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| US12164637B2 |
Hardware autoloader
A new apparatus and method for securely distributing an application to processors of a processing unit. The processing unit is formed as part of an integrated circuit and comprises a plurality of processors (referred to as tiles), each having their own execution unit and storage for storing application data and additional executable instructions. The integrated circuit comprises a hardware module (referred to herein as the autoloader) that is configured to distribute a set of bootloader instructions (referred to herein as a secondary bootloader) to each of at least some of the tiles. Each of the tiles then executes instructions of the received secondary bootloader, which causes each tile to issue read requests to read a set of executable application instructions from a memory external to the integrated circuit. Each tile then performs operations using the received set of executable application instructions so as execute the application using the processing unit. |
| US12164631B2 |
Multi-wavelength quantum key distribution for enhanced security against a photon number splitting attack and higher data rates
An arrangement and method for detecting number splitting attacks in quantum key distribution systems is disclosed. According to the method, a receiver may detect the presence of an eavesdropper on a transmission channel by detecting an increase in the percent difference between the photon transmission rates of two signals of different wavelengths. The receiver may directly measure a percent difference in photon receive rates as between the two signals, and compare the measured difference with an expected difference. The expected difference may be known, or may be measured by the receiver on the basis of historical data. The expected difference may be computed from the percent difference between the means of the Poisson distributions of the transmitter's laser sources, which may be determined a priori and communicated to the transmitter. |
| US12164630B2 |
System and method for improving cybersecurity for telecommunication devices
Methods and systems are described herein for improvements for cybersecurity of telecommunication devices. For example, cybersecurity for telecommunication devices may be improved by analyzing activity log data of telecommunication devices for a candidate event (e.g., the uploading of malware) and disabling one or more services of a telecommunication device. By doing so, cybersecurity for telecommunication devices may be improved by detecting a possible malware intrusion attempt and disabling one or more services of the telecommunication devices. For example, activity log data of telecommunication devices may be obtained. A candidate event indicating malware may be detected in the activity log data. A number of proximate telecommunication devices satisfying a proximity threshold condition may be determined. The number of proximate telecommunication devices that satisfy a density threshold condition may be determined. Responsive to the number of telecommunication devices satisfying a density threshold condition, services of telecommunication devices may be disabled. |
| US12164621B2 |
Secure industrial control system
A secure industrial control system is disclosed herein. The industrial control system includes a plurality of industrial elements (e.g., modules, cables) which are provisioned during manufacture with their own unique security credentials. A key management entity of the secure industrial control system monitors and manages the security credentials of the industrial elements starting from the time they are manufactured up to and during their implementation within the industrial control system for promoting security of the industrial control system. An authentication process, based upon the security credentials, for authenticating the industrial elements being implemented in the industrial control system is performed for promoting security of the industrial control system. In one or more implementations, all industrial elements of the secure industrial control system are provisioned with the security credentials for providing security at multiple (e.g., all) levels of the system. |
| US12164620B2 |
Secure password entry method and system
A method and system for safely entering a password, the method comprising: a smart key device receives a password verification request sent from an upper computer, generates and displays randomly arranged characters, and returns a password verification response to the upper computer; upon the reception of the password verification response, the upper computer displays a password input interface and waits for a user to input, upon the reception of a user input, obtains a password acquisition response according to the user input, and sends the password acquisition response to the smart key device; and the smart key device determines whether the user input is correct according to the received password acquisition response. By means of the present invention, a password input solution in which a user needs to click a different position every time a password character is entered is achieved. In addition, the numbers are not displayed on the screen of the upper computer, the security of the user's digital assets is further ensured. |
| US12164615B2 |
Power key and fingerprint reader
Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices and methods for authenticating a user. In one example, a method for authenticating a user at a computing device comprises activating a fingerprint reader integrated into a power key of the computing device, and activating a visual indicator at the power key to indicate a status of the fingerprint reader. Based at least in part on activating the fingerprint reader, a standby function of the power key is disabled. A fingerprint of the user is received via the fingerprint reader and used to authenticate the user. After authenticating the user, the visual indicator is deactivated and the standby function of the power key is re-enabled. |
| US12164614B2 |
Biometric based access control for DaaS
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with configuring and controlling access to virtual desktops are described. In one embodiment, a method includes configuring a virtual desktop for a registered user, wherein the virtual desktop includes at least allocated virtual computing devices and is accessible by a desktop as a service (DaaS). Biometric access credentials are assigned to the virtual desktop for obtaining remote access to the virtual desktop, wherein the biometric access credentials are based at least in part on registered biometric data that was collected from and specific to the registered user. Access to the virtual desktop is controlled by a server based on biometric authentication that grants or prohibits access to the virtual desktop based on a user's biometric data. |
| US12164608B2 |
Obfuscating encrypted register transfer logic model of a circuit
A method of obfuscating a circuit design includes, in part, receiving data representative of the circuit design. The method further includes, in part, simulating the circuit design, and obfuscating at least one output signal of the circuit design if a user performing the simulation is determined as not being an authorized user. |
| US12164601B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing image
A method for processing an image, which is performed by an image processing apparatus, is provided. The method includes acquiring a first image including an object and a second image including an object identical to the object in the first image under the same condition, acquiring three-dimensional direction information of a specific part of the object in the first image, and providing a three-dimensionally processed image by three-dimensionally rotating the object in the second image by an angle that corresponds to the acquired three-dimensional direction information of the specific part of the object in the first image. |
| US12164598B2 |
Expandable prosthetic heart valve safety systems
Systems of quickly and easily implanting a quick-connect heart valve prosthesis during a surgical procedure are provided. The heart valve may include a substantially non-expandable, non-compressible prosthetic valve and a plastically-expandable frame, thereby enabling attachment to the annulus without sutures. A system and method for deployment includes an integrated handle shaft and balloon catheter. A safety member disposed between the balloon catheter and handle shaft prevents premature catheter advancement prior to heart valve placement at the annulus, and also may prevent premature balloon inflation prior to full catheter advancement. |
| US12164592B2 |
Methods and apparatus for recipe discovery and consumption logging
System and method for recipe discovery and consumption logging. Improved solutions enable intelligent management of a user's personal fitness journey i.e., based on their overall health in their exercise and dietary habits. In one exemplary embodiment, recipes may be curated and tagged from a variety of sources such as health and fitness blogs and/or other articles of interest. Recipe tagging ensures that users can retrieve only the specific recipes of interest to them from a variety of sources which may be focused on the public at large. Additionally, the recipe discovery and consumption logging interface may enable users to log actual consumption activity for a selected recipe, including ad hoc user modifications to recipe ingredients. |
| US12164591B1 |
Network data object processing system with interdependence identification engine and multi-carousel interface
A network data object processing system, associated methods, and computer program products are provided. A network data object management module manages purchases represented by the network data object. A hierarchical database management module manages relevancies and relationships amongst registered users, self-selected personas, child-related personas, and co-participant personas. An interdependence identification engine identifies further relationships amongst active data objects and registered users that make associated purchases, and may further correct relationships that may be incorrectly configured by client devices. A multi-carousel interface improves the network data object processing system by increasing relevancy of impressions and improving transparency to users. |
| US12164588B2 |
Enhanced navigation in a web browser while avoiding redirects
A plurality of web pages in a web browser are presented to a user. One or more web pages of the plurality of web pages are navigated in the web browser by following at least one hyperlink. A browser history of the user is stored as a chronological list or recently presented web pages. A determination is made whether a dwell time of the user on a first web page has exceeded a threshold time. In response to determining that the dwell time exceeded the threshold, an of-user-interest tag is added to the first web page stored to the browsing history. |
| US12164587B2 |
Systems and methods for presenting web application content
Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for presenting web application content. For example, a computer-readable medium may include instructions executable by one or more processors to perform operations including: executing a parent application using a web browser, the parent application being a single page application configured to display a web page element in the web browser; identifying a child application requested by a user action; obtaining, from a server system, child application code of the identified child application, the child application code defining a micro-frontend in a first programming language; transpiling the child application code from the first programming language to a second programming language executable by the web browser, to obtain a transpiled child application code renderable by the web browser; and rendering the transpiled child application code so that the micro-frontend is displayed in the web browser. |
| US12164586B2 |
Universal visitor identification system
A tag management system can include features to assist in developing a cross-vendor profile for individual visitors to content pages of a content site. The visitors to the content site can obtain universal identifiers usable by the content site to identify the visitors. The universal identifiers can be included in the content pages by the visitor end user systems so that browser tags that may not have native access to the universal identifier can access the universal identifiers. The universal identifiers may then be provided to tag vendor systems with associated visitor data, thereby enabling the tag vendor systems to provide processed or raw data that can be compared by individual universal identifiers. Using this processed data, the content site can prepare the cross-vendor profile of individual visitors and realize insights that may be unavailable using conventional systems and methods. |
| US12164585B1 |
Method and system for automated smart linking within web code
A method for inserting links to one or more webpages of a website is disclosed. The computerized method includes operations of detecting a first set of keywords for a first webpage of the website, determining a second set of keywords for webpages external to the website, determining, for the first webpage, a set of intersection keywords in both (i) the first set of keywords, and (ii) the second set of keywords, and generating first intersection keyword:link pairings for each intersection keyword of the first webpage. The method may also include inserting a code module into web code of the first webpage, the code module including the first intersection keyword:link pairings. The method may include determining one or more of the intersection keywords in content of the first webpage, and replacing each intersection keyword detected in the content of the first webpage with a link from the first intersection keyword:link pairings. |
| US12164584B2 |
System and method for identifying places using contextual information
The present disclosure provides a computing device and method for providing personal specific information based on semantic queries. The semantic queries may be input in a natural language form, and may include user specific context, such as by referring to prior or future events related to a place the user is searching for. With the user's authorization, data associated with prior or planned activities of the user may be accessed and information from the accessed data may be identified, wherein the information is correlated with the user specific context. One or more query results are determined based on the identified information and provided for output to the user. |
| US12164582B2 |
System and method for searching based on text blocks and associated search operators
Embodiments as disclosed may provide a search operator that addresses the problems inherent in the searching based on an entire block of text. Specifically, embodiments as disclosed may provide a search operator that may address the problem of complex query construction and efficient and effective implementation for finding objects based on a block of text. |
| US12164579B2 |
Binding traits to case nodes
Case management systems and techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, for each of a plurality of case nodes comprising a case model a trait definition comprising a corresponding set of traits associated with that case node is received. The respective trait definitions are used to bind each set of traits to the case node with which the set of traits is associated in case instances created based on the case model. |
| US12164575B1 |
Dynamic computer-based internet protocol classification
In an approach to improve internet protocol (IP) classification, embodiments of the present invention classify, by an IP classifier, a set of samples from a given IP range. Further, embodiments utilize the IP classifier to predict whether an IP address is dynamic or static and apply, by a client computer, an error-correction tree to the set of samples. Additionally, embodiments split, by the client computer, the range into two or more sub-ranges of a smaller size in response to determining a classification certainty does not exceed or is not within a predetermined threshold. |
| US12164574B2 |
Regular expression matching in dictionary-encoded strings
Techniques are described for generating an encoded-string automaton for a regex pattern from a decoded-string automaton of the regex pattern. In an embodiment, the process obtains a decoded-string automaton of the regex pattern and applies unique decoded string value(s) from the dictionary of the encoding. When applied at a selected state in the decoded-string automaton, the application may yield a transition to at least one target state in the decoded-string automaton for a unique dictionary value. Such a transition generates a transition in the encoded-string automaton from an encoded state corresponding to the selected state in the decoded-string automaton to a target state in the encoded-string automaton corresponding to the target state in the decoded-string automaton. The generated transition in the encoded-string automaton is conditioned on the token of the unique decoded string value in the dictionary. |
| US12164566B2 |
Graph workspace for heterogeneous graph data
A method may include receiving a workspace definition defining a graph workspace for a heterogeneous graph having a plurality of vertex tables and/or edge tables. Upon validating the workspace definition, the graph workspace for the heterogeneous graph may be created in accordance with the workspace definition. The graph workspace may include a label for each table of the plurality of vertex tables and/or edge tables comprising the heterogeneous graph. Each vertex and edge of the heterogeneous graph may be uniquely identified based on a label of a corresponding table and one or more key attributes. A graph processing algorithm operating on the heterogeneous graph may be executed based on the graph workspace. Related systems and computer program products are also provided. |
| US12164562B1 |
Background audio identification for query disambiguation
Implementations relate to techniques for providing context-dependent search results. The techniques can include receiving a query and background audio. The techniques can also include identifying the background audio, establishing concepts related to the background audio and obtaining terms related to the concepts related to the background audio. The techniques can also include obtaining search results based on the query and on at least one of the terms. The techniques can also include providing the search results. |
| US12164555B2 |
Interactive method and system of bullet screen easter eggs
The embodiment of the present application provides an interactive method of bullet screen easter eggs, including: obtaining information sent by a client when playing a multimedia file, wherein the information comprises comment content and comment time; determining a target interface element for replacing the comment content; determining a timestamp of the target interface element according to the comment time; generating bullet screen data comprising the target interface element and the timestamp; and sending the bullet screen data to the client for displaying the target interface element in a form of a bullet screen on a playback interface of the multimedia file when the multimedia file is played to a time point that matches the timestamp of the target interface element. |
| US12164550B2 |
Training a model for performing abstractive text summarization
Techniques for training for and performing abstractive text summarization are disclosed. Such techniques include, in some embodiments, obtaining textual content, and generating a reconstruction of the textual content using a trained language model, the reconstructed textual content comprising an abstractive summary of the textual content generated based on relative importance parameters associated with respective portions of the textual content. In some cases, the trained language model includes a neural network language model that has been trained by identifying a plurality of discrete portions of training textual content, receiving the plurality of discrete portions of the training textual content as input to the language model, and predicting relative importance parameters associated with respective ones of the plurality of discrete portions of the training textual content, the relative importance parameters each being based at least on one or more linguistic similarity measures with respect to a ground truth. |
| US12164548B1 |
Adaptive UI for rich output rendering of assistant messages
The present technology pertains to a generative response engine that can adapt a user interface provided by its front end to receive inputs in a visual format and to provide visual formats in response to prompts. In some embodiments, the generative response engine can provide a greater variety of outputs that can be rendered by the front end. Collectively, the present technology can render dynamic user interface elements in response to prompts received by the generative response engine. Generative response engines that can provide dynamic and multimodal responses that are appropriate to a task are useful for an increased range of tasks. |
| US12164544B2 |
Data extraction from a multidimensional data structure
In some implementations, a device may identify respective sets of unique values for multiple dimensions of a multidimensional data structure. The device may identify a plurality of subsets of permutations of a set of permutations of the unique values. The plurality of subsets of permutations are to be processed in parallel. The device may obtain, based on processing the plurality of subsets of permutations in parallel, respective data associated with each permutation of the plurality of subsets of permutations. The data for a permutation, of the plurality of subsets of permutations, is obtained based on respective unique values for the permutation that are determined independently of another permutation of the plurality of subsets of permutations. |
| US12164541B2 |
Multi-cluster database management system
A multi-cluster database management system includes a first cluster in a database management system of a virtual computing system, a second cluster in the database management system, a server on the first cluster, a first agent on the first cluster, and a second agent on the second cluster. The server provides a database management service to a first database stored on the first cluster via the first agent and to a second database stored on the second cluster via the second agent. |
| US12164540B2 |
Dedicated replication channels for replicating records between regions
A server can receive a request to subscribe to a data tenancy in an extended region. The server can determine a size of stored data records associated with the data tenancy in a home region to be replicated in the extended region. Based in part on the size of the stored data records, the server can open a new communication channel dedicated to replicating the stored data records from the first server in the home region to the second server in the extended region. The server can pull the stored data records from the first server in the home region, store the pulled data records on the second sever in the extended region. The server can receive updated data records over an established communication channel between the first server in the home region and the second server in the extended region and store the updated data records on the second server. |
| US12164539B2 |
Systems and methods of joining data records and detecting string similarity
The disclosure relates to methods and systems of joining data structures based on a composite similarity score (CSS). For example, a computer system may use a plurality of similarity models to generate respective similarity scores. Each similarity score may be a metric that indicates a confidence that a first data value of a first data record is similar to a second data value of a second data record. The computer system may generate the CSS based on the plurality of similarity sub-scores. The CSS may indicate a confidence that the records being compared are similar. Thus, the CSS may be used to detect similar data records across different data structures. The disclosure also relates to a string similarity model that detects similarity among strings without respect to an order of words in each string and in a way that tolerates errors or omissions in one or both strings. |
| US12164538B2 |
System and method for data warehouse workload transformation
A system for data warehouse workload transformation is disclosed. A data extraction module receives job metadata from one or more extract transform load applications, extracts domain logic information from the job metadata. A canonical model generation module creates one or more relational models from the domain logic information, generates a canonical model for the job metadata by merging the one or more relational models. A model optimization module creates a query execution plan using an optimization technique, passes the canonical model through one or more optimization layers, and optimizes the query execution plan to execute common logic at a single point of time for removing one or more redundant operations. A code generation module generates an output code corresponding to the predefined target environment from an optimized canonical model, upon mapping of the one or more entities, for the workload transformation. |
| US12164537B1 |
Database and file management transaction tracking system
The embodiments disclose a file management and database system including a database system server configured to track user asset transactions and asset-related activities, at least one digital electronic device coupled to the database system server configured to allow the user to access the asset transactions and asset-related activities, a plurality of distributed databases coupled to the database system server configured to collectively manage and interlink data of plural operational components, a file management system coupled to the database system server configured to maintain and identify the plural operational components data, at least one processor coupled to the database system server configured to identify and match the plural operational components in the file management system with the plurality of distributed databases and data of the plural operational components, at least one communication device wirelessly coupled to the database system server and a digital device application wirelessly coupled to the at least one communication device. |
| US12164533B2 |
System and method for patent and prior art analysis
Systems and techniques for patent and prior art analysis are described herein. An issued independent claim of the identified patent is electronically retrieved. A pre-allowance published independent claim of the identified patent is electronically retrieved. The issued independent claim is automatically compared to the pre-allowance published independent claim using at least one unique keyword. A search query string is formulated comprising the at least one unique keyword. A search query is executed to a prior art database comprising a set of prior art documents using the search query string to identify a result prior art document set. An owner of each prior art document of the result prior art document set is identified. The owner is automatically ranked based on a number of keywords from the search query string owned by the owner. A user interface is output to a user comprising a visualization of the rank of the owner. |
| US12164526B1 |
Transmission of a communication with content adapted to a profile state
In some implementations, a device may identify an event relating to a potential transaction between a user and an entity. The device may determine, responsive to identifying the event, a profile associated with the user based on an aggregation of data relating to one or more events, including the event, associated with the user and the entity. The device may evaluate the profile to identify a type of content to include in a communication for the user. The device may cause transmission of the communication, including the type of content, for the user. |
| US12164520B2 |
Rule-based query control
Systems for fine-grained control of query execution are disclosed. The system receives and stores access control rules to be applied to queries. The system applies access control rules to a received query to determine one or more actions corresponding to the received query. Based on the access control rules, the system can allow execution of the query without conditions, allow execution of the query under a set of conditions, or prevent execution of the query. |
| US12164511B2 |
Secure and efficient database command execution support
A request to execute a database command is transmitted from a device to a database command execution device. The request includes a first indicator of a first set of tokens available at the device at a time that the request is transmitted. A response to the request is received. The response includes a second indicator of a second set of tokens available at the database command execution device at a time that the request is received at the database command execution device. Responsive to a determination that the second indicator is different from the first indicator, a request for updated tokens is transmitted to the database command execution device. The first set of tokens is updated based on a received response to the request for the updated tokens. A list of tokens the updated first set of tokens that match a partial token received as an input is output. |
| US12164510B2 |
Presentation of related and corrected queries for a search engine
Systems and methods for providing suggestions responsive to search queries for a search engine are disclosed. Such suggestions may include one or more related search queries and/or a spell correction. Related search queries may be provided by converting the search query into a document vector space, determining documents that are similar to the query in the vector space, and determining prior search queries to which those similar documents are responsive. Spell corrections may be provided by comparing n-tuple word combinations in the search query to a library of correct n-tuple word combinations and making appropriate corrections. |
| US12164507B2 |
Assigning a single new entigen to a word set
A method executed by a computing device includes determining whether a set of words are included in a word set. When the set of words are in the word set, the method further includes determining a set of identigens for each word of the word set to produce sets of identigens, where a set of identigens of the sets of identigens represents one or more different meanings of a word of the word set. The method further includes interpreting, using identigen pairing rules, the sets of identigens to produce an entigen set. The method further includes assigning a single new entigen to represent the entigen set, where the single new entigen represents a most likely meaning interpretation of the word set. |
| US12164497B1 |
Embedding scalable CRM dashboards in transactional pages
A computing device receives a first user interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI) of the computing device. In response to the user interaction, the device sends, to a server system, a request for data corresponding to a first component of the GUI. The device initializes the first component concurrently with the sending. The device receives, from the server system, the data corresponding to the first component and corresponding metadata for the first component. The device generates the first component based on the corresponding metadata and at least a first subset of the received data and displays the first component in a first portion of the GUI. Concurrently with the generating and displaying, the device generates a second component of the GUI based on at least a second subset of the received data, and displays the second component simultaneously with the first component. |
| US12164494B2 |
Key permission distribution
Techniques are disclosed relating to the distribution of database key permissions. A database system may distribute first permission information to a plurality of database nodes that identifies a distribution of key range permissions to ones of the plurality of database nodes. A given key range permission being distributed to a given database node may permit that database node to write records whose keys fall within a key range associated with the given key range permission. The database system may receive, from a first database node, a request for a first key range permission provisioned to a second database node. The database system may modify the first permission information to derive second permission information that provisions the first key range permission to the first database node instead of the second database node. The database system may distribute the second permission information to ones of the plurality of database nodes. |
| US12164493B1 |
Separated database management
A method for inserting a KV pair to a separated database, the method may include receiving a request to insert the KV pair to the separated database, wherein the separated database comprises a log structured merge (LSM) tree and KV database that is separated from LSM tree; determining whether the KV pair should be associated with a versioned LSM entry or with a non-versions LSM entry; and inserting the KV pair and a KV timestamp in the separated database according to the determining; wherein the inserting includes: storing a combination of the value and the KV timestamp in the KV database; defining an access key to the KV database; wherein the access key is based on the combination when determining that the KV pair should be associated with a versioned LSM; and wherein the access key is based on the key and not on the timestamp when determining that the KV pair should be associated with a non-versioned LSM. |
| US12164490B2 |
Observability loop
Techniques for managing cluster of devices are described. The clusters may refer to machines or instances of transactional database. A server may control cluster management. The server may operate an observability loop to manage the clusters. The observability loop may operate a plurality of observer phases in parallel, each observer phase monitoring a different parameter relating to the health of the cluster and generating a recommended action to improve the health of the cluster if an incident is present. The observability loop may rank the recommended actions from the different observer phases and may execute the highest ranked recommended action. |
| US12164487B2 |
Consolidating multiple databases into a single or a smaller number of databases
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for consolidating multiple databases into a single or a smaller number of databases is described. An improved structure of target database may be achieved by removing constraints used when creating legacy databases. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by combining multiple source tables into a single target table with errors being identified and addressed during the creation of the instructions to generate the target table. In implementation, this may be effected by converting values from a source table and values from a target table into normalized versions of those values and then comparing the normalized values. A benefit includes verifying that the data from the source table is being properly reflected in the target table. |
| US12164486B2 |
Schema agnostic migration of delineated data between relational databases
Initially, a database schema is parsed and a table tree structure is created delineating the relationships between data that are identified in the schema. In addition to accomodating relationships between main tables of data, the table tree structure also accomodates possible side tables of data, and possible circular references between tables, should such be encountered when parsing the schema. Subsequently, a migration mechanism consumes the generated table tree structure and iteratively migrates data in accordance therewith. Individual layers of the table tree structure are migrated consecutively with referenced layers being migrated prior to referencing layers. Circular links are accommodated through temporary null values, and side tables are accommodated during migration of the referencing main table. The iterative process provides completeness and fault tolerance/failure recovery. |
| US12164480B2 |
Optimizing file system defrag for deduplicated block storage
A method for data defragmentation is disclosed, including: selecting a file that is stored in a content-addressable storage system, the file including a plurality of blocks, and the storage system including a plurality of deduplication chunks; arranging the plurality of blocks in block groups, each block group including a set of consecutive blocks having a combined size that matches a deduplication chunk size of the storage system; aligning each block group with a different one of the plurality of deduplication chunks of the storage system, such that the blocks in each block group are stored in the storage system in an order that is based on the order in which the blocks are positioned within the file. |
| US12164476B2 |
Method for real-time extraction of on-chip simulation information
A method for real-time extraction of on-chip simulation information including acquiring simulation job information, and analyzing the simulation job information to obtain option and parameter information; and acquiring index information from a simulation project according to the option and the parameter information, and formatting the index information to obtain a simulation result. According to said method, key information of a simulation result is extracted in real time by performing text scanning and pattern analysis on a log file during a simulation process, so that a user can conveniently learn about the progress situation of the current simulation task at any time, and determine to continue or terminate the task at any time according to the current state and result situation, thereby more flexibly controlling a flow according to an actual situation, simplifying operations, increasing design efficiency, and compensating for the disadvantages of traditional simulation methods. |
| US12164473B1 |
Resource management service
A resource management service implements techniques for provisioning a process with computing resources sufficient to process a query. A query is received and computing system resources sufficient to process the query are provisioned. A response to the query is generated by running the process with the provisioned computing system resources. |
| US12164462B2 |
Micro-network-on-chip and microsector infrastructure
Systems and methods described herein may relate to data transactions involving a microsector architecture. Control circuitry may organize transactions to and from the microsector architecture to, for example, enable direct addressing transactions as well as batch transactions across multiple microsectors. A data path disposed between programmable logic circuitry of a column of microsectors and a column of row controllers may form a micro-network-on-chip used by a network-on-chip to interface with the programmable logic circuitry. |
| US12164461B2 |
Virtualized computer system for verification, testing, assesment and, mitigation
An apparatus and method is provided for simulating a physical computer system using virtualization. The disclosed system virtualizes devices of a physical computer system by modeling hardware and software components that are physically present within the physical computer system. The system simulates changing at least one of a piece of hardware or software in the virtualized computer system and assesses an effect of the change in the virtualized computer system to determine a potential effect of the change if the change were implemented on the physical computer system. |
| US12164455B2 |
Open-drain bus repeater and system comprising the same
A repeater for open-drain bus communication and a system including the same is provided. The bus repeater includes an A-to-B buffer to receive the signal at the A-side terminal and to produce a first buffered signal, a B-side pull-down control unit to produce a first control signal based on the received first buffered signal, and a B-side pull-down element to pull down the voltage at the B-side terminal based on the first control signal. The B-side pull-down element includes a B-side pull-down transistor that is arranged in between the B-side terminal and a B-side ground reference terminal. The first control signal controls a voltage at the control terminal of the B-side pull-down transistor. The B-side pull-down control unit includes a B-side comparing unit to compare the voltage at the B-side terminal to a first reference voltage, and to generate the first control signal based on a result of the comparison. |
| US12164453B2 |
Hub with audio signal sharing
A hub includes: a multi-function control unit; a microprocessor; at least one sharing port connected to the multi-function control unit, which controls the at least one sharing port to connect with a computing device; a USB audio control unit connected to the multi-function control unit; an audio processing module connected to the USB audio control unit and the microprocessor; a wireless module connected to the audio processing module and the microprocessor and used for wireless communication with a mobile device; and an audio input and output module connected to the audio processing module and the microprocessor, and including an audio cable jack used for connecting with an audio input and output device, and/or a built-in speaker and a microphone. The microprocessor controls the audio processing module to select and process audio signal sharing among the computing device, the mobile device, and the audio input and output device. |
| US12164449B2 |
Eyewear with a system on a chip with simultaneous USB communications
Eyewear including a frame having a first side and a second side, a first temple extending from the first side of the frame, a second temple extending from the second side of the frame, electronic components, a first system on a chip (SoC) adjacent the first side of the frame coupled to a first set of the electronic components, and a second system on a chip adjacent the second side, the second SoC coupled to the first SoC and to a second set of the plurality of electronic components. Processing workloads are balanced between the first SoC and the second SoC by performing a first set of operations with the first SoC and performing a second set of operations with the second SoC. |
| US12164447B2 |
Off-module data buffer
In a modular memory system, a memory control component, first and second memory sockets and data buffer components are all mounted to the printed circuit board. The first and second memory sockets have electrical contacts to electrically engage counterpart electrical contacts of memory modules to be inserted therein, and each of the data buffer components includes a primary data interface electrically coupled to the memory control component, and first and second secondary data interfaces electrically coupled to subsets of the electrical contacts within the first and second memory sockets, respectively. |
| US12164444B2 |
Device, method, and system to identify a page request to be processed after a reset event
Techniques and mechanisms for an input-output memory management module (IOMMU) to indicate to software whether a page request by an endpoint device is to be serviced. In an embodiment, the IOMMU receives from the endpoint device a response to an invalidation wait message. Based on the response, the IOMMU provides first information which indicates to software that page requests have been flushed from the endpoint device. Page request message from the endpoint device are compatible with an interface standard which also comprises a stop marker message type. The first information is provided independent of the endpoint device providing any message which is of the stop marker message type. In another embodiment, the first information includes a drain marker generated by the IOMMU, or a snapshot of an address corresponding to an end of a page request queue. |
| US12164439B1 |
Hardware architecture of packet cache eviction engine
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a packet cache eviction engine for reliable transport protocols of a network. The packet cache eviction engine can manage on-chip cache occupancy by evicting lower priority packets to off-chip memory and ensuring that higher priority packets are kept on-chip to achieve higher performance and lower latency in processing packets in the network. |
| US12164433B2 |
Cache data provided based on data availability
A computer implemented method includes receiving a first request at a cache for first data and checking the cache for the first data. In response to the first data residing in the cache, the first data is provided from the cache. In response to the first data not residing in the cache, a first memory request is sent to memory for the first data, a first request pending bit to is set indicate the first request is pending, and the cache proceeds to process a next request for second data. |
| US12164429B2 |
Stride-based prefetcher circuits for prefetching next stride(s) into cache memory based on identified cache access stride patterns, and related processor-based systems and methods
Stride-based prefetcher circuits for prefetching data for next stride(s) of a cache read request into a cache memory based on identified stride patterns in the cache read request, and related processor-based systems and methods are disclosed. A stride-based prefetcher circuit (“prefetcher circuit”) observes cache read requests to a cache memory in run-time to determine if a stride pattern exists. In response to detecting a stride pattern, the prefetcher circuit prefetches data from next memory location(s) in the detected stride from higher-level memory, and loads the prefetch data into the cache memory. This is because there is a higher likelihood that when a stride in the cache read requests to the cache memory is detected to exist, subsequent cache read requests to the cache memory will more likely than not continue with the same stride. The cache hit rate of the cache memory may be increased as a result. |
| US12164426B2 |
Reconfigurable cache hierarchy framework for the storage of FPGA bitstreams
A network-based apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network apparatus to configure a cache manager according to a cache management policy identified in a request from a network orchestrator, the cache manager managing a cache of a multi-level cache hierarchy, the cache storing bitstreams for configuring a programmable device. |
| US12164424B2 |
Double ring cache architecture
A distributed cache apparatus includes storage comprising a range of stored data and a processing device. A first cache level of the storage is segmented into a plurality of first data sub-ranges of the range of stored data, and each of the first data sub-ranges is associated with one of a first subset of a plurality of node devices. A second cache level of the storage is segmented into a plurality of second data sub-ranges of the range of stored data, and each of the second data sub-ranges is associated with one of a second subset of the node devices. Each of the second data sub-ranges is smaller than each of the first data sub-ranges. The processing device is configured to process a read request for data within the range of stored data by accessing one of the second subset of the node devices. |
| US12164420B2 |
Memory system and storage device
A memory system of an embodiment includes a nonvolatile memory, a primary cache memory, a secondary cache memory, and a processor. The processor performs address conversion by using logical-to-physical address conversion information relating to data to be addressed in the nonvolatile memory. Based on whether first processing is performed on the nonvolatile memory or second processing is performed on the nonvolatile memory, the processor controls to store whether the logical-to-physical address conversion information relating to the first processing to be in the primary cache memory as cache data or logical-to-physical address conversion information relating to the second processing to be in the secondary cache memory as cache data. |
