in so doing, sweeping the region by changing an orientation setting of the beam relative to the surface along a non-rectilinear trajectory on the region selected from a plurality of predefined, non-rectilinear trajectories while keeping the support in one position, (c) transitioning from a swept region to a region to be swept next using spatial adjustment of the support, and (d) repeating steps (b1), (b2), and (c) until a predetermined termination condition is fulfilled. A system for analyzing ions, having an ion generation device and a control unit is also disclosed.
US12105038B2
Embodiments described herein provide a thermal flux apparatus, forming a distributed temperature measurement system and comprising a plurality of temperature probe modules, each temperature probe module comprising a sensing element having an electrical resistance that varies with temperature; a data acquisition module comprising an analog-to-digital converter with an input electrically connectable to the plurality of temperature probe modules; and an electrical network comprising between 6 and 8 wires connecting each temperature probe module with the data acquisition module.
US12105035B2
To measure a pulse height of an X-ray signal at high speed and with high precision even for high count rate X-ray measurement regardless of the type of an X-ray detector and a circuit configuration of a preamplifier, provided is an X-ray spectrometer including: a learning unit which acquires a part of a stepped wave including a rise portion through use of incident time, and generates a trained model which has learned a correlation between a acquired part and a pulse height through use of training data including a plurality of combinations of the acquired part and the pulse height; and a pulse height predictor which acquires a part of the stepped wave from the newly converted stepped wave through use of the incident time, and calculates a predicted pulse height from the acquired part of the stepped wave and the trained model.
US12105034B2
A user-friendly single-crystal X-ray structure analysis apparatus for quickly performing a single-crystal X-ray structure analysis using a crystalline sponge and easily making it possible by including managing related information and a method therefor, are provided. There are provided a sample holder comprising a porous complex crystal capable of soaking a sample in a plurality of fine pores formed therein; a goniometer that rotationally moves, the sample holder being attached to the goniometer; an information acquisition section 600 that acquires invariable information about the porous complex crystal or variable information provided after the sample is soaked therein; and an information storage section 111 that stores the invariable information or the variable information acquired by the information acquisition section 600.
US12105023B2
The invention provides a multi-well plate reader for providing simultaneous transmission of stimulation light to, and detection of emission light from, individual wells of a multi-well plate at a plurality of distinct wavelengths.
US12105022B2
Provided are a metal-based particle assembly including a plurality of metal-based particles arranged apart from each other, wherein the plurality of metal-based particles are each arranged so that an average distance between metal-based particles adjacent to each other is 1 nm or more and 1000 nm or less, and a standard deviation of the average distance is 25 nm or less; a layered body including the metal-based particle assembly; and a sensing apparatus including the layered body, a capturing layer that is arranged on the metal-based particle assembly and has a capturing substance for capturing an analyte, the analyte being labeled with a luminescent substance, a light-transmitting member, a light source that emits excitation light for exciting the luminescent substance, and a detector that detects emission from the luminescent substance.
US12105020B2
Provided are systems and methods to filter infrared spectrum radiation that can be integrated with a compact optical system for an infrared imaging system. The optical system includes an objective lens element configured to receive and transmit infrared (IR) radiation from a scene, where the IR radiation from the scene includes a particular range of wavelengths corresponding to an absorption spectrum or a transmission spectrum of a gas. The optical system also includes a spectral lens element configured to receive the IR radiation transmitted through the objective lens element, where the spectral lens element comprises a first interference filter disposed on a first surface of the spectral lens element. The interference filter is configured to filter the IR radiation transmitted through the objective lens element to a narrower wavelength band that includes the particular range of wavelengths.
US12105013B2
Provided is a curable resin composition which can be cured to form a material (cured product) that has low tack properties and resists adhesion of garbage. The present invention provides a curable resin composition comprising polysiloxane (A) having not less than 2 alkenyl groups in the molecule and polysiloxane (B) having not less than 2 hydrosilyl groups in the molecule, wherein (T+Q)/D>0.3 and M+D+T+Q=1 are satisfied regarding all silicon atoms contained therein, the amount of the hydrosilyl groups with respect to 1 mol of aliphatic carbon-carbon double bonds present therein is 0.9 to 5.0 mol, and a cured product of the curable resin composition exhibits a separation strength of not more than 0.40 N per mm2 in separation load evaluation and/or a total separation load of not more than 0.018 N·mm per mm2.
US12105006B2
A gas detection system for gynecological disease detection and a detection method using the same are provided. The gas detection system is configured to detect an analyte from a female vagina and includes a main body, a sleeve, a detector, a pump, and a controller. The main body includes a body portion and a head portion having an intake channel. The body portion includes a detection chamber and an exhaust channel. The detector includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one target of the analyte and produce at least one detection signal. The pump is communicated with the detection chamber and the exhaust channel. The controller includes a processing unit and a first communication unit. The processing unit receives the at least one detection signal and controls the first communication unit to send the at least one detection signal.
US12105001B2
A device for detecting the presence of pollen in the air, including a measuring chamber isolated from external light, an arrangement configured to drive an air flow through the measuring chamber, and a light source emitting a light beam in a direction of propagation through the air flow, into the measuring chamber. The device includes at least four photosensitive sensors configured to measure the luminous flux diffused by the illuminated air flow, in four different directions, a clock, at least two meteorological sensors, and at least one computer capable of determining the nature of a pollen particle present in the air from the data measured by the photosensitive sensors, the clock and the meteorological sensors.
US12104996B2
A flat plate sample holder expansion structure used in a vacuum is configured to convey a flat plate sample holder in a vacuum environment, and detachably attached to a flat plate sample holder tray through an adapter. A receiving space for receiving the flat plate sample holder is provided between the adapter and the flat plate sample holder tray. The flat plate sample holder is detachably arranged in the receiving space. A cylindrical sample holder gripper is detachably connected to the adapter. The cylindrical sample holder gripper conveys the flat plate sample holder and samples thereon into a low-temperature, high-intensity magnetic field apparatus, thereby realizing an objective of replacing samples in the vacuum environment. A vacuum test platform is built by combining the apparatuses using the two types of sample holders.
US12104993B2
A whole-process automatic soil tabletting machine is provided. The machine includes a device body. A tabletting platform is arranged at a bottom of the device body, a first station on which a heating device is arranged, second and third stations are arranged on the tabletting platform. A top plate is arranged at a top of the device body. A soil crushing cutter and a punch head are installed on the top plate. The soil crushing cutter and the punch head are arranged above the first and second stations respectively. The tabletting platform is installed with a groove disc where sample preparation grooves and a cleaning groove are formed. The sample preparation grooves and the cleaning groove correspond to the first station, the second station or the third station. The cleaning groove and each sample preparation groove are for placing a cleaning container and a soil sample container, respectively.
US12104987B2
Systems and methods for automated MIMO force-response characterization of a structure-under-test. The structure-under-test is coupled to a plurality of exciter devices and a plurality of response sensors. An excitation signal is automatically and iteratively applied to each exciter device while sensor data is collected from each response sensor to collect response data for a plurality of different exciter-sensor combinations (i.e., response data collected by a single response sensor while the excitation signal is applied to a single exciter device). A signal quality test is applied to the collected sensor data and, in response to determining that the collected response data for a particular exciter-sensor combination is of insufficient quality, the data collection for that exciter-sensor combination is automatically repeated. The excitation signal can be automatically adjusted before repeating the data collection to improve the quality of the collected data for the exciter-sensor combination.
US12104982B2
A brake caliper housing and a method of checking sealing of a brake caliper housing. The brake caliper housing may include a cavity, a guide pin opening, and an internal passage. The guide pin opening may receive a guide pin that facilitates sliding movement of the brake caliper housing. The internal passage may extend from the cavity to the guide pin opening.
US12104973B2
Provided is a combine sensor including a pressure sensor module as a pressure detector, a thermistor unit as a temperature detector, a housing portion housing the temperature detector closer to a flow path than the pressure detector. The temperature detector includes a thermistor case where a first lead and a second lead connected to a thermistor are partially embedded. The thermistor case includes an extension part and a ring part including a flow hole part. The thermistor is supported by the extension part to be arranged outside an opening end. The extension part is provided by being separated into a portion where the first lead is embedded and a portion where the second lead is embedded, along an extending direction of the extension part, and includes a space portion communicating with the flow hole part and the outside.
US12104972B2
Multiplexed fiber optic sensors are able to monitor a multitude of sensor positions along an optical fiber from a single interrogation point. A long-standing goal is to increase the length of fiber and the number of multiplexed sensors without significantly compromising performance or increasing the size, weight, power and cost of the fiber and interrogation system. A technique is provided for performing extremely long-range, multiplexed fiber optic strain sensing in an efficient manner. This technique utilizes a serial optical frequency comb based interrogation system to probe an array of sensors placed along a single optical fiber.
US12104971B2
One aspect of this disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for determining a force acting on at least part of a structure, for example a biological structure, such as a DNA molecule. The method comprises controlling a light-sensitive system, e.g. of a microscope, to determine light information based on light from the structure. The light is incident on at least a part of the light sensitive system. The light-sensitive system may be said to capture the light from the structure. The at least part of the structure comprises one or more optically active entities, such as DNA intercalator molecules and donor/acceptor fluorophores. At least one of (i) an optical activity of the entities and (ii) a quantity of the entities depends on the force acting on the at least part of the structure. Furthermore, the light information defines a light property value associated with said at least part of the structure. The method further comprises determining the force acting on the at least part of the structure on the basis of said light property value and a reference light property value.
US12104965B2
Various dry well temperature calibration systems, as well as other temperature control systems, are disclosed. The system can include a well configured to receive a unit under test, a heater configured to heat the well, and a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the well. The system can include a helical airflow groove around the well. A venturi pump unit can be in fluid communication with the airflow groove. The venturi pump unit can be configured to draw a flow of air through the airflow groove, thereby cooling the well.
US12104964B2
Provided are a sensor package and a sensor package module. The sensor package includes: a substrate including a sensing area; a terminal portion disposed on a side of the sensing area of the substrate and including at least one terminal connected to the outside; a first outer wall disposed on the substrate and including a main wall surrounding at least some outer portions of the sensing area; at least one wire patterned and disposed on the substrate and configured to connect the sensing area and the terminal portion to each other; and a cover disposed on the first outer wall to correspond to the sensing area. Part of the main wall is disposed between the sensing area and the terminal portion, and the main wall includes an opening through which the at least one wire passes.
US12104963B1
A food thermometer includes a thermometer housing, a temperature sensor, a communication circuit and an antenna. The thermometer housing comprises a probe portion and a handle portion connected to one end of the probe portion, and at least part of the probe portion is to be inserted into food; the handle portion is an insulator, at least part of the probe portion has a metal structure; and the temperature sensor is arranged in the thermometer housing and configured to sense and obtain temperature information, the communication circuit is electrically connected to the temperature sensor and configured to transmit the temperature information to the outside through the antenna, the antenna is arranged at the handle portion and insulated, and spaced apart, from the probe portion, the communication circuit is arranged in the handle portion and connected to the antenna.
US12104956B2
In one aspect, a hyperspectral image measurement device is provided to include: a main body; an illumination module disposed in the main body and including LEDs having different peak wavelengths to irradiate light to a subject; a camera disposed on the main body and receiving light reflected from the subject to acquire an image of the subject; a barrel having a contact surface contacting the subject, the contact surface located to be spaced apart from the illumination module and the camera module by a predetermined distance; and a reference cover located on the contact surface and including a standard reflection layer for reflecting light irradiated from the illumination module toward the camera module.
US12104950B2
An optical receiver according to one embodiment includes a transimpedance amplifier including a first pad, a second pad provided on an insulating layer, connected to a cathode wiring layer through a first via, arranged at a position interposing the first pad, and connected to a first cathode pad of a light-receiving element, and a third pad connected to the second cathode pad of the light-receiving element. The light-receiving element is connected to an anode pad mounted on the transimpedance amplifier and connected through an anode electrode and an anode wiring pattern provided on a surface facing the transimpedance amplifier and a first cathode pad and a second cathode pad connected through a cathode electrode and a cathode wiring pattern and arranged at positions interposing the anode pad.
US12104944B2
A combination weighing apparatus includes a dispersion table configured to convey an article from a received center to an outer side, the article being supplied from an outside, a plurality of conveying feeders disposed outside the dispersion table, the plurality of conveying feeders being configured to further convey the article conveyed from the dispersion table, a detector configured to detect a loading status information of the article in each of the plurality of conveying feeders, and a controller configured to receive a detection result of the detector. The controller is configured to generate a vector information based on the loading status information detected by the detector and a position information of the plurality of conveying feeders with respect to a center of the dispersion table, and generate a biased center of the article on the dispersion table obtained based on the vector information.
US12104943B2
A guided wave radar level gauge for determining a fill level of a product contained in a tank comprising: a transceiver configured to provide a transmit signal, Tx-signal, in the form of a pulse train, having a controllable pulse repetition frequency fTx, and to receive a reflected signal resulting from a reflection of the transmit signal at a surface of the product; a probe connected to the transceiver and configured to propagate the Tx-signal towards the surface and to return the reflected signal to the transceiver, the probe having a known length; and control circuitry configured to determine the fill level based on the received reflected signal, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to set the pulse repetition frequency based on the length of the probe.
US12104942B2
A deformable sleeve (100) is provided configured to at least partially encase a bottle from which a liquid is dispensable upon pressing the sleeve (100), the sleeve (100) comprising a first sensor (7) configured to measure a force applied onto the sleeve (100) and a second sensor (8) configured to measure a permittivity of a content encased by the sleeve (100). In addition, a measurement unit (300) is provided configured to be mounted on the sleeve (100), the measurement unit (300) comprising a processing unit (37) configured to determine at least one parameter associated with the bottle based on at least one of a signal of the first sensor (7) and a signal of the second sensor (8). A corresponding method of retrievably storing the at least one parameter is also provided.
US12104941B2
A fluid dispenser, such as a skincare product dispenser, comprises a dispenser housing configured to hold a reservoir of fluid for dispensing and a drive assembly for interacting with the reservoir and causing dispensing of the fluid. A fluid detection sensor is positioned within the dispenser housing proximate the reservoir and configured to detect a capacitance level therein. A controller is configured to determine, based on data from the fluid detection sensor, a change in the fluid level across a dispense. The controller is also configured to determine, based on the determined change, that the fluid level in the reservoir reaches a threshold level and cause an action, such as providing an alert, sending information to a remote server, or modifying an operating parameter.
US12104936B2
Apparatus for measuring multiphase fluid flows and related methods are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a fluid conduit to provide a flow path for a fluid, a first antenna coupled to the fluid conduit, and a second antenna coupled to the fluid conduit. The second antenna is to generate first signal data based on a first signal emitted by the first antenna. The example apparatus includes a third antenna coupled to the fluid conduit. The third antenna is to generate second signal data based on a second signal emitted by the first antenna. The first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna are disposed in a linear array relative to an axis of the fluid conduit. The example apparatus includes a processor to determine one or more of a permittivity or a conductivity of the fluid based on the first signal data and the second signal data.
US12104935B2
A magnetic-inductive flow meter includes: a measuring tube for guiding a flowable medium in a longitudinal direction; a measuring electrode arrangement for detecting a measurement voltage dependent on the flow velocity, induced in the medium, two measuring electrode groups opposite one another on the measuring tube; and a magnetic field generating device for generating a magnetic field which passes through the measuring tube and including at least two coil core groups, each having at least two coil cores, wherein a first and a second part of the measuring tube each include at least one coil core group, wherein two radii, which intersect the coil cores of a coil core group that lie externally in a cross-sectional plane of the measuring tube, enclose a centre angle β by which 80°≤β≤105°.
US12104921B2
System and methods for separating the computation of map feature derivation from the traditional computing pipeline. One or more mapping variables for a sensitive location on a roadway are calculated ahead of time using mapping data derived from previously identified map feature data. When a real time request for processing near the sensitive location is received, the mapping system calculates one or more classification variables for the sensitive location using sensor data included in the request and the previously calculated mapping variables. The classification variables are input into a model configured to output a classification for one or more location features at the sensitive location. The classification is then provided in response to the request.
US12104916B2
A method to generate a collaborative 3D map comprises providing a 3D map data fusion platform; providing a basic satellite map of a world location; publishing a detailed real-time virtual replica network (RVRN) of a real world place with reference to the basic satellite map; obtaining the pose (e.g., position and orientation) of a client device; and performing a simultaneous location and mapping (SLAM) process of a first coordinate space. The SLAM process uses image data from an imaging device of the client device, the pose of the client device, and/or the data of the basic satellite map to determine the pose of a plurality of features within the first coordinate space. The method further includes creating a new map comprising three-dimensional coordinates of the plurality of features within the first coordinate space and merging the new map with the published RVRN, creating a fused 3D map.
US12104905B2
The invention provides a micromachined gyroscope. The micromachined gyroscope includes a driving structure, a detection structure and a connection component. The driving structure includes a first moving component and a driving component. The driving component is used to drive the movement of the first moving component. The detection structure includes a second moving component and a detection component installed in the second moving component. The detection component is used to detect the movement distance of the second moving component along the third or fourth direction. The driving component is installed inside the first moving component, and the detection component is installed inside the second moving component. Greater drive of amplitude can be achieved at the same drive voltage, thereby increasing the sensitivity of the micromachined gyroscope.
US12104903B2
A high precision magnetic compass based on a Hall probe. The probe is oriented at an angle of 90 degrees to the rotation axis of the device. An oscillating component of the signal from the probe, synchronized with the device rotation, is transferred to the non-rotation frame and is used to align the axis of rotation to be parallel to the magnetic field. The device does not require prior calibration. It is insensitive to drift of the probe parameters and can provide an angle with precision equal to or better than a 0.05 degree.
US12104902B2
In a method of detecting changes in direction of a collimated coherent light beam, the light beam is split into partial light beams which are superimposed on a camera to form an interference pattern displaying light intensity minima and maxima alternatingly following to one another in a transverse direction oriented transversely to an average propagation direction of the partial beams. The light beam is focused into at least one focus located in front of the camera. Pictures of the interference pattern including a plurality of the light intensity maxima are registered with the camera. An average shift of the plurality of light intensity maxima with regard to the camera in the at least one transverse direction is determined from the pictures. A change in angular orientation of the collimated coherent light beam in the at least one transvers direction is deduced from the average shift.
US12104889B2
Techniques and architecture are disclosed for a wireless fuze setter interface, comprising an electronics subsystem comprising a plurality of ports and a plurality of output interfaces having a common interface with the plurality of ports on the electronics subsystem. The plurality of output interfaces comprises an electrical energy transfer zone configured to provide electrical energy to the fuze, and a high speed data communications zone configured to transfer fuze setting data to the fuze. The wireless fuze setter interface provides fuze setting capability without the need for rotational or other physical alignment between the fuze and the fuze setter.
