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| US12151861B2 |
Tray with base, dome and brim
The tray includes a base, the base including first sidewalls that are substantially cylindrically shaped, a first upper surface on an upper end of the base, a dome, the dome extending upwardly and away from the first upper surface, the first upper surface and the dome closing the upper end, a first brim, the first brim radially extending from a first lower end of the base. |
| US12151859B2 |
Child resistant closure and spout combination
A screw-top closure cap having a collapsible spout nesting within a cap and with a portion of the spout seated coaxially within the container neck itself is disclosed. Both the spout and the cap incorporate child-resistant features to prevent unwanted removal of the closure and/or use of the spout. |
| US12151858B2 |
Tape-free packing box
A tape-free packing box, which can be in an open state or a closed state, the tape-free packing box comprises a box body; two tongue plates, respectively arranged on the opposite sides of the open ends of the box body; a connecting element, one end of the connecting element is integrally formed or slidably installed on one of the two tongue plates, when the tape-free packing box is in a closed state, the other end of the connecting element is connected to the other of the two tongue plates. |
| US12151857B2 |
Method of forming blank with platform panel and foot panel
The method includes defining a plurality of fold lines that divide the blank into a plurality of sidewall panels, forming at least one platform panel on a bottom end of the plurality of sidewall panels, and forming at least one foot panel on a first side edge of the plurality of sidewall panels near the bottom end, the at least one foot panel being configured to at least partially support the at least one platform panel once the blank is folded into an assembled package. |
| US12151856B2 |
Modular handle for secondary packaging
The present disclosure provides a handle having smoothened edges. The handle includes a body portion formed of an elongated piece of material having a pair of side edges defining a width of the body portion. The body portion includes a gripping region extended towards and/or between a first attachment region and/or a second attachment region. Further, each of the side edges of the gripping region has a cutting index lower than a cutting index of the remaining part of the gripping region such that the gripping region is soft and comfortable at the edges for a user to hold. |
| US12151852B2 |
Paper cup of dual structure and method for manufacturing same
A paper cup of a dual structure according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: an inner paper part having a plurality of diameter adjusting portions formed at predetermined angle intervals on one surface; a drink receiving part formed extending from one end of the inner paper part and bending formed into the inner portion of the inner paper part; and a drinking part formed at a boundary between the inner paper part and the drink receiving part and curled in a radially outward direction of the drink receiving part. |
| US12151847B2 |
Decorative pet food container assembly
A decorative container assembly (10) has a container (12) having a bottom member (18) and an annular sidewall (20) extending from the bottom member (18). An end of the annular sidewall (20) defines a rim (22) and an opening (24) of the container (12). A first decorative member (16) is adhered to the sidewall (20) and covers an outer surface of the sidewall (20). The decorative container assembly (10) further has a lid assembly (14) operably removably connected to the rim (22) of the container (12). The lid assembly (14) has an annular ring member (42) and a top cover member (44). A second decorative member (16) covers a top surface of the cover member (44). A handle (34) has a first end connected to the sidewall (20) at a first position and a second end connected to the sidewall (20) at a second position, the first position being generally opposite to the second position. A first earing member (88) hangs from the handle (34) proximate the first end of the handle (34) and proximate the sidewall (20), and a second earing member (94) hangs from the handle (34) proximate the second end of the handle (34) and proximate the sidewall (20). |
| US12151845B2 |
Preform assembly, double container, and method of manufacturing double container
A preform assembly includes: an outer preform that includes an outer mouth portion and a stretch portion connected to the outer mouth portion and in which a recess extending in a vertical direction is provided on an inner surface of the stretch portion; and an inner preform that includes an inner mouth portion and a stretch portion connected to the inner mouth portion, wherein an outside air introduction port communicating with a part between the outer preform and the inner preform is provided in a mouth portion composed of the outer mouth portion and the inner mouth portion located on an inner side of the outer mouth portion. |
| US12151843B2 |
Functional module for moving to a dosing station positioned in a process chamber of a containment system and corresponding method
A containment system for placement in an installation space includes a housing which encloses a process chamber, a dosing station for the aseptic filling of vessels with a liquid, positioned in the process chamber, a transfer port leading into the process chamber, and a functional module which can be moved up to the dosing station, The module includes an element carrier, functional elements installed on the element carrier, and media feed lines connected to the functional elements. The functional module with the element carrier, the functional elements, and the media feed lines is movable from an initial position, through a transfer port leading into the process chamber, to an operating position at the dosing station. |
| US12151842B2 |
Cash bag sealing device, a cash depositing system and a method for controlling the same
The disclosure relates to a cash bag sealing device for retaining and sealing a cash bag into which cash can be deposited and stored, wherein said cash bag sealing device having a supporting structure onto which two sealing jaws are oppositely arranged and of which at least one is reciprocally moveable between a sealing position and an open position and wherein at least one sealing jaw includes a heating element, the cash bag sealing device being configured to form a seal in the cash bag by the reciprocally moveable sealing jaw pressing the cash bag against the other sealing jaw in the sealing position and by heating said heating element, and wherein at least one of the sealing jaws includes at least one cash bag fastener. |
| US12151840B2 |
Automated method and system for packaging flexible articles
An automated method and system for packaging a stack of flexible articles are disclosed. The method comprises: loading, by a pair of end effectors, the stack of flexible articles into an erected box having a first open end and a second open end, leaving a first gap therebetween; moving, by a first flap closing mechanism, the flap of the first open end from the open configuration to the closed configuration; pushing, by a pushing mechanism, the stack of flexible articles towards the first gap, thereby forming a second gap between the second open end and the stack of flexible articles; and moving, by a second flap closing mechanism, the flap of the second open end from the open configuration to the closed configuration. |
| US12151826B2 |
Methods and systems for efficiently briefing past cockpit conversations
Systems and methods for debriefing an offboard pilot by enabling a dynamic priority filter to identify relevant voice communications recorded by a playback system in conversations between air traffic control and a pilot by transcribing, the conversations recorded by the playback system, for processing; identifying text content transcribed in the conversations using a speech engine for analysis of the text content for filtering into a set of multiple levels wherein each level contains a set of text messages; tagging at least one text message associated with context with a contextual tag to identify a category in-flight events with the at least one text message; assigning a priority to the at least one tagged text message to generate at least one set of priority tagged messages; enabling the offboard pilot to select based on a category and priority a set of tagged messages; and displaying the set of tagged messages. |
| US12151820B2 |
Software controlled air flow management
A system comprises an environmental control system (ECS) having a plurality of ducts configured to convey a flow of air into an interior space through the plurality of ducts. A plurality of valves are disposed in the plurality of ducts to control the flow of air through a respective duct into the interior space. A plurality of sensors are disposed in the interior space configured to sense a passenger condition. |
| US12151819B2 |
Loop for extracting water from an air conditioning system of a cabin of an air or rail transport vehicle
The invention relates to a loop (40) for extracting water from an air conditioning system of a cabin (5) of an air or rail transport vehicle comprising an air cycle turbine engine (20), the loop comprising: a condenser (41); a three-dimensional mesh grid (45) housed in an outlet box (42) of the condenser and configured to be able to capture water droplets in a stream of moist air condensed by the condenser; a water recovery unit (46) opening on the condenser outlet box (42) and arranged under the three-dimensional mesh grid (45) so as to be able to recover, by force of gravity, the water collected by the three-dimensional mesh grid (45); an air return pipe (44) linking the outlet box (42) to a supply interface for directly or indirectly supplying the turbine of the air conditioning system. |
| US12151813B2 |
System and method for carrying an aeronautical or launch vehicle to altitude for release to flight
A system and method for carrying an aeronautical or launch vehicle to altitude for release to flight may involve a multiplicity of mounting elements affixed to a carrier aircraft in distributed fashion along a mounting axis. Each mounting element may include a cradle and a retention strap. Each retention strap may be suspendedly attached to a respective cradle, and actuatable from a retention configuration to a release configuration. The retention configuration allows the retention straps to clampingly secure the vehicle to the respective cradles. The actuation of the retention straps from the retention configuration to the release configuration may disable the clamping securement and thereby release the vehicle to drop away from the cradles. For one or more of the retention straps, the actuation may be by way of detonating at least one corresponding pyrotechnic fastener. |
| US12151805B2 |
Structural assembly for an aircraft
A structural assembly for an aircraft having pairs of main gantries distributed in the longitudinal direction, two transverse panels fixed to the front and the rear of the pairs of main gantries to together define a compartment for a landing gear of the aircraft, at least one pair of secondary gantries between the main gantries, at least one crossmembers parallel to the transverse panels and that straddles at least one secondary gantry, and, for each secondary gantry and each crossmember straddling the secondary gantry, a connecting rod mounted to be able to freely rotate, via a first end, on a lower part of the crossmember and, via a second end, on an outer lateral part of the secondary gantry. Such an arrangement reduces the vertical bulk of the structural assembly. |
| US12151803B2 |
Preloaded torque shaft and the flight control driveline made therewith
Presented are a method and apparatus for an aircraft flight surface actuation system including a motor having an output shaft. A gearbox is coupled with the output shaft, whereby a first driving force output via the motor is converted to a second driving force. A torque shaft assembly is driveably coupled with the gearbox. The torque shaft assembly includes a first tube, a second tube located at least partially through the first tube and located coaxial therewith, wherein the first tube comprises an axial preload operable to mitigate lateral deflection, and wherein the first tube comprises a torsional preload operable to mitigate torsional deflection. In addition, the aircraft flight surface actuation system includes an eccentric cam mechanism driveably coupled with the torque shaft assembly, and a flight surface coupled with the eccentric cam mechanism. |
| US12151798B2 |
System and method for positioning an aquatic vessel
An aquatic vessel, illustratively a pontoon boat including a thruster system is disclosed. The aquatic vessel executes a process to automatically position the aquatic vessel relative to a target location such as a mooring implement. Exemplary mooring implements include a dock, a slip, or a lift. |
| US12151797B2 |
Ship speed control system, ship speed control method, and ship speed control program
A ship speed control system includes: a ship speed deviation calculation module which calculates a ship speed deviation based on the difference between an actual ship speed and a ship speed target value; and an input gain adjustment module which adjusts a gain input to a throttle control function to a first gain value when the ship speed deviation is not less than a first threshold value, and adjusts the input gain to a second gain value which is larger than the first gain value and smaller than the initial gain value when the ship speed deviation is not less than the first threshold value and not less than the second threshold value. |
| US12151787B2 |
Subsurface multi-mission diver transport vehicle
A subsurface diver transport vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least one propulsion device. The vehicle body incorporates a number of individual mission modules mechanically assembled together to define a substantially continuous hull and deck of the vehicle. The mission modules include at least one battery module adapted for supplying electrical current to electrical subsystems of the vehicle. The propulsion device is attached to the vehicle body and capable of propelling the vehicle through a body of water. |
| US12151784B2 |
Bimini and watercraft having a bimini
A bimini having a collapsible frame and a top is disclosed. The collapsible frame, which has a first support and a second support that is pivotable relative to the first support about a pivot axis, is movable between a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration. The top, which has a first top portion that defines a cavity and a second top portion that is flexible, extends between the first and second supports. In the extended configuration of the collapsible frame, the top is taut between the first and second supports, and in the collapsed configuration of the collapsible frame, the second top portion is selectively at least partially stored in the cavity defined by the first top portion. A watercraft having the bimini is also disclosed. |
| US12151780B2 |
Seal structures
Disclosed herein is a threaded bottom bracket comprising: an internal sleeve, a ball bearing, wherein an inner race of the ball bearing is an extended inner race, a cup fit to concentrically hold the ball bearing, wherein the cup is coupled to the internal sleeve, a labyrinth, the labyrinth coupled to the ball bearing and fit to prevent water and debris from entering the ball bearing, wherein the labyrinth and the cup form a path, and a rotary seal disposed between the ball bearing and the labyrinth, the rotary seal having an external seal that seals against the extended inner race. |
| US12151778B2 |
Systems and methods for evaluating and reducing negative dysphotopsia
Systems and methods for evaluating ND are described herein. An example method can include constructing a non-sequential (NSC) ray-tracing model of an eye with an ophthalmic lens, and modelling a light source and a detector. The detector can be configured to mimic a retina of the eye. The method can also include computing irradiance data using the light source, the NSC ray-tracing model, and the detector. Irradiance data can be computed for each of a plurality of pupil sizes. The method can further include evaluating ND by analyzing the respective irradiance data for each of the pupil sizes. Also described herein are methods for designing an ophthalmic lens edge that reduces the incidence of ND for a given ophthalmic lens by adjusting the edge thickness and/or the scatter. |
| US12151776B2 |
Rotational braking methods and apparatuses
Various technologies for reducing a speed of land vehicle by rotating its handle bar. A device comprises: a handlebar having a longitudinal axis; a seat coupled to the handle bar; a line coupled to the seat; and a brake coupled to the line, wherein the handlebar is rotatable about the longitudinal axis such that the seat moves and thereby controls the brake via the line. |
| US12151771B2 |
Smart device application with customizable tunes for active valve control
A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device having a memory, an active valve tune application, and at least one processor. The processor initiates the active valve tune application, receives, from a database, an active valve suspension tune having a number of performance range adjustable settings, and receives user related input information. At least one of the performance range adjustable settings is modified based on the received input information to generate a modified active valve suspension tune. The system includes an active suspension of a vehicle, wherein the modified active valve suspension tune is implemented by the active suspension. |
| US12151767B2 |
Two-wheeled vehicle
A two-wheeled vehicle includes a frame assembly having a front end and a rear end extending along a longitudinally-extending centerline, a front ground-engaging member operably coupled to the front end of the frame assembly at a front rotational axis, and a rear ground-engaging member operably coupled to the rear end of the frame assembly at a rear rotational axis. The vehicle further includes an engine supported by the frame assembly and operably coupled to the front and rear ground-engaging members, and the engine includes a throttle body assembly. Additionally, the vehicle includes an air intake assembly fluidly coupled to the engine and including an airbox and a mounting plate having a first channel and a second channel. The first and second channels are configured to align with the throttle body assembly. The mounting plate is configured to couple the airbox to the throttle body assembly. |
| US12151762B2 |
Human-powered vehicle control device
A human-powered vehicle control device controls the transmission that changes the transmission ratio of a human-powered vehicle. The control device includes an electronic controller that switches between a first control state for controlling the transmission to change the transmission ratio in accordance with a first prescribed set of conditions, and a second control state for controlling the transmission to suppress the change of the transmission ratio as compared with if the electronic controller is in the first control state, in accordance with at least one of a steering state of the human-powered vehicle, a surface condition of a travel path on which the human-powered vehicle travels, and a pedaling preparation state related to the pedals of the human-powered vehicle. |
| US12151761B2 |
Knuckle guard
A knuckle guard (30) according to an embodiment includes a wind guide portion (35) that is disposed in front of a grip (17) of a handlebar (15) of a vehicle (1) and has a communication hole (36) which opens in a vertical direction, wherein the wind guide portion (35) covers the communication hole (36) in a front view. |
| US12151757B2 |
Suspension seatpost with internal spring
A bicycle suspension seatpost with a four-bar linkage design and a suspension spring element located within the seatpost tube is provided. The bicycle seatpost comprises a seatpost tube configured to be secured to a bicycle frame, a pair of substantially vertically stacked linkage bars rotatably connected to the seatpost tube, a rear linkage rotatably connected to the pair of substantially vertically stacked linkage bars, and a biasing member disposed within the protrusion to resist rotation of the pair of substantially vertically stacked linkage bars about one or more axes of rotation. |
| US12151756B2 |
Bicycle hanger
A space-efficient wall mounted bicycle hanger. The hanger comprises a linkage that includes a wall mount, a folding extension arm that is foldable in a horizontal folding plane, and a bicycle support pivotally connected to a distal end of the foldable extension arm. The support is rotatable in the horizontal folding plane for yaw angle adjustment of a supported bicycle and can also be rotatable in a vertical tilting plane for pitch angle adjustment. |
| US12151754B2 |
Vehicle inspection method and vehicle inspection system
A vehicle inspection method in a production line of a vehicle includes: performing a part inspection in steps of manufacturing parts of the vehicle, the part inspection in which each of the parts after being manufactured is inspected with an inspection device and which includes one or more inspection items; storing a result of the part inspection in a storage device such that the result is associated with the part; and displaying the result of the part inspection, on a display device used in a completed vehicle inspection for inspecting a completed vehicle serving as the vehicle that is completed, information indicating at least the part of the parts corresponding to a failed item serving as the inspection item which is determined not to be passed in the result of the part inspection stored in the storage device and information indicating the failed item. |
| US12151752B2 |
Steering auxiliary motor control device in EPS system, and method thereof
Disclosed are a steering auxiliary motor control device and a method thereof, the device comprising: a receiving unit for receiving steering angle information and driver steering torque information from a sensor included in a vehicle; a maximum steering angle determination unit for determining the maximum steering angle of the vehicle on the basis of the steering angle information and preset reference steering angle information; and a limited motor torque determination unit for determining limited motor torque for limiting maximum motor torque outputted from a steering auxiliary motor on the basis of a first condition including the steering angle information, the maximum steering angle information, and steering angle holding time information and/or a second condition including the driver steering torque information, over-torque limit entry torque information, over-torque limit release torque information, and steering torque holding time information. |
| US12151751B2 |
Traction module for robot with variable extension positions
A traction module for a robot system and a robot system using the traction module having, an outer frame and a rotating frame rotatably mounted within the outer frame. A drive system is operatively coupled to the rotating frame and configured to drive a traction drive component to propel the robot. An actuator is operatively connected to the rotating frame to controllably rotate the rotating frame. During a first portion of a rotating movement of the rotating frame, the drive system moves between a flat mode position relative to the outer frame and a clearance mode position in which the drive system extends outwardly from the outer frame to a greater extent than in the first position. During a second portion of the rotating movement of the rotating frame, the drive system may be positioned in a desired orientation to propel the robot. |
| US12151748B2 |
Steer-by-wire steering apparatus
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the range of control for the frictional force on a steering shaft is increased, the frictional force can be sustained at a set level to enhance the steering feel, the number of parts is reduced to improve ease of assembly and reduce cost of production, and deformation of the steering shaft can be minimized. |
| US12151745B2 |
Cab system for a vehicle
Systems and apparatuses include a cab floor defining a center plane, a seat slide actuator coupled to the cab floor and selectively moveable in a direction transverse to the center plane relative to the cab floor, and a seat supported by the seat slide actuator and moveable therewith. |
| US12151744B2 |
Pillar channel seals and vehicles including same
A vehicle includes a vehicle body comprising a pillar having a pillar channel extending therethrough. A pillar channel seal includes a seal body located in the pillar channel. The seal body has a pass-through opening sized to receive a drain hose. A moveable plug is movably attached to the seal body that is configured to cover the pass-through opening in a closed configuration. An expandable foam is carried by the moveable plug. |
| US12151741B2 |
Control device, control method, and computer- readable recording medium
A control device including circuitry configured to: obtain an external environment recognition image representing a recognition result of a surrounding area of a moving body; and display the external environment recognition image on a display device. The circuitry is further configured to: enable displaying of a moving guide representing a predetermined position in a traveling direction of the moving body and a stop guide representing a position where movement of the moving body is to be stopped on the display device in a superimposed manner on the external environment recognition image; and set a transmittance of the moving guide to be higher in a case where the moving guide and the stop guide are superimposed on the external environment recognition image than in a case where only the moving guide among the moving guide and the stop guide is superimposed on the external environment recognition image. |
| US12151732B2 |
Work vehicle
This work vehicle includes: an electric driving source which is driven by electrical power; and a travel part which is operated by the electric driving source. At least a portion of a loading part for loading an object to be loaded is provided above a first direction-side portion of the travel part. In addition, at least a portion of a detachable batch storage part, which has an accommodation part capable of accommodating a detachable battery, is provided above a portion of the travel part on a side in a second direction reverse to the first direction. An opening is formed in an upper portion of the accommodation part. The opening is directed upward and the axial line of the accommodation part in the battery attachment/detachment direction inclines to be directed in the first direction or the second direction. |
| US12151731B2 |
Powered beach wagon
A powered wagon for carrying items on sand for a user that has a foldable frame assembly and foldable, fabric container assembly with an open top portion. The wagon includes a front two-wheel frame assembly and back two-wheel frame assembly, with the back two-wheel frame assembly being inwardly and outwardly slidable along a back support bar and designed to nest between the front two-wheel frame assembly when the foldable frame assembly is retracted. A handle and telescoping bar assembly is pivotally coupled substantially to a housing assembly on the bottom frame portion, a handle portion defining the proximal bar end. A motor and shaft assembly in the housing assembly is electrically coupled to a rechargeable battery assembly, an actuator assembly, and electronic controls which are communicatively coupled to a hand-held communication or smart device. |
| US12151730B2 |
Vehicle cart assembly
A vehicle cart assembly includes a cart that has a panel and a plurality of rollers rotatably disposed on the panel. A ramp is hingedly attached to the panel to facilitate a tire of a vehicle to roll onto the cart. A first pressure sensor is integrated into the ramp which is engaged by the tire of the vehicle when the tire of the vehicle rolls onto the ramp. A second pressure sensor is integrated into the panel to be engaged by the tire of the vehicle when the tire of the vehicle rolls onto the panel. A visual alert is removably attached to the panel which is turned on when the first pressure sensor is engaged to alert a driver that the tire of the vehicle has begun rolling onto the ramp. The visual alert is turned off when the second pressure sensor is engaged to alert the driver that the tire has rolled onto the panel thereby alerting the driver to stop the vehicle. |
| US12151729B1 |
Fuel cell assembly for easy removal and installation of fuel cell system
A fuel cell assembly for easy removal and installation of a fuel cell system is described. The fuel cell assembly includes one or more first rolling members provided in one or more first slots of a first base arrangement, where a plurality of holes are configured on a second surface of the first base arrangement. Each of the one or more first rolling members includes a plurality of rollers configured to be inflated and deflated. The inflating and deflating of each first rolling member facilitate movement of the plurality of rollers of each first rolling member into a plurality of holes and out of the plurality of holes, respectively, which enables the fuel cell system to move between a raised position and a lowered position. The raised position of the fuel cell system indicates a position in which the fuel cell system is in contact with the plurality of rollers. |
| US12151722B2 |
Railway vehicle compartment, associated assembly, railway vehicle and method
This compartment of a railway vehicle defines an interior volume and comprises: a cover movable between an open position, in which the cover is offset from the interior volume, and a closed position, in which the cover covers the interior volume and at least partially delimits that interior volume, a bar, a central region of the bar extending out of the interior volume, and a hinge defining the path of the cover between open and closed positions. The cover is rotatable about an axis of the bar between its open and closed positions, the bar forming a pin of the hinge. |
| US12151721B2 |
Locked-axle wheel cradle, system, and method
A crane-less locked axle cradle system configured to lift a rail vehicle wheel off a rail and transport the lifted wheel along a rail is presented. The present disclosure discloses a system that can lift the locked-axle wheel off the rail with no crane thereby allowing the train with a locked axle to be transported off the mainline in a shorter period of time. A cradle system can have two parts (male and female members with wedges and rail wheels) that can be mated with each other around a rail wheel. As the male and female members are pulled together, locked wheel engagers can couple with different portions of the locked-axle wheel, causing the locked-axle wheel to lift off the rail given the gradient of the wedge or rotation of the wheel. In another embodiment, the wheel lifting can be assisted by an air bag, hydraulic cylinder, jack, or other. |
| US12151717B2 |
Single-door control circuit for train
A single-door control circuit for a train includes a first circuit for controlling a single door when the train is in a sleep state, and a second circuit for controlling a door of the train when the train is in a wake-up activated state. When the train is in the sleep state, the second circuit is not electrified, the first circuit works, a door control unit is electrified by a storage battery power supply, and the single-door control is triggered by an electric unlocking switch or a single-door button; and when the train is in the wake-up activated state, the first circuit is cut off, the second circuit is electrified, and under a condition that a cab on a local side is activated and the train is at a zero velocity, the single-door control is only triggered by activating the single-door button in the cab. |
| US12151714B2 |
Vehicle control system and vehicle control method
A vehicle control system includes an integration unit that estimates information on a position and a speed of a target existing in an external field and errors of the position and the speed of the target, based on information from a movement sensor that acquires movement information including a vehicle speed and a yaw rate of an own vehicle, and information from an external field sensor that acquires information on the external field of the own vehicle. The integration unit uses not the information from the external field sensor, but the vehicle speed and the yaw rate acquired by the movement sensor, to predict a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed of the target at a second time after a first time, from a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed at the first time. |
| US12151709B2 |
Trajectory prediction method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device
A trajectory prediction method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. In embodiments of this disclosure, according to a historical trajectory of a designated target and a historical trajectory of each obstacle, a historical interaction feature between the designated target and each obstacle is determined, and a motion trajectory of the designated target is predicted to obtain an initial predicted trajectory. A future interaction feature between each obstacle and the designated target is then determined according to the initial predicted trajectory and a planned trajectory of each obstacle. According to the future interaction feature, a final predicted trajectory of the designated target is obtained. |
| US12151706B2 |
Remote live map system for autonomous vehicles
A live map system may be used to propagate observations collected by autonomous vehicles operating in an environment to other autonomous vehicles and thereby supplement a digital map used in the control of the autonomous vehicles. In addition, a live map system in some instances may be used to propagate location-based teleassist triggers to autonomous vehicles operating within an environment. A location-based teleassist trigger may be generated, for example, in association with a teleassist session conducted between an autonomous vehicle and a remote teleassist system proximate a particular location, and may be used to automatically trigger a teleassist session for another autonomous vehicle proximate that location and/or to propagate a suggested action to that other autonomous vehicle. |
| US12151700B2 |
Vehicle, vehicle control method, and non-transitory recording medium
A vehicle including at least one movable member whose position is modifiable by an occupant, a driving assist system capable of executing driving assist control that is interruptible when an interrupt condition has been satisfied, and a processor. The processor is configured to control an alarm device so as to issue a warning to a driver when determined that a prescribed positional condition has been satisfied based on a reference position and a position of each of the movable members when the driving assist control is being executed. |
| US12151698B2 |
Notification control device for vehicle and notification control method for vehicle
A notification control device includes an occupant state identifying unit, a behavior change obtaining unit, and a notification processing unit. The occupant state identifying unit is configured to identify a state of an occupant of the vehicle among a plurality of states. The behavior change obtaining unit is configured to obtain an imminent behavior change of the vehicle during the automated driving. The notification processing unit is configured to cause a notification device to notify the occupant of the imminent behavior change when the imminent behavior change obtained by the behavior change obtaining unit satisfies a notification condition. The notification condition is set for each of the plurality of states. The notification condition for a first distracted state categorized into a distracted group is different from the notification condition for a second distracted state categorized into the distracted group. |
| US12151694B2 |
Automobile diagnosis device, system and method
Disclosed are an automobile diagnosis device, system and method. The automobile diagnosis device includes: a diagnosis protocol transceiver configured to fault code data of an automobile to be diagnosed; a communication module; a master controller electrically connected to the diagnosis protocol transceiver and the communication module; a multimeter circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to send multimeter data to the master controller; an oscilloscope circuit electrically connected to the communication module and configured to send oscilloscope data to the host computer by means of the communication module; a signal generating circuit electrically connected to the master controller and configured to generate an analog waveform signal in response to a driving signal of the master controller. The adaptability of the automobile diagnosis device is improved. |
| US12151693B2 |
Vehicle and autonomous driving system
An embodiment vehicle for performing autonomous driving includes a memory configured to store map information, a sensor configured to acquire surrounding objects information related to the vehicle, a communicator configured to communicate with a server and a surrounding vehicle, and a controller configured to form autonomous driving data for the autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the map information and data acquired through the sensor and the communicator, wherein the controller is configured to cause performance of the autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the autonomous driving data formed at a time point closest to a time point at which a failure of the sensor occurs in response to the failure of the sensor and a determination that driving of the vehicle by a driver is not available. |
| US12151692B2 |
Performance tuning for electronic control unit
A method for performance tuning an electronic control unit (ECU). The performance tuning may include determining one or more tunable values stored on a tunable implementation memory of the ECU to specify tunable calibration data for one or more tunable calibration parameters selected for performance tuning and controlling an application software of the ECU to execute according to the tunable calibration data. |
| US12151691B2 |
Filtering perception-related artifacts
The subject disclosure relates to techniques for filtering perception-related artifacts. The disclosed technology can include receiving, by a machine learning model, a first output generated by a perception system model onboard an autonomous vehicle, wherein the first output is based on sensor data received from sensors of the autonomous vehicle at a first time and includes an inaccurate perception of an environment around the autonomous vehicle, receiving, by the machine learning model, a second output generated by the perception system model onboard the autonomous vehicle, wherein the second output is based on sensor data received from sensors of the autonomous vehicle at a second time after the first time and includes an accurate perception of the environment around the autonomous vehicle, and altering, by the machine learning model, the inaccurate perception of the environment from the first output based on the accurate perception of the environment in the second output. |
| US12151688B2 |
Route-based selections of vehicle parameter sets
In some examples, a controller receives information of a route of a vehicle, and selects a first parameter set from among a plurality of parameter sets based on the route of the vehicle, the plurality of parameter sets corresponding to different conditions of usage of the vehicle, where each parameter set of the plurality of parameter sets includes one or more parameters that control adjustment of one or more respective adjustable elements of the vehicle. The controller causes application of the first parameter set to control a setting of the one or more adjustable elements of the vehicle. |
| US12151687B2 |
Vehicle speed and/or wheel speed estimation using multiple speed measurements
A longitudinal vehicle speed sensor for a vehicle includes a first sensor configured to generate a first measured speed based on one of a wheel speed of the vehicle receiving output torque from a drive unit and an output of a global positioning system (GPS). A second sensor is configured to generate a second measured speed. A speed weighting module is configured to apply a first weight to the first measured speed to generate a first weighted speed. A speed weighting module is configured to apply a second weight to the second measured speed to generate a second weighted speed. An output module is configured to generate a speed estimate based on the first weighted speed and the second weighted speed. |
| US12151686B2 |
Information provision system, information terminal, and information provision method
The present invention provides an information provision system that provides a user with information for coping with a problem by using an information terminal having a camera and a display, wherein the information terminal includes at least one processor with a memory comprising instructions cause the at least one processor to at least: identify a problem area in a captured image obtained by the camera; and display, on the display, a plurality of procedure screens indicating contents of a procedure for coping with the identified problem area, in accordance with an answer from the user, the plurality of procedure screens include a first procedure screen on which a plurality of answer items selectable by the user are displayed. |
| US12151681B2 |
Vehicle driving control system
A vehicle driving control system includes a road map information updating unit, a control information calculation unit, and a driving control execution unit. Upon determining that a stopped vehicle is present ahead of a target vehicle and that the target vehicle is able to pass by the stopped vehicle, the control information calculation unit calculates control information to be used to restrict a vehicle speed to a first set vehicle speed or less until the target vehicle passes by the stopped vehicle, and calculates, if a door of the stopped vehicle has been opened, the control information to be used to restrict the vehicle speed to a second set vehicle speed or less until a set time period elapses from the opening of the door or until the target vehicle passes by the stopped vehicle. The second set vehicle speed is lower than the first set vehicle speed. |
| US12151679B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling a safety device of a vehicle, and safety system for a vehicle
A method for controlling a safety device of a vehicle. The safety device reacts to an imminent collision by an intervention in a longitudinal and/or lateral guidance of the vehicle. The method includes reading in environment data and trip data regarding the collision object in an environment of the vehicle and the vehicle, and seat occupancy data regarding an occupancy state of at least one seat of the vehicle; ascertaining: an expected impingement side of the collision object on the vehicle; a velocity change of the vehicle in the context of the collision; and a seat occupancy distribution in the vehicle, using the seat occupancy data; executing an evaluation of the velocity change with regard to a threshold value and/or of the seat occupancy distribution relative to the expected impingement side; generating, depending on a result of the evaluation, a control signal for the safety device. |
| US12151675B2 |
Driving controller for determining a risk level of a vehicle and control method thereof
A driving controller for a vehicle includes a detector that obtains driving information of a preceding vehicle and information about the road and a controller that determines a risk level of the preceding vehicle based on the driving information of the preceding vehicle and determines whether to perform avoidance control depending on the risk level. When it is determined that a breakdown or risk occurs in the preceding vehicle, the driving controller provides corresponding logic capable of avoiding the preceding vehicle. |
| US12151674B2 |
Method for controlling driving force of vehicle
A driving method of controlling a vehicle is provided to solve the problem of a repeated wheel slip and deterioration of wheel slip control performance due to a roll motion by controlling the driving force of a vehicle by reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time while the vehicle is turning, to a method that can solve the problem of a repeated wheel slip and deterioration of wheel slip control performance due to a roll motion by controlling the driving force of a vehicle by reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time while the vehicle is turning. |
| US12151672B2 |
Transportation device having multiple axes of rotation and auto-balance based drive control
A transportation device that has two or more wheel axes, auto-balance based drive control, a rider platform that is movable in fore-aft pitch angle, a motor assembly that is movable in fore-aft pitch angle, and a speed reduction mechanism. Various embodiments are presented that include a rider platform that better tracks the slope of an inclined riding surface, a speed reduction mechanism that may rotate in fore-aft (at least in part) with the motor assembly, and the use of separate fore-aft pitch angle and inclination sensors, among other embodiments. Possible forms of the transportation device include a scooter, a skateboard-like device, and a device with continuous tracks. |
