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| US12067014B2 |
Methods and systems for performing a vectorized delete in a distributed database system
Example aspects include techniques for clustering delete targets for vectorized deletion including retrieving, from a set of delete targets in a distributed database system, a file to be deleted, scanning existing clusters of files marked for deletion to identify at least one existing cluster of files having constraints corresponding to the file, based on identifying the at least one existing cluster of files, adding the file to the at least one existing cluster of files to create a new cluster of files, based on failing to identify the at least one existing cluster of files, creating the new cluster of files including the file, and generating, for each file in the new cluster of files and based on a deletion signal, a delta array including multiple bits representing data items in each file and indicating, based on bit value, target data items to be deleted from each file. |
| US12067013B2 |
Data aggregation in a hierarchy for query execution
Systems and methods for controlling data in a hierarchy receive a data query corresponding to data organized within nodes in a data hierarchy, wherein the data hierarchy is defined by a plurality of dimensions. A data traversal of the data hierarchy is performed including a rollup operation between different nodes at different levels of the plurality of dimensions. The rollup operation aggregates data values of the nodes at the different levels. Aggregated values for different nodes at each level are output based on the rollup operation, and the data query is executed using the aggregated values for the different nodes. |
| US12066997B2 |
Determination of data consistency in distributed asynchronous architecture
A method for determining data consistency in a distributed asynchronous architecture is provided. A server receives transaction requests for processing transactions. The server offers one or more services for processing each transaction. Execution of a service for a transaction corresponds to partial processing of the corresponding transaction. The server generates, for each transaction, one or more disposition messages based on the execution of the one or more services. The server aggregates, for each transaction, the generated one or more disposition messages based on a unique identifier of a corresponding transaction and determines a data consistency rate based on the aggregated one or more disposition messages and a set of rules. The set of rules defines one or more standard sequences for executing the one or more services for processing each transaction. |
| US12066995B2 |
Generating a query response by combining partial results from separate partitions of event records
Embodiments are directed are towards a method for generating a query response, which comprises creating two or more partitions of event records from raw data stored in a data store, wherein each event record in the two or more partitions of event records includes a portion of the raw data and is associated with a time stamp derived from the raw data. The method also comprises generating a summarization table for each partition of the two or more partitions that: (a) identifies a field value comprising a value that corresponds to an associated field extracted from a respective event record; and (b) for the field value, includes a posting value to the respective event record within a respective partition. The method further comprises generating partial results for a received query using summarization tables in the partitions and generating a response to the query by combining the partial results. |
| US12066994B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method and storage medium
Setting or verification of a monitoring rule in response to a monitoring target environment is supported. An information processing system includes a situation information receiving unit that receives an input of situation information indicating a situation in a monitoring target environment. The information processing system further includes a normal situation storage unit. The normal situation storage unit stores environment information indicating the monitoring target environment in association with a set of situation information indicating a situation that is not abnormal in the monitoring target environment. The information processing system further includes a retrieval unit. The retrieval unit refers to the normal situation storage unit upon receiving the input of the situation information indicating the information in the monitoring target environment. The retrieval unit then retrieves the environment information associated with the set of the situation information that does not include the input situation information. |
| US12066993B2 |
Constraint-based index tuning in database management systems utilizing reinforcement learning
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for determining optimal index configurations for processing workloads in a database management system. For instance, an index configuration system can efficiently determine a subset of indexes for processing a workload utilizing one or more reinforcement learning models. For example, in various implementations, the index configuration system utilizes a Markov decision process and/or a Monte Carlo tree search model to determine an optimal subset of indexes for processing a workload in a manner that effectively utilizes computing device resources while also avoiding significant interference with customer workloads. |
| US12066992B2 |
Maintaining a dataset based on periodic cleansing of raw source data
In some implementations, a data cleaning platform may determine a respective entity key for each data record in a cleansed dataset based on a combination of fields, in each data record, that contain information that uniquely identifies an entity associated with a respective data record. The data cleaning platform may generate a delta dataset based on a set of uncleansed data records related to transactions that occurred after a time when the cleansed dataset was first generated. For example, in some implementations, each uncleansed data record in the delta dataset may be associated with a corresponding entity key based on the combination of fields. The data cleaning platform may perform a data join to update the cleansed dataset to include data records related to the transactions that occurred after the time when the cleansed dataset was first generated. |
| US12066991B2 |
System and methods for live data migration
Systems and methods are provided for data migration. The system may comprise one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to migrate at least one first table of a first database schema to at least one second table of a second database schema, determine a query for modifying the first table during the migration, modify the second table based at least in part on the query, and update a mutation table to describe the modification, wherein the mutation table at least describes the modification. |
| US12066986B2 |
Methods and apparatus for suppressing network feed activities using an information feed in an on-demand database service environment
Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for suppressing network feed activities using an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, a message is received, including data indicative of a user action. An entity associated with the user action is identified, where the entity is a type of record stored in a database. A type of the entity is identified. It is determined whether the entity type is a prohibited entity type. When the entity type is not a prohibited entity type, the message data is saved to one or more tables in the database. The tables are configured to store feed items of an information feed capable of being displayed on a device. When the entity type is a prohibited entity type, the saving of the message data, to the one or more tables in the database configured to store the feed items, is prohibited. |
| US12066985B2 |
Token-based offload data transfer with synchronous replication
A method is provided, comprising: receiving, at a source system, a first copy instruction, the first copy instruction being associated with a token that represents one or more data items, the first copy instruction instructing the source system to copy the one or more data items from a first volume to a second volume; in response to the first copy instruction, retrieving one or more hash digests from a snapshot that is associated with the token, each of the one or more hash digests being associated with a different one of the one or more data items; and transmitting, to a target system, a second copy instruction that is associated with the one or more hash digests, the second copy instruction instructing the target system to copy the one or more data items to a replica of the second volume that is stored at the target system. |
| US12066983B2 |
Building collaborative data processing flows
Methods, systems, and devices supporting managing a data processing flow are described. A device (e.g., an application server) may host a cloud-based collaboration application, such as an interactive document application. The device may receive an instance of a data processing flow for a flow application based on a first user input to the cloud-based collaboration application. The device may receive the instance of the data processing flow from a source device hosting the flow application. The device may embed the flow application in the cloud-based collaboration application. The device may then receive user inputs to the data processing flow from multiple users collaborating on the same flow in the cloud-based collaboration application. Based on the user inputs, the device may modify the instance of the data processing flow and transmit the modified instance back to the source device to synchronize the data processing flow in the flow application. |
| US12066982B2 |
Data asset sharing
A computer system provides shared access to electronic data assets. The system may perform operations including: receiving, from a first user, a request to access a shared data asset, wherein: the shared data asset is associated with a shared data asset object, and the shared data asset object identifies at least a second user authorized to approve sharing of the shared data asset; in response to receiving the request from the first user: generating a data access request object including at least an identification of the first user and an identification of the shared data asset object; and providing an indication of the data access request object to the second user associated with the shared data asset object; receiving, from the second user, an approval of the request; and in response to receiving the approval of the request from the second user: granting the first user access to the shared data asset associated with the shared data asset object. |
| US12066978B2 |
Systems and methods for matching record objects to electronic activities using indexing
The present disclosure relates to linking electronic activities between systems of record based on a comparison of electronic activity signals and system of record signals. Indexed files can be generated for each of a plurality of record objects of a system of record. An electronic activity may be accessed. A search query may be generated. Match scores for the record objects may be generated. An association between an electronic activity and a record object may be stored. Instructions to link to the electronic activity to the record object may be transmitted. |
| US12066977B2 |
Managing archiving and unarchiving operations at a content collaboration system
Embodiments include a content collaboration system that can be configured to display a hierarchical document tree that includes graphical objects corresponding to content items hosted by the content collaboration system. The collaboration system can receive a selection of a graphical object corresponding to a content item for archiving, and in response, generate a first updated hierarchical relationship that includes the archived content item and generate a second updated hierarchical relationship that excludes the archived content item. The collaboration system can construct a first hierarchical document tree instance based on the first updated hierarchical relationship for displaying the graphical objects for the first user account and construct a second hierarchical document tree instance based on the second updated hierarchical relationship for displaying the graphical objects for a second user account. |
| US12066976B2 |
Multi-core processing and memory arrangement
This invention provides a generalized electronic computer architecture with multiple cores, memory distributed amongst the cores (a core-local memory). This arrangement provides predictable, low-latency memory response time, as well as a flexible, code-supplied flow of memory from one specific operation to another (using an operation graph). In one instantiation, the operation graph consists of a set of math operations, each accompanied by an ordered list of one or more input addresses. Input addresses may be specific addresses in memory, references to other math operations in the graph, or references to the next item in a particular data stream, where data streams are iterators through a continuous block of memory. The arrangement can also be packaged as a PCIe daughter card, which can be selectively plugged into a host server/PC constructed/organized according to traditional von Neumann architecture. |
| US12066975B2 |
Cache structure and utilization
Embodiments are generally directed to cache structure and utilization. An embodiment of an apparatus includes one or more processors including a graphics processor; a memory for storage of data for processing by the one or more processors; and a cache to cache data from the memory; wherein the apparatus is to provide for dynamic overfetching of cache lines for the cache, including receiving a read request and accessing the cache for the requested data, and upon a miss in the cache, overfetching data from memory or a higher level cache in addition to fetching the requested data, wherein the overfetching of data is based at least in part on a current overfetch boundary, and provides for data is to be prefetched extending to the current overfetch boundary. |
| US12066973B2 |
Userspace networking with remote direct memory access
A computer system that includes at least one host device comprising at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to implement, in a host operating system (OS) space, a teamed network interface card (NIC) software program that provides a unified interface to host OS space upper layer protocols including at least a remote direct memory access (RDMA) protocol and an Ethernet protocol. The teamed NIC software program provides multiplexing for at least two data pathways. The at least two data pathways include an RDMA data pathway that transmits communications to and from an RDMA interface of a physical NIC, and an Ethernet data pathway that transmits communications to and from an Ethernet interface of the physical NIC through a virtual switch that is implemented in a host user space and a virtual NIC that is implemented in the host OS space. |
| US12066972B2 |
Communication device and active cable
The communication device 111 included in the active cable comprises a controller 11, a comparator 12, a resistor 13, a voltage source 14, and a redriver 16. The comparator 12 receives the voltage value of the SBU signal line and the reference voltage value output from the voltage source 14, and compares the voltage value of the SBU signal line with the reference voltage value to detect the level of the sideband signal. The controller 11 receives the detection result of the sideband signal level from the comparator 12, and sets the redriver 16, which is an active device, to the low-power-consumption state when the sideband signal level stays at L level for a predetermined period of time or longer. |
| US12066957B2 |
Interface for memory readout from a memory component in the event of fault
Memory controllers, devices, modules, systems and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) memory component is disclosed that includes a memory core, a primary interface, and a secondary interface. The primary interface includes data input/output (I/O) circuitry and control/address (C/A) input circuitry, and accesses the memory core during a normal mode of operation. The secondary interface accesses the memory core during a fault mode of operation. |
| US12066954B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for secure demand paging and paging operations for processor devices
A secure demand paging system (1020) includes a processor (1030) operable for executing instructions, an internal memory (1034) for a first page in a first virtual machine context, an external memory (1024) for a second page in a second virtual machine context, and a security circuit (1038) coupled to the processor (1030) and to the internal memory (1034) for maintaining the first page secure in the internal memory (1034). The processor (1030) is operable to execute sets of instructions representing: a central controller (4210), an abort handler (4260) coupled to supply to the central controller (4210) at least one signal representing a page fault by an instruction in the processor (1030), a scavenger (4220) responsive to the central controller (4210) and operable to identify the first page as a page to free, a virtual machine context switcher (4230) responsive to the central controller (4210) to change from the first virtual machine context to the second virtual machine context; and a swapper manager (4240) operable to swap in the second page from the external memory (1024) with decryption and integrity check, to the internal memory (1034) in place of the first page. |
| US12066952B2 |
Data processing method and system, device, and medium
Provided is a data processing method, which includes: in response to a logical volume receiving a write request, whether a logical address carried in the write request is occupied by a data unit in the logical volume is determined; if not, a data grain which is closest to the size of a data block and is greater than the size of the data block is determined; a new data unit is created in the logical volume by use of the logical address as an initial address and by use of the closest data grain as the length, and a logical address range occupied by the data block in the new data unit is recorded; the data block is written into an underlying storage and a written physical address is returned; and a mapping relationship between the initial address and the physical address is established and saved. |
| US12066945B2 |
Dynamic shared cache partition for workload with large code footprint
An embodiment of an integrated circuit may comprise a core, a first level core cache memory coupled to the core, a shared core cache memory coupled to the core, a first cache controller coupled to the core and communicatively coupled to the first level core cache memory, a second cache controller coupled to the core and communicatively coupled to the shared core cache memory, and circuitry coupled to the core and communicatively coupled to the first cache controller and the second cache controller to determine if a workload has a large code footprint, and, if so determined, partition N ways of the shared core cache memory into first and second chunks of ways with the first chunk of M ways reserved for code cache lines from the workload and the second chunk of N minus M ways reserved for data cache lines from the workload, where N and M are positive integer values and N minus M is greater than zero. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. |
| US12066940B2 |
Data reuse cache
Data reuse cache techniques are described. In one example, a load instruction is generated by an execution unit of a processor unit. In response to the load instruction, data is loaded by a load-store unit for processing by the execution unit and is also stored to a data reuse cache communicatively coupled between the load-store unit and the execution unit. Upon receipt of a subsequent load instruction for the data from the execution unit, the data is loaded from the data reuse cache for processing by the execution unit. |
| US12066939B2 |
Cache line demote infrastructure for multi-processor pipelines
Examples described herein relate to a manner of demoting multiple cache lines to shared memory. In some examples, a shared cache is accessible by at least two processor cores and a region of the cache is larger than a cache line and is designated for demotion from the cache to the shared cache. In some examples, the cache line corresponds to a memory address in a region of memory. In some examples, an indication that the region of memory is associated with a cache line demote operation is provided in an indicator in a page table entry (PTE). In some examples, the indication that the region of memory is associated with a cache line demote operation is based on a command in an application executed by a processor. In some examples, the cache is an level 1 (L1) or level 2 (L2) cache. |
| US12066936B1 |
Cache memory with decoupled control paths
An example cache memory includes a schedule module, control modules, a datapath, and an output module. The cache memory receives requests to read and/or write cache lines. The schedule module maintains a queue of the requests. The schedule module may assign the requests to the control modules based on the queue. A control module, which receives a request, controls the datapath to execute the request, i.e., to read or write the cache line. The control module can control the execution by the datapath from start to end. Multiple control modules may control parallel executions by the datapath. The output module outputs, e.g., to a processor, responses of the cache memory to the requests after the executions. A response may include a cache line. The cache memory may include a buffer that temporarily stores cache lines before the output to avoid deadlock in the datapath during the parallel executions of requests. |
| US12066932B2 |
On-die static random-access memory (SRAM) for caching logical to physical (L2P) tables
The present disclosure describes flash controller for reading data from a flash memory device. A flash memory controller can include a controller storage and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to: receive a request for data stored in flash memory dies. The request includes a logical address of the data and at least one flash memory die of the flash memory dies includes one or more on-die static random access memory (SRAM) storage devices. The one or more processors are further configured to: identify an on-die SRAM storage device containing logical-to-physical (L2P) information; search the L2P information to obtain a physical address of the data that corresponds to the logical address; and retrieve the data from a flash memory array of corresponding flash memory die using the physical address. |
| US12066927B2 |
Adaptive user defined health indication
Methods, systems, and devices for adaptive user defined health indications are described. A host device may be configured to dynamically indicate adaptive health flags for monitoring health and wear information for a memory device. The host device may indicate, to a memory device, a first index. The first index may correspond to a first level of wear of a set of multiple indexed levels of wear for the memory device. The memory device may determine that a metric of the memory device satisfies the first level of wear and indicate, to the host device, that the first level of wear is satisfied. The host device may receive the indication that the first level of wear is satisfied and indicate, to the memory device, a second level of wear of the set of indexed levels of wear that is different than the first level of wear. |
| US12066926B2 |
Circuitry for memory address collision prevention
According to one implementation of the present disclosure, an integrated circuit includes comparator circuitry coupled to peripheral circuitry of a multiport memory and configured to transmit one or more data input signals or one or more write enable signals to respective memory outputs when a memory address collision is detected for one or more respective bitcells of the multi-port memory. In another implementation, a method comprises: detecting a read operation and a write operation to a same memory bitcell of a multiport memory in one clock cycle and in response to the detection, performing the read operation of a data input signal or a write enable signal of the multiport memory. |
| US12066924B2 |
Vehicle infotainment test device and method thereof
Disclosed are a vehicle infotainment test device and a method thereof. The vehicle infotainment test device includes: a storage that stores a test case for each module constituting a vehicle infotainment system, a test agent that manages input data and output data of each module, and a controller that applies the test case to each module by interworking with the test agent, and verifies the output data of each module received from the test agent based on the test case for each module. |
| US12066921B2 |
Agentless distributed monitoring of microservices through a virtual switch
Disclosed are systems, computer-readable media and methods for monitoring performance data across microservices. One example method includes establishing a service policy configured on a centralized switch controller, applying the service profile to a virtual interface associated with a microservice, mapping a microservice name for the microservice to an IP address and a port number, tracking a protocol flow for the microservice, wherein the protocol flow is associated with a virtual switch, to yield data, aggregating the data to yield aggregated data and presenting the aggregated data on a user interface. |
| US12066916B2 |
Using memory device sensors
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to using memory device sensors are described. Some memory system or device types include sensors embedded in their circuitry. For instance, another device can be coupled to a memory device with an embedded sensor. The memory device can transmit a signal representing sensor data generated by the embedded sensor using a sensor output coupled to the other device. A controller coupled to a memory device may determine one or more threshold values of a sensor or sensors embedded in a memory device. The memory device may transmit an indication responsive to one or more sensors detecting a value greater or less than a threshold and may transmit the indication to another device. |
| US12066913B2 |
Storage system having multiple management controllers for detecting a failure
A first storage controller includes a first input and output controller performs input and output processing on host data, and a first management controller. A second storage controller includes a second input and output controller performs input and output processing on host data, and a second management controller. The first management controller is configured to verify software to be executed by the first management controller and software to be executed by the first input and output controller. The second management controller is configured to verify software to be executed by the second management controller and software to be executed by the second input and output controller. The first management controller is configured to verify the software to be executed by the second input and output controller in place of the second management controller when a failure is detected from the second management controller. |
| US12066909B2 |
Generation of a mitigation evaluation regarding a system aspect of a system
A method includes determining, by an analysis system, a system aspect of a system for a mitigation evaluation. The method further includes determining, by the analysis system, at least one evaluation perspective and at least one evaluation viewpoint for use in performing the mitigation evaluation on the system aspect. The method further includes obtaining, by the analysis system, mitigation evaluation data regarding the system aspect in accordance with the at least one evaluation perspective and the at least one evaluation viewpoint. The method further includes calculating, by the analysis system, a mitigation evaluation rating as a measure of mitigation maturity for the system aspect based on the mitigation evaluation data, the at least one evaluation perspective, the at least one evaluation viewpoint, and at least one evaluation rating metric. |
| US12066908B2 |
System and method for predicting and avoiding hardware failures using classification supervised machine learning
A hardware failure prediction and avoidance system executing on a unified endpoint management platform information handling system comprising a network interface device (NID) to receive failed operational telemetries for client devices including power and software analytics, and event viewer error logs, and an error associated with a hardware type, a processor to execute a classification supervised learning algorithm on the failed operational telemetries to determine that a hardware or software configuration will likely co-occur with a future error of the hardware type, identify the hardware or software configuration as problematic, the processor to identify the problematic system configuration in a current operational telemetry by correlating the current operational telemetry with a portion of the failed operational telemetries, and the NID to transmit a recommendation to the first client device to adjust the problematic system configuration in order to avoid occurrence of the error at the first client device. |
| US12066906B2 |
Managing failover region availability for implementing a failover service
The present disclosure generally relates to managing a failover service. The failover service can receive a list of regions and a list of rules that must be satisfied for a region to be considered available for failover. The failover service can then determine the regions that satisfy each rule of the list of rules and are available for failover. The failover service can then deliver this information to a client. The failover service can determine the regions that do not satisfy one or more of the rules from the list of rules and deliver this information to a client. The failover service can perform automatic remediation to the unavailable failover regions and client remediation to the unavailable failover regions. |
| US12066903B2 |
Transaction recovery from a failure associated with a database server
In some examples, a system sends a transaction to a database server to cause storing of data of the transaction in a cache of the database server, where the data in the cache is for inclusion in a backup of data from the database server to a remote data store (e.g., the backup may be in a cloud and may be a snapshot). The system detects a failure associated with the database server, and in response to detecting the failure, requests, from the database server or a replacement database server, transaction information of at least one transaction that was successfully applied to the remote data store, the transaction information based on the backup of data. The system causes replay one or more transactions to recover data at the database server or the replacement database server, to perform recovery of the database server or the replacement database server to a current state. |
| US12066902B2 |
System and method for database recovery
A method for recovering data from a database, the method performed by a device having a processor, the method including encrypting information stored in the database using an encrypting cryptographic key, sending encrypted information associated with a specific entity to a remote device associated with the specific entity, where the remote device lacks access to a decrypting cryptographic key enabled to decrypt the information associated with a specific entity, upon failure of the database, sending the encrypted information associated with the specific entity from the remote device to a recovering server, and decrypting the encrypted information by the recovering server. |
| US12066899B2 |
Data object backup via object metadata
Examples are disclosed that relate to backing up data objects. One example provides, at a computing device, a method, comprising detecting one or more conditions triggering backup of a data object, and in response to detecting the one or more conditions, accessing the data object to retrieve, from metadata associated with the data object, instructions for backing up the data object. The method further comprises executing one or more backup sequences specified by the instructions in which at least a portion of the data object is backed up to one or more storage devices. |
| US12066893B2 |
Semiconductor memory devices
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a link error correction code (ECC) engine and on-die ECC engine. The memory cell array includes a plurality of volatile memory cells. The link ECC engine provides a main data by performing a first ECC decoding on a first codeword including the main data and a first parity data, and generates a first error flag based on a result of the first ECC decoding. The on-die ECC engine generates a second parity data by performing a first ECC encoding on the main data, provides a target page of the memory cell array with a second codeword including the main data and the second parity data in response to the first error flag being deactivated or generates a third codeword by changing at least one of bits of the second codeword in response to the first error flag being deactivated. |
| US12066889B2 |
Storage device using host memory and operating method thereof
A storage device sharing a host memory of a host, the storage device includes a serial interface that exchanges data with the host, and a storage controller that stores buffering data in a host memory buffer allocated by the host through the serial interface. The storage controller performs error correction encoding and error correction decoding on the buffering data. |
| US12066885B2 |
Collection of forensic data after a processor freeze
An information handling system includes a processor and an embedded controller. The processor executes operations while the information handling system is in an active power state. The embedded controller communicates with the processor. While the information handling system is in the active power state, the embedded controller detects a trigger event. In response to the trigger event, the embedded controller provides a ping command to the processor. Based on a response to the ping command not being received, the embedded controller determines a processor freeze, stores forensic data associated with the processor freeze, and stores an indication to perform a processor freeze recovery during a next boot operation. |
| US12066882B2 |
Systems and methods for managing power consumption of device subsystems
Systems and methods for managing power consumption of device subsystems include a device which maintains one or more constraint metric tables for applications executable on the device. Each of the one or more constraint metric tables may specify respective power levels for subsystems of the device according to a respective application or an application type of the respective application. The device may determine to operate the device at a reduced power level for a first application, based on a condition for the device satisfying at least one of a thermal threshold criteria or a power threshold criteria when the device operates at full power level. The device may apply a constraint metric responsive to determining to operate at the reduced power level, to cause a subset of the plurality of subsystems to adjust a power consumption level according to a first constraint metric table corresponding to the first application. |
| US12066880B2 |
Systems and methods for elastic delivery, processing, and storage for wearable devices based on system resources
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for elastic delivery, processing, and storage for wearable devices based on system resources. For example, a wearable apparatus may have at least one battery; at least one sensor configured to measure at least one property associated with a user of the wearable apparatus; at least one memory storing measurements from the at least one sensor and instructions; at least one transmitter configured to send data to a device remote from the wearable apparatus; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from the at least one battery, an indicator of a charge; and based on the received indicator, sending a command to the at least one sensor to operate in a low-power mode or a high-power mode, the low-power mode having. a lower sampling rate than the high-power mode. |
| US12066877B2 |
Wearable device, worn/removed determination method, and non-transitory recording medium
A wearable device includes a multi-use circuit that includes a terminal provided so as be able to be close to a subject and that is capable of being used for both (i) a determination function that determines whether the wearable device is being worn on the subject and (ii) a predetermined function other than the determination function, and a processor configured to execute the determination function. |
| US12066871B2 |
Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device including a first body, a second body, and a hinge mechanism is provided. The second body is connected to the first body through the hinge mechanism, and the hinge mechanism has a rotating shaft fixed to the second body. When the second body rotates relative to the first body, the rotating shaft slides along an arc-shaped path to increase or decrease a distance between a lower edge of the second body and a back side of the first body. |
| US12066869B2 |
Accessory device with dual angle setting using a single fulcrum point
An accessory device designed to receive and carry a portable electronic device is disclosed. The accessory device may include a first section having multiple segments configurable in different manners to form at least two different support angles, thereby supporting the portable electronic device in at least two different angles. Further, the accessory device may include an additional second section rotationally coupled to the first section. The second section may include one or more input mechanisms (e.g., keyboard, trackpad), as well as a magnetic assembly that magnetically couples with a device magnet (or device magnets) in the portable electronic device. The magnetic assembly defines a pivot point, or fulcrum, that allows the portable electronic device to rotate from the first angle to the second angle, or vice versa. The pivot point (defined by the magnetic assembly) removes the need for multiple, additional rows of magnets. |
| US12066867B2 |
Electronic devices with flexible displays having fastened bent edges
An electronic device may be provided with a display having a flexible substrate with fastened bent edges. The flexible substrate may have an active region that includes an array of light-emitting elements such as organic light-emitting diodes. The flexible substrate may also have inactive regions that lie outside of the active region. The bent edges may include portions of the inactive regions and portions of the active region. The bent edges may be wrapped to conform to the shape of an internal support structure. The bent edges may be fastened to the support structure with fastening members that attach a housing member or an internal clamp to the support structure. The bent edges may be secured between the housing member or the internal clamp and the support structure. The fastening members may be engaged in openings in the support structure and may pass through or alongside the bent edges. |
| US12066865B2 |
Adjustable frame and foldable display device
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and proposes an adjustable frame and a foldable display device. The adjustable frame includes a central shaft part, a rotatable frame part, a movable frame part, and an adjustment mechanism. The rotatable frame part is rotatably connected to the central shaft part. The movable frame part is arranged on a side of the rotatable frame part away from the central shaft part. An end of the adjustment mechanism is connected to the central shaft part, and an opposite end of the adjustment mechanism is connected to the movable frame part. The adjusting mechanism is configured to adjust the spacing between the movable frame part and the rotatable frame part with rotation of the rotatable frame part and the movable frame part. |
| US12066857B2 |
Electronic devices
The present application discloses an electronic device including a housing, support plates and a display panel. The housing is recessed inward to form one or more clearances penetrating the housing along a first direction. A number of the support plates is at least two, and one clearance is correspondingly arranged below adjoining parts of two adjacent support plates. The support plates are configured to support the display panel. The display panel is switchable between a folded position and an unfolded position. When the display panel is in the unfolded position, first surfaces of the support plates that abut against the display panel are flush. When the display panel is in the folded position, any two oppositely folded and adjacent support plates are separated by a part of the display panel that covers the any two oppositely folded and adjacent support plates when the display panel is in the unfolded position, and a part of the any two oppositely folded and adjacent support plates and a part of the display panel that covers the part of the any two oppositely folded and adjacent support plates when the display panel is in the unfolded position enter the clearance. |
| US12066856B2 |
Foldable mechanism, display device, and electronic equipment
A foldable mechanism, a display device, and an electronic equipment are provided. The foldable mechanism includes a first sub-mechanism and a second sub-mechanism. Through an asymmetric and complementary arrangement of the first sub-mechanism and the second sub-mechanism, the foldable mechanism includes a plurality of structures with different thicknesses, which can not only meet loading requirements of components of different thicknesses, but also reduce a thickness of an entire machine of the foldable mechanism after the foldable mechanism is folded, thereby reducing a thickness of an entire machine after folding the display device and the electronic equipment. |
| US12066852B2 |
Neutral return mechanism
A neutral return mechanism includes an interlocking shaft to be pushed and pulled in an axial direction in conjunction with a swinging operation of an operation member; a housing member to support the interlocking shaft such that the interlocking shaft is movable in the axial direction and accommodate the interlocking shaft such that one of opposite end portions thereof protrudes; a neutral return spring to return the interlocking shaft from a post-movement position to an initial position, the neutral return spring being accommodated in the housing member such that the neutral return spring extends in the axial direction of the interlocking shaft, wherein the housing member includes a supported portion between a spring accommodation portion in which the neutral return spring is accommodated and a protrusion opening through which the interlocking shaft protrudes, the supported portion being supported at a bracket member. |
| US12066849B2 |
Semiconductor device and memory device comprising the same
A semiconductor device including an error amplifier configured to receive a voltage of an output node and a reference voltage, a flipped voltage follower (FVF) circuit configured to receive an output of the error amplifier and maintain the voltage of the output node at the reference voltage, and a bias current control circuit configured to receive first to third mode signals, control a magnitude of a bias current flowing through the FVF circuit based on the first to third mode signals, control the bias current of a first magnitude, based on the first mode signal, control the bias current of a second magnitude smaller than the first magnitude, based on the second mode signal, and control the bias current of a third magnitude smaller than the second magnitude, based on the third mode signal. |
| US12066846B2 |
Device enclosure temperature control
Current temperatures for an enclosure of a media handling device are monitored and managed using threshold temperature values. When a current temperature deviates below a threshold temperature value, commands are sent to modules of the device to start and idle their motors causing heat to be generated from current flowing to the motors. The heat radiates within the enclosure raising the current temperature. When the current temperature reaches a second threshold temperature value for the enclosure, second commands are sent to the modules of the device to stop idling their motors causing heat within the enclosure to dissipate and lowering the current temperature for the enclosure. |
| US12066843B2 |
Methods and systems for inline mixing of hydrocarbon liquids based on density or gravity
Embodiments include systems and methods of in-line mixing of hydrocarbon liquids and/or renewable liquids from a plurality of tanks into a single pipeline based on density or gravity. According to an embodiment, a method of admixing hydrocarbon liquids from a plurality of tanks into a single pipeline to provide in-line mixing thereof includes initiating a blending process. The blending process including continuously blending two or more liquids over a period of time, each of the two or more liquids stored in corresponding tanks, each of the corresponding tanks connected, via pipeline, to a blend pipe thereby blending the two or more liquids into a blended liquid. The method further includes determining a density of each of the two or more liquids to be blended during the blending process. The method includes, in response to a determination that the blend process has not finished and after the passage of a specified time interval, determining an actual blend density of the blended liquid, via a blend sensor connected to the blend pipe, the blended liquid flowing through the blend pipe and in contact with the blend sensor, and the specified time interval less than a total duration of the blending process. The method includes determining an actual blend density of the blended liquid, via a blend sensor connected to the blend pipe, the blended liquid flowing through the blend pipe and in contact with the blend sensor, and the specified time interval less than a total duration of the blending process; comparing the actual blend density with a target blend density; and in response to a difference, based on the comparison, of the actual blend density and target blend density determining a corrected ratio based on each density of the two or more liquids, the actual blend density, and the target blend density and adjusting, via one or more flow control devices, flow of one or more of the two or more liquids, based on the corrected ratio. |
| US12066842B2 |
Vehicle remote instruction system