US12104881B2
A soft-kill countermeasure system utilizing a confirmation device, which may be radar, to enhance existing countermeasures, and enable new countermeasures to be utilized to combat the ever evolving and increasing sophistication of threats. The threat defeat confirmation may allow for rapid or immediate redirection of the countermeasure system to address additional simultaneous threats. The confirmation device can be mounted on a gimbal head or above a gimbal to take advantage of slewing movement to direct the confirmation signal towards the threat.
US12104880B2
An adjustable mount for a picatinny rail on a firearm, where the mount includes a vertically adjustable riser that will permit the mounted optic to co-witness with the back-up iron sights on the firearm.
US12104878B2
A stock assembly for a firearm including an integrally molded accessory attachment housing and a method of forming the accessory attachment housing. The integrally molded accessory attachment housing is formed by molding a material in the form of a stock assembly around the accessory attachment housing. A stock slot is formed through the material around the accessory attachment housing and an opening corresponding to the position of the stock slot is defined through the accessory attachment housing. The stock assembly may additionally or alternatively include a cheek riser that has an adjustable cheek rest. The cheek rest may be configured to be adjustable in at least four different directions including rotation.
US12104872B1
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for use in or with firearms. A firearm receiver includes an elongated channel machined or 3D printed from a metallic material, and has a front end and a rear end. The firearm also includes a front trunnion having a rear portion coupled to the front end of the elongated channel and having a front portion configured to couple to a handguard. Also includes is a rear trunnion coupled to the rear end and configured to receive an accessory adapter.
US12104871B2
The present invention is a shooting rest, which provides a solution to the problem of adjusting laterally, vertically, and rotationally while shooting without moving a bipod or tripod rest of a gun. The core components of the invention are a gun including a gun stock and rest with legs that include motors that are controlled by a controller to move the gun while aiming.
US12104870B2
A muzzle accessory assembly is provided. The assembly includes a muzzle accessory having a main body with a proximal end, a distal end, a through-channel extending longitudinally between the proximal end and the distal end, a keyed receptacle within the through-channel, and a slot, and a lock within the slot of the main body, the lock being positionable into an unlocked position and a locked position; and a firearm barrel within the through-channel of the main body, the firearm barrel having a chamber for receiving a firearm round, a firing tube extending distally from the chamber, and a coupling engaging the keyed receptacle of the main body, in which the firearm barrel is removable from the through-channel of the main body when the lock is in the unlocked position, and the firearm barrel is locked longitudinally and rotationally within the through-channel of the main body when the lock is in the locked position.
US12104868B2
A wet muzzle device configured to install along a firearm suppressor is presented. The wet muzzle device contains a fluid housing, a fluid retaining element, and an end cap. The fluid housing contains a first mounting end, a second mounting end, and a fluid chamber. The end cap comprises a bullet aperture. The fluid chamber is positioned within the fluid housing, where the fluid chamber is configured to provide ample clearance to secure the fluid retaining element within the fluid chamber. The first mounting end and the second mounting end are terminally positioned opposite to each other along the fluid housing. The fluid retaining element is positioned within the fluid chamber. The end cap is connected adjacent to the first mounting end. The bullet aperture is centrally positioned to the end cap.
US12104858B2
A heat exchanger includes first flow ducts and adjacent second flow ducts for exchanging heat energy between first flows through the first flow ducts and second flows through the second flow ducts. A parallel flow region where flow passages and directions of the first flows and adjacent flow passages and directions of the second flows are arranged in a parallel relationship with respect to each other at least in a portion of the parallel flow region and are fluidly separated by wall portions. A cross section of the wall portions of the parallel flow region orthogonal to a local flow passage direction of the parallel flow region is a grid-like pattern including a group of m lines spaced from each other and a group of n lines spaced from each other, the m lines and the n lines defining a plurality of points of intersection and a boundary line section between two points of intersection, each boundary line section being part of a boundary line delimiting a cross section of a flow duct of the first and second flow ducts, wherein at least some of the boundary line sections are continuous lines having a positive slope portion and a negative slope portion with respect to a straight line between the two points of intersection.
US12104857B2
Provided is a heat storage unit having a simple configuration, capable of being attached to various objects, and capable of efficiently performing heat exchange. The heat storage unit has at least one inorganic fiber member configured by binding or entangling flexible inorganic fibers and having a desired shape; and a heat storage material in contact with the inorganic fibers.
US12104856B2
Some embodiments of the invention include a thermal ground plane with a variable thickness vapor core. For example, a thermal ground plan may include a first casing and a second casing where the second casing and the first casing configured to enclose a working fluid. The thermal ground plane may also include an evaporator region disposed at least partially on at least one of the first casing and the second casing; a condenser region disposed at least partially on at least one of the first casing and the second casing; and a wicking layer disposed between the first casing and the second casing a vapor core defined at least partially by a gap between the first casing and the second casing. The thickness of the gap can vary across the first casing and the second casing.
US12104852B2
A sintering apparatus is provided. The sintering apparatus includes a case having an internal space formed therein and including a door provided in a front portion thereof to open and close the internal space, a magnetron coupled to the case and oscillating microwaves toward the internal space, a heat insulating unit disposed in the internal space to form a chamber space and blocking transmission of heat of the chamber space to the internal space, a susceptor unit disposed in the chamber space and having a sintering space in which a to-be-sintered material is accommodated, and a cooling unit cooling at least one of the case or the chamber space.
US12104851B2
The invention relates to a device and method for the simultaneous lyophilisation of a plurality of biological samples ensuring the traceability of said samples intended to be housed within coded containers (1); the device comprises a diffuser block (2) comprising a plurality of openings which define receptacles (21) to house the coded containers (1), wherein the diffuser block (2) further comprises a perimeter cavity (24) configured so that the alloy surrounding each receptacle (21) is similar in all the coded containers (1), enabling high thermal homogeneity, and the receptacles (21) have through openings defining an open bottom (23) to scan the coded containers (1). Likewise, the device further comprises a transfer lid (3) to ensure the position of each container (1) when it is transferred to the diffuser block (1) and back to the starting box (4).
US12104848B1
A cooling device for cooling a fluid includes first and second bodies each having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, an inner face, an outer face, and two side faces connecting the inner and outer faces. When the first and second bodies are assembled together with the respective inner faces facing one another, the inner faces together define a cylindrical chamber with a cylinder axis that extends parallel to the longitudinal axes, with the cylindrical chamber having a first radius and extending substantially entirely around the cylinder axis in a circumferential direction, for receiving a container with a cylindrical portion having the first radius. Each of the first and second bodies is solid and is formed using a material or alloy with a thermal conductivity of at least 75 Wm−1K−1 when at zero degrees Fahrenheit that extends substantially uniformly throughout substantially the entire body.
US12104836B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums are provided for improving the efficiency of a filter-type oil separator in a cooling system including a compressor that pumps a mixture of lubricating oil and refrigerant through the filter-type oil separator. The filter type oil separator is configured to receive a first portion of the mixture from the compressor, and a bypass line is configured to bypass a second portion of the mixture around the filter-type oil separator. The bypass line ensures a sufficient amount of oil is present in the compressor.
US12104827B2
A hybrid solar window comprises: at least one glazing; a wave-length-selective solar mirror positioned to reflect IR toward an IR absorbing element. The IR absorbing elements comprises a conduit having a respective fluid inlet and fluid outlet, and an IR absorbing compound, wherein the IR absorbing compound is in thermal communication with the conduit. The wavelength-selective solar mirror has an average visible light transmittance of at least 50 percent and an average IR reflectance of at least 50 percent over the wavelength range of 850 to 1150 nanometers, inclusive. The IR absorbing element is configured to transfer thermal energy to a heat transfer fluid circulating through the conduit, wherein the IR absorbing element has an average visible light transmittance of at least 30 percent, and wherein each IR absorbing element has an average IR absorptance of at least 50 percent over the wavelength range 850 to 1150 nanometers, inclusive. Certain IR absorbing elements are also disclosed.
US12104825B2
A heat exchanger includes a case, fins, and heat transfer tubes. Combustion exhaust gas passes downward in the case. The fins are disposed at a lower portion of the case and arranged in the first direction. Each of the fins includes a first end and a second end that is an opposite end from the first end in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the fins includes through holes in which the heat transfer tubes are inserted. Each of the fins includes heat receiving portions arranged in the second direction and connecting portion connecting the heat receiving portions. The heat receiving portions include a first heat receiving portion disposed at the first end. The first heat receiving portion includes a first recessed portion recessed from an outer edge of an upper part of the first heat receiving portion.
US12104824B2
An in-duct air sanitization apparatus features an air sanitizer, and a set of reflectors. A housing of the sanitizer is mountable to a first wall of an HVAC duct, and a UV emitter resides on a working side of the housing that faces into the HVAC duct to irradiate the duct interior with UV light. The reflectors are mountable on interior wall surfaces of the duct to receive and reflect incident light from the sanitizer to ensure thorough irradiation of an entire cross-sectional flow area of the duct interior, thus optimizing the effective UV sterilization of the airflow. The emitter is oriented with one or more bulb axes thereof oriented parallel to the working side of the housing to provide the sanitizer with a compact and conveniently handled low-profile design. The reflectors are mounted magnetically to the duct walls in tool-free fashion with no detriment to duct wall integrity.
US12104817B2
A control method for a multi-split air conditioning system capable of simultaneous cooling and heating to solve the problem that uneven cooling and heating occurs when running an existing multi-split air conditioning system. The method includes calculating the cooling or heating temperature effect deviation of each indoor unit on the basis of the indoor ambient temperature and set temperature of the environment where each indoor unit is located; calculating the total cooling effect deviation and total heating effect deviation of an multi-split air conditioning system on the basis of the horsepower of all the indoor units and the corresponding cooling temperature deviation or heating temperature deviation; and selectively adjusting the degrees of opening of valve boxes on the basis of the total cooling effect deviation and the total heating effect deviation. The method ensures balanced distribution of refrigerant, balanced running effects the units, and avoids uneven heating and cooling.
US12104816B2
A control method includes obtaining historical operation records for a plurality of indoor units of an air conditioner system, and determining control parameters of the at least two indoor units according to the historical operation records to control the at least two indoor units. The air conditioner system further includes an outdoor unit.
US12104810B2
An HVAC system within a building including an HVAC device having an air filter, a number of sensors, and a control device. The control device has a processor that is configured to determine a current air quality metric based on air quality measurements received by the sensor. The control device is further configured to calculate an average air quality metric based on the current air quality metric and a set of previous air quality metrics. The control device is further configured to store the average air quality metric. The control device is further configured to generate an air filter type recommendation based on the average air quality metric.
US12104801B2
According to one embodiment a gas cooking appliance is provided that includes a control panel, a valve having a valve body and an operating shaft, a control knob comprising a handle coupled to the operating shaft of the valve, and a bracket that includes a base secured to the valve body. The bracket includes and at least two arms extending from the base and being secured to the control panel. The control panel includes a housing for each arm, each housing having a shape complementary to at least one part of the end of the corresponding arm, the at least one part of each end being fitted in the respective housing.
US12104800B2
A gas burner assembly includes a gas burner and a grate with a plurality of fingers positioned above the gas burner. The plurality of fingers include a sensor finger. The gas burner assembly also includes a temperature sensor mounted to the sensor finger of the plurality of fingers of the grate. The temperature sensor is thermally isolated from the sensor finger.
US12104799B2
A steam generator is provided. The steam generator may include a steam chamber, a steam heater to supply heat into the steam chamber, a water supply, through which water to generate steam may be supplied into the steam chamber, one or more interference members disposed in the steam chamber to interfere with a flow of the water introduced through the water supply, and at least one discharge to discharge the steam generated in the steam chamber. The one or more interference members may be disposed under the at least one discharge and above the water supply.
US12104790B2
An ammonia combustion method for combusting ammonia gas in a combustion chamber 4 includes steps of separating and producing hydrogen gas from ammonia gas, supplying the separated and produced hydrogen gas into the combustion chamber 4, combusting the hydrogen gas by performing an ignition discharge on the hydrogen gas supplied into the combustion chamber 4, and igniting the ammonia gas in the combustion chamber 4 from the combusted hydrogen gas.
US12104783B2
A Smart Candle Platform may be configured to produce candle light using a natural wax candle as its fuel source or any other fuel source capable of producing light, including liquid fuels if so configured. The outer shell, inner cover, top cover and base provides a beautiful exterior shell which does not melt but emulates the look of a traditional pillar candle. The outer shell may be changeable/replaceable allowing for style and or seasonal changes. A Smart Candle Platform having multiple interactive systems and sensors for production of natural light via a safe, controllable device which may communicate with other similar configured devices or smart devices having application software embedded therein i.e. a smart phone having an app. is disclosed. The Smart Candle Platform may be configured to allow for auto-extinguishment. The Smart Candle Platform may be configured to allow for the addition of smells or scents.
US12104768B1
A lighting device includes a lighting device cover having an emission opening; a light emitting element fixed to the lighting device cover, the light emitting element configured to emit the light along a lighting direction from the emission opening toward one side of the lighting device; a diffusion plate fixed to the lighting device cover to be disposed on one side of the light emitting element, and configured to diffuse the light emitted from the light emitting element; a shutter fixed to the lighting device cover to be disposed on one side of the diffusion plate, the shutter configured to change a lighting range of the light diffused by the diffusion plate; and a light reflective member fixed to the lighting device cover be disposed on one side of the shutter.
US12104767B1
A quick assembling structure includes a first seat, a second seat, and two elastic plates. The first seat and the second seat are configured to be coupled to a ceiling fan body and a lamp. The first seat has two bars. The second seat has two bar entrances, two longitudinal grooves, and two guide grooves. The elastic plates are disposed in the respective guide grooves, and each have a contact portion and a holding portion. When in use, the bars of the first seat are inserted into the bar entrances, the longitudinal grooves and the guide grooves, the bars are pushed to pass through the contact portions of the elastic plates, and the bars are secured between the contact portions and the holding portions of the elastic plates and the guide grooves.
US12104764B2
A heat sink is provided having at least one receiving section configured for thermal coupling to at least one lighting module. The heat sink includes at least two connection sections on opposite sides of the at least one receiving section. Each of the at least two connection sections includes at least one reference pin protruding at least partially from a first surface of the at least one connection section and at least one alignment recess protruding into the first surface of the at least one connection section such that the heat sink is configured for thermal coupling to another heat sink via the at least two connection sections.
US12104754B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp and an electric leakage protection circuit are provided. The LED tube lamp. The LED tube lamp includes a leakage detecting module and a driving module comprising a Type A+B driving circuit. The leakage detecting module is connected with a power supply. The driving module is electrically connected with the leakage detecting module. The leakage detecting module detects a signal related to the output current of the power supply, and when the signal related to the output current of the power supply exceeds a reference signal, the leakage detecting module limits the current on a power loop connected to the power supply by periodically turning off a switch electrically connected to the power loop in series.
US12104751B2
The present relates to a combined hydrogen storage-compression unit suitable for the filling of high-pressure (350 bar and beyond) hydrogen vessels. It includes a containment vessel filled with a hydrogen storage alloy, a heating system, a cooling system and a thermal management system. The same shall be connected directly to the hydrogen supply (e.g. an electrolyser) on one side and to the end consumer on the other side. Moreover, it offers the possibility for intermediate storage of at least one time the maximal quantity of hydrogen that is to be supplied at high pressure in a single step.
US12104749B2
A type IV pressure vessel has improved permeate gas management. The pressure vessel comprises an inner polymeric liner, a breather layer disposed on the liner, and an outer composite shell structure disposed on the breather layer. The breather layer is gas permeable, impermeable to liquids, and provides a flow passageway for gas permeating through the liner wall collected by the breather layer. The outer composite shell is formed by one or more layers of fiber of a first fiber type and resin. Gas permeating from an interior space of the liner is received by the breather layer and directed to a predetermined exit location on the pressure vessel.
US12104748B2
A pressure vessel including an internal fluid storage chamber, and an outer composite structure enclosing or encasing the internal fluid storage chamber. The outer composite structure has a thickness containing both helical layers and hoop layers of reinforcing fibers, wherein at least 20% of a combined thickness of all of the helical layers are located within a 25% innermost thickness of the outer composite structure. The internal fluid storage chamber is defined by a liner including a generally cylindrical central portion having a first outer diameter at a first longitudinal end, and a first dome-shaped longitudinal end portion having a base portion and a first intermediate portion located between the generally cylindrical central portion and the base portion for connecting the first longitudinal end of the generally cylindrical central portion to the base portion of the first dome-shaped longitudinal end portion.
US12104736B2
A pigtail hose is described for connecting a gas canister to a gas regulator. The pigtail hose includes a gas hose having an inlet end and an outlet end; and an elbow fitting connected to the inlet end of the gas hose. The elbow fitting has a bore which turns the gas supply through 90° at a convenient point of the gas supply assembly to assist with the connection of the canister in a confined storage space.
US12104734B2
A receiving unit of a coupling device for fluid lines, and the coupling device. The receiving unit comprises a closure element which fluidically seals the fluid flow channel in a closed position. The closure element is preloaded into the closed position using a spring element. The closure element comprises a perforation-free cylindrical portion. The entire spring element, in the release position of the closure element, is arranged within a region that is completely overlapped by the cylindrical portion along the entire longitudinal extent thereof, as viewed in a radial direction of the cylindrical portion.
US12104726B2
A lockable pipe shield includes a substantially curved shield body defining a first upper shield edge and a second upper shield edge opposite the first upper shield edge; a first lock tab formed monolithically with the shield body at the first upper shield edge and bent relative to the shield body to extend in a first direction, a first hanger engagement channel defined between the first lock tab and shield body; and a second lock tab formed monolithically with the shield body at the second upper shield edge and bent relative to the shield body to extend in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction, a second hanger engagement channel defined between the second lock tab and the shield body.
US12104722B2
A medium connector including a passage configured to allow for the flow of medium, and a multi-portion engagement surface positioned about the passage. The multi-portion engagement surface includes a first surface portion, and a second surface portion. The first surface portion is configured to provide an interference fit with a corresponding sealing surface of a mating connector. The second surface portion is configured to provide a clearance fit with the corresponding sealing surface of the mating connector. The ratio of the first surface portion and the second surface portion is selected to regulate an engagement force between the medium connector and the mating connector.
US12104721B2
A fluid substrate comprising a manifold including a circular opening, a tube stub plug coupled with the manifold at the circular opening, wherein an anti-rotation feature prevents the tube stub plug from rotating with respect to the manifold.
US12104720B2
A threaded tubular connection includes a pin having external threads, a pin seal surface, and a pin torque shoulder at a free end and a box for receiving the pin, the box having internal threads for interacting with the pin threads, a box seal surface for contacting the pin seal surface and a box torque shoulder for contacting the pin torque shoulder. The pin and box define a longitudinal axis. The pin torque shoulder has a first pin shoulder surface and a second pin shoulder surface, the first pin shoulder surface intersects an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis at a first angle and the second pin shoulder surface intersects the perpendicular axis at a second angle. The box torque shoulder has a first box shoulder surface and a second box shoulder surface. The first box shoulder surface intersects an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis at a third angle and the second box shoulder surface intersects the perpendicular axis at a fourth angle.