| US12151671B2 |
Hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling same
Proposed is a method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle. In particular, the method includes: connecting a first motor directly connected with an engine with a second motor directly connected with an input end of a transmission, and determining whether to distribute an amount of error torque for the engine to the first motor or each of the first motor and the second motor on the basis of an efficiency of the first motor and an efficiency of the second motor. |
| US12151667B2 |
Electrified fire fighting vehicle
An electrified fire fighting vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a body coupled to the chassis, a front axle coupled to the chassis, a rear axle coupled to the chassis, a water tank supported by the chassis, an energy storage system coupled to the chassis, a water pump supported by the chassis, and an electromagnetic device electrically coupled to the energy storage system. The electromagnetic device is coupled to the water pump and at least one of the front axle or the rear axle. The electromagnetic device is configured to receive stored energy from the energy storage system and provide a mechanical output to selectively drive the water pump and the at least one of the front axle or the rear axle. |
| US12151660B2 |
Method for venting a cylinder of a piston-cylinder unit of a power brake pressure generator of a hydraulic power brake system
Venting a cylinder of a piston-cylinder unit of a power brake pressure generator of a hydraulic power brake system for a motor vehicle. A piston in the cylinder is displaced from a forward-displaced position back into a home position and subsequently forward again. When the piston is displaced back, a connection valve is closed so that the piston sucks brake fluid from a brake fluid container, the brake fluid flowing over a lip seal acting in the manner of a pressure relief valve as the first piston seal. During the forward stroke, the piston pushes brake fluid through the then open connection valve into the brake fluid container. Any air contained in the cylinder is pushed with the brake fluid from the cylinder and separates from the brake fluid in the brake fluid container. |
| US12151650B2 |
Running boards and processes for the production thereof
A running board comprising at least one composite material wherein the miming board is produced in a one continuous step pultrusion process wherein the pultrusion process parameters are selected to yield a miming board with specific one or more characteristics selected from dimensions, three dimensional shape, light weight/lightness, strength, fatigue, stiffness, rigidity, chemical resistance, fire resistance, reduced sensitivity to corrosion, UV resistance, thermal resistance, bending forces, impact resistance, wear resistance and visibility. |
| US12151644B2 |
Methods of facilitating emergency assistance
In system and methods for loss mitigation, accident data associated with a vehicle accident involving a driver may be collected. The accident data may be analyzed, and a likely severity of the vehicle accident may be determined based upon the analysis of the accident data. A communication related to emergency assistance or an emergency assistance recommendation may be generated based upon the determined likely severity of the vehicle accident, and transmitted, via wireless communication, from one or more remote servers to a mobile device associated with the driver. A wireless communication from the driver indicating approval or modification of the emergency assistance or emergency assistance recommendation may be received. A third party may be notified, via a communication sent from the remote server(s), of requested emergency assistance as approved or modified by the driver. An estimated insurance claim may also be generated based upon vehicle accident likely severity. |
| US12151642B2 |
Webbing winding device and vehicle seat
A webbing winding device includes a spool, a sensor lever, and a solenoid. The sensor lever is displaceable between the first position and the second position. In a state where the sensor lever is disposed at the first position, the rotation in the drawing-out direction of the spool is enabled, and in a state where the sensor lever is disposed at the second position, the rotation in the drawing-out direction of the spool is locked. When the solenoid is actuated, a part of the sensor lever is attracted and the sensor lever is displaced from the first position to the second position. The center of gravity of the sensor lever is set so that the sensor lever is displaced toward the second position when negative acceleration with respect to the direction in which a part of the sensor lever is attracted to the solenoid is generated in the sensor lever. |
| US12151641B2 |
Belt reel and also belt retractor having a belt reel
A belt reel (14) for a belt retractor (10) has a rotational axis (R) and a reel body (16) that is provided as a reel for a webbing (24) and has a first axial circumferential circle (34). The reel body (16) further includes a radial constriction (32) having a second axial circumferential circle (36), wherein the constriction (32) is arranged centrally on the reel body (16) in the axial direction (A) and wherein the circumference of the second axial circumferential circle (36) amounts to a maximum of 95% of the circumference of the first axial circumferential circle (34). Moreover, a belt retractor (10) comprising such belt reel (14) is described. |
| US12151637B2 |
Seat cushion airbag and folding method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a seat cushion airbag and a folding method of the seat cushion airbag that can be installed in a reduced package while protecting a wide area when deployed and discloses a seat cushion airbag and a method of folding the seat cushion airbag that is stowed in a folded state in the seat cushion but a portion of which is pushed inward. |
| US12151629B2 |
Battery installation structure
A battery installation structure capable of allowing a battery to be obliquely installed on a front side frame while maintaining the stability of the battery is provided. The battery installation structure is suitable for allowing a battery to be obliquely installed on a front side frame of a vehicle body, and the battery installation structure includes an installation base, a receiving groove, and a supporting portion. The installation base is disposed on the front side frame. The receiving groove is disposed in a middle of the installation base to receive a wiring harness connected to the battery. The supporting portion is disposed at a front end and a rear end of the installation base and forms triangular supporting surfaces at a front and rear of the receiving groove to support the battery. |
| US12151624B2 |
Snowmobile storage compartment, display, antenna, and body trim system
A snowmobile including a chassis, a main body panel, and a first trim panel. The main body panel is removably coupled to the chassis by way of a fastener assembly. The first trim panel is removably coupled to the main body panel. The first trim panel has a first thickness and extends a first distance from a side of the snowmobile. |
| US12151617B2 |
Unit pixel with photoelectric converters and storage MOS capacitor connected to photoelectric converter, image sensor, and vehicle
A unit pixel includes a first photoelectric converter, a first transfer transistor disposed between to the first photoelectric converter and a first node, a connection transistor disposed between and connected to a second node and the first node, a second transfer transistor disposed between and connected to a third node and the second node, a second photoelectric converter connected to the third node, and a storage metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitor connected to the third node. The storage MOS capacitor stores charges from the second photoelectric converter. For a first time period, first charges accumulated in the first photoelectric converter are transferred to the first node, for a second time period, second charges accumulated in the first photoelectric converter are transferred to the first node and the second node, and for a third time period, third charges accumulated in the second photoelectric converter are transferred to the first to third nodes. |
| US12151615B2 |
Housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle
A housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle includes a scalp portion comprising a first circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the scalp portion, and a bezel comprising a second circumferential edge having a lip portion extending at least partially around the bezel. The c-shaped first circumferential edge of the scalp portion is configured to at least partly overlap the lip portion to obtain a flush surface at a separation edge which is located at least partly at an inside panel of the bezel. |
| US12151614B2 |
Hitch assistance system with interface presenting simplified path image
A vehicle hitching assistance system includes a controller acquiring image data from the vehicle and deriving a vehicle path to align a center of a hitch ball of the vehicle with a centerline of a trailer coupler within the image data. The controller also outputs a video image including a representation of a simplified path from the hitch ball to the coupler and outputs a steering signal to cause the vehicle to steer along the vehicle path. |
| US12151608B2 |
Vehicle grille
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle grille configured to be mounted to a front of a vehicle body, wherein the vehicle grille comprises a grating structure through which air is receivable into the vehicle, wherein at least a portion of said grating structure is shaped as a scannable matrix structure forming a code pattern. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle comprising such a vehicle grille. The present disclosure further relates to a data access system which comprises such a vehicle and a remote server containing data associated with said vehicle, said data being accessible by a camera-equipped communication device, such as a mobile phone, when scanning said scannable matrix structure. |
| US12151607B2 |
Vehicle including electric motor and method of controlling brake lamp for the same
A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp. |
| US12151599B2 |
Vehicle seat
The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a vehicle seat upper part and a vehicle seat lower part, the vehicle seat upper part and the vehicle seat lower part being connected to one another by means of a connecting means in such a way that the vehicle seat upper part can be moved relative to the vehicle seat lower part and, when the vehicle seat upper part moves relative to the vehicle seat lower part, the relative movement can be sprung by means of a spring element, the vehicle seat having an additional volume, the spring element being arranged between the vehicle seat upper part or the vehicle seat lower part and a proportion of the additional volume. |
| US12151598B2 |
Lock unit with a coupling mechanism for integrated idle displacement
A lock unit for a vehicle, having a carrier, a locking element, an arresting element, pivotable on the carrier between an arresting position and an unlocking position and, in its arresting position, arrests the locking element, in the locking position, not adjustable to the release position and, in its unlocking position, allows adjustment of the locking element from the locking position to the release position, and an actuating element, adjustable on the carrier within an adjustment region and configured to pivot the arresting element from the arresting position towards unlocking position. The actuating element is coupled to the arresting element via a coupling mechanism, so that an adjustment movement of the actuating element is converted into a pivoting movement of the arresting element towards the locking position of the latter, only in part of the adjustment region of the actuating element. |
| US12151595B2 |
Seat rail pair for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat and energy absorber and locking device, in particular for such a seat rail pair
Disclosed is a seat rail pair (2) for adjustment of a vehicle seat (8), in particular of a motor vehicle seat, in an adjustment direction (x), comprising a guide rail (10) extending parallel to the adjustment direction (x) for fastening to a vehicle floor, and a fastening rail (21), which is adjustably guided on the guide rail (10) in the adjustment direction (x) for fastening the vehicle seat (8), wherein an energy absorber element (5) is provided in a path, which introduces the force acting on the vehicle seat (8) into the vehicle structure, which energy absorber element permits a movement of the vehicle seat in the adjustment direction (x) under plastic deformation when a predetermined value of the force is exceeded. |
| US12151594B2 |
Vehicle having an electronic detection device for positioning an adjustable interior object on an interior surface in the vehicle
A vehicle provided with a vehicle interior including an interior surface and at least one interior object provided for arrangement and fixation in the vehicle interior, an electronic detection device is provided, which is adapted to detect a position of the interior object on the interior surface. The at least one interior object includes at least one drive device for a non-mechanically guided displacement of the interior object on the interior surface of the vehicle, and the electronic detection device adapted to detect the reaching of a specified fixing position on the interior surface by the interior object. |
| US12151593B2 |
Seat system with sensor and user interface
To provide a seat system that allows the information of the user seated in the seat to be acquired by another user, a seat system includes: a seat main body; at least one sensor provided in the seat main body; a control device for processing a signal from the sensor; and a first user interface communicating with the control device and notifying information based on a signal from the control device. Preferably, the sensor acquires information obtained from a seated person who is seated on the seat main body. Preferably, the seat system includes a camera for capturing an image of the seated person who is seated on the seat main body, and the control device causes the first user interface to display the image captured by the camera. |
| US12151590B2 |
Predictive fuel cell restart during low speed operation
A fuel cell electric vehicle is powered by a fuel cell that converts hydrogen gas into electricity to power the vehicle's electric motor. The fuel cell drivetrain includes the fuel cell, traction battery, vehicle controller, and other components. The vehicle controller, also known as an electronic control unit, manages and controls various functions of the vehicle, such as the fuel cell system, engine, and traction battery. It makes decisions based on data from sensors and inputs and optimizes fuel efficiency. |
| US12151589B2 |
Warming system
A warming system includes: a first flow path that connects an engine and a first radiator and through which first cooling water circulates; a second flow path that connects a battery and a second radiator and through which second cooling water circulates; a first branch flow path branching downstream of the first radiator and merging upstream of the engine; a first regulating valve routing the first cooling water into the first branch flow path; a second branch flow path branching downstream of the battery and merging upstream of the second radiator; a second regulating valve routing the second cooling water into the second branch flow path; and a first heat exchanger exchanging heat between the first cooling water and the second cooling water. |
| US12151588B2 |
Power control system and method for controlling an electric vehicle including one or more supplemental protection devices
A power control system for a battery system of a vehicle includes one or more supplemental protection devices that are connected to at least one of a first contactor, a second contactor, one of N fuses, and one of N vehicle loads. A battery management module is configured to measure and store a plurality of state of health parameters for the battery system and to selectively operate the one or more supplemental protection devices in a coverage gap between first and second coverage areas handled by the first contactor and the second contactor and the N fuses based on a calibration function and/or calibration parameters. A telematics system selectively sends the plurality of state of health parameters for the battery system to a remote server and to receive at least one of a new calibration function and new calibration parameters for the vehicle from the remote server. |
| US12151586B2 |
Electric cart use management device, use management system, computer-readable recording medium, and electric cart use management method
A use management device includes: a traveling information acquisition part which acquires subsequent prospective traveling information about an electrically driven cart; a remaining amount information acquisition part which acquires remaining amount information about a battery; a determination section which determines, based on the prospective traveling information and the remaining amount information, whether charging of the battery is necessary; and a control section which executes a permission control of permitting a traveling motor to drive when the determination section determines that the charging of the battery is unnecessary, and executes a forbidding control of forbidding the traveling motor from driving when the determination section determines that the charging of the battery is necessary. |
| US12151585B2 |
System and method for thermal monitor controls
A thermal monitor control system for a refuse vehicle includes a plurality of onboard devices including a first onboard device and a second onboard device, a plurality of sensors including a first sensor configured to collect a first data set and a second sensor configured to collect a second data, and a processing circuit configured to receive the first data set from the first sensor and the second data set from the second sensor, define a normal operating profile, receive a third data set from the first senor and a fourth data set from the second sensor, compare the third data set and the fourth data set to the normal operating profile, and cause the onboard messaging system to display the alert to the operator in response to determining that the third data set or the fourth data set differs from the normal operating profile. |
| US12151573B2 |
Vehicle charging using a multi-drive system
A charging system of a vehicle includes a first conversion device of a first drive system of the vehicle, the first conversion device connected to a first electric motor. The system also includes a second conversion device of a second drive system of the vehicle, the second conversion device connected to a second electric motor. The first drive system and the second drive system are connected to a battery system of the vehicle. The system also includes a switching assembly including a plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the first electric motor and/or the second electric motor to a charge port of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the switching assembly to define a conversion circuit that includes components of the first drive system and/or the second drive system, and control the conversion circuit to regulate an output voltage and supply power to an energy storage system. |
| US12151569B2 |
Fuel cell vehicle
An embodiment fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell, a power distributor disposed on the fuel cell and configured to receive power generated by the fuel cell, a voltage cable connected to a rear side of the power distributor, and a cable bumper coupled to the rear side of the power distributor and surrounding a portion of the voltage cable. |
| US12151568B2 |
Drive system, and motor vehicle
A drive system (1) having a unipolar machine (2) and a fuel cell (3) for supplying the unipolar machine (2) with electrical energy. The fuel cell (3) can be arranged in a ring shape around a rotor shaft (5) of a rotor (4) of the unipolar machine (2). The unipolar machine (2) can be provided in a motor vehicle (600) to supply a traction torque. |
| US12151564B2 |
Systems and methods for charging an electric vehicle at a charging station
Systems and methods for charging an electric bus having a charging interface on its roof may include determining that an approaching bus is supposed to be charged at the charging station, lowering the charging head of the charging station to land on the roof of the bus, and moving the bus with the charge head on its roof to engage the charging head with the charging interface. |
| US12151558B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling HUD of vehicle
An apparatus for controlling a head up display of a vehicle includes a navigation device that calculates a residual distance from a position of the vehicle to a driving direction change point, a display that displays vehicle information as an augmented reality image, and a controller that compares the residual distance with a preset distance, determines whether to correct the residual distance depending on a result of the comparison, corrects the residual distance based on an output height of the augmented reality image when correcting the residual distance, and sets a position spaced apart by the corrected residual distance from the position of the vehicle as a projected position of the augmented reality image. |
| US12151556B2 |
Vehicle having an adjustable display screen
A vehicle has a display screen designed to be moved between an observation position and a reflection position. The display screen has a display screen surface, wherein, when in the observation position, the display screen surface can be directly observed by a user of the vehicle from a user position of the vehicle. The vehicle has a reflecting surface, wherein, in the reflecting position, the display screen surface faces the reflecting surface such that an image displayed on the display screen surface generates a mirror image on the reflecting surface, which mirror image is visible to a user of the vehicle from the user position of the vehicle. |
| US12151555B2 |
Accelerator device
An accelerator device includes a pedal lever, a reaction force adjuster and a controller. The pedal lever operates according to a stepping operation. The reaction force adjuster is driven by an actuator, and is capable of adjusting a reaction force that is a force in a direction of pushing back the pedal lever. The controller includes a target operation amount setting unit and a drive control unit. The target operation amount setting unit sets a target operation amount, which is an operation amount of the pedal lever according to a vehicle speed. The drive control unit controls a drive of the actuator. The controller controls the reaction force according to the target operation amount so that the operation amount of the pedal lever is within a target range when switching from an automatic drive to a manual drive. |
| US12151551B2 |
Actuation mechanism for actuating the closure devices of an air flow control assembly of a vehicle
An actuation mechanism for at least partially asynchronously actuating two closure devices of an air flow control assembly for a vehicle, comprising a control element that is/can be connected to an actuator. This is operatively connected via a first coupling part provided for actuating the first closure device and via a second coupling part provided for actuating the second closure device in such a way that a movement of the control element occurring about an axis of rotation can be converted into a shifting of the two coupling parts via a slide controller having corresponding control pins and bearing grooves. The control element having the control pins is integrated at least partially between the two coupling parts which are at least partially overlapping and can be shifted relative to the control element. The control pins engage at least partially into the bearing grooves positioned on the coupling parts. |
| US12151550B2 |
Shutter device
A vehicle shutter device includes first and second flaps, one actuator, and a link mechanism. The link mechanism includes a connecting rod that couples the flaps to each other such that the flaps rotate in synchronization with each other. The shutter device is provided with stoppers configured to prohibit each of the flaps from being displaced beyond a normal opening and closing range when the link mechanism is in a normal state. When coupling between the connecting rod and the first flap is released in the first pivotally attaching portion in a state where coupling between the connecting rod and the second flap is maintained in the second pivotally attaching portion, the actuator is allowed to rotate beyond a normal rotation range of the actuator corresponding to the normal opening and closing ranges of the first and second flaps. |
| US12151547B2 |
Frame assembly and integral battery structure
A frame assembly for an automobile and method of assembling same. The frame assembly includes a battery housing at least partially integral with an automobile frame. The frame includes longitudinal beams that extend between front frame rails and rear frame rails. The battery housing includes two portions, a upper cover integrated with the longitudinal beams and a base plate that connects to the upper cover or the longitudinal beams with a releasable connection. The base plate includes a connection flange that includes at least one seal. When connected, at least one battery module is enclosed in the battery housing. |
| US12151546B2 |
Touch release handle
A latching assembly for use on a pick-up truck, and particularly on a truck bed cover configured to sit over a truck bed section is provided. The latching assembly includes an electronic release assembly and a mechanical override system. An electronic release assembly includes a first rod coupled to a first electronic actuator and a second rod coupled to a second electronic actuator. The electronic release assembly also includes a first electronic actuator that selectively moves the first latch catch and the second electronic actuator that selectively moves the second latch catch. The mechanical override system moves the first and second rods to mechanically cause the first and second electronic actuators, respectively, to manually move the first and second latch catches, respectively, to unlatch the at least the portion of the truck bed cover from the truck bed section. |
| US12151543B2 |
Release system for removable vehicle panel
A hybrid vehicle door includes a structural door member including a first stile supporting a hinge, a second stile supporting a latch and a rail member extending between the first stile and the second stile. A latch actuator system is mounted to the rail member. The latch actuator system includes a latch actuator member operatively connected to the latch and a latch element connector operatively connected to the latch. A removable panel is connected to at least the first stile and the second stile. The removable panel covers the latch actuator system. A removable panel handle system is mounted to the removable panel. The removable panel handle system includes a removable panel latch actuator member mounted to the removable panel and a latch element operatively connected to the removable panel latch actuator member. The latch element is engaged with the latch element connector of the latch actuator system. |
| US12151542B2 |
Vehicle sun visor
A vehicle sun visor includes a visor body including a first component member and a second component member that are stacked in a thickness direction, and a support shaft. In the visor body, a case that supports the support shaft such that the support shaft is turnable and that is slidably fitted to the visor body is provided. The case is provided with a clip that urges the visor body toward a storage position by urging the support shaft. A guide rail that prevents the case from falling in the thickness direction with respect to the first component member is provided. The guide rail is formed integrally with the first component member to support the case such that the case is slidable with respect to the first component member. |
| US12151534B2 |
Link for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle and wheel suspension for a wheel of a front axle of a motor vehicle
A link for a wheel suspension of a motor vehicle, and a corresponding wheel suspension for a wheel of a front axle of a motor vehicle. The link includes a link base with a bearing point on the vehicle body side. The bearing point on the vehicle body side is designed in the form of a bearing eye. The bearing eye is designed as a frangible member which breaks when a specified misuse load is exceeded. |
| US12151529B2 |
Suspension control device and suspension device
The present invention achieves suspension control that allows for synchronization of the roll and the pitch of a vehicle. This suspension control device that controls the damping force of a suspension comprises: a target pitch angle calculation unit that calculates a target pitch angle with reference to a roll angle signal; and a target control amount computation unit that calculates the roll posture target control amount referred to for controlling the damping force of the suspension by referring to a steering torque signal and the target pitch angle. |
| US12151528B2 |
Suspension abutment device with seal
A device includes a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap, at least one bearing disposed between the caps and at least one annular seal. The seal provides a claw secured by mechanical connection to the upper support cap, a sealing lip extending obliquely from the claw in the direction of the upper bearing cap. |
| US12151527B1 |
Nested cylinder vehicle suspension and retrofit cross-link suspension apparatus
A multi-section shock-linked vehicle suspension system is disclosed that transfers force from one point to another point in a system of interrelated shock absorbers. Force can be transmitted from one shock absorber to another using hydraulics or a gas such as air or nitrogen in a space-efficient form factor, without the use of levers and mechanical force transfer rods. The hydraulic or gas force can be tuned using valves to provide different suspension characteristics. The multi-section shock-linked system provides the ability to share wheel loads across the vehicle by using shock absorbers that are shared in addition to the individual shock absorber associated with each wheel. |
| US12151523B2 |
Valve for an inflatable hose section
Valve for an inflatable flexible tube section comprising a tubular shaft, and also a valve base, connected adhesively and around the entire periphery to an end of the shaft, wherein the valve base has been manufactured from a thermoplastic polyurethane. |
| US12151520B2 |
Tire pressure monitoring module, tire localization system and tire localization method
A tire pressure monitoring module of a vehicle, a tire localization system and a tire localization method of a vehicle are provided. Each of tires is determined to be a left tire or a right tire based on a phase relationship of components of magnetic field intensity in two different directions in the tire. The components of magnetic field intensity in two different directions are measured by a magnetometer in the tire pressure monitoring module. The tire is determined to be a front tire or a right tire based on magnitude of an AOA of a first Bluetooth module in the tire pressure monitoring module relative to a multi-antenna Bluetooth host. In this way, the tires of the vehicle are positioned automatically with a high precision. In addition, the tire pressure monitoring module may be mounted on any tire without any distinction, which reduces the installation cost. |
| US12151506B2 |
Reciprocal vibration type electric engraving pen
The present invention provides a reciprocal vibration type electric engraving pen driven by a main transmission shaft to operate. The engraving pen contains a rear shell assembled with a front shell. The rear shell positions the main transmission shaft. A top front of the driving shaft is assembled with an off-centered driving bead, and the front shell is assembled with a driven shaft. The engraving pen is characterized in that a rear end of the driven shaft is assembled radially with a driven pillar, and the driving shaft is formed integrally with a connection barrel. Accordingly, when the main transmission shaft drives the driving shaft to rotate, the driving bead revolves on a circular track simultaneously. When the driving bead revolves by one turn, the driven pillar is hit twice and vibrates double times. Furthermore, the driven shaft can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise, and the lifetime is extended. |
| US12151504B2 |
Multi-pen having sharp knob containing a through hole for sharp lead
A multi-pen includes: an upper body; a lower body detachably coupled to a lower side of the upper body; at least one ink lead and a sharp pipe accommodated in the upper body and the lower body; a sharp knob coupled to an upper side of the sharp pipe and having a through hole formed therein; a cover detachably provided at an upper side of the sharp knob; and a sharp exposure part exposed to the outside of the lower body according to an operation of the sharp knob, wherein a sharp lead is supplied to the sharp pipe from the upper side of the sharp knob through the through hole. |
| US12151502B2 |
Card with embedded image
A card includes a layer of deformable material embossed with a three dimensional (3-D) pattern. A first layer is in direct contact with and overlies the embossed deformable layer. A second layer is in direct contact with and underlies the embossed deformable layer. The first layer is of conformable material and extends within the embossed pattern for filling, setting and maintaining the embossed pattern in a fixed condition. The second layer is of conformable material and conforms to the embossed pattern set in the deformable layer. |
| US12151491B2 |
Edge detackification and decoration of adhesive tape rolls
Adhesive tape rolls having detackified side faces are presented, and methods of their manufacture. In one embodiment, the method comprises applying one or more inks to a side face of an adhesive tape roll with an ink jet printing system. In some embodiments, inks are applied in an image-wise manner so as to create a pattern, text or graphics, which may include: barcodes. QR codes, brand information, manufacturing information, or remaining roll quantity indicia. In one aspect, the present methods enable elimination of packaging materials by two concurrent advantages: a) detackifying the side faces, which eliminates the need for packaging materials to prevent blocking of stacked rolls and accumulation of debris on side faces; and b) producing an adhesive tape roll bearing text, graphics, or other information on the side face of the roll, which eliminates the need for packaging materials to bear such information. |
| US12151490B2 |
Printing apparatus and conveyance apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit to convey a print medium, a belt, a tensioner, and a control unit. The belt transmits a driving force of a drive unit to the conveyance unit. The tensioner is displaceable and makes pressure contact with the belt to generate tension. The control unit controls driving of the drive unit in a state where the tensioner is in pressure contact with the belt. The control unit performs first control in which the drive unit is driven with a first control value, which is not based on a driving amount detected by a detection unit. Where the detection unit detects the driving amount, the control unit subsequently performs second control in which the drive unit is driven with a second control value, which is based on the driving amount detected by the detection unit. |
| US12151487B2 |
Printer
A printer includes a housing storing a rolled sheet and having an opening, a head, a cover covering the opening, a first flapper attached to the cover via a first shaft at a first end of the flapper, pivoting around the shaft, and biased to press the sheet with a second end thereof, the first end being closer to a front side of the cover than the second end, a second flapper attached to the cover via a second shaft at a first end of the second flapper and pivoting around the second shaft, a second end of the second flapper being closer to the front side than the first end and slidably connected to a center portion of the first flapper, and a sensor detecting that a remaining amount of the sheet has decreased to a predetermined amount, based on an angle by which the second flapper has pivoted. |
| US12151486B2 |
Table mover and ink jet printer including the same
A table mover includes a table assembly including a table carriage to support a table, and the table assembly is movable in sub-scanning directions along a first slide rail fixed to a left side frame and a second slide rail fixed to a right side frame. The table carriage includes a first left fixer to which a left fixing bracket coupled to a left slider to be engaged with the first slide rail is fixed and a first right fixer to which a right fixing bracket coupled to a right slider to be engaged with a second slide rail is fixed. The first left fixer is elastically deformable in main scanning directions relative to the left side frame. |
| US12151485B2 |
Printing apparatus and apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a support member having a bearing portion, and includes a locking member including a shaft portion fitted to the bearing portion and a biasing member arranged to bias the support member and the locking member in a first direction. The support member supports a printing member that prints on a printing medium. The locking member is pivotally mounted to the support member. The shaft portion is a pivot center. The locking member fixedly holds the printing member relative to the support member. The first direction forms an angle from 0 degree to smaller than 45 degrees relative to an upper surface of the printing member in a first state in which the printing member is fixedly held relative to the support member by the locking member. Movement of the shaft portion fitted to the bearing portion in the first direction is restricted by the biasing member. |
| US12151484B2 |
Storage device, liquid ejection apparatus, and method for manufacturing storage device
A storage device includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing an object in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls; a flexible printed substrate including a first electrode provided in a first wall among the plurality of walls, and a second electrode provided in a second wall among the plurality of walls; and a double-sided tape including a base material, a first adhesive layer formed on a first surface of the base material, and a second adhesive layer formed on a second surface of the base material opposite to the first surface, and adhering the flexible printed substrate to the storage section. |
| US12151483B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a substrate, a discharge port configured to discharge ink, a flow path forming member formed on the substrate and in which a flow path configured to supply liquid to the discharge port is formed, a detection unit arranged between the substrate and the flow path forming member and formed of a material of which an electrical resistance value changes by contacting the liquid, and a measurement unit configured to measure the electrical resistance value of the detection unit. |
| US12151482B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
A printing apparatus that performs printing through an inkjet method includes an inkjet head and an ink supply system, where the ink supply system includes a pressure damper that is a pressure adjustment mechanism, a flow path that is a container-side flow path, and a connecting member in which a flow path that is a head-side flow path for flowing ink from the pressure damper to the inkjet head is formed, the pressure damper supplies ink adjusted to a pressure in a predetermined range lower than atmospheric pressure from an output port that is a pressure adjustment mechanism outlet to the flow path, and a flow path cross-sectional area of at least one part of the flow path in the connecting member is larger than a flow path cross-sectional area of the output port. |
| US12151478B2 |
Head module, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus
A head module includes: a head including: a nozzle plate having a nozzle from which a liquid is to be discharged; a channel substrate including an individual channel communicating with the nozzle, the nozzle plate bonded to a first bonding surface of the channel substrate; and a cover covering at least one side of a discharge surface of the nozzle plate of the head. The channel substrate has a size larger than the nozzle plate, the cover has a second bonding surface bonded to the first bonding surface of the channel substrate at an outer region of the nozzle plate with an adhesive, the discharge surface of the nozzle plate is liquid-repellent, and the first bonding surfaces of the channel substrate and the second bonding surface of the cover are lyophilic. |
| US12151477B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting head
There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head having an ejection surface including a first nozzle row configure to eject a first ink and a second nozzle row configure to eject a second ink; and a support configured to support the liquid ejecting head in an inclined posture in which the ejection surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, in which the first nozzle row is positioned above the second nozzle row with respect to a vertical direction in a state where the support supports the liquid ejecting head in the inclined posture, one or both of the first ink and the second ink contain a moisturizer, and a thickening resistance of the first ink is higher than a thickening resistance of the second ink. |
| US12151476B2 |
Bonded substrate, piezoelectric actuator, liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge apparatus
A bonded substrate includes: a first substrate; and a second substrate having a bonding surface bonded to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate includes a recess having a bottom surface recessed from a surface opposite to the bonding surface, and a difference between the maximum height and the minimum height of the bottom surface from the surface opposite to the bonding surface of the recess is less than 10 μm. |
| US12151475B2 |
Head unit and liquid discharge apparatus
A head unit includes a liquid discharge head, circuitry, and a cable. The liquid discharge head includes multiple piezoelectric elements including multiple individual electrodes and a common electrode. The circuitry generates a first drive signal applied to the multiple individual electrodes, a second drive signal applied to the multiple individual electrodes and having a different waveform from the first drive signal, and a voltage signal applied to the common electrode. The cable connects the liquid discharge head and the circuitry. The cable includes n first wires through which the first drive signal is transmitted, n second wires through which the second drive signal is transmitted, and n third wires through which the voltage signal is transmitted. Here, n is an integer equal to or greater than 2. Each of at least (n−1) third wires is arranged between one of the n first wires and one of the n second wires. |
| US12151472B2 |
Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: an applicator configured to apply a first liquid onto a surface of a fabric medium to increase repellency of the surface of the fabric medium; a head configured to discharge a second liquid onto the surface of the fabric medium, onto which the first liquid has been discharged; a detector configured to detect the repellency of the surface of the fabric medium on which the first liquid has been discharged; circuitry configured to: determine whether the repellency detected by the detector is equal to or larger than a predetermined repellency; and control the applicator to further apply the first liquid onto the surface of the fabric medium in response to a determination in which the repellency detected by the detector is lower than the predetermined repellency. |
| US12151465B2 |
Method of printing
A method of printing for improving print quality includes applying a layer of a pre-treatment liquid to a surface of a print substrate; printing an image on top of the layer of the pre-treatment liquid; pre-drying a printed print substrate obtained in the printing step at a temperature of between 30 and 50 degrees Celsius for 2-6 seconds; and drying of and/or fixation of the image on the print printed substrate obtained after the pre-drying step. A printing system is disclosed for performing the method. |
| US12151461B2 |
Manufacturing method of anodic oxide film structure and anodic oxide film structure
Proposed are a manufacturing method of an anodic oxide film structure, and an anodic oxide film structure. More particularly, proposed are a manufacturing method of an anodic oxide film structure, and an anodic oxide film structure, wherein production yield of the entire product can be improved by repairing a defective region to be made normal. |
| US12151455B2 |
Multilayer structure
