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US12066890B2 Error-tolerant memory system for machine learning systems
A memory system uses error detection codes to detect when errors have occurred in a region of memory. A count of the number of errors is kept and a notification is output in response to the number of errors satisfying a threshold value. The notification is an indication to a host (e.g., a program accessing or managing a machine learning system) that the threshold number of errors have been detected in the region of memory. As long as the number of errors that have been detected in the region of memory remains under the threshold number no notification need be output to the host.
US12066888B2 Efficient security metadata encoding in error correcting code (ECC) memory without dedicated ECC bits
The technology disclosed herein comprises a processor; a memory to store data and a plurality of error correcting code (ECC) bits associated with the data; and a memory controller coupled to the memory, the memory controller to receive a write request from the processor and, when an access control field is selected in the write request, perform an exclusive OR (XOR) operation on the plurality of ECC bits and a fixed encoding pattern to generate a plurality of encoded ECC bits and store the data and the plurality of encoded ECC bits in the memory.
US12066887B2 Reducing cryptographic update errors in memory devices using cyclical redundancy checks
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a system including: a memory device including a secure storage area; a server configured to generate cryptographic data and compute a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) value of the cryptographic data; and a manufacturer computing device configured to receive the cryptographic data and the CRC value and issue a command including the cryptographic data and the CRC value to the memory device, wherein the memory device is configured to compute a local CRC value using the cryptographic data in the command, compare the local CRC value to the CRC value, and write the cryptographic data to the secure storage area when the local CRC value matches the CRC value.
US12066884B2 Computer-based systems involving pipeline and/or machine learning aspects configured to generate predictions for batch automation/processes and methods of use thereof
Systems and methods involving provision of machine-learning-based prediction of future failure, anomaly, etc. in execution of batch processes are disclosed. In one illustrative implementation, an exemplary method may comprise obtaining historical data from prior execution of one or more batch processes, training a machine learning model to predict one or more future failure(s) and/or future flag(s) in execution of a future batch process, generating and/or collecting descriptive analytics pertinent to execution of the batch processes, and predicting a future failure and/or future flag in execution of the batch processes using the trained machine learning model and/or the descriptive analytics.
US12066879B2 Multi-port adaptor supporting power delivery and portable electronic device connected thereto
Multiport adapters include a power connection port, a host connection port, a peripheral device connection port, a controller, and a power supply circuit. The controller is configured to receive, through the power connection port, first power information regarding power suppliable from a power supply device to the multiport adapter, determine a maximum power value in the first power information, transmit a message requesting the power supply device to supply power of the maximum power value to the multiport adapter, determine a third power value obtained by subtracting, from the maximum power value, a first power value consumed by the multiport adapter and a second power value set to be supplied to a peripheral device, generate, based on the third power value, second power information regarding power suppliable from the multiport adapter to a host device, and transmit the second power information to the host device through the host connection port.
US12066875B2 Cable bracket for stacked HBAs with bracket-mounted connectors
In one aspect, a bracket assembly comprises a bracket and a pair of rails. The bracket comprises a first portion which includes a first segment with a first opening and a second segment with a second opening. The pair of rails comprises: a first rail which includes a first tab protruding from the first rail and including a first notch; and a second rail which includes a second tab protruding from the second rail and including a second notch. The bracket is to attach to the pair of rails when: the first portion is placed against the ends of the rails such that the first tab is inserted into the first opening and the second tab is inserted into the second opening; and the bracket is slid down such that the first opening rests in the first notch and the second opening rests in the second notch.
US12066872B2 Hinge assembly and electronic device including the same
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a first area, a second area, and a folding area between the first area and the second area, a first housing configured to support the first area, a second housing configured to support the second area, and a hinge assembly configured to connect the first housing and the second housing, wherein the hinge assembly includes a hinge bracket including a pair of first rail structures formed to define a pair of hinge axes, a pair of hinge structures having one side connected to the first housing or the second housing and another side rotatably connected about the hinge axis along the first rail structure, and including a first cam structure. an intermediate member connected to the hinge bracket, and an elastic member configured to provide an elastic force to the intermediate member.
US12066866B2 Flexible display device and control method therefor
The present invention relates to a flexible display device and a control method therefor. The flexible display device comprises: a body part having a polygonal column shape; a flexible display unit which is configured to be inserted into the body part or withdrawn from the body part, while being deformed by an external force; a rotary member which is rotatably installed inside the body part and makes the flexible display unit become rolled or unrolled along the outer surface; a conductive member which is installed and fixed to the bottom surface portion inside the body part and contacts the flexible display unit to apply a touch input; and a control unit which sets an externally exposed region of the flexible display unit as an active region on the basis of the touch input applied to the flexible display unit.
US12066864B2 Folding-type display and portable terminal device
Provided is a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability, and that is resistant to image distortion that can appear in the folding portion after the display is repeatedly folded, and also a mobile device equipped with such a foldable display. The foldable display includes a hard coating film on at least part of the front surface thereof, the hard coating film including a polyester film having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.65 to 1.0 dl/g as a substrate film; a hardened layer formed from a polyimide-based resin, the hardened layer having a thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm; and a hard coating layer, wherein the hardened layer and the hard coating layer are present in this order at least on the front surface side of the substrate film.
US12066863B2 Foldable electronic device
A foldable electronic device, including: a foldable screen, where the foldable screen is made of a plurality of layers of materials; and a first housing and a second housing, where the first housing and the second housing are connected by using a folding shaft, traction mechanisms are disposed on the first housing and the second housing, an outermost layer of the foldable screen is fixedly connected to the first housing and the second housing, an innermost layer of the foldable screen is fixedly connected to the traction mechanisms, the traction mechanisms slide on the first housing and the second housing along a first direction, the traction mechanisms are configured to drag the layers of the foldable screen to be dislocated mutually, and the first direction is a direction perpendicular to the folding shaft.
US12066862B2 Dock with actively controlled heatsink for a multi-form factor information handling system (IHS)
Embodiments of a dock with an actively controlled heatsink for a multi-form factor Information Handling System (HS) are described. In some embodiments, a dock may include: a base, a plateau configured to receive an IHS, and an arm coupling a distal edge of the base to a proximal edge of the plateau, where the plateau comprises a heatsink configured to cool a heatpipe disposed within the IHS via a bottom surface of the IHS.
US12066861B1 Nosepiece for head-mountable device
A head-mountable device can include a nosepiece that distributes forces away from a top of the nose to the sides of the nose. The nose contact elements of such nosepieces can be slideably and/or rotationally biased to apply forces to the sides of the nose when the head-mountable device is worn by a user. Such distribution allows forces to be spread across a greater area, which improves overall comfort, positioning, and light sealing of the head-mountable device.
US12066858B2 Foldable display device
A foldable display device includes: a display panel including a foldable display area; a first base plate overlapping a portion of the foldable display area to guide folding of the display panel; a second base plate overlapping another portion of the foldable display area to guide the folding of the display panel together with the first base plate; a first rotor coupled to the first base plate to rotate around a first virtual rotation axis, a second rotor coupled to the second base plate to rotate around a second virtual rotation axis; a follower in contact with the first and second rotors to reciprocate in a first direction by rotation of at least one of the first and second rotors; and a bracket coupled to the first and second rotors to guide a rotation path of each of the first and second rotors.
US12066854B2 Data processing device, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method for processing data
A data processing device comprises: a data receiver to receive data to be processed, an external clock, and a unit control signal determining a processing unit for the data to be processed from an outside, the data receiver including a PLL circuit to receive the external clock; a clock abnormality detector to operate based on a clock of a system different from a system of the external clock and detect abnormality of the external clock based on a lock signal output from the PLL circuit; and a data processing controller to control processing of the data. When abnormality of the external clock is detected, the data processing controller stops taking in the data to be processed, and when the external clock becomes normal again, take in the unit control signal and resume taking in the data to be processed.
US12066851B2 Appliance load manager that cycles an air conditioner to reduce peak demand
A home appliance can operate in a future time frame. Information is obtained from a power distributor in order to determine a time when to operate the home appliance in this future time frame. The home appliance then operates at the time determined with information from the power distributor.
US12066850B2 Energy control and generation method and system
A method and system of controlling the time dependent transfer of electrical power between a first electrical network and a second electrical network is disclosed. The first electrical network is operable to provide instantaneous electrical power to the second electrical network located at a location, the second electrical network includes electrical generating capacity at the location based on stored energy accessible at the location. The method and system involves receiving at the second electrical network pricing information from the first electrical network, the pricing information associated with the future supply of electrical power by the first electrical network to the second electrical network and then modifying substantially in real time the transfer of electrical power between the first and second electrical networks in accordance with the pricing information and the electricity demand characteristics of the location.
US12066847B2 Solenoid initiator for compressed fluid source regulator valve assembly
A regulator valve assembly for a compressed fluid source may comprise a valve housing defining a main fluid channel, a secondary fluid channel, a primary outlet, a primary inlet, and a secondary inlet. A poppet may be located in the main fluid channel, The poppet may define a poppet channel and a poppet outlet. The poppet channel may be fluidly connected to the secondary inlet. A rod may be configured to translate in and out the poppet outlet. A pin may be biased toward the secondary fluid channel. The pin may be configured to translate into a translation path of the rod. A solenoid valve may be configured to control a flow of fluid into the secondary fluid channel.
US12066844B2 Adaptive acceleration for materials handling vehicle
A method is provided for operating a materials handling vehicle comprising: monitoring, by a processor, vehicle acceleration in a direction of travel of the vehicle during a manual operation by an operator of the vehicle when the vehicle is traveling in a first vehicle orientation; collecting and storing, by the processor, data related to the monitored vehicle acceleration; receiving, by the processor, a request to implement a semi-automated driving operation; calculating, by the processor, a maximum vehicle acceleration based on acceleration data comprising the stored data, wherein the data related to the monitored vehicle acceleration used in calculating the maximum vehicle acceleration comprises only the vehicle acceleration data in the direction of travel of the vehicle collected when the vehicle is traveling in the first vehicle orientation. Based at least in part on the maximum vehicle acceleration, controlling, by the processor, implementation of the semi-automated driving operation.
US12066840B2 Method and system for providing route of unmanned air vehicle
A method and a system for establishing a route of an unmanned aerial vehicle are provided. The method includes identifying an object from surface scanning data and shaping a space, which facilitates autonomous flight, as a layer, collecting surface image data for a flight path from the shaped layer, and analyzing a change in image resolution according to a distance from the object through the collected surface image data and extracting an altitude value on a flight route.
US12066838B2 Systems and methods for obtaining location data
Obtaining location data in a novel way is considered to be a part of this invention. An exemplary method for doing so includes identifying first positioning information for a data delivery vehicle based at least in part on a plurality of positioning signals received at the data delivery vehicle from a set of satellites of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The example method comprises obtaining relative position information associated with a position vector from the data delivery vehicle to a remote vehicle, the remote vehicle being unable to receive the plurality of positioning signals from the set of satellites. The example method comprises determining second positioning information for the remote vehicle based at least in part on the first positioning information and the relative position information. The example method comprises transmitting the second positioning information to the remote vehicle.
US12066837B2 Systems and methods for flexible manufacturing using self-driving vehicles
Systems and methods for flexible conveyance in an assembly-line or manufacturing process are disclosed. A fleet of self-driving vehicles and a fleet-management system can be used to convey workpieces through a sequence of workstations at which operations are performed in order to produce a finished assembly. An assembly can be transported to a first workstation using a self-driving vehicle, where an operation is performed on the assembly. Subsequently, the assembly can be transported to a second workstation using the self-driving vehicle. The operation can be performed on the assembly while it is being conveyed by the self-driving vehicle.
US12066830B2 System, method, infrastructure, and vehicle for automated valet parking
An automated parking system and a method enable a driverless vehicle to autonomously travel and park in a vacant parking slot through communication with a parking infrastructure. The automated parking system and method also control the driverless vehicle to autonomously travel from a parking slot to a pickup area through communication with the parking infrastructure.
US12066829B2 Autonomous modular sweeper robot and dock system
An autonomous sweeper is provided, including a sweeper module, and a robot chassis having a length along a pair of sides, a front side, a back side and a top side that define an interior space. The sweeper module is configured to fit within the interior space when the robot chassis moves over the sweeper module. A pair of wheels is disposed proximate to the back side of the robot chassis and a single wheel is disposed proximate to the front side. A pair of scissor lifts is disposed along said pair of sides. A lift frame including alignment pegs that fit into corresponding alignment holes is disposed on the top side of the sweeper module. The lift frame is raised and lowered by said pair of scissor lifts, and said scissor lifts assist in lifting the sweeper module while aligning said sweeper module to the robot chassis using said alignment pegs and alignment holes.
US12066828B2 Conditional and connected smart routines for autonomous vehicles
The subject disclosure relates to techniques for implementing conditional automation systems and in particular, for facilitating conditional automation in the context autonomous vehicle (AV) transportation services. Some aspects of the disclosed technology include methods that include steps for receiving an event trigger at a conditional autonomous vehicle (AV) platform, mapping the event trigger onto a conditional output, and sending the conditional output to an autonomous vehicle (AV) associated with the event trigger, wherein the conditional output is configured to update a navigation instruction followed by the AV. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US12066822B2 Device for controlling guidance robot, guidance system in which same is used, and method for controlling guidance robot
A server (3) includes a route determination unit (3f1) that determines a route; a user dynamic data recognition unit (3a1) that recognizes, during guidance, user dynamic data; a guidance request estimation unit (3c) that estimates a guidance request of a user, based on the user dynamic data; a notification instruction unit (3h) that issues to a robot (2) an instruction for notification of inquiry information for inquiring about necessity of change of the route; and a reaction recognition unit (3i) that recognizes a reaction of the user to the notification. The route determination unit (3f1) determines a content of the change of the route, based on the guidance request, and determines whether the change of the route is performed, based on the reaction.
US12066821B2 Monitoring components of manufacturing application systems with respect to application-specific metrics
Systems and methods for monitoring components of a manufacturing application system (e.g., MES or MOM) with respect to application-specific metrics is provided. The MES may include software or a computer system used to monitor, control, and log processes employed to transform raw materials to products in an industrial automation system. The industrial automation system may include a monitoring system that receive a first set of data associated with application-specific metrics corresponding to the manufacturing application system as well as a second set of data from components associated with the manufacturing application system. The monitoring system may store a third set of data, in which the second set of data is organized with respect to the first set of data in a database. The monitoring system may analyze the organized data with respect to boundary conditions and provide alerts to a user or adjust operations associated with the components or the manufacturing application systems based on the components operating outside of the boundary conditions.
US12066820B2 Integrity index detecting method for device by means of control output signal
Disclosed is an integrity index detecting method for a device by means of a control output signal including an integrity information collecting step S10 of measuring and collecting a time interval between a control output signal and a subsequent control output signal; a defect information collecting step S20 of measuring and collecting a time interval between a control output signal and a subsequent control output signal; a setting step S30 of setting an integrity reference value and a defect reference value for the time interval between the control output signals; a detecting step S40 of measuring and collecting the time interval value between a control output signal and a subsequent control output signal; and an outputting step S50 of outputting the integrity index value detected in the detecting step S40 to provide the integrity index value to the manager.
US12066818B2 Systems, methods, and media for manufacturing processes
A manufacturing system is disclosed herein. The manufacturing system includes one or more stations, a monitoring platform, and a control module. Each station of the one or more stations is configured to perform at least one step in a multi-step manufacturing process for a component. The monitoring platform is configured to monitor progression of the component throughout the multi-step manufacturing process. The control module is configured to dynamically adjust processing parameters of each step of the multi-step manufacturing process to achieve a desired final quality metric for the component.
US12066817B2 Method and system for manufacturing industrial goods using influence diagram mapped to maximum expected utilities
Provided is an application of the described (or similar) decision-theoretic approaches to ensure the quality, output and timeliness of manufactured products for flexible and adaptable production systems, by determining and integrating suitable quality assurance measures which are integrated into the production process in an optimal manner. Thereby, a pareto-optimal sequence of production steps and quality assurance mechanisms are determined that provides an optimal trade-off between target product quality, production time and production costs. Since the approach is performed in an automated way, it can even be performed for flexible production scenarios down to a production of lot size I.
US12066815B2 Recipe creation method or apparatus utilizing a series of steps according to a target recipe file for semiconductor manufacturing or substrating processing
There is provided a technique that includes: displaying a recipe editing screen including at least a selection screen area that displays a parameter list for selection of parameters included in a recipe of a substrate processing apparatus, and a parameter editing screen area that edits the parameters; receiving a selection operation that selects an editing target parameter from the parameter list; displaying, on the parameter editing screen area, in an editable manner, a timing chart that is changeable at a time of each process in a series of processes included in a substrate processing process; and editing the editing target parameter by receiving an operation instruction to edit the timing chart displayed on the parameter editing screen area and changing the timing chart according to the operation instruction.
US12066814B2 Information processing device, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
When a first reference item is selected, an information processing device duplicates a second reference item associated with a second setting screen belonging to another setting category related to a component, which is a setting target of a first setting screen associated with the first reference item, and duplicates a third reference item associated with a third setting screen, of which a setting target is another component electrically or mechanically connected to the component being the setting target of the first setting screen. The information processing device duplicates and collectively displays one or multiple reference items including at least one of the second reference item and the third reference item.
US12066811B2 Machine tool, input assistance method for machine tool, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An input assistance method includes: a plurality of steps in which setting-information based on which the machine tool is configured to be controlled to machine a workpiece so as to make a product is input. A setting step in which a selected information is to be input is selected among the plurality of steps. The selected information of the plurality of steps constitutes the setting-information. A setting interface via which the selected information is input is displayed. Whether inputting the selected information has been completed is determined. Information indicating that inputting the selected information has been completed is displayed, when inputting the selected information is determined to have been completed. The plurality of steps includes a first step in which a shape of the product is input and a second step in which a shape of the workpiece and a material of the workpiece are input.
US12066810B2 Continuous monitoring of a workcell safety system
Systems and methods for continuously monitoring a workcell during operation of industrial machinery are disclosed. The system may comprise a safety system that includes at least one sensor and supporting software and/or hardware for acquiring image data associated with the workcell; a monitoring system for detecting a parameter value associated with the safety system; and a controller configured to determine a status of the safety system based at least in part on the detected parameter value and cause an alert to be issued if the status of the safety system does not satisfy a target objective.
US12066809B2 Method for identifying critical error of worm gear machine and method for iteratively compensating critical error of worm gear machine
A method for identifying a critical error of a worm gear machine, step 1: obtaining an actual forward kinematic model T27a and an ideal forward kinematic model T27i from a coordinate system of a worm gear hob to a coordinate system of a worm gear, thereby establishing a geometric error-pose error model of the worm gear machine; step 2: regarding the geometric error-pose error model of the worm gear machine as a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear system, and solving, by taking the geometric error of each motion axis of the worm gear machine as an input feature X, and a pose error between the worm gear hob and the worm gear as an output variable Y, an importance coefficient of each input feature with a random forest algorithm; and step 3: determining a critical error affecting a machining accuracy of the worm gear machine.
US12066808B2 Parametric and modal work-holding method for automated inspection
A system for inspecting each workpiece of a plurality of non-identical workpieces includes a controller in control communication with the instruments of the system, and a ruleset corresponding to one or more such non-identical workpieces, the system reconfiguring the inspection instruments to customize part tending operations for each such non-identical workpiece. A method for inspecting each workpiece of a plurality of non-identical workpiece includes providing a controller in control communication with the instruments of the system, and a ruleset corresponding to each such non-identical workpiece, the controller causing reconfiguration of the inspection instruments to customize part tending operations for each such non-identical workpiece.
US12066802B2 System and method for monitoring storage conditions in particulate goods
A system and method for managing of a particulate bulk good that includes a set of wireless sensor nodes, wherein each wireless sensor node comprises a set of environmental sensors configured to collect condition data of the particulate bulk good proximal to the wireless sensor node; an analysis engine that is configured to generate a particulate state analysis from the condition data; and a task manager that is configured to act on the particulate state analysis.
US12066801B2 Spoiling apparatus for triggering turbulent transition by autonomous disturbance and spoilers
A spoiling apparatus for triggering a turbulent transition by autonomous disturbance and spoilers. The spoilers are mounted in multiple grooves in the circumferential direction of a navigating body, when a flow autonomously undergoes a turbulent transition, the spoilers remain in the grooves, the surface of the navigating body is free of protrusion, thus causing no additional flow resistance. A rated critical Reynolds number is set, in a case of a reduced flow speed and reduced density, the flow is a laminar flow, at which time the pressure applied to the spoilers by the flow is reduced, and the spoilers are ejected under the effect of compression springs. When ejected, the spoilers disturb the flowing of the bottom layer of the flow, and trigger the laminar flow into a turbulent flow. By setting the rebounding force of the compression springs, the spoiling apparatus is turned on automatically when a disturbance-triggered turbulent transition is required and is turned off when not required, thus implementing the autonomous control of turbulent transitions.
US12066800B2 Control system with optimization of neural network predictor
A predictive control system includes controllable equipment and a controller. The controller is configured to use a neural network model to predict values of controlled variables predicted to result from operating the controllable equipment in accordance with corresponding values of manipulated variables, use the values of the controlled variables predicted by the neural network model to evaluate an objective function that defines a control objective as a function of at least the controlled variables, perform a predictive optimization process to generate optimal values of the manipulated variables for a plurality of time steps in an optimization period using the neural network model and the objective function, and operate the controllable equipment by providing the controllable equipment with control signals based on the optimal values of the manipulated variables generated by performing the predictive optimization process.
US12066799B2 Autonomous crop drying, conditioning and storage management
A post-harvest crop management platform is provided for regulating conditions of an agricultural crop being dried and/or stored. The platform utilizes data collected from sensors positioned proximate to, or embedded within, an agricultural crop, and analyzes selected crop characteristics affecting the stored crop in multiple sections thereof. The platform identifies parameters relative to achieving a desired crop characteristic level in the agricultural crop, generates a profile of the selected crop characteristic across the multiple sections of the stored crop, and models an application of a fluid flow pattern to achieve the desired crop characteristic level in each section. The crop storage monitoring and management platform also actuates a multi-stack assembly, configured within the stored crop, to automatically apply the fluid flow pattern in one or more cycles that are adjustable to changing conditions within the stored crop in real time. The crop storage monitoring and management platform further integrates with, and connects to and communicates with, other systems within an autonomous field activity ecosystem.
US12066793B2 Method for manufacturing a plurality of generators adapted for a horological application
A method for manufacturing a plurality of generators, each intended to power supply an electronic circuit operating in a given power supply voltage range, includes a step of manufacturing coils distributed in N pluralities of coils, similar within the same plurality and different from one plurality to another, and a step of manufacturing a plurality of rotors which is carried out with tolerances limiting the cost of production. The plurality of rotors is classified into N classes of rotors which are associated respectively with the N pluralities of coils to form N pairs allowing the assembly of N groups of generators. The generators of each of the N groups of generators have magnetic coupling factors between their rotor and their stator which are located in a corresponding optimised value range, which is at least partially superimposed on the others of the N optimised value ranges relating to the N generator groups.
US12066791B2 Dial for a timepiece
A dial plate (1) for a timepiece is designed to be mounted on a connection ring (2), and has a first, lower surface (12) designed to be oriented towards the interior of a timepiece, an opposite second, upper surface (13) designed to be on view, and a third surface (11) connecting the first and second surfaces, forming a peripheral contour of the dial plate. The third, peripheral contour surface (11) includes a section which passes via a plane perpendicular to the second surface (13), this section having a first part (11a) extending from the first, lower surface (12) to the second, upper surface (13) of the dial plate (1), in a direction which is non-perpendicular to the first, lower surface (12).
US12066782B2 Image forming system
An image forming system that is capable of forming an image onto a sheet on a basis of print image data including multiple image data items imposed in such a manner as to be suitable for middle-folding and saddle-stitching and outputting a booklet by performing middle-folding and saddle-stitching includes: a storing unit that stores beforehand, as an output-processing content table, an inclination direction of a compilation tray onto which a stack of sheets that is to be subjected to imposition processing for pages or a facing page of the booklet and the middle-folding and saddle-stitching is placed; and a processing unit that generates the print image data by acquiring information of the inclination direction of the compilation tray, referencing to the output-processing content table, and performing the imposition processing.
US12066776B2 Electrophotographic printing devices, systems, and methods
Provided are methods of electrophotographically printing an image on a substrate, methods of transferring an image to a substrate, electrophotographic toner cartridge kits, and electrophotographic printing devices. A plurality of layers of toner particles may be electrophotographically printed, using toner cartridges, providing an imaged area that includes one or more colorant layers that include a colorant and a colorant-layer thermoplastic adhesive, and an adhesive layer that includes an adhesive-layer thermoplastic adhesive. The fusing temperature may be selected to heat the colorant-layer thermoplastic adhesive to a temperature greater than an activation temperature of the colorant-layer thermoplastic adhesive and/or an activation temperature of the adhesive-layer thermoplastic adhesive. The melting temperature, the fusing temperature, or melt flow rate of the colorant-layer thermoplastic adhesive corresponding to at least one of the one or more colorant layers may exceed the melting temperature, the fusing temperature, or the melt flow rate of the adhesive-layer thermoplastic adhesive.
US12066770B2 Developer container, image forming unit, and image forming apparatus
A developer container includes: a container body that stores developer; an agitating member that is rotatably disposed in the container body and rotates to agitate the developer; a first swing member that includes a first fixed end, a first free end, a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface, and that is swung by the agitating member coming into contact with the first surface when the agitating member rotates; and a projecting support that is disposed to face the second surface and project from a wall surface formed in the container body, and that abuts the second surface.
US12066768B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus including a main unit, a main unit memory, a drum cartridge, a toner cartridge, and a controller. The main unit memory stores printer identification information. The drum cartridge including a drum memory that stores drum identification information. The toner cartridge including a toner memory that stores toner identification information. The controller is configured to store in the main unit memory the drum identification information stored in the drum memory and store in the drum memory the printer identification information stored in the main unit memory, if it determines that the drum cartridge installed in the main unit is new, and store in the main unit memory the toner identification information stored in the toner memory and store in the toner memory the drum identification information stored in the drum memory, if it determines that the toner cartridge installed in the main unit is new.
US12066763B2 Sensitivity improvement of optical and SEM defection inspection
A characterization system for inspecting or performing metrology on a layer within a semiconductor stack is disclosed. The system includes an imaging sub-system configured to acquire image data from a semiconductor stack including one or more layers. The semiconductor stack includes a metal layer having a thickness between 0.5 and 10 nm deposited on a layer of the semiconductor stack to form a reflective surface on the layer. The system includes a controller. The controller is configured to receive image data of the reflective surface on the layer of the substrate stack and identify one or more defects or one or more structures within the layer based on illumination reflected from the reflective surface.
US12066762B2 On chip sensor for wafer overlay measurement
A sensor apparatus includes a sensor chip, an illumination system, a first optical system, a second optical system, and a detector system. The illumination system is coupled to the sensor chip and transmits an illumination beam along an illumination path. The first optical system is coupled to the sensor chip and includes a first integrated optic to configure and transmit the illumination beam toward a diffraction target on a substrate, disposed adjacent to the sensor chip, and generate a signal beam including diffraction order sub-beams generated from the diffraction target. The second optical system is coupled to the sensor chip and includes a second integrated optic to collect and transmit the signal beam from a first side to a second side of the sensor chip. The detector system is configured to measure a characteristic of the diffraction target based on the signal beam transmitted by the second optical system.
US12066760B2 Reticle-masking structure, extreme ultra violet apparatus, and method of forming the same
A reticle-masking structure is provided. The reticle-masking structure includes a magnetic substrate and a paramagnetic part disposed on the magnetic substrate. The paramagnetic part includes a plurality of fractions disposed on a plurality of protrusion structures. In some embodiments, the fractions are irregularly arranged. A method for forming a reticle-masking structure and an extreme ultraviolet apparatus are also provided.
US12066759B2 Light source apparatus, exposure apparatus, and article manufacturing method
A light source apparatus includes a holder configured to hold a lamp including a metal base having a cylindrical surface, a condensing mirror configured to condense light generated by the lamp, and a nozzle including an ejection hole configured to eject a gas to cool the metal base. A distance between a straight line including a center axis of the ejection hole and a center axis of the metal base ranges from not less than ½ of a radius of the cylindrical surface to not more than the radius.
US12066752B2 Light-source device, image projection apparatus, and light-source optical system
A light-source device includes an excitation light source to emit first color light; an optical member having a reflecting surface to reflect the first color light; a wavelength conversion unit including a wavelength conversion member on which the first color light reflected by the optical member is incident, the wavelength conversion member to convert at least part of the first color light into second color light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first color light and emit the second color light; and a light condensing element to condense the first color light emitted from the wavelength conversion unit. A straight line including a first optical path from a center of a flux of light rays emitted from the excitation light source, to the center of the first color light on the reflecting surface does not intersect with a light flux condensed by the light condensing element.
US12066749B2 Door assemblies for image capture devices
An image capture device is disclosed that includes a body defining a peripheral cavity and a door assembly that is movable between an open position and a closed position to close and seal the peripheral cavity. The door assembly includes a door body; a slider that is supported by the door body for axial movement between a first position and a second position; a biasing member that is configured for engagement (contact) with the slider; a door lock including a stop that is configured for engagement (contact) with the biasing member; and a sealing member that is fixedly connected to the door lock.
US12066748B2 Door assemblies for image capture devices
An image capture device is disclosed that includes a body defining a peripheral cavity and a removable door assembly that is configured to close and seal the peripheral cavity. The door assembly includes a door body; a locking mechanism; and a biasing member that is configured for engagement with the locking mechanism to resist unlocking of the locking mechanism until a threshold force is applied, at which time, the biasing member is moved from a normal position, in which the biasing member extends at a first angle in relation to the locking mechanism, to a deflected position, in which the biasing member extends at a second angle in relation to the locking mechanism. When locked, the door assembly is rotationally fixed in relation to the body of the image capture device, and when unlocked, the door assembly is rotatable in relation to the body of the image capture device.
US12066747B2 Slim pop-out cameras and lenses for such cameras
Digital cameras comprising a lens assembly comprising N lens elements L1-LN starting with L1 on an object side, wherein N is ≥4, an image sensor having a sensor diagonal SD, and a pop-out mechanism that controls a largest air-gap d between two consecutive lens elements within lens elements L1 and LN to bring the camera to an operative pop-out state and a collapsed state, wherein the lens assembly has a total track length TTL in the operative pop-out state and a collapsed total track length cTTL in the collapsed state, wherein SD is in the range of 7-20 mm and wherein cTTL/SD<0.6.
US12066745B2 Optical element driving mechanism
An optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, a driving assembly, a guiding assembly, and a metallic member. The movable portion is configured to connect an optical element. The optical element is configured to correspond to light reflected by a reflection element, and the reflection element is configured to change a traveling direction of the light from an incident direction to a first direction. The fixed portion includes a base, and the movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The guiding assembly includes a plurality of guiding elements. The metallic member is disposed in the base. When viewed from the incident direction, the metallic member is at least partially located between the guiding elements.
US12066738B2 Gradient-index liquid crystal lens having lens segments with optical power gradient
A lens system may include a lens having a first electrode electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The lens may be divided into a plurality of lens segments that are concentrically arranged proceeding from a center to a radially outer periphery of the lens. An optical power of a first lens segment of the plurality of lens segments may be greater than an optical power of a second lens segment of the plurality of lens segments disposed radially outward relative to the first lens segment. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US12066736B2 Optical module
An optical module includes: a Peltier module; an optical semiconductor element mounted on the Peltier module; and a driver that drives high-frequency lines of the optical semiconductor element. The optical semiconductor element includes: optical circuits providing a function of an optical interferometer and the high-frequency lines. Cooling performance of the Peltier module in a region in vicinity of the driver is higher than the cooling performance in other regions.
US12066735B2 Optical modulator module
In a terminator, a midpoint electrode is provided between a first signal electrode and a second signal electrode, a first resistor is connected between the first signal electrode and the midpoint electrode, a second resistor is connected between the second signal electrode and the midpoint electrode, a first GND electrode is provided on a side opposite to the side where the first resistor is provided with the first signal electrode interposed therebetween, a second GND electrode is provided on the side opposite to the side where the second resistor is provided with the second signal electrode interposed therebetween, and capacitances in the terminator are formed between the first signal electrode and the midpoint electrode, between the second signal electrode and the midpoint electrode, between the first signal electrode and the first GND electrode, and between the second signal electrode and the second GND electrode.
US12066732B2 Lighting device and vehicle lamp having same
The lighting device disclosed in the embodiment includes a substrate, a light emitting device disposed on a lower surface of the substrate, a reflective layer disposed to face a light emitting surface of the light emitting device, a first resin layer disposed between the substrate and the reflective layer, and a light-transmission control layer disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the light-transmission control layer may include a liquid crystal layer including a cholesteric liquid crystal, and light emitted through the light emitting surface of the light emitting device may be reflected by the reflective layer and be provided to the light-transmission control layer through the substrate.
US12066731B2 Thin film transistor
A liquid crystal display device includes a transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The transistor includes a first gate electrode on a first substrate, a second gate electrode having a region overlapping the first gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a first insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode, and a first oxide conductive layer and a second oxide conductive layer disposed between the first insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer and disposed with the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode sandwiched from both sides. The pixel electrode is disposed between the first and the second insulating layer; the common electrode is disposed a region overlapping with the pixel electrode and on the second insulating layer.
US12066730B2 Liquid crystal display device
A method of manufacturing, with high mass productivity, liquid crystal display devices having highly reliable thin film transistors with excellent electric characteristics is provided. In a liquid crystal display device having an inverted staggered thin film transistor, the inverted staggered thin film transistor is formed as follows: a gate insulating film is formed over a gate electrode; a microcrystalline semiconductor film which functions as a channel formation region is formed over the gate insulating film; a buffer layer is formed over the microcrystalline semiconductor film; a pair of source and drain regions are formed over the buffer layer; and a pair of source and drain electrodes are formed in contact with the source and drain regions so as to expose a part of the source and drain regions.