In a vehicle remote instruction system, a remote commander issues a remote instruction relating to travel of an autonomous driving vehicle based on sensor information from an external sensor that detects an external environment of the autonomous driving vehicle. The vehicle remote instruction system sets a range of information to be transmitted to the remote commander among the sensor information detected by the external sensor, as a limited information range, based on the external situation or an external situation obtained based on map information and a trajectory of the autonomous driving vehicle. |
| US12066836B2 |
Detecting general road weather conditions
The technology relates to determining general weather conditions affecting the roadway around a vehicle, and how such conditions may impact driving and route planning for the vehicle when operating in an autonomous mode. For instance, the on-board sensor system may detect whether the road is generally icy as opposed to a small ice patch on a specific portion of the road surface. The system may also evaluate specific driving actions taken by the vehicle and/or other nearby vehicles. Based on such information, the vehicle's control system is able to use the resultant information to select an appropriate braking level or braking strategy. As a result, the system can detect and respond to different levels of adverse weather conditions. The on-board computer system may share road condition information with nearby vehicles and with remote assistance, so that it may be employed with broader fleet planning operations. |
| US12066835B2 |
Fleet management user interface
Techniques are disclosed for fleet vehicle management. According to various embodiments, a status is determined for each fleet vehicle of a plurality of fleet vehicles. Based on the status, a service task is determined for at least a subset of the plurality of fleet vehicles. A location is determined for each service task. A service task list is generated based on the service tasks and the locations of the service tasks. A user to perform the service task list is determined based on the service tasks and the service task locations. The service task is communicated to the user and progress of the service task list is monitored. |
| US12066834B2 |
Systems and methods to accomplish a physical process
Systems and methods to accomplish a physical process are disclosed. The systems and methods can receive object data for an object that is a subject of the physical process; determine operation sequences that each accomplish a portion of the physical process, each operation sequence providing an ordering of a set of physical operations associated with one or more points of the object; generate an operation schedule specifying timing of performance of each operation sequence and a set of one or more sets of robots to perform each operation sequence; generate physical process data including the operation schedule and the one or more operation sequences; and communicate the physical process data to the one or more sets of robots to perform the one or more operation sequences according to the operation schedule. |
| US12066833B2 |
Computer-assisted or autonomous driving assisted by roadway navigation broadcast
The present disclosure may be directed to a computer-assisted or autonomous driving (CA/AD) vehicle that receives a plurality of indications of a condition of one or more features of a plurality of locations of a roadway, respectively, encoded in a plurality of navigation signals broadcast by a plurality of transmitters as the CA/AD vehicle drives past the locations enroute to a destination. The CA/AD vehicle may then determine, based in part on the received indications, driving adjustments to be made and send indications of the driving adjustments to a driving control unit of the CA/AD vehicle. |
| US12066832B2 |
Method and apparatus with complex-valued attention network
A processor-implemented method of performing an operation using a complex-valued attention network includes: extracting a complex-valued attention weight from complex-valued input data; and determining complex-valued attention data by applying the extracted complex-valued attention weight to the complex-valued input data. |
| US12066827B2 |
Watercraft auto-docking system and watercraft auto-docking method
A watercraft auto-docking system basically includes a user interface and a digital controller. The user interface includes a display monitor. The digital controller includes a processor, a computer memory and an I/O interface. The user interface is connected to the I/O interface. The digital controller is configured to select a target dock based on a user selection from at least one candidate dock displayed on the display monitor using the user interface for docking a watercraft in an auto-docking mode. The digital controller is configured to generate a docking path from a current location of the watercraft to a target location of the target dock. The digital controller is configured to autonomously navigate the watercraft using an autopilot system along the docking path until the watercraft reaches the target location of the target dock. |
| US12066825B2 |
Online machine learning for autonomous earth moving vehicle control
An autonomous earth moving system can determine a desired state for a portion of the EMV including at least one control surface. Then the EMV selects a set of control signals for moving the portion of the EMV from the current state to the desired state using a machine learning model trained to generate control signals for moving the portion of the EMV to the desired state based on the current state. After the EMV executes the selected set of control signals, the system measures an updated state of the portion of the EMV. In some cases, this updated state of the EMV is used to iteratively update the machine learning model using an online learning process. |
| US12066823B2 |
Remote control terminal, and working vehicle provided with remote control terminal
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a remote control terminal which can perform a remote control on a working vehicle easily and simply; and a working vehicle provided with a remote control terminal. The present invention is provided with: a vehicle-side azimuth sensor (29) which detects the azimuth around a crane device (6); a remote control terminal (32) having a hung cargo movement control tool which is a first control part that remotely controls the crane device (6), and a reference change control tool (34) which is a second control tool that sets a reference for the azimuth in which the crane device (6) operates according to a control of the hung cargo movement control tool (35); and a control device (31) which is configured to be able to communicate with the remote control terminal (32) and controls the operation of the crane device (6), wherein the control device (31) causes the crane device (6) to operate in the azimuth in which the crane device (6) operates, when acquiring, from the remote control terminal (32), a signal of the azimuth in which the crane device (6) operates according to a control of the hung cargo movement control tool (35) and which is calculated on the basis of a set value of the reference change control tool (34). |
| US12066819B2 |
Printed fiducial system for accurate pick and place
A method, apparatus, and system for manufacturing a composite part. A set of reference locations is identified for a set of fiducial markers on a composite ply from a ply shape model for the composite part. The set of fiducial markers is created at the set of reference locations on the composite ply. The composite ply is cut to have a shape defined by the ply shape model. |
| US12066816B2 |
Method for predicting the presence of product defects during an intermediate processing step of a thin product wound in a roll
Method for predicting the presence of product defects during an intermediate processing step of a thin product wound in a roll, which provides for—receiving a roll of thin product that has been assigned a unique identification code stored in a database system, this latter containing process and/or product parameters detected in the production steps of said thin product wound in said roll upstream of said intermediate processing step, associated with said unique identification code, —accessing said database system, —entering one or more of the process and/or product parameters associated with the unique identification code of said roll contained in said database system in a predictive model, which uses a correlation, created by means of machine learning logics, from historicized values related to the process and/or product parameters output from said intermediate processing step and historicized values related to process and/or product parameters of the same rolls detected in the production steps of said rolls upstream of said intermediate processing step, in order to predict product parameters output from said intermediate processing step, —comparing said aforesaid product parameters with respective predefined limit values, —generating predictive diagnosis information of thin product defects based on the result of said comparison. |
| US12066813B2 |
Prediction and operational efficiency for system-wide optimization of an industrial processing system
A relationship between an input, a set-point of a plurality of processes and an output of a corresponding process is learned using machine learning. A regression function is derived for each process based upon historical data. An autoencoder is trained for each process based upon the historical data to form a regularizer and the regression functions and regularizers are merged together into a unified optimization problem. System level optimization is performed using the regression functions and regularizers and a set of optimal set-points of a global optimal solution for operating the processes is determined. An industrial system is operated based on the set of optimal set-points. |
| US12066812B2 |
Information processing method, information processing system, and program
The easy and quick detection of a contour shape of an object from three dimensional point group data, and control a robotic arm and a tool using it. An information processing method comprising: a step of acquiring three-dimensional point group data by a sensor from an object, a step of specifying a contour point group data that constitutes a contour of the object from the three-dimensional point group data, a step of acquiring tool control information including tool position information and tool posture information for specifying a tool trajectory of the tool connected to the arm of the working robot from the contour point group data, and a step of controlling the tool based on the tool control information. |
| US12066807B2 |
Numerical control device, machine learning device, and numerical control method
A numerical control device includes a control computation unit controlling a spindle as a rotation axis of a workpiece, a first shaft driving a tool performing vibration cutting machining on the workpiece, and a second shaft driving a tool performing vibration cutting machining on the workpiece. The computation unit includes: a storage unit storing a machining program; a determination unit determining whether the number of vibrations of the first shaft and the second shaft follows a rotation speed of the spindle specified by the machining program; and a number-of-vibrations calculation unit that, in response to the determination that the number of vibrations of at least one of the first shaft and the second shaft does not follow the rotation speed of the spindle, calculates the number of vibrations following the rotation speed of the spindle for the drive shaft assessed as not following it. |
| US12066805B2 |
System and method for producing display panels based on nonlinear program model, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
The present disclosure provides a production programming system based on a nonlinear program model, including: a distributed storage device and an analysis device, wherein the analysis device includes a processor configured to obtain production record information; construct the nonlinear program model based on the production record information; and solve the nonlinear program model to obtain first feasible solutions. The nonlinear program model includes a constraint condition that satisfies process requirements and an objective function indicating pressure equilibrium across the same device set, and each of the first feasible solutions is configured to indicate a production program. The present disclosure further provides a production programming method and a computer-readable storage medium which can improve efficiency and reduce device idleness rate. |
| US12066804B2 |
Integrating container orchestration systems with operational technology devices
A method may include receiving, via a first computing node of a cluster of computing nodes in a container orchestration system, a pod from a second computing node in the cluster of computing nodes. The method may also involve retrieving an image file that includes containers from a registry, such that the pod detail an indication of a location of the image file in the registry. The method then involves generating a package based on the one or more containers and one or more mapped commands implementable by a control system in an operational technology (OT) domain. The mapped commands correspond to operations performable by the control system that corresponds to commands specified in the containers. The method may then involve storing the package in a filesystem shared with the control system. |
| US12066797B2 |
Fault prediction method and fault prediction system for predecting a fault of a machine
An anomality prediction system, which predicts an anomality of a machine, includes: one or more memories; and one or more processors configured to: obtain a state variable including at least one of output data from at least one sensor that detects a state of at least one of the machine or a surrounding environment, internal data of control software controlling the machine, or computational data obtained based on at least one of the output data or the internal data; generate, by inputting the obtained state variable into a machine learning model, a degree of anomality of the machine based on output from the machine learning model; and notify information based on the generated degree of anomality, wherein the notified information includes at least one of the generated degree of anomality at one or more time points, or one or more levels of anomality based on the generated degree of anomality. |
| US12066796B2 |
Smart watch with flexible display panel
A smart watch includes a watch strap and a flexible display panel. The first end of the flexible display panel is attached to the watch strap, and the second end of the flexible display panel is a free end. The flexible display panel has a bent state and a flattened state. When the flexible display panel is in the bent state, the flexible display panel and the watch strap are bent together and the flexible display panel is located on and in contact with an outer surface of the watch strap. When the flexible display panel is in the flattened state, the second end of the flexible display panel is out of contact with the outer surface of the watch strap and the flexible display panel is flattened in the same plane. |
| US12066794B2 |
Device and method for testing a mechanical property of a timepiece shaft
The device (3) for testing a timepiece shaft (1) having at least one first pivot (10, 10′) and an axis of rotation (A1), the device including a rest (2) having two supports (12, 12′) intended to accommodate the timepiece shaft (1), at least one of the two supports (12) being intended to accommodate the at least one first pivot (10), an element (4; 4′) for applying a mechanical force to the timepiece shaft, positioned such that this force is at least partially taken up by the support (12) at the at least one first pivot (10). The element (4; 4′) for applying a mechanical force is arranged such that the timepiece shaft (1) is driven in rotation by a relative movement of the element (4; 4′) for applying a mechanical force and the rest (2). |
| US12066787B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus, having process units, a transfer unit, a motor, first through fourth cams, a color-linkage gear train, a monochrome-transmission gear train, and a color-transmission gear train, is provided. Each of the process units has a developing unit including a developing roller and a drum unit including a photosensitive drum. The color-linkage gear train rotates the first cam, the second cam, and the third cam in shifted phases. The monochrome-transmission gear train transmits a driving force from the motor to a monochrome clutch, which engages and disengages transmission of the driving force from the monochrome-transmission gear train to the fourth cam. The color-transmission gear train transmits the driving force from the motor to a color clutch, which engages and disengages transmission of the driving force from the color-transmission gear train to the color-linkage gear train. |
| US12066784B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a main housing, a drawer, and a cartridge. The drawer is movable between an inside position inside the main housing and an outside position outside the main housing. The cartridge is installable into and removable from the drawer. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum configured to rotate about a drum axis. The drawer comprises a lock member movable between a lock position in which the drawer is locked to the main housing, and an unlock position in which the drawer is unlocked from the main housing. The cartridge installed in the drawer is rotatable about the drum axis between a first position and a second position. The lock member is positioned in the lock position when the cartridge is positioned in the first position, and positioned in the unlock position when the cartridge is positioned in the second position. |
| US12066783B2 |
Image forming apparatus
A contact member comes into contact with a back surface of a recording material between a nip portion and a transfer portion in a conveyance direction of the recording material. The contact member is capable of being located at a first position, a second position, and a third position. A detection unit detects a position of the contact member so that the detection unit can detect the first position, the second position, and the third position. The contact member reaches the third position by being biased by the recording material from the second position. |
| US12066780B2 |
Fixing device including nip formation plate having a plurality of protruding portions and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A fixing device includes an endless fixing rotator, a slide aid, a pressure rotator, a nip formation plate, a support, a heat source, and a reflector. The endless fixing rotator has flexibility. An inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator slides over the slide aid. The pressure rotator contacts an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The nip formation plate is disposed inside the fixing rotator to contact the pressure rotator via the fixing rotator and the slide aid to form a nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. The nip formation plate has a thermal conductivity equal to or greater than 10 W/mK. The support supports the nip formation plate. The heat source is disposed inside the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. The reflector reflects radiant heat from the heat source. |
| US12066778B2 |
Image forming apparatus and control method
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that thermally fixes an image based on a print job onto a sheet; and a hardware processor that changes a set temperature of the fixing device depending on a type of a printer driver that has generated the print job. |
| US12066774B2 |
Fixing apparatus
A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt, a heating roller, a nip portion forming member, a pressing rotary member, a suspending roller, and an urging unit. The heating roller is in contact with an inner surface of the fixing belt and heats the fixing belt. The suspending roller has a center and both ends in an area where the fixing belt and the suspending roller are in contact with each other in a width direction of the suspending roller. Outside diameters at both ends are greater than an outside diameter at the suspending roller center by a value between 50 micrometer and 300 micrometer, inclusive. The urging unit urges the suspending roller from the inner surface of the fixing belt toward an outer circumference surface of the fixing belt. A force that the urging unit applies to the suspending roller ranges between 50 newtons and 100 newtons, inclusive. |
| US12066767B2 |
Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member and a developer bearing member. A first period is from when rotational drive of the developer bearing member is started until increased to a speed at which the image forming apparatus performs image forming. A first absolute value of a difference between a developer bearing member surface potential Vdc and an image bearing member surface potential Vd, as determined when the image bearing member is facing the developer bearing member, is obtained during the first period. The value |Vdc−Vd| obtained during the first period is smaller than the value |Vdc−Vd| obtained after the first period. During the first period, the image bearing member surface potential Vd at the facing position is a first potential and, after the first period, the image bearing member surface potential Vd at the facing position becomes a second potential different from the first potential. |
| US12066766B2 |
Image forming apparatus including duct structure that supports light emitting elements for exposing a photoconductor
An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable photoconductor; an exposure portion including a substrate on which a plurality of chips each including a plurality of light emitting portions that emit light for exposing the photoconductor is mounted, and a support portion configured to support the substrate; a fan configured to generate an airflow for cooling the exposure portion; and a duct configured to communicate with the fan and to communicate with the support portion to guide the airflow generated by the fan to the substrate. |
| US12066765B2 |
Operating method for preventing photomask particulate contamination
A method for preventing photomask contamination includes securing a photomask on a bottom surface of an electrostatic chuck; generating a first voltage at a peripheral area of the bottom surface of the electrostatic chuck to attract a particle onto the peripheral area of the bottom surface of the electrostatic chuck, wherein the peripheral area of the bottom surface of the electrostatic chuck is not directly above the photomask; after generating the first voltage, generating a second voltage at the peripheral area of the bottom surface of the electrostatic chuck to repulse the particle, wherein the first voltage and the second voltage have opposite electrical properties; and generating a third voltage, by using a collecting plate, near a sidewall of the photomask to attract the repulsed particle. |
| US12066764B2 |
Metrology apparatus and method for determining a characteristic of one or more structures on a substrate
Disclosed is a method for obtaining a computationally determined interference electric field describing scattering of radiation by a pair of structures comprising a first structure and a second structure on a substrate. The method comprises determining a first electric field relating to first radiation scattered by the first structure; determining a second electric field relating to second radiation scattered by the second structure; and computationally determining the interference of the first electric field and second electric field, to obtain a computationally determined interference electric field. |
| US12066757B2 |
Mask and method of forming the same
A mask includes a reflective layer, an absorption layer and an absorption part. The absorption layer is disposed over the reflective multilayer. The absorption part is disposed in the reflective layer and the absorption layer, wherein an entire top surface of the absorption part is substantially flush with a top surface of the absorption layer. |
| US12066751B2 |
Shoe apparatus, accessory, accessory shoe apparatus, and electronic apparatus
A shoe apparatus includes an engagement portion with an accessory shoe apparatus included in an electronic apparatus, a plurality of connection terminals, where a first direction is an attachment direction to the accessory shoe apparatus, which are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and located on a front side of the engagement portion in the attachment direction, and a connector that includes protrusion portions that protrude in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions on both outer sides of the plurality of connection terminals in the second direction. The protrusion portion includes a slope portion on a side that does not face the plurality of connection terminals such that a width in the second direction at a position of a tip in the third direction is narrower than a width at a position away from the tip. |
| US12066746B2 |
Intelligent light supplement device, video apparatus and intelligent light supplement method thereof
An intelligent light supplement device, video apparatus, and an intelligent light supplement method are disclosed. The intelligent light supplement device includes a light source input module, a light source computing module, and a light source output module. The light source input module has a light sensing unit, which receives an ambient light source. The light source computing module is electrically connected to the light source input module, compares the ambient light source with a content of an illuminance comparison table to generate an illuminance control signal corresponding to an apparatus illuminance value, and/or compares the ambient light source with a content of a color temperature comparison table to generate a color temperature control signal corresponding to an apparatus color temperature value. The light source output module has a light emitting unit and drives the light emitting unit according to the illuminance control signal and/or the color temperature control signal. |
| US12066744B2 |
Lens driving device, camera module and optical apparatus
The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device, a camera module and an optical device. The lens driving device comprising: a cover; a housing arranged inside the cover; a bobbin arranged inside the housing; a magnet arranged in the housing; a first coil arranged in the bobbin and facing the magnet; a first substrate arranged below the housing and including a second coil facing the magnet; a second substrate arranged below the first substrate; and a base arranged below the second substrate, wherein the base includes a body and a protrusion upwardly protruding from the body, the outer side of the second substrate is arranged to face the inner side of the protrusion, and the upper surface of the protrusion is in a location which is the same as or lower than that of the upper surface of the first substrate. |
| US12066741B2 |
Photonic AC-DC equivalence converter and performing AC-DC equivalence conversion
A photonic AC-DC voltage and current equivalence converter includes: a photonic chip; a weak thermal link; an isothermal region; a resistive electrode; an isothermal region photonic nanoresonator; an isothermal region waveguide; a chip photonic nanoresonator; and a chip waveguide, such that an ac voltage is determined from matching a temperature rise of the isothermal region due to a primary elevated temperature of the isothermal region when ac voltage is received by the resistive electrode. |
| US12066729B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region and a gate driving wiring region disposed on at least one side of the display region. Color resists are disposed corresponding to regions of the display region and the gate driving wiring region. The gate driving wiring region includes a first metal layer and second metal layers disposed on the first metal layer, and the color resists located in the gate driving wiring region at least cover the second metal layers. |
| US12066721B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction, and a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel disposed between adjacent two of the scan lines. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are arranged along the first direction, and the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are arranged along the second direction. |
| US12066719B2 |
Display device
Display device is provided and includes scanning line; semiconductor layer; pixel electrode; first insulating film having first contact hole; organic insulating film having second contact hole; and second insulating film having third contact hole, wherein semiconductor layer has first linear portion that is orthogonal to scanning line, pixel electrode is electrically connected to first linear portion via first, second and third contact holes, first linear portion overlaps first, second and third contact holes that are aligned along first linear portion, and center of second contact hole is located between center of first contact hole and center of third contact hole. |
| US12066715B2 |
Diffusion plate and backlight module having the diffusion plate
The invention refers to a diffusion plate and a backlight module having the diffusion plate. The diffusion plate comprises a plate-body and a plurality of pyramid-like structures arranged on a surface of the plate-body. Each pyramid-like structure has a bottom surface, a first convex portion and a second convex portion. The first convex portion and the second convex portion have different vertex angles, and therefore the pyramid-like structure can also be called as “pyramid-like structure with multiple vertex angles”. The pyramid-like structures with multiple vertex angles can increase the light splitting points, which can improve the light splitting effect of the diffusion plate. The light source of a single light-emitting diode can be divided into eight point-light sources (light splitting points) or more, which is double the number of light splitting points compared with the traditional pyramid structure with single vertex, and thus can greatly improve the light diffusion effect. |
| US12066714B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided in the present disclosure. The display panel includes a backlight assembly, a panel body, and a light converging adhesive layer. The panel body is disposed on a light emitting side of the backlight assembly, the light converging adhesive layer is disposed between the panel body and the backlight assembly, and the backlight assembly is attached to the panel body through the light converging adhesive layer, wherein the light converging adhesive layer includes a plurality of light converging structures to converge the light emitted by the backlight assembly. |
| US12066713B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus device including a panel substrate including a circuit, and a light module including light sources each including a light emitter, a connection line, a light transmission layer on the light emitter, and a light block layer on the light transmission layer, in which the light sources includes first to fourth light sources, a transmission layer of the first light source includes a first converter, a transmission layer of the fourth light source includes a second converter, the first converter includes a wavelength converter to convert a first primary light of the first light source into a red color range, the second converter converts a fourth primary light of the fourth light source into a white light, and a peak wavelength of a second primary light of the second light source is different from that of a third primary light of the third light source. |
| US12066709B2 |
Liquid crystal display device
A display area formed in an overlapping area of a TFT substrate and a counter substrate, a terminal area formed on the TFT substrate in which the counter substrate does not overlap, and a side of the counter substrate adjacent to the terminal area extending in a first direction, in which a basic potential terminal to be connected to a basic potential, and terminal wirings are formed in the terminal area, an IC driver is installed on the terminal area, an upper polarizing plate having a transparent conductive adhesive is adhered to the counter substrate, the upper polarizing plate extends in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and covers a part of the terminal area, the basic potential terminal is electrically connected with the transparent conductive adhesive of the upper polarizing plate via a conductive element, and the upper polarizing plate covers the driver IC. |
| US12066706B2 |
Liquid crystal/polymer composite electrically controlled dimming films and preparation methods thereof
A liquid crystal/polymer composite electrically controlled dimming film is provided, including a liquid crystal material, a polymer matrix, and two layers of conductive substrates. The polymer matrix is sandwiched between the two layers of conductive substrates, and the polymer matrix has a porous microstructure. The liquid crystal material is dispersed in the polymer matrix to form liquid crystal microdroplets, and the liquid crystal microdroplets have vertically oriented polymer networks. The liquid crystal/polymer composite electrically controlled dimming film has a unique composite microstructure. In this composite microstructure, the polymer matrix of the porous microstructure gives the film with good mechanical processing performance. In addition, the vertically oriented polymer networks in the liquid crystal microdroplets further reduces the orientation difficulty of liquid crystal molecules, which is conducive to reducing the driving voltage of the liquid crystal/polymer composite electrically controlled dimming film, and is suitable for large area processing and production. |
| US12066704B2 |
Display device comprising a front chassis configured to be movable forward and backward with respect to a middle mold
The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus capable of reducing light leakage due to warpage of a liquid crystal panel. The display apparatus includes a rear chassis, a light source module installed on the rear chassis to output light, a liquid crystal panel disposed in front of the light source module that either blocks the light output from the light source module, or allows the light output from the light source module to pass, a middle mold coupled to be fixed to the rear chassis, and a front chassis provided to support the liquid crystal panel, the front chassis being coupled to the middle mold, wherein the front chassis is configured to be movable forward and backward with respect to the middle mold within a predetermined range. |
| US12066700B2 |
Viewing angle control system and image display device
Provided is a viewing angle control system and an image display device which are capable of controlling the viewing angle of a display screen in a longitudinal direction and improving the visibility in a specific lateral direction. The viewing angle control system includes a polarizer, and a light absorption anisotropic layer, in which the polarizer has an in-plane absorption axis in a film, an angle θ between a transmittance central axis of the light absorption anisotropic layer and a normal line of the film is in a range of 0.1° to 45°, and an angle φ between a direction in which the transmittance central axis of the light absorption anisotropic layer is orthographically projected onto the film surface and the absorption axis of the polarizer is 0° or greater and less than 85°, greater than 95° and less than 265°, or greater than 275° and 360° or less. |
| US12066699B2 |
Optical element and method for producing same
A two-dimensionally extensive optical element having a light entry side and a light exit side. The optical element includes alternating transparent first regions and second regions having materials with different first refractive indices and second refractive indices. The first refractive index is higher than the second refractive index. First layers and second layers which are opaque or are switchable to be opaque are arranged at the light entry surfaces and light exit surfaces of the second regions. When the layers are opaque, the propagation directions of light passing through the optical element are limited compared to layers which are switched to be transparent. |
| US12066698B2 |
Optical isolator
An optical isolator includes a Faraday rotator including a trivalent ion exchange TAG (terbium-aluminum garnet), and arranged around the Faraday rotator, a central hollow magnet and a first and a second hollow magnet units arranged to sandwich the central hollow magnet in an optical axis direction. A magnetic flux density B [T] in the Faraday rotator and an optical path length L [mm] where the Faraday rotator is arranged satisfy 0 |
| US12066694B2 |
Comfort-optimized contact lens system for non-rotationally symmetric eye aberration
A system of contact lenses includes at least two contact lenses, each lens having a visual correction for a non-rotationally symmetric eye aberration. Each lens has a different level or degree of a stabilization that is characterized by a thickness differential between a thickness of a stabilization zone and a thickness of a non-stabilization zone. |
| US12066692B2 |
Lens driving device with a magnet adhered to an elastic member
The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a substrate; a first image sensor disposed on the substrate; a second image sensor disposed on the substrate while being spaced apart from the first image sensor; a housing disposed on the upper side of the substrate; a first bobbin disposed on the upper side of the first image sensor inside the housing; a second bobbin disposed on the upper side of the second image sensor inside the housing; a first coil disposed in the first bobbin; a second coil disposed in the second bobbin; and a first magnet which is disposed between the first coil and the second coil and faces the first coil and the second coil. |
| US12066688B2 |
Optical element drive mechanism
An optical element drive mechanism is provided. The optical element drive mechanism includes an immovable part, a movable part, and a drive assembly. The movable part is connected to an optical element that includes an optical axis. The movable part is movable relative to the immovable part. The drive assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the immovable part. |
| US12066687B2 |
Lens barrel and optical device
A lens barrel and an optical device that can be reduced in size. A lens barrel includes: a cylinder cam with a cam groove; a first movement section having a first cam follower that moves along one side surface of the cam groove in the optical axis OA direction; and a second movement section having a second cam follower that moves along the other side surface of the cam groove in the optical axis OA direction. The position of the first cam follower in the optical axis OA direction and the position of the second cam follower in the optical axis OA direction can overlap each other at least partially. |
| US12066686B2 |
Apparatus for varying a focal point of an optical system in a dental 3D-scanner and dental 3D-scanner
The present invention relates to an apparatus for varying a focal point of an optical system in a dental 3D-scanner, comprising: a lens unit with a lens being movable between a front reversal position and a rear reversal position to vary a position of a focal point with respect to a scan object; a guide unit for guiding a movement of the lens unit between the front reversal position and the rear reversal position along a guide axis being parallel to an optical axis of the lens; and a drive unit for driving the movement of the lens unit, said drive unit including a linear motor with an anchor and a stator, said anchor being movable along a drive axis of the drive unit that is parallel to the guide axis, said stator being affixed to the guide unit. The present invention further relates to a dental 3D-scanner for scanning a three-dimensional scan object. |
| US12066681B2 |
Lens unit
Provided is a lens unit capable of maintaining suitable image formation characteristics even with changes in temperature. The fourth lens outer peripheral face of a fourth lens is not in contact with the inner peripheral face of a second accommodation part. A fifth lens is made of glass, is press fitted and fixed to a resin-made lens holder to form an integrated fifth lens body, and is housed in a lens-barrel. A stepped part formed to engage with a stepped part in the fourth lens is provided in the lens holder outside the fifth lens on the object side of the fifth lens body. A fifth lens body outer peripheral face that is an outermost peripheral face of the fifth lens body comes in contact with the inner peripheral face of the second accommodation part. |
| US12066680B2 |
Camera module and optical device
The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising: a bobbin, which has a through-hole formed therein; a lens module, which is accommodated in the through-hole and is coupled to the bobbin; a protrusion formed to protrude from the outer peripheral surface of the lens module; and a recess formed to be recessed from the inner peripheral surface of the bobbin so as to accommodate at least a part of the protrusion, wherein the recess comprises a first guide portion, which extends downwards from the upper end of the bobbin, and a second guide portion, which extends so as to slope from the first guide portion. |
| US12066675B1 |
Optical fiber trough having split design
A mounting system for an optical network includes a backboard member having a plurality of mounting regions, at least one networking component having a data input, at least one data cable communicatively coupled with the data input, and at least one fiber trough member operably coupled with the backboard member. The at least one networking component is operably coupled with the backboard member via one of the plurality of mounting regions. The at least one fiber trough member includes an elongated base surface having first and second ends and a body extending therebetween, a first elongated wall surface having a curved side profile, and a second elongated wall surface including at least one routing opening. The second elongated wall surface is adapted to overlap the first wall surface. The elongated base surface and first and second elongated wall surfaces define a cavity to retain the at least one data cable. |
| US12066673B2 |
Optical fiber structures and methods for beam shaping
In various embodiments, optical fibers have arrangements of core, annular core, and cladding regions enabling variation of beam shape and/or beam parameter product and may be utilized for the processing (e.g., welding, cutting, drilling, etc.) of various workpieces. |
| US12066670B2 |
Optical module
An optical module includes a shell, a circuit board, at least one of a light-transmitting chip or a light-receiving chip, a lens assembly, an optical fiber ferrule assembly and a fixing plate. The circuit board is disposed in the shell. The light-transmitting chip and/or the light-receiving chip is disposed on the circuit board. The lens assembly is disposed on the circuit board, covers the light-transmitting chip and/or the light-receiving chip, and is configured to change a propagation direction of an optical signal incident into the lens assembly. The optical fiber ferrule assembly is connected to the lens assembly, and is configured to transmit an optical signal incident into the optical fiber ferrule assembly. The fixing plate is configured to fix the optical fiber ferrule assembly to the lens assembly. |
| US12066668B2 |
Connector assembly and optical-electrical composite connector
A front housing of the optical-electrical composite connector is axially provided with a through groove passing through the front housing on the front housing, and an inner wall of the through groove is provided with a first groove. A rear housing includes a main body portion and a clamping portion connected to one end of the main body portion. An outer surface of the clamping portion is axially provided with a second groove, the clamping portion is located in the through groove, and the first groove is butted with the second groove to form an accommodation space. One end that is of the through groove and that is away from the main body portion is an optical port. The font housing is provided with an opening connecting to the accommodation space and the outside. The conductive terminal is accommodated in the opening, and the conductive terminal forms an electrical port. |
| US12066663B2 |
Opto-electrical flexible glass interposer
An apparatus includes a ribbon, an optical waveguide, and an IC. The ribbon includes a first end. The optical waveguide is disposed within the ribbon and terminates at the first end. The IC includes a curved surface. The first end of the ribbon bends to mate with the curved surface such that the optical waveguide is optically coupled to a corresponding waveguide in the IC. |
| US12066661B2 |
Multi-mode spiral delay device
An optical device includes a first multi-mode waveguide, a first optical coupler coupled to the first multi-mode waveguide, the first coupler being tapered and curved, and a first single-mode waveguide having a first end coupled to the first optical coupler. The optical device may be used in an optical delay device. A method of propagating light in a first multi-mode waveguide toward a first optical coupler, propagating the light in the first optical coupler toward a first single-mode waveguide, the first optical coupler being tapered and curved, and propagating the light along the first single-mode waveguide is also disclosed. |
| US12066655B2 |
Terminated hollow-core fiber with endcap
A terminated hollow-core optical fiber includes a capillary, a hollow-core optical fiber including a structured cladding, and an endcap. A first end of the hollow-core optical fiber terminates inside the capillary a non-zero distance away from a first end face of the capillary. The hollow-core optical fiber is adhered to the capillary at a second end face of the capillary where the hollow-core optical fiber extends out of the capillary. The endcap is fused to the first end face of the capillary. The endcap has a larger diameter than the first end of the hollow-core optical fiber. This termination scheme does not require fusing the hollow-core fiber itself to the endcap or any other part. Therefore, this termination scheme is applicable to hollow-core fibers with a structured cladding that cannot tolerate the temperatures associated with fusing the hollow-core fiber to another part. |
| US12066652B2 |
Function display for selectively displaying several symbols that respectively represent a switching function and/or several switching states, with an alignment function of the light sources, and associated assembly method
