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US12264476B2 |
Polymer modified asphalt roofing material
A shingle coating asphalt composition is provided that is produced from a paving grade asphalt. The asphalt composition comprises a paving-grade asphalt that has been modified with one or more polymer additives; and a secondary additive comprising one or more of a viscosity reducing agent, a wax, a salt of a fatty acid ester, and an amide of a fatty acid. The shingle coating asphalt coating composition is used to make a shingle. The shingle includes a substrate, the asphalt, and roofing granules. |
US12264468B2 |
Work station locking assembly
An example sink is provided. The example sink includes a basin having a rear wall, a front wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom, having a top flange connected to the basin. The basin of the sink defines a top ridge below the top flange, the top ridge extending inward from the rear wall, and extending along the rear wall from the first side wall to the second side wall. The basin of the sink also defines one or more bottom ridges extending inward from the rear wall, the front wall, and one of the first side wall and the second side wall. |
US12264467B2 |
Microwave induction control system, control method, and control device for water outlet device
The present disclosure relates to a microwave induction control system for a water outlet device. The system includes a microwave inductor and a solenoid valve, which controls an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe to be connected with each other or disconnected from each other. The microwave inductor includes a transmitting antenna and at least one receiving antenna for receiving at least one radio frequency echo signal. The transmitting antenna transmits electromagnetic waves toward a water outlet of the outlet pipe. The microwave inductor further includes a control device communicatively connected to the solenoid valve. The control device analyzes the at least one radio frequency echo signal received by the at least one receiving antenna and drives the solenoid valve to control the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe to be connected with each other or disconnected from each other according to the analysis result. |
US12264464B2 |
Connection body for a flush-mounted installation body
A connection body (1) for a flush-mounted installation body (2), comprising: a) a base body (3), which is at least partially made of plastic, and b) at least one connection (4) for a fluid line, wherein the at least one connection (4) is at least partially made of metal and is at least partially cast into the base body (3); a flush-mounted installation body (2) comprising the connection body (1); and a method for manufacturing the connection body (1). |
US12264459B2 |
Loading machine with visual reference system
A visual reference system can be used with a loading machine such as a bucket loader having a bucket that can be vertically articulated with respect to a work surface. The visual reference system can include one or more illumination devices configured to project a visual fiducial beam toward the work surface. The visual fiducial beam can create a fiducial indication of where the bucket will contact the work surface when lowered adjacent the work surface. The visual reference system can assist in operation of the loading machine by enabling an operator to visually perceive the expected contact point between the bucket and work surface. |
US12264450B2 |
Robust multi-tool assembly for hydraulic excavators
A hydraulic excavator tool adapted to be secured to the distal working end of an excavator boom including a main tool assembly with a tool framework, a spaced apart pair of connection flanges fast with the tool framework, and, a structural tubular casing integral with the tool framework extending across and through the tool framework and through the flanges, plus a rotary hydraulic actuator within the tubular casing extending between the connection flanges and providing a rotational drive motion to a drive axle extending between the connection flanges adapted to provide a controlled rotary drive motion of the axle adjacent the connection flanges, and a working tool framework fast to the axle adjacent each of the connection flanges for relative controlled rotation of the working tool framework about the drive axle between the tool framework and a working position. |
US12264449B2 |
Coupler
A coupler including a housing with a top part for attachment to an excavator arm of an excavator, and a bottom part for attachment to an accessory for the excavator, such as an excavator bucket, the bottom part including a front jaw open to a front of the coupler for receiving a first attachment pin of an accessory and a rear pin receiving area for receiving a second attachment pin of the accessory, a latching member for the rear pin receiving area, the latching member including a body, a further jaw extending below the body, a release member extending forward of the body, an attachment point for an end of an actuator and a hole through the body into which a sprung member is located, wherein the sprung member extends through and to under the body and into or partially across a mouth of the further jaw. |
US12264448B2 |
Soft soil foundation porous-depth air compression drainage device and working method thereof
The present invention discloses a soft soil foundation porous-depth air compression drainage device and working method thereof, comprising an air compression pipe and a water drainage pipe. A water drainage cavity body and an air diffusion cavity body are buried respectively in a soft soil foundation; the drainage cavity bodies are disposed around the air diffusion cavity body. Connecting to the air diffusion cavity body, the air compression pipe protrudes out of ground surface along a vertical direction of the soft soil foundation and communicates with an inflation pump; connecting to the water drainage cavity body, one end of the water drainage pipe protrudes to the bottom of the water drainage cavity body, and the other end protrudes out of the ground surface along the vertical direction of the soft soil foundation, thus achieving deep drainage and a drainage consolidation time of the deep soft soil foundation is shortened. |
US12264444B1 |
Prefabricated movable and adjustable support frame for construction crossing over existing line, and method of installing same
Provided is a prefabricated movable and adjustable support frame for construction crossing over an existing line, and a method of installing the same used in field of railway construction engineering, the support frame including a rail track of the existing line, an adjustable support, a slideway stringer, a support beam, a hinge, a brake device, and a traction mechanism, where the adjustable support includes 4 pillar assemblies, each of the pillar assemblies includes an outer column and an inner column, the inner column is inserted into the outer column, a lower end of the outer column is connected to a lower rail wheel, an upper end of the inner column is connected to an upper pulley, the inner columns adjacent to each other and the outer columns adjacent to each other along the rail track of the existing line are connected by hinged nodes through a cross brace assembly. |
US12264443B2 |
Removing earth working method with a removing tool offset obliquely with respect to the propulsion direction, and earth working machine embodied to execute the method
The present invention relates to an earth working method for removing earth material by means of a tool (14) rotating around a working axis (R); the rotating tool (14) being carried by a machine frame (20) of an earth working machine (10); the machine frame (20) standing on a substrate (U) by way of a rollable propelling unit (13) and being driven by a propulsion drive apparatus (25, HM) to perform a propelled motion relative to the substrate (U) in a propulsion direction (VR); the propulsion direction (VR) enclosing with the working axis (R) an angle (β) different from 90°; and the present invention further relates to an earth working machine embodied to execute the earth working method. |
US12264440B2 |
Process and apparatus for producing a molded fiber article
The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for producing a molded fiber article. The process comprises the steps of —dissolving fibrous materials in water to form a fibrous material suspension in a pulper, —removing moisture from the fibrous material suspension by pressing to form a molded fiber article in a mold and/or —drying the molded fiber article by supplying heat, —demolding the molded fiber article from the mold. The process is characterized by the feature whereby, in mold drying of the molded fiber article in the mold, a moisture content of the molded fiber article of not more than 10% by weight or not more than 7.5% by weight or not more than 5% by weight is achieved. |
US12264437B2 |
Fiber body manufacturing apparatus and defibrating device
A fiber body manufacturing apparatus includes: a material supply section that supplies a material containing a fiber; a defibrating section that defibrates the material supplied from the material supply section; a separation section that includes a rotating member, a suction portion, and a collection section, the rotating member having a first surface and a second surface that are in a front and back relationship, being at least partially composed of a mesh, and to which a defibrated material generated in the defibrating section is supplied onto the first surface, the suction portion being provided on a side of the second surface of the rotating member and sucking the defibrated material via the mesh to remove foreign matter, the collection section collecting the defibrated material from which the foreign matter on the first surface has been removed; an accumulation section that accumulates the defibrated material from which the foreign matter has been removed; a forming section that forms an accumulated material generated in the accumulation section; a thickness detection section that detects a thickness of a sheet formed by the forming section; and a controller that controls an operation of the separation section based on a detection result of the thickness detection section. |
US12264436B2 |
Sheet manufacturing apparatus