US12066726B2 Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
An array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a polarizer, a plurality of active elements, a first organic protective layer and a first inorganic protective layer. The polarizer is located on a first side of the base substrate; the plurality of active elements are arranged in an array form and provided on a second side of the base substrate opposite to the first side; the first organic protective layer is located on a side of the polarizer facing away from the base substrate and covers the polarizer; and the first inorganic protective layer is located on a side of the first organic protective layer facing away from the polarizer and covers the first organic protective layer.
US12066723B2 Display panel and display device
The present application provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: thin film transistors arranged on the first substrate; a common electrode layer arranged on the thin film transistors; auxiliary conductive patterns disposed on the common electrode layer and connected to the common electrode layer; a pixel electrode layer electrically insulated from the common electrode layer and the auxiliary conductive patterns; and spacers arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and staggered with respect to the auxiliary conductive patterns.
US12066718B2 Display panel and liquid crystal display device
A display panel and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a sealant, a display layer, a circuit layer, and an organic film layer. The organic film layer includes vias and planarization portions arranged adjoining the vias. A first conductive layer includes conductive pads, and each conductive pad covers a signal line in at least one via and the planarization portion adjoining the vias. A second conductive layer is disposed on one side of the second substrate. A conductive ball of the sealant is located on the planarization portions and contact the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The signal line is electrically connected to the second conductive layer through the conductive pad and the conductive ball.
US12066717B2 Optical stack for switchable directional display
A privacy display comprises a spatial light modulator and a compensated switchable liquid crystal retarder arranged between first and second polarisers arranged in series with the spatial light modulator. In a privacy mode of operation, on-axis light from the spatial light modulator is directed without loss, whereas off-axis light has reduced luminance. The visibility of the display to off-axis snoopers is reduced by means of luminance reduction over a wide polar field. In a wide angle mode of operation, the switchable liquid crystal retardance is adjusted so that off-axis luminance is substantially unmodified.
US12066712B2 Display panel and display device
The present disclosure discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a backlight module and a panel body. The panel body includes a light-transmitting region. The backlight module includes: a backlight unit, provided with a light-transmitting portion corresponding to the light-transmitting region; and a light source assembly. The panel body includes: a substrate, located on the backlight unit; a metal wire, located on a side of the substrate opposite the backlight unit; and a shading layer, located between the substrate and the metal wire, the shading layer covering the metal wire.
US12066711B2 Back light unit structure, display panel and display apparatus
Provided are a back light unit structure, a display panel and a display apparatus. The back light unit structure includes a light source, and a first substrate and a second substrate which are opposite to each other; the first substrate includes a reflective structure; the second substrate includes a light guide plate and a light selection layer that are stacked; the light selection layer is located at a side of the light guide plate near the reflective structure, and a refractive index of the light selection layer is smaller than that of the light guide plate; the light selection layer is provided with a plurality of light acquiring holes penetrating through the light selection layer; the light source is located at an end of the light guide plate.
US12066707B2 Optical element and image display apparatus
An optical element includes a light guide plate, an incidence portion, and an emission portion, in which each of the incidence portion and the emission portion includes diffraction portions, the diffraction portion includes diffraction elements, the diffraction element includes a liquid crystal diffraction layer in which a direction of an optical axis of a liquid crystal compound changes while continuously rotating in one in-plane direction, and in a case where the direction in which the direction of the optical axis changes is set as an in-plane rotation direction and a length over which the optical axis rotates by 180° is set as an in-plane period, in-plane rotation directions of liquid crystal diffraction layers of incidence diffraction elements in at least two of a plurality of the incidence diffraction portions are different from each other.
US12066703B2 Display apparatus
A display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display panel; a case top-down assembly covering a lower area of the display panel; a middle cabinet in which the display panel is mounted, and a cover bottom coupled to the case top-down assembly and the middle cabinet. The middle cabinet comprises a first mounting unit overlapping a partial area at a first long side of the display panel; and a second mounting unit overlapping a partial area at a first short side of the display panel. Ends of the first mounting unit and the second mounting unit overlap each other in a first overlapping area.The display apparatus of the present invention can be linked with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to a 5 G service, and the like.
US12066701B2 Display device
A display device includes a display panel and a control unit. The display panel includes a first substrate, a light modulation layer configured to switch between transmissive display and non-transmissive display, and a second substrate in this order, and further includes an optical sensor configured to detect a luminance of light incident from a first space located on one main surface side of the display panel and from a second space located on the other main surface side of the display panel. The control unit calculates, based on the luminance, a relationship between brightness of the first space and brightness of the second space as a numerical value and switches display of the light modulation layer based on the numerical value.
US12066693B2 Eyeglass frame lens lock
An eyeglass frame is disclosed comprising a bridge and two rims connected by the bridge. Each rim is configured to contain a lens. The eyeglass frame also comprises two split end pieces. Each split end piece comprises a first portion and a second portion. Each split end piece is coupled to and extends outward from a corresponding rim of the two rims on a side of the corresponding rim opposite the bridge. The eyeglass frame further comprises two temples. Each temple comprises a lock on an end of the temple. The lock is configured to at least partially contain both the first portion and the second portion of the split end piece and secure the temple to the corresponding rim and secure the lens within the corresponding rim.
US12066690B2 Lens assembly
A lens assembly according to an embodiment may include: a first pin; a first housing which moves along the first pin; a first lens group arranged in the first housing; and a first wheel which is arranged in the first housing and moves along the first pin. The first wheel may include a first rotation shaft coupled to the first housing, and a first rotation part which rotates about the first rotation shaft. The first rotation part may include a groove corresponding to the first pin, wherein the maximum depth of the groove may be less than one-half the maximum thickness of the first pin in a direction perpendicular to the first rotation shaft.
US12066689B2 Lens driving unit, and a camera module and an optical appliance including the same
Embodiments provide a lens driving unit including a base, a housing supported so as to be movable relative to the base, a magnet located on the housing, a pattern coil part including a pattern coil that is located opposite the magnet, the pattern coil part being located on the base, and a sensor part mounted to the pattern coil part for sensing a position or movement of the housing, and the pattern coil part includes a first layer and a second layer stacked on the first layer, the sensor part being mounted underneath the first layer, and the pattern coil being formed on the second layer. Thereby, manufacturing costs may be reduced owing to a reduction in the number of elements, processes, and process management points.
US12066683B2 Folded camera lens designs
Digital cameras, optical lens modules for such digital cameras and methods for assembling lens elements in such lens modules. In various embodiments, the digital cameras comprise an optical lens module including N≥3 lens elements Li, each lens element comprising a respective front surface S2i-1 and a respective rear surface S2i. In various embodiments the first lens element toward the object side, L1 and its respective front surfaces S1 have optical and/or mechanical properties, such as a clear aperture, a clear height and a mechanical height that are larger than respective properties of following lens elements and surfaces. This is done to achieve a camera with large aperture stop, given a lens and/or camera height.
US12066677B2 Balanced active stabilizers
Positioning assemblies for use with a robot include a gimbal assembly having a gimbal's rotational center is positioned directly above a center of gravity of a payload. One or more linear counter masses and/or one or more rotating masses (flywheels) can be provided, and each can include an actuator or brake to control forces acting between the counter masses and/or flywheels and the payload and stabilize the payload during and after movement of the payload with the robot.
US12066676B2 Fiber optic cable with flexible conduit
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cable that includes a plurality of internal optical fibers and a fiber optic cable portion. The fiber optic cable portion includes an outer jacket and an inner conduit, the inner conduit containing the plurality of optical fibers disposed therein. The fiber optic cable further includes a flexible conduit portion, wherein the flexible conduit portion has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is secured to the fiber optic cable portion and the distal end has a terminating device. The terminating device at least partially encases the flexible conduit portion, and the plurality of optical fibers passes through the flexible conduit portion and the terminating device.
US12066674B2 Telecommunications enclosure
The present disclosure discloses a telecommunications enclosure (1) and a method for coupling a cable to a cable port of the telecommunications enclosure. The latter comprises a casing (10), a base (20) adapted to be removably coupled to the casing (10), and a plurality of sealing assemblies (40) adapted to be removably coupled to the base (20). Each sealing assembly (40) comprises an elastically deformable sealing module (43) interposed between a first member (46) and a second member (58). The first member (46) and second member (58) comprise each a main portion (47, 59) and a movable portion (51, 63), wherein the movable portion (51, 63) is movable between an open position, wherein a cable is allowed to access to the elastically deformable sealing module (43), and a closed position; the elastically deformable sealing module (43) has an access (44) to allow the cable to enter the respective cable port (42) when the movable portions (51, 63) are in the open position. In the closed position, the movable portions (51, 63) are coupled to the respective main portion so as to wrap the cable. The elastically deformable sealing module (43) is held by the main portions (47, 59) while the movable portions (51, 63) are in the open position.
US12066671B2 Semiconductor devices with vertically stacked and laterally offset intermediate waveguides
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of intermediate waveguides. The plurality of intermediate waveguides are vertically disposed on top of one another, and vertically adjacent ones of the plurality of intermediate waveguides are laterally offset from each other. When viewed from the top, each of the plurality of intermediate waveguides essentially consists of a first portion and a second portion, the first portion has a first varying width that increases from a first end of the corresponding intermediate waveguide to a middle of the corresponding intermediate waveguide, and the second portion has a second varying width that decreases from the middle of the corresponding intermediate waveguide to a second end of the corresponding intermediate waveguide.
US12066666B2 Optical fiber lateral input/output device
An object of the present invention is to provide, in a local-light coupling technique for improving efficiency of work, an optical fiber local-light coupling apparatus configured to hardly affect communication between an OLT and an ONU while causing light to leak from a coated optical fiber in such an amount that makes it possible to confirm a communication state.The optical fiber local-light coupling apparatus according to the present invention includes a first jig including a concave portion curved in a longitudinal direction with respect to a coated optical fiber, and a probe configured to receive leakage light leaking from the coated optical fiber being bent; a second jig including a convex portion curved in the longitudinal direction with respect to the coated optical fiber, the convex portion being configured to sandwich the coated optical fiber between the convex portion and the concave portion of the first jig; a pressing unit configured to apply pressing force in a direction in which the concave portion of the first jig and the convex portion of the second jig approach each other to form a bend in the coated optical fiber; and a reflective film configured to cover a surface of the concave portion of the first jig except for a leakage light passage portion through which, among the leakage light, reception leakage light to be received by the probe passes, and reflect and return the leakage light other than the reception leakage light to the coated optical fiber.
US12066664B2 Screen comprising a transparent base body
A screen includes a transparent base body with a front face and a rear face, and an image sensor. The base body includes a coupling-in region and a coupling-out region at a distance therefrom in a first direction. The coupling-in region includes a diffractive structure which deflects only part of the radiation incident on the front face and originating from an object to be detected, such that the deflected part is propagated as coupled-in radiation in the base body by reflection, until it reaches the coupling-out region and is incident on said coupling-out region, and the coupling-out region deflects at least part of said incident coupled-in radiation, such that the deflected part exits the base body via the front face or the rear face and is incident on the image sensor.
US12066662B2 Apparatus for optical coupling and system for communication
Disclosed are apparatuses for optical coupling and a system for communication. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical coupling including a substrate and a grating coupler is disclosed. The grating coupler is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of coupling gratings arranged along a first direction, wherein effective refractive indices of the plurality of coupling gratings gradually decrease along the first direction.
US12066660B2 Laminate splice protector
Certain splice arrangements include first and second laminate structures bonded around a splice location at which two or more optical fibers are spliced (e.g., fusion spliced) together. The first and second laminate structures each include a flexible polymeric sheet and a heat activated adhesive layer carried by the flexible polymeric sheet. Other splice arrangements include a protective barrier disposed about an optical splice. The protective barrier includes first and second protective layers bonded around the optical splice. Each protective layer include a film carrying an adhesive. The protective barrier may be sufficiently flexible to not restrict flexing the optical fibers at the splice location. Example splice arrangements have thicknesses of less than or equal to 1000 microns, or 900 microns, or 800 microns, or 700 microns, or 600 microns or 500 microns.
US12066659B2 Protective ring structure to increase waveguide performance
Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip including an optical device disposed on a substrate. A dielectric structure overlies the substrate. The dielectric structure comprises one or more sidewalls defining a light channel over a region of the optical device. A protective structure is above the optical device and disposed on opposing sides of the light channel.
US12066656B2 Graphene optical device
A graphene optical device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an upper semiconductor layer; a lower semiconductor layer; and a graphene capacitor disposed between the upper semiconductor layer and the lower semiconductor layer, wherein the graphene capacitor includes a first graphene, a second graphene, and a first insulation layer disposed between the first graphene and the second graphene, wherein the first graphene and the second graphene partially overlap each other when viewed from the upper semiconductor layer toward the lower semiconductor layer.
US12066654B2 Charging control for an aerosol delivery device
The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device. The aerosol delivery device comprises one or more rechargeable batteries, charging circuitry including an electrical connector configured to interconnect the one or more rechargeable batteries with a power supply, and a sensor configured to detect an action of using the aerosol delivery device by a user and output a signal. The aerosol delivery device also comprises a microprocessor coupled to the charging circuitry and the sensor, the microprocessor, in response to receiving the signal from the sensor, is configured to control the aerosol delivery device to allow vaping or puffing by a user while the aerosol delivery device is connected to a charger.
US12066648B2 Apochromatic liquid crystal polarization hologram device
A device is provided. The device includes a first polarization hologram element configured to operate as a half-wave plate for a first light having a first wavelength, and as a full-wave plate for a second light having a second wavelength. The device also includes a second polarization hologram element stacked with the first polarization hologram, and configured to operate as the half-wave plate for the second light and as the full-wave plate for the first light. The first polarization hologram element is configured to forwardly diffract or transmit the first light depending on a handedness of the first light. The second polarization hologram element is configured to forwardly diffract or transmit the second light depending on a handedness of the second light.
US12066647B2 Polarizer, display panel including the same and method of manufacturing the same
A polarizer includes a buffer member and linear metal patterns. The buffer member includes protrusions. Each protrusion has downwardly-increasing width. The buffer member is formed of polymer. The linear metal patterns, spaced apart from each other, are extended in a first direction. Each linear metal pattern covers a respective protrusion.
US12066639B2 Adjustable achromatic collimator assembly for endpoint detection systems
Implementations disclosed describe a collimator assembly having a collimator housing that includes an interface configured to optically couple to a process chamber that has a target surface, and a port to receive an optical fiber to deliver, to an enclosure formed by the collimator housing, a first (second) plurality of spectral components of light belonging to a first (second) range of wavelengths, and an achromatic lens located, at least partially, within the enclosure formed by the collimator housing, the achromatic lens to direct the first (second) plurality of spectral components of light onto the target surface to illuminate a first (second) region on the target surface, wherein the second region is substantially the same as the first region.
US12066637B1 Adjusting IPD settings to match interocular distance in extended reality devices
Techniques for facilitating calibration of an IPD for an ER system are disclosed. A current IPD setting for the ER system is determined. An object in a scene is selected. A first distance between the ER system and the object is determined. A hologram is generated, where this hologram includes at least one boundary region that corresponds to at least one boundary region of the object. The hologram is displayed in the scene. The hologram is displayed based on the current IPD setting for the ER system. User input adjusts the current IPD setting such that a new IPD setting is provided to the ER system. The hologram is displayed in the scene based on the new IPD setting. Based on the new IPD setting, the hologram is caused to align with the object, thereby calibrating the IPD setting.
US12066629B2 Image display apparatus and head-mounted display
There is provided an image display apparatus and a head-mounted display that includes the image display apparatus, the image display apparatus being capable of presenting an image having a large field of view to a user. The image display apparatus includes a lens portion and an enlargement portion. Pieces of light each corresponding to a corresponding one of a plurality of identical images enter the lens portion. The pieces of light passing through the lens portion enter the enlargement portion.
US12066626B2 Near-to-eye display device and Augmented Reality apparatus
There is provided a near-to-eye display device, including: an optical waveguide; at least one in-coupling grating on a surface of the optical waveguide and configured to couple received parallel light into the optical waveguide for propagating by total internal reflection; a light out-coupling structure on the surface of the optical waveguide and configured to extract the light propagating by total internal reflection in the optical waveguide to become an outgoing light from the optical waveguide; and an optical lens configured to receive the outgoing light, remain an outgoing direction of the outgoing light with a first polarization direction, and converge or diverge the outgoing light with a second polarization direction. There is further provided an augmented reality apparatus including the near-to-eye display device.
US12066623B2 Optical aberration control for camera
Various embodiments disclosed herein include optical aberration control for a camera system. Such a camera system may implement optical aberration control, e.g., by combining one or more variable focus devices with one or more actuators (e.g., a voice coil motor actuator) for moving a lens stack of the camera system to provide autofocus (AF) and/or optical image stabilization (OIS) functionality. A variable focus device may have variable optical power to achieve AF, OIS, and/or introduce optical aberrations such as spherical aberration. In some implementations, the variable focus device may be driven to introduce optical aberrations, and the actuator for moving the lens stack may be driven to compensate for the optical power from the variable focus device.
US12066613B2 Optical imaging device and method for improving displayed images
An optical imaging device includes at least a first and a second image recording units for generating a first and a second original images of an object, wherein the original images differ at least with regard to an image parameter, wherein the image recording units are arranged such that original images are recorded from the same perspective, an image processing unit configured to further process the original images and an image display unit configured to reproduce displayed images generated from the processed original images. The image processing unit is configured to supplement at least one of the two original images with image information from the other original image to generate a displayed image. In addition, a corresponding method is provided.
US12066610B2 Ring focus lens for the circumferential welding of rotationally symmetrical workpieces
A ring focus optics for machining rotationally symmetrical or nearly rotationally symmetrical workpieces by an annular laser beam includes a conical mirror configured to deflect the annular laser beam radially inward or outward onto a circumference of at least one workpiece, a rotational axis of which is aligned collinear to an optical axis of the ring focus optics. The ring focus optics further includes a holding/centering device surrounded by the annular laser beam and fastened on the housing of the ring focus optics. The holding/centering device is configured to axially fix the at least one workpiece and/or to radially center the at least one workpiece with respect to the optical axis.
US12066608B2 Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens unit having a positive refractive power and disposed closest to an image plane. During zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the second lens unit moves to the object side, and each distance between adjacent lens units changes. A predetermined condition is satisfied.
US12066606B2 Image lens assembly, zoom image capturing unit and electronic device
An image lens assembly includes four lens groups: a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group and a fourth lens group along an optical path. The four lens groups include nine lens elements: a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element with negative refractive power, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element, a seventh lens element, an eighth lens element and a ninth lens element along the optical path. At least one lens element of the image lens assembly has at least one inflection point. At least five lens elements of the image lens assembly are made of plastic material. When focusing or zooming, the first lens group and the fourth lens group stay stationary, while the second lens group and the third lens group move along an optical axis.
US12066603B2 Wide-angle optical system including three lens units of −++ refractive powers, and image pickup apparatus using the same
A wide-angle optical system includes in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third unit having a positive refractive power. At the time of carrying out a focal-position adjustment from a far point to a near point, the second lens unit is moved from a first position toward a second position. The third lens unit includes not less than three lens components, and not less than three lens components include a first lens component and a second lens component. The first lens component is a single lens and the second lens component is a cemented lens. Following conditional expression (1) is satisfied: −0.60<(n2C′−n2C)/r2C<−0.05  (1).
US12066601B2 Imaging lens element assembly and imaging lens assembly module
An imaging lens element assembly includes a dual molded lens element. The dual molded lens element includes a transparent portion, a light absorbing portion and a step structure. The transparent portion, in order from a center to a peripheral region, includes an optical effective area and a transparent peripheral area, wherein an optical axis of the imaging lens element assembly passes through the optical effective area, and the transparent peripheral area surrounds the optical effective area. The light absorbing portion surrounds the optical effective area and is disposed on an object side of the transparent peripheral area and includes an object-end surface and an outer inclined surface. The object-end surface faces towards an object side of the light absorbing portion, and the outer inclined surface extends from the object-end surface to an image side of the light absorbing portion and is gradually far away from the optical axis.
US12066600B2 Lens system including five lenses of -+-+- refractive powers
A camera includes a photosensor configured to capture light projected onto a surface of the photosensor and a lens system configured to refract light from an object field located in front of the camera to form an image of a scene at an image plane at or near the surface of the photosensor. The lens system comprises a plurality of refractive lens elements arranged along an optical axis of the camera. The lens system is configured to have a field-of-view (FOV) within a range of 110° to 140°, and the lens system has an F-number within a range of 2.2 to 2.8.
US12066599B2 Imaging lens system
An imaging lens system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens sequentially disposed from an object side. The system satisfies TTL/f<1.0 and D23/D34<1.2, where TTL is a distance from an object-side surface of the first lens to an imaging plane, f is a focal length of the imaging lens system, D23 is a distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens, and D34 is a distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens.
US12066597B2 Imaging lens and imaging apparatus
The imaging lens includes, successively in order from a position closest to an object side to an image side: a first lens group; and a second lens group that has a positive refractive power. During focusing, only the second lens group moves. A lens closest to the image side in the second lens group is a negative meniscus lens having a surface convex toward the object side. Assuming that a paraxial radius of curvature of an object side surface of the negative meniscus lens closest to the image side in the second lens group is rF, and a maximum image height is Y, the imaging lens satisfies Conditional Expression (1), which is represented by 0.5
US12066596B2 Cover window, method of manufacturing cover window, and display device
A cover window includes a base layer; a first coating layer on the base layer; and a second coating layer on the first coating layer. The first coating layer directly contacts a first part of an upper surface of the base layer and exposes a second part of the upper surface of the base layer, the upper surface of the base layer consists of the first part and the second part, and the second coating layer directly contacts the second part of the upper surface of the base layer exposed by the first coating layer, and an upper surface of the first coating layer.
US12066595B2 Nanoencapsulation methods for forming multilayer thin film structures and multilayer thin films formed therefrom
A multilayer thin film structure having a reflective core particle, a dielectric layer directly encapsulating the reflective core particle, an absorber layer directly encapsulating the dielectric layer; an outer layer encapsulating the absorber layer. The multilayer thin film structure has a hue shift of less than 30° in the Lab color space when viewed at angles from 0° to 45°.
US12066591B2 Visible quality mirror finishing
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a mirrored apparatus includes a substrate with a non-metal inorganic material that is non-diamond turnable. The mirrored apparatus further includes a finish layer arranged on the surface of the substrate. The finish layer has a polished surface opposite the substrate. The mirrored apparatus also includes a reflective layer arranged on the polished surface of the finish layer.
US12066589B2 System and method for characterizing subterranean formations
Systems and methods for imaging properties of subterranean formations (136) in a wellbore (106) include a formation sensor (120, 200) for collecting currents (304A, 304B) injected into the subterranean formations (139) and a formation imaging unit (118). The formation imaging unit (118) includes a current management unit for collecting data from the currents injected into the subterranean formations (136) and a formation data unit (116) for determining at least one formation parameter from the collected data. The formation imaging unit (118) also includes an inversion unit for determining at least one formation property by inverting the at least one formation parameter. The inversion unit is suitable for generating an inverted standoff image and an inverted permittivity image for comparison with a composite image of the formation imaging unit.
US12066588B2 Selective solid-state isolation of NMR circuit elements using back-to-back field effect transistors
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) electronics that employ selective solid-state isolation of circuit elements can include solid-state switches, such as back-to-back Field Effect Transistor (FET) pairs, and isolated gate drive electronics adapted to operate the solid-state switches in order to selectively decouple induction coils from receive electronics. The solid-state switches can be placed in series to achieve higher standoff voltages, and can be configured for low on resistance and short switching times. The gate drive electronics can include electrical isolation components adapted to enhance standoff voltages and reduce electrical noise at the selectively isolated receive electronics.
US12066585B2 Wide-tow source surveying with subline infill
A method includes: towing sources in a wide-tow source survey configuration; actuating at least one of the sources to create a signal; detecting the signal with a first receiver of a first plurality of streamers; and detecting the signal with a second receiver of a second plurality of streamers, wherein: the second plurality of streamers are interspersed with streamers from the first plurality of streamers in the port outer region and in the starboard outer region. A system includes: sources in a wide-tow source survey configuration and coupled to the survey vessel; a first plurality of streamers comprising a regular streamer spread and coupled to the survey vessel; and a second plurality of streamers coupled to the survey vessel, wherein: the second plurality of streamers are interspersed with streamers from the first plurality of streamers in the port outer region and in the starboard outer region.
US12066581B2 Ray detector substrate, ray detector and ray detection method
A ray detector substrate has detection regions and includes a substrate, a first interdigital electrode and a second interdigital electrode disposed on a side of the substrate and located in each detection region, a first scintillator layer disposed on a side of the first interdigital electrode and the second interdigital electrode away from the substrate, and a second scintillator layer disposed on a side of first scintillator layer away from the substrate. The second scintillator layer is configured to convert part of rays incident onto the detection region into visible light, and transmit another part of the rays, so that the another part of the rays is incident onto the first scintillator layer through the second scintillator layer. The first scintillator layer is configured to convert the visible light converted by the second scintillator layer and the another part of the rays through the second scintillator layer into photocurrent.
US12066578B2 Calibration and localization of a light detection and ranging (lidar) device using a previously calibrated and localized lidar device
Example embodiments relate to calibration and localization of a light detection and ranging (lidar) device using a previously calibrated and localized lidar device. An example embodiment includes a method. The method includes receiving, by a computing device associated with a second vehicle, a first point cloud captured by a first lidar device of a first vehicle. The first point cloud includes points representing the second vehicle. The method also includes receiving, by the computing device, pose information indicative of a pose of the first vehicle. In addition, the method includes capturing, using a second lidar device of the second vehicle, a second point cloud. Further, the method includes receiving, by the computing device, a third point cloud representing the first vehicle. Yet further, the method includes calibrating and localizing, by the computing device, the second lidar device.
US12066577B2 Reducing amplitude variations in LIDAR system output signals
A LIDAR system has multiple optical components. At least one of the optical components is configured to output a LIDAR output signal that travels away from the LIDAR system and can be reflected by an object located outside of the LIDAR system. The LIDAR system also includes electronics configured to operate one or more of the optical components so as to tune the frequency of the LIDAR output signal without changing an amplitude of the LIDAR output signal.
US12066574B2 Optical system for object detection and location using a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Micro-Mirror Array (MMA) beamsteering device
Optical systems and methods for object detection and location. One example of an optical system includes a laser radar optical source positioned to emit a pulsed laser beam, a MEMS MMA positioned to scan the beam in a linear scan over a first area of a scene, a laser radar detector positioned to receive and integrate a reflection of the beam, a read-out integrated circuit (ROIC) configured to provide a first read-out signal based on the integrated reflection, and a controller configured to receive the first read-out signal, determine a range to the first area based on a time of flight of the pulsed laser beam, and identify a presence of an object within the scene based on a signal level of the first read-out signal, the first signal level corresponding to a reflectivity of a portion of the object within the first area of the scene. The MEMS MMA being configurable to shape the pulsed laser beam to adjust size, focus or intensity profile or to produce deviations in the wavefront of the beam to compensate for path length differences or atmospheric distortion. The MEMS MMA being configurable to produce and independently steer a plurality of pulsed laser beams of the same or different wavelengths.
US12066572B2 Method, apparatus, and system for human identification based on human radio biometric information
Methods, apparatus and systems for monitoring an object expression are described. In one example, a described apparatus in a venue comprises a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured for: receiving a wireless signal from a transmitter through a wireless multipath channel that is impacted by an expression of an object in the venue, wherein the object has at least one movable part and is expressed in the expression with respect to a setup in the venue; and obtaining a time series of channel information (TSCI) of the wireless multipath channel based on the wireless signal received by the receiver. The processor is configured for computing information associated with the object based at least partially on the TSCI obtained when the object is expressed in the expression, and performing, based on the information associated with the object, a task associated with at least one of the object and the venue.
US12066568B2 Device and method for calibrating a multiple-input multiple output radar sensor
A device includes an input interface for receiving a target list for the MIMO radar sensor containing angular data including information regarding a target angle, at which the target is located, and channel data including information regarding reflection signals received from the target in individual channels in the MIMO radar sensor; a modeling unit for generating model data for each of the targets; a processor for determining a model error for each of the targets, containing information regarding a discrepancy between the channel data and the model data for the target; a selector for selecting one of the targets on the basis of the model error; and an adjustment unit for determining calibration coefficients for adjusting the channel outputs in the MIMO radar that compensate for the discrepancies between the channel data and the model data.
US12066566B2 Interference detection in a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system
A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system is provided that includes a receiver configured to generate a digital intermediate frequency (IF) signal, and an interference monitoring component coupled to the receiver to receive the digital IF signal, in which the interference monitoring component is configured to monitor at least one sub-band in the digital IF signal for interference, in which the at least one sub-band does not include a radar signal.
US12066562B2 Device location network
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying, at a monitoring system, a location of a device panel, the device panel being configured to communicate with a position module of the monitoring system; obtaining, by the position module, location information for a plurality of anchor devices, each anchor device of the plurality of anchor devices being located within a predefined area of a property; determining, by the position module, a respective location of each anchor device within the predefined area based on analysis of the location information for the plurality of anchor devices; and determining, by the position module, a location for a sensor in the predefined area based on the respective location of at least one anchor device.
US12066560B2 NR positioning enhancement for timing and angle based methods and resource aggregation
A method may include generating a receive timing error group (Rx TEG) based on a time delay of a receive (Rx) signal, wherein the time delay is a time measured from an arrival of the Rx signal at a Rx antenna to a time of the Rx signal being digitized and time-stamped at a baseband processor of a user equipment (UE), determining a timing error group (TEG) index corresponding to the generated Rx TEG, determining a positioning measurement associated with the Rx antenna used to generate the Rx TEG, and reporting the positioning measurement associated with the Rx TEG index.
US12066559B2 Increased positioning resolution
A method of determining a location of a measurement device includes determining, at a server: measurement times of first positioning signal measurements, of first positioning signals from first positioning signal sources and/or a subset of positioning signal sources of second positioning signal sources. The method includes sending at least one measurement command from the server to the measurement device to cause the measurement device to obtain the first positioning signal measurements in accordance with the measurement times and/or obtain second positioning signal measurements of second positioning signals sent from the subset of positioning signal sources. The method includes: receiving, at the server from the measurement device, measurement data corresponding to the first positioning signal measurements and/or the second positioning signal measurements; and determining, at the server, the location of the measurement device based on the measurement data.
US12066557B2 GNSS assisted RRM measurements
Methods performed by wireless devices and base stations for performing GNSS-assisted measurement reporting are disclosed. A method performed by a wireless device includes: determining that a measurement reporting triggering condition has been satisfied based on at least a location of the wireless device, the location of the wireless device being determined using GNSS location measurements; determining one or more measurement quantities relating to satellite(s) for each of the plurality of surrounding cells; and reporting at least a subset of the measurement quantities. A method performed by a base station includes: signalling to a wireless device a measurement report triggering condition, the measurement reporting triggering condition being based on at least a location of the wireless device, the location of the wireless device being determined using GNSS location measurements; and receiving a measurement report from the wireless device when the measurement reporting triggering condition is satisfied.
US12066556B2 Adjustable bearing supports for single-axis trackers
Adjustable bearing supports for single-axis trackers supported by truss foundations. A two-piece assembly joins a pair of adjacent truss legs to form a rigid foundation while providing a movable support for a tracker bearing housing assembly or other structure. The movable support may slide in-plane, or alternatively, enable the bearing housing assembly to slide and rotate with respect to the truss cap structure joining the adjacent truss legs.
US12066554B2 Systems and methods for verifying a device location
A method of verifying a device location includes receiving a provisional location for a first device, setting a baseline location confidence value for the provisional location, determining a first network environment of the first device, and receiving one or more location reports each including a location for another device in the first network environment. For each received location report, the location in the location report is compared with the provisional location of the first device and a distance is calculated; and an adjustment to the location confidence value of the first device is calculated based on the calculated distance. An output location confidence value is generated for the provisional location of the first device based on the baseline location confidence value and the adjustment calculated for each received location report.
US12066551B2 Multi-constellation, multi-frequency GNSS system for interference mitigation
A wideband interference mitigation module is coupled to an output of a primary downconverter to process the digital intermediate frequency signal. A selective filtering module is associated with a secondary downconverter that comprises a digital harmonic-resistant translator. The selective filtering module comprises: (a) a low-pass filter that is configured as an anti-aliasing digital filter consistent with a target receive bandwidth to suppress aliasing associated with the analog-to-digital conversion, and (b) narrow band rejection filter to filter the digital baseband signal to reduce or to mitigate electromagnetic interference, where the narrow band rejection filter is configured for adaptive control responsive to detection by the wideband interference mitigation module of certain interference in the received radio frequency signal.
US12066538B2 Peripheral perception system for a machine
A peripheral perception system for providing a 360-coverage of a peripheral region around a machine is disclosed. The peripheral perception system includes a first perception device mounted to a first surface of the machine, defining a first elevation and a first angle with respect to a vertical axis of the machine; and a second perception device mounted to a second surface of the machine, defining a second elevation and a second angle with respect to the vertical axis. The first perception device scans a first field of view covering a first peripheral region of the machine and the second perception device scans a second field of view covering a second peripheral region of the machine, such that the first field of view and the second field of view combinedly provide 360-degree coverage of the peripheral region around the machine.
US12066537B2 Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system including high-power amplifier
A LIDAR system comprising a laser configured to output a beam, a modulator configured to receive the beam and modulate the beam to generate a modulated beam, a photonic integrated circuit having an amplifier coupled to receive the modulated beam from the modulator and generate an amplified beam, the amplifier having an active layer and an alternating or periodic or a super lattice structure configured to dissipate heat; and a transceiver chip coupled to the photonic integrated circuit, the transceiver chip configured to emit the amplified beam and receive a reflected beam from a target.
US12066532B2 Ultrasound imaging device
An ultrasonic imaging device includes a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged in an array of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, the array being divided into a plurality of sub-arrays of neighboring transducers, each including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, the device including, for each sub-array: a single transmit and/or receive circuit; and a combiner selector and/or splitter selector circuit configurable to couple any, alone, of the transducers of the sub-array to the transmit and/or receive circuit of the sub-array, or to simultaneously couple a plurality of the transducers of the sub-array to the transmit and/or receive circuit of the sub-array. The device further includes a control circuit adapted to individually controlling the combiner selector and/or splitter selector circuits of the different sub-arrays.