| US12164418B2 |
Machine learning-based, system-wide solid-state drive wear-level balancing algorithm to extend the service life of solid-state drives
SSD service life is extended by monitoring wear-level and prompting relocation of unstable data out of SSDs that have reached a soft wear-level threshold such that those SSDs do not contain unstable data when those SSDs reach a hard wear-level threshold. The progression of SSD wear-level is forecasted using an ARIMA algorithm. Unstable data on SSDs between predicted times of reaching the soft and hard thresholds is replaced by stable data from SSDs that have not reached the soft wear-level threshold. The stable data may be snapshot data and deduplicated data and deduplication hashes characterized based on number of references. SSDs that reach the hard threshold without unstable data can remain in service for read IOs until being replaced. |
| US12164416B2 |
Intelligent services and training agent for application dependency discovery, reporting, and management tool
Techniques for monitoring operating statuses of an application and its dependencies are provided. A monitoring application may collect and report the operating status of the monitored application and each dependency. Through use of existing monitoring interfaces, the monitoring application can collect operating status without requiring modification of the underlying monitored application or dependencies. The monitoring application may determine a problem service that is a root cause of an unhealthy state of the monitored application. Dependency analyzer and discovery crawler techniques may automatically configure and update the monitoring application. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine patterns of performance based on system state information associated with performance events and provide health reports relative to a baseline status of the monitored application. Also provided are techniques for testing a response of the monitored application through modifications to API calls. Such tests may be used to train the machine learning model. |
| US12164415B2 |
Remote debugging of local GUI rendering by playing back a capture file to recreate a real-time local network environment
Debug engine receives a capture file over the network interface and initiate playback by executing the capture file with the processor. The capture file comprises real-time local network environment video synchronized with data captured by a local browser at a local station interacting with a local network gateway device over a local network. The capture file is played back, using a mock server including transmitting HTTP requests from the capture file at the developer station to the mock gateway server. Additionally, HTTP responses are received from the capture file at the mock gateway server, in synch with actions in the real-time local network environment video. A GUI engine renders a GUI on the developer computer from real-time GUI code generated from the capture file playback as modified by processing the HTTP responses. |
| US12164410B2 |
Autonomous vehicle testing systems and methods
Systems and methods for autonomous vehicle testing are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining, by a computing system, data indicative of a test of an autonomous vehicle computing system. The method can include determining, by the computing system, one or more autonomous vehicle capabilities that are tested by the test. The method includes determining, by the computing system, a testing scenario that corresponds to the test. The testing scenario can generated at least in part using real-world data. The method includes associating, by the computing system, the data indicative of the test with data indicative of the one or more autonomous vehicle capabilities that are tested by the test and data indicative of the testing scenario. The method includes storing such associated data in in an accessible memory. |
| US12164405B2 |
Automated query retry execution using multiple computing nodes in a database system
Techniques for automated query retry in a database platform include decoding, by at least one hardware processor, a query directed to database data. The query is received by a first management node from a client account of a database system. The method further includes configuring an execution of the query by a first computing node associated with the first management node. The method includes detecting the execution of the query results in a failed execution. The query is transferred from the first management node to a second management node based on the failed execution. The second management node is configured to process tasks that are internal to the database system. A retry execution of the query by a second computing node is configured. The second computing node is associated with the second management node. A cause of the failed execution is determined based on a result of the retry execution. |
| US12164397B2 |
Use of cluster-level redundancy within a cluster of a distributed storage management system to address node-level errors
Systems and methods that make use of cluster-level redundancy within a distributed storage management system to address various node-level error scenarios are provided. According to one embodiment, a first node of multiple nodes of distributed storage system represented in a form of a cluster of the multiple of nodes, identifies the potential existence of an error associated with a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) stripe. A list of block identifiers (IDs) associated with the RAID stripe may then be identified. Rather than performing a traditional RAID recovery/reconstruction approach that is resource intensive in nature and that requires an excessive amount of rebuild time, a more efficient RAID stripe resynchronization process may be performed to restore data associated with the RAID stripe. |
| US12164396B2 |
Methods and multi-site systems to provide recovery point objective (RPO) protection and automatically initiate realignment and reconfiguration of a protection configuration from the secondary storage site to the tertiary storage site upon primary storage site failure
A computer-implemented method comprises providing a synchronous replication relationship from one or more storage objects of a first storage node to one or more replicated storage objects of a second storage node, providing an asynchronous replication relationship with an asynchronous update schedule from the one or more storage objects of the first storage node to one or more replicated storage objects of the third storage node to provide a protection configuration, tracking, with the third storage node of the tertiary site, a state of the secondary storage site, automatically performing a failover from the primary storage site to the secondary storage site and activating a synchronous mirror copy for the one or more replicated storage objects of the second storage node, and automatically initiating realignment and reconfiguration of the protection configuration to the tertiary storage site based upon the state of the secondary storage site. |
| US12164394B2 |
Database reversion with backup data structures
A system for database reversion is described. The system comprises: a database engine configured to host an active database; a log engine configured to generate transaction logs for transactions affecting the active database; a backup engine configured to create a backup data structure to allow for database reversion; and a memory buffer separate from the active database. A page in the active database has an associated page timestamp indicating a most recent update of the page in the active database. The database engine is configured to flush an updated copy of a page in the memory buffer to the active database. The backup engine is configured to, prior to the flush, store an image of the page in the active database to the backup data structure when the page in the active database is older than the time value related to the creation time of the backup data structure. |
| US12164389B2 |
Automatic copy configuration
Example implementations described herein involve systems and methods that can include, responsive to a request to deploy an application using a storage of a storage system, managing a storage configuration for the application; managing data information and storage configuration information associated with a copy relationship between data used by the application and the storage configuration for the storage system; extracting and evaluating possible configuration patterns from the data information and the storage configuration information; and providing ones of the possible configuration patterns that satisfy specified requirements for the application. |
| US12164388B2 |
Configuration recovery for a data management system
A data management system may support a configuration backup of a first backup system that manages backup procedures for data of a host environment that is separate from the first backup system. The data management system may transmit, to the first backup system, a request to generate the configuration backup that includes information for the one or more backup procedures managed by the first backup system. The data management system may cause the configuration backup to be stored in a separate storage location. In response to first backup system failure, the data management system may transmit, to a second backup system, a request to apply one or more configurations for the first backup system to the second backup system based on the stored configuration backup for the first backup system. |
| US12164387B2 |
Hybrid data transfer model for virtual machine backup and recovery
A storage cluster may dynamically select a data transport mode for supporting a backup or export job. The storage cluster may receive a trigger indication to create, a backup of data of a source virtual machine. The storage cluster may select a data transport mode to use for reading the data from the source virtual machine to create the backup at the storage cluster. The selection may be from a set of data transport modes that includes a proxy virtual machine mode and a direct-to-host mode. The storage cluster may transmit, to a host for the source virtual machine, a request to activate the selected data transport mode, and receive the data from the source virtual machine via the selected data transport mode. The storage cluster may use the data to create the backup. |
| US12164386B2 |
Large content file optimization
A plurality of portions of a content file are stored. It is determined that the content file has a size that is greater than a threshold size. In response to determining that the content file has the size that is greater than the threshold size, a plurality of component file metadata structures are generated for each of the plurality of portions of the content file. A component file metadata structure of the plurality of component file metadata structures corresponds to one of the portions of the content file. Each of the plurality of component file metadata structures includes corresponding metadata that enables data chunks associated with a corresponding portion of the content file to be located. |
| US12164384B2 |
Managing data on shutdown of storage system
Techniques are provided to manage data on shutdown of a data storage system. For example, a method comprises initiating a process to shut down a data storage system which comprises storage devices that store data associated with one or more non-persistent logical storage resources of a virtual storage layer which is configured by the data storage system. In response to initiating the process to shut down the data storage system, the method comprises: storing configuration data associated with the virtual storage layer, the configuration data comprising unique identifiers associated with the one or more non-persistent logical storage resources; and performing a data backup process to persistently store a copy of the data associated with the one or more non-persistent logical storage resources to a backup storage system. |
| US12164381B2 |
Data connector component for implementing management requests
Techniques are provided for implementing management requests associated with objects of an object store. A data connector component may be instantiated as a container for processing management requests associated with backup data stored within an object store as an object according to an object format. A management request associated with the backup data may be received by the data connector component. A structure associated with the object having the object format may be traversed by the data connector component to identify the backup data. The data connector component may be implemented upon the backup data stored within the object. |
| US12164380B2 |
Two-phase byzantine consensus method and system for state machine replication
The present disclosure relates to a two-phase Byzantine consensus method and system for state machine replication. A consensus method which is performed by a consensus system includes performing, by all of normal processes, consensus for a sequence number proposed by a process designated to be primary with respect to a client request according to an agreement protocol; and replacing the primary when the primary is suspicious of having a Byzantine fault according to a view change protocol. |
| US12164379B2 |
Recovering a data segment using locally decodable code segments
A storage network operates by: storing at least one data object in the storage network as encoded data slices that are dispersed error encoded, the encoded data slices including locally decodable code segments; detecting at least one storage error associated with storage of at least one of the encoded data slices in the storage network; and recovering and at least one of the encoded data slices utilizing the locally decodable code segments. |
| US12164374B2 |
Base die with error checking and correction , memory system, and semiconductor structure
A base die is configured to receive a first data and a first encoded data in a writing phase, where the first encoded data is obtained by performing a first error correction code (ECC) encoding processing on the first data, perform a second ECC encoding processing on the first data and the first encoded data to generate a second encoded data, and transmit a second data to a memory die in the writing phase, where the second data includes the first data, the first encoded data, and the second encoded data. The base die is further configured to receive the second data from the memory die in a reading phase, perform a first error checking and correction processing, and transmit a third data in the reading phase. |
| US12164372B2 |
Data retention (DR) warning system
Aspects of a storage device including a memory and a controller are provided. The controller may determine to perform garbage collection on a superblock. During the garbage collection process, the controller will typically move the superblock into an erase pool for erasing the superblock. However, aspects of the disclosure are directed to a method of measuring a raw bit error rate (RBER) of the superblock prior to erasure. The measured RBER may be used to estimate a data retention time of the storage device and provide the customer with an early warning notification if a health metric of the storage devices reaches a threshold retention time. |
| US12164367B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices for reducing systemic risks
A computer-implemented method may include obtaining, from a system using a middleware component of the system, run-time evidence of the system; applying the obtained run-time evidence to a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) Bayesian network to determine marginal probabilities for one or more nodes of the DAG Bayesian network, wherein the DAG Bayesian network comprises a plurality of nodes each representing states and faults of the system, wherein each node includes a parameterized conditional probability distribution, and wherein one or more of the nodes of the plurality of nodes specify a list of one or more safety goals and a safety value; determining which nodes representing faults have probabilities exceeding their specified safety value; and determining one or more risk mitigation techniques to activate for the determined nodes representing faults with probabilities exceeding their respective safety value. |
| US12164366B2 |
Disk failure prediction using machine learning
Techniques for prediction of remaining life and failure of disks are disclosed. For example, a method comprises collecting operational data of a plurality of disks, and identifying at least one disk of the plurality of disks as failing based at least in part on a portion of the operational data associated with the at least one disk. Using one or more machine learning algorithms, a time period when the at least one disk will remain operational is predicted based at least in part on the portion of the operational data associated with the at least one disk. An operation to write contents of the at least one disk on at least one replacement disk is executed, wherein the operation is initiated at a time based at least in part on the predicted time period. |
| US12164365B2 |
Buffer display data in a chiplet architecture
An apparatus and method for efficiently managing power consumption among multiple, replicated functional blocks of an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit includes multiple, replicated functional blocks that use separate power domains. Data of a given type is stored in an interleaved manner among at least two of the multiple functional blocks. In one implementation, a prior static allocation determines that only a subset of the functional blocks store the data of the given type. In another implementation, each of the functional blocks stores the data of the given type, and when an idle state has occurred, data of the given type is moved between the multiple functional blocks until one or more functional blocks no longer store data of the given type. When a transition to the idle state has occurred, the functional blocks that do not store the data of the given type are transitioned to a sleep state. |
| US12164363B2 |
Operational change control action
According to aspects of the present disclosure, a system, method, and storage medium comprising a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to a microcontrol unit (MCU) wherein the MCU controls the transition between operational states. The MCU receives a system-related datum from one of the plurality of sensors. The MCU determines a control action based on the system-related datum. The MCU executes the control action on the system. The MCU sends a state change datum to a firmware wherein the state change datum indicates an operational change of the system based on the control action. |
| US12164362B2 |
Synchronous playback with battery-powered playback device
Example techniques related to battery-powered playback devices. In an example, a first battery-powered playback device (i) receives audio content from a network device, (ii) forwards the audio content to a second playback device for synchronous playback of the audio content with the second playback device, (iii) plays back the audio content, (iv) detects that a battery level of a battery of the first playback device has fallen below a predefined threshold, and (v) ceases the forwarding of the audio content. After the battery level of the first playback device has fallen below the predefined threshold, the second playback device (i) receives the audio content from the network device, (ii) forwards the audio content to the first playback device for synchronous playback with the first playback device, and (iii) plays back the audio content in synchrony with the first playback device. |
| US12164350B1 |
Power adapter configured to provide power to a load
A control attachment configured to provide power to a load is described. The control attachment comprises a first plurality of contact elements; a plurality of openings on a first surface and having a second plurality of contact elements configured to receive a power signal and a neutral signal, wherein the plurality of openings are adapted to receive prongs of a plug; and a transformer coupled to receive the power signal and generate a low voltage signal; wherein the second plurality of contact elements is coupled to the first plurality of contact elements. |
| US12164348B2 |
Capturing of on-chip resets in an integrated circuit
A system includes a first reset capture register configured to receive a plurality of reset signals, a last reset capture register configured to receive the plurality of reset signals, and a reset control circuit. The reset control circuit is configured to perform a startup procedure in response to assertion of a first reset signal of the plurality of rest signals. The startup procedure beings with a start state and ends in an active state in which the system operates in normal operation, and the first reset signal is asserted while the system is in the active state. The first reset capture register is configured to capture a first state of the plurality of reset signals in response to assertion of the first reset signal, and the last reset capture register is configured to capture a final state of the plurality of reset signals prior to completing the startup procedure. |
| US12164344B2 |
Hinges for folding display devices
A foldable display device may have housing portions coupled by a hinge. The hinge may have a series of interconnected links. The links may be formed from interdigitated fingers in a friction clutch. The fingers or other portions of the links may be provided with crescent-shaped slots that receive pins. During folding of the device, the pins may slide along the crescent-shaped slots, thereby ensuring that adjacent links rotate relative to each other about a rotation axis that lies outside of the hinge and within a flexible display panel. Links may also be formed from link members with curved mating bearing surfaces that slide relative to each other as adjacent links are rotated relative to each other. A housing rotation synchronization mechanism may be formed using a set of gears that extends between the first and second housing portions. |
| US12164343B2 |
Hinged device conductor pathway
The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can include a first portion including an electronic component and a second portion including a second electronic component. A hinge assembly can rotatably secure the first and second portions through a range of rotation from a closed orientation to an open orientation. A dumbbell-shaped shield assembly can be configured to provide an orientation-specific protective pathway between the first portion and the second portion for a conductor extending from the first electronic component to the second electronic component. |
| US12164341B2 |
Electronic device including air vent hole
According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a portable communication device may include: a battery; and a housing accommodating the battery, the housing including a side structure forming a side surface of the portable communication device, and a support member disposed in an internal space between a front surface and a rear surface of the portable communication device as contacting the side structure, wherein a first opening is formed as extending in a first direction from an outer surface of the side structure through a portion of the support member to the internal space such that a pin member of a waterproof member is to be linearly reciprocated within the first opening, and a second opening is formed in the support member as extending in a second direction such that a first end of the second opening is exposed via a first surface of the support member. |
| US12164340B2 |
Display device
A display device which includes a display panel and a protection member above the display panel. The protection member may include an adhesive layer above the display panel, a first protection layer above the adhesive layer, and a second protection layer between the first protection layer and the adhesive layer.The first protection layer may have a first thickness and a first modulus, and the second protection layer may have a second thickness less than the first thickness and a second modulus less than the first modulus. The minimum value of the second thickness may be 20 μm, and the maximum value of the second thickness may satisfy T2max=(0.13×T1−8.25)×ln M2+0.68×T1−5.1 (1) |
| US12164337B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel including a first surface which displays images and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a supporter disposed on the second surface of the display panel, a roller to which a first end of the display panel and a first end of the supporter are connected and on which the display panel and the supporter are wound, a first case to which a second end of the display panel opposite to the first end of the display panel is connected, a second case which is disposed on the first case and to which an end of the roller is connected, and an elasticity member connected between the first case and the second case, where the second case and the first case at least partly overlap each other and slide. |
| US12164336B2 |
Electronic device comprising flexible display
The present disclosure provides an electronic device, including a flexible display, a frame part configured to support the flexible display and comprise a first frame and a second frame disposed so as to be slidable with respect to the first frame, a driving part configured to change a shape of the flexible display based on a relative position between the first frame and the second frame, and a controller, wherein the controller performs a designated operation in response to reception of an input signal. Other example embodiments are possible. |
| US12164333B2 |
Support member and foldable display device
The present application provides a support member and a foldable display device. The support member includes a first foldable area. When the support member is in a flat unfolded state, the support member includes first grooves in the first foldable area. Two opposite ends of the first groove are indented inwardly in a first direction. The first direction intersects a length direction of the support member. |
| US12164332B2 |
Foldable device
A foldable device is disclosed, and more particularly, a foldable display device is disclosed. The foldable device comprises a hinge structure which comprises a first body, a second body, and a first hinge connecting the first body to the second body, and a plate structure which is disposed on the hinge structure and comprises a first plate region corresponding to the first body and a second plate region corresponding to the second body. |
| US12164330B2 |
Wearable computing device
A finger-worn wearable ring device may include a ring-shaped housing, a printed circuit board, and a sensor module that includes one or more light-emitting components and one or more light-receiving components. The wearable ring device may further include a communication module configured to wirelessly communicate with an application executable on a user device. |
| US12164329B2 |
Foldable electronic device including display protection structure
An electronic device is provided, which includes a first housing; a second housing; a hinge structure including a hinge module connecting the first housing and the second housing; a flexible display including a first region, a second region, and a bending region; a first protection cover disposed over the first housing; a second protection cover disposed over the second housing; a protective cap disposed over the hinge structure; and a blocking member disposed between the flexible display and the protective cap and connecting the first protection cover and the second protection cover, the blocking member being composed of an elastic material to bend corresponding to the foldable manner. |
| US12164326B2 |
Phase shifted clock generator
A phase shifted clock generator that includes a delay circuit, a capacitor, and a control circuit is provided. The delay circuit receives a reference clock signal and generates a phase shifted clock signal. A phase difference between the phase shifted clock signal and the reference clock signal is controlled based on a delay of the delay circuit. The control circuit controls, based on the phase shifted clock signal and the reference clock signal, a control voltage generated at the capacitor. The control circuit controls the control voltage by charging and discharging the capacitor with a constant current. The delay of the delay circuit is controlled based on the control voltage such that the phase difference between the phase shifted clock signal and the reference clock signal is within a predefined range. |
| US12164325B2 |
Multidirectional input device and controller
A multidirectional input device includes a housing, an operating body, a rocker arm member, a reset member, and a first pressing part. A chamber is provided inside the housing which forms an opening communicating with the chamber. The operating body is provided in the chamber and extends out of the chamber from the opening. The rocker arm member and the reset member are provided in the chamber and are drivingly connected. The reset member and the operating body are elastically connected. The first pressing part is provided on the rocker arm member and extends in a direction close the reset member. During a movement process of operating body, the lower end face of operating part abuts against the upper end face of reset member, and the first pressing part abuts against an edge of the upper end face of reset member. |
| US12164323B2 |
Temperature drift correction in a voltage reference
In described examples, a circuit includes a current mirror circuit. A first stage is coupled to the current mirror circuit. A second stage is coupled to the current mirror circuit and to the first stage. An output transistor is coupled to the first stage and to the current mirror circuit. A voltage divider network is coupled to the output transistor, and a power source is coupled to the second stage and to the voltage divider network. |
| US12164322B2 |
Device, method and system to determine a mode of voltage regulation based on parasitics of a power delivery network
Techniques and mechanisms for determining an operational mode of a voltage regulator. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) die is coupled to receive power from a voltage regulator (VR) via a power delivery network (PDN) which comprises circuitry in or on a substrate, such as that of a printed circuit board. The IC die receives from the substrate information indicating a characteristic of a parasitic impedance at the substrate. Based on the information, a controller unit at the IC die selects one of multiple VR modes which each correspond to a respective one of different parasitic impedance characteristics. The controller then signals the VR to provide the selected mode. In an embodiment one of the VR modes corresponds to a relatively high impedance, and also corresponds to a relatively stable sensitivity function in a frequency range above a control bandwidth. |
| US12164321B2 |
Power and current balancing systems and associated methods thereof
Methods and systems are provided for current and/or power balancing. One method includes comparing a first input current of a first regulator in a first path between a power source and a power sink with a second input current of a second regulator in a second path between the power source and the power sink; lowering an output from the first regulator, in response to the first input current being higher than the second input current; and increasing an output from the second regulator, in response to the second input current being higher than the first input current. |
| US12164319B2 |
Dual loop voltage regulator
A dual-loop low-drop (LDO) regulator having a first loop which is an analog loop that compares the voltage on the output supply node with a reference, and generates a bias or voltage control to control a strength of a final power switch. The first loop regulates the output voltage relative to a reference voltage by minimizing the error between the two voltages. A second loop (digital loop) that controls a current source which injects current on the gate of the final power switch to boost current for a load. The second loop is an auxiliary loop that boosts the current load for a set interval until the tracking bandwidth of the LDO resolves the error in the output, thereby reducing the peak-to-peak noise. The quiescent current is not increased a lot by the second loop since the second loop circuit is on for a fraction of the entire LDO operation. |
| US12164317B2 |
Low-dropout voltage regulator circuit
A voltage regulation circuit includes a voltage regulator that is configured to provide a stable output voltage based on an input voltage; and a control circuit, coupled to the voltage regulator, and configured to provide an injection current to maintain the stable output voltage in response to an enable signal provided at an input of the control circuit transitioning to a predetermined state and cease providing the injection current when the control circuit detects that a voltage level of the output voltage is higher than a pre-defined voltage level. |
| US12164313B2 |
Viscosity control system and method
A viscosity control system for measuring and controlling a viscosity of a viscous fluid includes a viscosity sensor unit, a supply of viscosity adjusting fluid, and a controller. The viscosity sensor unit includes a container having an inlet and an outlet, a flow of the viscous fluid flowing into the inlet, and a sensor configured to sense a height of a surface of the viscous fluid in the container. A diameter of the outlet and the flow of the viscous fluid are configured to generate a height of the viscous fluid in the container that is within a predetermined height range. The controller is configured to receive the sensed height, compare the sensed height to the predetermined height range, and modulate a flow of fluid from the supply of viscosity adjusting fluid in response to the sensed height being outside the predetermined height range. |
| US12164312B2 |
Detecting stalled state of dynamic pool equipment
Disclosed herein is a method of detecting stalled state of a dynamic pool equipment unit, comprising receiving a plurality of movement features relating to a dynamic pool equipment unit deployed in a water pool which are captured during a predefined sampling window and comprise (1) motion features of the pool equipment unit, and (2) operational features of electric motor(s) of the pool equipment unit, determining a movement pattern of the pool equipment unit using one or more statistical models applied to the plurality of movement features which are trained to estimate a stalled state of the pool equipment unit in which the pool equipment unit is pitched up and unable to advance on a slopped obstacle in the water pool, and causing the pool equipment unit to stop attempted advance in a current direction responsive to determining that the pool equipment unit is in the stalled state. |
| US12164310B2 |
Autonomous and user controlled vehicle summon to a target
A processor coupled to memory is configured to receive an identification of a geographical location associated with a target specified by a user remote from a vehicle. A machine learning model is utilized to generate a representation of at least a portion of an environment surrounding the vehicle using sensor data from one or more sensors of the vehicle. At least a portion of a path to a target location corresponding to the received geographical location is calculated using the generated representation of the at least portion of the environment surrounding the vehicle. At least one command is provided to automatically navigate the vehicle based on the determined path and updated sensor data from at least a portion of the one or more sensors of the vehicle. |
| US12164309B2 |
Drone control system and intelligent drone flight planning method thereof
According to the present invention, a drone control system includes: a flying drone; a cloud server configured to transmit and receive information to and from the drone by wireless communication; and a ground control system configured to establish a flight plan of the drone by connecting the drone and the cloud server by the wireless communication. |
| US12164307B2 |
Method for interlinking heterogeneous fleet systems, device and system implementing the same
A method for interlinking heterogeneous fleet systems implemented by a computing device includes: receiving a use request for a moving object from a user device belonging to a first fleet system; transmitting a use inquiry message to a second fleet system when the use request includes a use of a moving object the second fleet system; transmitting a second available moving object list corresponding to the use inquiry message to the first fleet system when the second fleet system permits the moving object to be used; and transmitting to the user device with a final moving object list including a moving object that belongs to at least one of the second available moving object list or a first available moving object list in the first fleet system according to the use request. |
| US12164306B1 |
Adaptable origin for location offsets
Techniques are described for determining to modify a coordinate system in response to the occurrence of a condition. As non-limiting examples, such conditions comprise distance traveled, speed of the vehicle (or system), an amount of computational resources available, a time since the last change, a number of objects present, the presence (or absence) of a particular object proximate the vehicle, a distance to a proximate object, based on a particular frequency, or the like. Such modifications may improve the operation and safety of a computing system used for path planning and trajectory generation by allowing lower precision numerical representations to be used in safety-critical situations while avoiding potential computational errors that would otherwise result from using such a representation. |
| US12164304B2 |
Systems and methods for projecting a three-dimensional (3D) surface to a two-dimensional (2D) surface for use in autonomous driving
Systems and methods for projecting a three-dimensional (3D) surface to a two-dimensional (2D) surface for use in autonomous driving are disclosed. In one aspect, a control system for an autonomous vehicle includes a processor and a computer-readable memory in communication with the processor and having stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause the processor to: receive a 3D map including a plurality of objects, determine a base point in the 3D map, shift the objects in the 3D map based on the base point, project the objects in the shifted 3D map to a 2D map, and output the 2D map. |
| US12164302B2 |
Configuring a neural network for equivariant or invariant behavior
A method for configuring a neural network which is designed to map measured data to one or more output variables. The method includes: transformation(s) of the measured data is/are specified which when applied to the measured data, is/are meant to induce the output variables supplied by the neural network to exhibit an invariant or equivariant behavior; at least one equation is set up which links a condition that the desired invariance or equivariance be given with the architecture of the neural network; by solving the at least one equation a feature is obtained that characterizes the desired architecture and/or a distribution of weights of the neural network in at least one location of this architecture; a neural network is configured in such a way that its architecture and/or its distribution of weights in at least one location of this architecture has/have all of the features ascertained in this way. |
| US12164300B2 |
Moving object control system, moving object, control method, and storage medium
A moving object control system includes a storage device configured to store instructions; and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors executes the instructions stored in the storage device to determine whether or not an element selected on a basis of a priority based on the type of a specific location near the sidewalk among a plurality of elements satisfies a criterion defined for each element, and determine whether or not a sidewalk is to be included in a route of a moving object on a basis of a result of determination of whether or not the element satisfies the criterion. |
| US12164292B2 |
Machine learning design for long-term reliability and stress testing
The techniques disclosed herein enable systems to measure the long-term reliability of machine learning agents prior to deployment at a control system. This is achieved through analysis of control system component specifications to determine a useful lifespan of the components such as projected failure rate, hours continuous operation, and so forth. The system can derive parameters for the machine learning agent to interact with the components such as action frequency and action range. From the component lifespan, action frequency, and action range, an accelerated test procedure is constructed to evaluate the reliability of the machine learning agent. From executing the accelerated test procedure, a reliability score can be calculated for the machine learning agent. |
| US12164290B2 |
Method and assistance system for detecting an abnormal behaviour of a device
A method for detecting an abnormal behavior of a device, includes capturing data of at least two different sensors associated to the device within a temporal sequence of time intervals, estimating a relationship between two different sensors for each combination of two different sensors and for each of the time intervals by determining a precision matrix of a multivariate probabilistic model, each matrix element representing the relationship between two sensors, determining a temporal course of the precision matrix by applying the precision matrix of neighboring time intervals with at least one penalty, and identifying an abnormal behavior of the device, if the precision matrix of adjacent time intervals differs by a value larger than an expected threshold value. |
| US12164289B2 |
Monitoring method, monitoring apparatus, and program
A monitoring apparatus according to the present invention includes: a predicting unit configured to, based on a correlation model that corresponds to processing executed in a monitored object in accordance with a preset operation plan and represents a mutual relation between one measured value and other measured value measured from the monitored object, predict the other measured value when the one measured value is changed; and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the predicted other measured value exceeds an allowable value set for the other measured value during the processing executed in the monitored object in accordance with the operation plan. |
| US12164288B2 |
Goods transport system and method
The system comprises: control servers, transport robots, and workstations, the workstations comprising working areas and waiting areas. The control servers are configured to determine a target container to be transported, a first transport robot and a second transport robot that transport the target container, and a target workstation that operates the target container in response to a system task, plan walking paths for the first transport robot and the second transport robot, and send transport instructions to the first transport robot and the second transport robot. The first transport robot is configured to transport the target container from a storage area to a waiting area of the target workstation according to a planned walking path in response to a transport instruction, place same in the waiting area of the target workstation, and wait to execute other transport instructions. |
| US12164285B2 |
Method for managing a production process
Various embodiments include a method for managing a production process for fabricating a component comprising: storing fabrication data for fabricating the component in a first file container; storing reproduction data relating to the component in the first file container, wherein said reproduction data includes a permission relating to the fabrication of the component; storing production data indicating a state of a production machine during the production process in a second file container; storing character data indicating a property of the component in a third file container; receiving a request; and providing at least one datum in response to the request, the at least one datum selected from the group of data consisting of: the stored fabrication data, the reproduction data, the production data, and/or the character data. |
| US12164283B2 |
Method and industrial controller for the synchronized calling of a function block in a control program having OPC UA
A method for calling a function block of a control program of an industrial controller is disclosed. The industrial controller has an OPC UA server and communicates with an OPC UA client, wherein the function block is requested from an OPC UA call of the OPC UA client. When the function block is requested, an OPC UA call directed thereto is sent from the OPC UA client to the OPC UA server. The OPC UA call is stored by the OPC UA server. IN Parameters transferred together with the OPC UA call are then copied to corresponding IN parameters of the function block and, the function block is called at a previously defined point within a control task of the industrial controller and the IN parameters of the function block are processed. |
| US12164277B2 |
System and method for mitigating overlay distortion patterns caused by a wafer bonding tool
A system includes a wafer shape metrology sub-system configured to perform one or more shape measurements on post-bonding pairs of wafers. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the wafer shape metrology sub-system. The controller receives a set of measured distortion patterns. The controller applies a bonder control model to the measured distortion patterns to determine a set of overlay distortion signatures. The bonder control model is made up of a set of orthogonal wafer signatures that represent the achievable adjustments. The controller determines whether the set of overlay distortion signatures associated with the measured distortion patterns are outside tolerance limits provides one or more feedback adjustments to the bonder tool. |
| US12164276B2 |
Controller with programmable hand-off-auto (HOA) switches
A building controller includes a plurality of inputs, a plurality of outputs and a plurality of manually-actuated HAND-OFF-AUTO (HOA) switches each having a HAND (H) position, an OFF (O) positon and an AUTO (A) position, wherein each of the plurality of HOA switches is associated with but not directly coupled to a corresponding output of the plurality of outputs. A controller is operatively coupled to the plurality of inputs, the plurality of outputs, and the plurality of HOA switches and is configured to recognize a position of each of the plurality of HOA switches, and to control one or more of the plurality of outputs in accordance with the recognized position of each of the plurality of HOA switches as well as a plurality of programmed configuration settings associated with the plurality of HOA switches. |
| US12164275B2 |
System and method for providing a visualization of safety events of a process control system over time
A system and method for visualizing safety events within a process plant includes accessing a cause and effect matrix (CEM) having a set of causes and a set of effects, wherein the set of causes and the set of effects are representative of a set of monitored safety events within the process plant. The system and method further includes receiving a selection of a monitored safety event of the set of monitored safety events. The system and method may also include displaying, in a user interface, (i) an indication of the monitored safety event, and (ii) a current status of the monitored safety event. The system and method may also include detecting a change in status to the monitored safety event. Further, the system and method may include displaying, in the user interface, an updated status of the monitored safety event according to the change in status. |
