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US12123221B2	Monitoring access Methods and systems are disclosed that, in some aspects, provide an opening mechanism comprising an interior and an exterior door handle and sensors to detect movement of each door handle. A door position sensor may be provided. An alarm module for generating an alarm may be connected to at least one of the sensors. A method may include receiving a door handle actuation signal, determining whether the door handle actuation signal is from an inside door handle or an outside door handle and performing a function. One or more methods include determining an event, including an attempted entry, a forced entry and an incomplete entry.
US12123212B2	Post socket and a method to make a post socket A socket for receiving a post and a method to make the socket is disclosed. The socket is formed of a multitude of socket wall parts that comprise at least one vertical bend forming a corner, and a flange formed along one vertical side of the wall. The socket wall parts are joined together by joining a flange of one wall part to a vertical side without a flange of the neighboring wall part, thus forming a socket where the flanges are pointing toward the interior of the socket and the outer surface of the socket is continuous.
US12123211B2	Modular space dividing systems and methods A modular system for creating a temporary plurality of individual living spaces, may include a plurality of anchors, where pairs of anchors create opposing sides of a personal space. A frame may be positioned between the pairs of anchors to create a bedding structure. The anchors may also provide storage space, lights, power source, among other features of a living area. A covering may be used between the pairs of anchors to separate the living space from the rest of the space to improve individual privacy.
US12123210B2	Scaffold rack A scaffold rack may have a first side and a second side. An upright portion may be located between the two sides. The first side may have at least one pair of scaffold frame tubes adapted to selectively secure at least scaffold frame. The second side may have a first arm adapted to selectively support at least one walkboard thereon and a second arm adapted to selectively support at least one scaffold bracket thereon.
US12123208B1	Roof safety anchor Disclosed is a roof safety anchor capable of permanent and watertight attachment to a roof. Installation of the roof safety anchor does not require the removal of roof shingles. The roof safety anchor captures a D-ring and a roof fastener between a base and a lid. The roof fastener extends through the base and a gasket to secure the roof safety anchor to the roof.
US12123206B2	Anchor bolt mounting A system for mounting an anchor bolt to formwork or other structures associated with concrete construction includes a main body and latch coupled to the main body. The anchor bolt can pass through the main body and the latch can be moved so that threads formed in the latch engage threads formed in the anchor bolt to secure the anchor bolt in position as concrete is poured around the anchor bolt. The main body and the latch can have through holes for receiving a nail to lock the position of the latch with respect to the main body.
US12123204B2	Panels with a detachable protruding lip for wall-, ceiling- or floor coverings A panel with a detachable protruding lip for wall, ceiling or floor coverings is provided. Furthermore, methods are provided for manufacturing wall, ceiling or floor coverings comprising or consisting of a plurality of the panels.
US12123201B2	Floor panel A floor may include a substrate having a top side and a bottom side. A top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may consist of a printed thermoplastic film and a thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer provided on the printed thermoplastic film. The top layer may be directly adhered to the substrate by heat welding the printed thermoplastic film and the top side of the substrate, in the absence of a glue layer. The substrate may be a synthetic material board including a filler. The substrate at least at two opposite edges may include coupling means provided in the synthetic material board. The thermoplastic transparent or translucent layer may be provided with a structure.
US12123198B1	Earthquake-resistant building interior and exterior material unit system An earthquake-resistant building interior/exterior unit system with thermal insulation is disclosed, which responds flexibly to external shocks or earthquakes, and which is excellent in workability and constructability to shorten the installation time while reducing the workforce at the construction site where the invention includes a pair of vertical frames that are spaced apart from each other and arranged symmetrically in which guide grooves are formed in the longitudinal direction where to the Multiple exterior materials are then attached to and installed on the outer side of the frame and a plurality of clips are attached to and installed on the side portion the frame, and further, a bracket is fixedly installed with a fastening bolt on a side portion of a frame on one side of the exterior material unit and an anchor bolt is used in which the bracket is fixedly installed on the wall of the building.
US12123190B2	Breakaway-prevent trolley for flexible retractable structure and trolley system having the same Provided is a breakaway-prevent trolley system for a flexible retractable structure, including a plate that supports a cable, and a trolley that is movable on the cable and folds or unfolds a flexible film. The trolley includes: a slider movable along the cable; a flexible film coupling member provided under the slider and coupled to the flexible film; an elastic module (E) provided inside the slider. The elastic module includes: an elastic block including a spring therein and moving under an elastic force of the spring by a predetermined distance in a vertical direction; and an upper support plate that supports the elastic block from above, a side support-plate that supports the elastic block from a side, and a lower support plate that supports the elastic block from below, and a lower surface of the elastic block vertically movable while in contact with an upper surface of the plate.
US12123189B2	Underlayments for fire resistance and nail sealability and related systems and methods Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining a base formulation, obtaining an activator formulation, mixing the base formulation with the activator formulation, so as to result in a liquid applied roofing formulation, applying the liquid applied roofing formulation to at least one steep slope roof substrate, and solidifying the formulation, so as to form at least one coating layer on the at least one steep slope roof substrate. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a liquid applied roofing formulation comprising a first part and a second part. In some embodiments, the first part comprises the base formulation and the second part comprises the activator formulation.
US12123178B2	Fluid flow control system A system for monitoring and controlling a fluid flow network has a plurality of flow control valves, each operable manually by a removable key engageable with a valve spindle. The system includes a database that records the location of the valve and a turn profile for each valve in the network. A mobile communications device detachably mounted on the key transmits data to the database and receives data from the database, and includes orientation means with at least one of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a compass, and a processor. The processor is controlled by a software program to (i) communicate with the central database and to receive characteristics for the valve at the transmitted position, (ii) receive signals from the orientation means and calculate the instantaneous rotational speed of the valve spindle and its amount of rotation, and (iii) control rotation of the valve spindle.
US12123164B2	Motor grader blade with ability to follow front tires A blade positioning system for a work machine. The system may have a blade control which has a blade position sensor, and the blade control may adjust a blade of the work machine to a fixed position relative to a wheel. The system may also have a steering control that has a wheel position sensor, and the steering control may steer the work machine. The controller may monitor the blade position sensor and the wheel position sensor to determine a present position of the blade and the wheel prior to the repositioning of the wheel, and adjust the blade position as the wheel is repositioned to maintain the fixed position of the blade relative to the wheel.
US12123161B1	Loader with improved arm path A compact utility loader compact utility loader comprising a frame, a first track and a second track positioned on either side of the frame, and a pair of loader arms. The loader arms are configured to couple with an attachment via a hitch plate and a hitch pin. The compact utility loader is configured such that as the loader arms are raised and lowered, the hitch pin follows a path approximately defined by a curve f(x)=4.641e0.34x. The value “x” represents a horizontal direction and the function f(x) represents a vertical direction.
US12123158B2	Radon and moisture barrier for buildings A radon gas and/or moisture abatement system (or method) is located under the concrete slab of a building. The system (or method) includes a multilayered mat having a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer is non-permeable and faces the concrete slab. The third (or sandwiched) layer is an entangled net. The second layer is permeable layer. The layers are bonded together. Whereby radon gas and/or moisture are inhibited from entering the building by passing through and collecting in the multilayer product.
US12123154B2	Foldable temporary and portable road sign structure A portable temporary road sign structure comprises a sheet material substrate cut into a flat pattern having three interconnected panels: a display panel; a base panel; and a brace panel. The panels are formed to enable deployment into a self-supporting configuration in which the display panel is held upright when the base panel is placed on the ground. For transportation between sites the base and brace panels can be folded flat against the display panel whereby respective handle align for ease of carrying. Various apertures and formations are provided to enable the road sign structure to be held in place, when deployed, by roadside fixtures or weighted bollards.
US12123151B2	Method and system for monitoring the loading of a tamping unit The invention relates to a method for load monitoring of a tamping unit of a track maintenance machine, wherein at least one sensor is arranged for recording a load on the tamping unit. In this, measuring data recorded by means of the sensor are stored over a time period (T) in an evaluation device, wherein at least one load-time progression for cyclical penetration operations of the tamping unit into a ballast bed is derived from the stored measuring data. With this, conclusions can be drawn as to the load stress situation of the tamping unit and the condition of the ballast bed.
US12123147B2	Rolled fibrous product patterns A rolled product may comprise an embossed pattern on a fibrous sheet, the embossed pattern comprising first and second embossed objects and, in certain cases, a logo. The first and second embossed objects may be spaced from each other in certain relationships and, in certain cases, may be spaced from the logo in certain relationships.
US12123144B2	Antimicrobial biodegradable compositions for food contact articles The present disclosure provides a food contact article. According to one embodiment, the food contact article includes at least one food contact surface. This at least one food contact surface is made up of at least 50 weight percent of at least one biodegradable polymer, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates, and from about 0.1 weight percent to about 1.0 weight percent of at least one antimicrobial agent.
US12123143B2	Process for producing a nanocelullosic material comprising at least two stages of defibrillation of cellulosic feedstock and at least one intermediate fractioning stage The present invention relates to a process for producing a nanocellulosic material based on the use of fractioning of cellulosic pulp stream from pre-treatment or mechanical defibrillation (partially refined/defibrillated pulp) in combination with stages of mechanical defibrillation, in which both the accept fraction and the reject fraction can be conveyed to stages of consistency adjustments so as to precede another distinct defibrillation stage. For example, if the accept is conveyed to a consistency adjustment preceding a second defibrillation stage while the reject is conveyed to the other independent stage of consistency adjustment to return to the first stage of mechanical defibrillation.
US12123142B2	Preparation method of tea residue fiber raw materials and application thereof A preparation method of tea residue fiber raw materials includes steps of (1) sun-drying tea residues, crushing the sun dried tea residues, and treating them with concentrated hydrochloric acid and a strong base in succession; (2) extracting water from the treated tea residues to obtain tea polyphenols and pulp respectively, cooking the pulp, and then pressing and dehydrating it to obtain coarse pulp; (3) sequentially grinding and sieving the pulp, and beating it; and (4) adding β-cyclodextrin, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, and reinforced starch after the beating, adjusting the pH to 7-8, diluting, adding the tea polyphenols obtained in the second step, stirring uniformly, pressing and dehydrating, and drying to obtain the tea residue fiber raw material.
US12123140B2	Process to produce microfibrillated cellulose by impacts The present invention relates a process to produce microfibrillated cellulose and a microfibrillated cellulose produced according to such process. The fibrillated microfibrillated cellulose is obtained subjecting a cellulose fiber in a slurry of cellulose pulp to multiple mechanical impacts. The cycle may be repeated several times. Non-cutting bars disposed in a ring formation is the preferred method. Two rings concentrically arranged facing each other in high rotation transmit the kinetic energy to the fibers to provide the highly defibrillated microfibrillated cellulose.
US12123135B2	Apparel with heat retention layer and method of making the same A garment is manufactured by printing an ink including at least five percent of a ceramic by weight onto a first side of a fabric portion to provide a fabric with a ceramic print, the ceramic print covering at least ten percent and less than ninety percent of the inside of the fabric portion, and incorporating the fabric with the ceramic print into a garment with the first side of the fabric portion on an inside of the garment such that the ceramic print is exposed on the inside of the garment. In addition, a garment includes a fabric panel having an inner, user-facing side and an outer side opposite the inner side, and a discontinuous printed layer disposed on the inner side of the fabric panel, the printed layer including a heat retaining material and a binder, where the heat retaining material is present in an amount effective to provide heat retention properties to the fabric panel.
US12123131B2	Synthetic fiber processing agent and synthetic fiber Disclosed is a synthetic fiber treatment agent containing a phenol amine compound and a nonionic surfactant. The phenol amine compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound formed from a phenol derivative, formaldehyde, and a polyamine compound and a compound obtained by reacting a boron-containing compound with a compound formed from a phenol derivative, formaldehyde, and a polyamine compound. The phenol derivative is a phenol in which a hydrocarbon group with a number average molecular weight of not less than 100 and not more than 2000 is modified.
US12123128B2	Laundry machine kit to enable control of water levels, recirculation, and spray of chemistry Systems, apparatuses and methods for easily modifying and using a laundry washing machine to recirculate water and spray wash water and cleaning compositions onto textiles in order to optimize water usage, wash temperature, and composition dosage are provided. An apparatus comprising a replacement door window, a spray nozzle, a pump, tubing, and connectors for use in the modified laundry washing machine is further provided. The modification system provides improved cleaning performance and effective cleaning even in low water conditions.
US12123125B2	Apparatus for treating laundry and control method therefor A laundry treating apparatus includes a drum, a duct circulating air through the drum, a heat exchanger in the duct, a water collector configured to water separated from air through the heat exchanger, a spray configured to spray water to the heat exchanger, a pump housing that is connected to the water collector and defines first and second pump outlets, an impeller moving water in the pump housing to the first pump outlet, a drainage housing, a housing connecting pipe connecting the second pump outlet to the drainage housing, a drain pipe discharging water in the drainage housing, and a drain valve controlling the drain pipe, and a switch housing connected to the first pump outlet, a first supply pipe connecting the switch housing to the spray, a second supply pipe connecting the switch housing to the drain pipe, and a switch valve controlling the first and second supply pipes.
US12123123B2	Device for dosing a detergent ingredient into the drum of an automatic washing machine A device for dosing a detergent ingredient into the drum of an automatic washing machine which can include a reservoir, a one-way valve, an inlet, and a dosing manifold.
US12123120B2	Beam brake system and method A system for braking rotational movement of at least one beam is disclosed. The system can comprise a frame and at least one beam rotatably supported on the frame. Each beam of the at least one beam can comprise at least one sheave groove on at least one longitudinal end. A rope can have a first end and a second end. Each of the first end and second end can be fixedly coupled to the frame. The rope can be received within a portion of at least one of the at least one sheave groove of each beam. A tensioning assembly can be configured to selectively cause a predetermined braking tension in the rope.
US12123115B2	Textile component production systems and methods Systems and methods for manufacturing a garment, include: receiving garment design input data for a garment design including data representing a first textile structural unit at a first location and data representing a second textile structural unit at a second location; generating a textile production machine instruction data set based on the garment design input data; forming a first garment using a first textile production machine to include the first textile structural unit and the second textile structural unit; creating revised garment design input data for the garment design based on the first garment based on receiving additional body map data relating to the first garment; generating revised textile production machine instruction data set based on the revised garment design input data; and forming a second garment using a textile production machine and the revised garment design input data including the changes to the garment design.
US12123113B2	Geosynthetic fabric with differential wicking capability The present invention is directed to a geotextile fabric including a plurality of wicking yarns each having a plurality of fibers with inter-fiber voids therebetween; wherein the inter-fiber voids of the plurality of wicking yarns has a water flow of about 0.05 milliliters per day per denier (ml/day/denier) to about 1.0 milliliters per day per denier. Further, the present invention is directed to a method of making such geotextile fabric.
US12123104B2	Arcuate seed casting method A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end. The forming includes bending a seed precursor. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidifies so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further includes inserting the bent seed precursor into a sleeve leaving the bent seed precursor protruding from a first end of the sleeve.
US12123100B2	Pickling plant for surface treatment of strip steel A pickling system for surface treatment, using a pickling medium, of strip steel in the form of standard steel, electric strip, high-grade steel, and extra-high-strength and ultra-high-strength third-generation steel in order to thereby provide a surface suitable for a subsequent shaping process for further processing. The system includes a plurality of treatment tanks connected in series. The pickling system has a modular construction and, starting from the strip infeed, at least one first treatment tank in the form of a dipping bath module is provided in the working direction, downstream of which a plurality of treatment tanks in the form of spray pickling modules are arranged, and at least one final second dipping bath module is arranged downstream of the spray pickling modules.
US12123099B2	Method for manufacturing structured press elements A method for manufacturing structured press elements comprises at least the following steps: the step of providing an element of metal; the step of providing a mask on a surface of the element for shielding portions of the surface; the step of treating non-shielded portions of the surface of the element; the step of removing the mask; wherein the method comprises at least a step in which the surface of the element is subjected to an ultrasonic treatment and/or that the step of providing the mask comprises at least a treatment with infrared radiation and/or that the step of chemically treating is performed with the surface directed downward.
US12123098B2	Gas permeable metal with porosity gradient and method of manufacturing the same A gas permeable metal with a porosity gradient and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. A second lamination layer and a third lamination layer are respectively connected to two opposite sides of a first lamination layer. A pore diameter of the first lamination layer is larger than that of the second lamination layer. Thereby while being applied to molds, a mold cavity is mounted in the second lamination layer with smaller pore diameter so that products formed have fine and smooth surfaces. The arrangement of the first lamination layer with larger pore diameter is used for effective escape of gas generated during product production process. According to production requirements for products, a pore diameter of the third lamination layer can be adjusted to be not larger than that of the first lamination layer. Thus mechanical strength and gas exhaust capacity can be balanced.
US12123093B2	Film forming device Provided is a film forming device that deposits, on a substrate, a product generated by decomposing raw material gas by a plasma discharged from a discharge port of a double tube, the device including: an inner tube through which raw material gas containing a film-forming raw material flows and is guided to the discharge port on a downstream side; an outer tube that has the inner tube inserted thereinto and through which plasma-generating gas flows and a plasma generated by discharge is guided to the discharge port on the downstream side; a first electrode that is formed in an annular shape around the outer tube and grounded; and a second electrode that is formed in an annular shape around the outer tube and to which a voltage is applied. The second electrode is disposed on the downstream side with respect to the first electrode, and assuming that a length of the second electrode in an axial direction is L1 and a diameter of the outer tube is D1, a relationship of L1≥D1 is satisfied.
US12123091B2	Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A technique for reducing cooling time for a substrate includes a substrate processing apparatus that may include: a substrate retainer configured to support a substrate; a heat-insulating unit; a transfer chamber; and a gas supply mechanism to supply a gas into the transfer chamber, the gas supply mechanism including: a first gas supply mechanism to supply the gas into an upper region of the transfer chamber. The substrate retainer is disposed such that the gas flows horizontally through the upper region; and a second gas supply mechanism to supply the gas into a lower region of the transfer chamber. The heat-insulating unit is provided such that the gas flows downward through the lower region. The first gas supply mechanism and the second gas supply mechanism are disposed along a first sidewall of the transfer chamber, and the second gas supply mechanism is disposed lower than the first gas supply mechanism.
US12123090B2	Differential capacitive sensor for in-situ film thickness and dielectric constant measurement Methods and apparatus for a processing chamber are provided herein. The apparatus includes, for example, an inner volume defined in the processing chamber; a first sensor assembly coupled to a surface located in the inner volume of the processing chamber and including a first electrode configuration configured to measure an electrical characteristic associated with a film deposited within the inner volume of the processing chamber; and a second sensor assembly coupled to the surface located in the inner volume of the processing chamber in relative proximity to the first sensor assembly and including a second electrode configuration, different from the first electrode configuration, configured to measure the same electrical characteristic as the first electrode configuration.
US12123088B2	Temperature resistant carbon coatings The invention provides a substrate coated with a multi-layer coating, comprising in order: (a) the substrate; (b) a thermally insulating layer (e.g. Si3N4); (c) an interfacial layer (e.g. SiC); and (d) one or more layers comprising ta-C; wherein the interfacial layer promotes adhesion of the one or more layers comprising ta-C to the thermally insulating layer; and methods for producing such coatings.
US12123083B2	Austenitic non-magnetic steel, powder metal material for additive manufacturing, and method for producing austenitic non-magnetic steel An austenitic non-magnetic steel containing: 8.0 to 15.0 mass % of Mn; 0.05 to 0.50 mass % of N; 0.20 to 1.00 mass % of C; 2.0 to 15.0 mass % of Cr; and 3.0 mass % or less of V, and a powder metal material for additive manufacturing, which is an austenitic non-magnetic steel containing: 8.0 to 15.0 mass % of Mn; 0.20 to 1.00 mass % of C; 2.0 to 15.0 mass % of Cr; and 3.0 mass % or less of V.
US12123082B2	Non-oriented electrical steel sheet A non-oriented electrical steel sheet having: low high-frequency iron loss and high magnetic flux density; an inner layer and surface layers provided on both sides of the inner layer, the surface layers and the inner layer having specific chemical compositions; the thickness t of 0.01 mm to 0.35 mm; a multilayer ratio of t1 to t of 0.10 to 0.70, t1 denoting a total thickness of the surface layers; a difference between [Si]1 and [Si]0 of 1.0 mass % to 4.5 mass % or less, [Si]1 denoting a Si content in each of the surface layers and [Si]0 denoting a Si content in the inner layer; and a difference between [Mn]0 and [Mn]1 of 0.01 mass % to 0.40 mass %, [Mn]0 denoting a Mn content at a mid-thickness position t/2 and [Mn]1 denoting an average Mn content in a region from a surface to a position at a depth of ( 1/10)t.
US12123081B2	Hot rolled steel and a method of manufacturing thereof A hot rolled steel having a composition including the following elements, expressed in percentage by weight: 15%≤Nickel≤25% 6%≤Cobalt≤12% 2%≤Molybdenum≤6% 0.1%≤Titanium≤1% 0.0001%≤Carbon≤0.03% 0.002%≤Phosphorus≤0.02% 0%≤Sulfur≤0.005%. 0%≤Nitrogen≤0.01% and can contain one or more of the following optional elements 0%≤Aluminum≤0.1% 0%≤Niobium≤0.1% 0%≤Vanadium≤0.3% 0%≤Copper≤0.5% 0%≤Chromium≤0.5% the remainder composition being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities caused by processing, the microstructure of said steel sheet comprising in area fraction, 20% to 40% Tempered Martensite, at least 60% of Reverted Austenite and inter-metallic compounds of Molybdenum, Titanium and Nickel.
US12123080B2	Steel sheet Provided is a steel sheet comprising a sheet thickness center part and a first surface layer part and a second surface layer part respectively arranged at two sides of the sheet thickness center part, wherein the first surface layer part and second surface layer part respectively independently have thicknesses of more than 10 μm to 30% or less of the sheet thickness, the first surface layer part and second surface layer part have average Vickers hardnesses different from the average Vickers hardness of a sheet thickness ½ position, and a first hardness cumulative value at a region from a surface of the first surface layer part side to 30% of the sheet thickness is 1.05 times or more of a second hardness cumulative value at a region from a surface of the second surface layer part side to 30% of the sheet thickness.
US12123078B2	Aluminum-magnesium-zinc aluminum alloys New aluminum alloys having magnesium and zinc are disclosed. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloys may include from 2.5 to 4.0 wt. % Mg, from 2.25 to 4.0 wt. % Zn, wherein (wt. % Mg/wt. % Zn)≥1.0, and wherein (wt. % Mg/wt. % Zn)≤1.6, from 0.20 to 0.9 wt. % Mn, from 0.10 to 0.40 wt. % Cu, up to 1.0 wt. % Li, up to 0.50 wt. % Fe, up to 0.50 wt. % Si, and optional secondary element(s), the balance being aluminum, optional incidental elements and impurities.
US12123075B2	Opportunities for recovery augmentation process as applied to molybdenum production A copper/molybdenum separation processor is provide featuring a slurry/media mixture stage configured to receive a conditioned pulp containing hydrophobic molybdenite and hydrophilic copper, iron and other minerals that is conditioned with sodium hydrosulfide together with an engineered polymeric hydrophobic media, and provide a slurry/media mixture; and a slurry/media separation stage configured to receive the slurry/media mixture, and provide a slurry product having a copper concentrate and a polymerized hydrophobic media product having a molybdenum concentrate that are separately directed for further processing. The slurry/media mixture stage include a molybdenum loading stage configured to contact the conditioned pulp with the engineered polymeric hydrophobic media in an agitated reaction chamber, and load the hydrophobic molybdenite on the engineered polymeric hydrophobic media.
US12123061B2	Method for the detection of legionella This invention relates to the detection of Legionella, more specifically Legionella pneumophila, more specifically Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, in a sample. Methods of detection, and assays and kits useful for detection, are also disclosed. The invention provides a method for identifying the presence, absence, or quantity of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in a sample, the method comprising the steps of detecting the presence, absence, or quantity of at least part of the nucleic acid sequence of the lpg0768 gene or an expression product thereof, and correlating the presence, absence, or quantity of the at least part of the nucleic acid sequence of the lpg0768 gene or an expression product thereof, to the presence, absence, or quantity of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the sample.
US12123060B2	Method for identifying targets for precision cancer therapy Disclosed herein is Differential Subclone Eradication and Resistance Analysis (DSER), a method developed to identify molecular targets for improved therapy by direct comparison of genomic features of eradicated and resistant subclones in pre- and post-treatment samples from a patient with BRCA2-deficient metastatic prostate cancer. FANCI and EYA4 were identified as candidate DNA repair-related targets for converting subclones from resistant to eradicable, and RNAi-mediated depletion of FANCI confirmed it as a potential target. The EYA4 alteration was associated with adjacent L1 transposon insertion during cancer evolution upon treatment. L1 activation was inhibited by the antiretroviral drug azidothymidine. In conclusion DSER provides an informative intermediate step toward effective precision cancer medicine, especially in cases with dramatic but temporary metastatic tumor regression. L1 transposon activation may be a modifiable source of cancer genomic heterogeneity, suggesting the potential of leveraging newly discovered triggers and blockers of L1 activity to overcome therapy resistance.
US12123058B2	Molecular signature and use thereof for the identification of indolent prostate cancer A method for predicting the risk of prostate cancer recurrence in a subject affected with prostate cancer, including: (a) providing a sample from the subject, (b) determining the TMPRSS/ERG fusion status of the sample, (c) if the sample is positive for TMPRSS/ERG fusion (Fus+), determining a molecular signature of the sample by measuring the expression level of at least 6 prostate cancer markers selected from the ANPEP, AZGP1, CHRNA2, COMP, KHDRBS3 and SFRP4, (d) comparing the molecular signature to a reference signature, and (e) assigning the subject to a risk group based on the correlation of the molecular signature with the reference signature, thereby predicting the risk of cancer recurrence in the subject.
US12123044B2	Recombinant host cell with altered membrane lipid composition The present invention is in the field of recombinant biotechnology, in particular in the field of protein expression. The invention generally relates to a method of expressing a protein of interest (POI) from a host cell. The invention relates particularly to improving a host cell's capacity to express and/or secrete a protein of interest and use of the host cell for protein expression. The invention also relates to cell culture technology, and more specifically to culturing cells to produce desired molecules for medical purposes or food products.
US12123041B2	Method for the production of amino sugar-containing products A method or producing amino sugar (containing) products using metabolically engineered microorganisms is disclosed, wherein the conversion of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine to cell envelope precursors and molecules is reduced by altering the activity of enzymes involved in the synthesis of cell envelope precursors and molecules.
US12123040B2	Production of oligosaccharides The present invention relates to the use of one or more glycosidases in the process for the production and/or purification of a produced desired oligosaccharide. The process is preferably a microbial fermentation process using a host microorganism, which may also comprise nucleic acids expressing sugar catabolic pathway proteins suitable for the degradation of saccharides otherwise hindering the purification of the desired oligosaccharide.
US12123035B2	PH20 polypeptide variants, formulations and uses thereof Modified PH20 hyaluronidase polypeptides, including modified polypeptides that exhibit increased stability and/or increased activity, are provided. Also provided are compositions and formulations and uses thereof.
US12123034B2	Methods and compositions for modulating a genome The disclosure provides, e.g., compositions, systems, and methods for targeting, editing, modifying, or manipulating a host cell's genome at one or more locations in a DNA sequence in a cell, tissue, or subject.
US12123031B2	Regulation of CRISPR-associated rossman fold (CARF) domain containing proteins by oligoadenylates A method of synthetizing cyclic oligoadenylates using a novel catalytic activity of a protein possessing the Palm domain, such as the Cas10 protein, and using such compounds for activation of proteins possessing the CARF doman, such as the Csm6 protein.
US12123030B2	Polynucleotides encoding lipoprotein lipase for the treatment of hyperlipidemia The invention relates to mRNA therapy for the treatment of hyperlipidemia. mRNAs for use in the invention, when administered in vivo, encode human lipoprotein lipase (LPL), isoforms thereof, functional fragments thereof, and fusion proteins comprising LPL. mRNAs of the invention are preferably encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to effect efficient delivery to cells and/or tissues in subjects, when administered thereto, mRNA therapies of the invention increase and/or restore deficient levels of LPL expression and/or activity in subjects. mRNA therapies of the invention further decrease levels of triglycerides associated with deficient LPL activity in subjects.
US12123029B2	Cyclohexenecarboxylate ester hydrolase, and mutant, coding gene, expression vector, recombinant bacterium and use thereof The present invention discloses a cyclohexenecarboxylate ester hydrolase, and a mutant, a coding gene, an expression vector, recombinant bacterium and use thereof. The cyclohexenecarboxylate ester hydrolase AcEst1 and its mutant of the present invention have the function of enantioselectively resolving methyl 3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate with high efficiency to prepare optically active (S)-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid. When the substrate concentration is as high as 2000 mM (about 280 g/L), the optical purity of the product is higher than 99%, and the substrate/catalyst is as high as 3500 g/g. As compared with other preparation methods, the product prepared by the method of the present invention has high concentration and high optical purity, the catalytic efficiency is high, the reaction conditions are mild. Furthermore, the method is environmentally friendly, simple in operation and easy for industrial scale-up, thus has a good prospect of application in industry.
US12123025B2	Cultured meat compositions The invention is directed to a method for producing an edible composition, comprising incubating a three-dimensional porous scaffold and a plurality of cell types comprising: myoblasts or progenitor cells thereof, at least one type of extracellular (ECM)-secreting cell and endothelial cells or progenitor cells thereof, and inducing myoblasts differentiation into myotubes.
US12123020B2	Engineered red blood cells having rare antigen phenotypes Provided herein are engineered red blood cells expressing rare blood antigen group profiles, and methods of making use the same, are described. Also provided are recombinant reagent red blood cells that express or lack the expression of at least one protein (e.g., a blood group antigen) on its surface and uses thereof.
US12123016B1	Nucleases and compositions, systems, and methods thereof The present disclosure provides components, compositions, methods, and systems thereof for nucleic acid editing. Particularly, the disclosure provides engineered nucleases, fusion proteins of the engineered nucleases, systems including the engineered nucleases, and methods of using thereof.
US12123010B2	Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
US12123005B2	Fusion proteins and methods thereof The invention discloses oncogenic fusion proteins. The invention provides methods for treating gene-fusion based cancers.
US12123004B2	Generation of acyl amino acids Engineered polypeptides or engineered microbial cells useful in synthesizing acyl amino acids are provided. In some embodiments, engineered polypeptides or engineered microbial cells are useful in synthesizing acyl amino acids with one or more hydroxyl and/or methyl groups at one or more positions of the fatty acid portion of the acyl amino acid (e.g., at ω-1, ω-2, and/or ω-3 positions of the fatty acid portion of the acyl amino acid). Also provided are methods of making acyl amino acids using engineered polypeptides and/or engineered microbial cells.
US12123003B2	Synthetic RIG-I-like receptor agonists The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, RNA molecules (e.g., RNA hairpin agonists) that bind to and agonize RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs), and to use of the molecules in methods for treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of, a disorder (e.g., cancer).
US12123001B2	Methods of treating liver diseases with phosphodiesterase 3B (PDE3B) inhibitors The present disclosure provides methods of treating a subject having a liver disease or type 2 diabetes, and methods of identifying subjects having an increased risk of developing a liver disease or type 2 diabetes.
US12122999B2	Composition for preventing or treating cognitive dysfunction including inhibitor or MECP2 expression Disclosed is a composition for preventing or treating a degenerative brain disease. The composition includes, as an active ingredient, a MECP2 inhibitor for treating the degenerative brain disease, a polynucleotide encoding the MECP2 inhibitor or a recombinant virus containing the MECP2 inhibitor. The composition is useful for the treatment of a degenerative brain disease (particularly Alzheimer's syndrome) caused by beta-amyloid. In addition, the composition is effective in improving or ameliorating deterioration of cognitive functions and social deficits caused by Alzheimer's syndrome.
US12122998B2	Materials and methods for treatment of usher syndrome type 2A and/or non-syndromic autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa (ARRP) The present application provides materials and methods for treating a patient with one or more of Usher Syndrome Type 2A and ARRP, both ex vivo and in vivo; materials and methods for editing an USH2A gene containing a guanine deletion at nucleotide position c.2299. In addition, the present application provides one or more gRNAs or sgRNAs for editing an USH2A gene containing a guanine deletion at nucleotide position c.2299; a therapeutic comprising at least one or more gRNAs or sgRNAs for editing an USH2A gene containing a guanine deletion at nucleotide position c.2299; and a therapeutic for treating a patient with one or more of Usher Syndrome Type 2A and ARRP. The present application also provides a kit for treating a patient with one or more of Usher Syndrome Type 2A and ARRP.
US12122995B2	DNA vectors, transposons and transposases for eukaryotic genome modification The present invention provides polynucleotide vectors for high expression of heterologous genes. Some vectors further comprise novel transposons and transposases that further improve expression. Further disclosed are vectors that can be used in a gene transfer system for stably introducing nucleic acids into the DNA of a cell. The gene transfer systems can be used in methods, for example, gene expression, bioprocessing, gene therapy, insertional mutagenesis, or gene discovery.
US12122994B2	Methods for fermentative production of massoia lactone A culture for the fermentative production of Massoia lactone comprising an Aureobasidium melanogenum species in a culture medium, wherein the Aureobasidium melanogenum species expresses no functional Aureobasidin A synthase gene mRNA when cultured, the culture medium including KH2PO4, Na2HPO4, (NH4)2SO4, MgSO4·7H2O and CaCl2·2H2O; at least two trace elements selected from the group consisting of Fe2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and MoO42−; urea; and a carbon source selected from the group consisting of glucose, mannose, xylose and mixtures thereof, wherein the culture medium has a pH from 5.5 to 6.5.