US12104719B2
The element joint is obtained by joining: a long pipe; a short pipe made of a quality of material having a strength equal to or higher than a strength of the long pipe; and a plate material made of a quality of material having a strength equal to or higher than a strength of the short pipe. In the element joint, at least one member of the long pipe and the short pipe includes a pipe-shaped portion, and the pipe-shaped portion of the one member is pipe-expanded and joined to the other member by press-fitting. The short pipe and the plate material are welded to each other.
US12104717B2
A piezoelectric valve driver device is provided. A first driver is connected to a first side of a valve. A second driver is connected to a second side of the valve. A power charging circuit is coupled between an external power source and a second voltage. A charging and discharging current controller is connected to the first driver, the second driver and the power charging circuit, and is configured to control currents of the first driver, the second driver and the power charging circuit. When a driver circuit switches the valve from a closed state to an open state, the first driver provides a first voltage to the first side of the valve, and the second voltage that is outputted to the second side of the valve by the second driver is discharged to output a discharging current to the external power source through the power charging circuit.
US12104716B2
A pinch valve having a clamping member (300) mounted between two side walls (110) of a valve housing, the side walls extending parallel to a hose guide axis and to a plunger guide axis. Each of the side walls has a step (112) extending parallel to the hose guide axis and recessing with respect to the advancing direction of the plunger. The clamping jaws (320) of the pinch valve, upon displacement of the clamping member (300), move over the steps (112) with their outer sides, which face away from the hose guide, bearing against the side walls (110).
US12104712B1
An improved mechanical dump valve for a liquid level control system. The dump valve comprises a splined shaft that communicates with the valve actuator by a toothed member, such as a splined bore in a dump valve hub. The dump valve also may include pressure ports. Still further, the present invention includes a liquid level control system comprising a trunnion assembly and a mechanical dump valve in which the trim motion of the float valve is transmitted by means of splined shafts in both the trunnion assembly and the dump valve assembly. The inventive system may comprise float weights for weighting the float accurately without having to drill the float and load it with sand or other weighting material. Also included is a kit for retrofitting existing liquid level control systems that use D-shaped connections with splined components.
US12104709B2
In an electric valve, an upper surface of a main body portion of a valve body, a cylindrical portion of the valve body, and a flange member form a groove in an annular recess shape. A stator unit includes a tubular portion that surrounds the groove. A sealing member is disposed in the groove and held between the cylindrical portion of the valve body and the tubular portion of the sealing member.
US12104708B2
A guide frame for a four-way reversing valve includes a frame body. Both ends of the frame body include a connecting portion, respectively. The connecting portion includes a first bending member and a second bending member, and the directions of bending of the first bending member and of the second bending member are opposite. The connecting portion includes a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member includes a first reinforcing plate and a second reinforcing plate. The first reinforcing plate is connected to the inner side of the first bending member by welding and the second reinforcing plate is connected to the inner side of the second bending member by welding. The connection strength of the connecting portion is increased, such that the guide frame is less likely to deform or break.
US12104704B2
A valve including a valve seat assembly that includes a first valve seat sealing member positioned between a first valve seat retaining ring and a first radially inwardly extending flange that extends from an inner surface of a hollow valve retainer, and a second valve seat sealing member positioned between a second valve seat retaining ring and a second radially inwardly extending flange that extends from the inner surface of the hollow valve retainer. A valve member is configured to engage and disengage with the first and second valve seat sealing members to permit fluid to travel from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet.
US12104700B2
A shut-off valve for a pressurized-gas vessel includes a valve closing body which can perform stroke movements and is preloaded by the spring force of a closing spring against a valve seat. When the valve closing body is in a closed position, a connection of a valve inlet to a valve outlet is shut off. The shut-off valve includes an actuator arrangement for opening the valve closing body. The actuator arrangement interacts with an actuating element which is arranged spaced apart from and coaxial with respect to the valve closing body and which is movable by the actuator arrangement in the direction of the valve closing body. When the actuating element abuts against the valve closing body, an opening impulse can be generated.
US12104668B2
A disc brake lining is assembled depending on the rotation direction and includes a backing plate to carry a friction material, having diametrically opposed sides configured to be free from friction material. The backing plate is formed asymmetrically with respect to a central axis, and has a bearing on the inlet side relative to a preferred direction of rotation and provided radially inwardly in relation to a central wheel rotational axis, radially offset below a brake piston axis, as a holder with a hole for receiving a retaining pin, defining a fixedly positioned friction lining fixed bearing. A guide is on an allocated outlet-side bearing of the backing plate, radially outwardly in relation to the central wheel rotational axis, radially offset above a brake piston axis. The guide is an open-edged mouth opening with a receiving pocket receiving a guide pin, and defines a fixedly allocated friction lining floating bearing.
US12104665B2
The present disclosure relates to a disc brake having an electromechanical actuator for vehicles, in particular for utility vehicles, comprising a brake disc, a brake carrier and a brake caliper of a vehicle for applying the brake disc by means of brake linings. Current tests have shown that the tappet after assembly is not fixed correctly in a housing of the electromechanical actuator. The tappet may after positioning fall out of the rotary lever, which results in the force transmission for applying the brake disc being interrupted and the brake disc not being able to be applied. An object of the present disclosure is to overcome the problems from the prior art and to provide a disc brake with an electromechanical actuator which reduces or even prevents damage to the tappet, the cam disc and the housing of the electromechanical actuator.
US12104650B2
Bearing device with integrated electrical insulation, in particular for an electric motor or machine
A bearing device includes a first ring and a second ring mounted for relative rotation and an insulating sleeve including a socket and an electrically insulating liner. The socket has at least one recess, and the liner has at least one protrusion extending into each of the at least one recess. The liner is overmolded on the second ring and on the socket such to connect the second ring to the socket.
US12104648B1
An engine shaft oil dispenser including an oil dispenser operatively connected to a mechanical system. The focus is the novel location and form of the oil dispenser, the delivery mechanism (tubes, passages in dispensers and shafts), as well as the filling mechanism of the annular-shaped dispenser (convenient port locations are provided). The annular-shaped dispenser is herein shown in several embodiments, including in a bearing stack, combined with a compressor/turbine disc/nut, and with various options for filling and feeding of oil. The present invention makes use of sometimes unused space in conventional stacks. The oil dispensers herein described are standalone or are incorporated into existing components. This results in more efficient and compact packaging.
US12104646B2
A multi-component snap assembly is disclosed herein in which a snap flange has a snap nose with a contact face including a relief. The relief is configured to prevent undesirably high stress in the snap flange during assembly with another component that includes a retention pocket. A method of attaching or connecting two components with each other using a snap flange with a relief is also disclosed herein.
US12104645B2
A ball retainer includes a chain belt, a hook, and a slot portion. The hook is arranged on the first end of the chain belt. The hook includes a neck portion, a hook body, two leaning protrusions, and a limiting protrusion. The hook body is connected to the neck portion. The two leaning protrusions extend outward along the short side direction of the chain belt toward two sides of the hook body, respectively. The slot portion is arranged on the second end of the chain belt. The slot portion includes a slot, two abutting portions, a connecting portion, and a receiving portion. After the hook is correspondingly engaged with the slot portion, the hook body is accommodated in the slot, the two leaning protrusions correspondingly lean against the two abutting portions, the neck portion leans against the connecting portion, and the limiting protrusion is correspondingly accommodated in the receiving portion.
US12104637B1
A locking fastener utilizing an inserted key preferably includes a fastener and a lock key. The fastener includes a drive head and a threaded shank. The drive head is preferably a countersunk head. A drive cavity is formed in a top of the drive head. The threaded shank extends from a bottom of the drive head. The lock key preferably includes a tapered head and a shank. The shank extends downward from a bottom of the tapered head. A head projection extends outward from a rear of the tapered head. At least one shank projection extends outward from a front of the shank. A key slot is formed in a side of the drive head and a side of the threaded shank. A head retention slot is formed in the key slot, adjacent a top of the drive head to receive the head tapered projection.
US12104633B2
A coupling system comprising a first androgynous coupler and a second androgynous coupler. The first androgynous coupler comprises a first male coupling section having a first recess extending radially and a first female coupling section comprising a first blocking element and a first positioning element. The second androgynous coupler comprises a second male coupling section having a second recess extending radially, where the second male coupling section is configured to form-fit with the first female coupling section. When the second male coupling section is form-fit with the first female coupling section, axial movement of the first positioning element causes the first blocking element to move radially into the second recess to couple the first androgynous coupler to the second androgynous coupler.
US12104631B1
An inflatable clamping apparatus and system that are utilized to securely support a wide variety of objects on an elongated member, such as a pole, post, beam, tree or the like. In one embodiment, the clamping apparatus has a pair of inflatable bladders that define a member receiving area, an air chamber inside each bladder, a connecting section interconnecting the bladders, an apparatus connecting mechanism that connects to the object, and an air valve to place pressurized air into the air chambers. In one configuration, the apparatus connecting mechanism connects to an object connecting mechanism associated with the object to secure the object to the apparatus. When the elongated member is in the member receiving area, the bladders are filled with air and the object is attached to the apparatus, the bladders will press tightly against the elongated member to securely hold the apparatus and object thereon.
US12104626B1
A fluid flow conditioning apparatus having a plurality of flexible microstructures that reduce flow losses within a conduit. The plurality of microstructures is affixed to an insertion plate-type flow conditioner. One or more ends of the microstructures are secured to internal walls of the flow conditioner. The microstructures are configured to move and flex in response to static and dynamic pressure exerted onto the microstructures by the fluid flow. The microstructures may be made of a hyperelastic material configured to undergo an elastic deformation due to the dynamic pressure of the fluid flow.
US12104625B2
In an embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a cavitation generation device that includes a dactyl plunger rotatable about an axis between an open position and a closed position and a propus socket having a channel. The propus socket is rigidly mounted below the dactyl plunger, and the dactyl plunger is received into the propus socket when the dactyl plunger is in the closed position. The cavitation generation device can also include a torsion spring that biases the dactyl plunger into contact with the propus socket. In another embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to a method of inducing a cavitation including biasing a dactyl plunger via a torsion spring, and rotating the dactyl plunger, by action of the torsion spring, into a propus socket. The propus socket includes a nozzle-shaped channel. The method further includes ejecting a socket cavity volume through the nozzle-shaped channel thereby inducing a cavitation event.
US12104619B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provides a head shaking device and a fan. The head shaking device includes a fixing assembly; and a rotating assembly, which rotates relative to the fixing assembly in a reciprocating manner, wherein one of the fixing assembly and the rotating assembly includes at least one first connecting structure, the other includes at least one second connecting structure, and the first connecting structure is rotatably clamped with the second connecting structure.
US12104615B2
A turbo type pump configured to pressurize a fluid and supply the fluid to a downstream side of a fluid passage by rotation of an impeller provided in the fluid passage, includes: a reduced-diameter portion having a reduced inner diameter in a state of forming a reverse surface facing a downstream side, the reduced-diameter portion being provided at a portion located on an upstream side of the impeller in the fluid passage; and a reverse partition wall portion provided in the reverse surface and configured to restrict a flow of the fluid in a circumferential direction.
US12104607B2
Apparatus and methods for circulating air. The apparatus may include a ceiling fan and may include a light fixture. A motor assembly may drive the fan about a rotational axis. Blades of the fan may be fixed to an outer ring of a blade bracket. Blades may extend away from the outer ring. The blade bracket may also include a translucent blade support to which the outer ring may be fixed. The translucent blade support may be disc shaped. A blade holder adapter may fix an inner portion of the translucent blade support to the ceiling fan. The fan may be configured such that a portion of the translucent blade support may provide a view unobscured by the translucent blade support so that there may be at least partial visibility of a visible element, such as a structure, above the translucent blade support from below the apparatus.
US12104606B2
A power module includes a turbine arranged along a rotation axis, an interconnect shaft fixed in rotation relative to the turbine, and a compressor with a regenerative compressor wheel. The regenerative compressor wheel is fixed in rotation relative to the interconnect shaft supported for rotation with the turbine about the rotation axis. Generator arrangements, unmanned aerial vehicles, and methods of generating electrical power are also described.
US12104603B2
A centrifugal heat dissipation fan including a hub, a frame, and double-layer fan blade sets is provided. The double-layer fan blade sets surround the hub and are arranged along a radial direction at an inner layer and an outer layer. A gap is maintained along the radial direction between the fan blade set located at the inner layer and the fan blade set located at the outer layer. The frame is connected to the hub and the fan blade set located at the outer layer.
US12104599B2
An oil feed type air compressor includes a compressor main body, a separator that separates the oil from the compressed air delivered from the compressor main body, and an oil feed system that supplies the oil to the working chambers and bearings of the compressor main body. The oil feed system includes an oil cooler that includes a cooling unit and a cooling unit connected on a downstream side of the cooling unit, an oil feed pipe that is connected to an outlet between the cooling unit and the cooling unit and that supplies the oil cooled by the cooling unit to the bearings of the compressor main body, and an oil feed pipe that is connected to an outlet on a downstream side of the cooling unit and that supplies the oil cooled by the cooling units to the working chambers of the compressor main body.
US12104596B2
The disclosed invention provides an unmodified scroll compressor with enhanced oil management system that enables the compressor system to compress helium. The compressor system includes a standard scroll compressor, oil separator, and an adsorber. The compressor includes a housing containing an orbiting scroll and a stationary scroll, a motor, and an oil sump in a bottom of the housing. The stationary scroll has one or more injection ports, and the housing contains a single discharge port, a return port, and a single injection port connected to the injection ports of the stationary scroll. The oil separator receives a mixture of helium and oil from the discharge port. The compressor system further includes a line bringing a first fraction of oil from the oil separator to the injection port, one or more lines bringing a second fraction of oil to the return port along with helium. The adsorber retains a third fraction of oil.
US12104582B2
The present disclosure relates to an armature for a wind turbine generator. The generator may be a permanent magnet generator. The present disclosure further relates to methods for operating such armature, generator and wind turbine. A method may include partially short-circuiting the armature windings by closing a first switch and inducing currents in the armature windings by the wind acting on the wind turbine blades.
US12104577B2
Provided is a blade for a wind turbine including at least one blade component, wherein at least one section of the blade component facing the tip of the blade is carbon fiber reinforced, wherein the blade further includes a lightning protection arrangement with a discharging conductor extending along the blade to discharge an electric current caused by a lightning striking into the blade, wherein the lightning protection arrangement includes at least one, electrically conductive, elongated and flat lightning receptor which is electrically connected with the discharging conductor, wherein the lightning receptor is arranged at or near the outer surface of the blade and located between the at least one blade component section and the blade tip and extends at least partially from a trailing edge towards a leading edge of the blade.
US12104568B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for generating power. A pipe having an input flow is coupleable to an input section configured to receive at least a portion of the input flow. A generation section is coupleable to the input section and includes a pipe section to carry the at least a portion of the input flow, a turbine coupleable to the pipe section and configured to capture energy from the at least a portion of input flow carried by the pipe section, and a generator coupleable to the turbine and configured to generate power from the energy captured by the turbine. An output section may be open ended and configured to provide a discharge for the generation section away from the pipe.
US12104563B2
The invention relates to an air cleaner housing for a vehicle, comprising an outer and an inner circumferential wall, and a space therebetween adapted to house at least one filter element for filtering air, wherein the inner circumferential wall is provided with openings to allow filtered air to pass radially inwardly through the inner circumferential wall. The air cleaner housing comprises a first end and an open second end for fluidly connecting the air cleaner housing to a turbo, the open second end being located opposite the first end. The air cleaner housing comprises a resonator, wherein the entire resonator is encircled by the inner circumferential wall such that air entering through the inner circumferential wall passes on the outside of the resonator to and through the open second end.
US12104542B2
When selecting cylinders of a multi-cylinder diesel engine in an engine system for cylinder deactivation (CDA), a method can comprise designating a first resonance around a first periodic frequency output of the engine system as a primary boundary and designating a second resonance around a second periodic frequency output of the engine system as a secondary boundary. Selecting cylinders can comprise selecting one of half, one third, or two thirds of the multiple cylinders for CDA while firing the remaining multiple cylinders. The selection can be made so that the periodic frequency output of the engine is between the primary and secondary boundaries. A compact periodic frequency band can be implemented to further restrict the selection of cylinders for CDA. The first periodic frequency output can be about 15 Hertz+/−1.5 Hertz and the second periodic frequency output can be between 30-40 Hertz+/−1.5 Hertz.
US12104537B1
A fire protection device for an accessory of an aircraft engine includes a baffle located within an airflow passage in communication with the accessory, the baffle having fire shield elements made of a shape memory alloy. The fire shield elements are deformable between a deformed state and a natural state, wherein in the natural state the fire shield elements extend at least partially across the airflow passage to protect the accessory from flames, and in the deformed state the fire shield elements is bent to define one or more gaps between the fire shield elements in the air flow passage thereby allowing airflow through the baffle.
US12104530B2
An aircraft turbofan gas turbine engine includes a fan assembly, a compressor module, and a turbine module. An electric machine positioned downstream of the fan assembly is rotationally connected to the turbine module. The fan assembly is in fluid communication with the compressor module by an intermediate duct and includes a highest pressure fan stage having a plurality of fan blades defining a fan diameter. The compressor module includes a lowest pressure compressor stage having a row of rotor blades. An intermediate flow axis is defined joining a radially outer tip of a trailing edge of one of the fan blades of the highest pressure fan stage, and a radially outer tip of a leading edge of one of the rotor blades of a leading edge of a lowest-pressure compressor blade. An intermediate flow axis angle and the intermediate flow axis angle is from −20 to −30 degrees.
US12104529B2
A thermodynamic apparatus (10) comprising a compressor module (100), a turbine module (200), and a regenerative heat exchanger (300) centred on a central axis (12). The compressor module (100), turbine module (200) and regenerative heat exchanger (300) are arranged in series along the central axis (12) such that the regenerative heat exchanger (300) is provided between the compressor module (100) and the turbine module (200).
US12104527B2
A gear reduction includes a sun gear that engages a plurality of planet gears mounted on a carrier. The planet gears are engaged with a ring gear. The ring gear is fixed against rotation such that rotation of the sun gear causes rotation of the planet gears to cause rotation of the carrier. There are spray bars positioned circumferentially between adjacent ones of the planet gears. The spray bars have jet openings, such that lubricant can be passed directly onto teeth on the sun gear. One of the side faces has a plurality of windows such that oil can be scavenged. There are side surfaces between plurality of windows that do not have an opening. A gas turbine engine and a spray bar are also disclosed.
US12104521B2
In the processing circuit of the control device, the stress of the compressor impeller is acquired every predetermined control cycle. Setting a small section, and calculating a small section average value and a small section amplitude are repeatedly executed. Setting a middle section, and calculating a middle section average value and a middle section amplitude are repeatedly executed. The first damage value is calculated based on the small section average value and the small section amplitude. The second damage value is calculated based on the middle section average value and the middle section amplitude. An estimated value of the deterioration degree of the compressor impeller is calculated based on the integrated value of the first damage value and the second damage value.