| US12164271B2 |
Empirical modeling with globally enforced general constraints
In certain embodiments, a method includes formulating an optimization problem to determine a plurality of model parameters of a system to be modeled. The method also includes solving the optimization problem to define an empirical model of the system. The method further includes training the empirical model using training data. The empirical model is constrained via general constraints relating to first-principles information and process knowledge of the system. |
| US12164270B2 |
Process optimization with joint-level inflow model
One or more systems, computer-implemented methods and/or computer program products to facilitate a process to monitor and/or facilitate a modification to a manufacturing process. A system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise an initialization component that identifies values of inflow data of one or more inflows of a set of inflows to a manufacturing process as control variables, and a computation optimization component that optimizes one or more intermediate flows, outflows or flow qualities of the manufacturing process using, for mode-specific regression models, decision variables that are based on a set of joint-levels of the control variables. An operation mode determination component can determine operation modes of the manufacturing process that are together defined by a set of joint-levels of the control variables. |
| US12164268B2 |
Tourbillon for a horology movement
Disclosed is a tourbillon for a horology movement including a cage rotatably mounted on the horology movement, the cage bearing a regulating organ including a balance including a balance pivot pivotally mounted in balance bearings about a balance axis with an anchor including an anchor pivot pivotally mounted in anchor bearings about an anchor axis and arranged to cooperate both with the regulating organ and also with an escapement wheel including an escapement pivot pivotally mounted in escapement bearings about an escapement axis. The anchor and the escapement wheel are positioned relative to the balance so the distance between the anchor axis and the balance axis and the distance between the escapement axis and the balance axis are greater than the outer radius of the balance. Also disclosed is a movement including such a tourbillon as well as to a timepiece including such a movement. |
| US12164267B2 |
Phase imaging apparatus, phase imaging method
A spatial modulator is provided on a plane conjugate to a sample plane on which a sample is to be placed. The spatial modulator spatially modulates illumination light irradiated to the sample 2 or object light that has passed through or that has been reflected by the sample. A dark-field optical system removes the non-scattered light component of the first object light affected by the spatial light modulator so as to generate second object light. An image sensor records a hologram based on the second object light. A calculation processing apparatus combines complex amplitude information based on the modulation pattern supplied to the spatial light modulator and complex amplitude information based on the hologram with respect to the second object light so as to acquire a phase distribution originating from the sample. |
| US12164265B2 |
Magnetic carrier, two-component developer, and developer for replenishment
A magnetic carrier including a magnetic core and a coating resin configured to coat the surface of the magnetic core. The coating resin contains a graft resin A and a graft resin B. The coating resin (i) contains 1.0 mass % or more and 50.0 mass % or less of the graft resin A, and (ii) contains 50.0 mass % or more and 99.0 mass % or less of the graft resin B. The graft resin A has a unit Y1 represented by formula (1) and a unit Y2 represented by formula (2). The graft resin B (i) is a comb-shaped polymer having, as a branch, at least one moiety selected from, for example, a styrene-based polymer moiety and a (meth)acrylate-based polymer moiety, and (ii) contains the polysiloxane structure moiety at a content of 0.1 mass % or less. |
| US12164264B2 |
Toner for electrostatic charge image development, electrostatic charge image developer, and image forming apparatus
A toner for electrostatic charge image development has toner particles containing a binder resin including 90 mass % or more of an amorphous resin. In a differential molecular weight distribution curve of tetrahydrofuran soluble matter as measured by gel permeation chromatography, the toner has a maximum peak Ma in a molecular weight range of 2,500 or more and 8,000 or less, a minimum value Mm in a molecular weight range of more than 8,000 and less than 280,000, and a maximum peak Mb in a molecular weight range of 280,000 or more and 900,000 or less. When the area of the differential molecular weight distribution curve in a range of a molecular weight of 100 or more and less than the minimum value Mm is defined as A, and the area of the differential molecular weight distribution curve in a range of the minimum value Mm or more and a molecular weight of 10,000,000 or less is defined as B, the area ratio A/B is 5.5 or more and 10 or less. |
| US12164262B2 |
Image forming apparatus including particularly arranged driving mechanism
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a detachable unit having a rotator with a driven shaft coupling and a drive unit having a drive shaft coupling to engage with the driven shaft coupling and providing a force to the rotator via the drive shaft coupling. The driven shaft coupling includes spiral first and second receiving surfaces. The drive side shaft coupling includes a spiral first transmitting surface, which contacts the first receiving surface and provides a rotational force in a first rotational direction to the driven shaft coupling, and a spiral second transmitting surface, which contacts the second receiving surface and provides a force in the second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction to the driven shaft coupling when the drive shaft coupling rotates in the second rotating direction. The second transmitting and receiving surfaces are rougher than the first transmitting and receiving surfaces. |
| US12164255B2 |
Information processing apparatus and control method for an image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus which forms an image by using toner from a toner container mounted thereto. Consumption data is acquired, related to a toner consumption amount of the image forming apparatus, and based on the consumption data there is a determination of the number of remaining days until a predicted date in which a replacement of the toner container mounted onto the image forming apparatus is predicted. The number of the remaining days is displayed; however, the number of the remaining days is not displayed until a condition is satisfied related to the number of sheets on which images are formed by the image forming apparatus, wherein the condition is satisfied in a case where the number of sheets on which images are formed by the image forming apparatus is more than a predetermined number of sheets. |
| US12164250B2 |
Fixing apparatus for minimizing abrasion of contact surface between heater and fixing belt
An example fixing unit includes a flexible fixing belt, a backup member located outside the fixing belt to form a fixing nip, and a plate heater in contact with the fixing belt to heat the fixing belt in the fixing nip, wherein the fixing belt includes a first abrasion prevention layer disposed on a surface facing the plate heater and including polyetheretherketone (PEEK), and the plate heater includes a second abrasion prevention layer in contact with the first abrasion prevention layer and including glass. |
| US12164247B2 |
Image forming apparatus
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a blade moving mechanism that can inhibit a blade from moving from a retracted position to a contact position even when an external force is exerted. The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member that bears a developer image, a transfer belt to which the developer image is transferred, the blade that comes into contact with the transfer belt to collect a developer, a rotating member that rotates to act on the blade and move the blade between the contact position, where the blade contacts the transfer belt, and the retracted position, where the blade is away from the transfer belt, and a regulating member that regulates movement of the blade, which has moved from the contact position to the retracted position, from the retracted position to the contact position. |
| US12164240B2 |
Image forming apparatus including retractable exposure portion
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor that rotates about a first axis; an exposure portion that includes a substrate that includes a plurality of light emitting portions for exposing a surface of the photoconductor, and a support portion for supporting the substrate, and that moves between an exposure position where the photoconductor is exposed and a retracted position where the photoconductor is retracted from the exposure position; and a rotational member that has a second axis along the first axis, and that moves the exposure portion between the retracted position and the exposure position by rotation about the second axis. |
| US12164238B2 |
Controlling voltage in an image forming apparatus including a brush that comes into contact with an image bearing member
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a brush, and a controller. The controller controls so that, in a case where, in a state where a recording material trailing edge in a conveyance direction is sandwiched at a transfer portion, an area of the image bearing member in the conveyance direction where the recording material is sandwiched in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction is a first area, and an area of the image bearing member in the conveyance direction where the recording material is not sandwiched is a second area, a first potential difference formed between a surface potential formed on the second area and a brush voltage, which is based on first information, when the second area reaches the brush and a second potential difference formed between the second area surface potential and the brush voltage, which is based on second information, are different. |
| US12164237B2 |
Display device having magnetic alignment marks
A display device includes: an optical member including a plurality of lenses and a first alignment mark disposed to overlap at least one lens of the plurality of lenses; and a display panel including a plurality of subpixels and a second alignment mark disposed between the plurality of subpixels and overlapping the first alignment mark, wherein each of the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark includes a magnetic substance. |
| US12164235B2 |
Semiconductor processing tool and methods of operation
Some implementations described herein include operating components in a lithography system at variable speeds to reduce, minimize, and/or prevent particle generation due to rubbing of or collision between contact parts of the components. In some implementations, a component in a path of transfer of a semiconductor substrate in the lithography system is operated at a relatively high movement speed through a first portion of an actuation operation, and is operated at a reduced movement speed (e.g., a movement speed that is less than the high movement speed) through a second portion of the actuation operation in which contact parts of the component are to interact. The reduced movement speed reduces the likelihood of particle generation and/or release from the contact parts when the contact parts interact, while the high movement speed provides a high semiconductor substrate throughput in the lithography system. |
| US12164230B2 |
Actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film, pattern forming method, method for manufacturing electronic device, and compound
The present invention provides an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing (A) a resin having a solubility in an alkali developer that increases through decomposition by an action of an acid and (B) a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation and is represented by a specific structure; an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive film using the composition; a pattern forming method; a method for manufacturing an electronic device; and a compound. |
| US12164228B2 |
Actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, resist film, pattern forming method, method for manufacturing electronic device, and resin
An object of the present invention is to provide an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition with which a pattern thus formed has excellent LER and collapse suppressing ability. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with actinic rays or radiation, and a resin whose polarity increases by the action of an acid, in which the resin includes a repeating unit represented by General Formula (B-1), and a content of the repeating unit represented by General Formula (B-1) is 5% to 70% by mass with respect to all the repeating units in the resin. In General Formula (B-1), Ri represents a hydrogen atom or an organic group, the Ring W1 represents a ring which includes at least one carbon atom and one nitrogen atom, and may have a substituent |
| US12164226B2 |
Method and apparatuses for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask
The present application relates to a method for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask, wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) enlarging a surface of the excess material; (b) displacing the enlarged excess material on the photolithographic mask using at least one first probe of a scanning probe microscope; and (c) removing the displaced enlarged excess material from the photolithographic mask. |
| US12164223B2 |
Pellicle frame and pellicle
The present invention is to provide a pellicle frame characterized by including a metal or alloy having a linear expansion coefficient of 10×10−6 (1/K) or less and further a density of 4.6 g/cm3 or less, and a pellicle characterized by including the pellicle frame as an element. |
| US12164220B2 |
Fabric drop-down diffusers
Fabric drop-down diffusers are disclosed. An example drop-down diffuser includes a hoop to be supported adjacent an end of an air duct, and a first fabric sheet to hang downward from the hoop. The first fabric sheet to define a first wall of an air chamber adjacent the hoop on a side of the hoop opposite the air duct. The first fabric sheet to completely surround the air chamber along a circumferential path corresponding to the hoop. The hoop to be transverse to the air duct and positioned so that air delivered by the air duct is to pass through the hoop and into the air chamber. The drop-down diffuser also includes a second fabric sheet to be coupled to the first fabric sheet. The second fabric sheet to define a second wall of the air chamber. |
| US12164217B2 |
Image projecting systems and methods
A projection system for projecting sewing patterns onto a surface comprises a vertical beam, a projector, and a cart. The vertical beam includes (a) a floor engaging portion at a bottom end and (b) a ceiling engaging portion at a top end, the ceiling engaging portion being vertically movable with respect to the floor engaging portion such that, when in use, the floor engaging portion and the ceiling engaging portion engage a floor and a ceiling, respectively, to anchor the projection system adjacent the surface. The projector is configured to receive data representing the sewing patterns and to project the sewing patterns. The cart is operably attached to the projector and slidably attached to the vertical beam, wherein sliding the cart vertically adjusts a height of the projector above the surface. |
| US12164216B2 |
Light guiding arrangement and electronic device comprising such arrangement
A light guiding arrangement adapted to guide light along a deflection light path, the light guiding arrangement comprising a housing, wherein the housing comprises a light entering area; a light escaping area adapted to transmit guided light to an image sensor; a first lens arrangement arranged in between the light entering area and the light escaping area; and one or more light deflection elements arranged in between the light entering area and the light escaping area. The one or more light deflection elements are adapted to form the deflection light path in between the light entering area and the light escaping area. The housing is formed by two or more operatively interconnected components configured to deform the housing. |
| US12164213B2 |
Imaging device and control method
The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a control method, and a program that make it possible to cope with various cases in which a plurality of communication standards is assumed to be mixed. A communication unit performs communication according to a first communication standard and a second communication standard. A communication compatibility processing unit performs communication compatibility processing necessary for maintaining communication compatibility in a case where an imaging system is assumed, the imaging system mixedly including a first external flash supporting only the first communication standard and a second external flash supporting both the first communication standard and the second communication standard. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an imaging system including an imaging device and an external flash. |
| US12164211B2 |
Apparatus, circuits and methods for reducing mismatch in an electro-optic modulator
Apparatus, circuits and methods for reducing mismatch in an electro-optic modulator are described herein. In some embodiments, a described optical includes: a splitter configured for splitting an input optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal; a phase shifter coupled to the splitter; and a combiner coupled to the phase shifter. The phase shifter includes: a first waveguide arm configured for controlling a first phase of the first optical signal to generate a first phase-controlled optical signal, and a second waveguide arm configured for controlling a second phase of the second optical signal to generate a second phase-controlled optical signal. Each of the first and second waveguide arms includes: a plurality of straight segments and a plurality of curved segments. The combiner is configured for combining the first and second phase-controlled optical signals to generate an output optical signal. |
| US12164209B2 |
Electrochromic devices having n-doped conductive polymer as transparent conducting layer, ion storage layer, and/or electrochromic layer
This disclosure presents electrochromic devices that incorporate an n-doped organic conductive polymer, which can function as a transparent conductor, and/or ion storage material, and/or an electrochromic material in the electrochromic devices. |
| US12164205B2 |
Display substrate, liquid crystal display panel and display device
Disclosed are a display substrate, a liquid crystal display panel (100) and a display device. The display substrate (9) includes: a base substrate (1), a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array on the base substrate, a plurality of data lines (D) extending in a first direction (X), a plurality of gate lines (G) extending in a second direction (Y), and a common electrode (2) arranged in a minimum area enclosed by the data lines and the gate lines; wherein the minimum area includes two sub-pixels, the common electrode includes a main electrode (21) with strip-shaped which is arranged at the junction of the two sub-pixels and a plurality of branch electrodes (22) with strip-shaped which are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the main electrode, and the extending directions of a part of the plurality of branch electrodes arranged on a same side of the main electrode are identical. |
| US12164203B2 |
Active matrix substrate, liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing active matrix substrate
An active matrix substrate includes a substrate, a pixel TFT that is supported by the substrate, provided corresponding to each of a plurality of pixel areas, and includes an oxide semiconductor layer, an organic insulating layer disposed above at least the oxide semiconductor layer of the pixel TFT, and an inorganic insulating layer disposed in contact with an upper surface of the organic insulating layer on the organic insulating layer. The organic insulating layer and the inorganic insulating layer are provided with a plurality of dual-layer hole structure portions, each of the dual-layer hole structure portions includes a through-hole provided in the inorganic insulating layer and a bottomed hole provided in the organic insulating layer and positioned below the through-hole, and the through-hole is positioned on an inner side of an outer edge of the bottomed hole when viewed from a normal direction of the substrate. |
| US12164202B2 |
Display panel, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
The present application discloses a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate; a gate layer; a gate insulating layer; an active layer; a source-drain layer including a source electrode and a drain electrode; a passivation layer provided with a contact hole; and a pixel electrode layer connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole; wherein a light-transmitting etch stop layer is disposed at a hole bottom of the contact hole, and the light-transmitting etch stop layer at least partially covers a hole bottom of the contact hole. |
| US12164200B2 |
Liquid crystal display panel
A transverse electric field type liquid crystal display panel includes a pair of substrates opposed with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of sub-pixels having at least one curved portion in a display area are provided in a matrix on one side of the pair of substrates, and a pair of electrodes having at least one curved portion are formed in the plurality of sub-pixels. A light shield layer shielding a non-display area positioned on an outer peripheral side of the display area and between the plurality of sub-pixels is formed on the other side of the pair of substrates. The light shield layer of the non-display area is formed in a shape in which the outermost peripheral side of the display area is rectangular. |
| US12164196B2 |
Display module and preparing method therefor, and display device
A display module, a preparing method therefor and a display device are provided. The display module includes a back plate and a mold frame, the back plate includes a base plate, the base plate includes an edge region, the mold frame is disposed on the edge region, the edge region is provided with a rough structure region, the rough structure region includes multiple rough structures, an orthographic projection of at least part of the rough structures on the base plate overlaps with an orthographic projection of the mold frame on the base plate, and a material of the mold frame fills at least part of space of the rough structures. |
| US12164195B2 |
Display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a backlight module and an array substrate. The array substrate includes an insulation structure is located in the opening region. A first groove is defined at a side of the insulation structure away from the backlight module. A first insulation layer and a second insulation layer are filled in the first groove. The second insulation layer is located on a side of the first insulation layer close to the backlight module, and a refractive index of the second insulation layer is less than a refractive index of the first insulation layer. |
| US12164191B2 |
Optical laminate, method for determining authenticity thereof, and article
An optical layered body comprising: a polarized light separation layer including a reflective linear polarizer; a first phase difference layer, and a first display layer containing a resin having cholesteric regularity, in this order; an average degree of polarization of the polarized light separation layer at a wavelength of 400 nm to 680 nm being 0.50 or more. |
| US12164188B2 |
Electronic device
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a liquid crystal panel and a camera. The liquid crystal panel includes a display area, an incident light control area, and an emitted light control area. The camera includes a light-entering surface and a light source. The liquid crystal panel is configured to selectively transmit visible light emitted from the light source in the emitted light control area and to selectively transmit visible light from outside in order to cause visible light to enter the camera from the outside in the incident light control area. |
| US12164186B2 |
Electrically dynamic window structure with ultralow power consumption comprising a liquid crystal material that can switch between first and second optical transition states
An electrically dynamic window structure may include first and second panes of transparent material and an electrically controllable optically active material positioned between the two panes. A driver can be electrically connected to electrode layers carried by the two panes. The driver may be configured to alternate between a drive phase in which a drive signal is applied to the electrode layers and an idle phase in which the drive signal is not applied to the electrode layers. The electrically controllable optically active material can maintain its transition state during the idle phase. As a result, the power consumption of the structure may be reduced as compared to if the driver continuously delivers the drive signal. |
| US12164182B2 |
Contact lens
The present disclosure provides a contact lens comprising a first colourant which is a blue-blocking colourant having an absorption maximum (λmax) in the range of from 415 nm to 455 nm and a second colourant, wherein the second colourant is a polymerizable dye having an absorption maximum (λmax) in the range of from 470 nm to 600 nm, and optionally also comprising a third colourant which is a colourant having an absorption maximum in the range of from greater than 600 nm to 800 nm. A method of making the lens is also provided. |
| US12164181B2 |
Diffractive trifocal lens
A diffractive multifocal lens is disclosed, comprising an optical element having at least one diffractive surface, the surface profile comprising a plurality of annular concentric zones. The optical thickness of the surface profile changes monotonically with radius within each zone, while a distinct step in optical thickness at the junction between adjacent zones defines a step height. The step heights for respective zones may differ from one zone to another periodically so as to tailor diffraction order efficiencies of the optical element. In one example of a trifocal lens, step heights alternate between two values, the even-numbered step heights being lower than the odd-numbered step heights. By plotting a topographical representation of the diffraction efficiencies resulting from such a surface profile, step heights may be optimized to direct a desired level of light power into the diffraction orders corresponding to near, intermediate, and distance vision, thereby optimizing the performance of the multifocal lens. |
| US12164179B2 |
Camera optical lens
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of optical lenses, and discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes seven lenses. An order of the seven lenses is sequentially from an object side to an image side, which is shown as follows: a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, a sixth lens having a positive refractive power, and a seventh lens having a negative refractive power. The camera optical lens provided by the present disclosure has excellent optical characteristics, and further has characteristics of large aperture, wide-angle, and ultra-thin, especially suitable for mobile phone camera lens assemblies and WEB camera lenses, which are composed of camera components having high pixels, such as CCD. |
| US12164177B2 |
Imaging apparatus and defocus amount calculation method
An imaging apparatus according to the present technology includes an imaging element including a light shielding pixel and a photodiode division pixel, and a defocus amount calculation unit that calculates a defocus amount using at least one of an output signal of the light shielding pixel and an output signal of the photodiode division pixel on the basis of an exposure amount. |
| US12164174B2 |
Lens driving motor
One embodiment provides a lens driving motor, comprising: a mover including a bobbin for fixing a lens, and magnets disposed on the bobbin; a stator comprising a first coil and a second coil arranged to correspond to the respective magnets, a housing including an upper surface with an open center and a support part having an outer surface on which the first coil is disposed, a base which supports the housing and has a through hole formed in the center thereof to correspond to the lens, and a substrate disposed on an upper surface of the base so as to apply power to the second coil; and a hall sensor disposed at a position facing the magnets so as to sense a phase of the mover. |
| US12164172B2 |
Optical element driving mechanism
The present disclosure provides an optical element driving mechanism, which includes a first movable part, a fixed assembly, a first driving assembly, a second movable part, a second driving assembly and a locking assembly. The first movable part is configured to connect an optical element. The first movable part is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable part to move relative to the fixed assembly, and the second driving assembly is configured to drive the second movable part to move relative to the first movable part and the fixed assembly. The locking assembly is configured to fix the first movable part at a first position relative to the fixed assembly. |
| US12164171B2 |
Camera module
A camera module includes a liquid lens; a first connection substrate disposed on one of a top or a bottom of the liquid lens; a second connection substrate disposed on a remaining one of the top or the bottom of the liquid lens; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the liquid lens; and a controller configured to output a heating voltage corresponding to the sensed temperature, wherein at least one of the first or second connection substrate includes a heater configured to generate heat in response to the heating voltage, and wherein the heater is disposed at a position corresponding to at least one of an upper surface or a lower surface of the liquid lens. |
| US12164169B2 |
Bladed chassis systems
A bladed chassis system facilitates installation of the bladed chassis system and replacement of the blades at the chassis. For example, a front panel of the blade can be opened either upwardly or downwardly at the discretion of the user. Blades can be inserted and removed from the front and/or the rear of the bladed chassis system at the discretion of the user. Cables can be routed to the rear of the chassis system from either of two sides at the discretion of the user. The blades carried by the chassis have fiber management trays that can be rotationally oriented in any desired rotational position at the discretion of the user. |
| US12164167B2 |
Modular pedestal distribution hub
A modular pedestal distribution hub includes a pedestal and a cover attaching to and covering a portion of the pedestal. The pedestal includes a first pedestal section and a second pedestal section. Each of the first pedestal section and the second pedestal section are configured to be attached to form the pedestal. The cover includes a front cover and a back panel. The front cover and the back panel are configured to be attached to form the cover. |
| US12164166B2 |
High resolution headline sonar cable
Disclosed is a non-steel headline sonar cable having a strength member [5] and a core [1], the headline sonar cable comprising a length of a core-cable [10], the length of core-cable (10] comprising core [1] as well as comprising at least one fiber-optic conductor [2] that is: [i] disposed in a helical shape; and [ii] completely encased in a solid, flexible material. Also disclosed is a process for making a headline sonar cable. The headline sonar cable is capable of being wound on a winch under tensions and surging shocks experienced by a fishing trawler and provides high quality data signal transmission and resolution so as to permit use for transmitting data from high resolution sonars used to monitor fish caught in a fish trawl during operation. |
| US12164163B2 |
Optical fiber device having annular and axial grooves
A fiber optic cable includes an outer surface, an axial groove and an additional annular groove. The outer surface includes an annular groove. The axial groove that extends in an axial direction of the fiber optic cable. The additional annular groove is configured to separates sections of the outer surface. The axial groove is configured to be gripped by a connector to prevent rotation of the fiber optic cable relative to the connector. The separate sections are configured to hinge against each other such that the fiber optic cable is bendable to a predetermined bend radius. |
| US12164162B2 |
Multicomponent photonically bridged assembly
A package comprises a first die and a bridging element. The first die includes a compute element and/or memory element, a first region, a first portion of a photonic transceiver, and a first die interconnect region. The first region intersects a center of the first die. The first portion of a photonic transceiver includes and AMS block with a driver and transimpedance amplifier, coupled with the first die interconnect region. The bridging element includes a modulator and photodetector, connected with a bridging interconnect region. An optical interface, photonically linked with the first photonic transceiver, routes packets from an external device optical interface to the compute and/or memory element. |
| US12164161B1 |
Stacked-dies optically bridged multicomponent package
An implementation provides a package that includes a first die including a bridging element, an analog/mixed-signal (AMS) die, and a general die. The first die includes: a first photonic transceiver portion, a first die first interconnect region, and an optical interface (OI). The AMS die includes a second photonic transceiver portion, an AMS die first interconnect region on a first surface of the AMS die electrically and physically coupled with the first die first interconnect region; and an AMS die second interconnect region on a second surface of the AMS die. The general die includes a third photonic transceiver portion, and a general die first interconnect region electrically and physically coupled with the second photonic transceiver portion. |
| US12164160B2 |
Mitigation of polarization impairments in optical fiber link
An optical data communication system includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. A polarization-maintaining optical data communication link extends from an optical output of the optical transmitter to an optical input of the optical receiver. The polarization-maintaining optical data communication link includes at least two sections of polarization-maintaining optical fiber optically connected through an optical connector. The at least two sections of polarization-maintaining optical fiber have different lengths. The optical connector is configured to optically align a fast polarization axis of a first polarization-maintaining optical fiber to a slow polarization axis of a second polarization-maintaining optical fiber. The optical connector is also configured to optically align a slow polarization axis of the first polarization-maintaining optical fiber to a fast polarization axis of the second polarization-maintaining optical fiber. |
| US12164157B2 |
Optical fiber-to-chip interconnection
Provided is a connector assembly for optically connecting one or more optical fibers and an array of vertical coupling elements of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). In various embodiments, the connector assembly is constructed to independently optically scale some feature sizes, such as, for example, the transverse mode size, the array size, the array geometry, and/or various incidence angles, the optical scaling being performed, e.g., from a fiber end face plane to a connector-mating plane and further to a PIC coupling plane. In some embodiments, the connector assembly may support a polarization (de)multiplexing functionality. |
| US12164156B2 |
Latch for telecommunications module
A latch configured to secure a module to a panel. The latch includes an outer latch and an inner latch configured to move independently of the outer latch. The outer latch and the inner latch are configured to provide at least two latching points between the latch and the panel. |
| US12164152B2 |
Method of fabricating semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure including a semiconductor substrate, a first patterned dielectric layer, a grating coupler and a waveguide is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes an optical reflective layer. The first patterned dielectric layer is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and covers a portion of the optical reflective layer. The grating coupler and the waveguide are disposed on the first patterned dielectric layer, wherein the grating coupler and the waveguide are located over the optical reflective layer. |
| US12164151B2 |
Device for processing light radiation, comprising a multi-plane light conversion device
A device for processing light radiation, comprises: an optical input for receiving an input beam from an optical source and for propagating in the device an input radiation, an optical output for emitting an output beam having predetermined spatial parameters, an MPLC device, which is arranged between the optical input and the optical output, and which is configured to spatially separate, in a separation plane, the input radiation into useful radiation, in a target mode, which is propagated to the optical output and into an interference radiation. The processing device also comprises at least one blocking device for blocking the interference radiation, which blocking device is arranged in the separation plane so that it does not contribute to the output beam. |
| US12164146B2 |
Photonic integrated circuit-based transmissive/reflective wavefront optical phase control
An apparatus includes a photonic integrated circuit having multiple cells. Each cell includes first and second antenna elements, where the first antenna element is configured to receive a portion of optical energy and the second antenna element is configured to transmit the portion of the optical energy. Each cell also includes a signal pathway configured to transport the portion of the optical energy between the first and second antenna elements. Each cell further includes a phase modulator configured to adjust a phase of the portion of the optical energy transported over the signal pathway. The apparatus also includes multiple wavefront sensors configured to measure wavefront errors in the portions of the optical energy. The apparatus further includes multiple phase controllers configured to adjust operation of the phase modulators in order to at least partially reduce the wavefront errors. |
| US12164143B2 |
Optical fibers for single mode and few mode VCSEL-based optical fiber transmission systems
The optical fibers disclosed have single mode and few mode optical transmission for VCSEL-based optical fiber transmission systems. The optical fibers have a cable cutoff wavelength λC of equal to or below 1260 nm thereby defining single mode operation at a wavelength in a first wavelength range greater than 1260 nm and few-mode operation at a wavelength in a second wavelength range from 970 nm and 1070 nm. The mode-field diameter is in the range from 9.3 microns to 10.9 microns at 1550 nm. The optical fibers have an overfilled bandwidth OFL BW of 1 GHz·km to 3 GHz·km at the at least one wavelength in the second wavelength range. VCSEL based optical transmission systems and methods are disclosed that utilize both single core and multicore versions of the optical fiber. |
| US12164139B2 |
Backlight module, display screen, rearview mirror, and vehicle
The application provides a backlight module, a display screen, a rearview mirror and a vehicle, and relates to the field of display technology, and the backlight module may greatly reduce a risk of separation between a reflection unit and a light-guide plate. The backlight module includes: a light-guide plate, including: a light-outlet surface and a backlight surface set opposite to each other, and a side surface, wherein the side includes a first sub-side surface and a second sub-side surface connected to each other: a light-emitting unit, arranged at the first sub-side surface of the light-guide plate; and a reflection unit, including: a main reflection unit and a side-reflection unit, wherein the side-reflection unit is arranged at the second sub-side surface of the light-guide plate, the side-reflection unit includes at least a first side-reflection subunit and a plurality of connecting parts, the first side-reflection subunit includes at least a plurality of first reflection parts, each of the first reflection parts is connected with at least one of the connecting parts, a first gap presents between the main reflection unit and a part of the first reflection part where the first reflection part is not connected with the connecting part, and a second gap presents between two adjacent first reflection parts. |
| US12164137B2 |
Light guide plate, backlight module, and display device
The present disclosure provides a light guide plate, including a light-entering surface, a light-exiting surface adjacent to the light-entering surface, and a bottom surface arranged opposite to the light-exiting surface. The light guide plate includes a central region corresponding to an active display region of a display panel and a peripheral region corresponding a non-display region of the display panel in a first direction, the peripheral region includes a first peripheral region at a side adjacent to the light-entering surface, at least the first peripheral region of the peripheral region has a thickness smaller than the central region in a second direction, the first direction is a direction in which light is propagated inside the light guide plate, and the second direction is a direction in which the light exits the light guide plate. The present disclosure further provides a backlight module and a display device. |
| US12164128B2 |
Thin film interference pigments with a coating of nanoparticles
An article including a thin film interference pigment; and a coating including a colored selectively absorbing nanoparticles is disclosed. The article can exhibit a change in hue, lightness, and/or chroma as compared to the thin film interference pigment alone. Methods of making the article are also disclosed. |
| US12164126B2 |
High bandwidth photonic integrated circuit with etalon compensation
A photonic integrated circuit device can comprise one or more layers having different refraction indices that cause optical coupling issues and losses from layer variations. A film of material can be applied to a layer of the photonic integrated circuit to avoid the issues to increase the optical bandwidth of the photonic integrated circuit device and decrease sensitivity to manufacturing and design processes. |
| US12164124B2 |
Retroreflectors
A retroreflector system including an outer body panel coupled to a vehicle, wherein the outer body panel is configured to allow a radar signal originating from an external radar device to pass through the outer body panel. The retroreflector system also includes a plurality of retroreflectors embedded in the vehicle, where the plurality of retroreflectors is configured to reflect the signal to the external signal source as a reflected signal, and where the plurality of retroreflectors is configured to have a peak reflectivity for a radar wavelength range or a light detection and ranging (lidar) wavelength range. |
| US12164122B2 |
Electromagnetic flux controlling member
An electromagnetic flux controlling member includes an incidence surface for allowing incidence of an electromagnetic wave, and an emission surface for emitting the electromagnetic wave incident on the incidence surface to an outside. At least one of the incidence surface and the emission surface includes a base curved surface and a plurality of protrusions arranged on the base curved surface. Each of the plurality of protrusions includes a conical tip portion disposed such that at least a part of an edge of a bottom surface of the conical tip portion makes contact with the base curved surface, and a partially columnar leg portion disposed between the conical tip portion and the base curved surface. A central axis of the conical tip portion and a central axis of the partially columnar leg portion are parallel to a main axis of the electromagnetic flux controlling member. |
| US12164120B2 |
Faceted microstructured surface
An optical film (210) includes a microstructured surface (211) comprising a plurality of prismatic structures (230), the microstructured surface (211) defining a reference plane (241-242) and a thickness direction (243) perpendicular to the reference plane; wherein the plurality of prismatic structures includes a plurality of facets (231), each facet having a facet normal direction forming a polar angle with respect to the thickness direction and an azimuthal angle along the reference plane, and wherein the microstructured surface has a surface azimuthal distribution of the plurality of facets that is substantially uniform, and wherein the microstructured surface has a surface polar distribution of the plurality of facets that has an off-axis peak polar distribution. |
| US12164118B2 |
Multifocal lens
There is provided a lens including a first curved surface and a second curved surface. The first curved surface and the second curved surface have different focal distances and are arranged interlacedly along a radial direction of the lens. |
| US12164113B2 |
Optical engine and AR device
The present disclosure discloses an optical engine and an AR device. The optical engine includes a self-luminous display chip and a lens assembly provided on a light outlet side of the self-luminous display chip, wherein the lens assembly includes at least three lenses. The above solution solves the technical problem of large volume of optical engine. |
| US12164107B2 |
Total reflection based compact near-eye display device with large field of view
Disclosed is a total reflection based compact near-eye display device with a large field of view. Light rays emitted by an image source (103) are transmitted by using a total reflection prism (101), and are finally subjected to image magnification by means of a near-eye refractive component (105), such that a near-eye display effect with a large field of view is achieved under the conditions of a compact volume. |
| US12164106B2 |
Device for augmented reality or virtual reality display
An optical structure is disclosed for use in an augmented reality display. The structure includes a waveguide (52) and an input diffractive optical structure (54) configured to receive light from a projector and couple the received light into the waveguide (52). An output diffractive optical structure (60) is configured to receive light from the input diffractive optical element (54) in an input direction, wherein the output diffractive optical structure comprises at least a first diffractive optical element (30) and a second diffractive optical element (32) with different respective diffraction efficiencies, wherein the first diffractive optical element has a relatively high diffraction efficiency and the second diffractive optical element has a relatively low diffraction efficiency and the first and second diffractive optical elements are overlaid on one another in or on the waveguide. The output diffractive optical structure (60) comprises a first portion (62) and a second portion (64). In the first portion (62) the first diffractive optical element is configured to couple light from the input direction towards the second portion (64) and the second diffractive optical element is configured to couple light from the input direction away from the second portion. In the second portion (64) the first diffractive optical element is configured to couple light from the input direction towards the first portion (62) and the second diffractive optical element is configured to couple light from the input direction away from the first portion (62). |