US12122989B2	Cell production apparatus, cell production method, computer-readable storage medium, and cell production system A protocol created in such a format that a series of operations in cell culture are executable by a robot 10 is acquired (S1). The robot 10 is controlled to implement the operations according to the protocol (S2). In order to modify the protocol after the implementation of the operations, modification information on at least one action among basic actions which serve as bases for implementing the operations and is performed on an instrument used by the robot 10 in the operations, and complementary actions which complement the basic actions is acquired (S5). The robot 10 is controlled to produce cells by using the protocol modified based on the modification information (S7).
US12122988B2	Cell evaluation device and cell evaluation system To provide a cell evaluation device capable of evaluating cells and a secretory substance emitted from the cells accurately and precisely. Provided is a cell evaluation device including a first capturing unit that captures a secretory substance secreted by cells, and an image acquisition unit that acquires an image obtained by imaging observation light of the cells and light emitted from a luminescent substance bonded to the secretory substance, in which the image acquisition unit and the first capturing unit are disposed in this order, and the image acquisition unit acquires position information for the cells and the secretory substance.
US12122979B2	Cleaning article with preferential rheological solid composition A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface is provided that includes a substrate having a first surface and second surface and a rheological solid composition comprising a crystallizing agent and an aqueous phase.
US12122976B2	Refrigerating machine oil An aspect of the present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil containing: a lubricating base oil; a phosphorus-containing additive; and a polymer comprising an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester as a monomer unit.
US12122974B2	Organophosphorus compound, and preparation process and use thereof An organophosphorus compound has a structure represented by the general formula (I): The functional groups are defined in the description. The organophosphorus compound has prominent bearing capacity and excellent antiwear and antifriction performances, and can be used as an extreme pressure antiwear additive and used in lubricating oil and lubricating grease.
US12122972B1	Process for removing hydrogen sulfide from sour gases with a layered triple hydroxide ZIF-67 composite A method for removing hydrogen sulfide (H2S) from a H2S-containing gas composition, including charging an aqueous media to a reactor under continuous agitation, dispersing particles of a composite in the aqueous media to form a composite mixture, continuously agitating the composite mixture, introducing the H2S-containing gas composition to the reactor containing the composite mixture under continuous agitation and passing the H2S-containing gas composition through the composite mixture, and adsorbing and removing H2S from the gas composition by the composite mixture to form a purified gas composition. The composite contains a CuMnAl layered triple hydroxide (LTH) and zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 (ZIF-67) nanoparticles. The ZIF-67 nanoparticles are dispersed between layers of the CuMnAl LTH.
US12122969B1	Application of structurally altered gas molecules for treatment of fossil fuels and biofuels Methods and systems for fuel treatment are provided. An example method includes generating structurally altered gas molecules from water. The structurally altered gas molecules have a higher probability of attraction of electrons into areas adjunct to the structurally altered gas molecules than molecules of the water. The method further includes infusing the structurally altered gas molecules into a fuel to modify properties of the fuel, thereby increasing fuel burning efficiency.
US12122966B2	Process for converting naphtha to light olefins with separation A process for converting naphtha to light olefins comprises contacting a naphtha stream with a zeolitic catalyst to produce a light paraffin stream. The light paraffin may be separated into an ethane stream and a propane stream. The ethane in the ethane stream may be converted into ethylene, and the propane in the propane in the propane stream may be converted into propylene. The light paraffin stream may also be separated into a heavy stream which may be recycled back to the contacting step.
US12122965B2	Porous material for removing impurities in feedstocks A porous material including alumina, the alumina including alpha-alumina, the porous material including one or more metals selected from Co, Mo, Ni, W and combinations thereof, and the porous material having a BET-surface area of 1-110 m2/g, a total pore volume of 0.50-0.80 ml/g, as measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, and a pore size distribution (PSD) with at least 30 vol % of the total pore volume being in pores with a radius ≥400 Å, suitably pores with a radius ≥500 Å. A process for removing impurities such as phosphorous (P) from a feedstock, by contacting the feedstock with a guard bed including the above porous material. A guard bed for a hydrotreatment system including the porous material, a hydrotreatment system including a guard bed which includes the porous material and a downstream hydrotreatment section including at least one hydrotreatment catalyst.
US12122962B2	Processes and catalysts for reforming of impure methane-containing feeds Processes and catalysts for producing hydrogen by reforming methane are disclosed, which afford considerable flexibility in terms of the quality of the reformer feed. This can be attributed to the robustness of the noble metal-containing catalysts described herein for use in reforming, such that a number of components commonly present in methane-containing process streams can advantageously be maintained without conventional upgrading (pretreating) steps, thereby improving process economics. This also allows for the reforming of impure reformer feeds, even in relatively small quantities, which may be characterized as complex gas mixtures due to significant quantities of non-methane components. A representative reforming catalyst comprises 1 wt-% Pt and 1 wt-% Rh as noble metals, on a cerium oxide support.
US12122960B1	Pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene using a metal-doped zeolite A method of converting a polymer including contacting a catalyst with a low-density polyethylene polymer to form a mixture and heating the mixture to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius (° C.) to 600° C. in a microwave reactor to form a product. The catalyst includes an HZSM-5 zeolite, and 1 weight percent (wt. %) to 10 wt. % gallium and 0.1% to 5 wt. % copper, based on the total weight of the catalyst.
US12122958B2	Loss circulation material A method for mitigating loss circulation zones in a wellbore is provided. The method includes synthesizing a carbamate from an amine-curing agent, and the carbamate is mixed with an epoxy resin from the loss control composition. The loss control composition is pumped into a wellbore with a loss circulation zone, wherein the loss control composition flows into the loss circulation zone. The carbamate of the loss control composition is allowed to decompose at wellbore temperatures, wherein the carbamate releases CO2 gas and the amine-curing agent. The CO2 gas foams the epoxy resin, expanding the epoxy resin to fill voids in the loss circulation zone, and the amine-curing agent cures the foamed epoxy resin, forming a loss control material that seals the loss circulation zone.
US12122956B1	Materials and method for diverter fracturing In a method for diverter fracturing, a water-based fracturing fluid including non-convex particles is introduced into a hydraulic fracture of a wellbore at a first location. Each non-convex particle is formed to interlock with another non-convex particle. A diverter plug is formed in the hydraulic fracture when multiple non-convex particles interlock. Flow of another water-based fracturing fluid is diverted to a second location due to the diverter plug, forming another hydraulic fracture at the second location.
US12122955B2	Inhibitive divalent wellbore fluids, methods of providing said fluids, and uses thereof A wellbore fluid includes an aqueous fluid, a viscosifier, a stabilizer agent, and a lubricant. The aqueous fluid is an inhibitive divalent fluid. A method of preparing the divalent wellbore fluid is provided or formulated and includes methods of producing the divalent wellbore fluid, and methods of injecting or circulating the inhibitive divalent wellbore fluid into a wellbore or borehole provided in a formation and/or into a reservoir of the formation.
US12122946B2	Low emissivity seam tape for inflatable safety products A seam tape, patch material, accessory material, or component material may be used for an inflatable safety product. The seam tape, patch material, accessory material, or component material includes an emissivity of less than or equal to 0.48. An inflatable safety product or an accessory for an inflatable safety product may include the seam tape, patch material, accessory material, or component material.
US12122943B2	Blended furnish with improved performance and methods of making and using the same A blended furnish with improved performance characteristics while reducing environmental impact, when applied to a substrate and methods of making and using blended furnish are provided. A composite product using a blended furnish is also provided.
US12122937B2	Flexible gastight material for landfill site, and preparation method and use method thereof A flexible gastight material for a landfill site includes a component A and a component B, the component A including: at least one of polypropylene glycol with a molecular weight of 600-4000, polytetrahydrofuran diol with a molecular weight of 1000-3000, polycaprolactone diol with a molecular weight of 1000-3000, and polycarbonate diol with a molecular weight of 1000-3000; and at least one of 2,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, toluene diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, and hexamethylene diisocyanate. The flexible gastight material for the landfill site provided in the present application has a micro-closed-cell foam structure. The closed-cell elastic structure of the flexible gastight material may block the volatilization of toxic and harmful odors, and may cut off the diffusion path of the odors by combining with gas treatment systems at the landfill site. The flexible gastight material has excellent water blocking and gas sealing performance.
US12122936B2	High performance silicon-based coating compositions A silicon-based coating composition for a wide range of mold surfaces, which composition is formed from a mixture of constituents comprising appropriate portions of silazane, siloxane, and silane, and optionally organic solvent. The composition, after curing, results in an extreme release product that is non-transferable to the finished part, allowing for proper adhesion of coatings or adhesives to the finished surface without additional surface preparation. The cured coatings are ultrathin, having a thickness between 0.1 μm and 3 μm, and having a hardness between about 4H and about 9H.
US12122934B2	Soil and dirt repellent powder coatings A dirt repellant panel coated with a powder coating composition that includes a polymeric binder and an anionic fluorosurfactant present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt. % to about 4 wt. %.
US12122933B2	Roofing materials having one or more polymer networks and related methods Some embodiments relate to a roofing material. The roofing material comprises a substrate, and a coating on the substrate. The coating comprises at least a polymer A, a polymer B, and at least one filler. The polymer A, the polymer B, the at least one filler are present in an amount sufficient to result in the coating having: A) a Tear CD property of at least 1000 g-f; and B) at least one of an interpenetrating polymer network, a semi-interpenetrating polymer network, or any combination thereof. Other embodiments relate to additional roofing materials, methods for preparing roofing materials, and the like.
US12122929B2	Copolymers of perfluorocycloaliphatic methyl vinyl ether Described herein is a perfluoropolymer and compositions therefrom. The perfluoropolymer is derived from: (a) no more than 88 mol % tetrafluoroethylene monomer; and (b) a complementary amount of a perfluoro (cycloaliphatic methyl vinyl ether) monomer, and has substantially no melting point.
US12122925B2	Ink composition for writing instrument and writing instrument having the same Embodiments of the present disclosure provides an ink composition for a writing instrument comprising a colorant and water, wherein the ink composition further comprises a thickener including polyethylene glycol or polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight between 200 and 1000 and an acrylic resin having an amine.
US12122924B2	Inkjet ink composition and image recording method An inkjet ink composition includes water (A), a resin (B), and an organic solvent (C) which has a boiling point of 250° C. or lower, satisfies Expression (C1), and has a nitrogen atom, in which a content mass ratio of the organic solvent (C) to a main resin in the resin (B) is 0.01 or greater and less than 2.0. In Expression (C1), SPB represents an SP value of the main resin in the resin (B) in a unit of MPa1/2, SPC represents an SP value of the organic solvent (C) in the unit of MPa1/2, and \|SPC−SPB\| represents an absolute value of a difference between SPC and SPB. \|SPC−SPB\|≤10.0 Expression (C1)
US12122923B2	Amine-based primer coatings for electrophotographic printing Electrophotographic printing techniques offer excellent image quality, but image adhesion to a desired substrate may be problematic in many instances. Primer coatings for improving image adhesion to a substrate may be formed from primer compositions comprising a fluid and an amine-functionalized copolymer dispersed in the fluid as an emulsion, in which the amine-functionalized copolymer has an amine number of about 10 to about 180 mg KOH/g copolymer. The fluid may be aqueous or organic. Suitable amine-functionalized copolymers may be formed by an emulsion polymerization reaction of one or more first ethylenically unsaturated monomers lacking an amine group and one or more second ethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing at least one amine group. The at least one amine group comprises a side chain of the amine-functionalized copolymer.
US12122921B2	Fluorescence quencher polymer conjugates and uses thereof The invention provides chemical conjugates comprising a plurality of fluorescence quenching moieties conjugated to polymer and the use of such conjugates to quench the emission of fluorescence from emitters including macromolecular fluorescent emitters such as phycoerythrin.
US12122920B2	Method for synthesizing polymer/pigment hybrid latex through sulfur-free and soap-free in-situ reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) emulsion copolymerization A method for synthesizing a polymer/pigment hybrid latex through sulfur-free and soap-free in-situ reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) emulsion copolymerization includes the following: dispersing a pigment with a reactive emulsifier to prepare a pigment dispersion; synthesizing an amphiphilic sulfur-free ω-vinyl-terminated polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) macromolecular RAFT agent in-situ on a surface of pigment particles through catalytic chain transfer polymerization (CCTP); and adding an acrylate monomer dropwise, allowing in-situ sulfur-free RAFT polymerization on a surface of pigment particles through the RAFT agent, and adjusting a structure and a composition of an encapsulated polymer layer to obtain a series of uniformly encapsulated and stably dispersed polymer/organic pigment hybrid latexes. The new hybrid latex prepared through sulfur-free and soap-free in-situ RAFT emulsion copolymerization has the characteristics of high dispersion stability, high pigment encapsulation efficiency, clear encapsulated polymer layer sequence, controllable structure, etc., which is suitable for surface encapsulation modification of various pigments.
US12122919B2	Dichroic azo-azomethine dyes for liquid crystal compositions Azo-azomethine dyes, a dichroic dye mixture including azo-azomethine dyes, a liquid crystal composition with the azo-azomethine dyes, and methods for producing the dyes and dye compositions. The dyes can be used in liquid crystal systems, transmissive displays, and smart windows.
US12122917B2	Polymerized oils and methods of manufacturing the same Described herein is a polymerized biorenewable, previously modified, or functionalized oil, comprising a polymeric distribution having about 2 to about 80 wt % oligomer content, a polydispersity index ranging from about 1.30 to about 2.20, and sulfur content ranging from 0.001 wt % to about 8 wt %. Methods of manufacturing the polymerized oil as well as its incorporation into asphalt paving, roofing, and coating applications are also described.
US12122915B2	Curable organopolysiloxane composition having excellent cold resistance, and a pattern forming method A curable organopolysiloxane composition having rheological properties suitable for precision application and fine pattern formation by a fine droplet coating apparatus such as a jet dispenser, along with a method for forming a pattern using the same, and an electronic component using the same, is provided herein. The curable organopolysiloxane composition is hydrosilylation reaction curable and can be precisely applied by a jet dispenser, etc. The composition has a viscosity at a strain speed of 1,000 (1/s) of 2.0 Pa·s or less, while the viscosity at a strain speed of 0.1 (1/s) is a value 50.0-fold or more the viscosity at a strain speed of 1,000 (1/s). The content of silicon atom-bonded aromatic functional groups in the composition is within a range of from 1.0 to 6.0 mass %.
US12122913B2	Polystyrene resin composition There is provided a polystyrene resin composition including: (A) a polyamide; (B) a polystyrene resin having a syndiotactic structure; (C) a compatibilizer which has a polar group reactive with the polyamide (A), and which is compatible with the polystyrene resin (B); (D) a particular hindered phenol compound; and (E) an inorganic filler, wherein the amount of the polystyrene resin (B) is 10.0 to 30.0% by weight, and the amount of the hindered phenol compound (D) is 0.3 to 1.0% by weight per 100% by weight of the total amount of the components (A) to (E).
US12122909B2	Polycarbonate and preparation method thereof The present disclosure relates to a polycarbonate and a preparation method thereof, which has a novel structure with an improvement in weather resistance and refractive index, while having excellent mechanical properties.
US12122908B2	Reinforced biodegradable composite material The present disclosure relates to a composite material comprising glass fiber and a polymer blend comprising polylactic acid (PLA) and polybutylene succinate (PBS), wherein the composite material comprises about 10 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of glass fibre, and wherein the polymer blend comprises about 20 wt-% to about 60 wt-% of PLA and about 40 wt-% to about 80 wt-% of PBS. The disclosure also relates to an article comprising the reinforced composite material.
US12122906B2	3D printable thermoplastic elastomer blends A 3D-printable blend comprising a thermoplastic elastomer and a polymer. The thermoplastic elastomer is selected from poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) (SIBS), poly(St-b-butadiene-b-St) (SBS), poly(St-b-isoprene-b-St) (SIS), and their hydrogenated derivatives. The polymer is selected from polystyrene (PSt), poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) and blends of PSt and PPO. The blends may be made into filaments suitable for use in the production of 3D printed articles.
US12122901B2	Solid dry-type lubricant One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a dry-type lubricant for use in a dry product hopper to help improve dry product flow and to improve anti-jamming properties of the dry product. The example lubricant can comprise a hydrophilic fiber, such as cellulose, having a width to length aspect ratio that provides a thin fiber. A plurality of hydrophobic particles are deposited on the surface of the fiber, resulting in a fiber surface exhibiting amphiphobic properties. Further, the fiber can operably absorb water, and then releases the absorbed water to the surface of the fiber under mechanical stress, such as when mixed with a product in a hopper. This can result in the water being disposed on the surface of the fiber, to provide lubrication to a product in a hopper to improve flow and anti-jamming characteristics of the product in the hopper.
US12122900B2	Electromagnetic wave shielding molded article Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article which has an excellent shielding property and absorbency of electromagnetic waves of specific frequencies. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article includes a thermoplastic resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin and carbon fibers. The carbon fibers have a weighted average fiber length in the molded article in a range from 0.05 to 8.0 mm, and the content ratio of the carbon fibers in the molded article is from 0.05 to 45 mass %. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article has a thickness from 0.01 mm to 5 mm, a shielding property of 10 dB or greater and an absorbency of 5% or greater for electromagnetic waves having any frequency in a frequency domain from 59 GHz to 100 GHz.
US12122899B2	Composition, thermoplastic resin composition using same, and molded article of same Provided are: a composition that can impart a thermoplastic resin with excellent transparency and physical properties; a thermoplastic resin composition containing the same; and a molded article thereof. The composition contains: (A) a cyclic organophosphate aluminum salt represented by Formula (1) below, wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 9 carbon atoms and R5 represents an alkylidene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; (B) a sodium carboxylate; and (C) a fatty acid metal salt represented by Formula (2) below, wherein R6 represents a group which is introduced to an aliphatic organic acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms and M1 represents lithium or potassium, wherein the following ranges are satisfied in terms of molar ratio: (C)/(B)=0.30 to 5.00, and (A)/{(B)+(C)}=0.15 to 0.70.
US12122893B2	Tire tread A tire tread and a tire are provided, more particularly, a tire having a tread or other elastomeric component within enhanced composite material properties, including, but not limited to, modulus ratio, percent elongation at break, and/or tan delta, wherein the tire, tread or other elastomeric component comprise composites characterized by well dispersed reinforcing filler, which can be indicated by macrodispersion.
US12122892B2	Thermoplastic resin composition and method of manufacturing molded article using the same The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin composition including a thermoplastic resin, carbon fiber, carbon nanotube, plate-shaped graphite, and metal fiber, which has excellent mechanical properties and electromagnetic wave shielding performance.
US12122890B2	Production of polyurethane foam Compositions for producing a rigid polyurethane foam are described, comprising at least one isocyanate component, a polyol component, optionally a catalyst which catalyzes the formation of a urethane or isocyanurate bond, wherein the composition has hydrocarbons having 3, 4 or 5 carbon atoms, hydrofluorocarbons, hydrofluoroolefins (HFO), hydrohaloolefins, oxygen-containing blowing agents and/or chlorohydrocarbons as blowing agent, and also comprises acrylate and/or methacrylate copolymers as foam stabilizers.
US12122889B2	Dry prepreg for ceramic matrix composites Dry prepregs for ceramic matrix composites are described. The dry prepregs comprise a tow or fabric of ceramic fibers infiltrated with preceramic matrix comprising low levels of an aqueous solvent. The preceramic matrix contains an inorganic portion and a binder system. Binder systems comprising a binder and a plasticizer for the binder are described.
US12122888B2	Thin film material and manufacturing method of thin film material The present disclosure provides a thin film material and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the thin film material comprises: a compound A and a first reactant reacting to form a compound B; the compound B and a second reactant reacting to form a compound C; the compound C and a third reactant reacting to form a polymer D; the polymer D reacting to obtain a mixture including a polymer F or a polymer H; and a solution including the polymer F or the polymer H forming the polymer F or the polymer H on a substrate.
US12122882B2	Multi-part lignin-based resin system for decorative laminates A method for making a multi-part resin system includes forming a lignin-formaldehyde resin, forming a phenol-formaldehyde resin, and mixing the lignin-formaldehyde resin and the phenol-formaldehyde to form the multi-part resin system.
US12122880B2	Curable organopolysiloxane composition, cured product thereof, and transducer and the like equipped with said cured product A curable organopolysiloxane composition is provided. The composition has relatively low viscosity before curing, can be easily processed into a film shape, and has excellent mechanical strength (e.g., tensile strength, tear strength, elongation, and the like) when, e.g., used as a dielectric layer in a transducer. Other applications are also provided. The composition comprises: (A1, A2) a combination of chain organopolysiloxanes having an alkenyl group only on an end of a molecular chain, and a degree of polymerization within a range of 50 to 550 and a range of 600 to 1000; (B) hydrophobically treated reinforcing silica; (C) a siloxane resin containing an alkenyl group; (D) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane; and (E) a catalyst. The mass ratio of components (A1)/(A2) is within a range of 0.45 to 1.30, and the sum of component (B) and component (C) is within a range of 10 to 25 mass % of the entire composition.
US12122868B2	Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene-based polyurethane (HTPB-PU)-modified asphalt and preparation method thereof Disclosed are a hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene-based polyurethane (HTPB-PU)-modified asphalt and a preparation method thereof. In the disclosure, the HTPB-PU-modified asphalt includes the following components in parts by weight: 90 parts to 97 parts of a base asphalt and 3 parts to 10 parts of HTPB-PU, where the HTPB-PU is prepared from raw materials including an isocyanate and a polyol, and the polyol includes hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) with a weight percentage of not less than 80%.
US12122866B2	Reaction products of diglycidyl ethers with difunctional active hydrogen containing and hydrophobic components A reaction product derived from a reactant comprising a diglycidyl ether component, a difunctional active hydrogen containing component and a hydrophobic component is disclosed. Additionally, the present disclosure relates generally to compositions comprising the reaction products and applications thereof in various industrial areas such as coatings.
US12122864B2	Polymer for the production of carbon fibers and carbon fibers made therefrom A polymer comprising repeating units derived from a first monomer, typically acrylonitrile, and repeating units derived from a second monomer different from the first monomer, wherein the second monomer is a compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated organic anion and an organic cation containing a C═N imine group; a process for producing carbon fibers using the said polymer; and carbon fibers made therefrom, are described herein.
US12122863B2	Fluoroplastic pellets, electric wire, and method for producing same The invention provides novel pellets having high fluidity in a hopper of an extruder and capable of forming a coating layer having good wire diameter stability and capacitance stability even when used for rapid molding of electric wire coating. The pellets contain a fluororesin. Each of the pellets, placed on a horizontal surface, has a substantially circular outline or a substantially elliptic outline and has a major axis D1 of 3.1 mm or shorter and a minor axis D2 of 3.1 mm or shorter when observed in the direction normal to the horizontal surface. Each pellet satisfies the following formula (1): (D1+D2)/2L=1.8 to 2.6, wherein D1 represents the major axis, D2 represents the minor axis, and L represents the height from the horizontal surface to the highest point of the pellet.
US12122862B2	Biaryl hydroxythiophene group IV transition metal polymerization catalysts with chain transfer capability Catalyst systems that include a chain transfer agent and a metal-ligand complex according to formula (I).
US12122861B2	Multi-component copolymer, rubber composition, resin composition, tire, and resin product An object of the present disclosure is to provide a polymer exhibiting reduced heat generation in a low strain region. To achieve the object, the present disclosure provides a multi-component copolymer, comprising a non-conjugated olefin unit, a conjugated diene unit, and an aromatic vinyl unit, characterized in that: a ratio [(C100-120/C0-1000)×100] of crystallinity (C100-120) derived from the non-conjugated olefin unit at 100-120° C. with respect to crystallinity (C0-100) derived from the non-conjugated olefin unit at 0-100° C., as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), is 23% or less.
US12122860B2	Photocurable support material composition for inkjet 3D printers, ink for inkjet 3D printers, cartridge for inkjet 3D printers, method for producing support material and method for producing optically shaped article In the present invention, a photocurable support material composition for an inkjet 3D printer comprises a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing an ionic group and a counter ion, and comprises a photopolymerization initiator. The ionic group is preferably at least one selected from a group consisting of carboxylic acid group, phosphoric acid group, and sulfonic acid group. The counter ion is preferably at least one selected from a group consisting of sodium ion, potassium ion, and ammonium ion.
US12122856B2	Modified conjugated diene-based polymer and rubber composition including the same A modified conjugated diene-based polymer is provided, having remarkable processability and excellent tensile strength and viscoelasticity properties, and a rubber composition including the same is also provided. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer has a unimodal shape molecular weight distribution curve by gel permeation chromatography, narrow molecular weight distribution and a Mooney stress-relaxation ratio of 0.7 or more, and includes a functional group derived from a modifier represented by Formula 1, and thus has remarkable processability and excellent tensile properties and viscoelasticity properties.
US12122855B2	Method for extracting pullulan polysaccharide from high-viscosity fermentation broth A method for extracting pullulan polysaccharide from high-viscosity fermentation broth includes following steps: (1) removing cells from the fermentation broth; (2) removing proteins; (3) decolorizing by macroporous resin adsorption; (4) removing ions by ultrafiltration; and (5) drying, crushing and packaging. In the extraction method of the present application, by using natural polymer bioflocculant chitosan, the high-viscosity fermentation broth can be processed without dilution and addition of filter aids and organic solvents for alcohol precipitation, which reduces the pressure of subsequent decolorization, properly recycles the cell proteins, and avoids the potential hazard of the organic solvents. The method can obtain high-purity pullulan polysaccharide, improving the product yield and quality, reducing solid waste, reducing the production cost, and achieving a safe, efficient, continuous and automated production process.
US12122854B2	Graft copolymer and preparation method and use thereof A graft copolymer and a preparation method and use thereof. The method for preparing a graft copolymer includes: dissolving an N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidinone-substituted flavan-3-ol (EPSF) and a starch in a polar organic solvent, to obtain a raw material solution; and mixing the raw material solution with ascorbic acid and hydrogen peroxide to obtain a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to a grafting reaction, to obtain the graft copolymer. The graft copolymer has a structural formula represented by formula I or formula II,
US12122849B2	Method for improving affinity of antibody for antigen and use thereof Disclosed is a method for improving affinity of an antibody for an antigen, comprising, in an unmodified antibody, improving affinity for an antigen as compared to the unmodified antibody, by changing 5th, 9th and 22nd amino acid residues of a light chain defined by Kabat method to charged amino acid residues.
US12122845B2	Anti-HER2/anti-4-1BB bispecific antibodies and uses thereof A bispecific epitope binding protein having a multimer of four single-chain chimeric polypeptides of two single-chain chimeric heavy chains and two single-chain chimeric light chains. The bispecific epitope binding protein has a first antigen binding domain that binds specifically to HER2 and a second antigen binding domain that binds specifically to 4-1BB.
US12122842B1	Human CD30-specific binding proteins and uses thereof Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to antigen-binding affinity reagents for an analyte-of-interest. In particular, the present disclosure provides novel binding proteins (antibodies), including derivatives and fragments thereof, that target human CD30.
US12122839B2	IFNGR binding synthetic cytokines and methods of use Provided herein are IFNGR binding molecules that bind to IFNGR1 and IFNGR2 and comprise an anti-IFNGR2 sdAb and an anti-IFNGR2 VHH antibody.
US12122838B2	Humanized anti-CCR7 receptor antibodies The present invention provides novel humanized anti-human C-C chemokine receptor type 7 (CCR7) antibodies and compositions comprising such antibodies. The antibodies and compositions are useful in the treatment of a cancer of which the tumour cells express a CCR7 receptor, in the treatment of inflammatory conditions, conditions or complications arising from tissue or organ transplantations, and conditions or complications arising from or associated with fibrosis. The invention further provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the anti-CCR7 antibodies, cells expressing the anti-CCR7 antibodies and methods for producing the anti-CCR7 antibodies.
US12122834B2	Anti-PD-1 antibodies The present invention relates to anti-PD-1 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments, and use of these antibodies and antigen-binding fragments in the treatment of cancer or infectious disease.
US12122832B2	TIM-3-targeting antibodies and uses thereof Disclosed herein are anti-TIM-3 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies and antigen-binding fragments, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and antigen-binding fragments. Uses of the anti-TIM-3 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments described herein in cancer treatment are also disclosed.
US12122830B1	Anti-ROR1 antibody and use thereof The present invention discloses an anti-ROR1 antibody specifically recognizing human and mouse ROR1. The monoclonal antibody can be usefully used for cancer targeting treatment including detection of various cancer expressing ROR1 through specific binding, and drug delivery to specific cancer, etc. as well as a cancer therapeutic agent, by inhibiting tumors.
US12122826B2	Methods of treatment of diseases in which IL-13 activity is detrimental using anti-IL-13 antibodies The present invention is directed to methods for treating diseases in which IL-13 activity is detrimental, including eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and asthma, by administering to a subject in need of such treatment, a composition containing an interleukin-13 (IL-13) antibody, or an antigen binding fragment, thereof.
US12122825B2	Nucleic acid molecule encoding, and method of producing, a recombinant anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antibody Presented here are methods for producing a recombinant anti-TNF antibody having a heavy chain (HC) comprising SEQ ID NO:38 and a light chain (LC) comprising SEQ ID NO:37 and compositions comprising the recombinant anti-TNF antibody.
US12122816B2	Long acting peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY) analogs and methods of use This invention relates to isolated polypeptides that are long acting analogs of human PYY. The disclosed PYY analog polypeptides have beneficial physicochemical properties relative to endogenous PYY and known synthetic PYY analog polypeptides, such as longer (i.e., “long-acting”) elimination half-lives (t1/2), and improved solubility and thermal stability. This invention also relates to methods of using presently disclosed PYY analog polypeptides in a variety of therapeutic indications, as well as methods of producing the same. The disclosed PYY analog polypeptides are particularly useful in methods of treating metabolic diseases or disorders, such as type 2 diabetes, treating obesity, and providing weight loss, and in methods of treating nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and/or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
US12122815B2	GIP receptor agonist peptide compounds and uses thereof The present disclosure provides GIP receptor agonist peptide compounds having an activating action on GIP receptors and use of the GIP receptor agonist peptide as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes, obesity, emesis, or a symptom or condition associated with diabetes, obesity, or emesis. Specifically, a GIP receptor agonist peptide containing a sequence represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, and a medicament comprising the same are provided. Formula I: P1-A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6-A7-A8-A9-A10-A11-A12-A13-A14-A15-A16-A17-A18-A19-A20-A21-A22-A23-A24-A25-A26-A27-A28-A29-A30-A31-A32-A33-A34-A35-A36-A37-A38-A39-A40-A41-P2 (SEQ ID NO: 4), or a salt thereof, wherein each symbol is as defined herein, with the proviso that the GIP receptor agonist peptide does not have an amino acid sequence as provided in SEQ ID NOs: 328-893.
US12122811B2	BDNF mimetic peptide amphiphiles Provided herein are peptide amphiphiles (PAs) and supramolecular PA nanostructures that mimic brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a growth factor that induces neuronal survival, maturation, and increased electrical activity. In particular, injectable biomaterials comprising BDNF mimetic PAs are provided, as well as methods of using BDNF mimetic PAs for the treatment or prevention of neurological injuries, diseases, and disorders.
US12122806B2	Adenoviral coat protein derived delivery vehicles The present invention relates to new adenoviral coat protein based delivery vehicles. They are based on a modified penton base protomers that assemble into VLPs. Exposed areas of the penton base proteins can be modified to allow the VLP to specifically bind to any target and/or to comprise any desired peptide epitope. Additional cargo, for example drugs, proteins, or nucleic acids, can reversibly or irreversibly attached to the VLP via engineered fibre protein fragments. The present invention relates to such engineered penton base protomers, engineered proteins comprising an adenovirus fibre protein N-terminal fragment specifically binding to an adenovirus fibre protein binding cleft of a penton base protomer, VLPs comprising the engineered penton base protomers and optionally engineered proteins comprising an adenovirus fibre protein N-terminal fragment specifically binding to an adenovirus fibre protein binding cleft of a penton base protomer, nucleic encoding the engineered proteins, the VLPs as well as methods of producing the proteins and VLPs.
US12122805B2	Dendritic detergents for the analysis of proteins by mass spectrometry A method of detecting a protein by mass spectrometry comprises: providing a solution comprising a dendritic detergent and a protein; providing a mass spectrometer comprising a nanoelectrospray ionisation source, a mass analyser and a detector; vaporising the solution using the nanoelectrospray ionisation source; ionising the protein; resolving the ionised protein using the mass analyser; and detecting the resolved protein using the detector. A method of extracting a membrane protein from its native membrane comprises: providing a membrane protein in its native membrane; contacting the membrane protein with a dendritic detergent. Dendritic detergents for use in the methods are also provided.
US12122804B2	γ-aminobutyric acid modulator crystal form X, preparation method and application thereof A crystal form X of 3α-hydroxy-3β-methyl-21-(4-cyano-1H-pyrazol-1′-yl)-19-nor-5β-pregnan-20-one, a preparation method of said crystal form and an application thereof in preparing a drug for treatment of central nervous system disease.
US12122796B2	Boron-containing compound and electrolyte additive for secondary battery containing the same The present disclosure relates to a novel boron-containing compound and an electrolyte additive for a secondary battery containing the same. An electrolyte for a secondary battery provided in one embodiment contains the novel boron-containing compound, such that decomposition of the electrolyte may be suppressed, thereby improving a capacity and a lifespan of the battery.