The present invention is directed to a multilayer structure. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a polypropylene multilayer extrusion laminate structure which provides sufficient thermal resistance and mechanical properties, and which multilayer structure can be recycled. The present invention is further directed to a process for producing the multilayer structure by an extrusion lamination process. |
| US12151452B2 |
Composite laminate plate, housing and mobile communication device
The present invention relates to a composite laminate plate, a housing and a mobile communication device. The composite laminate includes a top metal layer with a through hole and an array antenna, and an area ratio of the array antenna to the through hole meets a specific range, thereby enhancing wave transmissivity of a millimeter wave. Moreover, the composite laminate has a specific material structure, such that it has good mechanical properties and low density. The housing and the mobile communication device made by the composite laminate have advantages of metallic texture, high signal intensity and excellent effect for light weight tendency. |
| US12151450B2 |
Machine and method for embossing paper web products
A machine for embossing, including at least one pair of embossing nips for plies of paper, at least one laminating nip to bond the plies of paper, a pair of embossing cylinders, each having on its surface a respective plurality of embossing protrusions, each defining a wrap angle for the at least one ply of paper, and defining therebetween a transfer nip, a pair of pressure cylinders, each associated with a respective one of the embossing cylinder, the embossing nip being defined between each pair formed of embossing cylinder and pressure cylinder, a laminating device for bonding the plies delivered from the transfer nip, at least one distribution device of material to facilitate ply-bonding arranged upstream of the laminating device, and at least one heating device for at least one of the embossing cylinders. |
| US12151449B2 |
Case-handling system with independently movable flap-suppressing devices
Various embodiments provide a case-handling system including multiple flap-suppressing devices that can be vertically moved independently of one another to, when processing a case, enable the case-handling system to prepare for and receive the next case to-be-processed while the case-handling system is still folding the upper major flaps of the current case, which increases throughput. |
| US12151447B2 |
Tire vulcanizing equipment
A tire vulcanizing machine, rubber vulcanizing apparatus, and in particular, tire vulcanizing equipment, including a mold assembly, a ring seat assembly provided in the mold assembly, a cylinder assembly supporting the ring seat assembly, a sealing hood for sealing a gas in the mold assembly, and a driving member. A gas circulating fan is provided on the ring seat assembly; a rotating shaft for driving the gas circulating fan to rotate is provided in the cylinder assembly; the driving member drives the rotating shaft to rotate; and the sealing hood isolates the driving member. |
| US12151446B2 |
Composition for reducing tire-wheel assembly imbalances, force variations, and/or vibrations
Particular embodiments of the invention comprises a composition for reducing weight imbalances, force variations, and/or vibrations in a tire-wheel assembly, the composition comprising a first plurality of particulate for positioning within the tire-wheel assembly, where each particle in the first plurality of particulate is characterized as having low energy absorption capabilities, and a second plurality of particulate for positioning within the tire-wheel assembly, where each particle in the second plurality of particulate is characterized as having elevated energy absorption capabilities. Additional embodiments of the invention comprise a method for reducing force imbalances, force variations, and/or vibrations in a tire-wheel assembly, which includes the steps of providing a tire-wheel assembly and placing into a pressurization chamber of said tire-wheel assembly a composition as contemplated in any embodiment or combination of embodiments suggested herein. |
| US12151444B2 |
Method for producing composite components having an undevelopable surface
Method for producing composite components having an undevelopable surface. To be able to maintain the tolerances when manufacturing especially large components in the case of composite components with undevelopable surfaces, it is proposed according to the invention to drape a cut-to-size blank on a molding tool and to determine the deviation of the cut-to-size blank edge from the setpoint cut-to-size edge. Then, on the basis of the deviation, a new cut-to-size blank edge is calculated, and a new cut-to-size blank is created and re-draped for examination purposes. The method is repeated until the deviations are below a tolerable threshold value. The method is furthermore carried out for each textile ply of the composite component. |
| US12151440B2 |
Apparatus for producing joined-resin product and method for producing joined-resin product
Provided is an apparatus for producing a joined-resin product in which two or more resin members are joined. The apparatus includes: a surface treatment mechanism comprising an electrode unit generating ionized gas, and a member holding mechanism arranged at a position separated from the electrode unit by a space and holding the resin member, the surface treatment mechanism activating a surface to be joined of the resin member held by the member holding mechanism, by the ionized gas generated by the electrode unit; and a joining mechanism bonding the two or more resin members together where at least one of surfaces to be joined facing each other is activated by the surface treatment mechanism, at the respective surfaces to be joined. |
| US12151439B2 |
Extrusion-based additive manufacturing: method, 3D printing system, and 3D printed object
A method for reducing an additional printing time of a 3D object related to printing of an outer wall of the 3D object, the outer wall having an outer surface with an enhanced smoothness. The outer wall is arranged to envelope an inner part of the 3D object. The outer wall includes at least one region having a first outer wall part and a second outer wall part. The first outer wall part forms the outer surface with the enhanced smoothness. The second outer wall part is arranged between the first outer wall part and the inner part and provides a low-resolution part of the outer wall having a less smooth outer surface than the first outer wall part. Hence, the additional printing time related to printing the outer wall having an outer surface with an enhanced smoothness can be reduced. A 3D printing system adapted to perform the method and to a 3D printed object having the abovementioned outer wall. |
| US12151437B2 |
Method for the additive manufacturing of a component
A method for the additive manufacturing of a component, in which method the component is configured layer-by-layer from a base material which is solidified at least in regions in each layer, the method includes introducing at least one cooling gas flow for cooling at least the region to be solidified by way of at least one cooling medium nozzle into a carrier gas flow so as to form a cooling gas flow, wherein the cooling medium is present so as to be liquid and/or gaseous, wherein the cooling gas flow is guided through a de Laval nozzle, wherein the cooling medium flow is introduced such that the outflow of the cooling medium flow into the carrier gas flow takes place within or downstream of the de Laval nozzle, and the cooling gas flow is directed onto the component. |
| US12151430B2 |
Device, modular system and method for stereolithographic additive manufacturing
A device for the stereolithographic additive manufacturing of metallic components includes a material support for a material layer of a material to be polymerized, the surface of which forms a building plane, a material container for fresh material, which opens into the building plane via a material feed opening, a build platform movable between a position flush with the building plane and a lowered position perpendicular to the building plane, a doctor blade movable between the material container and the build platform for applying the material layer on the building plane, and an exposure unit for position-selective exposure of the material layer on the build platform or on a component partially built on the build platform. The material support is exchangeably arranged in the device. |
| US12151429B2 |
Inflatable structure and method of making inflatable structure
In an inflatable structure, a plurality of fibers is formed in a cavity of a flexible shell. When structure is inflated, the shell expands and the fibers are tensioned to constrain the flexible shell to have a fiber-constrained shape. When the structure is uninflated, the flexible shell is configured to collapse. The structure is formed by additive manufacturing. The fibers are fused to the shell and can run in various directions in relation to each other and the flexible shell. Fibers can extend obliquely to the shell when tensioned and at crosswise directions in relation to each other to form a nonwoven mesh. |
| US12151428B2 |
Method of lining branch area in pipeline
A method of lining a branch area in a pipeline using an inflatable bladder. The method includes steps of preparing a branch liner with resin and positioning the branch liner in a pipeline, inflating the bladder and running a flow of air and steam through the bladder while monitoring its temperature. After curing of the resin, temperature of the liner is monitored and the bladder is removed only after proper cooling of the liner. |
| US12151425B2 |
Method for producing a helical casting pattern
A method for producing a helical casting pattern. The method including: providing a pattern body having a longitudinal axis, a cavity extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis, and a pattern body wall that surrounds the cavity; providing a processing tool for creating a recess; arranging the pattern body and the processing tool such that the processing tool extends at least partially through the pattern body wall in the radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis; and rotatably driving at least one of the processing tool and the pattern body about one of the longitudinal axis of the pattern body and an axis parallel thereto, relative to one another, with a relative movement between the pattern body and the processing tool in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis being produced one of continuously or at least intermittently during or in alternation with the relative rotational movement. |
| US12151420B2 |
Blow-molded panel and manufacturing method for blow-molded panel
A manufacturing method for a blow-molded panel and a blow molding equipment are provided. The blow-molded panel is a double-layer structure or a multilayer structure and is formed by means of blow molding, wherein respective layers thereof can be made of different materials so that the blow-molded panel has relative good performance. |
| US12151419B2 |
Hollow body molding aid and molding method
The hollow body molding aid includes a body, a connector, a first profiling assembly, a second profiling assembly, and a positioning mechanism. The connector is fixedly connected to the body. The first profiling assembly is fixedly disposed on one side of the body and is configured to position one half of a reinforced housing. The second profiling assembly is fixedly disposed on the other side of the body and is configured to position the other half of the reinforced housing. The positioning mechanism is disposed on the first profiling assembly and the second profiling assembly. The reinforced housing can be positioned, thus guaranteeing molding quality of the reinforced housing and blanks. In addition, the reinforced housing can be accurately positioned in a cavity of a mold through a manipulator, without the need to use a plurality of air cylinders for step-by-step driving. |
| US12151415B1 |
Hot to cold runner system for golf ball injection mold and methods of using same
A hot to cold runner system for a golf ball injection mold is disclosed. The hot to cold runner system includes a hot runner for supplying layer-forming material in a molten state, the hot runner including a heated manifold having a hot runner drop connected thereto, and a cold runner operatively connected to the hot runner drop such that the cold runner is in fluid communication with the hot runner. The cold runner injects the material into a mold cavity to form a golf ball layer over a core. Methods of forming a golf ball layer by injection molding using the hot to cold runner system are also disclosed. |
| US12151414B2 |
Injection molding system with dynamic nozzle seal
An injection molding nozzle system for delivering molten material from a manifold to a nozzle is disclosed. The manifold and nozzle are disposed within pocket of a manifold plate. The nozzle is secured to a melt-transfer bushing disposed within the manifold via a collar. The collar is secured to the bushing such that it is centered about the axis of the outlet of the bushing. A support ring supports the nozzle within the pocket such that the nozzle is centered about the axis of the pocket. In a cold state, the outlet of the bushing and the inlet of the nozzle are misaligned. In operation, thermal expansion of the components bring the outlet of the bushing and the nozzle into alignment. The melt-transfer bushing and the connection of the nozzle to the manifold, via the releasable connection between the collar and the bushing facilitates manufacture and assembly of the system. |
| US12151413B2 |
Plastic composite panel and associated production method
A method for producing a plastic composite panel which is provided as a layer structure. The method includes providing a film layer structure comprising an adhesive layer which is arranged between two transparent plastic films. The film layer structure is pre-molded to assume an approximately final shape and is arranged in a molding tool so that a first main surface of the film layer structure is towards the molding surface of the molding tool and so that a cavity is formed between the second main surface of the film layer structure and a surface of the molding tool. The film layer structure is then back-molded in a thermal molding method step while introducing a thermoplastic material into the cavity to provide the layer structure. A pre-molding and back-molding step, a rigidification of the thermoplastic layer, and a demolding of the layer structure is further performed. |
| US12151410B2 |
Method of forming an article
A method of forming an article by controlling the thickness of a portion of the plastic composition which comprises a layer of molten plastic composition between opposite first and second solid skins, so that the thickness is constant with a very low tolerance of +/−0.5%, preferably +/−0.2%, when the portion is subsequently exposed to a reduced pressure to cause expansion of the layer of molten plastic composition to form a core layer of expanded cellular foam between the first and second solid skins, and by controlling the stretch of the first solid skin to be within the range of 0.5 to 3%, the expansion of the plastic composition can be highly uniformly controlled in the expanded wall parts. |
| US12151408B2 |
Systems and methods for manufacturing articles in space
A fluidic optical device comprising a housing comprising a wall defining a lumen, wherein the wall is in fluid communication with a reservoir comprising a liquid, and a control unit for forming a fluidic lens bounded by the wall, under microgravity conditions. Further, a method for fabricating the fluidic optical device of the invention, and a system comprising the fluidic optical device, are provided. |
| US12151406B2 |
Mold release agent
A mold release agent containing a component (A), at least one compound selected from a phosphoric acid ester compound represented by formula (I) as described herein and a salt thereof. |
| US12151398B2 |
Mould for thin sample casting
Mould for casting of thin samples made of cement-based materials, for a maximum of 10 small samples (10×10×2 mm or ⅜×⅜× 1/16 inch), consists of a solid stainless steel base plate, stainless steel upper frame-plates and thin plastic foil. The stainless steel frame plates of various lengths are assembled on the base plate and fastened with screws to form a frame with 10 free spaces (‘cells’) into which the concrete/cementitious material is poured. The thickness (2 mm or 1/16 inch) of the thin frame plates determines the thickness of the cast samples. Plastic transparent foil is placed over the surface of the base plate for easier sample removal. The advantages of the mould are: possibility of assembling and disassembling of all mould parts and hence safe sample removal after 24 hours, multiple usage as well as easy maintenance and cleaning. |
| US12151396B2 |
Tool for a potter's wheel
An improved tool for use with a potter's wheel is provided, and the tool configured to attach to the spinning potter's wheel and hold a workpiece in the center thereof. The tool comprises an upper plate and a lower plate that are rotatable with respect to each other. A holding arm can extend through an arm slot in the upper plate to engage a spiral ridge of the lower plate. Relative rotation between the upper plate and the lower plate causes the holding arm to move inward or outward in a radial direction to engage a workpiece. The lower plate comprises fish-shaped apertures to engage fasteners on the potter's wheel in a manner to reduce chatter and improve the longevity of the tool. |
| US12151390B2 |
Chainsaw
The description herein discloses a chainsaw, which may include: a saw chain; a guide bar equipped with the saw chain; a sprocket for running the saw chain along a periphery of the guide bar; a motor including an output shaft connected to the sprocket; a cooling fan connected to the output shaft; and a base member for holding the guide bar. The base member may be constituted of a heat conductive material having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or more when a temperature of the heat conductive material is 300 K. The base member may include: a plate portion arranged such that the plate portion faces the motor in a direction along the output shaft; and a rib portion protruding from the plate portion toward the motor. |
| US12151387B2 |
Trigger knife with fixable blade position
The present invention discloses a trigger knife with a fixable blade position, including a knife shell, a blade holder, a blade, a first elastic member, a trigger, and a limiting mechanism. The blade holder is capable of moving close to or away from the blade outlet in the inner cavity together with the blade. The trigger is rotatably mounted on the knife shell and configured to drive the blade to extend out of the inner cavity. The first elastic member is configured to drive the blade to be retracted into the inner cavity. The limiting mechanism is configured to limit a rotation angle of the trigger, so that the blade can be fixed to at least one preset position in the inner cavity. In the present invention, the blade can be effectively fixed to the at least one preset position in the inner cavity, which can meet usage requirements. |
| US12151386B2 |
Utility knife
A utility knife includes a handle having a body and a receiving aperture. The utility knife further includes a collet at least partially receivable in the receiving aperture, and a sleeve that is engageable with and that surrounds the collet. The collet is configured to alternately receive one of a portion of a blade of a first type in a first slot and a portion of a blade of a second type in a second slot. The collet and the sleeve are co-rotatable relative the handle to move the collet to a secured position in which one of the blade of the first type and the blade of the second type are secured to the collet. |
| US12151384B2 |
Method for building a local point cloud map and vision robot
The disclosure discloses a method for building a local point cloud map and a visual robot. According to the method for building the local point cloud map, point clouds which reflect a position of a large-range region around a robot are sampled according to a preset salient pose change condition; point clouds at different height positions are described in the form of a 3d histogram. |
| US12151383B2 |
Robotic manufacturing systems and methods
A robotic manufacturing system and method include a robot including a control unit in communication with an operative member. The control unit is configured to operate the operative member in relation to a workpiece within a working area according to a control plan. A presence sensor is configured to detect presence of a human within the working area. An imaging device is configured to acquire an image of at least a portion of the workpiece in response to the presence sensor detecting the presence of the human within the working area. |
| US12151377B2 |
Systems and methods for providing haptic guidance
A method includes defining a virtual object and defining a first point and a second point associated with a virtual representation of a surgical tool. Movement of the virtual representation of the surgical tool corresponds to movement of the surgical tool in real space. The method includes controlling a robotic device coupled to the surgical tool to constrain the first point to the virtual object, determining that the first point is at a threshold position along the virtual object, and controlling the robotic device to guide the second point to the virtual object. |
| US12151375B2 |
Grip apparatus and robot apparatus including the same
A grip apparatus is provided. The grip apparatus includes a first finger; a second finger configured to face the first finger, a first link configured to have a first end connected to the first finger, a second link configured to have a first end connected to the second finger, and a differential apparatus including a motor and configured to connect a second end of the first link and a second end of the second link. The differential apparatus rotates the first link and the second link in different directions when the motor is driven. The differential apparatus rotates the first link in a first direction when the second link rotates in the first direction by an external force. |
| US12151373B2 |
Reconfigurable robotic manufacturing cells
A manufacturing process adopting the reconfigurable robotic manufacturing cells that can work conjointly and yet have the capabilities to be reconfigured to disconnect from other cells and handle multiple tasks. The reconfigurable robotic cell is not dependent on any other robotic cells to complete work in progress. |
| US12151369B2 |
Separator plate and protection member for wire member
A separator plate is used to separate a cable from structural parts housed in a casing. The back surface side of the separator plate facing a structural part is provided with a concave portion to fit to the structural part. The front surface side of the separator plate facing a cover of the casing is provided with a groove for accommodating and routing the cable. The groove is formed by making a portion on the front surface side that avoids a protrusion on the surface side due to the concave portion provided on the back surface side protrude toward the cover of the casing. |
| US12151367B2 |
Gripper and robot
The present disclosure relates to a gripper and a robot. The gripper according to the present disclosure includes at least three guiding rails arranged head to tail in sequence, at least three gripping fingers respectively disposed on the at least three guiding rails and a driving mechanism. A first end of each of the gripping fingers is slidably connected to the corresponding guiding rail and a second end of each of the gripping fingers is for contacting the object to be gripped. The driving mechanism drives each of the gripping fingers to move along the corresponding guiding rail, so that the second end of each of the gripping fingers moves toward or away from a gripping center of the gripper. |
| US12151350B2 |
Driving tool
An elastic member is disposed between an internal gear of a gear train and a gear housing. A force is applied to the gear train when a lift mechanism is activated. The force is received and absorbed by the elastic member, thereby reducing the amount of force received by the gear housing. |
| US12151348B2 |
Power tool having latched pusher assembly
A magazine for use with a fastening tool. The magazine can have a pusher assembly that can be retracted into a recess in the magazine to facilitate loading and reloading of fasteners. The pusher assembly can have a pusher assembly knob which can be reversibly latched to a detent to maintain the pusher assembly in a retracted state. The fastening tool can use a magazine which can be reloaded by a method which has a step of reversibly retracting the pusher assembly into the retracted state to allow for feeding one or more fasteners to the magazine. |
| US12151346B2 |
Locking pliers with improved adjustment
A hand tool includes a handle assembly, a jaw assembly, a clamping assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The handle assembly may include a first handle and a second handle that each have a proximal end and a distal end. The jaw assembly may include a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw may be pivotally attached to a proximal end the first handle and the second jaw being pivotally attached to a proximal end of the second handle. The clamping assembly may be configured to enable the first and second jaws to be locked at a selected distance from each other in a locked position. The adjustment assembly may be disposed at an intersection of the jaw assembly and the handle assembly. The adjustment assembly may be configured to enable the selected distance to be modified. |
| US12151339B2 |
Grinding wheel and wafer grinding method
A grinding wheel includes an annular base having a free end portion and a plurality of segment grindstones fixed on the free end portion of the annular base in a state of being spaced from one another in a circumferential direction. The plurality of segment grindstones are divided into a plurality of grindstone groups each including a predetermined number of segment grindstones. Each of the segment grindstones included in each of the grindstone groups has a grinding surface formed into a rectangular shape having a long side and a short side. The segment grindstones of the grindstone group are sequentially fixed on the free end portion of the annular base from an outer circumferential side toward an inner circumferential side such that directions in which the long sides of the segment grindstones extend are changed from the circumferential direction to a diametric direction of the free end portion. |
| US12151331B2 |
Machine tool device for open-loop and/or closed-loop control of at least one machine tool function of a machine tool
A machine tool device in one embodiment is configured to provide open-loop and/or closed-loop control of at least one machine tool function of a portable machine tool. The machine tool device includes at least one detection unit configured to detect at least one characteristic variable of the machine tool and/or of a processing tool arranged on the machine tool. The machine tool device further includes at least one brake unit, wherein at least one brake function of the brake unit is adapted at least partially automatically, and in particular dynamically, depending on the at least one detected characteristic variable. |
| US12151321B2 |
Wire feeder
A wire feeder includes an exterior housing and in interior housing that creates an interstitial spaced that is disposed between the exterior and interior housing. This housing structure reduces weight of the wire feeder while maintaining the structural rigidness required of a wire feeder. This housing structure also promotes improved cooling features for the wire feeder and the components disposed within the wire feeder. The exterior housing may be constructed of a materials that reduces the likelihood of being damaged. The wire feeder may be further equipped with a strain relief device for the incoming supply cables, and an interchangeable cable connector. The wire feeder may also be equipped with removable wire guides for the wire feeder mechanism that are toolless. The wire feeder may be equipped with accessory storage and attachment features, as well as a cost reduced repositionable control panel. |
| US12151319B2 |
Variable speed engine driven generator for providing welding and auxiliary power
A method and apparatus for providing welding-type power derives motive power from a variable speed engine and driving a variable frequency generator with the motive power to provide a generator output. The generator output is preregulated to provide an intermediate signal, and the preregulating is controlled at least in response to feedback indicative of the welding-type output power. Welding-type output power is derived from the bus, and controlled at least in response to the welding feedback. Auxiliary output power is also derived from the bus, and controlled at least in response to feedback indicative of the auxiliary output power. The speed of the engine is controlled at least in response to one of the auxiliary feedback and the welding feedback. Energy produced by the engine that is not used as an output is stored by batteries. When the output exceeds the energy generated, the difference is supplied by the batteries. |
| US12151318B2 |
Additive repair device for internal threads
An additive repair device for internal threads is provided. The device includes a moving assembly, a rotating assembly, a speed regulation assembly, a gear assembly, an additive assembly, and a connecting assembly. The moving assembly includes a drive part and a linear movement mechanism. The additive assembly is connected to the linear movement mechanism through the connecting assembly. One end, which is far away from the drive part, of the linear movement mechanism is connected to an input end of the speed regulation assembly through the gear assembly. The rotating assembly includes a clutch mechanism and a clamping mechanism. The clutch mechanism includes a clutch outer gear and a clutch inner gear. The clutch outer gear is arranged at an output end of the speed regulation assembly. The clamping mechanism is fixed to one end, which is far away from the speed regulation assembly, of the clutch inner gear. |
| US12151317B2 |
Protective apparatus
This application relates to a protective apparatus. The protective apparatus is configured to protect a to-be-welded part, the to-be-welded part includes a welding region, and the protective apparatus includes a base and a protective mechanism. The base is configured for embedding the to-be-welded part. The protective mechanism is connected to the base. The protective mechanism includes a welding hole, where the welding hole is provided corresponding to the welding region; and a surface of the protective mechanism facing the welding hole is provided with a thermally conductive coating, where the thermally conductive coating is configured to guide substances formed in welding the to-be-welded part to slide down along the surface of the thermally conductive coating. The protective apparatus in this application can improve welding quality of the welding region, thereby enhancing performance of the to-be-welded part. |
| US12151313B2 |
Device and method of cutting polarizing plate
A polarizing plate-cutting device including a laser beam generator configured to emit a laser beam, a scanner including a rotating mirror configured to reflect the laser beam emitted from the laser beam generator, and a housing accommodating the rotating mirror, a condenser lens configured to condense the laser beam reflected from the rotating mirror, and a mounting block onto which the laser beam condensed by the condenser lens is irradiated and to which a polarizing plate is mounted, wherein the mounting block is fixed with respect to the scanner while the polarizing plate is being cut, and wherein the polarizing plate includes a stacking of a base substrate and a polarizing layer, the base substrate being closer to the condenser lens than the polarizing layer, and a heat resistance of the polarizing layer being lower than that of the base substrate. |
| US12151312B2 |
Laser processing apparatus
A laser beam irradiation unit of a laser processing apparatus includes a laser oscillator that oscillates a laser, a Y-axis scanner that executes a high-speed scan with a laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator in a Y-axis direction, an X-axis scanner that executes processing feed of the laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator in an X-axis direction, and a beam condenser. The Y-axis scanner is selected from any of an AOD, a resonant scanner, and a polygon scanner and the X-axis scanner is selected from a galvano scanner and a resonant scanner. |
| US12151311B2 |
Film cutting apparatus
Disclosed is a film cutting apparatus for cutting a film fabric having a multilayer structure with a plurality of film layers and including a release film layer positioned at an outermost layer of one side of the film layers, the film cutting apparatus including a laser unit including a laser head configured to form a first cutting line on a predetermined first film group by cutting the first film group by selectively irradiating the first film group with a laser beam to include some film layers except for the release film layer among the film layers, and a cutting unit including a cutter configured to form a single cutting line by connecting a second cutting line and the first cutting line on a predetermined second film group by cutting the second film group using a cutting blade to include some film layers including at least the release film layer among the film layers. |
| US12151308B2 |
Method and system for cooling a component during laser cladding
A method of cooling a component during laser cladding can include attaching a flow adapter to the component, flowing cooling fluid through the flow adapter, flowing the cooling fluid through the component during laser cladding. Attaching a flow adapter to the component can fluidly communicate at least one adapter channel to one or more component channels, and flowing cooling fluid through the at least one adapter channel can pass cooling fluid through the one or more component channels to cool the component during laser cladding. The method can include laser cladding the component. |
| US12151305B2 |
Laser beam machine and method for controlling laser beam machine
A laser beam machine includes: a laser oscillator that outputs laser light; a transmission fiber through which the laser light output from the laser oscillator propagates; a first adjuster that is disposed between the laser oscillator and an incidence end of the transmission fiber and changes an incidence numerical aperture of the laser light incident to the incidence end of the transmission fiber; a second adjuster that converges the laser light and changes a zoom magnification of the laser light between an emission end of the transmission fiber and a workpiece; and a controller that performs adjustment of a beam diameter of the laser light at an image forming position of the laser light and adjustment of an emission numerical aperture of the laser light emitted from the emission end of the transmission fiber independently of each other, by changing the incidence numerical aperture. |
| US12151303B2 |
Method for manufacturing liquid-cooling jacket and friction stir welding method
The present invention includes: a primary joining process in which a coarse portion having a predetermined width is formed in the vicinity of a step side face within a plasticized region while the rotary tool is being moved one round along a first butted portion to perform friction stirring in a state that a tip of a stirring pin of a rotary tool being rotated is inserted to the same depth as or slightly deeper than a step bottom face and a bottom face of a shoulder portion is in contact with a front face of a sealing body and the stirring pin is slightly in contact with at least an upper portion of a jacket body; and an inspection process in which a passed position of the stirring pin is specified by performing, after the primary joining process, a flaw detection to detect the coarse portion. |
| US12151302B2 |
Systems and methods for friction stir welding a cold plate
Methods and systems for providing a cold plate assembly include providing a base and a cover. The cover can be fixedly coupled to the base. Each of the base and the cover can include spaced internal ribs, which can form flow paths when the base and cover are fixedly coupled together. The internal ribs of the base and the cover can have spaced tabs that can be fixedly coupled to the other of the base or the cover. The base and the cover may also include spaced external or outer sacrificial ribs. |
| US12151300B2 |
Method for producing a load-bearing element for transportation, and a load-bearing element produced accordingly
A method for producing a supporting element for a transportation device or vehicle, having steps of providing a flat base chord made of a first material having a first surface and a second surface, applying at least one layer of at least one second material to the first surface using a friction-based application or welding method, and machining the at least one layer of the second material to produce a desired profile cross section of the supporting element, wherein the first material and the second material are different metallic materials. |
| US12151296B2 |
Method for drilling a hole in a part made of electroconductive material
A method for electrical discharge drilling of a hole in a part made of electroconductive material, in particular for an aircraft turbomachine, the method using an electrical discharge machine including a head that can move relative to the part and has a consumable EDM electrode, which is of elongated shape and is translationally moved along its elongation axis, the method including the following steps: a) advancing the EDM electrode towards the part in order to drill a hole in the part; and b) retracting the EDM electrode and removing the EDM electrode from the hole, wherein it further includes the following steps: c) laterally moving the head; d) advancing the EDM electrode towards the part in order to scan for the part; e) computing the effective depth of the hole drilled in step a). |
| US12151293B2 |
Combination tool as well as drills for such a drilling/chamfering tool
The combination tool (2), in particular a drilling/chamfering tool, comprises a drill (6) extending in the longitudinal direction (4) with a clamping sleeve (8), which is designed to receive the drill (6) and fasten the drill (6) at a variable length and which has a holding seat (38) for a cutting insert (12). The drill (6) comprises a cutting region (22) provided with grooves (14), wherein the grooves (14) extend helically and are formed between two grooves (14) drill backs (18). At least one of the drill backs (18) is partially flattened to form an adjustment surface (16) for the cutting insert (12), wherein the adjustment surface (16) extends helically. As a result, a length adjustment over a large length range is made possible independently of the twist angle (γ). |
| US12151289B2 |
Coated tool and cutting tool including same
A coated tool includes a base and a coating layer located on the base. The coating layer includes a first layer having a thickness of 1 μm or more located near the base, and a second layer located more away from the base than the first layer. An erosion rate A2 in the second layer is 0.4 μm/g or less which is obtained from a measurement by collision of a liquid A, in which 3 mass % of spherical Al2O3 particles having a mean particle diameter of 1.1-1.3 μm is dispersed in pure water, against the second layer. An erosion rate A1 in the first layer is 1.8 μm/g or less which is obtained from a measurement by collision of the liquid A against the first layer. A cutting tool includes a holder which includes a pocket, and the coated tool located in the pocket. |
| US12151288B2 |
Metal powder producing apparatus and metal powder producing method
A metal powder producing apparatus includes a molten metal supply unit, a cylinder body, and a cooling liquid introduction unit. The molten metal supply unit discharges a molten metal. The cylinder body is capable of being formed with a layer of a cooling liquid for cooling the molten metal on an inner circumference surface of the cylinder body. The cooling liquid introduction unit supplies the cooling liquid to an upper inside of the cylinder body. The inner circumference surface of the upper inside of the cylinder body has a substantially elliptical shape. |
| US12151285B2 |
Mold corner heating during casting
Systems and methods may utilize magnetic rotors to heat molten metal in the corner regions of a mold during casting (e.g., casting of an ingot, billet, or slab). The magnetic rotors are positioned adjacent to the corners of the mold and heat the molten metal in the corner region to increase the temperature of the molten metal adjacent the corners. The increased temperature of the molten metal in the mold corners can prevent intermetallics from forming in the molten metal or otherwise reduce such formation. |
| US12151281B2 |
Vertically divided feeder for use in metal casting in casting molds and method for production thereof
The invention relates to a feeder insert (1, 1′, 1″, 1″′, 100, 100′) for use in metal casting in casting molds, comprising a feeder body (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′, 102, 102′) which delimits a feeder cavity (4, 4′, 4″, 4″′, 104, 104′) for receiving liquid metal, wherein the feeder body (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′, 102, 102′) has a first end (6, 6′, 6″, 6″′, 106, 106′) having a passage opening (8) for the liquid metal and a second end (10, 10′, 10″, 10″′, 110, 110′) opposite the first end (6, 6′, 6″, 6″′, 106, 106′), and wherein the feeder body (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′, 102, 102′) comprises a central axis (Z) extending through the passage opening (8). The feeder body (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′, 102, 102′) is separated at least one partition plane (E) extending in a direction of the central axis (Z) and is formed at least from a first feeder shell (18, 18′, 18″, 18″′, 118, 118′) and a second feeder shell (20, 20′, 20″, 20″′, 120, 120′). The first and second feeder shells (18, 18′, 18″, 18″′, 118, 118′) are connected to each other to form the feeder body (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′, 102, 102′). |
| US12151280B2 |
Heat exchanger and method for manufacturing heat exchanger
A heat exchanger includes: flat tubes; a plate attached to the flat tubes; a medium tank configured to form a medium flow path by covering openings of flat tubes; and a reinforcing member to reinforce the openings. The reinforcing member includes a pair of leg portions and a connection portion that connects the leg portions. An insertion amount of the leg portions into the opening is larger than a sum of a gap between the connection portion and an inner surface and a length from the opening to a position corresponding to a brazed portion between the flat tube and the plate, or when a protruding portion protruding in a direction opposite an insertion direction is provided in the connection portion, larger than a sum of a gap between the protruding portion and the inner surface and a length from the opening to the position corresponding to the brazed portion. |
| US12151279B2 |
Microchannel heat sink and method of manufacturing the same
The apresnt disclosure adopts the thermal bonding process to process the microchannel heat sink. By placing the upper cover plate and the lower cover plate on the plates of the microchannel heat sink, the pressure is directly applied, and there is no need to add other adhesives. |
| US12151277B2 |
Flaring tool and method of flaring a tube or the like
Tube flaring tool comprising a tube receiving region comprising first and second gripping dies retractable with respect to each other and positionable to cooperatively define an opening for receiving a tube; a first clutch shaft; a support housing having a bore for receiving a second clutch shaft; a clutch plate; a flare forming head operable to flare the free end of the tube; and a biasing member urging the flare forming head axially. The first clutch shaft may have an outer configuration adapted to be engaged by a 12 point or ⅜″ square drive SAE ratchet wrench for creating mechanical advantage to actuate the flare forming head. When the force that the biasing member urges the flare forming head axially is overcome, the clutch plate disengages from the second clutch shaft such that further actuation of the first clutch shaft does not rotate the flare forming head shaft, preventing over-flaring. |
| US12151272B2 |
Duct cutting-and-forming device for elbow duct manufacturing device
The present disclosure relates to a duct cutting and forming apparatus for elbow duct manufacturing machine, the apparatus including a rotation housing that is provided with a seating groove in a first direction; an eccentric housing that is provided with a cutting roller and a forming roller at both ends, and that is slidably seated inside the seating groove; a rotation drive for applying rotation driving force to the rotation housing; and an eccentric drive for applying driving force for reciprocating the eccentric housing, wherein the eccentric drive reciprocates the eccentric housing as it rotates in both directions within a range not exceeding 180 degrees. |
| US12151268B2 |
Methods and systems for device maintenance