A sheet manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces obtained by coarsely crushing a sheet containing fibers as a raw material, includes a container loading section that is configured to load a container in which the coarsely crushed pieces are housed and which has an information carrying section for carrying information related to characteristics of the housed coarsely crushed pieces, a reading section that reads the information carried by the information carrying section, a determination section that determines whether or not the coarsely crushed pieces in the container are suitable as the raw material for sheet manufacturing by the sheet manufacturing apparatus based on the information read by the reading section, and a switching section that switches between a first state in which the container is configured to be loaded into the container loading section and a second state in which the container is prevented from being loaded into the container loading section according to a determination result of the determination section. |
US12264435B2 |
Pulp molding production line and processing method thereof
Provided is a pulp molding production line, comprising at least one molding machine and pulp molding robot and at least one press, wherein the molding machine, the pulp molding robot and the press are sequentially arranged, a transfer device is installed on the pulp molding robot, the transfer device comprises a wet pulp transfer mold provided with a sealed gas chamber therein, the front of the wet pulp transfer mold is provided with at least one recessed matching chamber that can fit over the external of a wet pulp product and is recessed to the sealed gas chamber side, the recessed matching chamber matches the wet pulp product, several interfacing apertures for communicating or connecting the recessed matching chamber with the sealed gas chamber are respectively formed on the inner wall of each recessed matching chamber and the bottom of the recessed matching chamber, a moving rack parallel to the wet pulp transfer mold is connected to the back of the wet pulp transfer mold through a guide mechanism, a driver is connected between the back of the wet pulp transfer mold and the moving rack, the driver drives the moving rack to move relative to the wet pulp transfer mold, and several evenly spaced vacuum chucks are provided on the moving rack. |
US12264432B2 |
Ionic oxidation refreshing system and method
An ionic oxidation refreshing system for refreshing an odorized item, comprising an enclosure with an airflow system to contact the odorized item on all sides; an ionization system that produces a positively charged ionized ozone gas mixture inside of the enclosure, killing germs, including odor-causing bacteria, viruses, molds, and fungus, and provides the odorized item inside the enclosure with a net positive charge; a filter that neutralizes and filters out any toxic by-products; an electrostatic liquid atomization system that creates a fine mist of a quick-cleaning solution, and, in conjunction with the airflow system, causes solution droplets to penetrate deep into the odorized item and agitate a surface of the odorized item, ensuring the formula is evenly delivered onto the odorized item without over saturating any area. |
US12264431B2 |
Clothes care apparatus
The clothes care apparatus includes a main body having a clothes care compartment, a blowing device configured such that an airflow is formed inside the clothes care compartment, a hanger configured to hang clothes in the clothes care compartment and allow the airflow generated by the blowing device to flow through the inside of the hanger, a hanger plate on which the hanger is detachably provided, and a tilting device configured to tilt the hanger plate. |
US12264430B2 |
Appliance lift system
A laundry appliance system includes a cabinet operable between a lowered position and a plurality of raised positions. A first lift assembly is coupled to a first side of the cabinet. A second lift assembly is coupled to a second side of the cabinet. The first and second lift assemblies operate concurrently to adjust the cabinet between the lowered position and the plurality of raised positions. A user-interface assembly is operably coupled to the cabinet. The user-interface assembly is configured to receive a user input corresponding with a selected raised position of the plurality of raised positions. A controller is configured to operate the first and second lift assemblies to the selected raised position in response to the user input. |
US12264425B2 |
Laundry washing machine with dynamic spin system
A laundry washing machine and method control a spin operation using a spin profile determined at least in part based upon a dynamically determined load type of a load being washed in the laundry washing machine. By doing so, the speed(s) and/or amount(s) of time in which a spin operation is performed may be customized for different types of loads, and in many instances, may reduce the amount of noise and/or energy consumption associated with spinning a wash tub during a wash cycle. |
US12264424B2 |
Sewing workpiece holders for sewing machines and associated methods
Sewing workpiece holders for sewing machines and associated methods are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a sewing workpiece holder includes a first frame that defines an opening. A second frame defines an opening. The second frame is configured to attach to the first frame and to hold a sewing workpiece therebetween. The openings of the first frame and the second frame substantially align when the second frame is attached to the first frame such that a portion of the sewing workpiece is exposed within the aligned openings when the sewing workpiece is held. A first bracket is attached to a first side of the first frame or the second frame. The first bracket is attachable to the sewing embroidery machine. A second bracket is attached to a second side of the first frame or the second frame. The second bracket is attachable to the sewing embroidery machine. |
US12264423B2 |
Circular hosiery knitting machine for manufacturing tubular items
A circular hosiery knitting machine comprising a needle cylinder which can be actuated with a rotary motion about its own axis, arranged vertically, and on the skirt of which there is a plurality of axial grooves, each accommodating a needle, a tubular body being arranged internally and coaxially to the needle cylinder and being adapted to receive the manufactured item during its forming; the tubular body is supported so that it can slide along an axial direction within the needle cylinder; and actuation means which act on command on the tubular body in order to actuate its axial movement with respect to the needle cylinder, the actuation means being associated with means for controlling the speed of the tubular body. |
US12264422B2 |
Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with an integral knit tongue
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an upper for an article of footwear. The upper may include a knitted component with a knit element defining a portion of at least one of an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper, the interior surface defining a void. The knitted component may further include a tongue, where the tongue extends through a throat area of the upper, and where the tongue comprises a lateral edge and a medial edge. The knitted component may further include at least one raised element extending a height above the exterior surface of the knit element and extending a length along at least one of the lateral edge and the medial edge of the tongue, where the tongue and the at least one raised element have a common yarn. |
US12264421B2 |
Machine-knittable conductive hybrid yarns
A machine knittable hybrid yarn is disclosed. The hybrid yarn includes one or more electrically non-conductive yarns and two or more electrically conductive wires wrapped around the electrically non-conductive yarns. The electrically conductive wires have an exterior layer of an insulated material. The electrically non-conductive yarns include a majority fraction of an overall cross-section of the hybrid yarn. The two or more electrically conductive wires are wrapped around the one or more electrically non-conductive yarns at between 1 and 15 twists per inch. The one or more electrically non-conductive yarns are 1500 denier or finer. |
US12264418B2 |
Method for producing drawn conjugated fiber, and drawn conjugated fiber
Provided are a method for producing a drawn conjugated fiber, capable of producing a conjugated fiber having a high strength and a thin fineness, and a drawn conjugated fiber. A drawn conjugated fiber is produced by performing a spinning step of obtaining an undrawn fiber having a core-sheath structure in which a core material is a resin containing, as a main component, a crystalline propylene polymer and a sheath material is a resin containing, as a main component, an olefin polymer having a melting point lower than that of the core material, by means of melt-spinning (step S1); and a drawing step of drawing the undrawn fiber (step S2). |
US12264417B2 |
Anti-bacterial fibers
Apparatuses and associated methods of manufacturing are described that provide for an anti-bacterial fiber. The method of manufacturing includes adding a ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene structure into an extrusion device. The method of manufacturing also includes providing an anti-bacterial low-density polyethylene (LDPE) into the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene at a predetermined temperature to create a combined filament. The method of manufacturing further includes passing the combined filament through a bath. The bath is configured for coagulating the combined filament and extracting a solvent. The method of manufacturing still further includes drying the combined filament via an oven. The method of manufacturing also includes hot-drawing the combined filament. The combined filament is heated during the hot-drawing within the oven and the combined filament generated has anti-bacterial qualities. A corresponding anti-bacterial fiber is also provided. |
US12264415B2 |
Polycaprolactone-based fibers and implants including same
A polymeric material fiber includes a polymeric material which is a homopolymer of caprolactone or a copolymer of at least 90% by weight of caprolactone and one or more additional monomers. An implantable mesh includes this fiber alone or combined with one or more additional fiber materials. Methods for treating patients involve implanting the fiber material, for example incorporated in a mesh. |
US12264414B2 |
Photochromic polypropylene fiber and preparation method thereof
A photochromic polypropylene fiber is provided. The photochromic polypropylene fiber includes about 98 to 99 parts by weight of polypropylene, about 0.2 to 0.8 parts by weight of a photochromic agent, about 0.1 to 1 parts by weight of an ultraviolet absorber, and about 0.1 to 1 parts by weight of a light stabilizer. The ultraviolet absorber includes and the light stabilizer includes wherein n is 10-14. A preparation method of the photochromic polypropylene fiber is further provided. |
US12264412B2 |
Process for manufacturing lyocell filament yarn and an apparatus thereof