US12122795B2	Preparation of N∧N∧C∧N tetradentate platinum (II) complex and uses thereof Preparation of n{circumflex over ( )}n{circumflex over ( )}c{circumflex over ( )}n tetradentate platinum (ii) complex and uses thereof are provided. The complex of the present invention has a structure as shown in Formula (11). The performance of an organic electroluminescence device prepared from the complex of the present invention is better than that of a reference device. A great application value is realized on an OLED (organic light-emitting diode), and the N{circumflex over ( )}N{circumflex over ( )}C{circumflex over ( )}N tetradentate platinum (II) complex can be used as a phosphorescent doped material to manufacture an orange red light OLED device with a high luminous efficiency.
US12122794B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound comprising a first ligand LA of Formula I, is disclosed. In the structure of Formula I, ring A is a 5-membered or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, Z1-Z4 are each independently C or N; at least two consecutive Z1-Z4 are C, and are fused to a structure of Formula II or Formula III Y1 and Y2 are each independently O, S, Se, CRR′, SiRR′, or GeRR′; each RA, RB, RC, R, and R′ is a hydrogen or a substituent; and any two substituents may be joined or fused together to form a ring. In the compound, LA is complexed to a metal M by the dashed lines in Formula I to form a five-membered chelate ring, and M has an atomic weight greater than 40. Organic light emitting devices and consumer products containing the compounds are also disclosed.
US12122793B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A compound comprising a first bidentate ligand LA, wherein LA comprises a structure of Formula I; wherein Z is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR, BR, CRKRL, SiRKRL, —CRKRLCRMRN—, —SiRKRLSiRMRN—, —CRKRLO—, —SiRKRLO—, and —CRK═CRL—; wherein ring A, ring B, and ring C are each independently a 5-membered carbocyclic ring, 5-membered heterocyclic ring, 6-membered carbocyclic ring or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; wherein LA is coordinated to a metal M forming a 5-membered chelate ring; wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Ir, Pt, Pd, Ru, Rh, Os, Re, Cu, Ag, and Au; wherein RA, RB, and RC each represent mono to the maximum allowable substitution, or no substitution; wherein each R, RK, RL, RM, RN, RA, RB, and RC is independently a hydrogen or a substituent selected from the group consisting of deuterium, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, boryl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carboxylic acid, ether, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; wherein M is optionally coordinated to one or more other ligands; wherein any two substituents are optionally joined or fused together to form a ring; and with the provision that LA does not comprise the following structure:
US12122788B2	Process of making CFTR modulators The disclosure provides processes for synthesizing Compound I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US12122785B2	Substituted pyridines, pyridazines, pyrimidines, and 1,2,4-triazines as TYK2 inhibitors Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) that are TYK2 inhibitors, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of TYK2 activity.
US12122781B2	Hydrates of polymorphs of 6-(1H-indazol-6-yl)-N-(4-morpholinophenyl)-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-8-amine bis-mesylate as Syk inhibitors Polymorphs of a bis-mesylate salt of a compound of Formula IA: are provided. Also provided are process for making the polymorphs and methods of use thereof.
US12122779B2	Pyrrolo-pyridazine derivatives as muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or their isotopic forms, stereoisomers, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) thereof as muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators (M1 PAMs). The present invention describes the preparation, pharmaceutical composition and the use of such compounds. (I)
US12122775B1	Substituted pyrido[4,3-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazines as CK2 inhibitors Pyrido[4,3-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine compounds, a method of synthesizing the compounds, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds and a suitable carrier, and a method of using the compounds. The pyrido[4,3-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine compounds, identified as CK2 inhibitors, are useful as anticancer and/or antitumor agents, and as agents for treating other kinase-associated conditions including inflammation, pain, and certain immunological disorders, and other types of diseases such as diabetes, viral infection, neurodegenerative diseases. The pyrido[4,3-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine compounds having the formula:
US12122773B2	Crystalline hydrate of a JAK inhibitor compound Provided herein is a crystalline hydrate of the compound of formula 1: Also provides herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline hydrate, methods of using such crystalline hydrate to treat respiratory diseases, and processes useful for preparing such crystalline hydrate.
US12122770B1	2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)-n'-(nicotinoyloxy)acetimidamide as an antimicrobial compound A 2-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)-N′-(nicotinoyloxy)acetimidamide compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12122768B2	Benzonitrile derivative, light-emitting material, and light-emitting element using same A compound represented by formula (I). In formula (I), each L independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, n indicates the number of L groups, and is either 1 or 2, each Q independently represents a substituted or unsubstituted 3,6-di-t-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl group, a substituted or unsubstituted 3,6-diphenyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted 3-phenyl-6-t-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl group, and in indicates the number of Q groups, and has a value of 5−n.
US12122767B2	Bicyclic heterocycles as FGFR inhibitors The present invention relates to bicyclic heterocycles, and pharmaceutical compositions of the same, that are inhibitors of the FGFR3 enzyme and are useful in the treatment of FGFR3-associated diseases such as cancer.
US12122765B2	Methods and intermediates for preparing therapeutic compounds The present disclosure relates to methods and intermediates useful for preparing a compound of formula I: or a co-crystal, solvate, salt or combination thereof.
US12122763B2	Substituted piperidines for androgen receptor degradation The present disclosure provides a substituted piperidine compound of Chemical Formula 1, wherein X is CR3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having activity of degrading androgen receptor (AR). The present disclosure also provides a composition comprising such a substituted piperidine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present disclosure also provides a medical use of a substituted piperidine compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, and a composition comprising the same for the treatment or prophylaxis of AR-related diseases. The present disclosure also provides a method for treating or preventing an AR-related disease comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a substituted piperidine compound according to the present disclosure, a salt thereof, or a composition comprising the same.
US12122762B2	Crystal form a of NHE3 inhibitor, preparation method therefor and application thereof Provided is crystal form A of N,N′-(10,17-dioxo-3,6,21,24-tetraoxa-9,11,16, 18-tetrazohexahexane-1,26-di-yl)bis(4-(6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-4-yl) benzene sulfonamide. The crystal form has good light stability, high-temperature stability, and high-humidity stability.
US12122755B2	Methods for producing nitroso compound and quinoxaline compound A method for producing a compound of a formula (3), including reacting a compound of a formula (1) with a compound of a formula (2) by using a tertiary alcohol and a base: where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a (C1-C4)alkyl, or a (C1-C4)alkoxy, the amount of the base used is 2.0-4.0 equivalents per 1 equivalent of the compound of formula (2), the amount of the tertiary alcohol used is 0.3-2.5 equivalents per 1 equivalent of the compound of formula (2), the base is a plurality of compounds comprising a lithium-containing base as a first compound, and a second compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydrides, alkali metal amides, alkoxides, alkyl metals, alkali metals, and organic bases, and the reaction is performed in the presence of an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent.
US12122754B2	Related substance of linagliptin intermediate and synthesis method thereof A related substance of linagliptin intermediate 2-(chloromethyl)-4-methylquinazoline, 4,4′-(2-methylpropane-1,3-diyl)bis(2-(chloromethyl)quinazoline) and a method for synthesizing the related substance (impurity) by reacting 2-(chloromethyl)-4-methylquinazoline with acetaldehyde under an alkaline condition and a purification method are provided. The preparation method is simple and convenient to operate, short in reaction time, high in product purity, and high in yield. The synthesized related substance can be used for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the linagliptin intermediate 2-(chloromethyl)-4-methylquinazoline and API impurities of linagliptin, so that the medication safety of the linagliptin is improved.
US12122753B2	Method for solubilizing 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione The present invention relates to a method for solubilizing 5-amino-2,3-dihydro-1,4-phthalazinedione or salts thereof, to the solubilisate produced by this method and respective uses in pharmaceutical dosage forms. A phosphatidylcholine-based solubilization method is disclosed.
US12122752B1	5-(2,4,5-tris(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-imidazol-1-yl)pentanoic acid as an antimicrobial compound An 5-(2,4,5-tris(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-imidazol-1-yl)pentanoic acid compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12122751B2	Processes of making 2-((1-benzyl-1H-indazol-3-yl)methoxy)-2-methylpropanoic acid and its derivatives The invention in this disclosure is related to the processes of making Bindarit or derivatives thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides, in part, new processes for making 2-((1-benzyl-1H-indazol-3-yl)methoxy)-2-methylpropanoic acid and its derivatives. By way of non-limiting example, synthesis and purification processes of 2-((1-benzyl-1H-indazol-3-yl)methoxy)-2-methylpropanoic acid are provided by the invention in this disclosure.
US12122746B2	Method for manufacturing high-purity alkyl acrylates The invention relates to the manufacture of alkyl acrylates by direct esterification of acrylic acid by the corresponding alcohol. In particular, the invention relates to the use of a topping column equipped with a side draw-off making it possible to draw off a stream rich in acid impurities, such as β-hydroxypropionic acid and β-acryloyloxypropionic acid, during the distillation of the crude reaction mixture, in order to produce an acrylic ester meeting purity standards which are compatible with its use to prepare acrylic polymers.
US12122743B2	Use of an epoxide in order to reduce the formation of heavy ends in a hydroformylation process The present invention refers to the use of an epoxide in order to reduce the formation of heavy ends in a continuous hydroformylation process, where an olefin or olefin mixture is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a rhodium complex catalyst, comprising at least one organobisphosphite ligand, in order to produce an aldehyde. Said epoxide is added to the reaction mixture in an amount of 0.01-1.5 wt %, reducing the formation of heavy ends by 10-80%.
US12122738B2	High-grade ethanol production system The present disclosure provides high-grade ethanol production systems and methods that increase energy efficiency as compared to typical systems and methods by minimizing undesired acetal formation. The provided ethanol production method may include a low boilers removal distillation column and/or a stripper column constructed to simultaneously remove at least a portion of the acetaldehyde and at least a portion of the acetal from a feed stream in the presence of water. In some aspects, a low boilers removal process may be followed by a water removal process, which may be followed by a high boilers removal process. Acidity (e.g., carbon dioxide) may also be removed from a feed stream prior to or during the low boilers removal process. By minimizing acetal production, the provided method minimizes the amount of energy that is required to remove acetal when producing high-grade ethanol.
US12122737B2	Method for continuously producing diols from aldehydes by means of Raney cobalt catalysis The present invention relates to a process for continuous production of C4-C10 Diols from C3-C9 aldehydes comprising the process steps of: a) base-catalyzed addition of formaldehyde onto C3-C9 aldehydes to obtain the corresponding hydroxyaldehydes and b) subsequent hydrogenation of the hydroxyaldehydes to afford the corresponding diols, wherein the hydrogenation of the hydroxyaldehydes is performed continuously in the liquid phase over a Raney™ cobalt catalyst in the presence of hydrogen without workup of the reaction mixture from the process step a).
US12122735B2	Amorphous solid succinylated 3-(fatty acid amido)-2-hydroxy-1- (protected hydroxy)-propane salts and methods of making the same Aspects of the disclosure includes methods for preparing an amorphous solid composition of a fatty acid metal salt. In practicing the subject methods according to certain embodiments, a succinylated 3-(fatty acid amido)-2-hydroxy-1-(protected hydroxy)-propane organic salt is contacted with a metal base to produce a succinylated 3-(fatty acid amido)-2-hydroxy-1-(protected hydroxy)-propane metal salt; and the succinylated 3-(fatty acid amido)-2-hydroxy-1-(protected hydroxy)-propane metal salt is precipitated in a solvent to produce an amorphous solid succinylated 3-(fatty acid amido)-2-hydroxy-1-(protected hydroxy)-propane metal salt composition. An amorphous solid succinylated 3-(fatty acid amido)-2-hydroxy-1-(protected hydroxy)-propane lithium salt is also provided.
US12122731B2	System and method for low-cost methane upgrading to added-valuable products The present disclosure is generally directed to a new and innovative system, process and method that utilize a new “non-oxygen type of oxidizers” process for methane (CH4) upgrading to value-added products such as olefins and aromatics (i.e., benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX)) etc. and further removing toxic impurities such as sulphur-containing compounds (i.e. H2S) by using the sulphur as a source of radical.
US12122728B2	Use of substituted 2-thiazolines as nitrification inhibitors The invention relates to novel nitrification inhibitors of formula I, which are substituted 2-thiazoline compounds. Moreover, the invention relates to the use of compounds of formula I as nitrification inhibitors, i.e. for reducing nitrification, as well as agrochemical mixtures and compositions comprising the nitrification inhibitors of formula I.
US12122724B2	Composite ceramic member and method for preparation thereof, vaporization assembly, and electronic cigarette Provided are a composite ceramic member and a method for preparation thereof, a vaporization assembly, and an electronic cigarette. The composite ceramic member comprises a first ceramic layer, a second ceramic layer, and a third ceramic layer stacked in sequence; in the first ceramic layer, the second ceramic layer, and the third ceramic layer, the first ceramic layer has the smallest pore size and the highest thermal conductivity, the second ceramic layer has the largest porosity, and the third ceramic layer has the highest compressive strength.
US12122723B2	Preform for ceramic matrix composite, method of making a ceramic matrix composite and ceramic matrix composite Disclosed is a preform for a ceramic matrix composite including direct channels extending from an exterior surface of the preform to an interior space of the preform wherein the direct channels are free of char.
US12122721B2	Panel for forming a floor covering and such floor covering Provided is a panel, in particular a floor panel, suitable for forming a floor covering. The panel has a substantially planar top side, a substantially planar bottom side, at least four substantially linear side edges each including at least one pair of opposite side edges, preferably provided with locking means.
US12122719B2	Methods of surface modification of metal casings and cement sheath bonding A method of treating the surface of a metal casing used in a wellbore by conditioning the metal casing in a conditioning fluid to form a conditioned metal casing, contacting the conditioned metal casing with a treatment fluid to form a treated metal casing, and drying the treated metal casing. A method of increasing the bond strength between cement and a metal casing surface treated with a reactive organic compound by curing the treated metal casing with a cement slurry.
US12122717B2	Compositions and methods for adhesion to surfaces Provided herein are compositions and their methods of use to adhere (e.g., in wet and dry environments) a variety of materials together.
US12122715B2	Alkali-free glass plate The present invention provides an alkali-free glass sheet, including as a glass composition, in terms of mol %, 60% to 74% of SiO2, 6% to 20% of Al2O3, 0% to 9% of B2O3, 1% to 13% of MgO, 1% to 13% of CaO, 0% to 7% of SrO, 0% to 8% of BaO, and 0% to less than 1.0% of Y2O3+La2O3, being substantially free of an alkali metal oxide, and having a strain point of 650° C. or more.
US12122708B2	Mother glass, reinforced glass and preparation method Disclosed is a mother glass. The mother glass has a thickness range of 0.4 mm-2.0 mm, the transmittance of light with wavelength of 550 nm to the mother glass is in a range of 86%-92.2%; the refraction coefficient of the mother glass is in a range of 1.48-1.54; and the alkali metal oxide content in the mother glass is 11 mol %-22 mol %, wherein the Na oxide content is 5 mol %-18 mol %, and the Al oxide content is 7 mol %-16 mol %. A reinforced glass prepared from the same mother glass and a preparation method therefore are also disclosed.
US12122707B2	Coated glass articles A coated glass article provides a visible light reflecting, solar control glazing with a low emittance, a low solar heat gain coefficient, and a low shading coefficient that can significantly improve energy costs in buildings and homes while providing a desirable neutral color for, at least, film side reflection. The low emittance characteristic of the 5 glazing would minimize any indirect heat gain from absorption.
US12122705B2	Textured glass articles and methods of making same A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3, the body having at least a first surface; a plurality of dendritic surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of dendritic surface features comprising a base on the first surface and a surface feature size at the base greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 350 μm; and a transmittance haze greater than or equal to 50%.
US12122704B2	Low biopersistence inorganic fiber free of crystalline silica An inorganic fiber containing silica, alumina, one or more alkali metal oxides, and one or more of alkaline earth metal oxides, transition metal oxides, or lanthanide series metal oxides. The inorganic fiber exhibits good thermal performance at use temperatures of 1260° C. and greater, retains mechanical integrity after exposure to the use temperatures, is free of crystalline silica upon devitrification, is alkali flux resistant, exhibits low bio-persistence in an acidic medium, and exhibits low dissolution in a neutral medium. Also provided are thermal insulation products incorporating the inorganic fibers, a method for preparing the inorganic fiber and a method of thermally insulating articles using thermal insulation prepared from the inorganic fibers.
US12122703B2	Stress profiles of glass-based articles having improved drop performance Glass-based articles comprise stress profiles providing improved drop performance. A glass-based substrate comprises: a glass transition temperature (Tg), a liquid fragility index (m), and fictive temperature (Tf), wherein Tg is less than or equal to 650° C., a value of Tf minus Tg is greater than or equal to −30° C., and m is greater than or equal to 25. A stress relaxation rate is greater than or equal to 10%, or 20% or more. The articles can comprise a lithium-based aluminosilicate composition and a fracture toughness that is greater than or equal to 0.75 MPa*m0.5. The stress profiles comprise: a spike region extending from the first surface to a knee; and a tail region extending from the knee to a center of the glass-based article, the tail region comprising: a negative curvature region wherein a second derivative of stress as a function of depth is negative; a depth of compression (DOC) that is greater than or equal to 0.22t, and a parabolic region originating at the DOC and extending to the center of the glass-based article.
US12122701B2	Gasification and Fischer-Tropsch process waste water treatment In a process for treating wastewater from a combined gasification and Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process, feedstock derived from Municipal Solid Waste or the like is gasified in a reactor (R) and treated in a cleanup unit (C) which generates a first wastewater stream (1st WWT STREAM) containing salts and inorganic pollutants. The first wastewater stream is treated in a treatment unit (T1) to remove inorganic pollutants derived from the syngas. The treatment comprises a) degassing, and subsequently b) neutralising the first wastewater stream before treatment in a Dissolved Air Flotation unit (72c) and filtering in a moving sand bed or similar (72d) to remove solids, and a stripping process to remove ammonia. A second wastewater stream (2nd WWT Stream) containing organic pollutants but being low in salts arises from the F-T process and is treated separately to allow recycling within the F-T process.
US12122698B2	MABR media for supporting AOB and annamox bacteria and process for deammonification of wastewater This specification describes a membrane aerated biofilm media and reactor (MABR) having a discontinuous layer of a porous material applied to the outer surface of a gas-transfer membrane. The porous material may have a void fraction of 50% or more. The porous material may have a thickness of up to about 500 microns and a pattern on the same order of magnitude as its thickness. The media may be used to carry on a deammonification reaction. In use, ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and annamox bacteria grown in or on the media, with the annamox bacteria located primarily in the porous material. The supply of oxygen through the gas-transfer membrane is limited to suppress the growth of nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB). Excess biofilm is removed, for example by coarse bubble scouring. The media may be placed in an anoxic zone of an activated sludge plant, which may be upstream of an aerobic zone.
US12122697B2	Anaerobic treatment of waste Disclosed is a waste processing plant and method of processing waste biomass. The plant includes a waste receiving apparatus for receiving biomass waste and processing it into a liquid stream before passing it to, anaerobic hydrolysis tanks for hydrolysis, acidification and acetylation of the stream, before passing it to, a heat exchanger for raising the temperature of the stream to a pasteurization temperature, pasteurization tanks for holding the stream at the pasteurization temperature to ensure adequate pasteurization before passing it to, and anaerobic methanogenesis tanks for anaerobic digestion of a portion of the stream into biogas. Also included is a centrifugation apparatus to separate oil from the stream, wherein at least a portion of the stream which is downstream of the hydrolysis tank(s) and upstream of the methanogenesis tank(s), and which has a temperature of above 68° C., is centrifuged by the centrifugation apparatus to remove a portion of the oil.
US12122682B2	Forms of sodium nitrite and impurity profile thereof A present disclosure describes about an improved form of purified crystalline sodium nitrite. The said form of sodium nitrite may comprise a purity level between 99% to 99.2%. The form of sodium nitrite may also comprise an amount of sodium nitrate no greater than 0.7%. The present disclosure also relates to a method of obtaining an improved form of purified crystalline sodium nitrite with minimum impurities.
US12122679B2	Applications of engineered graphene Methods for producing graphene-based products using graphene paste compositions. These methods include producing free-standing graphene foils, films, sheets, polymer supported graphene films, printed graphene structures, graphene features on polymer films, graphene substrates, and graphene metal foils. The methods impart functional characteristics, including corrosion protection and barrier properties to achieve selective enhancement of desired electrical, thermal, mechanical, barrier and other properties.
US12122676B2	Carbon nanotube acid purification Carbon nanotubes and dispersions containing carbon nanotubes are provided. Methods of processing carbon nanotubes and dispersions containing purified carbon nanotubes are provided.
US12122674B2	Conductive matrix and sulfur composite An activated carbon-coated carbon black material having a nitrogen BET surface area of about 850 to 1800 m2/g, a packing density of at least 0.8 g/cc as determined at a compressive force of 500 kgf/cm2 on dry carbon powder, an electrical conductivity of a least 10 S/cm at a compressive force of 500 kgf/cm2 on dry carbon powder and electrodes and batteries comprising the carbon material. Methods for preparing such carbon materials from sugar, dextrose, oils and carbon black are described. The material is comprised of carbon black particles coated with a porous activated carbon shell.
US12122667B2	Sensor devices with gas-permeable cover and associated production methods A method for producing sensor devices includes generating a semiconductor wafer having a plurality of sensor chips, wherein each sensor chip comprises a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) structure arranged at a main surface of the semiconductor wafer; forming a plurality of gas-permeable covers over the main surface of the semiconductor wafer, wherein each gas-permeable cover covers a corresponding MEMS structure of the MEMS structures and forms a cavity above the corresponding MEMS structure; and singulating the semiconductor wafer into a plurality of sensor devices.
US12122664B2	Microfluidic device and preparation method therefor, and microfluidic system Provided are a method for preparing a microfluidic device, a microfluidic device and a microfluidic system. The method includes: providing a mold having a groove; injecting a liquid metal into the groove of the mold, and solidifying the liquid metal to obtain a solid metal; separating the solid metal from the mold; providing the solid metal with an electrode; providing a cladding layer on a surface of the solid metal provided with the electrode, such that the solid metal is wrapped by the cladding layer, and at least a part of the electrode extends outside the cladding layer, so as to obtain a preform; and fixing the preform in a substrate, melting the solid metal and extending at least a part of the electrode outside the substrate, to obtain the microfluidic device.
US12122657B2	Fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of conducting automatic self-disinfection operation A fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of conducting an automatic self-disinfection operation includes: guiding a disinfectant solution in the cleaning sink to flow into a fluid diverter; activate a pump to push residual cleaning solution in a material transmission pipe forward, so that the residual cleaning solution is discharged through an outlet connector; and guiding the disinfectant solution in the fluid diverter to flow into a fluid connector through the detergent transmission pipe, and then flows into the material transmission pipe through the fluid connector.
US12122655B2	Beverage devices, systems, and methods A beverage mixing device is disclosed herein. The beverage mixing device may comprise: a capsule receiver configured to receive a capsule including a pre-mixed composition, the capsule receiver including a first sensor; a carbonation vessel disposed within the housing, the carbonation vessel configured for on-demand carbonatation; and a controller in electronic communication with the first sensor, the controller configured to: determine a drink type based on receiving sensor data from the first sensor, and dispense a carbonated water or a non-carbonated water based on the drink type.
US12122650B2	Lift carrier A carrier body of a lift carrier includes: a pair of wheel support mechanisms that supports a first wheel of a vehicle to be transported; a frame-shaped structure connected to the wheel support mechanisms; and one or more lifting units that lift or lower the pair of wheel support mechanisms. The frame-shaped structure includes a frame portion and an upper plate and is open on a lower side of the carrier body. Each of the lifting units includes a wheel support and an air spring. The air spring is interposed between the wheel support and an upper plate. As the air spring expands, the wheel support is rotated about one end of the wheel support rotatably supported by the frame portion, and is deployed out of the frame-shaped structure.
US12122643B2	Positioning aid for positioning a nut on a guide rail of an elevator system A positioning aid positions a nut on a guide rail of an elevator system, the guide rail being formed as a hollow rail, the hollow rail having a plurality of elongated holes arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the hollow rail in order to be fastened to a guide rail holder. The positioning aid includes an elongate fastening portion to which at least one nut is fastened and which is dimensioned such that it can be passed through one of the elongated holes together with the at least one nut and moved within the hollow rail. The positioning aid also includes a holding portion for holding the fastening portion, the holding portion being fastened to one end of the fastening portion and being configured to be wider than the elongated hole.
US12122642B2	Overspeed governor for a stairlift An overspeed governor for a stairlift includes a governor frame mountable to a carriage of a stairlift. A wheel is engageable with a rail of the stairlift along which the carriage is moveable. Translation of the carriage along the rail is transformed into rotation of the wheel or vice versa. A safety braking device has a braking surface movable between a first position and a third position. In the first position the braking surface is not allowed to engage the rail. A braking member is coupled to the wheel such that when said wheel rotates at a speed at or above a predetermined threshold, the braking member is moved from the first position to the third position. In the third position the braking surface engages said rail with a braking force to stop movement of the carriage along the rail. A soft landing means gradually slows movement of the carriage.
US12122634B2	Medium feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and medium feeding method A medium feeding apparatus includes a medium mounting section forming a mounting face for mounting a medium thereon, a feeding roller configured to feed a lowermost medium among mediums mounted on the medium mounting section in a feeding direction, and a movement detection unit configured to output information related to movement of the medium in a direction along the mounting face, wherein based on detection information detected by a medium height detection unit that outputs information related to a height of the medium mounted on the mounting section from the mounting face in abnormality detection processing, when the height is less than a first threshold value, a control unit continues feeding the medium regardless of detection information detected by the movement detection unit or without obtaining detection information detected by the movement detection unit.
US12122630B2	Adhesive body delivery device and adhesive body delivery method An adhesive body delivery device includes a main body, a turning portion, and a press-bonding portion; the turning portion is mounted to the main body to be relatively turnable around a first turning axis A1; the press-bonding portion is mounted to the turning portion at a predetermined mounting position, and is turnable in conjunction with the turning portion; the press-bonding portion is configured to deliver an adhesive body at a predetermined delivery position P, and is configured to stick the adhesive body to a target object while press-bonding the adhesive body; a predetermined distance D is ensured between the first turning axis A1 of the turning portion and the mounting position; and the press-bonding portion is configured to turn around a second turning axis A2 passing through the mounting position and being parallel to the first turning axis A1.
US12122629B2	Printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a print medium printed by a printing unit configured to perform printing is stacked, a discharge unit configured to convey the print medium printed by the printing unit to the stacking portion, a passage forming portion arranged above the stacking portion so as to face the stacking portion and configured to form a discharge passage of the print medium together with the stacking portion, and an outlet port located at a downstream end of the discharge passage in a conveying direction of the print medium. In the outlet port, the passage forming portion extends to the downstream side of the stacking portion in the conveying direction.
US12122625B2	Medium storage device and method of controlling the medium storage device A medium storage device includes: a housing frame having, at a front portion, an entrance for replenishment and recovery to which a transit cassette is connectable, an identification unit serving to identify whether a medium is a normal medium or a rejection medium, a temporary holding unit configured to temporarily accommodate a medium, a recycle cassette configured to store the medium identified as the normal medium, a conveyance path configured to convey the medium between the identification unit, the temporary holding unit, and the recycle cassette, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance path such that the medium replenished from the transit cassette is conveyed to the temporary holding unit, the medium transferred to the temporary holding unit is conveyed to the identification unit, and the medium identified as the normal medium in the identification unit is conveyed to the recycle cassette.
US12122624B2	Post-processing apparatus A post-processing apparatus includes a guiding unit that faces a placement surface onto which sheets are transported and stacked as a stack of sheets and that is capable of changing a gap in a thickness direction of the stack of sheets, the guiding unit being configured to guide the sheets which are transported, and a controller that controls a size of the gap and a change pattern of the gap.
US12122623B2	Emergency stop cutting mechanism for a web rewinding device This invention provides web-cutting mechanism that can be mounted in line at an appropriate location between the web-handling peripheral (printer) and a web roll. The cutting mechanism operates before the available storage in the winder festoon has been exhausted, and decouples the roll's energy from the web. The cutting mechanism can employ a blade that is drawn through the web solely by the movement of the web itself. The blade is mounted at a (e.g.) 45-degree angle to web travel, causing it to be pulled through the web. A negator spring assembly and associated cable drives the blade into the side edge of the web when a slide-mounted blade shuttle assembly is released by a latching pawl of a solenoid assembly. The solenoid is triggered by a signal indicating an emergency stop condition, such as an upstream jam.
US12122622B2	High back coil car designed to facilitate automatic banding on the coil car A strip process line has a high back coil car for automatically banding coil of metal strip on the coil car. The process line runs while banding occurs on the coil car. The coil car includes an outer frame, and coil receiving saddle with a pair of blocker rolls or a “V” saddle, and a hold down arm and a plurality of strap guide channels. By the high back car being docked with an automatic loading station, the process line can run while the banding takes place on the coil car, and keeps the operator safely away from the coil car until the banding is completed.
US12122621B2	Roll to roll web processing system A roll-to-roll web processing system including a web supply roller operative for supplying web material, at least one upstream intermediate roller for receiving the web material from the web supply roller and directing the web material along at least a first web pathway portion, a processing subsystem arranged along at least a second web pathway portion, at least one downstream intermediate roller for receiving the web material from the processing subsystem and directing the web material along a third web pathway portion, and a web take up roller operative for taking up the web material, the first, second and third web pathway portions at least partially delimiting an internal volume interior of the at least one upstream intermediate roller, the processing subsystem and the at least one downstream intermediate roller and the web supply roller and the web take up roller being located in the internal volume.
US12122620B1	Variable slot conveyor in final segment of delivery An item delivery system can include a conveyor. The conveyor can be positioned in a delivery vehicle, for example. The conveyor can include a conveyance surface for receiving items and dividers. While remaining coupled with the conveyance surface, the dividers can move between a storage configuration and an operating configuration. In the operating configuration, the dividers can be positioned between the items. The conveyor can move the items to a position for removal. The removal position may correspond to an area accessible from an operator area of the delivery vehicle, for example.
US12122619B2	Magnetic tray router A tray shuttle and a tray conveyor using the tray shuttle to route magnetic conveyor trays from one conveyor section to another. The trays and the shuttles are propelled by linear-motor stators that produce electromagnetic flux waves that interact with the magnetic fields of permanent-magnet arrays in movers in each tray. Each shuttle has a main holder mover and one or more other movers connected to a linkage that operates one or more pushers that push trays off a tray holder on the shuttles.
US12122617B2	Unloader An unloader includes a suction device including a suction portion, a mover, a controller, and an article detector. The controller moves the suction portion relative to a mount in a first predetermined direction to switch from a state in which a vertical relative distance is greater than a greater one of an article height or a predetermined distance and is less than a total length of the article height and the predetermined distance and in which a detection line is located in a second predetermined direction from a target article group to a state in which the detection line is located in the first predetermined direction from the target article group, and prohibits an operation to move the suction portion in a vertical direction toward the target article group when the article detector detects an article.
US12122616B2	Workpiece transfer system A work transfer system includes a robot having a hand which holds a workpiece and a sensor which can detect external force acting on the hand, a balancer connected to the hand and can generate lifting force for lifting the hand in a vertically upward direction, a shape measuring device which conducts measuring of a shape of the workpiece, and a controller controlling the robot and the balancer based on the shape of the workpiece, and the controller adjusts a holding position of the workpiece by the hand based on the shape, and controls the lifting force so that an absolute value of the external force in the vertical direction detected by the sensor becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined first threshold when the workpiece is held at the adjusted holding position and lifted.
US12122614B2	Deflection element A modular deflection unit includes a supporting part extending in a transverse direction, at least one module support positioned along the supporting part and at least two roller modules. Roller axles of the roller modules are received and supported by the at least one module support such that the deflection unit as a whole can be modularly exchanged.
US12122612B2	Removal apparatus for removing tube pieces, load system having the removal apparatus and method for removing tube pieces in the removal apparatus A removal apparatus removes tube pieces and has a receiving device with a loading edge and a receiving region for receiving the tube pieces and a loading surface connecting the loading edge to the receiving region. The loading surface is inclined a direction from the loading edge to the receiving region about an angle of inclination. A pivotable storage cassette stores a multiplicity of tube pieces and is arranged in front of the loading edge and is configured to be pivoted about a pivot angle of the storage cassette in relation to a parallel of the horizontal. A lifter is provided for lifting the tube pieces out of the storage cassette and is configured to be moved in front of the loading edge such the lifter lifts the tube pieces onto the loading edge such that the tube pieces move along the loading surface into the receiving region.
US12122609B2	Method and apparatus for infeed of accumulator An accumulator has a control system for controlling motion of a plurality of buckets on a continuous loop and logs traversing on a log transfer device. The log transfer device delivers a log from an entrance of the log transfer device to a bucket infeed on the accumulator. The bucket infeed receives a log from the log transfer device and allows a bucket to receive the log from the log transfer device. A time for the log to move from the entrance of the log transfer device to the bucket infeed is determined. Based on the time for the log to move from the entrance of the log transfer device to the bucket infeed, the control system controls the accumulator drive to move the continuous loop such that a bucket in the plurality of buckets is positioned at the bucket infeed with sufficient time to allow the bucket to receive the log from the log transfer device.
US12122608B2	Inspection robot system An inspection robot system, including one or more detection devices, a rail, a traction device, one or more connecting devices, and a multi-axis manipulator. The detection devices are configured to at least obtain environmental image information. The rail is suspended in an air. The traction device includes a steel cable and a steel cable drive assembly. The steel cable drive assembly is connected to the steel cable and is configured to drive the steel cable to move along an axial direction of the steel cable. The connecting devices are slidably connected to the rail. The detection devices are respectively arranged on the connecting devices. The connecting devices are connected to the steel cable and are configured to move along the rail under a traction of the steel cable. At least one of the connecting devices is/are each provided with the multi-axis manipulator.
