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| US12263651B2 |
Tube seal and cut device
A tube seal apparatus including a sealing iron having a tube sealing end, an insulating shroud having a tube clamping end, wherein the sealing iron is at least partially disposed within the insulating shroud. The apparatus further includes an anvil having a cutting detail and a non-stick membrane disposed between the anvil and the tube clamping end of the insulating shroud. The sealing iron and insulating shroud are configured to advance towards a tube to be sealed positioned between the non-stick membrane and the anvil. The tube clamping end is configured to clamp the tube through the non-stick membrane. The sealing iron is configured to advance towards the tube to melt and seal the tube against the cutting detail through the non-stick membrane. |
| US12263649B2 |
Separators, batteries, systems, vehicles, and related methods
Improved battery separators, base films or membranes, batteries, cells, devices, systems, vehicles, and/or methods of making and/or using such separators, films or membranes, batteries, cells, devices, systems, vehicles, and/or methods of enhancing battery or cell charge rates, charge capacity, and/or discharge rates, and/or methods of improving batteries, systems including such batteries, vehicles including such batteries and/or systems, and/or the like; biaxially oriented porous membranes, composites including biaxially oriented porous membranes, biaxially oriented microporous membranes, biaxially oriented macroporous membranes, battery separators with improved charge capacities and the related methods and methods of manufacture, methods of use, and the like; flat sheet membranes, liquid retention media; dry process separators; biaxially stretched separators; dry process biaxially stretched separators having a thickness range between about 5 μm and 50 μm, preferably between about 10 μm and 25 μm, having improved strength, high porosity, and unexpectedly and/or surprisingly high charge capacity, such as, for example, high 10C rate charge capacity; separators or membranes with high charge capacity and high porosity, excellent charge rate and/or charge capacity performance in a rechargeable and/or secondary lithium battery, such as a lithium ion battery, for high power and/or high energy applications, cells, devices, systems, and/or vehicles, and/or the like; single or multiple ply or layer separators, monolayer separators, trilayer separators, composite separators, laminated separators, co-extruded separators, coated separators, 1 C or higher separators, at least 1 C separators, batteries, cells, systems, devices, vehicles, and/or the like; improved microporous battery separators for secondary lithium batteries, improved microporous battery separators with enhanced or high charge (C) rates, discharge (C) rates, and/or enhanced or high charge capacities in or for secondary lithium batteries, and/or related methods of manufacture, use, and/or the like, and/or combinations thereof are disclosed or provided. |
| US12263646B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for multi-projector three dimensional printing
Devices, systems, and/or methodologies are provided for three dimensional printing, for example, additive manufacturing, wherein an array of energy patterning (e.g., light patterning) modules are used in conjunction with an automated positional control system to coordinate implementation of patterning modules of the array. Implementation of the array can be controlled by a sensory feed-back. |
| US12263644B2 |
Three dimensional printer processing image information to provide optimized mechanical control signals
A three dimensional printing system includes a controller that is configured to (1) receive an incoming slice data array that defines an initial two dimensional object having an initial outer boundary; (2) process the incoming slice data array to define a simple outer boundary whereby if the object has two portions defining a channel therebetween, the channel is reduced or eliminated thereby reducing a perimeter of the outer boundary. In one embodiment the object is two objects. If the channel is defined between the two objects, then the processing merges the two objects. If the channel is a concave recess within one object, then the processing reduces the depth of or eliminates the concave recess. |
| US12263640B2 |
Multi-directional three-dimensional printing with a dynamic supporting base
A computer-implemented dynamic supporting base creation method that interacts with a three-dimensional (3D) printer that prints an object, the method including providing a physical support, via a first robotic gripper, for an object during three-dimensional (3D) printing using a printing head of the 3D printer and transferring the object to a second robotic gripper to provide a physical support at a different location on the object. |
| US12263639B2 |
Apparatus and method to remove powder with flexible scraper blade and adjustable side nozzles
An improved apparatus and method are provided to remove powder from a web, for example, in a 3D printing apparatus. A flexible blade is provided to contact and move across a first portion of the web located between adjacent portions of the web to scrape powder from the first portion without removing powder deposited on the adjacent portions. A pair of edge vacuum nozzles and a central vacuum nozzle are also provided to move with the flexible blade to remove powder from both edges of the first portion and a central region of the first portion. |
| US12263636B2 |
In-process optical based monitoring and control of additive manufacturing processes
Systems and methods for optical based monitoring of additive manufacturing processes are provided. In one example a method includes obtaining optical data representing a layer of a structure being manufactured using an additive manufacturing process, comparing the optical data with a standard optical representation associated with the structure, determining one or more nonconformance conditions between the optical data representing the layer and the standard optical representation, and implementing a control action based at least in part on the one or more nonconformance conditions. |
| US12263635B2 |
Method and system for preparing cathode material
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides methods and systems for preparing a cathode component. The method may include obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) model of the cathode component; obtaining a predetermined parameter, wherein the predetermined parameter includes at least one of a scanning direction of laser, an energy distribution of laser, an output power of laser, or a scanning speed of laser; and controlling a 3D printer to perform, based on the 3D model and the predetermined parameter, a laser scanning on a raw material to obtain the cathode component. |
| US12263626B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing porous plastic profiles
A method is disclosed for manufacturing connectable or non-connectable elongate porous plastic profiles 12 from substantially continuous randomised extruded plastic strands made of recycled thermoplastics. Current manufacturing processes can manufacture similar products, comprising short partially melted plastic particles melded together forming planks. These planks, however, are inherently friable, easily broken and not readily connectable. These shortcomings are caused by the manufacturing method used, being friction plate agglomeration. This invention utilises an extrusion process, which produces substantially endless random strands of thermoplastic 13 which drop and are welded together to form a porous mass, which is then compressed into boards or planks by pulling the mass through a forming tool 6 and 7. The profile can be adjusted to form edge recesses allowing the planks to be fitted together, for instance to form area coverings, or they can simply be laid end to end to form drainage channels. |
| US12263625B1 |
Method for preparing tensile specimen of epoxy structural adhesive and vibration curing device
The present disclosure discloses a method for preparing a tensile specimen and a vibration curing device. The method includes obtaining a colloid mixture and putting it into a beaker and using a stirring device to stir the colloid mixture mixed evenly. The method further includes putting the colloid mixture into a vacuum dryer, and spraying a release agent on cleaned tensile specimen mold, and using a needle to inject the colloid mixture into a molding groove of the tensile specimen mold and filling the molding groove, fixing the pressing plate and the tensile specimen mold together to form a whole mold, fixing it on a vibration platform of a vibration device, turning on the vibration device to vibrate the whole mold and to heat the whole mold to a predetermined temperature, cooling the whole mold, and demolding the whole mold to obtain the tensile specimen of the structural adhesive. |
| US12263618B2 |
Manual ceramics cutter with detachable accessories
Disclosed is a manual ceramics cutter with detachable accessories, comprising: a base (1) for supporting a ceramic piece to be cut; a manually actuatable cutting head (2); guides (3) for moving the cutting head; and at least one detachable accessory (4a, 4b) for laterally supporting the ceramic piece to be cut and which is provided with fastening means (41) for fastening to the base (1) in an operative use position in which the detachable accessory (4a, 4b) is arranged transversely with respect to the base (1) and projects laterally from the base (1). The cutter comprises magnetic means (11, 42) for fastening the detachable accessory (4a, 4b) to the base of the cutter in an inoperative or transport position, wherein the accessory (4a, 4b) is arranged in a longitudinal direction on the base (1) and does not project practically from the base. |
| US12263615B2 |
Circular saw
A track saw assembly is provided including a track saw (i.e., a circular saw) having a shoe translatable upon a track. Various mechanisms control plunging of a saw unit and saw blade of the track saw relative to the shoe. For example, a plunge lockout mechanism is provided to prevent engagement of a trigger and prevent movement of a plunge mechanism. Various mechanisms control bevel angle adjustment of the saw unit relative to the shoe. For example, a linkage is provided and is operable to shift between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a bevel angle is restricted within a first bevel angle range. In the second position, the bevel angle is restricted within an expanded second bevel angle range. Other concepts relate to the interface between the shoe and the track and a clamp which secures the track to a workpiece. |
| US12263611B2 |
Method and system for automatic cutting of defective portions in a patterned fabric
A method and system for automatic cutting of defective parts in a fabric with a pattern repeating at a certain pitch, includes the steps of producing a theoretical layout of parts to be cut on a theoretical representation of the fabric whilst respecting layout constraints, spreading out at least one layer of fabric on a cutting table, checking at least one portion of the spread-out fabric to ascertain actual features, modifying the theoretical layout in order to generate an actual layout taking into account the actual features of the fabric, identifying in the actual layout, defective parts which will contain defects once cut in the fabric and which will need to be cut again, and automatically allocating each defective part to a new theoretical layout by adjusting the layout constraints associated with the defective parts according to the actual layout. |
| US12263606B2 |
Battery, power utilization device, welding deviation detection device and welding deviation detection method
A welding deviation detection device includes a pre-welding addressing mechanism that can determine relative position relations between location holes and poles in a battery, and send the relative position relations to a welding mechanism and a post-welding detection mechanism; the welding mechanism can detect first positions of the location holes, and determine first positions of the plurality of poles based on the first positions of the location holes and the relative position relation, so that the welding mechanism can accurately weld a bus assembly to the plurality of poles based on the first positions of the plurality of poles to form a plurality of welds; and a post-welding detection mechanism that can detect second positions of the location holes and positions of the welds, and detect welding deviation situations of the bus assembly and the poles based on the second positions of the location holes. |
| US12263602B1 |
Robot calibration method based on pose constraint and force sensing
A robot calibration method based on pose constraint and force sensing includes the following steps: establishing a kinematic model, a geometric error model, and a non-geometric error model; installing an end calibration device to an end of a robot, and installing to the geometric constraint device into a working space of the robot; dragging the robot, constraining various calibration spheres of the end calibration device into various V-shaped grooves on the geometric constraint device to achieve pose constraint; then dragging the calibration spheres to V-shaped grooves on different surfaces, and calibrating a geometric parameter error of the robot using a deviation between a nominal end pose measured twice and an actual value; reading an end force by a force sensor to calibrate the non-geometric error model; identifying kinematic model parameters of a corresponding robot; and compensating an identified kinematic model parameter error to a controller of the robot. |
| US12263592B2 |
Autonomous mobile body, information processing method, and information processing device
Provided is an autonomous mobile body, an information processing method, and an information processing device that enable a user to experience discipline for the autonomous mobile body. The autonomous mobile body includes a recognition unit that recognizes an instruction given, an action planning unit that plans an action on the basis of the instruction recognized, and an operation control unit that controls execution of the action planned, in which the action planning unit changes a detail of a predetermined action as an action instruction that is an instruction for the predetermined action is repeated. The present technology can be applied to a robot, for example. |
| US12263587B2 |
Dual arm robot
A substrate processing apparatus including a frame, a first arm coupled to the frame at a shoulder axis having a first upper arm, a first forearm and at least one substrate holder serially and rotatably coupled to each other, a second arm coupled to the frame at the shoulder axis where shoulder axes of rotation of the arms are substantially coincident, the second arm having a second upper arm, a second forearm and at least one substrate holder serially and rotatably coupled to each other, and a drive section connected to the frame and coupled to the arms, the drive section being configured to independently extend and rotate each arm where an axis of extension of the first arm is angled relative to an axis of extension of the second arm substantially at each angular position of at least one of the first arm or the second arm. |
| US12263582B2 |
Gyroscopically stabilised legged robot
A gyroscopically stabilised legged robot including: a body; a number of legs coupled to the body and configured for providing legged locomotion of the robot across a surface in use; an orientation sensor for detecting an angular orientation of the body; a control moment gyroscope mounted on the robot, the control moment gyroscope including a rotor that spins around a rotor spin axis in use, and a tilting mechanism for supporting the rotor relative to the robot, the tilting mechanism being configured to rotate the rotor spin axis about two gyroscope rotation axes to thereby generate respective gyroscopic reaction torques; and a gyroscope controller configured to control operation of the tilting mechanism based at least in part on the detected angular orientation of the body, such that gyroscopic reaction torques are generated to at least partially stabilise the angular orientation of the body during the legged locomotion of the robot. |
| US12263581B2 |
Robot
A robot includes a base, a pivot base, an upper arm, and a lower arm. The base is fixed to an installation surface. The pivot base has a pivot base proximal end which is connected to the base such that the pivot base is rotatable around a first axis along a vertical direction. The lower arm includes a first extending portion, a second extending portion, and a connecting portion. The connecting portion has a hollow structure and connects the first extending portion and the second extending portion such that the first arm proximal end faces the second arm proximal end and such that the first arm distal end faces the second arm distal end. The connecting portion includes a reinforcing portion in the hollow structure. The reinforcing portion includes ribs which connect opposed inner walls of the connecting portion and which cross each other. |
| US12263578B2 |
End-effector with ridges for processing objects with low pose authority
An end-effector for a programmable motion device includes a body that includes a first portion having a vacuum opening through which a vacuum from a vacuum source is applied to an object, and a second portion that is adapted to engage the object. The first portion also includes ridges on a surface of the first portion to distribute the vacuum over a contact surface of the object. The first portion is generally orthogonal to the second portion. |
| US12263577B2 |
Methods and systems for detecting transport abnormality
A control apparatus includes a force sensation information acquiring unit for acquiring force sensation information representing a magnitude of at least one of a force and a torque at a distal end of a manipulator while a target item is being transported; a mass information acquiring unit for acquiring mass information representing a mass of the item; a plan information acquiring unit for acquiring plan information representing content of a plan of a trajectory; a force sensation estimating unit for estimating a magnitude of at least one of a force and a torque to be detected at the distal end of the manipulator; and a first detecting unit for detecting an abnormality, based on the magnitude of at least one of the force and the torque represented by the force sensation information and the magnitude of at least one of the force and the torque estimated by the estimating unit. |
| US12263570B2 |
Hydraulic tools
A hydraulic tool for working on a workpiece. A housing is configured for holding. A motor is positioned in the housing. A battery is supported by the housing and operable to supply power to the motor. A drive mechanism is supported by the housing and includes a cylinder, a piston moveably supported in the cylinder, and a pump powered by the motor and operable to supply hydraulic fluid to the cylinder to move the piston relative to the cylinder. A jaw member is supported by the housing and configured to engage with the workpiece. A spindle is operatively coupled to the drive mechanism such that operating the drive mechanism moves the spindle relative to the jaw member to work on the workpiece. |
| US12263558B2 |
Camouflage for abrasive articles
Abrasive articles and associated methods are shown that include one or more camouflaging layers that can be applied to a portion of the abrasive article. The one or more camouflaging layers can be applied over the size coat layer as a discontinuous colored layer covering a portion of the size coat layer. In an example, the camouflaging layer can be applied as a repeating pattern of one or more colors on the abrasive article. In an example, the camouflaging layer can be applied randomly to the abrasive article. The discontinuous layer can have a color markedly different than a color of the size coat layer and can be used to mask or minimize an appearance of particle imperfections or voids on the abrasive article. The discontinuous layer can be applicable to coated and non-woven abrasive articles in the form of sheets, discs, belts, pads, or rolls. |
| US12263555B2 |
Glass article and method of producing glass article
A method of producing a glass article includes holding a carrier having a circular shape, in which a glass substrate having a circular shape is retained, with an upper surface plate and a lower surface plate; and polishing the glass substrate by rotating the carrier with respect to the upper surface plate and the lower surface plate, to obtain the glass article. The glass substrate is disposed in the carrier such that, in a top plan view, a center of the carrier is included in a region of the glass substrate, and a center of the glass substrate is shifted from the center of the carrier. |
| US12263552B2 |
Apparatus for machining hubs for vehicles
Apparatus for machining hubs for vehicles, comprising a first machining group (11) having a first number (n1) of first stations, an inbound transfer station (11a), an outbound transfer station (11b), a loading station (117) and an unloading station (118); a second machining group (12) having a second number (n2) of second stations, an inbound transfer station (12a) and an outbound transfer station (12b); a first rotating table (13) having a number of first workpiece-holder sectors (131) equal to the first number (n1); where the first sectors (131) face the first stations; a second rotating table (14) having a number of second sectors (141) equal to said second number (n2); the second sectors (141) face the second stations; a first transfer group (15) for transferring workpieces between the first machining group (11) and the second machining group (12). |
| US12263550B1 |
Flexible and precise fixture for micromachining
A flexible and precise fixture for micromachining includes a base and a support shaft extending vertically from the base. The support shaft includes a proximal end attached to the base and an enlarged distal end inserted inside a cavity of a clamp support block. One or more clamp jaws are provided on a top surface of the clamp support block. One or more angular pointers are included having a proximal end mounted pivotally on the base and a distal end pivotally mounted to the clamp support block, each pointer mounted to an individual side wall of the clamp support block. A washer and nut are mounted on the support shaft, the washer positioned between the nut and the clamp support block. The nut is threadedly mounted on the support shaft and may be tightened or loosened to place the clamp support block into a respective fixed or released position. |
| US12263548B2 |
Mounting press, grinding and/or polishing device, and production line for mounting samples and for machining the mounted samples
The invention relates to a mounting press for automatically mounting metallographic samples in mounting material, comprising: a pressing unit with the press cylinder, a feeding device for feeding mounting material, e.g. plastic granules, a sample loading table with a plurality of loading stations, on each of which the operator can place a sample to be mounted, a control device, a grinder and/or polisher, comprising: a device housing, at least one processing station for processing the underside of the sample, wherein the processing station comprises a grinding plate with a grinding disc for grinding the underside of the sample or a polishing plate for polishing the underside of the sample, a sample feeder with a sample removal position for providing the samples for a grinding and/or polishing process, a sample deposit position for depositing the samples after the grinding and/or polishing process, a grinding-/polishing head with a sample gripper for gripping a sample, wherein the grinding/polishing head with the sample gripper moves to the sample removal position and the sample gripper grips a sample, wherein the grinding-/polishing head with the sample gripper conveys the sample to the at least one processing station and the underside of the sample is ground or polished in the processing station, and wherein the grinding-/polishing head with the sample gripper moves the sample to the sample deposit position after the grinding or polishing process and possibly further processing steps and deposits the sample there, as well as an automated production line for mounting a plurality of samples and for processing the thus mounted samples by grinding and/or polishing samples in a program-controlled overall system comprising an automated mounting press and an automated grinder and polisher. |
| US12263544B2 |
Adjustable cover for air recirculation in a power supply
A welding power supply having an adjustable cover is disclosed. The welding power supply includes an enclosure housing an engine, a porous radiator thermally coupled to the engine, and a fan configured to propel air through the radiator. A ventilation opening is in fluid communication with the fan and radiator. The fan is configured to move heated air along an air path and out of the ventilation opening. The air may be heated by the welding power supply components (e.g. engine, radiator, charge air cooler, oil cooler, compressor, generator, weld circuitry, and/or other components), for example. The adjustable cover is positioned over the ventilation when in a fully closed and/or partially open/closed position. The adjustable cover may be moved between fully closed, partially open/closed, and fully open positions. The amount of air that is allowed to exit the enclosure, and the amount of air that is recirculated within the enclosure, may be altered by adjusting the position of the adjustable cover. |
| US12263542B2 |
Metal carbide/nitride precipitation control in fusion welding
Properties and performance of weld material between metals in a weldment is controlled by modifying one or more of the nitrogen content and the carbon content to produce carbide (e.g. MC-type), nitride and/or complex carbide/nitride (e.g. MX-type) type precipitates. Fusion welding includes (i) adjusting shield gas composition to increase nitrogen/carbon gas and nitride/carbide species, (ii) adjusting composition of nitrogen/carbon in materials that participate in molten welding processes, (iii) direct addition of nitrides/carbides (e.g. powder form), controlled addition of nitride/carbide forming elements (e.g. Ti, Al), or addition of elements that increase/impede solubility of nitrogen/carbon or nitride/carbide promoting elements (e.g. Mn), and (iv) other processes, such as use of fluxes and additive materials. Weld materials have improved resistance to different cracking mechanisms (e.g., hot cracking mechanisms and solid state cracking mechanisms) and improved tensile related mechanical properties. |
| US12263538B2 |
Connector and laser engraving label forming method thereof
A connector and labeling forming method thereof is provided. The method includes: a laser engraving device generating a laser beam, and controlling the laser beam to engrave a label on a labeling part of a metal shell of a connector. The connector includes a metal shell and a label. The metal shell has a labeling part and the label is engraved on the labeling part by a laser beam. As such, the invention can engrave the label on the labeling part of the metal shell of the connector by using the laser engraving technology to replace the traditional self-adhesive label, thereby being able to solve all the problems caused by the self-adhesive label. |
| US12263537B2 |
Control device for laser annealing apparatus and laser annealing method
A control device for controlling an annealing apparatus that performs laser annealing by causing a laser beam to be incident on a surface of a semiconductor wafer and moving a beam spot of the laser beam on the surface of the semiconductor wafer, the control device making a sweep speed of the beam spot of the laser beam faster than twice a value obtained by dividing a thermal diffusivity of the semiconductor wafer by a thickness of the semiconductor wafer. |
| US12263535B2 |
Frame and exterior shrouding for laser processing system
A frame for a laser processing module can be characterized as including a platform having an upper surface and a lower surface, an optics bridge spaced apart from, and extending over, the upper surface of the platform and a bridge support interposed between, and coupled to, the platform and the optics bridge. At least one selected from the group consisting of the platform and the optics bridge includes a sandwich panel. The sandwich panel can include a first plate, a second plate and a core interposed between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate and the second plate can be indirectly attached to one another by the core and the core can define at least one channel extending between the first plate and the second plate. The sandwich panel can also include a first port formed at an exterior of the sandwich panel and in fluid communication with the at least one channel, and a second port formed at the exterior of the sandwich panel and in fluid communication with the at least one channel. |
| US12263527B2 |
Computation device, detection system, molding device, computation method, detection method, molding method, computation program, detection program, and molding program
A calculation device used in a manufacturing apparatus for producing a 3D manufactured object from a solidified layer formed by heating a layer-shaped material layer formed of a powder material by irradiation with an energy beam includes a detection unit configured to obtain a state of the material layer based on a shape of the formed material layer, and an output unit configured to output information on the state of the material layer obtained by the detection unit to set a manufacturing condition of the manufacturing apparatus. |
| US12263524B2 |
Laser array for laser powder bed fusion processing of metal alloys
Systems and methods additively manufacturing an object by applying heat to a first plurality of metallic particles in a powder bed using a first heat source, wherein the first heat source is one of multiple heat sources configured into an array, and the first heat source generates a first melt pool. Heat is simultaneously applied to a second plurality of metallic particles in the powder bed using a second heat source of the multiple heat sources in the array to generate a second melt pool. The first plurality of metallic particles are separated from the second plurality of metallic particles by a distance, wherein the distance and an amount of heat from each heat source is controlled to generate a combined melt pool that is larger in size and encompasses the first and second melt pools. The combined melt pool is allowed to solidify to form the object. |
| US12263521B2 |
Boron steel high-pressure cartridge case
A boron steel high pressure cartridge case and method of manufacturing the same is provided. The method includes cold forming a cartridge case into a drawn blank or a tubular component; annealing the cartridge case using a belt furnace, flame furnace, induction furnace, or a batch furnace; performing a machine ejector slot and trim on the cartridge case; forming the shoulder and neck of the cartridge case; performing a heat treatment of the cartridge case; tempering the cartridge case; and coating the cartridge case with a zinc nickel plating. The cartridge case is fabricated of boron steel including ≤1.0% boron. |
| US12263516B2 |
Hot press apparatus and method of manufacturing hot-press-formed product
A hot press apparatus includes a first die part 2 and a second die part 3, and a control unit 9. At least one of the first and second die parts 2 and 3 includes a recess 3a in the surface facing the other die part in the direction of pressing. A movable die part 4 is provided in the recess 3a. The control unit 9 controls the movable die part 4 such that the bottom-dead-center holding period, for which the first and second die parts 2 and 3 are at the bottom-dead center, includes an abutment period for which the movable die part 4 abuts the metal sheet B and a non-abutment period for which the movable die part does not abut the metal sheet B. |
| US12263512B2 |
Devices and techniques relating to landfill gas extraction
Techniques are provided for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill. The techniques include obtaining a measurement of concentrations of oxygen, carbon, and methane in a sample of landfill gas. At least one processor may be used to determine based on the measurement of the concentration of oxygen in the sample, the measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample, and the measurement of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the sample, a balance gas concentration in the sample. Further, the at least one processor may be used to determine whether the determined balance gas concentration in the sample is greater than a balance gas concentration threshold. Responsive to determining that the determined balance gas concentration in the sample is greater than the balance gas concentration threshold, an actuator controls the flow control mechanism to decrease the flow rate of the landfill gas being extracted from the landfill. |
| US12263506B2 |
Anti-stiction bottom cavity surface for micromachined ultrasonic transducer devices
An ultrasound transducer device made by a process that includes the steps of forming depositing a first layer on a substrate, depositing a second layer on the first layer, patterning the second layer at a region corresponding to a location of a transducer cavity, depositing a third layer that refills regions created by patterning the second layer, planarizing the third layer to a top surface of the second layer, removing the second layer, conformally depositing a fourth layer over the first layer and the third layer, defining the transducer cavity in a support layer formed over the fourth layer; and bonding a membrane to the support layer. |
| US12263505B2 |
Coating applicator
An applicator and method of use is disclosed for applying coatings and paints to various surfaces. As shown, the sprayer may have an undercarriage frame that supports three-wheels. All three wheels may run parallel with the first wheels and second wheels attached to the sprayer frame via an undercarriage with the third wheel positioned behind and between both the first and second wheels on a separate arm or frame. The width of the sprayer booms may be adjusted. The undercarriage may be folded entirely or only a portion therein. The arm of the third wheel may be folded or telescope, as required by a particular application. A handle, which may be adjustable, may be positioned between the sprayer frame and the undercarriage. Use of the applicator according to the method discussed herein reduces operator fall exposure and increases application efficiency. |
| US12263495B2 |
Coating method and corresponding coating installation
The disclosure relates to a coating method for coating a component (e.g. motor vehicle body component) with a coating agent (e.g. paint), that includes steps of Defining a pattern on the component surface of the component to be coated, the pattern being a surface area outlined by a contour, and areal coating of the component surface with the coating agent within the contour, sharp-edged coating of the component surface with a coating agent along at least a portion of the contour of the pattern. |
| US12263491B2 |
Blood-separation device with displacement body
A device for separating blood into a plurality of blood components by centrifugal force includes a first chamber for receiving a blood bag filled with blood to be separated. Each separated blood component is located in a separate portion of the blood bag according to its specific weight. A second chamber receives at least one component bag to be filled with a blood component. The component bag has an inlet opening connected to an outlet opening of the blood bag by a line that has a controllable valve. A displacement body in the first chamber exerts a pressing force onto the blood bag. A control unit opens the valve until a blood component passes into the component bag as a result of the pressing force. The displacement body generates the pressing force with the aid of the centrifugal force and/or with the aid of a spring force. |
| US12263489B2 |
Manufacturing method of the operation pipe
A manufacturing method of an operation pipe, which use a gel to perform operations such as separation, extraction, purification, elution, recovery, analysis and the like of target components that are biological components such as nucleic acids. More specifically, a manufacturing method of an operation pipe, with which it is possible to perform operations such as separation, extraction, purification, elution, recovery, analysis and the like of target components in a sealable pipe by operating magnetic particles in the pipe under a magnetic field from outside of the pipe. |
| US12263487B2 |
Refractory lining design for magnetic separation
A device and method of reclaiming refractory material from a lining of a refractory includes assembling a first refractory component of the lining with a first refractory product, and assembling a second refractory component of the working lining with a second refractory product different from the first refractory product, the second refractory product including magnetic material dispersed therein. Upon the lining reaching a service life, the lining is demolished to produce a mixture of the first refractory component pieces and the second refractory component pieces. Magnetic separation is performed on the mixture to separate the second refractory component pieces from the first refractory component pieces. |
| US12263486B2 |
Aggregate washing systems, methods, and apparatus
A method of washing aggregate material, the method comprising: receiving aggregate material in a tank; receiving water in said tank; by at least a rear wall of said tank, retaining said aggregate material and water in a rearward portion of said tank and preventing said water and aggregate material from overflowing said rear wall; agitating said aggregate material and water to form a slurry; advancing said slurry to a tank outlet in a forward portion of said tank; depositing said slurry through said tank outlet; receiving said slurry on a vibrating screen; allowing an undersize portion of said slurry to fall through said vibrating screen; pumping at least a fraction of said undersize portion to a hydrocyclone; by said hydrocyclone, separating said fraction of said undersize portion into an underflow fraction and an overflow fraction; receiving said underflow fraction on said vibrating screen; and passing product from said vibrating screen. |
| US12263482B1 |
Methods and devices for magnetic separation in a flow path
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for sorting or separating magnetic particles are provided. A magnetic source is disposed adjacent a flow path and exerts a magnetic field on magnetic particles in order to separate particles. |
| US12263479B2 |
Array microfluidic chip and method of antibiotic susceptibility testing
An array microfluidic chip includes a chip mainbody, a transparent hydrophilic membrane, and a covering sheet. The chip mainbody includes a sample loading well and a plurality of reaction wells. The reaction wells are respectively connected to the sample loading well and arranged in an array form. The transparent hydrophilic membrane is disposed on the chip mainbody and covers the reaction wells. The transparent hydrophilic membrane includes a plurality of air pores and a first opening. The air pores are respectively connected to one of the reaction wells. The covering sheet covers the air pores and includes an adhesive element and a vent hole. The covering sheet, the adhesive element and the transparent hydrophilic membrane are stacked to form a vent space. |
| US12263477B2 |
Opto-fluidic array for radical protein foot-printing
Systems and methods of in vivo and in vitro radical protein foot-printing using an opto-fluidic array are presented. These teachings may be used to, for example, study three-dimensional protein structure or bio-kinetics. Radical dosimetry including an optional intrinsic standard is used. Real-time feedback based on an internal standard provides comparability between different experiments and in vivo and in vitro analysis results in data that is representative of actual biological conditions. |
| US12263476B2 |
Microfluidic device and uses of teaching scientific principles
Described herein are embodiments of a microfluidic device configured to facilitate conceptualization of scientific principles and uses thereof. |
| US12263465B2 |
Tailoring new covalent organic framework for highly efficient iodine capture
The phosphazene covalent organic framework (COF) is a material with high efficiency to improve the removal of iodine from nuclear waste. The COF can be obtained by a solvothermal reaction of hexa (4-formyl-phenoxy)cyclotriphosphazene and 1,3,6,8-tetra(aminophenyl)pyrene. The resulting three-dimensional phosphazene COF has iodine uptakes as high as 9.4 g g−1 due to its 3D framework with higher specific surface areas and interconnected channels. |
| US12263463B2 |
Biomass pyrolysis systems and methods for metal removal from biofuel
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for treating a fluid produced from a biorefinery to remove contaminants, such as metals and sulfur therefrom. Biomass is pyrolysed and activated to form activated carbon used to remove such contaminants. The fluid produced from the biorefinery may be one or more of a biofuel, a biogas, and wastewater. |
| US12263461B2 |
Synthetic fuel production system and related techniques
A synthetic fuel production system and related techniques are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, the disclosed system may be configured to produce a liquid fuel using carbon dioxide extracted from the air and hydrogen generated from aqueous solutions by electrochemical means (e.g., water electrolysis). In production of the fuel, the disclosed system may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to react the carbon dioxide and hydrogen, for example, to form methanol. The disclosed system also may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to utilize one or more subsequent reaction steps to produce a given targeted set of hydrocarbons and partially oxidized hydrocarbons. For example, the disclosed system may be used to produce any one (or combination) of: ethanol; dimethyl ether; formic acid; formaldehyde; alkanes of various chain length; olefines; aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds; and mixtures thereof, such as gasoline fuels, diesel fuels, and jet fuels. |
| US12263460B2 |
Reactor system for the production of high value chemical products
The invention is directed to a chemical reactor (100) having (a) two or more gas reactor elements (12) with each gas reactor element (12) having (i) a first reaction chamber (38), and (ii) a feed assembly unit (36), (b) a second reaction chamber (20) coupled with each of the two or more gas reactor elements (12) and configured to independently receive two or more product streams from the two or more gas reactor elements (12); and optionally, (c) a gas converging section (40) located downstream to the second reaction chamber (20). The invention is further directed to a method of producing chemical products using the chemical reactor (100) of the present invention. |
| US12263458B2 |
Chemical solution preparation system and method
The present disclosure provides a chemical solution preparation system and method. The chemical solution preparation system includes: a first mixing system, configured to mix a first chemical solution and a first diluent to obtain a first mixture; a second mixing system, configured to mix a second chemical solution and a second diluent to obtain a second mixture; a third mixing system, configured to mix the first mixture, the second mixture, and a third diluent to obtain a third mixture; an output system, configured to output the third mixture to a spray apparatus of the chemical mechanical polishing device; a sampling system, configured to collect a sample of the third mixture output from the output system; and a monitoring system, configured to monitor a status of the first mixture, a status of the second mixture, and a status of the third mixture. |
| US12263457B2 |
Homogenization apparatus for pepper raw materials
A homogenization apparatus for pepper raw materials, including a base, and an annular storage tank and a stirring barrel fixed to the base. The stirring barrel is positioned under the storage tank, the bottom center of the stirring barrel is fixedly connected to a stationary shaft, the stirring barrel is rotationally drivable to rotate together with the stationary shaft about the axis of the stationary shaft, the stationary shaft extends upward into the storage tank, a sleeve is provided on an outer side of the stationary shaft, the sleeve is rotatably connected to the stationary shaft, so that the stirring barrel rotates relative to the storage tank; a portion of the sleeve accommodated in the stirring barrel is fixedly connected with a stirring part, an upper end of the stationary shaft is fixedly connected with a connecting plate. |
| US12263454B2 |
Static mixer inserts and static mixers incorporating same
A static mixer for liquids or gases includes a housing having a continuous inner surface defining a fluid flow path for liquids or gases, an inlet to the fluid flow path, and an outlet from the fluid flow path, and an insert extending longitudinally through the fluid flow path between the inlet and the outlet. The insert is elastically expansive to exert outwardly directed pressure against the continuous inner surface of the housing. In one embodiment, the insert is hollow and has deflectors dispersed therethroughout and each projecting inwardly into the fluid flow path. In another embodiment, the insert includes a helical deflector extending inwardly into the fluid flow path from the continuous inner surface, and helically about a longitudinal axis of the housing. |
| US12263453B1 |
Thickening device and method for uniform solidification of composite lost circulation material made up of liquid and granular lost circulation materials
The provided are a thickening device and method for uniform solidification of composite lost circulation material made up of liquid and granular lost circulation materials. The thickening device includes a base. The base is provided with a side wall; an upper end of the side wall is provided with a detachable top cover; the base, the side wall, and the top cover form a sealed chamber; the base is provided with a rotating support platform; the rotating support platform is provided with a detachable slurry cup; the slurry cup is provided therein with agitating shafts; the agitating shafts each are provided with a blade; a top end of the agitating shaft is connected to a threaded rod through a ball head connector; an upper end of the agitating shaft is provided with a second gear, and the threaded rod is provided with a second limit platform. |