US12066528B2 Determining relevant gesture signals using multi-dimensional radar signals
A method and electronic device for determining relevant signals in radar signal processing. The electronic device includes a radar transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to cause the electronic device to obtain, via the radar transceiver of the electronic device, radar measurements for one or more modes in a set of modes; process the radar measurements to obtain a set of radar images; identify relevant signals in the set of radar images based on signal determination criteria for an application; and perform the application using only the relevant signals.
US12066526B2 Method and apparatus for calculating altitude of target
A method for calculating an altitude of a target through an apparatus for calculating an altitude of the target, which comprises a plurality of MIMO radar virtual antennas, may comprise: receiving electromagnetic waves reflected from the target through a pair of virtual antennas classified into an upper antenna and a lower antenna and alternately arranged in two columns linearly; obtaining range information and phase information of the target from the pair of virtual antennas by analyzing the electromagnetic waves; and calculating altitude information of the target from position information of the pair of virtual antennas, and the range information and the phase information.
US12066525B2 Methods and systems for three dimensional object detection and localization
Example embodiments relate to techniques for three dimensional (3D) object detection and localization. A computing system may cause a radar unit to transmit radar signals and receive radar reflections relative to an environment of a vehicle. Based on the radar reflections, the computing system may determine a heading and a range for a nearby object. The computing system may also receive an image depicting a portion of the environment that includes the object from a vehicle camera and remove peripheral areas of the image to generate an image patch that focuses upon the object based on the heading and the range for the object. The image patch and the heading and the range for the object can be provided as inputs into a neural network that provides output parameters corresponding to the object, which can be used to control the vehicle.
US12066522B2 Navigation device applied to a wireless identification tag
A navigation device applied to a wireless identification tag includes a movable signal transceiver and an operation processor. The movable signal transceiver is adapted to transmit a detection signal and receive an actuation signal relevant to the detection signal. The operation processor is electrically connected to the movable signal transceiver. The operation processor is adapted to analyze the actuation signal to acquire relative position between the movable signal transceiver and the wireless identification tag, and generate a motion parameter in accordance with the relative position for moving the movable signal transceiver.
US12066520B2 Radar communications with disparate pulse repetition intervals
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to radar communications with disparate pulse repetition intervals, as may be implemented with radar transmission, receiver and processing circuitry. As may be utilized in accordance with one or more embodiments herein, time division multiplexing (TDM) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radar signals are transmitted by transmitting sets of successive radar signals, each set having a pulse repetition interval (PRI) that is different than the PRI of sets of radar signals transmitted in another one of the sets. Positional characteristics of a target may be ascertained based on the PRI used in each of the sets and on phase characteristics of ones of the radar signals reflected from the target.
US12066516B2 Radar apparatus and signal processing method thereof
A radar apparatus includes a transmitting analog front-end circuit, a plurality of antenna ports, a switching controller, a switching circuit, and a receiving analog front-end circuit. The transmitting analog front-end circuit generates a transmitting signal according to a carrier wave signal. A frequency of the carrier wave signal changes with time during a frequency sweep period of the carrier wave signal. The antenna ports are respectively configured to receive an echo signal corresponding to the transmitting signal. The switching controller is coupled to the transmitting analog front-end circuit and configured to generate a control signal according to the frequency sweep period of the carrier wave signal. The switching circuit is coupled to the antenna ports and the switching controller, configured to select one of the antenna ports to receive the echo signal according to the control signal, and coupled to the receiving analog front-end circuit.
US12066508B2 Magnetic field measuring apparatus and magnetic field measuring method
A magnetic field measuring apparatus includes an A/D conversion unit, an integration unit, and a post-processing unit. The A/D conversion unit is configured to sample a signal at a predetermined sampling frequency and perform conversion into digital data, the signal being based on an output voltage from a superconducting quantum interference device configure to detect a magnetic field emanating from a living organism. The integration unit is configured to obtain a biological magnetic field signal based on a value obtained by integrating the digital data, the biological magnetic field signal indicating a magnetic field emanating from the living organism. The post-processing unit is configured to perform decimation processing on the biological magnetic field signal output from the integration unit.
US12066505B2 Testing instrument and test method
The characteristics of a winding to be tested is allowed to be analyzed more easily and in a shorter time. A testing instrument 1 includes an impulse voltage application capacitor Cs having one end connected to an external terminal T2, a switch SW and a current limiting resistor Rs connected in series between another end of the impulse voltage application capacitor Cs and an external terminal T1, and a parameter calculator 5. The parameter calculator 5 calculates at least one of the value of the equivalent capacitor Cd, the value of the equivalent inductor Ld and the value of the equivalent resistor Rd by performing regression analysis using a measured value of a voltage Vcd in an analysis time period Ta from turning on of the switch SW to start of resonance based on the equivalent inductor Ld, the equivalent capacitor Cd and the equivalent resistor Rd pertaining to a winding 11.
US12066503B2 Bus bar for battery cell connection, battery pack, and manufacturing method therefor
The present disclosure relates to a busbar for connecting battery cells, a battery pack, and a method for manufacturing the battery pack, and more particularly, to a busbar for electrically connecting a plurality of battery cells, a battery pack and a method for manufacturing the battery pack. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells; and a busbar for electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells, wherein the busbar includes: a lead part extending onto each of electrode terminals of the battery cells; a first welding protrusion formed on the lead part and joined to each of the electrode terminals; and a second welding protrusion formed on the lead part and disposed to be spaced apart from each of the electrode terminals.
US12066501B2 Power supply peak current measurement
A peak current detector is integrated into a power supply, such as a power management integrated circuit, to detect glitch attacks imposed on the power rails inside the power supply. Integrated circuitry being supplied by the power supply periodically checks the state of the power supply via a secure communication channel to obtain the detected peak current values, which allow the integrated circuitry to detect those attacks and react accordingly to any possible threats.
US12066492B2 Battery and alternator simulator
A battery and alternator simulator for use in testing operational capability of a battery tester includes a user interface configured to receive a user input signal associated with a desired testing condition. The simulator additionally includes a signal database includes a plurality of testing conditions and a plurality of testing signals stored thereon, each testing condition being matched with one of the plurality of testing signals. A processor is in communication with the user interface and the signal database, with the processor being configured to identify one of the testing signals based on the testing condition associated with the received user input signal. A pair of testing terminals is in operative communication with the processor and is configured to be electrically connectable to a corresponding pair of terminals on the battery tester for communicating the testing signal to the battery tester.
US12066490B2 Wrapper cell design and built-in self-test architecture for 3DIC test and diagnosis
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for performing intra-die and inter-die tests of one or more dies of an integrated circuit. A cell of an integrated circuit includes a data register, an I/O pad, and a first multiplexer. The data register is configured to output a signal. The I/O pad is coupled to the data register and configured to receive and buffer the signal. The first multiplexer is coupled to the I/O pad and the data register. The multiplexer is configured to selectively output either the buffered signal or the signal based on whether a scan mode or a functional mode is enabled.
US12066487B2 Method and circuit for simple measurement of the phase shift between two digital clock signals having the same frequency
A method for simple measurement of phase shift between a first clock signal and a second clock signal is described, each clock signal having a period T0. The method includes: feeding the first clock signal into a first input of a mixer; feeding the second clock signal into a second input of the mixer; feeding the output signal of the mixer into a low pass filter; and measuring the output signal of the low pass filter, with the aid of an output voltage that is normalized to operating voltage of the mixer. A circuit for implementing the method includes a mixer and a low pass filter. The mixer includes a first input for feeding in the first clock signal, and a second input for feeding in the second clock signal. The output of the mixer is connected to the input of the low pass filter.
US12066484B2 Method and device for wafer-level testing
The present disclosure provides a method and a system for testing semiconductor device. The method includes providing a device under test (DUT) having an input terminal and an output terminal; applying a voltage having a first voltage level to the input terminal of the DUT during a first period; applying a stress signal to the input terminal of the DUT during a second period subsequent to the first period; obtaining an output signal in response to the stress signal at the output terminal of the DUT; and comparing the output signal with the stress signal. The stress signal includes a plurality of sequences, each having a ramp-up stage and a ramp-down stage. The stress signal has a second voltage level and a third voltage level.
US12066478B2 Fault detecting system for coaxial transmission lines
A device for testing faults and non-conformities in a waveguide, such as a coaxial cable or a coaxial line such as those used in radio and television broadcast towers or in cellphone towers. The device is arranged for injecting a signal in the waveguide and for receiving a backscattered signal, characterizing a nonconformity or a fault. The injected signal may be a digital UWB signal.
US12066477B2 Method and device for calculating directional pattern of beam pointing adjustable antenna
Provided are a directional pattern calculation method and apparatus for a beam pointing adjustable antenna. In the design method, key control factors are quantized, for example, a arrangement and combination modes for a plurality of slot units and wave-controlled codes for conducting and cut-off states of a slot unit, and different combinations of slot units and a far-field directional pattern of a controlled array antenna are evaluated, so that electrical performance indicators of the array antenna can be further evaluated. Weighting calculation is implemented for a directional pattern of a beam pointing adjustable antenna. Key information such as a form of a slot unit and a arrangement and combination modes for slot units can be globally optimized.
US12066476B2 Systems and methods for duty cycle measurement
Systems, methods, and circuits for determining a duty cycle of a periodic input signal are provided. A delay element is configured to delay the periodic input signal based on a digital control word. A digital circuit is configured to generate a first digital control word used to delay the periodic input signal a first amount of time corresponding to a period of the periodic input signal, generate a second digital control word used to delay the periodic input signal a second amount of time corresponding to a portion of the periodic input signal having a logic-level high value, and generate a third digital control word used to delay the periodic input signal a third amount of time corresponding to a portion of the periodic input signal having a logic-level low value. A controller is configured to determine the duty cycle based on the first, second, and third digital control words.
US12066475B2 Two-step charge-based capacitor measurement
Systems and methods are described herein for charge-based capacitor measurement. The system includes a first pseudo-inverter circuit and a second pseudo-inverter circuit. The system also includes a control circuit coupled between the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate independent and non-overlapping control signals for the first pseudo-inverter circuit and the second pseudo-inverter circuit. A shielding metal is coupled to the first pseudo-inverter circuit, the second pseudo-inverter circuit, and the control circuit. The shielding metal is configured to dissipate parasitic capacitance of at least one of the first pseudo-inverter circuit or the second pseudo-inverter circuit. A device under test is coupled to each of the first inverter circuit and the second inverter circuit.
US12066468B1 Method and device for detecting system failure, computer device, and storage medium
Disclosed are a method and device for detecting system failure, a computer device, and a storage medium. The method includes obtaining, when a system to be detected is powered on or off, a real-time voltage oscillation signal acquired by a voltage sensor arranged in a detection circuits of the system. The detection circuit is a circuit where a source and drain of a switching device in the system are located. A degradation trend of the system is determined according to the real-time voltage oscillation signal and a reference voltage oscillation signal corresponding to the detection circuit of the system. A failure detection for the system is performed according to the degradation trend of the system.
US12066465B2 Current sensing using panel plane
An apparatus for sensing current on a conductor of an electrical panel includes at least one sensing system, which comprises a ferromagnetic body and a sensor. The body can be formed of a ferro-magnetic material, such as for example steel. The ferromagnetic body can have two legs, which when placed on a load-side of the electrical panel, is configured to form, together with a back plane of the electrical panel, a magnetic path around the conductor. The ferromagnetic body comprises at least two parts with a first air gap therebetween along the magnetic path. The sensor, which is arranged in the first air gap, is configured to measure a current or other electrical property representative of current on the conductor based on the magnetic field across the first air gap.
US12066464B2 Sensored insulation plug
A sensored insulation plug for a separable connector in a MV/HV power distribution network of a national grid, operable to sense the MV/HV elevated voltage. The sensored insulation plug includes a plug body formed by a solidified insulating material, a contact piece, and a discrete coupling capacitor embedded in the insulating material and operable to harvest energy from the elevated voltage of the contact piece and optionally operable to superimpose a communication voltage signal over the elevated voltage. The sensored insulation plug further includes an integrated sensing capacitor, operable as a high-voltage capacitor in a sensing voltage divider for sensing the elevated voltage. The sensing capacitor comprises a high-voltage electrode comprising the coupling electrode and the contact piece, a tubular sensing electrode, and a dielectric comprising a portion of the insulating material.
US12066463B2 Information processing apparatus, computer-readable medium, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes an extraction unit, a determination unit, a display control unit, and a display unit. The extraction unit is configured to extract, by predetermined pattern matching, candidate peaks in a certain arbitrary period of time from among at least one or more pieces of waveform data. The determination unit is configured to determine, from among the candidate peaks of the waveform data, a single peak based on a score related to the pattern matching. The display control unit is configured to output display information for displaying a position of the peak. The display unit is configured to display the display information.
US12066459B2 Integrated circuit package with current sense element
A semiconductor device includes a leadframe having a first level and a second level. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die and a conductive alloy. The conductive alloy is between the semiconductor die and the first level of the lead frame. The conductive alloy is configured to be a current sense element. The semiconductor device further includes a first conductive post coupling the semiconductor die to the conductive alloy, a second conductive post coupling the semiconductor die to the conductive alloy, and a third conductive post coupling the semiconductor die to the second level of the lead frame. The second conductive post is configured to be a first sense terminal. The third conductive post is configured to be a second sense terminal.
US12066457B2 Testing apparatus and method of using the same
A testing apparatus for a semiconductor package includes a circuit board, testing patterns and a socket. The circuit board has a testing region and includes a plurality of testing contacts and a plurality of signal contacts distributed in the testing region. The testing patterns are embedded in the circuit board and electrically connected to the testing contacts, where each of the testing patterns includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line including a main portion and a branch portion connected to main portion. The first conductive line is connected to the main portion. The socket is located on the circuit board and comprising connectors electrically connected to the circuit board, wherein the connectors are configured to transmit electric signals for testing the semiconductor package from the testing apparatus.
US12066456B2 System for ensuring failsafe operation of pitot tube covers for multiple types of pitot tubes
The present invention is directed to multiple arrangements of a self-disengaging pitot tube cover, which can be triggered by a plurality of different environmental conditions while the cover admits to a plurality of different latching mechanisms and opening configurations to guarantee the expeditious, automatic removal of the pitot tube cover while avoiding damage or contamination of the pitot tube itself.
US12066448B2 Specimen inspection automation system and specimen inspection method
An inspection result of a specimen inspection automation system can be reported within a prescribed time, even if a large number of urgent specimens have been input. An instruction reception unit receives turn around time (TAT) information and a discharge instruction. The necessity of discharging a specimen for which the instruction was issued with the discharge instruction is determined and a discharge instruction unit creates a discharge destination and a conveyance route to the discharge destination for the specimen. A discharge mechanism discharges the specimen for which the instruction was issued. Even for a specimen which is caused to wait for processing due to the occurrence of specimen congestion and for which there is a risk of an inspection result reporting delay, an inspection result can be reported within a prescribed time by switching from automatic processing by the system to manual processing by an operator.
US12066444B2 Blood-based methods for determining Aβ amyloidosis
The present disclosure provides methods for blood-based examination useful to identify subjects with Aβ amyloidosis and/or to identify subjects who should or should not undergo further testing or treatment for Aβ amyloidosis, as well as methods for treating subjects diagnosed with Aβ amyloidosis by the methods disclosed herein.
US12066436B2 Compositions and methods for diagnosing Lyme disease and for predicting Lyme disease spirochete elimination after treatment
Compositions and methods are provided for detection, diagnosis and prognosis of Lyme disease (LD), including a method for confirming Borrelia spp. infection by contacting, in vitro, whole blood samples from subjects suspected of having LD with synthetic peptides comprising T-cell epitope-containing regions derived from Borrelia proteins that are expressed at different stages of Lyme disease, and indirectly detecting LD-specific activated T-cells by determining production of a T-cell immune response indicator (e.g., interferon-Y) in response to stimulation by the peptides. Also disclosed are methods for predicting elimination of LD spirochetes in LD patients who have undergone LD treatment, by exposing whole blood samples from such subjects to peptides comprising specific T-cell epitope regions of Borrelia proteins that are expressed at different stages of Lyme disease, and confirming a lack of Borrelia-specific activated T-cells in the samples by the absence of a detectable T-cell immune response indicator (e.g., interferon-Y).
US12066421B2 Method for determining reference value of wine for feasibility of filling aluminum can, method for checking feasibility of filling aluminum can with wine, and method for producing aluminum-canned wine
A method for determining a reference value of a wine for feasibility of filling an aluminum can, the method comprising: acquiring a pH, an alcohol concentration, and a free sulfite concentration for multiple kinds of wines; calculating a molecular SO2 concentration of each of the multiple kinds of wines from acquired values of the pH, the alcohol concentration, and the free sulfite concentration; enclosing the multiple kinds of wines into aluminum cans of an identical type, respectively, thereby obtaining multiple kinds of canned wines; putting the multiple kinds of canned wines in storage and evaluating quality of the canned wines after the storage; and determining an upper limit value of the molecular SO2 concentration based on an evaluation result obtained from the evaluating.
US12066418B2 Method for measuring concentration of fluorine gas contained in halogen fluoride-containing gas by ultra violet spectroscopy
A method for measuring the concentration of fluorine gas, which includes irradiating a halogen fluoride-containing gas with ultraviolet light in which the ratio (WX/WF) of the maximum value (WX) of ultraviolet light intensity in the wavelength region of less than 250 nm with respect to the ultraviolet light intensity (WF) at a wavelength of 285 nm is 1/10 or less, and measuring the absorbance at a wavelength of 285 nm to obtain the concentration of fluorine gas contained in the halogen fluoride-containing gas.
US12066417B2 Learning model generation support apparatus, learning model generation support method, and computer-readable recording medium
A learning model generation support apparatus 10 is an apparatus for supporting generation of a learning model to be utilized in odor detection using an odor sensor that reacts to a plurality of types of odors. The learning model generation support apparatus 10 includes a data acquisition unit 11 that acquires sensor data output by the odor sensor under specific measurement conditions and condition data specifying the measurement conditions, and inputs, as training data, the acquired sensor data and condition data to a machine learning engine 31 that generates the learning model, and a condition setting unit 12 that acquires a predictive accuracy output by the machine learning engine in response to input of the training data, and sets new measurement conditions for when the odor sensor newly outputs sensor data as training data, based on the acquired predictive accuracy.
US12066408B2 Optical fiber distribution measurement system and signal processing method for optical fiber distribution measurement
This optical fiber distribution measurement system of distributed optical fiber sensing type includes: a tunable wavelength distributed feedback LD (1) for obtaining a DTSS signal through frequency shift analysis; an external resonance laser (2) for obtaining a DAS signal through phase shift analysis; a pulse compression coding circuit (4) including an intensity modulator (4a) and an phase modulator (4b); an acousto-optic switch (5); an erbium doped optical fiber amplifier (6); a circulator (7); a diversity device (8); a digitizer (11); a CPU (12); and a serial transfer interface (13). Through calculation on discrete signals sent from the digitizer (11), the CPU (12) converts an analyzed Rayleigh frequency shift signal obtained as the DTSS signal, to phase error, and corrects an analyzed phase signal obtained as the DAS signal, by the phase error.
US12066407B2 Sizing of remnant thickness in pipes and plates using cut-off properties by widening excitation bands of frequency and wavelength
This invention provides a method for finding the remnant thickness of a structure. A feature of guided waves known as the cut-off property is used to determine the remnant thickness of structures. Fundamental guided wave modes do not possess cut-off property, but higher order modes do. The cut-off thickness of a particular mode is the minimum thickness required for that mode to travel through the guided medium. The invention uses a wide-bands of frequency and wavelength to generate the modes using appropriate magnets and excitation signal shape to provide a low cost and rapid evaluation of remnant thickness of structure.
US12066402B2 Sensor coil
A method of manufacturing is provided. The method can include determining a cross-sectional shape of an object to be inspected using a sensor configured with a sensor coil. The method can also include providing a substrate having a profile matching the cross-sectional shape of the object. The method can further include applying a dielectric material to the substrate in a patter matching a shape of the sensor coil. The method can also include forming a first layer of a first material on the dielectric material by sputtering particles of the first material on the dielectric material in the pattern and forming additional layers of the first material atop the first layer by iteratively depositing the additional layers in the pattern via an additive manufacturing technique. A sensor including a sensor coil formed via the method is also provided.
US12066401B2 Hydrogen gas sensor utilizing electrically isolated tunneling magnetoresistive stress sensing elements
A hydrogen gas sensor utilizing electrically isolated tunneling magnetoresistive stress sensing elements is disclosed. The hydrogen gas sensor comprises: a deformable substrate, a magnetoresistive bridge stress sensor located on the deformable substrate, an electrical isolation layer covering the magnetoresistive bridge stress sensor, a magnetic shielding layer located on the electrical isolation layer, and a hydrogen sensing layer located above the deformable substrate. The hydrogen sensing layer is located in a plane perpendicular to the deformation of the substrate covering the electrical isolation layer. The hydrogen sensing layer is used for absorbing or desorbing hydrogen gas to generate expansion or contraction deformation and cause a stress change of the deformable substrate. The magnetoresistive bridge stress sensor is used for measuring a hydrogen gas concentration utilizing the stress change of the deformable substrate. It results in a hydrogen gas sensor with improved performance.
US12066398B2 Quantitative measurement of membrane protein function on a biosensor
Disclosed herein are methods and devices for a cell-free assay platform that enables measurement of membrane protein function by measuring the events that are induced by ligand binding or other stimuli.
US12066394B2 Gas detection device with a detector and a compensator and gas detection process
A gas detection device and a process monitor an area for a combustible target gas. A heating segment of a detector (10) is heated when electrical current flows therethrough. A heating segment of a compensator (1) is heated when electrical current flows therethrough. An electrical voltage is applied to both the detector and the compensator. The heating of the detector (10) causes a combustible target gas to be oxidized in an interior of the gas detection device. A detection variable, which depends on the temperature (Temp_10) of the detector, and a detection variable, which depends on the temperature (Temp_11) of the compensator, are measured. A presence and/or a concentration of a target gas are determined as a function of the detection variables. A quality parameter is measured and increases as the detection variable depending on the detector temperature increases and as the detection variable depending on the compensator temperature decreases.
US12066393B1 Moisture detection system
A moisture detection system may include a baseboard including a first electrode and a second electrode; and a moisture detector configured to detect whether a circuit is closed by a conductive liquid making simultaneous contact with the first electrode and the second electrode.
US12066387B2 Micro scale image capture system
According to various embodiments of the present invention, an optical capture system is provided. In one embodiment, a micro-scale optical capturing system is provided with low divergence (approximately 1°) of the incident light and low acceptance angle (<8°) of the captured light. According to embodiments, a micro-scale optical capturing system is provided with a large number of collimated high-power white LEDs as light sources, between 60 and 100 units, for example, and may be positioned at distances of about 650 mm from the sample. In one embodiment, a digital camera using 50 mm focal objective with a 25 mm length extension tube captures images of the sample. This provides a working distance of approximately 100 mm and at the same time maintains ×0.5 magnification for microscale captures, with an image size of 4×4 microns per pixel.
US12066386B2 Sampling device, semi-automatic sample feeding device and test paper detection system
A sampling device is provided, including: a syringe barrel having an opening and a holding portion; a plunger body having a protruding wall and disposed in the syringe barrel through the opening, where the protruding wall has a first recessed portion; a spring disposed around the plunger body; and a fastening assembly having an engaging structure for engaging the fastening assembly with the holding portion, a groove rail for receiving the protruding wall of the plunger body and a fastening portion for limiting displacement of the plunger body. A semi-automatic sample feeding device is further provided and includes the sampling device and a flow control device, and a test paper detection system is also provided and includes the semi-automatic sample feeding device and a test paper device. The test paper detection system is able to stably introduce samples, suitable for large-volume samples, which meets the needs of point-of-care applications.
US12066385B2 Raman spectroscopy based measurements in patterned structures
A method for use in measuring one or more characteristics of patterned structures, the method including providing measured data comprising data indicative of at least one Raman spectrum obtained from a patterned structure under measurements using at least one selected optical measurement scheme each with a predetermined configuration of at least one of illuminating and collected light conditions corresponding to the one or more characteristics to be measured, processing the measured data, and determining, for each of the at least one Raman spectrum, a distribution of Raman-contribution efficiency (RCE) within at least a part of the structure under measurements, being dependent on characteristics of the structure and the predetermined configuration of the at least one of illuminating and collected light conditions in the respective optical measurement scheme, and analyzing the distribution of Raman-contribution efficiency and determining the one or more characteristics of the structure.
US12066384B2 Quality control method for diisononyl phthalate, producing method for resin composition, resin composition, and cable or tube
A quality control method for a diisononyl phthalate includes a measuring step of irradiating the diisononyl phthalate with a laser to measure a Raman spectrum; and an acceptance or rejection decision step of determining an acceptance or a rejection of a quality of the diisononyl phthalate on the basis of a high and low intensity relationship between an intensity of a first spectral peak, which is ascribed to a vibration of molecular chains in a straight chain hydrocarbon, and an intensity of a second spectral peak, which is ascribed to a vibration of isopropyl groups, in the measured Raman spectrum.
US12066383B2 Optical analyte detection
Analyte collection and testing systems and methods, and more particularly to testing systems and methods that achieve significant improvements in the detection of fluorescence signals in the reader by modulating the applied optical excitation. Also described herein are optical detection apparatuses and methods for removable photonic chips that do not require translation for calibration when coupling the photonics chip with the sensing system. Also described herein are methods and apparatuses for accurately calibrating a dilution factor when reading from a photonics chip.
US12066381B2 Optical measuring device
An optical measuring device for the spectral measurement of a sample is disclosed. The optical measure device includes an integrating cavity that has a diffusely reflective interior in order to render the light in the integrating cavity diffuse, a light source that is configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength range into the integrating cavity, and a sensor that is configured to receive light from the integrating cavity, wherein the integrating cavity comprises an optical opening, and wherein the optical measuring device is provided and configured to measure a sample located outside of the integrating cavity directly in front of the optical opening.
US12066380B2 Methods and systems for detecting water status in plants using terahertz radiation
Methods and systems for determining water status in plant tissue are provided. A number of systems are capable of using terahertz signals to generate signals measuring total water content in plant tissue, including plant leaves. Using these signals, methods are capable of determining water status variables, including water mass per leaf area, relative water content, and leaf water potential, which can aid in agricultural, ecological, and environmental health, such as dehydration and droughst stress of plants.
US12066375B2 Optical flow cell
The invention relates to an optical flow cell comprising a housing forming an enclosed and elongated fluid channel arranged along a first axis, an inlet arranged to connect a first outer surface area of the housing to a first end of the fluid channel and an outlet arranged to connect a second outer surface area to a second end of the fluid channel, a first light guide and a second light guide concentrically arranged along a second axis and on opposite side walls of the fluid channel. The invention further relates to a corresponding method to produce an optical flow cell.
US12066369B2 Synthetic human cell mimic particle for cytometric or coulter device
Synthetic human cell mimic hydrogel particles and their use in cytometric or coulter device applications are described. The synthetic human cell mimic hydrogel particles described herein are selectively tunable to have at least one optical, volumetric, or capacitance property that is substantially similar to a corresponding optical, volumetric, or capacitance property of the human cell mimic hydrogel particle's natural biological cell counterpart.
US12066366B2 Time-varying detecting device and method for concrete rheological parameters
A time-varying detecting device and method for concrete rheological parameters, in which the double-covered cylinder has top and bottom covers (11, 12), both of which can be freely opened, is configured to contain a concrete sample, and a lifting frame includes a pair of vertical supports (21) extending in parallel with each other. The double-covered cylindrical container is held between the pair of vertical supports (21) by means of connecting members (30) in such a manner that it can be flipped 180° about a straight line along which the connecting members (30) extend under the action of an external force. To perform a test, the top cover (11) is opened and a concrete mix is filled in, followed by detecting initial rheological parameters. The top cover (11) is closed, and the concrete mix is left for a predetermined period of time. The double-covered cylindrical container is lifted to a predetermined height by raising the connecting members (30), flipped 180° and lowered back onto the floor. The bottom cover (12) is opened, and the concrete mix is re-mixed and homogenized, followed by finally detecting the time-varying rheological parameters of the concrete mix.
US12066365B2 Chromatographic isolation of cells and other complex biological materials
The present invention relates to the chromatographic isolation of a target cell or another complex biological material, in particular by column chromatography such as affinity chromatography or gel permeation chromatography. The invention employs a receptor binding reagent that binds to a receptor molecule that is located on the surface of a target cell. The invention in general provides novel methods for the traceless isolation of biologic materials such as cells, cell organelles, viruses and the like. The invention also relates to an apparatus for the isolation of cells and other complex biological materials.
US12066360B2 Multistage gas sampling trap and detection of sulfurous species contaminant
A gas sampling trap includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a metal salt that reacts with sulfurous species to produce acidic gas. The second stage configured to receive the acidic gas produced in the first stage. An adsorbent substrate in the second stage adsorbs the acidic gas. A method of sampling a gas includes directing gas onto a metal stage within a first stage to produce acidic gas, directing the acidic gas into the second stage, and adsorbing the acidic gas in the second stage with an adsorbent substrate. A method of detecting a concentration of sulfurous species in a gas includes sampling the gas with a sampling trap, desorbing adsorbed acidic gas from an adsorbent substrate of the sampling trap with a solvent, and testing the solvent with ion chromatography.
US12066358B2 System and method for alerting third-parties of an unfavorable condition
A system and method for monitoring conditions in a crawl space is provided. The system generally comprises at least one sensor, computing device, data aggregator operably connected to the at least one sensor, processor operably connected to the computing device, power supply, and non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and having instructions stored thereon. The system is designed to collect condition data via the at least one sensor and determine whether the conditions within the crawl space could have a detrimental impact on the building. In particular, the system is designed to alert a third-party when a condition might cause damage to a building so that the third-party might correct the cause of the condition.
US12066357B1 Systems and methods for determining duct leakage in a climate control system
Methods and related systems for operating a climate control system for an indoor space are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes operating an indoor fan of the climate control system to rotate an impeller of the indoor fan in a reverse rotational direction opposite a nominal rotational direction of the impeller. Additionally, the method includes determining an airflow of the indoor fan when the impeller of the indoor fan is rotated in the reverse rotational direction. Further, the method includes determining a duct leakage rate associated with at least one duct of the climate control system based on the determined airflow, wherein the at least one duct is sealed-off at an end thereof.
US12066356B2 Oil filter-leak pressure-test station
An apparatus and a method are provided for an oil filter-leak pressure-test station. The oil filter-leak pressure-test station comprises an air pump, a pressure gauge, a vent valve, an overflow reservoir, and a manifold configured to receive an oil filter. The oil filter-leak pressure-test station is configured to apply a desired internal air pressure to an oil filter for observing the oil filter assembly for any potential leaks, such as along a seal ring, rolled seam or a nut-end. The oil filter-leak pressure-test station is also configured to be mounted in a vise or similar mechanical attachment for observation to determine the extent or existence of any leak in the oil filter. The oil filter-leak pressure-test station may also be submerged in water using a submersion reservoir, so as to determine the existence and location of any leaks.
US12066351B2 Gas turbine swirl detection
A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, the instructions executable by one or more processors for calculating base swirl in a gas turbine; and calculating relative swirl in the gas turbine. Also, a method for gas turbine maintenance, comprising identifying a combustor in need of repair or replacement within a gas turbine; and repairing or replacing the combustor; wherein said identifying comprises calculating base swirl of the gas turbine and calculating relative swirl of the gas turbine in order to associate a gas path from a thermocouple to the combustor in need of repair or replacement.
US12066347B2 Sensory array structures with two or more different sets of resolution, method of fabrication of and method of operating same
Tactile sensing using both coarse and fine tactile sensors. A coarse tactile sensor having a first sensitive area at least partially encompasses or overlies a plurality of fine tactile sensors, each having a respective sensitive area smaller than the first sensitive area. The coarse tactile sensor(s) and fine tactile sensors may be carried on a same circuit board or separate circuit boards. Processor(s) circuits are communicatively coupled to the coarse and/or fine tactile sensors. Information indicative of at least a presence or absence of force or pressure at a given location monitored by the respective tactile sensor, and/or a measure of the force or pressure or strain is collected. Such may be mounted to a backing, and optionally covered or encased in an artificial skin. Collecting sensor readings employs both coarse and fine tactile sensors, sampling corresponding fine tactile sensors in response to detection by a coarse tactile sensor.
US12066343B2 Stress properties measurement method, device, and system correlated based on stress gradients on multiple regions
A stress properties measurement method for measuring properties of stresses generated in a structure includes acquiring, from a first imaging device, a plurality of thermal images corresponding to temperatures of a surface of the structure, the plurality of thermal images being different in imaging time from each other, generating a stress distribution image corresponding to each of the plurality of thermal images, acquiring a stress value of a first section that is smaller in stress gradient than a predetermined value and respective stress values of a plurality of second sections where stresses are concentrated for the stress distribution images, and deriving correlation properties of stresses at a section of the structure based on the stress value of the first section acquired and the respective stress values of the plurality of second sections acquired.
US12066342B2 Apparatus for obtaining wellbore pressure measurements
The present invention concerns apparatus (1) for obtaining distributed pressure measurements in a wellbore (2), the apparatus (1) comprising: a flexible rod (10; 110) arranged to be disposed in the wellbore (2); and an elongate sensing member (15; 115) extending along the rod, the sensing member comprising at least one optical sensing fibre member (16; 116) arranged to afford a continuous length of sensing capability, wherein the sensing member extends in a groove formed in the exterior surface of the rod.
US12066337B2 Load sensor
A load sensor includes: a base member being insulative and having elasticity; an electrode having elasticity and formed on an upper face of the base member; and a wire member being electrically conductive and disposed so as to be superposed on an upper face of the electrode, a surface of the wire member being covered by a dielectric body. A ratio of a thickness of the electrode to a thickness of the base member is not less than 0.02 and not greater than 0.3.