Methods and systems for device maintenance are described herein. Objects, such as pills, tablets, capsules, etc., may build an electrostatic charge as they pass through a dispensing device. This electrostatic charge may cause the objects to adhere to components of the dispensing device, such as inside a tube, chamber, etc. To prevent this from happening, the dispensing device may comprise an ionizing component, such as a fan, that may be configured to perform a maintenance procedure. The maintenance procedure may allow the objects to pass through various components of the dispensing device more freely. |
| US12151267B2 |
Compositions and methods for cleaning automotive surfaces
An automotive surface is cleaned by applying an effective amount of a cleaning composition comprising a) at least one hydrocarbon solvent in an amount from about 3 weight percent to about 20 weight percent of the composition, b) at least one thickener/rheology modifier in an amount from about 0.01 weight percent to about 3 weight percent, c) at least one silicone fluid has a viscosity ranging from about 500 to about 20,000 centistokes at 25° C., present in an amount from about 0.1 weight percent to about 3 weight percent, d) at least one wetting agent in an amount from about 0.001 to about 2%, e) at least one hydrophobic additive in an amount from about 0.1 to about 3%, and f) water in an amount from about 60 weight percent to about 85 weight percent to the automotive surface with an application implement. |
| US12151266B1 |
Method and device of automatically selecting beans
A method of automatically selecting beans includes dispersing a plurality of beans on at least a first and a second parallel rows on a motion plane; capturing images of a first part of the beans on the first and second rows; capturing images of a second part of the beans on the first and second rows; determining a plurality of appearance features of the beans; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the first row; collecting the beans without the first appearance on the first row; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the second row; and collecting the beans without the first appearance on the second row. The timing of removing the beans with the first appearance feature is related to the motion speed of the motion plane and the positions for capturing the images of the first or second part of the beans. |
| US12151259B2 |
Semi-automated laser-guided mechanism to apply paste bead in bonding process for fabrication of wind turbine blades
Devices, systems, and methods of improving paste flow during the manufacture of wind turbine blades are provided. An apparatus for applying adhesive to a composite structure (e.g. wind turbine blade) comprises a paste shoe having a top surface with an aperture to receive a supply of adhesive, and two legs extending downwardly from the top surface and configured to engage a surface of the composite structure to define an interior volume within the paste shoe. A transport mechanism (e.g. wheels, treads) are disposed on each leg to move the paste shoe relative to the composite structure while adhesive is dispensed within the interior volume. A force applicator, applies a force to the paste shoe to maintain a constant interior volume and thus a uniform bead of paste is applied to the composite structure. |
| US12151257B2 |
Self-cleaning negative-pressure ejector
A self-cleaning negative-pressure ejector at least comprises a suction chamber, a jet pipe and a flushing member. A side wall of the suction chamber has at least one suction port for communicating with a first fluid pipeline. An exit port of the jet pipe is disposed in the suction chamber and ejects a second fluid so that a negative pressure is generated in the suction chamber, a first fluid in the first fluid pipeline enters the suction chamber, and a first included angle is between a direction in which the first fluid being sucked into the suction chamber and an ejection direction of the second fluid. The flushing member optionally provides a third fluid to flush the suction chamber and/or the first fluid pipeline. |
| US12151249B2 |
System and method for integrated removal of multiple pollutants in flue gas with near-zero emission
A system for integrated removal of multiple pollutants includes an economizer, an air preheater, an electrostatic precipitator, a flue gas cooler and a low-temperature adsorber; the economizer has a shell side inlet for feeding boiler flue gas, a tube side inlet for feeding boiler feedwater, and a shell side outlet connected to a tube side inlet of the air preheater; the air preheater has a shell side inlet for introducing boiler intake air, and a tube side outlet connected to the electrostatic precipitator; the electrostatic precipitator has a dust discharge port at a bottom thereof and a flue gas outlet connected to the flue gas cooler; the flue gas cooler has a condensate outlet at a bottom thereof and a cold flue gas outlet at a top thereof and connected to the low-temperature adsorber; and the low-temperature adsorber has a purified flue gas outlet at a tail thereof. |
| US12151246B2 |
Molecular manipulation and assay with controlled temperature
A device and system for changing the temperature of a fluidic sample includes a first plate and a second plate movable relative to each other into an open configuration and a closed configuration, and spacers having a uniform height. The plates include a sample contact area for contacting the sample and have a configuration for changing the temperature of the sample. In the open configuration the plates are separated, and the sample is capable of being deposited onto the plates. In the closed configuration, the plates are parallel, the plates compress the sample into a layer of uniform thickness that is stagnant relative to the plates, the layer is confined by the sample contact areas of the plates and is regulated by the plates and the spacers, and the plates are configured to change the temperature of the sample at a rate of at least 10° C./sec. |
| US12151244B2 |
Method and device for creating organotypic lumen models in a microwell plate
A method and device of creating a lumen model in a microwell plate defining a well is provided. A rod is inserted through the well of the microwell plate and the well is filled with a polymerizable material. The material is polymerized in the well. The rod is removed from the well of the microwell plate such that the polymerized material defines a lumen. |
| US12151229B1 |
Zirconium doped terbium nano oxides for wastewater remediation
Zirconium doped terbium nano oxides (ZrTb2O3). The nano oxides can have an average diameter ranging from about 17 nm to about 22 nm. The nano oxides can be used as a photocatalyst for photodegradation of organic dyes. In an embodiment, the organic dyes include textile wastewater dyes. In an embodiment, the textile wastewater dyes include methylene blue (MB) and/or Congo Red (CR). In an embodiment, the zirconium doped terbium nano oxides (ZrTb2O3) can be prepared by a dual co-precipitation and calcination method. |
| US12151222B2 |
Method and apparatus for mixing and applying cementitious polyurethane
A device and method device for continuous mixing and laying of cementitious coating onto a substrate. There is a first mixing stage for metering and mixing a first liquid and a second liquid to create a first mix and a second mixing stage for metering and mixing the first mix with aggregate to form a second mix. The first and second mixing stages use flow meters and flow controllers for metering and restricting the flow of the first liquid, the second liquid and aggregate. A controller operatively coupled to the flow meters and flow controllers controls the mixing in a closed-feedback arrangement. A screed box applies the second mix onto the substrate to create a flooring layer. The flooring may be in a food processing plant. |
| US12151220B2 |
Vertical motion mixing drive
A vertical motion mixer has a drive mechanism with two axes of guidance for vertical motion. A reciprocating yoke is fixedly secured to the driving shaft for the mixer, without any guide bearing for the mixer driving shaft. The mixer drive unit is of compact and simplified design with minimal moving parts, and including drive gearing with planetary gears to minimize wear during reciprocating movement. |
| US12151216B2 |
Zeolite membrane composite, method of producing zeolite membrane composite, and separation method
A zeolite membrane composite includes a porous support and a zeolite membrane formed on the support. The zeolite membrane includes a low-density layer that covers the support, and a compact layer that covers the low-density layer. The compact layer has a higher content of a zeolite crystalline phase than the low-density layer. By in this way forming the compact layer on the low-density layer that covers the support, the thin compact layer with no defects can be formed more easily than in the case where a compact layer is formed directly on a support. |
| US12151215B2 |
Nanofiber filtered films and soluble substrate processing
An apparatus and method for transferring nanofiber structures (e.g., nanofiber films, nanofiber sheets, stacks of nanofiber grids, nanofiber films, nanofiber sheets, and combinations thereof) between various substrates are described. The techniques described use a soluble layer on a substrate that is subsequently dissolved, thus freeing the nanofiber structure from the substrate. This liquid phase techniques preserves the mechanical integrity and the purity of the nanofiber structures. |
| US12151212B2 |
Method for humidifying facilitated-transport membranes
An improved method for humidification of a facilitated-transport membrane incorporates delivering a non-selective hydration fluid incorporating liquid water to a permeate side of a pressure vessel containing the facilitated transport membrane. The non-selective hydration fluid includes water and may be configured on the permeate side interface of the facilitated-transport membrane as a liquid or a gas. A process for separation of components in a gaseous mixture utilizing the method for humidification produces higher permeation of gasses through the facilitated transport membrane. The non-selective hydration fluid may be static or flowing and is non-selective for the permeance of certain permeate-gas components over other components. |
| US12151211B2 |
Electro-pressure membrane method for recovery and concentration of lithium from aqueous sources
A hybrid electro-pressure driven method for the recovery, purification, and concentration of lithium salts is described. A fractionating electrodialysis stack equipped with selective ion exchange membranes is s used to separate a lithium containing brine into a monovalent enriched fraction and a divalent enriched fraction. The monovalent enriched fraction is further processed to remove remaining impurities by use of pressure driven nanofiltration. An optional concentrating electrodialysis device may further concentrate the monovalent enriched fraction in lithium content. The method may be combined with a subsequent solvent extraction and electrolysis step to produce lithium hydroxide, a Li+ selective sorbent step for producing purified lithium chloride, or a Li+ selective sorbent and precipitative step to produce lithium carbonate. |
| US12151209B2 |
Reverse osmosis arrangement
A reverse osmosis arrangement is described, the first chamber (5) having a first port (7) and a second port (8) and the second chamber (6) being connected to a permeate outlet (9), wherein the first port (7) is connected to a first pump (13). Such a reverse osmosis arrangement should be operated with high efficiency. To this end the second port (8) is connected to a second pump (14). |
| US12151205B2 |
Hydrocarbon reclamator
A hydrocarbon reclamator consists of a closed chamber having an exhaust inlet port, a hydrogen inlet port, and a hydrocarbon outlet port. A magnetic flux is generated at the base of the closed chamber and a rotor is suspended by the magnetic flux within the closed chamber. The rotor is formed as a Tesla turbine having axially spaced discs concentrically mounted on a central shaft, a catalyst is formed on surfaces of the discs, and flow holes are formed through the discs. Venturi forces direct gas to release kinetic energy against the discs, so that hydrogen entering the chamber combines with carbon entering the chamber to form a hydrocarbon that exits the chamber via the hydrocarbon outlet port. |
| US12151204B1 |
Catalytic oxidation system for efficient conversion and removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in coal chemical industry, and catalytic oxidation method thereof
A catalytic oxidation system for efficient conversion and removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a coal chemical industry is provided. The catalytic oxidation system includes a reactor and a first temperature control system, where the reactor is provided with a waste gas inlet and a waste gas outlet and is provided with a preheating zone, a reaction zone, and a heat recovery zone sequentially in a flow direction of a waste gas, and a catalyst is filled in the reaction zone; and the first temperature control system includes a first serpentine pipe buried in the catalyst and a first steam drum arranged outside the reactor, the first steam drum and the first serpentine pipe are connected through a pipeline to form a circulation line, and a temperature in the reaction zone is adjusted to 150° C. to 350° C. by controlling a pressure of the first steam drum. |
| US12151203B2 |
Adsorption device for compressed gas
An adsorption device for compressed gas or a non-compressed gas, is provided with a vessel with an inlet for the supply of a compressed gas or a non-compressed gas to be treated, and an outlet for treated gas and an adsorption element is affixed in the vessel. The adsorption element extends along the flow direction of the compressed gas or the non-compressed gas to be treated, between the inlet and the outlet. The adsorption element has a monolithic supporting structure that is at least partially provided with a coating that contains an adsorbent. |
| US12151198B2 |
Materials, methods, and devices for siloxane contaminant removal
Adsorbent materials are disclosed, along with filter elements containing the adsorbent materials methods of using adsorbents to remove siloxane contaminants from a gas stream. The method includes providing an adsorbent material that has been washed with an acid and passing a gas through the adsorbent material so as to reduce siloxane levels in the gas. A filter element for reducing siloxane levels in a gas includes a first adsorbent material, the first adsorbent material comprising an acid-washed adsorbent; and a second adsorbent material, the second adsorbent material comprising an acid-impregnated adsorbent. |
| US12151197B2 |
Condensate recovery unit
Production equipment and methods which reduce “gray” or off-specification production and improve central processing facility (CPF) efficiency. The process is a combination of unit operations (heat exchange, pumping, and separation) to produce an on-spec gas product, an on-spec condensate product, and/or on-spec oil product. It does so by placing the feed under pressure and heating it to the point that it can be vaporized and separated. The blended components are modulated dependent upon the composition of the produced fluids, produced gas, and off-specification fluid to efficiently produce on-specification products. |
| US12151188B2 |
Supersonic treatment of vapor streams for separation and drying of hydrocarbon gases
Selective recovery of C2 to C4 hydrocarbons is achieved through the use of a converging-diverging nozzle, or de Laval nozzle. The vapor stream comprising C2 to C4 hydrocarbons is fed into an inlet of a de Laval nozzle having a throat. The vapor stream may have an initial temperature of between 0° C. and 100° C., and an initial pressure of between 200 psig and 500 psig. In the de Laval nozzle, the vapor stream expands after passing through the throat of the de Laval nozzle, producing a vapor stream having reduced temperature and pressure. Then, C2 to C4 hydrocarbons condense from the reduced-temperature vapor stream as liquid droplets, which may be recovered. Fractionation of C2 to C4 hydrocarbons by means of a de Laval nozzle is possible; the technique allows selective recovery of propane from a mixture of propane and ethane. |
| US12151185B1 |
Device and method for controlling diffusion of MPs carried with ARGs in waste water treatment system
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of waste water treatment, and provides a device and a method for controlling diffusion of MPs (Microplastics) carried with ARGs (Antibiotic Resistance Genes) in a waste water treatment system. The device includes a water collection tank arranged on a mounting rack, a collection assembly arranged inside the water collection tank and used for collecting MPs carried with ARGs in waste water, and a treatment assembly arranged inside the water collection tank and used for removing the collected MPs carried with ARGs in waste water. According to the method, sorting treatment for the MPs carried with ARGs in waste water is realized effectively with an air flotation principle and an electric separation principle. The device is simple in integral structure, and has the advantage of convenience in mounting. |
| US12151178B2 |
Top toy
A top toy includes a trunk part having an insertion hole, first and second shafts, a locking part being configured on the trunk part to lock first and second locked parts and to hold the first and second shafts. The first and second shafts are interchangeable. When the first shaft is employed, the first shaft is inserted in the insertion hole. When the first shaft is employed, the locking part is configured to hold the first shaft elastically and radially inwardly. When the second shaft is employed, the second shaft is inserted in the insertion hole. When the second shaft is employed, the locking part is configured to hold the second shaft elastically and radially inwardly. |
| US12151176B2 |
Chessboard and chess
A chessboard includes a housing having a chessboard area, wherein the chessboard area includes a plurality of chess squares; at least one first magnetic absorbing element arranged in the housing and corresponding to the chessboard area, configured to absorb, at least one chess piece having a second magnetic absorbing element by using a magnetic force; and a plurality of Hall elements arranged in the housing and corresponding to the plurality of chess squares, wherein each Hall element is configured to detect the second magnetic absorbing element of the at least one chess piece in the chess squares, and output a detected signal; and a control module, electrically connected to the plurality of Hall elements and configured to receive the detected signal to get information on the at least one chess piece in the chess squares. |
| US12151170B2 |
Information processing device and server for authenticating a group of related users
A management section 122 allows a user A to sign in to a server. A user data acquiring section 136 acquires, from the server, data regarding a user B who is associated with the user A in the server but who is not yet registered in an information processing device 10. A user data holding section 138 holds data regarding the user A and the data regarding the user B that has been acquired. A login screen generation section 124 uses data held by the user data holding section 138 and displays a login screen including information regarding the user A and information regarding the user B. |
| US12151169B2 |
Systems and methods for anti-cheat detection
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to anti-cheat detection in online multiplayer video games. An anti-cheat kernel driver adapted to validate and secure a system state of a gaming device is loaded during a booting process of the gaming device. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver ensures that the system state cannot be tampered with from the time of boot through the duration of gameplay. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver can also receive anti-cheat modules communicated to the gaming device from an anti-cheat server, so that anti-cheat modules are received and executed on an ad hoc basis dictated by the anti-cheat server. The anti-cheat server can autonomously manage the anti-cheat operations performed on a kernel layer or application layer of the gaming device, and conduct anti-cheat mitigation operations if necessary. |
| US12151155B2 |
Glove with expandable finger stall
The invention is a glove having a palmar side panel and a dorsal side panel and a thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls for receiving a thumb and fingers of a human hand. The invention further includes a finger or thumb stall having a transverse expansion zone and/or a longitudinal expansion zone comprised of expandable material for accommodating fingers of varying sizes. |
| US12151154B2 |
Safety net for a vertical wind tunnel
Invention relates to safety nets for vertical wind tunnels, especially for vertical wind tunnels with glass wall that surrounds a flight platform or area. A safety net for a vertical wind tunnel comprising an annular frame (1) arranged therearound a flight area (2), a plurality of cables (3) forming a net area (4) over the flight area (2), springs (5) attached to the each end of the cables and to the annular frame (1). The springs (5) and each end of plurality of cables (3) is enclosed by the annular frame (1) so that only cables (3) are exposed to the flight area (2) and to a user of the safety net. |
| US12151153B2 |
Golf alignment sticks with built-in coupling mechanism
A golf training apparatus comprises of a pair of golf alignment sticks equipped with a coupling mechanism based on loosely fitting sleeves that can freely slide along the length of the sticks and freely rotate around the axis of the sticks. A second coupling mechanism is included that is similar to the first but is positioned in a fixed location and made to be non-sliding in its position. The combined features produce a golf training aid that is highly functional, user-friendly and convenient to use, thereby encouraging frequent use of the product. |
| US12151150B1 |
Ground drone-based sports training aid
A ground traversing, electrically driven drone travels along a preprogrammed path that corresponds to pass catcher's travel path during a play, matching the pass catcher's speed and run cuts. The play is wirelessly communicated to the drone by a handheld electronic device located remote of the drone. A target is located on the drone so that a quarterback can throw a football at the target in order to refine the quarterback's timing and accuracy for the play. Sensors onboard the drone track both the football's and quarterback's speed and travel trajectories so that such data can be collected, along with the drone's travel path, and stored onboard the drone's control unit and eventually fed into 3-D reconstruction software for analysis by the quarterback and coaching staff. The target rotates so that the target either faces in a fixed direction or constantly faces the quarterback during execution of drone's maneuvers. |
| US12151149B2 |
Lacrosse training device
A sports training apparatus for practicing lacrosse comprising an elongate rigid member extending along a length between first and second ends, first and second stops secured to the elongate rigid member, and a slidable mass on the elongate rigid member, slidable along the elongate rigid member between the first aid second stops. A kit for retrofitting a lacrosse stick for practicing lacrosse composing first and second stops, securable to a lacrosse stick; and a slidable mass, having a passage along an axis there through. The instant abstract is neither in tended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. |
| US12151147B2 |
Golf club fitting systems
Golf club fitting systems can include a golf club head along with multiple alternative adjustment sleeves that each mate with the club head to modify loft and lie angles. Each adjustment sleeve can include a first portion having a respective longitudinal axis and configured to mate and coaxially align with a hosel of the golf club head, and a second portion having a respective longitudinal axis angularly offset from the longitudinal axis of the first portion and configured to mate and coaxially align with a golf club shaft. Each different adjustment sleeve can be configured to alter a position of the golf club head relative to a golf club shaft by a different adjustment value relative to each other. Fitting systems can also include a shaft sleeve that can join any of various different shafts with any of the adjustment sleeves. Fitting systems can also include additional club heads. |
| US12151146B2 |
Modular golf club cover retainer
A golf club cover retainment system for holding golf club covers proximate to a golf bag once the covers are removed from clubs in the golf bag. A clip positioned on a flexible member extending from a reel within a housing engages with a club cover. The housing is connected to the golf bag by a bag connector. A plurality of additional housings may be engaged to form a sequential engagement of multiple housings where each has a flexible member which may be connected to a different golf club cover. |
| US12151145B2 |
Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face member with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a flange that comprises a portion of the crown. The flange comprising a second member. The second member having a variable front to back width that is greater at the heel and toe than the center. |
| US12151143B2 |
Sports training ball having embossed design
A sports training ball is disclosed that is made up of a shell having an embossed design that defines an enclosure having an interior volume substantially occupied by a filler that includes a mixture of a first material, a second material, and a third material. |
| US12151142B2 |
Golf ball alignment aid and method of forming same
A golf ball and a method of forming a golf ball is disclosed herein. The golf ball includes an alignment aid or feature that is integrally formed with a core body of the golf ball. A cover is provided that allows the alignment aid to be visible from an exterior of the golf ball. The alignment aid can be formed as central spherical segment that fuses two spherical cap portions with each other to form the core body. Different material selections can be made for the spherical cap portions and the central spherical segment that can further provide variation in performance characteristics of the golf ball. |
| US12151139B2 |
Walking training system, control method of same, and non-transitory storage medium
A walking training system includes a treadmill, a center-of-gravity position detection unit that detects a center-of-gravity position of a trainee from a load received from a sole of the trainee on a belt of the treadmill, a posture detection unit that detects a posture of the trainee, a center-of-gravity position estimation unit that estimates the center-of-gravity position of the trainee from the detected posture of the trainee, a determination unit that determines whether a difference between the detected center-of-gravity position and the estimated center-of-gravity position exceeds a predetermined value, and a notification unit that sends, when the determination unit determines that the difference exceeds the predetermined value, a notification notifying that whether the difference exceeds the predetermined value. |
| US12151137B2 |
Exercise apparatus
An exercise apparatus for the exercise of a user's gluteal muscles though a supported seated squat downward from an upper starting position and an upward return movement. The apparatus includes at least one foot ramp having at least one foot support surface to support substantially all of the user's feet in a position that is elevated off the ground during the exercise. The positioning of the user with the foot ramps in combination with the rest of the exercise apparatus provides numerous benefits to the squat exercise. |
| US12151133B2 |
Timber remediation
Disclosed herein is a method of remediating chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated timber. Particularly, the method comprises contacting the CCA timber with an oxidative solvent and an acidic solvent which provides remediated timber and a variety of extracts containing amongst other things the metals of concern. One or more of the steps is conducted using continuous counter current extraction (CCE). |
| US12151132B2 |
Fire suppression fluid containing a carboxylate salt
An aqueous fire sprinkler fluid containing a C4 or greater carboxylate salt for freezing point depression is described. The salts may be used in conjunction with glycols. The salts decrease the combustibility and give lower viscosity than higher glycol fluids, both benefitting fire sprinkler systems. These salt solutions are friendly to metal and CPVC pipes and are thus useful for fire sprinkler systems by not causing environmental stress cracking of the CPVC components and not being corrosive to the metal parts. |
| US12151131B1 |
Fire panel end of line supervision monitoring
A fault sensing circuit is provided in a remote device configured to be connected to an end of line resistor (EOLR) that is used to detect wiring faults. The fault sensing circuit includes a current monitoring subcircuit configured to detect when an input current of the remote device has crossed a fault threshold corresponding to a fault in the remote device. The fault sensing circuit further includes a switching subcircuit connected to the current monitoring subcircuit and the EOLR. The switching subcircuit is configured to electrically connect a fault resistor in parallel with the EOLR to change a value of an end of line resistance for a fault indication when the input current of the remote devices has crossed the fault threshold. |
| US12151130B2 |
Remote controllable selector valve configuration
A selector valve for a fire suppression system includes a pneumatic fluid inlet connecting to an inlet of a first pressure solenoid and an inlet of a second pressure solenoid. An inlet of a first vent solenoid in the selector valve is connected to an outlet of the first pressure solenoid, and an inlet of a second vent solenoid in the selector valve is connected to an outlet of the second pressure solenoid. A first selector valve outlet is connected to the outlet of the first pressure solenoid and a second selector valve outlet connected to the outlet of the second pressure solenoid. |
| US12151126B2 |
Handpiece capable of adjusting depth of focus of high-intensity focused ultrasound
The present disclosure provides a handpiece capable of adjusting the depth of focus, including a case, a cartridge installed to be movable in a vertical direction inside the case and having a transducer that emits ultrasonic waves, and a vertical movement unit mounted inside the case and moving the transducer in a vertical direction by a magnetic force. |
| US12151124B2 |
X-ray transmission image analysis for the evaluation of linac isocenter quality
Systems and methods for determining a radiation isocenter of a linear accelerator (LINAC). Determining the radiation isocenter may include determining a set of three-dimensional (3D) radiation beam axes of the LINAC from two-dimensional (2D) radiation transmission images. The radiation isocenter may be determined based on at least the set of 3D radiation beam axes. Determining the set of 3D radiation beam axes may including constructing a 3D radiation beam axis based on a determined location of a beam axis of a radiation beam generated with a gantry of the LINAC at an angle relative to a reference gantry angle, a determined center of a shadow of a radiation opaque marker in the radiation field of the radiation beam, and the gantry angle. |
| US12151120B2 |
Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field
Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for combined magnetic and optical treatments, for example by combined applications of optical waves and magnetic fields. An optical waves generating device may be used to provide optical waves for optical treatment. Magnetic field generating devices may be used to provides time-varying magnetic fields for magnetic treatment. |
| US12151118B2 |
Battery lock for ambulatory medical device
An ambulatory medical device is provided. The device includes battery lock circuitry configured to transmit a lock signal at a beginning of a battery lock period of the ambulatory medical device and transmit an unlock signal upon detecting an unlock triggering event indicating an end of the battery lock period of the ambulatory medical device. The device also includes a battery being configured to be securely disposed within a chamber of the ambulatory medical device in a first locked manner and provide power to the ambulatory medical device and a battery lock configured to mechanically engage the battery in a second locked manner upon receiving the lock signal indicating the beginning of the battery lock period of the ambulatory medical device and mechanically disengage the battery from the second locked manner upon receiving the unlock signal signaling the end of the battery lock period. |
| US12151112B2 |
Mitigating false messages and effects thereof in multi-chamber leadless pacemaker systems and other IMD systems
Implantable medical devices (IMDs) described herein, and methods for use therewith described herein, reduce how often an IMD accepts a false message and/or reduce adverse effects of an IMD accepting a false message. Such IMDs can be leadless pacemakers (LPs), or implantable cardio defibrillators (ICDs), but are not limited thereto. Such embodiments can be used help multiple IMDs (e.g., multiple LPs) implanted within a same patient maintain synchronous operation, such as synchronous multi-chamber pacing. |
| US12151110B2 |
Systems and methods for leadless pacing and shock therapy
Techniques and systems for monitoring cardiac arrhythmias and delivering electrical stimulation therapy using a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (SICD) and a leadless pacing device (LPD) are described. For example, the SICD may detect a tachyarrhythmia within a first electrical signal from a heart and determine, based on the tachyarrhythmia, to deliver anti-tachyarrhythmia shock therapy to the patient to treat the detected arrhythmia. The LPD may receive communication from the SICD requesting the LPD deliver anti-tachycardia pacing to the heart and determine, based on a second electrical signal from the heart sensed by the LPD, whether to deliver anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP) to the heart. In this manner, the SICD and LPD may communicate to coordinate ATP and/or cardioversion/defibrillation therapy. In another example, the LPD may be configured to deliver post-shock pacing after detecting delivery of anti-tachyarrhythmia shock therapy. |
| US12151109B2 |
Implantable device comprising a coil arrangement
An implantable device comprises a housing having an oblong shape extending along a longitudinal axis, and a coil arrangement for communicating with an external device, the coil arrangement comprising a coil winding and a bobbin on which the coil winding is arranged. The coil arrangement is received in the housing such that the coil winding and the bobbin extend along a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the coil winding is wound on the bobbin about the transverse direction and has an elongated shape along the transverse direction. |
| US12151104B2 |
Methods, systems, and devices for pairing vagus nerve stimulation with motor therapy in stroke patients
A motor-deficit-therapeutic method (for treatment of a patient who has hemiparesis) includes: providing, to the patient afflicted with a hemiparesis, a neurostimulator configured to stimulate a vagus nerve of the patient using electrical, magnetic, optical, acoustic or mechanical stimulation; and initiating stimulation of the vagus nerve by the neurostimulator so that at least a portion of the stimulation occurs at least during performance by the patient of a motor therapy session which is hemiparesis-therapeutic, thereby improving the patient's hemiparesis. |
| US12151103B2 |
Systems and methods for artificial sight prosthetics
Systems and methods for artificial sight in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a retinal prosthesis system including an external controller, a scene imager, an eye imager, an implanted controller, and a stimulation interface in communication with the implanted controller, where the stimulation interface is positioned to stimulate a plurality of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) of the eye, where the external controller is configured to obtain image data describing a scene from the scene imager, obtain eye position data from the eye imager, determine a field of view (FOV) in the scene based on the eye position data; where the implanted controller is configured to obtain the FOV from the external controller, continuously select stimulation pulses from a dictionary based on the FOV, and stimulate the plurality of RGCs using the stimulation interface in accordance with the selected stimulation pulses. |
| US12151099B2 |
Transvenous intracardiac pacing catheter having improved leads
The embodiments described herein relate to a self-positioning, quick-deployment low profile transvenous electrode system for sequentially pacing both the atrium and ventricle of the heart in the “dual chamber” mode having an atraumatic tip comprising a domed head connected to a cylindrical sidewall, said cylindrical sidewall having a sloped proximal edge connected to a tapered coupling, said tapered coupling forming a smooth transition to an outer diameter of the insulated wire, and methods for deploying the same. |
| US12151098B2 |
Anchor system for retaining a device in tissue
A lead device is provided for a medical treatment apparatus, where the lead device includes mechanisms for anchoring the lead device in tissue. |
| US12151093B2 |
Pump for support of the heart
Rotary lobe pump, comprising a pump housing (2, 9, 10) with a substantially cylindrical pump chamber (8) and a rotary lobe as rotor (1) with at least two blades (3) arranged opposite each other or evenly distributed in the circumferential direction and at least one sealing valve (4), characterized in that at least two sealing valves (4a, 4b) arranged opposite one another or uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction are provided, the at least two sealing valves (4a, 4b) being rotatable or pivotable, and an inlet duct (11) to at least two inlet openings (6) into the pump chamber (8) and an outlet duct (12) from at least two outlet openings (7) out of the pump chamber (8) being provided axially in a rotor axial tube (18), extending from the opposite axial ends and separated from one another. |
| US12151088B2 |
Dose detection for a medication delivery device
The present disclosure relates to a method of administering a medication with a dose detection system in combination with a medication delivery device. In one aspect, the system includes a module body adapted to be removably attached to the actuator of a medication delivery device, and a plurality of magnetic sensing elements attached to said module body. The magnetic sensing elements can be spaced apart from one another to define a ring pattern. The system detects the amount of rotation of a magnetic ring of said one or more dipoles of a medication delivery device relative to the magnetic sensing elements during dose delivery when the module is attached to the device. |
| US12151084B2 |
Medicament injection device
A medicament injection device includes a main body configured to receive a medicament cartridge sealed by a first penetrable barrier, a cap assembly including a button cap and a carrier unit, the button cap being rotatable with respect to the carrier unit and wherein the button cap is prevented from being displaced axially in a proximal direction unless the button is rotated into alignment with respect to the carrier unit, a needle carrier releasably coupled to the carrier unit, the needle carrier carrying a needle having a proximal end and a distal end, the needle carrier being releasably coupled to the push button. Subsequent to rotational alignment of the button cap with respect to the carrier unit, the button cap is axially displaceable in the proximal direction. Axial displacement of the button cap in the proximal direction causes the needle carrier to be displaced axially in the proximal direction. |
| US12151082B2 |
Implantable infusion devices and methods
Infusion devices and methods are provided for a drug delivery system and can include an infusion needle (1) having a tip end (2) and a drive unit (D) coupled to the infusion needle and arranged for advancing the tip end of the infusion needle to penetrate any fibrosis when the infusion device is implanted in a patient's body. The infusion needle and drive unit are designed for implantation in a patient's body. Other components of the drug delivery system may be part of the implantable infusion device or, alternatively, be for extracorporal use cooperating with the implanted infusion device. Preferably, the infusion needle can be advanced and retracted with each infusion cycle. Furthermore, upon each advancement and/or retraction, the needle may be moved laterally so as to vary the injection site. Needle (1) and drive unit (D) are preferably disposed within a body (15), with the infusion needle being arranged for penetrating a self-sealing penetration membrane (18). |
| US12151081B2 |
Medicament delivery system
A medicament delivery system for use with medicament delivery device includes a support member, a compression member spaced from the support member to define a gap therebetween, a mechanical coupling between the support member and the compression member comprising a plurality of connecting members extending between the support member and the compression member, and a biasing element connected to the compression member and configured to exert a rotational force on the compression member relative to the support member. The mechanical coupling is configured such that rotation of the compression member relative to the support member causes the compression member to be drawn towards the support member to reduce the gap therebetween. |
| US12151080B2 |
Adhesive and peripheral systems and methods for medical devices
A repeater system may control a pump by using a repeater and a user interface. An adhesive patch system may be used for affixing a pump or other object to a human body. Such an adhesive patch system may include two sets of adhesive members, each member including an adhesive material on at least one side so as to attach to the body. The members of the first set are spaced to allow the members of the second set to attach to the body in spaces provided between the members of the first set, and the members of the second set are spaced to allow members of the first set to detach from the body without detaching the members of the second set. Also, fill stations and base stations are provided for personal pump systems. |
| US12151079B2 |
Infusion pump and method to prevent titration errors in infusion therapies
An infusion pump including an interface unit for receiving first data for a first infusion regimen for a medication, the first regimen including a first unit of measure in which the first regimen is executed and after receipt of the first data, second data for a second infusion regimen for the medication, the second regimen including a second unit of measure in which the second regimen is executed. The pump also includes a processor for comparing the first and second units of measure. In one embodiment, the pump includes a graphical user interface, and the processor identifies a difference between the first and second units of measure; generates, using the processor, a warning message; and displays the message on the graphical user interface. In another embodiment, the processor holds in abeyance initiation of the second infusion regimen in response to identifying the difference between the units of measure. |
| US12151076B2 |
High flow, needleless connector
An intermittent, injection port assembly includes a flexible valve member of the type which is laterally deflected when moved from a closed position to an open position. A high flow non-tortuous flow passage is provided through the injection port assembly by a plurality of lateral passages bypassing a base which supports the flexible valve member. |
| US12151075B2 |
Devices and systems for preparing therapeutic pellets
Devices and methods for mixing and preparing therapeutic pellets are described. In one aspect, the present disclosure may include a medical device for mixing and preparing pharmaceuticals. The medical device may include a body sized and shaped to be supported by a human hand. The body may be elastically flexible between a relaxed shape and a flexed shape. In the relaxed shape, the body may form a basin and may be shaped and sized to receive a vessel for mixing or forming the therapeutic pellets. In the flexed shape, the bowl may be configured for controlled pouring of the therapeutic pellets. |
| US12151073B2 |
Continuous liquid interphase printing
A method of forming a three-dimensional object is carried out by providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid; irradiating the build region through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid and advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form the three-dimensional object from the solid polymer, while also concurrently with the irradiating and/or advancing steps: (i) continuously maintaining a dead zone of polymerizable liquid in contact with the build surface, and (ii) continuously maintaining a gradient of polymerization zone between the dead zone and the solid polymer and in contact with each thereof. The gradient of polymerization zone comprises the polymerizable liquid in partially cured form (e.g., so that the formation of fault or cleavage lines between layers of solid polymer in the three-dimensional object is reduced). Apparatus for carrying out the method is also described. |