| US12263449B2 |
Tangential flow filtration manifold
A tangential flow filtration manifold takes a modular form for interconnection in a manifolded arrangement for aggregating a total filtration area of the aggregate filter (membrane) surface. A plurality of modular TFF cassette filters may be or stacked on the TFF manifold such that it allows the number of interconnected filters, as well as the membrane surface area within each cassette, to be readily reconfigured. A single output, or filtrate connection on the TFF manifold simplifies fluidic plumbing connections for directing and gathering the filtrate (permeate) produced as output. |
| US12263446B2 |
Electrodialysis process and bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices for silica removal
Provided are electrodialysis systems for removing silica from a desalinated water stream and methods for removing silica from a desalinated water stream. For example, described are bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices for removing silica from water comprising one or more anion exchange membranes; one or more bipolar membranes; and a pair of electrodes comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode. Also described are electrodialysis systems comprising: one or more electrodialysis devices for the removal of dissolved ions and one or more bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices, wherein a product inlet stream of the one or more bipolar membrane electrodialysis devices comprises the product outlet stream of the one or more electrodialysis devices. |
| US12263440B2 |
Carbon capture systems
A carbon capture system can include a plurality of CO2 thermal swing adsorption (TSA) beds. The plurality of CO2 TSA beds can include at least a first TSA bed, a second TSA bed, and a third TSA bed configured to capture CO2 within a capture temperature range and to regenerate the captured CO2 at a regeneration temperature range above the capture temperature range. The carbon capture system can include a plurality of valves and associated flow paths configured to allow switching operational modes of each of the first, second, and third TSA beds. |
| US12263439B2 |
Filter body, filter element, and filter assembly
A filter body is provided with a filter medium that has filter layers arranged one over the other, wherein each filter layer is provided with at least one active material. The at least one active material is the same in all of the filter layers. The filter layers are to be flowed through serially in a through-flow direction of the filter body. Sensor devices are provided, wherein each sensor device is arranged between two of the filter layers neighboring each other, respectively, so that the sensor devices, in the through-flow direction of the filter body, are arranged one after another in order to determine a sorption capacity of the at least one active material of each filter layer over a service life of the filter body. |
| US12263438B2 |
Advantaged adsorption contactors
Contactor structures are provided that can allow for improved heat management while reducing or minimizing the potential for contamination of process gas streams with heat transfer fluids. The contactor structures can include one or more sets of flow channels for process gas flows, such as gas flows introduced to allow adsorption of components from a gas stream or gas flows introduced to facilitate desorption of previously adsorbed components into a purge gas stream. The process gas flow channels can correspond to flow channels defined by a structural material of unitary structure. The unitary structure can correspond to the entire contactor, or the unitary structure can correspond to a monolith that forms a portion of the contactor. The contactor structures can also include one or more sets of flow channels for heat transfer fluids. The heat transfer flow channels can also be defined by the structural material of a unitary structure. |
| US12263436B2 |
Fast-track negative pressure isolation system for respiratory infectious disease control
The present invention provides a vented individual negative pressure enclosure system for extracting potentially contaminated air from an individual. The system includes an adjustable assemblable and disassemblable frame structure configured to surround a bed, chair, or toilet. A vapor-impermeable sheet extends over the frame structure. An air purification system communicates with a plurality of extraction vents positioned on or in the frame structure. The air purification system may be a water-filtration-based air purification system including a particle growth tube for increasing the size of aerosol droplets to facilitate capture. The air purification system includes a pump and HEPA filter and, optionally, a UV sterilizer. |
| US12263435B2 |
Air cleaner
A air cleaner includes a blowing device and a circulator movably disposed above the blowing device. The circulator includes a housing extending in a front-rear direction, a first inlet being formed in a rear portion of the housing and a first outlet being formed in a front portion of the housing, a circulation fan disposed in the housing to suction air through the first inlet and then discharge the air through the first outlet to a front of the housing, and a motor rotating the circulation fan. The first inlet is disposed above a second outlet of the blowing device inside an imaginary extension surface vertically extending an edge of the second outlet, and has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the second outlet, thus suctioning air discharged from the second outlet and increasing an intake ratio of clean air that undergoes a cleaning operation of the blowing device. |
| US12263434B2 |
Separating apparatus for separating liquid from gas, in particular air, and separating system of a machine
A separating apparatus for separating liquid from gas has a housing with a connection device for connecting to a connection head of a machine along a connection axis. The housing has a gas inlet and a gas outlet surrounding the connection axis. A separating medium inside the housing separates gas inlet from gas outlet. A liquid collection chamber inside the housing at a clean gas side surrounds connection axis and gas outlet. A liquid drain leads out of the liquid collection chamber. Gas outlet and liquid drain lead out of the housing at a side provided with the connection device. A pipe section arranged inside the housing surrounds circumferentially the connection axis and forms at least partially a radially inner boundary of the liquid collection chamber. The pipe section leads to the gas outlet. The pipe section is functionally separated from mechanical force-transmitting connection elements of the connection device. |
| US12263431B2 |
Air cleaner assemblies
An air cleaner assembly including a housing, a filter cartridge removably positioned within the inner opening of the housing, wherein the filter cartridge includes a media pack and a sealing member that includes a pinch seal portion spaced from an outer surface of the media pack and positionable within a housing channel of the housing when the filter cartridge is positioned within the inner opening of the housing, and a precleaner assembly positionable between the filter cartridge and the inlet end of the housing, wherein the precleaner includes a base member having a lower edge, and an access cover removably attachable to an inlet end of the housing, wherein the precleaner assembly is sealable within the air cleaner assembly by pressing the lower edge of the base member against a top surface of the sealing member. |
| US12263429B2 |
Filter mesh frame, filter mesh structure, and usage thereof
A filter mesh frame is provided. The filter mesh frame includes a first mesh and a second mesh. The first mesh surrounds to form a cylinder with respect to a first pivot direction. The second mesh surrounds the first mesh with respect to a first pivot direction and includes a plurality of bar structures, where the bar structures protrude outward with respect to the first mesh and are disposed parallel to the first pivot direction. A groove parallel to the first pivot direction is formed on one side of each bar structure with respect to the first mesh. |
| US12263427B1 |
Method of forming a custom air filter
A method of forming a custom air filter is disclosed. In accordance with the method, a first air filter having a first size is provided. A length of support material is also provided and includes a substrate covered with a pressure sensitive adhesive, over which a release layer is disposed. At least a first portion of the first air filter is cut and removed to form a nascent air filter. The length of support material is manipulated to have a channel configuration, and the release layer is removed to expose the pressure sensitive adhesive of the length of support material. The length of support material with the channel configuration is pressed into engagement with the nascent air filter such that the exposed pressure sensitive adhesive bonds to the nascent air filter, thereby forming the custom air filter. |
| US12263426B2 |
Fuel-water separator systems and methods
A fuel-water separator includes a cartridge assembly and a bowl. The cartridge assembly receives a fuel-water mixture and provides a fuel. The cartridge assembly includes an endplate. The bowl is configured to store water separated from the fuel-water mixture. The bowl is coupled to the endplate. The endplate includes an air vent that receives air from the bowl. The air vent establishes a pressure equilibrium within the bowl and the cartridge assembly. |
| US12263424B2 |
Filter device together with filter element
A filter device for the filtration of fluids has a filter housing (10), which can be closed by a cover (40), and has a filter element (30) accommodated in a replaceable manner in the filter housing. At least one functional element is present on the cover (40) and on the filter housing (10) and on the filter element (30) in such a way that the filtration of the fluid is only possible when all functional elements interact simultaneously. |
| US12263419B2 |
Filter element and associated filter media providing fuel water separation using surface embossing
A filter media, filter element, filter system and methods are provided. The filter media provides improved filter characteristics including water separation efficiency. The filter media may include one or more of increased surface roughness and/or embossments. The filter media may be provided by pleated filter media. |
| US12263417B2 |
Model toy and cooking toy
A model toy includes: a main body portion; and a tray including a placement surface, the tray being stored inside the main body portion and configured to be drawn out from the main body portion. The main body portion includes a standing wall portion extending along a draw-out direction of the tray from an inner side of the main body portion to a position on or above the placement surface. The standing wall portion has a cutout portion that is cut out in an arc shape to face a draw-out side of the tray. |
| US12263412B2 |
Gaming machine and method for centralized gaming
A centralized gaming system is provided. The centralized gaming system includes a thin gaming device providing game play in a communal game and a central gaming server configured to: store a ball call for the communal game on behalf of the thin gaming device and at least one legacy gaming device; receive an outcome request message from the thin gaming device; allocate a bingo card to the game instance associated with the outcome request message from a card pool of predetermined bingo cards; evaluate the allocated bingo card based on a current state of the ball call of the communal game; determine a reward value based on the evaluation of the allocated bingo card; and transmit an outcome results message to the thin gaming device in response to the outcome request message. |
| US12263411B2 |
Automated player sponsorship system
Embodiments of the systems and methods disclosed herein provide a sponsor matching system in which players and sponsors can be matched. Upon a match based at least in part on stored sponsorship criteria and/or player preferences, a first sponsor can select a set of players to receive permission to select an advertisement associated with the first sponsor. Once a first player of the selected players selects an advertisement and an advertisement placement location associated with the first sponsor, the sponsor matching system can generate game rendering instructions for a first player system associated with the first player. |
| US12263409B2 |
Super-fungible tokens for gaming
An electronic device and a method for implementation of super-fungible tokens for gaming is disclosed. The electronic device tracks a set of gaming assets associated with a player in a gaming application. Metadata associated with the set of gaming assets is received and a super-fungible token is created, based on a storage of the metadata to a distributed ledger associated with the gaming application. The creation of the super-fungible token corresponds to an ownership of a single gaming asset from the set of gaming assets by the player in the gaming application at a time instant. A first user input indicative of a selection of a first gaming asset is received. The selected first gaming asset is enabled and a set of second gaming assets are disabled in the gaming application. The disabled set of second gaming assets correspond to gaming assets other than the enabled first gaming asset. |
| US12263401B2 |
Ergonomic game controller and system
A gaming controller includes a series of button assemblages corresponding to various game input functions. The assemblages are angled such that an operator's fingers are aligned with buttons resulting minimal tilting of the wrist. The gaming controller includes modifier buttons that change the strength of corresponding button input. A controller operating system includes a controller circuit with a processor configured to perform various functionalities. The operating system further includes a plurality of settings and sub-settings, at least some of which being related to user profiles, modifier button settings, and/or override systems. A method includes connecting the gaming controller to a video monitor and changing at least one setting associated with at least one of a user profile, a modifier button, and an override system that is saved on a local memory. |
| US12263397B2 |
Beginner's inline skate with anti-rolling device
The present disclosure relates to a beginner's inline skate which can prevent rolling in place. A beginner's inline skate with an anti-rolling device according to the present disclosure includes an anti-rolling device installed on at least one wheel of wheels of the inline skate, wherein the anti-rolling device includes: an anti-rotation catching step formed around a rotating shaft of the wheel; and a rotator installed to rotate about a circumference of the rotating shaft of the wheel and having catching protrusions formed to be caught at the anti-rotation catching step and lock rotation of the wheel. |
| US12263390B2 |
Table tennis table
The present disclosure provides a table tennis table. Compared with the existing design, according to the present disclosure, a whole table tennis table is divided into two table tennis table boards, and each table tennis table board can be folded into two plates. On one hand, the table board can be folded, which is convenient to transport. On the other hand, because of the setting of first articulation pieces, second articulation pieces, third articulation pieces, and fourth articulation pieces, the table board can be supported directly by folding and connection relationship without special installation of the supporting feet and the fixing feet. For each table tennis table board, a consumer only needs to rotate two fixing screws to use the table tennis table, which is more convenient and simpler than the traditional way to install the table legs. |
| US12263389B1 |
Combo Family Game
The present application is directed to a Family Combo Game which is played by putting billiard balls into sparkling two sided, numbered, relocatable game traps. The Combo Family Game disclosed herein is a combination of golf, croquet and billiards. The Combo Family Game Club described herein is a combination of a putting club, a pitching or chipping club resembling one or more golf type clubs, and a tapping club resembling a croquet mallet. The game is played on a turf surface of varying heights. The playing surface utilizes an elevated perimeter turf edged boarder to keep the balls in play. The game can be played on grassy area such as a lawn, backyards and in public recreation areas or parks. An optional lighting system is disclosed to light the game traps for playing at night or indoors. Optional game trap decorations and flags are also described herein. |
| US12263380B2 |
Method for continuous measurement of and regulatory feedback for strength-training
It is described a method for continuous measurement of, and regulatory feedback for, strength-training where the reaction forces from a person with a lifting weight that is standing on a surface, is transferred through the surface, said method comprising the following steps: a. measure a force in vertical direction (Z-direction) on one or more plates attached to one or more load cells; b. use the force measurement in step a) to continuous calculating the velocity of, and relative movement of the combined center of mass of the person and the lifting weight, c. provide feedback in real-time to the user, where the feedback relates to velocity and/or lifting distance in relation to predefined values and/or generated values, in order to the user to adjust the training based on the feedback. |
| US12263378B2 |
Controlling a force generator of an exercise apparatus
Methods and systems for controlling a force generator of an exercise apparatus are described wherein the method comprises determining or receiving angular positions of a rotatable axle of an exercise apparatus when a force is applied to a force receiving structure of the exercise apparatus, the rotatable axle being part of a mechanical power transmission system connecting the force receiving structure via the rotatable axis to a force generator which is controlled by a computer based on a kinematic model, the kinetic model representing equations of motion of the exercise the apparatus; determining or retrieving first geometrical scaling values associated with the angular positions and incorporating the first geometrical scaling values into the kinematic model to form a first modified kinematic model, the first geometrical scaling values being associated with a non-circular gear of a first predetermined non-circular geometry; and, determining applied force values for the angular positions, each applied force value representing a force that is applied to the force receiving structure; and, controlling the force generator based on first resistive force values to mimic an exercise apparatus comprising a mechanical power transmission system including the first non-circular gear, the first resistive force values being computed using the first modified kinematic model and the applied force values. |
| US12263375B2 |
Extensible electrode array for accurately locating a pelvic floor muscle, design method thereof and extensible pelvic floor electrode
Disclosed is an extensible electrode array (102) for accurately locating a pelvic floor muscle, and its design method and an extensible pelvic floor electrode. The design method includes: (1) obtaining a three-dimensional muscle anatomy map of a pelvic floor muscle, dividing a muscle according to the three-dimensional muscle anatomy map and determining a muscle fiber trend, and for each muscle, determining a plurality of three-dimensional coordinate points for marking each muscle along the muscle fiber trend (S101); (2) after projecting all three-dimensional coordinate projects onto a two-dimensional plane unfolded in a shape of an elastic cavity (101), taking each two-dimensional coordinate point in the two-dimensional plane as a location to dispose an electrode plate (S102); (3) simulating a mechanical property of the elastic cavity (101), and determining a deformation rate of an extensible electrode wire (105) of the electrode plate when the extensible electrode wire (105) of the electrode plate is arranged along a muscle fiber direction of the pelvic floor muscle (S103); and (4) according to a design result, mounting the electrode plate and the extensible electrode wire (105) on the elastic cavity (101) to form the extensible electrode array (102) (S104). The design method enables each electrode plate to locate the pelvic floor muscle before and after expansion, thereby improving accuracy in collecting a myoelectric signal of the pelvic floor muscle. |
| US12263369B1 |
Exercise apparatus for upper body and method of use
An exercise apparatus for engaging upper body muscles of a person is disclosed. The exercise apparatus includes a generally circular frame having a first set of tracks mounted thereon; a bar extending horizontally across a diameter of the frame, the bar having opposing ends and a second set of tracks mounted thereon; a pair of movable members, wherein each movable member couples to an opposing end of the bar, wherein each movable member includes a handle coupled thereto; and one or more locking mechanisms coupled to the frame. |
| US12263367B2 |
DAP system adjustments via flexible restraints and related devices, systems and methods
A height-adjustable DAP exercise system is provided having a support platform, an inflatable enclosure secured to the support platform at a base opening through the enclosure and extending vertically therefrom when inflated, and a top frame attached to the enclosure at an enclosure top opening. The DAP system further includes adjustable lift restraints each having a restraint length between first and second ends and configured for adjustment between a first restraint length and at least one second restraint length, in which each first end of each lift restraint is attached to a middle portion of the enclosure and each second end is attached to the top frame or the base. The enclosure height is adjustable between a first and second enclosure height responsive to adjustments for lift restraint lengths. The system also includes a low height safety harness for the top frame and related methods. |
| US12263361B2 |
Wearable air purifier
A head wearable air purifier is provided. The head wearable air purifier includes a first speaker assembly and a second speaker assembly. The first speaker assembly includes a filter assembly, a motor-driven impeller for creating an airflow through the filter assembly, and an air outlet downstream from the filter assembly for emitting a filtered airflow from the speaker assembly. The head wearable air purifier further includes a nozzle and a control circuit. The nozzle is arranged to receive the filtered airflow from the first speaker assembly. Further, the nozzle includes an air outlet arranged to emit the received filtered airflow from the head wearable air purifier. The control circuit is arranged to control a rotational speed of the motor-driven impeller of the first speaker assembly such that the maximum rotational speed of the motor-driven impeller is from 9,000 to 18,000 RPM. |
| US12263360B2 |
Protective headwear, garment assembly and method of donning
The protective headwear and garment assembly/system facilitates the formation of a secure interface/connection/fit between the protective headwear system and (preferably) a gas mask that is intended to be worn with the garment assembly. The system includes a tensioner system that is configured to ensure a tight, secure fit between a (preferably) neoprene facial seal component of the protective headwear, and the gas mask. The system also includes a tightening element to securely fit the protective headwear to the neck and body of the user. |
| US12263359B2 |
Cowl neck barrier gown with attachments
This invention offers a fully protective cowl neck garment with various fasteners designed to attach additional protective gear, such as gloves and shoe coverings. Additionally, a temperature sensor shield is located on the hat and protective mask. This allows the clients or patients the ability to see and to monitor the temperature of their caregivers. The caregiver's temperature is visible on the hat, as well as the face mask. This makes the caregivers accountable to their clients or patients, as well as their colleagues and coworkers. This invention eliminates the worry of contact with infectious diseases or dangerous liquids, by utilizing elastic manual ties and hook-and-loop fasteners to ensure the garment is secured fully on a user's body. Overall, this invention ensures medical professionals, firemen, emergency medical personnel, government workers, and so forth, are protected fully from contagious and infectious diseases, liquids, and so forth. |
| US12263356B2 |
Rigid phantom for end-to-end verification of adaptive radiotherapy systems
Systems and methods associated with a phantom assembly are provided. A housing includes a plurality of slots and is formed from a first material having a first appearance under a selected imaging modality. A plurality of inserts are each configured to be received by one of the plurality of slots. At least one insert includes a target formed from a second material having a second appearance under the selected imaging modality, such that the target is readily distinguishable from the housing under the selected imaging modality. The target includes a hollow portion that can be accessed via a removable plug. |
| US12263349B2 |
Method of treatment of biological surfaces
Method of treating biological surfaces with electromagnetic radiation in the form of light of two different energy levels, a first light with photons having a majority energy in the range from 3.5 eV to 2.8 eV and a second light with photons having a majority energy in the range from 1.24 eV to 2.48 eV. The photons of the first light and the second light are simultaneously directed against the biological surface. The invention also contemplates the use of sensitizers in topical treatments of infections using the method. The treatment will achieve good tissue penetration. It makes it possible to give antibacterial treatment to different areas of pathogen at the same time as two or more different energy photons can target molecules in different areas. |
| US12263347B2 |
Medical device system and method for determining His bundle pacing capture
In a medical device system, a computer apparatus is configured to receive body surface electrical signals from an electrode apparatus including multiple external electrodes. The computing apparatus generates electrical dyssynchrony data from the body surface electrical signals during delivery of His bundle pacing pulses and identifies effective His bundle capture based on the electrical dyssynchrony data. The computing apparatus generates an indication of His bundle capture in response to identifying the effective His bundle capture. |
| US12263345B2 |
Electronic device and method for determining intensity of low-frequency current
An electronic device and a method for determining the intensity of a low-frequency current are provided. The method includes: individually applying a corresponding first current to a body part of a user in N consecutive time intervals, wherein the time intervals include an i-th time interval to an (i+N)-th time interval; obtaining electromyography values of the body part in each time interval; determining a second current corresponding to an (i+N+1)-th time interval based on the first current corresponding to each time interval, the body part, personal information of the user, and the electromyography values of each time interval; and applying a second current to the body part of the user in the (i+N+1)-th time interval. |
| US12263344B2 |
Control system for an implantable stimulating device for stimulating a vagus nerve
A kit of parts and method for the control of a delivery of an electric or electromagnetic pulse to a vagus nerve by an implanted stimulating device is provided. The kit of parts includes an implantable stimulating device (10) that includes a cuff electrode/optrode for being coupled to a vagus nerve (Vn) of a patient to be treated, and an encapsulation unit (50) suitable for being subcutaneously implanted at a location separated from the vagus nerve coupling unit (60), and enclosing an energy pulse generator (51s), for delivering electrical or optical energy pulses, and coupled to the cuff electrode/optrode by one or more electrical conductors (41e) and/or optical fibres (41f), an external controller device (100) of the kit includes laryngeal electrodes (161) suitable for being coupled to a laryngeal region (Lx) of a patient for measuring a laryngeal electrical activity at the laryngeal region, the laryngeal electrodes being coupled to an external control unit (150). The unit includes a setting unit (151) for entering control pulse parameters of a control energy pulse an external emitter (153e) configured for sending a signal to the implanted controller (54) to deliver to the cuff electrode/optrode one or more control energy pulses defined by the control pulse parameters entered in the setting unit, and a visual (155) or acoustic (157) display indicative of the intensity of the laryngeal electrical activity. |
| US12263343B2 |
Neurostimulator with titration assist
A method of neurostimulation titration includes titrating a neurostimulation signal from a first set of parameters toward a target set of parameters according to a titration aggressiveness profile having a titration hold point. The method further includes receiving a hold indicator indicating that the titration has reached the titration hold point. The method further includes initiating an intermediate hold of the titrating of the neurostimulation signal in response to receiving the hold indicator. The method further includes receiving an indication of a titration resumption that discontinues the intermediate hold. |
| US12263342B2 |
Sensors and methods for determining respiration
The disclosure provides systems and methods for treating obstructive sleep apnea using an inertial measurement unit (IMU) comprising an accelerometer and a gyroscope, wherein the IMU is configured to detect chest and/or abdominal movement by a patient during the inspiration and expiration stages of a respiratory cycle and to generate positional data based on the detected movement. Positional data generated by the IMU is used by an implanted stimulation system to determine when to deliver electrical stimulation to a nerve which innervates an upper airway muscle, such as the hypoglossal nerve, to treat sleep apnea. |
| US12263341B2 |
Neuronal communication system
A system for providing neuronal stimulation signals configured to elicit sensory percepts in the cortex of an individual, comprising device for obtaining spatial information relating to the actual or planned position of a neuronal stimulation device relative to afferent axon(s) targeting sensory neuron(s) in the cortex of the individual and device for determining a neuronal stimulation signal to be applied to the afferent axon(s) via the neuronal stimulation device based at least in part on the obtained spatial information. |
| US12263340B2 |
Input selection for an auditory prosthesis
Providing stimulation signals for an implanted auditory prosthesis including receiving first and second sound signals at first and second sound input devices, each of the first and second signals having a signal-to-noise ratio; determining a signal parameter related to said signal-to-noise ratio of each of the first and second signals; selecting one of the first and second signals which has the greater signal-to-noise ratio; and generating stimulation signals for the implanted auditory prosthesis based on said selected sound signal. |
| US12263339B2 |
Apparatuses for delivering tumor treating fields having electrode elements with nonuniform thicknesses and methods for manufacturing same
An apparatus for delivering tumor treating fields to a subject's body. The apparatus comprises: a plurality of electrically coupled electrode elements to be located on a subject's body and able to deliver tumor treating fields to the subject's body, wherein at least one electrode element of the plurality of electrically coupled electrode elements comprises a dielectric layer, the dielectric layer has a first surface to face the subject's body and a second surface opposite the first surface, and at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the dielectric layer is a non-planar surface. |
| US12263338B2 |
Flexible high-density mapping catheter tips and flexible ablation catheter tips with onboard high-density mapping electrodes
Flexible high-density mapping catheter tips and flexible ablation catheter tips with onboard high-density mapping electrodes are disclosed. These tips can be used for diagnosing and treating cardiac arrhythmias. The flexible, distal tips are adapted to conform to tissue and comprise a plurality of microelectrodes mounted to permit relative movement among at least some of the microelectrodes. The flexible tip portions may comprise a flexible framework forming a flexible array of microelectrodes (for example, a planar or cylindrical array) adapted to conform to tissue and constructed at least in part from nonconductive material in some embodiments. The flexible array of microelectrodes may be formed from a plurality of rows of longitudinally-aligned microelectrodes. The flexible array may further comprise, for example, a plurality of electrode-carrying arms or electrode-carrier bands. Multiple flexible frameworks may be present on a single device. A delivery adapter having an internal compression cone is also disclosed. |
| US12263335B2 |
Cooling of a drive system for diaphragm pumps
A drive unit for a diaphragm pump may be provided, wherein the drive unit comprises a hollow body and a piston which is arranged so as to be movable in the first hollow body along an axis of the hollow body, wherein the piston divides the hollow body into a first chamber, which is connectable to the diaphragm pump, and a second chamber, which is coupleable to a gas reservoir. The second chamber comprises an inlet valve and an outlet valve, such that a gas flow is drawn into the chamber via the inlet valve and is forced out of the chamber via the outlet valve. |
| US12263334B2 |
Anti-suction blood pump inlet
A heart pump assembly includes an impeller blade coupled to a rotor or a drive shaft, a cannula, a distal projection coupled to a distal end of the cannula and a blood inlet having a plurality of apertures. The plurality of apertures is radially oriented and disposed about a circumference of the cannula. The plurality of apertures includes at least a first ring of apertures which are proximal to the distal projection and a second ring of apertures which are proximal of the first ring of apertures. The plurality of apertures can allow the heart pump assembly to continue to function if anatomical structures or tissue become suctioned to a portion of the heart pump. |
| US12263333B2 |
Stator vane device for guiding the flow of a fluid flowing out of an outlet opening of a ventricular assist device, ventricular assist device with stator vane device, method for operating a stator vane device and manufacturing method
The invention relates to a stator vane device (105) for guiding the flow of a fluid flowing out of an outlet opening (110) of a heart support system (100). The stator vane device (105) has at least one stator vane (115), which can be connected to the heart support system (100) and arranged in the region of the outlet opening (110). The at least one stator vane (115) is formed such that it can be folded together to take an insertion state of the heart support system (100) and can be unfolded to take a flow guiding state. The at least one stator vane (115) is designed to project radially or obliquely from the heart support system (100) in the flow guiding state. |
| US12263330B2 |
Intravascular blood pump with intake filter
An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump. The filter defines a plurality of apertures, through which blood flows through the filter. The apertures are sized to prevent ingestion, by the input port, of the heart tissue. The filter includes a plurality of generally helical first struts wound about a longitudinal axis of the filter, and a plurality of second struts. The first and second struts collectively define the plurality of apertures therebetween. The struts may be woven filaments, or the apertures may be defined in a thin film (foil) tube, where remaining material between the apertures form the struts. |
| US12263323B2 |
Methods for treating baldness and promoting hair growth
The invention relates to methods of treating baldness, treating alopecia, promoting hair growth, and/or promoting hair follicle development and/or activation or stimulation on an area of the skin of a subject (for example, a human) by subjecting said area of the skin to integumental perturbation. Integumental perturbation can be used in combination with other treatments for promoting hair growth. The invention provides devices for integumental perturbation for promoting hair growth, and provides pharmaceutical compositions for use in combination with integumental perturbation for promoting hair growth. |
| US12263321B2 |
Method for ascertaining the vertical distance between a patient (level of surgical intervention) and a fluid delivery pump
Subject matter of the invention is a method for determining the difference in height level between a medical fluid pump and the body cavity of a patient for the correction of the measurement of the fluid pressure existing at the outlet end. |
| US12263319B2 |
Reduction in diameter
The invention relates to a method for reducing the outer diameter of the balloon (1) of a balloon catheter in the non-expanded state, wherein at least one restriction element (3) is applied to at least a portion of the balloon (1) of the balloon catheter. In this way, the outer diameter of the balloon (1) is thus reduced and, moreover, its flexibility increased. |
| US12263318B2 |
Reinforced balloon catheter
One embodiment of the present invention discloses a balloon catheter employing a reinforced, co-axial, duel lumen design. In certain embodiments, at least one of the lumens is formed of a multilayer, tubular element in which one of the layers functions, in part, to provide radial reinforcement to the tubular element. |
| US12263315B2 |
Stabilization devices for vascular access and methods of using the same
A stabilization device configured to stabilize an access device when a distal end portion of the access device is inserted through a target location of a patient. The stabilization device includes a coupling surface, a proximal surface, and a base surface. The coupling surface is configured to be placed in contact with an adapter coupled to a proximal end portion of the access device. The proximal surface forms at least one angle and is configured to facilitate securement of the stabilization device to the target location. The base surface forms a contoured portion configured to be placed in contact with the target location and a recessed portion configured to be spaced apart from the target location. The stabilization device is configured to be secured to the target location such that the adapter is retained in a fixed position relative to the coupling surface and the access device is stabilized. |
| US12263312B2 |
Facial wearable device and methods for providing external stimuli using the same
A facial wearable device for providing external stimuli to a user comprises a foldable frame, a flexible layer, an airbag layer, a plurality of heating pads, a plurality of vibrating motors, and a sensor. The flexible layer may couple to a proximal side of the foldable frame and be configured to couple to a facial area of the user. The airbag layer may be disposed between the foldable frame and the flexible layer and comprise a plurality of inflatable bladders configured to provide pressure to the facial area of the user. The plurality of heating pads may couple to the flexible layer and be configured to provide heat to the facial area of the user. The plurality of vibrating motors may couple to the flexible layer and be configured to provide vibration to the facial area of the user. The sensor may couple to the flexible layer and be configured to detect biometric data of the user. At least one of the plurality of inflatable bladders, the plurality of heating pads, and the plurality of vibrating motors may be controlled based on the biometric data. |
| US12263311B2 |
Method for providing mental massage to help treat anxiety and depression, and massage device
Disclosed are a method and a device for providing a mental massage to help treat anxiety and depression. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a massage device for providing a mental massage to help treat anxiety and depression is disclosed, the device including: a mental state determination unit for determining a mental state on the basis of a biosignal of a user; a mental massage pattern determination unit for determining a mental massage pattern on the basis of the determined mental state; and a mental massage provision unit for providing a massage on the basis of the mental massage pattern. |
| US12263309B2 |
Frequency generator with biological application
A method of delivering stimulation to a subject includes positioning a plurality of speakers so as to face a subject, the speakers capable of producing frequencies under 20 Hz, wrapping a belt around the subject, the belt including a plurality of metal coils arranged thereon so as to face the subject, each of the metal coils operable to produce a time-varying magnetic field in response to an applied signal, positioning eyewear on the subject, the eyewear including one or more opaque surfaces for blocking a wearer's vision and a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on the eyewear so as to be directed toward the wearer's eyes, and delivering, from a frequency generator, respective frequency signals to simultaneously drive the plurality of speakers, the plurality of metal coils, and the plurality of LEDs. |
| US12263301B2 |
Load-based detection of an aerosol delivery device in an assembled arrangement
A control body is coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device, with the cartridge being equipped with an electrical load. The control body includes first and second positive conductors connectable with respectively a power supply and the electrical load. The control body includes a series pull-up resistor and switch connected to and between the first and second positive conductors. A microprocessor is configured to operate the switch in a closed state in a standby mode in which the pull-up resistor causes a logical high level of voltage at the second positive conductor when the control body and cartridge are uncoupled, and in which the electrical load is unpowered causes a logical low level of the voltage when the control body and cartridge are coupled. The microprocessor is configured to measure the voltage and control operation of functional element(s) of the aerosol delivery device based thereon. |
| US12263299B2 |
Devices and methods for cessation of nicotine addiction
Vaporizers and vaporizer systems, which can include a device in communication with a vaporizer, can include one or more features related to control of functions and/or features of the vaporizer. A method for operating a vaporizer device is provided. The method includes determining a delivery pattern for providing a first puff containing an amount of a first vaporizable material and a second puff containing an amount of a second vaporizable material. The first vaporizable material includes a first substance and the second vaporizable material does not include the first substance. The method further includes providing a plurality of puffs from a vaporizer. The plurality of puffs based on the delivery pattern and including the first puff and the second puff. The method further includes receiving user feedback associated with the delivery pattern in response to the providing. The method further includes modifying the delivery pattern based on the user feedback. |
| US12263297B2 |
Quick-release nebulizer
A nebulizer includes a main body (1), a spraying head (2) and an engagement structure (4). The main body (1) includes a body (11). The spraying head (2) includes a spraying seat (21) assembled to the body (11). The engagement structure (4) includes a notch (41) formed on one of the body (11) and the spraying seat (21), a T-shaped trench (42) formed on an inner wall of the notch (41), an engaging trench (43) formed on another one of the body (11) and the spraying seat (21), and a movable member (44) received in the notch (41). The movable member (44) is extended with a handle (441) exposed from the notch (41), a T-shaped block (442) slidably received in the T-shaped trench (42) and an engaging block (443) embedded in or separated from the engaging trench (43). |
| US12263293B2 |
System and method of oral treatment and relieving stress
A device, system, and method for relaxing jaw muscles of a user. The device has a tooth engaging portion which operates by stretching the users jaw in the open position, thereby simulating a yawn. The device may be optimized to be used as a dental tool having a suction end. The system may include a computer program having stored or downloaded guided meditation programs, soothing sounds, inspirational messages, or similar. The system may also include a reminder that reminds the user to perform the task via a smart device. Further, the device may be used as a method of preventing or treating migraine headaches by relieving stress and relaxing the user. |
| US12263290B2 |
System and method for cardiorespiratory support
A method of circulating a flow of blood within a circulatory system of a body includes applying an extrathoracic pressure to the body with a fluid. An intrathoracic pressure is applied to the body with the fluid. The application of the extrathoracic pressure relative to the application of the intrathoracic pressure is varied, so as to circulate a flow of blood within the circulatory system of the body. |
| US12263289B2 |
Aortic perfusion catheter
An aortic perfusion catheter is an apparatus that is used during surgery for acute ascending aortic dissection to reduce postoperative injuries from profound hypothermia, ischemia, and reperfusion. The apparatus may include at least one main cannula, an inflation cannula, a drainage cannula, and a balloon tamponade. The at least one main cannula helps maintain blood perfusion to the body during the procedure to reduce postoperative injuries. The inflation cannula enables the selective inflation and deflation of the balloon tamponade to facilitate the insertion and removal of the balloon tamponade along with the at least one main cannula within the descending thoracic aorta. The balloon tamponade prevents blood flow into the operative area to maintain the operative area clear during the procedure. The drainage cannula enables the drainage of blood that may escape the balloon tamponade as well as other bodily fluids. |