US12122603B1	Replenishment and order fulfillment system A warehousing system for storing and retrieving goods disposed in containers is provided. The system includes a multilevel storage array including an array of storage shelves for holding containers thereon, at least one substantially continuous lift for transporting containers to and from at least one level of the storage array, at least one transport vehicle located on the at least one level and configured to traverse a transport area transporting containers between the at least one continuous lift and container storage locations so that the at least one continuous lift communicates non-deterministically, via the transport vehicle, with storage locations of each of the storage shelves on the at least one level, an infeed transport system linked to the at least one continuous lift, an and order fulfillment station for generating order containers corresponding to customer orders where the order containers are entered onto the storage shelves of the storage array.
US12122595B2	Guided trash can cart assembly A guided trash can cart assembly for automatically transporting a garbage can to a pick up location includes a cart that has a pair of tracks on each side of the cart to drive the cart along a support surface. A dump box is hingedly integrated into the cart to receive a package delivery. An actuator is integrated into the cart and the actuator urges the dump box into a dumping position and a lowered position. An engagement element is integrated into the cart. A garbage can is provided and the engagement element releasably engages the garbage can. In this way the cart can transport the garbage can to a predetermined location.
US12122593B2	Apparatus for retaining flowable solid materials Apparatus for receiving and retaining the contents of a bag of flowable material comprises a rectangular base bordered on two sides by upstanding walls. An upstanding dividing member is positioned between and generally co-extensive with said walls to define two separate compartments. The dividing member includes a narrow upper edge on which a bag of flowable material can be supported with the two overlying sides or ends of the bag extending downwardly one into each said compartment.
US12122588B2	Hinged blade dispenser According to an embodiment, a blade dispenser includes a body portion; and a lid portion slidable relative to the body portion to move the blade dispenser between a closed configuration and an extended configuration. The lid portion comprises a first lid portion having a first blade chamber and a second lid portion having a second blade chamber. The first lid portion and the second lid portion are coupled by a hinge portion configured to permit the first lid portion to pivot relative to the second lid portion to move the blade dispenser from the extended configuration to an open configuration. In the open configuration blades may be removed from or inserted into both the first blade chamber and the second blade chamber.
US12122583B2	Parcel comprising means for retaining at least one object The invention relates to a package comprising a crate having a bottom and means for retaining at least one item on the bottom, the retaining means comprising a plate, characterized in that the plate comprises: a frame to which the return means are connected, and a central part connected to the frame by way of at least one flexible connection, the central part comprising a plurality of plaques connected to the frame by the flexible connection on the one hand and to at least one other plaque by an articulation on the other hand.
US12122581B2	Pack for ceramic blades Disclosed herein are packagings for cutting blades, multiple packagings connected to each other, methods for using and producing such packagings, and a method for packaging cutting blades in such packagings. One such packaging comprises a substantially flat base and cover layer made of a first and a second packaging material respectively, a blade receptacle between the two layers, and a cover of the blade receptacle formed in the cover layer. The first and second packaging material are made primarily of cardboard. The packaging materials each have a first and a second rigidity in corresponding primary directions, wherein a cutting edge of a blade is disposed in the packaging parallel to at least one of the primary directions. A multiple packaging made of such individual packagings with a separation region between two individual packagings comprises a planned parting line in a layer and a hinge line in the other layer.
US12122580B2	Holding structure for simultaneously holding a plurality of containers for substances for pharmaceutical, medical or cosmetic applications, transport unit and transport or packaging container having the same A holding structure includes receptacles formed by peripherally formed side walls, an annular gap being formed between a side wall of a container or device and one of the peripherally formed side walls when containers or devices are received therein, the receptacles being compressed in a first direction and expanded in a second direction transversely thereto, with the result that the gap is widened to form a widened clearance for handling containers or devices which are received in the receptacles, the holding structure further including an upper side, the peripherally formed side walls including an upper edge which forms a closed, smooth curve having at least one local maximum and at least one local minimum in a direction perpendicular to the upper side of the holding structure, the at least one local minimum being situated in a region of the widened clearance that is respectively assigned.
US12122578B2	Building board package and method for manufacturing building board package Provided are a building board package suitable to suppress generation of a gloss that could be caused as a result of pressing a coating film on the surface of a building board, and a method for manufacturing the building board package. A building board package X1 according to the present invention includes a first building board 10, and a packing sheet 20 stacked on top of the first building board 10. The first building board 10 has a first surface 11 on the packing sheet 20 side, and a second surface 12 opposite the first surface 11. The first surface 11 includes a first coating film surface 11A. The packing sheet 20 has a third surface 21 on the first building board 10 side, and a fourth surface 22 opposite the third surface 21. The third surface 21 is in contact with the first coating film surface 11A. An absolute value of a difference between a 60-degree gloss value of the first coating film surface 11A and a 60-degree gloss value of the third surface 21 is 3.0 or less, and an absolute value of a difference between an 85-degree gloss value of the first coating film surface 11A and an 85-degree gloss value of the third surface 21 is 3.0 or less. A method for manufacturing a building board package according to the present invention includes the step of stacking the first building board 10 and the packing sheet 20 on top of each other such that the first coating film surface 11A and the third surface 21 are in contact with each other.
US12122571B2	Flexible membrane with valve The present disclosure pertains to a laminate membrane for sealing an inner compartment in a packaging container comprising a top member and a bottom member. The top and bottom members are laminated sheet materials. The top member has a thickness, a top member first surface and a top member second surface facing the bottom member. The bottom member has a bottom member first surface facing the top member second surface and a bottom member second surface. The laminate membrane is provided with a valve for allowing gas in the inner compartment of the packaging container to exit therefrom. The valve has a valve outer edge and is arranged on the bottom member first surface. The valve is arranged within an opening in the top member such that an opening edge encircles the valve. A surface area of the opening is greater than a surface area of the valve.
US12122570B2	Package with child-safety closure A child-resistant package includes a vial and a closure configured to mount on the vial to cover a mouth opening into a product-storage chamber of the vial. A child-resistant feature cooperates with the closure and the vial to block unwanted removal of the closure from the vial.
US12122569B2	Child resistant lockable container A lockable container comprising a sleeve having at least three sidewalls defining a pocket, the pocket having at least one entrance, and the pocket adapted for receiving and housing a resilient tray, a least one sidewall of the sleeve having a hole; a resilient tray having three sidewalls, a partial sidewall, a floor and a button, the button located contiguous to the partial sidewall, and hinged to the floor by a cantilevered tab, the resilient tray comprised of a flexible, semi-rigid material; wherein the button is substantially aligned with the hole when the resilient tray is housed within the sleeve, causing the button to protrude through the hole; and wherein the resilient tray is prevented from sliding out of the sleeve unless the button is pressed to disengage the hole.
US12122567B2	Carton and carton blank therefor Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton and to a blank for forming the carton. The carton comprises a plurality of walls defining an interior for receiving the one or more articles. One of the plurality of walls includes an inner wall panel and an outer wall panel spaced apart from the inner wall panel to define a void therebetween. The carton comprises a dispenser having an inner dispensing opening provided in the inner wall panel and an outer dispensing opening provided in the outer wall panel and at least partially in registry with the inner dispensing opening to provide a dispenser opening for access to the interior of the carton. The dispenser comprises a slide panel disposed in the void between the inner wall panel and the outer wall panel.
US12122565B1	Display ready corrugated packaging with multiple wall construction A blank for use in forming a container, such as a corrugated fiberboard container, can include a plurality of side walls that provide improved structural integrity, including improved stacking strength. Method of forming the plurality of side walls include positioning a first side wall adjacent a second side wall, and positioning a third side wall adjacent the second side wall.
US12122564B2	Insert mouldable and ultrasonically weldable closure assembly for plastic packaging A closure assembly (10) for plastic containers comprises a neck insert (12) and a closure cap or plug (26). The closure assembly is configured to be fixed and sealed to the container either by insert-molding or by ultrasonic welding.
US12122563B2	Container with sealable lid A storage container assembly includes a container and a lid. The lid includes a top lid, a button, a gasket, a gasket pusher, and an arm. The button is moveable in a first axial direction between a projected position in which a top surface of the button is offset from an upper surface of the lid and a depressed position in which the top surface of the button is nearer to the upper surface. The gasket is moveable between a contracted state and an expanded state. The gasket pusher is moveable in a second axial direction, which is transverse to the first axial direction, and pushes the gasket. The arm operatively connects the button with the gasket pusher. Movement of the button from the projected position toward the depressed position results in pivotal movement of the arm and moves the gasket pusher in the second axial direction.
US12122561B2	Package with tethered closure A package includes a container and a closure. The container has an external thread formation on the neck portion and a circumferential bead. The closure includes a first and second closure portion. The first closure portion includes a top wall portion, a skirt portion, and first and second frangible connections. The first frangible connection extends around the closure circumference. The second frangible connection is spaced from the first frangible connection. At least a portion of the second frangible connection is located further from the top wall portion than a portion of the first frangible connection. The second frangible connection defines an area adapted to form a tab. The second closure portion includes a tamper-evident band. The closure is adapted to be opened by twisting to break the frangible connections and expose the tab and then flipping the first closure portion from the second closure portion via the exposed tab. The closure is adapted to be locked when flipped.
US12122560B2	Zipper tape, bag provided with zipper tape, and method for manufacturing bag provided with zipper tape There is provided a zipper tape bonded to a bag body having a first surface and a second surface and including: a zipper tape body including a first base strip bonded to the first surface, a second base strip bonded to the first surface with a bonding portion, and engagement portions being mutually engageable and projecting from the first and second base strips, respectively; and a cutting strip provided in a region where the second base strip faces the first surface and does not face the first base strip. The zipper tape body is formed of a resin composition whose main component is a polyolefin resin. The cutting strip is formed of a resin composition whose main component is a polyolefin resin and includes a cutting strip body and a peelable layer layered on the cutting strip body and formed of a resin composition having peelability to a polyolefin resin.
US12122556B2	Maintainable pallet In one embodiment, a maintainable pallet is provided with interchangeable support structures and sensors for identifying any damage that the interchangeable support structures may experience. The maintainable pallet may include two side supports, two end supports coupled to the two side supports end-to-end to form a rectangle, a central support position between the two side supports, a plurality of top transverse support fastened onto the two side supports to form a top loading surface and the central support with two-part releasable fasteners, and two bottom transverse supports fastened to the ends of the two side supports to form a bottom surface with two-part releasable fasteners. Sensors, in some embodiments, may be embedded in the two side supports to measure, for example, acceleration, location, or other logistic information. When a damaged piece is identified, the maintainable pallet can be disassembled by unfastening the two-part releasable fasteners to remove the damaged piece; and a new interchangeable piece will replace the damaged piece.
US12122548B2	Article package filling method, article packaging method and device, and control system An article package filling method, comprising: selecting a packaging container for an order article in an order container; picking out the order article from the order container and putting same into the packaging container; and injecting a filling medium into a filling space of the packaging container by using a filling equipment, wherein the filling medium has a specific shape before being injected into the filling space, and can form a spatial shape consistent with that of the filling space after being injected into the filling space. According to the filling method, various specifications or types of packaging containers storing the order articles can be filled, so that the supporting and protecting effects on the order articles are implemented, and the package filling efficiency and applicability are improved.
US12122545B2	Bundling device and cable processing system A bundling device comprises a frame, and a wire bending device and a wire twisting device each mounted to the frame. The wire bending device bends a bundling wire into an open ring to partially surround an object to be bundled, and guide the bundling wire into the wire twisting device. The wire twisting device twists two opposite end segments of the bundling wire together to bundle the object.
US12122544B2	Binding machine A binding machine includes: a wire feeding unit configured to feed a wire; a curl forming unit configured to form a path along which the wire fed by the wire feeding unit is to be wound around a to-be-bound object; a butting part against which the to-be-bound object is to be butted; a cutting unit configured to cut the wire wound on the to-be-bound object; a binding unit configured to twist the wire wound on the to-be-bound object and cut by the cutting unit; and a tension applying part configured to apply tension to the wire to be cut at the cutting unit with a force higher than a force applied in a loosening direction of the wire wound on the to-be-bound object.
US12122543B2	Packaging machine for packaging in bags at least one product A packaging machine for packaging a product in bags comprises a forming station for making bags from a plastic sheet that includes folding assembly for folding the sheet and obtaining two superimposed flaps, pulling assembly for unwinding the sheet and moving the two flaps on a vertical movement plane along a vertical first advancement direction, welding assembly and cutting devices for making on the flaps bags that are arranged side by side to form bag rows parallel to each other and orthogonal to the first advancement direction; a filling and closing station comprising a dosing station for dosing a product in the bags and a welding station for welding and closing the bags; and a movement system provided with gripping devices mobile and configured to move the bag rows along a second advancement direction from the forming station to the dosing station and the welding station.
US12122540B2	Space vehicle and capture system Provided is a space vehicle that includes: a main body; a movable portion configured to reciprocate in an axial direction with respect to the main body; and a magnetic force generation unit attached to a distal end of the movable portion, and attracts, by a magnetic force, a platelike body attached to an object in outer space. The magnetic force generation unit includes: a magnet support member attached to a distal end of the movable portion via a buffer elastic body; and a plurality of permanent magnets laid on a surface of the magnet support member to form an attraction region. When a drive unit moves the movable portion away from the main body, the attraction region protrudes from the main body while maintaining a fixed orientation crossing the axial direction, and is changeable in position and/or orientation by the buffer elastic body when an external force is applied.
US12122536B2	Device for attaching a lifting tool to an aircraft nacelle thrust reverser door A device for fixing a lifting tooling on an aircraft component includes a threaded screw, a hollow body, an orientation and positioning system, and a retraction system. The threaded screw has a longitudinal axis and includes a distal end having a screw head. The threaded screw further includes a threaded proximal end and an intermediate part. The hollow body houses the threaded screw while allowing the rotation of the threaded screw along its longitudinal axis. The orientation and positioning system is configured to allow rotation of the threaded screw about axes transverse to the longitudinal axis of the threaded screw, and translation of the threaded screw parallel to its longitudinal axis. The retraction system is configured to retract the threaded proximal end of the threaded screw in the hollow body.
US12122532B2	Volumetrically efficient cargo aircraft A cargo aircraft configured to carry a portion of its payload in a cargo bay volume enclosed by a moveable nose door and supported by a structural extension of the fuselage that extends forward into the moveable nose door is disclosed. Examples include an aircraft with a continuous cargo bay extending from an aft end of a fixed portion into forward portion inside a nose door, where the portion of the cargo bay in the nose door is supported by a cantilevered support structure extending forward a length from a cargo opening into the fixed portion and such that the support structure extends into the nose door when the door is closed. The length of the support structure defines a supported cargo volume of at least about 15% of the overall volume of the fuselage forward of an aft end of the support structure.
US12122528B2	Systems, methods, and mechanical designs for inverters for eVTOL aircraft An electrical propulsion system for a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft comprises an electrical motor assembly and an inverter assembly. The inverter assembly comprises a housing, a capacitor assembly, at least one printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), and a plurality of positioning pins. The capacitor assembly comprises a center hole, at least one capacitor, a capacitor housing having at least one busbar, and a plurality of through holes in the capacitor housing. The capacitor assembly and the at least one PCBA are positioned inside the housing. The plurality of positioning pins pass through the through the plurality of through holes of the capacitor housing and the at least one PCBA and are connected to the housing.
US12122523B2	Systems and methods for radiant heat reflective aircraft evacuation systems An aircraft evacuation slide assembly may be comprised of a plurality of composite textiles. Each composite textile may comprise a fabric substrate, an inner polyurethane coating, and an outer heat reflective coating. The outer heat reflective coating may comprise nanofillers that improve polymer properties, such as mechanical, barrier, thermal, flame retardancy, and electrical properties. Moreover, the outer heat reflective coating may comprise nanofillers that enable hot air welding and radio frequency welding of the plurality composite textiles to form the aircraft evacuation slide assembly.
US12122521B2	Offset helicopter pilot seat with centered vertical motion system In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a rotorcraft pilot seat including a seat base attachable to floor tracks, a seat bucket positioned laterally offset relative to a centerline of the seat base, and a singular motion controller movably coupling the seat bucket to the seat base, wherein the singular motion controller is centered relative to the seat bucket and laterally offset relative to the seat base. In another aspect, the present disclosure provides a rotorcraft cockpit configuration including a floor defining a well configured to receive retracted landing gear, a pilot seat positioned to one lateral side of the well, and a copilot seat positioned to an opposing lateral side of the well, each seat including an offset configuration.
US12122517B2	Passenger module, passenger seating arrangement The invention relates to a passenger module for a vehicle cabin, the passenger module comprising a first side element, a second side element, a front partition wall, and two seats arranged between the first side element and the second side element, wherein the first side element and the second side element extending parallel to each other; the seats are arranged substantially one behind another and facing substantially in a same direction; wherein the front partition wall is arranged between the seats and connects the first side element and the second side element.
US12122515B2	Systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle This disclosure relates to systems and methods for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle. Boundaries of a user-defined space may be obtained. The boundaries of the user-defined space may be fixed with respect to some reference frame. A user-defined operation associated with the user-selected space may be obtained. Position of the unmanned aerial vehicle may be tracked during an unmanned aerial flight. Responsive to the unmanned aerial vehicle entering the user-defined space, the unmanned aerial vehicle may be automatically controlled to perform the user-defined operation.
US12122513B2	Evaluation of air vehicle flight controls Systems and methods provide for the evaluation of flight controls for an aerial vehicle and define a vehicle dynamics model corresponding to an aerial vehicle. One or more barrier functions are constructed based on the defined vehicle dynamics model, and candidate invariant sets are identified for the defined vehicle dynamics model using the one or more barrier functions. A plurality of flight controls of the aerial vehicle are analyzed using the identified candidate invariant sets and within the analyzed candidate invariant sets, command tracking of the aerial vehicle is confirmed with control commands, using the analyzed plurality of flight controls. Control commands falling outside of the analyzed candidate invariant sets are identified.
US12122506B2	Aircraft having outrigger landing gear An aircraft comprising a fuselage, a pair of wings connected to an upper portion of the fuselage, and a pair of wing support struts, each wing support strut being connected between a lower portion of the fuselage and an underside of the adjacent wing, wherein at least one centre landing gear assembly is connected to the fuselage and is configured to be retractable within the fuselage, and a respective outrigger landing gear is connected to each wing support strut, each outrigger landing gear being configured to be retractable within the respective wing support strut.
US12122504B1	Systems and methods for propeller blade retention Apparatus, systems, and methods for a propeller blade retention system. The retention system may include a hub including a socket formed by an inner surface of the hub, a blade extending into the socket and a retention sleeve having a first portion and a second portion. The retention system may include a filler sleeve disposed between the blade and the second portion of the retention sleeve, a first bearing disposed between the second portion of the retention sleeve and the inner surface of the hub, the first bearing having a first race, and a second bearing disposed between the first portion of the retention sleeve and the inner surface of the hub, the second bearing having a second race. The retention system may include a cap comprising a body portion and a flange portion. The retention system may include a shim carrier.
US12122503B1	Aerodynamic rotor blade configurations Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for reducing drag on an aircraft. The aircraft can include at least one propulsion system with rotor blades configured to reduce aerodynamic drag when the propulsion system is deactivated. To reduce the amount of drag, the rotor blades can be locked into an aerodynamic position, and prevented from passively spinning. Additionally, the rotor blades can be configured to have angular positions that reduce drag. For example, the rotor blades as a group may be configured to generally point toward and/or away from an airflow current.
US12122501B1	Aircraft with carbon fiber material and a method of manufacture A composite assembly for an aircraft, the composite assembly including a first carbon fiber material structured for a portion of an outer skin surface of an aircraft, a second carbon fiber material stitched to the first carbon fiber material, wherein the second carbon fiber material is structured for a structural component of the aircraft, and wherein the stitching is configured to bind the first carbon fiber material and the second carbon fiber material, and wherein the aircraft further includes a single deck, wherein a cargo compartment and a passenger compartment are located on or above the single deck.
US12122500B2	Sandwich-composite component for aircraft interiors The invention relates to a sandwich composite component (1) for the interior of a passenger aircraft. One problem to be solved by the invention is that of proposing a cost-effectively produced sandwich composite component which is suitable for the interior of a passenger aircraft and fulfils current fire protection requirements. The layer structure of the sandwich composite component (1) according to the invention comprises: a core layer (10) made of polymer foam; a reinforcing layer (20) comprising fiber composite material; and in addition at least one functional layer (50); wherein said layers of the layer structure are integrally bonded to each other, in particular by an adhesive bond. The fiber composite material of the reinforcing layer (20) comprises a woven or laid fabric made of reinforcing fibers and a polymer matrix, which has a higher density than the polymer foam of the core layer (10). Furthermore, the at least one functional layer (50) comprises a metal foil, in particular an aluminium foil, which has a thinner layer thickness than the reinforcing layer (20).
US12122498B2	Modular rudder system A stand-alone modular removable rudder system for watercraft having a rudder comprising a steering handle coupled to a quick release mechanism adapted to releasably secure said steering handle to said watercraft in proximity to the operator, said system further comprising, a rudder mount adapted to be coupled to the rear of the watercraft by a quick release mechanism adapted to releasably secure said rudder mount to said watercraft, said rudder being carried by a rudder support pivotal about said rudder mount and cables operatively connecting said steering handle to said rudder mount whereby the steering handle can be operated to steer the rudder.
US12122493B1	Systems and methods for joining modules of surface vehicles A surface vehicle comprising modular elements and attachable components, including a male end adapted to join a single-piece female end by rotating the male end into the single-piece female end such that data bus terminals align and power bus terminals align. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed vehicles for each mission. The joints connecting the modules are designed such that power and data connections between modules are reliably made.
US12122487B2	Watersports board storage rack An apparatus (100), including: a lower support structure (102) configured to support a bottom side of a board disposed thereon, wherein the board can be any one of a variety of various sized boards; and an adjustable clamp head (104) including a resilient structure (122) that defines a recess (124) configured to capture therein a top side of the board and thereby hold the board between the clamp head and the lower support structure when the clamp head is lowered onto the top side of the board. The resilient structure is configured to narrow the recess when the clamp head is lowered against a resilience of the resilient structure onto a relatively thin board sized to contact the resilient structure at an apex (130) of the recess without fully filling an opening (132) of the recess.
US12122482B2	Watercraft with lifting bodies A watercraft system is provided. The watercraft system includes a lifting body designed to generate dynamic lift during watercraft operation. The lifting body is shaped with a twist from the center to the lateral edges and with a chord and a fore-aft cross-section that both decrease from a center of the lifting body to lateral tips of the lifting body.
US12122479B2	Modular bicycle derailleur A rear derailleur is configured as a hierarchical, at least two-level modular construction system and comprises at least several of the modules: “base element module”, “swivel formation module”, “shifting element module”, and “chain guiding device module”. At least one of the modules is replaceable and handleable in one piece. At least one of the modules includes at least one sub-assembly that is replaceable and handleable in one piece. In an embodiment the modular construction system is configured to use at least one family of sub-assemblies comprising at least two family members within at least one of the modules.Detachable connection interfaces of the family members to adjacent sub-assemblies of the module within the sub-assembly family are configured uniformly across family members for the respective sub-assembly family in such a way that a family member of the sub-assembly family of the module is exchangeable for another family member of the same sub-assembly family that, is for example, of different material, of different design, of different functionality or has different surface properties, while retaining the remaining sub-assemblies of the module.
US12122474B2	Control device of a rideable mobile body including speed limiting unit for limiting target speed of the rideable mobile body according to positional relationship with virtual wall A control device 20 of a rideable mobile body 1 determines a target speed of the rideable mobile body 1 according to at least the steering operation by a rider, and controls the travel of the rideable mobile body 1 according to the target speed. In the processing for determining a target speed, the target speed is restricted according to the positional relationship between a virtual wall set in a travel environment of the rideable mobile body 1 and the rideable mobile body 1. Thus, the comfort of the rider is secured while the travel of the rideable mobile body is restricted by the virtual wall.
US12122472B2	Fuel tank A fuel tank includes a tank panel in which a storage space of a fuel is formed, a tank inlet fixed to the tank panel, and a tank cap that allows the tank inlet to be opened and closed. The tank inlet includes a bottomed cylindrical inlet plate to which the tank cap is attached, an inlet pipe that protrudes from a bottom wall of the inlet plate into the storage space, and a separator configured to separate the fuel entering from the storage space into a liquid component and a gas component. The separator is supported by the bottom wall of the inlet plate in the storage space, and the separator is disposed on an outer side of the inlet pipe and on an inner side relative to an outer edge of the inlet plate in a bottom view of the tank inlet.
US12122471B2	Motorcycle A motorcycle includes a side cowl that covers a motorcycle body from an outside in a motorcycle width direction, and a cowl cover that partially covers the side cowl from the outside in the motorcycle width direction and is smaller than the side cowl. The cowl cover protrudes outward in the motorcycle width direction from the side cowl in a region in a height direction, in which the cowl cover is attached.
US12122469B2	Utility vehicle A utility vehicle includes a pair of left and right wheels; a drive source that drives the wheels; and a control device capable of individually controlling rotational speeds of the wheels, wherein in a case where the control device determines that a predetermined tight turn execution condition has been satisfied, the control device executes tight turn control for controlling the wheels so that a rotational speed of an outer wheel becomes relatively higher than a rotational speed of an inner wheel in a turning direction of the utility vehicle.
US12122462B2	Vehicle steering system A vehicle steering system includes a rack shaft, a pinion shaft, a housing including a rack shaft receiving portion and a pinion shaft receiving portion, and a cover member disposed above the pinion shaft receiving portion. A part of the pinion shaft projects upward from an upper end opening of the pinion shaft receiving portion. The cover member includes a hood portion and an annular side wall portion. The pinion shaft is inserted through the hood portion. The side wall portion includes a valve portion capable of coming into abutment with an outer circumferential surface of the pinion shaft receiving portion.
US12122456B2	Passenger compartment element for a motor vehicle A passenger compartment element is provided for a motor vehicle. The passenger compartment element includes a crossmember and a strut. The strut is provided with a first end and a second end. The first end is secured to the crossmember. The second end is configured to be fastened to a firewall of the vehicle.
US12122452B2	Lightweight vehicle A universal assembly platform for lightweight vehicles, wherein the platform comprises a main vehicle chassis structure, a front suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which one or more front wheel assembly is mountable, and a rear suspension system connected to the main vehicle chassis structure and to which one or more rear wheel assembly is mountable. The rear suspension system is connected to the main vehicle chassis structure such that when the one or more rear wheel assembly is mounted to the rear suspension system a rear wheel of the one or more rear wheel assembly defines the distal end of an overall length of the vehicle.
US12122449B2	Steer by wire system with redundant angular position sensing and an end-of-travel stop A steer-by-wire system comprising a steering wheel for use by an operator and an electric motor assembly coupled to the steering wheel for providing active torque feedback. The electric motor has a rotor mounted for rotation, and a magnet mounted to the rotor for rotation about an axis, wherein the at least one magnet is a permanent magnet with a pole pair. A fixed stator has coils for creating an electric field to act upon the magnet. Electronics are positioned on the axis of the magnet for controlling commutation of the stator coils and generating a primary high resolution angular position signal indicative of movement of the steering wheel by the operator. High resolution on-axis sensors, in communication with the electronics, detect a commutation position between the rotor and the stator and producing first and second continuous angle measurements for the pole pair of the at least one magnet.
US12122445B2	Telescopic unlocking mechanism A locking cam for an axially adjustable steering column, the locking cam including: a hub; a leg extending from the hub in a first direction, the leg defining a set of teeth; and an arm extending from the hub to define a space between the arm and the leg. The arm includes an interface surface facing the leg, the interface surface interfacing with a mechanism of the adjustable steering column to pivot the locking cam. Each of the hub, the arm, and the leg are formed of a single, monolithic one-piece structure.
US12122444B2	Adjustment device for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle An adjustment device for a steering wheel may have a first shaft about which the steering wheel is pivotable. A rotary latch is rotationally fixed to the steering wheel by a rotary latch element. A second shaft is arranged in parallel with the first shaft. A coupling lever is arranged on the second shaft to interact with the rotary latch element. The coupling lever has a stop surface which, for the purpose of engagement, engages in at least one corresponding stop surface of the rotary latch element when the steering wheel, and thus also the rotary latch, is pivoted. At least one of the stop surfaces may have a chamfer via which the coupling lever can be displaced or is displaced out of the engagement with the rotary latch element when a predetermined force is applied to the steering wheel.
US12122442B2	Stroller frame locking mechanism and stroller having the same The disclosure provides a stroller frame locking mechanism and a stroller having the same. The stroller frame comprises a stroller handle, a front wheel bracket, and a rear wheel bracket, both the front wheel bracket and the rear wheel bracket being pivotally connected to the stroller handle. The stroller frame locking mechanism comprises: a support assembly supported between the front wheel bracket and the rear wheel bracket, the support assembly comprising a first support member and a second support member pivotally connected to each other, the first support member being pivotally connected to the front wheel bracket, and the second support member being pivotally connected to the rear wheel bracket; and a locking device arranged to lock or unlock the support assembly, such that the first support member and the second support member is unable to pivot or able to pivot in respect to each other.
US12122436B2	Methods and systems for worker protection system with ultra-wideband (UWB) based anchor network Systems and methods are provided for worker protection system with ultra-wideband (UWB) based anchors. One or more wayside units placed on or near a track may be configured to form a work zone network, based on ultra-wideband (UWB) communications, corresponding to a work zone in an area surrounding or in proximity to the one or more wayside units. When the work zone network is formed, at least one wayside unit of the one or more wayside units may be configured to obtain ranging information to a train traversing the track, based on communications of UWB signals with at least one train-mounted unit deployed on the train, and the one or more wayside units are configured to generate, based on the ranging information, notifications relating to the train and/or the work zone.
US12122431B2	Asymmetric hopper cars Railroad hopper cars and methods of increasing total volume capacity of a railroad hopper car having a car body with two or more hoppers. In one embodiment, the railroad hopper car includes a car body having a pair of opposed sides and a pair of opposed ends defining a length. The hopper car additionally includes a pair of wheeled trucks supporting the car body. The hopper car further includes two or more spaced bulkheads extending between the pair of opposed sides to define three or more separate hoppers arranged adjacent one another along the length of the car body and between the pair of side walls. The hoppers being longitudinally asymmetric such that total volume of the hoppers on one side of a transverse center plane of the car body is different from total volume of the hoppers on the other side of the transverse center plane.
US12122430B2	Coupling for axle-suspended installation of direct drive motor and stiffness design method therefor A coupling for axle-suspended installation of a direct drive motor, comprises a wheel axle side adapting flange coaxially fixed with a wheel axle and a motor side adapting flange coaxially fixed with the rotor shaft of a motor, an elastic support rotating assembly, wherein the elastic support rotating assembly is radially connected between the wheel axle side adapting flange and the motor side adapting flange so that the wheel axle side adapting flange and the motor side adapting flange can be coaxially and rotatably connected and bear the weight of the motor along the radial direction through the elastic support rotating assembly, and the wheel axle side adapting flange and the motor side adapting flange are circumferentially elastically connected. It also provides stiffness design method of coupling for axle-suspended installation of direct drive motor.
US12122424B2	Wind gust detection by an autonomous vehicle An autonomous vehicle includes a detection system for identifying the presence changes in wind incident on the autonomous vehicle, particularly wind gusts. The detection system may include one or more wind sensors, particularly those configured to detect wind incident on the vehicle from a direction that is transverse or perpendicular to the direction of motion of the autonomous vehicle. Additionally, systems may be present that correlate the detected wind gusts to changes in the behavior of the autonomous vehicle. The autonomous vehicle may react to the detected wind gusts by altering the vehicle's trajectory, by stopping the vehicle, or by communicating with a control center for further instructions.
US12122422B2	Secondary autonomous vehicle interceptor in difficult map areas to provide additional sensor data Aspects of the disclosed technology provide solutions for improving object detection and in particular, for improving object detection by an autonomous vehicle (AV) perceptions stack. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology can include steps for receiving first sensor data corresponding with an environment around the first vehicle, wherein the first sensor data represents one or more objects in the environment, receiving second sensor data corresponding with the environment around the first vehicle, and formulating a navigation route, by the first vehicle, based on the one or more occluded objects in the environment. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US12122415B2	Multiple frequency fusion for enhanced point cloud formation Methods and apparatus disclosed within provide a solution to problems associated with the use of either high frequency or low frequency radar signals. Methods of the present disclosure may transmit high frequency radar signals, transmit low frequency radar signals, receive reflected radar signals, and process the received radar signals using parameters respectively suited for processing high frequency and low frequency radar signals. Evaluations may be performed that allow an apparatus to adapt for limitations associated with the processing of high frequency radar data, the processing of low frequency radar data, or both. Different correlation functions may be performed that allow the apparatus to identify objects and to identify object velocities using different sets of program code instructions. These different evaluations and correlations may result in the generation of a set of “point-cloud” information that may be used by other processes of a sensing apparatus.
US12122414B2	Road segment spatial embedding The subject disclosure relates to techniques for enabling autonomous vehicles to reason about similarities of features between drivable areas. A process of the disclosed technology can include receiving first sensor data corresponding with a first roadway segment, receiving second sensor data corresponding with a second roadway segment, encoding the first sensor data into a first vector, wherein the first vector represents a first roadway characteristic associated with the first roadway segment, encoding the second sensor data into a second vector, wherein the second vector represents a second roadway characteristic associated with the second roadway segment, and determining a similarity between the first roadway segment and the second roadway segment based on the first vector and the second vector.