US12066336B2 Isolated temperature sensing for hems contacts
A method of detecting temperature of an electrical terminal. The method includes: applying a material patch to a surface of the electrical terminal, the material patch containing a polymer matrix with a polymeric positive temperature coefficient material which contains a mixture of electrically conductive magnetic particles, whereby the material patch does not appreciably increase the electrical resistance or thermal capacitance of the electrical terminal; and remotely sensing a change in the material patch with an electrically isolated circuit which is external to the electrical terminal to determine if the electrical terminal is operating at a safe temperature to optimize current flow across the electrical terminal.
US12066334B2 Sensor configured to sense heat or infrared light and electronic device including same
A sensor configured to sense heat or infrared light including a substrate includes a plurality of recess portions; a cavity inside the substrate along a bottom surface and opposing side surfaces of the substrate; a lower reflective layer disposed on at least one of an upper surface of the bottom surface of the substrate, a lower surface of the bottom surface of the substrate, and a surface opposite to the lower surface of the bottom surface of the substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed inside both side surfaces of the recess portion and facing each other; a pixel structure configured to sense heat or infrared light inside the recess portion and embedded in the substrate; and a planarization layer covering the entire upper portion of the substrate.
US12066332B2 Process for producing a microbolometer comprising a vanadium-oxide-based sensitive material
A process for producing a microbolometer including a vanadium-oxide-based sensitive material containing an additional chemical element chosen from arsenic, germanium, silicon and phosphorus, the process including: determining an effective amount of the additional chemical element from which the modified compound, having undergone a step of exposure to a temperature Tr for a time Δtr, exhibits an electrical resistivity ρa|r at room temperature that is higher than 10% of its native value; producing the sensitive material in a thin layer, this material being formed from the modified compound having an amount of the additional chemical element that is greater than or equal to the effective amount; and exposing the sensitive material to the temperature Tr for the time Δtr.
US12066326B2 Spectrometer
A spectrometer includes a support having a bottom wall part and a side wall part surrounding a spectroscopic space, a cover arranged on an opening part formed by the side wall part and provided with a light transmitting part, a joining member arranged between the cover and the opening part, a light detection element supported by the side wall part between the spectroscopic space and the cover, and an optical function part provided on a surface of the bottom wall part. A vent is provided in at least one of the support, the cover, and the joining member. The vent is open to an outside and a space defined by the support, the cover, and the light detection element. The space communicates with the spectroscopic space.
US12066320B2 Calibration system and method
An electronic measurement device or electronic scale including an arrangement of multiple low-cost sensors to measure a physical property of an object is disclosed. The electronic measurement device or electronic scale utilizes an accurate and effective calibration method that compensates for the idiosyncrasies of using individual sensors. The electronic measurement device positions a plurality of sensors at predetermined observational locations to provide sensor output signals in response to sensing physical characteristics of the physical property of the object to be measured and combines the different sensor output signals by applying a combined calibration transfer function that represents a calibration function for each of the plurality of sensors to provide a cumulative measurement signal that represents the measurement of the physical property of the object. A centroid of the mass of the object is computed and used to execute different applications.
US12066318B2 Grow tower weight measurement with shared load cell
An arrangement and method are provided for weighing plant support structures that are travel along a conveyance line. A load bar includes connections to couple the load bar to a carrier, which is moveable along the conveyance line. The load bar receives ends of plant support structure hooks, and exerts a lateral force on the hooks as the load bar travels. A load cell includes a leading portion that is lower in height than a weighing portion of the load cell. Each hook raises as it travels onto the load cell. The relationship of the height of the weighing portion and the length of the hook end are arranged such that, as the hook end is raised, it remains engaged with the load bar so that the load bar continues to exert a lateral force on the hook as the load bar moves in the direction of travel.
US12066314B2 Truck scale management system and method
A truck scale management system is disclosed that is configured to obtain pricing data for a plurality of products, obtain payment information corresponding to an entity, obtain payment information corresponding to a scale-owner, generate a virtual scale that is configured to obtain scale data from a physical scale associated with the scale-owner, generate a virtual kiosk corresponding to the virtual scale that is configured for use during weighments of trucks on the physical scale and is associated with a given product of the plurality of products, receive a weigh ticket from the virtual kiosk corresponding to a weighment of a given truck that is carrying the given product and is associated with the entity, generate an invoice based on the received weigh ticket and the obtained pricing data and execute a payment of the invoice based on the obtained payment information corresponding to the entity and the scale-owner.
US12066313B1 Non-invasive well level monitoring and maintenance
The present method and apparatus use information on the voltage V and the current I drawn by a pump motor to determine the water or liquid level height H in a well in which the pump is employed. In typical examples, the power of the motor can be related to the pressure and the fluid flow, and equations can then be used to relate fluid flow Q1 to fluid height H in the well. Glossary for FIG Calc.=Calculation Meas.=Measurement Detr.=Determines Avg.=Average Param.=Parameter Calib.=Calibration =command CD=Control device (example smart phone).
US12066307B2 Determining the angular position by means of an x+1-tooth camshaft sensor
Disclosed is a method for determining the angular position of a shaft by a sensor including a toothed wheel including p teeth distributed at equal angles and an additional tooth and a sensitive element that is able to detect a tooth, including the following steps: receiving a tooth signal and the date thereof; shifting the preceding time intervals: Tn−3←Tn−2, Tn−2←Tn−1, Tn−1←Tn; determining the current time interval according to the formula Tn=tn−tn−1; calculating a ratio according to the formula Rn=(Tn*Tn−3)/(Tn−1*Tn−2); and comparing the ratio with a threshold, if the ratio is greater than the threshold, the current tooth signal corresponds to the second tooth immediately following the first tooth, itself immediately following the additional tooth.
US12066305B2 Electrode structure and grip sensor
An electrode structure includes: a base material; a conductive fabric on a first surface of the base material; and one or more conductive wires on a second surface of the base material so as to be electrically insulated from the conductive fabric. The second surface is opposite to the first surface of the base material. The base material includes: a first area and a second area. The first area is fitted into a groove of the rim and the second area is placed in a part of a rim of a steering wheel other than the groove, when the base material is attached to the rim. The one or more conductive wires are arranged at a lower wiring density in the first area than in the second area.
US12066300B2 Vision guidance systems and methods for aircraft
Systems and methods useful in providing equivalent visual operation (EVO) for the flight crew of an aircraft independent of the actual outside weather and visibility conditions through the use of synthetic vision (SV) and enhanced vision (EV) technologies are described. The systems and methods described herein can contribute toward gaining an operational credit that can expand the operational capabilities of an aircraft. The systems and methods described herein can provide relatively simple and intuitive solutions for activating and operating such systems.
US12066299B2 Method, device and system for perceiving multi-site roadbed network and terminal
A method, a device and a system for perceiving a multi-site roadbed network are provided. The method includes: constructing a global grid map of the roadbed network that is marked with a position of the system for perceiving at least two roadbed base stations and a perceived range of the system; receiving the detected target list transmitted by each of the systems for perceiving at least two roadbed base stations, where the detected target list is the set of the preset detected targets; according to the position of each system for perceiving the roadbed base station, indexing into the global grid map the detected target list transmitted by each system for perceiving the roadbed base station to generate a global tracking list; and tracking the preset detected target in the detected target list transmitted by the system for perceiving the roadbed base station according to the global tracking list.
US12066290B2 Calibration of a magnetometer in a towed object telemetry unit based on turn data
Roll data can be acquired from a magnetometer and an accelerometer of a towed object telemetry unit coupled to a towed object during rolls of the towed object in two or more different headings. The magnetometer can be calibrated based on the roll data. Turn data can be acquired from the magnetometer and the accelerometer during a turn of the towed object from a first heading to a second heading. The magnetometer can be further calibrated based on the turn data.
US12066285B2 Hoist and winch cable angle sensor
An assembly includes a hoist or a winch, a cable, and a fleet angle sensor. The fleet angle sensor includes a frame disposed around an opening and the cable extends through the opening. A first photodetector with multiple light-receiving zones is mounted on the frame. A first light source is mounted on the frame opposite the first photodetector. A shield device is under the frame and includes a shield frame and a cover. The shield frame is around the cable and the cover extends from the shield frame toward the cable, with the cable extending through the cover.
US12066281B2 System and method for determining radius of a wheel of a mobile machine
A distance sensor is used for automatically determining the size of a wheel on a mobile machine. The distance sensor is mounted to detect distance information relating to a distance between the sensor and an outer circumferential surface of the wheel. The distance information is received by a controller configured to determine the radius of the wheel based at least in part on the distance information. The controller may compare the measured radius with data for a range of standard wheel sizes and determine which standard wheel size is fitted. The measured wheel radius and/or the determined standard wheel size can used as an input for a control system on the machine which requires wheel size data, such as an axle height adjustment system.
US12066280B2 Dart and dart game
A recreational throwing dart comprising a target area at the rear capable of capturing the tip of another dart thrown into it while the dart is in the dartboard and a game comprising said dart. The dart is thrown into the dartboard and then a second dart is thrown at the target area of the first dart in the dartboard. The point of the second dart can stick into, be mechanically captured by, or otherwise adhere to the rear portion of the first dart. This dart creates a new form of gameplay different from traditional dart rules in which the tip of all darts must strike and stick into the dartboard itself. The invention allows the darts to not be damaged by the second dart sticking into the rear of it as happens when a standard dart pierces a dart flight or a dart shaft.
US12066279B2 Polymer ammunition casing
A method of manufacturing a casing for an ammunition cartridge includes injection molding a polymer forming the casing using an injection mold. The casing is cylindrically shaped along a longitudinal axis extending from a base to a distal end with a blind hole formed therein. The blind hole has a primer retention feature disposed at the base and leads into a flash hole. An insulator and/or reflector is placed around at least a portion of the casing separating the base from the neck. A heater directly heats the neck of the casing while not directly heating the base. A stretch rod is inserted into the blind hole stretching the neck. The casing is inserted into a blow mold and pressurized causing the neck of the casing to be blow molded. At least a portion of the distal end of the casing is removed.
US12066275B2 Paintball land mine and methods of making and using same
The present invention is generally related to paint ball firing devices. More specifically, the present invention is related to paintball land mines, which can fire multiple paintballs simultaneously and methods of making and using same. Furthermore, the present invention is capable of allowing the device to be disassembled (i.e., field serviceable) and provides a range of combustion chambers, barrel assemblies, and cartridges to be used in the device. In this manner, a wide range of projectile types and feet per second (f.p.s.) projectiles can be used in the device.
US12066272B2 Firearm accessory mounting interface
An accessory mounting interface for a firearm, and a related method, are disclosed. The interface has a firearm accessory, a first elongated fastener, and a second fastener rotationally mated to the first elongated fastener. The first elongated fastener has right-handed threading and is arranged through a through hole in the firearm accessory with a first end extending below first and second halves of a first slot protrusion of the firearm accessory. The second fastener has a length greater than a width, the length measured along a longitudinal axis of the second fastener, the second fastener having a plurality of straight edges. At least one of the plurality of straight edges prevents the second fastener from rotating further than a closed position when the at least one of the straight edges abuts a sidewall of an elongated slot in the firearm.
US12066259B2 Heat exchanger
A heat exchanger has a plurality of metal plates, each metal plate having two contacting surfaces, at least one of the contacting surfaces having a fluid channel and abutting against another metal plate, at least two metal plates connected together with the contacting surfaces facing each other. High temperature is used to melt at least two metal plates together, so that the metal plates can be combined without additional locking or welding.
US12066257B2 Sealing retainer to be coupled between chassis and electronic module and associated method
A sealing retainer may be coupled between a chassis and an electronic module. The sealing retainer includes a retainer body to be coupled to the chassis and a first cooling gas passageway that may be aligned with a chassis cooling gas passageway. A gas seal body has a second cooling gas passageway aligned with the first cooling gas passageway and coupled to the retainer body and movable between a retracted position that permits insertion and removal of the electronic module and an extended position that seals against the electronic module.
US12066256B2 Ultra-thin heat pipe and manufacturing method of the same
A heat dissipating device that includes a first plate and a second plate opposite the first plate and connected to the first plate by two opposite sidewalls. The first plate and the second plate are connected to each other at longitudinally opposite ends thereof, longitudinally extending ends of the first plate and the second plate are connected to each other by sidewalls, and the first plate, the second plate and the sidewalls enclosing an internal space of the heat dissipating device. The heat dissipating device also includes a first wick structure disposed in the internal space and contacting inner surfaces of at least one of the first plate and the second plate. The first wick structure extends longitudinally between the longitudinally opposite ends of the first plate and the second plate, and the first wick structure at least partially defines a first vapor flow channel of the heat dissipating device.
US12066255B2 Blank for a heat-transfer device and method to produce a heat-transfer device
Disclosed herein is a blank for a heat-transfer device that includes a vapor chamber enclosed by a body of the heat-transfer device, and a charging tube connected to the vapor chamber, wherein a part of the charging tube protruding from the body has at least one unsealed sealing zone with an oblong flow area, where a width of the charging tube exceeds a height of the charging tube.
US12066251B2 System for treating oily solid material and method for treating oily solid material
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for treating oily solid material and a method for treating oily solid material. The system for treating oily solid material includes a thermal desorption module, a thermal desorption vapor treatment module and an incondensable gas treatment module. The thermal desorption module includes a vertical furnace body, a stirring shaft and an electromagnetic induction heating coil assembly. The electromagnetic induction heating coil assembly includes a plurality of coil units sequentially arranged at an outer side of the sidewall of the vertical furnace body along the height direction (Y). A heating power of each of the plurality of coil units is configured to be independently controlled.
US12066245B2 Portable beverage coolers and methods of using the same
Portable beverage coolers and methods of using the same. An exemplary cooler described herein comprises an outer shell having a general shape as a container, suitable to receive contents therein, a handle pivotally coupled to the outer shell a removable insert configured to fit within the outer shell, said insert configured to receive a liquid or other items therein, and a hinged lid coupled to the outer shell. Said coolers are configured to retain a beverage therein, maintaining a desired cold temperature, and to dispense beverage directly therefrom via a tap.
US12066237B2 Refrigerator
A refrigerator include: an inner case having a storage chamber; a thermoelectric module including a thermoelectric element and a cooling sink; a fan configured to circulate air, to the storage chamber; a fan cover configured to cover the fan and having an upper discharge hole, a lower discharge hole, and an inner suction hole formed between the upper discharge hole and the lower discharge hole; a first receiving member disposed in the storage chamber; and a second receiving member disposed over the first receiving member to be spaced apart from the first receiving member. At least a portion of each of the inner suction hole and the lower discharge hole faces a portion between the first receiving member and the second receiving member, and at least a portion of the upper discharge hole faces a portion between a top surface of the storage chamber and the second receiving member.
US12066234B2 Carbonated ice maker and refrigerator including the same
A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, and an ice maker located at the freezing compartment and configured to generate carbonated ice. The ice maker includes a reservoir configured to store carbonated water that includes dissolved gas, a water line connected to the reservoir and configured to supply non-carbonated water to the reservoir, a gas line connected to the reservoir and configured to, based on the reservoir receiving the non-carbonated water, supply pressurized gas to the reservoir to thereby produce the carbonated water that is stored in the reservoir, a heating element configured to heat the reservoir to a temperature above freezing, and an ice tray configured to receive the carbonated water from the reservoir and to generate the carbonated ice.
US12066233B2 Remotely driven cryocooler for a superconducting generator
A cryocooler assembly including at least one remotely driven cryocooler operable between an ON-state of operation and an OFF-state of operation and defining a first stage of the cryocooler assembly. A liquefaction cup in fluidic communication with a cryogenic fluid reservoir, wherein a plurality of conduits thermally couple the liquefaction cup to the fluid reservoir and define a second stage of the cryocooler assembly. The cryocooler assembly further including one or more of a valve, a gas/liquid switch, an actuating support arm and a heat pipe coupled to the second stage of the cryocooler assembly to remotely disconnect a heat path generated by the at least one remotely driven cryocooler between the first stage and the second stage during the OFF-state of operation. A superconducting generator including at least one remotely driven cryocooler assembly and method of operating a cooling assembly for a superconducting generator utilizing at least one remotely driven cryocooler assembly are disclosed.
US12066229B2 Sensor validation
An HVAC system includes a compressor, condenser, and evaporator. A sensor measures a value associated with the refrigerant in the condenser or the evaporator, and a controller is communicatively coupled to the compressor and the sensor. The controller determines, based on an operational history the compressor, that pre-requisite criteria are satisfied for entering a sensor validation mode. After determining the pre-requisite criteria are satisfied, an initial sensor measurement value is determined. Following determining the initial sensor measurement value, the compressor is operated according to a sensor-validation mode. Following operating the compressor according to the sensor-validation mode for at least a minimum time, a current sensor measurement value is determined. The controller determines whether validation criteria are satisfied for the current sensor value. In response to determining that the validation criteria are satisfied, the controller determines that the sensor is validated.
US12066227B2 Air-conditioning management system and refrigerant recovery management apparatus
An air-conditioning management system includes: an air conditioning apparatus configured to carry out a refrigerant recovery operation of recovering a refrigerant from a refrigerant circuit that connects an outdoor unit and an indoor unit and sending the recovered refrigerant to each recovery unit of the outdoor unit; and a control unit configured to make a determination whether all the recovered refrigerant is sendable to each recovery unit before a start of the refrigerant recovery operation by the air conditioning apparatus, and to output, when determining that all the recovered refrigerant is not sendable to each recovery unit, a command for notifying the determination.
US12066226B2 Service tools and systems for processing fluid through a fluid access port
A traveling service tool that is configured to removably attach to a fluid access port of a refrigerant system. The fluid access port can be the fluid access port described herein or an existing fluid access port. When used with the fluid access port described herein, the traveling service tool is configured to hold a removable core during processing, and ultimately install the core into the fluid access port at a suitable stage in the processing operations. In an embodiment, the traveling service tool remains attached to and travels with the refrigerant system for the refrigerant system to be processed at two or more separate fluid processing stations.
US12066223B2 Apparatuses and methods for modular heating and cooling system
Modular heating and cooling systems may include one or more modules connected to a fluid input and fluid output. Conventional modular heating and cooling systems typically use a single fluid in the cooling, heating and source fluid loops due to the mixing of fluids in the system. According to an aspect there is provided a modular heating system comprising at least one heating and cooling apparatus. The apparatus comprises a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a third heat exchanger. The apparatus further comprises a refrigerant line system coupled to the first (e.g. cooling), second (e.g. heating) and third (e.g. source) heat exchangers and configurable for selectively directing refrigerant fluid through the heat exchanger to provide multiple modes of operation. The heating, cooling and source fluid loops may be separate and independent such that the fluids do not mix.
US12066222B2 Refrigeration cycle device
At a refrigeration cycle device, an injection pipe and an economizer heat exchanger are provided at a main refrigerant circuit. In addition, the refrigeration cycle device includes a sub-refrigerant circuit having a sub-usage-side heat exchanger. At the refrigeration cycle device, the sub-usage-side heat exchanger functions as an evaporator of a sub-refrigerant and cools a main refrigerant that has been cooled at the economizer heat exchanger, or functions as a radiator of the sub-refrigerant and heats the main refrigerant that has been cooled at the economizer heat exchanger.
US12066221B2 Modular waterside economizer integrated with air-cooled chillers
A hydronic economizer module is configured for use in a chiller system that has a vapor compression cycle. The hydronic economizer module includes a heat exchanger assembly located within a housing having at least one heat exchanger coil, a fan assembly having at least one fan generally aligned with at least one heat exchanger coil, and at least one valve is movable between a plurality of positions to control a flow of fluid into the heat exchanger assembly. When the at least one valve is in a first position, the economizer module is arranged in parallel with a flat plate heat exchanger. When the at least one valve is in a second position, the economizer module is arranged in series with the flat plate heat exchanger. The flat plate heat exchanger includes at least one fluid port for communicating with a component of the vapor compression cycle.
US12066216B2 Water heater building management system gateway
A building management system (BMS) gateway comprises a BMS router and a water heater hub configured to be communicatively coupled to a plurality of water heaters. The BMS router facilitates communication of status and control data between a BMS and the water heaters connected to the water heater hub. Connecting multiple water heaters to a single BMS gateway provides simplified installation and networking requirements. For installations with more water heaters than are able to be coupled to the water heater hub, additional BMS gateways may be installed. Local controls for water heaters managed by the BMS are typically disabled or overwritten by the BMS to prevent changes to settings. A local BMS user interface (UI) is configured to connect with the BMS gateway(s) and facilitate secure access, display, and/or adjustment of water heater status and control data for the plurality of water heaters connected to the BMS gateway(s).
US12066214B2 Integrated active duration UVC exposure for air curtain
An air curtain air cleaner and sanitation system that incorporates established active UVC light projection technology with threshold air delivery air curtains to provide conditioned airflow by outward UVC light beam projection into the return airflow in a structure while maintaining an air control barrier between openings in a structure.
US12066212B2 Systems and methods for a refrigerant sub-system for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a hot water sub-system including a first heat exchanger and a condenser, a cold water sub-system including a second heat exchanger and an evaporator, and a refrigerant sub-system for transferring heat from the cold water sub-system to the hot water sub-system. The first and second heat exchangers transfer moisture and heat between a liquid desiccant and air. The refrigerant sub-system includes a compressor, the condenser, an expansion valve, the evaporator, and a refrigerant-air heat exchanger. The condenser transfers heat from compressed refrigerant to the hot water sub-system. The evaporator transfers heat from the cold water sub-system to uncompressed refrigerant. The refrigerant-air heat exchanger transfers heat from a portion of the compressed refrigerant to air in a first operating mode, and transfers heat from the air to a portion of the uncompressed refrigerant in a second operating mode.
US12066208B2 Temperature and humidity control methods, systems, and devices
Methods, systems, and devices provided in accordance with various embodiments are generally related to the field of thermal management systems for buildings (or volumes in general), such as cold storage, food processing, or other buildings that have areas that are kept below freezing. Embodiments generally pertain to the management of temperature and humidity within these spaces. Some embodiments include system for the management of moisture and temperature inside cold spaces. Some embodiments include a heat and mass transfer exchanger, such as a direct constant gas liquid heat and mass transfer exchanger. Examples of such heat and mass transfer exchangers generally include wet scrubbers. Embodiments also generally include a series of ducts, pipes, heat exchangers, dampers, and/or valves that may allow the system to provide useful temperature and relative humidity levels to one or more spaces or volumes.
US12066203B1 Systems and methods for diagnosing a loss of capacity of a climate control system
Methods and related systems for diagnosing a loss of capacity of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes summing a runtime of an auxiliary heat source of the HVAC system over a plurality of time blocks. Additionally, the method includes summing an expected runtime of the auxiliary heat source over the plurality of time blocks. Further, the method includes comparing the runtime sum with the expected runtime sum, wherein the expected runtime for each of the plurality of time blocks is a function of an outdoor ambient temperature over a time-delay block beginning before the corresponding time block.
US12066201B2 Air conditioning system having a normal control mode and multi-tenant control mode
Provided is an air conditioning system capable of detecting in advance a device that consumes more power than the power that can be fed by a power feed unit. An air conditioning system includes a refrigerant cycle, a power feed unit, and a controller. The refrigerant cycle includes an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units. In a case where a power source for at least one indoor unit of the plurality of indoor units has been interrupted, the power feed unit feeds power from an auxiliary power source to the indoor unit for which the power source has been interrupted. When a predetermined device has been connected to at least part of the plurality of indoor units and the power feed unit, the controller performs deactivation of at least one of functions of the device.
US12066200B2 Occupancy fan controller
An occupancy fan control method to detect a Heating, Ventilating Air Conditioning (HVAC) fan is operating based on a fan-on duration control selected by a user and after a fan-on time delay selected by the user, providing at least one fan-on alarm message prior to overriding the fan-on duration control. The method further comprises monitoring an occupancy sensor signal to determine an occupancy in a conditioned space served by an HVAC system and after the fan-on time delay selected by the user, automatically overriding the fan-on duration control to save energy when the conditioned space is unoccupied. The overriding may comprise operating the HVAC fan based only on a thermostat call for cooling or heating, operating the HVAC fan for a non-zero time less time than the fan-on duration control, or operating the HVAC fan for a non-zero frequency less than the fan-on duration control.
US12066194B2 Temperature control system
A temperature control system for controlling the temperature of a room and a composite element for a temperature control system.
US12066181B2 Light shaping assembly having a two-dimensional array of light sources and a Fresnel lens
A light shaping assembly comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), a two-dimensional (2D) array formed of a plurality of rows, each row comprising a plurality of light sources mounted on the PCB, and a Fresnel lens. The Fresnel lens redirects a light beam emitted by each light source at an angle that increases as a function of a distance between each light source and a selected point on the PCB, so that the light beams emitted by the light sources are collectively directed toward a common target.
US12066179B2 Sink lighting system
A sink system includes a basin, an apron, and a lighting system. The basin includes a bottom wall, a drain, a front wall, and a basin rim. The drain is disposed within the bottom wall. The front wall is contiguous with the bottom wall. The basin rim is contiguous with the front wall and separated from the bottom wall by the front wall. The apron is coupled to the basin rim. The apron includes an apron panel wall that has an interior surface and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface. The interior surface is in confronting relation with the front wall. The lighting system includes an apron lighting element and a controller. The apron lighting element is coupled to the apron. The apron lighting element is configured to provide illumination to an apron illumination target disposed on the exterior surface.
US12066177B2 Thermally managed hazardous location LED light fixture, assembly and methods without utilizing heat sinks
An LED light fixture for a hazardous location includes an axially elongated enclosure fabricated from a polymer material, at least one axially elongated linear light emitting diode (LED) module mounted in the enclosure, and an LED driver module mounted in the housing that operates the at least one linear light emitting diode. A combination of a cover lens material of the cover lens and the polymer material of the axially elongated enclosure assists with heat dissipation from the light fixture, thereby allowing the LED driver module and the at least one axially elongated linear printed circuit board with LED components to operate within a target peak temperature limit for the hazardous location.
US12066165B2 Light emitting device
A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements emitting lights and a light controller. The light controller is disposed on the light emitting elements for the lights passing through to form output lights, which is switchable in a first state and a second state. In the first state, a first intensity the output lights is measured at a viewing angle of 0°, a second intensity of the output lights is measured at a viewing angle of θ2 and an azimuth angle of Φ2, and a ratio of the second intensity to the first intensity is less than or equal to 0.1, wherein θ2 ranges from 35° to 55°, and Φ2 ranges from 0° to 28° or from 152° to 180°.
US12066163B2 Lighting module for lateral part of a vehicle
A lighting module for a vehicle includes a light source and a lens including an input dioptre oriented towards the light source and an output dioptre. The output dioptre includes at least one section through a horizontal plane having two convex portions separated by a concave portion, viewed from a side opposite the light source. The input dioptre includes a section through a vertical median plane having a lower convex portion and an upper concave portion, viewed from a side opposite the light source.
US12066161B2 Vehicle headlamps
Vehicle headlights are equipped with a right-side lamp, a left-side lamp, and a control unit. A right-side light distribution pattern and a left-side light distribution pattern include an overlapping area and a non-overlapping area. In a case where the steering angle is greater than the prescribed angle, the control unit controls power supplied to light-emitting parts of the right-side lamp and power supplied to light-emitting parts of the left-side lamp such that: a first area of a first light distribution pattern is located in the non-overlapping area; a second area of a second light distribution pattern is located in the overlapping area; and a first intensity of the light in the first area becomes greater than the sum of a second intensity of the light in the second area and a third intensity of the light in the area overlapping the second area within the first light distribution pattern.
US12066159B2 Vehicle lamp
A projection lens has first-lens-body including first incidence part located in an area facing first light source and emission part located on a side opposite to the first incidence part, and second-lens-body including second incidence part located in an area facing second light source and third incidence part located between the first incidence part and the second incidence part, and has structure in which the first-lens-body and the second-lens-body abut against each other while first boundary surfaces and second boundary surfaces are interposed between the first-lens-body and the second-lens-body, the first boundary surfaces being provided between the emission part and the third incidence part, and the second boundary surfaces extending from boundary-line with respect to the first boundary surface until the first incidence part and the third incidence part, and the first boundary surfaces and the second boundary surfaces are disposed at acute angle while having the boundary-line disposed therebetween.
US12066158B2 Lamp for vehicle
Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle. The lamp for a vehicle includes a first optical module that forms a first light distribution pattern, and including a first light source part and a first condensing lens part that condenses light emitted from the first light source part, a second optical module that forms a second light distribution pattern, and including a second light source part and a second condensing lens part that condenses light emitted from the second light source part, and a third optical module that forms a third light distribution pattern, and including a third light source part and a third condensing lens part that condenses light emitted from the third light source part, the first optical module, the second optical module, and the third optical module are arranged in a vertical direction.
US12066153B2 Method for filling a hydrogen tank of a motor vehicle comprising a fuel cell drive and motor vehicle
The invention relates to a method for filling a hydrogen tank (2) of a motor vehicle (1) comprising a fuel cell drive, wherein the method comprises the steps: (a) determining a first operating time at which the motor vehicle (1) is to be started up and an expected first operating location at which the motor vehicle (1) is to be started up, (b) ascertaining a predicted maximum ambient temperature (TU,max) at the first operating location at the first operating time, and (c) filling the hydrogen tank with hydrogen (3) until a tank pressure (p) in the hydrogen tank (2) reaches a maximum permissible tank pressure (pmax) at a tank temperature (T), wherein the following applies for the tank temperature (T): tank temperature (T)=[maximum ambient temperature (TU,max); maximum ambient temperature (TU,max)+10 K]. The invention relates further to a motor vehicle (1) comprising a hydrogen tank (2), a fuel cell drive and a control system (5) for controlling filling of the hydrogen tank (2), wherein the control system (5) to carry out the method.
US12066148B1 Adjustable strap system and related devices and methods
The disclosed strap adjustment device may include a pinion gear secured to an adjustment knob, a first rack secured to a first strap and engaged with the pinion gear, a second rack secured to a second strap and engaged with the pinion gear, a braking element disposed adjacent to an inner surface of a drum, a brake engagement element configured to press the at least one braking element toward the inner surface of the drum to maintain a length of the first strap and the second strap by engagement of the braking element against the inner surface of the drum, and a spiral spring configured to allow for an increase in a length of the first strap and the second strap when a tension force is applied to at least one of the first strap or the second strap.
US12066145B2 Biaxially oriented pipe
The invention relates to a biaxially oriented pipe made of a polymer composition comprising a propylene-based polymer, wherein the propylene-based polymer comprises a random copolymer of propylene and a comonomer which is ethylene and/or an a-olefin having 4 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein the propylene-based polymer has a comonomer content of 0.5 to 3.8 wt % based on the propylene-based polymer.
US12066144B2 Pipe structure and method for producing a pipe structure of this type
The present disclosure concerns a pipe structure for high-pressure applications. To provide a pipe structure which overcomes at least one of the disadvantages of the pipes known from the state of the art, it is proposed according to the disclosure that the pipe structure has an inner pipe comprising a metal, wherein the inner pipe has an inner surface and an outer surface, at least one strand which surrounds the outer surface of the inner pipe and has a plurality of yarns, wherein at least one of the yarns has carbon fibres, and a protective pipe surrounding the strand and the inner pipe.
US12066140B2 Casing system for integration of modular internal intervention equipment in tubular lines
The present invention provides a casing system for integration of modular internal intervention equipment in tubular lines, wherein the equipment comprises a plurality of modules (2), the casing system comprising a sleeve (1) encasing, in an integral manner, at least one module (2) of the plurality of modules (2) and at least one portion of at least one component upstream (3, 2) or downstream (2, 2a) of said at least one module (2). The integration casing system of the present invention guarantees the mechanical integration of all the modular internal intervention equipment, rendering viable the operation thereof inside tubular lines in a safer, more efficient and more advantageous manner.
US12066137B2 Water processor
A water processor is provided for processing or conditioning water to be distributed downstream of the water processor. The water processor includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet opposite the inlet. The water processor includes a conditioning element disposed inside of the housing between the inlet and outlet. The conditioning element includes a plurality of plates having apertures with sharp edges to direct the flow of water and facilitate splitting of small gas bubbles into even smaller nano-bubbles. The plurality of plates include a first plate having a first configuration of apertures and a second plate having a second configuration of apertures. The first and second plates are disposed in alternating spaced arrangement along the longitudinal axis of the housing. The second configuration is different from the first configuration such that the flow path through the water processor is circuitous or substantially indirect.
US12066134B2 Valve connector for a high pressure air pump
A valve connector for a high pressure air pump includes an outer sleeve having opposite first and second ends. The outer sleeve includes a coupling hole extending along a rotating axis and a receiving space intercommunicating with the coupling hole and located adjacent to the first end of the outer sleeve. An abutting member includes an abutting end received in the receiving space and a connecting end opposite to the abutting end. The abutting member includes an inlet passageway intercommunicating with the abutting end and the connecting end. An outer periphery of an airtight member about the rotating axis slidably abuts and is in airtight contact with an inner periphery of the receiving space. The airtight member is movable toward the first end or the second end. The airtight end face is configured to be biased toward the first end by air current entering from the inlet passageway.
US12066130B2 Threaded connection partially in a self-locking engagement with an external shoulder capable to resist elevated torque
Threaded joint, comprising a first and a second tubular component (C1, C2), the first tubular component comprising a first pipe body (10) and a male end (1), the male end comprising a distal surface (17) and a male threaded zone (13) at a male end, the second tubular component comprising a second pipe body (20) and a female end (2) comprising a distal surface and a female threaded zone (23), both male and female threaded zones (13, 23) comprising respectively a varying zone where thread have varying width, and a non varying zone, adjacent to the varying zone, where thread have a constant width, the varying zone of the male threaded zone being made up with the varying zone of the female threaded zone, and non varying zone of the male threaded zone being made up with the non varying zone of the female threaded zone, a thread profile of the male and female threaded zones being trapezoidal and a pin external shoulder (37) of the male end is in axial abutting contact against a corresponding abutment surface (42) of the female distal surface.