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing lyocell filament yarn with improved mechanical properties and an apparatus thereof. The process involves washing of filament yarn with sequential decrease in NMMO concentrations and filament yarn drying under relaxed conditions. Additionally, the present invention also provides a compact washing and drying apparatus that uses controlled air gap spinning thereby resulting in production of LFY under relaxed conditions and also having a higher mechanical properties & productivity. |
US12264407B2 |
Cu—Ni—Si based copper alloy plate, Cu—Ni—Si based copper alloy plate with plating film, and methods of producing the same
A Cu—Ni—Si based copper alloy containing Ni and Si: in a center portion in a plate thickness direction, containing 0.4% by mass or more and 5.0% by mass or less of Ni, 0.05% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less of Si, and the balance Cu and inevitable impurities; where an Ni concentration on a plate surface is 70% or less of a center Ni concentration in the thickness center portion; a surface layer portion having a depth from the plate surface to be 90% of the center Ni concentration; in the surface layer portion, the Ni concentration increases from the plate surface toward the thickness center portion at 5.0% by mass/μm or more and 100% by mass/μm or less of a concentration gradient; to improve the electric connection reliability under high-temperature environment. |
US12264405B2 |
Methods for electrochemical additive manufacturing while modifying electrolyte solutions
Described herein are electrochemical additive manufacturing systems and methods of using such systems. In some examples, a method comprises flowing an electrolyte solution into the gap formed by an electrode array and a deposition electrode and depositing (electroplating) a target material onto the deposition electrode. The method also comprises changing one or more characteristics of the electrolyte solution within the system, e.g., to remove deposition byproducts, replenish consumed components, and/or change the solution composition to modify various properties of the deposited target material (e.g., composition, morphology) without major changeovers within the system. These electrolyte changes can be performed dynamically while the system continues to operate. The changed characteristics can be acid concentration, feedstock ion concentration, additive concentration, temperature, and flow rate. In some examples, the solution is flowed into the gap from a supply reservoir and recirculated back into the supply reservoir after exiting the gap. |
US12264404B2 |
Energy efficient precision manufactured critical surface guided liquid-to-gas conversion method
Electron exchangers are placed vertically or horizontally in a conversion cell and divide it into cathode gas chamber, liquid chamber, and anode gas chamber. One side of the electron exchangers is conductive, and the other side is nonconductive. Voltage is applied to the electron exchangers to convert the liquid conversion solution to gases at the side of the electron exchangers facing the gas chambers, and gases are released directly to the gas chambers. The electron exchangers have many puncture channels on the surfaces, and they are designed by critical surface calculations. The puncture channels have special designed patterns and are manufactured with a precision technology. In producing the same amount of final gases, our method is energy efficient. |
US12264401B2 |
Electrolysis device having a converter and method for providing instantaneous reserve power for an AC voltage grid
A method for operating an electrolysis device, having a converter which is connected on an AC voltage side to an AC voltage grid via a decoupling inductance and draws an AC active power from the AC voltage grid, and an electrolyzer, which is connected to the converter on the DC voltage side, is provided. The method includes operating the electrolysis device, when a grid frequency corresponds to a nominal frequency of the ACT voltage grid and is substantially constant over a time period, with an electrical power which is between 50% and 100% of a nominal power of the electrolyzer, and operating the converter in a voltage-impressing manner, such that an AC active power drawn from the AC voltage grid is changed on the basis of a change and/or a rate of change of the grid frequency in the AC voltage grid. |
US12264398B2 |
Solid oxide electrolyzer system including air bypass
An electrolyzer system includes a splitter configured to split a first air inlet stream into a bypass air stream and a second air inlet stream, a stack of electrolyzer cells configured receive steam and the second air inlet stream and output a product stream containing hydrogen and an oxygen exhaust stream, such that the bypass air stream is configured to bypass the stack, and a product cooler heat exchanger configured to cool the product stream using the first air inlet stream. |
US12264396B2 |
Substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus includes: a mixer configured to mix sulfuric acid as a first component and a second component different from the first component to prepare an etchant; a nozzle configured to eject the etchant to a substrate; a first component supplier including a first flow path that supplies the first component to the mixer, a first instantaneous flowmeter and a first flow rate controller provided in the first flow path; a second component supplier including a second flow path different from the first flow path and configured to supply the second component to the mixer, a second instantaneous flowmeter and a second flow rate controller provided in the second flow path; and a controller configured to control the first and second flow rate controllers using average flow rates of the first component and the second component during the ejection of the etchant to the substrate. |
US12264395B2 |
Surface-modified magnesium alloy
To provide a magnesium alloy with improved corrosion resistance by surface modification, and a production method thereof. (1) The surface-modified magnesium alloy comprising: a magnesium alloy having an arbitrary shape; a magnesium fluoride layer formed by fluorination of the surface of the magnesium alloy; and a diamond-like carbon layer formed on the magnesium fluoride layer. (2) The method comprising: subjecting a surface of a magnesium alloy having an arbitrary shape to fluorination treatment to form a magnesium fluoride layer on the surface of the magnesium alloy, and then subjecting the magnesium alloy with the magnesium fluoride layer to be placed in a high-frequency plasma CVD device such that a source gas containing carbon is introduced to form a diamond-like carbon layer on the magnesium fluoride layer. |
US12264394B1 |
Chemical vapor infiltration densification method using single-pile plates for a semi-forced flow
A method for densifying porous annular substrates having a central passage by chemical vapor infiltration, the method including providing stacks of porous annular substrates, providing a plurality of individual modules including stacks disposed on a support plate having a perforated injection tube each mounted on a gas inlet opening, forming a stack of individual modules, aligning the individual modules of the stack in a sealed manner by means of an annular seal disposed between the injection tube of a second individual module and the gas inlet opening of a first individual module with which it cooperates, and injecting into the internal volume of each stack of porous annular substrates a gas phase including a gaseous precursor of a matrix material to be deposited within the porosities of the substrates. |
US12264393B2 |
Semiconductor processing apparatus and mixing inlet device
A mixing inlet device of semiconductor processing equipment is arranged at a top of a process chamber of the semiconductor processing equipment and configured to input a process gas into the process chamber. The mixing inlet device includes a cover assembly and a mixing inlet block. A bottom of the cover assembly covers the top of the process chamber. The mixing channel is arranged in the cover assembly. The mixing inlet block is arranged at a center position at a top of the cover assembly and includes a plurality of inlet channels and a first annular chamber. A top of the first annular chamber communicates with the plurality of inlet channels, and a bottom of the first annular chamber communicates with the mixing channel of the cover assembly. |
US12264390B1 |
Pure copper material, insulating substrate, and electronic device
This pure copper material includes Cu in an amount of 99.96 mass % or more, either one or both of one or more A-group elements selected from Ca, Ba, Sr, Zr, Hf, Y, Sc, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, and one or more B-group elements selected from O, S, Se, and Te are included in a total amount of 10 mass ppm or more and 300 mass ppm or less, an average crystal grain size in a rolled surface is 15 μm or more, and a high-temperature Vickers hardness at 850° C. is 4.0 HV or more and 10.0 HV or less. |
US12264389B2 |
Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, production method thereof, iron core, and transformer
An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in iron loss, less deformed, and highly productive in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having first and second surfaces, and is provided with continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least the first surface. Each linear laser irradiation mark is formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, and has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a height difference HL×width WA calculated from the height difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in a thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon and the width WA which is a length of the linear irradiation mark on the first surface is 6.0 to 180 μm2. |
US12264383B2 |
NiCrMoNb age hardenable alloy for creep-resistant high temperature applications, and methods of making
Nickel alloys, methods of making nickel alloys, articles including the nickel alloys, uses of the alloys, and methods of treating nickel alloys are described. The inventive heat resistant structural materials are suitable for applications requiring high yield stress at room temperature and good creep strength at high temperatures, such as in gas turbines, steam turbines, fossil energy boilers, aero engines, power generation systems using fluids such as supercritical carbon dioxide (e.g., advanced ultra-supercritical power plants), concentrated solar power plants, nuclear power plants, molten salt reactors: turbine blades, casings, valves, heat exchangers and recuperators. |
US12264382B2 |
Method for extracting lithium using resin adsorbent to pretreat low-grade deep brines