US12122411B2	Haptic function of electric vehicle powertrain A system generates haptic feedback in an electric vehicle. The system comprises a frame, an energy storage device, and a wheel rotatably coupled to the frame. A motor receives power from the energy storage device and provides torque to the wheel. A controller determines a first operational state of the electric vehicle and transmits a first torque signal to the motor to control the motor to transmit first torque levels to the wheel to propel the electric vehicle. The controller determines a second operational state of the electric vehicle and transmits a second torque signal to the motor assembly. The motor assembly transmits second torque levels to the wheel to generate haptic feedback. The second torque signal is based on the second operational state of the electric vehicle and a torque profile stored in the memory, where the torque profile defines an irregular-shaped periodic waveform (e.g., a heartbeat rhythm).
US12122408B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method Section information of a traveling route is provided appropriately to a driver.Traveling route information and traffic information relating to the traveling route are acquired, and on the basis of the information, a driver intervention requiring section and an automatic driving available section of the traveling route are displayed on a reach prediction time axis from a current point on an instrument panel, a tablet, or the like. For example, the driver intervention requiring section includes a manual driving section, a takeover section from automatic driving to manual driving, and a cautious traveling section from the automatic driving.
US12122407B2	Method and apparatus for determining navigation prompt information, storage medium and electronic device A method for determining navigation prompt information is performed by a computer device, the method including: acquiring a first set of road shape points associated with a target road segment from map data; determining at least one target steering angle between every two adjacent line segments formed by every three adjacent road shape points in the first set of road shape points; searching the target road segment for a non-fork diversion position according to the target steering angle, the non-fork diversion position being used for indicating that the target road segment includes a turn road segment with a non-fork junction on the target road segment; and setting the navigation prompt information according to the non-fork diversion position to be broadcast for the turn road segment according to road information of a road segment adjacent to the target road segment in a preset driving direction along the target road segment.
US12122406B2	Information display device An information display device includes a display unit configured to display information about an object such that the information about the object at least partially overlaps with forward view of a user, and a controller configured to control display of the display unit. The controller is configured to estimate or acquire a prospective moving direction of the object, acquire a sight-line frequency representing a frequency with which a sight-line of the user is directed to the object within a prescribed period, determine whether the sight-line frequency is equal to or more than a prescribed frequency threshold, and cause the display unit to display the prospective moving direction of the object at least on condition that the controller determines that the sight-line frequency is less than the frequency threshold.
US12122399B2	Vehicle power supply system A vehicle power supply system includes a main power supply system including a main low-voltage power supply and a normal load; and a backup power supply system including a backup low-voltage power supply and an emergency important load. The backup power supply system includes a backup power supply control device. The backup power supply control device executes a suppliable electrical energy estimation process of estimating suppliable electrical energy suppliable from the backup low-voltage power supply to the emergency important load. The backup power supply control device outputs a signal based on a first electrical energy threshold value and a second electrical energy threshold value.
US12122395B2	Method of estimating weight of vehicle The present disclosure provides a method of estimating a weight of a vehicle, including determining whether a current state is an enable state in which a vehicle stoppage event due to brake occurs from vehicle driving information, by a weight estimating system, when the current state is the enable state, removing noise by filtering an acceleration signal input from an acceleration sensor at a moment when the vehicle is stopped, by the weight estimating system, determining a period value of an acceleration signal from the acceleration signal from which noise is removed, by the weight estimating system, and estimating the weight of the vehicle using information on the determined period value, by the weight estimating system.
US12122389B2	Surrounding vehicle monitoring device and surrounding vehicle monitoring method A surrounding vehicle monitoring device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a midpoint between a rear left end position and a rear right end position of another vehicle, acquire a width of the other vehicle, and change a current position of a great change position to a corrected position and acquire a midpoint between a current position of a small change position and the corrected position as a position of the other vehicle in a case where a changing amount of the width is equal to or more than a first threshold. The great change position is one of the rear left end position and the rear right end position whose changing amount is the greater of the two. The small change position is another of the rear left end position and the rear right end position whose changing amount is the smaller of the two.
US12122387B2	Vehicle towing driving control method When a towing vehicle is driven while towing a towed vehicle having driving force, a controller of the towed vehicle determines wheel slip of the towing vehicle based on driving information of the towing vehicle and determines wheel slip of the towed vehicle based on driving information of the towed vehicle, and upon determining that wheel slip of the towing vehicle or the towed vehicle has occurred or upon determining that wheel slip of each of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle has occurred, control to increase or decrease driving force of the towed vehicle or control to change the driving force distribution ratio between left and right wheels of the towed vehicle is performed, whereby it is possible to improve driving stability and rough road escape performance of the towing vehicle and the towed vehicle.
US12122385B1	Vehicle control device and method The disclosure provides a vehicle control device and method for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle control device includes a gear shift member, having a parking brake keeping a vehicle in a stationary state, a drive gear keeping driving the vehicle, and a park gear keeping the vehicle in a parked state; a control switch configured to be able to control the parking brake and shift to the park gear; a control member performing following controls when the vehicle is in the parked state: when the control switch is operated for a period of time shorter than a prescribed time, the control member shifts to the park gear and executes linked parking that links an operation of the parking brake, and during the execution of the linked parking, when the control switch is operated for a period of time longer than the prescribed time, the control member releases the parking brake.
US12122380B2	Apparatus, method and computer readable storage medium for preventing rolling of vehicle operating in auto vehicle hold mode An apparatus for preventing rolling of a vehicle operating in an automatic vehicle hold mode includes a reset determination unit configured to determine whether an automatic hold controller controlling an operation of the automatic vehicle hold mode has been reset, a mode determination unit configured to determine whether a mode of the vehicle is the automatic vehicle hold mode when it is determined that the automatic hold controller has been reset, and a vehicle control unit configured to brake the vehicle, based on at least one of a gear position, an opening degree of an accelerator pedal, and whether a brake pedal is operated, when it is determined that the mode of the vehicle is the automatic vehicle hold mode.
US12122378B2	Method and device for detecting a traffic law violation due to the allowable distance between a following vehicle and a guide vehicle being undershot A method for detecting a traffic law violation due to the allowable distance between a following vehicle and a guide vehicle being undershot, the following vehicle traveling behind the guide vehicle. At least the respective speed of the following vehicle is identified and the guide vehicle in a detection region in the surroundings of a sensor which supplies speed measurement values. A reference distance is detected and/or ascertained between the following vehicle and the guide vehicle at a reference measurement point. At least one following distance is determined between the following vehicle and the guide vehicle in the detection region using the identified speeds of the following vehicle and the guide vehicle and/or the detected reference distance. A traffic law violation is detected if the following distance in the detection region continuously falls short of a distance threshold.
US12122377B2	Traveling control apparatus A traveling control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform: determining whether a second other vehicle is located within a predetermined range from a subject vehicle when the subject vehicle and a first other vehicle are closer than a predetermined degree in a traveling direction, when the first other vehicle traveling in a first adjacent lane adjacent to a current lane, which has a same traveling direction as the current lane, and the second other vehicle traveling in a second adjacent lane adjacent to the current lane are recognized; and when it is determined in the determining that the second other vehicle is located within the predetermined range, controlling a actuator so that a distance in the traveling direction from the subject vehicle to the first other vehicle becomes not less than a predetermined distance.
US12122374B2	Lane departure assistance A method for lane departure assistance, the method may include obtaining sensed information about an environment of the first vehicle, by one of more vehicle sensors of a first vehicle; wherein the environment of the first vehicle comprises a passing lane and a current lane in which the first vehicle is positioned; determining, by a computer of the first vehicle, whether the first vehicle can successfully and lawfully bypass a second vehicle; wherein the determining is executed before starting the bypass of the second vehicle and is based on the sensed information, one or more driving laws, and one or more first vehicle mechanical parameters; generating a driver perceivable indicator that is indicative of the determining; sensing that the driver initiates a bypass of the second vehicle; evaluating, following the start of the bypass of the second vehicle and during at least a majority of the bypass, whether the first vehicle can successfully and lawfully complete the bypass of the second vehicle; and generating another driver perceivable indicator that is indicative of the evaluating.
US12122373B2	Device and method for preventing blind spot collision based on vehicle-to-vehicle communication A device and method for preventing blind spot collision based on vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The method includes detecting a forward vehicle, requesting vehicle-to-vehicle communication with the forward vehicle, receiving image data and ultrasound data of the forward vehicle, analyzing information about a moving object in a blind spot formed by the forward vehicle, based on the image data and the ultrasound data, calculating a possibility of collision with the moving object based on the information about the moving object, and performing one or both of warning notification and collision avoidance control based on the possibility of collision.
US12122369B2	Route processing method and apparatus The present disclosure provides a route processing method and apparatus. The solution includes: acquiring an initial traveling route, which includes a plurality of track points, corresponding to a vehicle; determining a vehicle traveling area, which includes an area where the vehicle is located when traveling to the track point, corresponding to each track point; determining at least one target track point in the plurality of track points according to the vehicle traveling area, where a first obstacle exists in the vehicle traveling area; performing updating processing on a position of each target track point in the initial traveling route respectively according to the position of the each target track point and a position of the first obstacle, and obtaining a target traveling route according to the target track point for which the updating processing has been performed; and controlling the vehicle to travel according to the target traveling route.
US12122364B2	Detection of pedestrian using radio devices The present radio system transmits an electromagnetic signal to nearby devices requesting the device respond. The radio system also receives responses to the electromagnetic signal from the nearby devices. Based on the radio technology used, the signaling of the transmitted electromagnetic signal may be varied. For example, the transmitted electromagnetic signal may be a Bluetooth, 802.11, or other radio signal. A device that received the signal from the radio unit may transmit a response signal with the same radio technology. However, in some instances, the radio technology used for communication may operate on several radio (e.g., frequency) channels. Both the transmitter and receiver must operate on the same channel at the same time in order to communicate. Thus, it may be desirable to transmit the electromagnetic signal on more than one channel at the same time, in order to increase the chances that a nearby device responds.
US12122362B2	Object recognition apparatus and driving assistance system In an object recognition apparatus to be mounted to a vehicle equipped with a driving assistance apparatus. In the object recognition apparatus, a distance detector is configured to repeatedly detect an instantaneous distance from the vehicle to an object located around the vehicle. A distance change determiner is configured to perform a determination regarding the instantaneous distance that is a determination as to whether the currently detected instantaneous distance to the object is less than the previously detected instantaneous distance to the same object and an amount of change in instantaneous distance between the currently detected instantaneous distance and the previously detected instantaneous distance is greater than a predetermined amount-of-change threshold. And, an inhibitor is configured to, in response to a result of determination by the distance change determiner being affirmative, output to the driving assistance apparatus an inhibition signal to inhibit activation of the driving assistance apparatus.
US12122359B2	Coordinated control method for electric vehicles having independent four-wheel driving and steering A coordinated control method for electric vehicles having independent four-wheel driving and steering, comprising the steps of: calculating to obtain a desired value of yaw velocity according to the steering angle and the current vehicle driving speed, and limiting the desired value of yaw velocity according to the current road adhesion condition; constructing an optimization problem according to the current vehicle motion state and the desired value of yaw velocity, and solving the optimization problem to obtain a desired active rear wheel steering angle control variable and a desired additional yaw moment control variable; calculating to obtain an additional torque of each wheel according to a desired additional yaw moment control variable, obtaining a desired active rear wheel steering angle, and sending the additional torque of each wheel and the desired active rear wheel steering angle to an executor of the vehicle for performing a coordinated control.
US12122356B2	Hybrid power system control method and system, and electric vehicle A control method and system for a hybrid power system, and an electric vehicle. The method includes: step S1, a control unit acquiring a real-time vehicle mode signal, vehicle speed data, and actual torque data of an engine; step S2, the control unit determining whether a power system of a vehicle is in a parallel mode, if the power system of the vehicle is in the parallel mode, the control unit sending a torque compensation signal to a drive electric motor; and step S3, the control unit determining positive and negative attributes of the torque compensation signal adjusting a compensation torque output value of the drive electric motor in real time. By means of the control method, gears connecting a drive electric motor to an engine can be prevented from generating tooth knocking noise, thereby greatly alleviating NVH during the driving of a vehicle.
US12122355B2	Electrical power control method Systems and methods are described for electrical power control of a hybrid vehicle. A change in an electrical load of an ancillary component of the vehicle is determined. In response to determining the change in the electrical load of the ancillary component, an electrical load of an electrically heated catalyst of the vehicle is adjusted.
US12122350B2	System and method for purging agricultural sprayer nozzles using air pressure data An agricultural sprayer includes a purge tank, a nozzle configured to dispense an agricultural fluid onto an underlying field, and a downstream valve configured to selectively permit the air from the main fluid conduit to flow to the nozzle. A computing system is configured to initiate a purging operation to purge the agricultural fluid present within the nozzle and, upon receipt of the input, control an operation of a main valve such that the main valve is moved to an opened position to allow the air to flow through a main fluid conduit. In addition, the computing system is configured to monitor a first air pressure associated with the purge tank and a second air pressure associated with the nozzle. Furthermore, the computing system is configured to control an operation of the downstream valve during the purging operation based on the monitored first and second air pressures.
US12122345B2	Braking device for vehicle and braking method therefor A braking device for a vehicle and a method of controlling a braking device for a vehicle are disclosed. The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a method of controlling a braking device for a vehicle having a first wheel brake, a second wheel brake, a third wheel brake, and a fourth wheel brake for vehicle braking, including determining whether a first braking unit operates normally upon determining that a braking situation has occurred while driving the vehicle, and braking the vehicle, upon determining that the first braking unit fails to operate normally, by supplying hydraulic pressure to the third wheel brake and the fourth wheel brake by operating a second braking unit, and preventing wheel locks of a first wheel and a second wheel provided on the vehicle by opening a pressure-reducing valve upon determining that a driver has intervened in the braking situation.
US12122341B2	Electronic braking system An electronic braking system including a prime mover speed sensor structured to sense a prime mover speed, a vehicle speed sensor structured to sense a vehicle speed, one or more processing circuits comprising one or more memory devices coupled to one or more processors, the one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to determine an overspeed condition based on the prime mover speed and the vehicle speed, generate a tuned overspeed value based on the overspeed condition, and generate a braking command based on the tuned overspeed value.
US12122337B2	Hydraulic control unit for vehicle brake system Examples relate to a hydraulic control unit that includes a pump for increasing a hydraulic pressure of a brake fluid. The hydraulic control unit includes a discharge channel from which the brake fluid pressurized by a pump is discharged, a pulsation reducing unit disposed in the middle of the discharge channel, and a controller controlling the pump and the pulsation reducing unit. The pulsation reducing unit includes a valve housing, a fixed core fixed to the valve housing, a movable core received in the valve housing in an axially movable manner, a closing member interlocking with the movable core and closing the discharge channel, a coil disposed in a manner to surround the valve housing and the fixed core, and an inflow chamber formed by the valve housing and one end surface of the movable core, into which the brake fluid flows, and whose volume can vary.
US12122335B2	Opportunistic vehicle air brake system pressurization systems and methods Systems and methods for providing opportunistic vehicle air brake system pressurization are disclosed. Vehicle air tanks used within an air brake system are pressurized during a time a battery charging status is satisfied. For example, such air tanks may be pressurized via an air compressor at a time during which the vehicle is electrically connected to a power source other than a battery of the vehicle. An example of such a power source may include an electrical charger, such as an electric vehicle charging station, or an electric generator during a regenerative braking event. The air tanks may also be pressurized by using a battery to energize the air compressor, based on the battery being charged above a predetermined threshold.
US12122331B2	Preventing radio and light signal transmission loss through a transmission surface due to weather environmental and operational conditions using active flow control actuators Systems and methods for cleaning transmission surfaces for optical and sensor surfaces in order to maintain optimal performance under a variety of weather and environmental conditions using synthetic jet actuators. The actuators can emit a jet of water or air depending on environmental conditions and the waveform, frequency, amplitude of the actuator can be adjusted based on particle characteristics and transmission signal quality in order to better clean the surfaces.
US12122325B2	Information processing device, vehicle, terminal, information processing method, and recording medium storing information processing program An information processing device comprising a processor, the processor being configured to: in a case in which a door of a vehicle is locked, determine whether or not a terminal that operates as an electronic key is located in the vehicle; and in a case in which the terminal is determined to be located in the vehicle, perform control to restrict at least a subset of functions, among functions of the vehicle that are controlled in accordance with communications with the terminal, based on a lock trigger causing the locking of the door of the vehicle.
US12122324B2	Vehicular power door sensing and operating system A vehicular access system includes a sensing panel at a door of a vehicle including a panel, at least one capacitive touch sensor for sensing proximity of a user at a touch sensing region of the panel, and a radar sensor sensing exterior of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes a data processor for processing sensor data captured by the radar sensor to detect presence of objects exterior of the vehicle. At least one indicator visually indicates status of the system. Responsive to receiving an open door command, (i) the at least one indicator illuminates and (ii) the system determines, using the sensor data, whether a detected object is within a swing path of the door. The system, responsive to determining that no object is within the swing path of the door, opens the door.
US12122323B2	Method for operating a vehicle, device and vehicle A method for operating a vehicle includes monitoring for a presence of an assigned authorization element in the vehicle during operating the vehicle and operating the vehicle in a secure state when the assigned authorization element is not detected, where a performance parameter of the vehicle is at least temporarily modified in the secure state.
US12122314B2	Partition for vehicle Partition for a vehicle, including an upper partition half and a lower partition half which are arranged relative to one another in such a way that they overlap in the vertical direction in an overlapping region, so that a channel) is formed in this overlapping region.
US12122313B2	Seatbelt buckle engagement detection A method and system for determining whether a seatbelt of a vehicle is fastened is provided. The system may be configured to detect markers on a seatbelt, engage seatbelt tensioners, and determine whether the markers have moved. The system may then be configured to determine whether the seatbelt is fastened based on movement of the markers.
US12122309B2	Power and data center (PDC) for automotive applications A power and data center (PDC) can serve as a combined data concentrator and power distributor that delivers scalable and affordable network/power redundancy into an automotive electrical/electronic architecture (E/EA) that supports partially or fully autonomous vehicles. In some embodiments, a vehicle that includes the smart E/EA is divided into zones, where each zone includes one or more PDCs and one or more sensors, actuators, controllers, loudspeakers or other devices that are coupled to and powered by their zone PDC(s). Each PDC collects and processes (or passes through) raw or pre-processed sensor data from the one or more sensors in its zone. The sensors provide their data to the PDC by way of cost efficient, short-range data links. In some embodiments, one or more actuators in each zone are coupled to their respective zone PDC, and receive their control data from the PDC over a high-speed data bus or data link.
US12122308B2	Wiring harness assembly A flexible planar wire cable includes a first flexible planar wire having first conductor segments contained in a first longitudinal plane and second conductor segments contained in a second longitudinal plane. First connection segments extend between the first conductor segments and the second conductor segments. The first conductor segments alternate with second conductor segments along a longitudinal axis of the wire harness assembly. The cable further includes a second flexible planar wire having third conductor segments contained in the second longitudinal plane and fourth conductor segments contained in the first longitudinal plane. Second connection segments extend between the third conductor segments and the fourth conductor segments. The third conductor segments alternate with the fourth conductor segments along the longitudinal axis of the flexible planar wire cable. The cable also includes an insulating layer separating and encasing the first and second flexible planar wires.
US12122307B2	Robust high voltage cable routing/mounting coupling A cable assembly for a work machine, includes a cable and a collet. The cable includes an electrically conductive core, an insulating layer covering the core; an electrically conductive shield layer covering the insulating layer over a first length of the cable, and the insulating layer is exposed over a second length of the cable. The shield layer is folded back over a fold length, and the fold length includes two layers of the shield layer. The collet includes an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve extending over a portion of the inner sleeve at an end of the collet. The two shield layers of the fold length are arranged over the inner sleeve and under the outer sleeve, the insulating layer is arranged under the inner sleeve, and the second length of the cable extends through the inner sleeve.
US12122303B2	Tray for a vehicle A tray for a vehicle for holding at least one mobile device, the tray having: a tray element which forms a holding space for holding the device; a cover element which at least partially covers the holding space; a lid element which is formed on the cover element and at least partially surrounds same so that the lid element forms a tray surface, wherein the lid element is connected to the tray element such that it can be pivoted up and at least partially covers the holding space, and wherein the cover element is designed to stabilise at least the lid element.
US12122300B2	Parking assistance method and parking assistance device A parking assistance device includes: a sensor-information processing circuit that detects an empty parking space around a host vehicle; a surrounding-image generation circuit that generates a surrounding image that is a view of surroundings of the host vehicle from above; an image display circuit that displays a first assistance image at a position of the empty parking space in the surrounding image, the first assistance image indicating the empty parking space; and a stop determination circuit that determines whether the host vehicle has stopped. In a case where it is determined by the stop determination circuit that the host vehicle has stopped, the image display circuit displays the first assistance image.
US12122295B2	Device and method for providing notification of occurrence of vehicle accident A device and method are configured to provide a notification of an occurrence of a vehicle accident when an airbag is deployed. The device acquires an intensity of a signal received from a server for at least one communication medium, transmits a notification including information on an occurrence of an accident to the server when an airbag of a vehicle is deployed, and retransmits the notification based on the intensity of the received signal when the transmission of the notification has failed. When the transmission of the notification including the information on the occurrence of the accident has failed because a wireless network communication is not operating correctly, wireless communication connection may be reattempted the appropriate number of times to increase a success rate.
US12122293B2	Sound generation apparatus of electrification vehicle and method thereof A sound generation apparatus for an electrification vehicle and a method of use thereof are provided. In example embodiments, the sound generation apparatus receives driving information, determines a driving situation based on the driving information, designs an acceleration sound when the driving situation is determined as an acceleration situation, or designs a cornering sound when the driving situation is determined as a cornering situation, and plays and outputs the acceleration sound or the cornering sound.
US12122291B1	Method and system for warning nearby road-users at risk using exterior vehicle lights In a self-vehicle with V2X communication capability and with an enhanced ADAS, a method for warning nearby road-users at risk using exterior vehicle lights, the method comprising by the enhanced ADAS, analyzing the behavior of a non-V2X connected road-user ahead and/or a non-V2X connected road-user behind the self-vehicle using inputs from at least one sensor of the self-vehicle and from V2X communications received in the self-vehicle, determining from the analysis that the non-V2X connected road-user ahead and/or the non-V2X connected road-user behind poses a risk to another road-user, and warning the non-V2X connected road-user ahead and/or the non-V2X connected road-user behind that it poses the risk using a special lighting pattern displayed on an exterior part of the self-vehicle.
US12122290B2	Apparatus and methods for parking assistance Aspects of the present invention relate to a control system (110) for a vehicle (200, 300), the control system comprising one or more controller, the one or more controller comprising an electrical input (140) arranged to receive image data (165) from one or more imaging devices (160), the image data indicative of an environment external to the vehicle (200, 300), a processor (120) arranged to generate one or more graphical indicators, each graphical indicator representing an extent of a projection (230, 310) from the vehicle into the environment external to the vehicle, wherein the extent of the projection is not visible in the image data, and an electrical output (150) arranged to output augmented image data comprising the image data and data indicative of the one or more graphical indicators for display on a display device.
US12122289B2	Full display mirror assembly with a blind spot detection system A full display mirror assembly for a vehicle includes an electro-optic assembly containing an electro-optic medium, a display module, and at least one imager module configured to capture a blind spot. A processor and a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, in response to a detection of an object in the blind spot, generate a first warning indicia in a first region of the full display mirror assembly. The processor is further caused to, in response to a detection that a vehicle containing the full display mirror assembly is turning or about to turn towards the blind spot with the object, generate a second warning indicia in a second region of the full display mirror assembly by enlarging the first region.
US12122288B2	Surroundings illumination device for a motor vehicle A surroundings illumination device for illuminating the ground in the surroundings of a motor vehicle contains a controller for controlling the illumination of the ground and a projection module which includes a light device having a plurality of illuminants and an array of projection optics, a respective projection optic containing an associated object structure and an associated projection lens. The array of projection optics includes a plurality of sub-arrays which can be separately illuminated with an illuminant of the light device allocated to the respective sub-array, as a result of which, a partial graphic is generated on the ground in the surroundings of the vehicle by projection of the associated object structures of the projection optics of the respective sub-array.
US12122284B2	Package delivery vehicle A vehicle for delivering packages, comprising a tractor comprising a motor, a pair of front wheels, a rear wheel, and a rail between the pair of front wheels and the rear wheel, and a removable container comprising a space for storing packages where a bottom of the container is configured to fit over and mount to the rail.
US12122281B2	Calf support arrangement, and seat A calf support arrangement for a vehicle seat may have one seat attachment unit. The arrangement may also have one first calf support element which is coupled to the seat attachment unit and is pivotable relative thereto. The arrangement may also have one second calf support element which is coupled to the first calf support element and is movable relative thereto. At least one guide arrangement is provided by which the calf support elements are arranged on the seat attachment unit coupled in terms of movement in such a manner that the two calf support elements are pivotable relative to the seat attachment unit and the second calf support element is movable relative to the first calf support element. A vehicle seat having the calf support arrangement is also provided.
US12122279B2	Vehicle headrest Various implementations include vehicle headrest configurations and related audio systems. In some cases, a headrest includes: a main body having a front surface to support a back of a user's head and a pair of acoustic channels each formed in part by a side wall having a front edge that is offset from the front surface, the main body having a portion configured to receive first and second transducers, where a transducer mount in each of the pair of acoustic channels for mounting respective ones of the first and second transducers, where a dimension (Dimension C) is defined by a rotation angle of the transducer mount relative to a centerline of the vehicle headrest, wherein Dimension C is approximately −20 degrees to approximately zero degrees.
US12122276B2	Skin locking clip A skin locking clip that is firmly supported by a pad is provided. The skin locking clip (10) is disposed in a groove (8) of a pad (5) of a vehicle seat or the like, and fixes a locked portion (6c) attached to a skin material. The skin locking clip (10) includes a base plate (11), a locking piece (12) erected on the base plate (11) to lock the locked portion (6c), and an overhanging piece (13) erected on the base plate. Since the overhanging piece (13) is supported by the pad (5), the skin locking clip (10) is firmly supported by the pad (5).
US12122262B2	Battery management system, battery pack, electric vehicle, and battery management method A battery management system, including: a current measuring unit measuring a cell current (CC) flowing through battery cells (BCs) in series, a voltage measuring unit measuring a cell voltage of each BC, and a control unit to: classify the BCs into at least one group based on a state of charge (SOC) of each BC estimated in a previous cycle (PCY), estimate an average polarization voltage of a current cycle (CCY) of each group, based on an average SOC of the PCY, a first CC of each group, and a second CC of each group, using a first Kalman filter, the first CC being measured in the PCY, and the second CC being measured in the CCY, estimate the SOC of the CCY of each BC, based on the first CC, the second CC, and the average polarization voltage of the CCY of each group, using a second Kalman filter.
US12122261B2	State control system and method for vehicle with battery to be swapped, controller, and storage medium The invention relates to a state control system and method for a vehicle with a battery to be swapped. The system includes: a central gateway, a vehicle state control module, and a vehicle state monitoring module that are communicatively connected, where after receiving a state-to-be-adjusted signal, the central gateway sends a control instruction to the vehicle state control module and/or the vehicle state monitoring module; the vehicle state control module and/or the vehicle state monitoring module adjust/adjusts, according to the control instruction, a state of the vehicle with a battery to be swapped; and the vehicle state monitoring module obtains an adjusted vehicle state of the vehicle with a battery to be swapped, and determines whether the vehicle state is a preset vehicle state required for a battery swap process of the vehicle with a battery to be swapped. In the invention, various control modules in the vehicle with a battery to be swapped are communicatively connected, to implement automatic adjustment of a state of the vehicle, so that the state of the vehicle with a battery to be swapped can be quickly and accurately adjusted to a state required for a battery swap process.
US12122255B2	Contact apparatus and charging contact unit and method for electrically connecting a vehicle to a charging station The invention relates to a contact apparatus and to a charging contact unit for a rapid-charging system for electrically driven vehicles, in particular electric buses or the like, and to a method for forming an electrically conductive connection between a vehicle and a stationary charging station, wherein the contact apparatus serves to form an electrically conductive connection between the vehicle and the stationary charging station comprising a charging contact unit, wherein the contact apparatus can be arranged on a vehicle, wherein the contact apparatus comprises a contact device, wherein the contact device can make contact with the charging contact unit, wherein the contact apparatus or the charging contact unit comprises a positioning device, wherein the contact device can be positioned relative to the charging contact unit by means of the positioning device, wherein the positioning device has a pantograph or a swing arm, by means of which the contact device can be positioned in the vertical direction relative to the charging contact unit, wherein the contact device has a contact element support comprising contact elements, wherein the contact elements can make contact with the charging contact elements of the charging contact unit so as to form contact pairs, wherein the positioning device has a transverse guide, by means of which the contact element support can be positioned transversely relative to the charging contact unit, wherein the transverse guide is arranged at a distal end of the pantograph or of the swing arm.
US12122250B2	System and a method for controlling an electric vehicle A system for controlling an electric vehicle is disclosed. The electric vehicle has a main power supply for propulsion of the vehicle and at least one brake power supply for at least one brake actuator. The system includes a propulsion control unit for controlling at least one propulsion actuator, and at least one brake control unit for controlling the at least one brake actuator. The propulsion control unit is further configured to control one or more propulsion actuators to perform a backup braking or a backup steering.
US12122247B2	Vehicle equipped with electric motor and stability control method therefor A method of controlling stability of a motorized vehicle having an electric motor as a drive source includes determining a slope of a road ahead, when sensing a sudden slope change point as a result of determination, determining a correction section based on the sudden slope change point, and correcting stability control torque in the correction section to compensate for motion of the vehicle body due to a change in the slope of the road using a pitching motion of the vehicle body caused by the torque of the electric motor.
US12122246B2	Server, vehicle, and power management method A vehicle includes a battery to which electric power supplied from electric vehicle supply equipment is charged. A green zone exists in which traveling of a vehicle using an amount of electric power that has a greenhouse gas emission intensity greater than a regulatory limit is restricted. A server includes: I/O ports through which the emission intensity of the electric power supplied from the electric vehicle supply equipment is obtained; and a processor that associates the amount of electric power charged from the electric vehicle supply equipment to the battery with the emission intensity obtained through the I/O ports. The processor: permits the vehicle to travel within the green zone using an amount of electric power having an emission intensity less than the regulatory limit within the amount of electric power stored in the battery; and notifies the vehicle of information related to that amount of electric power.
US12122243B2	Method and system to ascertain location of drone box for stabilized landing and charging of drones Method and system to ascertain location of drone box (100) for stabilized landing and charging of drones (10), comprising a plurality of drones (10) and at least a drone box (100) having a passive sensing circuit (149) detecting a touchdown signal of all the ground interface (11) of the drone (10, 10-1, 10-2) at a plurality of sensor zones (111) for a minimum prescribed time, a detection of any missing touch down signal for the minimum prescribed time due to an inappropriate landing preventing next take off of the drone (10, 10-1, 10-2), the passive sensing circuit (149) prevents activation of any sensor zone (111) till all the ground interfaces (11) are detected as touched down, the sensor zones (111) differentiates between presence of the ground interface (11) and any other presence including human touch, animal touch, foreign matter and or contamination and a combination thereof.
US12122238B2	Vehicle body structure A bulge portion bulging rearward is provided at a dash panel. A reinforcement is fixed to an inner surface of the bulge portion. A rear end wall portion of the bulge portion is positioned at the rear of a center portion of a rear end portion of a cowl panel in a vehicle width direction.
US12122236B2	Cold forming of complexly curved glass articles Embodiments of this disclosure pertain to a vehicle interior system comprising a base having a base surface; and a glass article coupled to the surface, wherein the glass article comprises a first portion comprising a first elastically deformed surface forming a first concave shape with a first radius of curvature from about 20 mm to about 2000 mm, and a second elastically deformed surface directly opposite the first elastically deformed surface that forms a second convex shape, wherein the second elastically deformed surface has a surface compressive stress that is less than a compressive stress at the first elastically deformed surface, and a second portion adjacent the first portion, wherein the second portion is substantially planar portion or curved.
US12122229B2	Fault-tolerant fuel isolation from engine firebay Fuel isolation systems, apparatuses and methods are described. In some embodiments, a system comprises a connector coupled inline with a fuel line on a cold side of the fuel line, a valve coupled to the connector, a fluid feed line coupled to a fluid source and to the valve. In the event of an engine fire condition, a control unit outputs signaling to stop pumping the fuel and to operate the valve to introduce fluid from the fluid source into the fuel line. The introduced fluid provides a siphon break in the fuel line such that the only fuel that can pass the firewall is the remaining fuel in the fuel line downstream of the connector and the introduced fluid.
US12122218B2	Heat management system The present invention relates to a heat management system having performance improved by reducing a distance between components constituting a refrigerant module and minimizing a pressure loss of a refrigerant, the heat management system including: a first heat exchanger heat-exchanging a heat exchange medium flowing thereinto from a compressor; a first expansion valve expanding the heat exchange medium flowing thereinto from the first heat exchanger and transferring the expanded heat exchange medium to a condenser; a second expansion valve expanding the heat exchange medium flowing thereinto from the condenser; a second heat exchanger heat-exchanging the heat exchange medium flowing thereinto from the second expansion valve with a heat-generating component; an accumulator storing the heat exchange medium flowing thereinto from the second heat exchanger; and an internal heat exchanger heat-exchanging the heat exchange medium discharged from the condenser with a heat exchange medium discharged from an evaporator.