The present disclosure relates to a function display for selectively displaying several symbols representing one switching function, respectively, and/or at least two switching states, including a light guide stack which forms a display surface facing towards an observer; wherein the light guide stack is formed from at least planar light guides arranged in an overlaid manner in a stacking direction, which are arranged so as to be spaced apart by a transparent or translucent layer; at least one light source per light guide wherein, further, at least one microstructured symbol area in or on the light guide which is configured, if the light source is activated, to be visible to the observer; a circuit board on which the several light sources are arranged and fixed; a panel fixed to the light guide stack to which the circuit board is fixed while resting against a mounting surface. |
| US12066650B2 |
Azimuthally anisotropic polarization sensitive optical filter
An optical construction includes an optical film between first and second prismatic films, which each include pluralities of parallel, linear first and second prisms. Each of the first and second prisms have opposing first and second sides extending from first and second ends of a base of the prism and meeting at a peak. The first and second sides make first and second base angles with the base of the prism. The peaks of the prismatic films face away from each other and the optical film. For a collimated, normally incident light, for at least a first wavelength in a first wavelength range, and for each of first and second polarization states: the optical film has an optical transmission of less than about 1%, and the optical construction transmits at least 1% of the incident light at an oblique angle greater than 5 degrees with respect to the optical film. |
| US12066649B2 |
Light emitting sheet and light unit including the same
The present invention relates to a light exiting member, a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a backlight unit of a liquid crystal display, a front light unit of a reflective display, applicable to interior lighting, living lighting or advertisement lighting, and a light member capable of implementing a delicate and various specific image by selectively burying or modifying the same. The light exiting member according to an embodiment of the present invention has a plurality of fine pattern portions formed on one surface, the fine pattern portions have a cavity, the cavity is defined by a lower surface located at a predetermined depth from the opening and a plurality of inner surfaces connected to the lower surface, and at least one of the inner surfaces is convex. |
| US12066640B2 |
Lens moving apparatus
Disclosed is a lens moving apparatus. The lens moving apparatus includes a moving unit having at least one lens installed therein and moving by electromagnetic interaction between magnets and coils, elastic members configured to support the moving unit, and position sensors configured to sense change of electromagnetic force emitted from the magnets according to movement of the moving unit and to output an output signal based on a result of sensing, and a primary resonant frequency of frequency response characteristics according to gain of a ratio of the output signal of the position sensors to an input signal applied to the coils is 30 Hz to 200 Hz. |
| US12066636B2 |
Polarization optimized heads-up display
An optical system includes a display including an active display region having a maximum lateral dimension D and configured to emit an image for viewing by an eye of a viewer, the active display region including a display center and a predetermined region including the display center, the predetermined region having a largest lateral dimension d, such that d/D≤0.25; a windshield of a vehicle; and an optical film configured to receive the image emitted by the active display region and reflect or transmit at least a portion of the received image toward the windshield, the windshield configured to receive the image reflected or transmitted by the optical film and reflect at least a portion of the received image toward the eye, such that for at least one first location within the predetermined area of the active display region, the emitted image includes a first emitted image cone emitted from the first location, the first emitted image cone including a first emitted central image ray emitted from the first location, wherein the optical film is so oriented as to cause the first emitted central image ray to be substantially polarized in a plane of incidence when incident on the windshield. |
| US12066634B2 |
Wearable device with in-eye display capability
The present application discloses examples of various apparatuses and systems that can be utilized for augmented reality. According to one example, a wearable device that can optionally comprise: a frame configured for wearing by a user; one or more optical elements mounted on the frame; an array having a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to the one or more optical elements, wherein the one or more optical elements and the array are mounted within a field of view of the user when the frame is worn by the user; and additional onboard electronic components carried by the frame including at least a battery that is configured to provide for electrically powered operation of the array. |
| US12066633B2 |
Wearable pupil-forming display apparatus
A wearable display apparatus is described herein. The wearable display apparatus includes a headset, a left-eye optical system, a right-eye optical system, and an inter-pupil distance (IPD) adjustment system coupled to the headset, the left-eye optical system, and the right-eye optical system for adjusting an inter-pupil spacing between the left-eye optical system and the right-eye optical system. |
| US12066632B2 |
Wearable laser based display method and system
The present invention is directed to wearable display technologies. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention provide wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection display systems where one or more laser diodes are used as light source for illustrating images with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides. In one set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projector systems that utilize transparent waveguides and blue and/or green laser fabricated using gallium nitride containing material. In another set of embodiments, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating projection systems having digital lighting processing engines illuminated by blue and/or green laser devices with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides. In one embodiment, the present invention provides wearable augmented reality glasses incorporating a 3D display system with optical delivery to the eye using transparent waveguides. There are other embodiments as well. |
| US12066630B2 |
Nonintrusive head-mounted device
Systems, devices and methods for a head-mounted device are provided. In some examples, a head-mounted device comprising a frame having at least one arm, at least one display coupled at a proximity edge of the at least one arm, an electronic system coupled at a proximity another edge of the at least one arm, a data processing unit configured to send and receive data from the display, wherein the data processing unit coupled through the arm between the electronic system and the display; and an optical system configured to project an image from the display to a user's eye, wherein the optical system is mounted at the top of the display. |
| US12066621B2 |
MEMS device with tiltable structure and improved control
A MEMS device includes a semiconductor body with a cavity and forming an anchor portion, a tiltable structure elastically suspended over the cavity, first and second support arms to support the tiltable structure, and first and second piezoelectric actuation structures biasable to deform mechanically, generating a rotation of the tiltable structure around a rotation axis. The piezoelectric actuation structures carry first and second piezoelectric displacement sensors. When the tiltable structure rotates around the rotation axis, the displacement sensors are subject to respective mechanical deformations and generate respective sensing signals in phase opposition to each other, indicative of the rotation of the tiltable structure. The sensing signals are configured to be acquired in a differential manner. |
| US12066618B2 |
Systems and methods for color imaging
Systems and methods for multi-color imaging using a microscope system. The microscope system can have a relatively small size as compared to an average microscope system. The microscope system can include various components configured to reduce or eliminate image artifacts such as chromatic aberrations and/or noise from stray light that can occur during multi-color imaging. The components can be configured to reduce or eliminate the image artifacts, and/or noise without substantially changing the size of the microscope system. |
| US12066616B2 |
Reflective microscope objective lens for all colors
A reflective microscope objective lens includes a concave mirror system that reflects incoming radiation, a convex mirror in optical communication with the concave mirror system, and a primary concave mirror in optical communication with the convex mirror. The concave mirror system includes a first concave mirror. The primary concave mirror focuses outgoing radiation onto a focal plane wherein the concave mirror system. Characteristically, the convex mirror and the primary concave mirror are arranged to direct light along a non-concentric path. |
| US12066615B2 |
Apparatus and method for light-beam scanning microspectrometry
An apparatus for light-beam scanning microscopy includes a microscope objective and a movement system for moving an excitation light beam. The movement system for moving the excitation light beam includes a first focusing optical component suitable for focusing the excitation light beam in an intermediate focal plane, another focusing optical component suitable for forming an image of the intermediate focal in a focal plane of the microscope objective and a single scanning mirror arranged between the first optical component and the intermediate focal plane, the scanning mirror being mounted on a stage, the orientation of which can be adjusted, so as to move the image of the focusing point in two transverse directions in the object focal plane or in the image focal plane of the microscope objective. |
| US12066612B2 |
Dynamic concentrator system and method therefor
A dynamic concentrator system having a concentrator lens, a tracker platform and a receiver. In an embodiment, the concentrator lens is configured to receive an incoming light at an entrance angle α and concentrate the light beam on a focus spot. The tracker platform has a detector optical aperture and one or more actuators. The detector optical aperture can be configured to receive the concentrated light beam. The actuators can move the detector optical aperture in a spatial plane to a location of the focus spot. The receiver has a detector optically coupled to the detector optical aperture to receive the concentrated light beam from the detector optical aperture. |
| US12066611B2 |
Illumination apparatus
A directional illumination apparatus comprises an array of micro-LEDs that may be organic LEDs (OLEDs) or inorganic LEDs and an aligned solid catadioptric micro-optic array arranged to provide a water vapour and oxygen barrier for the micro-LEDs as well as reduced sensitivity to thermal and pressure variations. The shape of the interfaces of the solid catadioptric micro-optic array is arranged to provide total internal reflection for light from the aligned micro-LEDs using known transparent materials. A thin and efficient illumination apparatus may be used for collimated illumination in environmental lighting, display backlighting or direct display. |
| US12066609B2 |
Multiple effective focal length (EFL) optical system
A multi-band/multi-polarization reflective or catadioptric optical system yields differing effective focal lengths (EFLs) per band/polarization. This approach could be used to create an imaging system, for example. In such case, a sensor (imager, spectrometer, diode, etc.) is located at the one or more focal planes. On the other hand, it could also be used to create a projecting system or hybrid projecting and imaging system by locating an emitter such as an LED, laser, etc.) at the image or focal plane. The system employs polarizers and/or dichroic coatings nano patterns to create different focal lengths and/or fields of view using the same mirrors and/or lenses by, for example, including at least one dichroic coating optically in front of at least one additional mirror to separately reflect the different bands or polarizations. |
| US12066602B2 |
Optical imaging lens
The present invention provides an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens comprises six lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling convex or concave shape of surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may present a great field of view with smaller surface area of the front side of the optical imaging lens. |
| US12066598B2 |
Optical system, lens apparatus, and image capturing apparatus
An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit consisting of one or more negative lenses, a second lens unit with positive refractive power disposed so as to have a first air space from the first lens unit, and a third lens unit disposed so as to have a second air space from the second lens unit. The first air space is a widest air space of air spaces formed closer to the object side than a positive lens disposed closest to the object side in the optical system. A surface of the first lens unit closest to the image side is concave. The third lens unit consists of a lens element with negative refractive power and having a concave surface on the object side. The optical system satisfies predetermined inequalities. |
| US12066593B2 |
(Meth)acrylate compound
The compound having a high refractive index characteristic and a high transmittance is a (meth)acrylate compound represented by the following general formula (1): in the general formula (1), X represents a phenylene group, Z1 to Z3 are selected from the group consisting of a phenyl group, a heteroaryl group, a phenylene group, a heteroarylene group, a phenylalkylene group having an alkylene group having 1 or more to 4 or less carbon atoms, and a heteroaralkylene group having an alkylene group having 1 or more to 4 or less carbon atoms, P1 to P3 are selected from the group consisting of an acryloyloxy group and a methacryloyloxy group, A is selected from the group consisting of an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an arylene group, and a heteroarylene group, and “m” and “n” each represent 0 or 1, provided that when the “m” represents 0, the “n” represents 0. |
| US12066592B2 |
Meta-optical device and electronic apparatus including the same
Provided is a meta-optical device including a first layer including a plurality of first nanostructures and a first material disposed adjacent to the plurality of first nanostructures, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer including a plurality of second nanostructures and a second material disposed adjacent to the plurality of second nanostructures, wherein the first layer and the second layer include regions in which signs of an effective refractive index change rate in a first direction are opposite to each other, and wherein the meta-optical device is configured to obtain a target phase delay profile with respect to incident light of a predetermined wavelength band. |
| US12066587B2 |
Method for extracting IP information from grounded-wire transient electromagnetic response
Disclosed is a method for extracting IP information in a TEM response of a grounded-wire source, comprising the following steps: 1) obtaining subsurface resistivity through inversion of a vertical magnetic field less influenced by an IP effect; 2) obtaining an electric field response not influenced by the IP effect based on forward modeling of the obtained underground electrical structure; 3) removing the influence of the IP effect on an observed response to obtain a pure IP response; and 4) inverting the obtained IP response to obtain IP information of polarizability, a frequency dependence, and a time constant. The method of the present invention provides a new idea for further extracting IP information in a TEM response. |
| US12066583B2 |
Method for detecting seismic events
A method detects seismic events, in particular detects foreshocks for earthquake prediction. The events are detected by a plurality of sensors, wherein at least a part of a water pipe network on which the sensors are arranged is used for detection. An ultrasonic water meter to be connected to a water pipe network and an ultrasonic water meter system connected to a water pipe network are provided to detect seismic events. |
| US12066580B2 |
Photodetection device
A photodetection device includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units. The plurality of pixel units includes a pixel unit including a first photodetector in an active area, and a pixel unit including a second photodetector in an inactive area. The first photodetector includes a first lower electrode layer, a first lower extrinsic semiconductor layer, a first intrinsic semiconductor layer, a first upper extrinsic semiconductor layer, and a first upper electrode layer. The second photodetector includes a second lower electrode layer, a second lower extrinsic semiconductor layer, a second intrinsic semiconductor layer, a second upper extrinsic semiconductor layer, and a second upper electrode layer. The second lower electrode layer is covered with the second lower extrinsic semiconductor layer and the second intrinsic semiconductor layer. |
| US12066579B2 |
Real-time monitoring of surroundings of marine vessel
Real-time monitoring of surroundings of a marine vessel. One or more observation sensor modules are configured and positioned to generate sensor data extending around the marine vessel. One or more data processors are configured to map and visualize the sensor data in relation to a virtual model of the marine vessel. A user interface is configured to display the virtual model together with the visualized sensor data from a user selectable point of view to a mariner of the marine vessel. |
| US12066575B2 |
Lidar system with adjustable pulse period
In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit pulses of light. The emitted pulses of light include one or more series of standard-resolution pulses alternating with one or more series of high-resolution pulses. Each series of the standard-resolution pulses includes multiple pulses having a standard pulse period, and each series of the high-resolution pulses includes multiple pulses having a high-resolution pulse period. The standard pulse period is greater than or equal to a round-trip time associated with a maximum range of the lidar system, and the high-resolution pulse period is less than the standard pulse period. The lidar system also includes a scanner configured to scan at least a portion of the emitted pulses of light across a field of regard. |
| US12066571B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting adverse road conditions using radar
Example embodiments relate to techniques for detecting adverse road conditions using radar. A computing device may generate a first radar representation that represents a field of view for a radar unit coupled to a vehicle and during clear weather conditions and store the first radar representation in memory. The computing device may receive radar data from the radar unit during navigation of the vehicle on a road and determine a second radar representation based on the radar data. The computing device may also perform a comparison between the first radar representation and the second radar representation and determine a road condition for the road based on the comparison. The road condition may represent a quantity of precipitation located on the road and provide control instructions to the vehicle based on the road condition for the road. |
| US12066570B2 |
Hybrid evaluation of radar data for classifying objects
A method for classifying objects based on measured data recorded by at least one radar sensor. In the method, a frequency spectrum of time-dependent measured data of the radar sensor is provided; from this frequency spectrum, locations from which reflected radar radiation has reached the radar sensor are ascertained; at least one group of such locations belonging to one and the same object is ascertained; for each location in this group, a portion of the frequency spectrum that corresponds to the radar radiation reflected from this location is ascertained; all these portions for the object are aggregated and are fed to a classifier; the object is assigned by the classifier to one or multiple classes of a predefined classification. |
| US12066565B2 |
Radar system with balancing of the receiving channels over a plurality of radar chips
A radar system includes a first radar chip having one or more receiving channels and a second radar chip having one or more receiving channels, wherein the receiving channels of the first and second radar chips each have an RF input port and are configured to provide, based on an RF input signal received at the RF input port, a corresponding digital baseband signal that is characterizable by at least one signal parameter. The radar system further includes a power divider configured to forward an RF signal to both a first receiving channel integrated in the first radar chip and to a second receiving channel integrated in the second radar chip. A processor is configured to determine information indicating a deviation between the signal parameter of the digital baseband signal of the first receiving channel and the corresponding signal parameter of the digital baseband signal of the second receiving channel. |
| US12066564B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting microwave pulses
Described herein are systems and methods for detecting microwave pulses. An example method may include identifying, by a first sensor, a first signal in an environment, the first signal including a signal in a microwave frequency range. The example method may also include determining first data associated with the first signal, the first data being associated with one or more parameters. The example method may also include determining that the first data exceeds a threshold. The example method may also include sending, based on the determination that the first data exceeds a threshold, an alert. |
| US12066561B2 |
Position tracking system and method using radio signals and inertial sensing
An RF position tracking system for wirelessly tracking the three-dimensional position of a tracked object. The tracked object has at least one mobile antenna and at least one inertial sensor. The system uses a plurality of base antennas which communicate with the mobile antenna using radio signals. The tracked object also incorporates the inertial sensor to improve position stability by allowing the system to compare position data from radio signals to data provided by the inertial sensor. |
| US12066555B1 |
Angle of arrival of wireless local area network devices using a switched beam antenna
A method and apparatus for measuring the angle of arrival AOA of Wi-Fi packets, using a switched beam antenna SBA is described. Wide antenna beams, quadrants, are selected in turn and a burst of packets is transmitted on each quadrant. The quadrant with the highest average signals strength is selected. Then the narrow antenna beams that make up that selected quadrant are selected, in sequence, and the average signal strength for each narrow beam is recorded. The narrow beam with the highest average signal strength is returned as the AOA. Based upon which narrow beam recorded the highest signal strength, the next sequence of antenna beams is selected. When the SBA is mounted on a mobile platform, the parameters of the transmission bursts are chosen such that the angular error due to cornering of the platform is negligible. |
| US12066553B2 |
Object location using offset
An apparatus for locating an object of interest using offset. The object may be a mobile platform, or portion of same, associated with a vehicle, or a pavement segment or feature of or on a pavement segment on which the mobile platform is located. The vehicle includes first and second fixed points having a known offset from each other. An image sensor whose field of view includes the second fixed point and a segment of the pavement surface provides image data which is used with the known offset to calculate the precise location of the object of interest. |
| US12066550B2 |
Method and apparatus for distributing or providing rtk positioning correction data using virtual cell
A method for generating and distributing GNSS positioning correction data includes dividing a service area into plural virtual cells, locating a virtual RTK reference station in every virtual cell, collectively calculating interpolated correction data for virtual RTK reference stations using correction data of actual RTK reference stations, encoding any combination of correction data into a virtual cell RTK frame, and distributing or providing the virtual cell RTK frame to servers or user devices through networks. Cost-effectiveness of distribution (or service) network can be achieved by means of spatial and/or temporal optimization of correction data with a virtual cell map indicating validities of each virtual cell. |
| US12066547B1 |
Method and system for vehicular lidar and communication utilizing a vehicle head light and/or taillight and communicating with vehicle subsystems
A method of measuring a distance between a vehicle and one or more objects, includes generating a modulation signal; generating a modulated light emitting diode (LED) transmission signal, via a vehicle LED driver assembly; transmitting a plurality of light beams based at least in part on the generated modulated LED transmission signal; capturing a reflection of the plurality of light beams off the one or more objects, utilizing one or more lens assemblies and a camera, the camera including an array of pixel sensors and being positioned on the vehicle; communicating a series of measurements representing the captured plurality of light beam reflections; calculating, utilizing the time-of-flight sensor module, time of flight measurements between the vehicle LED light assembly and the one or more objects and calculating distances, utilizing a depth processor module, between the vehicle LED light assembly and the one or more objects based on the time-of-flight measurements. |
| US12066546B2 |
Electro-optic modulator and methods of using and manufacturing same for three-dimensional imaging
Apparatuses, systems and methods for modulating returned light for acquisition of 3D data from a scene are described. A 3D imaging system includes a Fabry-Perot cavity having a first partially-reflective surface for receiving incident light and a second partially-reflective surface from which light exits. An electro-optic material is located within the Fabry-Perot cavity between the first and second partially-reflective surfaces. Transparent longitudinal electrodes or transverse electrodes produce an electric field within the electro-optic material. A voltage driver is configured to modulate, as a function of time, the electric field within the electro-optic material so that the incident light passing through the electro-optic material is modulated according to a modulation waveform. A light sensor receives modulated light that exits the second partially-reflective surface of the Fabry-Perot cavity and converts the light into electronic signals. Three-dimensional (3D) information regarding a scene-of-interest may be obtained from the electronic signals. |
| US12066541B2 |
Imaging system having multiple cores
The imaging system includes a photonic circuit chip having multiple cores. Each of the cores includes an optical switch and multiple alternate waveguides. The optical switch in each core is configured to direct an outgoing light signal to any one of the alternate waveguides, the alternate waveguide to which the outgoing light signal is directed being an active waveguide. Each core outputs the outgoing LIDAR signal from the active waveguide while receiving an incoming LIDAR signal that includes light from the outgoing LIDAR signal, has exited from the imaging system, and has returned to the imaging system. Each core includes a signal splitter that receives the outgoing LIDAR signal and the incoming LIDAR signal. The signal splitter extracts a portion of the outgoing LIDAR signal that serves as a reference signal and at least a portion of the incoming LIDAR signal that serves as a comparative signal. Each core includes a signal combiner that combines light from the reference signal with light from the comparative signal so as to generate a composite signal beating at a beat frequency. Electronics calculate LIDAR data for each core from the beat frequency of the composite signal generated by the core. |
| US12066540B2 |
Axial deviation estimation apparatus
An axial deviation estimation apparatus of an in-vehicle sensor includes a road surface recognition unit configured to recognize a road surface by a laser radar installed in a vehicle, an estimation unit configured to estimate an axial deviation amount of the in-vehicle sensor mounted on the vehicle, and a plane creation unit configured to create a virtual plane of the road surface based on a recognition result of the road surface recognition unit. The estimation unit estimates the axial deviation amount based on an inclination of the virtual plane with respect to a reference plane of the laser radar. |
| US12066539B2 |
Methods and apparatus for locating devices
A method implemented by a first time of flight (ToF) sensor includes generating, by the first ToF sensor, a first depth map in accordance with measurements of reflections of an optical signal emitted by the first ToF sensor; communicating, by the first sensor with a second ToF sensor, the first depth map and a second depth map, the second depth map generated by the second ToF sensor; and determining, by the first ToF sensor, a relative location of the first ToF sensor relative to the second ToF sensor in accordance with the first depth map and the second depth map. |
| US12066536B2 |
LiDAR system with optical circulator
A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system according to the present disclosure comprises an optical circulator and one or more photodetectors (PDs). The optical circulator is to transmit the target return signal to the one or more PDs, where the one or more PDs are to mix the target return signal with a local oscillator (LO) signal to generate a signal to extract information of the target. |
| US12066535B2 |
Monitoring signal chirp in LIDAR output signals
A LIDAR system includes at least one optical component configured to output a system 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 a control mechanism configured to control one or more process variables of the system output signal. The control mechanism uses an electrical process variable signal to control the process variable. The process variable signal has an in-phase component and a quadrature component. |
| US12066533B2 |
Object detection system, object detection method and object detection device
An object detection system includes distance measurement sensors and a hardware processor functioning as a wave transmission control circuit and a determination circuit. The distance measurement sensors provided at different positions in a vehicle. The wave transmission control circuit sets one of the distance measurement sensors as a top of a wave transmission order. A detection range of the one of the distance measurement sensors covers a region where an object is located. The object has been detected through preliminary detection when power supply to the vehicle is started. The wave transmission control circuit then repeats a cyclic wave transmission control on the distance measurement sensors to emit ultrasonic waves sequentially in the wave transmission order. The determination circuit determines an object as a detection target object when any one of the distance measurement sensors has detected the object a predetermined number of times. |
| US12066531B2 |
Ultrasonic sensor control device and ultrasonic sensor
Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic sensor control device that controls an ultrasonic sensor device configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic sensor control device includes a transmission control section configured to control transmission of a transmission ultrasonic wave at a first frequency through the ultrasonic sensor device, a reception section configured to receive a reception ultrasonic wave through the ultrasonic sensor device, and a device control section configured to control the ultrasonic sensor device to set given frequencies as a transmission frequency of the transmission ultrasonic wave and a reception frequency of the reception ultrasonic wave. The device control section changes the reception frequency in such a manner that the reception frequency is a frequency different from the first frequency during a first period including at least a transmission period during which the transmission ultrasonic wave is transmitted. |
| US12066527B2 |
Method for correcting a previously estimated position of a vehicle
Disclosed is a method for resetting the estimated position of a vehicle, including: —a step of receiving by a RADAR system a real RADAR image, —a step of acquiring an estimated position of the vehicle, —a step of calculating by a computer equipping the vehicle a simulated RADAR image, as a function of the estimated position of the vehicle and of a cartographic model of the environment of the vehicle, —a step of comparing the real RADAR image and the simulated RADAR image, and —a step of correcting the estimated position of the vehicle as a function of the result of the comparison. |
| US12066524B2 |
Radar data processing method, terminal device, and computer-readable storage medium
This application is applicable to the field of radar technologies, and provides a radar data processing method, a terminal device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining radar data collected by a receiving area array; if the radar data is saturated, performing data fusion processing based on a floodlight distance value to obtain a fusion result; and determining a distance of a target object based on the fusion result. The method can accurately obtain an actual distance of the target object, effectively reduce a measurement error, improve calculation accuracy, and resolve an existing problem of a large deviation of a measurement result when an actual echo waveform cannot be effectively restored because a signal received by the radar is over-saturated when a laser is directly irradiated on a target object with high reflectivity. |
| US12066517B2 |
Radar apparatus, system, and method
Some demonstrative aspects include radar apparatuses, devices, systems and methods. In one example, an apparatus may include a plurality of Transmit (Tx) chains to transmit radar Tx signals, and a plurality of Receive (Rx) chains to process radar Rx signals. For example, the radar Rx signals may be based on the radar Tx signals. The apparatus may be implemented, for example, as part of a radar device, for example, as part of a vehicle including the radar device. In other aspects, the apparatus may include any other additional or alternative elements and/or may be implemented as part of any other device. |
| US12066515B2 |
Multi-body coherent aperture synthesis
An antenna is provided with sub-apertures whose relative locations change and that are not connected via a mechanical link. a Multi-Body Coherent Aperture Synthesis system supports an antenna with sub-aperture devices that collect views, collect (using an optical link) ranging information (that includes timing information) relating to distance between sub-aperture devices, and transmit the collected views and ranging information to a master device. The master device synthesizes the collected views into a synthesized image based on the ranging information. |
| US12066514B2 |
Integrated thin-film resistive sensor with integrated heater and metal layer thermal equalizer
An integrated circuit (IC) provides on-line, wafer-level, die-level, or package-level thermal calibration of an integrated thin-film resistor, by thermally enclosing the thin-film resistor with metal layers formed above and below the thin-film resistor along its length and width. Metal vias thermally couple the metal layers to the substrate to at least partially equalize the temperature of the metal layers and the thin-film resistor and the substrate. A controllable heat source, which may be provided by another thin-film resistor integrated on or below the substrate, and a reference temperature sensor provide heating/calibration measurement of the resistance of the thin-film resistor over a range of temperature. The reference temperature sensor may be provided within the IC, for example, integrated on the substrate or packaged with the die containing the thin-film resistor, or may be otherwise thermally coupled to the metal layers, e.g., by an extension of one of the metal layers. |
| US12066510B2 |
RF receive coil circuit for MRI systems
An apparatus and method for receiving a magnetic resonance (MR) signal for imaging a patient. The MR signal includes a MR frequency. A radio frequency (RF) coil has first and second end portions. An impedance converter is in electrical communication with the RF coil. A preamplifier in electrical communication with the impedance converter, the preamplifier having a gain. At least one resonant circuit electrically connected to at least one end portion of the RF coil. |
| US12066509B2 |
MRI apparatus
In one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes: a transmission circuit configured to apply a transmission pulse to an object; at least one radio frequency (RF) coil configured to include an active trap circuit provided with a PIN diode, and to receive a magnetic resonance signal from the object; a power supply circuit configured to apply a reverse bias voltage and a forward bias voltage to the PIN diode, and to apply multiple values of a forward current when the forward bias voltage is applied to the PIN diode; and a control circuit configured to control the power supply circuit in such a manner that the power supply circuit sets the forward current to the multiple values, depending on imaging conditions. |
| US12066506B2 |
Magnetic sensor
To provide a small-sized magnetic sensor capable of achieving closed-loop control. A magnetic sensor includes: a sensor chip mounted on a surface of a substrate such that an element formation surface is perpendicular to the surface of the substrate or inclined by a predetermined angle with respect thereto; an external magnetic member mounted on the surface of the substrate and collecting a magnetic field to be detected in a magnetosensitive element; and a compensating coil wound around the external magnetic member. The compensating coil is thus wound around the external magnetic member, so that it is possible to cancel a magnetic field to be applied to the magnetosensitive element and to prevent the external magnetic member from being magnetically saturated. |
| US12066504B2 |
Method for determining an indication of whether three phase cables are correctly or erroneously connected between power electronics and an electrical machine comprised in an at least partly electrically operated vehicle or vessel
A method performed by a control unit for determining an indication of whether three phase cables are correctly or erroneously connected between power electronics and an electrical machine comprised in an at least partly electrically operated vehicle or vessel. The control unit triggers generation of a current vector in the electrical machine from a voltage vector. The voltage vector has a voltage angle. When the current vector has a reached a current amplitude reference, the control unit obtains a current angle of the current vector and signs of derivatives of the voltage angle and the current angle. Based on the signs of derivatives, the control unit determines an indication of whether or not the phase cables are correctly or erroneously connected. |
| US12066500B2 |
Electrical assembly
An electrical assembly may include an electrical component, a first switch, and/or a second switch. The electrical component may include a closed state and an open state. The first switch may be connected in series with the second switch. The first switch and the second switch may be connected in parallel with the electrical component. The first switch and the second switch may be configured to provide a second electrical connection when the electrical component is in the open state. A method of operating an electrical assembly may include providing power from a power source to the electrical component, opening the electrical component, the first switch, and/or the second switch via a controller, closing a second electrical component via the controller, and/or providing a diagnostic current from the power source to a diagnostic load to determine a status of the power source. |
| US12066494B2 |
Method for identifying a measure that is not provided for by the manufacturer on or using a removable battery pack and removable battery pack for carrying out the method
A method identifies a measure that is not provided for by a manufacturer on or using a removable battery pack having at least one energy storage cell and a monitoring unit. The method includes detecting and storing a voltage of the removable battery pack and/or a cell voltage of the at least one energy storage cell using the monitoring unit before the monitoring unit is set to a quiescent state or when the removable battery pack is set to a state other than a charging operating state. The method also includes comparing the detected voltage of the removable battery pack and/or the detected cell voltage with a previously-stored voltage of the removable battery pack or a previously-stored cell voltage using the monitoring unit when the monitoring unit is set to an operating state or when the removable battery pack is in the state other than the charging operating state. |
| US12066489B2 |
Scan flip-flops with pre-setting combinational logic
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for pre-setting scan flip-flops using combinational logic circuits. A system includes a plurality of flip-flop devices and a first pre-setting combinational logic circuit. The plurality of flip-flop devices are coupled together in series and configured to receive a scan input signal, capture data output from each flip-flop device of the plurality of flip-flop devices based on the scan input signal, and generate a scan output signal comprising the captured data. The first pre-setting combinational logic circuit is coupled to a first flip-flop device of the plurality of flip-flop devices. The first pre-setting combinational logic circuit includes a plurality of transistors and is configured to override and set either the scan input signal to the first flip-flop device or the scan output signal of the first flip-flop device based on selective operation of the plurality of transistors. |
| US12066488B2 |
Embedded PHY (EPHY) IP core for FPGA
The present disclosure generally relates to an embedded physical layer (EPHY) for a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The EPHY for the FPGA is for a testing device that can receive and transmit in both the high speed PHYs, as well as low speed PHYs, such as MIPI PHYS (MPHYs), to meet universal flash storage (UFS) specifications. The testing device with the EPHY for the FPGA provides flexibility to support any specification updates without the need of application specific (ASIC) production cycles. |
| US12066483B2 |
Method for testing an integrated circuit (IC) device at a testing temperature
One example includes a method for testing an IC device at a testing temperature. The method includes fabricating the IC device based on a circuit design. The IC device includes a power transistor, conductive I/O leads, a temperature test switch system coupled between the conductive I/O leads, and a thermal diode coupled to the temperature test switch system. The method also includes coupling the conductive I/O leads of the IC device to a circuit test fixture and activating the power transistor to conduct a current in the IC device via the circuit test fixture. The method also includes periodically measuring a temperature of the IC device by measuring a voltage across the thermal diode via the conductive I/O leads based on the temperature test switch system until achieving the testing temperature. The method further includes performing functional measurements associated with the IC device at the testing temperature. |
| US12066482B2 |
Socket for electrical component
A socket for an electrical component including a socket main body 11 including a contact pin, an operating member 12 provided in the socket main body 11 in a vertically movable manner and urged upward, an opening/closing body 14 provided in the socket main body 11 as being capable of being opened and closed and configured to press an electrical component arranged in the socket main body 11 by being closed, an opening/closing link mechanism 15 connected to the opening/closing body 14 with a base end part 15a thereof connected to the socket main body 11 and the operating member 12 to close the opening/closing body 14 when being lifted by the operating member 14, and a depression mechanism 16 which depresses a leading end part 15b of the opening/closing link mechanism 15 when the opening/closing body 14 is closed. |
| US12066479B2 |
Insulation resistance detection circuit and method of detecting insulation resistance
An insulation resistance detection circuit is coupled to a positive end and a negative end of a DC power source, and is used to detect a positive insulation resistance between the positive end and a ground point and detect a negative insulation resistance between the negative end and the ground point. A detection unit sets a first estimated resistance and a second estimated resistance, and acquires a first voltage based on turning on the switch and acquires a second voltage based on turning off the switch. The detection unit calculates a third voltage and a fourth voltage according to the first estimated resistance and the second estimated resistance so as to detect the positive insulation resistance and the negative insulation resistance when the third voltage is equal to the first voltage and the fourth voltage is equal to the second voltage. |
| US12066470B2 |
Multichannel electrical power grid monitoring system for detecting and analyzing sensor installation and configuration errors
Techniques, methods, systems and articles are described for monitoring electrical equipment of a power grid, identifying installation and/or configuration errors of such electrical equipment, and automatically correcting the errors. In one example, a system includes at least one processor and a plurality of sensors coupled to a multi-phase power line comprising a plurality of electrical cables that are each associated with a respective phase. The plurality of sensors are configured to generate sensor data that is indicative of one or more conditions of the electrical cables. The at least one processor is configured to receive the sensor data and determine, based at least in part on the sensor data, whether a sensor of the plurality of sensors is installed correctly. The at least one processor is also configured to perform an action in response to determining that the sensor is not installed correctly. |