| US12164105B2 |
Reducing boot time and power consumption in displaying data content
One aspect disclosed is a method including determining a location from a positioning system receiver, determining, using a hardware processor and the location, that the location is approaching a path of direction of visual direction information, displaying the visual direction information on a display of a wearable device in response to the determining, determining, using the positioning system receiver, whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, determining, by the hardware processor, a first period of time for display of the content data based on whether the turn of the visual direction information has been made, powering on the display and displaying, using the display, content data for the first period of time, turning off the display and the hardware processor following display of the content data. |
| US12164103B2 |
Compact line scan MEMS time of flight system with actuated lens
Disclosed herein is an optical module including a substrate, with an optical detector, laser emitter, and support structure being carried by the substrate. An optical layer includes a fixed portion carried by the support structure, a movable portion affixed between opposite sides of the fixed portion by a spring structure, and a lens system carried by the movable portion. The movable portion has at least one opening defined therein across which the lens system extends, with at least one supporting portion extending across the at least one opening to support the lens system. The optical layer further includes a MEMS actuator for in-plane movement of the movable portion with respect to the fixed portion. |
| US12164101B2 |
MEMS optical device comprising a lens and an actuator for controlling the curvature of the lens, and related manufacturing process
A MEMS optical device including: a semiconductor body; a main cavity, which extends within the semiconductor body; a membrane suspended over the main cavity; a piezoelectric actuator, which is mechanically coupled to the membrane and can be electronically controlled so as to deform the membrane; a micro-lens, mechanically coupled to the membrane so as to undergo deformation following the deformation of the membrane; and a rigid optical element, which contacts the micro-lens and is arranged so that the micro-lens is interposed between the rigid optical element and the membrane. The micro-lens and the main cavity are arranged on opposite sides of the membrane. |
| US12164093B2 |
Reflective compact lens for magneto-optic Kerr effect metrology system
A Cassegrain or quasi-Cassegrain structure objective lens is used in a polar MOKE metrology system. The quasi-Cassegrain reflective objective lens includes a primary concave mirror and a secondary mirror. The primary concave mirror has a wider diameter than the secondary mirror and defines an aperture through which the laser beam is configured to be transmitted toward the secondary mirror. The secondary mirror can be convex, concave, or have a flat surface. |
| US12164087B2 |
Image capturing optical system, image capturing device and electronic device
The present disclosure provides an image capturing optical system comprising: a positive first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a negative second lens element having a concave object-side surface; a third lens element; a fourth lens element having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof being aspheric; a fifth lens element having a concave image-side surface concave, both of the object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric, at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. |
| US12164084B2 |
Optical imaging lens assembly
The disclosure provide an optical imaging lens assembly, which sequentially includes from an object side to an image side along an optical axis: a first lens having a negative refractive power; a second lens having a refractive power; a third lens having a refractive power; a fourth lens having a refractive power; a fifth lens having a refractive power; and a sixth lens having a positive refractive power; wherein ImgH is a half of a diagonal length of an effective pixel region on an imaging surface of the optical imaging lens assembly, ImgH satisfies: ImgH>5 mm; and Semi-FOV is a half of a maximum field of view of the optical imaging lens assembly, Semi-FOV satisfies: tan(Semi-FOV)>1.2, which makes the optical imaging lens assembly have features of a large image surface, a large wide angle, etc. |
| US12164073B2 |
Calibration and quality control of a nuclear-medicine (N-M) radio imaging system
Methods for calibrating a Nuclear-Medicine (N-M) imaging system including calibrating an N-M imaging system scanning unit for scanning detector uniformity map and energy resolution as well as generating an angular orientation map of a plurality of scanning units and a line source of radiation. There is further disclosed a jig for holding a line source during a calibration process of an N-M imaging system. |
| US12164072B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for micromotion compensation with displaced beam
Aspects of the present disclosure may include a method and/or a system for identifying an ion chain having a plurality of trapped ions, selecting at least two non-consecutive trapped ions in the ion chain for implementing a qubit, applying at least a first Raman beam to shuttle at least one neighbor ion of the at least two non-consecutive trapped ions from a ground state to a metastable state, and applying at least a second Raman beam to one or more of the at least two non-consecutive trapped ions, after shuttling the at least one neighbor ion to the metastable state, to transition from a first manifold to a second manifold. |
| US12164070B2 |
Silicon photomultipliers reflective pulse compression
A photon detection device including: a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) configured to generate a detected signal when the SiPM absorbs a photon; an amplifier; and a transmission line stub between the SiPM and amplifier input. The SiPM connection is configured to transmit the detected signal to the amplifier and a transmission line stub is also configured to receive the SiPM signal and generate a time-delayed reflected signal back into the amplifier input; wherein the amplifier is configured to amplify a combination of the detected signal and the time-delayed reflected signal. The end of the transmission line stub is terminated with a complex impedance that can simultaneously absorb some components of the SiPM pulse response, and reflect others. |
| US12164069B2 |
Detection substrate and ray detector
Provided are a detection substrate and a ray detector. The detection substrate includes: a base substrate; a plurality of detection pixels located on the base substrate, at least one detection pixel serves as a detection marking pixel. The detection marking pixel includes: a storage capacitor, a first electrode plate of the storage capacitor coupled to a bias voltage end; a discharge circuit configured to write a signal of the bias voltage end into a second electrode plate of the storage capacitor under the control of a first scanning signal end; and a reading circuit coupled to an external reading circuit, the reading circuit configured to write the voltage of the second electrode plate of the storage capacitor into the external reading circuit and write a reference signal of the external reading circuit into the second electrode plate of the storage capacitor under the control of a second scanning signal end. |
| US12164067B2 |
Low-temperature perovskite scintillators and devices with low-temperature perovskite scintillators
Disclosed embodiments include perovskite scintillators configured to be operated at a low temperature, detectors with perovskite scintillators configured to be operated at a low temperature, scanners with perovskite scintillators configured to be operated at a low temperature, methods of cooling a perovskite scintillator to a low temperature, and methods of configuring a perovskite scintillator to be operated at a low temperature. |
| US12164065B2 |
Radiation imaging apparatus
Provided is a radiation detector that converts an intensity of received radiation into an electrical signal and a case that houses the radiation detector. An area of the case other than a predetermined area is formed of a material having durability against a disinfectant solution that has a higher disinfection effect than ethanol. |
| US12164059B2 |
Top-down object detection from LiDAR point clouds
A deep neural network(s) (DNN) may be used to detect objects from sensor data of a three dimensional (3D) environment. For example, a multi-view perception DNN may include multiple constituent DNNs or stages chained together that sequentially process different views of the 3D environment. An example DNN may include a first stage that performs class segmentation in a first view (e.g., perspective view) and a second stage that performs class segmentation and/or regresses instance geometry in a second view (e.g., top-down). The DNN outputs may be processed to generate 2D and/or 3D bounding boxes and class labels for detected objects in the 3D environment. As such, the techniques described herein may be used to detect and classify animate objects and/or parts of an environment, and these detections and classifications may be provided to an autonomous vehicle drive stack to enable safe planning and control of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US12164055B2 |
Methods and systems for radar reflection filtering during vehicle navigation
Example embodiments relate to radar reflection filtering using a vehicle sensor system. A computing device may detect a first object in radar data from a radar unit coupled to a vehicle and, responsive to determining that information corresponding to the first object is unavailable from other vehicle sensors, use the radar data to determine a position and a velocity for the first object relative to the radar unit. The computing device may also detect a second object aligned with a vector extending between the radar unit and the first object. Based on a geometric relationship between the vehicle, the first object, and the second object, the computing device may determine that the first object is a self-reflection of the vehicle caused at least in part by the second object and control the vehicle based on this determination. |
| US12164053B2 |
Methods and apparatus to manage automotive radar coordination
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to manage automotive radar coordination are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a resource manager to retrieve radar unit requirements, the radar unit requirements including at least one of a unit ID, current time information, vehicle position, and radar resource requirements, a resource multiplexer to perform at least one of time multiplexing and frequency multiplexing according to the radar resource requirements, and a resource hopper to at least perform one of frequency hopping and time hopping in response to detecting an amount of interference from other vehicles that exceeds an interference threshold. |
| US12164052B1 |
Sound source localization audio type detection
A system configured to perform audio type detection for sound source localization (SSL) data is provided. A device processes audio data representing sounds from multiple sound sources to determine SSL data that distinguishes between each of the sound sources. To identify an audio type associated with a sound source and/or track individual sound sources over time, the device can determine a correlation between the SSL data and an audio event. Examples of audio events include a wakeword component detecting a wakeword or an acoustic event detector detecting a particular acoustic event. The device may determine a correlation between wakeword data indicating that a wakeword is represented in the audio data and SSL data for each individual sound source. The device may then identify a sound source that is most strongly correlated to the wakeword data and associate the wakeword and a corresponding voice command with the sound source. |
| US12164044B2 |
Angle of arrival of personal area network devices using a switched beam antenna
A method and apparatus for measuring the angle of arrival AOA of Classic Bluetooth Basic Rate (BR) packets, using a switched beam antenna SBA is described. Paging packets are transmitted and wide antenna beams, quadrants, are selected in turn until the paging response is received. After transmitting the synchronization packet and the temporary connection is established, narrow antenna beams are selected, in sequences and the average signal strength for each beam is recorded, for each sequence. The beam with the highest signal strength is returned as the AOA. Based upon which beam recorded the highest signal strength, the next sequence of antenna beams is selected. |
| US12164041B2 |
Systems and methods for distributed dense network processing of satellite positioning data
A system for generating satellite positioning corrections includes a global correction module that generates a set of global pre-corrections based on modeling of global positioning error, a set of local correction modules that, for each local correction module of the set, takes input from a unique reference source and generates a set of local pre-corrections based on modeling of local positioning error; and a correction generator that generates a positioning correction from the set of global pre-corrections and the sets of local pre-corrections to correct a position of the mobile receiver. |
| US12164038B2 |
Distance measuring device, vehicle-mounted system, and distance measuring method
Reduction in distance measurement accuracy is decreased. A distance measuring device according to embodiments includes an array (142) in which a plurality of light-receiving elements each configured to detect incidence of a photon are arranged, a read circuit (22) configured to read a detection signal from each of the light-receiving elements, and a plurality of computing units (15-1 to 15-4) configured to generate depth information on a distance to an object present in an angle of view in different regions in the array, based on the detection signals read from the light-receiving elements belonging to the different regions. The computing units generate the depth information using computation coefficients (16-1 to 16-4) at least partially different from each other. |
| US12164036B2 |
Object recognition via indirect signal reflection
A control system is suitable for use in a motor vehicle and is configured and intended for detecting a position and/or a speed of an object in the surroundings of the host motor vehicle according to determined objects and/or according to driving-related information concerning other motor vehicles, based on surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor situated on the host motor vehicle and provided to the control system. Based on these surroundings data, an object in the surroundings of the host motor vehicle is detected, and a virtual position and/or a virtual speed are/is associated with this object. The virtual position and/or speed associated with the object are/is adapted based on the driving-related information concerning another motor vehicle and/or based on driving-related information concerning the host motor vehicle, in order to determine an instantaneous position and/or an instantaneous speed of the object. |
| US12164029B2 |
Time measurement device and time measurement apparatus
A time measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a pixel that includes a light receiving element and a delay circuit having a variable delay time, is configured to output, as an output signal, a pulse signal that includes a received-light pulse having a pulse width corresponding to the delay time in a first operation mode, and is configured to have a ring oscillator with use of the delay circuit and configured to output, as the output signal, an oscillation signal in the ring oscillator in a second operation mode; and a time measurement section that is configured to perform time measurement processing on the basis of the output signal. |
| US12164028B2 |
Optical sensing system
An optical sensing system is provided. The optical sensing system includes a first light source, a second light source, a light sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to: control the first light source to scan a horizontal detection area; control the light sensor to capture a first frame by receiving first reflective lights from the horizontal detection area; obtain a first reflection pattern, and analyze the first reflection pattern to determine whether an object is within the first portion; if so, control the second light source to scan a first vertical detection area; control the light sensor to capture a second frame from the first vertical detection area; process the second frame to obtain a second reflection pattern, and analyze the second reflection pattern to determine whether the object is detected by a misjudgment. |
| US12164027B1 |
Multi-pathway distance measurements for optical sensors
Disclosed herein are electronic devices, detectors, systems, and methods for estimating a distance to an exterior object. Light pulses from an emitter on the electronic device or detector are received by at least one pair of light detectors positioned at different distances from the emitter. One or more ratios of strengths of signals of the light detectors are used to determine the object's distance. The ratios may be compared to a proximity curve to obtain the object's distance. If the ratio exceeds a critical distance value, a determination may be made that the exterior object has been separated from the electronic device. Wearable electronic devices, such as smart watches, may use the detectors, systems, and methods to determine if a user is wearing the electronic device. |
| US12164024B2 |
Methods and systems for estimating rain rate via vehicle imaging radar
Example embodiments relate to techniques for using vehicle image radar to estimate rain rate and other weather conditions. A computing device may receive radar data from a radar unit coupled to a vehicle. The radar data can represent the vehicle's environment. The computing device may use the radar data to determine a radar representation that indicates backscatter power and estimate, using a rain rate model, a rain rate for the environment based on the radar representation. The computing device may then control the vehicle based on the rain rate. In some examples, the computing device may provide the rain rate estimation and an indication of its current location to other vehicles to enable the vehicles to adjust routes based on the rain rate estimation. |
| US12164023B2 |
Security inspection apparatus and method of controlling the same
A security inspection apparatus and a method of controlling the same are described. An example security inspection apparatus includes a bottom plate configured to carry an inspected object and a two-dimensional multi-input multi-output array panel, including at least one two-dimensional multi-input multi-output sub-array. Each two-dimensional multi-input multi-output sub-array includes transmitting antennas and receiving antennas arranged such that equivalent phase centers are arranged in a two-dimensional array. The security inspection apparatus includes a control circuit configured to control the transmitting antennas to transmit a detection signal in a form of an electromagnetic wave to the inspected object in a preset order, and to control the receiving antennas to receive an echo signal from the inspected object. The security inspection apparatus includes a signal processing device configured to reconstruct an image of an inspected object based on an echo signal received and a display device configured to display the reconstructed image. |
| US12164015B2 |
Self-correcting electrical current measuring devices
Systems, devices, methods, and techniques for self-correcting current measuring are disclosed. Advanced material inductive measuring devices can obtain a reading of a monitored current in a monitored source. The advanced material allows the measuring device to operate at low temperatures disproportionate to saturation levels. Readings by the measuring device that are beyond a top-end limit of the measuring system or otherwise outside of a desired band can be transformed or transposed by employing a transformation to correct the reading to be within an acceptable ratio error band. |
| US12164012B2 |
Compensation interface for a magnetic resonance imaging system
A magnetic resonance (MR) system compensation interface having: a hardware subinterface configured to receive individual hardware parameters from an individual scan unit of an MR system; a model determination unit configured to determine an imperfection model on the basis of the hardware parameters; a compensation model determination unit configured to determine a compensation model on the basis of the imperfection model; an application subinterface configured to receive application data assigned to an application; and a compensation unit configured to determine compensated application data on the basis of the received application data and the determined compensation model. |
| US12164011B2 |
System and method for free-breathing quantitative multiparametric mri
A method for proton resonance frequency shift (PRF) and T1-based temperature mapping using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes acquiring, using the MRI system, a set of magnetic resonance (MR) data from a region of interest of a subject by performing a variable-flip-angle multi-echo gradient-echo 3D stack-of-radial pulse sequence. The pulse sequence is configured to acquire radial k-space data in a plurality of segments, each segment acquired with each of a plurality of flip angles. The method further includes generating at least one T1 map based on the set of MR data, generating at least one PRF temperature map based on the set of MR data, generating at least one T1-based temperature map based on the set of MR data and displaying the PRF temperature map and the T1-based temperature map. In another embodiment, the MR data may be used to generate a plurality of quantitative parameter maps for each of the plurality of MR parameters such as T1, proton-density fat fraction (PDFF), and R2*. |
| US12164010B2 |
Implantable or insertable nuclear magnetic resonant imaging system
Nuclear Magnetic Resonant Imaging (also called Magnetic Resonant Imaging or “MRI”) devices which are implantable, internal or insertable are provided. The disclosure describes ways to miniaturize, simplify, calibrate, cool, and increase the utility of MRI systems for structural investigative purposes, and for biological investigation and potential treatment. It teaches use of target objects of fixed size, shape and position for calibration and comparison to obtain accurate images. It further teaches cooling of objects under test by electrically conductive leads or electrically isolated leads; varying the magnetic field of the probe to move chemicals or ferrous metallic objects within the subject. The invention also teaches comparison of objects using review of the frequency components of a received signal rather than by a pictorial representation. |
| US12164007B2 |
Method and apparatus for field mapping a cell under load
A method of field mapping a cell under load is provided. The method comprises the steps of: providing a cell; providing a Hall effect sensor comprising a graphene conductor for measuring a magnetic field; positioning the Hall effect sensor at a first position adjacent a face of the cell; applying a load to the cell; and measuring an output of the Hall effect sensor. |
| US12164004B2 |
Diagnostic process for detecting errors in motor cabling for a three phase motor driven by a soft starter device
A diagnostic process for a cabling of a three phase motor in a “delta-inside” configuration with a soft starter to a three phases power supply including, after cabling a soft starter with the thyristor outputs of the soft starter to the motor windings inputs, cabling the motor windings outputs to the main phases and powering the power supply or prior to startup of the motor, at least a test process including: measuring with voltage sensors, connected to the Mains inputs, voltage sensors connected to the motor outputs of the thyristors of the soft starter and observer functions within the soft starter the frequency, voltage and phase angle of the Mains and motor lines in order to compare such voltages and phases without triggering the thyristors; calculating the differential angle Δθ between the motor electric rotation angle θM and the Mains rotation angle θA; comparing the calculated differential angle Δθ with known differential angles corresponding to a correct cabling differential angle and faulty cablings differential angles in test process steps to determine the status of the cabling, and wherein a result of the test process steps is displayed to show the status of the cabling. |
| US12164000B2 |
On-chip checker for on-chip safety area
Disclosed herein is a single integrated circuit chip including main logic that operates a vehicle component such as a valve driver. Isolated from the main logic within the chip is a safety area that operates to verify proper operation of the main logic. A checker circuit within the chip outside of the safety area serves to verify proper operation of the checker circuit. The checker circuit receives signals from the safety circuit and uses combinatorial logic circuit to verify from those signals that the check circuit is operating properly. |
| US12163996B2 |
Electronic circuit board testing system
A system for testing an electronic circuit board test coupon, including a test chamber. The test chamber can have at least one port through which a port extension member holding a test coupon can be inserted, minimizing air flow between the interior space of the test chamber and the surrounding area to adequately maintain elevated heat and humidity conditions within the test chamber. |
| US12163992B2 |
Charge detection sensor and potential measurement system
To achieve decreased noise and improved sensitivity by reducing parasitic capacitance in a charge detection sensor. The charge detection sensor includes a detection element, a detection electrode, and a contact. The detection element is provided on one surface of a semiconductor substrate and detects a charge. The detection electrode is provided on another surface different from the one surface of the semiconductor substrate. The contact penetrates the semiconductor substrate and electrically connects the detection electrode and the detection element. Since no wiring layer is formed between the detection element and the detection electrode, the parasitic capacitance is reduced. |
| US12163990B2 |
Permeability measuring probe and permeability measuring device
A probe configured to measure the magnetic permeability of a magnetic body includes a first signal conductor and a second signal conductor that form a pair of signal conductors, the first and second signal conductors being a signal transmission path, and tip ends of the first and second signal conductors being disposed away from a surface of the magnetic body by a predetermined gap length and at a predetermined interval from each other; a linear conductor that electrically connects the tip ends of the first and second signal conductors and that extends between the tip ends; and a first ground conductor and a second ground conductor that form a pair of ground conductors disposed in the vicinity of the pair of signal conductors, tip ends of the first and second ground conductor being in contact with the surface of the magnetic body. |
| US12163989B2 |
High-frequency component test device and method thereof
A high-frequency component test device including a test key and a test module is provided. The test key includes a front-level key and a back-level key which are arranged symmetrically and have the same electrical length and characteristic impedance. The test module is used to measure an S parameter of the front-level key and the back-level key connected directly and an S parameter of a structure where a device under test (DUT) is added between the front-level key and the back-level key. The test module performs S parameter calculation in the frequency domain and converts the S parameter into an ABCD parameter matrix, and then obtains an ABCD parameter of a de-embedded DUT using a matrix root-opening operation and an inverse matrix operation. |
| US12163987B2 |
Measurement individual difference correction system in ground voltage measurement
A measurement individual difference correction system for measuring voltage to ground includes a cable comprising a conductor, a floor panel provided on a floor and comprising a conductor, an oscillation circuit connected between the cable and the floor panel, and configured to output a signal, a voltage-to-ground measurement device comprising an upper electrode and a lower electrode positioned apart from each other, and configured to measure voltage between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and a computation device in communication with the voltage-to-ground measurement device, in which the computation device calculates combined impedance of electrostatic capacity between the user and the cable, impedance of the user, and electrostatic capacity between the user and the upper electrode, by using voltage of the signal output from the oscillation circuit and the voltage between the upper electrode and the lower electrode measured by the voltage-to-ground measurement device. |
| US12163986B2 |
Compensating for current splitting errors in a measurement system
A system may include amplifier circuitry configured to drive an electromagnetic load with a driving signal and a processing system communicatively coupled to the electromagnetic load and configured to compensate for current-sensing error of the processing system caused by feedback circuitry of the amplifier circuitry. |
| US12163985B2 |
Load-side voltage sensing in a power meter
A load-side voltage detection module for a metrology device includes a plurality of first resistors electrically coupled to a first load-side terminal, the first resistors being in series, a plurality of second resistors electrically coupled to a second load-side terminal, the second resistors being in series, a voltage divider electrically coupled between a first line-side terminal and a second line-side terminal, the voltage divider creating a reference voltage for the load-side voltage detection module, and a pulse generator to generate a pulse based on detection of voltage, the pulse indicating a voltage on at least one of the first load-side terminal or the second load-side terminal, above at least one threshold. |
| US12163984B2 |
Compensating current monitor for electronic systems having mode-sensitive selection of current-sensing inputs
Accurate operation of a current monitor is provided by injecting a bias voltage to a maintain de-selected sense amplifier input in an active state. An electronic system includes an output stage to supply a load current and includes two push-pull output drivers having sense resistors supplying a first and a second sense voltage. An included mode control circuit selects between a first and a second operating mode and selects a polarity of the current. An included current monitor receives the sense voltages and has a control input coupled to the mode selection control circuit. The current monitor provides an output that is dependent on both sense voltages in the first operating mode and is indicative of one of the sense voltages selected according to the selected polarity in the second operating mode. The bias voltage is injected into an unselected sense inputs to maintain active operation of the sense amplifier. |
| US12163971B2 |
Automatic analysis apparatus
A driving mechanism for moving a vessel having a disposal box placed thereon in a front-rear direction the same as an opening/closing direction of a drawer is provided lower than a bottom surface of the vessel. A first rail extended in a movement direction of an operating unit, a second rail extended in a movement direction of the vessel provided in the drawer, and toothed pulleys for rotating a toothed belt within a horizontal plane are arranged. The first rail, the second rail, and the toothed belt are placed side by side without overlapping with each other in a vertical direction. As a result, the operation of taking out the disposal box in which used sample dispensing tips or reaction vessels are accumulated is simple. |
| US12163964B2 |
Amyloid beta detection by mass spectrometry
Provided are methods for the detection or quantitation of amyloid beta. In a particular aspect, provided herein are methods for detecting amyloid beta or fragments thereof by mass spectrometry. In another aspect, provided herein are methods for determining the ratio of amyloid beta 42 (Aβ42) to amyloid beta 40 (Aβ40). In another aspect, provided herein are methods for diagnosis or prognosis of Alzheimer's disease or dementia. |
| US12163958B2 |
Methods for aiding in the diagnosis and determination of the extent of traumatic brain injury in a human subject using the early biomarker ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1
Disclosed herein are methods that aid in the diagnosis and evaluation of a human subject that has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head, such as mild or moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), using an early biomarker, ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1). Also disclosed here are methods that aid in determining whether a human subject that has sustained an injury or may have sustained to the head would benefit from and thus receive a head computerized tomography (CT) scan based on the levels of UCH-L1. These methods involve detecting levels and changes in levels of UCH-L1 in one or more samples taken from a human subject at time points within 24 hours after the subject has sustained or may have sustained an injury to the head. |
| US12163957B2 |
Methods for detecting his-tagged proteins using NTA probes and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
Methods for detecting His-tagged proteins using metal ion-chelating nitrilotriacetate (NTA) probes and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes using a metal ion-loaded NTA probe coupled to a UV-excitable fluorophore with visible emission and the presence of His-tagged proteins in the sample is determined by exposing the gel following PAGE, to a UV-light source with naked human eye or bench camera visualization. The metal ion-loaded NTA-containing chelator head can be coupled to a fluorophore that is not UV-excitable (i.e., with the majority of emission and excitation in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The method includes separating proteins in a sample using PAGE, contacting the gel following electrophoresis with a composition containing a metal ion-loaded NTA probe coupled to the fluorophore, to allow binding of the probe to the His-tagged proteins, and detecting the presence of the probe and therefore of the His-tagged proteins. |
| US12163954B2 |
Assay methods
The present invention is directed to methods for improving assay specificity and performance in binding assays. |
| US12163950B2 |
Synthetic odorant receptors
The present invention relates to novel synthetic odorant receptors capable of cell surface localization upon cellular expression. Specifically, the present invention provides synthetic odorant receptors having a consensus amino acid sequence deduced from a plurality of odorant receptors within an odorant receptor family, wherein the consensus amino acid sequence represents the mostly frequently present amino acid residues for each amino acid position deduced from a plurality of odorant receptors within an odorant receptor family. Additionally, the present invention provides methods of use, methods of synthesis, and cell lines expressing one or more of such novel synthetic odorant receptors. |
| US12163948B2 |
Apparatuses and methods involving protein exploration through proteolysis and nanopore translocation
Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to methods and apparatuses used for evaluating a protein in a sample using proteolysis and translocation. An example method includes isolating a single protein from a sample in a chamber having at least a first well and a second well separated from the first well by a membrane with a nanopore, the nanopore providing fluidic communication between the first and second wells. The single protein is cleaved into a plurality of peptide fragments via exposure to a protease in the first well, and translocated through the nanopore by applying an electric potential to the nanopore in the chamber after cleavage of the single protein by the protease. The method further includes detecting events indicative of the translocations of the plurality of peptide fragments through the nanopore and to the second well. |
| US12163943B2 |
Plant biosensor
A plant biosensor includes a solar radiation sensor that measures a solar radiation amount with which the plant is irradiated, a sap flow sensor that measures a flow rate of sap flowing in a body of the plant, and an absorbed nutrient sensor that measures a nutritional state of the plant. |
| US12163942B2 |
Crop growth information monitoring method and device and method for manufacturing a crop growth information monitoring device
Provided are a crop growth information monitoring method and device and a method for manufacturing a crop growth information monitoring device. The crop growth information monitoring device includes an air exchange channel support, a crop information sensing sensitive layer, an electrode, and a substrate. The air exchange channel support is disposed on the substrate, and in a case where the air exchange channel support is in contact with a monitoring point on a surface of a crop, a gas exchange channel is formed between the crop information sensing sensitive layer and the surface of the crop. The crop information sensing sensitive layer is configured to sense information about molecules emitted through crop transpiration so as to generate a molecule concentration capture signal. The electrode is plated on an upper surface of the substrate, and the crop information sensing sensitive layer is coated on the electrode. |
| US12163940B2 |
CBRNE sensors and system for monitoring and deploying same
A sensor system is disclosed that includes a plurality of sensors, a deployment system for deploying the sensors, a control and charging system for receiving sensor data and optionally charging the batteries within the sensors, and one or more algorithms employed by the sensor system for processing, analyzing, and otherwise using data received by the plurality of sensors. |
| US12163934B2 |
Parallel insulated chromatography columns
The exemplary embodiments may provide a collective insulating sleeve for a plurality of chromatography columns or may provide separate insulating sleeve for each of the chromatography columns in a plurality. As a result, column ovens are not needed, and pre-heaters may not be required for each chromatography column in some exemplary embodiments. Thus, parallel column arrangements in the exemplary embodiments may be more compact than conventional arrangements. |
| US12163933B2 |
Compact liquid chromatography system providing thermal management and detection
Liquid chromatography systems described herein are smaller in size and with a reduced extra-column volume due to direct connection of a liquid chromatography column and/or detector to an injector valve and due to eliminating the need for a column oven by relying on heating of the liquid chromatography column and detector by a preheater. The size of the liquid chromatography systems are enough that the liquid chromatography systems may be deployed adjacent to automated sample preparation robotics, adjacent to a process stream, or adjacent to the inlet of a mass spectrometer. In addition, the extra-column volume of the liquid chromatography systems may be reduced by eliminating many of the connection tubes and by situating components of the liquid chromatography system in closer proximity. |
| US12163930B2 |
Wearable sensor-based surface analysis
Disclosed aspects pertain to surface analysis based on wearable sensor data. Sensor data can be acquired from pressure-sensitive wearable sensors, such as shoe insole sensors, based on interaction with a surface. A location can also be determined for the sensor data with respect to a surface utilizing a positioning system. The sensor data can be utilized to determine surface properties at a particular location. Further, a graphical representation of the surface properties and location can be generated and conveyed for display on a display. Furthermore, movement instructions can be provided to aid in analysis of an entire surface, and recommendations can be made regarding surface maintenance based on collected sensor data. |
| US12163929B2 |
Apparatus and method for characterizing soft materials using acoustic emissions
A noncontact vibration measurement enables detection of acoustic emissions from fracture events in soft materials experimentally determined to be highly correlated to fracture energies, the latter revealing the toughness of the material. |
| US12163928B1 |
Detection device and detection method for node detection
A detection device includes a frame body and a main pipe positioning assembly, a branch pipe positioning assembly, and a first driving assembly disposed on the frame body. One side of the frame body is provided with an opening. The branch pipe positioning assembly is disposed inside the opening. The first driving assembly adjusts the branch pipe positioning assembly, so that the branch pipe positioning assembly is adapted to positions of the two branch pipes. During detection, the branch pipes are located in the opening, the main pipe positioning assembly connects two ends of the main pipe, and the branch pipe positioning assembly connects the two branch pipes. Two limiting members are slidably disposed on the frame body to open and close the opening, and the limiting members abut against an outer wall of the main pipe, such that the main pipe is located inside or outside the opening. |
| US12163925B2 |
Determining mechanical properties via ultrasound-induced resonance
A device for estimating a mechanical property of a sample is disclosed herein. The device may include a chamber configured to hold the sample; a transmitter configured to transmit a plurality of waveforms, including at least one forcing waveform; and a transducer assembly operatively connected to the transmitter and configured to transform the transmit waveforms into ultrasound waveforms. The transducer assembly can also transmit and receive ultrasound waveforms into and out of the chamber, as well as transform at least two received ultrasound waveforms into received electrical waveforms. The device also includes a data processor that can receive the received electrical waveforms; estimate a difference in the received electrical waveforms that results at least partially from movement of the sample; and estimate a mechanical property of the sample by comparing at least one feature of the estimated difference to at least one predicted feature, wherein the at least one predicted feature is based on a model of an effect of the chamber wall. Finally, the device can also include a controller configured to control the timing of the ultrasound transmitter and data processor. |
| US12163924B2 |
Ultrasonic testing probe, couplant delivery system, and ultrasonic testing apparatus
An ultrasonic testing apparatus structured to perform an ultrasonic inspection on a workpiece. The ultrasonic testing apparatus comprises an ultrasonic testing probe structured to generate an ultrasonic output directed toward the workpiece and to receive an ultrasonic input from the workpiece that is responsive to the output; a couplant delivery system comprising a couplant supply, the couplant delivery system further comprising an actuator which, when operated, is structured to apply from the couplant supply an amount of a couplant to at least one of the workpiece and the ultrasonic testing probe; and a control apparatus electrically connected with the ultrasonic testing probe and with the couplant delivery system, the control apparatus being structured to receive the ultrasonic input and being further structured to operate the actuator. A couplant delivery system that is operable with an ultrasonic testing apparatus that is structured to perform an ultrasonic inspection on a workpiece. |
| US12163922B2 |
Metallic flaw detection system and method
Apparatus and methods for detecting flaws in objects comprised of ferromagnetic materials are disclosed. A wireless energizing unit is disclosed that includes an array of permanent magnets is used to induce a magnetic field into the objects and transducers are configured to detect a magnetic flux property in the presence of a flaw in the object. Embodiments that are configured to be clamped over the object are also disclosed. In addition, methods for retrofitting EMI detection systems with a wireless energizing unit are disclosed. |
| US12163914B2 |
Detection device and detection method
A detection device and a detection method are provided. The detection device includes at least one detection unit. The detection unit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor that are electrically connected to each other, a gate is disposed above a channel of each of the first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor, and an ion-sensitive membrane is covered above a channel of the fourth transistor. The detection device also includes a first voltage signal terminal, a second voltage signal terminal, and a third voltage signal terminal. Further, the detection device includes a first power supply terminal, a first potential output terminal, a second potential output terminal, and a second power supply terminal. |
| US12163912B2 |
Gas sensor device containing lithium garnet
An SOx sensor includes a lithium garnet electrolyte, a sensing electrode, a reference electrode, and a heating element. The sensing electrode includes Li2SO4 and at least one metal oxide or second metal sulfate. One surface of the sensing electrode is disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the lithium garnet electrolyte. A current collector is disposed on at least a portion another surface of the sensing electrode to electrically couple the sensing electrode to the reference electrode via a potentiometer. The reference electrode is disposed on the lithium garnet electrolyte. The heating element is capable of heating the sensing electrode and the lithium garnet electrolyte to a temperature sufficient to achieve a sensor response time of less than about 30 minutes. |
| US12163911B2 |
Capacitive sensor housing for chamber condition monitoring
Embodiments disclosed herein include a sensor assembly. In an embodiment, the sensor assembly comprises a sensor module and a housing assembly. In an embodiment, the sensor module comprises a substrate, a capacitor with a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate, and a capacitive-to-digital converter (CDC) electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. In an embodiment, the housing assembly is attached to the sensor module and comprises a shaft, wherein the shaft is hollow, and a cap over a first end of the shaft, wherein the cap has an opening to expose the capacitor. |
| US12163910B2 |
Gas detection device
A gas detection device includes a flow path in which a gas flows in a predetermined direction, at least one first-type gas sensor that includes a heater for heating the gas, and at least one second-type gas sensor that does not include a heater for heating the gas. The first-type gas sensor is positioned upstream of the second-type gas sensor in the flow path. |
| US12163909B2 |
Sensor assembly