US12104517B2
A method includes: providing a SCR system comprising a SCR catalyst; heating the SCR system to a temperature greater than 500 degrees Celsius for a predetermined time so as to increase sulfur resistance of the SCR catalyst; and installing the SCR system in an aftertreatment system.
US12104510B2
A method for detecting a urea consumption deviation including: calculating a pump pressure correction factor fac; calculating a urea consumption deviation factor A when the pump pressure correction factor fac is within a calibrated range; calculating the urea consumption deviation factor A multiple times, and calculating an average value of A; and comparing the average value of the urea consumption deviation factor A with a calibrated limiting value range, so as to determine whether there is a great deviation between an actual urea consumption value and a theoretical urea consumption value, the calculating the pump pressure correction factor fac comprises: adjusting a pressure of a urea pump to P1; adjusting the pressure of the urea pump to P2, where P2 is smaller than P1; recording a time T1 during which the pressure of the urea pump is adjusted from P1 to P2; and calculating fac=T1/(P1−P2).
US12104506B2
Provided is a plant that includes: a boiler; a device connected to the boiler; a water supply source that is configured to pool water; a water supply line that supplies water from the water supply source to the boiler; a cooler that transfers heat from a medium to be cooled to supply-water, which is the water flowing along the water supply line; a thermometer that determines a temperature of the medium to be cooled or the supply-water; and a temperature regulator that is configured to regulate the temperature of the medium to be cooled on the basis of the temperature determined by the thermometer.
US12104505B2
Methods and systems for generating power (and optionally heat) from a high value heat source using a plurality of circulating loops comprising a primary heat transfer loop, several power cycle loops and an intermediate heat transfer loop that transfers heat from the high-temperature heat transfer loop to the several power cycle loops. The intermediate heat transfer loop is arranged to eliminate to the extent practical the shell and tube heat exchangers especially those heat exchangers that have a very large pressure difference between the tube side and shell side, to eliminate shell and tube, plate type, double pipe and similar heat exchangers that transfer heat directly from the primary heat transfer loop to the several power cycle loops with very high differential pressures and to maximize the use of heat transfer coils similar in design as are used in a heat recovery steam generator commonly used to transfer heat from gas turbine flue gas to steam or other power cycle fluids as part of a combined cycle power plant.
US12104499B2
A method of regulating pressure in a thermal transport bus of a gas turbine engine, the method including: operating the gas turbine engine with the thermal transport bus having an intermediary heat exchange fluid flowing therethrough, the thermal transport bus including one or more heat source heat exchangers and one or more heat sink heat exchangers in thermal communication through the intermediary heat exchanger fluid; and adjusting a flow volume of the thermal transport bus using a variable volume device in fluid communication with the thermal transport bus in response to a pressure change associated with the thermal transport bus.
US12104498B2
An inlet cone for an aircraft turbomachine, having at least one first portion made of a first material, referred to as rigid material, and at least one second portion made of a second material which has a hardness less than that of said first material and which is referred to as flexible material, these second portions being configured to deform elastically in the radial direction with respect to the axis when the cone is being driven to rotate.
US12104493B2
A first turboexpander generator defines a portion of a first conduit flow passage. The first turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the first turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. A second turboexpander generator defines a portion of a second conduit flow passage. The second turboexpander generator is configured to decrease a temperature or pressure of a process stream flowing through the second turboexpander generator by generating electrical power from the process stream. The first and second conduit flow passages are arranged to carry fluid flow in parallel to one another. The first and the second turboexpander generator are substantially identical in critical dimensions and performance.
US12104491B2
The present invention relates to a method for continuously manufacturing an abradable sealing element, this element comprising a support substrate covered by a coating comprising at least two successive layers, each comprising a sublayer of abradable material and a sublayer of erosion-control material. This method is noteworthy in that it comprises the steps consisting in: —a) placing at least one support substrate on a rotary carousel around which are placed at least two thermal spray torches enabling the sublayer of abradable material and that of erosion-control material to be deposited, —b) rotating the carousel so as to bring said support substrate successively opposite one then the other of the two torches and to carry out the deposition of the various sublayers and to repeat this operation so as to obtain said sealing element.
US12104487B2
Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method for deriving textural properties of a reservoir formation. The method includes acquiring multi-frequency dielectric data (εmeas). The method further includes applying a dielectric mixing model between different fluid phases to generate an effective fluid permittivity (εfluid) by mixing the permittivity of water and hydrocarbon fluids. The method further includes applying the dielectric mixing model between the effective fluid permittivity (εfluid) and a matrix permittivity (εm). The method further includes minimizing a difference between a measured dielectric response and the dielectric mixing model by optimizing model parameters. The method further includes computing a cementation exponent (m) and a saturation exponent (n) from the multi-frequency dielectric data (εmeas). The method further includes estimating a formation property based at least in part on the cementation exponent (m) and the saturation exponent (n). A wellbore operation is controlled based at least in part on the formation property.
US12104485B2
A drilling system measures a fluid level in a wellbore. The drilling system may include a drill pipe and a sensor sleeve attached to the drill pipe. The sensor sleeve may include a transmitter that transmits a sensing signal in a direction of a fluid in the wellbore, a receiver that receives the sensing signal after the sensing signal is reflected on a surface of the fluid, and a repeater that determines a distance between the sensor sleeve and the fluid level from the transmitted and received sensing signal. The fluid level in the wellbore may be calculated using the distance determined by the repeater and a distance between the sensor sleeve and a surface of the wellbore.
US12104477B1
Techniques for coordinating performance of operations in a well system including receiving, using a central controller, a request to perform a next operation associated with a first operator that includes changing well system equipment from a current equipment state to a target equipment state from a first operator device, determining, using the central controller, whether completion confirmation of a preceding operation associated with a second operator has been received from a second operator device, in response to determining that the completion confirmation of the preceding operation associated with the second operator has not been received, blocking, using the central controller, the first operator from performing the next operation from the first operator device, and in response to determining that the completion confirmation of the preceding operation associated with the second operation has been received, permitting, using the central controller, performance of the next operation associated with the first operator.
US12104476B1
A method includes gathering data about the well and the deep and tight sandstone reservoir, evaluating a diagenetic rock typing and a flow index of the reservoir using the data, and determining a first set of perforation locations based on the diagenetic rock typing and the flow index. The method also includes calibrating in-situ stresses based on the data and determining a breakdown pressure envelope and optimal perforation directions using the in-situ stresses, maximum horizontal stress direction, formation mechanical properties, and well trajectory. The method further includes narrowing the first set of perforation locations to a second set of perforation locations based on the breakdown pressure envelope, comparing the breakdown pressure envelope of the second set of perforation locations to a maximum downhole pressure to determine a perforation method, and performing a fracturing operation on the well using the second set of perforation locations, the perforation method, and the optimal perforation directions.
US12104460B1
The application provides a full-bore infinite-level staged fracturing sliding sleeve based on a smart label, which includes a fracturing sliding sleeve and a smart label for opening the fracturing sliding sleeve. The fracturing sliding sleeve is placed into a wellbore with a casing and cementing is performed. Each fracturing sliding sleeve corresponds to a target fracturing stage in the well. The smart label is placed into the casing through a wellhead, and is pumped forwards in the wellbore; the smart label automatically identifies the target fracturing stage, and is clamped and seated in the fracturing sliding sleeve of the target fracturing stage, thus realizes the opening of the fracturing sliding sleeve with the pressure from a pump truck. The opening of the fracturing sliding sleeve of each stage corresponds to a smart label. After all the stages are fractured, the smart labels are completely dissolved in the fracturing fluid.
US12104459B2
A seal for a repeatedly switchable stepless fracturing sliding sleeve includes a C-ring, and two A-rings, two jackets and two B-rings symmetrically provided in sequence on two sides of the C-ring in an axial direction. A mounting cavity open in a direction away from the C-ring is formed in the jacket, and a U-shaped leaf spring is provided therein. The A-ring covers a supporting lip of the jacket and has a protruding portion extending into the mounting, and the A-ring is provided with a through hole allowing the mounting cavity to be in communication with an external fluid. When the whole seal is pressed forwardly or reversely by the fluid, the supporting lip can support and tightly abut on the A-ring, and the external fluid can enter the mounting cavity via the through hole and provide a pressure for a sealing lip to tightly abut on a sealing surface.
US12104458B2
An adaptive fluid switch for regulating the production rate of a fluid. The adaptive fluid switch includes a fluid control valve having a self-impinging valve element with at least one dissolvable plug configured to initially block fluid flow therethrough. After dissolution of the dissolvable plug and when the fluid produced through the adaptive fluid switch has a viscosity greater than a first predetermined level, the fluid follows a low resistance flow path in the self-impinging valve element but when the fluid has a viscosity less than a second predetermined level, the fluid follows a high resistance flow path in the self-impinging valve element, thereby regulating the production rate of the fluid responsive to changes in the viscosity of the fluid.
US12104453B2
The present invention relates to a downhole assembly for permanently sealing off a control line controlling a well component of a well tubular metal structure prior to plug and abandonment of a well having a top, comprising a first part of a tubular line, a second part of the tubular line, a downhole closure unit arranged between the first part and the second part of the tubular line and comprising a first element comprising a first opening, a second opening and fluid communication channel between the first opening and the second opening, the first opening being arranged closer to the top than the second opening, the first opening having a first connection to the first part of the tubular line, and the second opening having a second connection to the second part of the tubular line, wherein the first element has a first outer shape in a first state in which the fluid communication channel is open and a second outer shape in a second state in which the fluid communication channel is closed, the second shape being at least partly different from the first outer shape. The invention also relates to a downhole system comprising a well tubular metal structure having an outer face, and the downhole assembly being connected to the outer face and/or the downhole annular barrier. Finally, the invention relates to a method of permanently closing fluid communication in the downhole assembly for permanently sealing off a control line prior to plug and abandonment of a well.
US12104444B2
Handling device associated with a drilling rig to manipulate bars or drilling tubes between a vertical position and a horizontal position in an automated manner that reduces risks in the operation, which is basically made up of a support, a carriage, and an arm with an arm support and at least two gripping means on the arm, separated from each other, for holding, capturing or gripping the drill rods, wherein at least one of said gripping means is movable so that it can be moved or moved to length of the arm, allowing to vary the separation distance between the means of gripping the arm, facilitating the handling of rods or perforation pipes of different lengths.
US12104443B2
A device for centering a sensor assembly in a bore comprises a plurality of arm assemblies connected first and second support members. Each arm assembly comprises a first arm pivotally connected to the first support member, a second arm pivotally connected to the second support member, and a third arm pivotally connected between the first and second arms. The third arm is pivotally connected to a third support member positioned axially between the first and second support members. The third arm extends across the longitudinal axis of the device so that in use each arm assembly contacts opposite sides of the bore to centralise the sensor assembly in the bore.
US12104436B2
The system includes information and data from analysis systems about optimal window covering positions that is communicated to building occupants. The analysis system communicates information to the occupant via the occupant's client computer to allow the occupant to fully or partially adjust the position of a manual shade or motorized shade, without the need for the analysis system to fully or partially electronically control the shades. The system may also adjust window covering systems and other systems to ensure desired or optimal daylight exposure in order promote optimal circadian functionality in the occupants.
US12104435B2
Proposed is a non-contact safety relaying apparatus for transferring an object, the apparatus including: an apparatus body including, a main body formed to have an internal space through which first and second independent spaces communicate, a horizontal partition extending horizontally at a height of a center of the main body, with at least one relaying hole being pierced therethrough, an upper partition extending upward from a first side of the horizontal partition and forming a first relaying space, a lower partition extending downward from a second side thereof and forming a second relaying space, a first door mounted on the main body in such a manner as to open and close the first relaying space, and a second door mounted on the main body in such a manner as to open and close the second relaying space; and an opening and closing unit opening and closing the relaying hole.
US12104430B1
A room access control system including a base assembly positionable adjacent a door opening; an arm having a first end pivotally mounted with respect to the base assembly; wherein the arm is positionable in a first undeployed position where the arm is generally vertical and the second end of the arm points downwardly; wherein a fan assembly is attached to the arm, the fan assembly including a plurality of fan blades; wherein each of the fan blades is pivotally mounted to a pivot point on the arm; wherein when the arm is rotated into a second, generally horizontal deployed position, the plurality of fan blades extend beneath the arm in a fanned out pattern with the second end of a first fan blade of the plurality of fan blades attached to the arm, and a last fan blade of the plurality of fan blades positioned in a generally vertical position.
US12104429B2
A door frame 1 has a frame post 3 which is secured with a rear side 5 against a reveal 7 of a wall opening 9 by means of a number of wall clamps 13. Each wall clamp 13 has two clamping parts 15, 17, each consisting of a fastening part 19, 21 and a clamping jaw 23, 25. At the rear 5, the frame post 3 is provided with a groove 27 which extends over the entire length of the frame post 3 and is present at an angle 29 of 10-50 degrees to the rear side. The fastening part 21 of the clamping part 17 partly protrudes into the groove 27 and is displaceable in and out of the groove 27 by turning screws 31 more or less in the door frame 3, which screws protrude through holes 35 present in the clamping jaw 25.
US12104414B2
An unlocking device for unlocking a lock of a movable vehicle element, in particular a vehicle door, a vehicle front hood and/or a vehicle tailgate is described. The device may have at least a detection unit for detecting at least one approaching object, and a lighting unit that may have an illumination region for illuminating a detection region of the detection unit. The lighting unit and/or the detection unit becoming or being activated at least when the locking mechanism is or has been brought into the pre-latching position.
US12104410B2
A gate latch pull system for a swinging gate and gate post. A gate latch with pivotal latch lever is mounted on a gate post and a latch bar on an inside edge of a swinging gate. A T shaped lever with first and second lever arms and a swinging base is pivotally mounted on the gate post above the gate latch. A vertical linkage connectable between bottom of swinging base and top of the pivotal latch lever, with the linkage adjustable in length during connection of the base and the latch lever such that when the latch lever is in a latched position and the swinging base is vertical, the linkage has flexibility, slack and weight enough to provide additional downward weight bias to pivotal motion of the latch lever.
US12104408B1
A remote sliding door locking system includes a locking plate, a remote controller, and a remote locking device. The remote locking device includes a housing, a logic board, a locking system, and a power source. The housing includes an interior compartment, a mounting plate, and an exterior surface with a release mechanism slot, at least one input button, and at least one status indicator. The logic board includes a processor, memory, and a communications module. The locking system includes a bolt, a locking mechanism, and a manual release mechanism. The manual release mechanism is operatively engaged to the locking mechanism to drive the movement of the bolt. The logic board communicates with the remote controller by way of the communications module. The logic board and the power source are operatively coupled to the locking system to engage and disengage bolt from the slot by way of the locking mechanism.
US12104404B2
A rekeyable lock cylinder with a cylinder body and a plug assembly. The lock cylinder includes a plurality of key followers and a corresponding plurality of racks disposed in the plug assembly. Disengaging the racks from the key followers allows rekeying of the lock cylinder.
US12104398B2
A leg tube sliding locking mechanism for opening and closing a folding tent includes a sliding support sleeved on a leg tube, a jump bead, and a V-shaped spring. One end of the V-shaped spring is connected to the jump bead, and the other end of the V-shaped spring is fixed to an inner wall of the leg tube. A bushing is installed on an inner wall of the sliding support in a fitted manner. An upper end of the busing extends downward to form a pressing sheet, and the pressing sheet has a lower end extending outwards to a lower end of the sliding support. The pressing sheet covers the jump bead.
US12104389B2
Flooring material has an anti-slip, noise reducing pad directly self-adhered to a bottom surface. The pad is formed by applying a foamable PVC material is directly on the bottom surface of the flooring and heating the PVC material to foam the PVC material. The PVC material may then be cooled to form the pad with a definite formed shape having a resilient outer surface layer and a spongy foamy inner structure.
US12104380B2
A water resistant, UV resistant, vapor permeable, air barrier roofing underlayment assembly for use on roofs comprising a substrate of permeable polyester, a permeable copolymer acrylate coating bonded to the permeable polyester substrate and a pressure sensitive permeable copolymer adhesive secured to the permeable acrylate coating.
US12104372B2
Structural wall with frame in wood, metal, plastic, polycarbonate or other resistant material that has no diagonals or chains strengtheners on its longitudinal axis or, in their absence, its structure is reticulated or articulated. This wall Gets the necessary rigidity through a structuring external to its longitudinal axis by different diagonal elements attached to studs or pillars and slabs, in way to allow a spill or padding to your interior with materials that you they give this wall performance of habitability, such as thermal insulation, acoustic insulation, thermal inertia and resistance the fire, using very cheap fillers as the soil of the place or simple mixtures as the with chaff mud, mud with expanded polystyrene, light concrete, soil with chip wood, soil and volcanic ash, or even the use of industrial waste as chopped tires or other items, some difficult to recycle; In short, you can use a wide range of fillers, depending on the specific need. This way of structuring allows, through the possibility of access at work inside a padded, improving ostensibly simple, fast and economic benefits of habitability of the walls, being easily prefabricate and industrialize, and with a great variety of applications in homes and various types of buildings.
US12104366B2
A toilet that includes a tank configured to hold water from a water supply; a reservoir fluidly connected to the tank and configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water from the water supply; and an actuator configured to control a flush cycle of the toilet upon a first activation, the actuator including at least one nozzle fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to discharge an amount of the cleaning compound external to the tank upon at least one of the first activation or a second activation.
US12104363B2
A sanitary faucet (1) containing a faucet body (2) with an outlet (4) having an outlet opening (3); a valve adapter (5) disposed in the faucet body (2); a valve (6) for at least partially closing off the outlet opening (3), which is at least partially disposed in the valve adapter (5); and a connection element (7) for connecting a water guide (8) disposed in the outlet (4) to a water aperture (9) of the valve adapter (5), wherein a linear slide guide (10) is used to attach the connection element (7) to the valve adapter (5). In addition, a method of assembling a sanitary faucet (1) is proposed.
US12104362B1
Methods and systems to assess clogging from bacteria associated with a first well are disclosed. The first well is maintained in a quiescent state for a first period of time. Water is not pumped from the first well in the quiescent state. A pump attached to the first well is turned to an ON state. Water is pumped from the first well during the ON state. A water sample is received from the first well during the ON state. The water sample is collected during a first time period corresponding to a surge in mobile particles. A first activity level for a first type of bacteria in the water sample is determined. The activity level is analyzed for clogging specific information related to a state of clogging associated with the first well.
US12104361B2
A handling apparatus for conducting in-field operations such as removing and/or installing wear parts on earth working equipment along a controlled path. The apparatus can include a crane, a joint having three axes of articulation and a tool.
US12104355B2
Systems and methods are discussed to direct an autonomous loader to a dump truck. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving dump truck geolocation data for a dump truck; receiving loader geolocation data for an autonomous loader; raising a bucket on the autonomous loader to a height; directing the autonomous loader toward the dump truck using the loader geolocation data and the dump truck geolocation data so that the bucket is positioned above a body or bed of the dump truck; and rotating the bucket downward to release a load in the bucket into the body or bed of dump truck.