| US12066469B2 |
Method for diagnosing failure of power input circuit and system therefor
A current measurement apparatus for a three-phase inverter, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a current detection element connected to a lower end of one of three lower switches constituting the inverter; a current measurement unit measuring currents by using the current detection element and the two lower switches that are not connected to the current detection element; and a current correction unit for correcting, on the basis of the relationship between a first current value measured by means of the current detection element and second and third current values measured by means of the two lower switches, the second and third current values. |
| US12066466B2 |
Current measurement device for measuring currents flowing in mutually opposite directions
A current measurement device includes: four or more triaxial magnetic sensors arranged to have predefined positional relationships such that magnetism-sensing directions thereof are parallel to each other; and a calculator configured to calculate currents flowing through a pair of conductors to be measured, which are arranged in proximity to each other, based on detection results of the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors and the positional relationships between the four or more triaxial magnetic sensors, the currents flowing in mutually opposite directions. |
| US12066458B2 |
Conductive particle-disposed film having conductive particles disposed within an elastomer film, method for producing the same, test probe unit, and continuity test method
A conductive particle-disposed film of the present invention useful for a test probe unit for a continuity test of a fine-pitch continuity test object such as a semiconductor device is configured so that conductive particles are disposed in the surface direction of the elastomer film. The thickness of the elastomer film approximately coincides with the average particle diameter of the conductive particles. Ends of the conductive particles are positioned in the vicinity of respective outermost faces of both surfaces of the elastomer film. The same or different conductive particle-disposed films may be layered. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer may be formed on at least one surface of the conductive particle-disposed film. |
| US12066454B2 |
Encoder device and manufacturing method thereof, drive device, stage device, and robot device
An encoder device including: a position detection unit for detecting position information of a moving part; a magnet having a plurality of polarities along a moving direction of the moving part; an electric signal generation unit for generating an electric signal, based on a magnetic characteristic of a magnetosensitive part, the electric signal generation unit having the magnetosensitive part whose magnetic characteristic is changed by a change in magnetic field associated with movement of the moving part and a first magnetic body for guiding magnetic flux lines of the magnet toward the magnetosensitive part; and a second magnetic body for guiding magnetic flux lines of a part having one polarity of the magnet toward a part having other polarity of the magnet, the second magnetic body being disposed between the magnet and the magnetosensitive part. |
| US12066450B2 |
Substrate for sample analysis
This substrate for sample analysis, which transfers a sample-containing liquid by means of rotation and analyzes a specific substance in a sample, is provided with: a space which holds the sample-containing liquid in a substrate having a rotary shaft; a reaction chamber having an inlet and an outlet connected to the space; and a dried reagent disposed in the space of the reaction chamber. The space has a first end and a second end spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction. The inlet and the outlet are arranged at the first end and the second end, respectively. The space has a capillary portion, and a first non-capillary portion which is connected to the capillary portion, is located at the second end, has an opening, and extends in a radial direction. The outlet is connected to the outer peripheral side of the first non-capillary portion. |
| US12066446B2 |
Methods for detecting dihydroxyvitamin D metabolites by mass spectrometry
Provided are methods of detecting the presence or amount of a dihydroxyvitamin D metabolite in a sample using mass spectrometry. The methods generally comprise ionizing a dihydorxyvitamin D metabolite in a sample and detecting the amount of the ion to determine the presence or amount of the vitamin D metabolite in the sample. In certain preferred embodiments the methods include immunopurifying the dihydroxyvitamin D metabolites prior to mass spectrometry. Also provided are methods to detect the presence or amount of two or more dihydroxyvitamin D metabolites in a single assay. |
| US12066443B2 |
Method of treating acute coronary syndrome
The invention relates to a method for prognosing ACS in a subject, the method comprising determining plasma MIF and Nt-proBNP (or BNP) concentrations in a sample from the subject, diagnosing ACS when the subject plasma concentrations are greater than a reference MIF and Nt-proBNP (or BNP) plasma concentration, and prognosing the magnitude of ACS from the subject plasma MIF and Nt-proBNP (or BNP) concentrations. Also provided is a method of treating ACS in a subject, a device, a kit, and a cardiac biomarker related to the methods of prognosing ACS. |
| US12066442B2 |
Method of assessing risk of PML
The invention relates to methods of assessing a patient's risk of developing Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). |
| US12066439B2 |
Methods for enhancing specificity and sensitivity of group a Streptococcus immunoassay
The present disclosure provides methods and kits for detecting Group A Streptococcus in biological samples. More particularly, the present disclosure provides methods for enhancing the specificity and sensitivity of Group A Streptococcus immunoassays by including N-propionyl-D-glucosamine, 2-N-butanoyl-D-glucosamide, Bis-(2-(D-2-deoxy-glucosaminyl))-PEG3-amide, m-PEG4-glucosamine, m-PEG6-glucosamine, or m-PEG10-glucosamine. The methods and kits disclosed herein are thus useful for reliable and early diagnosis of streptococcal infections in a subject. |
| US12066438B2 |
Method for detecting causative bacterium of mastitis
An object of the present invention is to elucidate the cause of degradation of the reliability of detecting causative bacteria of environmental mastitis such as Escherichia coli, Klebsiella bacteria, Streptococcus bacteria, and CNS, and to provide a highly reliable detection means. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable detection means based on the immunochromatographic method, which enables quicker determination compared with the cultivation-based method, and a diagnosis kit using it. The present invention provides a method for detecting a causative bacterium of environmental mastitis of a livestock animal, which comprises: the step of determining whether number of the causative bacterium in a milk of a subject livestock animal is not smaller than a determination value defined beforehand on the basis of distribution of amounts of the causative bacterium in milks derived from a non-disease group and distribution of the amounts of causative bacterium in milks derived from a disease group by an immunological test method, and wherein the immunological test method is an immunochromatographic method using an antibody labeled with not less than 0.6/cm2 and not more than 3.5/cm2 of gold colloid particles (particle-labeled antibody). |
| US12066435B2 |
Microdevice and analysis device
A microdevice includes: a microchannel to which a measurement target solution containing a measurement target substance is introduced; an antibody being fixed to at least one sidewall surface of the microchannel and specifically binding to the measurement target substance; a fluorescence-labeled derivative being specifically bound to the antibody and being acquired by fluorescence-labeling the measurement target substance; and a light blocker blocking excitation light exciting fluorescent light radiated by the fluorescence-labeled derivative. The measurement target substance and the fluorescence-labeled derivative specifically bind to the antibody in a competitive manner, and the antibody is fixed to the sidewall surface of the microchannel in a state of specifically binding to the fluorescence-labeled derivative. The light blocker blocks the excitation light entering the fluorescence-labeled derivative specifically binding to the antibody. |
| US12066434B2 |
QMAX assays and applications
The present invention provides, among other things, QMAX card based assays in different forms for various analytes, offering simpler, fast, more sensitive assaying. |
| US12066433B2 |
Method for analyzing test substance, analyzer, training method, analyzer system, and analysis program
Disclosed is an analytical method for analyzing a test substance contained in a measurement sample, the method comprising: generating a data set based on a plurality of optical spectra acquired from a plurality of locations in the measurement sample; inputting the data set into a deep learning algorithm having a neural network structure; and outputting information on the test substance, on the basis of an analytical result from the deep learning algorithm. |
| US12066432B2 |
Placental protein biomarkers for gestational age assessment and related methods
Provided herein are methods, systems and kits for detection of certain placental proteins, such as PAPP-A and ADAM-12, for example, in a serum sample from an individual to classify gestational ages above and below a specific threshold, such as for use in determining for use in determining gestational age for making clinical or personal decisions without ultrasound. |
| US12066430B2 |
Trogocytosis mediated epitope discovery methods
Disclosed herein are trogocytosis based TCR ligand discovery platforms and methods of using the same, trogocytosis based TCR discovery platforms and methods of using the same, and trogocytosis based ligand discovery platforms and methods of using the same. Also disclosed herein are isolated cells, nucleotides, sequences, and sequence databases produced using trogocytosis based discovery platforms. |
| US12066429B2 |
Method for inhibiting the expression of inflammation promoting factors
Provided are an expression inhibitor of an inflammation promoting factor based on the discovery of a new factor influencing the expression amount/level of an inflammation promoting factor, and a development tool therefor. Provided are also a diagnostic agent and a diagnosis method for immune diseases, inflammatory diseases, painful conditions and similar. More specifically provided are: an expression inhibitor of an inflammation promoting factor containing at least one kind of inhibitor selected from the group consisting of RBMS2 expression inhibitor and RBMS2 function inhibitor; a screening method using as an indicator the expression or the function of RBMS2; an expression cassette useful for the method; as well as a diagnostic agent containing a product detection agent for RBMS2 gene expression and disease detection method using as an indicator RBMS2 gene expression amount/level. |
| US12066427B2 |
System and method for automated determination of the relative effectiveness of anti-cancer drug candidates
A computer system is provided for determining the relative effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs. The interface has selectable options, including an option to manage drug testing parameters, and enables user selection of desired drug testing parameters in relation to a virtual well plate associated with a physical well plate of a spectrophotometer. The computer system causes the spectrophotometer to start a drug test, wherein the physical well plate includes at least one test well containing viable cancer cells; and at least one drug candidate in a predetermined concentration; and at least one control well containing the viable cancer cells alone. The system records the optical density of the well at a predetermined wavelength at selected time intervals for a selected duration of time, and stores the optical density and time measurements in the database. An activity value is calculated from the optical density and time measurements, and a correlation is displayed between the activity value and the drug candidate's ability to induce apoptosis in the cancer cells. |
| US12066426B1 |
Pulsed micro-chip laser for malaria detection
A laser suitable for use under field conditions to generate pulsed laser for detecting malaria using transient vapor nanobubbles can include a frequency doubled passively Q-switched microchip laser. The passively Q-switched microchip lasers can include suppression techniques for the unwanted fundamental wavelength in addition to using anti-reflective coatings. The pulsed laser disclosed herein can generate pulses with a high peak power as a result of high energy in conjunction with short pulse duration in the range of hundreds of picoseconds. The high peak power can be enough to generate the photo-thermal transient vapor nanobubbles for malaria detection and/or treatment. |
| US12066425B2 |
Sensor array and apparatus for simultaneous observation of tissue electrophysiology, contractility, and growth
A method includes simultaneously measuring electrophysiological responses and contractility responses of a plurality of cells forming a tissue culture using a system comprising a sensor array configured to simultaneously measure the electrophysiological responses and the contractility responses of the plurality of cells forming the tissue culture. Fabrication techniques for making such systems include: forming a sensor array comprising an interpenetrating arrangement of IDEs and electrodes of a MEA in or on a substrate surface; forming a plurality of contacts for interfacing the system with one or more external devices in or on the substrate surface; and forming leads between the plurality of contacts and the sensor array. |
| US12066424B1 |
Deep rock in situ environment reconstruction and integrated three-dimensional mechanical- thermo-acousto-seismic-flow testing method
The present invention relates to a deep rock in situ environment reconstruction and integrated three-dimensional mechanical-thermo-acousto-seismic-flow testing method, which comprises: preparing a cubic sample; placing the cubic sample in a sample holder; extending the 6 indenters to butt with the sample holder; butting 6 butting indenters with the 6 indenters; butting each of 6 hydraulic actuators with one of the butting indenters, performing stress loading on the cubic sample by the hydraulic actuator, filling a fluid medium into the cubic sample by a percolation medium channel, and dynamically measuring related parameters. The present application can achieve three-way multi-parameter synchronous monitoring and acquisition of deformation, acoustic emission, ultrasonic wave, temperature field, percolation field and heat flow field. |
| US12066423B2 |
Synthetic target material for shaped charge performance evaluation, powdered metal
A shaped charge target apparatus and method for using a target composed of synthetic material, thereby allowing for repeatable testing at a variety of density and hardness values. |
| US12066420B2 |
Analyzer and control method thereof, detection system, and storage medium
An analyzer and a control method thereof, a detection system, and a storage medium are provided. The control method of the analyzer includes: determining whether the analyzer obtains an analysis parameter corresponding to a detection chip used for detection: requesting and obtaining the analysis parameter in a case of being determined that the analyzer does not obtain the analysis parameter; and performing detection on the detection chip and analyzing a substance to be analyzed contained in the detection chip by using the analysis parameter to obtain analysis data of the substance to be analyzed in a case of being determined that the analyzer obtains the analysis parameter. |
| US12066416B2 |
Arithmetic device, arithmetic method, and gas detection system
[Object] To provide an arithmetic device, an arithmetic method, and a gas detection system that are capable of easily correcting deterioration over time of a detection element.[Solving Means] The arithmetic device includes a calculation unit. The calculation unit calculates a correction coefficient from a detection element that causes a resonant frequency change by adsorption of gas on the basis of a resonant frequency change amount associated with a humidity change of the detection element in a degraded state and a resonant frequency change amount associated with a humidity change of the detection element in an initial state that was acquired in advance, and corrects the resonant frequency change amount of the detection element in the degraded state by using the correction coefficient. |
| US12066410B2 |
Fastening arrangement for fastening a sample holder to a force measurement device, sample holder and counterpart holder for a fastening arrangement of said type, and force measurement device having a fastening arrangement of said type
A fastening arrangement fastens a sample holder to a force measuring device. The fastening arrangement has a sample holder, a counterpart holder on the side of the force measuring device. The counterpart holder has a sample holder receptable. The sample holder has a planar abutment surface and the sample holder receptacle has a flat counterpart abutment surface. The sample holder has a positioning element and a fixing element. The sample holder receptacle has a counterpart positioning element and a counterpart fixing element. The positioning element and the counterpart positioning element uniquely define a relative position between the sample holder and the counterpart holder together with the abutment surface and the counterpart abutment surface. The fixing element and the counterpart fixing element hold the sample holder and the counterpart holder against one another and force the abutment surface and the counterpart abutment surface against one another. |
| US12066403B2 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for in-service tank inspections
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for inspecting a tank containing a flammable fluid are provided. A vehicle configured to inspect the tank can include a propeller, a battery, a control unit, an inspection device, and a ranging device. The battery provides power to the propeller, the control unit, the inspection device, and the ranging device. The control unit generates a map of the tank and determines a first position of the vehicle on the map. The propeller moves the vehicle through the flammable fluid in the tank. The inspection device includes a pulsed eddy current array to obtain inspection data indicating a quality of a tank wall. The control unit causes the propeller to move the vehicle from the first position to a second position within the tank. The control unit obtains first inspection data indicating the quality of the tank wall, and stores the first inspection data. |
| US12066399B2 |
Methods and apparatus for measuring analytes using large scale FET arrays
Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH), changes in other analyte concentration, and/or binding events associated with chemical processes relating to DNA synthesis. |
| US12066396B2 |
Sensor element
In a sensor element for a limiting-current type gas sensor measuring concentration of NOx in a measurement gas, an inner pump electrode located to face a first internal space communicating with a gas inlet through which the measurement gas is introduced from an external space under predetermined diffusion resistance is made of a cermet of a Pt—Au alloy and zirconia, and the inner pump electrode is located, from among surfaces defining the first internal space, at least on a surface farthest from a heater part in a thickness direction of the element, and is not located on a surface closest to the heater part in the thickness direction. |
| US12066392B2 |
Excitation light irradiating apparatus and excitation light irradiating method
A substrate 1 includes a color center excited by excitation light, and at least a pair of reflection members 21a, 21b are arranged with gaps from the substrate 1. The substrate 1 causes the excitation light entering the substrate 1 to exit through its surfaces without reflection, and the reflection members 21a, 21b cause the exited excitation light to reflect at the reflection surface 21-1 or 21-2 and enter the substrate 1, and cause the excitation light to repeatedly enter and exit the substrate 1 and thereby pass through the substrate 1 only a predetermined number of times. Here, the irradiating device 4 emits the excitation light such that the excitation light is incident to the reflection surface 21-1 or 21-2 with an angle perpendicular to one axis among two axes of the reflection surface 21-1 or 21-2 and with a predetermined slant angle from the other axis. |
| US12066391B2 |
Method and system for non-destructive metrology of thin layers
Determining a property of a layer of an integrated circuit (IC), the layer being formed over an underlayer, is implemented by performing the steps of: irradiating the IC to thereby eject electrons from the IC; collecting electrons emitted from the IC and determining the kinetic energy of the emitted electrons to thereby calculate emission intensity of electrons emitted from the layer and electrons emitted from the underlayer calculating a ratio of the emission intensity of electrons emitted from the layer and electrons emitted from the underlayer; and using the ratio to determine material composition or thickness of the layer. The steps of irradiating IC and collecting electrons may be performed using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) or x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF). |
| US12066382B2 |
Methods of measuring extracellular vesicles and nanoparticles in complex matrices by light scattering
Described herein are novel rapid and reliable methods of detection of extracellular vesicles and quantifying extracellular vesicle concentrations and absolute number from various sources, including raw cell harvest. The methods described herein comprise detection of light scattering of extracellular vesicles in biological samples. Extracellular vesicles analyzed by the methods of this application have a stereotypical elution profile distinct from known contaminants. The methods described herein are a significant improvement over the state of the art and fulfills an unmet need in the field of extracellular vesicle manufacturing and quality control. |
| US12066374B2 |
Measurement method and measurement device, and corrosion resistance test method and corrosion resistance test apparatus for coated metal material
Provided is a measurement method for measuring a size of a damaged portion in a coated metal material that includes a metal base and surface treatment film provided on the metal base, and reaching the metal base through the surface treatment film. The measurement method includes the steps of disposing a water-containing material to be in contact with the damaged portion and an electrode to be in contact with the water-containing material, and electrically connecting between the electrode and the metal base with an external circuit; applying, with the external circuit, a constant voltage between the electrode and the metal base, as a cathode and an anode, respectively, and measuring a current value flowing therebetween; and calculating a size of the damaged portion, based on the current value measured and a correlation between the current value and the size of the damaged portion, determined on an exploratory basis in advance. |
| US12066372B2 |
Light excitation and collection device and a method for light excitation and collection
According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a light excitation and collection device for a micro-fluidic system, comprising: a light source configured to generate excitation light; a plurality of excitation waveguides, each associated with a flow channel of the micro-fluidic system; wherein each excitation waveguide is configured to receive and redirect the excitation light towards the flow channel, such that the excitation light is elastically scattered by a sample in the flow channel forming forward and side scattered light; and wherein the light excitation and collection device further comprises: at least one forward scattered light collection point; and at least one side scattered light collection point; and wherein the forward scattered light collected for all excitation waveguides is detected by a first plurality of light sensitive areas and the side scattered light collected for all excitation waveguides is detected by a second plurality of light sensitive areas, the first and the second pluralities of light sensitive areas form different groups of light sensitive areas. |
| US12066370B2 |
Flow cell carrier device
The present disclosure relates to a flow cell carrier. The flow cell carrier may include a flow cell and a frame. The frame may include a pocket and a handle. The pocket may have at least one spring feature and at least one banking feature. The frame may be configured to retain the flow cell within the pocket such that a maximal surface area of the flow cell is exposed to an optical lens. Related methods and kits are also disclosed. |
| US12066361B2 |
Method for analyzing samples of a gas in a rotary cement kiln
In a method for analyzing samples of a gas in a rotary cement kiln by at least one gas sampling probe, a first and a second gas sampling probe are provided, wherein the first gas sampling probe is moved so as to reach a sampling position, wherein gas samples are withdrawn from the kiln and analyzed by the first gas sampling probe being in the sampling position, while the second gas sampling probe is kept in a retracted position and is purged, whereupon the second gas sampling probe is moved so as to reach a sampling position, and the first gas sampling probe is moved from the sampling position to the retracted position and is purged, while gas samples are withdrawn from the kiln and analyzed by the second gas sampling probe being in the sampling position. |
| US12066359B2 |
Agricultural sampling system and related methods
An automated computer-controlled sampling system and related methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing agricultural samples for various chemical properties such as plant available nutrients. The sampling system allows multiple samples to be processed and analyzed for different analytes or chemical properties in a simultaneous concurrent or semi-concurrent manner. Advantageously, the system can process soil samples in the “as collected” condition without drying or grinding. The system generally includes a sample preparation sub-system which receives soil samples collected by a probe collection sub-system and produces a slurry (i.e. mixture of soil, vegetation, and/or manure and water), and a chemical analysis sub-system which processes the prepared slurry samples for quantifying multiple analytes and/or chemical properties of the sample. The sample preparation and chemical analysis sub-systems can be used to analyze soil, vegetation, and/or manure samples. |
| US12066355B2 |
Sniffer probe and leak detector
A sniffer probe for a leak detector for monitoring the leaktightness of an object to be tested by tracer gas includes an end piece created in the form of a rigid tube, a housing, a connection member connecting the end piece to the housing, and a sampling duct to sample a gas at a first end of the end piece. The connection member includes a main body that is elastically deformable such that it can adopt a deformed position, making it possible for the end piece to pivot when acted upon by a force and to return to the initial rest position. |
| US12066354B2 |
Leak detection device
The invention relates to a leak detection device comprising: a portable leak detection bell-like member comprising a sealing joint and configured to define a detection chamber between the main body and the test zone, the detection bell-like member further comprising a carrying handle which is provided with a control member which can be manually activated to produce a control signal, a gas suction circuit which is intended to connect the detection chamber to a vacuum pump, the gas suction circuit being provided with a controlled valve which can be switched into an open state to connect the detection chamber to the vacuum pump and a closed state to isolate the detection chamber from the vacuum pump, and a control unit which is configured to switch the controlled valve in response to the control signal. |
| US12066353B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for gas flux measurements
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatus and methods for determining gas flux measurements. A gas plume may be emitted from a source and may be blown by wind in an environment. A measurement system, such as a light detection and ranging (lidar) system may collect a plurality of gas concentration measurements associated with the gas plume at a plurality of locations in the environment. A gas flux may be determined based on one or more of the gas concentration measurements along with a wind speed at a location associated with the gas plume. In some embodiments, a height of the gas plume may be determined, and the wind speed at the height of the gas plume may be determined and used to determine the gas flux. |
| US12066352B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting a leakage of a vacuum assembly
The present invention comprises a method for detecting a leak in a vacuum assembly comprising the steps: implementation of a first detection process to identify a leak area, involving the supply of a vacuum assembly which has a plurality of sensors for detecting a parameter, the determination of values of the parameter over time during the evacuation of a cavity of the vacuum assembly, the creation of a value-time curve for each sensor of the vacuum assembly from the values detected for the respective sensors by means of an evaluation unit, the comparison of the value-time curves created with one another and identification of differences depending on the comparison by means of the evaluation unit, and the identification of a leak area in the vacuum assembly depending on the differences determined in the value-time curves and the respective position of the sensor in relation to the vacuum assembly; and implementation of a second detection process following the first detection process to detect the leak within the leak area identified, involving the supply of an additional detection device which is designed to identify a leak in a vacuum assembly, and the detection of a leak within the leak area by means of the detection device. |
| US12066350B2 |
Determining the composition of a combustion gas
A method for determining a combustion gas composition of a combustion gas for an internal combustion engine includes operating the engine, and establishing an operating point of the internal combustion engine during operation. The method also includes detecting a nitrogen oxide emission of the internal combustion engine at the operating point. The method further includes detecting an exhaust gas temperature of the internal combustion engine at the operating point, and detecting a combustion air ratio of the internal combustion engine at the operating point. The combustion gas composition of the combustion gas is determined based on the operating point, the detected nitrogen oxide emission, the detected exhaust gas temperature and the detected combustion air ratio. |
| US12066348B2 |
Sensor mat for an area sensor system, area sensor system, and method for producing a sensor mat
The invention relates to a sensor mat (4) for an area sensor system (1.2), particularly for monitoring a room (101) of a building (100), comprising a flexible base unit (10) that has a first carrier element (11) with a planar extension and a first main side (11.1) and a second main side (11.2), and at least one detection means (30) for detecting an event (3). In addition, the invention relates to an area sensor system (1.2) for detecting an event (3), and to a method (200) for producing a sensor mat (4). |
| US12066345B2 |
Force measurement system and force measurement method
A force measurement system includes: a grinding arm and a force receiving device, the force receiving device being fixed on its one side and configured to receive a force from the grinding arm; a load cell, which is fixed on the force receiving device and configured to detect the force received by the force receiving device; and a grinding disk, which is fixed on the grinding arm that applies the force to the force receiving device through the grinding disk. The embodiments of the present application facilitate accurate acquisition of a force acting upon a grinded object during actual grinding. |
| US12066339B2 |
System and method of detecting force applied to an object using pressure-sensitive sheets
A pressure-sensitive sheet for detecting a force applied to an object, the sheet comprising: a first substrate having a first electrical connection region and a first electrode region thereon, the first electrical connection region being electrically connected to the first electrode region; a second electrical connection region and a second electrode region, the second electrical connection region being electrically connected to the second electrode region, the second electrode region being physically separated from the first electrode region; a pressure-sensitive layer arranged between the first electrode region and the second electrode region to provide an electrical connection therebetween, the pressure-sensitive layer being arranged to change electrical resistance in response to pressure changes, wherein the first electrical connection region and the second electrical connection region are arranged along different edge regions of the pressure-sensitive sheet to provide circuit terminals of the first electrode and the second electrode respectively. |
| US12066338B2 |
Force-measuring device assembly for a portable electronic apparatus, a portable electronic apparatus, and a method of modifying a span of a sense region in a force-measuring device assembly
A force-measuring device (FMD) assembly for a portable electronic apparatus includes a mid-frame including a base portion, a sidewall portion, and a transition region between the base portion and the sidewall portion, and force-measuring devices coupled to the inner surface of the sidewall portion. The sidewall portion and the transition region are elongate along a longitudinal axis. FMDs are coupled to the inner surface at respective contact regions of the sidewall portion and are separated from each other along the longitudinal axis. Each of the FMDs includes strain-sensing element(s). Each of the FMDs corresponds to a respective sense region of the sidewall portion. The transition region includes a respective elongate slit or trough for each of the sense regions. The respective elongate slit or trough is elongate along the longitudinal axis. Adjacent elongate slits or troughs are separated by a respective rib. |
| US12066335B2 |
Single calibration temperature based temperature sensing with differential signal generation
A temperature sensor system for an integrated circuit includes at least one sensor configured to generate a sensor signal indicative of a temperature in a respective location of the integrated circuit and a sensing module configured to receive the sensor signal, determine a temperature of the at least one sensor based on the sensor signal, an electrical characteristic of the at least one sensor, and a relationship between the electrical characteristic and the temperature of the at least one sensor, the relationship corresponding to variations in the electrical characteristic at a known calibration temperature, and generate a temperature signal based on the determined temperature. |
| US12066333B2 |
Image forming device
An image forming device according to an embodiment includes a human sensor configured to detect a person in front of the device and an adjustment mechanism configured to move the human sensor to adjust a detection distance. A sensor cover panel is provided for an exterior of the device and is configured to cover the human sensor and the adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism includes an operator element that is manually operable by a user to adjust the detection distance. The human sensor and adjustment mechanism are disposed behind the sensor cover panel. The sensor cover panel has a detection window through which a detection wave for the human sensor can pass. The sensor cover panel has an opening through which the operator element is exposed so as to be seen by a user from both the front side and a lateral side of the device. |
| US12066331B2 |
Polarization analysis apparatus and method for adjusting angle of incidence or numerical aperture using aperture
There is provided a polarization analysis apparatus that adjusts an angle of incidence or a numerical aperture by using an aperture. The apparatus includes: a first aperture that transmits a lighting beam reflected from a sample on a substrate; a second aperture that transmits a lighting beam having passed through the first aperture; and a detector that detects a lighting beam having passed through the second aperture and selects an angle of incidence of the lighting beam and numerical apertures of the first aperture and the second aperture. |
| US12066329B2 |
Sensor array spectrometer
An optical device is disclosed and includes an optical sensor, a plurality of photosensitive pixels disposed on the optical sensor, a wavelength-selective optical filter in optical communication with the photosensitive pixels, and a plurality of spatially-variant written regions disposed in the optical filter, the written regions having a transmission spectrum and each of the written regions being larger than each of the pixels. |
| US12066328B2 |
Photothermal infrared spectroscopy utilizing spatial light manipulation
Apparatuses and methods for microscopic analysis of a sample using spatial light manipulation to increase signal to noise ratio are described herein. |
| US12066322B2 |
Single grab overlay measurement of tall targets
An overlay metrology system may include an objective lens, illumination optics to illuminate an overlay target including a first grating with a first pitch on a first sample layer and a second grating with a second pitch on a second sample layer, where the first and second sample layers are separated by a layer separation distance greater than a depth of field of the objective lens. The system may further include collection optics with a radially-varying defocus distribution to compensate for the layer separation distance such that the first and second gratings are simultaneously in focus on the detector. |
| US12066312B2 |
Method and device for determining a flow rate and/or a concentration of particles of a fluid
A method for determining a flow rate and/or a concentration of particles of a fluid flowing in a chamber, which includes the steps of: producing an ultrasound beam of a given frequency with a first transducer such that all fluid components traveling through an intersection region between the ultrasound beam and the chamber are insonated by the first transducer; receiving Doppler-shifted ultrasound signals generated by the fluid components in the insonated region of the chamber with a second transducer; acquiring the ultrasound signals received by the second transducer during an acquisition time; obtaining a Doppler Power Spectrum of the acquired ultrasound signals; and determining the flow rate and/or the concentration of particles of the fluid by adjustment between, on the one hand, the obtained Doppler Power Spectrum and, on the other hand, a model of the Doppler Power Spectrum. |
| US12066311B2 |
Flow rate sensor system, method for and use of such system for determining a flow rate
The present disclosure provides for a sensor system for determining a flow rate of a fluid flow within a fluid channel comprising an elastic segment arranged next to a rigid segment, wherein a first pair of electrodes is provided at the rigid segment and a second pair of electrodes is provided at the elastic segment of the fluid channel. The system further comprises a sensor unit for detecting a capacitance of the first and second electrode pairs, and a processing unit for calculating and monitoring a distance between the electrodes of the second electrode pair based on the detected capacitance of the first electrode pair and the second electrode pair, wherein the first electrode pair is in contact with the rigid segment and the second electrode pair is in contact with the elastic segment. Moreover, a respective method for determining a flow rate of a fluid flow within a fluid channel is provided by the present disclosure, as well as a use of the sensor system. |
| US12066309B2 |
Variable area flowmeter, system comprising a variable area flowmeter and an external control unit, and method for operating a variable area flowmeter
A variable area flowmeter having a float and having a display unit, the display unit includes a pointer element, the pointer element is connected directly or indirectly to the float such that the pointer element is mechanically deflected by the float during the measuring process. The variable area flowmeter that operates particularly reliably and is flexibly applicable at the same time is achieved in that the display unit comprises at least one bi-stable display which only requires an energy supply in order to modify the displayed representation and/or to restore the representation. |
| US12066308B2 |
Distributed optical fibre vibration sensor
An optical cable structure is discussed that enables a distributed optical fiber sensor to detect acoustic vibration and other measurands, which could be, for example, changes in temperature, changes in static pressure, and changes in static strain. The optical cable structure includes first and second optical fibers disposed within a thin walled, elliptical, gel filled, loose tube helically wound within a cable wall of the optical cable structure. The optical cable structure further includes an additional optical fiber bonded to a strength member using a tight encapsulant. Because the additional optical fiber is fixed to the strength member and disposed with its axis parallel to the strength member, the additional optical fiber experiences the full axial strain on the optical cable structure, unlike the first and second optical fibers contained within the helically wound loose tube, thereby providing a contrast to the strain response coefficients of the first and second optical fibers. |
| US12066306B1 |
Systems and methods for proactive monitoring through smart coatings
The presently described systems and techniques enable computers to discern impacts and structural weaknesses in objects in a new and cost-effective manner. As capacitive changes (e.g., mutual capacitance between rows or columns of smart coatings) occur in the smart coatings, contact with the object and/or structural weaknesses of the object may be identified, enabling electronic notification and/or action to occur in response to the contact and/or structural weakness. |
| US12066302B2 |
Vehicle leveling using handheld mobile device
A system and method for leveling a selected surface of a structure. The system includes a handheld mobile device and a platform leveling assembly (PLA) supportable on a structure to be leveled. The PLA includes a PLA controller and a PLA receiver communicatively coupled with the PLA controller. The handheld mobile device includes a tilt sensor configured to sense an attitude of a selected surface on which the handheld mobile device is placed; and a mobile device controller communicatively coupled to the tilt sensor and the transmitter and configured to receive signals from the tilt sensor indicating the attitude of the selected surface on which the handheld mobile device is placed. |
| US12066297B2 |
Systems and methods for personalized route prediction
Systems and methods for personalized route prediction including receiving, at a first time, first input data associated with a first route; populating a first database with the input data; receiving, at a third time, second input data associated with a second route; comparing the second input data to the first input data included within the first database; determining, based on the comparison, a first cluster including the first data and the second input data or a second cluster including the second input data; populating a second database based on the first cluster or the second cluster; determining, using the first database and at a second time, at least one of: predicted departure data, predicted destination data, and/or predicted route data; and causing, based on the predicted departure data, predicted destination data, and/or predicted route data, to perform an action in association with a vehicle. |
| US12066292B2 |
Emergency drone guidance device
Techniques are described for configuring a monitoring system to assist users during a detected emergency condition at a property. In some implementations, sensor data from one or more sensors that are located at the property are obtained by a monitoring system that is configured to monitor the property. A determination that there is an emergency condition at the property is made by the monitoring system based on the sensor data, determining. A location of a person inside the property is determined by the monitoring system based on the sensor data. A first path to the person and a second path to guide the person away from the emergency condition are determined by the monitoring system. The first path to the person and the second path to guide the person away from the emergency condition are navigated by a computing device of the monitoring system. |
| US12066291B2 |
Positioning guidance method and system
A system and method for tactically positioning a sailing boat are defined which calculate a plurality of predicted locations the sailing boat may be situated in order to arrive at a destination at a target time by following a predetermined route. The plurality of predicted locations define a zone which is visually represented with the current location of the sailing boat. to accurate guidance of the sailing boat. |
| US12066289B2 |
Navigation instrument with tilt compensation mounted on or integrated into a wearable device and associated method
A navigation instrument including an orientation angle calculation unit, in particular the first and second orientation angles, wherein the orientation angle calculation unit is configured to be able to determine the first and second orientation angles in a given order and also in reverse order; and wherein the calculation unit is arranged to be able to choose between said given order and said reverse order, to calculate the first and second orientation angles, based on a comparison between an indicator of a risk of error, quantifying a risk of instability of said unit during the determination of the first and second orientation angles, and a predetermined threshold. |
| US12066288B1 |
Tool and method for measuring perpendicularity and angle of femur of vehicle crash dummy