The present disclosure refers to a sensor assembly for an IVD analyzer, the sensor comprising two opposite substrates with at least one fluidic conduit for receiving a sample. The electrodes of different types of electrochemical sensors are arranged on the two opposite substrates facing the at least one fluidic conduit for coming in contact with the sample and determining sample parameters, wherein the counter electrodes and the reference electrodes are formed on one substrate and the working electrodes are formed on the opposite substrate. This achieves optimal sensor-working conditions in terms of a homogeneous and symmetrical electric field density and enables a sensor assembly with simpler geometry and smaller size. |
| US12163903B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for x-ray backscatter inspection of parts
Disclosed herein is an x-ray backscatter apparatus for non-destructive inspection of a part. The x-ray backscatter apparatus comprises an x-ray source and an x-ray collimator. The x-ray collimator comprises a plurality of emission apertures and a detection aperture. The x-ray backscatter apparatus further comprises an x-ray intensity sensor that is fixed to the x-ray collimator over the detection aperture such that any portion of an uncollimated x-ray emission collimated into the detection aperture is detected by the x-ray intensity sensor. The x-ray backscatter apparatus additionally comprises an emission alignment adjuster that is operable to adjust a position of the uncollimated x-ray emission relative to the plurality of emission apertures and the detection aperture in response to a position, relative to the detection aperture, of a peak intensity of the uncollimated x-ray emission passing into the detection aperture, detected by the x-ray intensity sensor. |
| US12163898B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting abnormal growth of graphene
A method of detecting an abnormal growth of graphene includes: preparing an inspection target having a graphene film formed on a substrate by CVD; receiving light from the graphene film by using a dark field optical system; and inspecting the received light, thereby detecting the abnormal growth of the graphene. |
| US12163896B2 |
Device and method for transformer in-situ inspection
An inspection device for use in a fluid container having at least an opening includes a housing sized to fit through the opening. The housing has at least two fluid flow channels extending therethrough, each having an inlet and an outlet, and a pump maintained in the housing within each fluid flow channel. The pumps are selectively controlled to maneuver the housing within the fluid container. The inspection device continues with a method of in-situ inspection of a container having at least one opening to receive a fluid, that includes up-loading a virtual model of the container into a computer, inserting the device into the container, generating a position signal by the device and receiving the position signal on a computer. A virtual image of the device in the virtual model of the container is generated to determine an actual position of the device within the container. |
| US12163895B1 |
Method for making SERS substrate
A method of increasing a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal of a compound is provided. The method includes dissolving the compound in water to form a solution, adding a substrate at least partially coated with gold nanoparticles to the solution to form a mixture, removing the substrate from the mixture and washing with water to form a SERS sample having at least a portion of molecules of the compound adsorbed to the gold nanoparticles on the substrate, and recording a SERS spectrum of the SERS sample. The gold nanoparticles are in a two-dimensional (2D) monolayer assembly on the substrate and are 10-250 nm in size. The SERS signal of the SERS spectrum is higher than a SERS signal of a SERS spectrum of the compound on the substrate without the gold nanoparticles. |
| US12163891B2 |
Digital mirror device based code-division multiplexed Raman optical mapping system for wide field imaging
A system and method for mapping a tissue sample is provided. The system includes a light source, a scanner, a digital mirror device (DMD), a light detector, and an analyzer. The DMD has an array of micromirrors. The analyzer controls the light source, controls the scanner, controls the DMD to have on-state micromirrors aligned with a light beam, and other micromirrors in an off-state. The on-state micromirrors direct the light beam to a tissue sample. The analyzer assigns one or more location codes to the on-state micromirrors, controls the light detector to receive Raman light emitted from the tissue sample, correlates the location codes of the on-state micromirrors with light detector signals representative of the Raman emitted light, and produces a spatial map of the Raman emitted light. |
| US12163890B2 |
Sensor plant and method for identifying stressors in crops based on characteristics of sensor plants
One variation of a method for identifying stressors in crops based on fluorescence of sensor plants includes: accessing a set of spectral images of a sensor plant sown in a crop, the sensor plant of a sensor plant type including a set of promoters and a set of reporters configured to signal a set of stressors present at the sensor plant, the set of promoters and set of reporters forming a set of promoter-reporter pairs; accessing a reporter model linking characteristics extracted from the set of spectral images of the sensor plant to the set of stressors based on signals generated by the set of promoter-reporter pairs in the sensor plant type; and identifying a first stressor, in the set of stressors, present at the sensor plant based on the reporter model and characteristics extracted from the set of spectral images. |
| US12163887B2 |
Methods and systems for spatially identifying abnormal cells
The present invention provides compositions and methods for imaging tumor resections. |
| US12163885B2 |
Analysis device, analysis method, trace liquid collection device, and trace liquid collection method
An analysis device including a flow channel member, a suction mechanism, and a measurement unit. The flow channel member includes a flow channel; The suction mechanism is connected to a first end of the flow channel member and is configured to introduce a liquid sample from a second end of the flow channel member to the flow channel and hold the liquid sample between fluid layers in a part of the flow channel. The measurement unit includes a light irradiation unit a light reception unit configured to receive light from the part of the flow channel and the contents of the part of the flow channel when irradiated by the light irradiation unit. The measurement unit includes an aperture member to limit light from the light irradiation unit and includes an opening having an opening width shorter than the length of the part of the flow channel. |
| US12163884B2 |
Infrared imaging system and related method
There are provided infrared imaging systems and methods for imaging a sample with fluorescent markers. The system includes a light source configured to illuminate a sample-contacting surface. The light source includes first and second illumination modules, each configured to project a corresponding first and second infrared illumination beam towards a sample holder, the infrared illumination beams interacting at an imaging plane to define an illumination area having a rectangular and homogeneous power profile. The system also includes a control unit operatively connected to a motor assembly and to an optomechanical mechanism. The control unit is configured to superimpose the sample plane and the imaging plane at any of the multiple locations within the enclosure. The system includes a detector configured to receive light emitted by the fluorescent markers of the sample upon illumination of the same in the imaging plane when the sample plane is superimposed with the imaging plane. |
| US12163874B2 |
Variable soil sampling device
Disclosed herein is a variable soil sampling device which may be customized with respect to sampling rate and sorbent material used. Multiple variable sampling devices may be attached to each other to simultaneously sample different components or contaminants in the same time period. |
| US12163870B2 |
Method for liquid environment monitoring and liquid environment monitoring system
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for in-situ accumulation of one or more substances from a liquid environment. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method is disclosed including placing a cartridge with a sorbent in the liquid environment, driving a liquid volume through the sorbent, and repeating the act of driving as a function of time. |
| US12163863B2 |
Detection system for suspension system of maglev train
A detection system for a suspension system of a maglev train, comprising a detection component and a controller. The detection component comprises: a driving unit, a first test coil unit and a second test coil unit. A first test coil group of the first test coil unit corresponds to a gap coil of a to-be-detected suspension sensor, and a second test coil group of the second test coil unit corresponds to a speed coil of the to-be-detected suspension sensor. The controller is communicatively connected with the driving unit and a suspension controller, the driving unit is configured to send a driving signal to at least one of the first test coil unit and the second test coil unit in response to a control command from the controller, and the controller is configured to acquire parameter information fed back by the suspension controller. |
| US12163857B2 |
Method for acquiring data for detecting damage to a bearing
Method for acquiring data for detecting damage to a bearing, comprising the following steps: obtaining a vibration signal from the bearing over a period of time, determining spectrograms of said vibration signal at various instants of the period of time, detecting the peaks on each spectrogram, from among the detected peaks, retaining the peaks which, in spectrograms corresponding to successive instants and transformed through synchronous resampling at a rotational speed of the bearing, would be present at the same frequency, with a predetermined tolerance, identifying spectral lines corresponding to the retained peaks, and storing information representative of said spectral lines in a record able to be used by a unit for detecting damage to the bearing. |
| US12163856B1 |
Multifunctional rotary blowout preventer test device and method thereof
A multifunctional rotary blowout preventer test device and a method thereof are provided. The device includes a test box body and a rotary blowout preventer body, a base is fixedly connected inside the test box body with screws, and two first receiving blocks are fixedly connected to a top of the base with screws. Through the arrangement of the structures such as a motor and an output shaft, the motor is started, the output shaft is driven to rotate, a rotating rod is driven to rotate, a forward-rotating screw rod and a reverse-rotating screw rod are driven to rotate, a right-moving sliding block and a left-moving sliding block are driven to move. |
| US12163854B2 |
Capacitive pressure sensor device including lower and upper electrodes
A capacitive sensor device is fabricated on a dielectric substrate. The capacitive sensor device may include multiple diaphragms that differ in shape and/or size. Each of the diaphragms is paired to upper and lower electrodes in included upper and lower electrode layers, respectively. The lower layer is on the dielectric substrate and couples the lower electrodes to a lower electrode terminal in parallel. The upper electrode layer is separated from the lower electrode layer by a gap defined by a removed sacrificial layer and couples the upper electrodes in parallel to an upper electrode terminal. |
| US12163849B2 |
Board analysis supporting method and board analysis supporting system
A board analysis supporting method comprising the following to be executed by an information processing device: board analyzing processing of setting a surface on which a component is mounted on a predetermined board, and calculating strain generated in the board from which the component has been removed, based on three-dimensional structure data indicating the board from which the component has been removed, and data indicating a predetermined force; and strain calculating processing of calculating the calculated strain on the set surface as strain of the component mounted on the set surface. |
| US12163848B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying probe abnormity, storage medium, and electronic device
A method for identifying the probe abnormality includes: obtaining current temperature data of a plurality of probes, and calculating a temperature difference value between every two pieces of current temperature data; comparing the temperature difference value with a preset temperature difference, and when the temperature difference value exceeds the preset temperature difference, determining that at least one of the plurality of probes is abnormal; and heating the device to a preset temperature, and determining an abnormal probe from the plurality of probes. |
| US12163844B2 |
Bolometer readout integrated circuit (ROIC) with energy detection
A LADOR circuit is in signal communication with a pixel array. The LADOR circuit is configured to generate an integrator reset voltage based on a resistance of the at least one heated bolometer pixel, and to detect laser energy incident on the at least one heated bolometer pixel based on a comparison between the integrator reset voltage and an input threshold voltage (Vthreshold). |
| US12163841B1 |
Systems and methods of acquiring polarization information
Some embodiments provide imaging polarimeter systems comprising: a polarization modulator system configured to modulate a polarization state of an incident beam at a repetition frequency, and outputting a polarized modulated beam; a polarizer positioned to produce an intensity modulated beam; and a detector system comprising: an optical sensor array; a digital read-out integrated circuit (DROIC); and a polarization state system; wherein the optical sensor array is optically aligned with at least a portion of the beam path such that the intensity modulated beam impinges on the sensor array; wherein the DROIC, for each pixel of the optical sensor array, is configured to separate, over time and within an integration frame rate, sets of photo-generated counts; and wherein the polarization state system is configured to identify a series of polarization states for each pixel based on the sets of photo-generated counts and according to the integration frame rate. |
| US12163833B2 |
Large spot size spectrometer
Aspects relate to an optical device providing a large spot size spectrometer. The optical device includes an optical head, an optical window, and a spectrometer. The optical head includes a plastic molded part having an aperture and a plurality of reflectors around the aperture formed therein. Each reflector may include a respective lamp assembled therein. The optical window is configured to receive a sample, to pass input light from the lamps to the sample and to pass scattered light from the sample towards the aperture. The aperture is configured to filter a first portion of scattered light containing unusable sample information and to pass a second portion of the scattered light to the spectrometer. |
| US12163829B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus
A photoelectric conversion apparatus in which a plurality of pixels are arranged is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels includes an avalanche photodiode arranged between a first potential supply line and a second potential supply line, a first switch element arranged between the first potential supply line and the avalanche photodiode, a second switch element arranged between the first switch element and the avalanche photodiode, a capacitive element including a first terminal and a second terminal connected to a first node that connects the first switch element and the second switch element, and a detection circuit configured to detect occurrence of avalanche breakdown of the avalanche photodiode in accordance with a change of a potential of a second node that connects the second switch element and the avalanche photodiode. |
| US12163820B2 |
Fill-level measuring device for a laboratory cabinet device
The invention relates to a fill-level measuring device for a laboratory cabinet device, for measuring a fill-level in a liquid container in the interior of the laboratory cabinet device, which detects the fill-level by comparing the measurement of two NTC temperature sensors, the first of which is arranged in the air of the interior and the second in the liquid of the liquid container. |
| US12163816B2 |
Multiphase fluid flow characterization
A multiphase fluid is flowed from a flow pipe to a U-bend. Several differential pressures of the multiphase fluid flowing through the flow pipe and U-bend are measured. A mixture density of the multiphase fluid is determined at least based on the measured differential pressures. A total flow rate of the multiphase fluid is determined at least based on the measured differential pressures. In some cases, flow rates of each of the phases of the multiphase fluid can be determined at least based on the measured differential pressures. |
| US12163815B2 |
Methods and systems for providing access to interferometric system data
A computer-implemented method of providing access to interferometric system data stored in a data repository. A query that includes a data parameter identifier is received. The data repository is accessed and the interferometric system data is stored in the data repository using a data structure that has one or more data parameter arrays and one or more corresponding data group members. Each data group member includes one or more data arrays each associated with a data parameter in the corresponding data parameter array. Using the data parameter identifier, one or more target data parameters are determined from among the one or more data parameter arrays. One or more target data arrays that correspond to the one or more target data parameters are determined from among the one or more data arrays. The interferometric system data, which is in the one or more target data arrays, is extracted. |
| US12163814B2 |
Displacement measuring apparatus, displacement measuring method and photolithography device
A displacement measuring apparatus, a displacement measuring method and a photolithography device are disclosed. The displacement measuring apparatus includes a light source module (300), a diffractive member (200), a reader head assembly (100), an optical detection module (410, 411, 412, 413) and a signal analysis module (500). The reader head assembly (100) is configured to receive two input light beams (610, 611) from the light source module (300) and guide them so that they come into contact in parallel with the diffractive member (200) and are both diffracted. The diffracted input light beams are guided and combined to form at least one output light beam (612, 613, 614) each containing diffracted light signals respectively of the two input light beams (610, 611), which exit in the same direction from the same light spot location of the diffractive member (200). Displacement information of the diffractive member (200) can be derived from phase change information contained in an interference signal produced by each output light beam (612, 613, 614). The displacement measuring apparatus and method can be used to achieve independent displacement measurements in different direction, with adaptivity to a wide angle and reduced nonlinearity errors. The photolithography device includes the displacement measuring apparatus. |
| US12163811B2 |
Inductive angular position sensor
A receiver coil of an inductive angular position sensor can have circuit features that become smaller than reasonable for high resolution measurement designs. This is especially true when multiple receiver coils are used, such as in a three-phase configuration, and when each of the multiple receiver coils is in a twisted loop configuration. The disclosed inductive angular position sensor utilizes different spatial frequencies for a rotor coil and the receiver coils. For example, the spatial frequency of the receiver coils may be kept smaller than the rotor coil. In this condition, the fundamental frequency of the angular position sensor is shifted to the least common multiple of the spatial frequencies, making the angular resolution of the inductive angular position sensor high, while the circuit features of the receiver coils are maintained at a reasonable size. |
| US12163806B2 |
Information processing apparatus
When thumbnails of a wide-angle panorama image are displayed, by scrolling and displaying a thumbnail image in which distortion and tilt deviation are reduced, visibility is improved. An information processing apparatus includes an image correction information generating unit, a control unit, and a display unit. The image correction information generating unit is composed of an image distortion determination processing unit and a horizontal/vertical direction determination processing unit, and generate correction information for correcting a partial image composed of an arbitrary image area of the wide-angle panorama image. The control unit corrects the partial image on a basis of the correction information generated by the image correction information generating unit. The display unit 108 displays an image. Then, the control unit causes the display unit to display the corrected partial image as the thumbnail image. |
| US12163802B2 |
Map generation apparatus and position recognition apparatus
A map generation apparatus includes: an in-vehicle detection unit configured to detect a situation around a subject vehicle in traveling; and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform: extracting one or more feature points from detection data acquired by the in-vehicle detection unit; generating a map using the extracted feature points; dividing an area on the map generated in the generating in a traveling direction of a subject vehicle and dividing the area in the vehicle width direction based on a division line information regarding a division line of a road to form a plurality of divided areas; and correcting a number of feature points for each of the divided areas formed in the dividing. The microprocessor is configured to perform the correcting including reducing the number of feature points based on a distribution of feature points included in each of the divided areas. |
| US12163801B2 |
Aggregation and reporting of observed dynamic conditions
A system may include at least one processor including circuitry and a memory. The memory may include instructions executable by the circuitry to cause the at least one processor programmed to receive at least one identifier associated with a condition having at least one dynamic characteristic. The at least one identifier may be determined based on acquisition, from a camera associated with a host vehicle, of at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle, and analysis of the at least one image to identify the condition in the environment, and analysis of the at least one image to determine the at least one identifier associated with the condition. The at least one processor may also be programmed to update a database record to include the at least one identifier associated with the condition, and distribute the database record to at least one entity. |
| US12163799B2 |
Recreational vehicle interactive telemetry, mapping, and trip planning system
An interactive system for use in connection with recreational vehicle usage includes a server system, including an off-road trail database containing trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information, as well as a trip mapping system accessible by any of a plurality of riders, allowing a rider to create a route based on the data in the off-road trip database. The server system further includes a trail maintenance interface accessible by users affiliated with an authorized group to edit the trail data, trail condition information, and points-of-interest information associated with the authorized group. The server system includes a location data management system configured to receive location data, allowing a rider to publish location information to one or more other riders, and a user feedback interface configured to receive trip data from riders for publication, including information describing an actual route and user data associated with that route. |
| US12163791B2 |
Motion graph construction and lane level route planning
Using a planning circuit of a vehicle, a map is accessed that includes information identifying at least one lane on which vehicles can travel. Using the planning circuit and from the map, a graph representing a driving environment of the vehicle is generated. The graph includes multiple trajectories. At least one trajectory includes a lane change. Each trajectory is a path for the vehicle to move from a first spatiotemporal location to a second spatiotemporal location. The trajectory includes at least one lane alone which the vehicle can move. Using the planning circuit, a trajectory of the multiple trajectories for the vehicle to travel is selected based on an initial vehicle trajectory of the vehicle. The selected trajectory includes a stem. The stem is a portion of the selected trajectory to which the vehicle is configured to adhere. Using the control circuit, the vehicle is moved along the selected trajectory. |
| US12163785B2 |
Optical surveying instrument with movable mirror
An optical surveying instrument is provided with an optical arrangement that includes at least one lens and the viewing element defining a viewing direction in the field of view. The distance measurement unit emits light beam towards the field of view and measured the distance to an object in the field of view based on a reflection of the light beam from the object. A movable mirror is arranged to direct the light beam towards the object and a mirror control unit is provided for reading calibration values from a calibration value memory and for moving the movable mirror using the calibration values to adjust the direction of the light beam to be aligned with the viewing direction. |
| US12163783B2 |
Digital holography for alignment in layer deposition
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) deposition system has a workpiece transport system configured to position a workpiece within the OLED deposition system under vacuum conditions, a deposition chamber configured to deposit a first layer of organic material onto the workpiece, a metrology system having one or more sensors measure of the workpiece after deposition in the deposition chamber, and a control system to control a deposition of the layer of organic material onto the workpiece. The metrology system includes a digital holographic microscope positioned to receive light from the workpiece and generate a thickness profile measurement of a layer on the workpiece. The control system is configured to adjust processing of a subsequent workpiece at the deposition chamber or adjust processing of the workpiece at a subsequent deposition chamber based on the thickness profile. |
| US12163782B2 |
Angle sensor with diverse measurement paths and a safety path
An angle sensor may include a first angle measurement path to determine an angular position based on sensor values from a first set of sensing elements. The angle sensor may include a second angle measurement path to determine the angular position based on sensor values from a second set of sensing elements. A type of the second set of sensing elements is different from a type of the first set of sensing elements. The angle sensor may include a safety path to perform a set of safety checks, the set of safety checks including a first vector length check associated with the first angle measurement path and a second vector length check associated with the second angle measurement path. The angle sensor may include an output component to provide an indication of a result of the set of safety checks. |
| US12163777B2 |
Device and method for imaging and interferometry measurements
A device and method for measuring a surface of an object, including at least one light source, at least one optical sensor, and an interferometry device having a measurement arm and a reference arm, the former directing light from each light source towards the surface of the object and directing light from the surface towards each optical sensor; the measurement device, in an interferometry configuration, illuminating the reference arm and the measurement arm with each light source and directing the light from the measurement arm and the reference arm towards each optical sensor to form an interference signal; the measurement device, in an imaging configuration illuminating at least the measurement arm and directing the light from the measurement arm towards the optical sensor to form an image of the surface; the measurement device including a digital processor producing, from the interference signal and the image, information on the surface. |
| US12163771B2 |
Arming and disarming munition with redundant safety feature to return munition to a safe, unarmed state
A munition with redundant safety features to return the munition to a safe, unarmed state, the munition includes an encasement, an energetic within the encasement, an electronic initiator configured to initiate a detonation of the energetic, wherein the electronic initiator is configured to be discharged to prevent detonation of the energetic, and a mechanical safety assembly configured to be selectively moved from an unarmed position to an armed position, wherein in the armed position the mechanical safety assembly provides a physical barrier between the energetic and the electronic initiator to prevent detonation of the energetic, wherein in the armed position in the mechanical safety assembly provides a pathway between the energetic and the electronic initiator. |
| US12163770B2 |
Polymer cartridge with enhanced snapfit metal insert and thickness ratios
A high strength polymer-based cartridge having a polymer case with a first end having a mouth. A body can be formed below the mouth and having a propellant chamber and a longitudinal axis. A back end can be formed opposite the first end and formed below the body, with a first snap ridge comprising a first ridge angle at approximately at 90° to the longitudinal axis; and a second snap ridge, positioned closer to the first end than the first snap ridge, comprising a second ridge angle at approximately at 90° to the longitudinal axis. Further, an insert is configured to engage the back end. |
| US12163766B2 |
Control and monitoring devices and system for shooting range
A device, method and system for identification of a person participating in a range shooting activity, a token comprising at least an identification of a required shooting pattern and a communication means for communicating the required shooting pattern to a communication unit, and a device, system and method for image capture and analysis of a shooting session. |
| US12163764B2 |
System and method for navigation and targeting in GPS-challenged environments using factor graph optimization
A system and method for enhanced aircraft-based targeting senses RF emissions or other signals associated with a target while navigating a trajectory through a GPS-challenged airspace. While the target is being observed, the aircraft targeting system tracks GPS-challenged state vectors (e.g., via an onboard inertial reference system) and pressure altitudes consistent with each observation. When the aircraft emerges from the GPS-challenged airspace, the targeting system determines multiple GPS-driven subsequent absolute positions of the aircraft. The targeting system determines a refined estimate of the target location via batch factor graph optimization of measurements taken while inside and outside of the GPS-challenged airspace. |
| US12163761B2 |
Multidirectional firearm light
An illumination device for a firearm may include a housing supporting multiple lamps. A switch actuator of the device is rotationally coupled to a rear end of the housing. A cam is coupled to the switch actuator, such that the cam rotates with the actuator, the cam having a first end including a magnet and a second end having a shaped cam surface configured to interface with a cam follower. The actuator and the cam are biased toward a neutral position. Selective rotation of the cam causes a magnet of the cam to operate one or more magnetic switches. The cam is transitionable between a plurality of discrete positions, e.g., including a pair of toggle positions in the first rotational direction from the neutral position, and a pair of momentary positions disposed on the cam in the second rotational direction from the neutral position. |
| US12163760B1 |
Multi-position collapsible stock assembly
A multi-position collapsible stock assembly including at least one extension rod, wherein the at least one extension rod includes an anti-rotation engagement portion formed proximate a first end of the extension rod, wherein a longitudinal arrangement of one or more spaced apart rod dimples/detents is longitudinally aligned along a plurality of areas of the at least one extension rod, wherein each longitudinal arrangement of one or more spaced apart rod dimples/detents corresponds to a discrete rotational position of the extension rod relative to the stock; and a stock having at least one anti-rotation engagement recess formed therein, wherein the anti-rotation engagement recess of the stock corresponds to the anti-rotation engagement portion such that engagement between the anti-rotation engagement recess and the anti-rotation engagement portion resists rotational movement of the extension rod relative to the stock. |
| US12163757B2 |
Archery bow cam spacer
An archery bow assembly is provided including an open sided spacer which is mountable to an axle on an archery bow and removable therefrom without removing the axle entirely or partially from a limb of the archery bow. The spacer can mount on the axle adjacent a cam rotatable on the axle, and can include an outer perimeter and an axle aperture. A recess can extend inward from the outer perimeter to the axle aperture so that the axle aperture and recess form a continuous opening. The spacer can be of a C-shape or E-shape. A cup spacer having an outer rim can capture the open sided spacer to secure it to the axle, yet still allow removal from the axle without removing the axle from the limb arms adjacent the cam. Related methods also are provided. |
| US12163753B2 |
Firearm with combined bolt catch and ejector
Firearms with combined bolt catch and ejector have a bolt defining a bolt face configured to receive a case head of a cartridge, a bolt catch connected to a frame and movable between a first operational position in which bolt reciprocation forward from the rear position is enabled, and a second restraining position in which a portion of the bolt catch restrains the bolt in the rear position, and the bolt catch having an ejector surface portion positioned clear of the bolt face when the bolt catch is in the first operational position and in registration with a portion of the bolt face when the bolt catch is in the second restraining position such that a case head received by the bolt face strikes the ejector surface portion upon movement of the bolt from the forward to the rearward position when the bolt catch is in the second restraining position. |
| US12163752B2 |
Arrangement for releasably securing a weapon
The present invention relates to arrangement for releasably securing a weapon. Said arrangement comprises a fixed support member and a locking member spring loadedly and movably connected to the fixed support member such that when the weapon is pressed towards the locking member, the locking member is moved relative to the support member from a closed position to an open position so that said weapon is allowed to be introduced through an opening of the locking member into a holding position of the locking member, and such that, when the weapon is positioned in said holding position, the spring loaded locking member is returned to said closed position by means of a spring force. Said arrangement may further comprise an actuator arranged for moving the locking member against a spring force into said open position for allowing said weapon to be released. The present invention also relates a vehicle. |
| US12163748B2 |
Firearm assembly
A firearm assembly has a lower receiver frame having an upper surface defining a horizontal plane, a hammer pivotally connected to the frame, a sear pivotally connected to the frame and movable between a retention position operable to restrain the hammer and a release position operable to enable striking motion of the hammer, an elongated link having a planar form overlaying the upper surface of the frame, the elongated link having opposed major upper and lower surfaces, a forward end, and an opposed rear end, and movable between a link forward position and a link rearward portion, the link forward end having a bolt engagement element, the elongated link having a sear engagement element protruding away from at least one of the upper and lower surfaces, and the sear having a lateral extension operably engaged by the sear engagement element. |
| US12163745B2 |
Heat dissipation device and fin structure
This disclosure relates to a fin structure including a main body and at least one minor structure. The main body includes a main plate and two side plates. The main plate has at least one through hole. The two side plates are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the main plate and protrude from the main plate. The at least one minor structure protrudes from the main plate and is located at a side of the main plate. The at least one minor structure is spaced apart from the two side plates. The at least one minor structure partially covers the at least one through hole. The at least one minor structure has a length, in a longitudinal direction of the main plate, less than a length of the at least one through hole of the main plate. |
| US12163738B2 |
Split roof for a metallurgical furnace
An apparatus is disclosed for a split spray-cooled roof for a tilting metallurgical furnace. The split spray-cooled roof has a center, a first hollow metal roof section and a second hollow metal roof section. The first and second hollow roof sections are attached together along a prescription split line. The prescription split line having a first split line and a second split line, wherein the first split line is not aligned with the second split line and wherein the first and second split line are not aligned with the center. |
| US12163733B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space therein and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door includes a top recess that is recessed downward from a top surface portion of the door, a microphone module accommodated in the top recess and configured to receive a voice command from a user, a controller configured to control an operation of the refrigerator based on the voice command received at the microphone module, a door cover that covers the top recess a microphone-module mount provided at the door cover, wherein the microphone module is accommodated in the microphone-module mount, and a voice input hole defined in the microphone-module mount and configured to transmit a sound of the voice command from an outside of the door cover to an interior of the microphone-module mount. |
| US12163731B2 |
Artificial intelligence refrigerator and operating method therefor
An artificial intelligence refrigerator includes: a display, a cabinet having a storage room receiving food, a camera provided in the cabinet and capturing an image of the storage room, a storage room sensor detecting whether the storage room is opened or closed, and a processor configured to control, based on the storage room sensor detecting that the storage room is opened, the camera to capture the image of the storage room, transmit, based on a maximum opening time point or a closing time point of the storage room being detected through processing of the captured image, a capture command to the camera, the closing time point being a time point at which the storage room starts closing, acquire a storage state of the storage room based on an image captured according to the capture command, and control the display to display food management information based on the acquired storage state. |
| US12163730B2 |
Refrigerator
A refrigerator includes: a main body; a storage room formed inside the main body; an ice maker fixed to the main body, and inside the storage room; and a drawer accommodated in the storage room and configured to be withdrawable in a front direction with respect to the main body to open or close the storage room, wherein the drawer includes: a basket including an ice-making room formed therein and below the ice maker and a top portion opened; and a cover assembly in front of the ice maker and configured to cover the opened top portion of the ice-making room together with the ice maker, the cover assembly comprising a plurality of covers slidingly coupled with the basket and extendable when the basket is pulled out so that the plurality of covers changes in length along the front direction in which the basket is pulled out. |
| US12163721B2 |
Automated storage system including multiple climate zones
There are disclosed a picking method (100) as well as an automated storage system (12) including a high-temperature zone and a low-temperature zone. The storage system comprises: at least one rack (30) including several rack levels (36) on top of each other and an aisle (32) laterally adjacent to the rack (30); a plurality of shuttle (50) in the aisle for storing and retrieving storage goods (70) in and from storage locations (42) of the at least one rack (30) and for horizontally transporting the storage goods (70); a stationary lifter (16) for vertically transporting the storage goods (70); and a tub (34) defining the low-temperature zone (52); wherein, in a height region of at least one of the rack levels (36), the tub (34): encloses, in a circumferentially closed manner, a group of contiguous storage locations (42) and the lifter (16); encloses closed downwards the group of contiguous storage locations (42); encloses closed, or closable, downwards the lifter (16); and is open upwards. |
| US12163718B2 |
Devices for planing clear ice products and related methods
Methods and devices for planing ice are described that include at least receiving, at a planing apparatus, an elongate ice ingot, feeding the elongate ice ingot at a configurable rate through an opening in a cutterhead assembly of the planing apparatus, and planing, by the cutterhead assembly, a plurality of surfaces of the elongate ice ingot at a predefined depth as the elongate ice ingot is fed linearly through the opening of the cutterhead assembly. The planing may result in a planed ice ingot. |
| US12163715B2 |
Ice maker and refrigerator
An ice maker includes an upper assembly provided with an upper tray which has an upper chamber recessed upwardly to define an upper side of an ice chamber in which water is filled to generate ice, a lower assembly provided with a lower tray which has a lower chamber recessed downwardly to define a lower side of the ice chamber, and a lower supporter which supports a lower side of the lower tray, in which the lower assembly is rotatably connected to the upper assembly. The ice maker also includes an upper ejector provided with an upper ejecting pin which separates ice from the upper tray after ice-making is completed, in which the upper ejector is connected to the lower assembly to be interlocked with each other, such that when the lower assembly is rotated, the upper ejector is lifted and lowered. |
| US12163710B2 |
Refrigerator and method of controlling the same
A refrigerator includes a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, switching valve, an ice-making device, a controller, and a first refrigerant pipe and a second refrigerant pipe connected between the condenser and the evaporator. The switching valve is configured to guide the refrigerant condensed in the condenser to the first refrigerant pipe or the second refrigerant pipe. The ice-making device allows the first refrigerant pipe to pass therethrough and is configured to cool water stored in an ice-making tray. The controller is configured to control the switching valve to guide the refrigerant to the ice-making device through the first refrigerant pipe. In response to a temperature of the ice-making tray falling to a level lower than or equal to a reference temperature, the controller is configured to control the switching valve to prevent the refrigerant from being guided to the first refrigerant pipe and supply water to the ice-making tray. |
| US12163706B2 |
Refrigeration apparatus
A refrigeration apparatus includes: a compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger connected to the compressor; an indoor heat exchanger connected to the compressor; and an expansion valve disposed between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger. In cooling operation, a refrigerant flows through the compressor, the outdoor heat exchanger, the expansion valve, and the indoor heat exchanger in this order. In heating operation, the refrigerant flows through the compressor, the indoor heat exchanger, the expansion valve, and the outdoor heat exchanger in this order. The refrigerant is an HFO (hydrofluoroolefin) refrigerant or a refrigerant mixture that includes an HFO refrigerant. The indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger are cross-fin-type heat exchangers or stack-type heat exchangers. |
| US12163696B2 |
Method for thermal profile control and energy recovery in geothermal wells
A method for controlling temperature maxima and minima from the heel to toe in geothermal well lateral sections. The method includes disposing at least a pair of wells proximately where thermal contact is possible. Working fluid is circulated in one well of the pair in one direction and the working fluid of the second well is circulated in as direction opposite. to the first. In this manner temperature equilibration is attainable to mitigate maxima and minima to result in a substantially more uniform temperature of the working fluids in respective wells and the rock formation area there between. Specific operating protocol is disclosed having regard to the temperature control for maximizing thermal energy recovery. |
| US12163693B1 |
Method for making and connecting a photovoltaic system
A cooling system for a photovoltaic panel including micro flat heat pipes (HP) integrated with thermoelectric generators (TEG) and a cooled water reservoir for cooling the working fluid in heat pipes. The cooled water in the reservoir is pumped from the condensate pan of an air conditioner. Experimental results show that cooling system reduced the average temperature of the panel by as much as 19° C. or 25%. Further, the output power of the photovoltaic panel increased by 44% when the photovoltaic panel was used in a very hot climate (30-40° C.). An additional two watts of power was generated by the TEGs. |
| US12163692B1 |
HVAC apparatus, method, and system
The invention relates to an HVAC apparatus, method, and system. Aspects of the invention include a supplemental heat source with an air handler unit for a conventional forced air heating and cooling system. The supplemental heat source in one example is a hydronic subsystem. It can be used alone or to supplement the forced air subsystem. Another aspect of the invention includes an air handling subsystem that has a housing that can be highly flexible in configuration and installation. The housing can support internal components, including a hydronic or other supplemental heat source with the forced air components. At least two sides of the housing can be configured for access for maintenance and repair. A control system can be designed to eliminate need for defrost cycle for forced air refrigeration-type subsystem and/or for better maintenance for comfort in the air conditioned space. |
| US12163691B2 |
Micro chiller-based heating, ventilation and air conditioning system