US12104347B2
An excavator coupler including a front jaw for receiving a first attachment pin of an accessory and a rear pin receiving area for receiving a second attachment pin of the accessory, a first closure mechanism for the rear pin receiving area, the first closure mechanism including an actuator and a movable second pin engaging surface for selectively securing the second attachment pin in the rear pin receiving area and for pulling the first attachment pin into the front jaw of the coupler, a second closure member for the front jaw for selectively retaining the front attachment pin in the front jaw, and a front latch control component for selectively controlling the second closure member between an open state and a closed state wherein the actuator includes a release member for selectively engaging a release arm on the front latch control component to activate or deactivate the front latch control component.
US12104346B2
The invention relates to a front loader (10) comprising: at least one fastening arrangement (12) connectable to a working vehicle (1); at least one loader arm (20) with a first part (21) and a second part (22) connected via a knee section (23), the first part (21) being pivotally connected to the fastening arrangement (12) at a pivot point (P1); a tool attachment (14) device connected to the second part (22) of the at least one loader arm (20); at least one tilting cylinder (16) connected to the tool attachment device (14) and to a knee link (30) arranged at the knee section (23), wherein the knee link (30) comprises a first attachment point (31) for connection with the tilting cylinder (16), a second attachment point (32) for connection with the loader arm (20), and a third attachment point (33) for connection to a mechanical self-levelling device (50), wherein the knee link (30) is arranged at the knee section (23), such that the first attachment point (31) is essentially aligned with or below an upper end (24) of the first part (21) of the loader arm (20).
US12104344B2
An anchor and railing assembly for anchoring a baluster or balustrade to both outdoor and indoor structures, such as raised, generally flat or angled roof-like structures or indoor stairs or floors, which includes an anchor baseplate with a top surface and a bottom surface, and an internally threaded bore extending at least partially from the top surface generally towards the bottom surface, a baluster, fasteners for fastening the baluster to the anchor baseplate via its bore, and fasteners for fastening the anchor baseplate to either an outdoor or indoor structure.
US12104342B2
The invention relates to a method and a system for producing a foundation element in the ground by means of a construction apparatus, wherein by means of a ground working tool a hole is formed in the ground, in which the foundation element is produced, wherein by means of a control and evaluation unit at least one operating variable of the construction apparatus, which changes depending on a ground composition, is detected as a function of a working depth. According to the invention provision is made in that in the control and evaluation unit a ground profile to be expected is entered, which indicates a layer structure of the ground with ground layers of different ground composition, and in that by the control and evaluation unit the detected, at least one operating variable is set in correlation with the stated ground profile in order to establish, at which working depth a transition between ground layers of different ground composition is present.
US12104332B2
Implementations herein describe an artificial turf having a backing layer and a plurality of rows of individual tufts tufted into the backing layer. Each tuft comprises at least three yarns per tuft and each one of the at least three yarns varies in at least one of material, color, texture, denier and cross-section. Each row of individual tufts is substantially similar to each adjacent tufted row and adjacent tufts on a given row are spaced apart at a predetermined gauge.
US12104330B2
The invention relates to a method for treatment of a ballast track by means of track maintenance machine which comprises a lifting unit, having gripping rollers for gripping a track grid formed of rails and sleepers and lifting drives for lifting the track grid, and a measuring system for comparing to a target position of the track, wherein the lifting unit is set in vibration by means of a vibration exciter and the vibration is transmitted to the track grid, wherein the lifting unit is controlled by means of a control device in such a way that, during a lifting operation, the lifting unit is set in vibration, and the track grid is first lifted to above the target position and subsequently lowered to the target position. By means of the method according to the invention it is possible to carry out in a simple manner a lifting of the track grid with simultaneous stabilization of the track position.
US12104324B2
Paper products such as tissues can be made using a furnish comprising surface enhanced pulp fibers (“SEPF”). In some embodiments, SEPF have a weighted average fiber length of at least 0.3 millimeters (mm) and an average hydrodynamic specific surface area of at least 10 square meters per gram (m2/g). In some embodiments, a furnish or a paper product can comprise at least 2% SEPF by dry weight. In some embodiments, a paper product comprising SEPF can be formed from a furnish having a freeness of 650 ml Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) or less, optionally 600 ml CSF or less.
US12104316B2
A manufacturing method for an antibacterial fiber includes the following steps. A dipping step is performed to soak a conductive fiber in a solution, in which the solution includes an ionic compound, and the ionic compound includes a metal cation. An oxidation step is performed by using the conductive fiber as an anode, such that an antibacterial material produced by the solution is adhered to a surface of the conductive fiber, in which the antibacterial material includes a metal oxide.
US12104315B2
A device for the automatic loading of hangers in an apparatus for ironing shirts or similar items includes a storage configured to support a plurality of hangers and an arm comprising a gripping and releasing. The arm is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the gripping and releasing end is close to the storage to pick up or receive a hanger from the storage, and in the second position, the gripping and releasing end is placed above the manikin placed upstream of a loading station of the apparatus, to release the hanger, previously picked up, into the seat of the manikin.
US12104314B2
The present disclosure relates to a garment folding apparatus, i.e., a folding apparatus that serves to fold a garment during a process of conveying the garment. A folding assembly constituting the garment folding apparatus includes a vertical folding layer having a conveyor and configured to vertically fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, a horizontal folding layer disposed below the vertical folding layer, having a conveyor, and configured to horizontally fold the loaded garment by using a drive motor, and sensor units provided in the vertical folding layer and the horizontal folding layer and configured to detect the garment so as to check whether the garment is loaded, a length of the garment, and whether the garment is folded.
US12104313B2
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining an external appearance of the apparatus and a base, a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet, a driver provided in the base to rotate the drum, a duct fastened to the base to form a circulation passage communicating with the drum, a heat pump having a heat exchanger provided in the circulation passage to heat air, and a discharge unit to discharge water generated by the heat exchanger. The base includes a water collection chamber that is configured to collect the water generated by the heat exchanger and has discharge surfaces having different inclined angles, thereby guiding flow of condensate water, and a discharge hole that is located adjacent to the water collection chamber and configured to communicate with the water collection chamber such that water guided by the at least one discharge surface is discharged through the discharge unit.
US12104311B2
Stain removal device (201, 301A, 401A, 301B, 401B) for treating a stained area (101) on a cloth (102). The stain removal device (201, 301A, 401A, 301B, 401B) comprises a heating plate (102) for heating a bleach chemical solution previously dosed onto the stained area (101) of the cloth (102). The stain removal device (201, 301A, 401A, 301B, 401B) further comprises means (302, 203) for absorbing vapors of the bleach chemical solution generated from the stained area (101) and/or draw air containing said vapors.
US12104300B2
A fiber article includes a plurality of first fibers and a plurality of second fibers each having an outer diameter smaller than that of each of the first fibers, the plurality of second fibers being supported in a dispersed state by the first fibers. A ratio D1/D2 of an outer diameter D1 of the first fiber to an outer diameter D2 of the second fiber is set to a value in a range of 15.0 or greater to 1666.7 or less. The outer diameter D1 is set to a value in a range of 5.0 μm or greater to 50.0 μm or less, and the outer diameter D2 is set to a value in a range of 30.0 nm or greater to 1.0 μm or less.
US12104296B2
The invention addresses the problem of providing a flap-equipped knitted fabric including a flap part, which is configured such that the flap part moves when wet, allowing for changes in the air permeability or appearance of the flap-equipped knitted fabric, and also a textile product. As a means for resolution, for example, in a flap-equipped knitted fabric including a ground structure part and a flap part, the flap part is pouch-shaped, and the flap part contains a conjugate fiber obtained by joining a polyester component and a polyamide component in a side-by-side manner or an eccentric sheath-core manner, thereby making the flap part movable upon wetting.
US12104294B2
A composite yarn fabric which can be suitably used as a material of a fiber-reinforced resin molded article is provided. The composite yarn fabric is obtained by weaving using composite yarns as at least one of the warp or the weft, the composite yarns obtained by doubling and twisting inorganic multifilament yarns and thermoplastic resin yarns. The inorganic multifilament yarns have a mass of 10 to 65 tex, monofilaments constituting the inorganic multifilament yarns have a fiber diameter of 6.6 to 9.5 μm, a melt flow rate of a thermoplastic resin constituting the thermoplastic resin yarns is 34 to 100 g/10 minutes, and a ratio of a mass of the inorganic multifilament yarns to a total mass of the composite yarns is 40 to 90% by mass.
US12104292B2
A fabric material with an electrode wiring includes: a fabric material body with stretchability; a first electrode portion that is disposed on a surface or in the interior of the fabric material body, and that includes a conductive linear body; a first wiring portion that is disposed on the surface or in the interior of the fabric material body so as to be electrically connected to the first electrode portion, and that includes a conductive linear body; a second electrode portion that is disposed on the surface or in the interior of the fabric material body, and that includes a conductive linear body; and a second wiring portion that is disposed on the surface or in the interior of the fabric material body so as to be electrically connected to the second electrode portion, and that includes a conductive linear body. In the fabric material with an electrode wiring, a resistance value between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion is varied by stretching the fabric material with an electrode wiring.
US12104284B2
Disclosed is a curly fiber having a fiber centroid and comprising a first region having a first centroid and a second region wherein the first region comprises an ethylene/alpha olefin interpolymer composition in an amount of at least 75 weight percent based on total weight of the first region and wherein the ethylene/alpha olefin interpolymer composition is characterized by a low temperature peak and a high temperature peak on an elution profile via improved comonomer composition distribution (ICCD) procedure, and a full width at half maximum of the high temperature peak is less than 6.0° C. and the second region is a material comprising a polymer which is different from the ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer of the first region and wherein the regions are arranged such that at least one of the first centroid and the second centroid is not the same as the fiber centroid.
US12104282B2
The present invention provides an elastic fiber dry spinning component and spinning part. The spinning component includes: a temperature control box (3) including a box body (31), wherein the box body (31) is longitudinally provided with multiple polymer solution channels (32) separated from each other; areas in the box body (31) other than the polymer solution channels (32) are cavities, and the cavities are used for circulation of a fluid medium that exchanges heat with an elastic fiber dry spinning polymer solution in the polymer solution channels (32); and a spinneret part (4) detachably connected to the temperature control box (3), wherein the spinneret part (4) includes multiple spinneret orifice sets (41) separated from each other, and the multiple spinneret orifice sets (41) are correspondingly in communication with outlets of the multiple polymer solution channels (32). The spinning part includes a metering device and the above-mentioned spinning component; the metering device is detachably connected to the temperature control box (3) and is used for metering and allocating the elastic fiber dry spinning polymer solution to the multiple polymer solution channels (32). The spinning component and the spinning part are convenient to install and maintain and are highly efficient.
US12104278B2
A silicon carbide substrate has a first main surface, a second main surface, and a chamfered portion. The second main surface is opposite to the first main surface. The chamfered portion is contiguous to each of the first main surface and the second main surface. The silicon carbide substrate has a maximum diameter of 150 mm or more. A surface manganese concentration in the chamfered portion is 1×1011 atoms/cm2 or less.
US12104269B2
Systems and methods for electroplating are described. The electroplating system may include a vessel configured to hold a first portion of a liquid electrolyte. The system may also include a substrate holder configured for holding a substrate in the vessel. The system may further include a first reservoir in fluid communication with the vessel. In addition, the system may include a second reservoir in fluid communication with the vessel. Furthermore, the system may include a first mechanism configured to expel a second portion of the liquid electrolyte from the first reservoir into the vessel. The system may also include a second mechanism configured to take in a third potion of the liquid electrolyte from the vessel into the second reservoir when the second portion of the liquid electrolyte is expelled from the first reservoir. Methods may include oscillating flow of the electrolyte within the vessel.
US12104261B2
A bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode modified by titanium carbide and a preparation method are provided. A first chitosan coating and a second chitosan coating both show electropositivity, and a two-dimensional Ti3C2 coating shows electronegativity, wherein the bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode modified by two-dimensional Ti3C2 is prepared by an electrostatic self-assembly method. The method is efficient, environment friendly and has simple operation steps; no precious metals are doped in reactions, and no pollutants are produced in reaction processes to meet a requirement of environmental protection; and the method has positive significance for putting the bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode modified by the titanium carbide into actual production. The bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode enhances synergistic effect of electrons and delays recombination time of photo-induced electrons and hole pairs. A photocurrent response value of the bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode is about 410 times a photocurrent response value of a pure bismuth-doped bismuth phosphate photoelectrode.
US12104249B2
The sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS) of group 13 indium and gallium oxides (In2O3 and Ga2O3) into polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) thin films is demonstrated. Examples highlight the an SIS process using trimethylindium (TMIn) and trimethylgallium (TMGa), respectively, with water. In situ Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy reveals that these metal alkyl precursors reversibly associate with the carbonyl groups of PMMA in analogy to trimethylaluminum (TMAl), however with significantly lower affinity. SIS with TMIn and water enables the growth of In2O3 at 80° C., well below the onset temperature of atomic layer deposition (ALD) using these precursors.
US12104246B2
A method comprises depositing a first layer of aluminum oxide onto a surface of a chamber component via atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method further comprises depositing a second layer of yttrium oxide onto a surface of the chamber component via ALD, depositing a third layer of zirconium oxide onto the surface of the chamber component via ALD, and forming a corrosion and erosion resistant coating comprising a YZrxOy solid state phase of the second layer and the third layer, wherein x and y have values that are based on a number of repetitions of the atomic layer deposition process that are used to deposit the second layer and a number of repetitions of the atomic layer deposition process that are used to deposit the third layer.
US12104239B2
A composition of matter is generally provided, in one embodiment, a titanium alloy comprising about 5 wt % to about 8 wt % aluminum; about 2.5 wt % to about 5.5 wt % vanadium; about 0.1 wt % to about 2 wt % of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of iron and molybdenum; about 0.01 wt % to about 0.2 wt % carbon; up to about 0.3 wt % oxygen; silicon and copper; and titanium. A turbine component is also generally provided, in one embodiment, that comprises an article made from a titanium alloy. Additionally, methods are also generally provided for making an alloy component having a beta transus temperature and a titanium silicide solvus temperature.
US12104235B2
A piece of jewelry has a copper-containing gold alloy which consists of 75.0 to 75.2 wt. % gold, 16.5 to 17.0 wt. % copper, 3.1 to 7.1 wt. % silver, 1.2 to 3.2 wt. % palladium, and a remainder containing 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % zinc.
US12104231B2
The present invention relates to a steel material including, in mass %: 0.310≤C≤0.410; 0.001≤Si≤0.35; 0.45≤V≤0.70; Cr≤6.00; 6.25≤Mn+Cr; Mn/Cr≤0.155; Cu+Ni≤0.84; 0.002≤P≤0.030; 0.0003≤S≤0.0060; P+5S≤0.040; 2.03
US12104223B2
A method for beneficiation of mineralogical materials that comprises using a one or more of a suite of processes including fluidized bed separation, plasma-based stimulation or enhancement of chemical reactions using a Reactive X-Ray Chemical Processor, field enhancement of chemical reactions and process and drying. All of the processes can be used singly, jointly, simultaneously or sequentially in multiple stages. The methods are nearly non-polluting and serve to replace polluting wet chemistry and other beneficiation techniques.
US12104217B2
Provided is a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet having a film that is effective for the magnetic properties of the steel sheet and particularly effective for iron loss reduction and has favorable adhesion. In a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, an insulating film partially enters into a steel substrate to form an anchor part, a depth of the anchor part from the surface of the steel substrate is 3.5 μm or less, and a number of neck parts of 5 μm2 or less in area is 0.06/μm2 or less and a number of neck parts of 10 μm2 to 40 μm2 in area is 0.005/μm2 or more and 0.011/μm2 or less, where each neck part is a remaining part of the insulating film on the surface of the steel substrate when peeling the insulating film from the steel substrate in a bend test for the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet.
US12104215B2
A high-magnetic-induction low-iron-loss non-oriented silicon steel sheet and a manufacturing method therefor. The chemical composition by mass percentages is: C≤0.005%, Si: 0.1%-1.6%, Mn: 0.1%-0.5%, P≤0.2%, S≤0.004%, Al≤0.003%, N≤0.005%, Nb≤0.004%, V≤0.004% and Ti≤0.003%, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and at the same time satisfies: 120≤[Mn]/[S]≤160, and [Nb]/93+[V]/51+[Ti]/48+[Al]/27≤[C]/12+[N]/14. After casting, the cooling rate in a cool-down process of casting slab is controlled, and a temperature controlling method is used to adjust the charging temperature of casting slab.
US12104205B2
Provided are a PCR primer pair and an application thereof. The PCR primer pair comprises a first primer and a second primer, wherein the first primer comprises a first specific sequence, a first random sequence, and a first universal sequence, the first specific sequence is located at the 3′ end of the first primer, the first random sequence is located at the 5′ end of the first primer, and the first universal sequence is located between the first specific sequence and the first random sequence; the second primer comprises a second specific sequence, a second random sequence, and a second universal sequence, the second specific sequence is located at the 3′ end of the second primer, the second random sequence is located at the 5′ end of the second primer, and the second universal sequence is located between the second specific sequence and the second random sequence, wherein the first random sequence and the second random sequence are inversely complementary.
US12104202B2
Described herein, among other things, is a method of sequencing, comprising: concatenating a plurality of fragments of genomic DNA to produce concatenated DNA; sequencing the concatenated DNA to produce a plurality of sequence reads, wherein at least some of the sequence reads comprise: at least the sequence of the 3′ and/or 5′ ends of a fragment that corresponds to the locus of interest and sequence of one or both of the fragments that flank the fragment in the concatenated DNA; and grouping the sequence reads that corresponds to the locus of interest using, for each of the grouped sequence reads: the 3′ and/or 5′ end sequences; and/or the flanking sequence.
US12104198B2
Methods and compositions to restore function to acidified T cells are provided. The methods comprise administering urease to the T cells. Compositions comprise urease.
US12104197B2
A prostaglandin production method according to the present invention comprises reacting an unsaturated fatty acid with cyclooxygenase in the presence of a reducing agent. According to the present invention, it is possible to produce prostaglandins at a high yield.
US12104191B2
A cofactor self-sufficient Escherichia coli and its construction method and application in the synthesis of L-glufosinate are provided. The present invention expresses a NADH kinase and key enzymes of the cofactor synthesis pathway in E. coli, and knocks out the genes of enzymes that catabolizes cofactor, and with the addition of co-metabolic intermediates during cell incubation, the intracellular NADP(H) concentration is increased by at least 50% and the catalytic activity of glufosinate dehydrogenase by 2-fold, resulting in a significant increase in the spatiotemporal yield of the glufosinate synthesis reaction.