US12066128B2 Abandonment and recovery of pipelines
A method of converting a subsea laying system of a surface vessel from a laying mode to an abandonment or recovery mode includes clamping at least one tubular sleeve in at least one clamp of the laying system. A winch wire can then run longitudinally through the or each clamped sleeve when suspending an elongate subsea element such as a pipe string during abandonment or recovery operations. The sleeve protects gripping pads of the clamp from damage due to clashing with the wire and so makes it unnecessary to remove the pads in preparation for abandonment or recovery
US12066126B2 Systems and methods for rising stem ball valves
A ball valve system includes a body having an upstream end and a downstream end and a ball within the body between the upstream end and the downstream end, the ball being rotatable about a vertical axis to move between a closed position and an open position. The ball valve assembly includes a stem movable in an actuation direction substantially parallel to the vertical axis, the stem including a recess at a proximal portion of the stem, a guiding member extending within the recess of the stem, the guiding member being configured to prevent rotation of the stem or cause rotation of the stem, and a lubrication port in fluid communication with the recess.
US12066125B2 Noise abatement in a venturi valve
A venturi valve having a valve housing that includes a narrowing section extending between a broader upstream end and a narrower valve throat followed by a broadening section downstream of the valve throat, and a valve member configured to be situated in the valve housing and movable along a valve axis in an axial direction of the valve housing. The venturi valve includes a plurality of flow influencing features positioned in a reattachment region of the valve member and/or extending inward from an inner wall of the valve housing. The plurality of flow influencing features are configured to reduce perturbations in an air flow passing through the venturi valve thereby reducing rattle from the venturi valve.
US12066117B2 Check valve having a spherical loading element
Described is a check valve having a valve housing, a valve seat, a ball and a spherical loading element. The valve seat is disposed proximate to a first end of the bore. The ball is disposed in the bore and is movable between a closed position in which the ball is received against the valve seat and prevents a flow of fluid through the bore and an open position in which the ball is displaced from the valve seat and allows fluid to flow through the bore. The spherical loading element is disposed in the bore and is movable between the ball and the second end of the bore. The spherical loading element applies a supplemental force to move the ball against the valve seat during closing of the check valve. The check valve provides a low and predictable cracking pressure which does not vary significantly between similarly manufactured valves.
US12066116B2 Double flow rate gas solenoid valve
A double flow rate gas solenoid valve has an inlet and at least a first outlet in a housing. First and second solenoids are selectively operable relative to first and second valve seats to establish first and second gas flow paths, respectively. The second flow path has a restriction thereby resulting in a lower gas flow rate through the second flow path than the first flow path. When connected to a common inlet of a burner, at least two, if not three flow rates can be provided by the valve.
US12066110B2 Piston ring
A piston ring includes a ring body with a first body end and a second body end arranged opposite one another to define a ring joint. The body has a radial ring surface axially displaceable relative to an inner barrel surface and an inclined ring surface that rests on an inclined ring groove surface. The first body end has a projection section with a projection section separating surface. The second body end has a base section with a receiving contour, a base section separating surface and a base section contour. The projection section separating surfaces and the base section separating surface are in sealing physical contact and define a plane. The plane intersects the inclined ring surface and defines an inner separating line at a second intersection line of the plane with the inclined ring surface.
US12066109B2 Seal assembly and method of using the same
A seal assembly including: a collar having an opening configured to receive a rotatable shaft, an annular member having an annular opening configured to receive the collar, and first and second end plates fixedly coupled to a respective one of the first and second end surfaces of the collar. An outer surface of the collar includes one or more helical threads. The collar has a first axial length defined between first and second end surfaces of the collar, and the annular member has a second axial length defined between first and second end surfaces of the annular member, in which the second axial length is less than the first axial length. Also provided are an assembly comprising a seal assembly in accordance with the present disclosure and a method for preventing contamination of a sealed chamber.
US12066108B2 Rotary seals
A rotary seal comprises includes a first annular element, a second annular element and a seal element. The first annular element has a first axially extending flange and a first radially extending flange extending radially from a proximal end of the first axially extending flange. The second annular element has a second axially extending flange and a second radially extending flange extending radially from a proximal end of the second axially extending flange in the same direction as the first radially extending flange. The second annular element is fixed to the first annular element, the second axially-extending flange being received radially on the first axially-extending flange. The second radially extending flange is spaced axially from the first radially extending flange to define a pocket therebetween.
US12066106B2 Seal device, electric machine, and drive device
A seal device (3) for a rotating shaft (1). The seal device has a shaft seal (4) and a collecting device (5) for the contactless removal of leakage, that penetrates through the shaft seal (4), from the shaft (1). Further, an electric machine has a rotor shaft (1) that can be driven in rotation and a seal device (3) of the type for sealing the rotor shaft (1) and, therefore, also an inside space of the electric machine. Additionally, a drive device for the electrical driving of a motor vehicle that has an electric machine of the type for the provision of a drive power of the drive device.
US12066104B2 Sealing arrangement, battery box or control box, motor vehicle and method for producing a sealing arrangement
In order to provide a seal arrangement, in particular for sealing a first fluid space from a second fluid space or a plurality of fluid spaces, which on the one hand can be produced in a simple and cost-effective manner and also allows reliable sealing of a first fluid space from a second fluid space, it is proposed that the seal arrangement comprises the following: A sealing element for arrangement between a first object and a second object, the sealing element comprising two or more sealing element components which can be or are connected directly or indirectly to one another and which each comprise a base body part and a resilient sealing body part arranged on the base body part, the base body parts of the sealing element components preferably forming a dimensionally stable base body of the sealing element, and the resilient sealing body parts of the sealing element components forming a resilient sealing body for providing a sealing function of the sealing element.
US12066102B1 Belt drive system with forward fed torsional load adjustment
A belt drive system for an internal combustion engine rotatably coupled to a rotary motor is provided. The internal combustion engine includes at least three cylinders each having a piston operable to turn a crankshaft. The belt drive system includes a belt and a controller. The belt is coupled to crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and the rotary motor; and the controller is operatively connected to the rotary motor, wherein the controller causes data processing hardware to perform the following operations: apply a torque to the rotary motor; and change the torque of the rotary motor prior to a change in a rotary speed of the internal combustion engine to maintain a predetermined tension in the belt and reduce a rotary motor torsional response through the belt drive to the torsional vibration input from the internal combustion engine.
US12066101B2 Actuator device for generating a longitudinal positioning movement
An actuator device (1) for generating a longitudinal positioning movement to engage a shift element includes an actuator housing (2) and an electric motor (3). The electric motor (3) has a stator (4) and a rotor (5), the stator (4) being stationarily fixed at the housing (2), and the rotor (5) being rotatable relative to the stator (4) and rotationally fixed to a rotor carrier (6) supported relative to the housing (2) via a fixed bearing (7). The actuator device (1) further includes a threaded drive (8) having a nut (9) and a threaded spindle (10), with the nut (9) being rotationally driveable and axially fixed, and the threaded spindle (10) being axially displaceable along the threaded nut (9) and secured against rotation. The threaded nut (9) is rotationally fixed to the rotor carrier (6) and is at least partially radially within the fixed bearing (7).
US12066097B2 Shifter lever
A shifter lever for a transmission of a motor vehicle includes a shifter tube extending between an upper end and a lower end. The lower end including an attachment member configured to be attached to the vehicle transmission for controlling an operation thereof. The shifter lever also includes a liner of foam rubber material disposed in the shifter tube and along a substantially entire length thereof for reducing vibration in the shifter tube. The liner is injected into the shifter tube and cured in place to conform to an interior surface of the shifter tube and to adhere to the interior surface of the shifter tube.
US12066091B2 Vehicle drive device
A case for a vehicle drive device includes a first case part having a first support part, a second case part having a first part, and a third case part having a second part. The second case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction first side, the third case part is joined to the first case part on an axial-direction second side, a first rotating body and a first input member are placed between the first support part and the first part in an axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the first part, and a second rotating body and a second input member are placed between the first support part and the second part in the axial direction, in a supported state by the first support part and the second part.
US12066089B1 Follower bearing module
A follower bearing module includes a follower bearing, a fixing element, and a fastening element. The follower bearing includes an inner member, an outer ring having an annular second raceway surface that faces a first raceway surface, and a plurality of rolling elements. The inner member includes a large diameter portion having the first raceway surface, and a shaft portion extending from the large diameter portion and having at least a portion accommodated in a mounting hole. The fixing element includes a cylindrical portion disposed in a shaft through hole and having a threaded groove on its inner circumferential surface, and a plate-shaped portion provided at one end of the cylindrical portion. The fastening element fastens the follower bearing and the fixing element with the cylindrical portion being disposed in the shaft through hole. At least one of the follower bearing and the fixing element includes a rotation prevention mechanism.
US12066086B2 Differential rotation limiting force control apparatus for center differential
A differential rotation limiting force control apparatus for a center differential includes an outwardly headed state detection processor and a limiting force control processor. The outwardly headed state detection processor makes a detection of an outwardly headed state in which a vehicle is cornering with a yaw rate and a side-slip angle of a vehicle body of the vehicle having the same sign. In response to the detection of the outwardly headed state, the limiting force control processor controls a limiting force that limits differential rotation between front and rear wheel driving devices, to reduce a difference between a motive force on a front wheel caused by an output of the travel power source and an absolute value of a braking force on the front wheel caused by internal circulation torque of the center differential.
US12066085B2 Hydromechanical transmission and control method
Methods and systems for a hydromechanical transmission are provided herein. In one example, the transmission system includes a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor rotationally coupled in parallel with a first planetary gear set and a second planetary gear set. In the system, sun gears of the planetary gear sets are rotationally coupled to the hydraulic motor, a carrier of the first planetary gear set is rotationally coupled to a first clutch and a second clutch, and a ring gear of the second planetary gear set is rotationally coupled to a third clutch.
US12066082B2 Multi-shaft gearbox
A gearbox (10) is provided having: a gearbox case (12), a first shaft (14) for receiving torque, a second shaft (16) for transferring torque inside the gearbox case (12), and a third shaft (18) for delivering torque. The gearbox further has three or more first gear assemblies (20) located inside the gearbox case (12), wherein each first gear assembly (20) comprises a first gear wheel (22) centered on the first shaft (14), a second gear wheel (24) centered on the second shaft (16), and a wet clutch (26) configured for operationally connecting the first shaft (14) and the second shaft (16). The gearbox also has three or more second gear assemblies (30) located inside the gearbox case (12), wherein each second gear assembly (30) comprises a third gearwheel (32) centered on the second shaft (16), a fourth gear wheel (34) centered on the third shaft (18), and a wet clutch (36) configured for operationally connecting the second shaft (16) and the third shaft (18).
US12066078B2 Mechanical system with double-sided chain
A mechanical system with a double-sided chain, composed of a driving wheel (S1), a tensioner wheel (S2) for the chain (1), a driven wheel (S3) and a chain (1), which winds around the wheels (S1) and (S2), and engages the wheel (S3) on its outer side, characterized in that the wheel centres (S1), (S2) and (S3) are not collinear, whereas the position of wheel axis (S2) in relation to wheel axis (S1) and (S3) determines the line of operation of chain (1) and determines the optimal angle alpha between the direction of the force vector F and the perpendicular to the straight line joining the centres of tensioner wheel (S2) and driven wheel (S3), and passing through point (B) where force F1 is applied. while the value of the angle alpha is equal 15 degrees.
US12066077B2 Gas spring with overtravel pressure relief
An industrial gas spring with a pressure chamber in a casing with an end wall, a piston rod received at least in part in the casing for reciprocation between extended and retracted positions and a pressure relief assembly carried by the end wall. The pressure relief assembly may have a membrane communicating with the pressure chamber and a plunger configured to breach the membrane when engaged and moved by the piston rod when it overtravels its design intended retracted position.
US12066074B1 Compliant-volume motion modification system and method
A system and method for modifying motion of a liquid is provided. Containers are disposed within a liquid contained within a tank. Each container has an open end. Each container is disposed in the liquid such that a portion of the liquid fills a portion of each container to seal its open end. A remainder of each container is filled with a gas. At least one gas pressurization source is in fluid communication with the remainder or gas-containing portion of at least one of the containers for pressurizing the gas therein. Pressure is applied to the gas in each container. For each container, the portion of the liquid contained therein and the pressure applied to the gas therein cooperate to modify movement of the liquid in the tank.
US12066069B2 Braking system with centrifugal suction in the groove of the lining
Disclosed is a braking system including a brake pad, the pad including a backing plate with a first face and a second face, and a lining made of friction material and fixed to the first face, the lining being delimited by a friction face, a mounting face, an inner edge, an outer edge, a rear edge, and a front edge, the lining being provided with at least one collection groove which is open to the friction face, which extends at its first end towards the inner edge and which has an opening at its second end towards the outer edge. The braking system further includes a collection system which includes a collection pipe through which air can flow, the air inlet orifice of the collection pipe being located opposite the second end, and the collection groove is open to the outer edge at its second end.
US12066065B2 Clutch control device
This clutch control device includes a clutch device configured to connect or disconnect power transmission between a prime mover and an output target, a clutch actuator configured to output a drive force for actuating the clutch device, and a control unit configured to control driving of the clutch actuator, in which the clutch actuator includes a plurality of drive sources that output the drive force.
US12066064B2 Flexible sleeve coupling radial tooth support cap and method
A system and method for increasing a tooth shear strength without also increasing a torsional rigidity of a flexible sleeve disposed between two hubs of a flexible coupling for transmitting mechanical motion between two shafts includes attaching a stiffening caps to both ends of a flexible sleeve, between the flexible sleeve and the hubs.
US12066063B2 Dual plunging constant velocity drive shaft
A dual plunging constant velocity (CV) drive shaft is provided for communicating rotational forces from a transaxle to a drive wheel of a vehicle. The dual plunging CV drive shaft comprises a drive shaft that transfers torque from the transaxle to the drive wheel. An inboard plunging CV joint is coupled between the transaxle and the drive shaft, and an outboard plunging CV joint is coupled between the drive shaft and the drive wheel. The inboard and outboard plunging CV joints each comprises an elongate housing that receives a CV joint coupled with the drive shaft. The inboard and outboard plunging CV joints communicate rotational forces from the transaxle to the drive wheel during vertical pivoting of a trailing arm coupled with the outboard plunging CV joint. The elongate housings allow the drive shaft to “float” longitudinally, as needed, during extreme pivoting motion of the suspension.
US12066057B2 Bearing assembly
Provided in one embodiment of the present invention is a bearing assembly comprising: an outer ring in which a hollow is formed and which has a protrusion protruding toward a central direction along the inner circumferential surface and a first ball contact portion and a second ball contact portion that are formed by the protrusion; an inner ring having a third ball contact portion on the outer circumferential surface and forming a first track portion and a second track portion by being inserted into the hollow; and at least one bearing ball disposed between the outer ring and the inner ring to rotatably connect the outer ring and the inner ring, wherein the bearing balls are arranged in multiple rows in the first track portion and the second track portion and are configured to contact each of the ball contact portions.
US12066054B2 Composite connectors and methods of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a composite (e.g. fibre-reinforced polymer) connector for a fluid transfer conduit comprises: providing a tubular mandrel which extends substantially parallel to a central axis C; winding continuous fibre reinforcement, impregnated with a thermosetting polymer, around the mandrel to form a tubular hub portion which extends substantially parallel to the central axis C; curing the hub portion; placing the hub portion into a mould featuring at least one cavity; and introducing polymer into the mould so as to fill the at least one cavity to form a flange portion around the hub portion.
US12066047B2 Shearable fastener bolt and method for clamping electric wires, and electrical connector comprising a zero-protrusion shearable fastener
An electric connector comprises a wall surrounding a receptacle that receives a strand of an electric wire and having a threaded hole extending through the wall and opening into the receptacle, and a fastener bolt screwed into the threaded hole and clamping the electric wire. The fastener bolt includes a bolt part having a head section, a thread section and a shearing section connecting the head section and the thread section. The fastener bolt further includes a nut part screwed onto the thread section. The shearing section is adapted to break if a predetermined fastening torque is exceeded. The thread section is hollow and has a predetermined tensile breaking strength.
US12066043B2 Holding device and method for attaching same
A retaining device for attachment of objects to a wall surface includes a main body, a fastening arrangement, and a cover lockable to the main body that arches over the fastening arrangement. The main body has a bottom side, that faces the wall during mounting, and a top side, that faces away and includes a retaining ring. The fastening arrangement includes a fastener and a centering cap which fixes the fastener. The bottom side of the main body has a circular-ring-shaped surface, on inner and outer edges of which, in each case, one closed encircling web is provided which faces away from the bottom side. Two passage openings are provided in the circular-ring surface between the top and bottom sides. When attached, the main body is pressed onto the wall and an adhesive is injected through one of the passage openings until it emerges again at the other passage opening.
US12066042B2 Hydraulic system
An object of the invention of the present application is to provide a hydraulic system that is capable of causing a control pressure outputted from a solenoid valve to follow a control request value quickly at the time the solenoid valve starts to be driven. To achieve the object, in the hydraulic system including a solenoid valve that generates a control pressure for operating a control valve, an operation device that is operated to input a control request value as a request value for the control pressure, and a controller configured to set a control target value as a target value for the control pressure depending on the control request value and drive the solenoid valve with the control target value, the controller sets the control target value such that the control target value becomes a maximum output pressure in a usage range of the solenoid valve at the time of starting to drive the solenoid valve and becomes gradually closer to the control request value as time elapses after having reached the maximum output pressure.
US12066038B2 Baler connectable to a tractor for providing round bales and method for producing round bales
A baler connectable to a tractor for providing round bales comprises: a frame supported on a wheel axle; a chamber, for receiving crops and for housing a formed bale, the chamber having a fixed, predetermined size; a tailgate connected to the frame and movable between a closed position and an open position; a conveying assembly which has a first portion provided in the frame and a second portion provided in the tailgate; a cylinder-piston actuator, which includes a closing chamber and moves the tailgate from the open position to the closed position; a binder, configured for binding the formed bale with a fastening element; a pressure sensor for detecting a control signal representative of a pressure inside the closing chamber of the cylinder-piston actuator; a control unit, configured to generate an alert signal as a function of the control signal.
US12066035B1 Adjustable depth tip treatment with axial member with pockets for a fan of a gas turbine engine
A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a case at extends circumferentially at least partway about an axis of the gas turbine engine and a plurality of vanes. The case is formed to define a channel that that extends circumferentially at least partway about the axis. The plurality of vanes are arranged in the channel and spaced apart circumferentially about the axis.
US12066033B2 Blower unit
A blower unit can include an outer housing, an inlet subassembly, a fan subassembly, an outlet subassembly, and a grommet. The outer housing can have an aperture extend along a first axis between first and second ends. The inlet subassembly can be received in the first end of the aperture. The fan subassembly can be received in the aperture adjacent to the inlet subassembly and include at least one wire. The outlet subassembly can be received in the second end. The grommet can be positioned between at least part of the second end and the outlet subassembly. The at least one wire can extend through the grommet. The grommet can seal against the at least one wire. The grommet can seal between the outer housing and the outlet subassembly.
US12066028B2 Fluid pump assembly
A fluid transfer pump assembly that includes a motor enclosure assembly that forms a motor cavity sized to receive a motor. The motor enclosure includes a flame path that extends from an interior joint to an exterior joint. The interior joint faces the motor cavity and the exterior joint faces exterior of the motor enclosure assembly. A heat sink is located in the motor cavity of the motor enclosure assembly. A portion of the heat sink abuts the interior joint.
US12066022B2 Motor and hydraulic pump device including the motor
A piston (8) is provided in a motor main body (4). A first motor chamber (9) is provided above the piston (8) and a second motor chamber (10) is provided below the piston (8). A pilot valve element (18) is provided so as to protrude from the piston (8). When a supply/discharge valve (13) is moved to its upper limit position or its lower limit position by the movement of the pilot valve element (18) in an up-down direction, a first valve member (25) of the supply/discharge valve (13) switches between supplying and discharging pressure fluid to and from the first motor chamber (9) and a second valve member (26) of the supply/discharge valve (13) switches between supplying and discharging pressure fluid to and from the second motor chamber (10).
US12066021B2 Modular suction gland assembly
A positive displacement pump includes a suction cover disposed in a suction access bore defined in the fluid end and housing, where the suction cover is configured to cover the suction access bore. A retainer nut is configured for abutting against the suction cover and retaining the suction cover within the suction access bore. A suction gland has an inner circumferential threaded interface configured to engage an external circumferential threaded interface defined on the retainer nut, and the suction gland has a plurality of threaded openings configured to receive a plurality of threaded fasteners that can be used for securely fastening the suction gland to the fluid end housing.
US12066020B2 Heat exchanger assembly with heat shielding duct
A mobile pump unit including a mobile trailer having mounted thereon one or more pumps, an internal combustion engine(s) to power the one or more pumps, and a heat exchanger assembly for cooling a fluid for the engine, transmission, hydraulic driven components, or pressure pump. The heat exchanger assembly includes a heat exchanger with an air inlet. The air inlet faces the engine and is for receiving air. In addition to the air inlet, the heat exchanger has a fluid inlet for receiving the fluid; a heat exchange surface for transferring heat from the fluid to the air; an air outlet for discharging the air; and a fluid outlet for delivering the fluid to the engine. The heat exchanger assembly also includes an air circulation device for moving the air through the heat exchanger, and an air intake duct that directs the air into the air inlet of the heat exchanger. The air intake duct is configured to resist heated air produced by the engine from entering the air inlet.
US12066019B2 Electric oil pump and control system thereof
An electric oil pump includes a pump unit, rotating to make oil flow, a motor driving the pump unit, a control unit exerting driving control on the motor, and a housing accommodating the pump unit, the motor, and the motor control unit. In the electric oil pump, the motor control unit directly receives detection information of a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the oil and exerts driving control on the motor based on the detection information.
US12066016B2 Reciprocating compressor having a suction acoustic filter with a fastener that deforms when in place
A reciprocating compressor is provided. The compressor includes at least one functional assembly integrated by at least one compression cylinder and at least one reciprocating piston; at least one electric motor capable of moving the reciprocating piston inside the compression cylinder; at least one set of valves capable of controlling the flow of fluid entering and leaving the compression cylinder, the valves being arranged in a head of the reciprocating compressor; at least one head cover capable of being arranged next to the head of the reciprocating compressor; and at least one suction acoustic filter integrated by at least one outlet pipe provided with at least one outlet path capable of being arranged next to the head of the reciprocating compressor. The suction acoustic filter is fastened to the head cover using a fastener.
US12066015B2 Mechanism for electronic adjustment of flows in fixed displacement pump
An electronic angle adjustment mechanism for a pump and a motor generally includes a base and a linear actuator. The base has an upper portion mounted to a motor, a lower portion mounted to a pump, and a hinge for pivotably moving the upper base portion in relation to the lower base portion. The linear actuator is mounted to on an attachment plate that also attaches the motor to the upper base portion. The linear actuator can drive a flexible member or connect to a gear wheel or worm screw to pivot about the hinge and change an angle between the upper and lower base portions.
US12066013B2 Method for performing working using osmosis
The present application relates to a method and a motor for performing work using osmosis. The method comprises the steps of providing a motor comprising a supply chamber, a pressure chamber comprising at least one inlet and at least one outlet, and a membrane permeable to fluid and at least partially impermeable to salt ions and enabling fluid communication between the supply chamber and the pressure chamber; then providing low salt concentration fluid in the supply chamber, closing the outlet of the pressure chamber; flowing high salt concentration fluid into the pressure chamber; allowing the pressure within the pressure chamber to increase as fluid crosses the membrane into the pressure chamber and using the increased pressure within the pressure chamber to perform work; then opening the outlet of the pressure chamber and allowing the fluid to drain from the pressure chamber and the pressure in the pressure chamber to decrease.
US12066012B2 Heat harvesting of end-of-life wells
The present disclosure generally relates to harvesting geothermal energy from mature and near end-of-life oil and gas reservoirs that have been subjected to secondary oil recovery steam processes like steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), steamflood, etc. The geothermal potential of these mature SAGD reservoirs can be used to generate green electricity thus reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of the oil production. Lateral spacing of injectors and producers, with closing of unused members of a well-pair for energy recovery is described.
US12066010B2 Method and system for determining and tracking wind turbine tower deflection
A system and method are provided for determining deflection of a tower of a wind turbine, the wind turbine including a nacelle with a machine head and a rotor atop of the tower. A fixed location relative to the tower is established, and a total deflection of a geographic location (“geo-location”) of the fixed location is determined. Components of the total deflection are determined that are generated by non-thrust loads acting on the tower. The non-thrust loads deflection components are subtracted from the total deflection to determine a thrust loads deflection component corresponding to deflection of the tower from operational thrust loads on the rotor.
US12066008B2 Device for controlling humidity in wind turbines
A wind turbine including: a pressure supply system for operating the actuator of at least an aerodynamic device by means of a pressurized gas, wherein the pressure supply system includes: a pressure generator for pressurizing the pressurized gas, a pressure supply line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for providing the pressurized gas to the pneumatic actuator, the pressure supply line including a pressure reservoir, a return line connecting the pressure generator and the pneumatic actuator for returning the pressurized gas to the pressure generator, the return line including a return reservoir having a negative relative pressure, is provided.
US12066007B2 Floating wind turbine blade pitch adjustment for wave activity
Provided is a method, computing system, and computer program product for reducing floating wind turbine loads induced by ocean waves by adjusting a blade pitch angle of at least one rotor blade of a floating wind turbine to minimize a moment imbalance at a platform top of the floating wind turbine caused by ocean wave activity.
US12066001B2 Gravitational turbine engine
A method for obtaining fluid potential energy and buoyant potential energy by utilizing an internal space of a rotor on turbine engine is provided. The method includes allowing fluid to act on the outer space of the rotor to form a reciprocating power with the interior of the rotor through utilizing a spatial structure of the rotor. The method further includes the rotor on the turbine obtaining a rotational torque of the turbine engine in response to fluid transient action at the desired location.
US12065999B2 Modular wave energy converter
A modular wave energy converter includes: a forward attachment frame; forward guide rails coupled to the forward attachment frame; a forward paddle coupled to the forward guide rails; and one or more forward tethers coupled to the forward paddle and the shaft. A combination of heave and surge forces from waves of water causes the forward paddle moves up and down the forward guide rails. The movement of the forward paddle moves the one or more forward tethers. The movement of the one or more forward tethers causes the shaft to rotate via the rotation of winches. The winches are configured with a one-way clutch, which allows the shaft to rotate in a first direction but not a second. The converter has the same structure on the aft side, including an aft paddle. The forward and aft paddles are positioned vertically or inclined.
US12065995B2 Fuel injection device
A fuel injection device includes a nozzle holder; a fixed core; an anchor; and a valve member. The valve member has a plunger rod and a spacer. The plunger rod is provided with a shaft portion, and an engaging portion that engages with the anchor during a valve opening operation. The spacer has an accommodating portion in which the engaging portion is accommodated and forms a predetermined gap between the engaging portion and the anchor when the valve is closed. Further, the accommodating portion and the engaging portion are in line contact or point contact.
US12065985B2 Sealing assembly for a turbine ejection cone
The present invention relates to an assembly for a turbomachine turbine extending along an axis (X), comprising: —an ejection cone (100) comprising a radially outer annular wall (102) defining a flow duct for a flow of hot gases and a sound box radially arranged inside the outer annular wall (102), the sound box comprising a radially inner annular wall (104), —a connecting member (106) intended to be axially inserted between the exhaust housing and the ejection cone (100), the connecting member (106) comprising an upstream annular flange (108) intended to be attached to the exhaust housing and a plurality of downstream securing tabs (110) connected to the inner annular wall (104), —an annular sealing shroud (112) comprising an upstream portion surrounding the securing tabs (110) of the connecting member (106) so as to cover the spaces circumferentially located between the securing tabs (110) and axially located between the upstream annular flange (108) of the connecting member (106) and the radially inner annular wall (104).
US12065978B2 Compressor boost control for aircraft engine
A control method is provided for an engine. During this control method, a lambda target parameter indicative of a ratio between a stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio and an actual air-to-fuel ratio is determined. A control signal is determined using the lambda target parameter. A component of the engine is operated based on the control signal to regulate airflow within a compressor section of the engine.
US12065977B2 Multi-duct exhaust system for gas turbine engine
A system is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft system includes an exhaust duct, an exhaust flow regulator, a nozzle bypass duct and a bypass flow regulator. The exhaust duct extends longitudinally to an exhaust nozzle. The exhaust flow regulator is configured to regulate fluid flow through the exhaust duct to the exhaust nozzle. The nozzle bypass duct projects out from a side of the exhaust duct. The bypass flow regulator is configured to regulate fluid flow from the exhaust duct into the nozzle bypass duct. The bypass flow regulator is disposed upstream of the exhaust flow regulator.
US12065975B2 High-power epicyclic gearbox and operation thereof
An engine for an aircraft includes an engine core having a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan having a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox. The gearbox is an epicyclic gearbox and comprises a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier on which the planet gears are mounted. The radial bending stiffness of the planet carrier is equal to or greater than 1.20×109 N/m, and/or the tilt stiffness of the planet carrier is greater than or equal to 6.00×108 Nm/rad. A method of operation of such an engine is also disclosed.
US12065973B2 Electric enhanced transmission for multi-spool load-sharing turbofan engine
A turbofan engine includes a first spool including a first turbine, and a first tower shaft engaged to the first spool. A second spool includes a second turbine, and a second tower shaft is engaged to the second spool. A superposition gearbox includes a sun gear, a plurality of intermediate gears engaged to the sun gear, and is supported in a carrier and a ring gear circumscribing the intermediate gears. The first tower shaft or the second tower shaft drives one of the intermediate gears. A drive motor is engaged to drive the sun gear, an inner electric motor, a stator disposed radially outside of the inner electric motor, and an outer electric motor disposed radially outside the stator. A first load on the first spool and a second load on the second spool is adjusted by operation of at least one of the inner electric motor and the outer electric motor.
US12065970B2 Coke catching screen
A flow diverter of a coke catching element is provided. The flow diverter includes a body disposable in a flow field and defining an interior, an upstream end, which is defined relative to the flow field, and a downstream end, which is downstream from the upstream end. At least one of the upstream end and the downstream end is open to the interior and the other of the upstream end and the downstream end is closed. The interior diverges at the one of the upstream end and the downstream end that is open and converges at the other of the upstream end and the downstream end.
US12065960B2 Rotary pump
A rotary pump is provided for fluid transfer. The pump includes a planar housing, an elongated rotor, a pair of double-concave blades, fore and aft cover plates, and a gear box. The housing has a circular center cavity, and a pair of circular lateral cavities overlapping the center cavity and disposed along a longitudinal axis. The rotor is disposed on a rotor shaft along a rotation axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis within the center cavity. The blades flank the rotor and are disposed within their corresponding lateral cavity and turn on corresponding blade shafts parallel to the rotor shaft. The fore and aft cover plates flank the housing along the rotation axis to cover the center and lateral cavities. The blades turn opposite from the rotor.
US12065955B2 Flow management device
A flow management device comprises an outer chamber with an inlet arranged to receive a flow in a first flow direction and an outlet arranged to provide the flow in a second flow direction different from the first direction, and a duct arranged within the chamber, the duct having a first end configured to receive the flow from the inlet and a second end configured to release the flow towards the outlet, wherein a cross-sectional area of the duct increases towards each of the first and second ends of the duct.
US12065950B1 Structural scroll case
A scroll case is configured as a structural component to carry structural loads from other engine components, such as an internal containment ring, an exhaust casing and an engine tailpipe.
US12065948B1 Blade spacer
A fan includes a rotor hub comprising a slot and a blade comprising an airfoil extending from a blade root in a first direction. The blade root is configured to be received in the slot. The fan also includes a deformable spacer situated between the rotor hub and the blade root in the slot, a first blade lock situated at a first side of the slot, and a second blade lock situated at a second side of the slot opposite the first side. At least one of the first and second blade locks includes a tab configured to extend between the blade root and the rotor hub and to compress the spacer such that the spacer exerts a force on the blade in the first direction. A method of assembling a fan and another example fan are also disclosed.
US12065947B2 Inner shroud damper for vibration reduction
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An inner shroud damper for a gas turbine engine includes: at least one carrier including a joint to couple to an inner shroud, the at least one carrier having a first side and a second side, and at least one mass damper coupled to the at least one carrier.
US12065940B2 Exhaust gas turbocharger having a hydrodynamic plain bearing or a hydrodynamic plain bearing
The invention relates to an exhaust gas turbocharger having a hydrodynamic plain bearing or a hydrodynamic plain bearing, comprising a rotor (10) and a counter-bearing part (50) assigned to the rotor (10), wherein a rotor bearing surface of the rotor (10) and a counterface of the counter-bearing part (50) face each other to form the hydrodynamic plain bearing in the form of a combined journal—thrust bearing, having a continuous hydrodynamically load bearing gap formed between the rotor bearing surface and the counterface, wherein the rotor bearing surface and/or the counterface, when cut longitudinally and through the axis of rotation (R) in sectional view, form(s) a bearing contour forming merging contour sections (17.1 to 17.3; 44.1 to 44.3; 53.1 to 53.3) to generate hydrodynamic load capacities in both the radial and the axial direction, wherein a contour section (17.3; 44.3; 53.3) in sectional view in a first bearing area forms a linear section that is part of a, in particular cylindrical or partially cylindrical, bearing section rotating at least sectionally about the axis of rotation (R), wherein a further contour section (17.1; 44.1; 53.1), in sectional view in a second bearing area, forms a further linear section, which is part of a further bearing area rotating at least sectionally about the axis of rotation (R), wherein this further linear section forms an angle with the axis of rotation (R), and wherein the first and the second bearing area merge via a transition section. According to the invention, a friction-optimized bearing system is to be created, which is easy to manufacture and ensures a reliable and effective bearing arrangement even under highly dynamic loads. According to the invention, this is achieved by the further linear section forming an angle in the range from >30° to <90° with the axis of rotation (R).
US12065935B2 Turbomachine equipped with electric machines coupled to a coupling surface
A turbomachine includes a fan, a first casing with longitudinal axis X in which a motor shaft is rotated around the longitudinal axis X, a second casing surrounding and coaxial with the first casing, and a drive shaft connected to the motor shaft. The driveshaft is also connected to at least two electric machines via a power transmission angle gear device housed in a housing. The electric machines being intended are configured to take or inject power on the motor shaft. The housing has a coupling surface to which the two electric machines are coupled.