A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system in which a primary water loop is used as a heat transfer reservoir for both heating and cooling. A plurality of micro chillers are provided, with each micro chiller being connected to the primary water loop. Each micro chiller includes its own heat engine. Each micro chiller includes one or more fan coil units that exchange heat between the micro chiller and the air in a building. In a first mode a micro chiller transfers heat from the air in the building to the water circulating within the primary water loop. In a second mode the micro chiller transfers heat from the water circulating in the primary water loop to the air in the building. A primary water loop regulation system is provided to control the temperature of the water circulating in the primary water loop. |
| US12163687B2 |
Air conditioning system, air-conditioning control program, and storage medium storing air-conditioning control program
Control device (10) includes air conditioning controller (31) and air conditioning load factor calculator (32). Air conditioning load factor calculator (32) calculates air conditioning load factors 36a and the like for rooms. Air conditioning controller (31) calculates a distribution of air volumes of air conveyed from an air conditioning room to the rooms based on air conditioning load factors (36a). Air conditioning controller 31 controls air conveyance fans (3a to 3d) in accordance with the distribution of the air volumes. |
| US12163683B2 |
System for auto-adjustment of gateway poll rates
A system for light commercial building solutions (LCBS). Solutions and other systems may incorporate lightweight alerting service, auto-adjustment of gateway poll rates based on the needs of various consuming applications, detecting loss of space comfort control in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, HVAC capacity loss alerting using relative degree days and accumulated stage run time with operational equivalency checks, and HVAC alerting for loss of heat or cool capacity using delta temperature and dependent system properties. Also, incorporated may be triggering s subset of analytics by automatically inferring HVAC equipment details from controller configuration details, ensuring reliability of analytics by retaining logical continuity of HVAC equipment operational data even when controllers and other parts of the system are replaced, and an LCBS gateway with workflow and mechanisms to associate to a contractor account. |
| US12163682B2 |
Adaptive thermal comfort learning for optimized HVAC control
A facility providing systems and methods for managing and optimizing thermal comfort is provided. The facility is a software algorithm that intelligently detects the thermal comfort preferences of residential smart thermostat users, where a user's “comfort preference” is defined to refer to an estimate of a measurement of the user's comfort across varying values of some set of exogenous factors, including but not limited to indoor temperature, the time of day, the day of the week, and weather conditions. This facility encompasses the use of this “comfort preference” for the creation of an optimal schedule of setpoints for a residential thermostat which is configured to optimize some objective, including potentially user comfort, energy efficiency, load shift, or cost. |
| US12163680B2 |
Fan unit and air treatment system including the same
A problem to be solved by the present disclosure is to enhance the reliability of determination of occurrence or non-occurrence of surging. Whether or not surging occurs depends on front-rear differential pressure. Therefore, by determining occurrence or non-occurrence of surging on the basis of the front-rear differential pressure, a second unit can detect and avoid surging with higher accuracy than when determining by using the pressure on an outlet side of a second fan. |
| US12163679B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling an indoor climate of a building using a controller
A system and method for controlling indoor climate of a building. The system includes one or more equipment of a heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, a thermostat configured to wirelessly transmit operational data and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more equipment and the thermostat. The controller includes a communication module configured to exchange the operational data with the thermostat and an equipment interface configured to communicate control signals to the one or more equipment to control operation of the one or more equipment. The controller is configured to receive the operational data wirelessly transmitted from the thermostat using the communication module, determine based on the operational data a control plan to operate the one or more equipment of the HVAC system, and operate the one or more equipment of the HVAC system based on the control plan. |
| US12163673B2 |
Composite interconnection conduits for HVAC systems
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) packaged unit includes a first refrigerant circuit component configured to change a temperature or a pressure of a refrigerant flowing through the first refrigerant circuit component and a second refrigerant circuit component configured to change a temperature or a pressure of the refrigerant flowing through the second refrigerant circuit component. The first and the second refrigerant circuit components are within a common refrigerant circuit that is disposed within a common support structure. The HVAC packaged unit also includes an interconnection conduit having a length formed from aluminum, a first end segment coupled to a first end of the length, and a second end segment coupled to a second end of the length. The first end segment and the second end segment are each formed from copper, and the interconnection conduit extends between the first refrigerant circuit component and the second refrigerant circuit component. |
| US12163672B2 |
Ceiling-embedded air conditioner
To enable easy access and lead wire routing during maintenance, without causing ventilation hindrance. An electrical component box 14 is provided on the side of the outer surface of a lateral plate 113 of an outer shell 11 of a body unit, and a cable storage part 15 for storing a drawing section of a lead wire 143 drawn from the electrical component box 14 and guiding the drawing section in a predetermined direction is disposed on the side of the inner surface of the lateral plate 11. |
| US12163670B2 |
Heating system
A system for heating a first fluid flow from a first temperature to a second temperature, the system including a hot water supply line for receiving the first fluid flow at a first end and exhausting the first fluid flow at a second end; and a heating system including a heat engine, a thermal battery and a heat exchanger, wherein the thermal battery is configured to be replenished at a point of heat transfer by the heat engine and the hot water supply line is configured to receive heat from the thermal battery via the heat exchanger to elevate the temperature of the first fluid flow from the first temperature to the second temperature. |
| US12163666B2 |
Portable stove
A portable stove for burning biomass fuels. The stove has an outer body with walls coupled together with hinges and an opening to load fuel into the stove. The stove further includes a combustion chamber with walls coupled together with hinges that fits within the outer body. The combustion chamber has an opening for loading fuel, secondary openings along upper portions of the walls, a floor with openings to permit airflow into the chamber, and upright posts along the walls to support a cooking utensil for heating. The stove also has a dam that rests on the top of the combustion chamber to direct air through the secondary openings and into the combustion chamber to improve the burning of fuel. The outer body and combustion chamber hinges permit the stove to fold for better storage and transport. |
| US12163664B2 |
Premixer for a combustor
A premixer for a combustor includes: a centerbody having a hollow interior cavity; a swirler assembly radially outward of the centerbody; a peripheral wall disposed radially outward of the centerbody and the swirler assembly such that a mixing duct is defined between the peripheral wall and the centerbody, downstream from the swirler assembly; an annular splitter radially inward of the swirler assembly and radially outward of the centerbody such that a radial gap is defined between the splitter and an outer surface of the centerbody, wherein the splitter includes a trailing edge which extends axially aft of the swirler assembly; a fuel gallery disposed inside the interior cavity of the centerbody; and at least one fuel injector extending outward from the fuel gallery and passing through an injector port communicating with the outer surface of the splitter. |
| US12163660B2 |
Varying dilution hole design for combustor liners
A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a combustion chamber, a liner forming a boundary of the combustion chamber, and multiple dilution holes through the liner to permit airflow into the combustion chamber. The dilution holes include converging dilution holes and diverging dilution holes, the converging dilution holes having a converging cross-sectional profile and the diverging dilution holes having a diverging cross-sectional profile. |
| US12163659B2 |
Spectral output homogenising apparatus
There is described a spectral output homogenising apparatus, the apparatus comprising; a plurality of light sources, wherein the plurality of light sources emits a spectral output; a first medium proximate the plurality of light sources, wherein the first medium is arranged to spatially homogenise the spectral output of the plurality of light sources; a second medium adjacent the first medium, wherein the second medium is arranged to angularly homogenise the spectral output of the plurality of light sources; wherein the spectral output of the plurality of light sources traverses the first medium before traversing the second medium. There is further provided use of an apparatus to homogenise the spectral output of a plurality of light sources and a method of homogenising light from a plurality of sources. |
| US12163657B2 |
Optical lens for uniform light-distribution and method of manufacturing same
An optical lens for passing therethrough an incident light beam and forming an output light beam towards a target plane at a distance therefrom and perpendicular to the norm thereof. The optical lens has a smooth or piecewise-linear first surface having a cross-section profile along an axis perpendicular to the norm of the optical lens for directing the incident light beam to form the output light beam towards the target plane with a light intensity uniformly distributed in a target area of the target plane. In some embodiments, the cross-section profile of the first surface has a concave curve in the central portion thereof smoothly transitioning to a convex curve in the peripheral portion on each side of the central portion for directing the incident light beam to the target plane with the light intensity uniformly distributed in the target area of the target plane. |
| US12163655B2 |
Power tool
A power tool includes a motor, an output shaft, a chip-on-board light emitting diode, and a light cover. The output shaft is rotated by a rotational force of the motor. The chip-on-board light emitting diode is disposed around the output shaft. The chip-on-board light emitting diode includes: a substrate including a circular ring portion; and an LED chip disposed on a front surface of the circular ring portion. The light cover is fixed to the substrate. The light cover includes: an outer cylindrical portion disposed radially outside with respect to the circular ring portion; and a light transmission portion through which light emitted from the LED chip passes. An opening is provided in a lower portion of the outer cylindrical portion. |
| US12163647B2 |
Light-emitting systems
A light-emitting system (1000) removably attachable to headgear is provided, which comprises: a form factor (1010) configured to surround a portion of the headgear when the light-emitting system (1000) is removably attached to the headgear for use; a plurality of halo lighting elements (1100) configured to selectively generate at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the light-emitting system; and at least one task lighting element (1120) aligned in a direction along a task light axis (1130) that is fixed and oriented downwardly at an oblique angle (α) relative to a transverse plane (TP) of the light-emitting system (1000), the at least one task lighting element (1120) being configured to selectively generate flood task lighting in an area in front of a user. |
| US12163644B2 |
Adjustable single-housing recessed lighting system
Recessed lighting systems are provided including a housing defining an interior cavity, a light emitting module positioned inside the interior cavity and including a heat sink, a circuit board stacked on the heat sink, a light source mounted at a center of the circuit board, driver circuitry for powering the light source, and a cover stacked on the circuit board including a channel for enclosing the driver circuitry and an opening defined such that the light source is not covered by the cover, and a trim assembly installed in the housing including a reflector, a trim having a light guide portion and a decorative trim extending from the light guide portion, and a plurality of interface elements extending from an exterior surface of the reflector or an exterior surface of the light guide portion, the interface elements configured to retain the trim assembly in the housing. |
| US12163641B2 |
Downlight apparatus
A downlight apparatus includes a light source, a light holder, a driver box, a fixing bracket and two torsion springs. The light holder is used for placing the light source. The light holder has a first side defining a light opening. The driver box is placed on a second side of the light holder. The driver box contains a driver for converting an external power to a driving current supplied to the light source to emit a light from the light opening. The fixing bracket is coupled to the light holder for fixing to an installation cavity. The fixing bracket has a bottom plate and two connector plate. The bottom plate is fixed to the second side of the light holder. The two connector plates are disposed vertically to the bottom plate. Each connector plate has two side units. Each torsion spring has an elastic center and two arms. |
| US12163640B2 |
Three part headlamp assembly
An assembly comprises a housing, a bezel and a lens, or a housing heat sink, a housing rim, a bezel and a lens, wherein the housing or the housing heat sink comprises a first surface and the bezel or the housing rim comprises a second surface, a portion of a first surface of the housing or housing heat sink is molded to a portion of the second surface forming an interface surface, the interface surface having an interface angle that does not deviate more than 90 degrees, measured from a central axis perpendicular to the bezel and the housing around which the bezel and the housing are molded, for all interface angles about the central axis. |
| US12163638B2 |
Modular lighting systems for exterior surface architecture
A single LED module that can be used in different configurations to provide a customizable vehicle light. |
| US12163631B1 |
Solid state lighting driver and lamp replacement for avionics ballast and fluorescent lamp
A solid-state light replacement includes a housing, a pair of electrical connections on the housing, a substrate within the housing and dividing the housing into at least two sections, at least one solid state light mounted to the substrate in one of the at least two sections and electrically connected to the pair of electrical connections, and at least one solid state installation error indicator light mounted to the substrate in another of the at least sections and electrically connected to the pair of electrical connections in an opposite polarity from the connection of the at least one solid state light to the pair of electrical connections. |
| US12163630B2 |
Lighting apparatus
A light-emitting unit, having a substrate; a first light-emitting body formed on the substrate, and having a first longer side and a first shorter side; a second light-emitting body formed on the substrate, and having a second longer side and a second shorter side which is parallel to the first longer side; a third light-emitting body formed on the substrate, having a third longer side and a third shorter side which is parallel to the first longer side, and electrically connected to the first light-emitting body and the second light-emitting body; a first electrode covering the first light-emitting body and the second light-emitting body, and electrically connecting to the first light-emitting body; a second electrode separated from the first electrode, and covering the second light-emitting body without covering the first light-emitting body; and a transparent element enclosing the first light-emitting body, the second light-emitting body, and the third light-emitting body. |
| US12163626B2 |
Cryostat for operation with liquid helium and method of operating the same
A cryostat for operation with liquid helium, may comprise a primary chamber with a main region and a pot region for containing a bath of liquid helium-4, primary inlet means for introducing liquid helium-4 and primary outlet means for releasing gaseous helium-4, the primary inlet means comprising a transfer line extending into the primary region. The cryostat may be configured for operation under a continuous supply of liquid helium-4 and at a reduced helium-4 pressure, whereby gaseous helium-4 is pumped off through the outlet means. The primary chamber may comprise a baffle structure arranged between the pot region and the main region, the baffle structure defining at least one flowpath for the flow of gaseous helium-4, each flowpath forming a detoured connection between the pot region and the main region. |
| US12163623B2 |
Automatic lubrication system for kinematic linkage
A mechanical machine can include one or more kinematic linkages having kinematic joints that movably couple first and second rigid links and can include an automatic lubrication system to lubricate the kinematic joints. In an aspect, the automatic lubrication system is configured to monitor operational aspects of the machine such as machine operational data and geometric position and to dynamically determine timing and/or quantity of lubricant to direct and introduce to the kinematic joints. |
| US12163619B2 |
Display cabinet
A display cabinet includes: a case with an opening at a side thereof, a transparent display screen disposed at the opening, and a drive device connected with the transparent display screen. The drive device is configured to drive the transparent display screen to be movable between a position covering the opening and a position exposing the opening. |
| US12163616B2 |
Maintenance systems and methods including tether and support apparatus
A system for use in maintaining a structure includes a maintenance apparatus including a maintenance drive system and a maintenance device. The system includes a support apparatus configured to travel in proximity to the structure. The support apparatus includes a body including a first end and a second end and a tether support device coupled to the body. The tether support device includes a housing. The support apparatus also includes a support drive system coupled to the body. The support drive system is configured to propel the support apparatus. The system also includes a tether including a first tether end, a second tether end, and a tether body extending between the first tether end and the second tether end. The maintenance apparatus is operably coupled to the first tether end. The tether support device is coupled to the tether between the first tether end and the second tether end. |
| US12163615B2 |
Modular fitting for expansion vessels
A pipe fitting for expansion tanks includes a first part suited to be fixed to an expansion tank during production of the expansion tank, and a second part suited to be fixed to the first part, if necessary, even at a later moment than the production of the expansion tank. |
| US12163614B2 |
Flow divider and fluid line system formed by same
A flow divider comprises a lumen having perpendicular, symmetry planes intersecting in an axis of inertia connecting the ends. Cross sectional area have radii extending from a geometric center of gravity to the wall and lying at an angle φ (−180°≤φ≤180°) to a reference axis and being perpendicular to its axis of inertia, wherein each radius lying at an angle φ=0° to the relevant reference axis points away from the symmetry plane, and fulfills a formula fi(φ, Pi) associated with its cross sectional area and defined by a coefficients set Pi (Pi=[ai bi m1i m2i n1i n2i n3i]) corresponding to the flow divider opening: R i ( φ ) = R 0 · r i ( φ ) = f i ( φ , P i ) = f i ( φ , [ a i b i m 1 i m 2 i n 1 i n 2 i n 3 i ] ) = R 0 · ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" 1 a i cos ( m 1 i 4 φ ) ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" n 2 i + ❘ "\[LeftBracketingBar]" 1 b i sin ( m 2 i 4 φ ) ❘ "\[RightBracketingBar]" n 3 i - n 1 i , in such a manner that the radii R4(φ) of a cross sectional area of the lumen fulfills a formula f4(φ, P4) defined by a coefficients set P4=[a4 b4 m14 m24 n14 n24 n34], with a4=(0.95 . . . 1), b4=(0.45 . . . 0.7), m14=4, m24=4, n14=3.0, n24=n14 and n34=(3 . . . 4). |
| US12163606B2 |
High-pressure rotating fitting
A fitting has a first housing including a first body and a second body. The first body defines a first channel and a second channel, and second body defines a third channel that is co-planar with the first channel and a fourth channel that is co-planar with the first channel. First bearings are disposed within the first channel and the third channel, where the first bearings rotatably coupled the first housing to the second housing. Additionally, second bearings are disposed within the second channel and the fourth channel, the second bearings rotatably coupling the first housing to the second housing. A plug couples to the first housing, a gasket is disposed between the plug and the first housing, and a passage is defined at least in part by the first housing, the second housing, and the plug. |
| US12163604B2 |
Sustainable industrial hose
Hoses include an inner tube, a reinforcement layer disposed outwardly from the inner tube, and a cover layer disposed outwardly from the reinforcement layer, where the cover layer and/or the inner tube include(s) a composition having a sustainable content. The composition includes one or more ethylene based sustainable polymers. The one or more ethylene based sustainable polymers is formed of ethylene monomer derived from one or more renewable sources. The one or more ethylene based sustainable polymers may be one or more of PVC sustainable polymer, EPDM sustainable polymer and EPR sustainable polymer. |
| US12163599B2 |
Non-contact actuation assembly
A non-contact actuation assembly configured to operate a communication line of an infrastructure system through a panel having an external face configured to be directed into an interior of a building structure, and an opposite internal face, said assembly comprising; an actuator configured to be positioned adjacent said external face by a user during operation, said actuator comprising an actuating member constituted by at least one of a magnetic member and a magnetizable member; and an operator configured to be disposed adjacent said internal face during operation, and control communication at said communication line, said operator comprising an operating member constituted by a matching one of said magnetic member and said magnetizable member; wherein upon said positioning of said actuator adjacent said external face, in register with said operator, said actuating member and said operating member are configured to be magnetically coupled such that said operator is switchable, upon disposition of said actuator member with respect to said external face, at least between a first state in which communication in said communication line is established and a second state n which communication in said communication line is obstructed. |
| US12163595B2 |
Fuel tank isolation valve with intermediate position latching for single operation
The present invention provides an improved fuel tank isolation valve (10). In particular, the invention is directed to provide an improved fuel tank isolation valve (10) which is normally open for one time delivery condition of the valve to enable refuelling function at the time of vehicle assembly. Said valve (10) comprises of a valve housing (1) and a solenoid housing (2), wherein the solenoid housing (2) includes one latch assembly that locks the moving core (12) in radial or axial direction to provide an intermediate latching position for single operation. |
| US12163591B2 |
Seal element for a pipeline pig
A seal element is provided for a pipeline pig, which is transferable from a propulsion position into a sealing position. T in which the seal element presses against an inside of a pipeline wall. The seal element has at least one preferably ring-shaped hollow body, which can be filled with fluid and emptied. The seal element is transferable between propulsion position and sealing position. |
| US12163590B2 |
Shaft seal assembly
An illustrative embodiment of a shaft seal assembly generally includes a fixed stator, a floating stator, and a sealing member. In the illustrative embodiment the fixed stator may be formed with one or more fluid conduits that are in fluid communication with one or fluid conduits formed in the floating stator. The fluid conduits in the floating stator may be in fluid communication with one or more fluid conduits formed in a sealing member. A rotational interface may exist between the sealing member and a shaft, and the various fluid conduits may be configured to create a fluid barrier at that interface. Other embodiments of a shaft seal assembly may create a fluid barrier at a rotational interface between a rotor and a floating stator. |
| US12163588B2 |
Sealing device with increased surface roughness
A sealing device includes a functional layer having a first major surface and a second major surface and a barrier layer directly or indirectly connected to the second major surface of the functional layer, wherein the functional layer has a surface roughness having a waviness factor Wf. Also disclosed is a method for producing a sealing device and the use of a sealing device for waterproofing of a substrate. |
| US12163587B2 |
Gasket
There is provided a gasket comprising a rigid core (2) defining an aperture (4). The core has a serrated profile (8) on at least one of its upper and lower outer surfaces and the core is divided into upper and lower parts (2a, 2b) each having a respective outer surface (6a, 6b) and also an inner surface (42, 44) opposite the outer surface. The gasket also includes an optional sealing facing (12, 14) on the at least one outer serrated profile surface, wherein an inner insulating layer (40) is located between the said upper and lower parts so that it is operable to substantially reduce electrical conduction between the said upper and lower parts. There is described a method of production of the gasket and use of the gasket. |
| US12163586B2 |
Transmission
A transmission includes a shifting fork. The transmission has a first gear state and a second gear state being selectable by means of the shifting fork. The shifting fork is displaceable in an axial direction between a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position. The first gear state is provided when the shifting fork is placed in the first predetermined position and the second gear state is provided when the shifting fork is placed in the second predetermined position. The first predetermined position and the second predetermined position are arranged one after the other without any further predetermined position providing a further selectable gear state arranged between the first predetermined position and the second predetermined position. The first gear state provides a first gear of the transmission and the second gear state provides a second gear or a park lock state of the transmission. |
| US12163585B2 |
Reduction group
A reduction group for a vehicle and a reduction assembly including the reduction group are provided. The reduction group has a ring gear, a central sun gear, a planetary gear holder and at least one planetary gear on the planetary gear holder. The at least one planetary gear has a gear meshed externally with the ring gear and internally with the central sun gear, a planetary gear shaft fixed to the planetary gear holder and a pair of bearings supporting the gear on the planetary gear shaft. The planetary gear shaft and the planetary gear holder are engaged so that the planetary gear shaft is axially adjustable on the planetary gear holder in an operational configuration in which the planetary gear shaft performs an axial tightening action on the pair of bearings exhibiting an axial clearance adapted to allow rotation of the pair of bearings. |
| US12163581B2 |
Vehicle drive device
A second axis is located on a lower side with respect to a first axis and on a first widthwise side with respect to the first axis. An inverter device is disposed on the first widthwise side with respect to the second axis so that a disposition area in an up-down direction overlaps a rotary electric machine and a pair of output members. At least a part of a breather chamber is disposed between the rotary electric machine and the inverter device in a width direction in an area in the up-down direction where both the rotary electric machine and the inverter device are disposed. |
| US12163580B2 |
Segmented pulley and segmented pulley transmission including the same
A segmented pulley defining an outer peripheral surface for engaging an endless member of a segmented pulley transmission is provided. The segmented pulley comprises: a plurality of pulley segments configured to be sequentially movable between an engaged region and a disengaged region to transition the endless member between the segmented pulley and a concentric pulley in the segmented pulley transmission, each of the pulley segments having a body defining a portion of the outer peripheral surface. The plurality of pulley segments includes a transition segment having an integrated support extending from the body of the transition segment, the integrated support being configured to support the endless member when transitioning the endless member between the segmented pulley and the adjacent pulley in the segmented pulley transmission. A segmented pulley transmission comprising the segmented pulley is further provided. |
| US12163579B2 |
Differential with balls or rollers on convergent elliptical tracks
A differential made without gears in the satellites and planetaries, in the planetary shafts elliptical tracks are obtained on the fronts and on the circumferences of the shafts, the shape of the tracks is semi-spherical or semi-cylindrical and requires the profile of half spheres or half rollers to roll tangentially within the tracks for a part of their circumference, the balls or rollers being constrained partly in the tracks, partly in the translators and, sometimes, partly in the cylinder and otherwise in the cross that divides the two shafts. The whole is contained by the cylinder in which the longitudinal seats are dedicated to the translators and the spheres that drag the balls or rollers. This cylinder can also be composed of two parts joined at the center to block the cross. In some cases, inside the shafts a bilateral locking and unlocking solenoid (SBL) is installed. |
| US12163577B2 |
Transmission and drive device for a motor vehicle
A transmission for a motor vehicle includes a first, a second, and a third planetary gear set, an input shaft, a first and a second output shaft, and a first and a second coupling shaft. Respective elements of the first planetary gear set are rotationally fixed to the input shaft, rotationally fixed to the first coupling shaft, and rotationally fixed to the second coupling shaft. Respective elements of the second planetary gear set are rotationally fixed to the first coupling shaft, rotationally fixed to a stationary component, and rotationally fixed to the second output shaft. Respective elements of the third planetary gear set are rotationally fixed to the second coupling shaft, rotationally fixed to the first output shaft, and rotationally fixed to the second output shaft. |
| US12163574B2 |
Motor module
A motor module comprising a primary pinion rotatably driveable by a primary motor, a first primary rack moveably engageable with the primary pinion and a second primary rack moveably engageable with the primary pinion. Rotation of the primary pinion causes movement of the first primary rack in a first direction, and movement of the second primary rack in a second direction, whereby the first and second primary racks and the primary pinion together form an antagonistic rack and pinion mechanism. |
| US12163572B2 |
Shock absorber
A first damping force generation mechanism provided in a first passage formed in a piston to generate a damping force, and a second damping force generation mechanism provided in an annular valve seat member disposed in one of chambers and provided in a second passage in parallel with the first passage to generate a damping force, in which the second damping force generation mechanism includes a first sub-valve provided on one side of the second passage formed in the valve seat member and a second sub-valve (provided on the other side thereof, and a bottomed cylindrical cap member having an outer cylindrical part and a bottom part, and the cap member includes an inner cylindrical part into which the piston rod is able to be inserted formed on an inner circumferential side of the bottom part and houses at least a part of the second damping force generation mechanism. |
| US12163568B2 |
Cover cap and insulator for shock absorber including the same
The present disclosure relates to a cover cap and an insulator for a shock absorber including the same, and the cover cap according to the embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cap main body having a circular plate shape, and a cap hollow portion penetrating a center of the cap main body. Further, a part or the entirety of the cap hollow portion is formed such that a diameter thereof increases toward one surface of the cap main body and the diameter maximally increases at one surface of the cap main body. |
| US12163565B2 |
Process for manufacturing a leaf spring and insert for leaf spring
An insert to a mold for a leaf spring comprises a substrate and a hole that extends through the substrate, A post protrudes from the substrate such that the insert, may be coupled to the mold. Further, the post covers the hole on a first end, so the hole is not exposed. On the other end of the hole, a thin overlay that covers the hole. Thus, during a process where resin is added to the mold, no resin enters the hole. The insert, when added to a leaf spring, offers reinforcement on areas where there is high stress. Therefore, holes may be added to a leaf spring at areas of high stress without overly weakening the leaf spring. |
| US12163564B2 |
Multiple disk brake for a rotatable element
An interconnected multiple disk brake for a rotatable element with an integrated sensor which is based on the rotation of a sensor disk. |
| US12163562B2 |
Joint locking mechanism
A joint locking mechanism comprising a latch assembly and a gear movable relative to the latch assembly and comprising gear teeth. The latch assembly comprises an actuator moveable between a withdrawn position and a deployed position; first and second latches, each comprising an engagement element adapted to interlock with the gear teeth, each being moveable between an unlocked position and a locked position; a pivotable coupling comprising a first end coupled to the first latch, a second end coupled to the second latch, and a pivot positioned between the first and second ends which is rotatably coupled to the actuator. When the actuator is in the withdrawn position both the first and second latches are in the unlocked position. Movement of the actuator from the withdrawn position to the deployed position causes one, but not both, of the first and second latches to move to the locked position. |
| US12163556B2 |
Anti-friction bearing comprising a discharging device, and method for the discharge of electrostatic charges
A roller bearing including a conduction apparatus and a method for conducting electrostatic charges at a roller bearing, the conduction apparatus including at least one elastic conductor having a first conductor section and a second conductor section for forming a contact assembly on the roller bearing, the first conductor section being mounted on a first bearing ring of the roller bearing and the second conductor section being mounted on a second bearing ring of the roller bearing, an electrically conductive connection being established between the first bearing ring and the second bearing ring. The conductor is supported at the first bearing ring, the first conductor section being inserted into at least a straight recess of the first bearing ring. |
| US12163550B2 |
Anti-rotation washer
Disclosed is a circular profiled anti-rotation washer. The anti-rotation washer includes a step profile locking mechanism on a first surface. The anti-rotation washer provides a central axial aperture for receiving a threaded shaft. The step profile is a D-shaped profile and allows the washer to engage with an arm in a positive locking mechanism. |
| US12163547B2 |
Ceramic matrix composite fastener
A method of forming a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) fastener, the method comprising: shaping a preform to form a green fastener; applying one or more layers to an outer surface of the green fastener to form a layered green fastener; and finishing the layered green fastener to form the CMC fastener. |
| US12163545B2 |
Wire gripper and attachment structure for attaching swing member to first member of operation tool
The object is to provide an attachment structure that is for attaching a swing member to a first member of an operation tool and can withstand a high load acting on the swing member and to provide a wire gripper having the attachment structure. The attachment structure for attaching a swing member to a first member of an operation tool includes: the first member having a first through hole; the swing member having a second through hole; a first pin member having a shaft portion inserted through the first through hole and the second through hole; a reinforcement member that prevents the first member and the swing member from coming out of the first pin member and supports at least a part of a bending load or a torsional load received by the swing member; and a fixing member that fixes the reinforcement member to the first pin member. A fitting groove is provided in an outer circumference surface of the shaft portion of the first pin member. The reinforcement member includes an insertion portion inserted in the fitting groove and a retaining portion protruding out of the fitting groove. The fixing member fixes the reinforcement member to the first pin member with the reinforcement member being fit into the first pin member. |
| US12163543B2 |
Rivet with improved structure for forming flat-bottom riveting of plates
A rivet with improved structure for forming flat-bottom riveting of plates, which comprises a rivet cover, a rivet shoulder and a rivet body; specifically, the rivet cover is provided with a torque transmission structure and a positioning structure for driving the rivet to rotate; the rivet body comprises an inner cavity of the rivet body, an outer wall of the rivet body and an end of the rivet body; with the present invention, the bottom surface of the joint can be flush with the surface of the connected plates, which facilitates the subsequent processing of the coverage on the bottom surface, reduces the wind resistance coefficient of the joint, and broadens the application range of the process. |
| US12163540B2 |
Fluid device
A fluid device includes: a flow path through which a fluid flows; and an ultrasonic wave transmitter configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to generate a standing wave to the fluid in the flow path along a first direction orthogonal to a flowing direction of the fluid. The ultrasonic wave transmitter is in contact with the fluid and faces an antinode region corresponding to any antinode in the standing wave. |
| US12163530B2 |
Centrifugal compressor impeller for a charging device of an internal combustion engine
A centrifugal compressor impeller is disclosed for a charging device of an internal combustion engine. The impeller comprises a hub, a number of full blades arranged on the hub and being spaced in a circumferential direction of the impeller, and one splitter blade arranged between a pressure side of a first full blade and a suction side of a second full blade of the number of full blades. A leading edge of the splitter blade is arranged closer to the pressure side of the first full blade than the suction side of the second full blade. The present disclosure further relates to a charging device, an internal combustion engine, and a vehicle. |
| US12163528B2 |
Flange and sealing collar assembly
A FLANGE AND SEALING COLLAR ASSEMBLY which comprises a flange and a sealing collar, the sealing collar being mounted inside the flange, where the sealing collar has a front portion with a smaller diameter than the rear portion, two rings piston in the anterior portion and the flange has a communication channel that interconnects the middle portion between the piston rings of the sealing collar with the exhaust manifold coupled to the turbocharged system, obtaining the advantage of through the positive pressure coming from the exhaust manifold prevent the return of lubricating oil to the compressor of the turbocharged system. |
| US12163523B1 |
Compressor and valve assembly
A compressor includes a scroll and a discharge valve assembly mounted to the scroll. The discharge valve assembly is configured to control fluid flow through a discharge passage. The discharge valve assembly includes a first portion having a backer and a valve member. The first portion includes a discharge opening in communication with the discharge passage. The discharge valve assembly includes a second portion including a body having a top wall, an outer wall and an inner hub. The outer wall is spaced apart from and surrounds the inner hub, defining an inner passage therebetween in communication with the discharge opening. The backer is disposed between the valve member and the second portion. A portion of the outer wall engages the backer. The valve member is deflectable between a closed position restricting fluid flow through the discharge opening and an open position allowing fluid flow through the discharge opening. |
| US12163522B2 |
Compressor containing oil separator with multiple internal muffler spaces
A compressor includes a compression mechanism, and a muffler structure disposed between a compression-chamber outlet of the compression mechanism and an inflow end of a discharge pipe. The muffler structure includes a first muffler portion and a second muffler portion connected in series such that a refrigerant gas repeats expansion and contraction. |
| US12163521B2 |
Compressor, air conditioner and method for assembling compressor
Disclosed are a compressor, an air conditioner and a method for assembling a compressor, wherein the compressor includes a housing, a first cylinder assembly and a second cylinder assembly. The first cylinder assembly includes a first cylinder. The first cylinder assembly has a first discharge channel. A first end of the first discharge channel is in communication with the first cylinder, a second end of the first discharge channel is in communication with a receiving chamber. The second cylinder assembly includes a second cylinder; the second cylinder is disposed adjacent to the first cylinder. The second cylinder assembly has a second discharge channel which is disposed relatively independent of the first discharge channel. A first end of the second discharge channel is connected to the second cylinder; a second end of the second discharge channel is in communication with a receiving chamber. |
| US12163518B2 |
Multistage compressor system with intercooler
A multistage compressor system with intercooler can include a sealed housing with first and second compressor stages, where the first compressor stage is for receiving refrigerant from outside of the sealed housing, and the second compressor stage is for receiving refrigerant from within the sealed housing. The compressor system can also include a crank for mechanically driving the first compressor stage and/or the second compressor stage, and a heat exchanger outside of the sealed housing for receiving refrigerant from the first compressor stage and exchanging heat with the refrigerant. The compressor system can further include an oil reservoir contained by the sealed housing, where the oil reservoir includes oil for lubricating the crank, receives the refrigerant from the heat exchanger, and exchanges heat with the refrigerant to cool the oil in the oil reservoir, and where the refrigerant can be supplied to the second compressor stage. |
| US12163515B2 |
Fluid delivery system with load-dependent rotational speed reversal of a rotary pump
A fluid delivery system includes a reservoir for storing fluid, a rotary pump having a first pump port and a second pump port, a first fluid conduit connecting the first pump port to the reservoir, and a second fluid conduit connecting the second pump port to the reservoir. The rotary pump rotates in a first delivery direction in a normal mode and in a second delivery direction in an alternative mode. A first valve separates the first pump port from the reservoir when the rotary pump is in its alternative mode, and a second valve separates the second pump port from the reservoir when the rotary pump is in its normal mode. |
| US12163511B2 |
Cooling arrangement and method for cooling an at least two-stage compressed air generator
A cooling arrangement for an at least two-stage compressed air generator comprises an intercooler arranged between a first and a second compressor stage, an aftercooler arranged after the second compressor stage, and a subassembly cooler, which absorbs heat from further subassemblies of the compressed air generator. A coolant circuit comprises a main cooler, the cold side supplying a cooled coolant parallel to the respective coolant inlet of the intercooler, of the aftercooler and of the subassembly cooler, and the hot side receiving the heated coolant exiting in parallel at the respective coolant outlet of the intercooler and of the aftercooler. The coolant outlet of the subassembly cooler is connected to a feed inlet of the intercooler and/or of the aftercooler. |
| US12163506B2 |
Wind turbine ice protection system for controlling ice protection measures of at least one wind turbine
Wind turbine ice protection control systems and methods for controlling ice protection measures at a wind turbine are provided. The ice protection control system operates in multiple locations: the first being at least one remote wind turbine site and the second at least one offsite control office location. The ice protection control system includes sensors on at least one wind turbine at least one remote site for sensing internal and external environmental conditions and/or wind turbine outputs. The sensors output data which is received by a network at the wind turbine and then sent to a second network at an offsite location where it is analyzed to determine actions to be taken. In this way, multiple wind turbines at multiple wind turbine remote sites can be controlled by a single control system. Systems and methods for creating, retrieving, and storing sensor data within the ice protection control systems are also discussed. |
| US12163505B2 |
Pitch systems for blades of wind turbines and associated methods
The present disclosure is related to pitch systems for blades of wind turbines. The pitch system comprises a pitch bearing having a first bearing ring connected to a hub of the wind turbine, and a second bearing ring connected to a blade. The pitch system also includes an annular gear and a pitch drive having a motor, a gearbox, a main brake, and a pinion. In addition, the pitch system includes an auxiliary brake system comprising an auxiliary brake and an auxiliary pinion to engage with the annular gear, where the auxiliary brake is configured to switch between an active state, wherein braking forces are applied to the annular gear to maintain the blade in an instantaneous position, and an inactive state. The present disclosure further relates to wind turbines comprising such pitch systems and methods for applying an emergency pitch braking torque to a pitch system. |