US12104188B2
Provided herein are modified caspase-9 polypeptides, and chimeric caspase-9 proteins containing the modified caspase-9 polypeptides. The disclosure further provides polynucleotides encoding these proteins, engineered host cells containing these polynucleotides and proteins, including host cells that co-express a chimeric antigen receptor, and methods of making and using the same.
US12104182B2
Presented herein are altered polymerase enzymes for improved incorporation of nucleotides and nucleotide analogues, in particular altered polymerases that maintain high fidelity under reduced incorporation times, as well as methods and kits using the same.
US12104177B2
Provided for herein are mutant VSV-G polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using the same. Also provided for herein are polypeptides and compositions that bind to CD7 and uses thereof. Also provided for herein are polypeptides and compositions that bind to CD8 and uses thereof.
US12104175B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for driving high expression of a transgene. Compositions and methods for driving high expression of a transgene comprising one or more human-derived regulatory elements, which, when operably linked to a transgene, can result in high expression of the transgene in one or more cell types or tissues.
US12104167B2
Information is stored in existing DNA through an iterative process of creating a break in dsDNA and adding new DNA by repairing the break with a homologous repair template. The order and sequence of DNA sequences added to the breaks in the dsDNA can encode binary data. By using a context-dependent encoding scheme, three unique homologous repair templates can encode an unbounded number of bits. When the existing DNA is in a cell, the changes are heritably passed to subsequent generations of the cell. Synthesis of the homologous repair templates may be under the control of a promoter and operator. Intra- or extra-cellular signals may regulate the synthesis of homologous repair templates.
US12104160B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and non-naturally occurring microbial organism for preparing compounds such as1-butanol, butyric acid, succinic acid, 1,4-butanediol, 1-pentanol, pentanoic acid, glutaric acid, 1,5-pentanediol, 1-hexanol, hexanoic acid, adipic acid, 1,6-hexanediol, 6-hydroxy hexanoic acid, ε-Caprolactone, 6-amino-hexanoic acid, ε-Caprolactam, hexamethylenediamine, linear fatty acids and linear fatty alcohols that are between 7-25 carbons long, linear alkanes and linear α-alkenes that are between 6-24 carbons long, sebacic acid and dodecanedioic acid comprising: a) converting a CN aldehyde and pyruvate to a CN+3 β-hydroxyketone intermediate through an aldol addition; and b) converting the CN+3 β-hydroxyketone intermediate to the compounds through enzymatic steps, or a combination of enzymatic and chemical steps.
US12104150B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a near-infrared photothermally activated CRISPR/CAS9 genome editing machine.
US12104149B2
Disclosed herein are devices, apparatuses and methods for generating self-sustaining gaseous and non-gaseous gradients across a cell support structure and for culturing one or more cells or tissues under hypoxic conditions. Methods of generating one or more gas gradients across a cell support structure include providing a luminal container having a bottom wall that is a gas permeable membrane, positioning a cell support structure above the bottom wall, positioning one or more cells or tissues on the cell support structure, and generating one or more gas gradients between the bottom wall, across the cell support structure and into a luminal reservoir. An apparatus to produce hypoxic conditions for cell cultures includes a luminal container having a bottom wall, a cell support structure on the bottom wall, and a cover that sealably closes the open top, such that a hypoxic condition can be generated in the luminal reservoir.
US12104143B2
The disclosure is directed to cleaning compositions, methods of making the cleaning compositions, and methods of using the cleaning compositions. The cleaning compositions comprise an enzyme composition, a nonionic surfactant, and a quaternary amine. Preferably, the enzyme compositions included in the cleaning compositions comprise a cellulase, an AA9 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, a hemicellulase, an esterase, an expansin, a laccase, a ligninolytic enzyme, a pectinase, a peroxidase, a protease, a swollenin, or a combination or mixture thereof. The compositions are useful for degradation of bacterial cellulose.
US12104134B2
A method and apparatus for producing a solid biofuel from hydrocarbonaceous feedstock is described. The process includes loading a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock into a reactor vessel, adding an aqueous catalyst solution into the reactor vessel, wherein the catalyst solution resides at the bottom of the reactor vessel under the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock position, heating the reactor vessel at or above 170° C. to catalyze a reaction of hydrocarbonaceous feedstock under saturated steam conditions for a time sufficient to yield a polymeric biofuel, and isolating the polymeric biofuel from the reactor vessel.
US12104133B2
Fuel additive compositions having at least one acylated detergent, at least one Mannich detergent, and at least one polyether and/or polyetheramine. The acylated detergent may be the reaction product of a hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent and a nitrogen containing compound having at least one amino group, that may optionally be quaternizable, and at least one oxygen or nitrogen atom capable of reacting with the hydrocarbyl-substituted acylating agent. The compositions are useful for reducing the formation of carbonaceous deposits and/or cleaning carbonaceous deposits in an engine, such as a gasoline direct injection engine.
US12104132B2
Methods of reducing stochastic pre-ignition events and/or carbonaceous deposits in a gasoline-fueled engine by adding at least 10 ppm by weight of a compound having at least one alkyl succinic acid group to a gasoline fuel, wherein said compound is the product of (a) and (b), wherein: (a) is an amine with at least one tertiary nitrogen, water, or a hydrocarbyl substituted alcohol; and (b) is a hydrocarbyl-substituted succinic acid and/or anhydride.
US12104130B2
A method of maintaining a syngas composition ratio during an upset condition, including detecting a reduction in the import carbon dioxide flow rate with a carbon dioxide import stream flow sensor, evaluating the reduction in carbon dioxide flow rate or carbon dioxide pressure in a controller, performing one or more predetermined corrective actions as instructed by the controller. Wherein the predetermined corrective actions are chosen from the following: opening a CO2 import stream flow valve, opening a hydrocarbon and steam stream feed valve, opening a CO2 backup stream control valve, opening a syngas backup letdown valve, and starting a composition adjustment unit.
US12104122B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving product yields and/or product quality during co-processing of fast pyrolysis oil in a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) reaction environment. The systems and methods can allow for co-processing of an increased amount of fast pyrolysis oil while reducing or minimizing coke production for a feedstock including fast pyrolysis oil and a conventional FCC feed. The reducing or minimizing of coke production can be achieved in part by adding a low molecular weight, non-ionic surfactant to the mixture of fast pyrolysis oil and conventional FCC feed.
US12104119B2
A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal during acid stimulation of an oil and gas well that involves treating the oil and gas well with an acidic treatment fluid that includes 10 to 28 wt. % of an acid, based on a total weight of the acidic treatment fluid, and a corrosion inhibitor composition containing gelatin, wherein the gelatin is present in the acidic treatment fluid in a concentration of 0.1 to 10% by weight per total volume of the acidic treatment fluid.
US12104118B2
A composition includes a carbon dioxide (CO2) emulsion including a continuous critical or supercritical CO2 phase and a discontinuous phase including a polyacrylate. A method of making a CO2 emulsion includes providing a first solution of a polyacrylic acid and critical or supercritical CO2, providing a second solution of a base and critical or supercritical CO2, and mixing the first solution and the second solution such that the polyacrylic acid and the base react to form an emulsion of polyacrylate droplets in critical or supercritical CO2. A method of treating a hydrocarbon-bearing formation includes introducing an emulsion including a continuous CO2 phase and a discontinuous phase comprising a polyacrylate into the formation, contacting the emulsion with an aqueous reservoir fluid in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation, and absorbing an amount of the aqueous reservoir fluid into the polyacrylate of the emulsion to provide a dense CO2 emulsion.
US12104114B2
Ionic superatomic materials that can be solution-processed into completely amorphous and homogeneous thin films are disclosed herein. The amorphous materials disclosed herein have tunable compositions and have electrical conductivities of up to 300 siemens per meter, thermal conductivities of 0.05 watt per meter per degree Kelvin, and optical transparencies of up to 92%. Application of these thin-films are also provided herein.
US12104108B2
The present disclosure is directed to etching compositions that are useful, e.g., for selectively removing tungsten (W) and/or titanium nitride (TiN) from a semiconductor substrate as an intermediate step in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.
US12104107B2
Disclosed are a quantum dot and a quantum dot-polymer composite and a device including the same, wherein the quantum dot includes a semiconductor nanocrystal core including indium (In) and phosphorous (P), a first semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the semiconductor nanocrystal core, the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and selenium, and a second semiconductor nanocrystal shell disposed on the first semiconductor nanocrystal shell, the second semiconductor nanocrystal shell including zinc and sulfur, wherein the quantum dot does not include cadmium, wherein in the quantum dot, a mole ratio of sulfur with respect to selenium is less than or equal to about 2.5:1.
US12104106B2
The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a nanocrystalline core that includes a perovskite and having an outer surface, and a chiral molecule having a functional group, where the functional group is bonded to a first portion of the outer surface, and the composition is capable of circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the composition is capable of absorbing circularly-polarized light.
US12104102B2
Aqueous-based release coating compositions are disclosed. The disclosed aqueous-based release coating compositions are particularly suitable for use with pressure sensitive adhesives. In some embodiments, the aqueous-based release coating compositions include (A) a vinyl-based emulsion copolymer comprising a copolymerizable acid monomer, (B) a silicone-based emulsion comprising a mixture of amine-, polyol-functional siloxane and epoxy-, glycol-functional siloxane, and (C) a polymeric dispersant comprising an acid functional group. In some embodiments, the weight ratio of silicone-based emulsion (B) to polymeric dispersant (C) in the aqueous-based release coating compositions is from 2:1 to 3:1. The disclosed release coating compositions are suitable for use in, inter alia, tape applications.
US12104099B2
A bonded structure has a first substrate composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a first thin film layer formed on the surface of the first substrate, and a resin adhesive layer bonded to the surface of the first thin film layer. The first thin film layer is composed of silicate glass that has a metal element with different valency from Si as a solid solution. The resin adhesive layer includes a resin including a structural site derived from ionic polymerization or a resin capable of dehydration condensation.
US12104096B2
Provided is an electric motor using a laminated core in which punched electrical steel sheets are adhered to each other with a high adhesion strength. The laminated core includes: a plurality of electrical steel sheets which are stacked on each other and of which both surfaces are coated with an insulation coating; and an adhesion part which is disposed between the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in a stacking direction and adheres the electrical steel sheets to each other, wherein all sets of the electrical steel sheets adjacent to each other in the stacking direction are adhered to each other by the adhesion parts, wherein the adhesion parts are provided at a plurality of positions between the electrical steel sheets, and wherein the adhesion part is a layer made of an adhesive containing any one or both of an acrylic resin and an epoxy resin and having an SP value of 7.8 to 10.7 (cal/cm3)1/2.
US12104094B2
A phenolic resin composition is described comprising at least 50 wt.-% of phenolic resin; first polymerized units comprising a cationic group; and second polymerized units comprising an anionic group. The cationic groups are ionically bonded to the anionic groups. The ionic bonding of the cationic group and anionic group of the polymerized units can provide certain complex viscosity and/or tan delta properties. In some embodiments, the phenolic resin composition has a complex viscosity at 65 C of at least 50 Pascal(seconds) and/or has a tan delta at 65 C ranging from 0.5 to 2.5. Abrasive articles and methods of making an abrasive article are also described.
US12104093B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsion-based adhesive having excellent adhesive force, excellent heat resistance of adhesive force, excellent holding power, less adhesive residue and good “tack”. According to the present invention, an emulsion-based adhesive comprising: a styrene-butadiene rubber; a natural rubber; and a tackifier, wherein a gel fraction of the styrene-butadiene rubber is 20 to 60% by mass, a content of the natural rubber with respect to 100 parts by mass of the styrene-butadiene rubber is 10 to 35 parts by mass, a content of the tackifier with respect to 100 parts by mass of the styrene-butadiene rubber is 100 to 150 parts by mass, and a ratio of a styrene monomer unit in a total amount of the styrene-butadiene rubber and the natural rubber contained in the adhesive is 5 to 15% by mass, is provided.
US12104086B2
A composition for paint removal and methods of making and of using the composition are provided. The composition comprises tetrahydrofuran (THF), an amine with a molar volume of <100 cm3/mol, and a solvent.
US12104083B2
The present invention relates to a composite element, especially for a damping element, comprising a) at least one metallic body having a surface; b) a coating comprising an epoxy resin on at least part of the surface of the metallic body; c) a plastics body comprising at least one polyurethane, which at least partly surrounds the metallic body of (a) and in the region of the surround is at least partly in direct contact with the coating of (b), wherein the composite element between the surface of the metallic body (a) and the coating (b) has a conversion layer (d) which comprises at least one compound selected from the group of zirconium(IV) oxide, zinc(II) phosphate, and chromate. The invention further relates to a damping element comprising the composite element and at least one further body which is at least partly in direct contact with the composite element, preferably with the plastics body of (c). The invention additionally relates to production processes for composite element and damping element, to the composite and damping elements, respectively, that are produced or producible by these processes, and the use of these composite and damping elements, respectively.
US12104080B2
Disclosed is an antibacterial and anti-shielding composition for a window film. The composition contains: 17.0 to 19.0 parts by weight of a monomer component composed of dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate and N,N-dimethylacrylamide; 0.85 to 0.95 parts by weight of any one or more liquid compounds selected from the group consisting of diphenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phosphine oxide, oligo[2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-[4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl]propanone], 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropiophenone, and 2,4,6-trimethylbenzophenone; 0.35 to 0.40 parts by weight of 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenylketone; 0.15 to 0.20 parts by weight of phenylbis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphine oxide; 0.04 to 0.06 parts by weight of 2-propenoic acid, butyl ester; 50.0 to 78.0 parts by weight of a liquid heat-shielding agent; and 2.0 to 2.5 parts by weight of an antibacterial agent. Also disclosed are a method of producing a window film using the composition, and a window film produced thereby.
US12104078B2
The present invention relates to in vitro nanocoatings based on insect corneal designs and methods for producing such nanocoatings. In particular, the present invention relates to in vitro nanocoatings based on the mixture of the corneal protein retinin, retinin-like protein, or cuticular protein with complementary lipids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to simple methods for producing such nanocoatings from recombinant proteins and commercially available lipids.
US12104074B2
A precoated aluminum material to which various resin members can be bonded and an aluminum composite material that is prepared using this precoated aluminum material are provided. A precoated aluminum material (1) comprises: a substrate (2) composed of an aluminum material; and a primer coating (3) formed on the substrate (2). The primer coating (3) contains urethane resin. In the infrared-absorption spectrum of the primer coating (3), the value of the optical absorption AC═O at the peak top of the maximum peak among peaks present in the wavenumber range of 1,180-1,330 cm−1 is 0.8-1.5 times that of the optical absorption Aurethane at the peak top of the maximum peak among peaks present in the wavenumber range of 1,670-1,770 cm−1.
US12104072B2
A method of coating a substrate includes the steps of: (i) providing a suspension of dye and a binder in a solvent, wherein the ratio of dye to binder is greater than 40 wt % and the dye is uniformly dispersed in the solvent; (ii) spray-coating the suspension onto the substrate with the majority of the solvent evaporating during the spray coating step to result in a coating of dye and binder on the substrate having a density of up to 0.75 gcm-3; and (iii) continuing step (ii) until the coating thickness is at least 30 micrometres; wherein the dye does not include any carbon nanotubes.
US12104071B2
A mixed coating material is obtained by mixing a cold curing resin that undergoes reaction curing at normal room temperature, and a fluororesin. The constituent ratio of the fluororesin in a coating film ranges from 43 wt % to 68 wt %.
US12104063B2
An object to be achieved by the present, invention is to provide a quinacridone pigment having hue that is yellowish and clear and having excellent storage stability, wherein the quinacridone pigment can be advantageously used in an ink-jet ink and the like. Provided is a quinacridone solid solution pigment comprising at least C. I. Pigment Violet 19 and C. I. Pigment Red 122, wherein the ratio of a diffraction peak intensity at a diffraction angle 2θ of 14.8±0.2° to a diffraction peak intensity at a diffraction angle 2θ of 11.9±0.2° is 1.20 or less, as measured by X-ray diffractometry with respect to the quinacridone solid solution pigment.
US12104062B2
The present invention relates to an asphalt composition containing asphalt, cellulose, and a polyester.
US12104053B2
Provided is an antistatic resin composition, which includes: a thermoplastic resin including a vinyl cyanide compound-conjugated diene compound-aromatic vinyl compound graft copolymer and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU); and a conductive filler including carbon nanotubes. A molded article manufactured using the composition of the present invention has the advantage of improved tensile strength, impact resistance, and surface resistance.
US12104052B2
The present invention relates to a consolidated nonwoven consolidated by treatment with an aqueous binder composition comprising: a polymer P, a polyvinyl alcohol, optional a starch compound S and optional at least one metal compound M selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium and zinc, in the form of an oxide, hydroxide, carbonate or bicarbonate, wherein the polymer P is obtainable by free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture of 75 to 99% by weight of one or more monomers a) selected from the group consisting of esters of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid with alkanols of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, aliphatic conjugated diene and aromatic vinyl compound 1 to 25% by weight of one or more monomers b) selected from the group consisting of N-methylolacrylamide, N-methylolmethacrylamide, glycidyl methacrylate and carboxylic acid-functional ethylenically unsaturated monomers ≥0 to 15% by weight of one or more further ethylenically unsaturated monomer c) different from any of monomers a) and b) wherein the amounts of monomers a) to c) sum to 100 wt %, the water-based binder composition, the process of for producing the consolidated nonwoven and its use as reinforcing insert for bituminized roofing membranes.
US12104049B2
The present invention is directed to a polyethylene-polypropylene composition comprising a blend (A) being a recycled material, said blend comprising polypropylene and polyethylene, and a compatibilizer (B) being a C2C3C4 terpolymer. Further, the present invention is directed to an article comprising said polyethylene-polypropylene composition and a process for preparing said polyethylene-polypropylene composition. The present invention is also directed to the use of a compatibilizer (B) being a C2C3C4 terpolymer for improving the impact-stiffness balance and the morphology of the blend (A).
US12104048B2
A reinforced polyolefin composite is provided. The reinforced polyolefin composite comprises a polyolefin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, a rigid fibre micro filler such as glass fiber, carbon or cellulosic fibers, and at least one nano filler such as clay. The reinforced polyolefin composite may also comprise a modified polyolefin, which has a polar functional group such as maleate monoester, an acid anhydride or an acrylate grafted thereon. The clay nano filler may also be modified with an organosilane. The reinforced polyolefin composite may also comprise a stabilizer or other additives. A method of producing the reinforced polyolefin composite is also provided, comprising mixing a polyolefin, a rigid micro filler and at least one nano filler to form a mixture, melting the mixture and kneading the melted mixture. The obtained reinforced polyolefin composite is used in transportation, infrastructure, consumer goods and construction.
US12104045B2
The invention relates to opaque colored multilayer articles having a substrate layer based on polycarbonate or polymethylmethacrylate. The compositions of the substrate layer contain a titanium dioxide having particular properties as white pigment. Compared to the Kronos® 2230 white pigment which is conventionally used as white pigment for corresponding compositions and has more particularly been specially matched to polycarbonate, it is possible to achieve considerably higher weathering stability of the colored shaped bodies provided that a UV absorber-containing coating has been applied to the substrate layer. Color stability and gloss are maintained even after weathering, and brilliant colors can thus be assured.