| US12263276B2 |
Amnion tissue grafts and methods of preparing and using same
The invention provides method for preparing amnion tissue grafts, as well as the grafts themselves. In specific embodiments, the tissue graft comprises a single layer of dried amnion from an umbilical cord. |
| US12263275B2 |
Fistula filler and deployment system
Disclosed herein are methods for retention of shape of decellularized tissue or of a portion of an organ can be accomplished through the irradiation of the decellularized tissue or the portion of the organ inside a shaping mold. The enclosure of decellularized tissue or a portion of an organ inside of a mold or other constraining material, such as stainless steel or platinum or polymers such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) or polycaprolactone (PCL), allows the tissue to take on the shape of the mold or constraint and subsequently retain that shape after it is irradiated. This can result in decellularized extracellular matrix having defined (pre-determined) shapes. The system can include a hollow device which contains the filler or plug. The system may be inserted into the fistula tract and the filler or plug may be deployed by pulling, pushing or otherwise expelling the filler or plug into the tract. |
| US12263274B2 |
Medical implants containing surface modified with gold nanoparticles
The present invention provides surface-modified medical implants having one of more layer of gold nanoparticles, wherein, for example, the surface of a medical implant body could be immobilized with a single of double layers of GNPs. The implants could have a superior biocompatibility and superior osteogenic differentiation. |
| US12263272B2 |
Bone graft composition and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure relates to a bone graft composition, and more particularly, to a bone graft composition containing hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and a preparation method therefor. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a bone graft composition containing hydroxypropyl methylcellulose in an amount that provides shape retainability, and a preparation method therefor. |
| US12263266B2 |
Systems and methods for disinfection and sanitation of environments by robotic devices
Systems and methods for robotic disinfection and sanitation of environments are disclosed herein. The robotic devices disclosed herein may detect and map locations of pathogens within environments. The robotic devices disclosed herein may utilize data from sensor units to sanitize objects using desired methods specified by operators. The robotic devices disclosed herein may sanitize environments comprising people. |
| US12263265B2 |
Handrail disinfection system for vehicle with handrail
A handrail disinfection system for vehicle with handrail is mounted on a vehicle having handrail for grasping by an occupant. The handrail disinfection system includes a tank to store disinfectant solution, an exudation part provided on the handrail, an actuator for exuding the disinfectant solution stored in the tank from the exudation part, and a controller for controlling the actuator. At least one processor included in the controller executes upon execution of at least one program, performing a disinfecting process in which the actuator is controlled to exude the disinfectant solution from the exudation part to a surface of the handrail when a predetermined execution condition is satisfied. |
| US12263263B2 |
Device and method for sterilizing and storage of laboratory consumables
A sterilizing storage device may include a housing defining an interior chamber and having an opening defined in the housing to enable access to the interior chamber, the interior chamber divided into a plurality of storage compartments, each storage compartment of the plurality of storage compartments configured to slidably receive a carrier holding a plurality of laboratory consumables. A door may be affixed to the housing and selectively movable between a closed and opened position. A plurality of ultraviolet (UV) lamps may be positioned such that each storage compartment of the plurality of storage compartments receives UV light from a UV lamp of the plurality of UV lamps. At least one fan may draw air into the housing. A plurality of carriers configured to hold the plurality of laboratory consumables suspended from an upper surface of the carrier such that a distal end of each laboratory consumable hangs down into an open interior portion of the carrier. Each carrier having at least one side surface opening and at least one bottom surface opening to enable air flow and UV light to reach the distal end of each laboratory consumable. |
| US12263261B2 |
UV sanitizing light module and container system
A sanitizing module includes a housing having an open end, and at least one ultraviolet light emitting element within the housing and being configured to emit ultraviolet light out of the housing through the open end. The housing is configured for removable connection to a container having an interior receiving space such that connection of the housing to the container encloses the interior receiving space of the container. |
| US12263257B2 |
Far UV-C apparatus and confirmation of use
A UV-C sanitizing apparatus includes a main body defining an opening configured for receiving an item to be exposed to UV-C light emission. A plurality of UV-C light emitting diodes (LEDs) are positioned within the main body and are configured to emit UV-C light to form a field for treatment. The LEDs are positioned on lower and upper internal surfaces of the main body. The plurality of LEDs are configured to emit light at a wavelength between 205 and 210 nm. The UV-C light is configured to kill, destroy, or reduce growth of microorganisms and germs without damaging human tissue. The UV-C light can be configured to disinfect a surface of human hands or gloves or ocular tissue. The main body can include a partition configured to form separate chambers and each chamber includes a plurality of LEDs positioned on the lower and upper surfaces of the main body. |
| US12263256B2 |
Medical device to disinfect a skin surface
A medical device and method configured to disinfect a skin surface, the device comprising a power source that provides electric power, a light emitting source that uses electric power received from the power source to disinfect the skin surface, and a switch that is configured to be operated by user action, wherein upon activation of the switch, the electric power from the power source is received by the light emitting source to emit visible light and disinfect the skin surface. |
| US12263255B2 |
Debriding wound dressing, process of manufacture and useful articles thereof
A wound dressing for active continuous debridement of devitalized tissues in non-healing wounds including diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, burn injuries and other etiologies, includes an active ingredient, such as collagenase, which serves to debride wounds in-situ. In one example, purified Collagenase (90% pure) was deposited onto several wound dressing materials. A key feature of this invention is that the activity level of the Collagenase used was substantially preserved. |
| US12263253B2 |
Particles comprising a therapeutic or diagnostic agent and suspensions and methods of use thereof
The invention provides particles, compositions including the particles, and methods of making the particles using electrospray. In certain embodiments, the particles allow for high concentrations of a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to be delivered at low viscosity. Particles may also exhibit beneficial properties with respect to stability. |
| US12263249B2 |
Formation of particles including agents
The invention provides methods for the preparation of particles including one or more agents, e.g., therapeutic or diagnostic agents. The particles can be formed by creating droplets of a first liquid, e.g., including an agent, and removing the first liquid, e.g., through its dispersal in a second liquid and/or evaporation, to solidify the droplets. Advantageously, the process of forming the particles does not significantly alter the structure or activity of the agents and may enhance the stability of the agents. For example, the particles may be stored for long periods of time without significant loss of activity, and in some embodiments, without the need for refrigeration. These particles may be used to generate stabilized pharmaceutical compositions for storage or other logistical purposes, pharmaceutical suspensions, pharmaceutical powder formulations (e.g., inhalable powders, injectable powders), creams or other topical pastes, nutraceuticals, or cosmetics. |
| US12263245B2 |
Immunomodulating treatments of body cavities
Provided herein are compositions and methods for treating cancer of a body cavity, including urinary tract cancer, by way of a combination of at least one immunomodulatory agent, such as a CTLA-4 antibody or TLR agonist, and optionally one chemotherapeutic agent, wherein one or more of the therapeutic agents are embedded in, and slowly released from, a biocompatible hydrogel composition. |
| US12263241B1 |
Cannabis compositions, oral products, and methods of making same
The disclosed technology includes cannabinoid oral products, and methods for making same. In some embodiments, the oral products are pouches including cannabinoid infused wafers. In some embodiments, the method of making the cannabinoid oral products includes preparing an emulsion, preparing a spray dry solution, spray drying solution into cannabinoid and carbohydrate particles, preparing a paste, preparing a wafer in a heated vacuum oven, fragmenting the wafer into cannabinoid infused wafer fragments, mixing the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments with starch, and dispensing the cannabinoid infused wafer fragments into pouches. The methods may also include labeling the oral products, for example, with a THC warning symbol. |
| US12263240B1 |
Single-dose cosmetic product and process of manufacturing thereof
A single-dose cosmetic product and process of manufacturing thereof. The single-dose cosmetic product contains a solid portion of parenchyma of an aloe vera plant, a coating with waxy properties completely enclosing the solid portion and at least one tear tape located between the coating and the solid portion. The cosmetic product allows a better handling and application of the aloe vera and also preserves the properties and stability of a 100% aloe vera product without the use of additives. The manufacturing process of this cosmetic product allows the properties of the aloe vera parenchyma to remain intact. |
| US12263238B2 |
Styling composition for providing various advantageous properties to the hair
Compositions and methods for styling the hair are provided. The compositions improve the curl definition, softness, smoothness, sensory feel, and/or frizz control to the hair. Also provided are methods of using the compositions. |
| US12263237B2 |
Composition comprising two particular oxidation dye precursors, an oxyethylenated fatty acid ester of sorbitan and a fatty acid
The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one oxidation coupler chosen from 6-hydroxybenzomorpholine of formula (I), one of its addition salts, its solvates and/or the solvates of its salts, at least one oxidation coupler chosen from 2-amino-5-ethylphenol of formula (II), one of its addition salts, its solvates and/or the solvates of its salts, at least one oxyethylenated C8-C30 fatty acid ester of sorbitan, and at least one C8-C30 fatty acid. The invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres, preferably the hair, comprising the application of the composition to said keratin fibres. |
| US12263235B2 |
Compositions for removing artificial tan
Artificial tan removal compositions, methods of preparation and methods of use are provided. The tan removal compositions contain urea and are alkaline in pH. The compositions are effective at removing artificial tan from skin rapidly and in a single application. The compositions are substantially stable over long periods of time. |
| US12263230B2 |
Gene therapy for limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2C
The disclosure relates to gene therapy vectors, such as AAV vectors, comprising a polynucleotide encoding γ-sarcoglycan (SGCG) and methods of using such gene therapy vectors to treat subjects suffering from a muscular dystrophy, e.g. limb girdle dystrophy type 2C (LGMD2C). |
| US12263227B2 |
Optimized mRNA encoding CAS9 for use in LNPs
The present disclosure relates generally to novel lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-based compositions useful for, e.g., the delivery of a site-specific endonuclease or a nucleic acid molecule encoding same, into a target cell. Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods for editing the genome of a cell, which involve contacting the cell with an LNP composition as described herein. |
| US12263223B2 |
Method of treating diseases of the kidney and urinary tract by administering a peptide-linked therapeutic agent
The present disclosure relates to a systemically administered peptide delivery platform that biodistributes to the kidney or urinary tract. The disclosure further relates to methods of treating a disease of the kidney or urinary tract in a subject in need thereof. |
| US12263216B2 |
Cancer antigens and methods
There are disclosed inter alia polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides which are useful in the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of cancer, particularly melanoma, especially cutaneous melanoma and uveal melanoma. |
| US12263212B2 |
Monovalent vaccine formulation and a method for preparation thereof
The present invention discloses a vaccine formulation in accordance with an illustrative embodiment. The formulation including a live attenuated cholera vaccine strain VCUSM14P; a vaccine medium having starch, cellulose, dextrose, and yeast extract; and a phosphate buffer saline. |
| US12263210B2 |
Immunogenic compounds for cancer therapy
The invention relates to an immunogenic compound comprising an antigenic peptide having amino acid similarity with a tumor antigen, which antigenic peptide is selected in the group consisting of sequences described in the specification. |
| US12263209B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising collagenase I and collagenase II
The invention relates to recombinant nucleic acid and polypeptides encoding collagenase I and collagenase II, methods for the preparation thereof and methods for the use thereof. The invention also encompasses methods related to releasing a composition comprising collagenase prior to therapeutic administration. |
| US12263207B2 |
Human alpha-galactosidase variants
The present invention provides engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides and compositions thereof. The engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides have been optimized to provide improved stability under both acidic (pH<4.5) and basic (pH>7) conditions. The invention also relates to the use of the compositions comprising the engineered human alpha-galactosidase polypeptides for therapeutic purposes. |
| US12263200B2 |
Specific nutritional or therapeutic agent including a mixture of grape and blueberry
The invention concerns a nutritional or therapeutic agent comprising a molecule mix obtained from Vitis vinifera and Vaccinium angustifolium, comprising: at least 1% of catechins and epicatechins, the percentage being given by weight in relation to the total weight of the mix, preferably at least 5%, at least 5 ppm (parts per million in the mix) of ferulic acid, preferably at least 10 ppm. The invention also relates to the use of this agent due to its effects on cognitive functions in particular. |
| US12263198B1 |
Compositions and methods of improving ruminant performance
Embodiments include feed additive compositions for improving performance of a ruminant, methods of improving performance of a ruminant, and the like. The feed additive compositions for improving performance of a ruminant may include a blend of a cobalt compound and a yeast component. In some examples, the blend may further include an essential oil composition. The methods for improving performance of a ruminant may include administering to a ruminant a daily dose of the feed additive composition containing between about 3 and about 10 grams of the yeast component, and between about 75 and about 225 milligrams of the cobalt compound. The feed composition may perform at least one of the following: increase milk production of dairy cows, increase feed efficiency, increase digestibility, and improve early rumen development. |
| US12263195B2 |
Microbiological process for the production of bee bread
The present invention relates to a biotechnological process for the production of a fermented pollen comprising the inoculation of pollen with at least one lactic bacterium of the species Lactobacillus kunkeei and the fermentation of the pollen inoculated with the lactic bacterium. The fermented pollen obtained has nutritional and organoleptic properties similar to bee bread naturally produced inside the honeycomb of the beehive and finds application in the food and nutraceutical field. |
| US12263190B2 |
Methods and combinations for treatment and T cell modulation
The present disclosure relates in some aspects to methods, compositions and uses involving immunotherapies, such as adoptive cell therapy, e.g., T cell therapy, and an immunomodulatory compound, such as a structural or functional analog or derivative of thalidomide and/or an inhibitor of E3-ubiquitin ligase. The provided methods, compositions and uses include those for combination therapies involving the administration or use of one or more immunomodulatory compounds in conjunction with a T cell therapy, such as a genetically engineered T cell therapy involving cells engineered with a recombinant receptor, such as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-expressing T cells. Also provided are compositions, methods of administration to subjects, articles of manufacture and kits for use in the methods. In some aspects, features of the methods and cells provide for increased or improved activity, efficacy, persistence, expansion and/or proliferation of T cells for adoptive cell therapy or endogenous T cells recruited by immunotherapeutic agents. |
| US12263186B2 |
Methods for treating or preventing obesity and body weight management
This disclosure provides a method of administrating to a subject a two-portion solution system in a specific ingesting order to yield a water-insoluble cross-linked hydrogel mass in the stomach. The volume of the formed water-insoluble cross-linked hydrogel mass is at least 50% v/v of the total volume of the two-portion solution system. The method is useful for preventing and treating overweight and obesity. |
| US12263185B2 |
Hemostatic material and spray
A hemostatic material and a method of treating a bleeding wound of a human or an animal include a hemostatic powder for application to the wound. The hemostatic powder comprises a first part consisting of a native chitosan base and a second part consisting of a chitosan salt, where the first and the second parts form the main component of the hemostatic powder, or at least 50% of a total weight of the hemostatic powder, and the second part forms a layer that at least partially coats the first part. The hemostatic powder may be provided in a hemostatic spray formulation that comprises a mixture of the hemostatic powder dispersed in a liquefied gas for release from a cannister onto the wound. A treatment method involves applying the hemostatic spray formulation directly to the wound. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US12263180B2 |
Method for treatment of COVID-19-associated conditions
Provided herein are a variety of methods that involve administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient. In some embodiments, the method may comprise administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient having or suspected of having a COVID-19 infection. In some embodiments, the method may comprise administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient having, suspected of having or expected to develop acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury, and/or thrombosis. In some embodiments, the method may comprise administering fostamatinib, an active component thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient having, suspected of having or expected to develop symptoms associated with a cytokine response. Aspects of the methods may further include identifying a patient with kidney malfunction, e.g., acute kidney injury, and/or thrombosis. |
| US12263179B1 |
Lyme disease-associated T cell receptor-related methods
Provided are methods for assessing T cell receptor β chain complementary determining region 3 (TCRβ CDR3) sequences. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise assessing TCRβ CDR3 sequences determined from a sample obtained from a subject having or suspected of having a tick bite for the presence or absence of one or more TCRβ CDR3 sequences set forth in the present disclosure. According to some embodiments, at the time of the assessing, the subject is seronegative for Lyme disease and/or has one or more non-specific symptoms consistent with Lyme disease. Also provided are methods comprising administering a Lyme disease therapy to a subject identified as comprising T cells that express a T cell receptor β chain (TCRβ) comprising a TCRβ CDR3 sequence set forth in the present disclosure. |
| US12263175B2 |
Optimised dosage of diaminophenothiazines in populations
The invention provides novel dosing regimens for Leuco-Methylthioninium (LMT) compounds which maximise the proportion of subjects in which the MT concentration will exceed concentrations in which therapeutic efficacy in relation to treatment of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and rontotemporal dementias can be achieved, while maintaining a desirable clinical profile. Also provided are LMT-containing dosage units and other compositions. |
| US12263173B2 |
PLK1 inhibitor in combination with anti-angiogenics for treating metastatic cancer
Provided include methods, compositions and kits for treating metastatic cancer in a subject. The method can comprise administrating a treatment comprising inhibiting angiogenesis and a PLK1 inhibitor (for example, onvansertib) to the subject that has not received prior anti-angiogenic treatment, in a manner sufficient to reduce or inhibit progression of the metastatic cancer. |
| US12263162B2 |
Compositions, devices, and methods for treating or preventing headaches
Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions, devices, their combinations, and their uses thereof for example in treating or preventing headaches. |
| US12263161B2 |
Bupropion dosage forms with reduced food and alcohol dosing effects
This disclosure relates to dosage forms comprising bupropion hydrochloride, another salt form of bupropion, or the free base form of bupropion; dextromethorphan hydrobromide, another salt form of dextromethorphan, or the free base form of dextromethorphan, and a polymer. In some embodiments, the dosage form has no significant dose dumping of bupropion in the presence of ethanol in vitro. In some embodiments, the dosage form does not have a food effect for bupropion or dextromethorphan when taken with a high-fat meal in human subjects. Some embodiments include a method of treating a nervous system condition (such as depression, e.g., major depressive disorder, including treatment-resistant depression, agitation associated with Alzheimer's disease (or agitation associated with dementia of the Alzheimer's type), agitation associated with dementia, anxiety (or generalized anxiety disorder), neuropathic pain, or peripheral diabetic neuropathic pain) comprising, administering a dosage form described herein to a human being in need thereof. |
| US12263157B2 |
Aldosterone synthase inhibitors for treating chronic kidney disease
The present invention relates to treatment of chronic kidney disease by administering to patients in need thereof a compound of formula (1): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Cy, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds of formula (1) in combination with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. |
| US12263154B2 |
Composition using 4′,6,7-trimethoxyisoflavone and catechol for managing pulmonary fibrosis
Proposed is a composition for managing pulmonary fibrosis. The composition uses 4′,6,7-trimethoxyisoflavone and catechol that does not cytotoxicity and inhibits a TGF-β1 signal transfer pathway, thereby exhibiting EMT inhibitory activity. |
| US12263152B2 |
Method of preventing and treating chemotherapy-induced alopecia
Compositions and methods for treating alopecia, particularly chemotherapy-induced alopecia, using oxidizers or oxidants, pro-oxidant compounds, or activators of P53. Compositions comprising organic peroxides such as, cumene hydroperoxide, tert-Butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP), hydrogen peroxide, benzoyl peroxide are preferred. Compositions may be applied subcutaneously, percutaneously, or topically. Most preferably, the compositions are applied to a treatment area prior to a round of chemotherapy to prevent or reduce hair loss in the treatment area. |
| US12263148B2 |
Levodopa dosing regimen
The invention is a method for treating patients with Parkinson's disease, primary parkinsonism/idiopathic parkinsonism, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, parkinsonism that may follow carbon monoxide intoxication, or parkinsonism that may follow manganese intoxication and provides an improvement of a patient's total post-dose “On” time or “Good On” time compared to post-dose of treatment regimens with oral immediate release levodopa tablets. |
| US12263147B2 |
Treatment of STK11-loss cancers
As disclosed herein, inhibition of the ornithine decarboxylase 1-driven pathway can restore immunotherapeutic efficacy in lung cancer with lost STK11 function. Therefore, disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating a lung cancer in a subject using an ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) inhibitor, such as difluoromethylornithine. In particular, disclosed is a method for using an ODC inhibitor to sensitize a lung cancer to immunotherapy. The method can involve assaying the subject for STK11 function. The method can also involve treating the subject with an immunotherapy, such as anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy. |
| US12263144B2 |
Methods of treating IgA nephropathy with thiol-containing molecules
A method for treatment or preventing IgA nephropathy in a subject is provided. The method of treating or preventing IgA nephropathy includes administering a thiol-containing molecule, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to a mammal in need thereof. Also provided is a method and kit for screening candidate therapeutic agents for treating or preventing IgA nephropathy. |
| US12263138B2 |
Automatic pushing type complementary food device
An automatic pushing type complementary food device comprising a clamping body, an elastic member and a colander, wherein the inner side of the clamping body is connected to one end of an elastic member in a clamped manner, the outer side of the clamping body is connected to the colander in a clamped manner, the other end of the elastic member extends into the colander, a complementary food cavity is provided in the colander, and overflow holes are provided in the outer wall of the colander. The automatic pushing type complementary food device is simple in structure, convenient to operate, capable of automatically pushing and collecting complementary food when a baby uses the device, free of auxiliary operation by a mother, capable of bringing convenience to the mother during feeding, and capable of achieving automatic collection of the complementary food without a complex pushing structure. |
| US12263136B2 |
Syringe fill adapter
A syringe for delivery of a medical liquid to a container has a body with proximal end, a frustoconical distal end, and a cylindrical sidewall extending between the proximal end and the distal end along a longitudinal axis. The syringe includes a nozzle at a distal portion of the frustoconical distal end of the syringe, the nozzle having a throughbore providing fluid communication between an interior volume of the syringe and a medical connector configured to be connected to the nozzle. The nozzle includes a plurality of longitudinal ribs formed on an inner surface of the nozzle. The syringe is designed so that the plurality of longitudinal ribs directs a flow of a medical fluid along an inner surface of the frustoconical distal end and along an interior surface of the cylindrical sidewall of the syringe under a Coandǎ effect. Syringe and connector assemblies and methods for reducing a number of bubbles formed in a medical fluid during a syringe filling procedure are also described. |
| US12263134B2 |
System and methods for pulmonary expansion therapy (PXT)
A pulmonary expansion therapy (PXT) device may be a handheld or wearable device that covers specific lung fields and may generate negative pressure fields locally. The device also may provide vibratory/percussion therapy for airway clearance. The PXT may generate a localized negative pressure field non-invasively to the exterior of the chest wall, thereby increasing the functional residual capacity in underlying lung fields. As a result, increased ventilation and perfusion to the targeted internal lung field may be achieved by creating a decrease in the external barometric pressure relative to the more positive intrinsic airway pressures. The PXT device also may improve lung compliance by elevating the chest wall to compensate for the dysfunction of the respiratory musculature responsible for lifting the chest wall. In some embodiments, once a targeted functional residual capacity (FRC) has been established, vibration or percussion may be applied. |
| US12263129B2 |
Patient handling apparatus
A patient handling apparatus (10) comprising abase (30) with a frame (31) and a patient support device (20), the patient support device (20) being movable relative to the base (30). The patient support device (20) is movably mounted to the frame (31) between an upright and an inclined position, in which the patient support device (20) is inclined backwards or forwards in the inclined position relative to the upright position by means of a guiding arrangement (70). The guiding arrangement (70) comprises at least one frame guiding element (72, 84) mounted to the frame (31) and a support guiding element (71) mounted to the patient support device (20). |
| US12263127B2 |
Incubator systems, methods, and devices
Devices, systems, and methods described herein can provide a simulated fluid environment similar to the mother's womb to recreate an ideal or more familiar environment for infants who are born before their ideal due date. In some embodiments, the premature infant amniotic bath incubator can comprise an incubating tank with synthetic or simulated amniotic fluid, a heating element(s), a temperature sensor(s), and/or thermostat(s) for temperature regulation. |
| US12263123B2 |
Glaucoma device inserter
An inserter device is provided for use with a glaucoma drainage device including a tube having a proximal end and a distal end with a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The inserter device includes an elongate member having a distal end defining a stop surface, and a stylus extending beyond the distal end of the elongate member. The stylus is sized and configured to be received within the lumen of the glaucoma drainage device with the stop surface interfacing to and limiting proximal movement of the glaucoma drainage device. The stylus has a first length that extends beyond the stop surface that is less than a second length of a portion of the lumen of the tube of the glaucoma drainage device that extends beyond the stop surface. Systems and methods are also described and claimed. |
| US12263119B2 |
Opthalmic dispensing device
The present invention is directed to a dispensing device comprising: an ophthalmic liquid composition comprising a prostaglandin analogue; a container with the ophthalmic liquid composition comprising a prostaglandin analogue packaged therein; a dropper; and a gasket, wherein the gasket is made of a polymer substantially free of ethylene-vinyl acetate or plasticiser. The present invention further refers to a dropper and a gasket for the dispensing device and to a preservative-free aqueous ophthalmic composition of latanoprost. |
| US12263118B2 |
Systems and methods for implantable devices
This document describes methods and materials for the treatment of pathological conditions, including arrhythmias and trauma, using temperature modulation via implantable devices. For example, this document relates to methods and devices for treating atrial and/or ventricular fibrillation by cooling the epicardium. |
| US12263116B2 |
Dry eye treatment systems
Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying region of skin. |
| US12263113B2 |
Limb support and limb support fastening arrangement
A limb support fastening arrangement for fastening a limb support to a limb of a wearer is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a first and second fastening portion, the first portion comprising an inflatable chamber comprising an upper and lower chamber wall and a first fastener disposed proximate the upper chamber wall, the lower chamber wall being arranged in use, to extend proximate the limb of the wearer. The second portion similarly comprises an inflatable chamber comprising an upper and lower chamber wall and a second fastener disposed proximate the upper chamber wall, the lower chamber wall being arranged in use, to extend proximate the limb of the wearer. The fastener associated with the first portion is arranged to detachably couple with the fastener associated with the second portion to detachably couple the first and second portions together, by positioning the lower chamber wall of one portion over the upper chamber wall of the other portion. |
| US12263112B2 |
Finger supports and gloves incorporating the same
A finger brace is configured for disposition about a lengthwise portion of a human finger between a brace proximal and distal ends. When installed for bracing, the proximal end is anchored at least partially about the outer side of the finger at a location behind the PIP joint. The distal end includes a shank configured for coextension along a lengthwise portion of the outer side of the finger between the PIP joint and the finger nail. Situated between and connecting the support proximal and distal ends is a PIP-joint support that at least partially encircles and supports the PIP joint. In various configurations, a finger brace is incorporated into each glove finger of a sports glove to define a larger overall finger support system. The shanks may be articulated to promote finger bending while preventing rearward hyperextension. |
| US12263111B2 |
Brace limiting range of motion and method of using same
A brace is provided including an upper support arm, a lower support arm, a hinge assembly configured to rotatably couple the upper support arm to the lower support arm, a plurality of cuffs, each coupled directly or indirectly to the upper support arm or the lower support arm and configured to receive a respective strap for securing the brace to an appendage of the subject, and a plurality of buckles, each configured to be coupled to a respective one of the plurality of cuffs and to receive one of the respective straps. |
| US12263110B2 |
Low profile knee brace and method of using same
Methods of manufacturing a low-profile brace for treating a ligament injury are provided. Among other features, a method of manufacturing includes providing a liner and permanently attaching provided first and second metal components configured to be formed to the shape of a thigh and a calf of the patient; and providing upper and lower lateral rigid members, each having a three-dimensional structure comprising a recessed portion extending along a length of the respective lateral rigid member. The recessed portion includes a substantially y-shaped portion that is: disposed at a proximal end of the lower lateral rigid member or at a distal end of the upper lateral rigid member, and further raised outwardly away from the patient's leg from adjacent portions of the recessed channel that separate the substantially y-shaped portion from a perimeter of the lower or upper lateral rigid member. Related methods of use are also provided. |
| US12263105B2 |
Methods and systems for bypassing occlusions in a femoral artery
A system for deploying a stent-graft from the femoral artery into the femoral vein and back into the femoral artery in order to bypass a femoral occlusion comprises a penetration catheter and a guidewire capture and stabilization catheter. The penetration catheter may be advanced contralaterally to a location above the occlusion and the capture and stabilization catheter may be introduced upwardly through the femoral vein. The penetration tool on the penetration catheter is used in multiple steps to deploy guidewires which are then used to deploy the stent-graft in the desired location. |
| US12263102B2 |
Prosthetic foot with variable stiffness ankle
A prosthetic foot can have an ankle unit with semi-active adjustable stiffness. In one example, the adjustable stiffness is in the sagittal plane. The ankle stiffness can be varied by the ankle unit in response a user input, which can be received via a wireless communication device. The ankle unit can include two load application locations for one or more cantilever springs so as to provide different stiffness in plantarflexion and dorsiflexion. The positions of the two load application locations can be varied in order to vary the stiffness. |
| US12263097B2 |
Anterior ankle approach system and method
A method of ankle replacement includes forming an anterior cut in a bone and forming a stem hole in a distal end of the bone. The stem hole is formed using a plurality of broaches positioned against the distal end of the bone through the anterior cut. A first portion and a second portion of a stem implant are inserted into the stem hole through the anterior cut in the bone. The first portion is coupled to the second portion using a coupling device inserted through the anterior cut in the bone. The stem implant is impacted into the stem hole using an offset impactor. |
| US12263093B2 |
Dynamic spinal segment replacement
A vertebral body system and method having a polyaxial fastener receiving member, adjustable width plates and a pedicle screw having a pedicle threaded portion and a threaded portion for fastening to the vertebral body. |
| US12263091B2 |
Interbody implants and optimization features thereof
A spinal interbody device (IBD) includes a solid wall that at least partially defines a boundary of the IBD and a porous body connected to the solid wall. The porous body includes a plurality of sections that form at least a portion of both a superior and inferior bone interface side of the IBD. Each section of the porous body has a different porosity than an adjacent section such that the porosities increase toward a center of the IBD. |
| US12263084B2 |
Compact prosthetic heart valve device
The devices and methods of this disclosure relate to a heart valve prosthesis that is configured to be implanted within a native heart valve having a smaller perimeter annuli with a generally elliptical shape. |
| US12263082B2 |
Low profile balloon expandable artificial prosthetic heart valve, particularly aortic, for transcatheter implantation
A low profile balloon expandable artificial prosthetic heart valve, particularly aortic, for transcatheter implantation comprises a valve frame of cylindrical structure. The cuff made of the polymer material is inseparably integrated with the frame so that the valve frame in the supporting section is embedded or sewn into and covered from the internal side and from the outside with the cuff material, which folded into the interior section of the frame and in the frame valve section is formed into valve leaflets in bicuspid or tricuspid configuration and in the said section it is attached to the frame and to the frame posts, and the cuff material excess is led into the longitudinal openings in the posts. In the variant of mounting the cuff made of the polymer (artificial) material is attached to the frame in the supporting section from the outside and the cuff material is folded into the interior of the frame, and in the frame valve section it creates leaflets and commissures of the valve in bicuspid or tricuspid configuration and in this section it is attached to the frame and to the posts by sewing, and the excess of the cuff material is led into the longitudinal openings in the posts. |
| US12263081B2 |
Apparatus and methods for implanting a replacement heart valve
Anchors and systems for docking a prosthetic heart valve at a native heart valve are disclosed. An anchor can include at least three coils and a covering extending over at least a portion of the at least three coils. The covering comprises a fabric material and a foam underneath the fabric material. |
| US12263080B2 |
Intraocular lens inserter
An intraocular lens inserter can include a drive device with controllable advance motion. The drive device may include an actuator device and an energy device. The actuator device may include a piston rod that uses the advance motion to push an intraocular lens from a cartridge for insertion into an eye of an animal. The energy device may act upon the actuator device to generate the advance motion. The actuator device may include a dampening medium to control the advance motion, such as by controllably dampening the advance motion. |
| US12263074B2 |
Waterproof protector for a body member
A waterproof protector for a body member and a method for fabricating the waterproof protector. The waterproof protector comprises a body comprising a fabric layer comprising polyester; a water repellent applied to a first surface of the fabric layer; an antimicrobial substance applied to an opposite surface of the fabric layer and located on an inner surface of the body. The body comprises a main seam formed by a junction of the fabric layer, the junction being sewn by an ultrasound to form a main seam which is further sealed with an additional layer of a waterproof material positioned on the inner surface of the body and sealed to the inner surface by heat. The waterproof protector further comprises a stretchable strap attached to an end of the body and having several hook-and-loop fastener portions for leakless securing of the protector to the body member. |
| US12263070B2 |
Low rise protective underwear and method of forming the same
Protective underwear including a chassis having an absorbent core, a backsheet, and a cover, and gathered elastic side panels attached to the chassis. The protective underwear is made by attaching the side panels along respective edge portions of the chassis while both the chassis and the elastic panels are moving in the machine direction. |
| US12263069B2 |
Absorbent article with improved fluid containment and comfort
The present invention relates generally to absorbent products, and, more particularly, to disposable absorbent articles that provide improvements in the containment of bodily fluid secretions. The fluid containment improvements are the result of adding one or more waist barriers to the topsheet of various absorbent articles. Adding waist barriers to the disposable absorbent articles will decrease fluid leakage at the front, back, or both waist areas of the user. In addition, the waist barrier may be made of a soft and lofty form, which will improve comfort for and reduce irritation to the user's skin. The waist barrier may improve the comfort of the user during nap time, overnight, or whenever the user is lying on their back or stomach. The waist barrier may include one or more sustainable materials. |
| US12263047B2 |
Intravascular data collection probes and related assemblies
In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a probe that a cylindrical marker band defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end and a second end and having a band length, the inner surface defining a marker band bore, the cylindrical marker band includes a radiopaque material; a molded unitary lens defining an elongate optical fiber receiving section having a fiber section length and a beam directing surface, wherein the fiber section length and the band length overlap along an overlap distance; and an optical fiber, wherein a first section of the optical fiber is disposed in the optical fiber receiving section, wherein a portion of the first section of the optical fiber is disposed within the marker band bore. |
| US12263045B2 |
Surgical robot and control method of surgical robot
A surgical robot includes a controller configured or programmed to control a display to superimpose guide information indicating a moving direction of a medical cart based on a steering angle of a steering device on an image captured by an imaging device and display the guide information. |
| US12263039B2 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method
According to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry extracts an odd harmonic component from a reflected wave signal received by each element of an ultrasonic probe. The processing circuitry determines whether the reflected wave signal is saturated or not using the extracted odd harmonic component. The processing circuitry multiplies the reflected wave signal of an element for which the reflected wave signal is determined to be saturated by a weight coefficient. The processing circuitry generates reflected wave data by performing phasing addition on the reflected wave signal. |
| US12263038B2 |
Elasticity imaging methods and devices, and storage medium
An elasticity imaging method, device, and storage medium are provided. The method includes: transmitting an ultrasound wave to a target tissue; receiving an ultrasound echo of the ultrasound wave returned from the target tissue; obtaining an interference characteristic information representing the degree of interference to the target tissue; and when the interference characteristic information does not meet a preset condition, stopping determining an elasticity image of the target tissue according to the ultrasound echo. |
| US12263031B2 |
Determining a configuration of a medical x-ray imaging system for detecting a marker device