US12122208B2	Modular and expandable air management system A Modular and Expandable Air Suspension Control System utilizes three basic units, a suspension control module, one or more pneumatic control modules, and an end cap usable across a variety of applications with different quantities of air springs, including 1-Corner, 2-Corner, 3-Corner, 4-Corner and more than 4-Corner systems. The invention is field expandable, with multiple sensing options as each pneumatic control module has an integrated air spring pressure sensor plus an electrical plug to connect with an electronic height sensor. This capability allows the system to level based on air spring pressure or air spring height depending on the customer use case. The sleek and compact design is piconet-enabled which gives the system connectivity to smartphone apps and dedicated piconet devices for user interface, and allows for over-the-air updating of the firmware inside of the suspension control module and pneumatic control modules to enhance functionality.
US12122203B1	Flying car with multiple wheels A flying vehicle with folding wings that drives well on the ground and flies well in the air; controlled from inside, it changes from automotive to aircraft configuration without the operator needing to get out of the vehicle. The balance point of the vehicle is located midway between the front and back wheels, providing good handling on the road. In the aircraft configuration with wings unfolded, there is a front wing and a back wing. The incidence of the front wing is controllable, enabling the craft to rotate and take off with a center of gravity located well ahead of the rear wheels. The back wing is fitted with foldable vertical stabilizers near its wing tips. In automobile configuration the wings are folded on top of the body; the wings resemble a roof rack with large surfboards on it. Driven wheels provide motive power on the ground; ducted fans provide thrust for air travel. An autopilot system provides stability and navigation aid, particularly in bad weather or poor visibility. In the roadable configuration, filling water ballast tanks provides additional crosswind stability and crash protection. Also in a roadable configuration, the present invention may be licensed as a three-wheeled motorcycle towing a two-wheeled trailer. In its flying configuration, the invention can be licensed as a Light Sport Aircraft.
US12122200B2	Method and systems for systematic trailer position planning and control A method for lane centering control of a host vehicle that is towing a trailer includes: determining in real time, by a controller of the host vehicle, a radius of curvature of a turn, wherein the host vehicle is approaching the turn; determining, by the controller, a trailer required offset based on the radius of the curvature of the turn to maintain the host vehicle and the trailer in a lane while the host vehicle and the trailer move along the turn; and controlling the host vehicle using the trailer offset to maintain the host vehicle and the trailer in a lane while the host vehicle and the trailer move along the turn. The method also allows the host vehicle to avoid encroaching vehicles.
US12122196B2	Hub-integrated inflation system A hub-integrated inflation system which functions to convert relative motion at the wheel end (e.g., between the axle and the hub or wheel) into a pumping motion. The relative motion is then converted into mechanical or electrical energy, which can be used to actuate a pump of an inflator.
US12122188B2	Pneumatic tire In a tread portion of a pneumatic tire, an average lateral groove width Lc of a center region is obtained by dividing the groove area of lateral grooves in the center region by a circumferential length of the center region, and an average lateral groove width Lsh of a shoulder region is obtained by dividing the groove area of lateral grooves in the shoulder region by a circumferential length of the shoulder region. A relationship between a tire average thickness Gc of the center region and a tire average thickness Gsh in the shoulder region satisfies 1.05≤(Gc/Gsh)≤1.35, a relationship between the average lateral groove width Lc of the center region and the tire average thickness Gc in the center region satisfies 0.07≤(Lc/Gc)≤0.12, and a relationship between the average lateral groove width Lsh of the shoulder region and the tire average thickness Gsh in the shoulder region satisfies 0.17≤(Lsh/Gsh)≤0.26.
US12122187B2	Pneumatic tire comprising a rubber composition based on epoxidized polyisoprene and a thermoplastic polyurethane A tire having improved mechanical properties, comprises a rubber composition based on at least one epoxidized polyisoprene having a molar degree of epoxidation ranging from 5% to 85%, at least one thermoplastic polyurethane, and a crosslinking system.
US12122186B2	Hub assembly for human-powered vehicle A hub assembly is provided for a human-powered vehicle. The hub assembly includes a hub axle, a hub body, a pawl support body, at least one pawl, a sprocket support body, at least one sprocket support bearing, a ratchet body and a plurality of ratchet teeth. The hub body is rotatably mounted on the hub axle. The pawl support body is connected to the hub body. The pawl is movable between a driving position and a non-driving position. The at sprocket support bearing rotatably supports the sprocket support body on the hub axle. The ratchet body is connected to the sprocket support body. The ratchet teeth engage the pawl to transmit a driving force from the sprocket support body to the hub body while rotating in a driving rotational direction. The sprocket support bearing is disposed opposite to the hub body with respect to the ratchet teeth.
US12122183B2	Method for the production of a polyvinyl chloride-free top layer, polyvinyl chloride-free top layer and decking element The present invention relates to a method for producing a polyvinyl chloride-free top layer (1) for a decking element (3), the method comprising the method steps indicated below: A) Providing a base layer (4) comprising and/or consisting of plastic; B) Printing a décor (6) on a top (5) of the base layer (4) facing a usable side (7); C) Bonding, preferably laminating, a, preferably transparent, wearing surface (8) to the printed base layer (4) to form a, preferably solid, layer composite (9); D) Embossing the layer composite (9) at least in some areas, preferably over the entire surface, with a structure (10) at least substantially synchronous with the décor (6), the structure (10) being embossed in such a way that it is visible both on the top (11) facing the usable side (7) and at least in some areas on the bottom (12) of the layer composite (9) facing away from the usable side (7); E) Application of a surface sealing layer (17), preferably a lacquer layer, to the top (11) of the layer composite (9) facing the usable side (7); F) optionally: curing of the surface sealing layer (17), preferably the lacquer layer.
US12122178B2	Imaging blanket and variable data lithography system employing the imaging blanket An imaging blanket comprises a base comprising an elastic polymer and sulfur. A barrier layer is on the base and a surface layer is on the barrier layer. The surface layer comprises an elastomer and a platinum catalyst.
US12122175B2	Developer-free heat-sensitive recording material A heat-sensitive recording material having a carrier substrate and a fusible layer disposed on one side of the carrier substrate. The fusible layer comprises an amide wax having a melting point in the range from 60° C. to 180° C., an inorganic pigment, and a polymeric binder.
US12122174B1	Transfer paper for sublimation printing The present disclosure relates to a transfer paper for sublimation printing comprising a fibrous substrate and an ink-receiving layer ink-receiving layer, wherein the ink-receiving layer comprises a cationic inorganic component, a cationic organic component or both in an amount of from 10 to 90 wt. %, optionally a filler in an amount of up to 75 wt. %, a hydrophilic binder in an amount of from 5 to 50 wt. %, and a hydrophobic binder in an amount of from 5 to 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the ink-receiving layer. The disclosure also provides a method for preparing a transfer paper for sublimation printing, its use in a method for preparing a printed transfer paper, the printed transfer paper, its use in a method for decorating an article by sublimation and the decorated article.
US12122172B2	Cassette A cassette includes: a case including a first layer and a second layer and having a head space at the first layer; and a roll disposed at the second layer and into which a medium to be printed is wound about a rotation axis in a winding direction. The medium to be printed includes a to-be-printed layer and a release layer, and is disposed at the case such that the to-be-printed layer is on an inner side thereof and the release layer is on an outer side thereof in the winding direction. The case has a conveyance path for conveying the medium to be printed. The conveyance path is defined such that the medium to be printed is conveyed in the winding direction from the roll to the head space through an opening defined at a boundary between the first layer and the second layer in the case.
US12122170B2	Printer, printing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing printing program A printer performs printing on a thermosensitive medium including a plurality of color developing layers including a first layer developing a first color and a second layer developing a second color. The printer includes a head and a control device performing a printing control including outputting a signal pattern based on post-conversion image data converted from pre-conversion image data to cause a plurality of heat generation elements of the head to selectively generate heat while controlling conveyance of the thermosensitive medium. In the converting, when target dots containing the second color is included in the plurality of dots in the pre-conversion image data, the control device converts a color of conversion dots to a conversion color containing the color developed by any one of the plurality of color developing layers.
US12122169B2	Printer device ink ribbon saving determination According to one embodiment, a thermal heat transfer printer (printer device) includes a printing data look-ahead unit configured to look ahead a data printing position if printing is performed; a head position control unit configured to cause a thermal head, an ink ribbon, and printing paper to be in a contact state or a non-contact state based on a look-ahead result of the printing data look-ahead unit; an ink ribbon saved amount calculation unit configured to calculate a saved amount of the ink ribbon based on a conveyed amount of the printing paper in the non-contact state; and an ink ribbon saved amount display unit configured to display the saved amount calculated by the ink ribbon saved amount calculation unit.
US12122164B2	Liquid container A liquid container refillable with liquid to be supplied to a printer includes a bag; a liquid supplying port member having a liquid supplying port; a liquid supply flow passage provided inside the liquid supplying port member; a liquid filling flow passage branching off from the liquid supply flow passage; and a communication port provided inside the liquid supplying port member and being in communication with the liquid filling flow passage and facing an internal surface of the bag. The bag is fixed to the liquid supplying port member such that a gap is formed between the bag and the peripheral portion of the communication port due to a flow of the liquid from the liquid supply flow passage to the liquid filling flow passage, the gap being in communication with the liquid containing portion through the communication port.
US12122162B2	Method for manufacturing liquid discharge head and liquid discharge head A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head comprising: a substrate, a protective layer covering at least a part of the substrate, and a laminate member formed on the protective layer, wherein the method comprises steps of: forming the protective layer on at least a part of the substrate; forming the laminate member on the protective layer with a part of the protective layer exposed, the protective layer comprises at least Si and C, a content of oxygen in a bulk of the protective layer is less than 20 atomic % in terms of an element composition ratio, a modified layer with a content of oxygen of 20 atomic % or more in terms of an element composition ratio is present on a surface of the protective layer, and a thickness of the modified layer between the protective layer and the laminate member is 3.40 nm or less.
US12122158B2	Liquid ejection head and recording device A liquid ejection head in the present disclosure includes a first channel member including a first surface, a plurality of ejection ports in the first surface, a plurality of pressurizing chambers individually communicated with the plurality of ejection ports, and a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface; with a pressurizing member on the second surface; and with a second channel member including a third surface, a fourth surface on the opposite side to the third surface, a raised part which protrudes from the fourth surface, and a first through hole in the raised part. The second channel member is provided on a region in the second surface of the first channel member, in which the pressurizing member is not arranged. When viewed on a plane, an outer circumference of the raised part is located on inner side from an outer circumference of the fourth surface.
US12122156B2	Liquid ejection apparatus and determination method for determining ejection state A method is provided for determining, in a liquid ejection apparatus, a state of a liquid ejection from an ejection port. The liquid ejection apparatus includes the ejection port configured to eject a liquid, a substrate comprising an electrothermal conversion element configured to generate heat for ejecting the liquid from the ejection port, and a temperature detection unit configured to detect temperature information on the substrate. The method includes performing a first comparison process to compare the temperature information on the substrate detected at a first timing by the temperature detection unit with a first threshold value, and performing a second comparison process to compare the temperature information on the substrate detected at a second timing by the temperature detection unit with a second threshold value.
US12122151B2	Recording device A recording device includes a transport unit, a medium supporting member, and a recording head. The transport unit includes transport roller pairs and discharge roller pairs. The discharge roller pair includes a discharge driving roller and discharge driven rollers provided downstream of the medium supporting member in a transport direction. The transport unit includes a first roller and a second roller, which are an example of a guide roller provided downstream of the medium supporting member in the transport direction and on the same upper side as the discharge driven roller with respect to a transport path of a medium. The first roller and the second roller are provided on either side of the discharge roller pair in the transport direction, and a lower end of at least one of the first roller and the second roller is positioned lower than an upper end of the discharge driving roller.
US12122146B2	Method for automated error management in a printing machine The invention relates to a method for automated error management in a printing machine, wherein a recurring print image is imprinted on a moving material web. To improve automated error management for existing inspection systems, the invention provides a method wherein the print image is acquired by a line scan camera and forwarded to a control unit, in which a print error is recognized in the acquired print image, using an error recognition algorithm, and is saved by the control unit together with a position information and a status information. The position includes at least the margin position of the print error on the material web, and a plurality of recognized print errors are entered by the control unit in a cluster image depending on the position information and the status information, wherein the control unit recognizes an error cluster and error cluster information is output via the error cluster.
US12122143B2	Method for stencil printing a layer and printing device Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for stencil printing a layer on or onto a printing surface with a stencil comprising applying a stencil with a first part and a second part to the printing surface and applying a layer of material to the printing surface through the stencil. The first part and the second part cover a non-continuous region of the printing surface.
US12122142B2	Screen printing method Implementations of methods of screen printing an image may include printing a subtractive primary colored semi-opaque ink onto a substrate and printing a subtractive primary colored semi-transparent ink over the semi-opaque ink. The method may be capable of achieving an entire cyan, magenta, yellow, key (CMYK) gamut of colors.
US12122140B2	LED lighting unit with multi-layer bodies having a carrier layer, a stone layer, and an edgelit transparent layer A lighting unit which includes a multilayer body and at least a first light emitting diode (LED) light source. The multilayer body includes, in sequence, a carrier layer of a black or gray translucent thermoplastic composition, a stone layer with an average thickness of 2 mm of less, and a transparent thermoplastic layer with an average thickness of 1 mm to 6 mm. The LED light source is disposed facing at least one lateral edge of the transparent thermoplastic layer, such that light from the LED light source is guided within the transparent thermoplastic layer.
US12122139B2	Method for providing an extreme chemical resistant film, a film and laminate obtainable therefrom The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer, wherein the base layer is resistant to one or more of water or oxygen; coextruding a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer; coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer; allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to form the film, wherein the film comprises the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer; wherein the tie layer comprises one or more layers, and wherein the tie layer, or the one or more layers of the tie layer, has a loading in the range of 7 to 20 g/m2; wherein the contact layer comprises a cycloolefin copolymer (COC).
US12122138B2	Siloxane plasma polymers for sheet bonding Described herein are glass articles and methods of making glass articles, comprising a thin sheet and a carrier, wherein the thin sheet and carrier or bonded together using a coating layer, which is preferably an organosiloxane polymer coating layer, and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on the thin sheet, the carrier, or both, to control van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between the thin sheet and the carrier. The coating layer bonds the thin sheet and carrier together to prevent a permanent bond at high temperature processing while at the same time maintaining a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.
US12122137B2	Fibrous structure-containing articles that exhibit consumer relevant properties Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
US12122136B2	Flexible composite The present invention relates to a flexible composite that can be set to become rigid or semi-rigid, the composite comprising: a first layer; a second layer opposing the first layer and separated from the first layer by a space; a fill material located in the space between the first and second layers, which is capable of setting to a rigid or semi-rigid solid on the addition of a liquid, gas or radiation; a plurality of elements extending substantially into the space from the first layer and/or the second layer and which may pass through the opposing layer or join with other elements present in the space from an opposing layer, thereby forming linking elements for joining the layers together; and wherein the unset fill material is provided in the space at a pressure such that tension is applied one or more of the linking elements and to cause the first and/or second layers to bulge outwards relative to the longitudinal length of said one or more linking elements under tension.
US12122135B2	Sheet peeling method and sheet peeling apparatus using peeling tool A peeling tool includes a lower surface portion that is to be placed on a holding sheet affixed to a first surface of a workpiece, an upper surface portion corresponding to a second surface of the workpiece to which a protective sheet is affixed, and an abutting portion that has a shape conforming to an outer peripheral shape of the workpiece, that has a thickness corresponding to a thickness of the workpiece, and that is to abut on an outer peripheral portion of the workpiece. The upper surface portion has a width larger than a width of a peeling tape that is to be affixed to the protective sheet and used for peeling off the protective sheet, and is formed of a material that rejects affixing of the peeling tape. The lower surface portion is formed of a material that rejects affixing of the holding sheet.
US12122134B2	Glass article having frame configured for minimal shape deviation and having small bezel width Emobidments of a curved glass article are disclosed herein. The curved glass article includes a glass sheet first and second major surfaces. The glass sheet is bent to define a curved region disposed between flat sections. The curved glass article also includes a carrier adhered to the glass sheet. The carrier includes longitudinal strips and lateral strips. The longitudinal strips define the radius of curvature of the curved region. The lateral strips extend between the longitudinal strips. The glass sheet deviates 0.3 mm or less from planar in the flat sections. The longitudinal strips each have a width Wlong of 2 mm or less. The first lateral strips each have a width Wlat of 20 mm or less. At least a portion of the width Wlat of each lateral strip is located in the curved region and a flat section.
US12122132B2	Skin for dressing backlit vehicle interior parts, method and installation for manufacturing thereof Skin for dressing backlit vehicle interior parts comprising a perforated opaque decorative layer and a light transmitting material filling the holes wherein the light transmitting material is a reactive hotmelt adhesive which forms a base layer extended over the back side of the opaque decorative layer and comprising a central portion and a transition portion surrounding the central portion and several projections protruding from the central portion of the base layer and completely filling the through holes. Method and an installation for manufacturing said skin for dressing backlit vehicle interior parts.
US12122131B2	Decorative sheet and cover plate for consumer electronic product The present application discloses a decorative sheet including a supporting layer and a solid film layer. The solid film layer is disposed on the supporting layer and presents a color. The solid film layer includes a single layer or a composite layer. A thickness and/or material of at least one layer in the solid film layer is set to be varied. In this application, through the change of the thickness and/or material of the solid film layer, the color of the solid film layer can be changed, including shade changes, color changes and other variety changes, so that the decorative sheet has rich color, rich vision, better decoration effect and higher recognition. Furthermore, the present application further discloses a cover plate for a consumer electronic product with the above-mentioned decorative sheet.
US12122129B2	Resin composition, and prepreg, resin-coated film, resin-coated metal foil, metal-clad laminate, and wiring board each obtained using said resin composition One aspect of the present invention relates to a resin composition containing (A) a thermosetting compound having a styrene structure or a (meth)acrylate structure, and (B) at least one of maleimide compounds represented by the formulas (1) to (3).
US12122122B2	Resin-coated metallic plate, and metallic can produced by processing said resin- coated metallic plate [Problem] To provide: a resin-coated metallic plate which cannot undergo the occurrence of a retort brushing phenomenon (the formation of white spots) or the delamination of a film under retort sterilization treatment conditions; and others. [Solution] A resin-coated metallic plate having a resin layer (A) and a resin layer (B) is characterized in that the resin layer (A) contains 50 to 80 wt % of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (I) and 20 to 50 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II), wherein the resin layer (B) contains 50 to 80 wt % of a polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (III) and 20 to 50 wt % of a polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II), the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (I) has a melting point of 210 to 230° C. inclusive, the polybutylene terephthalate-based resin (II) has a melting point of 215 to 225° C. inclusive, and the polyethylene terephthalate-based resin (III) has a melting point of higher than 230° C. and 205° C. or lower.
US12122114B2	Method for the manufacture of a plastic component, plastic component, midsole and shoe The present invention relates to an enhanced method for the manufacture of a plastic component (135), in particular a cushioning element for sports apparel, the method comprising: opening a mold (100) by a predetermined amount into a loading position, wherein the mold comprises at least two mold parts (110, 112) and wherein the amount by which the mold is opened influences an available loading volume of the mold, loading a material comprising expanded particles (130) into the loading volume, closing the mold into a closed position, wherein during closing of the mold the mold parts are moved together over different distances (140) in different areas of the mold, compressing the expanded particles by closing the mold and fusing at least the surfaces of the expanded particles to mold the plastic component.
US12122113B2	Versatile sipe machine A sipe forming assembly is provided. The sipe forming assembly includes a plunge cutting assembly, a leading roller assembly positioned upstream of the plunge cutting assembly, and a trailing roller assembly positioned downstream of the plunge cutting assembly. The plunge cutting assembly includes a blade and a linear actuator configured to actuate the blade to cut a sipe in a tire tread. The leading roller assembly includes a first leading roller and a second leading roller positionable relative to the first leading roller. The second leading roller and the first leading roller are configured to cooperate to clamp the tire tread between the first leading roller and the second leading roller. The trailing roller assembly includes a first trailing roller and a second trailing roller configured to cooperate to clamp the tire tread between the first trailing roller and the second trailing roller.
US12122112B2	Bead-apex stitching device and method for stitching an apex to a bead A bead-apex stitching device, a bead-apex station and a method for stitching an apex to a bead are disclosed, wherein the bead-apex stitching device includes a first set of first stitching members distributed in a circumferential direction about a central axis for stitching the apex to the bead and a second set of second stitching members for stitching the apex to the bead in a manner different from the first stitching members of the first set, wherein the second stitching members of the second set are distributed in an alternating pattern with the first stitching members of the first set in the circumferential direction.
US12122109B2	Telecommunications enclosure system The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses and methods for efficiently manufacturing telecommunications enclosure customized to meet customer needs. The system can include a terminal housing and port units bondable to the terminal housing.
US12122107B2	Composite material and method for molding composite material The present application relates to a composite material and a method for molding the same. Firstly, components to be pressed is disposed in a gas-isolation element, and located between two pressing plates. Next, a plate is disposed based on a location of a prepreg element of the components, and then a hot pressing step is performed. After the hot pressing step, a cooling step is performed, thereby producing the composite material of the present application. A dimension of the composite material can be easily adjusted to meet requirements of various applications.
US12122100B2	Three-dimensional shaping device A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a discharge unit having a nozzle and configured to discharge a material toward a stage; a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the nozzle; and a moving unit configured to move the discharge unit and the cleaning mechanism relative to the stage. The moving unit is configured to move the cleaning mechanism relative to the stage in conjunction with the movement of the discharge unit relative to the stage.
US12122098B2	Configurable printing bed for 3D printing A configurable printing bed for a 3D printer includes a bed surface and linear actuators. The bed surface includes bed surface portions. Each of the bed surface portions is supported for independent movement. At least one of the bed surface portions includes a head that is twistable. When each of the bed surface portions is positioned at a reference level, the bed surface portions form different parts of a common plane. Each of the linear actuators is connected to at least one of the bed surface portions, respectively. The linear actuators are configured to generate the independent movement of the bed surface portions and to effect positioning of the bed surface portions. The linear actuators are configured to lower the bed surface portions in a staggered manner so that a release wave is generated and used to remove a 3D printed object from the printing bed.
US12122095B2	Apparatus, system and method of providing a FFF printing nozzle An apparatus, system and method for providing a nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed by providing, on the inside or outside or on an interstitial substrate layer, of any metallic or non-metallic nozzle of a non-conductive surface suitable to support sensors relevant to the FFF process. Heat, force, flow, strain, stress, extrusion force, and like sensors may be provided on the inside or the outside of any nozzle, or on an interstitial substrate layer on the inside or outside of any nozzle. The sensors may be provided about the center access through the nozzle, longitudinally along the center access of the nozzle, or at any of various points along the nozzle, wherein the placement or shape of such sensors may vary in accordance with the type of sensing to be performed by the subject sensor.
US12122091B2	Porous sintered metal bodies and methods of preparing porous sintered metal bodies Described are porous sintered metal bodies and methods of making porous sintered metal bodies by additive manufacturing methods.
US12122086B2	Apparatus and method for shrinking synthetic filter fabric At least one infrared element arrangement having at least one infrared element (3) comprising a plurality of infrared radiators (4) is mounted on a frame moveable with respect to a synthetic filter fabric mounted to a filtering surface. The frame may have wheels or the like such that the infrared radiators may be moved along the length of the filtering surface to heat the synthetic filter fabric (6) to a temperature of 100 to 160° C. for shrinking the fabric (6) on the filtering surface (5).
US12122082B2	Method and device for inspecting injection-molded parts, in particular pipette tips Method for inspecting elongate injection-molded parts having an axis of symmetry in a holding device, comprising: detecting a reference area in a first measurement area of the part in the holding device through detection means, wherein the reference area is selected such that the axis of symmetry of the part can be calculated from the measurement data of the reference area, calculating the axis of symmetry from the measurement data of the measured reference area, measuring the spatial position of a section of axis of symmetry of a second measurement area, spaced apart from the first measurement area in axial direction, of the part, and determining whether the spatial position of the section of axis of symmetry, measured in the third step, of the part, coincides in the second measurement area with the axis of symmetry calculated in the second step, or not.
US12122080B2	Plastic faucet body and a die for molding the same A plastic faucet body and a die for molding the same are provided. The plastic faucet body comprises a left water inlet pipe and a right water inlet pipe, where a connecting cross-beam is disposed between the left water inlet pipe and the right water inlet pipe, the left water inlet pipe and the right water inlet pipe are embedded with a threaded copper pipe, respectively, the copper pipes are formed integrally with the plastic faucet body by means of a single stage process and are in communication with the corresponding left water inlet pipe and the right water inlet pipe, respectively.
US12122077B2	Forming complex geometries using insert molding Examples are disclosed herein that relate to creating undercuts and other complex geometries in an injection molded article. One example provides a method of forming an injection molded article comprising an undercut structure, the method comprising inserting an insert piece into a mold for forming the molded article, the insert piece comprising sacrificial material, injection-molding the molded article, thereby incorporating the insert piece into the injection molded article, and machining the insert piece to form the undercut structure from the sacrificial material.
US12122075B2	Casting method to check a thickness of a cast sheet with a height detector disposed on a slider The invention relates to a casting apparatus for the production of a cast sheet of homogenized tobacco material, said casting system comprising a casting box adapted to contain a slurry of the homogenized tobacco material; a movable support; a casting system adapted to deposit the slurry contained in the casting box onto the movable support so as to form the cast sheet; a sensor to detect a thickness of the cast sheet; wherein the sensor includes a slider comprising a planar surface adapted to be in contact to a top surface of the cast sheet and a height detector adapted to measure the height of the planar surface so as to derive the thickness of the cast sheet. The invention also relates to a method to measure the thickness of a homogenized tobacco sheet.
US12122073B2	Methods and systems for curing composites and associated microcrack-resistant composites A method for curing a composite including a thermoset resin, a reinforcement material and a thermoplastic additive, the thermoplastic additive having a melt onset temperature, the method including heating the composite to increase a resin temperature of the thermoset resin and, during the heating, controlling the resin temperature such that the resin temperature exceeds the melt onset temperature prior to the thermoset resin achieving a degree of cure of 98 percent.
US12122072B2	Heat-generating tooling systems Methods of manufacturing composite workpieces that include positioning a heat-generating element proximate to an uncured composite workpiece, triggering the heat-generating element to produce an exothermic chemical reaction or exothermic physical reaction so that the temperature of the uncured composite workpiece is raised to a predetermined first temperature, and curing the composite workpiece while it is at a temperature that is at least the predetermined first temperature.
US12122071B2	Thermoplastic forming tools, and assemblages thereof Thermoplastic forming tools and assemblages are provided for forming thermoplastic components. In particular, thermoplastic forming tools and assemblages are provided for forming thermoplastic components having precision micro-scale features and reproducible macro-scale dimensions. The thermoplastic forming assemblages can include at least a bottom tool and a top tool having a rigid tool body and an elastomer layer conformally coating at least a portion of both rigid tool bodies. The bottom and top tool can be so dimensioned that, when in the closed position, they define a cavity forming the thermoplastic component. The rigid tool bodies provide the reproducible macro-scale dimensions in the thermoplastic component, while the elastomer layers form and release the precision micro-scale features in the thermoplastic component when formed. Tool-forming structures are also provided for making thermoplastic forming tools and assemblages, as well as methods of making the thermoplastic forming tools, and methods of use for forming thermoplastic components.
US12122065B2	Truncating the distribution of modulus properties in natural populations of wood This disclosure is directed to methods of separating wood veneer material by property measurements, and thereafter improving the properties of veneer material with property values lower than a target threshold value, until those materials meet or exceed that threshold values. In some aspects of the disclosure, veneer materials are prepared, non-destructively measured, and separated into passing and failing material collections. The failing material collection may then be treated to improve the density and flexural modulus of the material therein. Also disclosed herein are products and materials incorporating the treated veneer materials according to the disclosed methods.
US12122062B2	Centring block for centring a tooling board in a flat bed die-cutting, stripping or blanking machine and centring assembly A centring block (12) for centring a tooling board (14) in a flat bed die-cutting, stripping or blanking machine is provided, the tooling board (14) having a protruding alignment element (30), comprising a first clamp (24) and a second clamp (26) which are arranged adjacent to each other to define a reception space (28) between them and which are mounted linearly moveable separately from each other in a direction perpendicular to a main extension plane of the tooling board (14) and at least one biasing means (34) which is configured to bias the first and the second clamps (24, 26) towards an aligning position against the tooling board (14), wherein each of the clamps (24, 26) comprises a stop portion (31) for restricting a movement of the tooling board (14) in an insertion and an opposite direction and to fix the tooling board (14) is in a centre position. Furthermore, a centring assembly (10) comprising a centring block (12) is provided.
US12122061B2	Processing method and processing apparatus There is provided a method for executing processing for a workpiece. The method includes a table imaging step of imaging a foreign object of a transparent part of a holding table having the transparent part composed of a transparent member at least in part of a holding surface and forming a foreign object taken image, a holding step of holding the workpiece by the holding table after executing the table imaging step, a workpiece imaging step of imaging the workpiece held by the holding table through the transparent part and forming a workpiece taken image, and a processing step of executing cutting for the workpiece held by the holding table by a cutting unit.
US12122060B2	Method and machining tool for cutting workpieces and associated computer program product A method cuts a, in particular flat, workpiece by a cutting beam and a cutting fluid. A workpiece part to be cut away is consecutively cut into at least two smaller portions which fall or are lowered downwards from a surrounding remaining workpiece after they have each been cut away. The division into smaller portions and the execution of the cut for separating the first smaller portion occur such that the point at which the first-cut, first smaller portion is cut away lies within the outer contour of the workpiece part to be cut away.
US12122059B2	Integrated spring element Razor handles with integrated spring elements and/or methods of fabricating the same. In one example, a handle for a razor can comprise a head portion and a spring element having a distal end and a proximal end that longitudinally opposes the distal end to define an arc length of the spring element. The head portion can facilitate coupling razor cartridges in pivotal relation with the handle. The spring element can extend integrally from the head portion at the proximal end. The spring element can deflect as an abutment surface on the distal end travels in sliding engagement with a cam surface of a razor cartridge to an end point of the cam surface while exerting progressively increasing return torque as the razor cartridge rotates about a front pivot axis from a neutral position. The end point can fall proximal to a rear edge of the razor cartridge.
US12122058B2	Beauty instrument and electric razor A beauty instrument according to the present disclosure comprises a skin electrode disposed in a head, a grip electrode disposed in a grip, a voltage application circuit for applying a voltage between the skin electrode and the grip electrode to cause a current to flow between the skin electrode and the grip electrode through a human body, and a controller that controls the voltage application circuit. The controller comprises a touch detector that detects touch of a skin surface of the human body with the skin electrode. Before the touch detector detects the touch, the voltage application circuit is controlled to apply a first voltage having a relatively high frequency, and after the touch detector detects the touch, the voltage application circuit is controlled to apply a second voltage having a relatively low frequency.
US12122056B2	Electric beard trimmer The present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer. The cutter system includes a pair of comb-like cutting elements with cooperating toothed cutting edges and movably supported relative to each other by a support element, wherein lateral ends of at least one of the cutting elements are provided with lateral protection elements having rounded and/or chamfered edge contours for soft skin engagement. The lateral protection element is integrally formed in one part with the cutting element by an end portion of the cutting element bent away from a skin contact surface thereof and enveloping a gap movably receiving the other cutting element and/or enveloping the support element.
US12122053B2	Generating computer simulations of manipulations of materials based on machine learning from measured statistics of observed manipulations Apparatuses, systems, and techniques to identify at least one physical characteristic of materials from computer simulations of manipulations of materials. In at least one embodiment, physical characteristics are determined by comparing measured statistics of observed manipulations to simulations of manipulations using a simulator trained with a likelihood-free inference engine.
US12122047B2	Articulated multi-link robotic tail systems and methods An articulated multi-link robotic tail (MLRT) system is provided comprising a rigid housing, an actuation unit coupled to the rigid housing, and an MLRT having a proximal end that is coupled to the rigid housing and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The MLRT comprises N segments, where N is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to one. Each segment comprises i links, where i is a positive integer that is greater than or equal to two. Each link is mechanically coupled to an actuator of the actuation unit and capable of being actuated by the actuator to which it is mechanically coupled to adjust a pitch, yaw and roll of the MLRT. The articulated MLRT system is well suited for being integrated with a mobile robot to assist in stabilizing and maneuvering the mobile robot.
US12122043B2	Flexible mechanism Disclosed is a flexible mechanism including: a backbone extending in a lengthwise direction thereof; a first steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a first direction along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to an end effector; and a second steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a second direction, which is different from the first direction, along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to the end effector.
US12122041B2	Electric tool changer A tool changer is described, the tool changer includes a robot-side portion having a longitudinal axis and fixable to a manipulator, and a tool-side portion fixable to a tool and abuts against the robot- side portion along the longitudinal axis. The tool changer also includes a lock to lock the tool-side portion on the robot-side portion, and an actuator of the lock. The lock is selectively movable by the actuator between a locked position, where it engages the tool-side portion that abuts against the robot-side portion, thereby preventing the separation of the two portions of the tool changer, and an unlocked position, where it does not engage the tool-side portion, which can therefore be separated from the robot- side portion. The actuator of the lock is an electric motor whose drive shaft rotates on a rotation axis parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US12122040B2	Haptic photogrammetry in robots and methods for operating the same Robots, robot systems, and methods for operating the same based on environment models including haptic data are described. An environment model which includes representations of objects in an environment is accessed, and a robot system is controlled based on the environment model. The environment model incudes haptic data, which provides more effective control of the robot. The environment model is populated based on visual profiles, haptic profiles, and/or other data profiles for objects or features retrieved from respective databases. Identification of objects or features can be based on cross-referencing between visual and haptic profiles, to populate the environment model with data not directly collected by a robot which is populating the model, or data not directly collected from the actual objects or features in the environment.