The present disclosure provides a method for extracting lithium using a resin adsorbent to pretreat low-grade deep brine, which relates to the technical field of lithium extraction from brine. In the present disclosure, resin adsorbent is used to perform adsorption pretreatment on the concentrated brine, which can adsorb organic impurities in the concentrated brine without adsorbing lithium ions, so that the concentration of lithium ions is almost unchanged compared with the feed material, with the subsequent manganese-based lithium adsorbent, the adsorption rate of lithium can be increased by 41%; At the same time, pretreating the concentrated brine using resin adsorbents has shorter steps, less materials, and does not produce a large amount of low-value product gypsum, which makes the lithium extraction process simpler and easier to operate, and reduces production costs. |
US12264380B2 |
Method for recovering precious metal
A method for recovering precious metal from an acidic aqueous solution containing dissolved precious metal and free chlorine, comprising the following successive steps: (1) combining a salt of a non-precious metal present in a low oxidation state as a solid or as an aqueous solution with the acidic aqueous solution to consume the free chlorine and form an acidic aqueous mixture, and (2) adding non-precious metal to the acidic aqueous mixture formed in step (1) to precipitate elementary precious metal. |
US12264376B2 |
Duplex stainless steel and method for manufacturing same, and duplex stainless steel pipe
The invention is intended to provide a duplex stainless steel and a method for manufacturing same. A duplex stainless steel pipe is also provided. A duplex stainless steel of the present invention has a specific composition, and has a microstructure containing an austenitic phase and a ferrite phase. The duplex stainless steel satisfies the following contents for C, Si, Mn, Cr, Mo, Ni, N, Cu, and W in the formula (1) below, and has a yield strength YS of 655 MPa or more, and an absorption energy vE−10 of 40 J or more as measured by a Charpy impact test at a test temperature of −10° C. 0.55[% C]−0.056[% Si]+0.018[% Mn]−0.020[% Cr]−0.087[% Mo]+0.16[% Ni]+0.28[% N]−0.506[% Cu]−0.035[% W]+[% Cu*F]≤0.94 (1) |
US12264374B2 |
Hot-rolled steel sheet and method for manufacturing same
To provide a hot-rolled steel sheet comprising by mass %: C: 0.12% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.0% or less, Mn: 0.5% or more and 3.0% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.10% or less, and B: 0.0005% or more and 0.0050% or less, and comprising one or both of: Nb: 0.001% or more and 0.020% or less, and Ti: 0.001% or more and 0.20% or less, wherein a metal structure at a position of ¼ thickness from a surface contains more than 90%, in area ratio, of tempered martensite, carbides in the tempered martensite have an average grain size of 10 nm or less, prior austenite grains have an average grain size of less than 40 μm, the prior austenite grains have an aspect ratio of 3.5 or less, and an X-ray random intensity ratio of {112}<110> orientation at a position of ½ thickness from a surface is 4.0 or less, and a method for manufacturing the same. |
US12264369B2 |
Real-time PCR for the detection of pathogens
Methods for detecting presence of one or more of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumooniae, Toxoplasma gondii, Moraxella catarrhalis, Escherichia coli, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma spp., Bartonella spp., Streptococcus agalactiae, and Neisseria meningitidis nucleic acids in a sample, such as a biological sample obtained from a subject, or an environmental sample, are provided. This disclosure also provides probes, primers, and kits for detecting one or more of Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Toxoplasma gondii, Moraxella catarrhalis, Escherichia coli, Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Ureaplasma spp., Bartonella spp., Streptococcus agalactiae, and Neisseria meningitidis in a sample. |
US12264367B2 |
Methods of in vivo evaluation of gene function
Described herein are methods and uses thereof for in vivo evaluating functions of multiple genes in parallel by combining in utero genetic perturbation of progenitor cells and single-cell transcriptomic profiling of progeny cells in animals. These methods can be used, among other things, to reveal in vivo gene functions in a cell type-specific manner. |
US12264366B2 |
Genome-based methods for reducing cardiovascular risk
The present disclosure provides methods of reducing cardiovascular risk by administration of a PCSK9 inhibitor to patients having a genetic profile associated with response to PCSK9 inhibitor therapy. |
US12264365B2 |
Polynucleotides for amplification and detection of SARS-CoV-2
Disclosed herein are primers and probes related to the detection of SARS-CoV-2 via nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT), for example to amplify and determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in test samples and/or to diagnose Covid-19. Specifically, the present disclosure describes primers and probes that bind to the N gene, ORF1ab, or E gene of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus for detection via loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and molecular beacon hybridization. |
US12264363B2 |
Combinatorial barcode sequences, and related systems and methods
A system for nucleic acid sequencing is provided. The system comprises a sequencing device configured to expose a tagged polynucleotide comprising a combinatorial barcode sequence and a sample polynucleotide to sequential nucleotide flows, each flow comprising one species of nucleotide and the sequential flows being in a predetermined order based on the species of nucleotide such that exposing of the tagged polynucleotide to the sequential nucleotide flows causes incorporations of nucleotides from the sequential nucleotide flows into the tagged polynucleotide over the barcode sequence The sequencing device is configured to detect a series of signals over the barcode sequence resulting from the incorporations, wherein the predetermined order of nucleotide flows comprises a repetition of a flow order motif that is based on a sequence motif. The system comprises a computing device configured to resolve the detected series of signals to determine the combinatorial barcode sequence. |
US12264362B2 |
Optical detection for bio-entities
An integrated semiconductor device for manipulating and processing bio-entity samples and methods are described. The device includes a lower substrate, at least one optical signal conduit disposed on the lower substrate, at least one cap bonding pad disposed on the lower substrate, a cap configured to form a capped area, and disposed on the at least one cap bonding pad, a fluidic channel, wherein a first side of the fluidic channel is formed on the lower substrate and a second side of the fluidic channel is formed on the cap, a photosensor array coupled to sensor control circuitry, and logic circuitry coupled to the fluidic control circuitry, and the sensor control circuitry. |
US12264361B2 |
Image sensor structures and related methods
An image sensor structure includes an image layer having an array of light detectors disposed therein. A device stack is disposed over the image layer. An array of light guides is disposed in the device stack. Each light guide is associated with a light detector. An array of nanowells is disposed over the device stack. Each nanowell is associated with a first light guide of the array of light guides. A first primer set is disposed throughout a first well region of each nanowell. A second primer set is disposed throughout a second well region of each nanowell. The second well region is adjacent the first well region. The first and second primer sets are operable to attach a forward strand cluster of forward polynucleotide strands in the first well region and a reverse strand cluster of reverse polynucleotide strands in the second well region. |
US12264358B2 |
Method of selectively sequencing amplicons in a biological sample
Methods of selectively sequencing amplicons in a biological sample are provided. |
US12264357B2 |
Universal Sanger sequencing from next-gen sequencing amplicons
Described herein are methods, compositions and kits directed to amplification of nucleic acids suitable for both next generation sequencing (NGS) and a second round of sequencing as validation, such as Sanger sequencing. |
US12264354B2 |
Microorganisms and methods for enhancing the availability of reducing equivalents in the presence of methanol, and for producing 1,4-butanediol related thereto
Provided herein is a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a methanol metabolic pathway that can enhance the availability of reducing equivalents in the presence of methanol. Such reducing equivalents can be used to increase the product yield of organic compounds produced by the microbial organism, such as 1,4-butanediol (BDO). Also provided herein are methods for using such an organism to produce BDO. |
US12264353B2 |
Method for cyclic biochemical conversion of carbon dioxide and hot gas cogeneration in depleted oil and gas reservoir
A method for cyclic biochemical conversion of carbon dioxide and hot gas cogeneration in depleted oil and gas reservoirs includes: S1: selecting a target depleted oil and gas reservoir; S2: adjusting a temperature of the target depleted oil and gas reservoir to 30° C. to 70° C. and detecting whether formation water of the target depleted oil and gas reservoir contains methanogenic archaea, in which if no methanogenic archaeon is contained, then methanogenic archaea is injected and step S3 is proceeded, and if methanogenic archaea are contained, then step S3 is proceeded directly; S3: injecting a mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen into the target depleted oil and gas reservoir through a gas injection well; and S4: shutting down the gas injection well to wait for the methanogenic archaea to convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen into methane and exploiting the methane and heat energy in the target depleted oil and gas reservoir. |
US12264349B2 |
Method for producing monoterpenoid compounds
The invention relates to enzymes and methods for producing a monoterpenoid compound. In one aspect, the invention is a method for producing a monoterpenoid compound, comprising the steps of (1) providing a monoterpenoid precursor; (2) providing a NEPS enzyme; and (3) contacting the monoterpenoid precursor with the enzyme under catalytic conditions to produce an monoterpenoid compound. |
US12264346B2 |
Modified polypeptide having mannanase activity
Disclosed is a modified polypeptide having mannanase activity and a use thereof. |
US12264344B2 |
Protein/oligonucleotide core-shell nanoparticle therapeutics
The present disclosure is directed to core-shell nanoparticles, compositions comprising core-shell nanoparticles, and methods of their use. |