This document relates to technologies of determining a configuration of a medical imaging system comprising an x-ray source and an x-ray detector mounted on a gantry and an x-ray source collimator for shaping the x-ray beam emitted by the x-ray source, wherein at least one of the x-ray source and the x-ray detector is movable along the gantry. The configuration of the medical imaging system comprises the position of the x-ray source, the position of the x-ray detector and the settings of the x-ray source collimator and is to be used for capturing a marker image, wherein the position of the marker device can be calculated using the marker image. |
| US12263028B2 |
Radiography device, radiation device, radiography system, and mobile radiography system
A radiography device includes an interface unit and a controller. The interface unit connects to an external interface. The controller operates according to timing signals from the external interface connected to the interface unit so as to synchronize with timing of repetition of generation of radiation by a radiation device that generates radiation in serial radiography in which frame images are generated. Even after connection between the interface unit and the external interface is cut off, the controller repeats operation for generating a frame image while synchronizing with the radiation device without communicating with an outside. |
| US12263024B2 |
System and method for incorporating lidar-based techniques with a computed tomography system
A medical imaging system includes a CT imaging system including a gantry having a bore, rotatable about an axis of rotation. The CT imaging system includes a table configured to move a subject to be imaged into and out of the bore, a radiation source mounted on the gantry and configured to emit an X-ray beam, and a detector configured to detect the X-ray beam. The medical imaging system includes a LiDAR scanning system physically coupled to the CT imaging system. The LiDAR scanning system is configured to acquire data of the subject from different angular positions relative to the axis of rotation. The medical imaging system includes processing circuitry configured to receive the data acquired with the LiDAR scanning system, to generate a three-dimensional (3D) measurement of the subject, and to utilize the 3D measurement in a subsequent workflow process for a CT scan of the subject. |
| US12263022B1 |
Medical waste grinding and separation system with pathogen neutralization
A medical waste grinding and separation system configured to safely neutralize and dispose of a portion of a medical sharp. The medical waste grinding and separation system comprises an outer casing, a sharps aperture, a grinding head, a rotary grinding tool motor, a debris reservoir, a power system, a debris channel, a drive shaft the grinding head comprises a grinding surface. The grinding surface comprises a portion of the grinding head being closest to the sharps aperture. The outer casing 200 forms the main structural body of the system, housing the internal components the grinding head and the rotary grinding tool motor is aligned with one another and the sharps aperture. The grinding head is configured to grind down the tip of a syringe when it is inserted into the aperture. The grinding head is driven by the rotary grinding tool motor. |
| US12263018B2 |
Spot check measurement system
A portable spot-check system configured to assess the validity of a measured physiological parameter. The spot-check device can take into consideration a variety of factors to determine whether a valid measurement exists. For instance, the considerations can include signal stability, interference, signal IQ, patient movement, sensor position, timing of that measurement, comparison to previous or acceptable measurements, cancellation of measurement by the patient, confidence of the measurement, etc. The spot-check device can track a number of valid measurements. In some instances, the spot-check device is configured to provide a specified number of available measurements. If a valid measurement is recorded, the spot-check device can decrement the remaining number of available measurements. |
| US12263015B2 |
In-vivo implantable electronic device
An in-vivo implantable electronic device includes a housing, a power reception coil, and an electronic circuit. The housing is formed of a biocompatible material and forms an internal space sealed. The power reception coil is disposed in the internal space of the housing and receives power by interacting with an electromagnetic field formed by an external electric field or magnetic field, or transmits an electromagnetic wave to the outside. The electronic circuit is disposed in the internal space, is connected to the power reception coil, and performs at least processing of an electric signal. The housing includes a first member in a box shape formed of a biocompatible metal material and having an opening, a second member formed of a biocompatible nonmetal material and having a shape that closes the opening, a packing in an annular shape disposed between the first member and the second member. |
| US12263014B2 |
High-density electrode catheters with magnetic position tracking
Various embodiments of the present disclosure can include a high-density electrode catheter. In some embodiments, the high-density electrode catheter can include a catheter shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter shaft defining a catheter shaft longitudinal axis. In some embodiments, the high-density electrode catheter can include a shaft magnetic position sensor disposed along a distal portion of the catheter shaft. In some embodiments, the high-density electrode catheter can include a flexible tip portion located adjacent to the distal end of the catheter shaft, wherein the flexible tip portion includes a flexible framework. In some embodiments, the high-density electrode catheter can include a plurality of electrodes disposed on the flexible framework. In some embodiments, the high-density electrode catheter can include a tip magnetic position sensor disposed on a portion of the flexible framework. |
| US12263011B2 |
Treatment of depression using machine learning
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for identifying subjects suffering from depression that will respond to treatment with an antidepressant. |
| US12263010B2 |
Opioid overdose alert wearable device method and devices
The embodiments disclose a method including: monitoring vital signs of an opioid patient, providing chemical identifying and concentration detection of a drug the opioid patient is preparing to inject, analyzing the opioid patient's vital signs to determine an overdose condition regardless of the patient consciousness state, tracking the opioid patient's GPS location, transmitting automatically an overdose emergency alert; sending the automatic opioid overdose emergency alert to the closest first responders, and providing the opioid patient's ID, GPS location, vital signs, potential drug overdosed, and known drug use in the automatic opioid overdose emergency alert to the closest first responders. |
| US12263008B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for diagnosing sleep
A system is configured to diagnose sleep comprising an apparatus configured to be attached to a patient; the apparatus comprises: i) an optical sensor configured to measure a blood volume pulse of the patient; and ii) a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly transmit the measured blood volume pulse. The system further comprises means for performing: i) obtaining the wirelessly transmitted measured blood volume pulse; and ii) deriving from the blood volume pulse the peripheral arterial tone; iii) determining occurrences of sleep events from changes in the peripheral arterial tone. |
| US12263005B2 |
Dual-slope method for enhanced depth sensitivity in diffuse optical spectroscopy
An apparatus for earning out near-infrared spectroscopy using intensity-modulated near-infrared radiation or pulsed near-infrared radiation includes sources and detectors. For each source, there exists first and second distances. The first distance is a distance between the source and a first detector. The second distance is a distance between the source and the second detector. For each source, the difference between these two distances is the same. Additionally, wherein, for each source, the detector at a shorter distance is the same detector that is at a longer distance for the other source. A processor derives, from signals received by the detectors, a parameter indicative of two matched slopes. Tins parameter is either phase of the intensity-modulated near-infrared radiation or mean time-of-flight data for the pulsed near-infrared radiation. The processor then provides output data based on an average of the matched slopes. This promotes reduced sensitivity to superficial layers and enhanced sensitivity to deeper portions of a medium that is under investigation. |
| US12263001B2 |
Neural interface circuit for bidirectional signal transmission
A neural interface circuit for bidirectional signal transmission includes at least one electrode configured to collect a neural signal and receive an excitation signal. The neural interface circuit can transmit signals bidirectionally. On the one hand, neural signals can be collected through electrodes, and on the other hand, excitation signals can be received through electrodes. The excitation signals can achieve the purpose of researching or intervening treatment. |
| US12262999B2 |
Using statistical characteristics of multiple grouped ECG signals to detect inconsistent signals
A system includes signal acquisition circuitry and a processor. The signal acquisition circuitry is configured to receive multiple intra-cardiac signals acquired by multiple electrodes of an intra-cardiac probe in a heart of a patient. The processor is configured to extract multiple annotation values from the intra-cardiac signals, to select a group of the intra-cardiac signals, to identify in the group one or more annotation values that are statistically deviant in the group by more than a predefined measure of deviation, and to visualize the annotation values to a user, excluding the statistically deviant annotation values. |
| US12262996B2 |
Information processing device, control method, and storage medium
An information processing device 1X mainly includes an environmental information acquisition means 15X and a mental state estimation means 16X. The environmental information acquisition means 15X is configured to acquire environmental information “Ie” which is information on environment. The mental state estimation means 16X is configured to estimate, based on the environmental information Ie, a mental state of a group present in the environment indicated by the environmental information Ie. |
| US12262995B2 |
Art psychological analysis apparatus using voice, text, and picture data and art psychological analysis method using the same
Provided is an art psychological analysis apparatus using voice, text, and picture data which analyzes an emotion of a test taker using voice data, text data, and picture data extracted from a voice of the test taker at the time of the art psychological test and analyzes a test taker's personality using a meaningful picture subject to understand the psychology and an art psychological analysis method using the same. The art psychological analysis apparatus using voice, a text, and picture data may include a user interface for providing an interaction environment to a user who is a test taker, a data extraction unit which extracts voice data from a voice of the user input through the user interface during an art psychological test and extracts text data from the voice data, an emotion analysis unit which analyzes an emotion of the user from picture data input by the user through the user interface using the voice data and text data extracted from the data extraction unit, a personality analysis unit which analyzes a personality of the user according to a picture subject of the picture data input by the user together with the picture data, through the user interface, a psychological state analysis unit which analyzes a psychological state of the user based on the emotion of the user analyzed by the emotion analysis unit and the personality of the user analyzed by the personality analysis unit, and a database which stores information about the user's psychological state analyzed by the psychological state analysis unit. |
| US12262991B2 |
System and method for non-invasive monitoring of hematocrit concentration
A method of non-invasively monitoring hematocrit levels includes monitoring a first emission response to the light provided at the first excitation wavelength, wherein the first emission response is monitored at a first wavelength and monitoring a second emission response to the light provided at the first excitation wavelength, wherein the second emission response is monitored at a second wavelength. A ratiometric value is calculated based on a ratio of the first emission response to the second emission response, wherein the ratiometric value corresponds with hematocrit level of the patient. |
| US12262990B2 |
Methods and materials for prolonged sweat stimulation
A method for stimulating and sensing sweat includes dosing a sweat stimulant to skin effective to generate sweat at a generation rate of at least 0.1 nL/min/gland for a duration of six hours or more per dose of the sweat stimulant, and sensing generated sweat using a device placed on the skin comprising at least one sensor specific to an analyte in sweat. The dosing comprises at least one of: applying a charge density of less than 320 mC/cm2/day or applying a one-time dose of the sweat stimulant. |
| US12262989B2 |
Tissue color measurement device
The disclosure provides a device for measuring serum bilirubin levels and uses thereof. The device includes a plate including a surface comprising: a stepwise gradient of colors; a lighting indicator; and a series of windows in the surface, each window in the series bordered by one of the colors, and each window including a transparent portion in the plate. |
| US12262987B2 |
Animal monitoring system
An animal monitoring device configured as a bolus for oral administration to reside in an animal's stomach. The bolus has a substantially inert solid body with a hollow inside space to receive the animal monitoring device. The animal monitoring device includes a radio frequency generator, an animal identification information encoder for outputting the animal identification information of the particular animal. The animal monitoring device can further include sensors to detect physiological and non-physiological animal characteristics such as temperature and a sensed animal characteristic encoder for outputting sensed animal characteristic information. The animal monitoring device intermittently transmits encoded animal identification information and sensed animal characteristic information to a receiver which transmits the encoded information as packets to a specialized computer which allows a computer user access to decoded animal identification information and sensed animal characteristic information as numeric values. |
| US12262985B2 |
Optimizing magnetic resonance imaging protocols for increased speed
In an example, a computer system receives first data regarding a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocol for obtaining image information regarding a subject, and determines a plurality of parameter sets for performing the MRI protocol. Each of the parameter sets includes an indication of one or more parameters associated with the MRI protocol, and for each of the one more parameters, an indication of a respective parameter value. The computer system determines, for each of the parameter sets, a respective first quality metric, and selects a particular one of the parameter sets based on the first quality metrics. The computer system provides instructions for performing the MRI protocol to a magnetic resonance (MR) scanner. The instructions include an indication of the selected parameter set. |
| US12262984B2 |
Systems and methods for spin labeling in magnetic resonance imaging
Systems and methods are provided for producing an image of a subject using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. The method includes designing a saturation-based labeling pulse sequence for an MRI process that includes radio-frequency (RF) pulses and gradients forming a ratio of RF slice-selection gradient to time-averaged gradient that maintains multiple aliased labeling planes within an envelope of the RF pulses. The method also includes performing the MRI process to acquire image data from the subject using the saturation-based labeling pulse sequence and reconstructing a saturation-based spin labeled images of the subject using image data. |
| US12262982B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting small physiological or pathological changes using high resolution magnetic resonance imaging
A method for obtaining a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of an object is provided. The method includes applying a MRI sequence to a target area in the object, receiving magnetic resonance (MR) signals from the target area, acquiring, in one k-space strategy, a first set of k-space lines based on the MR signals while nuclear spins in the target area are in a transient state, acquiring, in another k-space strategy, a second set of k-space lines based on the MR signals while the nuclear spins in the target area are in a steady-state or a mixed state of the transient state and the steady-state, and reconstructing the MRI image based on the first set of k-space lines and the second set of k-space lines. |
| US12262980B2 |
Bio-electrode composition, bio-electrode, method for manufacturing bio-electrode, and silicon material particle
A bio-electrode composition contains particles having surfaces with an N-carbonyl sulfonamide salt shown by the following general formula (1). R1 represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and optionally having an aromatic group, ether group, or ester group, or an arylene group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms. Rf represents a linear, branched, or cyclic alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and optionally has a fluorine atom. M+ represents an ion selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, and silver ions. This invention provides a bio-electrode composition capable of forming a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode which is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light-weight, and manufacturable at low cost, and prevents significant reduction in electric conductivity even when wetted with water or dried. |
| US12262979B2 |
Device, system and method for detection and processing of heartbeat signals
A heart beat detection device comprises at least one optical reflection sensor to be positioned on the skin of a person. The sensor unit is provided with a light emitter and a corresponding light receiver which converts the light reflected by the skin into an electric signal and comprises electrically adjustable optical filters connected to the emitter, to the receiver or to both of them in order to select, upon operation, a desired light wavelength and perform processing of the signals thus obtained in order to reinforce the heart beat signal. A system with this device and a detection method are also described. |
| US12262976B2 |
Devices, systems and methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation
An exemplary tissue detection and location identification apparatus can include, for example, a first electrically conductive layer at least partially (e.g., circumferentially) surrounding a lumen, an insulating layer at least partially (e.g., circumferentially) surrounding the first electrically conductive layer, and a second electrically conductive layer circumferentially surrounding the insulating layer, where the insulating layer can electrically isolate the first electrically conductive layer from the second electrically conductive layer. A further insulating layer can be included which can at least partially surrounding the second electrically conductive layer. The first electrically conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the second electrically conductive layer can form a structure which has a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side with respect to the lumen, where the first side can be longer than the second side thereby forming a sharp pointed end via the first side at a distal-most portion. The exemplary configuration can be used for (a) determination/detection of a tissue type using impendence of the electrically conductive layers, and/or (ii) determination of a location of at least one portion of the insertion device/apparatus. Another exemplary apparatus can include, for example, a base structure comprising a lumen extending along a length thereof, and at least one optically-transmissive layer circumferentially surrounding the base structure and provided at least at a distal end of the base structure. For example, in operation, the optically-transmissive layer can be configured to transmit a particular optical radiation at the distal end thereof toward a target tissue. |
| US12262973B1 |
Systems and methods of a medical device and environmental connectivity hub
Systems, devices, and methods including a processor having addressable memory, where the processor is configured to: collect, via a set of sensors, biological signals related to patient status; collect, via an environmental monitoring device, environmental data associated with an environment of the patient; store, locally via a secure encrypted local database, the collected biological signals and the collected environmental data; detect an abnormality in the collected biological signals; increase measurement frequency of the biological signals by the set of sensors based on the detected abnormality; detect an error in the collected biological signals; determine whether the detected error in the collected biological signals of the current reading is due to environmental factors; correct the determined error in the collected biological signals; and transmit the error corrected collected biological signals as encrypted data. |
| US12262972B2 |
Drape adaptor
A drape adaptor configured for coupling to a first component of a medical device and for receiving a medical tool. The first component of the medical device including a non-sterile portion of a driving mechanism. The drape adaptor comprises a sealing member configured for passing therethrough at least a portion of at least one component of a sterile portion of the driving mechanism. The drape adaptor is configured to enable transmission of torque from the first component of the medical device to the medical tool via direct engagement between the at least one component of the sterile portion of the driving mechanism and the non-sterile portion of the driving mechanism, through the sealing member, without compromising the sterility of the environment external to the drape adaptor. |
| US12262968B2 |
Translational instrument interface for surgical robot and surgical robot systems comprising the same
Surgical instruments for use in a surgical robot are provided herein. The instruments are preferably part of a translational instrument interface and are removably coupled to the surgical robot. In one aspect, the translational instrument interface has a slave hub mounted on a distal end of the slave unit, a sterile shield insertable within the slave hub, and an instrument having an end-effector for contacting tissue insertable within the sterile shield. The instrument may be disposable after a single use. The handle of the surgical robot is preferably coupled to the translational instrument interface such that actuation at the handle causes movement of the end-effector for performing surgery. |
| US12262963B2 |
Medical robot arm apparatus, medical robot arm control system, medical robot arm control method, and program
Provided is a surgical imaging apparatus that includes a multi-link, multi-joint structure including a plurality of joints that interconnect a plurality of links to provide the multi-link, multi-joint structure with a plurality of degrees of freedom, at least one video camera being disposed on a distal end of the multi-link, multi-joint structure; at least one actuator that drives at least one of the plurality of joints; and circuitry that detects a joint force experienced at the at least one of the plurality of joints in response to an applied external force, and controls the at least one actuator based on the joint force so as to position the video camera. |
| US12262953B2 |
Determining an avoidance region for a reference device
A computer-implemented method plans a position of a tracking reference device for referencing a position in a medical environment. The method includes a determination of avoidance regions in which a tracking reference device should not be placed so as to safeguard proper tracking of the tracking reference device and/or an instrument tracking reference device which is attached to a medical instrument. The avoidance region is a region lying, from the point of view of a tracking device for tracking the tracking reference device, in the shadow of an envelope surrounding at least one medical instrument. Additionally or alternatively, an avoidance region may lie in between the position of the tracking device and the envelope to avoid a shadowing, by the tracking reference device, of an instrument tracking reference device attached to the medical instrument. Information describing the position of the at least one avoidance region is displayed to a user, and also information about the position of a region which is suitable for placement of the tracking reference device can be displayed to the user. |
| US12262949B2 |
Eye imaging
A solution for imaging an eye of a patient is described. An illumination device can illuminate a linear volume of aqueous fluid of the eye of the patient with visible and/or infrared light from a location in a range between 25 to 65 degrees from a line of sight of the eye. At least one imaging device can acquire image data of the eye while it is being illuminated by the illumination device. The image data can be evaluated to determine one or more attributes of an aqueous fluid in an anterior segment of the eye delimited by the posterior surface of the cornea and the most anterior surfaces of the iris or lens and/or one or more attributes of the iris, eye, or surrounding tissues. |
| US12262947B1 |
Systems and methods for retinal imaging
Systems and methods for retinal imaging are provided. A heads-up display (HUD) can be integrated with advanced retinal imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundoscopy (e.g., fluorescence fundoscopy). The HUD can serve as a crucial component of this approach, offering several key functionalities (e.g., a fixation target and/or a means for dark adaptation). |
| US12262941B2 |
Temperature controlled short duration ablation with multiple electrodes
Apparatus, including a catheter configured to be inserted into an organ of a human body. A plurality of electrodes are deployed on the catheter, the electrodes being configured to transfer radiofrequency (RF) ablation energy to tissue of the organ. The apparatus also includes a power supply configured to supply the RF ablation energy at a level of up to 100 W to each of the plurality of electrodes simultaneously, so as to ablate respective sections of the tissue of the organ in contact with the electrodes. |
| US12262937B2 |
User interface for surgical instrument with combination energy modality end-effector
Disclosed is a surgical instrument having a housing, an end-effector, and a user interface. The end-effector includes a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade configured to couple to an ultrasonic transducer and to a pole of an electrical generator. The clamp arm includes a clamp jaw pivotally movable about a pivot point, an electrode defining a surface configured to contact tissue and apply electrical energy to the tissue in contact therewith and configured to couple to an opposite pole of the electrical generator. The user interface includes a first activation button switch to activate a first energy source and a second button switch to select an energy mode for the activation button switch. |
| US12262936B2 |
Systems and methods for controlled electrosurgical coagulation
The present disclosure includes an electrosurgical generator that controls treatment energy to be provided in a coagulation mode, where the treatment energy has an adjustable voltage ramp rate which can be set to a ramp rate in a range of voltage ramp rates. The generator receives signals from an instrument over time relating to load impedance. When the load impedance is above a threshold, the generator sets the adjustable voltage ramp rate to a ramp rate in the range of voltage ramp rates, and decreases, at the adjustable voltage ramp rate, a voltage of the treatment energy. When the load impedance is below the threshold, the generator sets the adjustable voltage ramp rate to a ramp rate in the range of voltage ramp rates, and increases, at the adjustable voltage ramp rate, the voltage of the treatment energy. |
| US12262935B2 |
System and methods for ablation treatment of tissue
A system for ablation treatment of tissues including at least one tissue ablation device, an ablation device controller communicatively connected to the at least one tissue ablation device, and an imaging component, wherein the imaging component is configured to capture a captured image that includes a representation of the tissue ablation device. The system further including an ablation device identification component configured to receive the captured image, generate a plurality of region proposals from the captured image, extract a plurality of feature vectors from the plurality of region proposals, determine a class for each region proposal of the plurality of region proposals, and determine the position and orientation of the tissue ablation device as a function of the classes for each region proposal. |
| US12262930B2 |
Variable angle orthopedic fasteners for fixation of an orthopedic implant
Systems for variable angle insertion of surgical fasteners relative to an orthopedic plate with locking of the surgical fastener relative to the plate upon insertion. The systems may include a pivot member secured relative to either the orthopedic plate or the fastener. In either regard, the pivot member may provide locking engagement with the plate to lockingly engage the fastener relative to the plate. |
| US12262926B2 |
Power modules and methods for bone anchor and stylet insertion
Disclosed herein are power modules and methods for insertion of a cannulated bone anchor and a stylet. Power modules disclosed herein are configured to adjustably control insertion of a bone anchor and a stylet under power from a motor. In certain embodiments, the motor may be included in a power hand piece. The power modules disclosed herein may be further configured to releasably couple a power hand piece to a driver for insertion of the bone anchor and stylet into the bone of a subject. |
| US12262925B2 |
Band tensioning system
A band tensioner includes a shank, a head, and a tensioning mechanism disposed within the head. The shank is configured to secure the band tensioner to a first bony element and the head is secured to an end of the shank. The tensioning mechanism is configured to lengthen and shorten a flexible implant relative to the head of the band tensioner. |
| US12262923B2 |
Polyaxial bone screw with increased angulation
A polyaxial bone device includes a screw, a screw housing, and a spring. The screw includes a screw head and a shaft that extends from the screw head. The screw housing defines a longitudinal axis and a bore that extends along the longitudinal axis. The screw housing includes a basewall and opposed sidewalls that extend from the basewall. The basewall defines a notch that receives the shaft to increase pivotal movement between the screw and the screw housing relative to the longitudinal axis of the screw housing. The opposed sidewalls define a rod-receiving channel. The screw housing defines a transverse hole in communication with the bore. The spring is supported in the transverse hole and extends therethrough. The spring extends into the bore to frictionally engage the screw head while the screw head is seated in the bore. |
| US12262921B2 |
Modular head assembly
A spinal fixation device includes a modular head assembly and a bone screw having a head and a shank. The modular head assembly includes a housing defining proximal and distal surfaces and a throughhole therethrough; an anvil slidable within the throughhole; a biasing member circumferentially surrounding the anvil; an assembly cap secured to the housing and defining an inner surface having a first portion with a first diameter and a second portion with a second diameter smaller than the first diameter; a retaining ring movable from the first portion of the assembly cap to the second portion of the assembly cap to transition the retaining ring between a first configuration in which the retaining ring is sized to receive the head of the bone screw and a second configuration in which the retaining ring is compressed about the bone screw to fix the bone screw relative to the modular head assembly. |
| US12262920B2 |
Method of assembling a bottom-loaded pivotal bone anchor assembly with compression insert and two-part shank retainer
A method of assembling a pivotal bone anchor assembly includes positioning an insert and a two-part retainer into a central bore of a receiver having a seating surface proximate a bottom opening, a closure mating structure proximate a top opening, and integral engagement structures protruding inwardly between the closure mating structure and the seating surface. The insert includes an upper surface for engaging a rod and side surfaces engageable with the integral engagement structures to restrict motion of the insert with the central bore. The retainer includes two separable retainer parts together defining outer retainer surfaces engageable with the seating surface and inner retainer surfaces. The method also includes uploading a shank head of a shank through the bottom opening and into the retainer, with the two retainer parts operable to separate and then move back together to capture the shank head, after which a downwardly-directed force is configured to drive the outer retainer surfaces into frictional engagement with the seating surface to lock the angular orientation of the shank with respect to the receiver. |
| US12262919B2 |
Spinal rod-to-rod connectors
A polyaxial rod connector comprising a body having an external surface. The connector body is intersected by an imaginary first reference plane and an imaginary second reference plane perpendicular to the first plane. The first body portion is on one side of the first plane and defines a first spinal rod passage defining a first passage axis and a first set screw opening defining a first axis perpendicular to the first passage axis. A second body portion is adjoined to the first body portion, defining a second spinal rod passage defining a plurality of passage axes, and a second set screw opening defining a second axis perpendicular to the plurality of second passage axes. The first passage axis is non-parallel with one of second passage axes in the second plane. Either the first or second spinal rod passage have an hourglass shaped cross-section parallel to the second plane. |
| US12262918B2 |
Orthopedic fixation devices and methods of installation thereof
Orthopedic fixation devices including a pre-assembled double headed tulip assembly, having two tulip elements to receive rods, wherein the assembly may receive a bone fastener in at least one of the tulip elements. At least one of the tulip elements may include a saddle and a ring to attach the double headed tulip to a bone fastener. |
| US12262915B2 |
Traction applying devices for lead removal systems
A lead removal system includes a lead removal device comprising a sheath. The sheath includes a distal separating member configured to separate an implanted lead from adjacent tissue. The sheath also includes a sheath lumen configured to receive a lead engagement device and the implanted lead. A traction applying device is coupled to the lead removal device. The traction applying device is configured to be secured to the lead engagement device and apply traction to the lead engagement device and the implanted lead as the distal separating member of the sheath separates the implanted lead from adjacent tissue. |
| US12262911B2 |
Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke
An arterial access device has an internal lumen and a proximal port, the arterial access device sized and shaped to be inserted directly into an arterial access site in the common carotid artery such that the lumen provides a passageway for an interventional device to be inserted via the proximal port into the carotid artery. The arterial access device has a distal portion that is configured to be inserted into an arterial pathway through the access site, and a proximal portion configured to extend outward from the access site when the distal portion is in the arterial pathway. |
| US12262908B2 |
Apparatus and method for removal of intrauterine fibroid formations
A drive system for a tissue resection device that drives a cutting tube in a rotating and reciprocating motion simultaneously. The cutting tube moves within an outer tube having a window at a distal end thereof. When activation of the device ceases, the device remains powered until the cutting tube assumes an extended position, thereby closing the window. |
| US12262903B2 |
System, devices and methods for removing obstructions in body lumens
A method includes receiving at an aspiration module of a pump assembly an input associated with a catheter parameter of a catheter coupled to the pump assembly. An aspiration profile associated with the catheter parameter is selected via the aspiration module from a list of preset aspiration profiles associated with different catheters and include upper and lower pressure limits, an aspiration speed, and an infusion speed. A first signal is sent to actuate the pump based on the aspiration profile to operate the pump in a first mode. A pressure signal is received at the aspiration module and a second signal is sent to actuate the pump based on the aspiration profile to operate the pump in a second mode, in which the pump is cycled between the aspiration speed and the infusion speed such that the catheter pressure cycles between the upper pressure limit and the lower pressure limit. |
| US12262902B2 |
Suction evacuation device
A method for removing a stone from a patient comprising the steps of: providing a suction evacuation assembly which includes a sheath and one or more side arms; inserting and positioning a distal end of the sheath into a lumen or cavity of a patient's body containing a stones; connecting a tube to one of the side arms and to a collection bottle; connecting another tube to the collection bottle and a negative pressure system; visualizing the stone or foreign body using a scope inserted through the assembly; activating the negative pressure system in order to remove the stone from the cavity if the diameter of the stone is narrower than an inside diameter of the sheath and the side arm, or performing a lithotripsy on the stone to create fragments with a decreased diameter which allow the passage through the assembly; and collecting the stone in the collection bottle. |
| US12262900B2 |
Bone hook plate apparatus, system, and method
A bone implant, system, and method for retaining a bone fragment. The implant includes at least one hook that includes a base extending proximal to a proximal end of the implant, a bend, and a prong that extends from the bend. The prong slidably engages a guide feature that guides the at least one hook into a corresponding opening in the bone fragment. |
| US12262897B2 |
Bone and tissue resection devices and methods
Embodiments of bone and tissue resection devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a device can include a blade having a distal cutting edge configured to perform a cutting action that produces a plug or core from a media being cut by the cutting edge, a drive mechanism arranged to transfer an oscillating force to the cutting edge for oscillating the cutting edge, a shield positioned to block contact with a portion of the cutting edge, and a depth adjustment mechanism configured to translate the cutting edge along a proximal-distal axis of the shield to adjust an axial position of the cutting edge relative to the shield. |
| US12262893B2 |
Adapter, extension, and connector assemblies for surgical devices
An assembly including an adapter assembly and an extension assembly for connecting an end effector to an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The adapter assembly includes first and second pusher assemblies configured for converting rotational motion into linear motion and a drive member for transferring rotational motion. The extension assembly includes at least one flexible band assembly for transferring the linear motion from the adapter assembly and a trocar assembly configured for converting rotational motion into linear motion. Also provided is a connection assembly for connecting a first tubular member to a second tubular member. |
| US12262890B2 |
Adjustment of the motor control program based on detection of individual device drive train properties
A surgical stapling system includes a motor, a gear reducer assembly, a drive train, and a motor controller. A method of controlling the motor includes applying a first signal to the motor, receiving drive train operational data, comparing the drive train data to baseline data, and applying a signal having a different shape than the first signal to the motor. A method of characterizing the motor includes transmitting a perturbation signal, receiving motor function parameters, determining stapler system characteristics, and adjusting a controller function. A method of controlling a stepper motor includes applying a signal to the stepper motor, receiving stepper motor operational data, comparing the data to baseline data, and adjusting the signal. Another method of controlling the motor includes receiving motor rotational data, receiving gear rotation data, calculating a mechanical transfer function, determining non-idealities of the stapling system, and modifying a control signal based on the non-idealities. |
| US12262887B2 |
Systems, devices and methods for tissue fixation and approximating tissue defects
A medical device for approximating and securing tissue without requiring knots includes a lock-head, a strap section, distal protuberance, and a leader section. The device also includes a transition section between the leader and the strap section and a stiffening section proximal to the protuberance. The leader section is used to draw the strap section into the body through small apertures in tissue and the transition section provides a gradual transition in stiffness and size between the leader and the strap section. |
| US12262886B2 |
Orthopedic stabilization device, kit, and method
An orthopedic stabilization device is provided having a first button and a suture. The first button includes a base portion and a locking loop extending from a distal surface thereof, and a locking member slidably receiving the locking loop. At least a portion of the suture extends through the locking loop superior the locking member in the axial direction and at least a portion of the suture extends through the locking loop inferior the locking member in the axial direction such that a portion of said suture is frictionally retainable between said locking member and said locking loop when the suture is tensioned. The device may include a second button with the suture disposed between the first and second buttons such that the suture may be held in tension therebetween. |
| US12262882B2 |
Sealing device and delivery system
A medical device for sealing a defect in a body includes a wire frame that includes a plurality of wires that form a first occluding member and a second occluding member, the wire frame including a defect-occupying portion disposed between the first occluding member and the second occluding member. The defect-occupying portion is adapted to fill a wide range of potential defect sizes, such that no more than five devices of a range of sizes are required to effectively seal a range of nominal defect sizes of approximately 8 to 35 mm. |
| US12262880B2 |
Sterile interface for articulated surgical instruments
A sterile interface for a surgical platform is provided, optionally to be used with a mechanical telemanipulator. The sterile interface is configured to allow for transmission of motion without dimensional inconsistencies between a non-sterile surgical platform and a sterile surgical instrument that are related to one another in a master-slave configuration. The sterile interface is configured to allow for multiple changes of sterile surgical instruments during a surgical procedure without contaminating the sterile field. The sterile interface allows for interchangeable sterile articulated surgical instruments to be attached to the surgical platform without coming into contact with non-sterile portions of the surgical platform. |
| US12262872B2 |
Imaging system with optical pathway
An imaging system for a patient is provided. The system includes an imaging probe having an elongate shaft with a proximal end, a distal portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal portion. A rotatable optical core is positioned within the lumen of the elongate shaft. An optical assembly is positioned proximate the distal end of the rotatable optical core and is configured to direct light to tissue and collect reflected light from the tissue. An imaging assembly is constructed and arranged to optically couple to the imaging probe and the imaging assembly is configured to emit light into the imaging probe and receive the reflected light collected by the optical assembly. |
| US12262870B2 |
Oblong endoscope sheath
An endoscope sheath comprising: a proximal end; a distal end having a distal end region; a surface extending between and connecting the proximal end and the distal end; and a plurality of positioning devices located along the surface; wherein the sheath is configured to: (1) receive all or a portion of an endoscope having a cylindrical end and (2) provide a conduit for communicating fluid between the proximal end of the sheath and the distal end of the sheath when the endoscope is inserted inside the sheath; and wherein the distal end region of the sheath includes the plurality of positioning devices that secure the cylindrical end of the endoscope against a portion of an inner wall of the surface extending between the proximal end and the distal end so that a fluid barrier is created between the cylindrical end of the endoscope and the inner wall. |
| US12262869B2 |