US12122038B1	Truck hitch extension pole manipulator A truck hitch extension pole manipulator includes an elongated body with a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end generally encompasses a handle, and the proximal end generally includes a “keeper” module configured to interact with, for example, a locking pin on a truck hitch. Devices according to embodiments of the present general inventive concept enable users to remove and/or insert a locking pin for a truck hitch without requiring the user to enter the bed of the truck.
US12122036B2	Body support device A body support device includes a body attachment portion having a first side and a second side, the first side including a plurality of receiving channels, and a leg assembly including an elongate member having an elongate body, a first end having a coupling interface configured for releasable attachment with the body attachment portion and a second end extending from the body attachment portion, wherein the coupling interface includes a hinge assembly having a first hinging portion and a second hinging portion, and wherein the second hinging portion is configured for pivotal movement such that the elongate member is configured for movement between extended and retracted positions.
US12122033B2	Apparatus and method of an interactive power tool The present disclosure is directed to a handheld power tool with a touch screen. In an embodiment, the interactive power tool comprises a power source, a video display mounted on a surface of a housing, the video display being integrated with a touch sensitive display, one or more sensors attached to the housing, and processing circuitry, within the housing and electrically coupled to the power source, configured to identify a type of an attachment connected to the interactive power tool, switch the video display to display image data associated with the type of the attachment, receive sensor data from the one or more sensors, and update the image data based on the received sensor data from the one or more sensors.
US12122032B2	Electric work machine and electric driver drill An electric work machine includes: a motor; a first planetary gear mechanism; a second planetary gear mechanism; a spindle; a first speed switch mechanism including a first internal gear of a first stage unit and a second internal gear of a second stage unit; and a second speed switch mechanism. The first speed switch mechanism performs switching between a first speed reducing mode in which rotation of the second internal gear is prevented and rotation of the first internal gear is allowed and a second speed reducing mode in which rotation of the first internal gear is prevented and rotation of the second internal gear is allowed. The second speed switch mechanism performs switching between an enabled mode in which rotation of an internal gear of the second planetary gear mechanism is prevented and a disabled mode in which the rotation of the internal gear is allowed.
US12122030B2	Hand-held power tool A hand-held power tool, which has a pneumatic impact mechanism with an impact piston that is able to be moved back and forth along a working axis in a guide tube by a pneumatic spring, is characterized in that a cylindrical surface of the impact piston has a plurality of cutouts that are distributed in the circumferential direction, and the cutouts take up at least 30%, at least 50% and/or at least 70% of the circumference of the cylindrical surface of the impact piston.
US12122029B2	Power tool and impact tool A reducer appropriately selects from three or more variable speeds to match multiple operational modes. An impact driver includes a motor, a reducer that reduces rotation from the motor to select from three or more variable speeds, a plurality of actuators to be actuated by the rotation reduced by the reducer, and a switcher that selects, from the plurality of actuators, a specific actuator to be actuated in a predetermined operational mode. The switcher causes the reducer to cooperate with the selected specific actuator and actuates the reducer at a predetermined variable speed of the three of more variable speeds corresponding to the predetermined operational mode of the selected specific actuator.
US12122023B2	Method for detecting work progress of a handheld power tool The disclosure relates to a method for detecting work progress of a handheld power tool, the handheld power tool having an electric motor, and the method comprising the steps of: S1 providing at least one model signal form, the model signal form being assignable to the work progress of the handheld power tool; S2 determining a signal of an operating parameter of the electric motor; S3 comparing the signal of the operating parameter with the model signal form and determining a conformity evaluation from the comparison; S4 recognizing the work progress to at least some extent using the conformity evaluation determined in method step S3. Further disclosed is a handheld power tool, more specifically an impact driver, comprising an electric motor and a control unit, the control unit being designed to carry out a method according to the disclosure.
US12122015B2	Grinding wheel apparatus, grinding wheel cutting apparatus and cutting method The present disclosure provides a grinding wheel apparatus comprising a grinding wheel, a flange, a pull rod and a spindle. The grinding wheel is mounted on one side of the flange, and the other side of the flange is a tapered bucket, the tapered bucket has a buckle slot. The pull rod passes through the spindle, and a pull rod head of the pull rod is fixed to one end of the spindle, the tapered bucket is inserted into the spindle from the other end of the spindle, and the buckle slot is engaged with the T-shaped buckle of the pull rod in the spindle to fix the flange on which the grinding wheel is mounted to the other end of the spindle. The present disclosure further provides a grinding wheel cutting apparatus comprising the grinding wheel apparatus, and a cutting method using the grinding wheel cutting apparatus.
US12122013B2	Composition for polishing pad and polishing pad The composition according to an embodiment employs a mixture of curing agents, which comprises a first curing agent containing sulfur and a second curing agent containing an ester group, whereby it is possible to control the physical properties of the polishing pad as necessary.
US12122010B2	Tool management device and tool management method for determining an accumulated wear amount of a tool An accumulated wear amount calculation section calculates a wear amount of a blade edge of a punch and a wear amount of a blade edge of a die when a tool set of the punch and the die has processed a sheet metal once. The accumulated wear amount calculation section calculates an accumulated wear amount of the blade edge of the punch and an accumulated wear amount of the blade edge of the die by accumulating wear amounts of respective times when the tool set has processed the sheet metal multiple times. A tool management information managing section manages a state of the blade edge of each punch and each die by causing a tool management information storage section to store tool management information associating a tool identification code given to each punch and each die with the accumulated wear amounts calculated by the accumulated wear amount calculation section.
US12122007B2	Blade guard for saw of saw house and method A blade guard assembly for a circular saw blade of a saw house includes a blade cover with a face panel and an edge portion that extends from the face panel. An actuator is mountable the blade cover and the structure of the saw house. When the blade guard assembly is mounted in saw house, the blade cover is movable with the actuator between a covered position and an exposed position. In the covered position, the face panel and edge portion at least partially surround the saw blade. In the exposed position, the face panel is spaced from the saw blade.
US12122006B2	Machine tool including rotation indexing device A machine tool includes a rotation indexing device. The rotation indexing device includes a frame accommodates a rotary shaft, a drive motor rotationally drives the rotary shaft, a drive transmission mechanism accommodated in a space inside the frame, and a detection device. The drive transmission mechanism includes a gear mechanism, and the space includes one or more storage parts for storing lubricating oil. The detection device detects a height position of an oil level of the lubricating oil, and is provided on a one-to-one basis with respect to a detection target storage part, which is set as a detection target, of the one or more storage parts.
US12122005B2	Tooling base An improved tooling, including: a base housing having an interior and tooling holes, the tooling holes being configured to receive alignment studs attached to a tooling fixture; a first clamping fixture and a second clamping fixture fit inside hollowed regions within the base housing; a shaft having a length and an axis along the length of the shaft, the shaft situated inside the base housing and the shaft having a first threaded region and a second threaded region to connect the first clamping fixture and the second clamping fixture, whereby rotation of the shaft causes the first clamping fixture and the second clamping fixture to move towards and away from each other along the axis of the shaft; each of the first clamping fixture and the second clamping fixture comprising one or more securing mechanisms configured to: engage and disengage the alignment studs based upon rotation of the shaft.
US12121999B2	Arc-welding control method A pulse welding period includes a first peak period for supplying a first peak current to a welding wire, a first base period for supplying a base current smaller than the first peak current to the welding wire, a second peak period for supplying a second peak current to the welding wire after alternately repeating the first peak period and the first base period (n−1) times (n is an integer equal to or larger than 2), and a second base period for supplying the base current to the welding wire. The second peak current is larger than the first peak current, and droplets are transferred from the welding wire during the second peak period or the second base period.
US12121997B1	Pneumatic chip huge transfer mechanism for a laser ungluing needle This invention introduces a pneumatic chip transfer mechanism for laser ungluing needles in the semiconductor optoelectronic field. It comprises upper and lower platform mobile systems, and a central transfer platform system equipped with a transfer slide, vertical power module, needle clamping bracket, and a laser-assisted needle assembly. This assembly includes a laser section with a window, a pneumatic section with an inlet hole, and a micro-hole needle aimed at the blue film assembly on the lower platform. A camera assembly, laser bracket, and laser generator are also integral parts. The mechanism employs a laser generator to modify blue film material properties, creating a bubble that facilitates chip detachment onto a target substrate. This design ensures efficient, flexible Mini/Micro LED chip transfers, revolutionizing chip detachment methods with its innovative approach to leveraging laser and pneumatic technologies for optimal performance.
US12121994B2	Processing machine A processing machine includes a laser irradiation device that emits an annular laser beam, and a wire feeding device that feeds a wire from an inside of the annular laser beam. When a workpiece irradiation proportion parameter (WIP) represented by an equation WIP=Pwp/P (Pwp: laser beam power introduced onto a workpiece surface when the wire exists in an irradiation region of the laser beam, P: the laser beam power introduced onto the workpiece surface when the wire does not exist in the irradiation region) is defined, a control device controls the wire feeding device so that a wire end abuts on the workpiece surface at a beginning of additive manufacturing. The control device determines initial power P0 based on the WIP at the beginning of the additive manufacturing, and controls the laser irradiation device so that the workpiece is irradiated with the laser beam at the initial power P0.
US12121993B2	Method of processing workpiece and laser processing apparatus A method of processing a plate-shaped workpiece includes a sheet affixing step of laying a thermocompression bonding sheet on a surface of the workpiece and heating and pressing the thermocompression bonding sheet against the workpiece to affix the thermocompression bonding sheet to the workpiece, a laser beam applying step of applying a laser beam having a wavelength absorbable by the workpiece to another surface of the workpiece along a projected dicing line established thereon, thereby processing the workpiece along the projected dicing line, and a sheet joining step of pressing the thermocompression bonding sheet while reheating the thermocompression bonding sheet to soften the same, so that the thermocompression bonding sheet is joined up by closing dividing grooves or through holes made in the thermocompression bonding sheet when the workpiece is processed in the laser beam applying step.
US12121991B2	Processing apparatus, and manufacturing method of movable body A processing apparatus has: a light irradiation apparatus that irradiates a surface of an object with a processing light; and a measurement apparatus that measures a position of an irradiation area, which is formed on the surface of the object by the light irradiation apparatus, relative to the object.
US12121989B2	Method of fabricating a fibre-optic pressure and temperature sensor A method for making a housing that defines a cavity for a pressure sensor, the method comprising: providing a bulk of material that will form the housing; focusing a radiation beam on internal portions of the bulk of material so as to modify the internal portions, thereby defining the housing's shape, wherein upstream of the focus of the radiation beam other portions of the bulk material remain unmodified; and discarding either the modified portions or the unmodified portions of the bulk material so as to form the cavity.
US12121986B2	Reciprocating saw blade for a machine tool A reciprocating saw blade for a machine tool, in particular a jigsaw blade, includes a first row of saw teeth and a second row of saw teeth. The first and second rows of saw teeth are arranged at an angle to a longitudinal axis of the reciprocating saw blade. The angle of the first row of saw teeth opposes the angle of the second row of saw teeth. The reciprocating saw blade also includes a further row of saw teeth arranged between the first and second rows of saw teeth. The further row of saw teeth is set back, in particular suddenly set back, towards the longitudinal axis in relation to the first and second rows of saw teeth.
US12121984B2	Cutting tool A cutting tool for undercutting a bore in a component includes a shaft portion and at least one tangentially and axially cutting portion. The shaft portion extends in an axial direction relative to the component and has a maximum shaft radius. The cutting portion projects radially with respect to the shaft portion further than the maximum shaft radius. Each cutting portion includes a tangentially arranged lateral cutting edge configured to form a tangentially extending groove in the component. At least one cutting portion has a front cutting edge arranged axially at a front end thereof and configured to form an axially extending groove in the component.
US12121983B1	Tube deburring apparatus and methods of use A tube deburring apparatus is disclosed and configured for deburring and beveling a terminal end of a tube. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides a deburring mechanism configured for use with a torque mechanism. The deburring mechanism provides a plurality of spaced apart bearings radially arranged about a center axis of rotation of a deburring body of the deburring mechanism and defining an imaginary receiving boundary sized for coaxially receiving the terminal end of the tube therewithin. The deburring body further provides a deburring bit positioned radially inwardly from the bearings, a deburring end of the deburring bit providing a cutting edge configured for selectively contacting the terminal end of the tube when the terminal end of the tube is coaxially positioned within the receiving boundary between the bearings.
US12121981B2	Electric tool An electric tool includes a pressure-sensitive sensor, a support, an output shaft, and a controller. The pressure-sensitive sensor is configured to sense pressing force which is externally provided. The support supports the pressure-sensitive sensor. The output shaft is configured to hold a tip tool and be rotated relative to the support by motive power provided from an electric motor with the output shaft holding the tip tool. The controller is configured to control rotation of the output shaft in accordance with an output according to the pressing force, the output being output from the pressure-sensitive sensor.
US12121977B2	High-feed turning tool assembly A two-directional high-feed turning tool assembly includes a tool holder, a cutting insert and a clamping element securing the cutting insert to the tool holder. The cutting insert includes an active cutting edge having a centrally located forwardmost edge portion and first and second main edge portions extending rearwardly from the forwardmost edge portion, as well as sideways to an extent further than flank tool sides of the tool holder. The first and second main edge portions also can each have a relatively small immersion angle facilitating high-feed turning in two sideways directions.
US12121970B2	Layer building process and layer building apparatus for the additive manufacture of at least one wall of a component, as well as computer program product and storage medium The invention relates to a layer building process for the additive manufacture of at least one wall region of a component including applying at least one powder layer of a material to at least one building-up and joining zone of at least one movable building platform, carrying out a first solidifying step, in which the material is irradiated selectively with at least one energy beam, wherein irradiation parameters of the at least one energy beam are set so a molten bath is produced and a defect-affected wall region of the wall is produced, without applying a further powder layer, carrying out a second solidifying step, in which the defect-affected wall region produced in the first solidifying step is irradiated selectively with the at least one energy beam, lowering the building platform layer by layer by a predefined layer thickness, and repeating the steps above one or more times.
US12121962B2	System and method of making a tilt-poured cradle for a fuel cell A system and method of manufacturing an aluminum fuel cell cradle includes providing a negative cast mold having cavities to form the cradle and providing a feeding mechanism disposed about the mold and in fluid communication with the cavities thereof. The feeding mechanism includes a plurality of primary risers connected to and in fluid communication with cavities. The method further includes melting a first metallic material to define a molten metallic material, and moving the mold to a vertical casting orientation about a rotational axis, while feeding molten metallic material through the runner to the cavities, and cooling the molten metallic material to define a solidified metallic material. A second solidification time in the risers is greater than a first solidification time in the mold such that shrinkage of the solidified metallic material occurs in the risers away from the mold.
US12121960B1	Casting die and method of mitigating entrained air in a cast article A casting die includes a first ingate defining a first annular chamber and a second ingate defining a second annular chamber and spaced from the first ingate. The die includes a first end ring gate concentric with the first ingate and defining a first end ring chamber in fluid communication with the first annular chamber, and a second end ring gate concentric with the second ingate and defining a second end ring chamber in fluid communication with the second annular chamber. The die includes runners interconnecting the first and second end ring gates. Each of the runners defines a conductor bar channel in fluid communication with the first and second end ring chambers. The die includes an overflow gate disposed between the first and second ingates, wherein the overflow gate defines an annular overflow chamber in fluid communication with the conductor.
US12121959B2	Three-plate die casting mold having a sprue system and improved sprue separation, and die casting method A three-plate die casting mold for producing a metal die-cast part by die casting a molten metal includes a first, second, and third mold part, where the third mold part is disposed between the first and second mold parts. Molten metal is feedable to a die cavity through a sprue system where the sprue system has a plurality of feed channels that are disposed in the third mold part and open into the die cavity. The plurality of feed channels have a respective tapering at a die cavity-side end where the respective tapering locally decreases a channel cross section such that a predetermined breaking point is generated during a die casting operation which allows a defined separation of the metal die-cast part from a sprue created in the sprue system when the three-plate die casting mold is being opened.
US12121954B2	Setting tool for blind fasteners A method for setting a blind fastener comprising the steps of: providing a workpiece with a through hole; providing the fastener; providing a setting tool comprising: a tool housing; a screw tool with a male thread movable within the housing along and around a tool axis between a retracted and an extended positions; a first electric motor with a first drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the first drive shaft defining a first axis radially spaced from the tool axis; a second electric motor with a second drive shaft axially fixed to the tool housing, the second drive shaft defining a second axis radially spaced from the tool axis and from the first axis; and a solid roller screw arranged for rotation and axial movement in the tool housing, and axially concentric with and in driving connection to the screw tool; supplying the fastener in front of the screw tool when the screw tool is in the retracted position; engaging the screw tool with the fastener; and setting the fastener to the workpiece.
US12121952B2	Punching/perforating machine A punching/perforating machine (10) for generating a punching/perforating pattern in a supplied material unit/web (M), comprising a punching tool (12) having a plurality of punches/perforating needles (16) which are arranged in a predetermined grid in a longitudinal direction (L) and which are movable via a pressure beam (36) which is operatively connected via a control device (30) to a drive unit (18) for generating a punching/perforating stroke (H) transversely to the longitudinal direction (L), and comprising a control block (14) for actuating/activating/deactivating the punches/perforating needles (16) by the control device (30) during the punching/perforating process, characterized in that the punching tool (12) and/or the control block (14) is/are each designed as a separate subassembly which is/are each arranged within the punching/perforating machine (10) so as to be removably fastenable separately as a unit.
US12121950B2	Conductive post-furnace heating of sheet for hot forming A system for producing components by hot forming includes a conductive post-furnace heat station, a furnace, a computer system, and a press. The computer system comprises one or more physical processors operatively connected with the furnace in and the conductive post-furnace heat station. The one or more physical processors being programmed with computer program instructions which, when executed cause the computer system to control the furnace to heat the blank to a temperature that is below AC3 temperature; and control the conductive post-furnace heat station to heat a portion of the heated blank to a temperature above the AC3 temperature by thermal conduction. The press is constructed and arranged to receive the post-heated blank from the post-furnace heat station and to form the post-heated blank into the shape of the component.
US12121949B2	Method for molding screw thread of metal pipe After holding a metal pipe 10 using a clamping die 5, a primary formed portion 11a corresponding to the preforming surface portion 5c is formed on the metal pipe 10 by pressing an end portion of the metal pipe 10 with a pressing die 6 in a direction of a cylinder center line C1. A final formed portion 11b is formed on the metal pipe 10 by moving an outer forming die 7 to press an outer circumferential surface of the metal pipe 10 with the outer forming die 7 after aligning a rib portion 7c with the primary formed portion 11a, while moving an inner forming die 8 to press an inner circumferential surface of the metal pipe 10 with the inner forming die 8 after aligning a recessed groove portion 8c with the primary formed portion 11a.
US12121945B2	Sheet steel having a deterministic surface structure The invention relates to a steel sheet skin-pass rolled with a deterministic surface structure, and to a method for producing it.
US12121941B2	Oil and waste spillage containment Concepts presented herein relate to containment methods, systems and apparatus to assist in preventing oil and waste spillage during loading and unloading of fluid to and from a container assembly. The container assembly includes a container and a lid coupled with the container. A fluid delivery component is coupled to an interior of the lid and is positioned to direct fluid into the container.
US12121936B1	Processing system for handling pieces of product A processing system for packaging pieces of product utilizing high-speed sorting includes an infeed conveyor for supplying the pieces of food product and a linear motor sorter is connected to the infeed conveyor. The sorter includes a main conveyor with several lanes for moving the pieces of food product, with one of the lanes being a first lane which receives the pieces of food product. The sorter also has one or more diverters for diverting determined ones of the pieces of food product from the first lane to at least one other lane. The sorter includes a linear motor and carts connected to the linear motor and is configured to move the pieces of food between the lanes.
US12121934B2	Apparatus with drum for separating packagings and material adhering thereto, with improved environmental impact Processor apparatus for collecting material adhering to surfaces of packages for processing as waste, the processor apparatus including a cylindrical drum that is rotatable about a longitudinal first axis and that is provided with orifices for forming a screen that retains the packages and that allows the material for collecting to pass through; a motor for driving the cylindrical drum in rotation; and a first brush for brushing an inside surface of the cylindrical drum. The apparatus includes a blower device inside the drum for blowing a gas stream in a direction having a component parallel to the longitudinal first axis.
US12121932B1	White molecular adsorber coating system A method of coating a substrate with a white molecular coating. A colloidal based primer is prepared having on a mass basis between 30-40% suspensions of fine-sized spherical particles of nonporous silica dispersed in liquid phase. The primer is applied to the substrate and allowed to dry. A molecular adsorber coating is prepared by treating a zeolite with a colloidal silica binder thereby providing a treated pigment having a mass ratio of the colloidal silica to the zeolite is in a range of 2.0 to 2.6, then processing the treated pigment into a powder thereby facilitating sprayability and then mixing said treated zeolite with a colloidal solution containing silica. The coating is then sprayed onto the primer and allowed to dry. The resultant coating provides adequate bond stability and strength necessary for flight applications within an environment for vacuum of space applications.
US12121931B2	Ultraviolet curing apparatus and ultraviolet curing method An ultraviolet curing apparatus having: a roller for guiding a film coated with a resin; a first nitrogen gas introduction port and a second nitrogen gas introduction port for introducing nitrogen gas; a UV irradiation portion for irradiating the film with ultraviolet rays from between the first nitrogen gas introduction port and the second nitrogen gas introduction port; an oxygen concentration meter for measuring an oxygen concentration between the film and the UV irradiation portion; an air introduction port for introducing air between the film and the UV irradiation portion; and a controller for controlling at least any one of: an amount of air introduced from the air introduction port, an amount of nitrogen gas introduced from the first nitrogen gas introduction port, and an amount of nitrogen gas introduced from the second nitrogen gas introduction port, so that the oxygen concentration is within a preset oxygen concentration set range.
US12121926B2	Fluid supply system A fluid supply system includes: a support body having: a base plate; a side plate provided on one side of the base plate in the longitudinal direction so as to be orthogonal to the base plate; and a top plate provided on one end of the base plate in the height direction so as to be orthogonal to the base plate and the side plate; a process-gas supply unit provided on an outer surface of the top plate; a liquid supply unit provided on an inner surface of the side plate so as to communicate with the process-gas supply unit via a communication-flow-channel forming block; and a purge-gas supply unit provided on an inner surface of base plate so as to communicate with the process-gas supply unit via a communication pipe.
US12121924B2	Fluid tip A fluid tip for use with a spray gun. The fluid tip comprises an air cap and a paint nozzle. The air cap comprises an inner surface 206 and the paint nozzle comprises an outer surface 208. The inner and outer surfaces define sides of an air channel 203. The inner and outer surfaces are defined by contours, each contour terminating to form an air channel outlet 207 for discharging an air jet proximal a paint nozzle outlet of the paint nozzle. The contours are configured to provide a velocity profile 400 across the air channel outlet 207 of an air flow 401 through the air channel 203 in which velocities of air radially closer to the paint nozzle outlet are substantially higher than velocities radially further from the paint nozzle outlet.
US12121923B1	Multifunctional sprinkler platform A sprinkler platform includes a housing that gets coupled to a riser pipe of a water irrigation system. The housing includes a surface spaced apart from the riser pipe. The housing has a closed-end socket accessible from the surface and has at least one conduit having a first open end accessible from above the surface and a second open end. Each first open end is adapted to receive one of a water-tight plug or 00a water sprinkler head. A manifold is in fluid communication with each second open end and is adapted to be in fluid communication with the riser pipe.
US12121921B2	Fixture assembly for coating combustor panels A fixture assembly for supporting workpieces in a coating process includes a shaft; and a plurality of fixtures each having a workpiece support surface and a shaft mount defining a shaft mounting structure, wherein the shaft mounting structure extends from the workpiece support surface such that, when the shaft mounting structure is engaged with the shaft, workpiece support surfaces of the fixtures are positioned facing radially outwardly away from the shaft.
US12121920B2	Microstructured nozzle A microstructured passage module for aerosolizer is disclosed. The module includes a plate overlaid by a cover, an entrance, an exit, a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of pillars. The protrusions and pillars project from and are integral parts of the plate. Further, the plate can be divided into a first zone proximate to the entrance and a second zone proximate to the exit. The protrusions are arranged into parallel rows in a direction from the entrance to the exit and form parallel passages therebetween in the first zone for the liquid to flow along. The protrusions in each column are spaced from one another by tunnels. The pillars are interposingly disposed in the second zone and define certain channels therebetween. Moreover, a plurality of pillars further disposed in the passages increase a flow resistance for the liquid flowing through the passages.
US12121917B2	Fluid product dispenser Fluid product dispenser (D) having a reservoir (R) defining a bottom (R1) and an opening (R2), and a dispensing head (T) integrating a dispensing member (P) defining a vent path through which outside air can penetrate into the reservoir (R). The dispensing member (P) has a dip tube (TP) that extends into the reservoir (R), the dip tube (TP) having an inlet (Ti) close to the bottom (R1) of the reservoir (R). The inlet (Ti) of the dip tube (TP) is provided with a shut-off valve (V) having a movable member (V6) and a seat (V5), the movable member (V6) is urged into sealed contact with the seat (V5) by the fluid product when the dispenser (D) is upside down, while the movable member (V6) is urged away from the seat (V5) by the fluid product when the dispenser (D) is upright.
US12121915B2	Systems for storing, treating and/or processing blood and blood components Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed relating to certain aspects of blood processing, collecting or storing, including method and system for automated authentication, processing device with scanner, blood container with two dimensional barcode, blood collection containers, blood container label and related tracking method, integrated container system, and processing device with sterile connection device.
US12121910B2	Dust mitigation system utilizing conductive fibers A Dust Mitigation System (“DMS”) is disclosed that includes a fabric-material having a front-surface and a back-surface; a plurality of conductive-fibers within the fabric-material; and a plurality of input-nodes approximately adjacent to the back-surface or the front-surface of the fabric-material. The plurality of conductive-fibers are approximately parallel in a first direction along the fabric-material and are approximately adjacent to the front-surface of the fabric-material and the plurality of input-nodes are in signal communication with the plurality of conductive-fibers and configured to receive an alternating-current (“AC”) voltage-signal from an input-signal-source. The plurality of conductive-fibers are configured to generate an electric-field on the front-surface of the fabric-material in response to the plurality of input-nodes receiving the AC voltage-signal from the input-signal-source and a traveling-wave (from the electric-field) that travels along the front-surface of the fabric-material in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction.
US12121908B2	Method and apparatus for suspension separation utilizing a hydro-gravitational trap The disclosed Hydro-Gravitational Trap (HGT) method and apparatus separate a suspension into two flow streams, discriminating particles based on a designated particle settling velocity: one Designated Particle Concentrated (DPC) and one Designated Particle Diluted (DPD). The HGT confines particles between a controlled upward hydrodynamic field and the downward net gravitational field within the apparatus's High-Energy Segment (HES), awaiting removal. The HES typically contains an internal agitator conforming to its divergent shape. Agitator motion prevents trapped particles from adhering to the HES, provides flocculation energy, and mixes the contents, controlling the DPC flow stream concentration. The agitator can also simultaneously function as a control valve or an actuator regulating this flow in some preferred embodiments. Designated particles remain trapped in the HES until removed with the DPC flow stream while the DPD flow stream advects upward, exiting the apparatus through the top of the Low-Energy Segment (LES).
US12121906B2	Objective function for automatic control of a mineral ore grinding circuit based on multiple size measurements of the final ground product size from hydrocyclone classifier overflow streams A mineral processing system featuring a controller having a signal processor or processing module configured to: receive signaling containing information about a relationship between multiple particle size measurements of different measured particles having different measured particle sizes flowing in a hydrocyclone classifier overflow stream sensed by at least one particle size measurement device arranged on a hydrocyclone classifier overflow pipe of at least one hydrocyclone in a hydrocyclone battery, and about a floatable fraction that defines a particle size range of different floatable particle sizes of different floatable particles that can be recovered by the at least one hydrocyclone in the hydrocyclone battery; and determine corresponding signaling containing information to control a ground product size of ore having ground particles provided to the at least one hydrocyclone in the hydrocyclone battery, based upon the signaling received.
US12121903B2	Slag crusher, gasifier, integrated gasification combined cycle, and assembly method of slag crusher Provided are a slag crusher, a gasifier, an integrated gasification combined cycle, and an assembly method of a slag crusher that can ensure the strength of a guide rod. The slag crusher includes: a porous member screen; a spreader that is reciprocated in a predetermined direction along a top surface of the screen and crushes the slag accumulated on the screen; and a guide rod having an axis line along the predetermined direction, is connected to the spreader, and restricts a moving direction of the spreader, the guide rod has a spreader-side member connected to the spreader and a shaft member connected to the spreader-side member, the spreader-side member and the shaft member are connected by butt welding in the axis line direction, and the spreader-side member and the shaft member have the same shape of cross sections orthogonal to the axis line direction at a butt welding position.
US12121902B2	Portable sample loading device A portable sample loading device (1,4,7) include a base (11,41,71) and a fixing device (11,41,71) connected to the base (12,42,72). The base (12,42,72) can support a chip (2,5) and a sample loading connector (3,6). The fixing device (12,42,72) can detachably retain the chip (2,5) and the sample loading connector (3,6) on the base (11,41,71). The base (11,41,71) includes a front surface (110,410,710) and a back surface (111,411,711) opposite to the front surface (110,410,710). The front surface (110,410,710) includes a supporting surface for supporting the chip (2,5). A region of the supporting surface (112,412,712) corresponds to a sample inlet of the chip (2,5) is recessed toward the back surface (111,411,711) to form a receiving space (114,117,414,714) for receiving the sample loading connector (3,6). The receiving space (114,117,414,714) further defines a sample injection hole (115, 415,715) corresponding to the sample inlet of the chip (2,5).
US12121898B2	Droplet creation techniques The present invention is generally related to systems and methods for producing droplets. The droplets may contain varying species, e.g., for use as a library. In some cases, at least one droplet is used to create a plurality of droplets, using techniques such as flow-focusing techniques. In one set of embodiments, a plurality of droplets, containing varying species, can be divided to form a collection of droplets containing the various species therein. A collection of droplets, according to certain embodiments, may contain various subpopulations of droplets that all contain the same species therein. Such a collection of droplets may be used as a library in some cases, or may be used for other purposes.
US12121896B2	Nucleic acid sequencing by synthesis using magnetic sensor arrays Disclosed herein are apparatuses for nucleic acid sequencing, and methods of making and using such apparatuses. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a magnetic sensor array comprising a plurality of magnetic sensors, each of the plurality of magnetic sensors coupled to at least one address line, at least one selector element, and a fluid chamber adjacent to the magnetic sensor array, the fluid chamber having a proximal wall adjacent to the magnetic sensor array.A method of manufacturing sequencing device comprises fabricating a first addressing line on a substrate, fabricating a plurality of magnetic sensors such that the bottom portion of each sensor is coupled to the first addressing line, depositing a dielectric material between the sensors, fabricating additional addressing lines coupled to the top portions of the sensors, and removing a portion of the dielectric material adjacent to the sensors to create a fluid chamber.
US12121894B2	Microfluidic device A microfluidic device for analysing a test liquid comprises: a sensor (235), such as a membrane provided with nanopores, provided in a sensing chamber (237); a sensing chamber inlet channel (261) and a sensing chamber outlet channel (262), each connecting to the sensing chamber for respectively passing liquid into and out of the sensing chamber, and a reservoir (233) forming a sample input port to the microfluidic device, the reservoir being in fluid communication with the sensing chamber inlet channel (261); a liquid collection channel (232); a barrier (231) between an end of the sensing chamber outlet channel (262) and the liquid collection channel (232); a first seal (251), covering the sample input port: a second seal (252), covering the end of the sensing chamber outlet channel (262), thereby preventing liquid from flowing from the sensing chamber (237), over the barrier (231), into the liquid collection channel (232); wherein the microfluidic device is filled with a liquid from the first seal (251) at the sample input port to the second seal (252), such that the sensor (235) is covered by liquid and unexposed to a gas or gas/liquid interface; and wherein the first and second seals (251, 252) are removable to cause the liquid to flow between the reservoir and the end of the sensing chamber outlet and over the barrier.
US12121893B2	Pinch to open sample collection device A blood sample collection and/or storage device includes a two-piece housing that encompasses a port at which a fingertip blood sample is collected. After the sample is taken, the two-piece housing is moved to a closed position to protect the sample for storage and optionally process the sample within the housing. The housing may also be opened to access the stored sample for further processing.
US12121887B2	Method of preparation of dehydrogenation catalyst with high chromium content A method for the dehydrogenation of lower alkanes is disclosed. The method employs a chromium-alumina dehydrogenation catalyst with high chromium content supported on eta-alumina. The catalyst contains greater than 25 percent by weight chromium in the form of chromium (III) oxide, and exhibits extended stability over traditional alkane dehydrogenation catalysts.
US12121885B2	Photocatalyst A photocatalyst is described that is suitable for converting molecular nitrogen into ammonia. The photocatalyst comprises a layered base material comprising 1 to 100 layers, the layered base material being selected from the group consisting of molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, molybdenum telluride, tungsten telluride, molybdenum selenide and tungsten selenide, a layered base material comprising 1 to 100 layers, the layered base material being selected from the group consisting of molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, molybdenum telluride, tungsten telluride, molybdenum selenide and tungsten selenide, and 0.1-10.0% by weight, relative to the weight of the base material, of one or more Group VI, VII, VIII, IX or X transition metals. The photocatalyst can further comprise 0.1-50.0% by weight, relative to the weight of the base material, of one or more semiconductor materials having an average particle size of 0.5-50.0 nm. The photocatalyst exhibits high catalytic efficiency without the need for high temperature and pressure. Also described is a process for the preparation of the photocatalyst, as well as uses of the photocatalyst for converting molecular nitrogen into ammonia.