US12264339B2 |
Compositions and methods involving engineered P27
The disclosure provides polypeptides comprising an engineered p27, or a fragment thereof such polypeptides may be used to form trimeric protein complexes with a cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4) (or a variant thereof) or Cdk6 (or a variant thereof), and a cyclin D (CycD) or a variant thereof. |
US12264318B2 |
Ribosome-mediated incorporation of peptides and peptidomimetics
Modified ribosomes that were selected using a dipeptidyl-puromycin aminonucleoside are used to mediate site-specific incorporation of one or more peptides and peptidomimetics into protein in a cell free translation system. In addition, new fluorescent dipeptidomimetics have been synthesized and incorporated into proteins, as well as modified proteins containing one or more non-naturally occurring dipeptides. |
US12264315B2 |
Target enrichment by unidirectional dual probe primer extension
The present disclosure provides a method for enrichment of at least one target nucleic acid in a library of nucleic acids. A first oligonucleotide is hybridized to a target nucleic acid in library of nucleic acids having first and second adapters. The hybridized first oligonucleotide is extended with a first polymerase, thereby producing a first primer extension complex including the target nucleic acid and the extended first oligonucleotide. The first primer extension complex is captured, enriched relative to the library of nucleic acids, and a second oligonucleotide is hybridized to the target nucleic acid. The hybridized second oligonucleotide is extended with a second polymerase, thereby producing a second primer extension complex including the target nucleic acid and the extended second oligonucleotide, and further liberating the extended first oligonucleotide from the first primer extension complex. |
US12264312B2 |
Method for extracting nucleic acids
A method for extracting nucleic acids using suitable solid supports, for example silica-based. In particular, the method includes a step of capturing nucleic acids by placing the sample in contact with a suitable solid support, characterized in that, prior to the capture step, said method includes a step of treating the sample with at least one reagent for masking the amine or carboxylic acid functional groups of the proteins and/or polysaccharides of the sample. |
US12264310B1 |
Intracellular radiation microdosimetric detection structure and detection method
The present invention provides an intracellular radiation microdosimetric detection structure and detection method, and relates to the field of radiation microdosimetric detection technologies. The detection structure includes a first semiconductor detector unit, a first pixel array detector, a cellular microfluidic chip, a second pixel array detector, and a second semiconductor detector unit that are sequentially arranged in layers. The cellular microfluidic chip is configured for cell fixation and culture. The first semiconductor detector unit and the second semiconductor detector unit form a charged particle energy information detector combination for detecting deposit energy of charged particles in a semiconductor detector. The first pixel array detector and the second pixel array detector form a charged particle flux and position information detector combination for measuring a flux and an angle of charged particles incident at a position of the cellular microfluidic chip. |
US12264308B2 |
System and methods for immune cells expansion and activation in large scale
This invention discloses a three-dimensional (3D) bioreactor for large scale expansion of immune cells and methods of use. The 3D bioreactor comprising at least one packed bed chamber comprising at least one porous scaffold; at least one porous scaffold coated with one or more extra cellular matrix protein (ECM); at least one container comprising a fluid media, the fluid media is configured to flow through said packed bed chamber with at least one porous coated scaffold; and at least one population of immune cells suspended in the fluid media, wherein, the at least one porous scaffold coated with said ECM is creates a stationary niche having low shear forces that imitate the natural growth environment of the immune cells and allows expansion of the immune cells population that flow through the coated porous scaffold in large scale. |
US12264307B2 |
Culture container, method for culturing lymphocytes, culture-container production method, and solid-phasing apparatus
A culture container for culturing lymphocytes includes an immobilized surface and a non-immobilized surface, wherein the culture container is formed of a gas permeable film, the immobilized surface and the non-immobilized surface are container inner surfaces facing each other, and anti-CD3 antibodies are immobilized in the immobilized surface at a concentration of 10 to 300 ng/cm2. |
US12264305B2 |
Devices and methods for isolating a migratory cell population
A method and device for isolating a migratory cell population from a mixed population of migratory cells and non-migratory cells is described herein. The method comprises placing the mixed population of migratory cells and non-migratory cells in contact with a device having one or more microchannels; and isolating the migratory cell population within the microchannels following an incubation period, wherein the one or more microchannels have an average size in a proliferation direction of the migratory cells that is less than a minimum proliferation space of the migratory cells along the proliferation direction. |
US12264304B2 |
Systems and methods for deepwater photobioreactor
A deepwater photobioreactor system including a vertical stack extending between an ocean surface and an ocean floor. The vertical stack includes an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit where the inlet conduit is arranged to transport at least seawater and the outlet conduit is arranged to transport at least a biomass. The system includes a first photobioreactor in fluid communication with the inlet conduit and the outlet conduit that is connected to the vertical stack via the inlet and outlet conduits at a first position along the vertical stack below the ocean surface. The first bioreactor is arranged to cultivate the biomass. The system also includes a mooring system arranged to anchor the vertical stack to the ocean floor and arranged to receive the biomass via the outlet conduit and output the biomass to a harvest pipeline. |
US12264302B2 |
Process to improve protein recovery in stillage processing streams
Provided is a method of processing stillage from an ethanol production process. The method comprises treating stillage comprising oil, protein, and water upstream of a separation, concentration or evaporation step with at least one organic coagulant and at least one flocculant, thereby forming treated thin stillage comprising solids which include at least a portion of the oil and protein; and clarifying the treated stillage via a solid/liquid separation process thereby forming clarified stillage and a separated solids phase comprising at least a portion of the protein from the stillage. |
US12264298B2 |
Multiuse, enzymatic detergent and methods of stabilizing a use solution
Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same. |
US12264296B2 |
Compositions that contain lipophilic plant material and surfactant, and related methods
Described are liquid compositions that contain a desired (e.g., extracted) plant material such as cannabinoid, terpene, terpenoid, or the like, contained, e.g., dissolved, suspended, or emulsified, in the liquid, which contains surfactant; methods of preparing these types of liquid compositions; and methods of processing this type of liquid composition to collect, isolate, concentrate, or purify a desired target material contained in the liquid composition. |
US12264290B2 |
Fluorine-containing ether compound, lubricant for magnetic recording medium, and magnetic recording medium
What is provided is a fluorine-containing ether compound represented by the following formula. R1—CH2—R2—CH2—OCH2CH(OH)CH2O—CH2—R3—CH2—R4 (In the formula, R2 and R3 are perfluoropolyether chains, and R1 and R4 are terminal groups having two or three polar groups, in which individual polar groups are bound to different carbon atoms and the carbon atoms to which the polar groups are bound are bound to each other via a linking group having a carbon atom to which the polar groups are not bound). |
US12264284B2 |
Treatment of contaminated oil produced by oil and gas wells
A method of treating a contaminated oil comprising preparing a brine solution, adding ozone to the brine solution to produce ozonated brine solution, adding a volume of ozonated brine solution to a volume of the contaminated oil, mixing the volumes of contaminated oil and ozonated brine solution with coagulant and surfactant at a shear rate sufficiently high so as to cause formation of an emulsion of the contaminated oil and the brine solution, stopping the mixing, thereby causing the emulsion to separate into an aqueous brine liquid phase and an oil liquid phase, separating the brine liquid phase from the oil liquid phase, and separating at least one contaminant from the oil liquid phase to produce a volume of purified oil. |
US12264282B2 |
Ultra-lightweight proppants
Fracturing subterranean formation to produce hydrocarbons requires fracturing fluids. These fluids contain proppant particles. A system and method for making and using ultralight weight proppant particles includes a composite of a precipitated polymer matrix and a plant-based material, wherein the precipitated polymer matrix includes a thermoplastic, and wherein the plant-based material includes microparticles. |
US12264275B2 |
Treatment liquid
A treatment liquid is a treatment liquid including water; a cationic compound; an anionic compound selected from the group consisting of a resin having a carboxy group or a salt thereof, a resin having a sulfo group or a salt thereof, a resin having a phosphorous acid group or a salt thereof, and a resin having a phosphoric acid group or a salt thereof; and an oxidizing agent, in which the treatment liquid has a pH of 7.0 or less, and the treatment liquid is substantially free of abrasive grains. |
US12264274B2 |
Beta-sialon phosphor and light emitting device
A europium-doped β-sialon phosphor, in which, when the ratio of an aluminum element at a depth of 8 nm from the surface of the phosphor, which is obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, is indicated by P8 [at %], and the ratio of an aluminum element at a depth of 80 nm from the surface of the phosphor is indicated by P80 [at %], P8/P80≤0.9 is satisfied. A light emitting device containing this β-sialon phosphor. |
US12264273B2 |
Semiconductor nanoparticles and method of producing semiconductor nanoparticles