Intraoral scanner sleeve authentication and identification
Apparatuses, including sleeves, intraoral scanning systems to use these sleeves, and methods of using the sleeve, that authenticate the sleeve for use with an intraoral scanning system. Authentication may include verifying that the sleeve is new (unused) and/or verifying that the sleeve is appropriate and/or intended for use with the intraoral scanning system. Once authenticated, operation parameters of the intraoral scanning system can be automatically set based on information from a scanned identifier on the sleeve. |
| US12262863B2 |
Systems and methods for image mapping and fusion during surgical procedures
A method for mapping and fusing endoscopy images includes capturing a first image of an object within a surgical operative site, by a first imaging device; and capturing a second image of the object, by a second imaging device. The first image includes the first light radiating from the object, and a first reference point. The second image includes the second light radiating from the object, and a second reference point. The method further includes comparing a first location of the first reference point in the first image to a second location of the second reference point in the second image, determining a relative pose of the first imaging device to the second imaging device based on the comparing, generating an augmented image fusing the first image and the second image based on the determined relative pose, and displaying the augmented image on a display. |
| US12262860B2 |
Dishwasher
Disclosed herein is including a basket including an improved dish support structure. The dishwasher includes a basket provided to accommodate dishes. The basket includes a basket body, an upper holder frame including one end supporting a portion of the dish and the other end rotatably coupled to the basket body, and a lower holder frame including one end supporting the other portion of the dish supported by the upper holder frame, and the other end rotatably coupled to the basket body. A distance between one end of the upper holder frame and one end of the lower holder frame is adjusted as one of the upper holder frame and the lower holder frame is rotated. |
| US12262855B2 |
Bathing wall system
A bathing wall system including a back wall, an end wall, and a coupler connecting the back wall and the end wall. The coupler includes a U-shaped receiving slot supported by the back wall, and a male connector supported by the end wall and received within the U-shaped receiving slot. |
| US12262843B2 |
Device and system for a divider insert for a food-heating appliance
A device and system for a divider insert for a food-heating appliance comprising a divider insert of a geometric shape to create a container to receive uncooked food. A user may select one or a plurality of different geometric shapes to receive different volumes of food. Multiple foods may be cooked simultaneously according to the number of containers and shapes selected. |
| US12262842B2 |
Device for treating fluids and associated method
A device for treating fluids, comprising: —at least one electromagnetic field inductor element made of magnetically permeable material, configured to be coupled at a predetermined distance with respect to a duct within which said fluids flow in use, —a radiofrequency generator, comprising an output configured to supply a radiofrequency signal to the electromagnetic field inductor element; —wherein said radio frequency generator comprises an operating configuration in which it generates a signal comprising at least one pulses packet in turn comprising at least a first pulses train and a second pulses train; said first pulses train having a first predefined frequency; said second pulses train having a second predefined frequency; said first predefined frequency being distinct from the second predefined frequency. |
| US12262841B2 |
Coffee machine
A coffee machine is for preparing an espresso coffee drink, but it also enables filtered coffee to be produced. An external water delivery nozzle is provided, and it provides water to a coffee jug comprising a filter holder for holding a coffee filter and contained coffee grinds. The coffee jug and the external water delivery nozzle can be coupled and decoupled. |
| US12262840B2 |
Diffuser assembly
A diffuser assembly for diffusing fluid in a brewed beverage system is provided. The diffuser assembly includes a diffuser housing having an inlet port configured to receive fluid from a fluid supply, a channel in fluid communication with the inlet port, and a cavity in fluid communication with the channel. The diffuser housing further includes multiple elongate openings formed in an inner surface of the diffuser housing for allowing fluid within the cavity to flow there through. The diffuser housing also includes multiple ridges projecting from the inner surface of the diffuser housing and positioned to distribute the fluid evenly across the inner surface prior to outputting the fluid via the plurality of elongate openings. The diffuser assembly can further include a cover removably coupled to the diffuser housing. Related systems and methods are also provided. |
| US12262835B2 |
Multi-mode sleeping bag for children
A sleeping bag comprising a bed sheet and a cover sheet secured together at a first end and at a portion of the sides to form a sleeping pocket. The bed sheet includes at least one of reversible pockets and a set of slits for securing the sleeping bag to a support. The cover sheet includes a reversible pocket at one end to secure the cover sheet in certain modes of operation. The sleeping bag further comprises a blanket sheet disposed between the bed sheet and a cover sheet to provide added comfort. The sleeping bag further comprises a holding member removably attached to at least one of the bed sheet and the cover sheet to support shoulders or lower body of a child such that the child is on the back while sleeping and the child is unable to slide entire body inside the sleeping pocket. |
| US12262822B1 |
Luminous glass display shelf
A luminous glass display shelf which includes a plurality of upright posts and a plurality of mounting frames mounted with supporting plates. The plurality of mounting frames are vertically distributed at intervals and are respectively connected among the plurality of upright posts. Each of the plurality of mounting frames includes a hollow tube body, and a LED strip electrically connected with a power supply assembly is mounted in the tube body. A tube wall of the tube body is at least partially formed with a light-transmitting surface to transmit light of the LED strip and generate luminous effect. The connector is inserted and connected with the frame, and the light-transmitting surface is made of the light-transmitting material, thus ensuring lighting effect of the display shelf when powered on. The connector and the upright post are fixed through the groove, which improves rigidity of the whole display frame structure. |
| US12262820B2 |
Foldable swing frame
A foldable swing frame is provided and includes a seat assembly, a lateral support, a joint assembly and a bottom leg assembly. The lateral support is located beside the seat assembly. The seat assembly is assembled with the lateral support. The joint assembly is installed on the lateral support. The bottom leg assembly is for standing the foldable swing frame. The bottom leg assembly is assembled with the joint assembly. The bottom leg assembly is pivotally connected to the lateral support by the joint assembly, and the bottom leg assembly is switchable between a folded position and an unfolded position relative to the lateral support by the joint assembly. One or more embodiments of the foldable swing frame can be folded compactly to reduce an occupied space of the foldable swing frame without detachment of the seat assembly for easy transportation and easy storage. |
| US12262816B2 |
Mattresses, methods of manufacture and components
Mattress coverings are manufactured utilizing conventional equipment and using a dummy mattress core. The mattress coverings include a zippered access on the bottom panel, for example, where the dummy core can be removed after the mattress covering is completed. When shipped to a regional assembly facility the zippered access is utilized for insertion of a select mattress core that corresponds to the size of the dummy mattress core about which the mattress covering was assembled. The zippered access is zipped shut and the mattress is ready for sale, transport, and use. Great efficiencies are available where the mattress cover is assembled in a first location, shipped to a sale and use location and also regionally close to where mattress cores are manufactured, and the mattress covers are assembled with cores into mattresses. |
| US12262812B1 |
Apparatus and method for a releasably locked desktop in a modular cubicle
An apparatus and method for a releasably lockable desktop in a modular cubicle. The apparatus includes a pair of support brackets that releasably secure to at least one cubicle wall. Each bracket includes a horizontal flange that includes a plurality of projections thereon. These plurality of projections fit into corresponding chambers in corresponding receptacle brackets that are installed on the bottom of a desktop element. Each receptacle bracket includes a release device with a release button that is compressed and rides along the horizontal flanges of the support brackets. When the desktop element is pulled back towards the user, the release buttons are seated in respective apertures in the support brackets, thereby releasably locking the desktop element on the support brackets. Each support bracket secures to a respective C-shaped mounting bracket that have an upper lip that gets trapped between two respective vertically-stacked cubicle tiles. |
| US12262807B2 |
Belt mounted paint and brush holder apparatus
A belt mounted paint and applicator holder apparatus adapted for stability and convenience comprising of a bucket portion, a top portion being nestable on the bucket portion upper open end, a pair of opposing toggle latches to cooperate with corresponding toggle latches on the bucket outer surface to form a clasped position wherein the bucket and top portion are nestled together, a buckle belt coupler having a pair of first vertical slots for insertion of a belt therethrough, and a quick-connect self-leveling coupling mechanism between the top and bucket portion, when in the clasped position, to maintain stability and self-leveling. |
| US12262806B2 |
Cosmetic-product packaging and method of manufacture thereof
There is disclosed is a cosmetic-product packaging. The cosmetic-product packaging includes an outer container, an inner container and a lid. The lid is pivotally coupled to the outer container. The outer container and the lid are provided with at least one lid projecting tab and at least one container projecting tab, such that a distal end of the lid projecting tab clips onto a distal end of the container projecting tab to secure the lid in a closed position to the outer container. The inner container is mountable within outer container. Furthermore, the inner container, in operation, accommodates a cosmetic product. The inner container is user-accessible when the lid is in open position, i.e. the distal ends of projecting tabs are spatially mutually separated, for accessing the cosmetic product. The inner container comprises customizable holding tabs and a planar side panel of the outer container is reflective. |
| US12262805B2 |
Refill unit and refillable stick container having the same
A refill unit includes a lift shell and a holder. The lift shell includes: a shell cylinder, which is shaped as a hollow column to form a shell space with an insertion hole formed in a lower surface, and a shell coupler part, which extends downward around the insertion hole to form an enclosing space and has an outwardly protruding shell curb formed on a lower portion. The holder includes: a holder body arranged within the shell space; and a holder coupler part extending downwards from the holder body to be inserted through the insertion hole into the enclosing space. The holder coupler part has a holder space formed on the inside and an inwardly protruding holder curb formed on a lower portion, with the holder coupler part open towards the first direction. |
| US12262803B1 |
Trifold seatbelt document holder
A trifold document holder includes a first foldable section with a hook and loop fastener strip, an intermediate section with a transparent zippered pocket extending to the end of a second foldable section. The second section includes a second transparent pocket and a credit card holder. The second section is folded over the intermediate section and engages the first section in a hook and loop arrangement securing the holder about a seatbelt. |
| US12262801B2 |
Umbrella assembly with counterweight system
An umbrella is provided that includes a hollow pole, a shade assembly, a counterweight system, and a locking device. The shade assembly includes a guide rod coupled with an upper hub. The guide rod has a stop surface. The counterweight system has a ballast and a cord that has a first end coupled with the ballast and a second end coupled with a lower hub. The locking device has pushrod mechanism. When closing the umbrella, the pushrod mechanism moves upward disengaging a moveable locking surface from the guide rod to allow the lower hub to move downward and the ballast to move upward. |
| US12262800B1 |
Cantilever umbrella
A cantilever umbrella has a pole, a slider, a handle mechanism, a support arm, and an umbrella body. The slider is disposed on the pole. The handle mechanism has a connecting rack, a handle seat, and a handle assembly. The connecting rack is fixed to the slider. The handle seat is an independent component outside the slider and is rotatably mounted to the connecting rack. The handle assembly is disposed to the handle seat and is operable to rotate relative to the handle seat. The support arm is connected to the handle seat. The umbrella body is disposed on the support arm and connected with the handle assembly via a cord. The handle seat and the handle assembly disposed outside the slider simplify the assembling of the cantilever umbrella. |
| US12262798B1 |
Electromagnetically shielded door gasket for fabric enclosure
A first electromagnetic shielding fabric connects to first and third zipper tapes around an opening. A second electromagnetic shielding fabric connects to second and fourth zipper tapes around a door to fit the opening. The first, second, third and fourth zipper tapes each have a row of teeth that mesh pairs of the tapes. An elongated gasket is fixedly secured to the first electromagnetic shielding fabric and can be wrapped around the elongated gasket in a positon between the first and third zipper tapes. Another elongated gasket can be fixedly secured to the second electromagnetic shielding fabric and can be wrapped around the elongated gasket in a positon between the second zipper tape and the fourth zipper tape. Extra elongated gaskets can be fixedly secured with extra electromagnetic shielding fabric wrapped around the extra elongated gaskets. The various elongated gaskets can be compressible foam. |
| US12262797B2 |
Quick-release latches
A quick-release latch may include a male component and a female component. The male component may include an insertable male portion comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and one or more sidewalls. The male component may also include a first strap attachment portion defining a first plurality of strap openings each having a laterally extending strap slot and a mouth positioned off-center of and providing exterior access to the respective strap slot. The female component may include a female receptacle portion comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and one or more sidewalls collectively forming a receptacle configured to receive and releasably lock to the insertable male portion of the male component. The top wall of the female receptacle may include a cantilever wall partially surrounded by one or more slots. The cantilever wall may extend proximate a same plane as the top wall. |
| US12262796B2 |
Clothing closure and method of converting pearl into clothing closure
The present invention relates to a decorative functional closure device that is sewn into and applied to clothing. In one embodiment, a method of converting cultured pearls from a strand or necklace to the functional closure device is described. The method includes removing a pearl from a strand, drawing a thread through the pearl using a threader from a first side of the pearl, using a wire protector to create a horseshoe or loop shape at the other side of the pearl such that both ends of the thread are sticking out of the first side of the pearl, tying off and trimming the thread ends, and optionally attaching a seed bead, sewing the horseshoe or loop shape to the clothing such that the pearl can be used to pass through a buttonhole for securing one side of the clothing to another side of the clothing. |
| US12262792B2 |
Articles of footwear with uppers having bootie components, foot wrapping bands, and/or wear resistant components at a medial forward toe and forefoot area
Footwear or other foot-receiving devices include various conforming fit, stability, and/or “locked down” feel features. The uppers (or foot-covering components) for such articles of footwear (or other foot-receiving devices) may include one or more of: (a) an upper shell defining an interior chamber, wherein the upper shell includes a plantar support surface and sidewalls extending from an outer perimeter of the plantar support surface; (b) a bootie component (e.g., formed as a sock or sock-like garment) received in the interior chamber; (c) one or more foot wrapping bands; and/or (d) an interior midsole within the bootie component. The bootie component and/or the foot wrapping band(s) may be secured to the upper shell at a location inside an outer perimeter of the plantar support surface of the upper shell and beyond the bight line between the sidewalls of the upper and the plantar support surface. |
| US12262791B2 |
Knitted footwear component with an inlaid ankle strand
An upper for an article of footwear may include a knitted component having a knit element and an inlaid strand. The knit element may extend seamlessly from a first side of the upper, through a heel area of the upper, and to a second side of the upper. The inlaid strand may also extend continuously through the knit element from the first side of the upper, through the heel area of the upper, and to the second side of the upper. |
| US12262790B1 |
Changeable top lift heel system
A footwear heel assembly coupling a top lift and heel, comprises a shaft having opposite ends, a top lift insert coupled to the top lift, a heel insert positioned in the heel, a stop positioned in the heel, and a compressible elastic member positioned in the heel between the heel insert and the stop. The shaft ends are received in the top lift insert and stop. The top lift insert and the heel insert are slidingly coupled by the shaft, and have complementary teeth configured for interlocking engagement. The compressible elastic member biases the stop away from the heel insert, and urges the top lift insert teeth toward interlocking engagement with the heel insert teeth which prevents rotation of the top lift relative to the heel. |
| US12262788B2 |
Ballet pointe shoe
A ballet pointe shoe has an upper in which a shank insert and/or an elastic loop can removably and replaceably installed without even partial deconstruction of the ballet pointe shoe. Embodiments may have an upper including a tunnel which may extend beneath a toe box, the tunnel having a mouth which is accessible via the foot compartment and by way of which a shank insert can be installed, removed or replaced. In some embodiments an elastic loop may be routed under a portion of the shank insert extending from the mouth of the tunnel. In some embodiments the tunnel may penetrate a shank body under which an elastic loop may be routed. A shank insert and/or elastic loop may be selected from sets of ones having different characteristics. In some embodiments the toe box and shank body may be included in a monolithic foot supporting structure. In some embodiments a shank insert and/or toe box may be reshaped at any time. |
| US12262787B2 |
Sole structure for an article of footwear
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening. |
| US12262786B2 |
Shoe outsoles and systems and methods of manufacturing the same
Systems and methods of manufacturing a shoe outsole are provided wherein at least a portion of the resulting shoe outsole includes embedded particles. An example method includes applying adhesive to at least one region of the shoe outsole, depositing selected particles onto the adhesive to provide the shoe outsole with a first coat of particles, and at least partially curing the adhesive. The method continues by applying additional adhesive over the first coat of particles, depositing additional particles onto the adhesive to provide the shoe outsole with a second coat of particles, and at least partially curing the subsequent application of adhesive. |
| US12262782B2 |
Bladder for article of footwear
A bladder for an article of footwear includes a plate, a first tensile layer disposed adjacent to a first side of the plate, and a second tensile layer disposed on an opposite side of the plate from the first tensile layer, the second tensile layer joined to the first tensile layer through the plate by a plurality of inner bonds. The bladder additionally includes a first barrier layer disposed adjacent to the first tensile layer and joined to the first tensile layer by a plurality of first outer bonds to form a first chamber, one or more of the first outer bonds interposed between adjacent ones of the inner bonds. |
| US12262780B2 |
Multi-purpose safety shoe
A multi-purpose safety shoe, comprising an upper assembly provided, at the shoe toe, with a safety toe cap and a layered sole associated with the upper assembly. The layered sole comprises a lower layer adapted to come into contact with the ground, an intermediate layer associated with the upper assembly and the lower layer, respectively, and an upper layer. Below the upper layer and in the intermediate layer, exclusively at the rear zone of said multi-purpose safety shoe, is an antifatigue insert made of a material having a resilience greater than 25% and less than 35%. The intermediate layer is made of polyurethane having a resilience greater than 35% and less than 45%. |
| US12262776B2 |
Safety helmet accesssory system
A multiple component system is provided for mounting on a safety helmet and includes a first component housing carrying a first component, and a second component housing carrying a second component. Each housing has a first mount connector and a second mount connector located on opposing faces of the housing. The first mount connectors are configured to be compatible with the second mount connectors to provide quick release mount connections between the housings. |
| US12262770B2 |
Knitted textile methods and systems
Custom-fit versions of knitted articles are produced according to digital representations of objects for which the articles are to be manufactured. The digital representations, optionally augmented by surface fitting algorithms, allow for accurate scaling of pattern-specified stitch counts for pattern elements representing the article taking into account wales and courses densities for the material(s) from which the article is to be made. Displayed dimensionally-accurate representations of the custom-fit articles allow for user-specified style and fit preferences to be made and a final digital pattern of the article to be produced. Machine instructions representing pattern pieces to be knitted are automatically produced from the final digital pattern of the article for a target computerized knitting machine and the custom-fit article is then manufactured according to the machine instructions. |
| US12262769B2 |
Independent double-sided material fastener
A fastener connecting two materials, with a first material having a strap aperture. A second material had an edge, and a strap extending past the edge toward the first material. The strap has a top and bottom side affixing mechanisms. The second material has a second material affixing mechanism and a hinged material panel disposed proximate the second material affixing mechanism comprising a hinged panel affixing mechanism. The fastener has a fastened where the strap passes through the strap aperture, reverse back upon itself and passes the edge. The bottom side affixing mechanism is affixed to the second material affixing mechanism; and the top side affixing mechanism is affixed to the hinged panel affixing mechanism. The strap is interposed between both the second material affixing mechanism and the hinged panel affixing mechanism resulting in a secure, protected independent double-sided material fastener which can be engaged and disengaged repeatedly and adjusted. |
| US12262768B1 |
Multi-color waistbelt
The four color waistbelt may comprise a strap, a buckle, and a twist coupling. The four color waistbelt may be a belt that may be reconfigured to display any one of four colors. In a first configuration, the strap may be folded in half to reveal two initial colors on opposing sides of the strap. The belt may display one side of the strap as a first color and may be reversed to display the opposite side of the strap as a second color. In a second configuration, the strap may be folded in half in the opposite direction to reveal two additional colors on the opposing sides of the strap. The belt may display one side of the strap as a third color and may be reversed to display the opposite side of the strap as a fourth color. |
| US12262766B2 |
Protective vest device and related method thereof
A protective vest device that will adequately secure an infant from the ability to self-dislodge medical life-sustaining supply lines or equipment, while also supporting proper body alignment. The protective device mitigates self-dislodgement while allowing for free movement and proper alignment of infant's arms and hands and which are allowed to touch one another, thereby not inhibiting the ability to explore and expand brain development through tactile stimulation and therefore fostering healthy neuronal pathways of the infant. The fostering healthy neuronal pathways is provided by, for example, allowing the hands to touch one another as the infant develops a sense of where it is in space and time as it continues to grow outside of the womb. By maintaining proper body alignment of infant in the device and the configuration of the device, the device supports healthy musculoskeletal development with a stretchy womb like material to mimic the spring back effect of the uterine wall when a fetus pushes against a uterus. |
| US12262764B2 |
Hygiene device, in particular a respiratory protection mask
The invention relates to a hygiene device, having a material body, which covers a region in the intended positioned state, and in particular has multiple plies (a, b, c) of material, in particular moisture absorption material, which is made of a plastic material, wood, paper, and/or granular material, wherein the hygiene device has at least one sensor (4) for measuring a parameter. It is proposed that the hygiene device has at least one transmitter module (5) on or in the material of the material body, the at least one sensor (4) is integrated in the transmitter module (5), and the transmitter module (5) is designed for the contactless transmission of sensor data of the at least one sensor (4) and without its own electrical energy source. |
| US12262756B2 |
Methods for delivering a micellized liquid formula to an individual
The present invention improves and enhances the delivery of one of an aerosolized micellized formula by use of an aerosol pressurized inhalation delivery device. The device may include one or more replaceable or reusable components, including but not limited to a canister and an actuator. Methods for using the device to deliver a continuous dosage via the delivery device are also described herein. |
| US12262753B2 |
Electronic atomization apparatus
Provided is an electronic atomization apparatus in the technical field of atomization. The electronic atomization apparatus includes a main unit and an atomizer. The main unit includes a housing component, a control assembly, and a battery assembly. The control assembly and the battery assembly are disposed inside the housing component. The control assembly is electrically connected to the battery assembly. The atomizer includes an atomization housing and a heating circuit disposed inside the atomization housing. One end of the atomization housing is connected to one end of the housing component. The atomization housing is provided with at least two atomization compartments that are independent of each other. The heating circuit is electrically connected to the control assembly. Another end of the atomization housing is provided with a gas outlet. The gas outlet may selectively communicate with one of the at least two atomization compartments. |
| US12262751B2 |
Carb cap for vaporization assembly, portable vaporization device, and methods of use
Aspects of the present invention relate to a carb cap for a portable electronic vaporizing device for use in the vaporization of substances. The carb cap comprises a vaporization assembly attachment, a movable gas introduction stem, and a flexible diaphragm extending between the movable gas introduction stem and the vaporization assembly attachment. Methods of using such carb cap with a portable electronic vaporizing device and a vaporization assembly that is compatible with the device are provided. |
| US12262747B2 |
Article for generating an inhalable medium and method of heating a smokable material
An article for generating an inhalable medium using an irradiative light source. The article includes smokable material including at least two regions having a different composition from each other. The article is arranged such that the at least two regions of smokable material can be heated by light emitted by an irradiative light source of an apparatus with which the article can be engaged in use. |
| US12262745B2 |
Aerosol generating system with multiple inductor coils
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a housing having a chamber configured to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming article; a first helical inductor coil disposed at least partially around the chamber; a second helical inductor coil disposed at least partially around, or adjacent to, the chamber; and an elongate susceptor element configured to be inductively heatable by one or both of the first and the second helical inductor coils to heat at least a portion of an aerosol-forming substrate which is part of the aerosol-forming article, when the aerosol-forming substrate is at least partially received in the chamber. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device is also provided. |
| US12262741B2 |
Aerosol generating device
An aerosol generating device includes a first cartridge including a first material and a delivery hole, a second cartridge including chambers for accommodating a second material through which an aerosol passes, a position of the second cartridge with respect to the first cartridge being changeable, a remaining amount sensor configured to detect a remaining amount of the first material, and a controller configured to determine a consumption amount at which the first material is consumed with respect to a usage chamber that currently passes the aerosol based on the detected remaining amount of the first material and to compare the consumption amount of the first material with a pre-set reference consumption amount of the first material with respect to the usage chamber, thereby determining a position changing time at which changing of a position of the second cartridge is required. |
| US12262740B2 |
Vaporizer cartridge and inhaler comprising such a vaporizer cartridge
An inhaler vaporizer cartridge includes a housing body with a flow channel, a liquid storage tank, and a vaporizer unit. The vaporizer unit has a wick member and heating member and is liquid-permeable such that liquid is conveyed from the tank through the vaporizer unit to the flow channel. The housing body has a cavity forming the tank and a wick member receiving chamber, and housing is divided by an intermediate wall and a flow channel section. An access opening from the receiving chamber to the flow channel is formed in the intermediate wall and covered by the heating member. Granular grains in the receiving chamber form the wick member and bear against the heating member. The grains form microchannels and are retained by a cover element. An access opening, covered with a liquid-permeable grid structure, establishes a liquid connection from the tank to receiving chamber in the intermediate wall. |
| US12262735B2 |
Degradable cellulose ester
Disclosed herein is a degradable cellulose ester. The cellulose ester may be formed into tow for use in cigarette filters or into articles, such as molded articles. A basic material, an enzymatic material, or combinations thereof is included in the cellulose ester in order to degrade the cellulose ester. |
| US12262734B2 |
Aerosol generating article and system comprising composite heat source
An aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating system, which include a composite heat source, are provided. An aerosol generating article includes: a first portion including a composite heat source; a second portion adjacent to the first portion and including at least one of an aerosol generating material and a tobacco material; a third portion including a cooling material; and a fourth portion including a filter material, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion are sequentially arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article. |
| US12262731B2 |
Cut-stem separating and baffling apparatus and primary air separation apparatus
The present invention relates to a cut-stem separating and baffling apparatus and a primary air separation apparatus. The cut-stem separating and baffling apparatus includes a cut-stem separating baffle and struts; and the strut includes a base, a hanging panel, and an inner hexagon adjustment bolt, where the base includes a connecting segment and a support segment that are connected to each other, where the connecting segment is located above the cut-stem separating baffle, and the support segment is located behind the cut-stem separating baffle; the hanging panel includes a transverse hanging panel, and a longitudinal hanging panel, and a connecting hanging panel is disposed in a direction of the longitudinal hanging panel toward the cut-stem separating baffle, where the connecting hanging panel is connected to the cut-stem separating baffle; and the connecting segment of the base is connected to the transverse hanging panel using the inner hexagon adjustment bolt. |
| US12262726B2 |
Protein-based therapeutic nutritional products and methods of using same
Protein formulations with high protein content are included. Also included are methods of using the provided protein formulations. |
| US12262718B2 |
Power modulator for infrared conveyor oven
A system and method to control the power supplied to heating elements of a conveyor oven. The conveyor oven includes a plurality of heating elements to evenly distribute heat in an oven compartment. During peak-loads, the current draw of the heating elements may exceed available power of a power supply. Therefore, a system and method to reduce the total current draw of the plurality of heating elements is provided. The system includes a controller configured to perform the methods disclosed herein. The methods effectively lower the total current draw by rapidly cycling a plurality of relays connected to each of the plurality of heating elements to achieve even distribution of heat and reduced current draw during peak-loads. |
| US12262717B2 |
Pesticidal compositions with improved physical characteristics
Pesticidal compositions for improving physical characteristics of pesticide formulations which comprise natural pesticidal oil active ingredients are disclosed. One such composition comprises a pesticidal natural oil active ingredient, a surfactant to disperse the active ingredient in a water emulsion and a polymeric pour point depressant effective to reduce a pour point temperature of the pesticidal natural oil active ingredient. Methods for providing pesticidal compositions and application to control one or more pests are also disclosed. |
| US12262713B2 |
Method of controlling weeds
A method for controlling weeds in a cultivation area of soybean, which includes applying trifludimoxazin and saflufenacil to growing weeds in the cultivation area of soybean, wherein an application rate of trifludimoxazin is approximately 10 to approximately 12.5 g/ha and an application rate of saflufenacil is approximately 20 to approximately 25 g/ha. |
| US12262712B2 |
Oxime ether compound and application thereof
The present invention discloses an oxime ether compound with novel structure. The structure is shown in general formula I. The definition of each substituent in the formula is provided in the description. The compound of general formula I has excellent microbicidal 1 activity, and has good control effects on plant bacterial diseases and fungal diseases. The present invention comprises an application of the compound of the general formula I as a microbicide in agriculture and other fields. |
| US12262709B2 |
System for scale-down the processes of freezing and thawing aqueous solutions of thermo-sensitive pharmaceuticals
This disclosure relates to scale-down systems for freezing and thawing aqueous liquid mixtures of thermo sensitive substances. In at least one aspect, the system can comprise a first container that has a head-space and a liquid-space, with a substantially constant average transversal cross-section area in the liquid-space that does not change substantially with height. The first container holds a volume of liquid for a height of liquid, has a lateral active heat transfer area having an insulated lateral area ALIM, and has an equivalent radius sized to reproduce the equivalent radius of a second container. The first container further has a lateral heat transfer area in contact with the liquid-space. The first container is smaller than the second container, and the insulated lateral area is equal to or greater than the lateral active heat transfer area. |
| US12262708B2 |
Plant treatment system
A system for treating plants, in particular in agriculture, comprising a spray boom (RP) provided with a plurality of spray nozzles (BPi) supplied by a spray control device, and comprising a set of cameras (CAk) capable of capturing images of an area to be treated, a digital processing device capable of analyzing the images captured by the camera, identifying plants to be treated and applying commands to the spray control device with a view to selectively spraying a product on plants to be treated, each camera (CAk) being capable of capturing images of the crop area.According to the invention, the system comprises a memory in which mapping data relating to mapping between a camera reference system and a spraying reference system are stored, and the digital processing circuit is capable, on the basis of said mapping data, of applying, to the images captured by each camera (CAk), subdivision data (Gk) for subdividing the image into cells corresponding to spray areas on the ground that are to be sprayed by respective spray nozzles, in order to thereby directly determine, from said subdivision data, at least one nozzle to be activated and its activation time when a plant to be treated is identified in a given cell of the image. |
| US12262704B2 |
Easy-to-clean visual grain monitoring device
An easy-to-clean visual grain monitoring device includes a housing. A circuit board is provided within the housing and is connected with a monitoring unit; an insect collecting pipe, which is provided within the housing, includes multiple first entrances; the housing includes multiple second entrances which are corresponding to the first entrances respectively; an execution element, which is installed on a base, is connected with a lower end of the insect collecting pipe for driving the insect collecting pipe to move up and down; an insect leaking passage, which is provided at an upper end of the base, extends downwards along a side wall of the base; a tail end of the insect leaking passage has a first insect leaking hole for discharging pests, the housing has a second insect leaking hole in a position corresponding to the first insect leaking hole. |
| US12262701B1 |
Portable self-contained bait tube system
A portable bait tube system integrated into a compact, self-contained system that merely requires a simple electrical connection to function when submerged within a body of water. A submersible DC powered pump has a water inlet and a water outlet connected in fluid communication with an inlet of a manifold, the manifold further including a plurality of upwardly disposed outlets. A corresponding plurality of bait tubes are provided for removable connection to the corresponding manifold outlets. Each bait tube comprises an elongate, hollow structure defining a generally oval cross section. Upon activation, water is pumped upward through each bait tube and allowed to overflow from the top thereof for recirculation. As should be apparent, live baitfish are placed into each bait tube in a head down orientation whereby water entering the tube inlet flows through the bait's gills thereby maintaining the bait in a live condition. |
| US12262700B2 |
Rope releasing apparatus, fishing system and method for controlling a fishing system
A harvesting mechanism for a fishing device includes an actuator, a wireless receiver for receiving a wireless signal to control the actuator, and a rope securing mechanism mechanically coupled to the actuator. The rope securing mechanism secures a rope. In response to receiving the wireless signal, the wireless receiver activates the actuator to cause the rope securing mechanism to release the rope. |
| US12262699B2 |
Insect release devices
One example insect release device includes a vessel defining a volume, the vessel has first and second surfaces substantially opposite each other, the first surface defining an opening into the volume; a population of insect larvae or pupae or adult insects within the volume; and a seal positioned to obstruct the opening and adhered to the first surface. Another example insect release device includes a vessel defining a volume; a population of insect larvae or pupae or adult insects disposed within the volume; wherein the vessel is permanently sealed, and wherein release of the insect larvae or pupae or adult insects occurs upon rupture of the vessel. A further example insect release device includes a vessel defining a volume; a population of insects disposed within the volume; and a gimbal mechanism coupled to the vessel, the gimbal configured to maintain a substantially constant orientation of the vessel. |
| US12262698B2 |
Unloading system and method for unloading transport units for live poultry
An unloading system for unloading at least one transport unit having at least one rack and at least one transport crate mounted for receiving poultry. The rack includes a transport restraint for each transport crate, which include a bottom and side walls. A cover arranged at a distance from the upper edge of the side walls. The system includes an unloading station for at least one transport unit, a pushing device for ejecting transport crates in an ejection position, and a receiving device for receiving and conveying ejected transport crates. In the ejection position, position of transport crate to the cover is vertically controllable during the entire ejection operation so a maximum distance between the upper edge of trailing side walls of the transport crates in the pushing direction and the cover are maintainable depending on the position of the transport crate within the rack during the ejection operation. |
| US12262694B1 |
Telescopic pet waste catcher with integrated bag dispenser and electric system
A pet waste catcher including a handle assembly with a bag container cup assembly and, a dispensing base assembly and an electric system assembly. The handle assembly includes a handle that has a telescopic body. The container assembly includes a container mounted to a second ending of the handle which comprises an external threaded portion at a bottom portion of the container and an outlet is placed in an internal face of the container to pull disposable bags thereof. The dispenser assembly includes a dispenser which has an internal threaded portion to screw to the bottom of the external threaded portion of the container and store disposable bags that are pulled out thought the inlet of the dispenser to wrap the dispenser and catch pet waste. Electric system assembly includes an electric system mounted proximal to a first distal end of the handle assembly. |
| US12262692B2 |
Intelligent electric pulse expelling and isolating pet training structure
The application belongs to the technical field of pet appliances, and particularly relates to an intelligent electric pulse expelling and isolating pet training structure, which includes a carrier, conductive wires and a driving source, and the conductive wires are disposed on the carrier; the driving source is electrically connected with the conductive wires; the conductive wires form an electric pulse capable of driving pets away from the carrier on the carrier after powered by the driving source; the conductive wires are made by a composite conductive material, and the conductive wires may make a non-fracture deformation with the carrier. When the pet training structure needs to be stored and cleaned or deforms due to impact of external force, the conductive wires may realize winding, unwinding, coiling, rolling and other non-fracture deformation with the carrier, which is conductive to improving the market reputation of the product. |
| US12262691B2 |
Animal calming vest system and method
A method of calming an animal with an animal calming vest that includes disposing the animal calming vest on the back of the animal. The animal calming vest includes a jacket, a first pair of coupling arms extending from the jacket, a second pair of coupling arms extending from the jacket, a collar extending from the jacket, and a collar weight disposed within an internal collar cavity of the collar. The method further includes releasably coupling the first pair of coupling arms of the animal calming vest about the neck and chest of the animal; and releasably coupling the second pair of coupling arms of the animal calming vest about the torso of the animal. Coupling the animal calming vest about the animal generates a calming effect in the animal. |
| US12262690B2 |
Pepper hybrid SVPS1263 and parents thereof