Disclosed are a tool and a method for measuring a perpendicularity and an angle of a femur of a vehicle crash dummy. The tool includes: a base, where the base is provided with a guide ring gear; and a clamp assembly, where the clamp assembly is configured to clamp a femur part. A measurement assembly can measure the perpendicularity and the angle of the femur part conveniently. |
| US12066287B2 |
Brake component monitoring
A solution for evaluating a component of a vehicle, such as a brake pad of a rail vehicle, is provided. An imaging component can acquire image data for a target area of the vehicle within which at least a portion of the component is visible. The target area can be illuminated by an illumination device that is, for example, horizontally offset from the imaging device to highlight the three-dimensional structure in the target area by creating shadows in the image data. A set of points corresponding to the component can be identified in the image data using the shadows. A measurement for at least one attribute of the component can be calculated from the set of points. |
| US12066284B2 |
Image projection measuring apparatus
An image projection measuring apparatus includes a measurer, a storage, an image projection data generator, an image projector, and an image projection controller. The measurer is configured to measure a shape of a work by illuminating an outer surface of the work with a line laser from a laser emitter. The storage is configured to store measurement data acquired by the measurer. The image projection data generator is configured to generate image projection data from the measurement data. The image projector includes a camera and is configured to project the image projection data from the camera. The image projection controller is configured to cause the image projector to project the image projection data onto the outer surface of the work. |
| US12066283B2 |
Identification method, projection method and identification system
There is provided an identification method including obtaining first information for each of first pixels constituting a first image obtained by imaging the first object with a first camera, the first information related to reflected light from a first object including a body, obtaining second information for each of the first pixels, the second information corresponding to a distance from the first object to the first camera, obtaining an index value as a result of a calculation using the first information and the second information for each of the first pixels, and identifying a first area of the first image corresponding to the body by judging whether each of the first pixels belong to the first area based on the index value. |
| US12066282B2 |
Volumetric performance capture with relighting
A lighting stage includes a plurality of lights that project alternating spherical color gradient illumination patterns onto an object or human performer at a predetermined frequency. The lighting stage also includes a plurality of cameras that capture images of an object or human performer corresponding to the alternating spherical color gradient illumination patterns. The lighting stage also includes a plurality of depth sensors that capture depth maps of the object or human performer at the predetermined frequency. The lighting stage also includes (or is associated with) one or more processors that implement a machine learning algorithm to produce a three-dimensional (3D) model of the object or human performer. The 3D model includes relighting parameters used to relight the 3D model under different lighting conditions. |
| US12066278B2 |
Triggering explosives in holes
An assembly (7) for triggering an explosive in a hole (9) to produce an explosive blast in the hole includes (a) an explosion trigger (15, 19) for triggering the explosive in the hole, (b) a detonation unit body (21) that is configured to be located at or proximate an open end of the hole in an initial position of the assembly in the hole and (c) a trigger cord (31) that is connected to the detonation unit body and to the explosion trigger. |
| US12066271B2 |
Holster assembly
A holster assembly includes an adaptor flange securable to a firearm and formed with an opening, a garment mounting provision, and a holster clip including resilient arms that include inner faces. One of the resilient arms includes a mounting feature that couples to the garment mounting provision. When the firearm is slid and fully holstered into the holster clip, the inner faces of the resilient arms click over a border of the opening and the firearm is securely held in the holster assembly. |
| US12066270B2 |
Toy water gun for rapid firing of individual stream segments or bursts of water
A toy water gun having a stream interrupter or interrupter valve that is configured to periodically interrupt a flow of water that is discharged such that periodic bursts of water are delivered in a rapid succession. In one arrangement, a nozzle recovery chamber is provided in a nozzle opening of the nozzle is located that is directed to discharge water through the nozzle recovery chamber along a discharge axis. The stream interrupter is located in the nozzle recovery chamber between the nozzle opening and the discharge opening and is configured to periodically interrupt a flow of water from the nozzle along the discharge axis to the discharge opening to form the periodic bursts of water that are delivered from the discharge opening. Blocked water in the recovery chamber is recycled back to the supply tank. Use of the interrupter valve provides for interrupted discharges from the nozzle. |
| US12066269B1 |
Remotely actuated gun for firing pepperballs, paintballs or breakerballs and mounting assembly therefor
The invention comprises an electropneumatically operated semi-automatic gun configured for remote firing of pepperballs, breakerballs, paintballs, etc., and a carrier for the gun comprising a bracket and a pair of struts extending downwardly from the bracket. The body of the gun is attached beneath the bracket and hangs otherwise unsupported in a space defined between the struts. The gun thus mounted can be hung beneath various types of quadracopter drones, or mounted atop shelving or to ROVs. |
| US12066268B2 |
Actionless rifle
A rifle includes a magazine well, a barrel, and an exo-bolt. The barrel is configured to be detachably coupled to the magazine well. The barrel includes a forward barrel portion on an end of the barrel opposite the magazine well. The exo-bolt is configured to travel along an exterior of the barrel. |
| US12066267B1 |
System for pivoting a buffer tube assembly
A firearm assembly includes an upper receiver housing a bolt carrier group that is translatable within the upper receiver, and a lower receiver including a first hinge portion defining a first hinge opening. A second hinge portion is pivotally connected to the first hinge portion, and a buffer assembly is attached to the second hinge portion. A carrier block is positioned within the first hinge portion and is configurable in a blocking configuration and an unblocking configuration. A lock is configurable in a latched position and an unlatched position, and the lock is in mechanical communication with the carrier block when the lock is in the latched position. The carrier block is positioned in the unblocking configuration when the lock is in the latched position, and the carrier block is positioned in the blocking configuration when the lock is in the second position. |
| US12066264B2 |
Barrel and exchange system for a handgun, method for operating a handgun, and carrier sleeve for a barrel and/or exchange system for a handgun
A barrel for a handgun includes an imaginary barrel bore axis along which it extends in the x-direction, around which barrel axis the following are formed in the interior of the barrel, in succession from a rear end to a front end: a cartridge chamber, which has a first diameter; a cartridge chamber opening, which has a second diameter; a conical transition, which transitions from the second diameter to a third diameter, which is associated with the guide region; and a barrel opening, an end face being formed around the cartridge chamber opening, and the barrel being suitable for a bullet driven by hot gases to accelerate therethrough. The end face is at least 1.5 times larger than the cross-sectional surface formed by the third diameter. |
| US12066263B2 |
Human transported automatic weapon subsystem with human-non-human target recognition
An automated weapons system is comprised of a human transported weapon for use by a person. The weapon is comprised of a barrel, a targeting subsystem, a drone weapons subsystem, a computational subsystem, positioning means, and. a firing subsystem. The barrel is for propelling a fired munitions aimed towards an area of sighting. The targeting subsystem identifies a chosen target in the area of sighting. The drone weapons subsystem, has communications with the human transported weapons subsystem. The targeting subsystem utilizes communications with the drone weapons subsystem. The computational subsystem is responsive to the targeting subsystem, for determining where the chosen target is and where the barrel needs to be aimed so that the munitions will strike the chosen target. The positioning means, adjusts the aim of the munitions responsive to the computational subsystem. The firing subsystem fires the fired munitions at the chosen target responsive to the positioning means. In one embodiment, the drone further has munitions with positioning and firing capability thereupon, and, the computational subsystem determines where the target is and where the drone needs to be located in order to aim the munitions to strike the chosen target. |
| US12066262B2 |
Weapon usage monitoring system having performance metrics based on discharge event detection
A method for determining a performance metric based on a discharge event of a firearm is provided. A plurality of first input signals over a sample window of time from a first inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured on the first firearm are received by a first event detection module associated with the first firearm of a first user. An occurrence of a first shot discharge of the first firearm at a first time based on the plurality of first input signals is identified by the first event detection module. An occurrence of a second shot discharge of the first firearm at a second time based on the plurality of first input signals is identified by the first event detection module. A first split time is determined for the first user based on a difference between the first and second times. |
| US12066261B2 |
Safety systems and methods
A weapon release safety system comprises an active state, an inactive state, and a tracking system. When in the inactive state, the weapon release safety system can indicate that a weapon has not been drawn from a storage therefor. When in the active state, the weapon release safety system can indicate that the weapon has been drawn from the storage therefor. The weapon release safety system can be in the inactive state while the weapon is within a proximity of the storage, and the weapon release safety system can be in the active state while the weapon is not within the proximity of the storage. The tracking system can be configured to track a number of times that the weapon has been drawn from the storage by a bearer. |
| US12066252B1 |
Gas collection system
A vapor collection system that can be used at an extra-terrestrial body is envisioned to collect target gaseous atoms and molecules that are floating around in a shielded environment at a pressure at or less than 1×10−5 bar. The shielded environment is defined within sidewalls and in some cases is defined within a cover. A condensation surface in the shielded environment is maintained at a temperature between 2° Kelvin and 100° Kelvin to collect the target gas that is floating around, which condenses on the condensation surface as a liquid. A collection receptacle at the condensation surface collects the liquid. A heating element in the shielded environment is made to heat and release the target gas from minerals at or beyond the rim. The gas floats around in the shielded environment. |
| US12066250B2 |
Method of installing heat insulating block on furnace shell, method of manufacturing heat insulating wall, heat insulating wall, industrial furnace, and set for installing heat insulating block
Provided is a method of installing a heat insulating block on a furnace shell which enables a heat insulating block to be firmly fixed to a furnace wall but does not require much time and costs for making the heat insulating block, and which further offers good workability at a site. The method of installing a heat insulating block on a furnace shell includes: inserting a beam of a fixture into a fold of an inorganic fiber aggregate mat that is folded up to form a heat insulating block; and fixing the fixture and a furnace shell to each other. |
| US12066249B2 |
Induction furnace and method for dental replacement part heat treatment
An induction furnace for carrying out a heat treatment of a dental replacement part. The induction furnace includes an induction coil, a radiant heater, an insulation layer and a furnace chamber. The induction furnace has a cooling system with a liquid cooling system in order to control an internal temperature of the furnace chamber. |
| US12066248B2 |
Burner system including a plurality of perforated flame holders
A combustion system includes a fuel and oxidant source, a first distal flame holder body, a second distal flame holder body, and a thermal load. The fuel and oxidant source outputs fuel and oxidant. The first and second distal flame holder bodies simultaneously or alternately hold combustion reaction portions of the fuel and oxidant and/or of combustion products. The thermal load receives thermal energy from the first and second combustion reaction portions. |
| US12066246B2 |
Target residual moisture content for lyophilized drug product
Lyophilization methods for preparing protein formulations for long-term storage at room temperature or improved stability at refrigeration storage are provided. Specifically, the present application provides lyophilization methods to obtain a target percentage of residual moisture of a lyophilized product, such as 3-5% residual moisture. The secondary drying of the lyophilization can be conducted under controlling rate of desorption under a temperature which is similar to the shelf temperature of the primary drying. Alternatively, the lyophilization can be conducted without a distinguished secondary drying step. |
| US12066240B2 |
Embedded refrigerator with switching assembly
An embedded refrigerator which includes a cabinet, a door and a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly includes a first hinge part, a second hinge part and a switching assembly; when the door is in an opening process, the first hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly, and then, the second hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly; the hinge assembly drives the door to rotate in situ relative to the cabinet, then drives the door to move from the pivoting side towards the accommodating chamber, drives the door to move from the accommodating chamber towards the pivoting side, and then drives the door to continuously rotate in situ relative to the cabinet. The refrigerator can increase an opening-closing freedom degree of the door. |
| US12066239B2 |
Door body and refrigerator with the same
Disclosed are a door body for a refrigerator and a refrigerator with the same. The refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage compartment with a compartment opening, and the door body includes an inner door, an outer door and a storage box. The inner door is arranged at a position corresponding to the compartment opening on an outer side of the storage compartment, and is used to open and close the compartment opening. The outer door is arranged at a side of the inner door away from the storage compartment. The storage box is fixed to a side of the inner door close to the storage compartment; one end of the storage box close to the outer door has a storage opening, and an area of the inner door corresponding to the storage opening is provided with an inner door opening. The door body reduces the loss of cooling energy. |
| US12066238B2 |
Refrigerator and home appliance
A refrigerator including a main body having a storage room, and a door to open and close the storage room, wherein the door includes a door body and a door panel detachably mountable on the door body. The door panel may be installed on the door body by coupling a lower fixing portion with a lower cap protrusion, accommodating an upper fixing portion in an accommodating space through a panel passing portion, and accommodating a fixing cover in the accommodating space through a cover passing portion to be coupled with the upper fixing portion. |
| US12066236B2 |
Ice shaping device
A device for making frozen geometric shapes, more particularly, to an ice molding device that shapes ice is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a device comprises a lower chamber of an ice shaping device and a plurality of guideposts on the lower chamber. The device further comprises a semi-spherical cavity in the lower chamber and a hole to fill a hollow chamber of the lower chamber with hot water. |
| US12066235B2 |
Ice cube producing unit
An ice cube producing unit comprising a tray formed as an ice cube tray having at least one ice cube compartment, a lid which is suitable for being mounted on the tray to seal contents of the at least one ice cube compartment inside said at least one ice cube compartment, a displacing mechanism connecting the tray and the lid and having two positions: a closed position where the lid is held in a position where it abuts the tray and an open position where the lid is held in a position where it is separated from the tray so that an ice cube formed in the tray can leave the tray. The displacing mechanism comprises a bi-stable element arranged between the lid and the tray, said bi-stable element having a first stable state when the tray and the lid are in the closed position and a second stable state when the tray and lid are in the open position. In this way, a simple construction is provided which is easy to use and has a simple displacing mechanism. |
| US12066231B2 |
Control system for a vapor compression system
A vapor compression system includes a compressor configured to circulate a refrigerant through a refrigerant loop, a sump configured to receive a mixture of lubricant and the refrigerant from the compressor, and a controller having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a temperature of the mixture within the sump, receive a second signal indicative of a pressure of the mixture within the sump, determine a relative amount of the refrigerant in the mixture based on the first signal and the second signal, and output a control signal in response to the relative amount of the refrigerant in the mixture exceeding a threshold value. |
| US12066224B2 |
Evaporator charge management and method for controlling the same
An evaporator includes a housing having a first end longitudinally opposing a second end. The evaporator includes an inlet disposed on the housing and configured to receive a fluid. The evaporator also includes a tube bundle disposed in the housing and configured to evaporate the fluid to provide a vapor stream arranged to exit through an outlet on the housing. Additionally, the evaporator has a flow balancer provided between the tube bundle and the outlet on the housing, and the flow balancer is configured to balance refrigerant quality between the first end and the second end of the evaporator by controlling the vapor stream. |
| US12066220B2 |
Refrigeration unit with dynamic air cooling and a working element of the unit
A refrigeration unit with dynamic air cooling is described. It includes a centrifugal compressor with an electric drive, whose outlet is connected to a working element, whose outlet is connected to the inlet of a turbine. The turbine is connected to an electrical energy generator, where the outlet of the turbine is directed towards a wall-pipe heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is connected to a pump. Between the centrifugal compressor and the working element there is a pipe-wall exchanger of the air-air type, to which a fan is connected. The working element of the unit has a cylindrical hollow profile comprising helical recesses with a substantially oval shape. |
| US12066219B2 |
Cooling system
A cooling system includes a refrigerant circulator which circulates a refrigerant, wherein the refrigerant circulator includes a first compressor configured to pressurize the refrigerant in gaseous state; a first cooler configured to cool the refrigerant pressurized by the first compressor; a first gas-liquid separator configured to separate the refrigerant cooled by the first cooler into a first refrigerant flow of a gas component and a second refrigerant flow of a liquid component; a second compressor configured to pressurize the first refrigerant flow; a second cooler configured to cool the first refrigerant flow pressurized by the second compressor; a second gas-liquid separator configured to separate the refrigerant cooled by the second cooler into a third refrigerant flow of a gas component and a fourth refrigerant flow of a liquid component; a first expansion member configured to decompress the fourth refrigerant flow. |
| US12066217B2 |
Fuel-fired appliance with exhaust dilution
A fuel-fired heating appliance comprises a fuel source, an air source, a chamber in which fuel and air mix, a burner downstream from the mixing chamber, an igniter proximate the burner, a heat exchanger, a blower and a flue pipe. An ambient air inlet may be defined by at least one of the outlet end of the blower and the flue pipe extending between the interior of the flue pipe and an area ambient to the flue pipe. A flow rate of combustion gas may be controlled to a level below a steady-state flow rate during appliance warm-up. |
| US12066213B2 |
Prefabricated wall with ventilation mechanism
A prefabricated wall with a ventilation mechanism is provided in the present invention. Generally, it includes a ventilation mechanism that lets air exchange in a room from the wall. People can adjust the inlet airflow with a controller. The ventilation mechanism has several holes on the outer surface which face to outside. The outdoor air can pass through the holes and filter into the inner room, consequently fulfilling the function of the ventilation duct. The room equipped such a prefabricated wall does not rely on an HVAC system to have fresh air exchange. |
| US12066210B2 |
Control board systems and methods for diagnosis of HVAC components
The present disclosure includes an HVAC system that includes a plurality of dampers each corresponding to one building zone of a plurality of building zones, a plurality of sensors each corresponding to the one of the plurality of building zones, and a control board communicatively coupled with the plurality of dampers and sensors. The control board includes a plurality of status light sources, each corresponding to one damper the plurality of dampers, a plurality of communication light sources each corresponding to one sensor of the plurality of sensors, and a microcontroller programmed to control operation of equipment in the HVAC system. The microcontroller is configured to perform “a hardware test mode” to facilitate diagnosis of the plurality of dampers by causing the plurality of status light sources to sequentially execute a first light scheme or a second light scheme in response to instructions to the plurality of dampers. |
| US12066209B2 |
Method for producing a ductwork damper, ductwork damper, and ductwork damper unit incorporating same
A method for producing an air duct damper includes the steps of punching from sheet metal stock a damper preform having a body and two diametrically opposed arms extending from opposite sides of the body; and forming an indentation in the damper preform extending between and up to respective ends of the two arms. |
| US12066206B2 |
Systems and methods for managing object configurations within a structure
There are disclosed systems and methods for managing object configurations within a structure. For one embodiment, a fixed object profile including dimensions and locations of ventilation of a building space and a non-fixed object profile including dimensions and a location of a non-fixed object are identified. One or more contaminant risk locations of the building space are determined in response to determining the air flow within the building space associated with an HVAC unit. The air flow is determined based on incoming air flow streams to the building space and outgoing air flow streams away from the building space. One or more object positions are provided at an output device based on the contaminant risk location(s). For another embodiment, the contaminant risk location(s) are selected from possible people locations. A person position is displayed at an output device, in proximity to the building space, based on the contaminant risk location(s). |
| US12066199B2 |
Airstream sensor devices, systems and methods
Airstream sensor devices, systems, and related methods are disclosed. The sensor devices, systems, and methods are incorporated in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) ducts and plenum spaces for providing data used to monitor, manage, troubleshoot and/or control such systems. In an example embodiment, an airstream sensor device includes a housing and a plurality of sensors disposed on the housing. The plurality of sensors is configured to detect the temperature, airflow, and relative humidity of an airstream passing on, over, or through the device. |
| US12066197B2 |
Low-drag, high-efficiency microchannel polymer heat exchangers
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that provides a polymer heat exchanger with internal microscale flow passages. The system includes a set of plates comprised of a polymer that includes internal microscale flow passages, which are configured to carry a liquid. The set of plates is organized into a stack, wherein consecutive plates in the stack are separated by fins to form intervening air passages. The system includes a liquid flow pathway, which flows from a liquid inlet, through the internal microscale flow passages in the stack of plates, to a liquid outlet. It also includes an airflow pathway, which flows from an airflow inlet, through the intervening air passages between the consecutive plates in the stack of plates, to an airflow outlet. The liquid flow pathway flows in a direction opposite to a direction of the airflow pathway to provide a counterflow design that optimizes heat transfer between the liquid flow pathway and the airflow pathway. |
| US12066193B2 |
Method for preparing a cooking product, cooking device, and cooking device system
In a method for preparing a cooking product, an image is captured of a cooking product by a camera, and a virtual image of the cooking product is provided to show a cooking state of the cooking product as captured by the image at a later cooking time. |
| US12066192B2 |
Smart indoor air venting system
A venting system in accordance with the present disclosure includes a ventilation fan and one or more sensors coupled to the ventilation fan. The ventilation fan is positioned to vent air from an indoor environment. The sensors are positioned to monitor conditions in the indoor environment and selectively operate the ventilation fan to condition air in the indoor environment. |
| US12066191B2 |
Pellet heater
A solid pellet fueled heater having a base unit with forced air blowers and a dual tube chimney structure is disclosed. The dual tube chimney structure may be used to warm incoming air for distribution around the heater. The pellet heater may also include a dual auger system and multi/high speed auger motor. The dual auger may include first and second auger blades mounted on a single auger shaft having blade pitches configured to convey solid fuel in opposite directions. |
| US12066183B1 |
Steam generation system with subcooled water spray for wellbore steam injection
A steam supply system having a wet steam source and a steam separator disposed to separated wet steam into dry saturated steam and a saturated condensate. The dry saturated steam is heated in a superheater to produce superheated steam, while the saturated condensate is cooled in a subcooler to produced subcooled condensate with a target temperature selected to prevent immediate evaporation of the subcooled condensate when mixed with the superheated steam. The subcooled condensate is sprayed into a stream of superheated steam using spray nozzles and gradually evaporates downstream of the spray nozzles to produce process steam of a desired % quality. A cooling fluid passing through the subcooler is utilized to cool the saturated condensate. The flow rate of the cooling fluid through the subcooler can be utilized to achieve process steam of a desired % quality. |
| US12066175B2 |
Integrated lighting module
An integrated-lighting-module may have a heat sink module, a LED light chip, an optical reflector, and a holder/trim, and optionally a driver cap. The driver cap may be configured to hold a driver within the driver cap to power the LED light chip. The driver cap may attach to a top of the heat sink module. The heat sink module may be finned at various locations. The holder may attach to the heat sink module with the optical reflector and the LED light chip disposed between elements of the holder and elements of the heat sink module. Trim, such as MR16 sized trim, a lamp, and/or a lens holder, may attach to bottom flanges of the holder. The integrated-lighting-module may be adjusted without interfering with the trim. The holder may be trim in some embodiments. |
| US12066174B2 |
Connecting member, lamp and connecting member of ground lamps
The present disclosure relates generally to the technical field of lamp fittings, and more particularly to a connecting member, a lamp and an connecting member of ground lamps. The connecting member includes a tube body and a fastening member. The tube body defines an axial hollow tube chamber and a gap communicated with the tube chamber. The fastening member is disposed in the tube chamber and corresponds to the gap. The fastening member comprises a limiting member and a conductive member movably connected to the limiting member. The limiting member is partially exposed from the gap and forms a supporting portion for supporting the power cable. The conductive member includes a pierce structure corresponding to the supporting portion. The connecting member provided by the present disclosure solves the technical problem of complicated wiring of ground lamps. |
| US12066173B2 |
Light emitting device having improved illumination and manufacturing flexibility
Systems, methods, and apparatuses provide a light emitting device including one or more arrays of light emitting diodes attached to a first outward facing surface of a first substrate. The light emitting device further includes driver circuitry attached to a second outward facing surface of a second substrate. The light emitting device further includes a wire connection electrically coupling the first substrate and the second substrate such that the driver circuitry drives the one or more arrays of light emitting diodes. The light emitting device further includes an enclosure for housing the first substrate, the second substrate, and the wire connection. |
| US12066170B2 |
Electrical medallion
An electrical medallion removably connected to at least a portion of an external surface, the electrical medallion including a main body constructed as a ceiling medallion, a plurality of electrical outlets disposed within at least a portion of the main body to receive an electrical plug therein, and a GFI circuit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to automatically isolate and disable at least one of the plurality of electrical outlets in response to detecting an electric current is unbalanced. |
| US12066168B2 |
Filament lamp
A filament lamp includes a plastic housing, a transfer switch, and a laterally rotary structure. The transfer switch is disposed in the plastic housing, an outer wall of the plastic housing is provided with an opening, the laterally rotary structure is rotatably disposed on the outer wall of the plastic housing, an inner side, close to the plastic housing, of the laterally rotary structure extends to form a drive connecting structure, and the drive connecting structure passes through the opening to be connected with the transfer switch in a transmission way. With the design of the laterally rotary structure, when gears are adjusted by a user, the transfer switch is operated by the drive connecting structure only by rotating the laterally rotary structure on the outer wall of the plastic housing, so as to switch the gears. |
| US12066167B1 |
Decorative lamp string
The present disclosure relates to a decorative lamp string, which relates to the technical field of lamp strings. The lamp holder and lampshade of each decorative lamp of the decorative lamp string are connected through connecting pieces, and detachable assembling between the lampshade and lamp holder is achieved, so that users can quickly change different lampshades according to different needs, thus improving the diversity and universality of the decorative lamp string. |
| US12066162B2 |
Vehicular lamp and vehicular lamp control method
A vehicle lamp includes a light source, a lighting control unit configured to control an emission timing of light emitted from the light source, and a rotary scanning unit configured to repeatedly perform scanning with the light emitted from the light source while rotating. The vehicle lamp illuminates a predetermined region with scan light. The rotary scanning unit performs plural repetitive scans in one rotation. The lighting control unit detects a rotation cycle of the rotary scanning unit, and controls the emission timing of the light source at a timing obtained by equally dividing the detected rotation cycle. |
| US12066160B2 |
Optical device for motor vehicle headlight
An optical device for a motor vehicle headlight for producing continuously closed light distribution. The optical device includes: light sources; collimators which are respectively associated with a light source; and a light guiding body, which has a light shaping structure and is formed from a plurality of interconnected facets. The facets respectively have an inclination to the main emission direction, wherein the spatial vector of a facet forms a horizontal and a vertical angle of inclination to the main emission direction. The inclinations of all facets are distributed such that the horizontal angles of inclination are respectively distributed around an expected value that corresponds to the maximum luminous intensity of the light distribution such that light that enters or leaves the light guiding body via facets that have horizontal and vertical angles of inclination corresponding to the expected value forms the maximum luminous intensity of the light distribution. The light shaping structure forms the light entry side and/or the light exit side of the light guiding body, wherein the facets are distributed substantially homogeneously on the light entry and/or exit sides in relation to their respective inclinations. |
| US12066149B2 |
Quick-injection grease filling device
The present invention provides a quick-injection grease filling device, which features including an oil cup, a detachable guide seat, a screw, a piston, an oppression part and a rotating drive part. The piston is held inside the oil tank, capable of moving upward and downward. The piston has an oppression surface and a bearing placement surface. The detachable guide seat includes a combination part and a screw hole, and the combination part is attached to the cup mouth through a detachable assembly unit. The inner end of the screw extends into the oil cup, and the outward extending end extends out of the cup mouth. The rotation driving part is arranged on the outward extending end. The oppression part can move forward and backward along with the screw. The oppression part is used to press against the bearing. |
| US12066146B2 |
Suitcase integrated laptop tray
The laptop tray is the only product of its kind that enables users to easily release and retract a foundational item from their suitcase that can be used to hold a wide variety of items. This unprecedented product is uniquely designed with a charging port, a small ledge that prevents a laptop from sliding off, and ultimately, provides an accessory that can be adjusted to accommodate a user's preferences. |
| US12066143B2 |
Method for producing a polymer-improved pipe element and pipe element and pipe system comprising same
The invention relates to a method for producing a polymer-enhanced pipeline element, in particular of a fire extinguishing installation, and to a pipeline element and a pipeline system of a fire extinguishing installation. It is proposed according to the invention to provide a first a first and a second hollow body, to align in each case one encircling edge surface of the hollow bodies with one another, to weld the two hollow bodies to one another along the encircling edge surfaces such that an encircling weld seam is generated which has a root extending on the inside of the pipeline element, and to apply a polymer-based layer to the inside of the pipeline element, wherein the polymer-based layer completely covers the inside of the pipe element and the root of the weld seam. |
| US12066141B2 |
Slippage detection
A propulsion system is provided for advancing a cable of a sewer cleaning and/or sewer inspection system, comprising a propulsion device, a measuring device for measuring the advancement of the cable, and an evaluation device. The propulsion device and the measuring device are adapted to provide a first and a second measured value of the advancement of the cable independently of one another, and the evaluation device is adapted to form a difference between the first measured value and the second measured value. A control device may be provided which adjusts the advancement based on the determined difference. A correspondingly designed method is also provided. |
| US12066138B2 |
Sealant injection system for scraper trap door
A scraper launcher includes a body having a rim and a trap door having a first surface and a second surface, where an interfacing portion of the second surface interfaces with an interfacing surface of the rim when the trap door is closed against the rim. A seal is provided between the interfacing portion of the trap door and the interfacing surface of the rim. The scraper launcher also includes a sealant injection system with sealant passages formed through the scraper launcher, fluidly communicating an exterior of the scraper launcher to an interior of the scraper launcher, and an injection fitting in communication with the sealant passages. |
| US12066135B2 |
Heating of subsea pipelines
A technique mitigates or removes a plug of solid-state material such as wax or hydrate coalesced from hydrocarbon fluids in a subsea flowline pipe. In a normal flow mode, a flow of hot production fluids directed from a subsea well into a production flowline pipe extending toward a processing or storage location. Simultaneously, a contra-flow of service fluid such as monoethylene glycol (MEG) is transported along a service fluid pipe extending along and adjacent the production flowline pipe. The service fluid is injected into the well or flow of production fluid upstream of the flowline pipe. On determining plugging or a risk of plugging of the flowline pipe, a heating mode is activated wherein at least some of the flow of the production fluid is diverted into the service fluid pipe. This heats the service fluid pipe which, in turn, heats the flowline pipe to disperse the solid-state material. |
| US12066133B2 |
Integrally self-reinforced trunnion-to-elbow piping support apparatus
An apparatus to support a pipeline includes a self-reinforced pad, a tubular body with a tubular body outer diameter and a tubular body inner diameter, and a hub with a hub outer diameter and a hub inner diameter. The self-reinforced pad, tubular body, and hub are a single, integral component. The apparatus is connected to a trunnion. |
| US12066123B2 |
Integrating fluid pathways into a valve superstructure
A superstructure is configured for use on a flow control, like a control valve. These configurations may have internal plumbing to carry fluid between parts of the valve. In one implementation, the plumbing connects a controller with an actuator to allow a pneumatic signal from the controller to pressurize the actuator. The internal plumbing forgoes the need for external pipes or tubes. This feature can simplify the assembly, as well as reduce the overall package size of the valve to avoid potential fit or interference issues at its location on a process line. |
| US12066122B2 |
Flow control valve with erosion protection
The disclosure herein generally relates to flow control valves having mechanisms to prevent, inhibit, reduce the likelihood or extent of, and/or protect against erosion of components of the flow control valve, for example, due to the effects of leakage flow. |
| US12066121B2 |
Electrostatic discharge mitigation valve
This disclosure provides operative components that mitigate electrostatic charge in fluid circuits. Illustrative embodiments include diaphragm valves that provide fluid control and allow static charge to dissipate when these diaphragm valves are grounded. |
| US12066120B2 |
Combination regulator valve
A combination regulator valve for conveying fluid is disclosed. The valve comprises a bonnet, a body, a flexible diaphragm, a first spring, and a spindle unit. The spindle unit comprises a pin, a first seat disc, and a seat screw. The bonnet is secured to the body. The flexible diaphragm is compressed between the bonnet and the body. The first spring is disposed in the bonnet. The spindle unit is disposed in the body. The first seat disc is disposed between the pin and the diaphragm. The first seat disc and the pin define a first void. The first spring biases the diaphragm toward the first seat disc. The seat screw is engaged with the body and is slidably engaged with the pin. The seat screw and the pin define a fluid passage in fluid communication with the first void. |
| US12066112B2 |
Valve actuator
A valve actuator includes a motor and a gear assembly including an input gear rotated by driving force of the motor, an output gear receiving rotational force of the input gear, and at least one power transmission gear transmitting the rotational force of the input gear to the output gear. The valve actuator further includes a valve output shaft coupled to the output gear and actuated to close a path of a valve, and a selective power transmitter interrupting rotation of the output gear after the output gear is rotated at a predetermined angle by the rotational force of the input gear. After the valve is actuated to close the path, the driving force of the motor is not transmitted to the valve output shaft. |
| US12066111B1 |
Piston ring
An outer peripheral surface of a piston ring has a cut surface provided to form a cutout portion between an outer peripheral end portion and a lower surface, the cut surface includes a curved concave surface, an inclination angle of a tangent of the curved concave surface at a point closest to the combustion chamber side on the curved concave surface, with respect to a first virtual line extending in parallel to the lower surface is equal to or greater than 5° and equal to or less than 50°, and in a case where an axial direction width of the piston ring is set as h1, and an axial direction width of the cut surface is set as H, H/h1 is equal to or greater than 0.2 and equal to or less than 0.4. |
| US12066099B2 |
Shift-by-wire system
A shift-by-wire system physically prevents shifting to the R/N/D gear position and shifting to the P gear position from being simultaneously performed. The shift-by-wire system includes a body configured to have a Hall sensor provided therein, a knob installed so as to be rotatable around an axis of the body, a button assembly moving in an axial direction of the body and having a magnet provided to sense rotated and moved states thereof using the Hall sensor and rotate together with the knob, and a concurrent operation limiting unit to mechanically limit movement of the button assembly in a state in which the knob is manipulated so as to be rotated, and to mechanically limit rotation of the knob in a state in which the button assembly is manipulated so as to be moved. |
| US12066096B2 |
Systems for differential assembly
Systems are provided for a differential carrier assembly for a vehicle. In one example, a system includes a planet carrier coupled to a differential carrier and a planet carrier comprising a plurality of planet shafts including a cutout interfacing with a pilot interface of the differential carrier. |
| US12066092B2 |
Power transmission device
A power transmission device includes: a planetary gear mechanism including a sun gear that is an external tooth gear, a ring gear that is an internal tooth gear located coaxially with the sun gear, a pinion gear that is an external tooth gear and meshes with the sun gear and the ring gear, and a carrier that rotatably supports the pinion gear; a case member that accommodates the planetary gear mechanism; an extending member that extends from an outer peripheral portion of the ring gear toward one side in a thrust direction; and a holding member that is provided at an end of the extending member on a side opposite to the ring gear side in the thrust direction, the holding member being connected to the case member for holding the ring gear. |
| US12066088B2 |
Transmission system comprising a reduction device and a differential drive device
A motor vehicle transmission system includes a reduction device having at least an output shaft including a first gearwheel and a second gearwheel. A differential drive device is configured to distribute the torque from the reduction device to two half-shafts. The differential drive device includes a coupling device which, in a coupled position, transmits torque between a first element and a second element of the differential drive device, the coupling device further including an actuator. A radial plane, orthogonal to the axes X and W, passes through the first gearwheel and through the coupling device. |
| US12066087B2 |
Disconnect clutch for differential
A differential for a vehicle includes a final drive gear with a final drive gear spline, a differential carrier with a differential carrier spline, and an axially slidable clutch. The axially slidable clutch includes a first clutch spline drivingly engaged with a one of the final drive gear spline or the differential carrier spline and a second clutch spline for selectively drivingly engaging with the other one of the final drive gear spline or the differential carrier spline. In an example embodiment, the differential also includes a pair of side gears, each including an inner spline for drivingly engaging a respective axle shaft, a pair of radially offset spider gears, each drivingly engaged with both of the side gears, and a shaft extending through the pair of radially offset spider gears into the differential carrier. |
| US12066083B2 |
Gear systems with variable speed drive