US12065932B2 Excavation tool replacement device and tunnel boring machine
A guide of an excavation tool replacement device includes an inner guide member configured to guide advancing and retreating of an excavation tool, and an outer guide member configured to support the inner guide member such that the inner guide member is movable to a face side and an anti-face side. The inner guide member has, at a face side end thereof, a first sealing member configured to come into close contact with a gate plate from the anti-face side.
US12065931B2 Device and method for accurately fixing internal waterstop in lakebed tunnel
The invention discloses a device and a method for accurately fixing an internal waterstop in a lakebed tunnel, comprising two supporting bars arranged in parallel, two transverse clamping bars arranged in parallel between the supporting bars, vertical clamping bars arranged on the transverse clamping bars, wherein the supporting bars, the transverse clamping bars and the vertical clamping bars are mutually perpendicular, at least two vertical clamping bars are arranged on each transverse clamping bar, and the vertical clamping bars are arranged at the inner side of the transverse clamping bars. The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: With vertical clamping bars that clamp the waterstop, the invention can limit the movement and rotational degree of freedom of the waterstop within in the space, to avoid displacement of the waterstop, thus making the construction more productive.
US12065929B2 Petro-steering methodologies during under balanced coiled tubing (UBTC) drilling operations
A system and methods for petro-steering methodologies are provided. An exemplary method obtains rock fabric data, and integrate rock fabric data with dynamic productivity data to identify patterns between the rock fabric data and dynamic productivity data. Gas rates and steering values are predicted across UBCT wells based on the patterns.
US12065925B2 Methods for determining a position of a droppable object in a wellbore
The position of a droppable object (e.g., a cementing plug or drillpipe dart) in a cased wellbore may be determined in real time during a cementing operation. A pressure data acquisition system is installed at a wellsite and a pressure transducer is installed at the wellhead. As the droppable object travels through casing it encounters regions with a positive or a negative change of inner cross-sectional dimension. The droppable object generates a pressure pulse as it passes through the regions. The pressure pulse and associated reflections are detected by the pressure transducer, and the signals are processed mathematically to determine the current position of the droppable object.
US12065923B2 Drilling method and drilling apparatus
A drilling method and a drilling apparatus are provided. In the method, the feature parameter of the stratum around the well, the feature parameter of the stratum in front of the drill bit, the preset drilling parameter, the preset trajectory parameter, the current pose of the drill bit and the current rate of penetration of the drill bit are obtained; the feature parameter of the reservoir in front of the drill bit is determined based on the feature parameter of the stratum around the well and the feature parameter of the stratum in front of the drill bit; the above parameters are inputted to the pre-trained drilling parameter modification model to obtain drilling trajectory parameter and drilling speed parameters; and the drilling direction and the rate of penetration are regulated based on the above parameters.
US12065921B2 Standalone demulsifier testing for crude oil
An apparatus includes a vessel configured to be pressurized and heated at a well site to match desired process conditions at which a demulsifier is to break an emulsion of crude oil. The vessel includes a first end, a second end, an inlet pipe, and an outlet pipe. The inlet pipe receives crude oil and a demulsifier and mixes the crude oil and the demulsifier to form a mixture. The apparatus includes a heater surrounding at least a portion of the vessel. The heater is configured to provide heat to the mixture. The apparatus includes a guided wave radar configured to generate a reference pulse of microwave energy and detect a surface echo reflected from the mixture.
US12065919B2 Automated detection of plug and perforate completions, wellheads and wellsite operation status
Methods determine a state of a well and comprise: receiving a set of well operations data comprising at least some measured well operations data; determining the occurrence of a well operations event based on the received data; evaluating one or more possible state transitions from a current well operations state to one or more possible new well operations states, the current state and the possible new states selected from a configurable plurality of well operations states, wherein evaluating the one or more possible state transitions is based on the current state, the determined event and the received data and wherein evaluating the one or more possible state transitions comprises determining a confidence level associated with each of the possible new states; and determining one of the possible new states to be a new predicted well operations state according to whichever possible new state has a highest confidence level.
US12065918B2 Systems and methods for steam fracking
Systems and methods for steam fracking may provide for fracking at a lower cost, providing faster cycles, higher pressure, and more perforation, thereby making a safer system and less expensive method. A high-energy spark initiator may be maneuvered into a horizontal drill hole where a petroleum-bearing formation is fractured for trapped petroleum to flow out through cracks and into the horizontal borehole and pumped to the surface for collection. The horizontal borehole may be flooded with slickwater which may submerge the spark initiator. A high-energy electric charge may be sparked across the contacts on the spark initiator, followed by a high energy steam explosion caused by the heat of the spark. This may heat the water in the borehole near the initiator into high-pressure live steam which forces slickwater into the formation's cracks, opening the cracks wider where the slickwater sand will pack into cracks to hold them open.
US12065916B2 Hydraulic fracturing system for driving a plunger pump with a turbine engine
The present invention discloses a hydraulic fracturing system for driving a plunger pump with a turbine engine, including a fracturing equipment comprising a turbine engine fueled by natural gas or diesel as a power source, an exhaust system, and a plunger pump; a high-low pressure manifold; a blending equipment adapted to blend a fracturing base fluid; and a sand-mixing equipment adapted to provide the fracturing base fluid and a fracturing proppant to the high-low pressure manifold. A first end of the high-low pressure manifold is connected to the fracturing equipment through a connection pipeline. A second end of the high-low pressure manifold is connected to a wellhead. An exhaust end of the turbine engine is connected to the exhaust system whereas an output driving end of the turbine engine is connected to the plunger pump via a connection device. The connection device comprises at least a reduction gearbox. An input speed of the reduction gearbox matches an output driving speed of the turbine engine, and an input torque of the reduction gearbox matches an output driving torque of the turbine engine. The exhaust system may include a diffuser.
US12065914B2 Composite fracturing tree
A composite fracturing tree includes an operating valve and a master valve in fluid communication with the operating valve. The master valve includes an inlet portion in fluid communication with the operating valve, an outlet portion, and a gate portion. The gate portion is disposed between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The gate portion is moveable between a flow position and an occluding position. In the flow position, the gate portion permits flow between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. In the occluding position, the gate portion prevents flow from the inlet portion to the outlet portion. The gate portion is actuated from the flow position to the occluding position with a closing force and from the occluding position to the flow position with an opening force. The master valve allows for the closing force to reduced compared to conventional fracturing valves.
US12065910B2 Multilateral junction including a toothed coupling
Provided is a multilateral junction and a well system. The multilateral junction, in one aspect, includes a housing, the housing including a first housing end and a second housing end, a bore extending through the housing from the first housing end to the second housing end, and a toothed coupling profile located along an inside surface of the bore proximate the second housing end. The multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes a multilateral bore leg extending into the bore, the multilateral bore leg including a tubular having a first tubular end and a second tubular end. The multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes a toothed coupling located between the bore and the tubular and engaged with the toothed coupling profile and the tubular to axially fix the housing and the multilateral bore leg relative to one another.
US12065906B2 System and method for an intelligent quick connect disconnect connector (QCDC)
A system may include a connector coupled to a wellhead assembly. The system may also include a hydraulic power unit coupled to the connector and a valve of the wellhead assembly. The system may further include a controller in communication with the connector and the hydraulic power unit. The controller may be operable to receive one or more conditions associated with the connector and a valve of the wellhead assembly. The controller may also be operable to operate at least one of the connector and the valve through the hydraulic power unit based on the one or more condition.
US12065904B2 Fully integrated flow control module
A system and method for a fully-integrated flow control module (FI-FCM) in a hydrocarbon reservoir is disclosed. The FI-FCM is a unibody structure or a single-piece machined body having a flow meter integrated to the unibody structure. A choke is to be associated within a provision of the FI-FCM that also has an entry flow path for reservoir fluid and an exit flow path for the reservoir fluid. The entry flow path and the exit flow path inside the unibody structure or the single-piece machined body. Fluid communication is enabled between the flow meter, which is upstream relative to the choke, and an entry flow path. The choke is to control flow between the entry flow path and the exit flow path.
US12065902B2 Frac plug and method for manufacturing same, and method for sealing borehole
Provided is a frac plug or the like capable of being inserted into a borehole to seal the borehole with high strength, and then quickly disassembled and removed, thereby efficiently producing petroleum. A frac plug according to the present embodiment has a member made of a magnesium (Mg) alloy. The member has a multi-phase structure including a first phase, which is a matrix phase, and a second phase present in the first phase. In the multi-phase structure, the second phase is distributed in a substantially striped pattern in the first phase in a first cross section perpendicular to a second direction of the frac plug, and distributed in a substantially mesh-like pattern in the first phase in a second cross section perpendicular to a first direction of the frac plug.
US12065901B1 Expanding and collapsing apparatus having bookend seal cartridges
Systems and methods presented herein include expanding and collapsing apparatus that include a slips cartridge that is bookended by seal elements. The pressure (e.g., whether from uphole and/or from downhole of the downhole tool) pushes at axial points at which the seal elements abut the slips cartridge. In addition, all of the load is transferred to the wellbore casing, and not to an inner mandrel at all. Specifically, the inner mandrel only experiences the setting force in tension. In addition, the elastomer that is being used is not stretched during expansion, but simply moved as it is expanded.
US12065891B2 Manufacturing methods for dual concentric tubing
A method for manufacturing a joint pipe element of a well system includes providing an outer pipe having a bore; providing an inner pipe having a bore; placing the inner pipe in the bore of the outer pipe; and connecting the inner pipe to the outer pipe with a connecting mechanism so that a rotational torque is transferred from the outer pipe to the inner pipe.
US12065890B2 Device for transferring data and/or power in a derrick or in a workover rig
A device for transmitting data and/or power from a rotating part, for example a pipe handler, to a non-rotating part, for example a top drive, of a drilling rig or a workover rig has at least one slip ring with at least one sliding contact in contact therewith. The device includes a first ring and a second ring. The first ring and the second ring delimit a closed area. The slip ring(s) and the sliding contact(s) is/are arranged within the closed area.
US12065887B2 Signal-transparent tubular for downhole operations
Disclosed herein are signal-transparent and actuator-transparent tubulars for use with downhole tubular strings are. The signal-transparent tubulars include a tubular connector configured to engage with and connect to a different downhole tubular, the tubular connector formed from metal, a signal-transparent portion connected to the tubular connector, the signal-transparent portion formed from a composite material, and at least one of a sensor, an actuator, and a transmitter arranged within the signal-transparent portion and at least partially surrounded by the composite material, wherein the composite material of the signal-transparent portion is selected to be transparent to a characteristic of a signal that is detectable by or transmitted by the at least one sensor, actuator, and/or transmitter.
US12065885B2 Cutting element and methods of making the same
A cutting element (30) includes a substrate (40); and a body of superhard polycrystalline material (34) bonded to the substrate (40) along an interface, the body of superhard polycrystalline material having a peripheral side edge (42). The body of superhard polycrystalline material has a cutting surface (34); a plurality of spaced apart cutting edges (36) extending to the cutting surface (34) through respective chamfer portions (38), the cutting edges being spaced around the peripheral side edge; a plurality of recesses/regions (48) extending from the cutting surface (34) towards the substrate, adjacent cutting edges (36) being spaced apart by a respective one of said recesses/regions (48); and a protrusion or recessed region extending from the cutting surface about a central longitudinal axis of the cutting element. A method of making such a cutting element is also disclosed.
US12065882B2 Combination ladders, ladder components and related methods
Ladders and ladder components are described herein, including multipurpose and adjustable ladders. In one embodiment, a ladder includes a first assembly having rails and rungs, a second assembly having rails and rungs, and one or more hinges coupling the first and second assemblies together such that the first and second assembly may be positioned relative to one another in at least a position or state and at least a second position or state. A top cap is coupled to the rails of the first assembly, such that when the first and second assemblies are in the first position, the rails of the second assembly do not contact the top cap. When the first and second assemblies are in the second position, each rail of the second assembly is at least partially nested in one of a pair of channels formed in the top cap.
US12065881B1 Extension ladder weight distribution stand
A mechanical extension ladder support stand that a worker can mount on an extension ladder. Perform work or repairs on interior walls or stairways safely. The device is installed and removed from the ladder, disassembled or repaired without need of tools, safely. The ladder stand is expandable to fit extension ladders of different widths and lengths, without use of tools. When set up to work on a wall, the ladder stand's support board will automatically pivots to match the angle at top of ladder to the wall's surface, without any tools or adjustment. The ladder stand will always rest a padded support board, safety on two or more of the walls vertically framing members. Without damaging or marring the walls. The ladder stand operates safely for the layman on the interior walls without need of any tools, only human hands.
US12065879B2 Braces for ladders, ladders incorporating same and related methods
Ladder components, such as braces, as well as ladders and methods of manufacturing ladders are provided. In one embodiment, a ladder brace is provided which extends between a rail and a cross member (e.g., a rung or a cross-brace). The ladder brace may include a first connecting portion associated with the rail, a second connecting portion associated with the cross member, and a strut portion extending between the first and second connecting portions. At least one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion is configured to completely encircle its associated component (e.g., either the rail or the cross member, respectively).
US12065876B2 Motorized window treatment
A motorized window treatment may provide a low-cost solution for controlling the amount of daylight entering a space through a window. The window treatment may include a covering material (e.g., a cellular shade fabric or a roller shade fabric), a drive assembly for raising and lowering the covering material, and a motor drive unit including a motor configured to drive the drive assembly to raise and lower the covering material. The motorized window treatment may comprise one or more battery packs configured to receive batteries for powering the motor drive unit. The batteries may be located out of view of a user of the motorized window treatment (e.g., in a headrail or in a battery compartment). The motorized window treatment may use various power-saving methods to lengthen the lifetime of the batteries, e.g., to reduce the motor speed to conserve additional battery power and extend the lifetime of the batteries.
US12065875B2 Hanging blinds
Hanging blinds includes an upper track and a plurality of sliders. The upper track has at least a first track and a second track respectively having a sliding slot. Each of sliders has a guiding groove and a positioning groove. A sliding block is disposed at an end of the positioning groove and enabling the slider to be mounted onto a guiding groove of an adjacent slider. Each slider is mounted onto one sliding slot of the first and second tracks. A last slider on the second track has at least two positioning blocks locking with an end of the second track. The sliders other than the last slider each has a pulley. The last slider on the first track has a crossing pulley slidably mounted in the sliding slot of the second track. The crossing pulley is disposed before a pulley of a first slider on the second track.
US12065874B1 Overhead garage door trim seal apparatus and method of installation and use
A trim seal apparatus has a lengthwise body having a face surface and an opposite ribbed surface each spanning between a front surface and an opposite rear surface of the body and a lengthwise front flap extending at an angle in the direction of the ribbed surface from a location along the front surface that is at least midway between the face surface and the ribbed surface or that is closer to the ribbed surface than the face surface, in use when the body is installed on the door frame with the ribbed surface directly against the door frame the front flap is oriented toward and configured to make sealing contact against the door frame so as to seal the garage door opening between the body and the door frame.
US12065867B2 Actuator for opening and closing a door or a tailgate of a car
An actuator for opening and closing a door or a tailgate of a car contains a helical compression spring and a motor. The helical compression spring is provided for opening a door or the tailgate of a car when compressive forces of the helical compression spring are released. The motor is provided for compressing the helical compression spring in order to close the door or the tailgate of the car. The helical compression spring contains a helically coiled coated steel wire. The helically coiled coated steel wire contains a steel core and a metallic coating layer. The steel core contains a steel alloy. The steel alloy contains 0.8 to 0.95 wt % carbon, 0.2 to 0.9 wt % manganese; 0.1 to 1.4 wt % silicon; optionally one or more micro-alloying element. The microstructure of the steel core is drawn lamellar pearlite. The metallic coating layer contains at least 84% by mass of zinc.
US12065863B2 Manual/power decoupling of lever rotation
An opening/closing assembly for a door configured to actuate certain latches during a powered operation and to actuate not all the same latches during a manual (emergency) operation. The assembly operates to decouple the operation of levers associated to the various latches of the door. The assembly is configured such that a hold-close latch is actuated for both a powered operation and a manual operation, while a hold-open latch is not actuated during the manual operation and is only actuated during the powered operation.
US12065861B2 Vehicle door handle device
A vehicle door handle device includes: a base frame formed of a resin and arranged on an inner side of a door outer panel; a pad member arranged on an outer side of the door outer panel; a first fastening member formed of a metal and having a base frame engaging portion and a first panel engaging portion engageable with the inner side of the door outer panel; and a second fastening member formed of a metal and having a held portion and a second panel engaging portion engageable with the outer side of the door outer panel. The first and second fastening members are fastened to each other, the door outer panel is sandwiched between the first and second panel engaging portions, and the base frame engaging portion engages the base frame to restrict movement of the base frame in a direction away from the door outer panel.
US12065860B2 Latch locking cover for enclosures
Enclosure covers for use with direct burial enclosures are provided. The enclosure covers includes a latch assembly that permits the enclosure cover to automatically lock to an enclosure box when installed.
US12065858B2 Electromagnetic actuator
One or more embodiments describe a magnetic actuator including at least two magnets. One magnet is a semi hard magnet and the other magnet is a hard magnet. The hard magnet is configured to open or close the magnetic actuator. The semi hard magnet and the hard magnet are placed adjacent to each other. A change in magnetization polarization of the semi hard magnet is configured to push or pull the hard magnet) to open or close a digital lock realised with the magnetic actuator. The magnetic actuator can also be used to realise a valve.
US12065854B2 Pool cleaner with cyclonic flow
Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners that remove debris from water using a plurality of cyclonic flows, or that include a removable impeller subassembly, a check valve for a debris canister, a particle separator assembly having a handle that locks to the pool cleaner, a modular roller drive gear box, or a roller latch that secures a roller to the pool cleaner. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to the check valve and the roller latch themselves. Exemplary embodiments are directed to a filter medium for pool cleaners that includes embossments providing flow channels for water, and to roller assemblies for pool cleaners. Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners including alternative pump motor engagements. Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners power supplies that include a potted and contoured power board assembly, and to kickstands therefor. Exemplary embodiments are directed to a pool cleaner caddy, and removable wheels therefor.
US12065853B2 Lane rope float
A lane rope float having higher wave absorbing performance than before is provided. A lane rope float is one that is attached to a rope R via a tubular portion and divides lanes of a pool, and the lane rope float is characterized by: including a plurality of blades that protrude from a side surface of the tubular portion in parallel with the rope R, and a wall surface portion that is coupled to side end portions of the blades to cover the blades, in which in an outer end portion of the lane rope float from the center of the tubular portion to the wall surface portion, at least ½ of the range from the center of the tubular portion to the wall surface portion is formed along a vertical plane V2 perpendicular to the tubular portion.
US12065845B2 Device for a distribution mast, distribution mast having a device, and system having a distribution mast
A device for a distribution mast includes a line and a line section mounting. The line has a mast line section and a loose rotational line section, and the rotational line section is rotatably connected to the mast line section. The line section mounting has a loose rotational holding element and a rotary bearing, and the rotational holding element keeps the rotational line section at a distance from the mast line section. The rotary bearing is designed to be supported by a mast segment for the distribution mast and for rotatably connecting the rotational holding element to the mast segment and defines a circle, the line being guided through the circle.
US12065844B2 Large area slab panel formwork system
The various embodiments of the present invention provide a modular slab formwork with easy shuttering and de-shuttering assembly. The formwork comprises a formwork panel and a drophead. The formwork panel comprises a plurality of side connectors, a base frame, and a form-lining. The base frame comprises a corner element on each corner. The drophead is connected to each corner of the formwork panel through the corner element. The corner element forms a locking notch to lock at least two formwork panel with each other as well as with the drophead.
US12065843B2 Systems for leveling tiles
A tile leveling system includes a stem, a spinner, and an engaging member. The stem includes a base and a fork extending from the base. The fork includes a cylindrical portion extending in a direction opposite the base and having an externally threaded surface. A cutout is formed in the fork between the cylindrical portion and the base. The spinner includes a hub, a rim, and one or more spokes extending between the hub and the rim. An internally threaded surface defining a bore extends through the hub. The engaging member includes a main body and a mounting portion extending from the main body. A hub-receiving bore is formed in the main body for receiving the hub of the spinner and a stem-receiving bore is formed in the main body for receiving the cylindrical portion of the stem.
US12065839B2 Floor board and method for manufacturing such floor boards
A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate has MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, where the side edge is treated both with an impregnation agent and/or a sealing agent based on a superabsorbing material. Also a method for manufacturing such floor boards.
US12065836B1 Metal roof/wall apparatus including sliding clips
A metal roof construction provides a roof frame that includes multiple rafters. A plurality of clips or anchor plates are fastened to each rafter. Each anchor plate or clip has an anchor plate space surrounded by one or more plate members. The anchor plate has a plurality of spaced apart openings. A sliding anchor occupies the anchor plate space. Each sliding anchor has multiple spaced apart pedestals that extend from the anchor plate space upwardly through an opening. Multiple roof decking sections are mounted on the rafters. Each decking section extends under a part of the anchor plate. The anchor plate has one or more flaps that extend downwardly from the decking sections and next to a rafter. Fasteners attach each flap to a rafter.
US12065826B2 Block for use in automated building construction
The present disclosure relates to the building industry and in particular to a block for use in automated building construction. In one aspect, the block comprises a generally cuboid body having a top and a base, a length extending between a pair of opposed ends, and a width extending between a pair of opposed sides; the body including a plurality of hollow cores extending from said top to said base, and arranged in a row between said opposed ends; wherein each core has a rectilinear cross-sectional shape; and wherein the thickness of the block between each pair of adjacent cores is at least double the thickness of the block on all other sides of each core, so that the block is divisible into a plurality of substantially identical block portions, each portion including four walls of substantially uniform wall thickness about its core.
US12065814B2 Hand washing station
A water dispenser assembly for a hand washing station includes a water heater having a water tank and a heating element configured to heat water contained in the water tank, the water tank having an inlet conduit connected to a water source and an outlet conduit, a water outlet connected to the outlet conduit and configured to receive water from the water heater through the outlet conduit, and a valve in fluid communication with the water heater and configured to selectively permit the water to be forced from the water tank and through the water outlet to dispense the water. The hand washing station may include a computer device configured for controlling components of the station.
US12065813B2 Faucet with cantilevered support arm
A faucet includes a faucet body having a base, a support arm cantilevered from the base, and a bracket formed on a free end of the support arm. A flexible hose has one end coupled to the faucet body. A spray head is coupled to the other end of the flexible hose such that the flexible hose has a fixed length between the faucet body and the spray head. The spray head has an outer surface with a recess formed therein and is configured to receive the bracket such that the spray head is releasably coupled to the faucet body.
US12065806B2 Work vehicle
A plurality of traveling wheels are supported via expandable/contractible tubular support members to a vehicle body frame. A hydraulic operation type vehicle height adjustment mechanism is provided for each one of the traveling wheels, the vehicle height adjustment mechanism being capable of switching a relative height of the traveling wheel relative to the vehicle body frame within a predetermined length range by expanding/contracting the support member by a hydraulic cylinder. There are provided a hydraulic control valve capable of controlling feeding state of work oil to each one of the plurality of hydraulic cylinders, a controlling section for controlling an operation of the hydraulic control valve to bring the vehicle body to a target state via vehicle height adjustment by the hydraulic cylinder in response to a change in the posture of the vehicle body and a plurality of accumulators connected oil chambers of the respective plurality of hydraulic cylinders.
US12065801B2 Concrete variable cross-section prefabricated square pile
A concrete variable cross-section prefabricated square pile comprises pile bodies of large cross-section sections and small cross-section sections alternately arranged along a longitudinal direction. Lateral transition surfaces are formed between side surfaces of the large cross-section sections and adjacent small cross-section sections; at least part of the lateral transition surfaces have a front edge and/or a rear edge that are offset from a vertical direction in a lateral projection, and a vertical projection of an intersection line between the lateral transition surface and a first horizontal plane is located outside a vertical projection of an intersection line between the lateral transition surface and a second horizontal plane; the first horizontal plane is a horizontal plane located above in any two horizontal planes, and the second horizontal plane is a horizontal plane located below in any two horizontal planes.
US12065799B2 Method for forming a pile wall in ground and a corresponding pile wall
A method for forming a drilled pile wall in ground using a drilling device having a reamer and flushing with a medium to remove drilling waste during drilling, and non-rotating pipe piles equipped with interlocks. A vertical 1 hole is drilled while simultaneously placing a pipe pile in the drill hole. At least one subsequent vertical hole is drilled hole in the ground side by side with the drill hole while simultaneously placing a subsequent pipe pile in the subsequent drill hole while the interlocks of the subsequent pipe pile interlock with interlocks of the pipe pile to guide the subsequent pipe pile into the drill hole. Reinforcements are installed in the drill holes, concrete is cast into each pipe pile to form a concrete pile, and at least some of the pipe piles are lifted at least partly out of the drill hole after the concrete has been cast, but before the concrete has bonded rigid to form a unified watertight pile wall. The invention also relates to a pile wall.
US12065798B1 System and method for pre-emptive property shifting detection and remediation
A system for monitoring shifting of a structure includes one or more hardware processors. The system also includes a non-transitory memory, the non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or hardware processors, causes the one or more hardware processors to perform actions. The actions include monitoring the structure for a shift in elevation in a portion of the structure. The actions also include receiving, from a first plurality of sensors, feedback related to a condition of a foundation of a structure. The actions further include determining whether a portion of the foundation of the structure has shifted in elevation based on the feedback. The actions still further include providing a notification when the portion of the structure has shifted in elevation.
US12065796B2 Portable ground picking collector
A portable ground picking collector includes a picking tool having two picking portions and a control arrangement equipped with a disposable bag. The disposable bag is constructed by two bag layers to define a storage cavity and an opening. The control arrangement is configured to detachably hold at the picking portions of the picking tool at the bag layers respectively. When the picking tool is actuated to move the picking portions thereof away from each other, the opening of the disposable bag is opened up for receiving ground waste in the storage cavity. When the picking tool is actuated to move the picking portions thereof toward each other for picking up the ground waste, the opening of the disposable bag is closed to retain the ground waste in the storage cavity, such that the disposable bag is detached from the picking tool for disposing the ground waste in the disposable bag.
US12065794B2 Road stud system, method for controlling road stud, and control program of road stud
In a road stud system, a road stud includes a terminal storage unit, a light emission unit, and a radio communication unit. The light emission unit emits a light having a first color tone or a second color tone in a first or second direction. The radio communication unit receives an instruction signal for an operation of the light emission unit. A control system that controls a plurality of road studs includes a determination unit and an instruction unit. The determination unit determines whether an overlapping area is in a first state in which passage of a pedestrian is prioritized or a second state in which passage of an automobile is prioritized. The instruction unit sends an instruction signal, in accordance with the result of the determination, regarding the direction of the light emission and the color tone to each of the road studs.
US12065792B2 Helideck safety net
A helideck safety net assembly that can be readily installed and removed includes a net, spreader bars adapted to pass through the cells at longitudinally opposing edges of the net and an edge line adapted to secure the net inside a perimeter frame by being wound generally helically in loops around the perimeter frame. The net is formed of lengths of line arrayed in the longitudinal direction alongside one another, and fastening means that join adjacent lengths pairwise at intervals to form cells of the net, wherein an end row of cells is formed at both longitudinally opposing edges of the net, and a longitudinal row of cells is formed at both longitudinal edges of the net.
US12065791B2 Systems and methods for managing a worksite based on battery power
Systems and methods determine a current production rate of a piece of equipment processing first paving material at a worksite, receive first information indicative of an amount of power within a battery of the piece of equipment, receive second information indicative of a characteristic of the worksite, and determine predicted production rate of the piece of equipment to process second paving material at the worksite. The systems and methods further determine an amount of power required by the piece of equipment to process the second paving material at the worksite and determine that the amount of power within the battery of the piece of equipment is insufficient for the amount of power required by the piece of equipment to process the second paving material at the worksite.
US12065788B2 System and method for marking a boundary while defining an autonomous worksite
A system and method for marking a boundary while defining an autonomous worksite includes receiving first information indicative of a first maneuvering distance from a side of a machine and activating an indicator. The indicator, representative of the first maneuvering distance, is positioned at the side of the machine to be visible to an operator of the machine. The machine is positioned on a worksite surface along a path to be traversed when executing a work plan. After a control system receives a verification from the operator that the machine may operate outside the worksite area and within an outer boundary defined by the first maneuvering distance, a worksite perimeter is defined to include the path, and a geofence for the machine is determined to substantially overlay the outer boundary.
US12065783B2 Transfer device applied to robotic arm and production line for pulp molding
A transfer device applied to a robotic arm for pulp molding, which includes a wet blank transfer mold provided with a closed air chamber therein, a front surface with at least one inward concave matching cavity capable of being sleeved outside a pulp wet blank container and recessed toward the closed air chamber side, a back surface connected with a moving frame, oriented parallel to the wet blank transfer mold, through a guide mechanism, and a driver connected between the back surface of the wet blank transfer mold and the moving frame, where the driver drives the moving frame to move relative to the wet blank transfer mold and the moving frame is provided with a plurality of vacuum suction cups at uniform intervals on a side opposite from the wet pulp transfer mold. The device may transfer a wet blank and collect a molded product at the same time.
US12065782B2 Systems and methods for dewatering and drying nanocellulose
The present invention allows the production of nanocellulose in dry form, enabling incorporation into a wide variety of end-use applications. Some variations provide a nanocellulose-slurry dewatering system comprising: a nanocellulose slurry feed sub-system; a pre-concentration unit (e.g., a centrifuge) to remove at least a portion of the water from the nanocellulose slurry; an inlet for a dispersion/drying agent; a twin-screw extruder in flow communication with the nanocellulose slurry feed sub-system, wherein the twin-screw extruder intimately mixes the nanocellulose slurry and the dispersion/drying agent, wherein the twin-screw extruder shears the nanocellulose slurry, and wherein the twin-screw extruder is configured with one or more extruder vents to remove water from the nanocellulose slurry; and an extruder outlet for recovering a nanocellulose-dispersion concentrate. A milling device may be employed to generate a fine powder of the nanocellulose-dispersion concentrate. Methods of making and using the dewatered or dried nanocellulose are also described.
US12065781B2 Cleaning and depolluting of fibres originating from used cigarette butts by placing in contact with a supercritical fluid and recycling of the depolluted fibres
The present invention concerns a facility for cleaning cigarette butts, including a treatment tank configured to treat the cigarette butts in order to extract therefrom fibres to be depolluted, and depollution means configured to depollute the fibres by placing them in contact with a fluid in the supercritical state, referred to as supercritical fluid.
US12065775B2 Apparatus for treating laundry
A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drawer body, a tub including a tub body disposed within the drawer body to configured to receive water and a tub cover coupled to a top side of the tub body and having a tub entrance configured to receive laundry, a drum disposed within the tub body and configured to accommodate the laundry and having a drum entrance for putting the laundry by communicating with the tub entrance, a driver disposed under a bottom side of the tub body and configured to provide power for rotating the drum, a door configured to slide on a top side of the tub cover to open/close the tub entrance, and a door opening detection sensor disposed at the tub cover to detect an opening/closing of the door by contacting with the door that slides on the tub cover.
US12065773B2 Washing machine and control method therefor
A front-loading washing machine and a control method therefor are disclosed. The control method includes: when a sensed amount of laundry in a drum is equal to or less than a preset amount, rubbing step at which the drum is rotated in both directions, wherein the rubbing step comprises: a first rotation step at which the drum is rotated in a first direction by a preset one-direction rotational angle; and a second rotation step at which the drum is rotated by the one-direction rotational angle in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and wherein the first rotation step and the second rotation step are performed alternately and repeatedly. Accordingly, it is possible to perform a washing motion which improves washing performance and reduces wear and tear of the laundry.
US12065770B2 Flat knit bra
The invention is directed to a flat knit bra comprising two cups (1a, 1b), each cup provided with a neckline zone (2a, 2b), two power slings (4a, 4b) and two wing zones (5a, 5b) and a band (6) having a first and second end (6a, 6b). The neckline zones (2a, 2b) may extend to the band (6) in an overlapping fashion. The power sling (4a, 4b) is comprised of a double layered knit material. The band (6) is branches from a common centre region (16) into more than one band zones (7,8,9,10). One band zone (7,8) extends to the ends (6a, 6b) of the band (6) and at least one other band zone (9,10) extends into each of the wings (5a, 5b).
US12065768B2 Protective cover for a motor vehicle body
A protective cover for a motor vehicle body has a main body with a first coating and a second coating. The main body is formed from a flame-retardant fabric. The first coating is an adhesive layer and the second coating is a metal layer.
US12065764B2 Compound paper yarn, compound paper yarn manufacturing device, and compound paper yarn manufacturing method
A compound paper yarn manufacturing device includes a Japanese paper roll, a slitter configured to slit a Japanese paper sheet fed out from the Japanese paper roll to form a plurality of Japanese paper tapes, a distributor configured to distribute the plurality of Japanese paper tapes into each single Japanese paper tape, a plurality of pairs of slip rollers formed by providing a plurality of pieces of a pair of slip rollers that feed out each distributed single Japanese paper tape while slipping, and a covering machine including a plurality of single covering units configured to perform, with a first yarn added, false-twisting on the single Japanese paper tape fed out from the pair of slip rollers, and to cover with a second yarn.
US12065763B2 Method of making a phosphonated PBI fiber
A method of making a phosphonated polybenzimidazole fiber comprises the steps of: spinning an untreated PBI resin into a PBI fiber; treating the PBI fiber with phosphoric acid, and thereby obtaining a PBI fiber with 1-25 wt. % phosphoric acid APU. A fiber is made with a polybenzimidazole (PBI) polymer with a phosphoric acid pick-up (APU) in the range of 1-25% (PBI-p fiber). The PBI-p fiber may have a LOI≥50% and/or an initial thermal decomposition temperature in air of ≥555° C.