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPS1263, pepper line SMY-E720-1164, and pepper line SMY-E720-1167. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPS1263, pepper line SMY-E720-1164, and pepper line SMY-E720-1167 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPS1263, pepper line SMY-E720-1164, and pepper line SMY-E720-1167 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits. |
| US12262689B2 |
Soybean cultivar 11220250
A soybean cultivar designated 11220250 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 11220250, to the plants of soybean cultivar 11220250, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 11220250, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 11220250. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11220250. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11220250, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 11220250 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262687B2 |
Soybean cultivar 17230739
A soybean cultivar designated 17230739 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 17230739, to the plants of soybean cultivar 17230739, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 17230739, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 17230739. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 17230739. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 17230739, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 17230739 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262683B2 |
Soybean cultivar 11430334
A soybean cultivar designated 11430334 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 11430334, to the plants of soybean cultivar 11430334, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 11430334, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 11430334. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11430334. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 11430334, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 11430334 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262682B2 |
Soybean cultivar 10440106
A soybean cultivar designated 10440106 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 10440106, to the plants of soybean cultivar 10440106, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 10440106, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 10440106. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 10440106. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 10440106, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 10440106 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262680B2 |
Soybean cultivar 4826007
A soybean cultivar designated 4826007 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 4826007, the plants of soybean 4826007, to plant parts of soybean 4826007, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 4826007 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 4826007, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 4826007, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 4826007 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12262678B1 |
Maize hybrid X00V052
A novel maize variety designated X00V052 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00V052 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00V052 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00V052, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00V052 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00V052 and methods of using maize variety X00V052 are disclosed. |
| US12262676B1 |
Maize hybrid X08P413
A novel maize variety designated X08P413 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08P413 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08P413 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08P413, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08P413 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08P413 and methods of using maize variety X08P413 are disclosed. |
| US12262673B1 |
Maize inbred PH4H09
A novel maize variety designated PH4H09 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH4H09 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH4H09 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH4H09 or a locus conversion of PH4H09 with another maize variety. |
| US12262672B1 |
Maize inbred 1PGRW56
A novel maize variety designated 1PGRW56 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 1PGRW56 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 1PGRW56 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 1PGRW56 or a locus conversion of 1PGRW56 with another maize variety. |
| US12262670B2 |
ToLCNDV resistant melon plants
The present invention relates to ToLCNDV resistant melon plants comprising one or two introgression fragments in their genome. |
| US12262664B2 |
Automatic vegetation watering apparatus and method
An automatic plant watering device includes a thermoelectric module with a cold face that can be energized to drop its temperature below 32 degrees F. A condensation member is thermally connected to the cold face and has a wall exposed to ambient air for water vapor to condense on and freeze when the module is energized. A water collection chamber positioned below the exposed wall is configured to hold collected melt water from the exposed wall until a collected melt water temperature has risen above 32° F. A moisture sensor is used to initiate a chilling cycle controlled by a controller to energize the thermoelectric module for a period of time in excess of an hour to cause a build-up of frost on the exposed wall and thereafter to deenergize the thermoelectric module to permit the temperature of the exposed wall to rise above 32 degrees F. |
| US12262661B1 |
Sieve chutes for a lower sieve of an agricultural combine
An agricultural combine has a cleaning shoe including an upper sieve or chaffer over a lower sieve. The lower sieve is over a clean gain chute. A return chute open to a return opening is under the clean grain chute. The clean grain chute receives clean grain from the chaffer and the lower sieve. The return chute receives unclean grain and tailings from the cleaning shoe through the return opening. The chaffer's rear extremity extends beyond the lower sieve's rear extremity configured with a sieve chute. The sieve chute is spaced under the chaffer's rear extremity and extends rearward and angularly upward above the return opening toward the chaffer's rear extremity from the lower sieve's rear extremity, allowing the sieve chute to intercept grain from the chaffer and divert it forward to the lower sieve and away from the return opening. |
| US12262652B2 |
Gauge wheel scraper for opener disc
A scraper system for an agricultural machine includes a frame, an opener disc coupled to the frame, a gauge wheel positioned adjacent the opener disc and configured to rotate relative to the frame, and a scraper configured to rotate with the gauge wheel to remove soil or debris from the opener disc. The scraper is ring-shaped, directly coupled to the gauge wheel, and spaced apart from the frame. |
| US12262651B1 |
Hand tiller
A hand tiller has an elongated handle with a left tiller wheel and a right tiller wheel coupled to an axel and configured to rotate about the axel to till the ground. Each of the tiller wheels has a plurality of tines that have a curved geometry, wherein the tines curve circumferentially toward the extended end that is paddle shaped to more effectively penetrate the soil and lift the soil while tilling. Also, the tines taper toward the connected end. The tiller wheels are retained on the axel by tiller wheel retainers that couple with the axel, such as by being threaded into or onto the axel. The handle extends a handle length from the handle-end to the axel-end. The handle has a thumb flange on both the top side and bottom side to provide a resting place for a person's thumb when operating the hand tiller. |
| US12268104B2 |
Composition for memory cell containing chalcogen compound, structure thereof, method for manufacturing same, and method for operating same
An object of the present invention is to provide a composition, a memory structure suitable for the composition, a manufacturing method, and an operating method for stable operation in a memory element including a chalcogen compound. In order to achieve the object, in a memory array with a cross-point structure including a first electrode line and a second electrode line intersecting each other, and a selective memory element disposed at each intersection of the first electrode line and the second electrode line and being a chalcogen compound, the present invention may provide the memory array with a cross-point structure including the first electrode line formed on a substrate, a first functional electrode formed between the first electrode line and the selective memory element, and a second functional electrode formed between the second electrode line and the selective memory element, wherein the first functional electrode is formed as a line along the first electrode line. |
| US12268100B2 |
High temperature superconductor bi-superconducting quantum interference device
A superconducting quantum interference apparatus comprising a planar array of loops where each loop constitutes a superconducting quantum interference device, and a magnetic shield disposed over part of one of the loops so to protect the covered part of the loop from exposure to a magnetic field. |
| US12268091B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device and amine compound for organic electroluminescence device
An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one organic layer among the plurality of organic layers includes an amine compound represented by Formula 1, and thereby exhibits improved emission efficiency. |
| US12268090B2 |
Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element using the same, and an electronic device thereof
Provided are a compound for improving luminous efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an organic electronic element, a composition comprising the compound, an organic electronic element employing the compound, and an electronic device thereof. |
| US12268086B2 |
Compound for organic electric element, organic electric element comprising the same and electronic device thereof
Provided are a compound represented by Formula 1, and an organic electric element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic material layer comprised the compound represented by Formula 1, and the driving voltage of an organic electronic device can be lowered, and the luminous efficiency, color purity and life time of an organic electronic device can be improved by comprising the compound represented by Formula 1 in the organic material layer. |
| US12268083B2 |
Luminescent compound, organic light emitting diode and organic light emitting device having the compound
The present disclosure relates to a luminescent compound having the following structure of Formula 1, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and an organic light emitting device that includes the luminescent compound. The OLED and the organic light emitting device including the luminescent compound can improve their luminous efficiency and luminous lifespan. |
| US12268081B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device including a folding area includes a display panel, a cover window disposed above the display panel, and a protective film disposed on the cover window, where the protective film includes a first region and a second region including a same material as each other and having different moduli from each other. A modulus of the second region of the protective film is less than a modulus of the first region, and the second region is disposed in the folding area. |
| US12268078B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate, a light-emitting layer, a light wavelength conversion element, a color filter element, a shielding layer, a protection layer and a light. The light-emitting layer is disposed on the substrate. The light wavelength conversion element is disposed on the light emitting layer. The color filter element is disposed on the light wavelength conversion element. The shielding layer is disposed on the light-emitting layer and includes a plurality of shielding elements. The protection layer is disposed on the light emitting layer. A part of the protection layer is disposed between two of the plurality of the shielding elements. The light passes through the light wavelength conversion element and the color filter element. |
| US12268076B2 |
Display apparatus having walls of different thicknesses
A display apparatus includes a first substrate; a bank on the first substrate, the bank including first openings, second openings, third openings, and auxiliary openings, wherein a thickness of a partition wall defining the first openings, the second openings, and the third openings is greater than a thickness of an auxiliary partition wall arranged in the auxiliary opening; a first quantum dot layer in the first openings; and a second quantum dot layer in the second openings. |
| US12268073B2 |
Light emitting area including diffractive pattern and display device having the same
A display device includes a display panel including a peripheral region adjacent to a light-emitting region, and a reflection preventing facing the display panel. The reflection preventing layer includes a light-blocking pattern corresponding to the peripheral region and defining an opening corresponding to the light-emitting region, a color filter in the opening of the light-blocking pattern, and a protruding pattern corresponding to the light-blocking pattern. |
| US12268070B2 |
Display panel and display apparatus
A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes pixel circuits, light-emitting device electrically connected to the pixel circuits, signal lines electrically connected to the pixel circuits and including signal transmitting lines each extending along a first direction, and a first connection portion located in a circuit region and each extending along a second direction. At least one pixel circuit group is disposed in the circuit region, each pixel circuit group includes at least two pixel circuits of the pixel circuits, and the at least two pixel circuits are arranged along the second direction intersecting the first direction. The at least two pixel circuits in one of the at least one pixel circuit group are electrically connected to one of the signal transmitting lines through the first connection portion. |
| US12268067B2 |
Display device and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, a pixel disposed on the substrate in the display area, the pixel including a pixel circuit, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel circuit, an emission layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode disposed on the emission layer, a power supply line disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area, the power supply line for supplying a power voltage to the pixel, an insulating layer covering the pixel circuit and the power supply line, the insulating layer including an opening exposing at least a portion of the power supply line, and a dummy pattern including a same material as the pixel electrode, the dummy pattern covering a sidewall of the power supply line exposed by the opening of the insulating layer. |
| US12268065B2 |
Display panel and display device including the same
A display panel includes an active area in which a plurality of pixels is disposed; and a non-active area including a plurality of pads connected to the active area, the plurality of pads includes a first pad and a second pad which are spaced apart from each other with a first distance therebetween in a first direction and a third pad which is spaced apart from the first pad or the second pad with a second distance therebetween in a second direction, a link line connected to the third pad is disposed between the first pad and the second pad, and a metal layer may be disposed on the link line. |
| US12268061B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; pixels arranged in the display area, each of the pixels including a pixel circuit and a light-emitting diode; a driving voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area, the driving voltage supply line supplying a driving voltage to the pixels; a common voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area and electrically connected to an opposite electrode of the light-emitting diode to supply a common voltage; and a seal portion surrounding the display area. The common voltage supply line, the driving voltage supply line, and the seal portion are arranged in a direction away from the display area in an order of the common voltage supply line, the driving voltage supply line, and the seal portion. |
| US12268060B2 |
Display device and method of providing the same
A display device includes a substrate, a first semiconductor layer on the substrate and including an oxide semiconductor, a first gate insulating film on the first semiconductor layer, a first conductive layer on the first gate insulating film, a first interlayer insulating film on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the first interlayer insulating film and connected to the first semiconductor layer through a through-hole. The through-hole includes a first through-hole passing through the first interlayer insulating film, and a second through-hole overlapping the first through-hole and passing through the first semiconductor layer. The second conductive layer is in contact with a side surface of the first semiconductor layer exposed at the second through-hole. |
| US12268059B2 |
Display panel and method of manufacturing the same
A display panel includes: a substrate; a transistor on the substrate; a planarization layer on the transistor, and defining at least one recess; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode on the planarization layer, with the recess therebetween in a plan view; a metal pattern on the planarization layer, and adjacent to the first pixel electrode or the second pixel electrode; a pixel defining layer on the metal pattern and filling the recess; and a spacer on the pixel defining layer and overlapping with the metal pattern. |
| US12268055B2 |
Display panel and electronic device including portion of overcoat layer between light-blocking portion and color filter
A display panel includes: first and second pixel circuits on a substrate; first and second pixel electrodes electrically connected to the first and second pixel circuits, respectively; a pixel defining layer having openings overlapping with the first and second pixel electrodes, respectively; a first emission layer on the first pixel electrode; a second emission layer on the second pixel electrode; an opposite electrode on the first emission layer and the second emission layer; and an anti-reflection layer on the opposite electrode. The anti-reflection layer includes: a light-blocking portion corresponding to an area between the openings of the pixel defining layer; a first color filter overlapping with the first emission layer; a second color filter overlapping with the second emission layer; and an overcoat layer including a portion located in a separation space between the light-blocking portion and at least one of the first color filter or the second color filter. |
| US12268050B2 |
Display panel
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a thin film transistor array layer, a light-emitting device layer, and a light shielding layer disposed on a substrate in sequence. The light shielding layer is provided with openings corresponding to positions of light-emitting areas of the light-emitting device layer, an organic protective layer is disposed on the light shielding layer, and the openings of the light shielding layer are filled with the organic protective layer having a transparent material. The present disclosure, by removing conventional red, green, and blue color resists which cover the light-emitting areas of the display panel, solves a problem of reduced yield of a color filter functional layer in a plurality of wet etching processes. |
| US12268048B2 |
Light-emitting device having flexibility
A highly reliable light-emitting device is provided. Damage to an element due to externally applied physical power is suppressed. Alternatively, in a process of pressure-bonding of an FPC, damage to a resin and a wiring which are in contact with a flexible substrate due to heat is suppressed. A neutral plane at which stress-strain is not generated when a flexible light-emitting device including an organic EL element is deformed, is positioned in the vicinity of a transistor and the organic EL element. Alternatively, the hardness of the outermost surface of a light-emitting device is high. Alternatively, a substrate having a coefficient of thermal expansion of 10 ppm/K or lower is used as a substrate that overlaps with a terminal portion connected to an FPC. |
| US12268045B2 |
Hole transport material, manufacturing method thereof, and electroluminescent device
A hole transport material, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electroluminescent device are provided. A main chain of a molecular structure of the hole transport material includes spiro aromatic amine, and a branch chain of the molecular structure of the hole transport material includes an aryl group or a heteroaryl group. The hole transport material can effectively improve performance of hole injection and hole transport, thereby balancing electrons and holes in electroluminescent devices and realizing relatively low voltage and relatively high efficiency. |
| US12268043B2 |
Photoelectric conversion element, photoelectric conversion element module, electronic device, and power supply module
A photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode section; a second electrode section; an electron-transporting section between the first electrode section and the second electrode section; a light-absorbing section; and a hole-transporting section. The hole-transporting section has a peak that reaches maximum at a Raman shift of 1575 cm−1±10 cm−1 and a peak that reaches maximum at a Raman shift of 1606 cm−1±10 cm−1 in a Raman spectrum obtained by emitting laser light having a wavelength of 532 nm; and has a peak intensity ratio A/B of 0.80 or more, the peak intensity ratio A/B being obtained from a maximum peak intensity A of the peak that reaches maximum at 1575 cm−1±10 cm−1 and a maximum peak intensity B of the peak that reaches maximum at 1606 cm−1±10 cm−1. |
| US12268041B2 |
Display module and manufacturing method thereof
A display module is disclosed. The display module includes pixels provided on the substrate, one of which includes: inorganic light emitting elements configured to emit light of a same color; light dispersing layers provided on light emitting surfaces of the inorganic light emitting elements; color conversion layers provided on the light dispersing layers; and color filters provided on the color conversion layers. When viewed from above an upper surface of the substrate, the light dispersing layers are larger than the inorganic light emitting elements. |
| US12268039B2 |
Light-emitting device and manufacturing method therefor
A light emitting device has a substrate, a plurality of first light emitting elements, each of which is mounted on the substrate, has a first LED die, and emits light having a first wavelength, a first light transmitting layer arranged so as to cover the plurality of first light emitting elements, the first light transmitting layer transmitting light emitted from the plurality of first light emitting elements, a second light transmitting layer arranged so as to cover the first light transmitting layer, the second light transmitting layer transmitting light that has transmitted through the first light transmitting layer, and a reflector having an upwardly bulging curved surface at an upper portion of an inner wall that the first light transmitting layer and the second light transmitting layer contact, the reflector being arranged on the substrate so as to surround the plurality of first light emitting elements and reflecting light emitted from the first light emitting elements, wherein the thickness T between the upper surfaces of the first LED dies and the upper surface of the first light transmitting layer is greater than a thickness T1 defined as T 1 = LG 1 / ( 2 tan θ c ) wherein LG1 is the distance between the first LED dies, and θc is a critical angle for the case where light is emitted from the first light transmitting layer to air, and the horizontal distance between a second contact part, where the top of the second light transmitting layer contacts the curved surface of the reflector, and the bottom of the inner wall of the reflector is greater than the horizontal distance between a first contact part, where the top of the first light transmitting layer contacts the reflector, and the bottom of the inner wall of the reflector. |
| US12268035B2 |
Ultraviolet detector and preparation method therefor
A ultraviolet detector includes a substrate; a first epitaxial layer that is a heavily doped epitaxial layer and located on the substrate, a second epitaxial layer located on the first epitaxial layer, where the second epitaxial layer is a lightly doped epitaxial layer, or a double-layer or multi-layer structure composed of at least one lightly doped epitaxial layer and at least one heavily doped epitaxial layer; an ohmic contact layer located on the second epitaxial layer or formed in the second epitaxial layer, where the ohmic contact layer is a graphical heavily doped layer; and a first metal electrode layer located on the ohmic contact layer. |
| US12268034B2 |
SPAD pixel structure and method of manufacturing same
Disclosed are a SPAD pixel structure and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a cathode contact is formed on a back surface of a substrate instead of a front surface, thereby reducing or minimizing the distance between adjacent unit pixels and increasing the fill-factor of each unit pixel. |
| US12268031B2 |
Backside power rails and power distribution network for density scaling
A device comprises a first interconnect structure, a second interconnect structure, a first cell comprising a first transistor, a second cell comprising a second transistor, a first contact connecting a source/drain element of the first transistor to the first interconnect structure, and second contact connecting a source/drain element of the second transistor to the second interconnect structure. The first cell is disposed adjacent to the second cell with the first transistor disposed adjacent to the second transistor. The first and second cells are disposed between the first and second interconnect structures. |
| US12268027B2 |
Middle-of-line interconnect structure and manufacturing method
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit device. A transistor structure is disposed over a substrate and includes a pair of source/drain regions and a gate electrode between the pair of source/drain regions. A lower inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer is disposed over the pair of source/drain regions and surrounds the gate electrode. The gate electrode is recessed from top of the lower ILD layer. A gate capping layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The gate capping layer has a top surface aligned or coplanar with that of the lower ILD layer. |
| US12268026B2 |
High aspect ratio contact structure with multiple metal stacks
A high aspect ratio contact structure formed within a dielectric material includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion of the contact structure includes a tapering profile towards the bottom portion. A first metal stack surrounded by an inner spacer is located within the top portion of the contact structure and a second metal stack is located within the bottom portion of the contact structure. A width of the bottom portion of the contact structure is greater than a minimum width of the top portion of the contact structure. |
| US12268025B1 |
ALEFT-ISD-LTSEE{Advanced Low Electrostatic Field Transistor using Implanted S/D and Low Temperature Selective Epitaxial Extension}
Device scaling has increased the device density of integrated circuits (ICs) and reduced the cost of circuits. Today development of new device structures, use of new materials and complex process steps are implemented to continue scaling of the semiconductor devices. The added manufacturing steps and complexity have increased cost of ICs directly impacting the implementation of IoT devices that need low cost and high yields to be successful. ALEFT-ISD-LTSEE is a device that reduces the cost while improving device performance. ALEFT-ISD-LTSEE is suitable for continued scaling of gate and channel lengths while reducing impact of random threshold variation due to discrete dopants in and around the channel by elimination of implants and high temperature processing. By creating a flat field profile at the gate by use of low temperature epitaxy as source/drain extension, the short channel effects, and the impact of line edge variations of the gate are also reduced. |
| US12268021B1 |
Power MOSFET with gate-source ESD diode structure
An apparatus includes a drain and a source on opposing sides of an epitaxial layer, a plurality of gates formed in the epitaxial layer, a source contact connected to the source, a gate contact connected to the plurality of gates, a gate-source electrostatic discharge (ESD) diode connected between the gate contact and the source contact, and a breakdown voltage enhancement and leakage prevention structure formed underneath the gate-source ESD diode structure. |
| US12268020B2 |
Source or drain template for reducing strain loss in spaced-apart nanosheet channels
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a semiconductor-based structure that includes a stack having spaced-apart non-sacrificial nanosheets. A source or drain (S/D) trench is adjacent to the stack, wherein the S/D trench includes a bottom surface and sidewalls. A S/D template layer includes a continuous layer of a first type of semiconductor material, wherein the S/D template layer is within a portion of the S/D trench, on the bottom surface of the S/D trench, and on the sidewalls of the S/D trench. A doped S/D region is on the S/D template layer and within the S/D trench. In some aspects of the invention, the doped S/D region includes a second type of semiconductor material configured to induce strain in the spaced-apart non-sacrificial nanosheets. |
| US12268018B2 |
GaN vertical trench MOSFETs and methods of manufacturing the same
GaN vertical trench MOSFETs and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. One example embodiment is a vertical trench MOSFET. The MOSFET includes a semiconductor transistor that has a first surface and a second surface, and a trench that extends from the first surface into the semiconductor transistor along a first direction perpendicular to the first and second surfaces. The semiconductor transistor includes a body region having a channel region arranged along the first direction along at least a portion of a wall of the trench. The doping concentration of the channel region is non-uniform. As a non-limiting example, two-step doping is conducted for forming asymmetric or non-uniform channel of a GaN vertical trench MOSFET. In some embodiments, multiple-step doping other than the two-step doing (such as doping in three steps, four steps, or more), linearly scaled doping, other proper asymmetric doping can be used. |
| US12268015B2 |
Semiconductor structures
The present application provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a channel layer and a barrier layer provided on the channel layer. The barrier layer includes multiple barrier layers arranged in a stack, the multiple barrier sub-layers include at least three barrier sub-layers, and Al component proportions of the multiple barrier sub-layers vary along a growth direction of the barrier layer for at least one up-and-down fluctuation. |
| US12268005B2 |
Semiconductor structure
A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of memory cells stacked up along a first direction. Each of the memory cells include a memory stack, connecting lines, and insulating layers. The memory stack includes a first dielectric layer, a channel layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, a charge trapping layer disposed on the channel layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the charge trapping layer, and a gate layer disposed in between the channel layer and the second dielectric layer. The connecting lines are extending along the first direction and covering side surfaces of the memory stack. The insulating layers are extending along the first direction, wherein the insulating layers are located aside the connecting lines and covering the side surfaces of the memory stack. |
| US12268004B2 |
Semiconductor devices with string select channel layer
A semiconductor device includes; gate layers stacked on a substrate, a channel layer extending through the gate layers, a string select gate layer disposed on the channel layer and a string select channel layer extending through the string select gate layer to contact the channel layer. The string select channel layer includes a first portion below the string select gate layer including a first protruding region, a second portion extending through the string select gate layer, and a third portion above the string select gate layer including a second protruding region. |
| US12268001B2 |
Nonvolatile memory device
A nonvolatile memory device with improved reliability is provided. The nonvolatile memory device comprises a substrate, a mold structure including a plurality of word lines stacked on the substrate, a first word line cut region configured to cut the mold structure, a first channel structure spaced apart from the first word line cut region by a first distance, and disposed in the mold structure and the substrate, and a second channel structure spaced apart from the first word line cut region by a second distance, and disposed in the mold structure and the substrate, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, a first width of the first channel structure is different from a second width of the second channel structure, and a first length of the first channel structure is different from a second length of the second channel structure. |
| US12267996B2 |
DRAM sense amplifier architecture with reduced power consumption and related methods
A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device may include an array of DRAM cells, with each DRAM cell configured to store a high logic voltage and a low logic voltage. The DRAM device may further include a precharge circuit configured to selectively provide a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage to a first line and a second line, respectively, and a sense amplifier comprising a cross-coupled transistor sensing circuit coupled between the first line and second line. The sense amplifier may include at least one transistor including a superlattice channel. The DRAM device may further include a refresh circuit configured to selectively couple a third reference voltage to a corresponding DRAM cell via the first line and based upon a voltage difference between the first line and the second line, with the third reference voltage being greater than the high logic voltage of the DRAM cell. |
| US12267992B2 |
Memory device having capacitor structure and method of forming the same
A memory device having a capacitor structure and a method of forming the same are provided. The memory device includes a substrate; a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate; and a plurality of capacitor structures respectively disposed in the dielectric layer. Each capacitor structure includes: a cup-shaped lower electrode; a first upper electrode conformally covering an outer surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode; a first capacitor dielectric layer disposed between the outer surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode and the first upper electrode; a second upper electrode conformally covering an inner surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode, wherein the second upper electrode is electrically connected to the first upper electrode by at least one connection via; and a second capacitor dielectric layer disposed between the inner surface of the cup-shaped lower electrode and the second upper electrode. |
| US12267989B2 |
Method and system for controlling electric drive system according to predicted temperature of inverter busbar
A controller reduces power output of an inverter of an electric drive system while a sensed temperature associated with the inverter, a sensed current output of the inverter, and parameter values of a busbar of the inverter are indicative of a predicted temperature of the busbar being greater than a threshold to maintain busbar temperature lower than the threshold. The current output of the inverter may be outputted over the busbar. The parameter values are obtainable from a thermal model of the busbar. The thermal model may be derived from testing a test version of the inverter under different drive cycles in which for each a set of information is recorded including a sensed temperature of the test inverter, a sensed current output of the test inverter, and a sensed temperature of the busbar of the test inverter. |
| US12267988B2 |
Thermal control optimization based on monitoring/control mechanism
Apparatus and methods are provided for improving thermal control, including collecting data of a plurality of systems, each of the plurality of systems including at least one first cooling element and at least one first heat-generating element; conducting a first simulation using a simulation model based on the collected data to generate a first set of simulation results; conducting a first training on a control system using the first set of simulation results to obtain a first trained control system; and using the first trained control system to monitor a field system with a space having at least one second cooling element and at least one second heat-generating element and to control the at least one second cooling element and the at least one second heat-generating element. |
| US12267984B2 |
Heat dissipation assembly
A heat dissipation assembly is disclosed and includes a frame and a fan. The frame includes a heat conduction channel and an airflow intake. The heat conduction channel is communication with an exterior through airflow intake. The frame includes a first plane, a second plane and an inclined plane. The first plane is disposed adjacent to the airflow intake. The inclined plane is connected between the first plane and the second plane. The second plane includes an inlet. The heat conduction channel is in communication between the airflow intake and the inlet. A cross-section area of the heat conduction channel adjacent to the airflow intake is greater than that of the heat conduction channel adjacent to the inlet. The fan is spatially corresponding to the inlet, and assembled with the frame to form an outlet in communication with the airflow intake and the heat conduction channel through the inlet. |
| US12267980B2 |
Power converter system
A power converter system includes a printed circuit board having a first connector for receiving low voltage control signals and a second connector for receiving input voltages from one or more power generators and transmitting output voltages to a power distribution unit. Power devices are mounted onto the printed circuit board to manage the input voltages and to generate the output voltages. An enclosure is mounted around the printed circuit board and power devices. The power devices engage interior surfaces of the enclosure forming a conductive heat path between the power devices, the interior surfaces, and exterior surfaces of the enclosure. The heat path conductively transfers heat from the power devices to the exterior surfaces. |
| US12267979B2 |
System and method for managing positioning and access for data processing systems
Methods and systems for managing the operation of data processing systems are disclosed. A data processing system may include a computing device that may provide computer implemented services. To provide the computer implemented services, data processing system may include hardware components. The hardware components may be positioned with an enclosure. A multifunctional handle may be used to facilitate both repositioning of the data processing system and securing of the hardware components with the enclosure. |
| US12267976B2 |
Chassis ear apparatus and mounting method thereof
Provided are a chassis ear apparatus and a mounting method thereof. The chassis ear apparatus includes a shell, wherein a chassis ear seat is detachably mounted on a back surface of the shell, and the chassis ear seat is configured to be fixed to a rack after a server is installed into the rack; a printed circuit board is arranged at a front surface of the shell, the printed circuit board is installed from the front surface of the shell and is detachably mounted on the chassis ear seat, and the printed circuit board is connected to a mainboard inside the server via a signal cable; and the signal cable penetrates through a gap between the shell and the chassis ear seat and is inserted into a cable socket on a front surface of the printed circuit board from the front surface of the shell. |
| US12267975B1 |
Module attach/detach rack apparatus for module type control and monitoring system
A rack apparatus for module attachment/detachment in a modular control and monitoring system is disclosed. In the rack apparatus, individual functional modules configured to perform control and monitoring functions and terminal block modules connected to external devices or external systems by cables and configured to perform input/output interface functions of respective individual functional modules are implemented such that attachment and detachment of the individual functional modules and the terminal block modules are achieved in a separate manner and such that attachment and detachment of the terminal block modules are achieved on the basis of respective individual functional modules. Accordingly, it is possible to easily and conveniently replace a failed one of the individual functional modules with a new one without requiring a cable connection task. |
| US12267972B1 |
Electronic apparatus having enclosure with angled cable routing channel
An electronic apparatus includes a housing enclosure having a peripheral wall configured to enclose electronic circuitry having at least one cable coupled to the electronic circuitry and an angled channel on at least one portion of the peripheral wall. The angled channel is configured to enable routing of the at least one cable from an interior of the housing enclosure to an exterior of the housing enclosure. In some embodiments, the angled channel is filled with a filler, such as epoxy, to maintain the one or more wireless cables in a fixed position and to seal the angled channel from a surrounding environment external to the housing enclosure. In other embodiments, the electronic apparatus further includes a base housing member or bottom enclosure member. In some embodiments, the electronic apparatus is an ambient light sensor apparatus. |
| US12267970B2 |
Thermal dissipation holder
A thermal dissipation holder for a handheld electronic device is provided. The thermal dissipation holder includes a main structure, a movable element, an elastic element, and a locker. The main structure has a front surface and a rear surface. The movable element is movably connected to the main structure along a first direction and has a clamp portion at a side away from the carrier. One end of the elastic element is connected to the main structure. The other end of the elastic element is connected to the movable element. The elastic element drives the movable element to move along the first direction. The locker is disposed in the main structure and has a locking portion, where a position of the locking portion corresponds to that of the clamp portion, and the locker is selectively engaged with the clamp portion through the locking portion to lock the movable element. |
| US12267969B2 |
Display apparatus
A housing that houses a display panel includes a first wall and a second wall. A protrusion is formed on the first wall. A through hole is formed in the second wall. The protrusion passes through the through hole. A tip of the protrusion that has been passed through the through hole is expanded to fasten the first wall to the second wall. A clearance between the protrusion and the through hole is divided into a first part and a second part. The first and second parts are unequally allocated so that when a force from a front side to a back side of the display panel is applied to the first wall/second wall, the first wall/second wall is suppressed from being displaced relative to the second wall/first wall. |
| US12267968B2 |
Folding portable display device
An example display assembly includes: a continuous display including: a first rigid segment attached to and substantially coplanar with an inner surface of a first assembly of the folding device; a second rigid segment attached to and substantially coplanar with an inner surface of a second assembly of the folding device; a primary flexible segment; a third rigid segment disposed between the second rigid segment and the primary flexible segment; and a fourth rigid segment disposed between the first rigid segment and the primary flexible segment; a primary supporting plate attached to the continuous display; a first supplemental supporting plate attached to the primary supporting plate adjacent to the third rigid segment; and a second supplemental supporting plate attached to the primary supporting plate adjacent to the fourth rigid segment. |
| US12267965B2 |
Electronic circuit
The invention relates to an electronic circuit (1) comprising a plurality of printed circuits (2) connected by at least one bus bar (4), each printed circuit (2) comprising at least two superposed layers enclosing at least a portion of said at least one bus bar (4), so as to cover said at least one bus bar (4). |
| US12267964B2 |
Electronic component module and method for manufacturing electronic component module
An electronic component module includes a plurality of components having terminals and arranged along a plane, a sealing resin portion that covers and seals these components and has a plane as one plane of an outer surface, and a shield layer that covers the outer surface of the sealing resin portion. Terminals of the plurality of components are exposed in a state of protruding from the plane of the sealing resin portion, and the terminals of these components protruding from the plane of the sealing resin portion are used as mounting terminals of the electronic component module. |
| US12267962B2 |
Capacitor-wire-embedded wiring board