An epicyclic gear system includes an input sun gear configured to receive rotational input from a turbine of a turbo charger. A first set of planet gears is distributed around and meshes with the input sun gear. A carrier holds the first set of planet gears and defines a rotational axis about which the carrier rotates. A second set of planet gears is mounted to the carrier. An output sun gear is included, wherein the second set of planet gears are distributed around and mesh with the output sun. The output sun gear is configured to deliver rotational power to an internal combustion engine. The carrier is configured to selectively be driven by a variable speed drive to regulate output to the output sun over a range of input rotational speeds of the input sun gear. |
| US12066079B2 |
Article with textile overlay plated in repeating alternation
The present invention relates to an article having an elastic main body based on at least one thermoplastic elastomer or based on a vulcanizate and having an article surface that is provided with a textile overlay in the form of a plated knitted fabric, wherein the textile overlay is composed of at least two types of yarn that alternate in the individual knitted courses at regular intervals. |
| US12066075B2 |
Shock absorber
A shock absorber includes: a cylinder; a piston slidably inserted into the cylinder; a piston rod connected to the piston and extending outside the cylinder; a main valve that generates a damping force; a pilot chamber that applies pressure to the main valve; an introduction passage that introduces the fluid into the pilot chamber; a pilot passage that communicates the pilot chamber and a downstream side of the main valve with each other; and a control valve provided in the pilot passage. In an upstream side of the pilot passage from the control valve, the pilot passage is provided with a first orifice, a first passage provided in parallel with the first orifice, a first check valve that is opened at a predetermined differential pressure and allows a flow toward the control valve through the first passage, and a second orifice. |
| US12066072B1 |
Breakaway axle coupling assembly for off-road vehicles
A breakaway axle coupling assembly attaches to a drive axle of an off-road vehicle. The vehicle drive axle includes first and second elongated axle sections. The first axle section has a proximal end operatively connected to the vehicle differential and an opposite distal end. The second axle section has a proximal end operatively connected to a wheel of the vehicle and an opposite distal end. The breakaway axle coupling assembly incorporates first and second couplers located at the distal ends of the first and second axle sections, and including a shear pin joining the first and second couplers together at an intermediate stress concentration point in the vehicle drive axle. |
| US12066070B2 |
Disc brake for a commercial vehicle
A disc brake for commercial vehicle includes a brake caliper and brake pads for clamping the brake disc. The brake caliper has a first inside space with an opening on a side facing the brake disc for receiving a clamping device, and the brake caliper has a second inside space for receiving the brake disc. The brake caliper and brake pads have advantages in terms of installation space and is lightweight and reduces production costs. The brake caliper includes clamping-side lugs and reaction-side lugs. The lugs on each side define a channel for receiving the brake pads for each side. The brake pads include supporting surfaces and bearing surfaces on their perimeter that correspond to the arrangement of the lugs. The lugs on the clamping side define an L-shape. The axial length of supporting surfaces of the clamping side brake pad is shorter than that of the clamping-side lugs. |
| US12066068B2 |
Brake module of a wheel module having a wheel drivable about a wheel axis by a drive module and indefinitely steerable about a steering axis
A brake module (1) of a wheel module (2) has an anchor plate (20) adjacent to a wheel (10) and is indefinitely rotatable about the steering axis (L) with the wheel (10). A lifting unit (30) is fixed adjacent to the anchor plate (20) and fixed about the steering axis (L). A brake wheel (21) is arranged on the wheel shaft (11) and is rotatable about the wheel axis (R) with the wheel (10). At least one transfer element (22, 22′) extends from the anchor plate (20) towards the brake wheel (21). The lifting unit (30) is configured to move the anchor plate (20) from a first state to a second state. In the first state, the elements (20, 30, 22, 22′) are spaced apart without any contact. In the second state, the at least one transfer element (22, 22′) abuts against the brake wheel (21) generating a brake force at the brake wheel (21). |
| US12066066B2 |
Vehicular disc brake
The vehicular disc brake comprises a caliper bracket 3, a caliper body 6 attached to the caliper bracket 3, and friction pads 7, 7 disposed on both sides of a disc rotor 2, and the caliper body 6 comprises an action part 6a provided with cylinder holes 6f, 6g through which a large-diameter piston 10 and a small-diameter piston 11 are inserted, and a bridge part 6c extending across the outer periphery of the disc rotor 2. Thinned parts 6n, 6p are provided respectively in positions corresponding to the pistons 10, 11 in a disc-radially inner wall 6i of the bridge part 6c. The volume of the thinned part 6b corresponding to the large-diameter piston 10 on the disc turn-out side when the vehicle is moving forward is less than the volume of the thinned part 6p corresponding to the small-diameter piston 11 on the disc turn-in side. |
| US12066060B2 |
Sintered metal connecting rod
A sintered metal connecting rod (10) includes as an integrated body, a large end portion (11), a small end portion (12), and a stem portion (13). In the sintered metal connecting rod (10), division marks (14a, 14b) of a molding die by a compression molding are formed between the large end portion (11) and the stem portion (13) and between the small end portion (12) and the stem portion (13) on one of front and back surface (11c to 13c) in which the through-holes (11a, 12a) are formed, respectively. The large end portion (11) and the stem portion (13) have a density difference of 4% or less, and the small end portion (12) and the stem portion (13) have a density difference of 4% or less. |
| US12066059B2 |
Roller seating device for tapered roller bearings
An assembly tool (104) for positioning the rolling elements (150, 155) of a bearing assembly (100) during a preloading operation includes a roller seating actuator (400) configured to be removably coupled to a portion of the bearing assembly during the preloading operation, and a roller seating ring (420) movably coupled to the roller seating actuator. The roller seating ring includes a distal end (440) configured to engage an end of a rolling element of the bearing assembly. A biasing member (460) is positioned between the roller seating actuator and the roller seating ring and biases the roller seating ring away from roller seating actuator such that the distal end of the roller seating ring engages and presses the rolling element axially into engagement with a rib (145) of a race of the bearing assembly. |
| US12066056B2 |
Bearing device, spacer, and manufacturing method
A bearing device includes: a magnetic ring fixed to an inner ring; and a stator fixed to an outer ring so as to face magnetic ring. Magnetic ring and stator constitute a claw pole type generator. Stator includes a coil and a magnetic yoke surrounding coil. The magnetic yoke is configured by combining a first member and a second member that are magnetic bodies. First member and second member have an identical shape. Each of first member and second member has a plurality of second claws arranged in a comb shape. A plurality of first claws of first member and the plurality of second claws of second member are alternately arranged on a surface facing magnetic ring. |
| US12066053B2 |
Telescopic system
A telescopic system comprising at least two profiled rails which are guided linearly on one another in the longitudinal direction, are movable relative to one another over a distance and each have a longitudinal profile with longitudinal grooves and/or longitudinal ribs wherein at least one sliding element is provided on each profiled rail, via which sliding element the at least two profiled rails bear against one another in a slidable manner, and which sliding element is arranged so as to be fastened in an axially non-displaceable manner, at least with respect to the longitudinal direction, on the longitudinal profile of the associated profiled rail. Such a telescopic system is intended to be simpler in design and able to be mounted more easily. This is achieved in that the sliding element, at least with respect to a sliding plane defined by the longitudinal direction and a first transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, is then connected to a clamping element so as to be fixed against displacement on the profiled rail, wherein the clamping element is arranged with a clamping fit on the longitudinal profile of the profiled rail, to be precise in or on a longitudinal groove and/or on a longitudinal rib. |
| US12066052B2 |
Compact screw-latching assembly with overdrive protection
A screw-latching assembly is provided. The assembly includes a screw with a head, a tip, and a body between the head and tip. The body includes a threaded portion adjacent to the tip and an unthreaded portion adjacent to the head, and the unthreaded portion includes a built-in collar with an outer diameter larger than that of the body. The assembly includes a supporting bracket supporting and partially encompassing a first portion of the screw. The supporting bracket includes a base and multiple sidewalls, with a first sidewall comprising a first opening to allow a second portion of the screw to extend out of the supporting bracket and a second sidewall comprising a second opening to allow access to the head by a torquing tool. The assembly includes a spring surrounding at least a portion of the body, with the spring positioned between the built-in collar and the first sidewall. |
| US12066051B2 |
Flange assembly for fastener retention and method for assembling same
A flange assembly includes a primary flange and a secondary flange positioned adjacent the primary flange. The primary flange includes a primary flange body defining a primary bolt aperture. The secondary flange includes a secondary flange body defining a secondary bolt aperture. The flange assembly further includes a bolt. The bolt includes a bolt body extending between a head end and a distal end along a bolt axis. The bolt body includes an annular surface disposed about the bolt axis. The bolt body further includes an annular groove formed in the annular surface and disposed about the bolt axis. The bolt body is positioned within the primary bolt aperture and the secondary bolt aperture. The flange assembly further includes a clip attached to the bolt body within the annular groove. The clip is positioned between the between the primary flange and the secondary flange. |
| US12066050B2 |
Fall protection device to retain and prevent the fall of a connecting pin
A fall protection device configured to retain and prevent the fall of a connecting pin used for an end-to-end assembly of two frame elements of a structure, the fall protection device includes a clamping collar having at least one internal groove, configurable between an open position capable of authorizing the insertion of an enlarged head of the connecting pin, and at least one closed position capable of locking the enlarged head inside the internal groove. The device further includes a lock cooperating with the clamping collar to lock the clamping collar in the closed position and a mooring link anchored on the clamping collar to moor the device on a fixed element. |
| US12066049B2 |
Locking nut and associated fastener
The present invention relates to a locking nut (10), comprising: a body (20) and a bore passing through said body along a main axis, the body comprising: a bearing face (30); a drive surface (32); and at least one through-hole (38), substantially perpendicular to the main axis from the radial drive surface.The body further comprises a locking collar (36) of elliptical shape; and the drive surface comprises an upper region (50) and a lower region (52), adjacent along the main axis, the lower region being situated between the upper region and the bearing surface; a perimeter of the lower region around the main axis being greater than a perimeter of the upper region; the at least one through-hole (38) extending from the upper region (50). |
| US12066048B2 |
Battery module structured so as to prevent entry of foreign substances, and battery pack and motor vehicle comprising same
A battery module includes a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; a bus bar frame assembly having a bus bar frame configured to cover the longitudinal sides of the cell stack and a plurality of bus bars fixed on the bus bar frame and electrically connected to the battery cells; a module terminal having a lead connection fixed on the bus bar frame and electrically connected to the battery cells and a head connected to the lead connection to extend above the lead connection; a terminal nut located below the head; and a frame cover having a nut accommodation portion configured to accommodate the terminal nut and a bolt accommodation portion to accommodate a bolt passing through the head and the terminal nut, the frame cover being configured to cover the bus bar frame assembly so that the head is exposed to an outside. |
| US12066045B2 |
Clamping device
A clamping device includes a primary member with a central passage and a clamping member connected to the primary member. The clamping member includes an annular body that extends around the central passage between first and second ends. The device also includes an actuator mechanism with an actuator connected to the primary member at a pivot connection, and a pivot arm pivotably connected to the actuator at an eccentric connection spaced from the pivot connection. The actuator pivots between an unlocked position and a locked position, where the pivot arm engages the second end of the clamping member to move the first and second ends closer together. When moving the actuator mechanism from the unlocked to the locked position, the pivot arm travels ahead of the eccentric connection and/or toward the second end of the clamping member. Moving the actuator mechanism from the locked to the unlocked position causes the opposite movement. |
| US12066041B2 |
Coiled filter for hydraulic component
A coiled filter for use in a hydraulic braking system of a vehicle comprises a coiled mesh-like structure which is configured to be installed around a first surface of a cylindrical hydraulic component. The coiled filter is configured to have an internal spring force as a retention force which couples the filter to the first surface of the cylindrical hydraulic component. The filter may be pre-coiled prior to installation by plastically deforming to a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical hydraulic component on which the filter is installed. |
| US12066040B2 |
Working cylinder with end position damping, and damping piston ring
A working cylinder which has end-position damping. A piston ring passes over an axially offset pressure medium connection and encloses a pressure medium damping volume. The piston ring includes a ring joint which has a base section and a projection section. The piston ring is of sealing construction. The pressure medium flows out of the pressure medium damping volume via an axial transfer channel, which can be defined by an axial cylinder-tube groove or an axial piston-ring groove. Also, there is a damping piston ring, which is of sealing construction and which has an axial piston-ring groove. |
| US12066037B1 |
Siphon pipe-row crop irrigation system and method
The main purpose in producing this innovative farming machinery is to reduce water, labor, and equipment costs associated with tradition siphon irrigation. Siphon pipes are commonly used in the agricultural industry for row crop irrigation. Traditional harvests involving this irrigation method include corn, beans, tomatoes, and alfalfa, among others. The irrigation method is commonly used throughout the United States, India, and Australia. |
| US12066036B2 |
Compressor system
A compressor system includes a compressor and a supply control unit that controls a state of supply of water and a state of supply of oil. The supply control unit includes a rate-of-change acquisition unit that acquires a rate of change in efficiency of the compressor, a supply amount acquisition unit that acquires the amount of supply of the oil, an operating cost acquisition unit that acquires an operation cost from the rate of change, an oil cost acquisition unit that acquires an oil cost from the amount of supply of the oil, and a cost relationship acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of provisional relationship values that are the relationship between the operating cost and the oil cost under each of the plurality of provisional cleaning conditions. |
| US12066030B2 |
Fluid pump having at least one impeller blade and a support device
The invention relates to a fluid pump comprising at least one impeller blade (1, 1′, 1″) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (3) and conveys a fluid in operation and comprising a support device (4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 12′, 13, 13′, 14, 14′, 15, 17) which supports the at least one impeller blade (1, 1′, 1″) in at least one support region, wherein the support device is changeable between a first state in which the rotor is radially compressed and a second state in which the rotor is radially expanded; and wherein at least one impeller blade extends at least partly radially inwardly with respect to the axis of rotation (3) from the support region/support regions in the radially expanded state of the rotor. |
| US12066029B2 |
Vacuum pump and controller
A vacuum pump that allows for timely inspection and replacement of a temperature adjustment means, prevents unexpected stopping, and limits the maintenance cost, and a controller that controls the vacuum pump are proposed. The present disclosure relates to a vacuum pump for exhausting gas from an apparatus, such as manufacturing equipment, subjected to exhaustion. The vacuum pump includes: a temperature adjustment means for causing a predetermined area of the vacuum pump to have a predetermined temperature; an output control means configured to operate the temperature adjustment means; and an information output means configured to output information regarding ON/OFF of the temperature adjustment means obtained from the output control means. |
| US12066025B2 |
Scroll compressor provided with a discharge muffler arrangement
The scroll compressor includes a compressor shell having a discharge outlet; an orbiting scroll; a fixed scroll including a discharge passage (16); a discharge pressure volume (17) at least partially defined by the compressor shell and the fixed scroll (7); a discharge muffler arrangement (21) attached to the fixed scroll (7) and arranged in the discharge pressure volume (17), the discharge muffler arrangement (21) including a first tubular element (28) provided with a muffler inlet (29) fluidly connected to the discharge passage (16), an expansion chamber (33) fluidly connected to an inner volume of the first tubular element (28), and a second tubular element (35) including an inlet opening emerging in the expansion chamber (33) and an outlet opening fluidly connected to the discharge pressure volume (17). |
| US12066017B2 |
Pumping cassette
A pumping cassette including a housing having at least two inlet fluid lines and at least two outlet fluid lines. At least one balancing pod within the housing and in fluid connection with the fluid paths. The balancing pod balances the flow of a first fluid and the flow of a second fluid such that the volume of the first fluid equals the volume of the second fluid. The balancing pod also includes a membrane that forms two balancing chambers. Also included in the cassette is at least two reciprocating pressure displacement membrane pumps. The pumps are within the housing and they pump the fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet line and pump the second fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet. |
| US12066014B2 |
Chamber bottom for a plasma thruster
Chamber bottom for a plasma thruster making it possible to combine several functions in a single piece and, in particular, to fasten certain insulating parts of the plasma thruster, the chamber bottom having, in a single piece, a chamber bottom surface for closing an annular chamber formed by the chamber bottom and at least one insulating part attached to the chamber bottom, and at least a first set of tabs including fastening tabs for fastening the at least one insulating part to the chamber bottom. |
| US12066011B2 |
Wake monitoring, wake management and sensory arrangements to such
Disclosed is a method of establishing a wake management of a wind farm. The method comprises acts of monitoring one or more wake conditions using one or more sensors from one or more wind turbine generators (WTGs); and establishing a wake management of the wind farm as a function of the wake conditions. Disclosed is also a method of optimising operation of a wind turbine park based on wake management and a system for generating wake management. |
| US12066002B2 |
Negative tip vortices blade
A design for wind turbine rotor blades, aircraft wings, and/or other aerodynamic applications which may reduce the vorticity downstream and thus improve lift is described. The blade designs may include an increase in the blade chord towards the tip of the blade, a change in the twist angle at least once along the length of the blade, and/or a change in the thickness of the blade at least once along the length of the blade. These changes individually or in combination may allow for the creation of a counter-rotating vortex behind the blade, increasing power generation and/or lift. |
| US12066000B2 |
Smart wave energy converter with adaptive motion response
A smart wave energy converter may include a reconfigurable floater; a reference wave frequency measurement module; a central control module; a submerged buoyancy element; one or more power take-off devices; and an anchoring system. The reconfigurable floater may be connected to the submerged buoyancy element by the one or more power take-off devices. The submerged buoyance element may be connected to the anchoring system. The reconfigurable floater may include one or more mechanisms to alter a natural heave frequency of the reconfigurable floater. The reference wave frequency measurement module may measure a frequency of a wave state and transmit a measured frequency to the central control module. The central control module may adjust a property of the one or more mechanisms to match the natural heave frequency of the reconfigurable floater to the measured frequency. |
| US12065998B2 |
Method for provisionally using an at least partially constructed lower reservoir for an underwater pumped-storage power plant
A method for the preliminary use of a partially constructed lower reservoir for an underwater pumped-storage power plant is disclosed, wherein a partially constructed lower reservoir is provided which is located in a dry but flooded ground depression, and which, when the dry ground depression is flooded, can be operated in such a way that electrical energy is generated when water is admitted into the lower reservoir from the flooded ground depression and electrical energy is stored when water is pumped out of the lower reservoir into the flooded ground depression, wherein the partially constructed lower reservoir is connected to a preliminary upper reservoir via a penstock. |
| US12065997B2 |
Ignition coil control system and method
An ignition coil control system includes: a plurality of ignition coils that respectively include a primary coil and a secondary coil; a spark plug that generates a spark discharge by a discharge current generated by the plurality of ignition coils and that includes a center electrode and a ground electrode; a sensing part measuring a current applied to the primary coil; and an ignition controller that adjusts a reference duty signal based on an amount of the current applied to the primary coil sensed by the sensing part to adjust discharge energy generated between the center electrode and the ground electrode through the secondary coil. |
| US12065996B2 |
Method for creating a spark across a spark gap
In a method for creating a spark across a spark gap, in particular for igniting a flammable liquid to measure its flash point, by means of a spark generator which comprises an ignition transformer, wherein the spark generator, on the primary side of the ignition transformer, comprises at least one DC voltage source and, on the secondary side of the ignition transformer, comprises two electrodes delimiting the spark gap to be formed, wherein voltage pulses from the DC voltage source are applied to the ignition transformer on the primary side thereof, which voltage pulses generate ignition voltage pulses on the secondary side, the ignition transformer is operated in a first phase according to the flyback converter principle and in a subsequent, second phase according to the forward converter principle. |
| US12065992B2 |
Intake runner for gaseous fuel engine, system, and method
A gaseous fuel engine system includes a hydrogen fuel supply, an engine housing having an intake port extending to a cylinder, and an intake runner. The intake runner includes a valve mount attached to a conduit and having a valve mounting face, and a gaseous fuel admission valve is mounted upon the valve mounting face. A hydrogen fuel passage extends from the valve mount through the conduit and is oriented angularly to at least one of a clamping face of the intake runner or the valve mounting face. Related apparatus and methodology is also disclosed. |
| US12065989B2 |
Gas turbine engine with third stream
A gas turbine is provided, the gas turbine engine including a turbomachine having an inlet splitter defining in part an inlet to a working gas flowpath and a fan duct splitter defining in part an inlet to a fan duct flowpath. The gas turbine engine also includes a primary fan driven by the turbomachine defining a primary fan tip radius R1, a primary fan hub radius R2, and a primary fan specific thrust rating TP; and a secondary fan downstream of the primary fan and driven by the turbomachine, the secondary fan defining a secondary fan tip radius R3, a secondary fan hub radius R4, and a secondary fan specific thrust rating TS; wherein the gas turbine engine defines an Effective Bypass Area, and wherein a ratio of R1 to R3 equals R 1 R 3 = ( EFP ) ( 1 - RqR ( Sec . - Fan ) 2 ) ( 1 - RqR Prim . - Fan 2 ) ( T P T S ) ( EBA ) . |
| US12065988B2 |
Structural and/or acoustic panel comprising a u-shaped sealing flange directed toward the inside of the panel, and method for manufacturing such a panel
A structural and/or acoustic panel including an inner skin, an outer skin, a honeycomb structure and at least one sealing flange. The sealing flange has a U-shaped section directed toward the honeycomb structure and is clamped with the honeycomb structure between the inner and the outer skins. A method for manufacturing such a panel by soldering the component elements thereof is also disclosed. |
| US12065987B2 |
Limited flow thrust reverser actuating
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an engine assembly includes a nacelle configured to at least partially surround an engine, and a thrust reverser coupled to the nacelle, the thrust reverser having a thrust-reversing element movable relative to the nacelle between a stowed position and a deployed position, a hydraulic actuator operably coupled to move the thrust-reversing element between the stowed position and the deployed position, and a fluid control system configured to operate the hydraulic actuator, the fluid control system having an electrohydraulic servo valve operable to selectively route fluid between a pressurized fluid source, the hydraulic actuator, and a fluid return reservoir, and a bypass fluid line providing fluid communication between the hydraulic actuator and the fluid return reservoir independent of the electrohydraulic servo valve. |
| US12065986B2 |
System for controlling an aircraft thrust reversal means
This system (36) for controlling an aircraft thrust reversal means comprises a reverse idle control means (38), a first detection means (31) configured to detect, when the reverse idle control is active, a condition for activation of the thrust reversal means, and an actuation means (52) configured to activate the thrust reversal means when the first detection means (31) detects a condition for activation of the thrust reversal means.It further comprises a second detection means (42, 44, 46, 48, 49) configured to detect a condition for activation of the reverse idle control, the control means (38) being configured to activate the reverse idle control when the second detection means (42, 44, 46, 48, 49) detects a condition for activating the reverse idle control. |
| US12065984B2 |
Biomass energy generator system
A multi-fuel microgrid class generator system includes a heat regenerative steam engine that provides a versatile power source having a clean burn using liquid fuel or biomass for generating electricity. The generator system is also capable of using wind energy and/or solar energy that is converted to heat and stored in a thermal storage unit using a heat exchange medium, such as carbon/graphite. The heat regenerative steam engine uses these various power sources to generate up to 1 megawatt of clean and cost-effective electricity. |
| US12065981B2 |
Device for detecting the state of a fuel injector
A device comprises: an injector for injecting fuel into an engine combustion chamber, a switch formed by an injector housing and an injector nozzle needle and which changes its switching state depending on a closed or open state of the injector, an input line for supplying energy to an actuating element which adjusts the nozzle needle in its two states, an output line for conducting energy away from the actuating element, and an evaluation unit for detecting the switching state of the switch, wherein a first switch contact of the switch is connected to an electrical input line of the injector, a second switch contact of the switch is connected to ground, and the evaluation unit is configured to carry out a signal measurement on the input line and/or an output line to conclude a switch state. |
| US12065980B2 |
Mixture-feeding system for an internal combustion engine, having quantitative mixture control
A mixture supply system with quantitative mixture control comprises a charging system connectable to an internal combustion engine, comprising a bypass and a bypass valve, and a valve train for periodically actuating an intake valve of the internal combustion engine. A valve control time of the intake valve is controllable by the valve train. The system is configured to at least partially close the bypass valve and change the valve control time for extending the valve opening duration upon increase of an engine load, to at least partially open the bypass valve during and/or after expiration of a valve train latency time, and/or to at least partially open the bypass valve and change the valve control time for decreasing the valve opening duration upon an decrease of an engine load, and to at least partially close the bypass valve during and/or after expiration of a valve train latency time. |
| US12065972B2 |
Buffer fluid delivery system and method for a shaft seal of a gas turbine engine
Systems and methods for delivering a buffer fluid to a shaft seal of a gas turbine engine are provided. An exemplary system includes, a buffer fluid source, one or more first conduits providing fluid communication between the buffer fluid source and the shaft seal along a first route, and one or more second conduits providing fluid communication between the buffer fluid source and the shaft seal along a second route different from the first route. A heat exchanger is also disposed along the first route to facilitate heat transfer between buffer fluid in the one or more first conduits and a cooling fluid. |
| US12065968B2 |
Systems and methods for hydraulic fracturing
An embodiment of a pumping unit includes a gas turbine engine, an enclosure housing the engine, an exhaust assembly connected to the engine, an air intake duct connected to the engine, and an air treatment system connected to the air intake duct. The air treatment system including one or more inlet pre-cleaners configured to eject debris. Each of the inlet pre-cleaners having a cylindrical tubular portion configured to channel air toward the air intake duct. In addition, the pumping unit includes a gearbox operatively coupled to the engine and a drive shaft having a first end operatively coupled to the gearbox. Further, the pumping unit includes a pump comprising an input shaft operatively coupled to a second end of the drive shaft, wherein the engine, the gearbox, the drive shaft, and the pump are disposed along a longitudinal axis of the pumping unit. |
| US12065967B2 |
Adaptive vertical lift engine (AVLE) fan
A turbofan engine has a fan portion in fluid communication with a core stream and a bypass stream of air separated by splitters disposed both upstream and downstream of the fan portion. A blade splitter (shroud) on the fan partially spans the fan blade thus separating the core and bypass streams downstream while leaving a gap upstream for communication between the flows. The communication gap expands the operational range of the fan over fans without the communication gap. |
| US12065966B2 |
Duct structure for aircraft propulsion system
An apparatus is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This apparatus includes a duct structure, and the duct structure includes a transition duct, an inlet duct and a bypass duct. The duct structure is configured as a monolithic body. The transition duct includes an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet. The transition duct extends longitudinally along a longitudinal centerline from the inlet to the second outlet. The first outlet is arranged longitudinally along the longitudinal centerline between the inlet and the second outlet. A centerline axis of the first outlet is angularly offset from the longitudinal centerline. The inlet duct extends longitudinally along the longitudinal centerline to the inlet. The bypass duct extends longitudinally along the longitudinal centerline from the second outlet. |
| US12065964B1 |
Bypass heat exchanger configuration to reroute core flow
A turbine engine assembly includes a heat exchanger that is in thermal communication with an exhaust gas flow. A bypass passage is provided that is configured to selectively route at least a portion of the exhaust gas flow around the heat exchanger in response to a predefined engine operating condition. |
| US12065963B2 |
Reducing contrails from an aircraft powerplant
A method is provided during which an aircraft powerplant is provided. The aircraft powerplant includes a combustor and a water recovery system. The water recovery system includes a condenser and a reservoir. Fuel is combusted within the combustor to provide combustion products. Water is extracted from the combustion products using the condenser. The water recovery system is operated in one of a plurality of modes based on likelihood of contrail formation. The modes include a first mode and a second mode, where the water is collected within the reservoir during the first mode, and where the water passes through the water recovery system during the second mode. |
| US12065962B2 |
Gas storage apparatus and method
The present invention relates to a gas storage apparatus and method, and more specifically to liquid air energy storage and its use to facilitate both Demand Side Reduction (DSR) and the use of reduced-cost electricity by industrial compressed-air users. A related electricity generating apparatus and method is also disclosed. The apparatus and method use a first sensible heat coolth store and second latent heat coolth store to first reduce the gas in temperature and then to change it into a liquid phase. Coolth top up devices are also disclosed. |
| US12065956B2 |
Method for operating an exhaust system
A method for operating an exhaust system of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine upstream of the exhaust system and having an energy network is provided. The method includes operating the energy network in an operating situation with a voltage at a starting position, wherein a heating element is associated with the exhaust system, the heating element being connected to the energy network via a switching element, wherein the heating element in a first switching state of the switching element, when the switching element is switched on, is connected to the energy network in an electrically conductive manner, and in a second switching state of the switching element, when the switching element is switched off, is electrically separated from the energy network, and changing the voltage from the starting position to a switchover position when switching the switching element between the first and second switching states. |
| US12065954B2 |
Aftertreatment system
An aftertreatment system for a vehicle is connectable to an internal combustion engine The aftertreatment system includes an oxidation catalyst, a first NOx sensor arranged upstream the oxidation catalyst, a second NOx sensor arranged downstream the oxidation catalyst, and a control unit comprising a processor device configured to determine a sensor based conversion ratio of nitric oxides to nitrogen dioxides by the oxidation catalyst from data received from first and second NOx sensor, obtain an estimated conversion ratio of nitric oxides to nitrogen dioxides by the oxidation catalyst from a model, and determine a malfunction condition of the aftertreatment system in response to the sensor based conversion ratio being different from the estimated conversion ratio, and perform a responsive action of the aftertreatment system based on the malfunction condition. |
| US12065952B2 |
Muffler comprising one or more sensor ports
A sealing assembly for a sensor port of a double-walled muffler. The assembly includes at least an outer plate and a washer-type element. The washer-type element has a planar portion provided with an aperture, and a tube portion protrudes from an edge of the aperture. The assembly is mounted on a sensor port provided with a boss fixed to an inner wall of the double muffler wall, and with an opening in an outer wall surrounding the boss. The tube portion is fitted over the boss, and the assembly is fixed to the outer wall. Any radial or lateral movement of the boss relative to the outer wall is able to take place without losing sealing function, due to lateral freedom of movement of the washer-type element relative to the outer plate, and due to the fact that the boss is able to move relative to the tube portion. |
| US12065951B2 |
Apparatus and method for assembling an engine
An apparatus for assembling an engine includes an engine jig configured to load the engine on which a pump sprocket, a cam sprocket, an auto tensioner, and an engine belt are preliminarily mounted. The apparatus includes: a pump sprocket fastening unit disposed on a first die disposed on a first side of the engine jig and configured to clamp and fully fasten the pump sprocket in order to fixedly mount the pump sprocket preliminarily mounted to the engine; a cam sprocket fastening unit disposed on the first die and configured to clamp, rotate, and fully fasten the cam sprocket in order to fixedly mount the cam sprocket preliminarily mounted to the engine; and an auto tensioner fastening unit disposed on the first die, and configured to clamp, rotate, and fully fasten the auto tensioner in order to fixedly mount the auto tensioner preliminarily mounted to the engine. |
| US12065946B2 |
Blade with tip rail cooling
An airfoil includes a body, a cooling passage, a first cooling cavity, a second cooling cavity, a cooling conduit, and a connecting conduit. The body defines an interior and includes a tip rail with an exterior surface extending between a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The cooling passage is formed within the interior. The first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity are spaced from each other within the tip rail. The cooling conduit fluidly couples the cooling passage with the first cooling cavity. The connecting conduit fluidly couples the first cooling cavity to the second cooling cavity. |
| US12065945B2 |
Internally cooled turbine blade
An internally cooled turbine blade for use in a gas turbine engine includes a serpentine channel extending within the turbine blade for flowing cooling air through the interior of the blade. The turbine blade includes turbulators positioned within the serpentine channel to cause or increase turbulence of the cooling air flowing through the serpentine channel, increasing the heat transfer between the turbine blade and the cooling air before exiting a plurality of air outlets within the turbine blade. |
| US12065944B1 |
Airfoils with mixed skin passageway cooling
A turbine engine airfoil element has: a plurality of spanwise main body passageways along a camber line; and a plurality of spanwise skin passageways along the pressure side. The spanwise skin passageways include: first skin passageways each having a plurality of film cooling outlets to the pressure side; and second skin passageways each lacking film cooling outlets to the pressure side. Linking passageways extend between the first skin passageways and the second skin passageways. The first skin passageways and second skin passageways are directly fed from one or more inlets of the airfoil element. |
| US12065941B2 |
Rotor for a pump, produced with a first elastic material
A rotor for a pump has a housing and a rotor, and has at least one blade. The rotor is able to be actuated to rotate about an axis of rotation in order to convey a fluid in the axial or radial direction, and the rotor is able to be deformed in the radial direction between a first, radially compressed state and a second, radially expanded state. At a maximum speed of rotation of the rotor at which the power of the pump is at a maximum, the blade is essentially radially oriented, and/or the rotor has its maximum diameter. |
| US12065930B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a rotary steerable system using closed-loop system(s)
An apparatus and method that form closed-loop system(s) between a downhole system that includes an RSS and a surface control system, to improve stability and performance assurance of the RSS. The apparatus and method account for the actual downhole conditions experienced by the RSS, the actual positioning of the RSS, and historical performance of the surface systems such as the mud pump system, the rotary drive system, and the draw works. These closed-loop systems generate and optimize parameters or target outputs, instructions to surface systems, and instructions for the RSS itself. |
| US12065927B2 |
Drainage bottle apparatus for saturated rock plug samples
A drainage bottle apparatus includes a cylindrical body portion with a base, a neck portion, a receptor opening located at a rim, a first and a second threaded inner perimeter surface, a removable sieve having a sieve outer perimeter rim thread, and a sieve base. The sieve outer perimeter rim thread mates with the second threaded inner perimeter surface. A method for extracting a rock plug sample includes using the drainage bottle apparatus in combination with a sample jar containing a rock plug sample and a liquid material. The sample jar includes a sample jar outer perimeter surface thread that mates with the first threaded inner perimeter surface of the neck portion and is turned over so as to drain the liquid material thereby separating the liquid material from the rock plug sample and the rock plug sample, now dried, may be extracted. |
| US12065926B2 |
System and method for electromechanical actuator apparatus having a screen assembly
A method of operating an actuator in mud having debris and lost circulation material is described. The method includes closing a servo valve positioned within a valve housing. The valve housing has a plurality of fluid vents positioned downstream of the servo valve and a plurality of debris vents positioned upstream of the servo valve. Dimensions of the plurality of fluid vents are less than dimensions of the plurality of debris vents. Closing of the servo valve creates a first fluid path such that fluid flows from a mud pump at a surface into the plurality of debris vents and out of the plurality of fluid vents shielding the servo valve from debris and lost circulation material. |
| US12065922B2 |
Estimation of maximum load amplitudes in drilling systems using multiple independent measurements
Methods and systems for mitigating vibration in drill strings include performing a drilling operation using a disintegrating tool, obtaining a first load measurement of a first load during the drilling operation using a first load sensor having a first sampling rate in the drill string, obtaining a second load measurement of a second load during the drilling operation using a second load sensor having a second sampling rate in the drill string, wherein the second load measurement is different from the first load measurement, and wherein the first load measurement and the second load measurement are synchronized with an accuracy that is greater than a first sampling interval corresponding to the first sampling rate and a second sampling interval corresponding to the second sampling rate, and performing a vibration mitigation operation |
| US12065920B2 |
Composition and method for non-mechanical intervention and remediation of wellbore damage and reservoir fractures
A method of non-mechanically remediating damage to a wellbore comprising a plurality of fracture stages is disclosed. A total treatment volume is calculated based on the plurality of fracture stages, the wellbore space, and either the production tubing or the annulus of the wellbore. The fracture stages of the wellbore are then divided into a plurality of chemical stages. The wellbore is pre-flushed, and each chemical stage is treated and isolated in order of depth by a volume of remediation chemicals and a volume of diverter. A post-treatment flush completes the remediation process and after a shut-in period, the well's production is substantially improved. |
| US12065917B2 |
Systems and methods to autonomously operate hydraulic fracturing units
Systems and methods for operating hydraulic fracturing units, each including a hydraulic fracturing pump to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead and an internal combustion engine to drive the hydraulic fracturing pump, may include receiving signals indicative of operational parameters. The systems and methods also may include determining an amount of required fracturing power sufficient to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation, determining an available power to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation and a difference between the available power and the required power, and controlling operation of the hydraulic fracturing units based at least in part on the power difference. When the power difference is indicative of excess power available, the system and methods may include causing at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units to idle, and when the power difference is indicative of a power deficit, increasing a power output of at least one of the hydraulic fracturing units. |