A semiconductor nanoparticle includes a core and a shell covering a surface of the core. The shell has a larger bandgap energy than the core and is in heterojunction with the core. The semiconductor nanoparticle emits light when irradiated with light. The core is made of a semiconductor that contains M1, M2, and Z. M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Cu, and Au. M2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In and Tl. Z is at least one element selected from the group consisting of S, Se, and Te. The shell is made of a semiconductor that consists essentially of a Group 13 element and a Group 16 element. |
US12264272B2 |
Fluorescent material composite particles, wavelength converting member, light emitting device, method for producing fluorescent material composite particles, and method for producing wavelength converting member
Fluorescent material composite particles include translucent inorganic particles having a volume average particle diameter in a range of 30 nm or more and 500 nm or less, fluorescent nanoparticles having an average particle diameter in a range of 5 nm or more and 25 nm or less, and a first resin. At least a part of each of the translucent inorganic particles are embedded in the first resin. The translucent inorganic particles are unevenly distributed to a surface of the fluorescent material composite particles. The fluorescent material composite particles have a volume average particle diameter in a range of 0.5 μm or more and 50 μm or less. |
US12264264B2 |
Coating composition
Described herein is a building panel comprising a body having a first major surface opposite a second major surface and a side surface extending therebetween, a coating applied to at least one of the first major surface, the second major surface, or the side surface, the coating comprising a binder, and a pigment composition comprising titanium dioxide, an alkali metal silicate, and a clay; wherein the titanium dioxide is present in an amount ranging from about 3.0 wt. % to about 15.0 wt. % based on the total weight of the pigment composition. |
US12264263B2 |
Composite coatings containing phase change materials
Methods and formulations for use of phase change materials (PCMs) as coatings or integrated with building materials are disclosed. A formulation comprises an amount of phase change material, for example a mass fraction of about 0.01 to about 0.50. The PCM materials may be applied as a surface treatment such as paint, for example in order to provide improved thermal regulation to a building or a portion thereof. |
US12264260B2 |
Multilayered coating film and coated article
A multilayer coating film includes a lustrous layer containing a luster material and a colored layer containing a reddish coloring agent, and having translucency. Regarding a Y value of an XYZ colorimetric system calibrated with a standard white plate, when a light incident angle is 45°, Y(5°) represents a Y value of reflected light measured at a light receiving angle of 5°, and Y(15°) represents a Y value of reflected light measured at a light receiving angle of 15°, the lustrous layer satisfies the following: Y(5°) is 30 or more to 700 or less; Y(15°)=k×Y(5°) (where k is a coefficient); and k is 0.01 or more to 0.3 or less. The concentration of the reddish coloring agent in the colored layer is 1 mass % or more to 17 mass % or less. |
US12264259B2 |
Coating agent for oil seal
A coating agent for oil seal comprising 10 to 90 parts by weight in total of fluororesin particles having a particle size of 2 μm or less and filler particles other than fluororesin particles having a particle size of 0.5 to 30 μm, and 10 to 40 parts by weight of a wax having a melting point of 40 to 160° C., based on 100 parts by weight of isocyanate group-containing 1,2-polybutadiene, and being prepared as an organic solvent solution, wherein the fluororesin particles are used at a ratio of 20 to 80 wt. % of the total filler amount. The coating agent for oil seal can improve abrasion resistance while maintaining the roughness of a coating surface to which the coating agent is applied. |
US12264255B2 |
Water-based coil coating without amine neutralization
A water-based coil coating without amine neutralization includes the following components in percent by weight: an amine-free waterborne resin: 88-93%, a crosslinking resin: 4-9%, a first auxiliary: 0.5%, a second auxiliary: 0.5%, a third auxiliary: 2.0%, and a diluent. A solid content in the water-based coil coating is greater than 40%. A solid content ratio of the amine-free waterborne resin to the crosslinking resin is in a range of 4-9. The water-based coil coating does not include amine neutralizing agents, not only possesses performance equivalent to or even exceeding that of oil-based coatings, but also greatly reduces VOC emissions, allowing for direct exhaust of tail gases. Wastewater treatment is extremely simple, and there is no pollution from ammonia nitrogen and nitrogen oxides. Downstream coating enterprises have a very high acceptance of the water-based coil coating without the amine neutralization. |
US12264254B2 |
Liquid metal-based electrode and method of manufacturing the same
The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a liquid metal-based electrode using a light sintering process. The method of manufacturing a liquid metal-based electrode includes a step of preparing a metal nanoparticle solution, a step of adding metal micron particles and a surface modifier to the metal nanoparticle solution to prepare a mixed solution, a step of adding a liquid metal to the mixed solution to prepare a composite ink containing the liquid metal having a surface oxide film formed thereon, a step of forming an electrode by applying the composite ink onto a substrate, and a step of irradiating the electrode with light to destroy the surface oxide film. |
US12264251B2 |
Ink, ink for ink-jet recording, printed matter, and method for producing printed matter
A task to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method for producing a printed matter. The ink has excellent adhesion to an ink unabsorbent or non-absorbent recording medium, such as a resin film or coated paper, which is unlikely to absorb a solvent contained in an ink, and excellent setting property. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a printed matter, using an ink including a binder (A) having a carbonyl group, a compound (B) having a structure capable of reacting with the carbonyl group, and an aqueous medium in which the binder (A) and the compound (B) are dissolved or dispersed. |
US12264250B2 |
Coloring composition and coloring method
A coloring composition of the present disclosure includes a metal pigment; an acrylic-based resin having an acid value of 200 mgKOH/g or less; and a liquid medium component, the metal pigment includes metal particles, the metal particles are surface-modified with a surface treatment agent, and the surface treatment agent includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (1) and a compound represented by the following formula (2). (RO)aP(O)(OH)3-a (1) (R)P(O)(OH)2 (2) |
US12264249B2 |
Curable composition for inkjet, cured product and flexible printed circuit board
The invention provides a curable composition for inkjet, a cured product, and a flexible printed circuit board. The curable composition for inkjet includes a soluble polyimide resin, a photocurable acrylate compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a thermosetting resin. The curable composition for inkjet has excellent flexibility, and has a withstand voltage of greater than 2 kV even when the thickness is less than 20 μm. |
US12264245B2 |
Rubber compositions for pneumatic tires
A vulcanizable rubber composition comprising (i) a rubber component including a polyisoprene elastomer, (ii) a sulfur-based curative, (iii) zinc oxide, and (iv) a eutectic composition. |
US12264244B2 |
Polyester resin blend
The present disclosure relates to a polyester resin blend. The polyester resin blend exhibits excellent miscibility even if it contains recycled polyethylene terephthalate as well as virgin polyethylene terephthalate, and can provide molded articles with high transparency. |
US12264242B2 |
Resin composition for optical communication component and optical communication component using the resin composition
A resin composition for an optical communication component includes a base resin and silica. The base resin contains a polyether ether ketone resin as a main component. The content of the silica in the resin composition is 55 to 75 mass %. |
US12264241B2 |
Hydrogenated copolymer, adhesive film, resin composition, and molded article
A hydrogenated copolymer containing a hydrogenated copolymer (a) prepared by hydrogenating a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound, and a hydrogenated copolymer (b) prepared by hydrogenating a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound, wherein a mass ratio (a)/(b) of a content of the hydrogenated copolymer (a) to a content of the hydrogenated copolymer (b) is 5/95 to 95/5, the hydrogenated copolymer (a) has a hydrogenated polymer block (B1) and a hydrogenated polymer block (B2), the hydrogenated polymer block (B1) consists of a vinyl aromatic compound and a conjugated diene compound and has a content of the vinyl aromatic compound of 40 to 80 mass %, and the hydrogenated polymer block (B2) mainly contains a conjugated diene compound and has a vinyl bond content of 60 to 100 mol % before hydrogenation. |
US12264239B2 |
Chlorinated vinyl chloride-based resin
The present invention provides a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin that provides a molded article having excellent heat cycle characteristics and excellent weather resistance, as well as a resin composition for molding and a molded article each including the chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin. Provided is a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride resin, containing two components including a A30 component and a B30 component, the A30 component and the B30 component being determined by measuring the resin by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 30° C. to give a free induction decay curve of 1H spin-spin relaxation, and subjecting the free induction decay curve to waveform separation into two curves derived from the A30 component and the B30 component in order of shorter relaxation time using the least square method, and having a ratio of T5B to TB [T5B/TB] of 96% or more and 120% or less, where TB is a relaxation time of the B30 component and T5B is a relaxation time of the B30 component after heating at 200° C. for five minutes. |
US12264233B2 |
Compositions containing low molecular weight propylene-based polymers and an olefin multi-block copolymer