| US12163502B2 |
Leading edge protection for a wind turbine blade
A wind turbine blade includes a leading edge protection element attached to the leading edge of the wind turbine blade. The leading edge protection element extends in a longitudinal direction between an outboard end and an inboard end and includes an attachment surface mounted to an exterior surface of the blade, an exterior surface opposite the attachment surface, a first section extending from the leading edge and along a part of the pressure side of the wind turbine blade to a first transverse end at a first position on the pressure side of the blade, and a second section extending from the leading edge and along a part of the suction side of the wind turbine blade to a second transverse end at a second position on the suction side of the blade. |
| US12163501B2 |
Water-driven elongated-conveyor turbine and method of using a water-driven elongated-conveyor turbine
A water-driven turbine has an elongated endless conveyor with down and up streaming straightaways connected by travel-reversing turns. Paddles mounted on the conveyor present high resistance to waterflow on the downstream straightaway and low resistance to waterflow or the atmosphere on the upstream straightaway, the differential allowing the flow of water to continuously drive the conveyor which is connected to a power take-off shaft facilitating connection to a variety of energy-harnessing systems. The turbine can be towed, self-driven or mooring line manipulated to a flow site and is operable in unidirectional flows such as rivers and reversing flows such as tides at depths from surface to bottom. The paddles can be mounted or changed on shore, at the flow site and anywhere in between. The turbine is efficient in low and high velocity water flow, not easily damaged by floating debris, cavitation free and fish, mammal and environmentally friendly. |
| US12163500B2 |
Large tidal current energy generating device and assembly platform thereof
The present invention provides a large tidal current energy generating device and an assembly platform (1) thereof. At least one horizontal axis hydro-generator (2) is installed in the assembly platform (1). The assembly platform (1) includes at least four fixed piles (11), at least two force-bearing blocks (12), at least two force-bearing supports (13), and supports (14). The at least four fixed piles are connected through the supports to form an installation space (15). The at least one horizontal axis hydro-generator is installed inside the installation space. One end of each fixed pile is driven to be fixed to a seabed and the other end extends to be above a water surface. The at least four fixed piles are arranged in left and right columns relative to a water flow direction, and each column of the fixed piles is arranged along the water flow direction. The at least two force-bearing blocks are fixed to the corresponding fixed piles or supports and located on left and right sides of the horizontal axis hydro-generator below the water surface, respectively. Ends of the at least two force-bearing supports are respectively mounted on the left and right sides of the horizontal axis hydro-generator relative to the water flow direction and the other ends are respectively against the corresponding force-bearing blocks. |
| US12163498B2 |
Sealing system for underwater turbine
A sealing system for sealing a rotatable shaft of an underwater turbine against an entry of seawater includes a first seal support and a second seal support arranged axially adjacent to the first seal support along the shaft and a first seal element supported by the first seal support and a second seal element supported by the second seal support. The first and second seal elements each have an annular seal body and a lip extending from the seal body to a sealing surface on or rotationally fixed to the rotatable shaft, and at least one lubricant-filled chamber exists between the first and second seal supports and the shaft. |
| US12163495B2 |
Control apparatus for internal combustion engine
A control apparatus, for an internal combustion engine, detects a rotational speed parameter (time parameter) that represents a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine including a plurality of cylinders, detects a single misfire that is a misfire for every ignition for each of the plurality of cylinders, based on the rotational speed parameter that has been detected in each combustion stroke of the plurality of cylinders (steps 2 to 7 and 9), counts, as a misfire counter value, the number of times that the single misfire has been detected for each of the plurality of cylinders (steps 8 and 10), determines whether the misfire is occurring in the cylinder, based on the misfire counter value (steps 11 to 12), and corrects an ignition timing of the cylinder that has been determined that the misfire is occurring to an advance angle side (steps 25, 26, and 34). |
| US12163494B2 |
Method and system for diagnosing working capacity of carbon filled canisters
Methods and systems are presented for onboard fuel vapor recovery for large heavy duty vehicles. In one example, the methods and systems include combining a plurality of carbon filled fuel vapor storage canisters in parallel and series to capture fuel vapors that may be generated via a heavy duty vehicle. |
| US12163493B2 |
Malfunction diagnosis device for leakage diagnosis device
A leakage diagnosis device for an evaporative fuel treatment device includes a first vent valve, a second vent valve, and a pump. The first vent valve is configured to block a first atmospheric passage, which is a main passage of an atmospheric passage and connects a canister with an atmospheric opening. The second vent valve is configured to block a second atmospheric passage, which is a bypass passage of the first atmospheric passage and connects the canister with the atmospheric opening. The pump is provided on a side of the atmospheric opening relative to the second vent valve in the second atmospheric passage, and is configured to pressurize or depressurize the second atmospheric passage. A malfunction diagnosis device performs a malfunction diagnosis based on an output value of a pressure sensor, a current value of the pump, or an output value of an air-fuel ratio sensor. |
| US12163489B2 |
Aeronautical propulsion system
A propulsion system includes a drive shaft, a drive turbine including a drive turbine rotor having a turbine disk and turbine blades, and a fan section. The turbine disk has an inner surface, an outer surface, a bore radius, and a rim radius. One or more of the turbine blades includes a root fixed to the turbine disk in a respective slot, a stilt connected to the root and including a platform, and an airfoil connected to the platform and extending within a flowpath. The flowpath includes an outer radius and an inner radius. The drive shaft has a limit speed. The bore radius, the rim radius, the outer radius, the inner radius, and the limit speed satisfy a given relationship. |
| US12163488B1 |
Selectable inlet for aircraft propulsion system heat exchanger
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a propulsor rotor, an engine core, a housing, a flowpath and a heat exchange system. The engine core is configured to power rotation of the propulsor rotor. The housing includes an inner structure and an outer structure. The outer structure is radially outboard of and axially overlaps the inner structure. The flowpath is downstream of the propulsor rotor and radially between the inner structure and the outer structure. The heat exchange system includes a duct, an exterior orifice, an interior orifice, a flow regulator and a heat exchanger disposed within the duct. The exterior orifice is formed by the outer structure and disposed along an exterior of the housing. The interior orifice is formed by the outer structure and disposed along the flowpath. The flow regulator is configured to selectively fluidly couple the exterior orifice and the interior orifice to the duct. |
| US12163487B2 |
Apparatus for providing an electrical connection
A structure comprising a nacelle or a thrust reverser, the structure comprising a stationary part and a movable part, the structure comprising: a first guide provided on or in the stationary part of the structure or the movable part of the structure; a first electrical connector attached to the stationary part of the structure: a second electrical connector attached to the movable part of the structure; and a carriage movable along the first guide: wherein the carriage comprises a closed loop electrical cable mounted in or on a carriage body such that the closed loop cable can rotate, wherein the first electrical connector is electrically connected to the closed loop electrical cable and the closed loop electrical cable is electrically connected to the second electrical connector, thereby providing an electrical connection from the stationary part of the structure to the movable part of the structure. |
| US12163484B2 |
Piston, block assembly, and method for cooling
A piston can include a skirt, a crown, and a cooling gallery. The skirt can have an upper body portion. The crown can be formed at the upper body portion. A wall can be formed underneath the crown so as to define a cooling gallery within the piston. The cooling gallery includes cooling gallery peripheral portion and a cooling gallery central portion. The cooling gallery can be configured to receive and to retain an amount of cooling fluid and to cause movement thereof within the cooling gallery between a cooling gallery peripheral portion and a cooling gallery central portion as the piston travels between top dead center and bottom dead center so as to cool both the piston outer region and the piston center region. |
| US12163480B2 |
Engine and method of operating the same
An engine system and method of operation therefor are provided. The system is a two-stroke internal combustion engine having an exhaust valve assembly that controls the exhaust cycle relative to crankshaft timing. The exhaust valve assembly is positioned between exhaust port and an exhaust pipe. The exhaust valve assembly comprises a rotary exhaust valve and valve phasing assembly. The rotary exhaust valve comprises a valve body defining a valve void therethrough. The use of the rotary exhaust valve allows for alteration or calibration of the fixed time and location at which the intake port and exhaust port are opened and closed by the piston with respect to the respective engine cycle. Notably, while still uncovered by the piston, the exhaust port may be closed due to full misalignment of the valve void and the exhaust port, while the intake port remains open, allowing for cylinder charging. |
| US12163479B2 |
Fuel delivery
The present application discloses a method of determining one or more fuel characteristics of an aviation fuel suitable for powering a gas turbine engine of an aircraft, the gas turbine engine having a combustor supplied with fuel from a fuel system, the method comprising: determining a mass of the fuel being supplied to the combustor; determining a corresponding volume of the fuel being supplied to the combustor; and determining one or more fuel characteristics based on the determined mass and volume. Also disclosed is a fuel characteristic determination system, a method of operating an aircraft, and an aircraft. |
| US12163478B2 |
Overall engine efficiency rating for turbomachine engines
A turbomachine engine can include a fan assembly, a vane assembly, a core engine, a gearbox, and an overall engine efficiency rating. The fan assembly can include a plurality of fan blades. The vane assembly can include a plurality of vanes, and the vanes can, in some instances, be disposed aft of the fan blades. The core engine can include a low-pressure turbine. The gearbox includes an input and an output. The input of the gearbox is coupled to the low-pressure turbine of the core engine and comprises a first rotational speed, the output of the gearbox is coupled to the fan assembly and has a second rotational speed, and a gear ratio of the first rotational speed to the second rotational speed is within a range of 2.0-4.0. |
| US12163468B1 |
Aircraft powerplant with electric transmission(s)
A system is provided for an aircraft. This system includes a propulsor rotor and a powerplant configured to drive rotation of the propulsor rotor. The powerplant includes a turbo-compounded intermittent internal combustion engine and a dual rotor electric machine. The turbo-compounded intermittent internal combustion engine includes a turbine rotor operatively coupled to the propulsor rotor through the dual rotor electric machine. The dual rotor electric machine includes a first rotor, a second rotor, a first stator and a second stator. The first stator and the second stator are arranged radially between and axially aligned with the first rotor and the second rotor. |
| US12163467B2 |
Condenser for hydrogen steam injected turbine engine
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a hydrogen fuel system supplying hydrogen fuel to the combustor through a fuel flow path. A condenser extracts water from an exhaust gas flow and includes a plurality of spiral passages disposed within a collector. The spiraling passages generate a transverse pressure gradient to direct water out of the exhaust gas flow toward the collector. |
| US12163463B2 |
Outboard motor, engine starting system, and watercraft propulsion system
An outboard motor includes an engine, a propeller to generate a propulsive force by the drive force of the engine, a lithium ion capacitor, a starter motor to be actuated by a power supply from the lithium ion capacitor to crank the engine, a starter relay provided on a starting power supply line between the lithium ion capacitor and the starter motor, a start switch to be turned on by an engine starting operation by a user to energize a coil of the starter relay from the lithium ion capacitor so as to turn on the starter relay, and a charging controller including a switch to connect the lithium ion capacitor to a charging power source to charge the lithium ion capacitor during the driving of the engine, and to disconnect the lithium ion capacitor from the charging power source when the driving of the engine is stopped. |
| US12163461B2 |
Rotary engine, parts thereof, and methods
A rotary engine, parts thereof, and methods associated therewith is provided. The engine is modular and adjustable to accommodate a variety of requirements and preferences. The system includes a combustion assembly having a housing and a power rotor positioned therein. The power rotor rotates in a first direction from the beginning of each combustion process through the end of each exhaust process. The system also includes a compression assembly linked to the combustion assembly such that the compression rotor rotates in the first direction from the beginning of each intake process through the end of each compression process. A tank assembly in fluid communication with the compression assembly and the combustion assembly provides stability to the system while eliminating or otherwise reducing transitional loses. |
| US12163452B2 |
Electronic device, vehicle, and control method
An electronic device includes: an acquiring part that acquires a state of charge of a battery that is electrically connected to a motor performing recovery power generation and is charged by the motor, and a control part that controls the driving of a heater that raises the temperature of a catalyst of an after-treatment device that purifies exhaust gas discharged from an engine. The control part drives the heater so that the heater is heated by the electric power of the battery if the state of charge of the battery acquired by the acquiring part is equal to or greater than a first threshold. |
| US12163447B2 |
Rocker arm assembly
A rocker arm configured to perform a first event and a second event against a valve bridge assembly operably associated with first and second engine valves includes a rocker arm body configured to rotate about a rocker shaft. The rocker arm body includes a first event rocker arm assembly comprising a hydraulic capsule in a bore, and a second event rocker arm assembly. The first event rocker arm assembly is configured to selectively engage the valve bridge assembly to open the first and second engine valves. |
| US12163445B1 |
Composite airfoil assembly having a dovetail
A composite airfoil assembly for a turbine engine including an airfoil extending in a radial direction between a root and a tip to define a span length. The airfoil including a composite core and a set of skins overlying the composite core. The set of skins include an outer skin defining at least a portion of an exterior surface of the airfoil. A dovetail extends radially below the root, the dovetail including the composite core and the set of skins, the dovetail further including a fan skin overlying the outer skin proximate the root. |
| US12163440B2 |
Nacelle inlet assembly with composite lipskin
An inlet assembly of a nacelle includes an inlet cowl. The inlet cowl includes a lipskin that has a front section which defines the leading edge of the inlet cowl. The front section includes a composite panel and a metallic coating disposed along an exterior surface of the composite panel to protect the composite panel from damage. The lipskin defines perforations that penetrate through the composite panel and the metallic coating at the front section to convey a liquid through a thickness of the lipskin onto an exterior surface of the inlet cowl. |
| US12163436B1 |
Guide blade for a guide device
A guide blade (200) for a guide device (100), including a guide blade body (201) with a blade top side (210), a blade underside (220), a blade leading edge (230) and a blade trailing edge (240). The guide blade (200) also comprises a profile centerline (250) which is defined in a profile of the guide blade body (201) by the blade top side (210) and the blade underside (220) and runs between them from the blade leading edge (230) to the blade trailing edge (240), the profile centerline (250) having a turning point (IP). The blade leading edge (230) and the blade trailing edge (240) are connected by a profile chord (260). The guide blade (200) has a guide blade axis of rotation (PA). The axis of rotation (PA), starting from the blade leading edge (230) in the direction of the blade trailing edge (240), lies along the profile chord (260) between the blade leading edge (230) and the turning point (IP). |
| US12163434B1 |
Advanced thermally conductive lightweight elastomeric seal
A thermally conductive lightweight elastomeric seal including a stator substrate having an external surface; a casing coupled to the external surface, the casing including radial walls extending orthogonal radially from the external surface; an abradable material disposed within the casing, the abradable material comprises an elastomer material with imbedded metal-coated hollow microspheres, wherein the abradable material comprises a density of 0.5 to 0.6 grams/cubic centimeter; the abradable material and the casing being coupled together. |
| US12163433B2 |
Runner clearance optimization using tailored material density
An aircraft engine, has: a shaft rotatable about a central axis; a housing mounted around the shaft; and a seal assembly disposed radially between the shaft and the housing relative to the central axis, the seal assembly having: a sealing ring mounted to the housing, and a seal runner secured to the shaft, the seal runner extending radially relative to the central axis from an inner face facing the shaft to an outer face facing the sealing ring and being radially spaced apart from the sealing ring by a gap, the seal runner having an inner section extending from the inner face towards the outer face, and an outer section extending from the outer face towards the inner face, a density of the outer section being less than that of the inner section, the density defined as a mass per unit of volume of the seal runner. |
| US12163429B1 |
Method of buffer layer with critical deformation of tunnel initial support as control target
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of tunnel construction, in particular to a design method of a buffer layer with critical deformation of a tunnel initial support as a control target. The method includes the following steps: (1) establishing a mechanical model and calculating an ultimate bearing capacity of the tunnel initial support during critical damage based on a cusp catastrophe theory; (2) determining a critical deformation value of the tunnel initial support under the ultimate bearing capacity; (3) establishing a yielding control target of a tunnel buffer layer; (4) determining a performance index of the buffer layer according to the control target, and calculating corresponding index parameters. Compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects. The method aims to put forward the critical deformation value of the tunnel initial support under the ultimate bearing capacity, obtain an optimal yielding design parameters of the buffer layer by taking a compression and load transfer mode of the tunnel buffer layer as a link, and give a calculation method. |
| US12163425B2 |
Automated geosteering based on a distance to oil-water contact
A method for performing automated geosteering includes receiving, by a processing system, formation evaluation data from a bottom hole assembly disposed in a wellbore. The method further includes determining, by the processing system, position data of a formation boundary from the formation evaluation data. The method further includes extrapolating, by the processing system, the position data to generate extrapolated position data of the formation boundary. The method further includes adjusting a trajectory of the wellbore based at least in part on the extrapolated position data of the formation boundary. |
| US12163424B2 |
Method for installing an earthing system
The present invention relates to a method of installing an electrical earthing system, comprising: determining a borehole site, providing a drill string comprised of a conductive material and having a drill bit at an end thereof, and electrically connecting the drill string to an earth test terminal of a resistance testing apparatus, electrically connecting a test electrode or electrodes to a remaining terminal or terminals of the resistance testing apparatus and placing the test electrode(s) around the borehole, drilling the borehole using the drill string, periodically or continuously measuring and recording a total electrical resistance using the resistance testing apparatus, and adjusting the drill string to reduce the total electrical resistance towards a target total electrical resistance, removing the drill rod from the borehole and disconnecting the drill string from the resistance testing apparatus, installing an earthing electrode within the borehole, and backfilling the borehole with backfill ground material. |
| US12163422B2 |
Method to test exploration well's hydrocarbon potential while drilling
A method for performing a drill stem test (DST) is disclosed. The method includes performing underbalanced drilling (UBD) of exploration wells to penetrate a target interval in a subterranean formation, where UBD is performed when a wellbore fluid pressure is less than a formation fluid pressure to allow a fluid flow from the target interval to surface during a drilling phase of the UBD, determining, based on the UBD of the exploration wells, a measure of the fluid flow from the target interval to the surface, obtaining, based on the UBD of the exploration wells, open hole logs of the exploration wells, where the open hole logs represent a reservoir property of the target interval, and selectively performing, based at least on the measure of the fluid flow and the open hole logs, the DST of the exploration wells. |
| US12163417B1 |
Integrated drilling system
An integrated drilling system includes a rotary steerable control unit and an electromagnetic LWD control unit deployed in an external collar. The rotary steerable control unit is deployed below the electromagnetic LWD control unit and is configured to control a direction of drilling of the integrated drilling system. A near bit electromagnetic antenna is deployed in a recess on the collar circumferentially about the rotary steerable control unit. At least one electromagnetic transmitter and at least one electromagnetic receiver are deployed in corresponding recesses in the collar circumferentially about the electromagnetic LWD control unit with the at least one transmitter and at least one receiver configured to make electromagnetic logging measurements while drilling. An electrical jumper provides an electrical connection between the near bit electromagnetic antenna and the electromagnetic LWD control unit. |
| US12163407B2 |
Well production manifold for liquid assisted gas lift applications
A system comprises a plurality of manifolds configured to combine a liquid and a gas into liquid-gas mixtures and deliver the liquid-gas mixtures to wells to facilitate product flow. Different manifolds of the plurality of manifolds operate on different parameters—e.g., produce liquid-gas mixtures having different compositions of liquid and gas—based on characteristics of the respective well associated with the respective manifold. An external liquid pump and/or gas compressor delivers liquid and/or gas to each manifold of the plurality of manifolds. |
| US12163403B1 |
Flow tube and flapper configuration of a safety valve for a production wellbore
A safety valve for a wellbore for production of hydrocarbons from a surrounding subsurface formation includes a flow tube through which a flow of fluids from the surrounding subsurface formation downhole to a surface of the wellbore, wherein the flow tube comprises a lower end through which the flow of fluids is to enter the flow tube, wherein the flow tube is composed of metal, except for at least a cut out section of the lower end that is composed a polymeric material. The safety valve includes a flapper configured close the safety valve by changing positions to cover an opening at the lower end of the flow tube such that an impact force of the closing on the flapper onto the flow tube is at least partially absorbed by the polymeric material. |
| US12163400B2 |
Plug and abandon operation in a hydrocarbon well by cementing the annulus through apertures in the casing
A technique for abandonment of a hydrocarbon well injects cement into the annulus through apertures (5) in the casing (3). The apertures (5) are pre-formed in the casing before the casing is installed at the start of life of the well, and are also fitted with a closure sleeve (6). The apertures (5) remain closed for the lifetime of the well. The closure sleeve (6) is designed to remain operational over the 20-30 year lifetime of the well. When the time comes to plug and abandon the well, a tool (9) is passed down the well on drill pipe (10) to open the apertures (5) by moving the sleeve (6). Wash fluid and then cement are injected from the tool (9) through the apertures (5) to wash and then plug the annulus behind the casing (3). |
| US12163395B2 |
Method and apparatus for a well vibrator tool
A downhole vibration tool includes a head unit, a housing, a power system, a control system, at least one electrical motor, an engagement system, at least one vibration module, and at least one tractor section. The head unit is configured to attach to a conveyance system in a wellbore. The housing is configured to receive the cable head and house the power system, the control system, the at least one electrical motor, the engagement system, the vibration module and the at least one tractor section. The engagement system is configured to extend outward from the housing and contact the wellbore. |
| US12163388B2 |
Drilling mud screen system and methods thereof
A drilling mud screen comprising: a body having a first end and a second end and a centerline, wherein the first end and/or the second end of the body has a means to engage a drilling mud screen puller/installer tool; a drilling mud inlet at the first end of the body; a filter having a first end, a second end, and openings, wherein the filter is fluidly connected to the second end of the body via a first connection and/or an optional first end retaining ring; a drilling mud outlet at the openings of the filter; and a second end cap fluidly connected at the second end of the filter via a second connection, wherein the filter has an optional retaining ring disposed between the first connection and the second connection is disclosed. |
| US12163387B1 |
Methods for reducing the size of cuttings in oil and gas drilling operations
A method of reducing the size of cuttings to fine particles includes obtaining a mixture comprising at least cuttings and drilling fluid and providing a crushing machine including an inlet and a first stage. The first stage includes a first housing, a first rotating hammer with a plurality of blades disposed within the first housing that spins on an axis powered by a motor, a first grate plate, a first water injector coupled to the first housing, and a second stage that is substantially similar to the first stage. The method further includes crushing the cuttings with the first rotating hammer to form reduced-size cuttings and injecting water into the first housing via the first water injector, thereby flowing crushed cuttings through toward the second stage. The method is repeated in the second stage such that the reduced size cuttings become fine particles and flow into a waste pit. |
| US12163386B2 |
Drilling fluid conditioning systems and methods
A drilling fluid conditioning system for a well system includes a return conduit configured to receive drilling fluid recirculated from a wellbore of the well system, a drilling fluid pre-chilling system in fluid communication with and downstream from the return conduit, wherein the drilling fluid pre-chilling system includes a cooler configured to transfer heat from the drilling fluid to a heat sink, and a solids control system in fluid communication with and downstream from the drilling fluid pre-chilling system, wherein the solids control system is configured to separate at least some solids from the drilling fluid. |
| US12163384B2 |
Adaptive control of rotating or non-rotating transducer and sensors casing stand-off supported by casing centralizers
A downhole sensor position adjustment device on a downhole sensor assembly comprising a set of centralizers and a sensor array coupled to an adjustable framework radially positionable by an actuator. The actuator includes an extend-retract mechanism to radially position the sensor array a predetermined radial distance to an inner surface of a casing. A controller communicatively coupled to the extend-retract mechanism is configured to actuate the extend-retract mechanism. A positioning sensor provides feedback of the predetermined radial distance of the sensor array to the inner surface of the casing. |
| US12163382B2 |
Angled drill pipe nozzle assemblies
A drilling system includes a drill string extendable into a borehole from a drilling platform and conveying a drilling fluid to a drill bit arranged at a distal end of the drill string, an annulus defined between the drill string and an inner wall of the borehole and in which spent drilling fluid ejected from the drill bit flows back to the drilling platform, and a plurality of nozzle assemblies installed on the drill string, each nozzle assembly providing a fluid flow path between an interior of the drill string and the annulus. Each nozzle assembly is transitionable between a closed state, where the drilling fluid within the interior is prevented from passing through the fluid flow path, and an open state, where the drilling fluid traverses the fluid flow path and is discharged into the annulus to combine with the spent fluid. |
| US12163380B2 |
Drilling bit
This drilling bit includes a bit body centered on a tool central axis, a plurality of buttons protruding from a tip surface of the bit body, a discharge flow path disposed from the tip surface of the bit body over an outer peripheral surface, and a blow hole that extends inside the bit body and is open at the tip surface. The discharge flow path has a first flow path which has a groove shape located on the tip surface and extending in a tool radial direction, and at which the blow hole is open, and a second flow path located outward in the tool radial direction from the blow hole on the tip surface to communicate with the first flow path, and extending in a tool circumferential direction. |
| US12163377B2 |
Window treatment control using bright override
A system includes a window treatment adjacent to a window of a room. At least one motor drive unit is associated with the window treatment, for varying the position of the window treatment. A sensor measures a light level (e.g., an outdoor light level) at the window. A controller provides signals to the motor drive unit to automatically adjust the position of the window treatment so as to control a penetration distance of sunlight into the room when the window treatment is partially opened. The controller is configured to position the window treatment in a bright override position if the measured light level is at least a bright threshold value. The controller is configured to select the bright threshold value from among at least two predetermined values. The selection depends on an angle of incidence between light rays from the sun and a surface normal of the window. |
| US12163373B2 |
Access door assembly and related methods
An access door assembly is for a floor structure. The access door assembly includes a door frame coupled to the floor structure and defining an opening aligned with a staircase, and an access door within the opening and having first and second longitudinal sides. The first longitudinal side defines a first opposing bevelled surface, and the floor structure adjacent the opening defines a second opposing bevelled surface. The access door assembly also includes an arm coupled to the access door and configured to pivot the access door between an open state and a closed state. The first and second opposing bevelled surfaces are aligned and abutting in the closed state, and are in spaced apart relation in the open state. |
| US12163370B2 |
Vehicle barrier gate system
A vehicle barrier gate system which is positioned above a roadway through which vehicles pass. Some of the various embodiments of the present disclosure include a gate comprised of an arm and barrier which is adjustable between a raised position in which a vehicle may pass and a lowered position in which a vehicle is prevented from passing. The gate may be movably connected to a ceiling or an overhead support structure positioned above the roadway. Various types of actuators may be utilized to adjust the gate along a linear and/or angular path between the raised and lowered positions. A control unit may be in communication with one or more sensors and/or an authorization system to control the actuator. The gate may include a breakaway mechanism which allows the gate to be manually raised or lowered in the event of actuator failure or a vehicle ramming through the gate. |
| US12163369B2 |
Refrigerator and method for controlling same
A refrigerator is configured to enable a user to open doors of the refrigerator easily. The refrigerator performs a method for controlling the doors to prevent from opening due to a malfunction. |
| US12163368B2 |
Vehicle operation detection device and vehicle operation detection method
A vehicle operation detection device includes a storage unit configured to store a trained model obtained by machine learning using training data in which an image captured in advance and a body part used for a gesture of a user are associated with each other, an entry determination unit configured to determine whether, based on a position of the body part in the image obtained by inputting a newly captured image into the trained model, the body part enters a recognition area set in an imaging area of a camera, and a gesture determination unit configured to calculate a displacement vector of the body part based on images captured at a time interval after it is determined that the body part enters the recognition area, and determine, in accordance with whether a direction of the displacement vector is a direction corresponding to the gesture, whether the gesture is made. |
| US12163366B2 |
Active hood hinge assembly
An active hinge including a body bracket for attachment to a vehicle body. A hood bracket is provided for rotational attachment to a vehicle hood. An actuator is provided for selectively transitioning the active hood hinge from a normal mode where the rotation of the hood bracket is restricted, to an active pedestrian mode where the rotation of the hood bracket is unrestricted. |
| US12163365B2 |
Articulated hinge assembly for an aircraft door
An articulated hinge assembly for connecting a door to a fuselage of an aircraft includes an articulated hinge arm having a first hinge member pivotably coupled to a second hinge member at an elbow. A fuselage fitting is pivotably coupled to a fuselage bracket and a door fitting is pivotably coupled to a door bracket of the door. The articulated hinge arm is movable from a collapsed position to an expanded position to move the door from a door closed position to a door open position. The articulated hinge assembly includes a linkage assembly coupled to the articulated hinge arm, the fuselage fitting and the door fitting controlling movement of the first hinge member and the second hinge member relative to each other and relative to the fuselage fitting. The linkage assembly controls positioning of the door. |
| US12163364B2 |
Roller
A roller including: a main body portion configured to include an outer ring and a rotatable inner ring on an inner circumferential side of the outer ring; and a covering portion disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the outer ring, the covering portion being made of a synthetic resin in which reinforced fibers are dispersed, wherein the covering portion includes a region in which arrangement directions of the reinforced fibers are aligned. |
| US12163361B2 |
Roll-form tie bar and guide for casement window
A casement window lock and tie bar assembly including a flexible guide pre-formed with an arcuate deflection. The guide receives a tie bar having a c-shaped cross-section. The arcuate deflection of the guide causes the guide to be frictionally held in an initial position on the longitudinal axis of tie bar. When fasteners are tightened to attach the guide to a window frame, the guide is flattened to enable the tie bar to freely slide on the guide. |
| US12163360B2 |
Closure latch assembly equipped with single ratchet/pawl latch mechanism and a power latch release mechanism with a dual-stage gear train
A latch assembly for a closure panel of a vehicle includes a power release actuator, a pawl, a ratchet, and a multi-stage geartrain. The multi-stage geartrain includes a first compound gear and a second sector gear in meshed engagement with the compound gear. The sector gear includes an arm extending radially therefrom. In a rest position, a gap is defined between the arm and a cam surface of a pawl. Actuation of the power release actuator actuates the multi-stage geartrain and pivots the arm through the gap and into contact with the pawl. During pivoting through the gap, inertia is increased and the arm contacts the pawl with an impulse force. Continued rotation of the arm causes further rotation of the pawl and release of the ratchet. The arm is disposed within an axial height defined by the multi-stage geartrain, and torque applied to the arm increases during rotation. |
| US12163358B1 |
Restraint clips
The apparatus of the present invention is a device designed for quick and non-violent apprehension and immobilization of suspects and/or prisoners consisting of two quick connect ankle cuffs joined by a retractable cable, thus enabling law enforcement a method for violent-free restraint. |
| US12163357B2 |
Sealed connection device between two enclosed volumes with improved security
Assembly including a first volume and a device for connection between the first volume and a second volume, the first volume including a first flange and a first door, and the second enclosed volume including a second flange and a second door, the connection device including a securing and disengaging mechanism intended to secure the first and second doors and to disengage the second door from its flange, the mechanism including a plate mounted on the first door. The assembly also including an immobilisation mechanism for immobilising the plate relative to the first door in a position in the absence of the second door and in another position in the presence of the second door in a state of securing the first and second doors, and unlocking the second door relative to the second flange. |
| US12163354B2 |
Urban transformation and construction method for creating a public access tropical style swimming lagoon with beaches within vacant or abandoned sites
An urban transformation and construction method is disclosed that creates a tropical style swimming lagoon at vacant and/or abandoned sites. The transformation includes demolishing at least part of the vacant or abandoned site, excavating material from within the site; forming a basin for a large water body having a surface area of at least 3,000 m2, and constructing water containment walls on a first section of the basin to form a waterfront perimeter. The shape of the waterfront perimeter is mainly curved, the basin has a maximum width of 300 meters, and the bottom is covered with a non-permeable material. A sloped access area is constructed in a second section of the basin to form a beach. A barrier is constructed to control access into the area including the beach. At least one recreational facility is constructed including restaurants, bars, kiosks, stores, and/or cafes about the waterfront perimeter. |
| US12163349B2 |
Bracing apparatus, system, and method for installation of sub-surface utility anchors
A bracing apparatus, system, and method for the installation of sub-surface utility anchors as used for utility poles, and other infrastructure which requires a sub-surface foundational element is disclosed. The bracing apparatus may be configured to interconnect to a mounting flange or mounting surface of a utility anchor, wherein the bracing apparatus allows the lifting of a utility anchor from a horizontal orientation to a suspended vertical orientation for placing the utility anchor vertically into a hole prepared for the installation of the utility anchor. The bracing apparatus comprises a leveling means wherein the bracing apparatus resides above grade and the leveling means bears on the surrounding ground surface, is adapted to raise or lower the utility anchor in relation to the grade level, and is adapted to achieve a level configuration of the mounting flange or mounting surface of the utility anchor and thus achieve a plumb or near-plumb orientation of an above-ground infrastructure mounted to the utility anchor. |
| US12163348B2 |
Scaffolding stair system
A combined stairway and platform used in scaffolding systems. A stairway and platform system includes a stairway having steps, a top landing platform and a bottom landing platform, wherein the top and bottom landing platforms are integrally formed with the stairway. The top and bottom landing platforms are attachable to a scaffolding frame. An upper and lower end panel, to which a handrail is attached, are configured to attach to the scaffolding frame. |
| US12163344B2 |
Climbing formwork system for mass concrete construction, in particular for building a dam or for hydropower industry, and a method for building a mass concrete construction
A climbing formwork system for mass concrete construction comprises a movable panel separating a filling volume from an external environment, a track extending along a longitudinal direction partially inside said filling volume with a sliding channel closed with respect to the filling volume and a longitudinal slit facing the external environment. In addition, the climbing formwork system comprises a climbing element positioned and slidingly inserted in the sliding channel having a connection portion projecting through the slit to be connected with a portion of the movable panel. Fastening elements are operatively connected between the connection portion of the climbing element and the movable panel in order to maintain the latter fixed to the climbing element in a union condition. Also, a subject of this patent application is a method for building a mass concrete construction. |
| US12163338B2 |
Baseboard elements and related method
A baseboard element including a nose portion, a riser portion coupled to the nose portion, and a wall groove portion coupled to the riser portion. The nose portion includes a nose bottom section and a nose face section. The riser portion includes a riser section approximately perpendicular to the nose bottom section. The nose portion is positioned only on a first side of the riser section, and the wall groove portion is positioned only on a second side of the riser section, the second side opposite the first side. The nose bottom section comprises a nose bottom edge that is located at a terminal end of the nose bottom section and that is located closer to a plane defined by the riser section than the nose face section is to the plane. Other embodiments are also provided. |
| US12163335B1 |
Drainage junction shield
A drainage junction shield is disclosed that provides protection for the lower portion of a storm water downspout and its intersection with an adapter and drainpipe. Protection is provided against string trimmers and edgers and other impacting implements in a landscape environment. A shielded adapter chamber has perimeter flanges for pinning to a soil surface. The adapter chamber encloses the intersection of the drainpipe, adapter, and downspout as against a wall. A shielded downspout chamber extends above the adapter chamber and converges to an extension access that receives and encloses the lower end of a downspout. |
| US12163334B2 |
Gutter cover
A gutter cover, components thereof, and associated methods. The gutter cover is configured to be installed over a gutter to prevent debris from entering the gutter. The gutter cover can be made of a webbing material having openings through which water can pass. The gutter cover includes features that facilitate water penetration through the gutter cover for the water to enter the gutter. For example, the webbing material is formed to define a diverter protruding upward and extending lengthwise along the gutter cover body. The diverter has a peak, a rear leg extending upward and forward toward the peak, and a forward leg extending downward and forward from the peak. The rear leg is steeper and shorter than the front leg such that the rear leg defines a water impact surface configured to break surface tension of water flowing along the top of the gutter cover. |
| US12163333B2 |
Adjustable electrical fixture mounting assembly
A mounting assembly is provided for quick and easy attachment to engineered joists. The mounting assembly includes a brace assembly and a mounting bracket. The mounting assembly may also include an electrical box. The brace assembly is an adjustable member that extends between flanges of engineered ceiling joists. The brace assembly has two low profile end caps that can engage the flanges of engineered ceiling joists and apply a force against the flanges when tightened. The mounting bracket is connected to a hanger body of the brace assembly by a snap fit and the electrical box is attached to the mounting bracket. |
| US12163330B2 |
Locking edge joiner system for a temporary wall system
A wall panel assembly includes a first wall panel includes a first core having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A first edge joiner extends between the first surface and the second surface. The first edge joiner has a first male extension extending therefrom and a second edge joiner extending between the first surface and the second surface parallel to the first edge joiner. The second edge joiner has a first female receiver disposed therein. The first male extension has a first channel opening having a first width. The first female receiver has a first extension extending inward and having a second width less than the first width. |