| US12151071B2 |
Adjustable shunts and associated systems and methods
The present technology is directed to adjustable interatrial shunting systems that selectively control blood flow between the left atrium and the right atrium of a patient. The adjustable interatrial devices include a shunting element having an outer surface configured to engage native tissue and an inner surface defining a lumen that enables blood to flow from the left atrium to the right atrium when the system is deployed across the septal wall. The systems can include an actuation assembly for selectively adjusting a geometry of the lumen and/or a geometry of a lumen orifice to control the flow of blood through the lumen. |
| US12151067B2 |
System for humidification of medical gases
A humidifier for delivering humidified gases to a patient includes an inlet, an outlet, a gases flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet, a permeable wall, a liquid reservoir, and a heater. The permeable wall separates the gases flow path from the liquid reservoir. The heater heats liquid stored in the liquid reservoir to form vapour, and the vapour passes through the permeable wall to the gases flow path to humidify gases in the gases flow path. Another inline humidifier for delivering humidified gases to a patient includes an inlet and an outlet and holds a tape made of hydrophilic or hygroscopic material. The tape is pre-soaked with water and can include a heating element. The heating element heats the tape and the stored water to release the stored water as vapour and thereby humidify gases passing through the inline humidifier. |
| US12151065B2 |
Mask system with removable headgear connector
A mask system may deliver a supply of air generated by a flow generator at a positive pressure in a therapeutic range to a patient's airways to treat sleep disordered breathing. The mask system may include: a cushion, a mask frame attached to the cushion, the mask frame having a front surface opposite the cushion and a bore projecting from the front surface to form a hole, and the mask frame having a curved interfacing structure projecting radially from the bore, and said mask frame having no built-in or integral headgear attachment points, headgear, an elbow assembly, and a headgear connector detachably connected to the mask frame by translating the mask frame and the headgear connector towards one another, wherein the mask frame and the headgear connector are constructed to resist movement between the mask frame and the headgear connector when said mask frame and said headgear connector are attached. |
| US12151063B2 |
Utilizing loop gain for positive airway pressure ventilation
A system for delivering a flow of gas to an airway of a patient respiratory system includes a gas flow generator, a sensor, and a loop gain controller. The loop gain controller selectively controls the flow of gas to the airway according to a positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy mode. The loop gain controller comprises (a) a stability metric module, (b) a condition monitoring module that monitors ventilation characteristics of the flow of gas in the patient respiratory system and provides an output indicative of monitored ventilation characteristics, (c) a loop gain decision module that determines a future ventilation characteristic target and plant gain target, (d) a therapy prescription decision module that determines a therapy command pressure or delivery characteristic, and (e) a pressure delivery module that controls the gas flow generator to deliver the flow of gas at the determined therapy command pressure or delivery characteristic for a future breath. |
| US12151062B2 |
Compositions and devices to administer pharmaceutical compositions nasally
Devices and methods for nasal administration of a pharmaceutical composition. In certain embodiments, the devices comprises a reservoir, a conduit in fluid communication with the reservoir, and an anatomic positioning device configured to position the conduit in a nasal cavity of a user. Particular embodiments include an actuator configured to transfer the pharmaceutical composition from the reservoir to the conduit and emit the pharmaceutical composition from the conduit. |
| US12151061B2 |
Aerosol delivery systems and related methods
There is provided an electronically controlled, motor-driven, breath actuated metered dose inhaler for delivering aerosolized medicament or other matter to a user. The inhaler may comprise a base housing including a motor-driven actuator and other system components and a removable aerosol cartridge insertably receivable in the base housing. The inhaler may be paired with a smart phone or other client computing device to provide additional functionality, such as to provide instructional information and feedback regarding usage of the inhaler, to generate and display dosage tracking information, and to provide alerts and reminders to a user of the inhaler or others. |
| US12151057B2 |
Portable device with disposable reservoir for collection of internal fluid after surgery from a plurality of sites simultaneously
A system, method, and apparatus for the collection of surgical/wound fluid from a subject patient with the capability of simultaneous fluid removal from a plurality of such wounds and/or wound through the utilization of a single pump device worn by such a patient. Such a system, method, and apparatus allow for such a single pump device to collect surgical/wound fluid within a single site collection component attached to or associated with such a single pump device. Multiple fluid transfer lines may be incorporated with the single pump device leading to such plurality of wounds and/or wound sites for greater versatility and comfort for the subject patient, as well as cleaner removal capabilities than in the standard apparatus systems and method currently undertaken within the industry. |
| US12151056B2 |
Service cover for filter slot of vehicle air conditioner
In order to guarantee reliable maintenance, a reliable energy supply and simple handling of the service cover and the vehicle air conditioner at the smallest possible structural cost, it is proposed that the service cover has electrical means, by means of which an air-treatment device arranged within the vehicle air conditioner can be supplied with the electrical energy necessary in order to operate said air-treatment device from outside the vehicle air conditioner. |
| US12151054B2 |
Methods of automated garbage chute air evacuation to improve air quality
This description relates to waste disposal garbage chutes and more particularly to automated air quality management in and around the disposal chute and collection rooms where garbage chutes are present utilizing automated air quality sensing hardware and evacuation devices to provide a clean, sanitary waste room environment. A system according to the present invention includes a 3 step design using an air sensor to determine air cleaning cycle, and an air intake port with specular reflective surfaces in the inside to provide a reflective element to reflect UV light into the airborne particulates thereby killing 99% of the bacteria and fungi before entering an electrified gravity fed fluid filament air filter which collects the dead bacteria and fungi and settles in a collection reservoir. The fluid in the reservoir is then further filtered to clean the fluid for reuse in the automated air cleaning system. |
| US12151046B2 |
Composite antibacterial hydrogel dressing, preparation method and application thereof
A composite antibacterial hydrogel dressing, a preparation method and an application method thereof are provided, which relate to the field of biomedical technologies. The composite antibacterial hydrogel dressing is made from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 8 to 22 parts of chitosan, 12 to 36 parts of carrageenan, 9 to 25 parts of 2-aminoisonicotinic acid, 3 to 8 parts of lactic acid, 4 to 10 parts of iodine and 6 to 15 parts of potassium iodide. The composite antibacterial hydrogel dressing has a good flexibility, a strong antibacterial effect, a long antibacterial time, no skin irritation, good application prospect in the field of medical wound repair, simple preparation process and easy industrial production. |
| US12151044B2 |
Decontamination of germs on human touch points
A germ decontamination apparatus includes an enclosure including an access door configurable to be in an open or dosed position, an opening for positioning the enclosure over or around a fomite, opening means for opening the access door in response to a trigger or triggering event, one or more ultraviolet light sources disposed inside the enclosure and configured to decontaminate the fomite. The germ decontamination apparatus may include one or more sensors configured to detect a triggering event. The one or more sensors may include an obstruction sensor, a motion sensor or detector, a light sensor, a sound sensor, and/or a heat or infrared sensor. The access door may include one or more access panels. The one or more ultraviolet light sources may produce UV-C radiation with a wavelength in the range of 200-280 nm. Methods of use and systems comprising the germ decontamination apparatus are also provided. |
| US12151043B2 |
Keypad sterilization assembly
A keypad sterilization assembly includes a keypad that has a plurality of keys is movably integrated therein. The plurality of keys can be manipulated for entering an alpha-numeric code. A fluid port is coupled to the keypad and a reservoir is fluidly attachable to the fluid port. The reservoir contains an anti-bacterial solution. A pair of nozzles is provided and each of the nozzles is coupled to the keypad. Each of the nozzles is directed toward the plurality of keys and each of the nozzles is in fluid communication with the fluid port. Additionally, each of the nozzles sprays a measured amount of the anti-bacterial solution onto the keys to sterilize the keys. |
| US12151036B2 |
Electrification system for preventing transmission of pathogens by dermal contact
An electrification system is used to prevent the transmission of pathogens by dermal contact. The electrification system includes a skin-bracing object, a power supply, and at least one resistor. The skin-bracing object includes an object body and a conductive feature. The skin-bracing object is an object that regularly comes into physical contact with a user's skin. The object body is the structure of the skin-bracing object and can be, but is not limited to, a pillowcase, a bed sheet, a bed pad, a blanket, a piece of medical gauze, a face mask, a set of medical scrubs, or a food preparation surface. The power supply, the resistor, and the conductive feature are electrically connected in series to each other. Thus, the conductive feature carrier an electrical current to electrify pathogens that come into physical contact with the conductive feature. |
| US12151032B2 |
Decorative splint or cast material
A decorative splint material includes a moisture-curable material adapted to be wetted and molded into a splint configuration that conforms to an anatomical body part. The material hardens via a curing process to retain the splint configuration. The splint material includes a plurality of decorative elements integrated with the splint material. The decorative elements are provided on a substrate which is overlaid onto the moisture-curable material, and the substrate is overlaid with a flexible sheet having a plurality of openings which align with the decorative elements. The decorative elements are retained by the sheet of splint material when the sheet is wetted, molded into a splint configuration, and hardened. |
| US12151031B2 |
Topical copper tripeptide composition
The present invention provides compositions of GHK-Cu/copper tripeptide to avoid first pass metabolism including transdermal patch compositions. The GHK-Cu/copper tripeptide is preferably in the form of a gel reservoir having polymer and one or more penetration enhancers. The transdermal compositions release GHK-Cu/copper tripeptide in various release patterns to allow 1-7 times delivery of GHK-Cu/copper tripeptide in a week. The transdermal compositions instantly achieve steady state in rats and the concentration is sustained over at least 12 hrs, preferably over 24 hrs. |
| US12151027B1 |
Chitosan-hybridized zinc phosphate/hydroxyapatite nanostructure-based drug delivery system
A drug delivery system including a nanocomposite. The nanocomposite includes a zinc phosphate core, a hydroxyapatite shell, and chitosan. The hydroxyapatite shell at least partially encloses the zinc phosphate core. Further, the chitosan at least partially wraps around the hydroxyapatite shell. The chitosan interacts with the hydroxyapatite shell through hydrogen bonding, and the nanocomposite is loaded with oxaliplatin to form the drug delivery system. |
| US12151021B2 |
Implantable nanochannel delivery devices
An implantable device comprising a nanochanneled membrane is described. The device uses nanofluidics to control the delivery of diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents intratumorally. The devices can be used for chemotherapy, radiosensitization, immunomodulation, and imaging contrast. |
| US12151016B2 |
Hair shaping process using a composition comprising at least one silicone acrylic copolymer
The present invention relates to a process for shaping keratin fibers using a composition comprising at least one silicone acrylic copolymer. |
| US12151010B2 |
Skin lightening agent
The object is to provide a skin whitening agent having an excellent skin whitening effect. A compound expressed by the following Formula (1), or an acid addition salt thereof is used as an active ingredient of the skin whitening agent: wherein, X represents an alkylene group having 1 to 2 carbon atoms, where a hydrogen atom may be substituted with a methyl group; Y represents COOR1 or CH2OR2; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, or an optionally branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or an optionally branched acyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. |
| US12151009B2 |
Enhanced efficiency of sunscreen compositions
Compositions comprising UV blocking agents, a film forming polymer containing acid groups and a neutralizing agent; compositions and methods for increasing the SPF of a composition by neutralizing at least a portion of the acid groups of the film forming agent with the neutralizing agent. |
| US12151008B2 |
Thermal control of hair color-altering compositions
The disclosure relates to thermal control of compositions for altering the color of hair, in particular to hair bleaching compositions comprising thermal control agents, hair color-altering compositions comprising the hair bleaching compositions and/or thermal control agents, methods for preparing and using the hair color-altering compositions, and kits comprising the hair bleaching compositions and/or thermal control agents. |
| US12151007B2 |
Electrochemical tooth whitening composition and method thereof
The present invention is directed to a process for electrochemically whitening a tooth, the process comprising: a) contacting the tooth with a whitening gel that is located in a dental device, the dental device comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode; b) flowing a current between the positive electrode and the negative electrode through the whitening gel to whiten the tooth; wherein the whitening gel comprises: water; a bleaching agent; a thickener composition comprising a non-ionic compound; a surfactant; and an electrolyte source comprising a first conductive salt. |
| US12151006B2 |
Solid anhydrous cosmetic composition, preparation process, cosmetic treatment processes and associated kit
Solid anhydrous cosmetic composition, preparation process, cosmetic treatment processes and associated kit The present invention relates to a solid anhydrous cosmetic composition, in particle form, and comprising at least 30% by weight of anionic surfactants, at least 5% by weight of amphoteric surfactants, and at least 10% by weight of fillers. The invention also relates to a process for preparing this composition by granulation on a fluidized air bed and also to a process for the cosmetic treatment, in particular the care and/or the cleaning, of keratin materials, in particular the hair, comprising the application of said solid anhydrous cosmetic composition, alone or in combination with a hair conditioning composition. The invention also relates to a kit comprising said solid anhydrous cosmetic composition and said conditioning composition. |
| US12151003B2 |
Stable, concentrated radionuclide complex solutions
The present invention relates to radionuclide complex solutions of high concentration and of high chemical stability, that allows their use as drug product for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. The stability of the drug product is achieved by at least one stabilizer against radiolytic degradation. The use of two stabilizers introduced during the manufacturing process at different stages was found to be of particular advantage. |
| US12151002B2 |
Nanoparticle-enabled x-ray magnetic resonance imaging (NXMRI)
Imaging systems and methods are provided. Systems and methods of the subject invention can include the use of nanoparticles (for example, nanophosphors) within a sample to be imaged. Excitation with radiation, such X-ray radiation, can be performed on the nanoparticles to give rise to a change in one or more resonance parameters of the nanoparticles, and this change can be measured using magnetic resonance imaging to provide localization information. |
| US12151000B2 |
Tolerogenic artificial antigen-presenting cells
The disclosure is directed to a biodegradable particle comprising a polyester or polyester blend, a first protein that binds to an immune cell, and a second protein that promotes proliferation and/or activation of immune cells, and a third soluble protein or small molecule encapsulated within the particle. The second protein is a fusion protein comprising at least a portion of an antibody and at least a portion of a cytokine (i.e., an immunocytokine). The disclosure also is directed to methods for treating a disease or condition in a subject (e.g., an autoimmune disease) comprising administering the aforementioned biodegradable particle to the subject. |
| US12150994B2 |
Biomimetic drug delivery of an immunomodulatory agent for the treatment of ocular conditions
A method for treating an ocular disorder in a subject comprising administering a therapeutic agent-loaded carrier to an ocular site of the subject in need thereof, wherein the therapeutic agent loaded-carrier provides controlled delivery of the therapeutic agent under conditions suitable for recruiting regulatory T cells to an ocular region of interest or inducing regulatory T cells in an ocular region of interest. |
| US12150992B2 |
Multifunctional therapeutic biological material and preparation method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a multifunctional therapeutic biological material and preparation method thereof. The process steps of the preparation method are as follows: (1) preparing various three-dimensional micro/nano composite structure on the surface of a biomedical material by using femtosecond laser double pulses; (2) further preparing a nano-flower structure on the three-dimensional micro/nano composite structure by using hydrothermal synthesis method to construct a heterogeneous structure consisting of the three-dimensional micro/nano composite structure and the nano-flower structure; (3) putting the prepared heterogeneous structure into a mixed solution containing gold ions and platinum ions, and by using ultraviolet light reduction method, reducing in situ into gold-platinum bimetallic nanoparticles on the heterogeneous structure to obtain the multifunctional therapeutic biological material. The multifunctional therapeutic biological material provided by the present disclosure has excellent light-to-heat conversion characteristics, and it can promote bone regeneration, and has functions of tumor treatment and anti-bacterial infection. |
| US12150989B2 |
Covalently modified antigens for improved immune response and/or stability
Covalently modified polypeptide antigens having improved immunogenicity and/or stability, as well as compositions, cells, and methods relating thereto, are described herein. Polypeptide antigens are covalently conjugated to a one or more of steroid acid moieties to improve their stability and/or to trigger improved cellular immunity, or improved cellular and humoral immunity, against the antigen upon administration to a subject. The steroid acids include bile acids and bile acid analogs that enhance endocytosis and/or endosomal escape of endosomally trapped cargoes by potentiating enzymatic cleavage of sphingomyelin to ceramide within endosomal membranes. The steroid acid moieties may be pre-conjugated to a peptide, and the steroid acid-peptide moiety subsequently conjugated to the polypeptide antigen. The peptide may comprise one or more domains that impart an additional functionality to the modified polypeptide antigen. |
| US12150984B2 |
Dysregulation of trauma regulation pathway treatment and monitoring techniques
The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to techniques for addressing or correcting dysregulation of the trauma regulation pathway. The dysregulation may be associated with a physiological condition, such as a SARS-CoV-2 viral infection. In an embodiment, the techniques include treating dysregulation based on a renin-angiotensin pathway molecule or cell and/or a splenic pathway molecule or cell using targeted neuromodulation. In an embodiment, neuromodulation is used to regulate the immune system, e.g., as an energy-based adjuvant for a vaccine. |
| US12150982B2 |
Formulations of PBMCs
The present application provides formulations of modified peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), wherein the formulation comprises: PBMCs comprising at least one antigen (e.g., a human papillomavirus (HPV) antigen) and a cryopreservation medium. In some embodiments, the PBMCs are conditioned by incubating the PBMC in the presence of an adjuvant. |
| US12150981B2 |
Chimeric antigen receptor-expressing T cells as anti-cancer therapeutics
Cytotoxic lymphocytes expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that target and bind small conjugate molecules (SCM) are disclosed, as well as methods of using the cells and the SCMs in the treatment of cancer. |
| US12150980B2 |
Concatemeric peptide epitope RNAs
The invention relates to concatemeric peptide epitope RNAs, as well as methods and compositions thereof. mRNA vaccines are also provided according to the invention, including cancer vaccines. |
| US12150976B2 |
Treatment of immune dysregulation disorders
An isolated protease comprising a polypeptide having the structure is described: P-A-B5 in which P is a protease domain, A is an A-domain, and B is a B-domain, of a Group VII to XIII cell envelope protease (CEP), wherein the protease does not have a PA domain. An isolated protease according to Claim 1, selected from a wild-type Group VII to XIII cell envelope protease. The use of the protease as a medicament is treating immune dysregulation diseases is also described. |
| US12150975B2 |
Therapeutic combinations to treat red blood cell disorders
The present invention is related to a combination useful in the prevention and/or treatment of red blood cell disorders, in particular, acute and chronic complications associated with red blood cell dysfunction, increased red blood cell cholesterol and decreased plasma levels of lipophilic antioxidant (sickle cell disease, thalassemia, diabetes). The invention in particular relates to pharmaceutical formulations, regimens, methods of treatment and uses thereof. |
| US12150972B1 |
Egg white protein anti-inflammatory peptide and application thereof
The present application relates to the technical field of active peptides, and particularly relates to an egg white protein anti-inflammatory active peptide and preparation and application of Maillard reaction product thereof. The anti-inflammatory peptide is FGPH, and when the concentration of the anti-inflammatory peptide is 500 μg/mL, the inhibition ratios of the anti-inflammatory peptide to an inflammatory mediator (NO) and inflammatory factors (TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-1 beta) of RAW264.7 induced by LPS are 64.41±0.47%, 28.07±2.10%, 41.72±1.83% and 52.43±2.29%, respectively. |
| US12150971B2 |
Method and composition for preventing and treating Covid-19 and long Covid
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a threat with the emergence of new variants, especially Delta and Omicron, without specific effective therapeutic drugs. The present invention provides a method and a composition for preventing and treating COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus infection which includes administering to a subject in need thereof one or more therapeutically effective doses of Virofree which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable combination of grape seed extract, acerola cherry extract, olive leaf extract, marigold extract, green tea extract, pomegranate extract, yeast beta-glucan and soya bean extract for a treatment period. |
| US12150970B2 |
Composition for treatment of topical dermatological bacterial skin conditions
The present disclosure provides for a hydrogel formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of the Croton lechleri tree. The present disclosure also provides for a method of treating a dermatological condition in a subject via the topical administration of a hydrogel formulation comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of the Croton lechleri tree. |
| US12150968B2 |
Method for reducing the transfer of pathogenic microorganisms
The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one lactic acid bacterium for use in decreasing the transfer of a pathogenic microorganism between a surface of a first subject and a surface of a second subject. |
| US12150967B2 |
Methods and compositions for honey bee health
The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods and systems for the prophylaxis and treatment of honey bees (e.g. Apis mellifera) to protect and/or treat certain diseases, disorders and conditions, e.g., Colony Collapse Disorder and American foulbrood. The present disclosure comprises probiotic compositions, and methods of use thereof, for administration to honey bees for the purposes of treating or preventing disease. |
| US12150961B2 |
Therapies with lanthionine C-like protein 2 ligands and cells prepared therewith
Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway and cells, such as immune cells, prepared in vitro with the compounds. The compounds and cells can be used to treat a number of conditions, including infectious diseases, hyperproliferative disorders, inborn errors of metabolism, chronic immunometabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases, organ transplant rejection, inflammatory disorders, and chronic pain, among others. |
| US12150959B2 |
Chimeric antigen receptors with BCMA specificity and uses thereof
B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is expressed on malignant plasma cells. The present invention provides BCMA-specific chimeric antigen receptors and cells expressing such chimeric antigen receptors. In certain embodiments, engineered cells expressing the chimeric antigen receptors of the present invention are capable of inhibiting the growth of tumors expressing BCMA. The engineered cells of the invention are useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders in which an upregulated or induced BCMA-targeted immune response is desired and/or therapeutically beneficial. For example, engineered cells expressing the BCMA-specific chimeric antigen receptors of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers, including multiple myeloma. |
| US12150953B2 |
Nitric oxide topical application apparatus and methods
A topical application of nitric oxide may be provided by two separate containers, each containing an active component media to produce nitric oxide when combined. For example, a nitrite component media may be contained in one dispenser and an acidified component media may be contained in another dispenser. Each dispenser may dispense the respective component media as a foam. The resultant foams are combined to initiate the production of nitric oxide and the mixture of foams is applied topically to treat various skin disorders or wounds. |
| US12150952B2 |
Formulation for the use in the simultaneous treatment of coccidial infections and iron deficiencies
The present invention relates to a formulation for use in the simultaneous treatment of coccidial infections and iron deficiencies containing a triazinone such as toltrazuril and a polynuclear iron(III) polysaccharide complex compound together with a specifically selected surfactant that has a hydrophilic-lipophilic-balance (HLB) value of ≥10. |
| US12150951B2 |
Methods for promoting entry of an agent into a cell
A method for promoting entry of an agent (introduced agent) into a cell, the method comprising the step of complexing the introduced agent in the presence of an entry-promoting agent and then exposing to cells, wherein the entry-promoting agent comprises a linear and/or branched or cyclic polymonoguanide/polyguanidine, polybiguanide, analogue or derivative thereof according to the following Formula 1a & b. The method also provides a means for formation of nanoparticles formed between the entry promoting agent and the introduced agent. wherein: “n”, refers to number of repeating units in the polymer, and n can vary from 2 to 1000, for example from 2 or 5 to 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, 700, 800 or 900; G1 and G2 independently represent a cationic group comprising biguanide or guanidine, wherein L1, and L2 are directly joined to a Nitrogen atom of the guanide; L1 and L2 are linking groups between the G1 and G2 cationic groups in the polymer and independently represent an aliphatic group containing C1-C40 carbon atoms, for example an alkyl group such as methylene, ethylene, propylene, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9 or C10; C1-C10, -C20, -C30, -C40, -C50-C60 -C70, -C80, -C90, -C-100, -C110, -C120, -C130 or -C140, alkyl; or a C1-C140 (for example C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9 or C10; C1-C10, -C20, -C30, -C40, -C50 -C60, -C70, -C80, -C90, -C100, -C110, -C120, -C130 or -C140), cycloaliphatic, heterocyclic, aromatic, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, or oxyalkylene radical; or a polyalkylene radical optionally interrupted by one or more, preferably one, oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur atoms, functional groups or saturated or unsaturated cyclic moiety: N and G3 are optional end groups; X can be either present or absent; L3, L4 and X are linking groups between the G4 and G5 cationic groups in the polymer and independently represent an aliphatic group containing C1-C140 carbon atoms, for example an alkyl group such as methylene, ethylene, propylene, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9 or C10; C1-C10, -C20, -C30, -C40, -C50 -C60, -C70, -C80, -C90, -C100, -C110, -C120, -C130 or -C140, alkyl; or L3 and L4 and X can independently be C1-C140 (for example C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9 or C10; C1-C10, -C20, -C30, -C40, -C50 -C60, -C70, -C80, -C90, -C100, -C110, -C120, -C130 or -C140), cycloaliphatic, heterocyclic, aromatic, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, oxyalkylene radicals; or a polyalkylene radical optionally interrupted by one or more, preferably one, oxygen, nitrogen or sulphur atoms, functional groups as well as saturated or unsaturated cyclic moiety; “G4” and “G5” are cationic moieties and can be same or different, and at least one of them is a biguanidine moiety or carbamoylguanidine, and the other moiety may be biguanidine or carbamoylguanidine or amine; and cationic moieties G4 and G5 do not contain single guanidine groups. The entry-promoting agent may comprise homogeneous or heterogeneous mixture of one or more of agents arising from formulae 1 a and b, for example polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB), polyhexamethylene monoguanide (PHMG), polyethylene biguanide (PEB), polytetramethylene biguanide (PTMB), polyethylene hexamethylene biguanide (PEHMB), polymethylene biguanides (PMB), poly(allylbiguanidnio-co-allylamine), poly(N-vinylbiguanide), polyallybiguanide. |
| US12150950B2 |
Administration of nicotinamide mononucleotide in the treatment of disease
Disclosed are methods and compositions related to methods of treating, ameliorating, mitigating, slowing, arresting, preventing or reversing various diseases and conditions, including age-related obesity, age-related increases in blood lipid levels, age-related decreases in insulin sensitivity, age-related decreases in memory function, and age-related changes in eye function such as macular degeneration. The methods comprise administering nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to a subject. In some embodiments, the administration can be oral administration. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising NMN. |
| US12150943B2 |
JAK1 pathway inhibitors for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease
This disclosure relates to JAK1 pathway inhibitors and the use thereof in treating gastrointestinal diseases or disorders such as ulcerative colitis. |
| US12150939B2 |
Therapeutic drug for ectopic ossification having mechanism to inhibit PAR1
A pathological mechanism in FOP patients is further revealed, and development of a novel therapeutic drug, therapeutic method, diagnostic method, etc. utilizing an obtained finding is provided. The inventors have found a novel finding that in FOP, ectopic ossification, which occurs by an inflammation due to an injury, etc., is mediated by PAR1 to occur. From this finding, the inventors completed the present invention relating to a drug, etc. characterized by suppressing ectopic ossification in FOP by inhibiting PAR1. |
| US12150937B2 |
NLRP3 modulators
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are modulators of NLRP3, which may be used as medicaments for the treatment of proliferative disorders, such as cancer in a subject (e.g., a human). |
| US12150934B2 |
Methods of using substituted pyrazole and pyrazole compounds and for treatment of hyperproliferative diseases
Disclosed are methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formula (I), in which X1, X2, Z1, Z2, the ring system denoted by “a”, R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene. |
| US12150931B2 |
Molecular genetic approach to treatment and diagnosis of alcohol and drug dependence
Compositions and methods are provided that are useful for diagnosing, treating, and monitoring alcohol dependence and disorders, susceptibility to alcohol dependence disorders, as well as drug related dependence and disorders. The methods include treating patients with an antagonist of the serotonin receptor 5-HT3 for such disorders, wherein the patient's serotonin transporter gene SLC6A4 is known to have particular genotypes. |
| US12150927B2 |
Use of cannabidiolic acid in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder and associated disorders
The present invention relates to the use of cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) in the treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ASD-associated disorders, such as Fragile X syndrome (FXS); Rett syndrome (RS); or Angelman syndrome (AS). CBDA has been shown to be particularly effective in improving cognitive dysfunction in rodent models of ASD, FXS, RS and AS. The CBDA is preferably substantially pure. It may take the form of a highly purified extract of cannabis such that the CBDA is present at greater than 95% of the total extract (w/w) and the other components of the extract are characterised. Alternatively, the CBDA is synthetically produced. |
| US12150925B2 |
Buthionine sulfoximine and a metallodrug for the treatment of cancer, HIV or a rheumatic disease
There is disclosed buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) for use in a method of treatment of cancer, HIV or a rheumatic disease. The method comprises administering (a) BSO at a dosage of less than or equal to 50 mg/kg, and (b) a metallodrug at a clinically-acceptable dosage. |
| US12150924B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating autism
The invention provides compositions and methods of treating autism. Specifically, the invention relates to treating the core symptoms of autism by administering alpha-methyl-DL-tyrosine. |
| US12150923B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating edema refractory to oral diuretics
The present invention features methods and compositions for the intranasal, sublingual, and subcutaneous administration of bumetanide for the treatment of subjects suffering from edema refractory to oral diuretics. |
| US12150916B2 |
Automatic pill dispenser and methods for automatic pill dispensing
A portable, versatile pill dispensing system can be used in a variety of settings and for a variety of pill dispensing regimens. Such systems and methods can be configured for intuitive filling or refilling, early or flexible dispensing, remote monitoring software to verify user compliance with a predetermined medication regimen, and features designed to improve compliance while traveling. |
| US12150915B2 |
Tray system and method for filling pills into blister packs
A tray system for filling pills into a blister pack is provided, as well as a corresponding method. The system includes a mounting tray to support the blister pack, rows of lights, with each light adapted to illuminate the pill-chambers of the blister pack; a depositing plate placed over the mounting tray and includes depositing-plate rows with pairs of pill-drop surface and a pill-hole, each pill-hole faces a corresponding pill-chamber; a sliding tray placed over the depositing plate which includes sliding-tray rows with opened cavities, and is slidable over the depositing plate from a pill-drop position to a chamber-filling position. Moving the sliding tray from the pill-drop position to the chamber-filling position pushes the pills from the pill-drop surfaces to the pill-chambers. The depositing plate material allows lights emissions to pass through the pill-drop surfaces while hiding the pills in the pill-chambers of the blister pack. |
| US12150912B2 |
Connection system for medical device components
A connection system for connecting a first medical device component to a second medical device component is disclosed. The connection system of the present disclosure provides for quick and intuitive coupling and decoupling of two opposing medical device components through the use of a connection path and a disconnection path, the connection path being distinct from the disconnection path. Furthermore, the connection system of the present disclosure provides audible and tactile connection feedback through the use of elastically deformable connection elements. |
| US12150911B2 |
Air connection piping device for a massage pool, a pool body of a massage pool and a massage pool
An air connection pipeline device of a massage pool may comprise a pipeline. The pipeline may be formed with a first air connection passage and a second air connection passage. The first air connection passage may have a first air inlet and a first air outlet. The first air connection passage may include a check valve located between the first air inlet and the first air outlet. The check valve may be driven to open when the air flow moves from the first air inlet to the first air outlet and close when reversely. The second air connection passage may be provided with a switch valve. The switch valve may comprise a second valve core and a second elastic body. The second valve core may slide between a closed position to close the second air connection passage and an open position to open the second air connection passage. The second elastic body may press against the second valve core. An initial state of the second valve core may be the closed position. |
| US12150908B2 |
Patient support with stand-up and sit features
A bed is provided having a base frame, a patient support assembly connected to the base frame, and a tilt frame connected between the base frame and the patient support assembly. The tilt frame is rotatable adjacent the foot end of the bed to place the patient support assembly, including the head section, seat section and foot section thereof, in a generally vertical position to allow a patient to exit the bed in a standing orientation. The bed also has a foot board assembly connected to the foot section, the foot board assembly having a foot board separately movable about a longitudinal axis of the bed toward the head end and the foot end of the bed. |
| US12150904B2 |
Auto leveling low profile patient support apparatus
A patient support apparatus (20) including a patient support surface (22) and a repositioning mechanism (24) for vertically and angularly repositioning the surface (22). The apparatus (20) including sensors (84) for automatically detecting and inhibiting attempts to vertically reposition the surface (22) when it is at a particular angular position, and attempts to angularly reposition the surface (22) when it is at a particular vertical position. The apparatus (20) also includes a tilt control system (88) for limiting the extent to which head or foot ends (36,38) of the surface (22) can be angularly repositioned, a scale (92) and a warning system (120) for communicating a warning when a change in the weight on the surface (22) is indicative of a patient moving or attempting to move off of the surface (22), a sensor (122) for detecting an increase in amperage during an operation and stopping the operation, and an ability to update microcontroller programming via a controller area network bus (102). |
| US12150902B2 |
Surgical table
A surgical table including a first platform portion and a second platform portion that are independently moveable relative to one another is provided. A first portion of a patient can be supported by the first platform portion and a second portion of the patient can be supported by the second platform portion, and the first platform portion and the second platform portion can be adjusted relative to one another to correspondingly adjust positions/orientations of the first portion and the second portion of the patient. To illustrate, using a first end portion supporting the first platform portion, the first platform portion can be rotated about a vertical axis and moved side to side to adjust the position/orientation thereof relative to the second platform portion, and using a second end portion supporting the second platform portion, the second platform portion can be moved toward and away from first platform portion. |
| US12150901B2 |
Darkening filter comprising a non-uniform pattern of switchable shutters
The present disclosure relates to darkening filters 10, 10′ which are suitable for selectively darkening an optically transmissive window 20 for protection from light, in particular from high intensity light. The darkening filter 10, 10′ is mounted in a forward-facing optically transmissive window 20 and comprises a non-uniform pattern 30 of switchable shutters 32 capable of being switching to at least a dark state and a light state by a shutter control system 40. The present disclosure also relates to a method of operating such darkening filters 10, 10′. The present disclosure furthermore relates to vision-protective headgears 100, 100′, welding shields 110 and panes 120 comprising the darkening filters 10, 10′ according to the present disclosure. |
| US12150898B2 |
Method for predicting a future position of a target point of an eye to compensate for a latency of an image evaluation, control device and treatment apparatus
A method is disclosed for determining a position of a target point of a human or animal eye during a medical treatment of the eye to allow an improved target accuracy for triggering a laser pulse to a respective target point. The method includes capturing a respective picture of the eye at a first point of time and a later second point of time, determining movement information with respect to a movement of the eye and/or of the target point based on the respective pictures and determining prediction data. The prediction data including a prediction for a future position and/or orientation of the target point at a later point of time, based on the movement information, wherein the later point of time is temporally spaced from the second point of time by a period of time, the duration of which is derived from a latency of an image evaluation. |
| US12150890B1 |
Cooling pack for hemorrhoids
The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is a medical device. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is a therapeutic device. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is adapted for use in the treatment of a hemorrhoid. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is a thermal pack. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids is cooled below −15 degrees C. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids forms a therapeutic structure that is placed against the hemorrhoid while cold. The cooling pack for hemorrhoids comprises a shell and a thermal gel. The shell forms a containment structure that encloses the thermal gel. The thermal gel is a chemical with a high thermal capacity. The thermal gel provides a heat exchange medium that rapidly cools the hemorrhoid when placed against the hemorrhoid. |