A wiring board includes an insulating layer having a first surface and a second surface, which are opposite to each other, upper wiring patterns on the first surface of the insulating layer, lower wiring patterns on the second surface of the insulating layer, intermediate wiring patterns, which are disposed in the insulating layer and are electrically connected to the upper wiring patterns and the lower wiring patterns, and a capacitor wire connected to corresponding wiring patterns of the upper wiring patterns, the lower wiring patterns, and the intermediate wiring patterns. The capacitor wire includes a core electrode line having a wire shape, an outer electrode line covering at least a portion of the core electrode line, and a dielectric line interposed between the core electrode line and the outer electrode line. |
| US12267960B2 |
Electronic component sub-mount and electronic device using the same
An electronic component sub-mount includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a supporting surface. The top and bottom surfaces are located on opposite sides of the body. The supporting surface is located on one side of the body, and an angle that is not equal to 0 degrees is formed between the supporting surface and the bottom surface. A first conductive layer is disposed on the bottom surface and includes multiple first conductive lines. A second conductive layer is disposed on the supporting surface, extending to the top surface, and includes multiple second conductive lines. The second conductive lines on the supporting surface have a first pin layout, and the second conductive lines on the top surface have a second pin layout different from the first pin layout. The second pin layout matches the pin layout of first conductive lines on the bottom surface. |
| US12267959B2 |
System and method for reversible connection of interchangeable components
Methods, systems, and devices for providing computer implemented services are disclosed. To provide the computer implemented services, hardware resources available to data processing systems may be customized. The hardware resources may be customized through addition or replacement of interchangeable hardware components. The interchangeable hardware components may include features that may improve the likelihood of successfully adding or replacing the interchangeable hardware components. |
| US12267957B2 |
Hybrid pitch through hole connector
Connectors with a hybrid pitch are described. In one example, a connector to couple a card or module to a motherboard includes connector housing and a plurality of pins. The plurality of pins include alternating signal and ground pins. Each of the plurality of pins includes a card or module-facing end to couple with the card or module and a lead to couple with a through hole in the motherboard. A first pitch between leads of a pin and a first adjacent pin is different than a second pitch between leads of the pin and a second adjacent pin. |
| US12267956B2 |
Mounting structure of electronic component
A mounting structure of an electronic component includes a multilayer ceramic capacitor including lands on a board and spaced apart from each other, solder on the lands, and a component main body including external electrodes on both end portions of the component main body in a length direction, each of the pair of external electrodes being connected to a corresponding one of the pair of lands via the solder. When a separation direction of the lands is an X direction and a direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the X direction is a Y direction, when a width dimension of the land along the Y direction is c, a dimension of each of the external electrodes in the X direction is e, and a gap between the land and the external electrode is Gap, 3.4<(c×e)/Gap<258.8 is satisfied. |
| US12267954B2 |
Fluororesin composition, fluororesin sheet, laminate and substrate for circuits
A laminate, including a fluororesin sheet; and a base material. The fluororesin sheet including a fluororesin composition containing: a melt moldable fluororesin; and a silica. The fluororesin is a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and/or a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer having 25 or more carbonyl group-containing functional groups per 106 main-chain carbon atoms; the silica is a spherical silica; a blending ratio of the spherical silica to a total amount of the fluororesin and the silica is 50% by mass or higher and 70% by mass or lower; the fluororesin composition has a linear expansion coefficient of 100 ppm/° C. or lower and a melt flow rate (MFR) of 1.0 g/10 min or higher and 30 g/10 min or lower. Also disclosed is a substrate for circuits including the fluororesin sheet used as a part in a multilayer structure. |
| US12267950B2 |
Flexible printed wiring board and battery wiring module
A flexible printed wiring board according to an aspect includes a base film, a conductive pattern disposed on one surface of the base film, and an extra length absorbing portion protruding from the base film and disposed in a direction of a plane, the extra length absorbing portion including a pattern connected portion connected to the conductive pattern, a coupling portion having a first linear wiring portion, a first arcuate wiring portion, and a second linear wiring portion coupled in this order continuously from the pattern connected portion, and a connecting terminal connected to the coupling portion, the pattern connected portion and the connecting terminal being opposite to each other in a direction in which the extra length absorbing portion protrudes. |
| US12267949B2 |
Display unit and electronic apparatus
A display unit includes: a display section (11) having flexibility; and a bending control section (12a, 12b) configured to limit a movable shaft in bending the display section (11) to one direction in a display surface and allowed to maintain the display section (11) in an arbitrary bending state. |
| US12267948B2 |
Camera module and vehicle camera
A camera module comprises: a lens barrel disposed in a front body and comprising a lens; a first substrate disposed under the body; a support member partially disposed on an undersurface of the first substrate; and a second substrate disposed under the first substrate and coupled to the support member, wherein the support member comprises: a fence portion disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a hook portion which comprises a region extending from the fence portion and having a coupling hole into which a partial side surface of the second substrate is inserted, and an extended portion inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the region having the coupling hole formed therethrough. |
| US12267947B2 |
Wiring board, electronic module, and electronic apparatus
A wiring board includes a signal line, a shield member whose main surface extends along the signal line, and a branch line that is electrically connected to the shield member, that includes a leading end that is opened, and that extends in a direction parallel with the main surface of the shield member. |
| US12267946B2 |
Power delivery network noise isolation in a computing device
A system for power delivery network (“PDN”) isolation includes a multi-layer printed circuit board (“PCB”) in which a power distribution layer has a root conductive region and two or more branch conductive regions fanning out from the root conductive region. Each branch conductive region is insulated from other branch conductive regions by a non-conductive region. Each branch conductive region has at least one power delivery connection. Each of various electronic circuits mounted on the PCB and sharing the same PDN may be shorted to one of the branch conductive regions. |
| US12267945B2 |
Electronic component protection structure and switch device
An electronic component protection structure and a switch device capable of protecting an electronic component from static electricity charged on or within a case member are achieved with a simple configuration. An electronic component protection structure includes a circuit board on which an electronic component is mounted, a base member supporting the circuit board, a case member covering the circuit board and fixed to the base member, and a conductive ground member connected to the circuit board. The ground member includes an exposed portion at least a part of which is exposed to the inside of the case member. |
| US12267941B2 |
Particle beam accelerator, particle beam blocking method for particle beam accelerator, and particle beam therapy apparatus
According to one embodiment, a particle beam accelerator comprising: a guiding unit configured to guide a particle beam to a trajectory; an acceleration unit configured to accelerate the particle beam circulating on the trajectory; a particle beam blocking unit configured to block the particle beam on the trajectory; and a control unit configured to control the guiding unit, the acceleration unit, and the particle beam blocking unit, wherein: the guiding unit includes a superconducting electromagnet and a superconducting electromagnet interrupter configured to interrupt the superconducting electromagnet, and the control unit is configured to interrupt the superconducting electromagnet by activating the superconducting electromagnet interrupter after completion of blocking the particle beam by activating the particle beam blocking unit, when an abnormality occurs in the superconducting electromagnet. |
| US12267939B2 |
X-ray generating apparatus
According to the present inventive concept, there is provided an X-ray generating apparatus including a voltage generating apparatus that generates a pulse signal according to an X-ray irradiation signal and generates a predetermined voltage according to the pulse signal, and an X-ray tube that generates X-rays according to the voltage from the voltage generating apparatus, wherein the voltage generating apparatus detects arc discharge by detecting a current of the X-ray tube. |
| US12267936B2 |
Induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device
An induction heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes an induction coil, radially inward of which a heating compartment is defined for receiving, in use, a body including a vaporisable substance and an induction heatable susceptor; and a temperature sensor located against a side of the heating compartment on the central longitudinal axis of the induction coil at an end of the heating compartment, wherein the induction coil is arranged to heat, in use, the susceptor, and the temperature sensor is arrange to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the susceptor. There is also provided an induction heatable cartridge for use with the induction heating assembly. The cartridge includes a solid vaporisable substance; and an induction heatable susceptor held by the vaporisable substance, the susceptor being planar and having an outwardly facing edge and an inwardly facing edge. |
| US12267935B2 |
Emergency wayfinding technology
An emergency wayfinding device includes a lighting circuit constructed and arranged to change at least one property of a light emitted from a light emitting element, and an electrical conduit including a plug. The plug of the electrical conduit is constructed configured to be received in a socket and to draw electricity from the socket to power the lighting circuit via the electrical conduit. |
| US12267930B2 |
Intelligent music lamp string
The present disclosure provides an intelligent music lamp string. The intelligent music lamp string includes a human body sensing module, a control module, a music control module and a lamp string. The human body sensing module is configured to sense a human body and output a sensing signal when the human body is sensed. The control module is configured to receive the sensing signal and output an enable signal and a control signal according to the sensing signal. The music control module is configured to receive the enable signal and play a predetermined music according to the enable signal. The lamp string is configured to receive the control signal and start to work according to the control signal, a duty cycle of the control signal in each cycle corresponding to beats of each section of the predetermined music. |
| US12267929B1 |
Ambient lighting device and lighting control method thereof, and storage medium
A lighting control method is provided for an ambient lighting device having an ambient lamp including at least one lighting strip, which includes a plurality of lamp beads arranged into a display frame. The method includes starting the ambient lamp and a camera; reading preset frame configuration information, and dividing the display frame into a plurality of unit frames according to the frame configuration information; reading an environment reference image captured by the camera, and dividing the environment reference image into a plurality of regional images corresponding to the plurality of unit frames according to the frame configuration information; and generating a lighting color value corresponding to each lamp bead in each unit frame, based on a main color tone of the regional image corresponding to the unit frame, and controlling the corresponding lamp beads covered by the unit frame with the lighting color value to emit light. |
| US12267928B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling an in-vehicle lighting environment
An apparatus for controlling an in-vehicle lighting environment includes: a passenger state determination unit that determines a state of a passenger using a gaze of the passenger photographed by a camera of a vehicle; a driving state determination unit that determines a driving state of the vehicle using an acceleration value measured by an acceleration sensor of the vehicle; an external environment state determination unit that determines an external environment state of the vehicle using an external illuminance value measured by an external illuminance sensor of the vehicle; and a lighting environment control unit that controls an illuminance and a color of a first light disposed inside the vehicle based on data determined by at least one determination unit among the passenger state, driving state, and external environment state determination units. |
| US12267927B1 |
Ambient lamp and instruction transmission/application method thereof, and storage medium
An instruction transmission method is provided for an ambient lamp. The method includes: sequentially obtaining a playback frame from a playback frame sequence as a current playback frame; determining a target encoding scheme of the current playback frame based on a frame type of the current playback frame; determining effective data and a data type of the effective data of the current playback frame according to the target encoding scheme, and encoding the effective data into playback encoded data; and encapsulating the playback encoded data of the current playback frame and the data type of the effective data into a lighting-effect playback instruction, and transmitting the lighting-effect playback instruction to a control chip of a lighting component of the ambient lamp for execution. |
| US12267925B2 |
Multi-channel LED current control circuit
In an example embodiment, the controller is designed with a single current sensing circuit that is able to measure the current on multiple LED channels, eliminating the need for each LED channel to have its own current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit may further be utilized with a control unit, which has an LED control model selection multiplexor (MUX) that switches between real-time closed-loop control and open-loop control. |
| US12267922B2 |
Light-emitting device, display device, and LED display device
An anode line control circuit provided corresponding to each of anode lines includes a first resistor connected to a control terminal of a first switching element, which controls the supply of a power supply voltage to the anode line, and a second switching element connected to a second resistor connected to one end of the anode line. When the first switching element changes from an OFF state to an ON state, the second switching elements corresponding to the anode lines other than the anode line connected to the first switching element are maintained in the OFF state. |
| US12267916B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
A communication apparatus and a communication method for performing wireless data transmission using multiple channels are provided. The communication apparatus operating as a base station includes: a communication section that transmits and receives a wireless signal; and a control section that controls a channel used by a subordinate wireless terminal, the control section designates a first transmission scheme to a first wireless terminal that uses a specific primary channel, and designates a second transmission scheme different from the first transmission scheme to a second wireless terminal that uses a non-primary channel that does not include the primary channel. The second transmission scheme has a lower data rate or higher transmission power than that of the first transmission scheme. |
| US12267901B2 |
Systems and methods for improving wireless mesh networks
Disclosed herein is a wireless mesh network comprised of ultra-high-capacity nodes that are capable of establishing ultra-high-capacity links (e.g., point-to-point or point-to-multipoint bi-directional communication links) using a millimeter wave spectrum, including but not limited to 28 Ghz, 39 Ghz, 37/42 Ghz, 60 Ghz (including V band), or E-band frequencies, as examples. The higher capacity and/or extended range of these ultra-high-capacity nodes/links may be achieved via various advanced signal processing techniques. Further, these ultra-high-capacity nodes/links may be used in conjunction with other types of point-to-point and/or point-to-multipoint links to build a multi-layer wireless mesh network. |
| US12267899B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for facilitating a selection between carrier aggregation and dual connectivity
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, analyzing data in accordance with at least one algorithm to select one of carrier aggregation or dual connectivity for providing a communication service in respect of a communication device, resulting in a selection, and providing the communication service to the communication device in accordance with the selection. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12267893B2 |
Method and apparatus for control SL BSR based on different direct links in sidelink communication system
A method and apparatus for control SL BSR based on different direct links in sidelink communication system is provided. A first wireless device establishes a sidelink between a second wireless device. A first wireless device triggers a sidelink (SL) buffer status report (BSR) based on data available for transmission via the sidelink. A first wireless device detects a failure on the sidelink. A first wireless device cancels the triggered SL BSR based on the failure on the sidelink. |
| US12267891B2 |
Detection and triggering for UE-TO-UE P2P traffic flow routing optimization
An apparatus is provided which comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: detecting whether a first user equipment is present in an area served by a user plane function, and, when it is detected that the first user equipment is present in the area served by the user plane function, storing information about the presence of the first user equipment and controlling whether and when to allocate the first user equipment to the user plane function based on the stored information. |
| US12267889B2 |
Service processing method, apparatus, and system
In a service processing method, a capability exposure network element receives a first message from an application function network element, where the first message carries a terminal identifier and first network information of a first virtual network, the first network information includes a first virtual network identifier, and the first message is used to request to add a terminal corresponding to the terminal identifier to the first virtual network corresponding to the first virtual network identifier; and the capability exposure network element determines, based on the first network information, a first service management device serving the first virtual network, and sends a second message to the first service management device, where the second message carries the terminal identifier and the first network information, and the second message is used to request to add the terminal to the first virtual network. |
| US12267888B2 |
Automatic pairing between wireless electronic devices and in-vehicle entertainment system
An apparatus for assisting a pairing operation is provided. The apparatus comprises: a processor included in an intermediate device in communication with a source device to which a wireless electronic device is to be wirelessly connected through the pairing operation; and a storage included in the intermediate device and in communication with the processor, the storage configured to store pairing information of the wireless electronic device, the pairing information including a profile of the wireless electronic device that enables to complete the pairing operation with the source device. The storage further stores instructions, upon being executed, to instruct the processor to: determine to initiate the pairing operation for the wireless electronic device; and provide the pairing information of the wireless electronic device to the source device such that a wireless communication link is established between the wireless electronic device and the source device based on the pairing information of the wireless electronic device. |
| US12267885B2 |
Known cell definition with beamforming
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices and computer readable media for communication. In an aspect, a method for communication comprises receiving, at a terminal device, from a network device an indication for the terminal device to establish a connection with a target cell. The method also comprises determining a condition as to whether the target cell and a transmit beam of the target cell for the terminal device are known to the terminal device. The method also comprises determining, based on the condition, a delay for the terminal device to establish the connection. The method further comprises establishing the connection within the delay. The embodiments of the present disclosure can improve communication performance of a terminal device. |
| US12267884B2 |
System, method, and apparatus for pairing beacons
Provided is a system, method, and apparatus for pairing a control device with a plurality of beacons. The method includes scanning for wireless signals to detect at least one beacon signal, determining, based on the at least one beacon signal, at least one beacon device that is not paired to the control device, and determining whether to initiate the automatic pairing operation based on the at least one beacon device that is not paired to the control device. In response to determining to initiate the automatic pairing operation, the method further includes automatically pairing the at least one beacon device to the control device. |
| US12267881B2 |
Frame transmission method and device using multiple random backoff operation in broadband wireless communication network
An operating method of a communication node in a wireless communication network includes: performing a first monitoring operation on a first link and a second link during a preset period; performing a first random backoff operation in the first link for a first random backoff period, if the first link and the second link are in an idle state according to the first monitoring operation; performing, in the second link, a second random backoff operation for a second random backoff period which is different from the first random backoff period in length; and transmitting a frame at a same point in time in the first link and the second link, if the first link is in the idle state according to the first random backoff operation, and if the state of the second link is an idle state according to execution of the second random backoff operation. |
| US12267880B2 |
Allocation of resources for preamble and payload of messages in a 2-step random access (RA) procedure in new radio (NR) systems
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive, from a gNB, configuration information related to a 2-step random access (RA) procedure between the UE and the gNB in unlicensed spectrum. The 2-step RA procedure may include: an uplink MsgA message that includes, within a random access occasion (RO), a MsgA preamble and a MsgA payload; and a downlink MsgB message that includes, within another RO, a MsgB PDCCH and a MsgB payload. The configuration information may indicate: resources allocated for the MsgA preamble; and a mapping between the resources allocated for the MsgA preamble and the MsgA payload. The UE may determine the resources allocated for the MsgA pay load based on the resources allocated for the MsgA preamble and the mapping. |
| US12267879B2 |
Network device, terminal device, and methods therein
A method of transmitting a Random Access Channel (RACH) Occasion configuration to a terminal device and receiving a RACH preamble according to the RACH Occasion configuration. The RACH Occasion configuration comprises a first time resource indication identifying a first set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a first random access procedure, a first frequency resource indication identifying at least a first set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble, a second time resource indication identifying a second set of time resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit a RACH preamble according to a second random access procedure, and a second frequency resource indication identifying at least a second set of frequency resources in which the terminal device is allowed to transmit the RACH preamble. |
| US12267877B2 |
Random access to a wireless communication network
A wireless device selects an occasion or resource unit to use for transmitting a payload within a slot that is the same as or immediately after a slot in which the wireless device transmits a random access preamble for random access to a wireless communication network. The occasion or resource unit is selected based on one or more selection criteria. The one or more selection criteria may include a type, purpose, and/or priority of the random access, of an event that triggered the random access, or of the payload. Alternatively or additionally, the one or more selection criteria may include a capability of the wireless device to transmit both the random access preamble and the payload based on the same clear channel assessment. Regardless, the wireless device transmits the payload using the selected occasion or resource unit. |
| US12267874B2 |
Communications device, infrastructure equipment and methods
A method of transmitting data by a communications device in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method comprises determining an amount of uplink data to be transmitted by the communications device to the wireless communications network, and either transitioning to a connected state if the determined amount of the uplink data is greater than a first threshold (Y3) or, if the determined amount of the uplink data is less than the first threshold (Y3) selecting a random access preamble from one of a plurality of groups of random access preambles, selecting modulation and coding for transmitting the uplink data, and transmitting a random access message on a wireless access interface to the wireless communications network as part of a random access procedure. |
| US12267868B2 |
SL reliability enhancement by half duplex and collision detection
In one aspect, a method of wireless communication includes receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), a first transmission from a second UE for a new radio (NR) sidelink channel. The method also includes receiving, by the first UE, a second transmission from a third UE for the sidelink channel. The method further includes transmitting, by the first UE, a feedback transmission based on a medium contention event for the first and second transmissions of the NR sidelink channel and on a range condition. In additional aspects, the feedback transmission is transmitted based on a quality condition, or both a range condition and a quality condition. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. |
| US12267867B2 |
Method and apparatus for accessing channel in wireless LAN system
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a wireless LAN system. A method performed by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: receiving information related to a restricted-target wake time (R-TWT) service period (SP) from an access point (AP); and setting at least one R-TWT traffic identifier (TID) for the R-TWT SP. Here, whether to perform a back-off operation for an access category (AC) in the R-TWT SP may be determined on the basis of a mapping relationship between the at least one R-TWT TID and the AC. |
| US12267866B2 |
Channel access method and related product
Embodiments of this application disclose a channel access method and a related product. The method is applied to a network device. The network device includes a plurality of panels. An example method includes: generating a backoff count value of each of the plurality of panels; and if a backoff count value of any one of the plurality of panels backs off to zero, sending a frame. |
| US12267864B2 |
Selection of channel access priority
Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage medium for selection of a channel access priority. In example embodiments, a subset of data units from a set of data units is selected for multiplexing into a data packet. The selecting is at least in part based on a channel access priority associated with each of the subset of data unit. The subset of data units is multiplexed into the data packet, and then the data packet is transmitted. |
| US12267862B2 |
Method for allocating resources and receiving a resource allocation
A method for allocating resources on an uplink between a user terminal and a base station of a radio communication network multiplexing the data in resource blocks is disclosed. Such a method implements a standard allocation mode associated with a standard transmission mode of transmission by the terminal; and a priority allocation mode associated with a priority mode of transmission by the terminal. The network favors the priority allocation mode and can allocate to the terminal, according to the priority allocation mode, at least one resource block previously allocated according to the standard allocation mode, introducing a situation of allocation collision. In such a situation, the network implements a temporary allocation mode to allocate at least one replacement resource block in the standard transmission mode, implementing a number of signalling portions containing information on resource allocation greater than that used in the standard allocation mode. |
| US12267860B2 |
Relaxed sensing for new radio sidelink over millimeter wave operating frequencies
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support relaxed sensing for new radio (NR) sidelink over millimeter wave (mmW) operating frequencies. In a first aspect, a method by a user equipment (UE) of wireless communication includes identifying a resource selection trigger that indicates selection of one or more sidelink slots from a resource selection window. The UE may obtain long-term interference sensing statistics observed by the UE prior to the resource selection trigger. The UE can reduce a default sensing window length in accordance with the long-term interference sensing statistics and transmit a sidelink transmission in the selected sidelink slots. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. |
| US12267858B2 |
Base station, terminal, and communication method
A base station is disclosed, which is capable of appropriately configuring the timings of data assignment, data transmission and reception, and feedback for a case where the DL and UL sTTI lengths are different from each other. In this base station (100), a transmission section (106) transmits a downlink signal using a first short transmission time interval (sTTI) shortened in length than a TTI and used for downlink; and a reception section (107) receives an uplink signal using a second sTTI shortened in length than the TTI and used for uplink. When the first sTTI is shorter in length than the second sTTI, the reception section (107) receives the uplink signal in the second sTTI positioned after a predetermined interval from the transmission timing of the downlink signal, the predetermined interval being configured based on the length of the first sTTI. |
| US12267853B2 |
Methods and apparatus for DL control channel monitoring and candidates dropping in wireless communication
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. To monitor a PDCCH for CA, a UE may receive PDCCH candidates in a plurality of configured component carriers (CCs). In response to a determination that a maximum number of virtual CCs that the UE is capable of monitoring for PDCCH is smaller than a number of the plurality of configured CCs, the UE groups the plurality of configured CCs into CC groups based at least in part on SCS numerologies and PDCCH monitoring configurations corresponding to span patterns within a slot of a DL subframe. The UE determines a maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped CCEs for each of the CC groups. The UE then monitors at least a first portion of the PDCCH candidates based on the maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped CCEs for each of the CC groups. |
| US12267851B2 |
Method and device for PDCCH repetition in multi-TRP system
A method and a user equipment (UE) are provided for explicitly linking repeated physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs). The UE receives the repeated PDCCHs from a network. Each of the repeated PDCCHs include downlink control information (DCI) that schedules reception of a same physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) at the UE. The UE links the repeated PDCCHs having common PDCCH candidate numbers across search space (SS) sets of a control resource set (CORESET). The repeated PDCCHs are received in accordance with the UE and the network communicating using a multi-transmission and reception point (TRP) repetition scheme or a multi-TRP multi-chance scheme. |
| US12267849B2 |
Uplink transmission adaptation after physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) misdetection
Disclosed are systems and methods for user equipment (UE) transmission adaptation after physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) misdetection. Instead of the cell base station (e.g., gNB) transmitting a new grant with exactly the same parameters as a first grant transmission that failed to receive a response from the user equipment (UE), the gNB transmits a new transmission with an adjusted DCI and/or an adjusted grant to increase a probability that the expected uplink (UL) transmission is received from the UE. For example, a gNB may transmit a new DCI with a new Aggregation Level (AL) indicating a new UL grant to cause one or more of: an increase in UL power spectral density (PSD) on the PUSCH; a reduction in a number of allocated resource blocks (RB); a reduction in transport block size (TBS); a reduction in a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) to use for the UE transmission; and use of different redundancy versions (RV) for retransmissions. |
| US12267847B2 |
Search space sharing for cross-carrier scheduling
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a mobile station may transmit a capability indication identifying a search space sharing capability for the mobile station on a scheduling cell. The mobile station may monitor, on the scheduling cell, a first set of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions scheduling a scheduled cell and a second set of PDCCH monitoring occasions scheduling the scheduling cell. Numerous other aspects are described. |
| US12267845B2 |
Communication method and apparatus
This application discloses a communication method and apparatus. The communication method and apparatus are applicable to an Internet of Vehicles, or are applicable to fields such as D2D, intelligent driving, and intelligent network connected vehicles. The method includes: A network apparatus determines an ith sidelink transmission resource of an ith cooperation terminal apparatus, where the ith cooperation terminal apparatus belongs to N cooperation terminals, the ith sidelink transmission resource belongs to the 1st sidelink transmission resource to an Nth sidelink transmission resource, the ith sidelink transmission resource is different from a jth sidelink transmission resource, the jth sidelink transmission resource is a sidelink transmission resource that is of a jth cooperation terminal apparatus and that is determined by the network apparatus, the ith sidelink transmission resource is used by the ith cooperation terminal apparatus to send second data to a target terminal apparatus, the second data is determined based on first data sent by the network apparatus to the ith cooperation terminal apparatus, and the N cooperation terminal apparatuses and the target terminal apparatus belong to a same cooperative transmission group. The network apparatus sends the ith sidelink transmission resource to the ith cooperation terminal apparatus and the target terminal apparatus. |
| US12267837B2 |
Multiplexing high priority and low priority uplink control information on a physical uplink shared channel
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine that a high priority uplink control information (UCI) message, a low priority UCI message, and an uplink shared channel message overlap. The UE may select a first set of resources on the physical uplink shared channel for the high priority UCI message then select a second set of resources on the physical uplink shared channel for the low priority UCI message. The second set of resources may be non-overlapping with the first set of resources. The UE may transmit the high priority UCI message on the first set of resources, the low priority UCI message on the second set of resources, and the uplink shared channel message on a third set of resources on the physical uplink shared channel. |
| US12267836B2 |
Techniques for bandwidth-limited envelope tracking using digital post distortion
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a capability message indicating a capability of the UE to perform bandwidth-limited envelope tracking or a capability of the UE to compensate for bandwidth-limited envelope tracking distortion. The UE may receive a request for the UE to activate bandwidth-limited envelope tracking or a request for the UE to compensate for bandwidth-limited envelope tracking distortion. In some examples, the UE may transmit an uplink message using a bandwidth-limited envelope tracking configuration. In other examples, the UE may receive a downlink message and use digital post distortion (DPoD) to correct bandwidth-limited envelope tracking distortions in the downlink message. Aspects of the present disclosure may enable the UE to use bandwidth-limited envelope tracking and DPoD for wideband signal transmissions, which may result in lower power consumption at the UE. |
| US12267829B2 |
Parameter configuration method and communications apparatus
This application provides a parameter configuration method and a communications apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, an indication of a first mapping relationship from a network device, where the first mapping relationship is a mapping relationship in a preconfigured first mapping relationship group, and the first mapping relationship group includes at least one mapping relationship, to indicate at least one correspondence between a reporting quantity of spatial domain vectors and a reporting quantity of frequency domain vectors; and determining, by the terminal device, the reporting quantity of spatial domain vectors and the reporting quantity of frequency domain vectors based on the first mapping relationship. |
| US12267828B2 |
Configuration method and apparatus for scheduling primary cell, and device and storage medium
Provided are a configuration method for scheduling a primary cell, a configuration apparatus for scheduling a primary cell, a device and a storage medium. The configuration method for scheduling a primary cell includes: configuring cross-carrier scheduling configuration information of a cell, such that a primary cell supports self-scheduling and being cross-carrier scheduled. |
| US12267827B2 |
Adaptive radio frequency coexistence mitigation
Aspects relate to wireless communication at a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may include a transmitter configured to communicate using a first communication protocol, a receiver configured to communicate using a second communication protocol, different from the first communication protocol, a first antenna coupled to the transmitter, a second antenna coupled to the receiver and physically separated from the first antenna by a variable distance. The wireless communication device transmits, via the first antenna, a first transmission within a first frequency range, and receives via the second antenna, a second transmission within a second frequency range that overlaps the first frequency range. To receive the second transmission, the device may perform a radio frequency coexistence mitigation procedure based on the variable distance between the first antenna and the second antenna in response to detection of a concurrency in time between the first transmission and the second transmission. |
| US12267815B2 |
Method, user equipment, device and storage medium for performing uplink transmission and method and base station for performing uplink reception
Provided are a method, a user equipment, a device and a recording medium in which: resource allocation information associated with a plurality of symbols is received; symbols which cannot be used for uplink transmission among the plurality of symbols are determined on the basis of the resource allocation information; and the uplink transmission is performed in at least one of the remaining symbols from the plurality of symbols excluding the symbols which cannot be used. The symbols which cannot be used comprise a symbol (DL symbol) in which a slot format is instructed as downlink (DL) and K non-DL symbols immediately after the DL symbol among the plurality of symbols. Each of the K non-DL symbols is a symbol in which a slot format is not instructed as DL, and K is an integer greater than 0. |
| US12267806B2 |
Distributed generation of real-time location
A system and method for determining location information of a portable device relative to an object is provided. In one embodiment, aspects of the system to determine location with respect to the portable device may be distributed among more than one device in the system. |
| US12267802B2 |
Positioning method using sidelink, and device therefor
The present disclosure relates to a positioning method using a sidelink, and a device. According to one aspect, a method of performing positioning through a sidelink by a vehicle terminal can comprise the steps of: receiving a request positioning reference signal (PRS) from a positioning terminal; determining the positioning terminal-based direction angle on the basis of the request PRS; determining a response PRS ID corresponding to the request PRS ID of a request RRS, on the basis of the determined direction angle; and transmitting a response PRS corresponding to the determined response PRS ID. The vehicle terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another vehicle terminal, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, the BS or a network. |
| US12267800B2 |
Network (NW) techniques for constraints on simultaneous use of network slices
Techniques discussed herein facilitate configuration of network slices for a User Equipment (UE) supporting constraints on simultaneous operation of slices. Such a technique may comprise: receiving a registration request message to request registration on a set of requested network slices;registering the UE to a set of allowed network slices; and generating a registration accept message for transmission indicating the UE is registered to the set of allowed network slices, wherein the registration accept message indicates slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice of the set of allowed network slices for the UE, wherein the slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice indicates whether or not other configured network slices of a set of configured network slices are compatible with the configured network slice for simultaneous operation by the UE. |
| US12267799B2 |
Method and apparatus for registering wireless device in wireless communication system
A method for registering a wireless device by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining connection information for the wireless device by scanning a recognition code of the wireless device in a first mode, transitioning to a second mode based on the connection information and receiving a connection request from the wireless device, performing a connection operation to the wireless device to transmit network access information to the wireless device, and transitioning to the first mode, and registering the wireless device upon detecting connection of the wireless device to a network in the first mode. |
| US12267798B2 |
Uplink transmit switching with multiple timing advance groups
This application relates to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus to manage uplink (UL) transmit switching with multiple timing advance groups (TAGs) for wireless devices. A wireless device is configured to use multiple carriers selected from a set of available carriers that can be associated with different TAGs. When a second set of carriers, used after switching from a first set of carriers, includes carriers that belong to different TAGs, the wireless device determines whether to transmit on one or more first uplink transmission occasions for each of the carriers in the second set of carriers based on whether a first UL transmission occasion for at least one carrier overlaps a switching gap time period. The wireless device can disallow transmission on first UL transmission occasions of one or more carriers to accommodate the overlap. |
| US12267793B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for synchronization of policy data between network functions in telecommunications networks