US12065762B2 Quad-polymer precursor for producing carbon fiber, method for producing same and method for using same
A quad-polymer composition includes monomers of (a) acrylonitrile, (a) vinylimidazole, (c) methyl acrylate and (d) either acrylic acid or itaconic acid. Such quad-polymer compositions may be used to form fibers (such as by melt spinning) that may then be annealed, stabilized, and/or carbonized to produce carbon fibers. The quad-polymer composition may be used for supercapacitors, lithium battery electrodes once carbonized, and as synthesized, it may be used for wound healing fibers, fabrics, coatings, and films, and anti-bacterial/anti-microbial fibers, fabrics, coatings and films. The carbon fibers formed from the quad-polymer composition may be used for the fiber composites for automobile, aerospace structures, marine structures, military equipment/parts, sporting goods, robotics, furniture, and electronic parts.
US12065758B2 Method for manufacturing a SiC substrate by simultaneously forming a growth layer on one surface and etching another surface of a SiC base substrate
An apparatus for producing an SiC substrate, by which an SiC substrate having a thin base substrate layer is able to be produced, while suppressing deformation or breakage, includes a main container which is capable of containing an SiC base substrate, and which produces a vapor pressure of a vapor-phase species containing elemental Si and a vapor-phase species containing elemental C within the internal space by means of heating; and a heating furnace which contains the main container and heats the main container so as to form a temperature gradient, while producing a vapor pressure of a vapor-phase species containing elemental Si within the internal space. The main container has a growth space in which a growth layer is formed on one surface of the SiC base substrate, and an etching space in which the other surface of the SiC base substrate is etched.
US12065756B2 Method of manufacture of single crystal synthetic diamond material
A method of manufacturing synthetic diamond material using a chemical vapour deposition process, and a diamond obtained by such a method are described. The method comprises providing a freestanding synthetic single crystal diamond substrate wafer having a dislocation density of at least 107 cm−2. The synthetic single crystal diamond substrate wafer is located over a substrate holder within a chemical vapour deposition reactor. Process gases are fed into the reactor, the process gases including a gas comprising carbon. Crack-free synthetic diamond material is grown on a surface of the single crystal diamond substrate wafer at a temperature of at least 900° C. to a thickness of at least 0.5 mm and with lateral dimensions of at least 4 mm by 4 mm.
US12065754B2 Method for passivating the surface of a tinplate and electrolysis system for carrying out the method
In a method for passivating the surface of a tinplate using electrolytic deposition of a passivation layer containing chromium oxide/chromium hydroxide on the surface, the electrolytic deposition of the passivation layer is carried out at least partly from an electrolyte solution which contains a trivalent chromium compound, at least one salt for increasing the conductivity and at least one acid or one base for adjusting a desired pH value and is free from organic complexing agents and free from buffering agents. In order to increase the amount of chromium oxide in the passivation layer, after the electrolytic deposition of the passivation layer, the passivated tinplate is subjected to a thermal treatment in which the passivated tinplate is kept at a treatment temperature of 100° C. or more for a treatment time of at least 0.5 seconds.
US12065752B2 Intervention tool for the operation of an electrolytic cell
This intervention tool is movable and designed to reposition an anode assembly of an electrolytic cell. The intervention tool comprises a mount provided with one or more bearing surfaces allowing the intervention tool to bear and be stably supported directly on at least one element of the electrolytic cell, and an intervention unit designed to reposition the anode assembly.
US12065748B2 Carbon dioxide treatment device, carbon dioxide treatment method, and method for producing carbon compound
Provided is a carbon dioxide treatment device with improved energy efficiency in electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, a carbon dioxide treatment method, and a method for producing a carbon compound. In the carbon dioxide treatment device including a recovery device 1 configured to recover carbon dioxide, an electrochemical reaction device 2 configured to electrochemically reduce carbon dioxide to produce ethylene, a first concentration sensor 4A configured to measure a concentration of ethylene in a gas C obtained on a cathode side of the electrochemical reaction device 2, and a control device 5 configured to control an amount of carbon dioxide supplied to the electrochemical reaction device 2 and a voltage applied to the cathode and an anode based on the concentration of ethylene measured by the first concentration sensor 4A, the applied voltage is kept constant and the carbon dioxide supply amount is increased or decreased to control the carbon dioxide supply amount to be an amount at which the concentration of ethylene measured by the first concentration sensor 4A becomes a maximum value.
US12065746B2 Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing method processes a substrate which has a metal layer on a principal surface. The substrate processing method includes a metal oxide layer forming step in which an oxidizing fluid is supplied toward the principal surface of the substrate, thereby forming a metal oxide layer constituted of one atomic layer or several atomic layers on a surface layer of the metal layer and a metal oxide layer removing step in which an etching fluid containing at least one of water in a gaseous state and water in a mist state as well as a reactive gas that reacts with the metal oxide layer together with the water is supplied toward the principal surface of the substrate, thereby etching the metal oxide layer and selectively removing it from the substrate. Then, cycle processing in which the metal oxide layer forming step and the metal oxide layer removing step are given as one cycle is executed at least in one cycle, thereby controlling the etching amount of the metal layer for each cycle at an accuracy of a nanometer or less.
US12065741B2 Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
There is provided a gas supply system including a supplying part connected to a reaction vessel and a blocking part provided at an upstream side of the supplying part and directly connected to the supplying part without providing a pipe between the blocking part and the supplying part. The gas supply system further including a switching part provided at an upstream side of the blocking part and configured to supply a gas into the reaction vessel in cooperation with the blocking part and an exhaust part configured to exhaust an inside of a pipe provided between the switching part and the blocking part.
US12065740B2 Plasma polymerization coating with uniformity control
Introduced here is a plasma polymerization apparatus and process. Example embodiments include a vacuum chamber in a substantially symmetrical shape relative to a central axis. A primary rotation shaft may be operable to rotate about the central axis of the vacuum chamber and a secondary rotation shaft may be operable to rotate about a secondary axis distal to the central axis. The primary and secondary rotation shafts may be mechanically connected, and one or more devices may be secured on a platform that rotates along both shafts. Additionally, reactive species discharge mechanisms positioned around a perimeter of the vacuum chamber may be configured to disperse reactive species into the vacuum chamber. The reactive species may form a uniform polymeric multi-layer coating on the surface of the one or more devices.
US12065739B2 Vapor deposition processes
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for depositing transition metal-containing material on a substrate by a cyclic deposition process. The method comprises providing a substrate in a reaction chamber, providing a transition metal precursor into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase; and providing a second precursor into the reaction chamber in a vapor phase to form transition metal-containing material on the substrate. The transition metal precursor according to the disclosure comprises a transition metal halide compound comprising an organic phosphine adduct ligand.
US12065735B2 Vapor deposition apparatus
Provided is a vapor deposition apparatus including a first injection unit injecting a first raw gas in a first direction and a first filter unit mounted on the first injection unit. The first filter unit includes a plurality of plates separated from one another in the first direction and disposed in parallel to one another, each of the plurality of plates having holes therein, being detachably coupled with the first filter unit, and having the holes with sizes of horizontal cross-sections gradually increasing in a direction in which the first raw gas moves. Accordingly, a process efficiency of the vapor deposition apparatus may be enhanced.
US12065732B2 Film forming method and film forming apparatus
A film forming method of forming a silicon carbide film on a substrate to be processed includes: forming the silicon carbide film on the substrate to be processed by loading a holder that holds the substrate to be processed into a processing container of a film forming apparatus to place the holder on a stage, and supplying a raw material gas into the processing container; and removing a reaction product, which has been adhered to a part other than the substrate to be processed during the forming the silicon carbide film, by loading a plate-shaped member having at least a surface formed by pyrolytic carbon into the processing container to place the plate-shaped member on the stage, and supplying a fluorine-containing gas into the processing container.
US12065728B2 Apparatus and method to deliver organic material via organic vapor jet printing (OVJP)
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide an apparatus having a device with a micronozzle array disposed on a micro-fabricated fluidic die. The device may include a first gas distribution plate and a second opposing plate, where the micro-fabricated fluidic die is disposed between the first gas distribution plate and the second opposing plate, wherein the first gas distribution plate is irreversibly joined to the micronozzle array with a seal that is gas-tight, and where the first gas distribution plate includes a plurality of sealed flow paths. A manifold may be reversibly joined to the first gas distribution plate, where the micro-fabricated fluidic die and the first gas distribution plate and the second opposing plate are disposed between the manifold. A thermally conductive plate may have at least one window that provides a clearance fit for the device across a range of motion relative to the thermally conductive plate.
US12065724B2 Tempered and coated steel sheet having excellent formability and a method of manufacturing the same
A tempered and coated steel sheet having a composition containing the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight: 0.17%≤carbon≤0.25%, 1.8%≤manganese≤2.3%, 0.5%≤silicon≤2.0%, 0.03%≤aluminum≤1.2%, sulphur≤0.03%, phosphorus≤0.03%, the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel sheet containing in area fraction, 3 to 20% residual austenite, at least 15% of ferrite, 40 to 85% tempered bainite and a minimum of 5% of tempered martensite, wherein cumulated amounts of tempered martensite and residual austenite is between 10 and 30%. The composition may also contain one or more of the following elements chromium≤0.4%, molybdenum≤0.3%, niobium≤0.04%, titanium≤0.1%. Methods of manufacturing and use of the tempered and coated steel sheets are also described.
US12065716B2 Method for the additive production of an article
Method for the additive production of three-dimensional articles is disclosed. A powder layer of nickel-based metal alloy having a specific composition is scanned with an energy source so as to melt the powder in at least one point of the layer. Afterwards the energy source is removed from this point so as to solidify the metal alloy and form a layer with a desired shape. Also disclosed are articles obtainable by this method.
US12065711B2 High-strength hot rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing same
A high-strength hot rolled steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the high-strength hot rolled steel sheet are disclosed. The high-strength hot rolled steel sheet includes a specific chemical composition, and a steel structure in which a lower bainite phase and/or a tempered martensite phase at 90% or more in terms of a total area fraction is contained as a dominant phase, an average grain size of the dominant phase is 10.0 μm or less, and an amount of Fe in Fe-based precipitates is 0.70% or less in mass %, in which an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of a surface is 2.50 μm or less, and a tensile strength TS is 1180 MPa or more.
US12065707B2 Compositions, kits and methods for detection of viral sequences
Compositions, assays, methods, diagnostic methods, kits, and diagnostic kits are disclosed for the specific and differential detection of SARS-CoV-2 and/or other viruses from samples, including veterinary samples, clinical samples, food samples, forensic sample, environmental samples (e.g., obtained from soil, garbage, sewage, air, water, food processing and manufacturing surfaces, or likewise), or biological sample obtained from a human or non-human animal.
US12065706B2 Methods for producing corn plants with downy mildew resistance and compositions thereof
The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding and disease resistance. The disclosure provides methods for breeding corn plants having downy mildew (DM) resistance using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides corn germplasm resistant to DM. The disclosure also provides markers associated with DM resistance loci for introgressing these loci into elite germplasm in a breeding program, thus producing novel DM resistant germplasm.
US12065701B2 In vitro method for the diagnosis of synucleinopathies
In vitro method for the diagnosis of synucleinopathies. The present invention is directed to an in vitro method for the specific diagnosis of a synucleinopathy and/or for the differential diagnosis of a synucleinopathy from Alzheimer disease (AD). In a preferred embodiment, the synucleinopathy is Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) or Parkinson's disease (PD).
US12065699B2 Monitoring and diagnosis for immunotherapy, and design for therapeutic agent
The present invention provides a method for producing a peptide for the treatment (in particular, immunotherapy), monitoring, or diagnosis of a disease in a subject. This method is achieved by obtaining information pertaining to a genome read, for example an exome read, of the subject and a mutation thereof, and, as necessary, information regarding the RNA sequence of the subject and information regarding the MHC type of the subject, analyzing an epitope related to the mutation on the basis of the information pertaining to the genome read (for example, the exome read) and the mutation, arbitrary information from the RNA sequence, the MHC type information, and information regarding the disease, and producing a peptide, as necessary, on the basis of information regarding the epitope.
US12065695B2 Polynucleotide amplification using CRISPR-Cas systems
A method for amplifying a target nucleic acid including providing a system having a crRNA or a derivative thereof, and a Cas protein or a variant thereof. The crRNA or the derivative thereof contains a target-specific nucleotide region substantially complementary to a region of the target nucleic acid, and contacting the target nucleic acid with the system to form a complex.
US12065692B2 Optical super-multiplexing by polyynes
A method for optical super-multiplexing using polyynes to provide enhanced images from stimulated Raman microscopy is disclosed. In some exemplary embodiments, the polyynes are organelle-targeted or spectral barcoded. Imaging can be enhanced by using the polyynes to image whole live cells or specific organelles within live cells. The polyynes can also be used in optical data storage (i.e., encoding) and identification (i.e., decoding) applications.
US12065690B2 Methods of identifying multiple epitopes in cells
The invention provides methods, compositions, kits and devices for the detection of target molecules. In some embodiments, the invention allows for multiplexed target molecule detection.
US12065687B2 Device and method for treating fluids, particularly body fluids
A device for treating fluids, particularly body fluids, comprises a receiving container for receiving the fluid from a body, a filter device which comprises a filter element for filtering out pathogenic particles from the fluid, and a cultivation device configured to incubate the filtered pathogenic particles on a nutrient medium, the filter device being coupled to the cultivation device such that the pathogenic particles can be transferred from the filter element into the cultivation device without contamination. A corresponding method is also provided.
US12065681B2 Method of producing ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate oxygenase protein fibers
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate oxygenase (RuBisCO) protein fibers and a method of producing them are disclosed herein. The method of producing one or more RuBisCO protein fibers including obtaining RuBisCO, tbr example from tobacco, combining the RuBisCO with one or more plasticizers, heating the combination of the RuBisCO and the one or more plasticizers up to about 140 degrees C., filtering the heated combination through an about 20 μm filter, and passing the filtered combination through an orifice to produce one or more RuBisCO protein fibers.
US12065677B2 Method for the fermentative production of guanidinoacetic acid
A microorganism is transformed to be capable of producing guanidinoacetic acid (GAA). A method can be used for the fermentative production of GAA using such a microorganism. A corresponding method can be used for the fermentative production of creatine.
US12065671B2 Method for reproducible differentiation of clinical-grade retinal pigment epithelium cells
Provided herein are methods of producing an RPE cell population from a starting cell suspension, such as a single cell suspension, of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). Such a method may comprise culturing the starting single cell suspension of PSCs in differentiation media to produce human RPE cells.
US12065670B2 Drosophila stock maintenance
An insect culture maintenance system includes a sequence of open-ended cylindrical tubes joined pairwise alternately at their tops and bottoms using multiple dual-cap connectors. Each dual-capped connector has a channel from an inside of a first cap to an inside of a second cap. In use, connectors that cap the bottoms of the tubes are filled with insect food media, while connectors that cap the tops of the tubes are open. As a result of this design, adults pass from one tube to the next through the top dual-cap connectors, while larvae pass from one tube to the next through the bottom dual-cap connectors, resulting in propagation of subsequent generations of insects through the sequence of tubes.
US12065666B2 Targeted gene editing platform independent of DNA double strand break and uses thereof
The present invention discloses systems for targeted gene editing and related uses.
US12065664B2 Method for treatment of a leukocyte related disease by delivery of nucleic acid molecules to leukocytes using targeted lipid particles
Disclosed are targeted lipid based particles for delivery of nucleic acid molecules (such as siRNA) to leukocytes (such as T-Cells and B-cells). Further disclosed are uses of the targeted lipid based particles for treating Leukocytes-associated diseases, such as, cancer.
US12065663B2 Vector and method for treating bietti's crystalline dystrophy
The present application relates to a vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding CYP4V2 and a promoter operably linked to the polynucleotide encoding CYP4V2. The vector described herein has a good expression effect, high expression speed, and more stable expression intensity. The present application also provides cells, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits comprising the vector, and methods for treating, alleviating, and/or preventing a disease or disorder associated with retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) atrophy.
US12065662B2 Application of lentiviral vector EF1α promoter for optimising ABCD1 gene expression to treat adrenoleukodystrophy
Provided is a lentiviral vector comprising an EF1α promoter, a normal ABCD1 gene and an NHP/TYF lentiviral vector system, said vector being used for treating adrenoleukodystrophy. The present invention uses transfection into autologous haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), for ALD gene therapy after being returned, which may be performed in combination with direct intracerebral injection of the lentiviral vector carrying the ABCD1 gene according to the actual circumstances.
US12065658B2 Sterile mutant and two line breeding system
Disclosed herein are nuclear male sterile sorghum mutants, three-component genetic constructs, and methods of using said mutants and genetic constructs, such as in a two-line male sterility system for hybrid breeding.
US12065657B2 Overcoming self-incompatibility in diploid plants for breeding and production of hybrids
The present invention relates to methods for controlling hybridization in plants and producing hybrid plants. The present invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding amino acid sequences for self-incompatibility (SI) proteins in plants, and the use thereof for the manipulation of SI, including seed production, in plants, particularly of the Solanaceae family. The present invention also relates to kits, compositions, constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides, regulatory elements and methods as well as resultant plant varieties developed through the use of self-pollination.
US12065654B2 Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides
The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase or a mutated hydroxyphenyl pyruvate dioxygenase (mut-HPPD) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide and/or a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type homogentisate solanesyl transferase or a mutated homogentisate solanesyl transferase (mut-HST) which is resistant or tolerant to a HPPD-inhibiting herbicide, applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising mut-HPPD, and methods of obtaining such plants.
US12065645B2 Reverse transcriptases and uses thereof
Hybrid reverse transcriptases formed from portions of FLVRT and MLVRT are provided.
US12065643B2 Library preparation methods and compositions and uses therefor
Provided are methods for preparing a library of target nucleic acid sequences, as well as compositions and uses therefor. Methods comprise contacting a nucleic acid sample with a plurality of adaptors capable of amplification of one or more target nucleic acid sequences under conditions wherein the target nucleic acid(s) undergo a first amplification; digesting the resulting first amplification products; repairing the digested target amplicons; and amplifying the repaired products in a second amplification, thereby producing a library of target nucleic acid sequence. Each of the plurality of adaptor compositions comprise a handle and a targeted nucleic acid sequence and optionally one or more tag sequences. Provided methods may be carried out in a single, addition only workflow reaction, allowing for rapid production of highly multiplexed targeted libraries, optionally including unique tag sequences. Resulting library compositions are useful for a variety of applications, including sequencing applications.
US12065641B2 NgAgo-based gene-editing method and the uses thereof
This invention relates to a method to produce gene alterations in the genomes of a eukaryotic and prokaryotic host cell. The method comprises utilizing Argonaute from Natronobacterium gregoryi (NgAgo) or a mutant thereof, and complementary 5′ phosphorylated single-stranded DNA that target the enzyme to cleave specific regions of the chromosome. Additionally, N-terminal truncations (deletion of the repA domain; N-del), or its mutants including N-del/E598A, N-del/D601P, and N-del/E602P reduces random cleavage and can be used for targeted gene editing with a guide DNA. An expression system or a host cell and method of creating thereof are also in the scope of this application.
US12065638B2 Targeted mutagenesis in spirulina
This disclosure describes techniques for creating stable, targeted mutations in Spirulina (Arthrospira) and Spirulina having stable, targeted mutations.
US12065637B2 Scheduled feed
Embodiments described herein generally provide for the scheduled feeding of cells in a cell expansion system. A schedule to proactively and automatically increase and/or maintain inlet rates of media to feed cells may be created, in which inlet rates to the intracapillary portion (or extracapillary portion) of a bioreactor may be increased or maintained according to the schedule. Such schedule may be conservative or aggressive or a combination thereof, for example. Multiple schedules may be used. Scheduled media exchanges may also be included. By following a feed schedule, the monitoring of metabolite levels may be optional. Inlet rates may be increased or maintained without manual manipulation. Media usage may also be more predictable. In an embodiment, a custom task(s) may be created to follow a desired feed schedule. In another embodiment, a pre-programmed task(s) may be used for the scheduled feeding of cells.
US12065634B2 Systems and methods for cell culture device interconnection and fluidic device interconnection
Systems and methods interconnect cell culture devices and/or fluidic devices by transferring discrete volumes of fluid between devices. A liquid-handling system collects a volume of fluid from at least one source device and deposits the fluid into at least one destination device. In some embodiments, a liquid-handling robot actuates the movement and operation of a fluid collection device in an automated manner to transfer the fluid between the at least one source device and the at least one destination device. In some cases, the at least one source device and the at least one destination device are cell culture devices. The at least one source device and the at least one destination device may be microfluidic or non-microfluidic devices. In some cases, the cell culture devices may be microfluidic cell culture devices. In further cases, the microfluidic cell culture devices may include organ-chips.
US12065633B2 Cell preservation or culturing arrangement
A biological cell preservation or culturing arrangement (20) comprises a chamber defining a fluid retaining space (30) for retaining in use a body of fluid (34) and a deformable membrane (36) in communication with the fluid retaining space, and being manipulable by an electroactive polymer actuator arrangement (38) to undergo a defined topology change to induce in the fluid a pattern of fluid flow by which fluid is exchanged between a sub-region (46) immediately proximal the deformable membrane and a sub-region (48) removed from the deformable membrane.
US12065614B1 Branched cellulose-based hydraulic fracturing fluid crosslinker
Hydraulic fracturing fluids include an aqueous fluid, an acrylamide-based polymer, and a crosslinker that crosslinks the acrylamide-based polymer to form a crosslinked gel. The crosslinker includes a cellulose backbone functionalized with branch structures. The branch structures comprise oxiranylalkanol branches or polyoxiranylalkanol branches. Methods for preparing the hydraulic fracturing fluids and methods for treating subterranean formations with the hydraulic fracturing fluids are disclosed.
US12065612B1 Bistable system for the controlled release of corrosion inhibitors
The disclosure provides bistable systems for the controlled release of corrosion inhibitors, as well as related methods. The systems and methods can release corrosion inhibitors in response to pH conditions. The systems include a bistable dome and a cationic hydrogel.
US12065611B1 Sized bridging agents, low density pill and fluid compositions comprising said agents, and methods of controlling fluid loss and formation damage using said compositions
Sized-bridging agents, wellbore fluid compositions including the agents, and methods utilizing said compositions control, reduce, or prevent fluid losses in wellbores and/or formation damages. One or more divalent organic salts disclosed herein are designed to help mitigate fluid loss by temporarily reducing the permeability of the formation around the wellbore. The sized-bridging agents include sized-divalent organic salts for forming one or more filter cakes to seal one or more portions of the wellbores thereby reducing rates of fluid loss and damages to formations.
US12065608B2 Synthesis and use of grafted graphene in oil based drilling fluids as low shear rate viscosity enhancer
A composition that includes a polymer-grafted graphene particle and oil-based drilling fluid is provided. At least one side of the graphene particle comprises a grafted polymer. A method of using an oil-based drilling fluid is also provided. The method includes introducing the oil-based drilling fluid into a wellbore and circulating the oil-based drilling fluid during drilling operations. The drilling fluid includes a polymer-grafted graphene particle and oil-based drilling fluid. At least one side of the graphene particle comprises a grafted polymer. The oil-based drilling fluid includes a range of from about 0.01 ppb to 10 ppb of the polymer-grafted graphene particle.
US12065607B1 Thermochromic silicone rubber composite heat dissipation pad and preparation method thereof
A silicone rubber composite heat dissipation pad and a preparation method thereof are provided. The method includes: dispersing hydroxyl-functionalized boron nitride nanosheet powder into deionized water, pouring it into a specialized container, pre-freezing it using liquid nitrogen, and then freeze-drying it to obtain a boron nitride nanosheet skeleton arranged in a horizontal direction; uniformly dispersing thermochromic nanoparticles in acetone to obtain a dispersion, mixing the dispersion with liquid silicone rubber and stirring until acetone is completely evaporated, then adding a curing agent to obtain a liquid silicone rubber pre-cure solution; pouring the liquid silicone rubber pre-cure solution into a container containing the boron nitride nanosheet skeleton, so that the liquid silicone rubber pre-cure solution is fully immersed in an interior of the boron nitride nanosheet skeleton; and then curing is carried out by elevating the temperature to obtain the heat dissipation pad.
US12065606B2 Anti-freezing dispersant and manufacturing process thereof
The present disclosure provides methods of treating industrial processes with compositions, methods of manufacturing the compositions, and various anti-freezing compositions suitable for use in the industrial processes. The anti-freezing dispersant compositions may include, for example, sulfonated dispersants and winterization solvents. The anti-freezing dispersant compositions may prevent fouling in the industrial processes.
US12065605B2 Liquid crystal composition, dichroic material, light absorption anisotropic film, laminate, and image display device
Provided is a liquid crystal composition capable of forming a light absorption anisotropic film with excellent light resistance, a dichroic material, a light absorption anisotropic film, a laminate, and an image display device. The liquid crystal composition contains a liquid crystal compound and a dichroic material having a structure represented by Formula (1).
US12065604B2 Quantum dot composite, quantum dot, device including the same
A quantum dot composite that includes a matrix; and a plurality of quantum dots and titanium oxide particles dispersed in the matrix, wherein the quantum dots include zinc, tellurium, and selenium, the quantum dots do not comprise cadmium, lead, mercury, or a combination thereof, and in the quantum dot composite, a weight ratio of tellurium with respect to titanium is greater than or equal to about 1.5:1 and less than or equal to about 10:1.
US12065593B2 Polyurethane-based composition
The present invention relates to a composition comprising: —an —NCO component comprising: A) at least one polyurethane comprising at least two NCO end groups obtained by polyaddition reaction: of a composition comprising at least one diisocyanate, of a composition comprising at least one polyol, B) at least one polyisocyanate comprising at least three isocyanate NCO functions, selected from the group consisting of biurets, of isocyanurates, of adducts of diisocyanates and triols, and of mixtures thereof; an —OH component comprising: at least two polyols P1 having a number-average molecular weight of strictly less than 500 g/mol and at least one polyol P2 having a number-average molecular weight of strictly greater than 1000 g/mol, said composition comprising at least one rheology agent.
US12065590B2 Adhesive composition, laminate and optical article comprising the laminate
To provide an adhesive composition capable of firmly bonding polymer sheets together, comprising: (I) 100 parts by mass of an end-unreactive urethane urea resin; and (III) 4.0 to 20 parts by mass of a polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups in the molecule, wherein the polyisocyanate compound (III) contains (IIIA) a polyisocyanate compound having an isocyanate group bonded to secondary carbon and (IIIB) a polyisocyanate compound having 4 to 30 carbon atoms in the molecule other than the component (IIIA), and the amount of the component (IIIB) is 10 to 500 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the component (IIIA).
US12065589B2 Apparatus and method for applying a foaming reaction mixture onto a laminator
Laminated panels are made in a process whereby a starting foam formulation is processed through a mixhead, passed through a branched distribution system and dispensed through multiple outlets of the distribution system to produce a foam layer on a bottom facing layer. The foam layer is monitored for the presence of surface bubbles. When surface bubbles are observed, the backpressure in the mixhead is increased to reduce or eliminate the surface bubbles. An apparatus for performing the process includes an adjustment means at or upstream of a first branch point in the distribution system to increase or decrease the backpressure in the mixhead.
US12065588B2 Two stage methods for processing adhesives and related compositions
Methods for forming melt processable, actinic radiation polymerizable and crosslinkable adhesives are described. In certain versions, the adhesives or pre-adhesive compositions include two initiators and are polymerized and/or crosslinked by exposure to actinic radiation such as UV light or electron beam radiation. Also described are pre-adhesive compositions including polymerizable monomers, articles including the adhesives, and various methods and systems related to the adhesives and their application. In addition, various apparatuses are described for polymerizing or crosslinking the compositions.
US12065585B2 Static dissipating coatings, electronic circuits comprising such coatings, and methods of forming such coatings and circuits
Described herein are static dissipating coatings and thermally-stable static-controlled (TSSC) electronic circuits, comprising such coatings. Also described herein are methods of forming such coatings and circuits. In some examples, a static dissipating coating comprises a conductive polymer and a thermally-stable base polymer. The conductive polymer comprises polyaniline and, in some examples, a conductive agent, such as dinonylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (DNNSA), dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid (DBSA), and/or camphor sulfonic acid (CSA). The thermally-stable base polymer comprises one or more copolymers of butyl-methacrylate, such as poly-butylmethacrylate-co-methyl methacrylate (PBM). The amount of the conductive polymer is specifically controlled to ensure the coating's overall conductivity and thermal stability. In some examples, the conductive polymer concentration is at or less than 25% by weight. The conductivity of the coating is between 10−9 S/cm and 10−6 S/cm even after being exposed to 150° C. for up to 24 hours.
US12065582B2 Corrosion inhibitor solutions and corrosion-resistant substrates that include bis-quaternized ammonium compounds and methods of making the same
According to embodiments disclosed herein, a corrosion-resistant substrate may comprise a substrate comprising a first surface and a corrosion-resistant film positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the substrate. A method of producing a corrosion-resistant substrate may comprise contacting at least a portion of a first surface of a substrate with a corrosion inhibitor solution and drying the corrosion inhibitor solution to produce the corrosion-resistant film on the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the solvent may be expelled from the corrosion inhibitor solution during the drying to form the corrosion-resistant film, such that the corrosion-resistant film is solid. The corrosion inhibitor solution and the corrosion-resistant film may comprise a bis-quaternized ammonium compound.
US12065579B2 Use of organosiloxanes comprising aromatic groups, in release coatings
An organosiloxane which has at least one aromatic radical can be used in release coatings. Compositions, radiation-curing coating materials and release coatings can contain this organosiloxane. A method can be used to produce a release coating using this organosiloxane. The said organosiloxane is notable in that the at least one aromatic radical is bonded via a non-aromatic organic radical to a silicon atom.
US12065573B2 Photocurable composition
A photocurable composition can comprise a polymerizable material and an initiator. The polymerizable material can include at least one first multi-functional monomer containing an allyloxymethyl methacrylate structure in an amount at least 5 wt % and not greater than 20 wt % based on the polymerizable material. The photocurable composition can be suitable for use in inkjet adaptive planarization and may be adapted to form cured layers having a glass transition temperature of at least 120° C.
US12065571B2 Pigment composed of particles containing calcium-titanium composite oxide as main component, and use thereof
The pigment is composed of particles having a lattice constant a of 5.4700-5.5100 Å and containing a calcium-titanium composite oxide as a main component. The pigment selectively transmit light in a warm-color range, and can be used as an alternative material for titanium oxide. This pigment can be used for a cosmetic, for example.
US12065567B2 Method of manufacturing silicone cured product, silicone cured product and optical member
To provide a method of manufacturing a silicone cured product and a silicone cured product which allow generation of a volatile component to be reduced significantly even being exposed to high temperatures of room temperature or more for a long time. A method of manufacturing a silicone cured product includes: curing an additional polyorganosiloxane composition by hydrosilylation reaction under closed atmosphere at a temperature of 40° C. or more and 200° C. or less to obtain a primary cured product; and heating the primary cured product under open atmosphere or reduced pressure at a temperature of 60° C. or more and 160° C. or less, and a silicone cured product in which when heated at 150° C. for 16 hours, a total generation amount of an alcohol having 1 to 3 carbon atoms and an oxide thereof, and an alkyl group-containing silane compound having 1 to 3 carbon atoms is 10 ppm or less.
US12065565B2 Noise reducing filled polyester
A polyester composition comprising, based on the total weight of the polyester composition, a first polyester and a second polyester, wherein a weight ratio of the first polyester to the second polyester is 80:20 to 20:80, preferably 60:40 to 40:60; 5 to 60 weight percent (wt %), preferably 5 to 50 wt % of a reinforcing filler; and 5 to 60 wt %, preferably 10 to 50 wt %, more preferably 20 to 50 wt % of an inorganic filler having a specific gravity of greater than 3 grams per cubic centimeter, as determined in accordance with ASTM D792, wherein a molded article comprising the polyester composition has a sound transmission loss of greater than 30 dB, preferably 35 to 50 dB, more preferably 36 to 45 dB, as determined at 1,250 Hz according to ASTM E1050 using a molded disc with a diameter of 100 mm and a thickness of 3.2 mm.
US12065559B2 Polymeric compositions for footwear
Polymer compositions may include an elastomeric ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) composition; and one or more selected from base polymer, filler, peroxide agent, blowing agent, and blowing accelerator. Methods may include blending a polymer composition from a mixture of an elastomeric ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) composition, and one or more of base polymer, filler, peroxide agent, blowing agent, and blowing accelerator, wherein the elastomeric EVA composition has a melt flow index (MFI) at 190° C. and 2.16 kg as determined according to ASTM D1238 in the range of 6.1 g/10 min and 45 g/10 min.
US12065557B2 Liquid-repellent layer forming resin composition, and liquid-repellent film, liquid- repellent laminate, packaging material, and container using same
A liquid-repellent layer forming resin composition comprises a polyolefin resin (A), a silylated polyolefin (B), and a compatibilizer (C) having a site compatible with the polyolefin resin (A) and a site compatible with the silylated polyolefin (B), wherein a polyolefin site of the silylated polyolefin (B) is incompatible with the polyolefin resin (A).
US12065556B2 Thermoplastic rubber
PRISM Thermoplastic Rubber (PTR) is a novel, composite rubber material technology principally compounded from EOL, ambient ground, whole tires through the management of a unique process governed by the application of advanced, quantum field physics. The value from this technology is to provide a virgin-material-analog that may be readily integrated at high ratio, into new tire construction using conventional tire chemistry and manufacturing techniques resulting in a sustainable and significant, positive cost-benefit ratio as compared to current tire manufacturing economics.
US12065553B2 Polyol component and use thereof for the production of rigid polyurethane foams
A polyol component P) contains at least two different polyether polyols A) and C), and at least one polyether ester polyol D). A process can be used for producing rigid polyurethane foams using the polyol component P), and the rigid polyurethane foams produced therefrom are useful.
US12065552B2 Stainable thermoformable sheets, compositions, and methods of manufacture
The present disclosure describes thermoformable sheets capable of retaining an absorbing stain, pigmented sealer or clear sealer. The unique resin binder formulations and products include porosity-promoting agents that result in the resin binder having a porous surface capable of being stained, while still having the favorable properties of traditional Thermofoil products. The methods of the invention produce a Thermofoil product that can be stained with a variety of stains and colorants after manufacturing to suit the individual builder's or homeowner's preference.