| US12150883B2 |
Pelvic prolapse treatment belt
A pelvic prolapse treatment belt may include a main structural member having an inner and outer layer. The main structural member may include a plurality of through-hole regions positioned to be located on respective sides of a wearer's spine and a single through hole positioned at an approximate center of a rear of the main structural member. A compression pad may be attached to the main structural member. The compression pad may be configured for placing over a pelvic cavity of the wearer. A single strap may be attached to a bottom end of the compression pad and have a length sufficient for extending over the wearer's intergluteal cleft. The single strap may be sized for inserted through the single through-hole and have a distal end attached to a waist strap. The waist strap may include attachment features for attaching to the outer side of the main structural member. |
| US12150881B2 |
Apparatus for protecting finger, thumb, and hand
A finger brace device is disclosed herein. The finger brace device can comprise a first hinge component configured to connect a proximal component configured to fit around at least a first portion of a finger near a wrist, to an intermediate component located at a central portion of the apparatus, wherein the proximal component is located at a lateral portion of the apparatus. Also disclosed is a second hinge component configured to connect the intermediate component of the apparatus to a distal component. Furthermore, a ball and socket joint is configured to allow a broad range of motion between the proximal component of the apparatus and the plate component. |
| US12150876B2 |
Guiding sheath system and method of delivering an endovascular device using the same
A guiding sheath system includes a first sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, an extension member connected to the distal end of the first sheath, the extension member terminating in a distal end, a second sheath extending through the first sheath, the second sheath having a proximal end and a distal end, and a cap connected to the distal end of the extension member and the distal end of the second sheath. Upon advancing the second sheath through the first sheath, the cap restrains the distal end of the second sheath and the cap deflects relative to the first sheath thereby causing a portion of the second sheath protruding from the first sheath to bend into a curve with the distal end of the second sheath at a vector different from a vector of the first sheath. |
| US12150875B2 |
Stents with liner facilitating stent removal and methods of use
An implantable treatment device configured to facilitate removal thereof after tissue ingrowth into a portion thereof, such as into an enlarged region with a diameter greater than adjacent regions. A liner is positioned within a lumen of the treatment device, with a portion spaced from the enlarged region of the treatment device. A disruption zone in the liner facilitates controlled disruption of the liner's integrity to permit a portion of a removal device inserted within the liner to extend through the liner to interact with the treatment device. The treatment device may be part of a treatment system including a removal device with an enlarged region corresponding to the treatment device enlarged region. A method of treatment involves rupturing a rupture zone in a treatment device liner to allow a portion of a removal device to extend through the liner and into engagement with a portion of the treatment device. |
| US12150874B2 |
Medical devices formed from polymer filaments
Medical devices and method for manufacturing medical devices are discloses. An example medical device may include a medical device body formed from one or more multi-melting point polymeric filaments. Each of the filaments may include a polymeric blend comprising a first block polymer and a second polymer. The polymeric blend may have a first melting point and a second melting point less than the first melting point. The medical device body may be heat set at a temperature within 10° C. of the second melting point. |
| US12150871B2 |
Occlusive device
An aneurysm embolization device can include a body having a single, continuous piece of material that is shape set into a plurality of distinct structural components. For example, the device can have an expandable component and an atraumatic tip portion extending therefrom. Further, the tip portion can be configured to enable the device to be implanted within the aneurysm while tending to mitigate risk of puncturing the aneurysm dome or otherwise assist in framing the aneurysm in advance of placement of additional embolic material. |
| US12150870B2 |
Orthotic and prosthetic device and manufacturing system and method
A prosthetic device includes a socket, fasteners, and a pylon. The socket defines a cavity configured to receive a residual limb of a user. The socket includes a base defining multiple blind-holes. Each of the fasteners are configured to be received within a corresponding one of the blind-holes. The fasteners each include internal threads. The pylon includes through-holes that are aligned with a corresponding one of the blind-holes. The pylon is configured to be directly coupled with the base of the socket through externally threaded fasteners that extend through the through-holes and threadingly couple with the internal threads of the plurality of fasteners. |
| US12150868B2 |
Systems and methods for inductive tuning of human-machine interface
Systems and methods are provided for configuring a human-machine interface according to a user's relative preference, or weighting, of a set of utility factors, such that a user can customize a human-machine interface in the absence of the direct selection of interface parameters. In some example embodiments, a total utility function (associated with overall utility of a human-machine interface) is calculated based on the sum of a set of weighted utility functions, with each utility function being weighted according to a respective user-tunable weight, and with each user-tunable weight prescribing a relative importance of a respective utility factor to the total utility function. A set of parameters of the human-machine interface that optimize the overall utility function for a selected set of user-tunable weights is determined and employed to configure the human-machine interface. |
| US12150866B2 |
Bio-mechanical prosthetic finger with y-shaped rocker
The disclosure provides apparatus and methods of use pertaining to a prosthetic finger assembly. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a coupling tip and a distal ring coupled with the coupling tip. The assembly further includes a proximal ring coupled with the distal ring. A rocker formed in a Y-shape with a first end forming a single prong and a second end forming a split prong may extend between the coupling tip and the proximal ring. The coupling tip, distal ring, proximal ring, and Y-shaped rocker may all be hingedly connected such that movements of the residual finger within the proximal ring and the distal articulate the distal ring together with the rocker to curl and bend the coupling tip. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US12150862B2 |
Minimally invasive posterior cervical facet arthrodesis shim implant and tools therefor
The shim-type implant for distraction and fusion of cervical facet joints is provided. The implant has a generally box-like shape with a blunt leading edge that may be centered or offset to the inferior face. The implant may include a graft window for enhanced osseous through-growth after implantation. The implant is coated with hydroxyapatite (HA) and/or tri-calcium phosphate (TCP) to allow for osteo-conduction, is porous, and has a roughened surface with serrations on the superior and inferior faces. The implant may be fabricated from a titanium or tantalum alloy. In an embodiment, a set of tools is provided with a chisel and one or tongs and one or more decorticators for inserting the implant. |
| US12150860B2 |
Cruciate-retaining knee prosthesis
Certain embodiments generally provide an improved tibial base member comprising keel portions that allow one or both cruciate ligaments to be preserved. Other embodiments provide improved lateral and/or medial inserts having a mesial lip that helps relieve and or prevent impingement between the femoral component and the tibial eminence. Other embodiments provide improved femoral components having various chamfers to provide additional clearance with respect to the tibial eminence and posterior cruciate ligament without decreasing bone coverage. |
| US12150856B2 |
Device, system, and method for transcatheter treatment of valve regurgitation
The invention relates to a device for use in the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, specifically a coaptation enhancement element for implantation across the valve; a system including the coaptation enhancement element and anchors for implantation; a system including the coaptation enhancement element, catheter and driver; and a method for transcatheter implantation of a coaptation element across a heart valve. |
| US12150855B2 |
Valved conduit assemblies
A valved conduit including a bioprosthetic aortic heart valve connected to a tubular conduit graft forming an ascending aorta. The conduit graft may attach to the heart valve in a manner that facilitates a redo operation in which the valve is replaced with another valve. A sewing ring may be pre-attached to the inflow end of the graft, and then the valve connected to a delivery holder advanced into the graft and secured to the sewing ring. Dry bioprosthetic valves coupled with conduit grafts sealed with a bioresorbable medium can be stored with the delivery holder. |
| US12150853B2 |
Prosthetic heart valves
A prosthetic heart valve (e.g., a prosthetic aortic valve) is designed to be somewhat circumferentially collapsible and then re-expandable. The collapsed condition may be used for less invasive delivery of the valve into a patient. When the valve reaches the implant site in the patient, it re-expands to normal operating size, and also to engage surrounding tissue of the patient. The valve includes a stent portion and a ring portion that is substantially concentric with the stent portion but downstream from the stent portion in the direction of blood flow through the implanted valve. When the valve is implanted, the stent portion engages the patient's tissue at or near the native valve annulus, while the ring portion engages tissue downstream from the native valve site (e.g., the aorta). |
| US12150852B2 |
Proximal tab for side-delivered transcatheter heart valves and methods of delivery
A prosthetic heart valve includes a valve frame defining an aperture that extends along a central axis and a flow control component mounted within the aperture. The valve frame includes a distal anchoring element and a proximal anchoring element. The valve frame has a compressed configuration to allow the valve to be delivered to a heart of a patient via a delivery catheter. The valve frame is configured to transition to an expanded configuration when released from the delivery catheter. The valve is configured to be seated in a native annulus when the valve frame is in the expanded configuration. The distal and proximal anchoring elements configured to be inserted through the native annulus prior to seating the valve. The proximal anchoring element is ready to be deployed subannularly or is optionally configured to be transitioned from a first configuration to a second configuration after the valve is seated. |
| US12150844B2 |
Water absorbent resin particles
Disclosed is water-absorbent resin particles including: a crosslinked polymer having a monomer unit derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of (meth)acrylic acid and a salt thereof, in which a proportion of (meth)acrylic acid and a salt thereof is 70 to 100 mol % with respect to a total amount of monomer units in the crosslinked polymer, an artificial urine permeation speed when the water-absorbent resin particles are swollen tenfold is 1.0 g/min or more and 35.0 g/min or less, a water retention capacity for a physiological saline solution is 32 to 60 g/g, and a contact angle measured in a test performed in the order of i) and ii) is 70 degrees or smaller. |
| US12150839B2 |
Wound dressing
The present disclosure relates generally to tubular wound dressings that include a superabsorbent component that can be used to treat exuding wounds. The tubular wound dressings may include a superabsorbent component sandwiched between two tubular elastic and resilient components. Alternatively, the dressing may be concentrically arranged to include at least three components, including a superabsorbent component, and two elastic and resilient components. Also disclosed herein are kits including the tubular wound dressings of the present technology, and instructions for use. |
| US12150833B2 |
Dental attachment assembly cap and method of use
A dental attachment assembly and method anchors a dental appliance with an implant and has an abutment member attached to the implant, a retention member in releasable snap engagement with the abutment member, and a cap secured in a recess of the dental appliance and in releasable swivel engagement with the retention member to position and secure the dental appliance onto the implant. The cap includes a cavity with a rounded, concave inner surface which engages with the retention member, an interior top surface of the cavity with a concave recess extending radially along an outer periphery of the interior top surface of the cavity to allow for rotation of the retention member within the cap. A central portion of the interior top surface of the cavity surrounded by the concave recess therefore protrudes vertically into the cavity to minimize vertical displacement of the retention member as it rotates. |
| US12150831B2 |
Combined orthodontic movement of teeth with cosmetic restoration
Systems and methods are disclosed for restoring and/or orthodontically moving teeth. The methods can include determining an orthodontic treatment plan to at least partially correct for a malocclusion of at least one tooth. The methods can include determining an amount of cosmetic restoration of the at least one tooth based on a degree of partial correction of the malocclusion. The methods can include preparing the at least one tooth for the cosmetic restoration by orthodontically moving the tooth from a first position to a second position. The methods can include cosmetically restoring the at least one tooth when the at least one tooth is in the second position. |
| US12150828B2 |
Dental component organisational device
Aspects of the present invention relate to a storage tray for storing dental components. The storage tray comprises a plurality of compartments arranged along an arc representative of a dental arch, each compartment corresponding to the position of a respective tooth on the dental arch. |
| US12150827B2 |
Toothbrush
A toothbrush, including a head portion, a handle portion, a locking mechanism configured to lock said head portion to said handle portion, a capsule including a motor assembly and power supply, the capsule being configured to be received within said handle portion, and at least one communication connection configured to enable said toothbrush to communicate with one or more external computing devices. |
| US12150826B2 |
Apparatus and method for removing amalgam and waste particles from dental office suction effluent
An apparatus and method for removing amalgam and waste particles from dental office suction effluent. The apparatus includes an upper chamber and a solids collection canister removably secured thereto. Dental office suction effluent drawn through a dental suction wand enters the upper chamber along a lateral flow path above a substantially cylindrical internal wall portion. A gas component of dental office suction effluent changes direction by more than 60° before it exits the upper chamber through an exit port. A riser conveys a liquid and solids component of dental office suction effluent through a drain into the solids collection canister. A flow restrictor allows liquids and gases to exit the solids collection canister interior volume but prohibits solids from exiting the solids collection canister interior volume. |
| US12150821B2 |
Rotating marker and adapter for image-guided surgery
A patient marker couples to an anchoring device via a base having a base axis, base connections and a first indicator. The marker includes: an adapter having a first surface with connections configured to mate with the base connections, and a second surface with connections congruent with the base connections, and at least one second indicator. The marker includes an alignment target, having a target region with an alignment pattern, and a socket connected to the target region with socket connections congruent with the first surface connections. In a first configuration the socket couples to the base by mating the first surface connections with the base connections and mating the socket connections with the second surface connections. In a second configuration, the socket fits onto the base by mating the socket connections with the base connections. One of the indicators indicates a target orientation angle about the base axis. |
| US12150818B2 |
Expandable carriage with adjustable cross nut
An apparatus for adjustably positioning an extremity or body part such as knees, hands, or feet for a surgical procedure comprising a carriage including a base adapted to engage a track for selective positioning there along, an arm configured to pivotably attach to the base, and a socket formed by the joining of the base and arm, the socket configured to accept a ball of an extremity holder. The apparatus further comprises a clamping assembly and an adjustable cross nut assembly. The adjustable cross nut assembly provides clocking and/or adjustable positioning of an internal thread start to provide optimal positioning of the handle that achieves the clamping effect, as the threads are subject to wear and plastic deformation due to use over time. |
| US12150817B2 |
Medical device anchoring apparatus and placement tool
Various embodiments of a placement tool for an apparatus to be fastened to a cranium with a fastener around a burr hole formed through the cranium are disclosed. The placement tool includes a receptacle adapted to hold the fastener, where the receptacle includes a channel extending between an upper opening of the receptacle and a lower opening of the receptacle along a channel axis. The placement tool further includes a retainer disposed within the channel of the receptacle, where the retainer includes a recess or a protrusion adapted to restrain the fastener against movement. The fastener opening of the apparatus is configured to align with the channel axis of the channel of the receptacle when the placement tool is engaged with the apparatus. |
| US12150813B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for generating super-resolution images of microvasculature using ultrasound
A method for producing an image of a vessel with ultrasound includes administering a contrast agent particle into the vessel and delivering an ultrasound pulse having a first frequency range to the vessel. The method further includes detecting ultrasound energy scattered from the contrast agent particle at a second frequency range, converting the scattered ultrasound energy into an electronic radio frequency signal, and using an algorithm to determine a spatial location of the contrast agent particle based on extraction of a specific feature of the radio frequency signal. The method further includes generating an image by displaying a marker of the spatial location of the contrast agent particle with a resolution that is finer than a pulse length of the ultrasound pulse and repeating the steps for different contrast agent particles until sufficient markers have been accumulated to reconstruct a pattern of the vessel. |
| US12150812B2 |
System and method for generating virtual blood vessel representations in mixed reality
A medical analytic system features an ultrasound probe communicatively coupled to a console, which includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes an alternative reality (“AR”) anatomy representation logic, which can include representation logic with (i) visualization logic configured to capture information associated with multiple sub-images at different layers of an ultrasound image of an anatomical element, (ii) virtual slice positioning logic configured to position and orient each sub-image based on usage parameters during emission of the ultrasound signals from the ultrasound probe for capturing of the ultrasound image, (iii) virtual object assembly logic configured to assemble each of the sub-images to form a virtual representation of the anatomical element, and/or (iv) virtual object display logic configured to render the virtual representation of the anatomical element in an AR environment. |
| US12150808B2 |
Method for measuring parameters in ultrasonic image and ultrasonic imaging system
A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, includes: obtaining an ultrasound image by receiving ultrasound echoes from a target tissue with an ultrasound probe and contains an area representing the target tissue; displaying the ultrasound image; obtaining multiple measurement items to be measured; determining multiple anatomical feature items whose positions are to be determined during a measurement of the multiple measurement items according to a relevance among the multiple measurement items, to obtain a feature set that comprises the multiple anatomical feature items and whose anatomical feature items are different from each other; determining positions of the anatomical feature items in the feature set in the ultrasound image; calculating values of the multiple measurement items according to the positions of the anatomical feature items in the feature set; and outputting the values of the multiple measurement items. |
| US12150806B2 |
X-ray device
An X-ray device comprises: a radiator configured to radiate an X-ray; a distance measurement sensor configured to measure a value of a distance to an object; and a controller configured to acquire a first separation distance between an X-ray radiation focal point of the radiator and a subject, and control operation of the radiator based on the acquired first separation distance. Through these, the radiation of the X-ray can be prevented without a physical skin guard when the subject approaches within a certain distance from the radiator, thereby preventing the increase in the size caused by the installation of the physical skin guard, and a process of manually setting a strength of the X-ray radiation output according to the thickness of the subject can be omitted, thereby improving easiness of the X-ray imaging and reducing the time for the X-ray imaging. |
| US12150805B2 |
Radiographic apparatus, method of controlling the same, radiographic system, and storage medium
A mechanism to select an optimum standby state canceling method in terms of power consumption. A radiographic apparatus is configured to capture a radiographic image based on an incident radiation and operates in any of a plurality of standby states different in power consumption. Each of the standby states is less in power consumption than a radiography-enabled state where the radiographic apparatus is enabled to capture the radiographic image. A selection unit selects a standby state from the plurality of standby states so that a transition time is shorter than an irradiation preparation time. The transition time is a time necessary for the radiographic apparatus to make a transition from the standby state to the radiography-enabled state. The irradiation preparation time is a time necessary for a radiation generation apparatus configured to generate a radiation to prepare irradiation of the radiation after a radiation irradiation preparation request is received. |
| US12150803B2 |
Image processing device, radiography system, image processing method, and image processing program
A CPU of a console acquires a plurality of projection images, acquires a plurality of tomographic images which are generated using the plurality of projection images and which correspond to each of a plurality of tomographic planes of a breast, performs pseudo-projection at set irradiation positions corresponding to each of the irradiation positions of the plurality of projection images, using a group of tomographic images other than a tomographic image including a reference object image indicating a reference object which is used as a reference for deriving a positional deviation amount between the projection images among the plurality of tomographic images, to generate a plurality of pseudo-projection images without a reference object which do not include the reference object image, and derives the positional deviation amount between the projection images on the basis of component-removed images which include the reference object image and which are obtained by removing components of the plurality of pseudo-projection images without a reference object from the plurality of projection images. |
| US12150800B2 |
Systems and methods for guiding a patient during imaging procedures
A method of imaging a breast of a patient using an imaging system includes applying, with a first component of the imaging system, a compressive force to the breast. A second component of the imaging system is positioned in a start position. The imaging system sends a first guidance signal to the patient. An imaging procedure of the breast is performed with the second component of the imaging system. Subsequent to performing the imaging procedure, a second guidance signal is sent to the patient. |
| US12150787B2 |
Cardiac mesh with pressure sensor
An implantable intracardiac apparatus for implantation in a wall of the heart to secure a pressure sensor thereto, the apparatus comprising: a mesh configured to collapse to enable it to be carried, by a catheter, to a deployment site in the heart, and to expand upon deployment from the catheter to provide a conformable mesh layer for securement against the wall of the heart; wherein the conformable mesh layer comprises an opening occupied by a compliant diaphragm that is flush with the mesh layer, or recessed with respect to the mesh layer, when the mesh layer is secured against the wall of the heart; the apparatus further comprising a can for holding said pressure sensor, and the compliant diaphragm provides a wall of the can. |
| US12150786B2 |
Sensor arrangement for mounting on a guidewire or catheter
A sensor arrangement is for mounting along an elongate device. The sensor arrangement is for positioning along a line sensor arrangements and has terminal blocks at a proximal and distal side, each for connection to one or more wires. A connection circuit controls the coupling of sensor signals to the proximal wires and the coupling of the distal wires to the proximal wires. In this way, a bypass function is implemented through the connection circuit, which avoids the need for physical wires of a distal sensor arrangement to bypass the sensor arrangement itself. |
| US12150778B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing biofeedback during meditation exercise
A method and apparatus for providing biofeedback during a meditation exercise are disclosed. In one aspect, the wearable device includes one or more biometric sensors and a user interface. The method may involve prompting the user, via the user interface, to perform a meditation exercise, the meditation exercise being associated with a target physiological metric related to the physiology of the user. The method may involve measuring, based on output of at least one of the one or more biometric sensors, a physiological metric of the user during the meditation exercise. The method may involve determining a performance score indicating the user's performance during the meditation exercise based on comparing the measured physiological metric with the target physiological metric. The method may involve providing, via the user interface, based on the performance score, feedback information indicative of the user's performance during the meditation exercise. |
| US12150777B2 |
Treatment of depression
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for identifying subjects suffering from depression that will respond to treatment with an antidepressant. |
| US12150772B2 |
Methods and device for determining efficiency of lactation
The invention generally concerns methods and devices for determining inadequate lactation in female subject. |
| US12150765B2 |
Releaseable catheter hub retainer
A safety catheter insertion assembly including a catheter hub coupling assembly. The safety catheter insertion assembly having a needle hub slideably coupled to a needle housing such that the needle hub is moveable between a first position wherein an insertion needle extends from the needle housing, and a second position wherein the sharp distal tip is housed within the needle housing, the catheter hub coupling assembly coupling the catheter hub to the needle housing in the first position and releasing the catheter hub from the needle housing in the second position. |
| US12150762B2 |
Blood collection device
The inventive apparatus is a device for collecting a target volume of blood in a collecting bag connected to a collection needle with a flexible tube. The device has a plate for the collecting bag and a clamping device for clamping the flexible tube. The device also has a bearing element having a bearing surface, and a clamping element with a clamping surface. The clamping element is able to move between an open position in which the flexible tube positioned between the bearing and clamping surfaces is not deformed and a closed position in which the flexible tube positioned between the bearing and clamping surfaces is closed off. The device also has a control unit configured to determine the volume of blood collected and move the clamping element from the open position to an intermediate position, when the determined volume of blood collected reaches a predetermined volume. |
| US12150760B2 |
Non-invasive optical physiological differential pathlength sensor
An optical physiological sensor configured to perform high speed spectral sweep analysis of sample tissue being measured to non-invasively predict an analyte level of a patient. An emitter of the optical physiological sensor can be regulated to operate at different temperatures to emit radiation at different wavelengths. Variation in emitter drive current, duty cycle, and forward voltage can also be used to cause the emitter to emit a range of wavelengths. Informative spectral data can be obtained during the sweeping of specific wavelength regions of sample tissue. |
| US12150757B2 |
Apparatus and method for measuring clinical-audiometric parameters
Apparatus and method for determining the immiittance of a middle ear for clinical-audiometric investigations in a wide range of frequencies at ambient pressure, based on MEMS microphone technology and on measuring the acoustic pressure wave and the corresponding acoustic velocity wave by means of a pressure-pressure probe. |
| US12150753B2 |
Device, system and method for providing a skeleton model
The present invention relates to a device, system, method and computer program for providing a skeleton model, wherein the device comprises a joint identification unit configured to obtain an image and corresponding image data of the patient comprising depth information and to generate joint location data by localizing one or more joints of the patient in said image, a pose estimation unit configured to generate pose estimation data by estimating a pose of the patient using the joint location data and/or the image data, a sensor location unit configured to obtain body location data, comprising information about a location of a sensor on the patients body, and image location data, comprising information about the location of the sensor in the image, and to generate sensor location data, assigning a sensor location in the image to a body location of the patient, based on the body location data and the image location data, an assignment unit configured to perform an assignment of the one or more joints to one or more body locations of the patient by using the joint location data, the pose estimation data and the sensor location data, and a skeleton modelling unit configured to generate a skeleton model of the patient based on the assignment of the joints to a body location. |
| US12150751B2 |
Catheter splines with embedded circuit elements
Medical apparatus includes one or more magnetic field generators, which are configured to generate magnetic fields within a body of a patient. An invasive probe includes an insertion tube having a distal end, which is configured for insertion into the body, and a plurality of flexible splines configured to be deployed from the distal end of the insertion tube. Each spline includes a flexible, multilayer circuit board and a conductive trace that is formed in at least one layer of the circuit board and is configured to define one or more coils, which are disposed along a length of the spline and output electrical signals in response to the magnetic fields. A processor is coupled to receive and process the electrical signals output by the coils in order to derive respective positions of the flexible splines in the body. |
| US12150750B2 |
D-glucose and its analogs as tracers to assess the glucose transporter function on blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier and the functioning of the brain lymphatic system
A method of assessing the brain lymphatic or glymphatic system and the glucose transporter function on blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB) of a subject using D-glucose or a D-glucose analog. A spatial map is generated of water MR signals that are sensitized to changes in D-glucose or a D-glucose analog in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of the subject. The spatial map is observed at one or more time points before, one or more time points during, and one or more time points after, raising the blood level of the D-glucose or a D-glucose analog in the subject CSF. A difference is detected between the MR signals of the spatial map before, during, and after raising the blood level of D-glucose or a D-glucose analog. A physiological parameter associated with the brain lymphatic or glymphatic system and the glucose transporter function on BCSFB of the subject is ascertained based on the detected difference. |
| US12150747B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same
Even when imaging is aborted, data collected so far is utilized in image reconstruction, thereby enhancing examination efficiency. A certain priority imaging data available for image reconstruction by a fast-imaging method is determined, when collecting k-space data according to a predetermined imaging method. If collection of the certain priority imaging data is completed when imaging is aborted, imaging reconstruction is executed using the priority imaging data. The priority imaging data is determined based on a relationship between the imaging method under execution, and the fast-imaging method underlying determination of the priority imaging data. |
| US12150746B2 |
Monitoring a receiver for strip replacement
Systems and methods for monitoring a receiver assembly configured to detect an ingestible event marker signal, the receiver including a disposable component and a reusable component. The methods can include monitoring the skin impedance experienced by the electrodes of the receiver assembly to determine whether the receiver assembly has poor contact quality or is off-body to notify the user accordingly. The methods can also include monitoring a power source level of the receiver assembly, which can be normalized according to the temperature of the receiver assembly, to determine when the power source is at a critical level to notify the user accordingly. |
| US12150744B2 |
Sensor system and sensing method for use in assessment of circulatory volume
In a sensor system (12), output signals of at least one PPG sensor (14) are processed to derive a modified pulse amplitude variation (PAV) value, being modified to take account of a baseline variation of the PPG sensor output signal. In particular, the modified PAV is derived through performing a modification step (42) in which either: a baseline variation of the PPG sensor output is derived and combined with a previously derived PAV, or, a PPG sensor output is first processed to perform baseline variation compensation, in advance of then deriving a PAV from the compensated signal. |
| US12150742B1 |
Hand-held apparatus for noninvasive measurement of a heart performance metric
Apparatuses, machine-accessible storage media, and methods for noninvasively measuring a heart performance metric, such as left ventricular filling pressure, are described. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing shaped to be grasped by a hand; a tower protruding from a surface of the housing positioned to conform to a finger of the hand when grasping the housing; a tactile sensor disposed on a curved surface of the tower and adapted to measure blood pressure pulsatility in a digital artery of the finger and output pulsatility signals indicative of the blood pressure pulsatility; a graphical user interface for orchestrating a test of the performance metric of the heart and displaying results of the test. |
| US12150739B2 |
Systems and methods for patient fall detection
A patient monitoring system to help manage a patient that is at risk of falling is disclosed. The system includes a patient-worn wireless sensor that senses the patient's motion and wirelessly transmits information indicative of the sensed motion to a patient monitor. The patient monitor receives, stores, and processes the transmitted information to determine whether the patient has fallen or is about to fall. Upon such detection, the system can notify the patient's caretakers that the patient has fallen or is about to fall and therefore, is in need of immediate attention. |
| US12150738B2 |
Lumen morphology and vascular resistance measurements data collection systems apparatus and methods
A method and apparatus of automatically locating in an image of a blood vessel the lumen boundary at a position in the vessel and from that measuring the diameter of the vessel. From the diameter of the vessel and estimated blood flow rate, a number of clinically significant physiological parameters are then determined and various user displays of interest generated. One use of these images and parameters is to aid the clinician in the placement of a stent. The system, in one embodiment, uses these measurements to allow the clinician to simulate the placement of a stent and to determine the effect of the placement. In addition, from these patient parameters various patient treatments are then performed. |
| US12150736B2 |
Systems and methods for analysis of temperature signals from an abreu brain thermal tunnel and treatment of human conditions via the abreu brain thermal tunnel
Systems configured to acquire temperature signals from an Abreu Brain Thermal Tunnel (ABTT), to analyze the temperatures signals, and to determine a condition of a human body from the analysis, and a method for doing the same, are described. In addition, systems for application of thermal signals to the ABTT for treatment of conditions are described. |
| US12150734B2 |
Apparatus and a method for determine biometric data of a user and an electronic device
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an apparatus to determine biometric data of a user including: a processing circuit configured to: generate a control signal relating to a control value for controlling a wavelength of emitted light of a light source; receive biometric input data based on reflected light from the skin of the user caused by the light of the wavelength emitted by the light source; and determine biometric data of the user based on the biometric input data; and an output interface configured to provide the biometric data of the user. |
| US12150730B2 |
Handheld flexible robotic catheter for endoscopic instrumentation
A handheld, steerable catheter robotic system includes a catheter having a flexible outer sheath, at least one flexible multi-lumen assembly and a robotic instrument for performing a surgical procedure. The catheter is removably insertable into an instrument channel of an endoscope. The flexible multi-lumen assembly extends through the outer sheath. The robotic instrument is operatively and removably attachable to a distal end of the multi-lumen assembly such that the robotic instrument is teleoperable. The catheter robotic system also includes a handle operatively and removably attachable to a proximal end of the catheter. The handle is configured for hand-held operation and includes a joystick for steering the robotic instrument. |
| US12150729B1 |
Handheld surgical systems with interchangeable dexterous end-effectors
Handheld surgical systems having an adjustable, ergonomic handheld controller and a series of interchangeable surgical instruments with dexterous, end-effectors for performing a surgical procedure, e.g., removing brain tumor tissue from confined spaces, and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The end-effector may be actuated in one or more degrees of freedom via a tendon routing system comprising a plurality of antagonistic pairs of tendons extending from the end-effector to a plurality of independently rotatable capstan shafts disposed within a housing of the interchangeable instrument and configured to be releasably and operatively coupled to one or more motors disposed within the handheld controller. |
| US12150720B2 |
Surgical microscope with gesture control and method for a gesture control of a surgical microscope
The present invention relates to a surgical microscope with a field of view and comprising an optical imaging system which images an inspection area which is at least partially located in the field of view, and to a method for a gesture control of a surgical microscope having an optical imaging system. The surgical microscope further comprises a gesture detection unit for detection of a movement of a surgical instrument, the gesture detection unit having a detection zone which is located between the inspection area and the optical imaging system and is spaced apart from the inspection area, and the gesture detection unit being configured to output a control signal to the optical imaging system depending on the movement of the surgical instrument in the detection zone, the optical imaging system being configured to alter its state depending on the control signal. |
| US12150719B2 |
Surgical support system, data processing apparatus and method
A surgical support system including: a surgical data generating apparatus operable to generate surgical data associated with a surgical procedure; and a data processing apparatus operable to: determine artificial intelligence (AI) assistance information using the generated surgical data; and provide the determined AI assistance information to a user. |
| US12150705B2 |
Diffusing apparatus for laser therapy treatment
The present invention provides devices and methods of manufacture related to transmitting light to a target site for diffusion Techniques are provided which allow accurate control of the illumination profile with a diffuser tip design which is easily producible, relatively inexpensive, and provides variations to obtain desired illumination profiles. This is achieved by using at least two light scattering mediums having a shape defined by an insert. The dimensions, light scattering properties, and number of such light scattering mediums may be selected individually or collectively to selectively control the illumination profile. In addition, the insert allows for other beneficial design features, such as a reduced heat retention, easily controlled and refined light scattering medium interfaces, and a smaller cross-sectional diameter than is typically achievable with other techniques. The resulting light transmission and diffusion apparatus is operable with a high efficiency, highly predictable illumination profile, and ease of use. |
| US12150704B2 |
Microwave energy-delivery device and system
A microwave ablation device including a cable assembly configured to connect a microwave ablation device to an energy source and a feedline in electrical communication with the cable assembly. The microwave ablation device further includes a balun on an outer conductor of the feedline, and a temperature sensor on the balun sensing the temperature of the balun. |
| US12150703B2 |
Microwave ablation systems and methods having adjustable ablation parameters and modes of operation
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a microwave ablation system. The microwave ablation system may include a microwave ablation needle, a controller, a microwave generator configured to provide ablation power to the microwave ablation needle, and a pump configured to provide a coolant to the microwave ablation needle at a flow rate, such that the microwave ablation needle emits microwave radiation based on the received ablation power and the controller is configured to perform a plurality of predefined processes having an associated applied ablation power and coolant flow rate. |
| US12150701B2 |
Cardiac pulsed field ablation
A method for ablating tissue by applying at least one pulse train of pulsed-field energy. The method includes delivering a pulse train of energy having a predetermined frequency to cardiac tissue, the pulse train including at least 60 pulses, an inter-phase delay between 0 μs and 5 μs, an inter-pulse delay of at least 5 μs, and a pulse width of 5 μs. |
| US12150699B2 |