| US12163323B2 |
Primed jet toilet
A siphonic flush toilet system and method of priming the same having a toilet bowl assembly comprising at least one jet flush valve assembly and at least one rim valve; and bowl having a rim and a jet defining at least one jet channel. The bowl has a closed jet pathway to maintain the jet channel in a primed state with fluid from the jet flush valve assembly to prevent air from entering the closed jet pathway. Flush valves may have back-flow preventer mechanisms and/or at least partly flexible valve covers, including specific valve cover structures. Flush activation assemblies may have a flush activation bar connected to the pivot rod and/or an adjustable flush connector located between the pivot rod and the flush activation bar. A kit providing one or more flush activation elements is included. The kit elements may be usable with the toilet systems and methods described. |
| US12163322B2 |
One-piece toilet with flush valve
A toilet having a one piece structure, a flush valve, and a seal. The structure includes a base having a fluid channel in fluid communication with a bowl; a tank having an internal compartment; a wall disposed between the tank and the base, the wall having an opening fluidly connecting the internal compartment and the fluid channel; and a retaining structure in the internal compartment. The flush valve has a valve body including an inner wall, which is disposed in the opening and extends from a first end in fluid communication with the internal compartment to a second end in fluid communication with the fluid channel, and a locking flange extending radially outward from the inner wall, the locking flange being retained between the retaining structure and the wall in a locking position. The seal is disposed between the locking flange and one of the wall or the retaining structure. |
| US12163321B2 |
Universal canister flush valve
A universal canister flush valve having a valve body configured to be fixed relative to a toilet tank and having a hollow wall defining an internal flow passage; a guide post coupled to and extending away from the valve body; a float fitted about and configured to slide relative to the guide post between a closed position and an open position, the float having an open top; and an extender that selectively couples to the open top in a first position, in which a first end of the extender is received in and coupled to the open top, and in a second position, in which a second end of the extender is received in and coupled to the open top, wherein the extender and float define a first overflow height in the first position and define a second overflow height in the second position. |
| US12163319B2 |
Shower head with multiple valves and multiple outlets
A plumbing system is provided with a digital mixer valve providing a principal stream having a controlled temperature and flow rate. A fluid delivery device is also provided downstream of the digital mixer valve, the fluid delivery device having two or more sets of outlets, each of the two or more sets of outlets comprising at least two outlets, and having an outlet operating valve being disposed upstream of each set of outlets and being operable to control fluid flow to the set of outlets downstream thereof. A communication link is also provided between the digital mixer valve and the outlet operating valves. The digital mixer valve is configured, in use, to adjust the temperature and flow rate of the principal stream in dependence upon which set of outlets or combination of sets of outlets is in operation at a given time. |
| US12163317B1 |
Hawk faucet cover
An apparatus for covering outdoor faucets including a mounting plate connected to outside wall with four screws that contours to the shape of the exterior wall, a bottom flap connected to mounting plate that allows access to faucet nozzle when in the open position and a plastic faucet hood cover connected to the upper part of the mounting plate that provides cover for faucet water control handle when in the closed position. |
| US12163312B2 |
Work support system and work support composite system
The remote operation system has a mutual communication function of communicating with each of plural work machines and a remote operation device which remotely operates a cooperating work machine as a remote operation target among the plural work machines. The remote operation system includes a first support process element that acquires captured image which is captured by an actual machine image-capturing device of a first work machine establishing communication by a first communication path and transmits the captured image to the remote operation device and a second support process element that recognizes that one designation operation is performed, which is a portion of plural operations for causing a second work machine establishing communication by a second communication path and in which a changing situation corresponding to the operation appears in the captured image and that transmits a command signal corresponding to the one designation operation to the second work machine. |
| US12163309B2 |
Underwater excavation apparatus
An excavation apparatus comprises a controlled flow underwater excavation apparatus. A housing thereof comprises at least one inlet and at least one outlet. The at least one inlet is provided on or at a side of the housing. A fluid flow path extends from the/each at least one inlet to the outlet. The fluid flow path comprises a first portion provided at or adjacent the/each at least one inlet. The first portion is included at a non-300 angle, e.g. is substantially perpendicular, to or converges towards a longitudinal axis of the housing and substantially straight. A second portion extends or continues from the first portion. A third portion extends or continues from the second portion. The third portion is substantially straight, contains at least part of a rotor, and is divergent away from the longitudinal axis of the housing in a flow direction from the inlet to the outlet. |
| US12163304B1 |
Modular form
A modular form comprises a base plate, one or more connection units, a plurality of rebar supports. The base plate has a plurality of knock-outs, each knock-out being configured to be removed to generate a traversable by a pile. The connection units are aligned with respective knock outs, and are joined to the base plate and held above the base plate, to receive a pile to establish a connection between the pile and the form. The rebar supports are configured to support rebars above the base plate, and at least some of the rebar supports are configured to be joined to a portion of a connector, the remaining portion of the connector is: joinable to a rebar support of a second modular form, thereby joining the modular form to the second modular form; or joined to a form wall, thereby joining the modular form to the form wall. |
| US12163302B2 |
Tool for offshore wind power foundation pile and method for using same
A tool for an offshore wind power foundation pile includes a steel pipe pile, a pile core, a pile cap, and a pile shoe. A cutting shoe portion is arranged at a bottom of the steel pipe pile, and an outer diameter of the pile shoe is larger than an outer diameter of the cutting shoe portion; the pile cap is detachably connected to the top of the steel pipe pile; the pile core is located in the steel pipe pile, the pile core is detachably connected to the pile shoe, and a length of the pile core is larger than or equal to a length of the steel pipe pile; the pile cap is further provided with a pile core accommodating groove and a pile core limiting portion; the pile core limiting portion includes a pile core limiting block and a limiting hole. |
| US12163301B2 |
Composite sea wall system
A marine environment wall protection system, comprises a composite panel having a similar shape to a steel wall to which the composite panel is configured to be attached; at least one non-corroding mechanical fastener having a first portion configured to be disposed in the steel wall, the first portion configured to receive a second portion, the non-corroding mechanical fastener configured to provide a space between the composite panel and the steel wall; and a sealant positioned between the composite panel and the steel wall. |
| US12163299B2 |
Adjustable hand shovel guide
An adjustable shovel guide for a hand shovel includes an apparatus along a side edge of the hand shovel, with the apparatus includes a plate mount removably attached to a blade of the hand shovel along a blade front face and a blade back face between a blade lower surface and a blade upper surface for a first adjustment, a guide plate is removably attached to each of the plate mount, the guide plate has at least one through passage for a second adjustment, an adjustable wear guide slidably is attached to the guide plate for a third adjustment, and the adjustable shovel guide includes-guide wheel attachment, further a method of adjustment is provided. |
| US12163296B1 |
Kit with cables and embeddable spikes
A barrier is formed from one or more intermediate posts situated between a pair of end posts. Long flexible cables interconnect the end posts and extend adjacent each intermediate post. Each cable is wrapped one or more times around each post. End posts may include dual columns that permit cable windings around both columns. A spike embedded within the end of each cable enhances the purchase that can be gained by a clamp that presses the cable against the end post. The clamp has contact elements with converging side walls that grip the cable near the spike. To maintain the spike in place, a wire rope clip grips the cable over a constriction in its contained spike. Each cable is enclosed by a cable cover extending between adjacent posts. The cable cover is suspended at each post by a pair of tiltable hangers. |
| US12163290B2 |
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing fiber-based produce containers
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a microwavable food container include: forming a wire mesh over a mold comprising a mirror image of the microwavable food container; immersing the wire mesh in a fiber-based slurry bath; drawing a vacuum across the wire mesh to cause fiber particles to accumulate at the wire mesh surface; and removing the wire mesh including the accumulated fiber particles from the slurry bath; wherein the slurry comprises one or more of a moisture barrier, an oil barrier, and a vapor barrier. |
| US12163289B2 |
Coating structure, sheet-like product and its use
A coating structure for a sheet-like substrate is disclosed including cellulosic fibres and a sheet-like product. The structure includes at least one pre-coat layer and a top coat layer, where the pre-coat layer(s) and the top coat layer include 10-90 weight-% of a styrene (meth)acrylate copolymer which is polymerised in the presence of a stabiliser, and which has a glass transition temperature Tg≤20° C., preferably ≤15° C., more preferably ≤13° C. Furthermore, the pre-coat layer(s) includes a polysaccharide, such as starch, and the top coat layer includes 5-60 weight-% of at least one water-soluble coating binder, which is selected from polysaccharides and polyvinyl alcohols, as well as at most 5.0 weight-% of a cross-linker, which reacts with —OH or —COOH groups. |
| US12163287B2 |
Fine cellulose fibers and production method therefor, nonwoven fabric, and fiber-reinforced resin and production method therefor
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides fine cellulose fibers that satisfy, in measurement using an automatic fiber shape analyzer, all of (i) the length weighted average fiber length of fibers having a fiber length of at least 100 μm is 110-500 μm, (ii) the average fiber diameter is at most 42.5 μm, (iii) the fine fiber area ratio is at most 90%, (iv) the number frequency of fibers having a fiber length of 20-56 μm is at most 97% among fibers having a fiber length of less than 100 μm, (v) the number frequency of fibers having a fiber length of at least 411 μm is at most 54% among fibers having a fiber length of at least 100 μm, and (vi) the average fiber diameter is 20-150 nm in terms of specific surface area. |
| US12163285B2 |
Unitary deflection member for making fibrous structures having increased surface area and process for making same
A unitary deflection member. The unitary deflection member can have a fluid pervious reinforcing member and a patterned framework. The patterned framework can have a plurality of regularly spaced protuberances extending from the reinforcing member. At least two of said protuberances can be similar in size and shape, and can have linear segments having different cross-sectional areas along the z-direction. |
| US12163280B2 |
Two-layer multi-strand cable having an improved surface energy-to-break
A multi-strand cord (50) comprises an internal layer (CI) made up of K=1 internal strand (TI) having two layers (C1, C3), with the internal layer (C1) being made up of Q internal metallic threads (F1) and the external layer (C3) being made up of N external metallic threads (F3), and an external layer (CE) made up of L>1 external strands (TE) having two layers (C1′, C3′) wound around the internal layer (CI), with the internal layer (C1′) being made up of Q′ internal metallic threads (F1′) and the external layer (C3′) being made up of N′ external metallic threads (F3′). The cord (50) has an energy-to-break per unit area ES≥145 N·mm−1 with E S = ∑ i = 1 N c F m i × ∑ i = 1 N c A t i / Nc × Cfrag / D where ∑ i = 1 N c F m i is the sum of the forces at break, ∑ i = 1 N c A t i is the sum of the total elongation, Cfrag is the coefficient of weakening, and D is the diameter. |
| US12163277B2 |
Composite structure with polyurethane layers, which is substantially free of volatile organic compounds
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a composite structure with one or several polyurethane layers, which is substantially free of volatile organic compounds (VOC). In addition, the invention relates to the method of manufacturing such composite structure. Further, the invention relates to the use of such composite structure, in particular as artificial leather. |
| US12163276B2 |
Composition and method for odor reduction and bacterial control on a textile
A composition and method for durable odor control on a textile are provided. The composition contains benzoic acid; a salt of benzoic acid; non-benzoic acid, a salt of non-benzoic acid, or a combination thereof. The composition may further contain an optional binder. Methods of application of the composition include padding and exhaustion. |
| US12163274B2 |
Linen spreader apparatus
The present invention relates to linen spreader apparatus including a conveyor defining a machine direction, a pair of spreader clamps movable transversally to said machine direction towards each other, and away from each other for spreading out a piece of linen, at least one charger station, each charger station delivering a corner of a leading portion of a piece of linen to a respective one of said spreader clamps, a transfer beam for transferring a piece of spread out linen from said at least one pair of spreader clamps to said conveyor, said transfer beam having a leading edge and a trailing edge and being arranged to move back and forth in said machine direction between advanced and retracted positions, said leading edge of said transfer beam located in a region below said spreader clamps in said advanced position, said transfer beam being configured for temporarily holding on to a portion of said piece of linen as the transfer beam moves from said advanced position towards said retracted position, and an elongated transverse abutment structure having an abutment face, for holding a portion of said piece of linen between said leading edge of said transfer beam and said abutment face, pressurised air exits for directing said leading portion of said piece of linen onto said transfer beam when said piece of linen is released from said spreader clamps, wherein said transfer beam is having a main body, wherein said leading edge is movable to and from said main body. |
| US12163273B2 |
Roller ironing press
A roller ironing press including between two supporting shoulders, respectively a first shoulder and a second shoulder: a motorized roller, which cooperates with one or more pressers, the one or more pressers being heated and shaped complementarily to the roller, and elements for moving the one or more pressers toward the roller. Elements for moving the one or more pressers toward the roller include at least one cable which extends between pulleys, the cable being moved by drive elements which are kinematically connected to at least one of its ends. |
| US12163270B2 |
Washing systems
A washing system includes a housing, a drain line, and a recirculation line. The housing receives, via a fluid inlet, fresh water during one or more wash cycles of a wash session. The drain line is coupled to the housing and includes a valve and is also configured to receive soiled water from the housing during the wash session. The recirculation line is coupled to and extends from the valve of the drain line and is configured to receive a portion of the soiled water via the valve. The recirculation line includes an integrated fluid sanitizer module configured to at least partially sanitize the portion of the soiled water, and the recirculation line is configured to deliver sanitized water from the integrated fluid sanitizer module to the fluid inlet of the housing. |
| US12163268B2 |
Washing machine and control method thereof
A washing machine includes a tub for accommodating a drum; a water supplier configured to supply water to the tub; a turbidity sensor configured to detect turbidity of water in the tub; a circulation bubble device configured to perform a circulation operation of circulating water in the tub and resupplying it to the tub or a bubble supply operation of generating bubbles and supplying them to the tub; and a controller configured to perform a first rinsing cycle when the turbidity of the water in the tub is higher than a first reference value, and control the water supplier so that water containing a softener is supplied to the tub and perform a second rinsing cycle by controlling the circulation bubble device to alternately perform the circulation operation and the bubble supply operation when the turbidity of the water in the tub is lower than the first reference value. |
| US12163265B2 |
Interactive augmented reality sewing machines
Systems and methods for interactive guidance of sewing activities are described herein. Many sewing activities such as threading media, conducting general machine maintenance, and sewing using a pattern can be difficult and may require multiple steps to be performed correctly. Through the use of augmented reality (AR), the technologies disclosed herein provide interactive guidance to a user in order to perform one or more sewing activities. The performance of these activities is further enhanced using sensor feedback which can reduce common errors associated with each activity. |
| US12163263B2 |
Process for the production of spunbonded nonwoven
The invention relates to a process for the production of spunbonded nonwoven and a device for the production of spunbonded nonwoven, wherein, in the process, a spinning mass is extruded through a plurality of nozzle holes to form filaments, the filaments are drawn in the extrusion direction, precipitated at least partially by being subjected to a coagulation air stream comprising a coagulation liquid and deposited to form the spunbonded nonwoven. To establish a process which permits a cost-efficient and simple adjustment of the air permeability of the spunbonded nonwoven, it is suggested that the air permeability of the spunbonded nonwoven is adjusted on the basis of at least one parameter of the coagulation air stream in that the actual air permeability of the spunbonded nonwoven is measured, the difference between the actual air permeability and a predefined target air permeability is determined and the at least one parameter of the coagulation air stream is changed as a function of the determined difference. |
| US12163256B2 |
Lyocell fiber tow, its manufacture and use
This invention relates to a crimped lyocell tow for use in stretch breaking, worsted or semi worsted spinning, its manufacture and use. |
| US12163253B2 |
Decorticator and decorticating process
There is provided a device, process and system for decortication of biomass comprising hurd, bark and bast, such as long stalk biomass. Typically, one or more of the bark, hurd or bast generated by the decortication process or decorticator device is fed to a downstream process or downstream device such as a counter current extractor. The liquid or fibre products of decorticator, or the decorticator in combination with the counter current extractor may be further processed into their components. |
| US12163246B2 |
Single crystal manufacturing apparatus and method
A single crystal manufacturing apparatus to grow a single crystal upward from a seed crystal, the apparatus including an insulated space thermally insulated from a space outside the single crystal manufacturing apparatus, an induction heating coil placed outside the insulated space, a thermal insulation plate that divides the insulated space into a first space including a crystal growth region to grow the single crystal and a second space above the first space and includes a hole above the crystal growth region, a heating element that is placed in the second space and generates heat by induction heating using the induction heating coil to heat the inside of the insulated space, and a support shaft to vertically movably support the seed crystal from below. |
| US12163244B2 |
Method of adjusting plating module
There is provided a method of adjusting a plating module, wherein the plating module comprises a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate, an anode placed to be opposed to the substrate holder, and a plate placed between the substrate holder and the anode to serve as an ionically resistive element. The method comprises: providing a plating module of initial setting, which is initially set in such a state that a porosity in an outer circumferential portion of the plate is adjusted to reduce a plating film thickness in an outer circumferential portion of the substrate to be smaller than a film thickness in another portion; and adjusting a distance between the substrate holder and the plate so as to flatten a distribution of plating film thickness of the entire substrate by adjustment of the distance between the substrate holder and the plate such as to increase a film thickness in the outer circumferential portion of the substrate according to a film thickness distribution of the substrate that is plated in the plating module. |
| US12163234B2 |
Method and apparatus for making carbon nanomaterials and methods using lithium-free electrolytes
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for producing a CNM product that may comprise carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The method and apparatus employ carbon dioxide (CO2) and a carbonate electrolyte that is lithium-free as reactants in an electrolysis reaction in order to make CNTs. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a graphene-defect agent may be introduced into the electrolysis reaction. |
| US12163231B2 |
Plated steel sheet for hot stamping and hot-stamped member
A plated steel sheet for hot stamping according to one aspect of the present invention includes a steel sheet, a plating layer formed on either surface or both surfaces of the steel sheet and having an Al content of 60 mass % or more, and a surface film layer formed on the plating layer. A thickness t of the plating layer is 10 to 60 μm. An average crystal grain diameter of the plating layer in a thickness range from an interface between the plating layer and the surface film layer to a position at ⅔ of the thickness t is 2t/3 or less and 15.0 μm or less. A surface film layer contains particles containing one or more elements selected from A group elements consisting of Sc, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ce, Nb, Mo, and W. A total content of the A group elements is 0.01 to 10.0 g/m2. An average grain diameter of the particles containing the A group elements is 0.05 to 3.0 μm. |
| US12163228B2 |
CVD system with substrate carrier and associated mechanisms for moving substrate therethrough
A substrate carrier and a mechanism for moving the substrate carrier through a chemical vapor deposition system are provided. The substrate carrier includes a cylindrical housing having an interior surface. A plurality of plurality of shelves fixed to the interior surface, each shelf configured to support at least one substrate. The substrate carrier may include a connector configured to engage the substrate carrier with the mechanism. The mechanism may include a moveable arm and a motor configured to actuate the moveable arm. The moveable arm may include an actuating member connected to the motor and configured to move the moveable arm between a retracted state and an extended state. The moveable arm may be configured to operate in a chamber having a first pressure and a first temperature and the motor may be configured to operate in an environment having a second pressure. |
| US12163227B2 |
Film deposition systems and methods
A method of forming a structure is provided. The method includes supporting a substrate within a reaction chamber of a semiconductor processing system, flowing a silicon precursor and a germanium precursor into the reaction chamber, and forming a silicon-germanium layer overlaying the substrate with the silicon containing precursor and the germanium precursor. Concentration of the germanium precursor within the reaction chamber is increased during the forming of the silicon-germanium layer overlaying the substrate. Methods of forming film stack structures, semiconductor device structures, and semiconductor processing systems are also described. |
| US12163223B2 |
Process for the production of a molecular layer and electronic component comprising same
A process is described for production of a molecular layer on a substrate using atomic layer deposition (ALD) techniques, for use in electronic components, in particular, in memory elements of the ReRAM type. Additionally, compounds for production of the molecular layer are disclosed, as well as memory elements containing the molecular layer. |
| US12163221B2 |
System for continuous atomic layer deposition
A system and method for continuous atomic layer deposition. The system and method includes a housing, a moving bed which passes through the housing, a plurality of precursor gases and associated input ports and the amount of precursor gases, position of the input ports, and relative velocity of the moving bed and carrier gases enabling exhaustion of the precursor gases at available reaction sites. |
| US12163220B2 |
Deposition method and deposition apparatus
A deposition method for depositing a silicon oxide film on a recess formed on a surface of a substrate in a process container includes: a) adsorbing a silicon-containing gas on a substrate; b) exposing the substrate to a plasma formed of an oxidizing gas containing an oxygen gas and an inert gas at a desired pressure; and c) repeating a) and b), wherein in b), a ratio between the oxygen gas and the inert gas is determined based on the desired pressure and association information in which ratios between the oxygen gas and the inert gas are associated with information regarding a loading effect for respective pressures in the process container. |
| US12163218B2 |
Continuous liner for use in a processing chamber
A processing chamber includes a chamber body defining an interior volume and including an access port. A cathode assembly is configured to generate a plasma within the interior volume. A chamber liner includes one or more inner notch structures to engage with one or more components of the chamber body. The chamber liner is configured to move between a loading position and an operation position. When the chamber liner is in the loading position, the interior volume is accessible by the access port. When the chamber liner is in the operation position, the chamber liner at least partially encloses the interior volume. |
| US12163212B2 |
Mask sheet including rib and mask device
A mask sheet for evaporation on a substrate is provided, and the mask sheet includes: a plurality of first ribs extending in a first direction; and a plurality of second ribs extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the mask sheet includes a first region for an evaporation of a first exposure region of the substrate and a second region for an evaporation of a second exposure region of the substrate, a third rib is provided at a boundary of the first region and the second region so as to shield an overlapping exposure region between the first exposure region and the second exposure region, the third rib includes a first sub-rib, a second sub-rib, and a spacer for separating the first sub-rib and the second sub-rib, and the third rib has a width greater than that of the first rib. |
| US12163211B2 |
Method for manufacturing or modifying an endodontic instrument of NiTi alloy
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing or modifying an endodontic instrument made from an NiTi alloy, comprising a heat-treatment. The invention further relates to an endodontic instrument, preferably obtained by the method, having superior properties with regard to cyclic fatigue resilience. |
| US12163210B2 |
Copper alloy
There is provided a copper alloy consisting of: Ni: 10 to 15% by weight, Sn: 5.0% by weight or more, Mn: 0 to 0.5% by weight, Zr: 0 to 0.5% by weight, at least one selected from the group consisting of Nb, Fe, Al, Ti, B, Zn, Si, Co, P, Mg, and Bi: 0 to 0.2% by weight in total, and the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities. The copper alloy has, in an X-ray diffraction profile, (i) a peak in the vicinity of 2θ=46 to 50° having a peak intensity of 30% or more with respect to a peak intensity in the vicinity of 2θ=84 to 88° and (ii) a peak in the vicinity of 2θ=40 to 42° having a peak intensity of 2.0% or more with respect to a peak intensity in the vicinity of 2θ=84 to 88°. |
| US12163203B2 |
High-performance thermoformed component provided with coating, and manufacturing method therefor
A high-performance thermoformed component provided with a coating, and a manufacturing method therefor. The thermoformed component comprises a substrate and a coating thereon. The substrate comprises the following ingredients in percentage by weight: 0.01-0.8% of C, 0.05-1.0% of Si, 0.1-5% of Mn, 0.001-0.3% of P, 0.001-0.1% of S, 0.001-0.3% of Al, 0.001-0.5% of Ti, 0.0005-0.1% of B, 0.001-0.5% of Nb, 0.001-0.5% of V, and the remainder being Fe and other unavoidable impurities. The appearance of the thermoformed component has no color difference and no mottling. The surface oxygen content of the thermoformed component is 0.1-20 wt. %, and the ratio of the standard deviation to the average value of the surface oxygen content satisfies: 0 |
| US12163201B2 |
Cold rolled and coated steel sheet and a method of manufacturing thereof
A cold rolled and heat treated steel sheet having a composition including elements, expressed in percentage by weight 0.11%≤Carbon≤0.15%, 1.1%≤Manganese≤1.8%, 0.5%≤Silicon≤0.9%, 0.002%≤Phosphorus≤0.02%, 0%≤Sulfur≤0.003%, 0%≤Aluminum≤0.05%, 0%≤Nitrogen≤0.007%, and can contain one or more of optional elements 0.05%≤Chromium≤1%, 0.001%≤Molybdenum≤0.5%, 0.001%≤Niobium≤0.1%, 0.001%≤Titanium≤0.1%, 0.01%≤Copper≤2%, 0.01%≤Nickel≤3%, 0.0001%≤Calcium≤0.005%, 0%≤Vanadium≤0.1%, 0%≤Boron≤0.003%, 0%≤Cerium≤0.1%, 0%≤Magnesium≤0.010%, 0%≤Zirconium≤0.010% the remainder being composed of iron and unavoidable impurities, the microstructure of said steel sheet comprising, 50 to 80% Ferrite, 10 to 30% Bainite, 1 to 10% Residual Austenite, and 1% to 5% Martensite, wherein the cumulated amounts of Bainite and Residual Austenite is more than or equal to 25%. |
| US12163198B2 |
Hydrogen reduction of iron ore concentrate in loose layers and compacts
An alternative approach to producing iron from iron concentrates produced from low grade iron ore without going through pelletization and induration. Such a method may include providing iron ore concentrate in a small particle form, passing the iron ore concentrate through a moving bed conveyor reduction furnace with at least one of hydrogen or natural gas, wherein the concentrate is present in a layer that is no more than about 5 cm thick, the hydrogen gas or natural gas reducing the concentrate so as to remove oxygen therefrom, converting the iron ore concentrate to iron that has a composition similar to direct reduced iron (DRI) or sponge iron product, having about 90-95% iron, up to about 10% oxygen, with other trace impurities. Energy consumption is reduced by 30-50% and CO2 emissions are reduced by 60-95%, depending on whether natural gas or hydrogen is used. |
| US12163196B2 |
Methods of seed breeding using high throughput nondestructive seed sampling
A method is provided for use in analyzing seeds, in a population of seeds, for one or more desired characteristic. The method includes removing tissue from individual seeds in a population of seeds using an automated seed sampler, while preserving germination viability of the seeds, and analyzing the tissue for the presence or absence of one or more desired characteristic. The method then includes, based on the analysis of the tissue, quantifying the one or more desired characteristic for each of the individual seeds that possess the one or more desired characteristic. |
| US12163195B2 |
Listeria-monocytogenes detection method
Novel means that enables detection of the monocytogenes bacterium alone distinctly from other bacteria belonging to the genus Listeria with sufficiently high accuracy is disclosed. The present inventors intensively analyzed the genome of the monocytogenes bacterium to identify two genes (the lmo0084 gene and the lmo2736 gene) as target regions with which the monocytogenes bacterium can be specifically detected distinctly from other bacteria belonging to the genus Listeria utilizing a nucleic acid amplification method. By a further intensive study of the base sequences of these two genes, primer setting regions for highly accurate, specific detection of the monocytogenes bacterium alone were identified, and preferred particular examples of PCR primer sets, LAMP primer sets, and real-time PCR primer-probe sets were established. |
| US12163190B2 |
In situ sequencing of RNA transcripts with non-uniform 5 prime ends
Disclosed herein are methods for performing in situ sequencing of RNA transcripts with non-uniform 5′ ends. During reverse transcription (RT) of RNA transcripts, RT enzyme is induced to “template-switch” to a separate oligonucleotide provided as the template for the upstream flanking region. This flanking region is grafted onto the beginning of the cDNA, enabling padlock probe detection, rolling circle amplification, and fluorescent in situ sequencing. Overall, the disclosed method for in situ sequencing can be applicable for analyzing exogenously introduced transcripts (e.g., identifying and determining impact of a perturbation including a CRISPR perturbation or shRNA/siRNA/ASO perturbation), analyzing naturally occurring transcripts (e.g., measuring gene expression, detecting splicing events), and analyzing modified, naturally occurring transcripts (e.g., detecting mutations or gene edits). |
| US12163187B2 |
Methods of sequencing nucleic acids and error correction of sequence reads
Described herein, among other things, is a method of sequencing nucleic acids of interest (NAOIs). In some embodiments the method may comprise: providing a sample comprising NAOIs; attaching oligonucleotides to the NAOIs to provide labelled NAOIs, wherein the oligonucleotides comprise a PCR cycle counter generator sequence comprising at least one universal nucleotide base; amplifying the labelled NAOIs using PCR to provide an amplified library of NAOIs each containing a PCR cycle counter sequence; sequencing the amplified library of NAOIs to provide a set of sequence reads, wherein each sequence read comprises a NAOI-originating component and a PCR cycle counter component; and distinguishing true variants in NAOI sequences from false variants in NAOI sequences. |
| US12163184B2 |
Methods and compositions for forming ligation products
In some aspects, the present disclosure provides methods for forming ligation products comprising single-stranded polynucleotides. Ligation products formed by various aspects of the present disclosure can be useful for various applications, including but not limited to sequence analysis. In some embodiments, the ligation products comprise cell-free polynucleotides. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides reaction mixtures, kits and complexes consistent with the methods herein. |
| US12163182B2 |
Multiplex detection of nucleic acids
The present invention provides oligonucleotides and methods for their use in the detection and/or differentiation of target nucleic acids. The oligonucleotides and methods find particular application in amplifying, detecting, and/or discriminating multiple targets simultaneously. |
| US12163179B2 |
Methods and systems to minimize barcode exchange
Methods and compositions to minimize barcode exchange during the preparation of barcoded next-generation sequencing libraries prepared from a single cell. The methods utilize oligonucleotides containing a 3′-terminated blocking group or sequences that prevent amplification or extension. |
| US12163176B2 |
Use of ethanologens in biofuel production
An ethanologen for producing biofuel from one or more carbohydrates and reducing lactate and acetate production in a biofuel manufacturing process. The ethanologen is made by introducing into the ethanologen one or more exogenous genes required for production of a bacteriocin. The resulting ethanologen reduces lactate and acetate production by contaminant lactic acid bacteria by expression of the bacteriocin during the biofuel manufacturing process. Certain resulting ethanologens ferment sugars not naturally or not preferentially utilized by Saccharomyces cerevisiae during the manufacturing process. |
| US12163174B1 |
Method for producing sclareol by fermentation of cigar tobacco flower buds
A method for producing sclareol by fermentation of cigar tobacco flower buds is provided, including: mixing cigar tobacco flower buds with deionized water, sterilizing and adding edible yeast, then fermenting at 25-30° C. and 100-300 rpm/min for 24-30 h. This method uses cigar tobacco flower buds as the sole raw material, without adding additional nutrients, and only ferments tobacco flower buds with edible yeast to synthesize sclareol. Meanwhile, this method has extremely high synthesis efficiency. |
| US12163169B2 |
Inducible chimeric cytokine receptors
The present invention provides inducible chimeric cytokine receptors responsive to a ligand, e.g., a small molecule or protein, uses of such receptors for improving the functional activities of genetically modified immune cells, such as T cells, comprising the inducible chimeric cytokine receptors, and compositions comprising such cells. |
| US12163167B2 |
Methods and compositions for reducing bacterial load in tobacco
Methods and compositions are provided for expressing an endolysin in a bacterium or in a tobacco plant or plant part. Expression of the endolysin can reduce the total bacterial load on the plant and in tobacco products produced from the plant. Accordingly, the level of tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNA) in a cured tobacco product can be decreased when the tobacco leaves used in the product were harvested from a plant expressing endolysin or when bacteria modified to express endolysin is used to treat the tobacco. Thus, bacteria and tobacco plants and plant parts are provided that express an endolysin. Further provided are methods for decreasing the microbial load on a tobacco plant and in a tobacco product by applying a solution of bacteria modified to express an endolysin or by modifying a tobacco plant to express endolysins. Smokeless tobacco products including such modified tobacco plant parts are also provided. |
| US12163163B2 |
Engineered polymerases with reduced sequence-specific errors
Provided herein are engineered variants of archaeal polymerases that exhibit exonuclease-minus activity, enhanced thermostability, enhanced incorporation of 3′ modified nucleotides, improved uracil-tolerance and/or reduce sequence-specific errors in polymerase-catalyzed nucleotide binding and extension reactions relative to wild type polymerase enzymes. Also provided are uses of the engineered polymerases for forming complexed polymerases and forming binding complexes, and uses for conducting nucleic acid sequencing reactions. |
| US12163162B2 |
Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of substituted lactams
The present disclosure relates to transaminase polypeptides capable of aminating a dicarbonyl substrate, and polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using the transaminase polypeptides. |
| US12163160B2 |
Scalable purification method for AAV1
A two-step chromatography purification scheme is described which selectively captures and isolates the genome-containing rAAV vector particles from the clarified, concentrated supernatant of a rAAV production cell culture. The process utilizes an affinity capture method performed at a high salt concentration followed by an anion exchange resin method performed at high pH to provide rAAV vector particles which are substantially free of rAAV intermediates. |
| US12163155B2 |
Antigen-specific immune effector cells
Provided herein are methods for the production of antigen-specific effector T cells and NK cells from pluripotent stem cells which express a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR). Further provided herein are methods for the adoptive cell therapy by administering the effector T cells and/or NK cells provided herein. |
| US12163147B2 |
Hepatocyte based insulin gene therapy for diabetes
A method and vectors for controlling blood glucose levels in a mammal are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: treating the hepatocyte cells of a patient with a first, second or third vector, wherein the first vector comprises a promoter enhancer, glucose inducible regulatory elements, a liver-specific promoter, a gene encoding human insulin with modified peptidase and an albumin 3′UTR and lacks an HGH intron, wherein the second vector comprises an HGH intron, glucose inducible regulatory elements, a liver-specific promoter, a gene encoding human insulin with modified peptidase site and an albumin 3′UTR and lacks a promoter enhancer, wherein the third vector comprises an HGH intron, glucose inducible regulatory elements, a liver-specific promoter, a gene encoding human insulin with modified peptidase site, an albumin 3′UTR and a promoter enhancer and observing the patient's insulin levels, wherein the patient's insulin levels are controlled. |
| US12163146B2 |
Quality control methods for automated cell processing
The present disclosure provides methods for assessing and optimizing cellular quality of a cell-based therapy that is being produced in an automated cell engineering system. The methods suitably include monitoring molecular characteristics of the cells before, during, and after the automated process to provide feedback to the process parameters. In embodiments, the cells being produced are Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells. |
| US12163145B2 |
Wheat MS1 polynucleotides, polypeptides, and methods of use
Compositions and methods are capable of modulating male fertility in a plant. Compositions comprise polynucleotides and polypeptides, and fragments and variants thereof, which modulate male fertility. Expression cassettes comprise a male-fertility polynucleotide, or fragment or variant thereof, operably linked to a promoter, wherein expression of the polynucleotide modulates the male fertility of a plant. The level and/or activity of a polynucleotide that influences male fertility is modulated in a plant or plant part. Regulatory sequences drive expression in a male-tissue-preferred manner and may be targets to downregulate an operably linked gene. Methods to track mutations that induce nuclear recessive male sterility in subsequent selfing and crossing of wheat lines containing the mutations are also provided. Male-sterile plants may be maintained by pollinating with a maintainer plant. |
| US12163139B2 |
Tobacco plants having increased nitrogen efficiency and methods of using such plants
This disclosure provides a number of sequences involved in nitrogen utilization, methods of using such sequences, tobacco plants carrying modifications to such sequences, tobacco plants transgenic for such sequences, and tobacco products made from such plants. |
| US12163135B2 |
Methods and compositions to prevent microbial infection
Methods and compositions are provided for durably influencing microbiological ecosystems (microbiomes) in a subject in order to prevent infection and reduce recurrence of infection by microorganisms. In some embodiments, compositions and methods are provided for the creation and use of molecularly-modified bacterial strains with the potential to prevent a variety of microorganism infections. |
| US12163133B2 |
Use of miR-132 and miR-212 in preparation of drug for treating addiction
The disclosure provides a non-therapeutic method for regulating DAT gene expression in a cell, which includes the step of increasing or decreasing an amount of a miR-132/212 in the cell; further provides a use of the above miRNA, an enhancer thereof or an attenuator thereof in preparing a drug for regulating uptake of dopamine by a cell; and an application of the above miRNA, the enhancer thereof or the attenuator thereof in preparing a drug for treating psychoactive substance addiction. |
| US12163128B2 |
Compositions and uses for treatment thereof
The invention is directed generally to oligonucleotide compositions for the treatment of DNA repeat expansion diseases. The invention also relates to oligonucleotides directed to subunits of the DNA mismatch repair system. |
| US12163125B2 |
Engineered class 2 type V CRISPR systems
Provided herein are engineered Class 2, Type V nucleases and guide RNAs useful for the editing of target nucleic acids. Also provided are methods of making and using such variants to modify nucleic acids. |
| US12163122B2 |
Asparagine feed strategies to improve cell culture performance and mitigate asparagine sequence variants
A method for culturing eukaryotic cells for improved cell culture performance is provided. The method generally comprises propagating or maintaining eukaryotic cells in a defined cell culture medium; wherein the defined cell culture medium is supplemented with asparagine in an amount from about 2.6 mM to about 43.2 mM during early fed-batch cell culture and from about 2.6 mM to about 21.6 mM during late fed-batch cell culture; and maintaining said cells in said asparagine supplemented cell culture medium for at least a portion of the early fed-batch cell culture and at least a portion of the late fed-batch cell culture; wherein the performance of the cell culture is improved by the asparagine supplementation, as compared to a similar method with a lower amount of asparagine supplementation in the early and/or late fed-batch cell culture. |
| US12163118B2 |
Continuous flow reactor for viral inactivation
A continuous flow reactor having a plurality of interwoven flow paths in fluid communication to form a single continuous flow reactor tube having a single flow path. |
| US12163114B2 |
Cell culture receptacle
A cell culture vessel according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a first vessel having a stirring member disposed therein, and a second vessel configured to be inserted in the interior of the first vessel and having a hole for allowing a solvent accommodated in the first vessel to pass through the interior thereof, wherein the stirring member is arranged in a recess portion formed in the first vessel. |
| US12163110B2 |
Amphoterically-modified oligopropyleneimine ethoxylates for improved stain removal of laundry detergents
Disclosed herein are amphoterically-modified ethoxylated oligoamines, their manufacture, and methods of using them. |