US12104035B2
A foam composition that includes a polymer material such as polyurethane or polyurea and a leachable water-soluble fine powder is provided. This composition can be used in a relatively simple process to obtain a foam body (porous body) that is uniform only at the surface or uniform throughout. The foam body can be suitably used as a golf ball member in golf balls required to have good controllability on approach shots. Also provided is a method for producing a foam member, which method includes the steps of molding the foam composition to obtain a solid molded body, and then leaching out and removing the water-soluble fine powder so as to obtain a foam-molded body.
US12104031B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of modifying a surface of a film with an inverse miniemulsion, the method comprising: preparing an inverse miniemulsion loaded with a precursor, and then configuring an alkaline miniemulsion, and finally preparing an oxide nanocrystal surface-modified film by a solvothermal process. Embodiments of the present disclosure drive an oxide nanocrystal precursor preloaded in the inverse miniemulsion to migrate to the surface of the film during a solvent thermal treatment by utilizing a pH-responsive polymer that changes the nature of the polymer in the presence of a change in pH, resulting in the formation of the oxide nanocrystal modification on the film surface. The functional film materials modified by the embodiments of the present disclosure have potential applications in the fields of semiconductor, photosensitivity and photoluminescence.
US12104023B2
Provided is a fiber-reinforced polypropylene composition having a light weight and improved mechanical strength. A carbon fiber-containing polypropylene composition contains a predetermined amount of each of polypropylene (component 1), carbon fiber (component 2), and modified polypropylene (component 3), wherein the component 2 contains a predetermined amount of each of a C—O bond, a C═O bond, an O—C═O bond, a C—C bond, and a C—N bond.
US12104021B2
Superabsorbent fibers (SAF) in a feed stream is converted into soluble polymers in an extensional flow device. The total energy used to degrade the SAF into soluble polymers is less than about 50 MJ/kg SAF.
US12104018B2
The present invention relates to relates to a polymer formulation for three-dimensionally (3D) printing an article by stereolithography, the formulation comprising a functionalized polymer. The invention further relates to lithographic methods to form 3D objects that incorporate the aforementioned polymer formulation.
US12104011B2
Provided is a biopolymer composition, a preparation method for the same, and a bioplastic using the same, the biopolymer composition comprising at least 83.5 weight % of a copolymer resin of lactic acid (LA) and 3-hydroxypropionate (3HP), an antioxidant, and a lubricant, and the composition having an elongation percentage of at least 90% but not greater than 500%.
US12104002B2
Processes for polymerizing polyolefins include contacting ethylene and optionally one or more (C3-C12)α-olefin in the presence of a catalyst system, wherein the catalyst system comprises a metal-ligand complex having a structure according to formula (I):
US12103999B2
The present invention relates to provision of a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) a photopolymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group and an acidic substituent, and (B) a photopolymerization initiator, wherein at least one of the components contained in the photosensitive resin composition is a component including a dicyclopentadiene structure; a photosensitive resin film using the foregoing photosensitive resin composition; a printed wiring board and a method for producing the same; and a semiconductor package.
US12103994B2
Cationic copolymers having pendant N-allylimidazolium-containing groups are provided. The cationic copolymers can be used, for example, to provide anion exchange membranes for use in electrochemical cells such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, and electrodialysis cells. The anion exchange membranes typically have good mechanical properties and ionic conductivity.
US12103975B2
The present invention relates generally to glutamine-free cell culture media supplemented with asparagine. The invention further concerns the production of recombinant proteins, such as antibodies, in asparagine-supplemented glutamine-free mammalian cell culture.
US12103973B2
The present invention provides an anti-B7-H3 monoclonal antibody and use thereof in cell therapy. Specifically, the present invention provides an scFv, an antibody, and a specific CAR-T cell specifically targeting B7-H3. The present invention further provides an engineered immune cell capable of co-expressing a CAR targeting B7-H3 and a chimeric molecule or a secreted protein of PD-L1, the engineered immune cell having good tumor killing effects.
US12103962B2
The invention refers to an isolated antibody that specifically binds to O25b antigen of E. coli strains comprising at least an antibody heavy chain variable region (VH), which comprises any of the CDR1 to CDR3 sequences as listed in FIG. 1, and optionally further comprising an antibody light chain variable region (VL), which comprises any of the CDR4 to CDR6 sequences as listed in FIG. 1, or functionally active CDR variants of any of the forgoing CDR 1-6 sequences.
US12103955B2
The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of fibrosis and/or cardiovascular disease. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human relaxin, isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising relaxin. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto. mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of relaxin expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of toxic metabolites associated with deficient relaxin activity in subjects.
US12103953B2
Provided is a polypeptide having FGF2 activity and improved temperature stability and protease resistance. The polypeptide includes at least one substitution selected from a substitution of aspartic acid (D) with glutamic acid (E) at position 28, a substitution of cysteine (C) with isoleucine (I) or leucine (L) at position 78, or a substitution of cysteine (C) with isoleucine (I) or tryptophan (W) at position 96 in SEQ ID NO: 1.
US12103943B2
The present disclosure is concerned with Clofarabine analogs for the treatment of various cancers such as, for example, sarcomas, carcinomas, hematological cancers, solid tumors, breast cancer, cervical cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, colorectal cancer, brain cancer, skin cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, thyroid cancer, testicular cancer, pancreatic cancer, endometrial cancer, melanomas, gliomas, leukemias, lymphomas, chronic myeloproliferative disorders, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and plasma cell neoplasms (myelomas). This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US12103942B2
Provided are a compound having a metal M and a first ligand LA comprising the structure of where the compound is capable of functioning as a phosphorescent emitter in an organic light emitting device at room temperature.
US12103933B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.
US12103930B2
The invention is directed towards stable formulations of 5,10-methylene-(6R)-tetrahydrofolic acid and its hemisulfate salt as well as pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in therapy, preferably chemotherapy.
US12103923B2
Provided herein are methods of using 2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-4-((2-fluoro-4-((3-morpholinoazetidin-1-yl)methyl)benzyl)amino)isoindoline-1,3-dione, or an enantiomer, a mixture of enantiomers, a tautomer, an isotopolog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, alone or in combination with rituximab, for treating, preventing or managing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
US12103921B2
The invention relates to pyrazole derivatives, to their use in medicine, to compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation and to intermediates used in such processes. More particularly the invention relates to HbS modulators of formula (I) or tautomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said modulators or tautomers thereof, wherein X, Y, R2 and R3 are as defined in the description. HbS modulators are potentially useful in the treatment of a wide range of disorders, including sickle cell disease (SCD).
US12103914B2
The present application discloses, in part, isolated, stable and biologically active menaquinol derivatives and their methods of use for the treatment of various diseases.
US12103911B2
Provided is a method for producing a composition containing gallic acid, the composition having a low content rate of protocatechuic acid using a microbial culture solution. A method for producing a composition containing gallic acid, the method comprising a step (A) of performing cooling crystallization using an aqueous solution (a) containing gallic acid and protocatechuic acid at 0.9° C./min or less.
US12103909B2
The present invention relates to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-based compounds, for a molecular electronic device, enabling molecular rectification, and molecular electronic devices comprising a molecular layer formed by means of the compounds self-assembled on an electrode. The compounds according to the present invention can realize rectifying properties by being introduced between electrodes and thus enable a high rectification ratio by means of low voltage driving, and thus can be substituted for a silicon-based diode device and, more particularly, can be utilized for a wearable device, Bluetooth, an IoT enabling device and the like which require low voltage driving.
US12103906B2
Disclosed herein are clusters compounds that include at least one substituted amine sulfate and at least one substituted amine bisulfate molecule. The substituted amine sulfate molecule and the substituted amine bisulfate molecule may each include an ammonium moiety with at least one alkyl substituent. Optionally, the alkyl substituent can include 1 to 20 carbon atoms, 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or 1 to 6 carbon atoms. For example, the alkyl substituent can be a methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, or pentyl group. In some examples, the substituted amine sulfate molecule and the substituted amine bisulfate molecule each include an ammonium moiety with at least two alkyl substituents. Optionally, the two alkyl substituents are the same. Alternatively, however, the two alkyl substituents can be different.
US12103903B2
Photostabilizing compounds are provided. In particular, the photostabilizing compound may be heterocyclic or homocyclic. Topical compositions comprising these photostabilizing compounds are also provided. In particular, these topical compositions further comprise photoactive compounds. Methods for stabilizing photoactive compounds are also provided. These methods comprise mixing the photoactive compounds with the photostabilizing compounds.
US12103895B2
A ready-mixed composition and a pre-mix composition for the production of a concrete material containing sequestered carbon dioxide, a CO2-containing water used in such compositions, dry-batch and wet-batch processes for sequestering carbon dioxide in concrete material, general method and process for sequestering carbon dioxide in hardening concrete, system and ready-mixed truck to perform such processes and methods for the production of a ready-to-cure carbonated concrete. Compositions comprise a concrete mixture and a CO2-containing water. The CO2-containing water comprising water and at least one of blended CO2 gas bubbles, dissolved H2CO3, carbonate ions (CO32), bicarbonate ions (HCO3−), nanosized alkaline earth metal carbonate and nanosized alkali metal carbonate particles. The concrete mixture comprises a cementitious material, aggregates and at least one CO2-sequestering chemical for accelerating a CO2 sequestration speed and maximizing the captured amount of the carbon dioxide.
US12103893B2
The long strand fiberglass-impregnated waterproofing compound may provide a pre-mixed waterproofing compound that eliminates the need for a worker to combine the various elements prior to application. The compound may benefit from the use of long strand fiberglass so as to provide additional strength and resiliency to the compound and may be provided in a container suitable for preventing the compound from drying out before it is applied. The advantages of such a compound include creating a seamless waterproof seal on a surface, as well as adding structural rigidity and strength to the surface, while reducing the amount of time needed to apply the compound. The compound comprises, generally, a waterproofing material combined with a structural lattice in a portable container.
US12103891B2
A thin glass sheet having a desired surface profile is produced by: (a) receiving information about an actual surface of a thin glass sheet to be processed; (b) receiving information describing the desired surface profile of the thin glass sheet; (c) determining a corrective curvature based on (1) the information describing the actual surface of the thin glass sheet, and (2) the information describing the desired surface profile of the thin glass sheet; (d) determining at least one parameter of at least one glass shaping process; and (e) applying the at least one glass shaping process to the thin glass sheet using the parameter (s). The corrective curvature may be determined using a Laplacian of surface data of the thin glass sheet and the desired surface profile.
US12103890B2
A glass flux material for applying an opaque coating is provided. The glass flux material includes at least one pigment and a glass component with the following composition: SiO2 55-70 mol %, Al2O3 2.5-8 mol %, Bi2O3 0.5-<4 mol %, B2O3 14-27 mol %, with at least 2.5 mol % of at least one oxide of the group Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, wherein the ratio of alkali oxides to aluminum oxide ΣR2O/Al2O3 is less than 6.
US12103889B2
Glass-based substrates are described herein that may be processed by methods including applying a cover article onto a glass-based substrate, submerging the glass-based substrate in an etchant, and maintaining the submersion of the glass-based substrate in the etchant. The glass-based substrate may include a covered surface portion and an exposed surface portion. At least a portion of the covered surface portion may be in direct contact with the cover article. The covered surface portion may not be in contact with the etchant and the exposed surface portion may be in direct contact with the etchant. The etchant may contact the exposed surface portion and the cover article fora time sufficient to etch the exposed surface portion. The cover article may provide a barrier between the etchant and the covered surface portion for the entirety of the submerging.
US12103878B2
A biofilm composite carrier and a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The biofilm composite carrier includes a polyurethane framework, an adhesive and a functional material, wherein the functional material is adhered to the surface and pores of the polyurethane framework through the adhesive, and the functional material is a mixture of zeolite and tourmaline. The biofilm composite carrier is beneficial to the quick start-up and stable operation of the municipal sewage deammonification system under conditions of low temperature and low ammonium.
US12103872B1
Disclosed is a polycyclic azide desulfurizer, including the following raw materials in parts by mass: 20-35 parts of an alcohol amine, 20-35 parts of an amide, and an aldehyde, which is 10-15 parts of a small-molecule aldehyde or 20-35 parts of a polyaldehyde. Also disclosed is a method for synthesis of the polycyclic azide desulfurizer, including: mixing an alcohol amine with an amide and stirring, heating, adding a catalyst I dropwise, and performing reaction to obtain a monocyclic triazine, heating the monocyclic triazine, mixing with a polyaldehyde and stirring, adding a catalyst II dropwise, and performing coupling while stirring; alternatively, mixing a small-molecule aldehyde with an amide and stirring, heating, adding a catalyst I dropwise, and performing reaction, adding an alcohol amine, adding a catalyst II dropwise, and performing coupling while stirring; and separating a by-product from a product obtained after the coupling out, and purifying the product.
US12103868B2
Embodiments under the present disclosure include the application of an electric field in a region of liquid undergoing ultra-high shear impact, mixing and or cavitation. The co-location of electrolysis and high shear mixing and or cavitation has demonstrated the ability to cause advanced oxidation reactions and advanced reduction reactions in fluid systems such as water with both dissolved and suspended solids, and hydrocarbon with and without water emulsion.
US12103843B2
Methods, apparatuses and methods of manufacture are described for a MEMS mirror array with reduced crosstalk. The MEMS mirror array has a plurality of reflective surfaces wherein each reflective surface has a resonant frequency, and further wherein adjacent reflective surfaces do not have the same resonant frequency.
US12103841B1
A connector assembly controllably couples a box having a plurality of containers containing a liquid, is provided. Each container has a fitment. The connector assembly includes a housing, a valve assembly, actuator and a locking plate. The valve assembly includes a plurality of fitment receptacles. The actuator is rotatably coupled to the housing and is movable between an open position, a closed position and an engaged position. The locking plate assembly includes a plurality of opening corresponding to each fitment. The opening has a first diameter when the actuator is in the open position. The first diameter of the opening is configured to allow entry of the fitments into the opening. Movement of the actuator from the open position to the closed position closes the opening to a second diameter.
US12103838B1
Apparatus for automatically filling fluid into containers includes an actuator for raising and lowering a fluid dispensing needle. The needle is coupled to a pump. A first sensor senses that the needle has been moved to its lowered position. A control circuit responsive to the first sensor prevents the pump from pumping fluid to the needle unless the needle is in its lowered position. A horizontal actuator moves the needle actuator in a horizontal plane from one container to another. A second sensor senses that the needle has been moved to its raised position, and the control circuit is responsive thereto for preventing operation of the horizontal actuator unless the needle has been moved to its raised position.
US12103828B2
Disclosed are a winch, a rope guide, and a transmission device having a clutch function. The winch includes a base seat, a reel, a rope guide, a transmission assembly, and a motor. The reel is rotatably provided to the base seat. The rope guide is provided to the base seat. The transmission assembly is connected with the rope guide. The motor is connected with the reel to drive the reel to rotate, and the motor drives the rope guide through the transmission assembly. In the winch according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the rope guide is an active rope guide, bringing about a good rope guiding effect. Moreover, the reel and the rope guide are driven by the same motor, which reduces the number of components and parts, simplifies the structure and control, and lowers costs.
US12103824B2
An elevator system includes a travelling cable connected to an elevator car and to a hoistway wall. The travelling cable includes an electric conductor and/or a data carrier operatively connected at a first end to a feed source and at a second end to service appliances of the elevator car. A protective layer includes an outer diameter and surrounds the electric conductor and/or data carrier. A duct is connected at a first open end to a fluid source and at a second openable end to the elevator car. A sensor system is configured for detecting swaying amplitude of the travelling cable. A microprocessor is associated to the sensor system and to the fluid source. The microprocessor is configured for receiving swaying amplitude data from the sensor system and for operating the fluid source when the swaying amplitude exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US12103823B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a vibration damping device including an instability preventing means, for efficiently suppressing amplification of vibration of a long structure, which is mechanically flexible, due to a resonance phenomenon. A vibration damping device (100) for reducing vibration of a long structure (1) includes a displacement amplifier (7) and limiting members (8). The displacement amplifier (7) is arranged along a given position in the longitudinal direction of the structure (1). The displacement amplifier (7) amplifies a displacement of the structure (1). The limiting members (8) control displacement amplification performed by the displacement amplifier (7) such that the displacement of the structure (1) amplified by the displacement amplifier (7) does not become greater than a first displacement, the first displacement being a displacement of the structure (1) by which the structure (1) is not allowed to return to the equilibrium position of the vibration.
US12103805B2
A medium placement device configured to have a medium discharged from a discharge unit of a processing device placed therein, and includes: a placement unit including a plurality of placement surfaces, with different angles with respect to a horizontal direction, that are disposed along a discharge direction of the medium, the placement unit being configured to have the medium discharged from the discharge unit placed thereon; and a plurality of restricting members disposed facing the placement unit along the discharge direction, the plurality of restricting members being configured to come into contact with the medium from above. In an initial state in which the medium is not placed, a distance in a gravitational direction between a first end of each of the plurality of restricting members on a placement unit side and one of the plurality of placement surfaces that faces the first end in the gravitational direction is constant.
US12103803B2
A cassette comprises a storage portion configured to include a loading surface on which a sheet is loaded, a sheet guide configured to pivot with respect to a pivot central axis that is parallel to the loading surface, a pivot support shaft extending on two sides of the sheet guide along the pivot central axis, in the sheet guide, and a bearing portion configured to pivotably support the pivot support shaft, an insertion portion formed at a portion of the pivot support shaft, an insertion groove formed from the loading surface toward the bearing portion, and a flexible pressing portion disposed outside the insertion groove, and configured to press a leading end portion of the pivot support shaft.
US12103796B2
An autonomous racking system for use with a mobile delivery vehicle includes an array of flow racks configured to receive thereon a plurality of containers each of which associated with a single customer and a plurality of pushers configured to push each one of the containers past a front end of the array. An elevator abuts the front end of the array to receive one or more containers from at least one of the array and a vehicle side access portal, and to deliver one or more containers to one or more of the plurality of flow racks from the portal. The elevator comprises a plurality of loading pushers configured to push a container off of the movable carriage and onto the array. A controller is operable communication with a plurality of pusher drives, an elevator drive motor, and one or more elevator position sensors.
US12103792B2
A pallet building apparatus for automatically building a pallet load of pallet load article units onto a pallet support including a frame defining a pallet building base, at least one articulated robot to transport and place the pallet load article units, a controller to control articulated robot motion and effect therewith a pallet load build, at least one three-dimensional, time of flight, camera to generate three-dimensional imaging of the pallet support and pallet load build, wherein the controller registers, from the three-dimensional camera, real time three-dimensional imaging data embodying different corresponding three-dimensional images of the pallet support and pallet load build, to determine, in real time, from the corresponding real time three-dimensional imaging data, a pallet support variance or article unit variance and generate in real time an articulated robot motion signal, the articulated robot motion signal being generated real time so as to be performed real time.