Methods for treating depression in patients via renal neuromodulation
Methods for treating depression and for reducing a risk associated with developing depression in patients via therapeutic renal neuromodulation and associated systems are disclosed herein. Sympathetic nerve activity can contribute to several cellular and physiological conditions associated with depression as well as an increased risk of developing depression. One aspect of the present technology is directed to methods for improving a patient's calculated risk score corresponding to a depression status in the patient. Other aspects are directed to reducing a likelihood of developing depression in patients presenting one or more depression risk factors. Renal sympathetic nerve activity can be attenuated to improve a patient's depression status or risk of developing depression. The attenuation can be achieved, for example, using an intravascularly positioned catheter carrying a therapeutic assembly configured to use, e.g., electrically-induced, thermally-induced, and/or chemically-induced approaches to modulate the renal sympathetic nerve. |
| US12150698B2 |
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for ventricular focal ablation
Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed, with the system including a pulse waveform signal generator for medical ablation therapy, and an endocardial ablation device includes an inflatable member and at least one electrode for focal ablation pulse delivery to tissue. The signal generator may deliver voltage pulses to the ablation device in the form of a pulse waveform. The system may include a cardiac stimulator for generation of pacing signals and for sequenced delivery of pulse waveforms in synchrony with the pacing signal. |
| US12150697B2 |
Cryopad
Devices, systems, and methods for therapeutically treating tissue. The devices and methods are suitable for minimally invasive surgery or open surgical procedures. More particularly, methods and devices described herein permit treating large areas of tissue with a therapeutic device. In some variations, the method and devices allow for large area treatment without having to reposition the device. The methods and devices described herein discuss the treatment of cardiac tissue for purposes of illustration. |
| US12150696B2 |
Treatment apparatus and method of controlling same
The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus and a method of controlling the same, and provides a treatment apparatus including an insertion unit formed in such a way as to be inserted into a tissue through a tissue surface, a bending sensing unit sensing bending of the insertion unit occurring during insertion, and a controller controlling the insertion operation of the insertion unit based on information sensed by the bending sensing unit, and a method of controlling the same. In accordance with the present invention, there is an advantage in that a treatment effect can be improved because treatment can be performed in the state in which the insertion unit has been inserted into an accurate target location. |
| US12150694B2 |
Ablation medical devices
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes an ablation system. The ablation system may include an elongate shaft having a distal region. A plurality of ablation tines may be disposed at the distal region. Each of the ablation tines may include a tubular member having a flexible circuit disposed therein. The flexible circuit may include a substrate, one or more electrodes coupled to the substrate, and a temperature sensor coupled to the substrate and positioned adjacent to the one or more electrodes. The plurality of ablation tines may include a first ablation tine and a second ablation tine. A pair of bipolar electrodes may defined by a first electrode disposed at the first ablation tine and a second electrode disposed at the second ablation tine. |
| US12150693B2 |
Surgical tools for spinal facet therapy to alleviate pain and related methods
Methods and surgical tools for treating back pain use a spinal facet debridement tool with cautery and denuding action and minimally invasive protocol that can denude and cauterize soft tissue associated with a synovial capsule of the spinal facet joint. |
| US12150692B2 |
Simultaneous electrosurgical sealing and cutting
A method is provided to seal and cut biological tissue. An alternating current (AC) scaling signal is imparted between a set of sealing electrodes. An AC cutting signal is imparted between a set of cutting electrodes in response to a biological tissue impedance between the sealing electrodes reaching a first impedance threshold value. The AC scaling signal is halted at an end of a time interval, beginning while the AC cutting signal is imparted between the cutting electrodes, in response to impedance of the biological tissue disposed between the set of sealing electrodes reaching a second impedance threshold value. |
| US12150684B2 |
Blunt tip bone screw
In one embodiment, a bone screw includes a shaft having a proximal shaft end and a distal shaft end spaced from the proximal shaft end in a distal direction along a central axis. The shaft is helically threaded between the proximal and distal shaft ends. A tip extends from the distal shaft end in the distal direction, and defines a plurality of lands with cutting flutes disposed between adjacent lands. Each land has a bore-cutting edge that extends from an inner cutting edge end to an outer cutting edge end. The inner cutting edge end is disposed at a center of the distal end of the tip, and the outer cutting edge end is spaced from the center of the distal end of the tip. The bore-cutting edges may blunt the feel of the tip so as to reduce the likelihood of soft-tissue damage. |
| US12150678B2 |
Customized posterior atlantoaxial reduction fixatorwith screws and rods
A customized posterior atlantoaxial reduction fixator with screws and rods, including two supporting-screws, two pulling-screws, two variable cross section fixing rods, a bracing beam, two lock nuts and two pressing rod nuts. Each of the supporting-screws includes a first head and a first body, and each of the pulling-screws includes a second head and a second body; tips of both the first body and the second body are provided with a tapered thread; both the first head and the second head are provided with nail grooves inside, with U-shaped grooves on the sides; each of the a plurality of nail grooves is provided with an internal thread inside; the second head is provided with a long arm nail groove, with an annular recess configured on the middle part of an outer wall. |
| US12150668B2 |
Single-loop or multiple-loop snare and method of forming same
A method for forming a surgical snare, the method comprising: providing a plurality of filaments; braiding the plurality of filaments together so as to form a braided tubular construct comprising: a proximal tube having an open proximal end, an open distal end, and a proximal tube lumen extending there between; a distal tube having an open proximal end, an open distal end, and a distal tube lumen extending there between; and a loop region disposed between the distal end of the proximal tube and the proximal end of the distal tube, the loop region comprising at least one loop structure, the at least one loop structure comprising at least three of the plurality of filaments braided together; inserting the distal end of the distal tube into the open distal end of the proximal tube and into the proximal tube lumen such that (i) the distal tube is disposed in the proximal tube lumen such that the at least one loop structure extends distally of the distal end of the proximal tube in the form of at least one loop, and (ii) the distal tube lumen extends from a point located distal to the proximal end of the proximal tube to the at least one loop. |
| US12150662B2 |
Medical devices and related methods
A medical device includes a handle with a proximal arm and a distal arm. The proximal arm and the distal arm are pivotable via a joint. The medical device also includes a tube coupled to the distal arm and a drive wire. A distal portion of the drive wire includes an expandable end effector. A portion of the drive wire is positioned within the tube, and a different portion of the drive wire extends proximally of the distal arm and is coupled to the proximal arm. |
| US12150661B2 |
Histotripsy for thrombolysis
Methods for performing non-invasive thrombolysis with ultrasound using, in some embodiments, one or more ultrasound transducers to focus or place a high intensity ultrasound beam onto a blood clot (thrombus) or other vascular inclusion or occlusion (e.g., clot in the dialysis graft, deep vein thrombosis, superficial vein thrombosis, arterial embolus, bypass graft thrombosis or embolization, pulmonary embolus) which would be ablated (eroded, mechanically fractionated, liquefied, or dissolved) by ultrasound energy. The process can employ one or more mechanisms, such as of cavitational, sonochemical, mechanical fractionation, or thermal processes depending on the acoustic parameters selected. This general process, including the examples of application set forth herein, is henceforth referred to as “Thrombolysis.” |
| US12150659B2 |
Systems and methods for removal of blood and thrombotic material
A system for aspirating thrombus includes a catheter having a supply lumen having a distal end and an aspiration lumen configured to couple to a vacuum source and having an interior wall surface and an open distal end, an orifice at or near the distal end of the supply lumen, in fluid communication with the interior of the aspiration lumen, the orifice located proximally of the open distal end of the aspiration lumen, wherein the orifice is configured to create a spray pattern that impinges on the interior wall surface of the aspiration lumen when a distal end of the aspiration catheter is immersed within an aqueous environment, and a disposable tubing set having a first conduit configured to couple the supply lumen of the aspiration catheter to a fluid source, and a pump component associated with the first conduit and configured to detachably couple to a drive unit. |
| US12150657B2 |
Tensor device for revision knee arthroplasty
Systems and methods may use a tensor device in various aspects of a knee revision. For example, the tensor device may include a femoral arm configured to couple with an end portion of a femoral intramedullary canal reamer and a tibial arm moveably connected to the femoral arm, the tibial arm configured to couple with an end portion of a tibial intramedullary canal reamer. The tensor device may include a component or be used to identify a knee gap or a component size for an implant. |
| US12150656B1 |
Bone mending system with visual guidance groove
The invention is directed to a surgical device which is externally used as aiming device that permits accurate placement of surgical wire to mend a supracondylar fracture. The device of the invention decreases operative time, risks of the re-dislocation through continuous manipulation, radiology exposure for both the patient and operation room staff, and to decreases anesthesia duration. It is also directed to surgical use of the device for repair of a supracondylar fracture and to methods for making it. |
| US12150654B2 |
Data modules for surgical instruments
In general, data modules for surgical instruments and methods of using data modules for surgical instruments are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a data module is configured to be removably attached to a powered surgical tool such as an electrosurgical tool. The data module is a standalone device including electronic components that are configured to, with the data module attached to the electrosurgical tool, interact with the electrosurgical tool. |
| US12150652B2 |
Surgical guidance with exit boundary
A method of operating a surgical system includes controlling a robotic arm in a first control mode in which the robotic arm constrains movement of a surgical tool coupled to the robotic arm to a virtual geometry correlated with an anatomical feature, switching, responsive to the surgical tool crossing an exit boundary, from the first control mode to a second control mode, and controlling the robotic arm in the second control mode in which movement of the surgical tool is unconstrained by the virtual geometry. |
| US12150645B2 |
Systems and methods for tissue closure
A tissue closure device includes a pusher assembly having a drive arm extending from a drive shaft and a needle driver at a distal end of the drive arm, wherein the needle driver is capable of releasably engaging and rotating a suturing needle having a pointed end and a blunt end about a rotational axis and a cartridge having a protective housing and the suturing needle, the cartridge extending from a distal end of a cartridge holder assembly and releasably attached to the cartridge holder assembly. A pointed end of the suturing needle may be positioned within the protective housing before and after a complete rotation of the suturing needle about the rotational axis. A removable electronic module may be provided controlled by an actuator that mechanically engages the drive shaft to rotate the drive shaft and the needle driver, thereby rotating the suturing needle about the rotational axis. |
| US12150644B2 |
Suture clip and suture clip applier
A suture clip includes a disc body having at least two adjacent portions joined by a hinge at one end and a latch at another end. Suture engagement surfaces are formed on a first and second portion of the disc body so that the first and second suture engagement surfaces can close sufficiently tightly to immobilize a pair of suture lengths therebetween when the two portions are closed and held together by the latch. A suture clip applier holds a plurality of such suture clips typically in a magazine, an open configuration where the suture engagement surfaces are held apart. Single suture clips are advanced by an advancement mechanism over a pair of suture ends having a midsection in tissue. A closing mechanism closes and latches the first and second portions of the disc body together to capture the pair of suture ends therebetween. |
| US12150642B2 |
Suture sleeve patch and methods of delivery within an existing arthroscopic workflow
Suture delivered patches adapted for interposition, augmentation or repair devices for use in tendon and ligament repair, including rotator cuff repair, have been developed as well as methods for their delivery using suture guided arthroscopic methods. The repair patches may be provided from suitable biocompatible materials. The patches may be delivered using anchored sutures already in use during a surgical repair including, open, minimally invasive, endoscopic, and arthroscopic repair procedures. Additionally, fixation of the suture delivered repair patch is secured along with the normal suture securing workflow of the one or more sutures used to deliver the patch. |
| US12150640B2 |
Methods and systems for knotless suture anchoring
Methods and systems are provided for securing tissue to bone. A surgical system can include an outer shaft, an elongate inner shaft, and an implantable suture anchor assembly including first and second anchor bodies. The second, more proximal, anchor body has one or more openings extending through a side wall or through opposed side walls thereof. The inner shaft is configured to be received within the outer shaft and through the first and second anchor bodies such that a distal end of the inner shaft protrudes beyond a distal end of the first anchor body. The inner shaft is configured to be removably coupled to the first anchor body such that the inner shaft is configured to be rotated to cause a proximal portion of the first anchor body to move proximally into a lumen extending through the second anchor body and to occlude the opening in the second anchor body. |
| US12150634B2 |
Surgical retractor system and snap joint clamp
A joint clamp for a surgical retractor system includes a knob, a lower clamp, one or more upper clamps between the lower clamp and the knob, and a bolt that passes through the one or more upper clamps. The lower clamp includes a spring, an upper portion, a lower portion pivotally coupled to the upper portion, and a clamping passage that passes laterally through the upper and lower portions of the lower clamp. The bolt includes a bolt upper portion coupled to the knob and a lower portion secured to the upper portion of the lower clamp. The spring exerts a biasing force on the lower portion of the lower clamp that pivots threads of the lower clamp toward the upper portion of the lower clamp. |
| US12150626B2 |
Laryngoscope
Provided is a laryngoscope that includes a display screen, a handle connected to the display screen, a lens connected to the handle, and a housing portion that is sleeved on the lens and the handle and fitted with the handle. The housing portion includes a housing and a transparent cover fastened with the housing. The lens is inserted into the housing and a shooting portion of the lens is exposed out of the housing. The transparent cover covers the shooting portion of the lens and is sealingly fastened with the housing. |
| US12150624B2 |
Water/air supply nozzle for cleaning an optical lens of an endoscope
An endoscope, which is provided with an observation optical system provided at the tip of an insertion portion and a connecting pipe portion for sending a fluid onto the observation optical system side, includes a small diameter portion which has one end opening to which a fluid from the connecting pipe portion flows and has a diameter smaller than the connecting pipe portion, a lid portion which covers the other end opening of the small diameter portion, and a guide wall which is provided inside the lid portion to be separated from an edge of the other end opening in a radial direction of the other end opening and guides the fluid from the small diameter portion to an outlet. |
| US12150618B2 |
Control device and function restriction method
A control device includes: a light source configured to generate light by drive current applied; a light source controller configured to apply the drive current to the light source; a signal generator configured to generate a signal according to light received; an optical path switch configured to switch an optical path of light generated by the light source; a determination circuit configured to determine whether a signal generated by the signal generator is a periodic signal that periodically changes in signal intensity; and a function controller configured to perform control in which performance of a predetermined function is prohibited when the determination circuit determines that the signal is not the periodic signal and in which the performance of the predetermined function is permitted when the determination circuit determines that the signal is the periodic signal. |
| US12150614B2 |
Cleaner holder
A cleaner holder includes a charging stand having a battery accommodating space formed therein in which a battery detachably mounted to a cleaner is accommodated, wherein the battery accommodating space includes: a charging port selectively in contact with a battery terminal provided in the battery; a battery guide configured to perform guiding such that the battery comes into contact with the charging port; and an inlet which extends toward an upper side of the battery guide and through which the battery is inserted or withdrawn, and an upper end of the inlet is higher than an upper end of the battery accommodated in the battery accommodating space. |
| US12150612B2 |
Dishwasher and dispenser
A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber with an open face. A cover is movable between an opened and a closed condition to selectively open and close the open face, respectively. The cover has an inner surface confronting the open face in the closed condition. A treating chemistry dispenser is carried by the cover and includes a housing defining a cartridge chamber with a cartridge opening and a lid assembly selectively opening and closing the cartridge opening. |
| US12150609B2 |
Robot cleaner and method for operating same
A robot cleaner according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a travelling part for moving a body; a memory for storing travel state information of the traveling part, which is recorded while a cleaning operation is performed on the basis of a first map; and a control part for discriminately detecting a first area and a second area divided from a plurality of cleaning areas corresponding to the first map, on the basis of the stored travel state information. Moreover, the control part may generate a second map by removing one of the first area and the second area from the first map, and then control the travelling part to perform a cleaning operation in a changed cleaning mode on the basis of the generated second map. |
| US12150608B2 |
Mobile robot
The present disclosure provides a mobile robot. The mobile robot includes a body, a pair of spin mops rotatably mounted to the body, a mop motor configured to provide a driving force to the pair of spin mops, an optical flow sensor configured to obtain bottom-view image information using light at a regular time interval, and a controller configured to determine whether the material of the floor is a troublesome material based on the bottom-view image information sensed by the optical flow sensor and to control, upon determining that the material of the floor is a troublesome material, the mop motor to perform an entry restriction operation. |
| US12150605B2 |
Wall niche kit and related methods
An installation kit for the production of a niche includes a recess element including a rear wall, four side walls and a projecting frame adjoining outward edges of the side walls and extending away from a niche. At least one of the side walls includes a passage opening formed therein. An insert can be insertable into the passage opening of the side wall on the niche side, the insert defining a recessed receiving space accessible on the niche side of the side wall, the insert including an opening opposing the receiving space. At least one cover can be receivable within the insert to at least partially cover the receiving space, the cover being positionable substantially flush with the side wall. |
| US12150603B2 |
System and method for an outdoor bathroom system
An outdoor bathroom system for disposing of human waste. The outdoor bathroom system includes a shovel for digging a hole, at least one tablet for breaking down the human waste, and at least one wipe. The human waste, the at least one wipe, and the at least one tablet are disposed of in the hole and the at least one tablet breaks down the human waste and the at least one wipe. |
| US12150602B2 |
Dryer stand
A dryer stand having a base, a body having a first end connected to the base and a second end spaced upward from the base, and a receptacle located in the second end of the body, the receptacle being mounted to the second end of the body is provided. The receptacle can receive a dryer for discharging drying air. The mounting of the receptacle enables at least one of a tilting operation and a rotation operation in a clockwise-counterclockwise direction so that the discharge direction of the drying air can be shifted toward a front-rear direction and clockwise-counterclockwise direction with respect to the dryer stand, either simultaneously or separately, depending on the position and size of the object to be dried. |
| US12150601B2 |
Lavatory hand dryer
A hand drying system for an aircraft lavatory includes a hand blower tap with an inlet configured to connect to an aircraft environmental control system (ECS) to receive a flow of conditioned air from the ECS. A valve is operatively connected to the inlet to selectively block flow from the ECS and allow flow from the ECS through the hand blower tap. |
| US12150599B2 |
Dispenser for rolled sheet materials with motorized spindle
An electronic dispenser for dispensing flexible sheet material may include a driven feed roller assembly that is operable to dispense the sheet material though a discharge chute of a housing of the dispenser. The feed roller assembly can comprise a feed roller rotatably mounted within the dispenser housing that includes a body having an outer surface against which the sheet material is engaged to feed the sheet material toward the discharge chute, as well as a drive mechanism that is substantially integrated within the body of the feed roller and operable to drive the feed roller. The dispenser also may include one or more pressing rollers biased toward the body of the feed roller so as to engage the sheet material therebetween, and a control system linked to the drive mechanism to control the operation thereof. |
| US12150598B2 |
Dispensing device with replaceable front cover
A dispenser for sheet materials is disclosed. The dispenser includes a front plate assembly that allows for easy removal and replacement of the front plate for changing design elements and/or functionality. In one embodiment, the front plate is removably attachable to a back frame member and forms a flush fit with the back frame member when attached. The front plate can be disengaged from the back frame member by opening the dispenser housing and accessing push pins from an interior surface. |
| US12150597B2 |
Magnetic towel holder
An apparatus for selectively attaching and removing a golf towel from a golf bag, golf club, or other metal surface comprises a magnetic holder that can be inserted through an aperture formed in a golf towel or other similar object. The magnetic holder comprises a multi-part body with a threaded portion that connects two body portions where the threaded portion is configured be inserted through the aperture and secured in place via matching threads. The magnetic holder further comprises one or more ball marking devices that are magnetically attached to the magnetic holder, where the ball marking devices can be selectively detached from the magnetic holder and used to mark a desired golf ball location. |
| US12150595B2 |
Blender
A blender includes a blender body including an external cylinder, a grinding blade, and a blade driving portion rotating the grinding blade; an internal cylinder unit including an internal cylinder, disposed in the external cylinder, in which the grinding blade is disposed, and an internal cylinder driving portion rotating the internal cylinder; and a controller electrically connected to the blade driving portion and the internal cylinder driving portion to control the blade driving portion and the internal cylinder driving portion. The internal cylinder has an internal side surface on which a projection is formed such that blending objects, flowing rotationally while being ground by the grinding blade, are caught. A mixer according to the present invention comprises: a mixer main body provided with an outer container, pulverizing blades, and a blade driving unit for rotating the pulverizing blades; an inner container unit provided with an inner container, arranged inside the outer container, having the pulverizing blades located therein, and with an inner container driving unit for rotating the inner container; and a controller electrically connected to the blade driving unit and inner container driving unit to control both, wherein the inner container is provided with a protruding part on the inner side surface thereof so that the circularly moving foodstuff being mixed gets caught thereon while being pulverized by the pulverizing blades, and, in order to induce a state of imbalance in the foodstuff being mixed in the inner container, the controller controls the inner container driving unit to mix the foodstuff being mixed while repeating the patterns of reverse-rotating the inner container in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the pulverizing blades and then stopping, or reverse-rotating and then changing the rotational velocity. |
| US12150594B2 |
Adjustable food processing system
An adjustable food processing system is provided comprising a food item container comprising a drive shaft sheath. The system may comprise an elongate shaft comprising a drive shaft cavity disposed therein, wherein a handling knob is disposed upon the elongate shaft, and the drive shaft cavity is disposed along a common vertical axis. Further, the system may comprise a drive mechanism comprising a drive shaft, wherein the drive shaft is shaped complimentary to a shape of the drive shaft cavity, and the drive shaft is disposed along the common vertical axis. The system may further comprise a lid comprising an aperture centered about the common vertical axis. |
| US12150585B2 |
Controlled system and method for brewing infused beverages
An infused beverage brewing assembly and system operably configured to receive a desired dispensed infused solution mass and a total infusion time utilized in an infusion algorithm to generate an infused solution. The system includes an electronic controller operably configured to initiate a time counter associated with an inducement of the flow of the solvent to generate a running infusion time and a first and second portions separated by a triggering condition, and to generate, in the second portion and dynamically, a remaining infusion time and a remaining dispensed infused solution mass, The electronic controller is also operable to execute the infusion algorithm in the second portion of the running infusion time to generate the solvent flow rate change sufficient to provide the remaining dispensed infused solution mass in the remaining infusion time based on the running infusion time, the desired dispensed infused solution mass, and the total infusion time. |
| US12150584B2 |
Induction kettle
An appliance including: a vessel to receive a liquid, the vessel having a longitudinal axis, a bottom wall, and a side wall at least partly enclosing a chamber within which the liquid is heated, the chamber having an upper region axially spaced from the bottom wall, and a lower region located between the bottom wall and the upper region; a heating element within the chamber; a heater base including at least a portion of an induction coil; connections to deliver an alternating current to the induction coil to deliver a magnetic field to the lower region; the element being movable relative to the coil between an operative position at which the element is located within the lower region to be energised by the magnetic field to cause heating of the element, and an inoperative position at which the element is located in the upper region to not energize the element. |
| US12150581B2 |
Juice extractor
A juice extractor includes a power assembly, a housing assembly, a snap-fitting assembly and a screw assembly; the power assembly includes an electric motor, an electric-motor housing and a rotation shaft, and the electric motor drives the rotation shaft to rotate; the screw assembly is connected to the rotation shaft, and is provided inside the housing assembly; the snap-fitting assembly connects the housing assembly to the power assembly; and the housing assembly includes a strainer assembly and a filtering-shield assembly, the strainer assembly is integrally formed by welding, the filtering-shield assembly is detachably fixed to and supported on the strainer assembly, and the filtering-shield assembly is provided with a filtered-juice separating slot that is capable of performing secondary filtration of an extracted juice. The present disclosure employs a novel structure, which has a good sealing performance, and a low manufacturing cost, and the mouthfeel of the extracted juice is better. |
| US12150580B2 |
Cooling pillow
A cooling pillow has a cooler module, a heatsink module. The heatsink module is formed in the cooler module. The peltier cooler has a bottom side and a top side. The peltier cooler transfers heat from the bottom side of the peltier cooler to the heatsink module. The water tube absorbs heat from the heatsink module. The fiberglass bottom stabilizes the heatsink module. The fiberglass bottom also insulates the heat within the cooler module. The pressure sensor is formed in the cooler module. The pressure sensor measures pressure from the user. The pillow antenna is formed within the cooler module. |
| US12150579B2 |
Railing bracket holder and systems, kits, and methods thereof
A bracket assembly adapted to be removably coupled to a railing at a first side and hold a portion of a container at a second side can comprise a lower section and an upper section removably coupled to the lower section. The upper section can be a bent strip that forms a receptacle to receive the portion of the container, and the lower section can include a body in the form of a second bent strip, and a fixed connection post extending from an upper surface of the body to interface with an opening in the connection interface of the upper section to removably couple the upper section to the lower section via the at least one fastener. The platform section can include a first step and a second step each extending from the connection interface to respective ones of the retaining arms. |
| US12150577B2 |
Post shield
A post shield to protect a mailbox and a post from damage caused by snowplows, snow, sleet, ice, or combinations thereof. The post shield has a base support, at least one post shield board, and an upper frame support that are interconnected to the post to create a post shield. The base support has (1) a front plate, (2) a rear plate capable of being positioned a post shield distance from the front plate to form a shield aperture, wherein the post shield distance permits the post shield board to be (a) removably received between the front plate and the rear plate and (b) essentially vertically leveled when positioned in the base support, and (3) a frame base capable of receiving a portion of the corresponding post. The post shield board and the post each have at least one upper frame slot that receive the upper frame support. |
| US12150575B2 |
Single hand operated collapsing hanger
A garment hanger with particular ease of use advantage when removing or hanging crew neck or turtleneck type shirts or blouses. The hanger provides an easily manipulated and intuitive mechanism for collapsing the garment support portions of the hanger, thus allowing for simple passage through the narrow neck hole of a garment. The hanger further provides an easily manipulated and intuitive mechanism for returning the folded garment support portions to their extended and supportive positions, which can be done with the hanger enveloped within a garment, thus providing an improved means for hanging some shirts or blouses without the need to feed a hanger up through the bottom opening of the garment. |
| US12150571B2 |
Food cooling apparatus
A food cooling apparatus, including a generally pear shaped housing having a bottom portion connected to a middle portion tapering to a top portion, an electric fan connected to an interior wall of the housing and operative to draw air into an air inlet and out an air outlet, and a rechargeable battery supported within the bottom portion. A connector portion configured to attach to an external surface extends downward from the bottom portion. The housing has a generally hollow interior with the air inlet located on the middle portion or bottom portion and the air outlet located on the top portion. The air outlet is generally perpendicular to the housing in an upright position. The electric fan is not visible from the outside of the generally pear shaped housing. The rechargeable battery operationally provides power to the electric fan. The lower portion has a greater mass than the middle and top portions such that the center of gravity of the housing is lowered. |
| US12150570B1 |
Picture-hanging method
The present invention presents a picture hanging device and a method of hanging a picture utilizing the picture hanging device. A picture may be hung on a display wall using the picture hanging device to position and hold the picture. The picture may be hung at a specific location on the display wall by placing the picture onto the picture hanging device, moving the picture to the specific location using the picture hanging device, pressing on the picture hanging device to impale a hanger of the picture hanging device into the display wall, and removing the picture hanging device—leaving the picture hanging on the hanger at the specific location. |
| US12150568B2 |
Storage device, organizer, display unit
The jewelry display stand is a device intended to provide a convenient way to store and organize a large number of continuous items, including but not limited to jewelry. To accomplish this, the device includes a pair of loops that are oval in shape. Each loop is mounted to a pillar, and each pillar is mounted to a base. Each loop has a spring-pivot door mounted to the front opening. The spring-pivot door is used as an entry way for the securement and placement of jewelry items. The door pivots on one end of the opening via a spring, while the free end of the door magnetically secures to the other end with a pair of magnets. To insert a jewelry item, the user simply applies force against the door, which disengages the magnets and allows the door to open. After insertion, the door automatically closes and locks in place. |
| US12150564B2 |
Anti-sweeping hook with integrated loss prevention functionality
An anti-sweeping hook that includes a display hook for storing retail merchandise. The display hook has a first end and a second end opposite the first end. A helical coil is disposed about the display hook and extending along a lengthwise portion of the display hook. The helical coil has a first coil end proximate the first end of the display hook. Rotation of the helical coil in a first direction loads the retail merchandise onto the display hook. Rotation of the helical coil in a second direction opposite the first direction removes the retail merchandise from the display hook. A rotating handle is attached to the first end of the display hook and to the first coil end. The rotating handle is configured to determine an extent of rotation for the rotating handle. |
| US12150557B2 |
Travel support structure
A support structure for at least partially supporting user's head is described. The support structure comprises a frame having a head engaging portion and a shoulder engaging portion, the shoulder engaging portion adapted to spread the load of the user's head over a user's shoulder, the frame being shaped to the contour of the user's body from the head engaging portion to the shoulder engaging portion. |
| US12150551B2 |
Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs
Powered chairs, assemblies for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the assemblies are provided. Electrical systems for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the electrical systems are provided. Control systems and methods for operating powered chairs are also provided. Any given chair may be locally and/or remotely controlled. |
| US12150549B2 |
Linear motion mechanism, drawer assembly, and storage cabinet
A linear motion mechanism, a drawer assembly, and a storage cabinet, relating to the technical field of linear motion. The linear motion mechanism comprises a rotating wheel around which a flexible cable is wound, the flexible cable being suitable for moving along with rotation of the rotating wheel, and the flexible cable comprising flexible cable sections located on the two sides of the rotating wheel; a rotation driving member which is connected to the rotating wheel and suitable for driving the rotating wheel to rotate; a mounting member, the mounting member being provided with a guide rail, a first fixed pulley being mounted on the mounting member; and a first-stage sliding rail which is suitable for sliding relative to the guide rail. |
| US12150548B2 |
Object carrier and lift
The object carrier for carrying objects is provided, wherein the engaging portions of the shelf member are engaged with the engaged portions of the frame member from top to bottom in the vertical direction to constitute the engagement state between the shelf member and the frame member, the connection line between the engaged portions constitutes an engagement direction, and the shelf member moves in an engagement releasing direction perpendicular to the engagement direction on a horizontal plane to release the engagement state with the frame member. The lift for removing objects from the object carrier is provided, wherein the bearing portion moves in the vertical direction through the lifting portion and bears the shelf member on which the object is placed under the object carrier, and the bearing portion moves in the horizontal direction through the sliding portion, so as to remove the shelf member and the object altogether. |
| US12150546B2 |
Cantilever rack
A cantilever rack having two uprights (1) and cantilever arms (10) is disclosed, each upright (1) having two parallel rows of holes arranged in the longitudinal direction of the uprights for height-adjustable attachment of the cantilever arms (10). Each upright (1) of the cantilever rack in the upright profile (2) consists of sheets with C-profiles, which are connected to each other with an internal screw connection, whereby the internal screw connection is accessible from the outside. |
| US12150545B2 |
Brushing part and method for manufacturing the brushing part
A method for manufacturing a brushing part including the following steps: providing the support, pierced with through-holes, passing through the channel formed by the support; forming the tuft of bristles, by assembling a plurality of bristles by one end opposite the free end, so as to form a base of the tuft, so that a diameter of a section of the tuft, in a plane transverse to a direction of extension of the tuft, is greater than a diameter of a through-hole; merging the ends forming the base of the at least one tuft so that an extension of the merged zone in a direction transverse to the direction of extension of the at least one tuft is greater than an extension of the base in the transverse direction before the merging step; inserting the one tuft by force into one of the holes of the channel of the support, depositing glue and filling with resin. |
| US12150544B2 |
Modular brush
The present invention relates to a modular brush, with improved structure so that modular brush heads of various grades stored inside the storage compartment in the handle, are automatically exposed outwardly from the storage compartment, in connection with the cover opening movement. Thus, anybody can easily interchange one modular brush head with another. In particular, the modular brush is comprised mainly of a handle (10), cover (20), brush head portions (30), mounting portions (40), and lifting portions (50), so that by simple operation, the brush bristles in a gathered state retract into the ferrule tube of the brushhead for protection when not in use. |
| US12150543B2 |
Brush comprising a carrier made of bamboo material and wire for forming staples for a brush of this type
A brush including a support made of bamboo material having a plurality of cluster holes each accommodating one bristle cluster fixed in a cluster hole by a clip having a length l greater than the diameter D of the cluster hole to form clip projections on both longitudinal ends. The clips have at least two wedges on at least one side disposed one above the other in the direction of the vertical axis and widening upward, the upper ends of the wedges forming catch shoulders extending in the longitudinal direction of the clip, wherein a press-in end of the clip having a reduced width is formed at a lower end of the lower wedge. |
| US12150541B2 |
Bottle lid and water bottle
Provided are a bottle lid and a water bottle. The bottle lid includes a bottle lid body, a first spout, and a second spout. An opening is disposed on the bottle lid body. The first spout passes through the opening and is disposed on the bottle lid body, where the first spout is used for a user to drink water. The second spout is embedded in the first spout, where the second spout is in clearance fit with the first spout and the second spout is used for the user to suck water. The first spout and the second spout are disposed on one opening so that the bottle lid has two manners for drinking water, that is, water can be both drunk directly and sucked. |
| US12150536B2 |
Adjustable nail trimmer
Trimming shears to cut an animal claw comprising a first body and a second body pivotally coupled about a pivot axis, in a pivot plane, a blade having a cutting edge, the blade movable in a blade plane along a blade path, in response to pivotal movement of the first body and/or the second body, wherein the blade plane is transverse to the pivot plane, a guide coupled to the first body, the guide movable in a guide plane along a guide path, wherein the guide plane is substantially parallel to the blade plane and the guide having a plurality of apertures extending through the guide, and wherein each aperture of the guide is positionable relative to the cutting edge of the blade such that, when the blade is moved from a retracted position to an extended position, the cutting edge cuts a claw when disposed in each aperture, respectively. |
| US12150529B2 |
Mobile setting for item of jewelry
Link for an item of jewelry or watch jewelry, comprising an external link (10) comprising at least one opening (11I) in a visible upper surface, characterized in that it comprises an internal frame (20) comprising a receptacle (21) positioned facing the at least one opening (11) in the external link (10), and at least one decorative element (30) visible on top of the external link (10), comprising for fastening purposes a lower extension (32) passing through the at least one opening (11) in the external link (10) and the receptacle (21) in the internal support (20). |
| US12150528B1 |
Device strung with beads and carrying method for beads