US12121884B2	Pressure vessel and closure system for improved pressure processing An apparatus is disclosed for improved high pressure processing of parts and materials with fast cycle time, clean operation, and easy to change pressure vessels. Applications include but are not limited to pressure vessels for critical point drying of MEMS or SEM samples, parts cleaning, supercritical fluid extraction, and aerogel processing. In a specific embodiment, the pressure vessel can operate near or above the critical pressure and temperature of a fluid in the pressure vessel for parts processing. This includes critical point drying of MEMS or SEM samples in an easy to use processing pressure chamber system.
US12121879B2	Crosslinked polysaccharide based absorbents for removal of anti-A and/or anti-B antibodies from human plasma and whole blood The invention concerns polymeric media based on modified natural polysaccharides for removing one or both of Anti-A Antibodies and Anti-B Antibodies from human blood or plasma, the media comprising one or both of (i) a polymeric solid support with a blood group A Antigen ligand attached to the solid support at a ligand loading between 1-5 mg/mL of solid support, and wherein the media is stable under physiological pH conditions, and (ii) a polymeric solid support with a blood group B Antigen ligand attached to the solid support at a ligand loading between 1-5 mg/mL of solid support, and wherein the media is stable under physiological pH conditions.
US12121878B2	Polymer formulations for extrusion of composite CO2 sorbents An ink includes a vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane polymer, a polydimethylsiloxane copolymer having a hydride component, wherein a hydride to a vinyl ratio (hydride:vinyl) is in a range of greater than 1:1 to about 4:1, a hydrophobic filler, a crosslinking agent, and a carbon dioxide-binding component. A method includes extruding an ink for forming a three-dimensional (3D) structure, the ink including a vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane polymer, a polydimethylsiloxane copolymer having a hydride component, wherein a hydride to a vinyl ratio (hydride:vinyl) is in a range of greater than 1:1 to about 4:1, a hydrophobic filler, a crosslinking agent, and a carbon dioxide-binding component. The method further includes curing the 3D structure for forming a silicone polymer product having the carbon dioxide-binding component.
US12121877B2	Method for the production of superabsorbers A process for producing superabsorbent particles by polymerizing a monomer solution or suspension, comprising the steps of continuously preneutralizing a monomer while cooling and partly recycling the preneutralized monomer into the preneutralization, continuously heating the preneutralized monomer by means of a heat exchanger and continuously postneutralizing the heated monomer, wherein the monomer solution or suspension prior to entry into the polymerization reactor is at a temperature of 70 to 99° C. and the temperature of the heating medium used in the heat exchanger is less than 160° C.
US12121875B2	Method for removing MTBE from a contaminated aqueous solution Methods and compositions for the adsorptive removal of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from contaminated water sources and systems. The compositions contain carbon fly ash doped with silver nanoparticles at specific mass ratios. Methods of preparing and characterizing the adsorbents are also provided.
US12121871B2	Pressurized liquid stream with dissolved gas A system and method of injecting a gas enriched and/or emulsified first liquid into a second liquid is disclosed. The injection can cause generation of a high density of bubbles having a mean diameter of a selected size. The mean diameter of the bubbles can be selected and varied based on the characteristics of the injection system.
US12121869B2	Porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, and thermosetting method The present invention provides a thermosetting method to form a porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, wherein a heat flow in a heat circulating environment is provided to ensure the porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane is heated uniformly. A thermal heating radiation plat is further used that being heated by the heat flow to generate a far-infrared radiation for providing an enhanced heating effect without extra energy consuming sources. The thermosetting method of porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane not only maintain a uniformity temperature inside the heating compartment, stabilize the quality of the polytetrafluoroethylene porous membrane, but also make the thermosetting process more efficiently without using extra energy input.
US12121868B2	Doubly porous multi-layer desal membrane A multi-layer membrane which has a mixed polyamide selective layer supported on a porous polysulfone layer. The mixed polyamide selective layer includes reacted units of a polyfunctional acyl halide (e.g. trimesoyl chloride) and a diamine mixture containing 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tridecanediamine and a cyclic diamine (e.g. piperazine). Methods of fabricating the multi-layer membrane via techniques such as phase inversion and interfacial polymerization are described. The inventive membrane is evaluated on its water flux and salt rejection (e.g. sulfate and chloride salts) capabilities. A water desalination system containing the multi-layer membrane(s) is also provided.
US12121866B2	Method for preparing zeolite CHA membrane In a method for preparing a zeolite CHA membrane, a gel conversion method is adopted to assist crystallization, seed solutions with different concentrations and sizes are successively coated on the surface of a porous support to obtain a seed layer, a synthetic gel is coated on the seed layer to obtain a gel layer, and then the porous support is subjected to a membrane crystallization reaction to obtain a zeolite CHA membrane. The method skips the conventional stage of converting the heterogeneous zeolite into the zeolite CHA seed, and directly takes a heterogeneous zeolite with the same secondary structural unit as that of zeolite CHA as a seed to directly prepare a zeolite CHA membrane on a support.
US12121863B2	Disposable filter capsule for a filtration device A disposable filter capsule for a filtration device comprises only one housing, which has an inflow connection for a fluid to be filtered and an outflow connection for filtrate. The disposable filter capsule also comprises at least two separate filter means, which are fixed in the housing and together with the housing form an inseparable structural unit. All the components of the disposable filter capsule consist of sterilizable, in particular gamma-sterilizable, materials.
US12121861B2	Method and system for isolation of mesenchymal stem cell exosomes Disclosed is a system and method for isolating large quantities of viable, undamaged exosomes from liquid, cell-free mesenchymal stem cell cultures using tangential flow filtration.
US12121860B2	Hollow fiber membrane module for direct contact membrane distillation-based desalination Exemplary embodiments in desalination by direct contact membrane distillation present a cylindrical cross-flow module containing high-flux composite hydrophobic hollow fiber membranes. The present embodiments are directed to a model that has been developed to describe the observed water production rates of such devices in multiple brine feed introduction configurations. The model describes the observed water vapor production rates for different feed brine temperatures at various feed brine flow rates. The model flux predictions have been explored over a range of hollow fiber lengths to compare the present results with those obtained earlier from rectangular modules which had significantly shorter hollow fibers.
US12121858B2	Manufacturing method for exhaust gas purification device A production method of an exhaust gas purification device includes the steps of supplying a solution containing a catalyst metal from a shower nozzle to an upper part of a honeycomb substrate, coating the honeycomb substrate with the solution, and firing the honeycomb substrate coated with the solution, wherein the shower nozzle has a plurality of discharge openings for discharging the solution and a guard which surrounds the plurality of discharge openings.
US12121856B2	Solid material for purifying air and preparation method and use thereof The invention provides a solid material for air purification and disinfection and a preparation method and application thereof. The solid material includes: 50-60 wt. % of inorganic porous materials, 10-20 wt. % of nano titanium dioxide, 3-5 wt. % of fluorescent materials, 20-30 wt. % of sodium chlorite, 3-5 wt. % of sodium lignosulfonate, 1-10 wt. % of polyethylene glycol, and 1-10 wt. % of polyvinyl alcohol. The method for preparing the solid material includes: formulating the fluorescent material into a slurry by using a polyethylene glycol aqueous solution; uniformly mixing the nano titanium dioxide, the sodium lignosulfonate, and the fluorescent material formulated into the slurry, and then spraying the mixture on an inorganic porous material carrier to be uniformly adsorbed; and mixing the sodium chlorite with the above mixture for granulation to obtain the product. The solid material for air purification of the invention can be stored stably for a long time, and chlorine dioxide gas slowly released can degrade harmful substances in the air such as formaldehyde and kill bacteria in the air.
US12121855B1	Catalytic abatement system for semiconductor manufacturing process A system to abate an emission stream from a semiconductor manufacturing process is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of sections configured to pass an emission stream therethrough. The sections include a metal oxide media section to remove a hydride from the emission stream; a desiccate media section downstream to the metal oxide media section to remove moisture from the emission stream; and a catalytic media section downstream to the desiccate media section to remove a nitrogen oxide (NOx) from the emission stream. The abatement system provides carbon-free abatement of nitrogen oxide and hydride(s). The abatement system has significantly lower cost to manufacture and operate.
US12121854B2	Device and method for continuous CO2 capture by double-bed hydrate process A device and a method for continuous CO2 capture by a double-bed hydrate process are provided. The device includes a first fixed-bed hydrate reactor, a second fixed-bed hydrate reactor, a solution circulation system, a gas inlet system and an exhaust system; the first fixed-bed hydrate reactor and the second fixed-bed hydrate reactor are respectively connected in series with the gas inlet system, the exhaust system and the solution circulation system, and are connected in parallel; the refrigerant fluid and the heat medium fluid output by a compression-refrigeration system alternately flow into a heat exchange coil of the first fixed-bed hydrate reactor and a heat exchange coil of the second fixed-bed hydrate reactor, and the two fixed-bed hydrate reactors are alternately subjected to hydrate formation and decomposition reactions to realize continuous CO2 capture and separation.
US12121851B1	Wellhead carbon capture, utilization, and storage using mixed matrix membranes A system for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture at a wellhead using a mixed matrix membranes (MMM). The MMM includes a polymer matrix and covalent triazine framework (CTF) fillers. The captured CO2 stream may be reutilized through sequestration and utilization approaches. The bulk stream may be split into multiple streams for various applications. Some CO2 may be converted chemically into fuels, reaction intermediates, and productivity enhancement tools such as methanol, syngas, CO2-foam, used in fracking fluids, and stimulant acids. The rest may be stored through direct injection into porous formations or reactive rocks such as basalt.
US12121850B2	Method of abating carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide This invention relates to a method and a system of abating carbon dioxide (CO2) and/or hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in a geological reservoir. Water is pumped or transferred from a water source to an injection well. The gasses are merged with the water under conditions where the hydraulic pressure of the water is less than the pressure of CO2 and/or H2S gas at the merging point. The water with CO2 and/or H2S gas bubbles is transferred further downwardly at a certain velocity higher than the upward flow velocity of said CO2 and/or H2S gas bubbles ensuring downward movement of gas bubbles resulting in full dissolution of said CO2 and/or H2S in the water due to elevating pressure. The complete dissolution ensures a lowered pH of the water entering a geological (e.g. geothermal) reservoir which is needed to promote mineral reactions leading to CO2 and H2S abatement This abatement may be quantified by dissolving a tracer substance in a predetermined molar ratio to said dissolved CO2 and/or H2S and monitored in a monitoring well.
US12121847B2	Gas treatment method and gas treatment device Provided are a gas treatment method and a gas treatment device capable of efficiently removing a bromofluoroethylene. A gas containing a bromofluoroethylene is brought into contact with an adsorbent (7) having pores with an average pore diameter of 0.4 nm or more and 4 nm or less in a temperature environment of not less than 0° C. and less than 120° C. to allow the adsorbent (7) to adsorb the bromofluoroethylene, and thus the bromofluoroethylene is separated from the gas.
US12121845B2	Kit for concentrating low-concentration air pollutants The present invention relates to a kit for concentrating low-concentration air pollutants, and to a concentration kit for concentrating low-concentration air pollutants, and then desorbing same so as to detect the components and concentrations of the pollutants. The present invention comprises: a sensor positioned on a channel in which gas moves, so as to detect pollutants in the gas; and a concentration part, which comprises an adsorbent for adsorbing and desorbing the pollutants in the gas moving to the sensor, so as to transfer concentrated pollutants to the sensor.
US12121844B2	System and method for concentrating gas Embodiments of gas concentrating systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes, for example, a plurality of modules connectable and disconnectable from each other to thereby adjust the (gas) capacity and modality of the connected system. In this manner, a user need not maintain one system for on the go (ambulatory) scenarios and a wholly second system for stationary (e.g., at home) scenarios. The systems and methods further provide the ability to gradually upgrade the system capacity consistent with the user's lifestyle and medical needs.
US12121840B2	Multi-piece HVAC air filter housing, filter assembly and methods A multi-piece air filter housing, air filter assembly, and method for assembling an air filter for use with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems or stand alone air circulation devices. In one example at least a first sidewall section and a second sidewall section include sidewall connectors allowing the first and second sidewall sections to be connected defining an interior cavity for receipt and support of air filter media. In one example, the air filter housing includes four modular sidewall sections that are connected together to form the air filter housing. A housing connector is used to secure the air filter housing and filter media circumferentially around a forced air passage opening to direct airflow through the air filter housing and filter media. In one example, the air filter assembly is useful for suspending ceiling HVAC vents.
US12121838B2	Low-gravity water capture device with water stabilization An apparatus to separate water droplets from an air stream. The apparatus includes an elongated tube, a reservoir, and a helix structure. The elongated tube has a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis, an inner surface, an inlet opening at the first end of the elongated tube, the inlet opening arranged to accept the air stream tangentially relative to the longitudinal axis, and an outlet opening at the second end of the elongated tube. The reservoir is positioned at a second end of the elongated tube. The helix structure is positioned within the elongated tube and includes an upper surface, a lower surface arranged opposite the upper surface, an outer edge, and a variable pitch along a length of the elongated tube, the variable pitch providing a variable interior angle between an inner wall of the elongated tube and the upper surface of the helix structure.
US12121837B2	Method for recycling scrapped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane produced in water treatment A method for recycling a scrapped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane through chemical cleaning-structural transformation-hydrophilicity is disclosed, which can extend the service life of scrapped PVDF membrane materials (namely, membrane at the end of service life). The method includes the following steps: cleaning a scrapped membrane with sodium hypochlorite and citric acid; treating the membrane with a structural transformation agent, where, irreversible contaminants are washed away while the PVDF membrane is subjected to pore expansion and hydrophilization; and with self-polymerization of dopamine on a membrane surface, further improving the hydrophilicity of the membrane surface, enhancing the anti-contamination performance, and repairing damaged points on the surface of the scrapped PVDF membrane produced during long-term operation.
US12121833B2	Slurry filtering apparatus and coating system Embodiments of this application relate to the field of lithium battery production technologies and disclose a slurry filtering apparatus and a coating system. The slurry filtering apparatus may include a rotating filter element and a gravity filter. The gravity filter may be provided with a feed port and a first discharge port. A height of the feed port on the gravity filter may be greater than that of the first discharge port on the gravity filter. The rotating filter may be connected to the feed port and is configured to provide a positive-pressure filtered slurry to the gravity filter. The first discharge port may be configured to convey a slurry filtered by the gravity filter to a coating apparatus.
US12121831B2	Backflush filter assembly A filter element includes an inner filter basket including an elongated tubular portion having a first open end and a first closed end. The tubular portion defines a plurality of perforations therethrough. An outer surface of the tubular portion is seamless. A first annular brim extends outwardly from the open end of the tubular portion. The filter element also includes an outer filter basket having a second open end in which the inner filter basket is received. A second annular brim extends outwardly from the second open end of the outer filter basket. The fabric filter bag is disposed between the inner filter basket and the outer filter basket.
US12121830B2	Emulsion detection in electrical separators Electrical separators employing detection of conductive fluid excursions are described herein. A separator of this type has a separator, comprising a separation vessel; an electric field assembly extending a first distance within the separation vessel in a first direction of a density-based separation force; a plurality of detector electrodes extending a second distance within the separation vessel in the first direction; one or more power units; and one or more circuits electrically coupling the electric field electrodes and the detector electrodes with the one or more power units.
US12121828B2	Systems and methods of isolation of gallium-68 A process for the preparation of a carrier-free Ga-68 solution from an irradiated Zn target, systems comprising components used in the process, and compositions comprising Ga-68 prepared by the process. Purification of Ga-68 is carried out by feeding an irradiation target solution comprising Zn-68, Ga-68 and solid target assembly metals into a system comprising three chromatography columns in succession.
US12121824B1	Amusement device with cooperative gameplay An apparatus for controlling an amusement device includes a plurality of targets of a playfield of the amusement device, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive an indication that a first target of the plurality of targets is hit during a first player turn. The processor is further configured to send, based on the indication, a signal to a moveable component of the playfield to unlock access to a second target of the plurality of targets during the first player turn. The processor is further configured to determine that the first player turn has ended. The processor is further configured to keep the second target unlocked during a second player turn.
US12121822B2	Method, apparatus, and terminal for transmitting message in multiplayer online battle program, and medium A method, apparatus, and terminal for transmitting a message in a multiplayer game, and a medium are provided, belonging to the field of human-machine interaction. The method includes: displaying a first user interface of the multiplayer game, the multiplayer game providing a virtual environment for at least two teams of virtual characters to conduct an online battle; displaying a warning transmitting control in a predetermined region on the first user interface in response to that an event associated with a virtual character in the virtual environment satisfies a warning condition, the warning transmitting control being configured to transmit a warning message corresponding to the event; and transmitting the warning message to a second terminal in response to a transmitting operation on the warning message, the first account and the second account having a teammate relationship.
US12121820B2	System for validating play of game applications via game NFTs and methods for use therewith An NFT system operates by receiving an application launch request for a game application having a game non-fungible token (NFT) associated therewith; generating, via the game application and in response to the application launch request, launch metadata; sending the launch metadata to an NFT wallet, the NFT wallet containing a private key associated with the game NFT; receiving, from the NFT wallet, a launch response that is generated based on the private key; generating, via the game application and based on the launch response, an ownership check; sending the ownership check to a blockchain system that stores the game NFT; receiving, from the blockchain system, an ownership validation response; and enabling, via the game application, play of the game when the ownership validation response indicates ownership of the game NFT is verified.
US12121819B2	System and method for providing a quest from a probability item bundle in an online game A system and method for providing a quest from a probability item bundle in an online game. The system and method include executing an instance of an online game. The system and method include maintaining inventories of virtual items, and presenting offers to sell probability item bundles. The system and method include associating potential awards in sets of potential awards with different award distribution probabilities. The system and method include receiving activation requests from users for purchased probability item bundles. The system and method include stochastically selecting one of the potential awards in accordance with the award distribution probabilities and providing access to a first quest in an online game in accordance with the selected award.
US12121815B2	System and method for incentivizing user participation in video games A system and method for maintaining and increasing the engagement of video game users is disclosed by providing a virtual container mechanism that modifies the game progress of all users after the occurrence of a game event. The system may provide repeated opportunities, with virtual items awarded through virtual containers, to achieve success for the lifetime of the video game. The system may further mitigate the fear of new users encountering veteran users in a game, while creating repeated engagement opportunities for veteran players.
US12121813B2	Virtual item interaction method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium A virtual item interaction method and apparatus, a computer device, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: displaying a virtual element and an image captured by using an interactive interface, the virtual element overlapping a reference body part of a target object in the image; displaying an animation of at least one virtual item; and in response to any of the at least one virtual item touching the virtual element, capturing the any of the at least one virtual item.
US12121812B2	Audio frequency signal processing method and apparatus, terminal and storage medium An audio signal processing method, an audio signal processing apparatus, a terminal, and a storage medium are provided. In the method, audio signal in a first period of time is collected. A reference sound volume is determined based on the collected audio signal. Audio signal sampling is performed on the audio signal at multiple audio sampling points in a second period of time to obtain multiple audio sampling signals. In a case of determining that the multiple audio sampling signals meet a predetermined condition based on the reference sound volume, a basis sound volume is determined based on the multiple audio sampling signals. The basis sound volume is used for controlling a display effect of a target object in a virtual scene, and different basis sound volumes correspond to different display effects of the target object.
US12121811B2	Graphical marker generation system for synchronization Systems and methods directed to generating an interactive graphical marker that includes a first region with a first indicator and a second region with a second indicator, the second region being around a circumference of the first region. The systems and methods are also directed to monitoring an animation of the interactive graphical marker to detect when the first indicator and the second indicator are aligned at a predetermined angle of rotation, and in response to detecting that the first indicator and the second indicator are aligned, initiating an interactive game application on a second computing device and a third computing device.
US12121807B2	Image processing method using a shared GPU shader cache mechanism and apparatus, server, and medium This application discloses an image processing method, a server, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining, in response to a trigger for an operation event of a target game running in a target container, a target shader code corresponding to the operation event; obtaining a target compilation result of the target shader code from a game resource, the game resource including: a game image of the target game and/or a target shared directory between the target container and an associated container of the target container. The target shared directory includes a first compilation result of compiling, when running the target game, at least one shader code by the associated container; and performing graphic processing according to the target compilation result to obtain a feedback image corresponding to the operation event.
US12121805B2	Systems and methods for using replay assets of executable in-game operations to reach particular game states in an online gaming platform Systems and methods for using re-playable in-game operations to reach particular user game states in an online gaming platform are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: manage user inventories for users of the online gaming platform; receive a request, from the first user, for activation of the replay asset by the first user; and execute the set of in-game operations automatically such that a first current user game state for the first user is advanced to a first subsequent user game state for the first user within the online gaming platform, responsive to the activation of the replay asset as requested by the first user.
US12121799B2	Contextual adjustment of input device resistance A method for adjusting input resistance includes determining, by an information handling system, one or more gaming context characteristics of a gaming application executed by the information handling system. The information handling system determines one or more adjustments to a resistance of a two-axis input device based, at least in part, on the one or more gaming context characteristics. The information handling system applies the one or more adjustments to the resistance of the two-axis input device.
US12121796B2	System for optically scanning and determining a vehicle to correspond to a vehicle available in an online gaming platform A system and method for determining a vehicle and associating the vehicle with a gaming platform comprising a computing device having a camera to capture image data of a vehicle. An optical recognition module and/or a classification module are/is configured to receive the image data of the vehicle, determine a plurality of vehicle specifications, classify the image data and/or the vehicle specifications, and associate the plurality of vehicle specifications with a virtual vehicle on a gaming platform provided by a gaming module. The system and method permit a plurality of users to compete via racing the virtual vehicles.
US12121794B2	Electronic tracking system with heads up display Electronic tracking systems are disclosed for assisting users with locating objects in a sporting environment. One such system includes a ball tracking component that tracks a game ball while moving in the sporting environment, and a heads up display that is worn by the user. This heads up display has an electronic display screen with a transparent display area that dynamically displays images within the user's field of view. A processor, which communicates with the ball tracking component and heads up display, is programmed to detect movement of the game ball, and responsively determine launch characteristics and/or flight characteristics of the moving game ball. The heads up display displays the launch/flight characteristics contemporaneous with an object indication adjacent to or superimposed over the moving game ball as the game ball is visible through the transparent display area of the display screen within the user's field of view.
US12121793B2	Sharing updatable graphical user interface elements Sharing relationships may be established with multiple user devices to enable sharing of user interface element data. A view of a user interface may be presented that includes an activity user list. The activity user list may include user identifiers of activity user and updatable graphical fitness user interface elements. A detailed view of for a particular activity user may be presented.
US12121792B2	Systems and methods for measuring and/or analyzing swing information In a first aspect, a system for monitoring a swing is provided that includes (1) a swing measurement device adapted to couple to a swinging object and to output a signal indicative of a characteristic of the swinging object; (2) a wireless transmitter coupled to the swing measurement device and adapted to wirelessly transmit the signal output by the swing measurement device; and (3) a wireless device adapted to receive the wirelessly transmitted signal and to provide information regarding the swinging object based on the received signal. The wireless device is a cellular telephone or personal digital assistant (PDA). Numerous other aspects are provided.
US12121790B2	Swimming exercising system and method of use The present invention relates to a swimming and aquatic exercise system and a method of use thereof. The exercise system includes a modified vest that has a ring rotatably affixed to a back portion of the vest. The vest has adjustable straps and a waist belt to secure the vest around a swimmer. A rope is removably attached to the ring using a cord hook wherein the opposite end of the rope is fastened to an anchor or any other fixed point around a pool. In use, the vest is worn by a swimmer to enable the swimmer to perform a full body aquatic workout while the fastened rope prevents the swimmer from advancing forward, and therefore enables the swimmer to swim and perform water exercises in place without getting in the way of other users of the pool.
US12121789B2	Golf swing training device and method of using the same A golf swing training device attachable to a golfer's wrist. A rigid hand stop prevents the golfer's hand from bending beyond a pre-established distance or angle during a golf backswing. The rigid hand stop is configured and positioned to not interfere with, or restrict, the golfer's address of the golf ball or the early part of the backswing. The rigid hand stop allows desired movement of, and prevents undesired movement of, the golfer's rear hand (i.e., right hand for right-handed golfers and left hand for left-handed golfers) as the golfer moves from ball address through the backswing to the downswing to the impact position and finally the follow through.
US12121788B2	Golf club fitting apparatus and method of golf club fitting A golf club fitting apparatus and a method for fitting using the apparatus are provided. The golf club fitting apparatus may be attached to a golf club and provide fitting information including effective lie angle and effective loft angle. The golf club fitting apparatus includes a lower surface that contacts a butt end of a grip, an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and a side surface connecting the upper and lower surfaces. An angle indicator is disposed at a predetermined angle relative to a shaft axis of the golf club so as to rest in a neutral position when the golf club is in a normal address position.
US12121786B2	Accessory pouch for golf Disclosed herein is an accessory pouch for golf for accommodating a golf accessory. The accessory pouch includes: a pouch body formed in an openable container, and configured to provide an accommodation space for a golf accessory; at least one magnet provided on one surface of the pouch body, and configured to detachably attach the pouch body to a metal plate while providing a magnetic force; and a magnet holder configured to fix the magnet to the one surface of the pouch body.
US12121784B1	Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a body portion having an exterior portion and an interior portion, a first port on the body portion configured to connect the exterior portion to the interior portion of the body portion, a second port on the body portion configured to connect the exterior portion to the interior portion, a mass portion located in the interior portion of the body portion and coupled to the back wall portion, and a third material in the body portion between the mass portion and the face portion. The mass portion is at a different location than the first port and the second port. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US12121783B2	Set of golf club heads and method of manufacture A co-forged iron type golf club is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses an iron type golf club head from a pre-form billet that already contains two or more materials before the actual forging process resulting in a multi-material golf club head that doesn't require any post manufacturing operations such as machining, welding, swaging, gluing, and the like. The resultant golf club head may be capable of achieving center of gravity locations previously unachievable without utilizing this co-forging technique. The resultant golf club head may be used to create a set of golf club heads with center of gravity locations that are more advantageous throughout a set of golf clubs.
US12121781B2	Golf club A golf club head includes a club body including a crown, a sole, a skirt disposed between and connecting the crown and the sole and a face portion connected to a front end of the club body. The face portion includes a geometric center defining the origin of a coordinate system when the golf club head is ideally positioned, the coordinate system including an x-axis being tangent to the face portion at the origin and parallel to a ground plane, a y-axis intersecting the origin being parallel to the ground plane and orthogonal to the x-axis, and a z-axis intersecting the origin being orthogonal to both the x-axis and the y-axis. The golf club head defines a center of gravity CG, the CG being a distance CGY from the origin as measured along the y-axis and a distance CGZ from the origin as measured along the z-axis.
US12121776B2	Sports ball with suspension system A sports ball, for example a soccer ball, comprising a hollow shell and a pit suspended within the hollow shell by a plurality of cords. In some embodiments, the plurality of cords may comprise a first end coupled to the hollow shell at a first location, a second end coupled to the hollow shell at a second location, and a center portion coupled to the pit. In some embodiments, the pit may be suspended within the hollow shell by a plurality of cords, with each of the plurality of cords comprising a frayed end secured to the hollow shell at one of a plurality of spaced apart locations.
US12121775B2	Brace for preventing finger injuries A brace for preventing injuries to annular pulley ligaments in fingers of human hands includes a proximal band dimensioned to be worn on a proximal phalanx of a finger, a distal band dimensioned to be worn on a middle phalanx, and a coupling attached to the bands. The band may be worn in position overlying an annular pulley ligament of the fingers. The coupling may bias the bands away from each other to promote retention over the annular pulley ligaments. The coupling may limit movement of bands (and thus finger) to a predetermined range of motion for avoiding tearing of the annular pulley ligament. The coupling may provide a mechanical stop limiting movement to positions in which annular pulley injuries are less likely. The coupling may be provided as a gas-pressurized struts or compressible coil springs, which may be mounted to the bands in diametrically opposed positions.
US12121774B2	Stilt device with improved leg pole attachment bracket A leg attachment assembly for a stilt device of the type used to support a user above a base surface. The stilt device has a shoe plate supportable above a floor plate via front and rear struts and a leg attachment assembly configured to attach a leg of the user to the stilt via a leg attachment mechanism and a leg pole. A leg pole attachment assembly includes an exterior clamp bracket that forms an open-box with a c-shaped channel into which is disposed an interior swivel clamp. The interior swivel clamp has a base portion that swivels over a limited range of motion within the c-shaped channel and is affixed to a side portion of the exterior clamp bracket using a horizontally extending fastener. Opposing flanges of the swivel clamp extend around the leg pole and are interconnected using a second fastener that extends orthogonally to the first fastener.
US12121773B2	Personal athlete monitoring system An athlete monitoring system includes body position beacons, a localized radar system, a foot force detection system, and a processing module. The beacons are positioned at various locations on the body of the athlete. The localized radar system creates a localized radar coordinate system in which the athlete is positioned and, at a first sampling rate, produces frames of body position data based on determining location of the beacons within the localized radar coordinate system. The foot force detection system generates frames of left foot force data and frames of right foot force data. The processing module correlates the frames of body position data, the frames of left foot force data, and the frames of right foot force data to produce integrated ground-body interaction data and athletic movement data.
US12121772B2	Systems and methods for formulating a performance metric of a motion of a swimmer A system for formulating a performance metric of a motion such as water sport motion, preferable a swimming stroke, includes a wearable sensor device including 4 pressure sensors, a 9 degrees of freedom inertial measurement unit (IMU), a microprocessor communicating with the pressure sensors and the IMU, and waterproof housing in the form of a flexible silicone band to house the microprocessor, the pressure sensors and the IMU. The system includes an external computer communicating with the device for receiving and combining input data from each of the pressure sensors and the IMU, via the microprocessor, and a processing unit configured to combine the input data from both the at least one pressure sensor and the IMU. The input data is used to infer at least one force magnitude and at least one force direction, the input data being used to provide the performance metric of the water sport motion.
US12121771B2	Trajectory extrapolation and origin determination for objects tracked in flight Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for 3D flight tracking of objects include a method including determining a golf ball trajectory based on observations by sensor(s), extrapolating the trajectory backward in time, calculating distance measure(s) between the extrapolated trajectory and physical locations, determining one of the physical locations to be an origin of the golf ball based on the distance measure(s) and two types of separately estimated errors, wherein a first of the two types of separately estimated errors affects ball positional error for the initial observations, and a second of the two types of separately estimated errors affects an angle of the extrapolated trajectory; and presenting golf ball data on a display device associated with the origin of the golf ball.
US12121769B2	Lifting mechanism for treadmills The present application provides a lifting mechanism for a treadmill comprising a running platform and a lifting mechanism for driving the running platform to raise and lower. The lifting mechanism comprises a driving device, a transmission assembly and at least two groups of lifting assemblies. The lifting assembly comprises a lifting screw, lifting nuts, supporting feet, wherein the supporting feet are connected to the lifting nuts and are configured to support the running platform, the driving device and the lifting screw are respectively arranged on the running platform, the driving device drives the lifting screw to rotate through the transmission assembly, and the lifting screw is raised and lowered relative to the lifting nut so that at least one end of the running platform raises and lowers accordingly.
US12121763B2	Fire-fighting apparatus, box assembly, battery, power consumption apparatus, and method for preparing battery The present application provides a fire-fighting apparatus, a box assembly, a battery, a power consumption apparatus, and a method for preparing a battery. The fire-fighting apparatus includes: a pipe, a gas release mechanism, and a blocking structure. The pipe has an air inlet end and an air outlet end, and the air inlet end is configured to be connected to the battery, so that a combustible gas generated in the battery during thermal runaway events is capable of entering the pipe from the box via the air inlet end and being discharged from the pipe via the air outlet end; and the gas release mechanism is configured to be connected to the pipe and release a fire-fighting gas into the pipe when thermal runaway occurs in the battery; and the blocking structure is configured to block the combustible gas and the fire-fighting gas and change a flow direction.
US12121761B2	System and method for early detection and management of wildfires A system and method are disclosed that allow for early detection and management of wildfires. According to various aspects and embodiments of the invention the system and method rapidly and economically detect and help manage and contain, control, suppress the progress of wildfires.
US12121756B2	Self-locking escape descent control device A self-locking descent control device features a clamp body, a handle lever pivotably coupled to the clamp body near a proximal end of the lever, an attachment point carried on the clamp body for connection to body-worn equipment of a user, a friction arrangement on the clamp body at a location across the elongated lever from the attachment point, and featuring a first set of rope passages. A second set of rope passages are laid out in series on the lever, and a clamping surface on the clamping body is positioned adjacent the proximal end of the lever on the same side thereof as the attachment point. The rope is routed on a serpentine path through the first and second sets of rope passages, and onward through a space between the proximal end of the lever and the clamping surface, whereby the user's body weight automatically clamps the rope therebetween.
US12121753B2	Systems and methods for determining a radiation dose The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for determining a radiation dose. The system may include: obtaining data related to radiation source, a radiation auxiliary image of a target object at a target radiation time point, and an initial fluence map corresponding to the target radiation time point; determining a target fluence map corresponding to the target radiation time point by one or more iterations based on the radiation auxiliary image, the initial fluence map, and the data related to radiation source; obtaining a target scanning image of the target object; and determining the radiation dose received by the target object at the target radiation time point, based on the target fluence map, the target scanning image, and the data related to radiation source.

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