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for synchronization of policy data between network functions in telecommunications networks. A method includes receiving, at a first network function in a telecommunications network, a subscription request from a second network function. The subscription request specifies a subscription for updates to policy data objects maintained by the first network function. The method includes sending a notification response to the second network function. The notification response includes, for each policy data object, a custom header including a respective entity tag for the policy data object. The method includes receiving a resource request from the second network function. The resource request specifies a first policy data object and includes a first entity tag for the first policy data object. The method includes sending a synchronization result to the second network function specifying whether or not the entity tag match. |
| US12267791B2 |
User equipment operation in a high efficiency transmission operating mode
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be capable of operating according to a first transmission efficiency operating mode and a second transmission efficiency operating mode that is less power efficient than the first transmission efficiency operating mode. The first transmission efficiency operating mode may be associated with a first undesired emission level that is greater than a second undesired emission level associated with the second transmission efficiency operating mode. The UE may select to operate in one of the two transmission efficiency operating modes based on one or more communication parameters (e.g., indicated by control signaling received from a base station). For example, the UE may select to operate in the first transmission efficiency operating mode based on determining that one or more of the communication parameters satisfies at least one parameter criterion for operating in the first transmission efficiency operating mode. |
| US12267790B2 |
PMAX control for 5G multicarrier, multiband system
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a maximum transmit power of a high power user equipment (HPUE) using dedicated signaling. The methods and systems receive signal data corresponding to signals from a carrier cell. Based on the signal data, the methods and systems determine whether an interference level of the carrier cell is above a threshold value. Upon determining that the interference level of the carrier cell is above the threshold value, the methods and systems communicate an indication to the HPUE to transmit at a first power level. Upon determining that the interference level of the carrier cell is below the threshold value, the methods and systems communicate an indication to the HPUE to transmit at a second power level. The first power level is lower than the second power level. |
| US12267786B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling uplink power in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus for controlling uplink power in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for controlling uplink power of a User Equipment (UE) forming a transmission link with a plurality of BSs (BSs), a power headroom report trigger event by at least one of the plurality of BSs is detected. Power headroom information of the UE is reported to at least one of the plurality of BSs. |
| US12267784B2 |
Apparatus and method for interval adjustment for WI-FI target wake time
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for adjusting target wake time (TWT) parameters, and in particular a TWT interval. An apparatus comprises a transceiver and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver. The transceiver is configured to receive WI-FI traffic for an application in a target wake time (TWT) operation. The processor is configured to identify whether a state of the electronic device is idle or active based on at least one of a traffic statistic related to the WI-FI traffic or an application identifier of the application and adjust a TWT interval of the TWT operation based on the state. |
| US12267776B2 |
Method for low-power V2X based on early reception termination
Device comprising a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications receiver configured to determine, using V2X communications, that a vehicle is a safety-relevant vehicle posing a potential danger to a vulnerable road user (VRU), and to receive only transmissions of the safety-relevant vehicle and skip reception of transmissions of non-safety-relevant vehicles, thereby lowering V2X reception power consumption of a device carried by the VRU, and methods for used thereof. |
| US12267773B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing service in wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for replacement of a DNN and/or S-NSSAI in a wireless communication system is provided. |
| US12267767B2 |
Conditional authorization of mobile nodes
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A mobile integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node may transmit, to an IAB supported network, an indication of IAB capability. The mobile IAB node may also indicate to the IAB supported network a mobility status associated with the mobile IAB node. The IAB supported network may conditionally determine authorization for the mobile IAB node based on the mobility status, a subscription status, or both. The IAB supported network may transmit, to the mobile IAB node, instruction to operate in an IAB mode and perform the IAB operation. The mobile IAB node may communicate with one or more devices based on the instruction. |
| US12267765B2 |
Information transmission method and device
Provided in the embodiment of the present application is an information transmission method and device. The method comprises: a network equipment sends scheduling information of system information; and the network equipment sends the system information according to the scheduling information. The method and the device can save signaling overheads and increase the utilization rate of resources. |
| US12267761B2 |
Managing event notifications
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for identifying and managing event notifications. An event notification manager may determine whether the received data corresponds to an occurring or a false event. The event notification manager may cause one or more user devices to output an event notification by at least partially interrupting output of other content. |
| US12267757B2 |
Automated relationship management of service layer entities in a communications network
Systems and methods are described to automate managing of relationships between IoT entities (e.g., devices, apps, users) and offloading the burden of managing these relationships from users. A Relationship Management Service (RM Service) is described herein for the autonomous establishment, modification, and tear-down of relationships between IoT entities. |
| US12267748B2 |
Wireless link recovery
A wireless communications method includes acquiring, by a first radio terminal, one or more radio link qualities according to one or more first reference signal (RS) resources. One or more first RS resources are transmitted by a second radio terminal, in a first cell. The method includes determining, by the first radio terminal, a beam failure instance according to the one or more radio link qualities. The method further includes initializing, by the first radio terminal, a recovery request procedure. The recovery request procedure includes at least transmitting, in a case wherein a first condition is met, from the first radio terminal to the second radio terminal in a second cell, a link recovery request message. The first condition includes at least that a number of beam failure instances is equal to or greater than a first threshold value. |
| US12267747B2 |
V2X network assisted side-Link reconfiguration after failure of a PC5 data link
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for network assisted side-link resource configuration for unicast and/or multi-cast/groupcast communications in V2X networks. A UE may, after establishing an RRC connection with a base station, transmit, to the base station, V2X connection information. The V2X connection information may include a V2X identifier associated with the UE and a V2X identifier associated with a target UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a side-link configuration for data transmission with the target UE. The side-link configuration may include a resource allocation defined in time and frequency (e.g., a transmit/receive pool). The UE may communicate with the target UE using the resource allocation included in the side-link configuration. |
| US12267743B2 |
Method and system for realizing function by causing elements of hardware to perform linkage operation
A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system. |
| US12267740B2 |
Method, base station and a user equipment for selecting a set of beams to be monitored by said UE
A method of selecting a set of beams to be monitored by a User Equipment (UE) in a telecommunication network comprises the steps of receiving measurement data comprising measurements of qualities of beams observed by said UE, where said beams originate from at least one access node (AN) to the UE and from at least one other AN to the UE; retrieving at least one measurement data from a particular UE that matches the received measurement data, where the historical database comprises historical measurement data comprising measurements of qualities of beams observed by UE's in said telecommunication network over time; selecting a set of beams to be monitored by said UE based on the retrieved measurement data and based on subsequent measurement data of the particular UE over time in the historical database; and transmitting said selected set of beams to be monitored to said UE. |
| US12267735B2 |
Communication method and apparatus
Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method and apparatus, and the communication method and apparatus are applicable to a system for interworking between a first network and a second network. In one example, a first access management network element in the first network sends indication information to a session management network element in the first network, so that the session management network element feeds back context information corresponding to a bearer that a second access management network element in the second network supports. |
| US12267733B2 |
Communication control device, communication control method, communication terminal, and communication method for switching a terminal from a first connection to a second connection
A communication control device that causes a second communication device to generate a switching response frame indicating a response of connection switching that is to be transmitted to a communication terminal configured to switch a connection destination from a first communication device to the second communication device, on the basis of information regarding a connection between the first communication device and the communication terminal. |
| US12267732B2 |
Conditional configuration in a wireless communication network
A wireless device (16) receives a control message (26) indicating a conditional configuration (28-1) that the wireless device (16) is to add, modify, or release for a link (20). The control message (26) includes configuration-specific information (30-1) that distinguishes the conditional configuration (28-1) from one or more other conditional configurations that are configurable for the link (20). The configuration-specific information (30-1) may for example includes a conditional configuration identifier that is unique at least among any conditional configurations configured for the link (20). |
| US12267726B2 |
Managed MU-MIMO enablement for real-world applications
Systems and methods for selectively enabling multi-user (MU) communications are disclosed. In some implementations, an access point (AP) obtains packets associated with a traffic flow, and obtains at least one of service-level agreement (SLA) parameters associated with the traffic flow, attributes of the traffic flow, or network parameters associated with a basic service set (BSS) that includes the AP. The AP provides an indication of whether the traffic flow is suitable for transmission as a single-user (SU) multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) (SU-MIMO) communication, as an MU-MIMO communication, as an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication, or as a partial bandwidth (BW) MU-MIMO communication to a WLAN subsystem of the AP, the indication being based on one or more of the SLA parameters, the traffic flow attributes, or the network parameters. The AP initiates transmission of the one or more packets based on the indication. |
| US12267722B2 |
Method of transmitting buffer status reporting and terminal
A method of transmitting a buffer status reporting and a terminal are provided. The method includes: when triggering a first Buffer Status Reporting (BSR) and a second BSR, determining a target BSR with a higher priority between the first BSR and the second BSR according to a target logic channel; sending the target BSR; where the target logical channel includes a logical channel related to the first BSR and/or the second BSR, the first BSR is a BSR of a first communication interface, and the second BSR is a BSR of a second communication interface. |
| US12267721B2 |
User equipment network slice information storage and packet data unit session establishment for new radio
A user equipment (UE) is configured to store information related to network slices. The UE receives network slice related information associated with a first public land mobile network (PLMN), stores the network slice related information in a database locally at the UE, identifies a predetermined condition and removes at least a portion of the network slice information associated with the first PLMN based on camping on a second PLMN and the predetermined condition. |
| US12267718B2 |
Measurement information feedback reporting
A first wireless device receives, from a second wireless device, sidelink control information comprising a field with a value indicating to transmit a report message comprising preferred radio frequency resources of a sidelink between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. In response to the value of the field indicating to transmit the report message, the first wireless device transmits, to the second wireless device and via a physical sidelink shared channel of the sidelink, the report message indicating radio frequency resources preferred by the first wireless device. The first wireless device receives, from the second wireless device, sidelink transport blocks via one or more resources of the preferred radio frequency resources. |
| US12267714B2 |
Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing at least one report relating to a wireless communications spectrum. At least one device is operable for wideband scan; to detect and measure at least one signal transmitted from at least one signal emitting device autonomously, thereby creating signal data; to analyze the signal data in near real-time, thereby creating analyzed data; generate the at least one report in near real-time; and to communicate at least a portion of the at least one report over a network to at least one remote device. |
| US12267709B2 |
Techniques for wide bandwidth positioning in a wireless local area network
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some aspects, two devices may support signaling and messaging designs that support bandwidths that are greater than 160 MHz for ranging null data packets (NDPs). For example, various signaling and messaging designs may support a use of a 320 MHz bandwidth for ranging NDPs as part of a ranging measurement procedure, which may offer greater resolution than narrower bandwidths. The signaling and messaging designs may include one or more updates for a null data packet announcement (NDPA) frame, for a trigger frame, for session negation messages (such as one or both of an initial fine timing measurement (IFTM) frame and an IFTM request (IFTMR) frame), for segmentation techniques for ranging NDPs, or for any combination thereof. |
| US12267708B2 |
Sounding reference signal resource set configuration for analog channel state feedback
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration that indicates a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set to be used for analog channel state feedback (CSF) and an association between the SRS resource set and a set of downlink channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs). The UE may measure the set of downlink CSI-RSs associated with the SRS resource set. The UE may transmit one or more SRSs for analog CSF using the SRS resource set and based at least in part on measuring the set of downlink CSI-RSs. Numerous other aspects are provided. |
| US12267707B2 |
Methods and systems for optimizing processing of application requests
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure relates to a method for optimizing processing of application requests. |
| US12267705B2 |
Method and apparatus for detecting and mitigating passive intermodulation interference in a communication system
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving an uplink signal generated by a communication device; generating an estimation of one or more downlink signals generated by one or more transmitters; detecting a passive intermodulation interference in the uplink signal, wherein the passive intermodulation interference is caused by the one or more transmitters, wherein the passive intermodulation interference is detected by the circuit based on a comparison of characteristics of the uplink signal with the estimation of the one or more downlink signals generated by the one or more transmitters, and wherein the one or more transmitters are unassociated with the communication device generating the uplink signal; and performing signal conditioning on the uplink signal to reduce the passive intermodulation interference. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12267701B1 |
Method and system for automatically detecting cross-connected cells in communication network
A computer-implemented method for automatically detecting cross-connected cells in communication network. The method includes obtaining first cell data of source cell within communication network; determining effective area of source cell using first cell data; classifying each neighbouring cell of source cell into one of: a first group, a second group, based on location of neighbouring cell; calculating share of handover events from source cell to neighbouring cells in first group using first cell data; and when share of handover events from source cell to neighbouring cells in first group lies below first threshold, filtering out neighbouring cell(s) from amongst second group with which handover events of source cell lies above second threshold and determining source cell to be cross-connected cell when: direction of filtered cell(s) is opposite to direction of the source cell; and/or effective area of filtered cell(s) does not overlap with effective area of source cell. |
| US12267700B2 |
Method and system for commissioning environmental sensors
Methods and systems to commission building environmental sensors are disclosed. The system includes a device that will move about the environment of a building (inside and/or outside) and detect building environmental sensor devices that are installed in the environment. For each of the sensor devices, in response to detecting the sensor device, the system will retrieve an identifier for the sensor device, and it will determine whether the sensor device is registered with a control system. If the sensor device is registered with the control system, the system will not automatically implement a commissioning process with the sensor device. If the sensor device is not registered with the control system, the system will automatically implement the commissioning process with the sensor device. |
| US12267697B2 |
QCL configuration and DCI indication for unified framework
A message can be communicated from a base station to a user equipment (UE) device. In the message, a unified TCI state can be provided. The TCI state can support two QCL types, wherein the QCL types are based on QCL-TypeA and QCL-TypeD. Other aspects are described. |
| US12267693B2 |
In-building coverage analytics using mobile measured data
Methods and systems provide in-building coverage analytics from mobile measured data. In one embodiment, outlines of buildings in a region are obtained. The outline defines a footprint of the building in the region. The mobile measured data for the region is obtained. The mobile measured data indicates the levels of mobile coverage in the region. The roaming data for the region is obtained. The mobile measured data and the roaming data for each area within each building outline in the region is combined. Buildings having a poor in-building mobile coverage are identified based on the combined mobile measured data and the roaming data. |
| US12267691B2 |
Channel coordination of private wireless networks utilizing shared spectrum
The present technology allows coordination of channels of private wireless networks utilizing shared licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Wireless network operators in an enterprise location register to participate in a consortium and register licensed, shared, and unlicensed spectrum resources to be shared with other members of the consortium. The wireless network operators request an allocation of spectrum resources from the consortium. The consortium generates a radio resource management (“RRM”) plan for shared use of the licensed, shared, and unlicensed spectrum resources. The consortium combines the allocated licensed, shared, and unlicensed spectrum from each of the wireless network operators to meet the target RRM plan. The consortium monitors spectrum utilization to dynamically update the RRM. The consortium monitors spectrum utilization in real time to determine how closely the RRM plan matches the resources allocated to each wireless network operator. |
| US12267686B2 |
Hierarchical network slicing for communication services
Embodiments are directed towards systems and methods for hierarchical network slicing for communication services. An example method includes obtaining a set of single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI); for each S-NSSAI of the set, determining a Tenant Slice-Group based, at least in part, on a slice differentiator (SD) part of the S-NSSAI; and processing the set of S-NSSAI in accordance with a hierarchy of network slicing including a plurality of Tenant Slice-Groups each including one or more network slices. The slices can inherit functionality from their respective root of a corresponding Tenant Slice-Group, geographic granularity or availability of each slice can be based on its Tenant Slice-Group, and Unified Access Control (UAC) can be implemented based, at least in part, on Tenant Slice-Group identification. |
| US12267685B2 |
Lawful interception triggered task status
Lawful interception (LI) of electronic communications includes receiving, by a triggering function (TF), a task request including a task identifier (ID) from a LI provisioning function (LIFP). The TF receives an indication of a protocol data unit (PDU) session establishment applicable to the received request, and then triggers (including a POI task ID) each point of interception (POI) applicable to the request. The TF receives a task response indicating a status of the task at the triggered POI. The TF reports, to the LIPF, a TF task issue request indicating the status, the TF task ID, the POI task ID, and a network entity ID of the POI. |
| US12267678B2 |
Method for securing accesses to a network, system and associated device
A securing method in a computing or communication network, the method making it possible to isolate a station connected to a wireless communication device of the network and identified as not complying with the security requirements defined for the network. The isolation of the connected station is performed automatically by a connection to a quarantine zone of the network, excluded from a so-called trusted zone. The device identified as not complying with the security requirements can, for example, access a wide-area network, such as the internet, but cannot access a secure local network. |
| US12267674B2 |
Method for supporting authentication of a user equipment in an internet multimedia subsystem (IMS) communication network
A method for supporting authentication of a User Equipment, UE, in an Internet Protocol, IP, Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, telecommunication network, by interfacing a Service Based Architecture, SBA, telecommunication network, the method including receiving, by a Unified Data Management, UDM, in the SBA telecommunication network, from a Session Management Function, SMF, in the SBA telecommunication network, binding information, wherein the binding information is used to identify the UE in the IMS telecommunication network; receiving, by the UDM in the SBA telecommunication network, from a Home Subscriber Server, in the IMS telecommunication network, a request for providing the binding information, and providing, by the UDM in the SBA telecommunication network, to the HSS in the IMS telecommunication network the binding information, thereby supporting authentication of the UE. Complementary methods and corresponding nodes are also presented herein. |
| US12267673B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for establishing a wireless connection between a communication device and an external device
A terminal device may be configured to receive support information from a communication device by using a first wireless connection which has been established between the terminal device and the communication device. The support information may indicate whether the communication device supports a predetermined scheme. The terminal device may be configured to, in a case where the support information indicates that the communication device supports the predetermined scheme, execute a first control process for executing wireless communication in conformity with the predetermined scheme between the terminal device and the communication device. The terminal device may be configured to, in a case where the support information indicates that the communication device does not support the predetermined scheme, execute a second control process for executing wireless communication in conformity with a different scheme different from the predetermined scheme between the terminal device and the communication device. |
| US12267671B2 |
Privacy preserving location services
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing registration information that includes a criterion for allowing receiving notifications based on location information of a communication device, accessing a location request of equipment of a location requestor that includes a notification location, accessing encrypted information representative of identification information, the location information, and time information of the communication device that has been stored in a database where the time information corresponds to the location information, identifying a positive result for the location request, and causing a notification to be provided to the communication device responsive to the positive result, where the notification is associated with the location requestor, and wherein the notification is provided to the communication device without providing the identification information of the communication device to the equipment of the location requestor. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12267669B2 |
Signalling change events at an audio output device
An apparatus, method and computer program for signaling change events at an audio output device are disclosed. The apparatus may include circuitry for detecting, during an audio communications session between a first user device and a second user device, a change event at a first earphones device associated with the first user device, the first earphones device included of first and second earphones. The apparatus may also include circuitry for signaling the detected change event to the second user device and/or a second audio output device associated with the second user device. |
| US12267664B2 |
Virtual and mixed reality audio system environment correction
A virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and/or mixed reality (MR) system in a physical environment with a plurality of loudspeakers includes a user-worn head mounted display (HMD), a VR/AR/MR processor, and a VR/AR/MR user tracking processor. The HMD includes a microphone and a user tracking device configured to track a user orientation and position. The VR/AR/MR processor delivers a digital video signal to the head-mounted display, and a digital control signal and a digital audio signal to a receiver/preamplifier. The VR/AR/MR user tracking processor receives user tracking data from the HMD user tracking device and provides a digital user tracking data signal to the receiver preamplifier. the receiver/preamplifier receives the digital user tracking data signal, the digital control signal, the digitized microphone signal, and the digital audio signal, and provides a processed audio signal to the amplifier. An amplifier receives the processed audio signal and provides amplified audio signals. |
| US12267662B2 |
Line damper bellows dual opposing driver speaker
A speaker device comprising two membranes facing each other, and two drive units arranged for driving the two membranes in opposite direction in operation. A vented frame element and a closed frame element are positioned outward on either side of the two membranes. At least one bellows element is connected on a first side to the membrane which is positioned closest to the closed frame element, and connected on a second side to the closed frame element. |
| US12267660B2 |
Speaker
A speaker includes: a frame, a vibration system, including a diaphragm, a voice coil, and a flexible circuit board, the flexible circuit board including a first fixing portion, a second fixing portion, and an elastic arm, and a magnetic circuit system, including a yoke with a through hole and a main magnet and a secondary magnet fixed to the yoke, the secondary magnet surrounding and spaced from the main magnet for forming a magnetic gap, the voice coil located in the magnetic gap, wherein a projection of the elastic arm along a vibration direction of the diaphragm is at least partially located in the through hole, the speaker further comprises a connecting piece connected with an outer surface of the yoke, the connecting piece covers the through hole. Compared with the related art, the speaker disclosed by the present disclosure has better acoustic performance. |
| US12267658B2 |
Multifunctional sounding device
A multifunctional sounding device is provided, including a housing, a sounding unit, and a motor assembly including a coil unit fixed to the housing. The sounding unit includes a basin frame, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system, the vibration system is driven by the magnetic circuit system to vibrate in a first direction, the magnetic circuit system is elastically connected to the housing through elastic arms and has a through hole at a central position. The motor assembly is accommodated in the through hole, and the coil unit is spaced apart from the magnetic circuit system and drives the magnetic circuit system to vibrate in a second direction. The multifunctional sounding device has a small overall thickness and size, a strong driving force of the motor assembly and a small influence on the driving force of the magnetic circuit system, and excellent acoustic and vibration performance. |
| US12267657B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, the display panel including a first area, a second area, and a third area; a first sound generating device in the first area, the first sound generating device including two sub-sound generating devices; a second sound generating device in the second area, the second sound generating device including two sub-sound generating devices; a third sound generating device in the third area; a first partition between the first area and the third area; a second partition between the second area and the third area; a third partition in a periphery of the display panel; and a fourth partition between the two sub-sound generating devices in each of the first area and the second area. |
| US12267656B2 |
Managing processor intensive commands by a controller
One example method of operation may include determining whether a received command will be locally processed by a control device, determining an audio stream is associated with the received command, forwarding the audio stream to a server, and forwarding an audio output to a termination device based on a processed audio stream. |
| US12267655B2 |
Automated audio tuning launch procedure and report
A process may include detecting, via a controller, one or more microphones and one or more speakers in an area, measuring audio performance levels of the one or more microphones and the one or more speakers to identify one or more of a noise floor and a reverberation level, identifying an initial room performance rating based on the audio performance levels, applying optimized speaker tuning levels to the one or more speakers and the one or more microphones, measuring, via the one or more microphones, optimized audio performance levels of the one or more speakers based on the applied optimized speaker tuning levels, and generating a report to identify an optimized room performance rating based on the applied optimized speaker tuning. |
| US12267654B2 |
Index scheming for filter parameters
A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. According to embodiments of the method, magnitude response information of a prototype filter is determined. The magnitude response information includes a plurality of gain values, at least one of which includes a first gain corresponding to a first frequency. The magnitude response information of the prototype filter is stored. The magnitude response information of the prototype filter at the first frequency is retrieved. Gains are computed for a plurality of control frequencies based on the retrieved magnitude response information of the prototype filter at the first frequency, and the computed gains are applied to the audio signal. |
| US12267653B2 |
Noise reduction system, method of operating the system and use of the system
A noise reduction system for actively compensating background noise generated by a noise source in a noise reduction area in a passenger transport area of a vehicle. The system includes a microphone array having a reference microphone. An averaging unit is configured to calculate an average error signal, which is calculated based on at least the error signal of a virtual microphone and a direct residual signal of a directed monitor microphone. |
| US12267644B2 |
Apparatus
An apparatus can include a display member configured to display an image, a vibration apparatus disposed at a rear surface of the display member, a supporting frame disposed at a rear surface of the vibration apparatus, and an adhesive member disposed between the supporting frame and the rear surface of the display member. In addition, the adhesive member and/or supporting frame is spaced apart from the vibration apparatus, and the vibration apparatus is configured to vibrate in a direction toward the display member. |
| US12267643B2 |
Speaker box
The present invention provides a speaker box. The speaker box includes a housing, a speaker unit, and an air-permeable spacer assembly accommodated in the housing. The air-permeable spacer assembly includes a bracket and an air-permeable spacer fixed to the bracket. The housing includes a bottom wall and a side wall. The bracket includes an annular main body and a leg. The air-permeable spacer is attached to the annual main body. The annular main body is fixed to the side wall. The leg is fixed to the bottom wall. At the same time, the bracket can be easily and conveniently adapted to various complex shapes of the housing through the annular main body and the leg. In addition, the filling amount of the sound absorbing powder can be increased. |
| US12267640B2 |
Earphone
An earphone includes a loudspeaker, a rear housing and a front housing. The loudspeaker is disposed in the rear housing, a sound output hole is disposed at a first end of the front housing, a second end of the front housing is rotatably connected to the rear housing, and the front housing is rotatable relative to the rear housing and between a first position and a second position. In a case that the front housing is rotated to the first position relative to the rear housing, the sound output hole faces a first direction, and the loudspeaker is configured to output a first channel audio signal. In a case that the front housing is rotated to the second position relative to the rear housing, the sound output hole faces a second direction, and the loudspeaker is configured to output a second channel audio signal. |
| US12267639B2 |
Active sound device utilizing audio recognition
The present invention relates to an active sound device utilizing audio recognition, the device comprising a data input unit for inputting audio data from an external terminal, an output unit for outputting the inputted audio data, an audio detection unit for detecting an audio signal generated from outside, a determination unit for determining the audio signal detected by the audio detection unit, and a control unit for, on the basis of information determined by the determination unit, controlling the output of the audio data inputted from the data input unit. |
| US12267638B2 |
Electrical equipment including a backlit badge and an infrared receiver
Electrical equipment includes a badge positioned over a hole of the housing, the badge comprising a first portion made at least of a first material that is transparent or translucent to visible light, and a second portion made at least of a second material that is opaque to visible light and transparent or translucent to infrared light, the first and second portions forming respectively a pattern and a background distinct from the pattern on an outside surface of the badge; an emitter arranged to emit visible light signals through the badge so as to illuminate the pattern without illuminating the background, and a receiver arranged to receive infrared communication signals emitted by a device that is distinct from the electrical equipment and passing through the badge. |
| US12267637B2 |
Dome for hearing aids
The present disclosure relates to dome-type inserts, or simply domes, for a hearing aid. The dome is intended to be attached to a housing, such as an in-the-ear housing, and abut the ear canal. The dome-type insert comprises one or more vent channels for alleviating air pressure built-up and/or occlusion. |
| US12267636B2 |
Mems microphone
The present invention provides a MEMS microphone, including a housing body with a containment space, a sound hole penetrating the housing body, a MEMS microphone chip, an ASIC chip and a subtractor accommodated in the containment space. The MEMS microphone chip includes at least a first MEMS microphone chip and a second MEMS microphone chip. the first MEMS microphone chip is different from the frequency response droop characteristic of the second MEMS microphone chip. the first MEMS microphone chip and the output signal of the second MEMS microphone chip are output to the subtractor, and are output to the ASIC chip after the subtractor performs subtraction processing. Compared with the related art, the MEMS microphone of the present invention has good anti-interference performance and good sensitivity. |
| US12267633B2 |
Projector
A projector according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a light modulation section that has a pixel region containing a plurality of unit pixels segmented by a black matrix, a projection system, and a pixel shifting device that shifts the optical path of image light output from the light modulation section. One of the plurality of unit pixels in the pixel region is set as a reference unit t pixel, and the pixel shifting device superimposes the image light output from the reference unit pixel at a shifted display position on the region corresponding to the black matrix and surrounding the reference unit pixel at a reference display position in such a way that the image light does not overlap with other unit pixels adjacent to the reference unit pixel out of the unit pixels. |
| US12267631B2 |
Network-on-chip for processing data, sensor device including processor based on network-on-chip and data processing method of sensor device
Disclosed is a network-on-chip including a first data converter that receives first image data and second image data from at least one image sensor and encodes one image data among the first image data and the second image data, into first data, based on whether the first image data is identical to the second image data and a second data converter that receives non-image data from at least one non-image sensor and encodes the received non-image data into second data. The network-on-chip outputs the first data and the second data to transmit the first data and the second data to an external server at a burst length. |
| US12267629B2 |
Image sensor apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for capturing image data of shipping containers
A method at a server for container location verification within a container yard, the method including requesting image data from at least one image sensor apparatus affixed to a container within the container yard; receiving the image data; and processing the image data to identify a location of a target container. |
| US12267628B2 |
Interactive direction pointing using emitted directional light from a handheld device
A system includes a display and a camera module configured to capture forward real video and to output the forward real video on the display. A light source may be configured to generate light, and a navigation module may receive instructions regarding locating a target destination and may cause the light to be focused into a beam directed at the target destination as the user views both the forward real video and beam on the display. When the user reaches the desired location or orientation, the target destination is visibly illuminated by the beam of light. |
| US12267625B2 |
Verifying and encouraging asset consumption in a communications network
Systems and methods presented herein generally provide for the compensation of asset providers and/or communications network providers for the non-consumption of assets provided with programming. In this regard, when users elect not to consume the assets associated with the programming, the asset provider loses the opportunity to present their assets to such non-consuming users and is thereby injured in relation to the price they have paid for the delivery of their assets. In one arrangement, a reporting module at a customer device is operative to identify when a user skips an asset and report that skip event to the network. This information may then be utilized to adjust the bill of the asset provider and/or to bill the user associated with the skip event. |
| US12267624B2 |
Creating a non-riggable model of a face of a person
A method for creating a non-riggable model of a face of a person, the method includes obtaining video and depth information regarding the face of the person, wherein different images of the video are acquired by a camera at different camera locations; and for each image of the different images repeating the steps of: separating face information from background information; determining translation and rotation parameters that represent the different camera locations; and generating the non-riggable model of the face of the person based on the face information and the translation and rotation parameters. |
| US12267622B2 |
Wide angle video conference
The present disclosure generally relates to embodiments for video communication interface for managing content that is shared during a video communication session. |
| US12267613B2 |
Signal processing device
Provided is a signal processing device including a first substrate, a signal generation circuit arranged in the first substrate and configured to generate a reference signal to be used for comparison with a signal output from a pixel, a circuit element arranged in the first substrate and different from the signal generation circuit, and a contact region in which a contact connecting the first substrate and a wiring layer arranged over the first substrate is arranged. In a plan view with respect to the first substrate, the contact region is arranged between the signal generation circuit and the circuit element. |
| US12267611B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and control method of the same
Solid-state imaging devices are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array with unit pixels that accumulate charge in a floating diffusion (FD) region. A pixel signal reading circuit reads a pixel signal based on the charge from the FD region of a unit pixel. The pixel signal reading circuit includes an AD converter that performs AD conversion on the pixel signal, and a determination circuit that performs brightness/darkness determination of light received by the unit pixel on the basis of the pixel signal. The determination circuit selectively controls executing or stopping of the AD conversion on a pixel signal to be subsequently read according to a result of the brightness/darkness determination. |
| US12267610B2 |
Imaging device
An imaging device of the present disclosure includes a plurality of pixel circuits and a controller. The plurality of pixel circuits each includes: a light-receiving circuit that generates a pixel signal corresponding to an amount of received light; a comparator that generates a first comparison signal by comparing the pixel signal with a reference signal having a ramp waveform; a delay circuit that generates a second comparison signal by delaying the first comparison signal; a selection circuit that selects one of the first comparison signal and the second comparison signal and outputs a selected signal as a third comparison signal; and a latch that latches a time code at a timing based on the third comparison signal. The controller controls an operation of the selection circuit in each of the plurality of pixel circuits. |
| US12267607B2 |
Image sensor with controlled SPAD avalanche
There is provided an image sensor employing an avalanche diode. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, a plurality of pulling circuits and a global current source circuit. Each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) and a floating diffusion. Each of the plurality of pulling circuits is arranged corresponding to one pixel circuit column. The global current source circuit is used to form a current mirror with each of the plurality of pulling circuits. The floating diffusion is used to record a voltage of one photon event detected by the SPAD in an exposure period. |