US12103790B2
A flotation conveyance apparatus according to an embodiment conveys a substrate while floating the substrate by ejecting a gas to a lower surface of the substrate. The flotation conveyance apparatus includes an upper plate disposed on the substrate side including a plurality of ejecting ports for ejecting the gas and a lower plate disposed under the upper plate. Flow-paths for supplying the gas to the plurality of ejecting ports are provided on at least one of the upper plate and the lower plate.
US12103788B2
An apparatus includes a processing station with a container conveyor, a discharge apparatus including a discharge star with a carrier for transporting the containers, a discharge device arranged around the discharge star and defining a discharge curve for guiding the containers, a container inlet arranged at an end of the discharge device for receiving the containers, and a container outlet arranged at a second end of the discharge device for discharging the containers. The discharge device includes a discharge edge at the first end arranged in a region of the container conveyor such that, in the operating state, the container is received by the discharge edge into the container inlet, and the discharge star is rotatable such that the container is transported by the carrier on a guideway delimited by the discharge curve and the discharge star from the container inlet to the container outlet.
US12103784B2
An overhead tray conveyor system conveying tray movers holding trays carrying products to a workstation area for processing. Soiled trays are transferred from the tray movers to a wash system. Once sanitized, the trays are returned from the wash system to the tray movers advancing around a track circuit.
US12103783B2
A conveying carriage for a distributing conveyor, in particular a crossbelt sorter, which is configured to be conveyed along at least one guide element of the distributing conveyor in a conveying direction, includes a connecting arrangement for connecting the conveying carriage to a drive means of the distributing conveyor. With regard to a maximum freedom of movement of the conveying carriage relative to the drive means of the distributing conveyor, it is provided that the connecting arrangement has an articulated bearing.
US12103782B2
A feeding apparatus is provided. The feeding apparatus includes an apparatus body, a container, an elevatable platform, and a pulling mechanism. The container is disposed in the apparatus body, wherein the container has a carrier unit, and the carrier unit is detachably connected to the container. The elevatable platform is disposed on the apparatus body, wherein the elevatable platform is adapted to be moved between the first height and the second height. The pulling mechanism is disposed on the elevatable platform, wherein the pulling mechanism is adapted to be moved relative to the container.
US12103769B2
A transfer device includes: a mounting unit (132) on which a target article (90) is to be mounted; and a transfer unit (T) that transfers the target article (90) between a storage unit (A) and the mounting unit (132), the transfer unit (T) includes a first transfer device (10T) that holds the target article (90) and moves the target article (90) in a depth direction (L), and a second transfer device (20T) that moves a portion of the target article (90) in the depth direction (L), the portion being mounted on the mounting unit (132), a first transfer distance (dl) by which the target article (90) is to be moved by the first transfer device (10T) is shorter than a total transfer distance by which the target article (90) is to be moved in the depth direction (L) between the mounting unit (132) and the storage unit (A).
US12103767B1
A wheeled garbage receptacle with built-in seat including a main receptacle assembly, an add-on receptacle assembly, and a seat assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide a simple solution to maintaining comfortability while disposing of refuse. The main receptacle assembly includes a hollow cylindrical body that can be placed in alignment with an add-on receptacle. The main receptacle engaging with the add-on receptacle via latches about the perimeter of said main receptacle body. The main receptacle assembly also includes a seat assembly that forms a portion of the cylindrical body when in a closed position. The seat assembly includes a seat portion and a back rest that is mounted via a hinge. The add-on receptacle assembly includes a hollow container with a door. Said door allowing a user access to the interior of the add-on receptacle.
US12103765B1
A vehicle or shipping-container monitoring system is provided. The system is used to sample the interior environment of the container and if needed, clear a potentially hazardous material from the interior of the container prior to conventional opening. The system includes a monitoring assembly affixed to a first through-penetration in the vehicle container, an evacuation assembly affixed to a second through-penetration in the vehicle container, and an intake penetration with a cap affixed to a third through-penetration in the vehicle container. A method is also provided to assess the interior of a vehicle or shipping container for hazardous gases or vapors prior to opening the container.
US12103762B1
A site inspection case is presented. The case includes a moisture detector port, configured for a moisture detector. The case also includes a surface hardness tester port, configured for a surface hardness tester. The case further includes a laser distance measurement device port, configured for a laser distance measurement device. The case additionally includes a wheeled distance measurement device port, configured for a wheeled distance measurement device. The case includes a plurality of surface coating vial ports, configured for a plurality of surface coating vials. The case also includes a plurality of sample tile ports, configured for a plurality of sample tiles. The case further includes energy absorbing foam in spaces external to the respective ports and internal to the case wherein the energy absorbing foam is formed with cavities to maintain the components within the interior of the case stowed within their respective ports.
US12103756B2
A film for manufacturing a pouch includes a contact layer including (A) a copolymer of ethylene and α-olefin having a density in the range of 0.870 g/cm3 to 0.910 g/cm3, alone or in mixture with (B) a polyolefin having a density in the range of 0.910 g/cm3 to 0.940 g/cm3, the contact layer including less than 0.10 wt %, preferably less than 0.07 wt %, of additives able to release a degradation compound further to gamma irradiation in the range of 25 kGy-50 kGy that can slow down or delay cellular growth. The process for manufacturing such a film, as well as the single-use pouch manufactured from that film are also described.
US12103755B2
An apparatus and method for storing reeds. The apparatus includes a tray having a first platform and a second platform opposite from the first platform where each platform includes a plurality of reed passages, an inner recess between the first and second platforms, and a plurality of ventilation apertures on the first and second platforms. The tray may be removably configured within an airtight container. A method for storing reeds includes positioning a humidity-control insert within an inner recess of a tray, having a first platform, a second platform opposite from the first platform, an inner recess between the first and second platforms, and a plurality of reed passages on the first and second platforms, wherein each of the plurality of reed passages may include ventilation apertures. The method further includes placing a reed within one of the reed passages and securing the reed with an elastic band.
US12103748B2
A capping device intended to be fixed to a neck of a container includes a lower ring, a cap, an articulation device that connects the cap and the lower ring, and a locking device configured to lock the cap when it is in a tilted open position. The locking device includes a stop protruding radially outwards and a protruding portion protruding axially from the lower ring. The stop and the protruding portion are configured in such a way that, when the cap is in the tilted open position, the stop abuts against the protruding portion, the portion protrusion having a radial thickness ε1 greater than a radial thickness ε2 of a first section of the lower ring outside some engaging zones.
US12103742B2
A closure includes a hinged sealing element including a top wall and a first skirt. The first skirt has a sealing formation allowing engagement of a mating sealing formation of a bottle. A second skirt has an attachment formation engageable with a mating attachment formation of the bottle. A plurality of frangible members is attached to each of the skirts. A pair of hinge members is attached between the first and second skirts. A biasing member is attached to the first skirt between the hinge members and extending downwardly from the first skirt to interact with a neck portion of the bottle such that the sealing formation of the first skirt and the mating sealing formation of the bottle are biased toward each other.
US12103737B2
A rectangular-bottomed packaging bag (1) is a rectangular-bottomed packaging bag formed by folding a sheet material member and includes a rectangular shaped bottom (2) a front (3) and a rear (4) rising from two facing sides of the bottom (2), and a pair of sides (5) connecting the front (3) and the rear (4). The pair of sides (5) each include a first region (31) positioned on the front (3) side, a second region (32) positioned on the rear (4) side, a side joining portion (33) joining the first region (31) and the second region (32), and an inclined joining portion (34) inclined to the bottom (2) side from the side joining portion (33) toward one of the front (3) and the rear (4) and joining the sheet material member of the first region (31) and the second region (32) overlapping each other in a direction of thickness.
US12103710B1
A stand for holding a flight control surface of an aircraft wing. The stand has a longitudinal spine supported by plural uprights and supporting at least two hanger assemblies. Each hanger assembly has attachment points transversely outboard of the spine. Rods articulably depend downwardly from the respective attachment points to be articulably connected at a cradle. The cradle is configured to fixedly hold an aircraft flight control surface for maintenance. By adjusting the transverse spacing of the rods from the spine, the attitude of the flight control surface can be adjusted as needed for a particular maintenance task.
US12103703B2
A jam detection system for a flap of a wing of an aircraft includes a linkage coupled to the flap and a support of the wing, and a sensor configured to detect a position of at least a portion of the linkage. The sensor is further configured to compare the position of the least a portion of the linkage to a jam threshold to determine if a jam condition exists. The linkage can also be coupled to a carriage moveably coupled to the support.
US12103695B2
An exhaust nozzle assembly for a propulsion system include a primary nozzle, an outer shroud, an ejector nozzle, and an actuator. The primary nozzle extends along an exhaust centerline. The primary nozzle includes a downstream axial end. The outer shroud surrounds the primary nozzle. The ejector nozzle extends axially between a first axial end and a second axial end. The second axial end forms a nozzle exit plane for the exhaust nozzle assembly. The ejector nozzle converges in a direction from the first axial end to the second axial end. The ejector nozzle forms a mixing cross-sectional area between the primary nozzle and the ejector nozzle at the downstream axial end. The actuator is mounted on the ejector nozzle. The actuator is configured to move the ejector nozzle between a first position and a second position, relative to the outer shroud, to control an area of the mixing cross-sectional area.
US12103694B2
An air intake for a nacelle of an aircraft engine includes a substantially cylindrical outer wall, a substantially cylindrical inner wall, a front lip, a front mounting flange, and a support structure. The front lip connects the substantially cylindrical inner wall and the substantially cylindrical outer wall. The front mounting flange is configured to cooperate with a rear flange of a wall of the aircraft engine forming a fan casing. The support structure comprises a lower end configured to be secured to the fan casing, by the rear flange, and an upper end in contact at least with a downstream portion of the outer wall. The support structure includes access apertures configured to be crossed by maintenance tools during operations of maintenance of the air intake.
US12103686B2
A movable area partition is disclosed herein. The movable area partition includes a bottom pivot point, a top pivot point, a first panel having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of the first panel pivotably coupled to the bottom pivot point, and a second panel having a first end an opposing second end, the first end of the second panel rotatably coupled to the second end of the first panel and the second end of the second panel pivotably coupled to the top pivot point.
US12103682B2
A package coupling apparatus for securing a package to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is provided. The package coupling apparatus includes a hanger and a strap coupled to the hanger. The hanger includes a base configured to be positioned adjacent to the package and a handle extending up from the base. The handle includes a handle opening and a bridge that extends over the handle opening. The bridge is configured to be secured by a component of the UAV. The strap is configured to surround the package and secure the package to the hanger.
US12103679B2
An information processing apparatus includes a control unit that controls a first flying vehicle and a second flying vehicle. The first flying vehicle captures an image of a surface of a road. The second flying vehicle emits light onto the surface, such that a spot where a level difference is estimated, in advance, to occur on the surface, an image capturing direction in which the first flying vehicle captures an image of the spot, and a light emitting direction in which the second flying vehicle emits the light onto the spot have a relationship that causes, when the level difference exists, a shadow to occur at the spot and the shadow to be captured.
US12103677B2
A flying vehicle comprising a wing ship body having a pair of wing spars secured thereto; and a plurality of hinged wing-rib assemblies disposed along each wing spar that allows the wings to be folded against the body of the flying vehicle. Fabric-coupling members connect wing fabric to the wing-rib assemblies. A method for folding or collapsing the wings of a wing-in-ground-effect wing ship comprising providing a wing-in-ground-effect wing ship having a pair of wings, and folding the wings toward and against the body of the wing-in-ground-effect wing ship.
US12103674B2
A vehicle includes a tilt rotor that is aft of a fixed wing and that is attached to the fixed wing via a pylon. A flight computer configured to instruct the tilt rotor to produce a maximum downward angle including by updating an actuator authority database associated with the flight computer to reflect the maximum downward angle, and generating a rotor control signal for the tilt rotor using the updated actuator authority database that reflects the maximum downward angle, wherein the maximum downward angle is adjustable.
US12103673B2
A tailsitter aircraft includes an airframe having first and second wings with first and second pylons extending therebetween, a thrust array attached to the airframe, payloads and payload saddle assemblies coupled to the pylons each configured to secure a respective payload. The thrust array includes propulsion assemblies configured to transition the airframe between a forward flight orientation for wing-borne lift and a VTOL orientation for thrust-borne lift. Each payload saddle assembly includes a latch assembly and a retainer configured to secure the respective payload against a respective pylon. A latch assembly is movable between various positions including an open position and a closed position and is configured to secure the respective payload in the closed position and release the respective payload in the open position. Each latch assembly is configured to move from the closed position to the open position to release the respective payload in the VTOL orientation.
US12103672B2
A rotary wing aircraft that extends along an associated roll axis between a nose region and an aft region and that comprises a fuselage with a front section and a rear section, the rotary wing aircraft comprising: a main rotor that is rotatably mounted at the front section, and a stabilizer arrangement that is arranged at the rear section in the aft region, wherein the rear section extends between the front section and the stabilizer arrangement and comprises an asymmetrical cross-sectional profile in direction of the associated roll axis.
US12103669B2
By providing propellers for vertical ascent and descent and for horizontal flight, and a blade for horizontal flight, it is possible to obtain an aerial vehicle capable of high speed horizontal flight and capable of flying a long distance.
US12103666B2
An aircraft landing gear assembly having a first landing gear element movably coupled relative to a second landing gear element to move between a first condition and a second condition. The aircraft landing gear assembly further comprises a fibre composite leaf spring formed from a plurality of composite layers and arranged between the first and second elements, the leaf spring being arranged to bend when the first element moves from the first condition to the second condition. The fibre composite leaf spring comprises a first region and a second region, wherein the number of composite layers in the first region is greater than the number of composite layers in the second region. The landing gear further comprises a mounting assembly arranged to engage the first region of the leaf spring to couple the leaf spring to the first landing gear element.
US12103663B2
The present technology relates to a control device, a control method, an unmanned aircraft, an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program capable of reflecting the user's intentions and reducing damage in the event of a failure in an unmanned aircraft. A control device of a first aspect of the present technology is a device that controls movement of an unmanned aircraft during a fall according to a control command generated for an image showing a falling position, captured by the unmanned aircraft. The present technology can be applied to a device that controls a drone that controls movement so as to shift the falling position when an aircraft fails.
US12103658B2
A sea water intake riser system for a floating production unit, including a caisson having a through-opening in a bottom side and being connectable to an upper end of a riser pipe; a lift pump inside the caisson and having an inlet at a vertical distance with a predetermined minimum submergence for pumping cold water from the caisson up to the floating production unit for use as cooling medium, wherein the sea water intake riser system includes at least two caissons, having a height substantially equal to a vertical height of a hull of the floating production unit and including an open top side; each caisson extending from a predetermined minimum distance from the bottom side of the hull up to at least the water-line during use and wherein a sump tank is located between the bottom side of the hull and the at least two caissons.
US12103657B2
A remote monitoring method, performed at a central location by a controller associated with the central location, for use with multiple remotely located boats is described involving determining, based upon first location information, second location information and tide information, whether a water-fed air conditioner of a first boat or a water-fed air conditioner of a second boat should be shut off or turned back on due to tide-caused depth changes at a first location or second location. A controller for a boat has at least one processor; and programming which, when executed will cause the at least one processor to, when the boat's air conditioner is operating, cause at least a water pump pumping water to the condenser to shut off at a time, based upon a depth at the current location of the boat of less than a specified minimum acceptable depth.
US12103636B2
An electric snowmobile that reduces a decrease in charging efficiency is provided. The electric snowmobile includes a body frame, a driver's seat supported by the body frame, an electric motor supported by the body frame, a right ski and a left ski supported by the body frame, a track mechanism including a track belt and supported by the body frame below the driver's seat, a battery that is charged with electric power supplied from an external power source and capable of supplying the electric power to the electric motor, and a battery heater H that can be driven by electric power supplied from an external power source and heats the battery.
US12103635B2
A bicycle including a frame with a fork, the fork having dropouts between which a wheel axle is mounted. The wheel axle includes a sensor and/or an electric component arranged to be connected to a control element. A detachable electric connection is provided between the sensor and/or electric component and the control element. The detachable electric connection is positioned between the wheel axle and the thru-axle.
US12103625B2
A control device is for a human-powered vehicle that includes a vehicle component and a plurality of detectors. The detectors are configured to detect information related to a vehicle speed of the human-powered vehicle in which the information related to the vehicle speed differs between the detectors. The detectors includes at least a first detector. The control device includes an electronic controller. The electronic controller is configured to control the vehicle component in accordance with an output of the first detector in a case where the output of the first detector is in a first state. The electronic controller is configured to control the vehicle component in accordance with an output of a predetermined detector that differs from the first detector among the detectors in a case where the output of the first detector is not in the first state.
US12103623B2
A steering element with a steering control arm has an elongated metallic body that includes a thinner buckling section arranged between a distal part of the metallic body and a proximal part of the metallic body. An anti-corrosion coating is arranged on the metallic body on either side of the thinner buckling section over the distal part and the proximal part. A protective anti-corrosion element, different from the anti-corrosion coating, covers the whole of the thinner buckling section.
US12103616B2
In a steering control device, method, and system, a command is calculated for generating a periodical yaw moment having a phase opposite to oscillating motion based on information on oscillating motion which occurs in a vehicle combination composed of a vehicle and a trailer, and based on the calculated command, a first steering angle command for controlling a steering angle of the front wheels of the vehicle is output to a front wheel steering control unit and a second steering angle command for controlling a steering angle of the rear wheels of the vehicle is output to a rear wheel steering control unit, so that the oscillating motion can be suppressed.
US12103615B2
In some embodiments, a powered trailer is provided having a chassis, a fixation structure for fixing the chassis to a target vehicle to be pushed, a drive mechanism for applying motive force to the chassis, an energy source for powering the drive mechanism, and a controller for controlling the application of motive force to the chassis by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is actuated by the controller to push the target vehicle.
US12103614B2
A method of implementing an autonomous electric-powered trailer during a towing operation includes sourcing, via the one or more computers, one or more streams of sensing data from one or more sensing sources during a towing event involving an autonomous electric-powered (AEP) trailer and a towing entity, generating, via a towing-assist control algorithm, a plurality of towing-assistance instructions based on an input of the one or more streams of sensing data; operating, via one or more electric motors, each wheel of the AEP trailer at a target propulsion based on the plurality of towing-assistance instructions, wherein the operating of the each wheel enables the AEP trailer to autonomously assist the towing entity during the towing event.
US12103594B2
A vehicle includes a dash cross member extending along a vehicle width direction, a front side member arranged in front of the dash cross member and joined to the dash cross member, a floor member arranged behind the dash cross member, and a brace joined to the dash cross member and joined to the floor member. A joint between the brace and the dash cross member overlaps a joint between the front side member and the dash cross member in the vehicle width direction. The brace includes an extending portion. The extending portion is joined to the floor member.