| US12065913B1 |
Directly initiated addressable power charge
A method and apparatus for detonating a power charge in downhole wellbore using a heating element embedded within the energetic material of the power charge. |
| US12065911B2 |
Two-part drilling/running and activation tool
Provided is a downhole tool, a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a two part drilling and running tool, the two part drilling and running tool including a conveyance, a smaller assembly coupled to an end of the conveyance, and a larger bit assembly slidably coupled to the conveyance, the smaller assembly and larger bit assembly configured to slidingly engage one another downhole to form a combined bit assembly. The downhole tool, in accordance with this aspect, further includes a whipstock assembly coupled to the two part drilling and running tool using a coupling mechanism, and a hydraulically actuated anchoring assembly coupled to a downhole end of the whipstock assembly. The downhole tool, in accordance with this aspect, additionally includes a multilateral junction seal assembly coupled between the whipstock assembly and the hydraulically actuated anchoring assembly. |
| US12065909B2 |
Unitary lateral leg with three or more openings
Provided is a multilateral leg bore, a multilateral junction, and a well system. The multilateral leg bore, in one aspect, includes a unitary housing having a first end and a second opposing end defining a length (L). In accordance with this aspect, the multilateral junction includes three or more bores formed in the housing and extending along the length (L). |
| US12065907B2 |
Drill assembly for percussive drilling
A drill assembly for percussive drilling, comprising a drill bit and a percussion device. The drill assembly further includes a hollow cylindrical foot valve partially received within a first central flushing channel thereof and extending therefrom in the uphole direction, such that the foot valve is also partially received within a central recess of an impact piston of the percussion device, at least when the impact piston is in a lowermost position of its reciprocation cycle, and such that the foot valve is no longer received within the central recess, at least when the impact piston is in an uppermost position of its reciprocation cycle. The foot valve includes an internal stiffener extending radially inwardly from at least two circumferential positions of an inner surface of the foot valve. |
| US12065903B1 |
Choke mechanism for a plunger catcher
A lubricator and plunger catcher used in conjunction with an oil or gas well includes a manifold positioned between the wellhead and the plunger catcher. The manifold includes a plunger passageway that extends from the bottom of the manifold to the top of the manifold, with the plunger catcher being mounted to the top of the manifold. The manifold also includes a production passageway through which oil or gas leaving the wellhead is routed. A choke mechanism for at least partially blocking the production passageway is provided on the manifold to selectively vary the volume of the oil or gas leaving the wellhead that is routed through the plunger catcher. This, in turn, can selectively vary a force imparted to a plunger by the oil or gas leaving the wellhead to ensure the plunger is fully seated in the catcher when it arrives at the wellhead. |
| US12065900B2 |
Micro frac plug
A micro frac plug used to seal individual perforations formed in a casing installed within a subterranean wellbore. The plug comprises an insert element and a deformable sleeve. The insert element is received and retained within a medial section of the sleeve. The plug is sized to be lodged in or seated on a single perforation. The plug blocks fluid from flowing through the perforation. |
| US12065899B2 |
Well operations with grouped particle diverter plug
A method can include deploying a diverter plug into a well, the diverter plug comprising a group of particles that are prevented from dispersing, flowing fluid, thereby conveying the diverter plug into engagement with a fluid passageway, the particles conforming to a shape of the fluid passageway as the diverter plug blocks fluid flow through the fluid passageway, and the particles being prevented from dispersing while the diverter plug blocks the fluid flow through the fluid passageway. The diverter plug can include a group of particles disposed within an outer enclosure. The particles in the enclosure can conform to a shape of the fluid passageway as the diverter plug blocks fluid flow through the fluid passageway. In another method, the enclosure can sealingly engage the fluid passageway while the particles remain disposed within the enclosure. |
| US12065897B2 |
Preventing or removing contaminants in wellbore fluid using an acoustic actuator
An acoustic actuator for scale removal and prevention in a wellbore is described herein. For example, a system can include a tubing string deployed downhole in a wellbore. A downhole tool can be coupled to the tubing string. An acoustic actuator can be coupled to the tubing string and positioned proximate to the downhole tool. The acoustic actuator can generate an acoustic signal that can vibrate the tubing string to generate a fluidic disturbance in downhole fluid within the tubing string for removing contaminants from, or preventing formation of contaminants, on the downhole tool. |
| US12065895B2 |
Passive logging while levitating (PLWL): contactless conveyance
A method for logging in a well is disclosed. The method includes securing a passive logging while levitating (PLWL) assembly to a bottomhole assembly (BHA) to form a logging assembly and running the logging assembly into a wellbore of the well. The method further includes detecting a deviation in the wellbore, detecting a fluid flow direction around the logging assembly in the wellbore, activating the PLWL assembly based, at least in part, on the deviation in the wellbore and the fluid flow direction, and levitating the logging assembly in a center of the wellbore. The method also includes determining whether the logging assembly has reached a target depth and performing logging in the well while the logging assembly is levitating in the center of the wellbore. |
| US12065892B2 |
Drilling rig with a top drive system operable in a drilling mode and a tripping mode
In combination a drilling mast and a top drive system for a drilling rig having a drill floor with a well center. The drilling mast has a U-shaped horizontal cross section with a left-hand mast wall, a rear mast wall, and a right-hand mast wall, and with an open front side. Each of the mast walls is provided with one or more vertical rails that are, in use of the drilling rig, parallel to a vertical firing line that extends through the well center. The top drive system comprises a traveling carriage and a top drive unit supported by said carriage. A left-hand fingerboard device is mounted to the left-hand mast wall and a right-hand side fingerboard device is mounted to the right-hand mast wall. |
| US12065889B2 |
Securing system intended to secure a cable to a tube
Securing system intended to secure a cable to a tube for a tubular column for oil & gas, energy, or storage applications, said securing system comprising:—a bearing surface and an outside surface, the bearing surface being turned inwardly, said bearing surface defining an inside housing for the tube, the outside surface being turned outward relative to the bearing surface,—a tube fixing mechanism having an open state and a closed state, the tube fixing mechanism being configured to fix the securing system on the tube in the closed state of the tube fixing mechanism, the tube being housed in the inside housing in said closed state of the tube fixing mechanism, said tube fixing mechanism being mobile relative to the tube in an open state of the tube fixing mechanism; said tube fixing mechanism comprises a band, the band extending along a longitudinal axis, the band extending radially, the band extending around the tube, said band forming the bearing surface,—a cable securing mechanism having an outside housing for securing the cable, said outside housing having an opening for receiving, through said opening, the cable inside the outside housing, said opening of the outside housing being arranged on the outside surface. |
| US12065888B2 |
Fiber optic wetmate
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate connection of multiple stage completions. A first completion stage is deployed at a wellbore location. Subsequently, the next completion stage is moved downhole into engagement with the first completion stage. The completion stages each have communication lines that are coupled together downhole via a wetmate connection. Debris prevention and removal devices and methods are also provided. |
| US12065884B2 |
Manufacture of roller cone drill bits
A method of manufacturing a roller cone includes machining a cone blank and thereby defining one or more land surfaces and one or more insert grooves on the cone blank, surface hardening the cone blank, and milling a plurality of recesses into at least one of the one or more land surfaces. The method further includes subjecting the cone blank to a quenching process, forming an insert hole at each recess, and inserting an insert into each insert hole. |
| US12065883B2 |
Hybrid bit
A hybrid bit includes fixed blades and wheel support structures. The wheel support structure includes a wheel inserted into a slot between a leading support and a trailing support. One or more shims fill a gap between a flange and the leading supports. An elongated seal between the wheel and the supports is provided to seal the wheel support. |
| US12065873B2 |
Spacer having improved adhesion
A spacer includes a polymeric hollow profile, including a first and second side wall, a glazing interior wall connecting the side walls to one another; an outer wall arranged parallel to the glazing interior wall and connects the side walls to one another; a cavity surrounded by the side walls, the glazing interior wall, and the outer wall, a moisture barrier on the first side wall, the outer wall, and the second side wall, wherein the moisture barrier includes a multi-layer system having a barrier function including a polymeric layer and an inorganic barrier layer, a metallic or ceramic outer adhesive layer having a thickness of less than 100 nm, a binding layer between the adhesive layer and the multi-layer system and including a polymer selected from oriented propylene, oriented polyethylene terephthalate, biaxially oriented propylene, and biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate. The binding layer is directly adjacent the adhesive layer. |
| US12065872B2 |
Top frit heat treatment
The present invention relates to a method of producing a vacuum insulated glazing unit, the vacuum insulated glazing unit comprises a first tempered glass pane and a second tempered glass pane arranged in parallel, having a surface of each pane opposing each other with pillars arranged as spacers between the opposed surfaces.A side frit material is peripherally arranged between the first glass pane and the second glass pane creating an internal void between the glass panes. An evacuation opening is provided in the first glass pane and the evacuation opening comprises an evacuation member, preferably a hollow tube, through which evacuation member the internal void can be evacuated. A top frit material made of lead-free solder frit material comprising a glass content, the top frit material being arranged around the evacuation opening and comprising a surface defining an exterior boundary of the top frit material between the outside of the vacuum insulated glazing unit and the inside of the top frit material, wherein the glass content thereof is substantially in an amorphous state only. |
| US12065871B2 |
Installation structure of glass fixing gasket and window glass panel fixing bracket of fixed window in sliding window system comprising segmented window frame
The present invention relates to an installation structure of a glass fixing gasket and a window glass panel fixing bracket, which fixes a window glass panel of a fixed window included in a sliding window system which comprises a segmented window frame and, more specifically, to an installation structure of a glass fixing gasket and a window glass panel fixing bracket, wherein the glass fixing gasket and the window glass panel fixing bracket are installed between a window frame portion which supports three sides (an upper surface, a lower surface, and one external side surface that is not a middle bar side surface) of a fixed window included in a sliding window and a window glass panel provided as a double-pane, in order to provide a sealing function for preventing ventilation and a function of stably fixing the window glass panel against high wind pressure (wind pressure resistance), and moreover, to ensure maximum heat insulation performance. |
| US12065870B2 |
Anti-graffiti laminate with visual indicia
An anti-graffiti window film covering system that includes multiple polymeric film layers. Each layer includes a unique visual indicia to identify the number of sheets remaining in the system. |
| US12065869B1 |
Connector system, apparatus and methods for a door frame assembly
A system, device, assembly and methods for a frame assembly, including a connector as shown and described. The assembly may be a door frame assembly and may, by way of example, be a door jamb and/or a door mullion including a connector. A connector may provide stability to the assembly. |
| US12065866B2 |
Apparatus and method of controlling door for vehicle
An apparatus can be used for controlling a door for a vehicle. A sensor unit is provided in the door and configured to sense an object adjacent to a region outside of the door. A controller configured to calculate a distance between the object and the door based on a signal received from the sensor unit, set a range by dividing and setting sensing ranges for each sensing distance of the sensor unit, and control the door to be opened while the distance to the object is gradually reduced in a state where the door is closed, such that the object is sensed within a predetermined range. The range is set by setting a maximum sensing distance in a state where the door is opened to be longer than in the state where the door is closed. |
| US12065865B2 |
Hinge assembly for washing or laundry machine
A hinge assembly for an appliance includes a base plate, a hinge plate, a shaft, a stop block, and a stop. The base plate has a first pair of spaced-apart eyelets. The hinge plate has a second pair of spaced-apart eyelets and a central eyelet disposed between the eyelets of the second pair of eyelets. The shaft extends through each eyelet of the first pair of spaced-apart eyelets, second pair of spaced-apart eyelets, and central eyelet. The hinge plate is configured to pivot relative to the base plate via the shaft. The stop block protrudes from a first eyelet of the first pair of spaced-apart eyelets. The stop extends from the central eyelet and is configured to engage the stop block to limit radial movement of the hinge plate relative to the base plate. |
| US12065864B2 |
Door leaf assembly with electric unlocking system
A door handle assembly and unlocking method include a handle connected to a base by a hinge for rotation between an idle position, substantially parallel to the base, and a door-opening position, inclined relative to the base. An actuator is within the base and moves the handle to at least the opening position. A first control device in the handle and connected to an electric unlocking system. The handle includes a tactile area on an inner surface for receiving pressure applied by the user's hand for activating the first control device and generating a first control signal. A second control device is on the base and is actuated by movement of the handle from the opening position to an over-opening position to generate a second control signal. The electric unlocking system receives the first or second control signal in order to unlock and allow opening of the door. |
| US12065862B2 |
Motor vehicle lock
A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is provided with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. In addition, a latching element, which is arranged in the engagement region between two locking mechanism components is provided, wherein said latching element is pivotably mounted on the rotary latch and/or the pawl for the most part in a plane of the locking mechanism (E). According to the invention, the latching element has a guide extension, which projects relative to the plane of the locking mechanism (E), for additional axial and/or radial guidance. |
| US12065859B2 |
Interchangeable handle lockset
A handle set including a chassis and a handle mounted on the chassis. The handle includes a shank having a load bearing section, a primary actuating section, and a secondary actuating section. The chassis includes a housing, a support spindle, a primary actuator, and a secondary actuator. The support spindle is longitudinally coupled with the load bearing section, and the primary actuator is rotationally coupled with the primary actuating section of the handle. The handle set has a first configuration in which the secondary actuating section is engaged with the secondary actuator, and a second configuration in which the secondary actuating section is disengaged from the secondary actuator. |
| US12065857B2 |
Facilitation of opening and closing of structures without use of hand
Opening and closing a door without the use of one's hands is facilitated. For instance, an apparatus can comprise one or two rotatable rings. For a one ring apparatus, the ring can have an opening so that the inner cross section of the opening of the ring can be pushed with a forearm or knee so that the ring will rotate and the person can then pull on the ring with his/her forearm or knee to open the door. In a two-ring apparatus, two adjacent rings, both with openings, can comprise similar push surfaces. When pushed on the pushed surfaces, the rings will rotate and the cross sections of the openings of the rings come into contact with one another, creating a surface against which a forearm or knee can pull on to open the door. A rotation plane converter can turn a doorknob using the apparatus. |
| US12065855B2 |
Swimming pool cleaning robot with movement state detection function
The present disclosure discloses a swimming pool cleaning robot with a movement state detection function, including a main body on which a control module is arranged; a rotating member is rotatably arranged outside the main body; a water fender is also arranged outside the main body; part of the rotating member is located in the water fender; the swimming pool cleaning robot further includes a rotating speed detection assembly used for detecting a rotating speed of the rotating member; and the rotating speed detection assembly is electrically connected to the control module. The moving speed of the swimming pool cleaning robot can be accurately acquired by detecting the rotating member's rotating speed; a movement trajectory of the swimming pool cleaning robot can be controlled by controlling the swimming pool cleaning robot's moving direction; and the entire detection system has a simple and reliable structure and is convenient to maintain. |
| US12065851B2 |
Enhanced security fence and method of construction and installation
An enhanced security fence for use in high security situations is provided. The fence is made of high strength materials that are preferably welded together in a convenient, location and sent as prefabricated sections to the installation location to form an all welded bracket-less perimeter barrier fence system. Posts with section hangers are provided and installed at a perimeter, and the prefabricated panels are quickly and securely attached to the posts. The panels can be friction fit to the posts and, if desired welded thereto. The invention includes a method of creating an enhanced security fence, that includes prefabrication of panels and rapid, fitting and securing the panels to posts to more quickly create a secure perimeter in places having difficult environments. |
| US12065849B2 |
In-ground niche
An in-ground niche is disclosed. Example in-ground niches can comprise containers of appropriate size and shape for human or animal cremated remains storage. A portion of an in-ground niche can define an in-ground storage cavity, while another portion thereof can provide a lid support structure for a lid that is positionable on or above ground level. An in-ground niche can also comprise attachment points, both for security bolts to secure the lid to the lid support structure, and for anchor rods to anchor the in-ground niche in the ground. |
| US12065848B2 |
Umbrella assembly and umbrella stability assembly
An umbrella assembly including a central shaft, the central shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a canopy coupled to the first end of the central shaft; an auger extending from the second end of the central shaft; a collar/hub nonslideably coupled to the central shaft and spaced from the auger; a plurality of legs, each of the plurality of legs having a first end and a second end; wherein the first end of each of the plurality of legs is coupled to the collar/hub, the second end of each of the plurality of legs extends towards the auger, and the collar/hub remains in a fixed position with respect to the central shaft when the second end of each leg extends outwardly from the central shaft to a deployed position and returns towards the central shaft from its deployed position to a stowed position; and a flexible material having an opening through which the central shaft extends and wherein the second end of each leg is coupled to the flexible material. |
| US12065842B2 |
Drywall mud applicator tool
A drywall mud applicator tool includes a body having a wall engaging applicator face, a first end, a second end, a first side and a second side. A first wheel is mounted for rotation on an axle which is secured to the first side adjacent to the first end. A second wheel is mounted for rotation on an axle which is secured to the second side adjacent to the first end. A third wheel is mounted for rotation on an axle which is secured to the first side adjacent to the second end. A fourth wheel is mounted for rotation on an axle which is secured to the second side adjacent to the second end. A first mud containment skirt extends along the first side from the first end to the second end. A second mud containment skirt extends along the second side from the first end to the second end. |
| US12065838B2 |
Panel and floor covering comprising the same
The present invention relates to a panel and to a floor covering including the same. The present invention also relates to other coverings, such as a wall covering, which are constructed by using a plurality of the panels. According to the invention, the panel includes a first and second coupling profile on opposing sides of the panel. The first coupling profile includes an upward tongue that has a curved portion. This upward tongue is spaced apart from a first inner flank of the panel by a clearance that defines an upward groove. According to the invention, an outermost point of the curved portion is positioned further away from the first inner flank than a center point of the upward tongue. |
| US12065837B2 |
Exterior building structure using unit integrated with insulation
An exterior building structure using a unit integrated with insulation is proposed. The exterior building structure, which fixes an insulation-integrated unit to an outer wall of a building, includes a plurality of insulation-integrated units including a frame, a functional member fixed to the frame, and an insulation member, the plurality of insulation-integrated units being sequentially arranged vertically and horizontally, and a plurality of horizontal insulation units each including a hollow horizontal frame and a horizontal insulation member provided inside the horizontal frame, formed into a horizontally long shape to block heat transfer moving via a gap between the insulation-integrated units that are vertically adjacent to each other, and supporting an upper end of a lower insulation-integrated unit and a lower end of an upper insulation-integrated unit of the two vertically adjacent insulation-integrated units while being fixed to the outer wall to be vertically spaced apart from another horizontal insulation unit. |
| US12065832B2 |
Tubular beam with mechanically fastened end plates
A tubular beam with mechanically fastened end plates preferably includes a tubular member and at least one end plate. At least one cross plate may be secured within the tubular member with fasteners to strengthen thereof. The tubular member may have any suitable cross section including, square, rectangular, hexagonal, triangular or the like. A plurality of hand access openings, a plurality of beam fastening holes and a plurality of fastener holes are formed through a side wall of the tubular member. The end plate is attached to an end of the tubular beam with a plurality of fasteners. A fastener gusset may be formed in inside corners of the tubular member to accommodate a blind fastener hole for attaching the at least one end plate. Each end plate preferably includes a hand access opening, a plurality of plate fastening holes, and a plurality of blind fastener holes and/or fastener holes. |
| US12065829B2 |
Cellulose-based structural flooring panel assembly
A cellulose-based structural building panel assembly includes a cross-laminated timber (CLT) core which is reinforced with one or more post-tensioned tendons stressed to a pre-selected tensioning force, following the placement as part of the panel assembly. The tendons are provided within a sleeve which is grouted with a channel formed in an underside of the core and which after post-tensioning of tendons is infilled with a binder securing the tendons in a fully bonded configuration. |
| US12065823B2 |
Systems and methods for providing modular building structures based on site-specific conditions
Systems and methods for providing modular building unit or “pods” are provided. In various embodiments, site-specific conditions and risk factors are evaluated and identified. The conditions and risk factors are used to inform decisions and design requirements for one or more pods and to modify or reinforce a pod prior to installation if needed. Methods and systems of securing the pods are also provided. |
| US12065817B2 |
System and method for touchless actuation of a toilet
A trip lever assembly for a toilet includes a body and an infrared sensor. The body is configured to be mechanically coupled to a flush valve assembly of the toilet. The infrared sensor is coupled to the body, and is configured to be electrically coupled to the flush valve assembly. The body is configured to be manually actuated to control the flush valve assembly. The infrared sensor is a time-of-flight sensor configured to detect the distance of an object in a detection region of the infrared sensor to control the flush valve assembly. |
| US12065815B2 |
Jet regulator
A sanitary insert (1) in which the overall cross section of the aeration ducts (9, 18, 22, 23) of a jet aeration unit (3) is reduced by a ratio to the outer circumference of a mixing chamber (6) so that an air flow captures a leakage flow on the seal-free outer circumference of the insert (1) and transports the same into the mixing chamber (6). |
| US12065811B2 |
Systems and methods for coupling of a tub spout
Disclosed are various embodiments providing a mechanism to couple a tub spout onto a pipe. An extension nipple adaptor can be coupled to the pipe. A compression ring can be positioned between the extension nipple adaptor and an extension nipple. The tub spout can couple to the extension nipple. A threaded screw can be screwed into the extension nipple adaptor and contact the pipe. |
| US12065810B2 |
Systems and methods for automatically performing a flush operation for a water supply
A method of operating an appliance includes receiving an initiation trigger to perform a flush operation, supplying water to a container of the appliance, draining the supplied water from the container, measuring a temperature of the supplied water to the container, determining that the temperature of the supplied water is above a predetermined temperature threshold, and halting the supply of water to the container via the water supply. |
| US12065805B2 |
Work machine
A work machine includes a second pilot line that introduces a hydraulic fluid from a pilot hydraulic fluid source to a pilot valve bypassing a first gate lock valve, a second gate lock valve that is disposed on the second pilot line and that is configured to be switched to an open position for allowing the supply of the hydraulic fluid to the pilot valve or a closed position for interrupting the supply of the hydraulic fluid, and a controller that controls the second gate lock valve on the basis of a second remote operation signal transmitted from a remote operation apparatus and that controls the pilot valve according to a first remote operation signal transmitted from the remote operation apparatus. In a state where the first gate lock valve is at a closed position, the second gate lock valve is allowed to be controlled by the controller when stairs are in a retracted state, and is kept at the closed position irrespective of the second remote operation signal when the stairs are in an extended state. |
| US12065797B1 |
Rod-type pile foundation for preventing pile body from being heaved and operating method thereof
The present disclosure provides a rod-type pile foundation for preventing a pile body from being heaved and an operating method. The rod-type pile foundation comprises a base, a support block fixed inside the base, a support plate movably disposed at a top of the support block by a guide structure, and an anti-frost heaving component located at a lower portion of the support block. The anti-frost heaving component includes a first connecting rod rotationally connected with the support block and one or more telescopic rods. One end of each of the telescopic rods is fixed on the first connecting rod. A scraping plate is fixed at another end of each of the telescopic rods. The support plate is in transmission connection with the first connecting rod through a transmission component. The transmission component converts a vertical linear motion of the support plate into a rotation of the first connecting rod. |
| US12065795B1 |
Apparatus and method for removing waste
An apparatus and method for removing waste, the apparatus including a motorized extendable shaft, a handle assembly connected to a first end of the motorized extendable shaft, wherein the handle assembly includes a grip component, at least a processor, and a memory communicatively connected to the at least processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least processor to receive a user input, and adjust the extension of the motorized extendable shaft as a function of the user input, and a waste removal assembly, wherein the waste removal assembly is attached to a second end of the motorized extendable shaft at a connection point. |
| US12065789B1 |
Hand-carryable heating and dispensing apparatus for tar, bitumen, asphalt, and the like
A hand-carryable apparatus to heat tar into a flowable state and dispense the tar includes: a pot with pivotable handle, a shroud with a handle, and a heat chamber, which may all be cylindrical. The shroud extends from a bottom portion of the pot. The heat chamber includes: a base wall, a plurality of baffles, and a cylindrical side wall that slidably receives a portion of the shroud in a clearance fit. An opening in the heat chamber side wall receives the flame end of a torch. Three or more baffles protrude upwardly from the base wall to distribute the heat provided by the torch: a first baffle positioned distally from the opening and oriented substantially perpendicular thereto; and second and third baffles positioned between the first baffle and the opening, and oriented at an acute angle to the first baffle, and symmetrically offset from the axis of the opening. |
| US12065785B2 |
Ash retention additive and methods of using the same
Provided herein are additives for paper compositions comprising poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and polyacrylamide polymer that are capable of increasing the ash retention of the paper composition. Also provided are methods of making a paper composition using the additives of the disclosure. |
| US12065779B2 |
Raw-material feeding device
A raw-material feeding device includes: a storage section that includes a bottom section and a side wall standing from the bottom section and that stores, in a storage space surrounded by the bottom section and the side wall, small pieces of raw material constituted by a material containing fibers; a stirring section that is provided in the bottom section at a position facing the storage space, that includes a blade which rotates about a rotational axis extending in a direction in which the side wall stands, and that stirs the raw material in the storage space by rotating the blade; a first discharging section that is provided in the side wall so as to communicate with the storage space, that includes a first tubular body rotating about a first axis intersecting the rotational axis, and that discharges, upon rotation of the first tubular body, the raw material in the storage space to a processing section; and a second discharging section that is provided in the side wall at a position different from a position at which the first tubular body is provided so as to communicate with the storage space, that includes a second tubular body rotating about a second axis intersecting the rotational axis, and that discharges, upon rotation the second tubular body, the raw material in the storage space to the processing section. |
| US12065778B2 |
Tile, in particular carpet tile, and covering of such tiles
The invention relates to a tile, in particular a carpet tile. The invention also relates to the use a tile according to the invention as floor tile, wall tile, or ceiling tile. The invention further relates to a tile covering consisting of a plurality of tiles according to the invention. The invention additionally relates to a carpet covering consisting of at least one carpet tile according to the invention. |
| US12065776B2 |
Sizing agent for inorganic fiber, inorganic fiber and production method therefor, and composite material
An inorganic fiber sizing agent that contains at least one carbon nanostructure selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers, a resin, and a surfactant. If the total content of a nonvolatile content of the resin and the surfactant is taken as 100 parts by mass, the inorganic fiber sizing agent contains the surfactant at a ratio of 2 to 50 parts by mass. |
| US12065769B2 |
Biodegradable additive, biodegradable polyester fiber and method for producing the same, and biodegradable fabric
A biodegradable additive, a biodegradable polyester fiber and a method for producing the same, and a biodegradable fabric are provided. The biodegradable additive includes a polyester resin material and a biodegradable resin material. The biodegradable resin material is at least one material selected from the group consisting of polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic acid (PLA), and derivatives thereof. In the biodegradable additive, a content range of the polyester resin material is between 40 wt % and 80 wt %, and a content range of the biodegradable resin material is between 20 wt % and 60 wt %. |
| US12065765B2 |
Composite yarn comprising at least two single elastic filaments and a plurality of inelastic elements
A composite yarn (100) comprising at least two single elastic filaments (101) and a plurality of inelastic elements (103), wherein said inelastic elements (103) comprise a plurality of inelastic filaments and/or a bundle of inelastic filaments, and said single elastic filaments (101) and said inelastic filaments (103) are connected to each other by intermingling. |
| US12065761B2 |
Additive fabrication method of transparent rock micromodels with in-situ mineral coating
Methods of preparing a mineral-coated rock micromodel can include 3D-printing a transparent porous micromodel with photo-curable polymer, seeding a thin layer of mineral nanoparticles in the network of pores inside the micromodel, and subsequently growing a mineral layer on the thin layer of mineral nanoparticles. The thin layer of mineral nanoparticles can be introduced by injecting a suspension containing the mineral nanoparticles through the microporous polymer micromodel, and the mineral layer can be grown in-situ on the thin layer of mineral nanoparticles in the network of pores by injecting an ion-rich solution configured to crystallize from solution in response to contacting the mineral nanoparticles. |
| US12065759B2 |
Indium phosphide substrate
An indium phosphide substrate, the phosphide substrate has an angle θ on the main surface side of 0°<θ≤120° for all of the planes A, the indium phosphide substrate has edge rounds on the main surface side and a surface side opposite to the main surface; wherein a chamfered width Xf from the wafer edge on the main surface side is 50 μm or more to 130 μm or less; wherein a chamfered width Xb from the wafer edge on the surface side opposite to the main surface is 150 μm or more to 400 μm or less; and wherein the indium phosphide substrate has a thickness of 330 μm or more to 700 μm or less. |
| US12065755B2 |
Method for growing a GaN single crystal film on a buffer layer on a ScAlMgO4 substrate and performing cooling so that the GaN film is peeled from the ScAlMgO4 substrate
The present invention provides a preparation method of a gallium nitride single crystal based on a ScAlMgO4 substrate, comprising following steps: (1) providing a ScAlMgO4 substrate; (2) growing a buffer layer on a surface of the ScAlMgO4 substrate; (3) annealing the buffer layer; (4) growing a GaN crystal on the buffer layer; (5) performing cooling, so that the GaN crystal is automatically peeled off from the ScAlMgO4 substrate. The present invention does not need to use a complex MOCVD process for GaN deposition and preprocessing to make a mask or a separation layer, which effectively reduces production costs; compared with traditional substrates such as sapphire, it has higher quality and a larger radius of curvature, and will not cause a problem of OFFCUT non-uniformity for growing GaN over 4 inches; finally, the present invention can realize continuous growth into a crystal bar with a thickness of more than 5 mm, which further reduces the costs. |
| US12065749B2 |
2-step iron conversion system
Methods and systems for producing are disclosed. A method for producing iron, for example, comprises: providing an iron-containing ore to a dissolution subsystem comprising a first electrochemical cell; wherein the first anolyte has a different composition than the first catholyte; dissolving at least a portion of the iron-containing ore using an acid to form an acidic iron-salt solution having dissolved first Fe3+ ions; providing at least a portion of the acidic iron-salt solution to the first cathodic chamber; first electrochemically reducing said first Fe3+ ions in the first catholyte to form Fe2+ ions; transferring the formed Fe2+ ions from the dissolution subsystem to an iron-plating subsystem having a second electrochemical cell; second electrochemically reducing a first portion of the transferred formed Fe2+ ions to Fe metal at a second cathode of the second electrochemical cell; and removing the Fe metal. |
| US12065745B2 |
Porous platinum nanorod electrode array flexible sensor devices and fabrication
A method for fabricating a Pt nanorod electrode array sensor device includes forming planar metal electrodes on a flexible film, co-depositing Pt alloy on the planar metal electrodes via physical vapor deposition, and dealloying the Pt alloy to etch Pt nanorods from the deposited Pt alloy. A Pt nanorod electrode sensor device includes a plurality of porous Pt nanorods on a planar metal electrode forming a sensor electrode. The planar metal electrode is on a flexible substrate. An electrode lead on the flexible substrate extends away from the planar metal electrode. Insulation is around porous Pt nanorods an upon the electrode lead. |
| US12065744B2 |
Anti-coking iron spinel surface
An anti-coking surface having a thickness up to 15 microns comprising from 15 to 50 wt. % of MnCr2O4 (for example manganochromite); from 15 to 25 wt. % of Cr0.23Mn0.08Ni0.69 (for example chromium manganese nickel); from 10 to 30 wt. % of Cr1.3Fe0.7O3 (for example chromium iron oxide); from 12 to 20 wt. % of Cr2O3 (for example eskolaite); from 4 to 20 wt. % of CuFe5O8 (for example copper iron oxide); and less than 5 wt. % of one or more compounds chosen from FeO(OH), CrO(OH), CrMn, Si and SiO2 (either as silicon oxide or quartz) and less than 0.5 wt. % of aluminum in any form provided that the sum of the components is 100 wt. % is provided on steel. |
| US12065743B1 |
Cold spray deposition of lunar regolith simulant-containing coatings for space repair applications
Provided is a method of repairing structures on the Lunar surface using Lunar regolith containing metallic coatings. An ultra-portable and low-pressure cold spray system is utilized to consolidate coatings. This system can be easily transported to space, reducing the payload. Lunar regolith is added to the metal powder before cold spray deposition. Lunar regolith increases the tampering effect during cold spray deposition, thereby causing severe plastic deformation of the metal powders and providing a coating with high quality and minimum porosity. The presence of Lunar regolith increases the hardness of the coating and improves wear properties. Coatings on a large area can be made rapidly without much surface preparation. These coatings can be rapidly applied to various Lunar structures to repair, reinforce, and restore (RRR) functionality and performance in the Lunar environment. |
| US12065742B2 |
Composite laminates with metal layers and methods thereof
A multilayered article is disclosed, the multilayered article including a thermosetting polymer material having at least one surface, a thermoplastic polymer layer deposited on the at least one surface of the thermosetting polymer material, a cold sprayed metal layer present on at least a portion of a surface of the thermoplastic polymer layer, at least one additional layer, the at least one additional layer sandwiching at least a portion of the cold sprayed metal layer between the additional layer and the thermoplastic polymer layer, where the thermoplastic polymer layer has a crystallinity of about 5% to about 60%. A method of providing a composite laminate structure is also disclosed. |
| US12065734B2 |
Chamber cleaning device and chamber cleaning method
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for cleaning a chamber, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for cleaning a chamber, which are capable of cleaning the chamber which is contaminated while depositing a thin film on a substrate. The chamber cleaning method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment is a method for cleaning a chamber configured to deposit a zinc oxide, the method comprising: supplying a chlorine (Cl)-containing gas and a hydrogen (H)-containing gas into a chamber; activating and reacting the separately supplied gases with each other inside the chamber to generate a reaction gas; and firstly cleaning the chamber with the reaction gas. |
| US12065729B2 |
Metal component and method for producing same
The invention relates to a method for producing a metal component coated by a hard-material coating, which method comprises the method steps of preparing an anti-caking agent, adding the prepared anti-caking agent to a powder mixture, providing the powder mixture, providing the substrate made of metal, heating the powder and the substrate in a heating device, depositing a coating on the substrate, the coating having a higher hardness than the substrate, and cooling the substrate. |
| US12065726B2 |
Mask assembly and manufacturing method thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mask assembly and a manufacturing method thereof. The mask assembly includes: a frame; a mask provided with a mask area and connection areas positioned on opposite sides of the mask area; and a plurality of first connection parts in each connection area, wherein the plurality of first connection parts in each connection area are arranged in M rows and N columns, each row includes a plurality of first connection parts, each column includes at least one first connection part, and in the same connection area, the first connection parts of any two adjacent rows are arranged in a staggered manner, where each of M and N is an integer larger than 1, and the mask is fixed to the frame via the plurality of first connection parts. |
| US12065725B2 |
Film forming apparatus and film forming method
A film forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a process chamber forming a film on a substrate; an abatement device detoxifying a first exhaust gas exhausted from the process chamber; a first supply pipe for supplying a gas containing water to the process chamber; a first vacuum pump provided in a first flow path of the first exhaust gas between the process chamber and the abatement device; a second vacuum pump provided in the first flow path between the first vacuum pump and the abatement device; and a first detector provided in the first flow path between the second vacuum pump and the abatement device and capable of detecting a hydrogenated gas. |
| US12065722B2 |
Metal matrix composite material and method of manufacturing same
A composite material having a grainy appearance, this composite material including a metal matrix which represents, in terms of volume fraction, between 50 and 95% of the grainy composite material, the ceramic particles having a diameter that lies in the range 0.1 to 2 mm and which represent, in terms of volume fraction, between 50 and 5% of the composite material are dispersed in the metal matrix and form the remainder of this grainy composite material. A method for manufacturing a grainy synthetic material. |
| US12065721B2 |
Method of manufacturing a 2xxx-series aluminium alloy plate product having improved fatigue failure resistance
A method of manufacturing an AA2xxx-series aluminium alloy plate product having improved fatigue failure resistance and a reduced number of flaws, the method comprising the following steps (a) casting an ingot of an aluminium alloy of the 2xxx-series, the aluminium alloy comprising (in wt. %): Cu 1.9 to 7.0, Mg 0.3 to 1.8, Mn up to 1.2, balance aluminium and impurities, each 0.05 max, total 0.15; (b) homogenizing and/or preheating the cast ingot; (c) hot rolling the ingot into a plate product by rolling the ingot with multiple rolling passes characterized in that, when at an intermediate thickness of the plate between 100 and 200 mm, at least one high reduction hot rolling pass is carried out with a thickness reduction of at least 15%; wherein the plate product has a final thickness of less than 60 mm. The invention is also related to an aluminium alloy product produced by this method. |