A device strung with beads, comprising a long rod and a plurality of beads, the long rod comprises anti-drop end and grip end, the grip end is integrally formed on the long rod, the anti-drop end is located at an end of the long rod and is away from the grip end; a portion, located between the grip end and the anti-drop end, of the long rod is configured as a carrying portion; the beads are strung on the carrying portion, a hole is formed in the middle of each of the beads, the long rod penetrates through the holes; the anti-drop end comprises first bent rod and second bent rod located on an inner side of the bent rod, the first bent rod and the second bent rod are formed integrally; the first bent rod is integrally formed at the end of the long rod to form bent portion. |
| US12150514B2 |
Impact reduction footwear through heel and metatarsal cavities
A three-layered article of footwear construction having an outsole, midsole, and footbed. The outsole is made out of a rubber and has a mating relationship with the midsole. The midsole is made of a single density blown ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA). The midsole includes a first air cavity in the forefoot region and a second air cavity in the hind foot. The air cavities act like a suspension units under the impact areas of a foot giving improved impact reduction and help in reducing muscular and joint stress, fatigue, and impact during the normal walking gait motion. The footbed is made of a dual-density EVA. The dual density of the footbed allows for a greater flexibility and cushioning in the forefoot and heel regions due to its lighter density and provides greater support and stability around the perimeter area of the footbed due to its heavier density. |
| US12150512B2 |
Footwear article having repurposed material with structural-color concealing layer
In example aspects, materials are repurposed for footwear manufacturing. That is, in some instances, materials in the footwear manufacturing supply chain are potentially subject to disposal. However, aspects of this disclosure sustainably repurpose those materials (that might otherwise be disposed of) to be used in footwear articles. In some aspects, the repurposed materials may be obscured with a concealing layer. |
| US12150510B2 |
Helmet
Helmet for sport activities comprising a lattice structure shaped so to accommodate a part of a user head and comprising empty and full portions arranged so that a continuous network of interconnected air channels runs through the lattice structure. The lattice structure comprises on its inner side at least one pocket permeable to air. The pocket is shaped so to accommodate said at least one permeable energy absorbing pad. Method for manufacturing the helmet comprising the steps of providing a lattice structure shaped so to receive a part of a user head and comprising at least one inner pocket, and inserting at least one energy absorbing pad which is permeable to air into said at least one pocket. |
| US12150508B2 |
Reducing abdominal discomfort utilizing an adjustable belt loop fastening device
Adjustable belt loop fastening devices and associated methods of using the same to extend between two or more belt loops on a garment and to selectively lessen the distance there between the belt loops to secure the waistline of a garment to a wearer while concurrently minimizing the force and/or pressure applied to the wearer's abdominal region, especially for wearer's having chronic diseases and/or illnesses (e.g., Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, etc.) that frequently result in increased abdominal sensitivity and tenderness. |
| US12150502B2 |
Respirator including transversely-extending pleat and method of forming same
Various embodiments of a respirator and a method of making such respirator are disclosed. The respirator includes a mask body and a harness connected to the mask body. The mask body includes a filtering structure having a central panel, an upper panel separated from the central panel by a first line of demarcation, and a lower panel separated from the central panel by a second line of demarcation. The mask body further includes a bisecting fold, and a transversely-extending three-layer pleat disposed in a central panel of a filtering structure of the mask body. The transversely-extending three-layer pleat is formed in the mask body and is sealed to itself at a first seal location disposed on a right side of the mask body and a second seal location disposed on a left side of the mask body. |
| US12150501B2 |
Leg guard with detachable shin-cap extension
Protective equipment for protecting a portion of a user's body (such as a leg guard for protecting part of a user's leg) may include a cap configured to cover a first portion of a user's body and a cap-extension element connected to an end of the cap and configured to cover at least another portion of the user's body. The cap-extension element is removable from the cap and connectable to the cap via an attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism may include a tab element on the cap-extension element that connects to a socket element on the cap. The protective equipment may include a cap liner attached to the cap, a cap-extension liner attached to the cap-extension element, and the attachment mechanism may include liner-attachment elements on the liners. |
| US12150499B2 |
Body impact protection system
A body impact protection system includes an inner layer and an impact force dampening and defusing structure. The inner layer includes a material composition and is adjacent to a body part when the body impact protection system is worn. The impact force dampening and defusing structure is juxtaposed to the inner layer and includes a plurality of components. The components function to reduce pressure on the body part from an impact force on a layer by layer basis. Each layer of the system dampens and defuses the impact force such that, by the time it reaches the body part, it has been substantially attenuated and spread over a large area. |
| US12150493B2 |
Child soothing devices comprising artificial muscles
A child soothing device includes a soothing structure includes an outer layer and an inner layer, and one or more artificial muscles disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer of the soothing structure and communicatively coupled to a controller. Each of the one or more artificial muscles includes a housing comprising an electrode region and an expandable fluid region and a dielectric fluid housed within the housing. Each of the one or more artificial muscles also includes an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing, the electrode pair including a first electrode and a second electrode. The electrode pair is actuatable between a non-actuated state and an actuated state such that actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region, expanding the expandable fluid region, thereby applying pressure to the inner layer of the soothing structure. |
| US12150490B2 |
Control for an electronic smoking device
An electronic smoking device includes a body through which a flow path at least partially extends, an air inlet in the body that is fluidly connected to the flow path, a liquid compartment for storing a liquid within the body, a vaporizer positioned in the body and configured to receive liquid from the liquid compartment and air from the flow path to generate vaporized liquid, an outlet in the body configured to receive vaporized liquid from the vaporizer, and circuitry connected to the vaporizer. In one embodiment, the circuitry is configured to shut off the electronic smoking device based on activation time of the vaporizer. In another embodiment, the circuitry is configured to shut off the electronic smoking device after a determined amount of usage has occurred. |
| US12150489B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing a consumable unit for an inhalation device, and a consumable unit for an inhalation device
Apparatus for securing a closure to a container of a consumable unit for use with an inhalation device, in which the container comprises a plurality of stakes protruding from the container, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a device configured to deform the plurality of stakes to secure the closure to the container. A method of securing a closure to a container of a consumable unit for use with an inhalation device, in which the method comprises deforming the plurality of stakes to secure the closure to the container, is also disclosed. |
| US12150484B2 |
Nectar collector
A system and method for vaporizing a consumable is disclosed. The system includes a straw and a heating element configured to be connected to a desired power source type (e.g., vape pen, dab pen, battery, vape battery etc.) The heating element is configured to heat and vaporize a consumable. The vapor from the heated consumable may be syphoned through the straw and the straw may guide a flow of vapor to avoid the power source. |
| US12150482B2 |
Electronic cigarette and heating assembly thereof
An electronic cigarette and a heating assembly thereof. The heating assembly comprises a porous member for absorbing an e-liquid and at least one heating member for heating and atomizing the e-liquid absorbed by the porous member. The at least one heating member comprises an elongated sheet-shaped heating portion. The sheet-shaped heating portion comprises a heating grid. At least part of the heating grid is partially embedded in the porous member. The porous member comprises an atomization surface corresponding to the at least part of the heating grid. |
| US12150480B1 |
Electronic cigarette having liquid passing chamber
An electronic cigarette includes a main body of electronic cigarette, and liquid storage chambers for storing tobacco liquid. The main body of electronic cigarette is equipped with installation cavities. The liquid storage chambers are at least partially placed in the installation cavities. The liquid storage chambers are equipped with a liquid outlet hole for discharging tobacco liquid. The main body of electronic cigarette is equipped with a liquid passing chamber and at least one atomizing core. A liquid passing cavity is provided inside the liquid passing chamber, and the liquid passing cavity is in communication with an interior of the atomizing core. The liquid passing cavity is positioned on an outer side of the atomizing core. After the liquid storage chambers are assembled into the installation cavities, the liquid outlet hole is in communication with the liquid passing cavity. |
| US12150479B2 |
Article for forming an aerosol
An article (1) for forming an aerosol. The article (1) is insertable, in use, into a heating chamber of a device for generating an aerosol. The article (1) comprises an aerosol-forming substrate (2) and volume limiting means (3). The volume limiting means (3) is activated or activatable by a device for generating an aerosol to limit the volume of the article (1). |
| US12150472B2 |
Conveyor and method for conveying strands of aerosol-generating material, and apparatus and method for producing a rod of aerosol-generating material
A conveyor for conveying strands of aerosol-generating material is disclosed. The conveyor comprises a conveying surface, comprising a plurality of openings, on which the strands of aerosol-generating material are conveyed, and an air flow generator for generating a flow of air through the plurality of openings in the conveying surface to provide an air cushion between the conveying surface and the strands of aerosol-generating material. Apparatus for producing a rod of aerosol-generating material comprising a slitting unit arranged to slit a web of aerosol-generating material into a plurality of strands of aerosol-generating material that are received by the conveyor is also disclosed, as well as a method of conveying strands of aerosol-generating material. |
| US12150467B2 |
Tunnel for drying fruit and vegetables
The present disclosure consists of a drying tunnel for fruits or vegetables which comprises an impulsion and heating chamber and a plenum, configured for receiving an outgoing hot air generated in the impulsion and heating chamber by the generator, so that the plenum comprises openings arranged in a staggered pattern, located on the lower surface thereof, with an opening density between 150 to 300 openings per square meter, wherein said openings are configured for expelling a distributed hot air from inside the plenum in a perpendicular way towards a conveyor system, configured for moving fruits and vegetables to be dried. |
| US12150462B2 |
Cultured meat-containing hybrid food
A method of producing a hybrid foodstuff is provided. The method comprises combining a plant-originated substance with an amount of cultured animal cells so as to enhance a meat organoleptic and/or meat nutritional property in the hybrid foodstuff, wherein the animal cells do not form a tissue, and wherein the amount is below 30% (w/w) of the hybrid foodstuff. |
| US12150458B2 |
Color indicating formulations
Color indicating chewing gum compositions comprising one or more color compounds are provided. The compositions demonstrate a visual color or shade change from start of chewing to the end of chewing and provide oral health benefits. Methods of producing a color changing chewing gum are also provided. |
| US12150456B2 |
Crustacean butchering apparatus
A crustacean butchering apparatus is disclosed. The crustacean butchering apparatus may include at least one carapace grip sized to secure a carapace of a crustacean to a conveyor. When activated, the conveyor carries the crustacean secured by the carapace grip in a machine direction along a processing path. A plurality of tools may be placed along the processing path for butchering the crustacean. Optionally, a claw removing tool may be positioned along the processing path. When activated, the claw removing tool separates at least one claw of the crustacean from the carapace of the crustacean. Optionally, a tail removing tool may be positioned along the processing path. When activated, the tail removing tool may separate a tail of the crustacean from the carapace of the crustacean. |
| US12150455B2 |
Machine and method for conveying fowl giblets
The present invention relates to a machine (M) for conveying fowl giblets (not shown) that is provided with an input belt (M1) for conveying fowl giblets (not shown) to a cleaning system (S) and an output belt (M2) for conveying fowl giblets (not shown) away from the cleaning system (S), said giblets being moved onto the output belt (M2) by a collection and distribution device (M3). The machine (M) includes an assembly (5) for tensioning the belts (M1 and M2) between a stretched position, a working position and a retracted position for cleaning. The invention also relates to a method for conveying fowl giblets (not shown). |
| US12150454B2 |
Net for meat product
A shrinkable food preparation product used for cooking layered or rolled meat products such as cooked ham has improved characteristic for squeezing the meat. |
| US12150453B2 |
Flatbread cutting system
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for cutting flatbread. One of the systems includes a lifting platform configured to move in a first direction to remove a flatbread stack from a conveyor along an axis, which conveyor transports the flatbread stack along a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis; a transport arm configured to a) move in a first direction along the longitudinal axis to remove the flatbread stack from the lifting platform, and b) move in a second direction along the longitudinal axis to place the flatbread stack on a cutting pedestal; and the cutting pedestal configured to receive the flatbread stack from the transport arm and to support the flatbread stack for a subsequent cutting operation. |
| US12150448B2 |
Method for controlling rust
A combination comprising a multi-site contact fungicide, a first systemic fungicide and optionally a second systemic fungicide and a method using the same. |
| US12150446B2 |
C3-C6 N-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactam- and peroyxgen-containing antimicrobial compositions
The use of a C3-C6 N-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactam, e.g. N-butyl-gamma-butyrolactam, to enhance the antimicrobial activity and/or stability of a peroxygen compound (e.g. hydrogen peroxide) in solution, and related compositions and methods. An example antimicrobial composition includes (a) at least one peroxygen compound; (b) at least one C3-C6 N-alkyl-gamma-butyrolactam; and (c) optionally, water, q.s. to 100. |
| US12150444B2 |
Sprayer vehicle comprising telescoping parallel linkage and related methods
A sprayer vehicle includes a mobile frame, a boom, and a boom-positioning mechanism. The boom is spaced from the frame. The boom-positioning mechanism is configured to support the boom on the frame for selective movement between a raised boom position and a lowered boom position. The boom-positioning mechanism includes a positioning actuator, and a telescoping parallel linkage providing constant spacing between the boom and the frame in the raised boom position and lowered boom position. The positioning actuator is configured to raise the boom to the raised boom position upon elongation and to lower the boom to the lowered boom position upon retraction. The agricultural sprayer may further include a controller for positioning the boom relative to the frame, an underlying surface, or another reference. |
| US12150443B2 |
Decoy stand and speed carry system
A duck decoy includes a support and a decoy body carried on the support. The support includes a base section, a decoy support section and a stanchion connecting the base section to the decoy support section. A related method for carrying a plurality of duck decoys together in a single hand includes the steps of displacing each decoy body on each support from a home position to a carry position, stacking the base sections together while orienting the decoy bodies in different directions with chests together and holding the stacked base sections in one hand. |
| US12150439B2 |
Snap trap with set-prevent interference member and rodent orienting side walls
A chip-clip type snap trap for rodents is provided that includes a bait cup covered by a bait cap that prevents setting of the trap when the bait cap is in place, high side walls to properly orient a rodent before trap activation, and grip elements on the lid and base to prevent finger slippage when setting the trap. The lid and base of the trap snap together without the need for pins, fasteners or tools, providing for easy and cost-effective manufacture. |
| US12150438B2 |
Fluid application device
An applicator (12) has a pistol grip handle (14), a trigger (16), an operative portion (22), a hollow tube (18), an articulating joint (20) disposed in the hollow tube (18) between trigger/lever (16) and operative portion (22), which has a set of separately held jaws (24 and 26) with container (28) and lid (30) disposed thereon. Jaws (24 and 26) movement is controlled by the trigger/lever (16) which is attached to the lower jaw (26) via a cable/cord (40) enclosed within the hollow tube (18). Spring straps (34) control attach the jaws (24 and 26) to the hollow shaft/tube (18). |
| US12150429B2 |
Gardening glove and method of manufacturing the same
A gardening glove consisting of a glove liner defining a plurality of fingers, a thumb, and a palm is provided. The glove liner is placed on a first glove mandrel and received inside an injection mold configured to inject hot liquid PVC material on the glove liner's palm, fingers, and thumb, creating patterns of raised nodules that facilitate digging, for example. |
| US12150428B2 |
Flip-type cat litter box
The flip-type cat litter box includes a cat litter box assembly and a purification device. The cat litter box assembly includes a stainless steel bottom bowl and a top cover of a cat litter box that is disposed on a top of the stainless steel bottom bowl. A pedal is movably embedded on the top cover of the cat litter box, and the pedal is internally provided with a through-hole. After a cat relieves the bowels in the stainless steel bottom bowl and leaves, operations of sterilization and deodorization are performed immediately via an anion generator, an ultraviolet light, and a sensor. This effectively resolves a problem of bacteria and odor of the cat litter box, so that the using is more sanitary. A user toggles the latch catch body to unlock the pedal and flips the pedal upward, to enable the pedal to keep tilted on a top cover of a cat litter box. In addition, a transparent door and the pedal are folded together. |
| US12150427B2 |
Intelligent defecation device for living creature
An intelligent defecation device for living creature includes a device body, a supporting portion, an image module, and a first analysis module. The supporting portion is formed within the inner side of the device body for accommodating a moisture absorption member so as to allow the living creature to leave over its excrement therein. The image module is also arranged at the device body for dynamically capturing the images of the excrement in the supporting portion and outputting the image. The first analysis module is arranged in the device body and connected with the image module to analyze and calculate the defecation mode with the image based on preset or accumulated data, so as to generate a signal when an abnormal defecation mode is diagnosed. |
| US12150422B1 |
Maize hybrid X75R195
A novel maize variety designated X75R195 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X75R195 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X75R195 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X75R195, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X75R195 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X75R195 and methods of using maize variety X75R195 are disclosed. |
| US12150411B2 |
Elevator assembly for an agricultural harvester with a storage hopper having a conveyor therein
An elevator assembly for a harvester may include an elevator housing and an elevator extending within the elevator housing between a proximal end and a distal end. As such, the elevator may be configured to carry harvested crops between its proximal and distal ends. Furthermore, the elevator assembly may include a storage hopper extending from the elevator housing at a location adjacent to the distal end of the elevator. The storage hopper may include a conveyor extending within the storage hopper between a first end and a second end, with the conveyor configured to carry the harvested crops between its first and second ends towards a discharge opening of the storage hopper. |
| US12150409B2 |
Airbag system for a harvester header
A header of a harvester includes a cutter bar assembly, a side deck, and an airbag. The side deck includes a conveyor and an arm assembly. The cutter bar assembly is configured to cut crops, and the conveyor is configured to transport the crops cut by the cutter bar assembly toward a center of the header. The arm assembly is coupled to the cutter bar assembly and to the at least one airbag. The arm assembly is configured to pivot to enable the cutter bar assembly to flex along a lateral axis of the header. The airbag is configured to apply a substantially constant force to the at least one arm assembly. |
| US12150398B2 |
Soil working machines including height and pitch tool adjustability
A self propelled soil working machine includes a tool carrier which is actively adjustable to provide variable downward force on a soil working tool via a suspension element which is further passively responsive to accommodate motion of the tool in response to external force. The tool carrier is configured to adjust the working depth and pitch of the tool. |
| US12156488B2 |
Phase change switch with multi face heater configuration
A method includes providing a substrate having a main surface, forming a layer of thermally insulating material on the main surface, forming strips of phase change material on the layer of thermally insulating material such that strips of phase change material are separated from the main surface by thermally insulating material, forming first and second RF terminals on the main surface that are laterally spaced apart from one another and connected to the strips of phase change material, and forming a heater structure having heating elements that are configured to control a conductive connection between the first and second RF terminals by applying heat to the one or more strips of phase change material, wherein each of the strips of phase change material includes multiple outer faces, and wherein portions of both outer faces from the strips of phase change material are disposed against one of the heating elements. |
| US12156487B2 |
Method for forming resistive random-access memory device
A RRAM (resistive random-access memory) device includes a bottom electrode line, a top electrode island and a resistive material. The bottom electrode line is directly on a first metal structure. The top electrode island is disposed beside the bottom electrode line. The resistive material is sandwiched by a sidewall of the bottom electrode line and a sidewall of the top electrode island. The present invention also provides a method of forming the RRAM device. |
| US12156485B2 |
Memory cell and semiconductor device having the same
Provided are a memory cell and a method of forming the same. The memory cell includes a bottom electrode, an etching stop layer, a variable resistance layer, and a top electrode. The etching stop layer is disposed on the bottom electrode. The variable resistance layer is embedded in the etching stop layer and in contact with the bottom electrode. The top electrode is disposed on the variable resistance layer. A semiconductor device having the memory cell is also provided. |
| US12156484B2 |
Fabrication stack for high integration density superconducting digital circuits
A fabrication stack comprises at least one Josephson junction, at least one capacitor, and one or more high kinetic inductance wires that comprise NbTiN. The one or more high kinetic inductance wires are configured to electrically couple the at least one Josephson junction to the at least one capacitor to form a superconducting circuit that facilitates switching a state of the Josephson junction via a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse. |
| US12156481B2 |
Flexible wiring for low temperature applications
The subject matter of the present disclosure may be embodied in devices, such as flexible wiring, that include: an elongated flexible substrate; multiple electrically conductive traces arranged in an array on a first side of the elongated flexible substrate; and an electromagnetic shielding layer on a second side of the elongated flexible substrate, the second side being opposite the first side, in which the elongated flexible substrate includes a fold region between a first electronically conductive trace and a second electrically conductive trace such that the electromagnetic shielding layer provides electromagnetic shielding between the first electronically conductive trace and the second electrically conductive trace. |
| US12156478B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes: a substrate comprising a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region, a MTJ on the MTJ region, a top electrode on the MTJ, a connecting structure on the top electrode, and a first metal interconnection on the logic region. Preferably, the first metal interconnection includes a via conductor on the substrate and a trench conductor, in which a bottom surface of the trench conductor is lower than a bottom surface of the connecting structure. |
| US12156476B2 |
Programmable magnetic tunnel junction
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to temperature sensors with programmable magnetic tunnel junction structures and methods of manufacture. A structure includes a resistor material connected in series with a programmable magnetic tunnel junction structure in a Wheatstone bridge configuration. |
| US12156475B2 |
Piezoelectric device having plurality of vibrating regions and electronic apparatus
A piezoelectric device includes a substrate having opening portions, a vibrating plate provided to overlap with the substrate and having a plurality of vibrating regions overlapping with the opening portions in a plan view as seen from a thickness direction of the substrate, piezoelectric elements provided in the vibrating regions, and bypass wires provided outside of the vibrating regions of the vibrating plate and electrically coupled to the plurality of piezoelectric elements, wherein slits penetrating the bypass wires in the thickness direction are provided in the bypass wires. |
| US12156473B2 |
Inductor/core assemblies for integrated circuits
Disclosed herein are inductor/core assemblies for integrated circuits (ICs), as well as related structures, methods, and devices. In some embodiments, an IC structure may include an inductor and a magnetic core in an interior of the inductor. The magnetic core may be movable perpendicular to a plane of the inductor. |
| US12156470B2 |
Thermoelectric element
A thermoelectric element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the first substrate, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a first electrode disposed on the second insulating layer, and a semiconductor structure disposed on the first electrode, wherein the first insulating layer includes an uneven portion, a partial region of the first electrode is buried in the second insulating layer, the second insulating layer includes a concave portion which is concave in a direction toward the first insulating layer from a side surface of the first electrode, and the concave portion vertically overlaps the uneven portion. |
| US12156464B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
A composition formed of a mixture of two compounds having similar thermal evaporation properties that are pre-mixed into an evaporation source that can be used to co-evaporate the two compounds into an emission layer in OLEDs via vacuum thermal evaporation process is disclosed. The first and second compounds can have an evaporation temperature T1 and T2, respectively, of 150 to 350° C., and the absolute value of T1-T2 can be less than 20° C. The first compound can have a concentration C1 in the mixture and a concentration C2 in a film formed by evaporating the mixture in a vacuum deposition tool at a constant pressure between 1×10−6 Torr to 1×10−9 Torr, at a 2 Å/sec deposition rate on a surface positioned at a predefined distance away from the mixture being evaporated, where the absolute value of (C1−C2)/C1 is less than 5%. |
| US12156461B2 |
OLED display device
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device is provided, which includes an OLED display module, the OLED display module includes a plurality of sub-display sections, adjacent sub-display sections are dynamically connected to each other, and the sub-display sections can be expanded and integrated into a large-area display region, or dynamically accommodated to form at least one display section. By dynamically connecting multiple sub-display sections, a large-sized flexible display screen can be folded. |
| US12156460B2 |
Method and apparatus for manufacturing organic light emitting diode for lighting
An apparatus and method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) for lighting are disclosed. The manufacturing apparatus includes a plurality of rolling members configured to move, in a transverse direction, a band-shaped base having holes formed at predetermined intervals at both width-direction ends thereof, and arranged at predetermined intervals along a movement direction of the base, and a deposition unit configured to discharge a vaporization material from a deposition source and sequentially depositing the discharged vaporization material on one surface of the base, along with the movement of the base. A plurality of protrusion members are formed on one surface of each of the rolling members, to move the base by being inserted in and released from the holes at both ends of the base along with rotation of the tolling members. |
| US12156457B2 |
Display device
A display device including: a base layer; a circuit layer disposed on the base layer; and an element layer disposed on the circuit layer, the element layer including a light emitting element and a light receiving element, wherein the circuit layer includes: a pixel drive circuit connected to the light emitting element; a sensor drive circuit connected to the light receiving element; a data wire connected to the pixel drive circuit; a readout wire connected to the sensor drive circuit; and a shielding electrode wire overlapping the readout wire on a plane. |
| US12156452B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a lower panel including a display area and a peripheral area, an upper panel facing the lower panel and including a partition wall defining a plurality of openings in the display area, a first upper dam in the peripheral area and spaced apart from the partition wall and a first opening defined between the partition wall and the first upper dam, and a filling member which is in the display area between the lower panel and the upper panel and extends from the display area and into the first opening defined between the partition wall and the first upper dam. |
| US12156448B2 |
Display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display panel, including: a base substrate including an Under Display Camera (UDC) area and a normal display area located around a periphery of the UDC area, and specifically, the normal display area includes a plurality of sub-pixel driving circuits, and the UDC area includes a plurality of groups of sub-pixels, each of the plurality of groups of sub-pixels including at least two sub-pixels of a same color which have their anodes coupled to each other; and a plurality of first transparent wires, anodes in each group of sub-pixels coupled to a corresponding sub-pixel driving circuit among the plurality of sub-pixel driving circuits through a corresponding first transparent wire among the plurality of first transparent wires. |
| US12156444B2 |
Display apparatus including pad unit having plurality of conductive layers with multiple openings
A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area, and a peripheral area; and a pad unit at the peripheral area, the pad unit including: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, and having a first opening; a third conductive layer on the second conductive layer, and having a second opening overlapping with the first opening, the second opening having an area less than an area of the first opening at a top surface of the second conductive layer; an organic protective layer filling the first opening, and having a third opening overlapping with the second opening; and an additional metal layer covering a top surface of the first conductive layer exposed through the first opening, an inner surface of the second opening, an inner surface of the third opening, and a portion of a top surface of the third conductive layer. |
| US12156443B2 |
Display substrate and display device
A display substrate includes: a base substrate having a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; a plurality of sub-pixels in the display region; a plurality of data lines in the display region, electrically coupled to the plurality of sub-pixels respectively, and configured to provide a data signal to the plurality of sub-pixels respectively; a plurality of pads in the peripheral region, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of pads are configured to provide a data signal to the plurality of data lines respectively; at least one test data signal line in the peripheral region; at least one test control signal line in the peripheral region; and a plurality of test units in the peripheral region and on a side of the plurality of pads away from the display region. |
| US12156439B2 |
Power and data routing structures for organic light-emitting diode displays
An organic light-emitting diode display may have thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. The display and substrate may have rounded corners. A pixel definition layer may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. Openings in the pixel definition layer may be provided with emissive material overlapping respective anodes for organic light-emitting diodes. A cathode layer may cover the array of pixels. A ground power supply path may be used to distribute a ground voltage to the cathode layer. The ground power supply path may be formed from a metal layer that is shorted to the cathode layer using portions of a metal layer that forms anodes for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply. |
| US12156437B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and display panel
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display panel are provided. The OLED display substrate has pixel regions and includes a base substrate and a pixel defining layer disposed on the base substrate; in regions of the pixel defining layer corresponding to the pixel regions, accommodation parts penetrating the pixel defining layer are disposed, and the pixel defining layer is further provided with guide parts disposed corresponding to the accommodation parts, the guide parts are located on a periphery of the corresponding accommodation parts and formed by recessed areas which are formed on a side of the pixel defining layer away from the base substrate, the recessed areas do not penetrate the pixel defining layer, and an orthographic projection of the guide part on the base substrate is directly coupled to an orthographic projection of the corresponding accommodation part on the base substrate. |
| US12156432B2 |
Display panel and display device
A display panel includes a substrate; and a thin film transistor (TFT) array layer disposed on the substrate, the TFT array layer being provided with a first TFT, a plurality of second TFTs, and a storage capacitor arranged at intervals therein; wherein the first TFT comprises a polysilicon semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode laminated on each other, each of the second TFTs comprises an oxide semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode laminated on each other, the storage capacitor comprises a first polar plate and a second polar plate opposite to each other, the first polar plate is disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material as the first gate electrode, and the second polar plate is disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material as the second gate electrode. |
| US12156431B2 |
Display panel and display device including the same that includes display area facing front of window, where emission areas of corner display area are places, and display device oncluding the same
A display device includes: a window including a front area and a side area bent from the front area, the side area having a first curvature; and a display panel including a first display area facing the front area of the window and a second display area facing the side area of the window, the first display area including first, second, and third light emission areas, the second display area including the first, second, and third light emission areas. The second display area comprises an edge display area and a corner display area disposed at an end of the edge display area, and the first light emission area, the second light emission area, and the third light emission area of the corner display area are disposed in a stair shape along a curved edge of the corner display area. |
| US12156429B2 |
Array substrate and display device
An array substrate and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. The first conductive layer is located on a side of the base substrate and includes a first conductive portion for forming a gate of a drive transistor and a second conductive portion for forming a first electrode of a capacitor; the second conductive layer is arranged on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate, and includes a third conductive portion for forming a second electrode of the capacitor, and an orthographic projection of the third conductive portion on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the second conductive layer on the base substrate at least partially overlap. |
| US12156425B2 |
Display panel, method for manufacturing same, and display apparatus
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a first insulation layer, a light-emitting device, and a support pattern. The first insulation layer is disposed on a side of the substrate. The light-emitting device is disposed in a pixel opening in the first insulation layer. The support pattern is disposed on a side, distal from the substrate, of the first insulation layer. The support pattern is disposed outside the pixel opening and is made of a light-absorbing material. |
| US12156424B2 |
Display panel, display device including the same, and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed are a display panel in which a unit pixel is divided into a wide-angle area and a narrow-angle area in which at least sub-pixel is disposed and light emission is individually and selectively performed, a display device including the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. A semi-cylindrical lens is disposed in the wide-angle area so as to cover a plurality of sub-pixels. Semi-spherical lenses are disposed in the narrow-angle area so as to cover sub-pixels respectively. Therefore, a direction of light emitting from a light-emitting layer is controlled by adjusting a refractive index of each of the lenses in the wide-angle area and the narrow-angle area. Thus, a viewing angle is controlled. |
| US12156423B2 |
Composite film and manufacturing method thereof, and encapsulation structure including the composite film
The present invention discloses a composite film, a manufacturing method thereof and an encapsulation structure comprising the composite film. The composite film comprises at least one matrix membrane, each of which comprises at least one waterproof film. In the technical solutions provided by the present invention, the composite film comprises a matrix membrane comprising at least one waterproof film, and therefore, the composite film can be directly disposed on an OLED when the OLED is encapsulated by using the composite film. Accordingly, during an encapsulation process, the used process is simple, the process steps become less, the process time is short, and the required equipment is simpler, so that the production cost is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved. |
| US12156422B2 |
Display panel
A display panel includes a substrate including a display area and a middle area, wherein an opening is defined in the substrate, the display area surrounds the opening, and the middle area is disposed between the opening and the display area; a light-emitting device in the display area, including a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting device, and including at least one inorganic encapsulation layer; a first groove in the middle area on the substrate; and a second groove in the middle area, having an undercut shape that is concave in a thickness direction of a multi-layered film in the substrate. |
| US12156420B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a window, a display panel disposed below the window, and an adhesive layer disposed between the window and the display panel. The window includes a glass portion, and a synthetic resin portion overlapping at least a side surface of the glass portion and exposing the upper surface of the glass portion. |
| US12156417B2 |
Display device for simplifying a process of forming a commin function layer
A display device provided with a light-emitting element layer in which a plurality of light-emitting elements each including a first electrode, a function layer, and a second electrode are formed. An auxiliary electrode is provided on a lower side of an edge cover film covering an edge of the first electrode, a function layer includes a common function layer common to the plurality of light-emitting elements and individual function layers, each of which corresponding to each of the plurality of light-emitting elements, the common function layer includes an upper common function layer provided between the light-emitting layers included in the individual function layers, respectively, and the second electrode, and a film thickness of the auxiliary electrode is greater than a film thickness of the upper common function layer. |
| US12156416B2 |
Organic light emitting diode
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; an emission layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron injection layer positioned between the emission layer and the second electrode; and an electron injection delay layer positioned between the emission layer and the electron injection layer, wherein the electron injection layer includes a first material made of a metal and a second material made of a metal halide, and the electron injection delay layer has a thickness of about 20 Å to about 140 Å. |
| US12156405B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor device including a connection pattern connecting a source channel and a vertical channel
There are provided a semiconductor memory device and a manufacturing method of the semiconductor including: a plurality of source channels penetrating a source select line; a gate stack structure overlapping with the source select line; a connection pattern disposed between the source select line and the gate stack structure, the connection pattern being commonly connected to the plurality of source channels; and a plurality of vertical channels penetrating the gate stack structure, the plurality of vertical channels being commonly connected to the connection pattern. |