US12065551B2 Consolidated polymer film
In a first aspect, a consolidated polymer film includes a first polymer layer having a first elastic modulus, wherein the first polymer layer comprises a non-melt-processible polymer comprising a polyimide, a poly(amide-imide), a block copolymer of a polyimide or a poly(amide-imide) or a mixture thereof, and a second polymer layer having a second elastic modulus, wherein the second polymer layer comprises a polyimide, a poly(amide-imide), a block copolymer of a polyimide or a poly(amide-imide) or a mixture thereof. A minor surface of the first polymer layer is in contact with a minor surface of the second polymer layer. The first elastic modulus is different from the second elastic modulus. The first and second polymer layers are bonded by consolidation.
US12065550B2 Thermoplastic polymer composition and method for making films from the same
A thermoplastic polymer composition comprises a polyethylene polymer composition and a salt of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid. The polyethylene polymer composition can have a Melt Relaxation Index of 2 or greater. A method for molding a thermoplastic polymer composition comprises the steps of (a) providing an apparatus comprising a die with an annular orifice, a means for blowing pressurized fluid into a tube exiting the die orifice, and a means for drawing and collecting the tube; (b) providing the thermoplastic polymer composition described above; (c) heating the thermoplastic polymer composition to melt the thermoplastic polymer composition; (d) extruding the molten thermoplastic polymer composition through the die to form a tube; (e) blowing a pressurized fluid into the tube to inflate the tube while simultaneously drawing it; (f) allowing the film to cool; and (g) collecting the film.
US12065548B2 Generally spherical resin particles formed of thermoplastic resin, method for producing same and use of same
Generally spherical resin particles formed of a thermoplastic resin, having a sphericity of 0.90 to 1.00, a light scattering index of 0.5 to 1.0 and a linseed oil absorption of 30 to 150 mL/100 g.
US12065546B2 Boronic acid monomers and methods of making boronic acid monomers
Boronic acid monomers, methods of making boronic acid monomer, and the like, are provided. Embodiments of the present disclosure are advantageous in that the boronic acid monomers are water soluble at a neutral pH, which is uncommon for boronic acids. As a result, the boronic acid monomers can be used in aqueous polymerization reactions with other hydrophilic monomers to yield polymers including boronic acids and esters.
US12065544B2 Curable composition and optical element comprising cured product thereof
A curable composition and an optical element including a cured product thereof. The curable composition includes an episulfide compound and an aromatic heterocyclic compound.
US12065542B2 Polycarbonate polyol and method for producing same, composition and method for producing same, urethane resin and aqueous urethane resin dispersion
A polycarbonate polyol represented by the following Formula (A-1): [in Formula (A-1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group, R2 represents an alkanediyl group, n and m each represent an integer of 1 or more; and a plurality of R2's may be the same as or different from each other].
US12065538B2 Poly(glycolic acid) for containers and films with reduced gas permeability
Compositions of high molecular weight poly(hydroxy acid) polymer having good thermal stability and a weight average molecular weight of >100,000 by GPC. The compositions include one or more chain-terminator compounds/impurities which may be incorporated into the polymer and rendered harmless by the presence of appropriate amounts of bi-functional and multi-functional polymerization initiators, processes of preparing the polymer, and uses of the polymer to provide containers and polymer films or film-derived packages prepared therefrom.
US12065536B2 Polymers with amine-group-containing repeating units
The invention relates to polymers having at least one repeating unit of the following formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4, R and X, and a, b, c, d, e and f can have the meanings defined in claim 1, to processes for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof in electronic or optoelectronic devices, in particular in organic electroluminescent devices, so-called OLEDs (OLED═Organic Light Emitting Diodes). The present invention also relates to electronic or optoelectronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, which contain said polymers.
US12065533B2 Recyclable and reworkable epoxy resins
An epoxy resin component(s) for a recyclable epoxy resin system is disclosed. The recyclable epoxy resin system comprises an epoxy resin component having a structural Formula I or an epoxy resin component having a structural Formula II and a curing agent. A process(es) for preparing the epoxy resin component having the structural Formula I and the epoxy resin system having the structural Formula II is also disclosed.
US12065531B2 Polyglycolic acid resin and production process thereof
Disclosed is a branched polymer resin comprising repeating units of —(—OCH2-CO—)— or —(—CO—CH2O—)—, which is produced by ring-opening polymerization in the presence of structure regulators and optionally end-capping agents. The branched polymer resin exhibits a lower melt viscosity and a higher heat-stable temperature and suitable for melt processing.
US12065530B2 Oxazolidinedione-terminated prepolymer
The present invention relates to a compound obtained by a process comprising the following steps: (i) Reacting at least one isocyanate containing compound, in stoichiometric excess, with at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having a number average molecular weight equal to or higher than 400, resulting in the formation of at least one prepolymer having soft blocks and hard blocks in its structure, which prepolymer contains unreacted isocyanate monomer, (ii) Reacting said at least one prepolymer with a hydroxyl-ester compound or a hydroxyl-acid compound with the formation of hydroxyl-ester terminated prepolymer or hydroxyl-acid terminated prepolymer, and Ring-closing said hydroxyl-ester terminated prepolymer or hydroxyl-acid terminated prepolymer; (iii) Formation of said compound made of oxazolidinedione-terminated prepolymer and oxazolidinedione-terminated monomer, which is soluble in said oxazolidinedione-terminated prepolymer.
US12065527B2 Aqueous glyoxalated polyacrylamide composition
An aqueous composition includes water and a cationic polymeric resin having at least one reactive aldehyde group and formed from the reaction of glyoxal and a polymer. The polymer comprises at least one acrylamide repeating unit and at least one cationic repeating unit wherein a number of reactive aldehyde equivalents divided by a number of equivalents of residual glyoxal based on the total weight of the polymer is greater than about 1.2, wherein prior to reaction the polymer has greater than about 50 mole % acrylamide repeat units and from about 2 to about 30 mole % cationic repeating units, wherein greater than about 5 mole % of the acrylamide repeating units are converted to reactive aldehyde groups in the cationic polymer resin; and wherein the composition exhibits a viscosity gain of less than about 200%.
US12065521B2 Compound having polycyclic aromatic skeleton, and endoperoxide compound of same
A radical polymerization method may use a compound having a polycyclic aromatic skeleton and an endoperoxide compound having a polycyclic aromatic skeleton. An endoperoxide compound may have a polycyclic aromatic skeleton of formula (1), and a compound may have a polycyclic aromatic skeleton, which is a raw material of the endoperoxide compound: wherein R is a C1-10 alkyl group, an alkoxymethyl group having a C1-5 alkoxy group, a C6-10 aryl group, an alkylcarbonyl group having a C1-10 alkyl group, an arylcarbonyl group having a C6-20 aryl group, an alkyloxycarbonyl group having a C1-10 alkyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group having a C6-10 aryl group, an alkyloxycarbonylmethyl group having a C1-12 alkyl group or an aryloxycarbonylmethyl group having a C6-12 aryl group.
US12065520B2 Photopolymerization reaction system including air injection module for preventing contamination of ultraviolet-transmitting plate
A photopolymerization reaction system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a housing; a UV lamp disposed within the housing; a UV light-transmitting plate disposed below the UV lamp; a ventilation part configured to receive supply and discharge therethrough of a first flow of air for heat removal from the UV lamp; and an air injection module configured to inject a second flow of air into the housing between the UV light-transmitting plate and the reactant, the air injection module being configured to prevent the UV light-transmitting plate from being contaminated by by-products generated by a photopolymerization reaction in which a reactant is supplied below the UV light-transmitting plate.
US12065516B2 Polymeric solid support for oligonucleotide synthesis
Embodiments of the present application relate to porous polymeric beads solid support for use in oligonucleotide synthesis and the method of producing and using the same. Further embodiments relate to porous polymeric beads and method for preparing and using the same.
US12065513B2 System for and method of producing pure starch slurry and alcohol by using a process combining wet corn milling and a dry corn milling processes
System for and method of producing a pure starch slurry and alcohol by using combined corn wet and dry milling processes. A simple and lower cost process to obtain starch inside floury endosperm is provided. The starch can be highly purified to meet green technology process needs. The remaining starch inside the corn kernels can be used as feedstock for alcohol production and to produce valuable co-products such as oil and various animal feeds.
US12065512B2 Cyclic peptide and a medicament, external preparation and cosmetic comprising said cyclic peptide
The present invention is aimed for providing a novel peptide with a high drug efficacy and strong effect, a medicament or external preparation comprising it, specifically a prophylactic or therapeutic for dermatitis, rhinitis or alopecia, or a hair growth stimulant, a hair growing agent, an antipruritic or a skin-care product. The present invention achieved said aim by providing a cyclic peptide having an amino acid sequence expressed by the Formula I or a derivative thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the amino acid sequence does not have a peptide bond that is not between the amino acids constituting the amino acid sequence.
US12065509B2 Substances and methods for the use in prevention and/or treatment in huntingon's disease
A monoclonal antibody may have a binding domain that binds to a peptide of the HTT protein having the sequence of p7543 (SEQ ID No. 3). Such a monoclonal according may include a heavy chain variable region CDR1 comprising GYTFTEYT (SEQ ID No. 66), a heavy chain variable region CDR2 comprising INPNNGGT (SEQ ID No. 67), a heavy chain variable region CDR3 comprising ASLDGRDY (SEQ ID No. 68), a light chain variable region CDR1 comprising QSLLNSRTRKNY (SEQ ID No. 69), a light chain variable region CDR2 comprising WAS (SEQ ID No. 70), and/or a light chain variable region comprising KQSYNLLT (SEQ ID No. 71).
US12065506B2 Anti-TMPRSS2 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments
The present invention includes an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds specifically to TMPRSS2 and methods of using such antibodies and fragments for treating or preventing viral infections (e.g., influenza virus infections).
US12065504B2 Anti-glyco-MUC1 antibodies and their uses
The present disclosure relates to anti-glyco-MUC1 antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to a cancer-specific glycosylation variant of MUC1 and related fusion proteins and antibody-drug conjugates, as well as nucleic acids encoding such biomolecules. The present disclosure further relates to use of the antibodies, antigen-binding fragments, fusion proteins, antibody-drug conjugates and nucleic acids for cancer therapy.
US12065494B2 Combination therapy comprising an FGFR inhibitor and a Nectin-4 targeting agent
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating cancer by administering a compound, which is an Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) inhibitor, in combination with enfortumab vedotin.
US12065493B2 Anti-MICA/B antibodies that block MICA/B shedding and methods of use
Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind to MICA/B having heavy chain, light chain, variable heavy chain domains (VH), variable light chain domains (VL), and complementarity determining regions (CDRs) disclosed herein, as well as methods and uses thereof.
US12065490B2 Chimeric antigen receptors and methods of making
Provided are methods of generating chimeric antigen receptors (CAR). In some embodiments, library screening of CAR is performed by generating a vector encoding the CAR from random attachment of vectors from libraries of vectors encoding antigen-binding domains (e.g., scFv regions), hinge regions, and endodomains. In some embodiments, the vectors contain a transposon.
US12065482B2 Stable liquid pharmaceutical formulation of anti-influenza virus antibody
A stable liquid pharmaceutical preparation of an anti-influenza virus antibody and, more specifically, a stable liquid pharmaceutical preparation that comprises: (A) an anti-influenza virus antibody or a mixture of two or more different types of anti-influenza virus antibodies; (B) a surfactant; (C) a sugar or a sugar derivative; and (D) an amino acid. The stable liquid pharmaceutical preparation for an anti-influenza virus antibody disclosed herein has excellent storage stability at low temperature (5° C.), room temperature (25° C.), and high temperature (40° C.) and excellent long-term (12 months) storage stability, and may be administered intravenously, intramuscularly, transdermally, subcutaneously, intraperitoneally, topically, or in combinations thereof.
US12065481B2 Therapy using a factor XII inhibitor in a neurotraumatic disorder
The present invention relates to the use of a direct Factor XII (FXII) inhibitor in the treatment of a neurotraumatic disorder resulting from a traumatic injury of the brain (traumatic brain injury, TBI) or the spinal cord (spinal cord injury, SCI).
US12065478B2 HER2-targeting antigen binding molecules comprising 4-1BBL
The invention relates to Her2 targeting 4-1BB agonists, in particular 4-1BBL trimer-containing antigen binding molecules comprising at least one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to Her2 and their use in the treatment of cancer as well as their use in combination with T-cell activating anti-CD3 bispecific antibodies.
US12065474B2 Chimeric antigen receptors with mutated CD28 costimulatory domains
Disclosed herein are chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) polypeptides, which can be used with adoptive cell transfer to target and kill cancers, that comprise a co-stimulatory signaling region having a mutated form of a cytoplasmic domain of CD28 that enhances CAR-T cell function, e.g. by reducing CAR-T cell exhaustion. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an anti-tumor immunity in a subject with a tumor associated antigen-expressing cancer that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.
US12065473B2 Dual cytokine fusion proteins comprising IL-10
The application relates to a dual cytokine fusion protein composition, pharmaceutical composition, and/or formulation thereof comprising IL-10 or IL-10 variant molecules fused to a single chain variable fragment scaffolding system and a second cytokine, where the second cytokine is linked in the hinge region of the scFv. The application also relates to methods of using the dual cytokine fusion protein composition for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases or disorders, and immune and immune mediated diseases or disorders.
US12065469B2 De-immunized Shiga toxin a subunit effector polypeptides for applications in mammals
The present invention relates to Shiga toxin effector polypeptides with reduced antigenic and/or immunogenic potential. Immunogenicity can be a limitation for the repeated administration to mammals of proteins and polypeptides derived from Shiga toxins. The Shiga toxin effector polypeptides of the present invention have uses as components of therapeutics, diagnostics, and immunization materials. The cytotoxic proteins of the present invention have uses for selective killing of specific cell types and as therapeutics for the treatment of a variety of diseases, including cancers, immune disorders, and microbial infections. The proteins of the present invention also have uses for detecting specific cell types, collecting diagnostic information, and monitoring the treatment of a variety of diseases, such as, e.g., cancers, immune disorders, and microbial infections.
US12065465B2 Methods for assembly of tetracyclic compounds by stereoselective C9-C10 bond formation
The present disclosure relates to stereodefined polycyclic (e.g., tetracyclic) compounds that contain quaternary centers at one or multiple ring fusions, synthetic methods for preparing such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat a disease, such as a brain tumor and, particularly, a glioma.
US12065459B2 Aryl, heteroaryl, and heterocyclic compounds for treatment of complement mediated disorders
Compounds, methods of use, and processes for making inhibitors of complement factor D comprising Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof wherein R12 or R13 on the A group is an aryl, heteroaryl or heterocycle (R32) are provided. The inhibitors described herein target factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade at an early and essential point in the alternative complement pathway, and reduce factor D's ability to modulate the classical and lectin complement pathways. The inhibitors of factor D described herein are capable of reducing the excessive activation of complement, which has been linked to certain autoimmune, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as ischemia-reperfusion injury and cancer.
US12065458B2 Trialkyne linking agents and methods of use
Described are improved linking agents that are useful for facilitating the attachment of targeting groups, pharmacokinetic (PK) enhancers or modifiers, or other delivery agents to oligonucleotides. The described linking agents may exhibit improved reaction yields, stability, and biological activity, particularly when used in connection with oligonucleotide-based compounds, such as RNA interference (RNAi) agents.
US12065457B2 Process for preparing methylchlorosilanes with structure-optimised silicon particles
A process for producing methylchlorosilanes of general formula 1, (CH3)nHmSiCl4-n-m, in which n represents values from 1 to 3 and m represents values of 0 or 1 in a fluidized bed reactor is provided. A chloromethane-containing reaction gas is reacted with a particulate contact mass containing silicon in the presence of copper catalyst. An operating granulation contains at least 1% by mass of silicon-containing particles S described by a structural parameter S. S has a value of at least 0 and is calculated according to equation (1), S = ( φ s - 0.70 ) · ρ SD ρ F , wherein φS is symmetry-weighted sphericity factor, ρSD is poured density [g/cm3], and ρF is average particle solids density [g/cm3].
US12065456B2 Boron-containing pharmacophore
Provided herein are boron-containing compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds to treat diseases or disorders.
US12065454B2 Organic molecules for optoelectronic devices
An organic molecule having a structure of Formula I: for the application in optoelectronic devices.
US12065451B2 Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Provided are tetradentate Pt emitters with boron substituent(s) having the structure of the following Formula I Also provided are formulations including these Platinum emitters with boron substituents. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these Platinum emitters with boron substituents.
US12065447B2 Heterocyclic amide for inhibiting RIP1 kinase and uses thereof
The present invention relates to a heterocyclic amide inhibiting RIP1 kinase and the use thereof, and specifically, to a compound of formula I, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, atropisomers, optical isomers, racemates, polymorphs, solvates or isotopically labeled compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and the pharmaceutical use thereof. The compound is particularly effective for treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by RIP1 kinase.
US12065446B2 Inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase and method of their use
The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula (I) and methods of their use and preparation, as well as compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I).
US12065443B2 Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the treatment of diseases
The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, X, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Z are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, fibrotic diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformation, diseases involving impairment of bone turnover, diseases associated with hypersecretion of TNFα, interferons, IL-6, IL-12 and/or IL-23, respiratory diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, dermatological diseases, and/or abnormal angiogenesis associated diseases by administering the compound of the invention.
US12065433B2 Positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1
Described are positive allosteric modulators of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1), pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions for treating neurological disorders, psychiatric disorders, or a combination thereof.
US12065432B2 Solid forms of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl) benzoic acid
The present invention relates to a substantially crystalline and free solid state form of 3-(6-(1-(2,2-difluorobenzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-yl) cyclopropanecarboxamido)-3-methylpyridin-2-yl)benzoic acid (Form I), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of treatment therewith.
US12065431B2 Materials for organic electroluminescent devices
The present invention describes amines with dibenzofuran, dibenzothiophene and fluorene groups, especially for use as triplet matrix materials in organic electroluminescent devices. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the compounds of the invention and to electronic devices comprising these.
US12065429B2 Small molecule modulators of IL-17
The present invention relates to a compound according to formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof. The invention further relates to said compounds for use in therapy, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, to methods of treating diseases, e.g., dermal diseases, with said compounds, and to the use of said compounds in the manufacture of medicaments.
US12065428B2 Anti-viral compounds
Provided herein are compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include a compound described herein (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts of a compound described herein) and methods of synthesizing the same. Also provided herein are methods of treating diseases and/or conditions with a compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US12065425B1 9-(2-hydroxyquinoline-3-YL)-10-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine-1,8(2H,5H)-dione as an antimicrobial compound
A 9-(2-hydroxyquinoline-3-yl)-10-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-3,4,6,7,9,10-hexahydroacridine-1,8(2H,5H)-dione compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12065424B1 6′(4-methoxyphenyl)-2′-alkoxy-3,4′-bipyridine-3′-carbonitrile as antimicrobial compounds
A 6′-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2′-alkoxy-3,4′-bipyridine-3′-carbonitrile compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12065422B2 Reagents and process for direct C—H functionalization
The present invention refers to a process for direct C—H functionalization, the reagents used in the process and the use thereof for the direct C—H functionalization as well as the so-obtained products.
US12065421B2 Inhibitors of oplophorus luciferase-derived bioluminescent complexes
Compounds that may selectively inhibit Oplophorus luciferase-derived bioluminescent complexes, e.g., NanoBiT® bioluminescent complex, are disclosed as well as compositions and kits comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds.
US12065417B2 Processes and catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of compounds having carbonyl carbon atoms
Selective hydrogenation processes are disclosed that can upgrade impure feeds, such as those obtained from biomass and containing a number of small (e.g., 2-6 carbon atom) molecules having aldehyde and/or ketone carbon atoms. For example, whereas glycolaldehyde and its methylated derivative, hydroxyacetone (acetol) are both high value intermediates for certain downstream processing reactions, they are normally recovered in a condensate from pyrolysis of carbohydrates (e.g., aldose-containing sugars) together with glyoxal and its methylated derivative, pyruvaldehyde. The selective hydrogenation of these compounds bearing two carbonyl carbon atoms, without over-hydrogenation to ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, can increase the concentration of the desired intermediates. These beneficial effects of selective hydrogenation may be achieved through the use of a hydrogenation catalyst comprising noble metals such as Ru and Pt.
US12065416B2 cGAS antagonist compounds
Disclosed are novel compounds of Formula I that are cGAS antagonists, methods of preparation of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and their use in medical therapy.
US12065412B2 CFTR regulators and methods of use thereof
Provided herein are compounds that activate CFTR and methods for treating constipation, dry eye disorders, and other diseases and disorders.
US12065411B1 Methyl 4-((5-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylthio)methyl)benzoate as an antimicrobial compound
An methyl 4-((5-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylthio)methyl)benzoate compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12065402B2 Modulators of liver receptor homologue 1 (LRH-1) and uses
This disclosure relates to modulators of liver receptor homologue 1 (LRH-1) and methods of managing disease and conditions related thereto. In certain embodiments, modulators are derivatives of hexahydropentalene. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease by administering an effective amount of a hexahydropentalene derivative disclosed herein.
US12065393B2 Gold containing catalyst, method of preparation and use
The present invention relates to improvements in known gold containing catalysts. In particular, the present invention relates to improving the stability and/or inhibition of deactivation of gold containing catalysts via the addition of an inorganic oxide, hydroxide, oxo-salt or oxo-acid. There is also disclosed a method for preparing said catalyst most suitably via an impregnation method. Such catalysts are useful in the production of vinyl chloride monomer.
US12065389B2 Fluid-bed granulator system with coating material to prevent dust buildup in the air systems of urea granulation plants
A fluid-bed granulator system may include a fluid-bed granulator, a scrubber unit, and a connection-duct between an air vent opening of the fluid-bed granulator and the scrubber unit. An inner surface of the connection-duct may be at least partially coated with an anti-adhesion layer. The system may further include a granulator space inside the fluid-bed granulator, a perforated plate disposed inside the granulator space, spray nozzles disposed at the perforated plate, a fluidization air inlet, supply lines for atomization air connected to the spray nozzles, supply lines for a liquid melt connected to the spray nozzles, a granulation seeds inlet, a granulator outlet opening, and an air vent opening. A disclosed urea granulation plant may utilize the fluid-bed granulator system.
US12065386B2 Processes for making a super-insulating core for a vacuum insulating structure
A method for forming a super-insulating material for a vacuum insulated structure for an appliance includes disposing hollow glass spheres within a rotating drum, wherein a plurality of interstitial spaces are defined between the hollow glass spheres. An anchor material is disposed within the rotating drum. The hollow glass spheres and the anchor material are rotated within the rotating drum, wherein the anchor material is mixed with the hollow glass spheres to partially occupy the interstitial spaces. A silica-based material is disposed within the rotating drum. The silica-based material is mixed with the anchor material and the hollow glass spheres to define a super-insulating material, wherein the silica-based material attaches to the anchor material and is entrapped within the interstitial spaces. The silica-based material and the anchor material occupy substantially all of an interstitial volume defined by the interstitial spaces.
US12065385B2 Ceramic-copper composite, method of producing ceramic-copper composite, ceramic circuit board, and power module
A ceramic-copper composite having a flat plate shape, including: a ceramic layer; a copper layer; and a brazing material layer present between the ceramic layer and the copper layer. When a region having a length of 1,700 μm in a long-side direction is a region P on a cut surface of the ceramic-copper composite obtained when the ceramic-copper composite is cut with a plane perpendicular to a main surface of the ceramic-copper composite, an average crystal grain size D1 of copper crystals at least partially present in a region P1 within 50 μm on a side of the copper layer from an interface between the ceramic layer and the brazing material layer in the region P is 30 μm or more and 100 μm or less.
US12065384B2 Honeycomb body manufacturing methods
Methods of firing ceramic honeycomb bodies are disclosed that include placing refractory particles on and end face of the green ceramic honeycomb body, and heating the green ceramic honeycomb body to a temperature of at least 600° C. to form a fired ceramic honeycomb body. The refractory particles prevents sticking of honeycomb-to-honeycomb during firing. A layer of refractory particles can also be used to replace a green cookie.
US12065383B2 Oriented ceramic sintered body production method and flat sheet
An oriented ceramic sintered body production method includes (a) a step of preparing a ceramic compact before firing into an oriented ceramic sintered body; and (b) a step of obtaining an oriented ceramic sintered body by sandwiching the ceramic compact between a pair of releasing sheets, placing the ceramic compact and the releasing sheets in a hot press firing furnace, and hot press firing the ceramic compact while applying a pressure by a pair of punches through the pair of releasing sheets, wherein each of the releasing sheets is a releasing sheet such that, after the releasing sheet is sandwiched between PET films, is then placed and vacuum-packed on a stainless steel sheet, and is isostatically pressed at 200 kg/cm2, a surface of the releasing sheet on the side opposite from the stainless steel sheet has a profile curve with a total profile height Pt of 0.8 μm or less.
US12065381B2 Temperature-stable, low-dielectric constant material with an ultra-low loss tangent
Disclosed herein are embodiments of high Q, temperature stable materials with low dielectric constants. In particular, a two-phase material can form based on the rutile phase of titanium oxide along with a spinel structure of ZnAl2O4. This material can have a dielectric constant below 15 which is simultaneously temperature stable.
US12065375B2 Three-dimensional printing on glass containers
This disclosure describes substrate(s) having a three-dimensional (3D) feature formed thereon and methods of forming the features. One method involves applying a first layer of UV-curable material on a surface of the glass container around a circumference of the container and curing the first layer of UV-curable material to produce a first cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a first 3D feature. The method further comprises applying a second layer of UV-curable material on the surface of the glass container, spaced apart from the first 3D feature, around the circumference of the container, and curing the second layer of UV-curable material to produce a second cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a second 3D feature. The portion of the glass container between the first and second 3D features has a circumference less than that of the first or second 3D features.
US12065372B2 Fluid forming a glass component for a portable electronic device
Techniques for making glass components for electronic devices are disclosed. The techniques disclosed can be used to shape a glass workpiece to form a three-dimensional glass component, such as a glass cover member. Glass components and enclosures and electronic devices including the glass components are also disclosed.
US12065370B2 Cross current staged reverse osmosis
Systems and processes for purifying and concentrating a liquid feed stream are disclosed. In the systems, the concentrated liquid output from the high pressure side of a reverse osmosis stage is used as the draw solution in the low pressure side of the reverse osmosis stage in a configuration called osmotically assisted reverse osmosis. This reduces the osmotic pressure differential across the membrane, permitting high solute concentrations to be obtained, hastening the purification of the liquid. Reduced system pressures are also obtained by arranging multiple osmotically assisted reverse osmosis stages in a cross-current arrangement. Overall system energy consumption is reduced compared to conventional thermal processes for high concentration streams.
US12065369B2 Organic waste treatment process
A method of organic waste treatment includes treating an organic waste stream that contains solid waste particles suspended in a liquid to cause the solid waste particles to settle in a settling tank, separating contents of the tank into a separated liquid phase and a separated solid phase, and treating the separated solid phase with an oxidant to create a sterile odorless ash.
US12065367B2 Volatile fatty acid control
A method of controlling a volatile fatty acid in an aqueous industrial system is provided in the present disclosure. The method includes determining a level of dissolved oxygen in process water in the aqueous industrial system and adding an effective amount of a control agent to the process water if the determined level of dissolved oxygen is above a predetermined level. The compositions and methods can lower the amount of VFA present in the aqueous industrial system.
US12065365B2 Filter case, and water purifier and water softener using filter case
Disclosed is a filter and a filter case using CDI, and a water purifier and a water softener using the filter case. Specifically, the filter case comprises: a case having a cylindrical shape and including a receiving space formed therein; a first cover having an inlet formed in the center thereof and configured to close one side of the case; and a second cover having an outlet formed in the center thereof and configured to close the other side of the case.
US12065361B2 Brine solution cleaning systems, apparatuses, and methods
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for cleaning brine solution are provided. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise a brine cleaning system that includes a brine cooker, a brine filter, and a brine storage unit. The brine cooker heats a dirty brine solution to separate the dirty brine solution into a liquid portion and a solids portion. The brine filter is coupled to the brine cooker to receive the liquid portion and the solids portion from the brine cooker and then substantially remove the solids portion. The brine storage unit is coupled to the brine filter to accumulate the liquid portion once the solids portion have been substantially removed by the brine filter. This allows for more efficient and environmentally friendly use of brine solution in the curing of animal.
US12065356B2 Carbon film
The present disclosure is directed to providing a carbon film having an excellent shield performance against electromagnetic waves. The carbon film of the present disclosure is a carbon film made of a carbon nanotube assembly, wherein a pore distribution curve of the carbon film indicating the relationship between the pore size and the Log differential pore capacity obtained from an adsorption isotherm at 77 K of liquid nitrogen based on the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda method has a peak in which the Log differential pore capacity is maximized within a pore size range of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and the value of the Log differential pore capacity at the peak is 1.2 cm3/g or more.
US12065354B2 Horse bit
The invention relates to horse bit (10, 100), comprising a mouthpiece (20, 120) configured to be inserted into a horse's mouth and comprising a first cheek (40, 140) and a second cheek (60, 160). The mouthpiece includes a first end (21, 121) and a second end (22, 122) and a center portion (30, 130) between the first end and the second end, wherein the center portion comprises at least one curved portion (31, 32; 131, 132). Each cheek includes a shank (50, 70; 150, 170) with an upper arm (53, 73; 153, 173) and a lower arm (54, 74; 154, 174) for attachment of reins and a central portion (55, 75; 155, 175) between the upper arm and the lower arm. The central portion of the first cheek is attached to the first end and the central portion of the second cheek is attached to the second end. Each upper arm extends along a longitudinal axis (A1, A2) and the axes of the upper arms define a first plane and wherein the center portion extends in a second plane that is inclined at an angle (α) of between 90° and 180° to the first plane, wherein the angle is measured forward from the upper arm. The invention relates to a horse bit assembly for inserting into a horse's mouth, comprising a first horse bit and a second horse bit wherein the first horse bit is a horse bit as mentioned above.
US12065353B2 Siphon priming device and method
A siphon priming device that may be releasably and sealingly connected with a first fluid container and usable to cause a liquid to be transferred from the first container into a second fluid container. Using the properties of the first container one may gently squeeze the container to initiate the siphon then remove the pressure and the siphon continues. The first container may comprise a liquid fuel can and the second container may comprise a fuel tank of a motorized vehicle, e.g., boat, car, ATV, cart, plane, motorcycle, etc. In use, the siphon priming device enables simple, rapid, and safe transfer of liquid fuel from a fuel can into a motorized vehicle.
US12065352B1 Automatic liquid dispenser
The present invention discloses a liquid dispenser (1000), for transfer of liquid (220) from a storage container (800) to a receiving container (700) having a receiving aperture (710) facing upwards. The liquid dispenser (1000) comprises a flow controller (400), a liquid conductor (210), a liquid outlet element (200), a vertical actuator (100), a spatiality sensor (300) and a control unit (600). A method for production of a receiving container (700), having liquid (220) in its internal volume, is also disclosed.
US12065351B2 Cleaning modes in water dispenser
A water-dispensing device includes a cold water tank and a fill valve. The tank is in selective fluid communication with a water intake via the fill valve. The device further includes a cold dispensing valve, a spigot in selective fluid communication with the tank via the cold dispensing valve, an ozone generator in fluid communication with the tank, and a drip tray positioned beneath the spigot. The drip tray is in fluid communication with a drain via a drain hose. A controller is configured to perform a cleaning operation by: (i) activating the ozone generator to ozonate water stored in the tank, (ii) opening the cold dispensing valve to empty the tank by dispensing the ozonated water from the tank through the spigot and into the drip tray, and (iii) upon determining the tank is empty, opening the fill valve to refill the tank.
US12065345B2 Ventilation louver installation tool
A tool for installing ventilation louvers has a securing mechanism to secure the tool to a lifting device. A cross beam is coupled with the securing mechanism. A louver holder is pivotally coupled with the cross beam. The louver holder moves from a first securement position to a second installation position. A holding bar holds the louver holder in the first position. A handle enables manipulation of the louver holder from the first to the second position.
US12065343B2 Industrial truck with rear axle load sensor
An industrial truck includes: a chassis, a mast pivotally mounted on the chassis, a lifting element for lifting a load, the lifting element being mounted on the mast in a slidable manner along the mast; a plurality of actuating units including: a lifting actuator configured to move the lifting element along the mast, a tilting actuator configured to tilt the mast with respect to the chassis, a wheel drive system for driving wheels of the industrial truck; a plurality of sensors including: a load sensor for detecting the load on the lifting element, a tilt angle sensor for detecting the tilt angle of the mast with respect to the chassis, and a height sensor for detecting the height of the lifting element with respect to the mast, a control unit configured to control the plurality of actuating units based on information detected by the plurality of sensors for achieving stability of the industrial truck during operation, wherein the control unit is configured to generate one or more control values by using a mathematical model of the industrial truck to which information detected by the plurality of sensors are inputted, the control unit being configured to control the plurality of actuating units based on the one or more control values. The industrial truck further comprises a rear axle load sensor configured to detect the load on a rear axle of the industrial truck, wherein the control unit is configured to control the operation of the industrial truck also based on a rear axle load value detected by the rear axle load sensor.
US12065342B2 Movable body, method for controlling movable body, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program
A movable body is a tricyclic movable body automatically moving and includes: a first steering wheel steerable but not drivable; a second steering wheel steerable but not drivable and provided on a side in a first direction with respect to the first steering wheel; and a drive wheel steerable and drivable and provided on a side in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the first steering wheel and the second steering wheel.
US12065341B2 Operation assisting apparatus for load handling vehicle
An operation assisting apparatus for a load handling vehicle conveying a load carried on a load handling apparatus includes a sensor, an object extraction unit configured to extract, as objects, a group of points representing parts of the objects from a result detected by the sensor in a coordinate system in a real space, a load handling space derivation unit configured to derive a load handling space occupied by the load during load handling work performed by the load handling apparatus in the coordinate system in the real space, a clearance derivation unit configured to derive a value of a clearance between the load handling space and an adjacent object adjacent to the load handling space, and an informing unit configured to inform an operator of the load handling vehicle of information about the value of the clearance.
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