| US12065717B1 |
Preparation process of Ti3AlC2 ceramic phase-toughened molybdenum alloy
The present disclosure relates to a preparation process of a Ti3AlC2 ceramic phase-toughened molybdenum alloy. The preparation process includes: mixing MoO2 and Ti3AlC2 powders, sieving to obtain a mixed powder, and then conducting high-temperature hydrogen reduction; mixing a resulting reduced powder with a coarse-grained Mo powder to obtain a precursor powder; putting the precursor powder into a cladding material to allow hot-pressed sintering; subjecting an obtained sintered molybdenum alloy to high-temperature treatment and thermoplastic processing in sequence; and annealing an obtained processed molybdenum alloy to obtain a high-strength and high-toughness molybdenum alloy. In the present disclosure, a Ti3AlC2-containing ultrafine powder prepared by reduction is mixed with the commercial coarse-grained molybdenum powder in a certain proportion to obtain the precursor powder. After the precursor powder is subjected to the hot-pressed sintering, the molybdenum alloy can achieve a higher density and finer grains. |
| US12065715B2 |
Polymetallic nodule mineral processing
The present disclosure is directed, in certain embodiments, to processes for recovering metals from polymetallic nodules. The processes may include one or both of (i) a weak acid wash of the polymetallic nodule material and (ii) nano-filtration and/or limestone neutralization of recycled manganese-rich stream to remove magnesium from process streams to improve the recovery of target metals, including manganese. The processes may include cobalt and/or nickel solvent extraction to improve metal(s) recovery. |
| US12065714B2 |
Method for carbon-catalysed thiosulfate leaching of gold-bearing materials
The present disclosure is directed to a gold recovery process in which activated carbon or another carbon-based material is used to accelerate thiosulfate leaching of gold from a gold-bearing material. The present disclosure improves the overall precious metal recovery of thiosulfate refractory precious metal-bearing materials. Leaching is done by substantially simultaneously mixing a slurry containing the precious metal-bearing material, water, thiosulfate, a carbon-based material, and dissolved molecular oxygen (as the oxidizing reagent) and performing leaching in the presence of the various components for a predetermined residence time. The carbon-based material is maintained in the slurry during leaching to provide increased gold recoveries. |
| US12065713B2 |
Grain-oriented electrical steel sheet
A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet comprises a base steel sheet and a glass coating that is formed on the surface of the base steel sheet, and is characterized in that: the base steel sheet contains as chemical components, in mass %, 0.010% or less of C, from 2.00% to 4.00% of Si, from 0.05% to 1.00% of Mn, from 0.010% to 0.065% of Al, 0.004% or less of N and 0.010% or less of S, with the balance of Fe and impurities, wherein the oxygen concentration in the glass coating and the base steel sheet is 2,500 ppm or less; and if IAl_1 is the first peak intensity of Al and IAl_2 is the second peak intensity of Al in the concentration profile of Al, the relationship of mathematical formula (1) IAl_1 |
| US12065709B2 |
Method of stirring liquid metal in an electric arc furnace
A method for electromagnetic stirring of liquid metal in a continuous charge electric arc furnace, in which there are positioned a first electromagnetic field along a first axis of electromagnetic stirring and a second electromagnetic field along a second axis of electromagnetic stirring. |
| US12065705B2 |
Immune repertoire monitoring
The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, kits, and systems useful in the determination and evaluation of the immune repertoire. In one aspect, methods provide for determining convergence of T cell receptor and/or B cell receptor repertoires in samples prior to a treatment and predicting a subjects response to the treatment based on the measured convergence frequency. In another aspect, methods provide for an immune receptor haplotype group and predicting a subjects potential or predisposition to be protected from or vulnerable to an adverse event following a treatment. |
| US12065704B2 |
Diagnosing fetal chromosomal aneuploidy using massively parallel genomic sequencing
Embodiments of this invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for determining whether a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy exists from a biological sample obtained from a pregnant female. Nucleic acid molecules of the biological sample are sequenced, such that a fraction of the genome is sequenced. Respective amounts of a clinically-relevant chromosome and of background chromosomes are determined from results of the sequencing. The determination of the relative amounts may count sequences of only certain length. A parameter derived from these amounts (e.g. a ratio) is compared to one or more cutoff values, thereby determining a classification of whether a fetal chromosomal aneuploidy exists. Prior to sequencing, the biological sample may be enriched for DNA fragments of a particular sizes. |
| US12065703B2 |
System and method for cleaning noisy genetic data and determining chromosome copy number
Disclosed herein is a system and method for increasing the fidelity of measured genetic data, for making allele calls, and for determining the state of aneuploidy, in one or a small set of cells, or from fragmentary DNA, where a limited quantity of genetic data is available. Poorly or incorrectly measured base pairs, missing alleles and missing regions are reconstructed using expected similarities between the target genome and the genome of genetically related individuals. In accordance with one embodiment, incomplete genetic data from an embryonic cell are reconstructed at a plurality of loci using the more complete genetic data from a larger sample of diploid cells from one or both parents, with or without haploid genetic data from one or both parents. In another embodiment, the chromosome copy number can be determined from the measured genetic data, with or without genetic information from one or both parents. |
| US12065700B2 |
Single sperm gene expression and mutation analysis for prediction of diseases
The present disclosure is directed to methods for typing and characterizing sperm. The technology employs a sequencing-based method for detecting and measuring RNA transcripts from single sperm cells and the analysis of the sequencing data for the prediction of male parent contribution to autism. |
| US12065696B2 |
Systems and methods for genetic identification and analysis
The disclosure provides various systems and methods for identifying individuals from one or more samples. In particular, improved systems and methods of analysis are provided for handling multiple contributors, as well as systems and methods that model not only individual error rates per locus but factor in amplification of errors induced through PCR cycles. In some embodiments, modeling of error rates can be applied in multi-contributor settings to more accurately establish real alleles from artifacts. Other aspects involve application of sequencing in error modeling. Further, methods are provided for determining the presence of common individual DNA profiles in one or more complex DNA mixtures and for deconvolution of multiple complex DNA mixtures into shared individual components. The methods of the disclosure do not require any prior knowledge of individual DNA profiles or contributors to the complex DNA mixtures. Moreover, the methods of the disclosure may use any SNP panel, including those panels already existing and those panels specifically designed to maximize performance characteristics of the methods described herein. |
| US12065694B2 |
Kits for single-step analyte detection with process control
Kits for detecting analyte polynucleotides and an internal control in a sample. Included in the kit are an internal control polynucleotide and amplification reagents to co-amplify a first analyte polynucleotide and the internal control. Also included are first and second hybridization probes, each having a label indistinguishable from the other. The probes are respectively capable of hybridizing with a first analyte amplicon and an internal control amplicon. The first and second labels are indistinguishable homogeneous labels. |
| US12065693B2 |
Inactivatable target capture oligomers for use in the selective hybridization and capture of target nucleic acid sequences
The present invention provides compositions, kits and methods for the selective hybridization and capture of a specific target nucleic acid. The specific target nucleic acid may be present in a heterogeneous mixture of nucleic acids. Selective hybridization and capture provides a target nucleic acid that is substantially free of non-target and/or contaminating nucleic acids. Target nucleic acids that have been selectively hybridized and captured using the current invention are then used in subsequent analysis, wherein the presence of non-target and/or contaminating nucleic acids that interfere with said subsequent analysis have been substantially reduced or eliminated, thereby providing improved analysis results. The invention offers the further advantage of requiring less stringent purification and/or sterility efforts than conventionally needed in order to ensure that enzymes and other reagents used in subsequent analysis, or present in the environment in which an assay is performed, are free of bacterial or other contaminating nucleic acids. |
| US12065689B2 |
Methods for the identification and characterization of double-strand break sites and compositions and uses thereof
Methods and compositions are provided for the identification, detection, characterization, and/or utilization of double strand breaks in a target polynucleotide; the identification, detection, characterization, and/or utilization of cutting sites for double-strand-break-inducing agents; and the identification, detection, characterization, and/or utilization of double-strand-break-inducing agents. |
| US12065679B2 |
Aspergillus oryzae and its application
An Aspergillus oryzae and its application belong to the field of microbiology and food processing technology. The present application, on the one hand, provides an Aspergillus oryzae (WZ-212), on the other hand, provides this Aspergillus oryzae in application of enhancing the inhibitory activity of α-glucosidase by grapefruit peel and the method of application. Using the Aspergillus oryzae of this application to treat grapefruit peel, the inhibition of α-glucosidase activity by grapefruit peel extract was significantly enhanced, and the process is simple, low cost, which is easy to achieve industrial production. |
| US12065676B2 |
Photosystem I-hydrogenase chimeras for hydrogen production
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are engineered cells and use of the same for increased hydrogen production. In particular, provided herein are genetically engineered cells comprising a polynucleotide encoding a fusion protein comprising a photosystem I (PSI) protein and an algal hydrogenase, as well as methods for producing such genetically engineered cells. Also provided herein are methods for increasing hydrogen (H2) production in cells. |
| US12065672B2 |
Methods for the production of therapeutic, diagnostic, or research antibodies
Down-regulating autoimmune regulator (AIRE) function in B cells to produce antibodies is described. The antibodies can be class-switched, high affinity, and neutralizing, and have a high degree of somatic hypermutations, even in the framework region, as compared to antibodies produced in the absence of AIRE downregulation. |
| US12065659B2 |
Nucleus-encoded male sterility through mutation in cytochrome P450 oxidase
The invention relates to plants have a nucleus-encoded, recessive, male sterile phenotype and to the gene locus (gsf) correlating therewith, including the gene which is responsible for the fertile/sterile phenotype and which is mutated in the sterile phenotype. The invention further provides methods for identifying the genotype correlating with the expression of features the plants obtained accordingly to the invention in hybrid breeding and in the production of products obtained from renewable raw materials, such as bioethanol, biogas and sugar-based products. |
| US12065652B2 |
Promoter for heterologous expression
The present invention is directed to a nucleic acid construct comprising a polynucleotide operably linked to one or more control sequence that directs the expression of the polynucleotide in a host cell, wherein at least one control sequence comprises a promoter sequence of an operon comprising a secA gene or a functional fragment or functional variant thereof and wherein said promoter sequence is heterologous to the polynucleotide. In a further embodiment, the invention is directed to an expression vector and a host cell comprising the nucleic acid construct comprising the promoter sequence described herein and a method of expressing a polynucleotide in a host cell. |
| US12065650B2 |
Heterologous biosynthesis of nodulisporic acid
Nodulisporic acids (NAs) comprise a group of indole diterpenes known for their potent insecticidal activities; however, biosynthesis of NAs by its natural producer, Hypoxylon pulicicidum (Nodulisporium sp.) is exceptionally difficult to achieve. The identification of genes responsible for NA production could enable biosynthetic pathway optimization to provide access to NAs for commercial applications. Obtaining useful quantities of NAs using published fermentations methods is challenging, making gene knockout studies an undesirable method to confirm gene function. Alternatively, heterologous gene expression of H. pulicicidum genes in a more robust host species like Penicillium paxilli provides a way to rapidly identify the function of genes that play a role in NA biosynthesis. In this work, we identified the function of four secondary-metabolic genes necessary for the biosynthesis of nodulisporic acid F (NAF) and reconstituted these genes in the genome of P. paxilli to enable heterologous production of NAF in this fungus. |
| US12065649B2 |
Pattern recognition receptor agonist prodrugs and methods of use thereof
Provided herein are a selective pattern recognition receptor (PRR) agonist and a method of selectively activating a PRR. The selective PRR agonist includes a nucleic acid agonist and a macromolecule conjugated to the nucleic acid agonist. The method includes administering the selective PRR agonist to a subject, and cleaving at least a portion of the macromolecule conjugated to the nucleic acid agonist, the cleaving of at least a portion of the macromolecule permitting the agonist to bind a PRR. |
| US12065648B2 |
Methods and compositions for inhibiting detoxification response
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for attenuating detoxification response and related symptoms thereof induced by translation defect. The compositions and methods herein are useful for attenuating detoxification response and/or treat related symptoms thereof in subjects comprising translation defect. The composition and methods herein are also useful for improving pharmacokinetics of a pharmaceutical compound. |
| US12065642B2 |
Using nucleosome interacting protein domains to enhance targeted genome modification
Compositions and methods for using nucleosome interacting protein domains to increase accessibility of programmable DNA modification proteins to target chromosomal sequences, thereby increasing efficiency of targeted genome/epigenetic modification in eukaryotic cells. |
| US12065640B2 |
Microfluidic device for extracting, isolating, and analyzing DNA from cells
The present invention relates to a microfluidic device for extracting and isolating DNA from cells. The device includes a support having an inlet port for receiving a sample containing a cell, an outlet port for dispensing DNA isolated from the cell, and a microfluidic channel disposed within the support and extending from the inlet port to the outlet port. The microfluidic channel includes a micropillar array, an inflow channel disposed between the inlet port and the micropillar array, and an outflow channel disposed between the micropillar array and the outlet port. The micropillar array includes micropillars spatially configured to entrap, by size exclusion, the cell, to immobilize DNA released from the cell, and to maintain the immobilized DNA in elongated or non-elongated form when hydrodynamic force is applied to the microfluidic channel. Systems and methods of making and using the device are also provided herein. |
| US12065639B2 |
Expression of functional bacterial type I fatty acid synthase in photosynthetic hosts
Provided herein are compositions and methods for expression of functional bacterial type I fatty acid synthase in photosynthetic hosts for production of activated acyl-CoAs and for use in biofuel production. |
| US12065636B2 |
High hydrogen utilization and gas recycle
Provided herein are systems and methods for recycling and supplementing off-gas from a gas fed reaction process. The systems and methods are particularly useful for bioprocesses that convert hydrogen gas into one or more biosynthetic products. By maintaining separate hydrogen and oxygen feed gas streams, and forming a recycle gas that introduces a target component of the supply gas to the bioreactor within a target concentration range, the yields, productivities, and safety profiles of the bioprocess can be enhanced. |
| US12065635B2 |
Organ-on-chip platforms with reduced fluid volume
Organ-on-chip platforms with reduced fluid volumes include circulating fluid volumes of below 1000 μL, preferably about 500 μL or less. The platforms are adjustable for culturing cells with varied oxygen demand at various seeding densities. The platforms include at least one lane, wherein each lane includes at least one cell culture well, at least one oxygenator for fluid oxygenation, and a pump system containing at least one pump per lane. The oxygenator may include a separate fluid path for oxygenating the fluid, which allows controlling and measuring the oxygen concentration in the fluid, shortening the diffusion length, and passively diffusing oxygen. Provided are also different configurations for the oxygenator, fluid circulation in the platforms, attachment means for securing scaffolds to culture wells, and pneumatic plates. |
| US12065632B2 |
Cell culture chambers and methods of use thereof
The invention provides cell culture chambers and methods of use thereof. In certain embodiments, the cell culture chambers and methods provide for an expansion and stimulation of T-cells using autologous antigen-presented cells to provide a therapeutic T-cell product that can mobilize a patient's own immune system in a manner that selectively targets a patient's tumor. |
| US12065631B2 |
Cell harvesting apparatus
Disclosed herein is a cell harvesting instrument suitable for concentrating cells from a source suspension of cells and/or washing said cells, the instrument comprising: a housing for accommodating mechanical elements including at least one fluid pump, at least one valve; and a processing kit removably insertable into the housing, said kit including a generally flat frame having or supporting plural sealed fluid paths arranged in a generally flat plane and such that fluids in the paths do not contact said mechanical elements, wherein at least portions of the fluid paths comprise flexible tubes, the outer surfaces of which are manipulateable by the or each fluid pump, to provide fluid flow in one or more of the paths and/or by the or each valve to restrict fluid flow in one or more of the paths. In an embodiment, the kit comprises also a fluid processing reservoir and a filter suitable for separating cells from fluid in said paths. A transfer mechanism for moving and weighing the fluid processing reservoir is disclosed also. |
| US12065630B2 |
Core-shell microcapsule with a polyamine-based thermosetting shell
A core-shell microcapsule comprising a core containing a functional ingredient and a shell surrounding or at least partially surrounding said core, the shell comprising a thermosetting resin formed by the reaction of shell-forming monomers comprising a polyamine and a material comprising a plurality of olefinic double bonds capable of reacting with the polyamine. |
| US12065629B2 |
Hardness additives comprising an acrylate/aminocarboxylate mixture and block detergents containing said mixture to improve edge hardening
Solid detergent compositions designed to maintain solid integrity throughout production of the pressed solid, during mechanical conveying and during ejection from molds, are disclosed. Solid detergent compositions having unexpected immediate block hardness without a curing step are provided by inclusion of a hardness additive composition comprising a synergistic ratio of polycarboxylic acid polymer chelants to aminocarboxylate chelants. Methods of making solid detergent compositions and solid detergent compositions having at least substantially similar cleaning performance to solid detergent compositions without the hardness additive composition are also provided. |
| US12065627B2 |
Multilayer dissolvable solid article with apertures or holes
A dissolvable solid article is provided, which is characterized by a multilayer structure formed of two or more flexible and dissolvable sheets that each comprises a water-soluble polymer. Such dissolvable solid article is at least 2 mm thick and contains one or more through-apertures or through-holes with a width or diameter of 0.2-0.8 mm. |
| US12065625B2 |
Methods and formulations for enhancing high value lipids
The present invention provides a method for the simultaneous enhancement in biomass and lipids containing omega-3-fatty acids of Thraustochytrid microalgae in a single step using synergistic effect of chemical mixture in appropriate proportion in production medium. The process discloses enriching the biomass of microalgae with high value lipids by subjecting the microalgal cells in growth medium supplemented with unique combination of chemical modulators and carbon substrates in the presence of nitrogen. The present invention also provides a novel strain Schizochytrium sp. (MTCC 5980) for use in continuous aerobic fermentative lipid production process for enhancing high value lipids like Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), Docasapentaenoic acid (DPA), Eicosapentaenic acid (EPA) and lipids for biodiesel. |
| US12065623B2 |
Lubricant for use in electric and hybrid vehicles and methods of using the same
A lubricant formulation for an electric or hybrid vehicle includes a base oil, or a blend thereof, one or more additives, and a molybdenum amine complex, such as diisotridecylamine molybdate, are provided. Lubricant formulations can be characterized by one of: improving electric motor protection when a voltage is applied to an electrode in the presence of a formulation comprising the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive as compared to a fluid lacking the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive; maintaining the electrical resistance slope of a formulation comprising the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive as compared to a fluid lacking the diisotridecylamine molybdate additive; the formulation forming a protective film on copper surfaces; a change in color of the formulation indicating contact load, temperature, time, or viscosity change. |
| US12065619B2 |
Recycling gaseous hydrocarbons
A method of recycling gaseous hydrocarbons includes flowing a hydrocarbon gas composition from a secondary separator into a compressor unit to form a compressed mixture. The secondary separator includes a crude liquid hydrocarbon input stream from a primary separator. The method includes flowing the compressed mixture into a cooling unit to cool the compressed mixture, to form a cooled composition comprising liquid hydrocarbons. The method includes flowing the liquid hydrocarbons from the cooled composition into the primary separator. |
| US12065615B2 |
Coated proppants
Coated proppant particles are prepared by coating the particles with at least one polyisocyanate, and at least one urethane catalyst, and starch is present during at least part of the curing step. The starch becomes incorporated into in at least a portion of the cured coating. The coating cures rapidly at moderate temperatures, and bonds to itself well under conditions of heat and pressure as are experienced by the particles in subterranean formations. |
| US12065613B2 |
Multifunctional composition for enhanced oil recovery, improved oil quality and prevention of corrosion
The subject invention provides compositions and methods for simultaneously enhancing oil recovery, improving the quality of oil and gas through reduction in sulfur-containing compounds, and preventing and/or reducing corrosion of oil and gas production equipment. A multi-functional composition is provided comprising an antimicrobial biosurfactant component, a first ammonium salt, and ammonium hydroxide. In some embodiments, the efficiency of the composition is further enhanced by the addition of a chelating agent, a phenol (e.g., carbolic acid or phenolic acid), and/or an H2S scavenger. In some embodiments, the composition is further enhanced for use in cold climates by the addition of an antifreeze mixture comprising one or more of a second ammonium salt, sodium chloride and glycerol. |
| US12065610B2 |
Well barriers for subterranean storage of carbon dioxide
A method may include: introducing a resin modified cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the subterranean formation comprising a caprock and a carbon dioxide injection zone, the resin modified cement slurry comprising: a resin; a hardener; a hydraulic cement; and water; and setting the resin modified cement slurry to form a set cement wherein the set cement forms a carbonation-resistant barrier in the carbon dioxide injection zone in the subterranean formation. |
| US12065602B2 |
Phosphor compositions with orange and amber light emission
A phosphor, wherein the phosphor has a formula: VIII(Y1-x-z-w,Luz,Gdw,Cex)3VI(Al1-yMny)2IV(Al1-2y/3,Si2y/3)3O12, wherein 0 |
| US12065599B2 |
Kits and compositions containing vinyl alcohol polymers and fibers
Disclosed are compositions and kits of fibers and acid-functional vinyl alcohol polymers, wherein such compositions and kits are useful for wellbore remediation as applied to a subterranean formation traversed by the borehole of an oil or gas well. |
| US12065598B2 |
Films with enhanced scuff resistance, clarity, and conformability
Compositions which are well suited for forming into machine direction orientation (MDO) films are described. Multilayer films containing one or more layers of the compositions and/or films are also described. Additionally, label assemblies utilizing the multilayer films, labeled substrates, and related methods are described. Various versions of the multilayer films are described including films having at least two skin layers and an interior core layer. Particular multilayer films are described having polyethylene rich cores. |
| US12065596B2 |
Adhesive tape
An adhesive tape includes a substrate [I] and an adhesive agent layer of a polyester adhesive agent provided on at least one of opposite surfaces of the substrate [I]. The substrate [I] is one selected from a polyolefin resin foam substrate, a urethane resin foam substrate, and an acrylic resin foam substrate. The polyester adhesive agent is made from a polyester adhesive agent composition [II] which contains a polyester resin (A) having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 to 300,000, and having a structural unit derived from a polyol and a structural unit derived from a polyvalent carboxylic acid compound containing an aromatic structure-containing compound in a proportion of not greater than 80 mol %. The adhesive tape is excellent in adherence between a polyester adhesive agent layer and a polyolefin resin foam substrate, a urethane resin foam substrate, or an acrylic resin foam substrate. |
| US12065595B2 |
Adhesive sheet for temporary attachment and method for producing semiconductor device using the same
The present disclosure relates to an adhesive sheet for temporary attachment which is excellent in heat resistance and can realize sufficient adhesive strength even when being subjected to a high temperature process during the semiconductor production process, and can exhibit a sufficient reduction in adhesive strength due to photocuring in a peeling step, and a method for producing a semiconductor device using the same. |
| US12065594B2 |
Roll and method for producing roll
A roll includes a core having a tubular shape and a laminate wound around the core. The laminate includes a process film, a surface coat layer formed from a fluorine resin, a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, and a release liner formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in this order in a laminating direction. The process film is formed from at least of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyolefin, and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and is thinner than the release liner. |
| US12065587B2 |
Polishing compositions for reduced defectivity and methods of using the same
Chemical mechanical polishing compositions include an abrasive, an additive, and water. The polishing compositions have a value of less than 800,000 for the relation: large particle counts/weight percent abrasive, when measured using a 0.2 μm bin size. |
| US12065586B2 |
Organically soluble conductive polymers
Polymerize ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) in a polymerization process using dinonylnaphthalenesulfonic acid (DNNSA) as the dopant and Fe(III) p-toluenesulfonate (Fe (III) p-TSA) as the oxidizing agent to produce an organically soluble polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT). |
| US12065584B2 |
Electrically conductive, transparent, translucent, and/or reflective materials
In one aspect, microporous membranes are described herein demonstrating composite architectures and properties suitable for electronic and/or optical applications. In some embodiments, a composite membrane described herein includes a microporous polymeric matrix or substrate having an interconnected pore structure and an index of refraction and an electrically conductive coating deposited over one or more surfaces of the microporous polymeric matrix. In other embodiments, the pores are filled and the membranes are substantially transparent. |
| US12065581B2 |
Durable natural fabric products
A natural fabric or textile product is coated and protected with a waterproofing composition comprising a crosslinking polyvinyl acetate (XPVAc or x-PVAc) emulsion polymer or adhesive applied and cured as a first coating layer or a primer and a coating layer of acrylic, alkyd, asphalt, emulsion polymer isocyanate, epoxy, lacquer, latex, polyurethane, urethane, or vinyl ester coated over the cured crosslinking polyvinyl acetate as a second coating layer or a topcoat. The natural fabric product is fabricated by weaving, knitting or felting the fibers, yarns or threads of vegetable or plant fibers from cotton, sisal, kenaf, hemp, jute, flax, reed, sugarcane, ramie, henequen, raffia, nettle, milkweeds, palm, coir, grass, Spanish moss, New Zealand flax, kapok, sugarcane, bamboo, or wood, or those of the protein fibers from wool, silk, spider threads, sea silk, or the combination thereof. |
| US12065580B2 |
Void reducing asphalt membrane emulsion
Provided herein is an asphalt membrane emulsion for reducing voids in an asphalt joint that includes asphalt, an asphalt modifier, mineral filler, an emulsifier, and water. Provided herein is a method of making an asphalt membrane emulsion, the method including: forming a first phase; forming a second phase; pumping the first phase and the second phase into a colloid mill; and mixing the first phase and second phase into the colloid mill to form the asphalt membrane emulsion. The first phase includes asphalt, asphalt modifier, and mineral filler. The second phase includes water and an emulsifier. A method of applying an asphalt membrane emulsion to fill a crack is also provided. |
| US12065577B2 |
Wood article and process for the preparation of the wood article
The present disclosure relates to a wood article and a process for preparing the wood article. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a wood article comprising a wood substrate comprising acidic substances and having at least one major surface; a sealing coating applied on the major surface of the wood substrate; and a Michael Addition curing coating applied on the sealing coating, wherein the sealing coating is formed by a sealing agent comprising one or more chosen from an aqueous latex of polyurethane acrylics polymer, an aqueous latex of carboxyl functional self-crosslinkable acrylics polymer, an aqueous latex of cationic acrylics polymer, an aqueous latex of polyvinyl acetate and a two-component polyurethane coating system; and wherein the Michael Addition curing coating is formed from a two-component curable coating composition. |
| US12065576B2 |
Aqueous inkjet ink sets
An aqueous inkjet ink set for manufacturing decorative panels comprising: a) a cyan aqueous inkjet ink containing a beta-copper phthalocyanine pigment; b) a red aqueous inkjet ink containing a red pigment R and a polymeric dispersant P; c) a yellow aqueous inkjet ink containing a yellow pigment; and d) a black aqueous inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment; wherein the red aqueous inkjet ink has a weight ratio R/P of red pigment R to polymeric dispersant P that complies with 1.2 |
| US12065575B2 |
Aqueous pigment dispersion liquid, aqueous ink-jet ink, and dry coating
An aqueous pigment dispersion for preparing an environmentally conscious aqueous inkjet ink in which a pigment is finely and stably dispersed and which records images having excellent durability, glossiness, color developability, and adhesiveness to various printing substrates. The aqueous pigment dispersion contains a pigment, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a polymeric dispersant that disperses the pigment. The polymeric dispersant is a polymer including a constitutional unit (i) derived from (meth)acrylic acid and/or itaconic acid, and a constituent unit (ii) derived from (meth)acrylate derived from biological material, such as ethyl (meth)acrylate, having an acid value of 30 to 250 mgKOH/g, number average molecular weight of 1,000 to 30,000, and a polydispersity index (weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight) of 2.5 or less. The content of the constituent unit (ii) is 50% by mass or more, and at least part of carboxy groups is neutralized with an alkali. |
| US12065570B2 |
Eco-friendly synthetic wood containing coffee grounds and manufacturing method thereof
The disclosure provides eco-friendly synthetic wood containing coffee grounds, which uses, as main components, coffee grounds and waste gypsum, which are waste resources, and PETG recycled from waste plastic, thereby contributing to protection of the environment, and which enhances formability, post-processability, and a weather resistance of the synthetic wood by reducing a ratio of shrinking-swelling and a water absorption factor of the synthetic wood, and a manufacturing method thereof. |
| US12065569B2 |
Formulations and products to replace single-use plastics and polystyrene with bio-benign materials such as agricultural wastes
The present invention provides methods for preparing the nut waste composites from a nut waste component, one or more binders, and an oil using a compounder/extruder. |
| US12065564B2 |
Polyester-based resin composition and molded article manufactured using the same
The present disclosure relates to a polyester-based resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a polyester-based resin composition including 93 to 99.5% by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate resin; 0.1 to 3% by weight of a polar group-containing lubricant; and 0.1 to 2% by weight of an antioxidant and a molded article manufactured using the polyester-based resin composition. |
| US12065561B2 |
Resin composition, molded article, electronic component, and electronic device
A resin composition is provided that comprises a resin and a phosphorus-based flame retardant. The resin includes a β-1,3-glucan derivative resin having a main chain having a structure represented by the following structural formula (1): where each of Rs is independently a hydrogen atom or an alkylcarbonyl group, at least one of Rs is an alkylcarbonyl group, and n is a natural number. The phosphorus-based flame retardant has an average particle diameter of 5 μm or less in the resin. |
| US12065558B2 |
Mixed recycled polyolefin resin composition comprising recycled polyolefin resin recovered from waste separator and recycled product using the same
The disclosed technology relates to a mixed recycled polyolefin resin composition comprising a recycled polyolefin resin obtained from a waste separator and a new polyolefin resin, and a recycled product using the same. The mixed recycled polyolefin resin composition comprising a new polyolefin resin and a recycled polyolefin resin from a waste separator based on an embodiment of the disclosed technology has excellent physical and chemical properties. |
| US12065547B2 |
Cellulosic particle
A cellulosic particle includes: a cellulose-based core particle; a first coating layer covering the core particle and containing a polyamine compound; and a second coating layer covering the first coating layer and containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a wax, a linear-chain saturated fatty acid, a hydroxy fatty acid, and an amino acid compound. |
| US12065545B2 |
Emulsions of aminosiloxanes and silicates
Oil-in-water emulsions containing (i) 100 parts by weight of polyorganosiloxanes bearing aminoalkyl groups, liquid at 20° C., (ii) protonating agent, (iii) 1 to 80 parts by weight of silicate compound, (iv) water, (v) at most 5 parts by weight emulsifier and (vi) at least 5 parts by weight of an organic solvent selected from monoalcohols of the formula IX R11—OH (IX), and dialcohol monoethers of the formula X R12O—R13—OR14 (X), with the proviso that the emulsion comprises at most 10 parts by weight of a di-, tri- or oligoglycol ether, are useful for treating substrates. |
| US12065543B2 |
Polyimide-based polymer film, substrate for display device, and optical device using the same
The present disclosure relates to a polyimide-based resin film which is synthesized by the reaction of an acid anhydride compound having a specific structure and a diamine compound, thereby capable of ensuring excellent optical properties even under high temperature heat treatment conditions, and stably maintaining optical properties even during further heat treatment, a substrate for display device, and an optical device using the same. |
| US12065540B2 |
Thiol-containing composition
The present invention is directed toward a composition comprising: an epoxy compound, a polythiol curing agent, and a second curing agent. Also disclosed are methods of treating a substrate with the composition and substrates formed by such methods. |
| US12065537B2 |
Shape memory polymer based on poly(hydroxyalkanoates)
Shape memory polymers and copolymers are based on poly(hydroxyalkanoates) (PHA) and have improved elastomeric properties. The shape memory polymers and copolymers may be used as protective, reinforcement, cladding or embellishment material having mechanical properties enabling substitution to materials based on technical polymers such as plasticized PVC and polyolefins. |
| US12065534B2 |
Composition, method of producing substrate, and polymer
A composition includes a polymer and a solvent. The polymer includes: a structural unit including a ring structure; and a functional group capable of bonding to a metal atom. An atom chain constituting the ring structure constitutes a part of a main chain of the polymer. The polymer preferably includes at an end of the main chain or at an end of a side chain, a group including the functional group. The functional group is preferably a cyano group, a phosphono group, or a dihydroxyboryl group. The ring structure preferably includes an alicyclic structure. |
| US12065529B2 |
Purification method of solvent
The present disclosure relates to a purification method of a polymerization solvent used in and recovered from the preparation of a polyolefin resin, which can effectively remove impurities, in particular polyolefin wax, from the polymerization solvent to obtain a purified polymerization solvent with high purity, and can improve energy efficiency. |
| US12065526B2 |
Process for the preparation of polyalkyl (meth)acrylate polymers
A novel process can be used for the preparation of polyalkyl (meth)acrylate polymers with improved compositional distribution, which leads to better producibility, solubility, and improved performance of the polymers in lubricant compositions, especially in engine oil formulations. |
| US12065524B2 |
EPDM copolymer and method of preparing the same
Provided are an ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) copolymer and a method of preparing the same. An EPDM copolymer which has more improved miscibility with inorganic fillers such as carbon black, may further facilitate dispersibility in mixing to further decrease the viscosity of a compound composition, and may provide a compound composition having excellent processability and mechanical properties. A method of preparing the same is also provided. |
| US12065518B2 |
Methods of controlling shutdown of reactor systems
Controlling the shutdown of a polyethylene reactor system that includes a secondary compressor, a reactor, a high pressure let down valve (HPLDV), a high-pressure separator, and a high-pressure recycle gas system is provided. After a partial or complete shutdown of secondary compressor, HPLDV opens to a pre-set open position until the reactor pressure reduces to either a pre-set reduced pressure limit or a until the slope of the reactor gas density to reactor pressure exceeds 0.15. The HPLDV controls the pressure to a pressure set point. |
| US12065517B2 |
Production method of polyvinyl alcohol resin, and polyvinyl alcohol resin
Provided by the present invention is a production method of a polyvinyl alcohol resin in which a content of organic volatiles has been reduced while inhibiting fusing of the resin to itself. The production method includes a step of washing, with a washing liquid, a polyvinyl alcohol obtained by saponifying a polyvinyl ester, wherein the washing liquid contains 50 to 98 parts by mass of methyl acetate, 1 to 49 parts by mass of methanol, and 1 to 10 parts by mass of water with respect to 100 parts by mass being a total of methyl acetate, methanol, and water. |
| US12065511B2 |
Aromatic-cationic peptides and uses of same
The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to aromatic-cationic peptides. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to subjects in need thereof. For example, the peptides may be administered to subjects in need of a mitochondrial-targeted antioxidant. |
| US12065507B2 |
Compounds and methods for use in connection with opioid use disorders
Compositions and methods are provided for use in binding opioids, such as 6-MAM, morphine, heroin, hydrocodone, oxycodone, meperidine, and fentanyl, while avoiding binding to OUD treatment agents, such as naloxone and naltrexone. Methods are also provided for use in a systematic structure-based virtual screening and design approach for identification of such antibodies. Methods are also provided for use in treating OUD. Methods are also provided for use in detecting an opioid in a sample. |
| US12065505B2 |
Antibodies and antigen binding peptides for factor XIa inhibitors and uses thereof
The present invention provides novel antigen binding peptides, such as an antibody or antibody fragment, that specifically bind to selective FXIa inhibitors and/or dual inhibitors of FXIa, and plasma kallikrein. The present invention further relates to methods of reducing the antithrombotic effect of FXIa inhibitors by administering to a subject a pharmaceutically effective dose of the antigen binding peptides provided herein. In addition, the present invention provides detection reagents and methods for detecting the level of the inhibitors of FXIa in a biological sample. |
| US12065503B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition containing tagged site-antihuman antibody fab fragment complex
Provided is a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising a labeling moiety-anti-human antibody Fab fragment conjugate, and the like. In the pharmaceutical composition comprising a labeling moiety-anti-human antibody Fab fragment conjugate, citric acid, phosphoric acid, 2-[4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethanesulfonic acid or trishydroxymethyl aminomethane is added as a buffering agent, sucrose or glycerin is added as a stabilizer, a nonionic surfactant is added, and the pH is adjusted to 6.5 to 7.5. This enables suppression of generation of multimers and insoluble subvisible particles during preservation of the labeling moiety-anti-human antibody Fab fragment conjugate. |
| US12065502B2 |
Bispecific antibody formulation
This invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation of a bispecific antibody which binds to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CD3, a process for the preparation and uses of the formulation. |
| US12065501B2 |
Synthetic notch receptor protein for modulating gene expression
Described herein are compositions, methods, and systems for modulating Notch receptor activation. Aspects of the invention relate to synthetic proteins comprising at least a Notch NRR (Negative Regulatory Region)-binding scFV fused to a transmembrane domain. Another aspect of the invention relates to drug-dependent synthetic proteins. Constructs and engineered cells comprising the synthetic proteins are additionally described herein. |
| US12065500B2 |
Methods of treating cancers and enhancing efficacy of T cell redirecting therapeutics
Disclosed are methods of treating cancers and enhancing efficacy of T cell redirecting therapeutics. |
| US12065498B2 |
Methods of making bispecific anti-CD307E and anti-BCMA chimeric antigen receptors and uses of the same
Provided herein are chimeric antigen receptors that binds specifically to B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) and CD307e, nucleic acids that encode these chimeric antigen receptors, and methods of making and using these chimeric antigen receptors. |
| US12065495B2 |
Compositions and methods comprising anti-NRP2 antibodies
Provided are antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to human neuropilin-2 (NRP2) polypeptides, including those that modulate binding interactions between human NRP2 and at least one NRP2 ligand, for example, human histidyl-tRNA synthetase (HRS), and which thereby modulate subsequent NRP2-mediated downstream signaling events, including related therapeutic compositions and methods for modulating NRP2 activity and treating diseases such as NRP2-associated diseases. |
| US12065488B2 |
Anti-IL-6 antibody
Anti-IL-6 antibodies and antirheumatics are useful to treat and suppress IL-6 related conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis. |