A composition comprising the following components: A) propylene/ethylene copolymer that has a density ≤0.880 g/cc, and a MWD(conv) from 2.00 to 3.00 and a melt viscosity (177 C)≤80,000 mPa*s; B) olefin multi-block copolymer that has a density ≤0.890 g/cc and a melt index (I2)≥0.5 g/10 min. |
US12264230B2 |
Cyclohexane dicarboxylate mixed ester compositions useful as plasticizers
The present application discloses novel cyclohexane dicarboxylate mixed esters of formula I: wherein R1, R2, and n are defined herein. The mixed esters are useful as plasticizers. The application also discloses resin compositions comprising the cyclohexane dicarboxylate mixed esters of formula I. |
US12264228B2 |
Graphite composite and electronic component
A graphite composite includes a graphite sheet having a void inside and a resin member. The void is partially filled by at least a part of the resin member in its entirety. The proportion of the resin member to the sum of the graphite sheet and the resin member is equal to or greater than 5% by mass. The graphite composite has a porosity equal to or greater than 50% by volume and equal to or less than 95% by volume. |
US12264227B2 |
Foam formed solid composite comprising nanocellulose and solid low-density particles
The present invention relates to a foam formed solid composite, comprising: a matrix phase consisting of a mixture of nanocellulose, at least one foaming agent, and optional additives, and a dispersed phase consisting of solid low-density particles having a density of less than 1.2 kg/dm3. The present invention further relates to a method and a liquid foam composition for manufacturing the solid composite. |
US12264222B2 |
Method for preparation of antibacterial bio-filler for plastic and antibacterial bio-filler for plastic prepared thereby
Disclosed herein is a method for preparing an antibacterial bio-filler for plastics and an antibacterial bio-filler for plastics, prepared thereby. More specifically a method for preparing an oleophilic antibacterial bio-filler for plastics from hydrophilic lignocellulosic biomass and an antibacterial bio-filler for plastics prepared thereby are provided. |
US12264219B2 |
Conductive benzoic acid based polymer containing biomaterial for enhancement of tissue conduction in vitro and in vivo
The present disclosure relates to a biocompatible, electrically conductive biomaterial capable of carrying the electrical potential of a cardiac impulse. The biomaterial comprises a conductive polymer and a biocompatible component. The conductive polymer comprising an aminomethoxybenzoic acid (AMBA) polymer. The present disclosure also relates to treatments, uses and devices using the biocompatible, electrically conductive biomaterial. |
US12264217B2 |
Surface treatment film, manufacturing method therefor, and article
The present invention provides a surface treatment film that is capable of imparting durability such as wear resistance, friction resistance, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and solvent resistance to the surfaces of various substrates, and that exhibits excellent adhesion to the surfaces of the substrates. The surface treatment film is provided on the surface of a substrate. The surface treatment film has a laminated structure that includes a polymer layer (i) disposed on the surface side of the substrate and a polymer layer (ii) disposed on the polymer layer (i). The polymer layer (i) contains a first polymer derived from a polymerization initiation group-containing polymer, such as a polyester having, in a side chain, a functional group represented by formula (1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or the like, R2 represents a methyl group or the like, X represents a chlorine atom or the like, Y represents O or NH, and * shows a bonding position. The polymer layer (ii) contains a second polymer which contains a constituent unit derived from a monomer such as an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and which extends using the functional group represented by formula (i) as a polymerization initiation point. |
US12264216B2 |
Polyurethane aerogels
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polyurethane foam, in particular an aerogel, from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one optionally recycled polyol, and to the use thereof. |
US12264212B2 |
Copolymer for suppressing protein adsorption, method for producing copolymer, resin modifier, molding material, copolymer-containing composition, coating film, and article
There is provided a copolymer for suppressing protein adsorption, which contains a constitutional unit (a) represented by Formula 1 and a constitutional unit (b) represented by Formula 2, and which is used for producing an article that comes in contact with a protein. In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 represents an OR33, a halogen atom, COR34, COOR35, CN, CONR36R37, or R38, where R33 to R37 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkaryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted organosilyl group, and R38 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group. |
US12264211B2 |
Method for preparing super absorbent polymer
A method for preparing a super absorbent polymer is directed to appropriate control of the water content of the super absorbent polymer by hydration to suppress crushing during transfer. The method also provides suppression of deterioration of physical properties of the super absorbent polymer such as production of giant particles and nonuniformity of water content during a hydration step. |
US12264208B2 |
Processes for converting C4 feeds to isobutylene, polyisobutylene, or derivatives thereof
Embodiments described herein generally relate to new processes for converting C4 feeds to isobutylene. In an embodiment is provided a process for forming isobutylene that includes hydroisomerizing 1,3-butadiene present in a C4 feed to form a hydroisomerization product effluent comprising isobutylene and 2-butene; and forming an isobutylene feed by separating the isobutylene from the hydroisomerization product effluent. Embodiments of the present disclosure also generally relate to new processes for converting C4 feeds to polyisobutylene. In an embodiment is provided a process that includes hydroisomerizing a C4 feed comprising 1,3-butadiene in a hydroisomerization reactor to form a hydroisomerization product effluent comprising isobutylene and 2-butene; separating the isobutylene from the hydroisomerization product effluent to form a first isobutylene-containing feed; forming a reaction mixture comprising a polymerization catalyst and the first isobutylene-containing feed; and reacting the reaction mixture, in a polymerization reactor, to form a polymerization product effluent comprising polyisobutylene. |
US12264206B2 |
Method and device for the digestion of starch
With a method for digesting starch, an aqueous slurry of the starch is treated with steam in a cooking vessel and in this case exposed to shear forces, wherein the starch-containing slurry is heated to a temperature of between 85□C and 110□C in the cooking vessel by introducing steam, and the digestion step is implemented until the desired degree of digestion has been reached. Also described is a cooking vessel that can be used when the method for digesting starch is being carried out. |
US12264204B2 |
Peptide for improving memory and preventing or alleviating cognitive dysfunction, composition comprising the same, and method for producing the same
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a silk-derived peptide. The method for producing a silk-derived peptide may comprise steps of: dissolving silk fibroin; hydrolyzing the dissolved silk fibroin by treatment with an enzyme mixture comprising a first protease, which comprises bromelain, and a second protease comprising any one selected from the group consisting of Flavourzyme, Protamex, neutrase, Veron W, Sumizyme, zingibn, calpain, protease NP, validase, and mixtures thereof; and removing the proteases. |
US12264201B2 |
Bispecific antibody targeting IL-1R1 and NLPR3
The present disclosure concerns modulators of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway, in particular an NLRP3 inflammasome modulator which is capable of binding to both of IL-1R1 and NLRP3. |
US12264196B2 |
Fc-receptor binding modified asymmetric antibodies and methods of use
The present invention relates to antibodies and Fc-region fusion polypeptides which are asymmetrically modified with respect to their Fc-receptor, especially their FcRn, and methods of using the same. |
US12264189B2 |
Methods and materials for treating cancer
This document provides methods and materials for generating T cells expressing a selected antigen receptor (e.g., a chimeric antigen receptor) in vivo. For example, viral particles containing nucleic acid encoding a selected antigen receptor, cells capable of producing such viral particles, and methods for administering such viral particles and/or cells to a mammal to generate T cells expressing that selected antigen receptor within the mammal are provided. |
US12264188B2 |
Relaxin-2 fusion proteins
Relaxin-2 fusion protein analogs with enhanced in vivo half-life and methods for making the same are described. Also described are methods of treating relaxin-2-associated disorders or diseases using the relaxin-2 fusion protein analogs. |
US12264183B2 |
Bacteriocins for control of Salmonella enterica
The present invention relates to bacteriocins for control of Salmonella enterica (salmocins). The bacteriocins are derived from Salmonella. The salmocins can be expressed in plants and can be used in a method of preventing or reducing infection or contamination of an object with Salmonella. |
US12264175B2 |
Compositions and methods for capping RNAS
Provided herein are compositions and methods for preparation of 5′ end region-modified mRNAs. In particular, the instant disclosure relates to novel mRNA 5′ end region motifs and sequence initiators therefore together with assays that are capable of measuring the aspects of the functionality of those motifs and sequence initiators. Further provided herein are compositions and methods of treating conditions related to coronary disease. |
US12264173B2 |
Antiviral compounds
The present disclosure provides compounds for treating a variety of diseases, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), HRV, hMPV, Ebola, Zika, West Nile, Dengue, and HCV. |
US12264171B2 |
GPR40 agonists
This disclosure is directed, at least in part, to GPR40 agonists useful for the treatment of conditions or disorders involving the gut-brain axis. In some embodiments, the GPR40 agonists are gut-restricted compounds. In some embodiments, the GPR40 agonists are full agonists or partial agonists. In some embodiments, the condition or disorder is a metabolic disorder, such as diabetes, obesity, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), or a nutritional disorder such as short bowel syndrome. |
US12264166B2 |
Asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group, hydrogen production device and optoelectronic component
An asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group, which includes a structure represented by formula (I). Formula (I) is defined as in the specification. A use of the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group, which is used as a photocatalyst. A hydrogen production device, which includes the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group. An optoelectronic component, which includes the asymmetric fused aromatic ring derivative containing sulfonyl group. |
US12264164B2 |
Method of treatment of symptoms of menopause
The present invention generally relates to novel pharmaceutical formulations containing 2-[3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-N-{4-(4-fluoro-2-methylphenyl)-6-[(7S,9aS)-7-(hydroxymethyl) hexahydropyrazino [2,1-c] [1,4]oxazin-8(1H)-yl]-3-pyridinyl}-N,2-dimethylpropanamide, methods of preparation thereof and their use in medical therapy. |
US12264161B2 |
Heterocyclic adenosine receptor antagonists
Heterocyclic compounds useful as antagonists of adenosine receptors, and methods of treatment of diseases using antagonists of adenosine receptors are disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of administration of heterocyclic antagonists of adenosine receptors and processes for producing heterocyclic antagonists of adenosine receptors. |
US12264160B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising 4-((6bR, 10aS)-3-methyl-2,3,6b,9,10,10a-hexahydro-1H,7H-pyrido[3′,4′:4,5]pyrrolo[1,2,3-de]quinoxalin-8-yl)-1-(4-fluorophenyl)butan-1-one for treating central nervous system disorders
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula Q: wherein W is —N(CH3)—, and Y is —C(O)—, in free base or pharmaceutically acceptable salt form, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving 5-HT2A receptor, serotonin transporter (SERT) pathway and/or the dopamine D2 receptor pathway, and methods of treating conditions of the central nervous system therewith. |
US12264158B2 |
Protein kinase MKK4 inhibitors for promoting liver regeneration or reducing or preventing hepatocyte death
The invention relates to pyrazolo-pyridine compounds which inhibit mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MKK4) and in particular, selectively inhibit MKK4 over protein kinases JNK1 and MKK7. The compounds are useful for promoting liver regeneration or reducing or preventing hepatocyte death. They are further useful for treating osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, or CNS-related diseases. |
US12264157B2 |
Compounds and methods for the enhanced degradation of targeted proteins
The present invention relates to bifunctional compounds, which find utility as modulators of targeted ubiquitination, especially inhibitors of a variety of polypeptides and other proteins which are degraded and/or otherwise inhibited by bifunctional compounds according to the present invention. In particular, the present invention is directed to compounds, which contain on one end a VHL ligand which binds to the ubiquitin ligase and on the other end a moiety which binds a target protein such that the target protein is placed in proximity to the ubiquitin ligase to effect degradation (and inhibition) of that protein. The present invention exhibits a broad range of pharmacological activities associated with compounds according to the present invention, consistent with the degradation/inhibition of targeted polypeptides. |
US12264156B2 |
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the treatment of diseases
The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein R1, R2a, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein. The present invention relates to compounds, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of treatment using the same, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, fibrotic diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformation, diseases involving impairment of bone turnover, diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL-6, diseases associated with hypersecretion of TNFα, interferons, IL-12 and/or IL-23, respiratory diseases, endocrine and/or metabolic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, dermatological diseases, and/or abnormal angiogenesis associated diseases by administering the compound of the invention. |
US12264149B2 |
Indazole compounds as kinase inhibitors
Disclosed herein are compounds and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions associated with FGFR inhibition. |
US12264146B2 |
Rho kinase inhibitor, method for preparing same and uses thereof
Provided are a Rho kinase inhibitor, a method for preparing same and the uses thereof. The Rho kinase inhibitor designates a compound of Formula I, a stereoisomer thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The Rho kinase inhibitor promotes endothelial cells and endothelin expression, prostenin expression, and vascular factors NO synthesis and secretion, has a promoting effect on proprostin expression independently of the doses used, shows lower toxicity, while being safer. |
US12264143B2 |
Synthesis of cannabinoids and cannabinoid precursors, and related compounds, formulations, and methods of use
Methods are provided for the synthesis of cannabinoids, including cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinol (CBN), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabigerol (CBG), cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), cannabidivarin (CBDV), cannabidibutol (CBD-C4), dihydrocannabidiol (DCBD), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), analogs thereof, and precursors to the foregoing. One method employs phloroglucinol or a phloroglucinol analog as a starting material. The syntheses are stereospecific, efficient, selective, and cost-effective, with little or no potential for generation of THC ((−)-trans-Δ9-tetrahydro-cannabinol) or any other psychoactive side product. Telescoped syntheses are also provided, as are new cannabinoids, pharmaceutical formulations, and methods of use. |
US12264138B2 |
Process for the preparation of microbiocidal oxadiazole derivatives
The present invention relates to a process according to Scheme 1 for the preparation of microbiocidal 5-trifluoromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole derivatives of formula (I) suitable for use, e.g., as active ingredients, which have microbiocidal activity, in particular, fungicidal activity. |
US12264137B2 |
3-aryl-4-amido-bicyclic [4,5,0] hydroxamic acids as HDAC inhibitors
The present disclosure relates to inhibitors of zinc-dependent histone deacetylases (HDACs) useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with an HDAC, e.g., HDAC6, having a Formula I: where R, L, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are described herein. |
US12264134B2 |
Substituted piperazine amide compounds as indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitors
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. |
US12264133B2 |
Compounds, compositions and methods
Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure. |
US12264130B2 |
Processes for aromatization of naphtha isoparaffins
A method for upgrading a naphtha feed includes passing the naphtha feed to an adsorption unit to produce at least a paraffin stream and an isoparaffin stream, wherein the isoparaffin stream comprises isoparaffins and aromatics. Passing the isoparaffin stream to an isoparaffin aromatization catalytic unit that contacts the isoparaffin stream with at least one aromatization catalyst produces aromatics from the isoparaffins thereby yielding an aromatization effluent. The at least one aromatization catalyst may comprise ZSM-5 zeolite. Benzene, toluene, and/or xylene (BTX) may be separated from the aromatization effluent by separating the aromatics effluent into a gas stream and a liquid stream in a gas/liquid separator, wherein the liquid stream contains BTX. Passing the liquid stream to a BTX-separation unit may produce a BTX stream and a recycle stream, wherein the BTX stream contains benzene, toluene, and/or xylene. |
US12264124B2 |
Methanol production process from syngas produced by catalytic partial oxidation integrated with cracking
A process for producing syngas and olefins including the steps of feeding a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) reactant mixture (oxygen, first hydrocarbons, steam) to a CPO reactor (CPO catalyst); wherein the CPO reactant mixture reacts, via CPO reaction, in CPO reactor to produce a CPO reactor effluent (H2, CO, CO2, water, unreacted first hydrocarbons). The process further includes feeding a cracking unit feed (second hydrocarbons) to a cracking unit to produce a cracking unit product (olefins), a hydrogen-rich stream (hydrogen, CH4), and a hydrocarbon recovery stream (C4+ hydrocarbons); wherein the first and the second hydrocarbons are the same or different; recovering a hydrogen-enriched stream (hydrogen) and a hydrocarbon-enriched stream (CH4) from the hydrogen-rich stream; and contacting the CPO reactor effluent with the hydrogen-enriched stream to yield hydrogen-enriched syngas, and wherein the M ratio ((H2—CO2)/(CO+CO2)) of the hydrogen-enriched syngas is greater than the M ratio of the CPO reactor effluent. |
US12264123B2 |
Method of producing a fuel additive
A method of producing a fuel additive includes passing a feed stream comprising C4 hydrocarbons through a first hydrogenation unit producing a first process stream; passing the first process stream through a distillation unit; withdrawing a 2-butene stream from the distillation unit: passing the 2-butene stream through a second hydrogenation unit producing a 1-butene stream; passing at least a portion of the 1-butene stream through a separation unit; and passing the 1-butene stream through a hydration unit producing the fuel additive. |
US12264122B2 |
Tail gas utilization for mixed alcohols production
It has been discovered that mixed-alcohol production can utilize the waste tail gas stream from the pressure-swing adsorption section of an industrial hydrogen plant. Some variations provide a process for producing mixed alcohols, comprising: obtaining a tail-gas stream from a methane-to-syngas unit (e.g., a steam methane reforming reactor); compressing the tail-gas stream; separating the tail-gas stream into at least a syngas stream, a CO2-rich stream, and a CH4-rich stream; introducing the syngas stream into a mixed-alcohol reactor operated at effective alcohol synthesis conditions in the presence of an alcohol-synthesis catalyst, thereby generating mixed alcohols; and purifying the mixed alcohols to generate a mixed-alcohol product. Other variations provide a process for producing clean syngas, comprising: obtaining a tail-gas stream from a methane-to-syngas unit; compressing the tail-gas stream; separating the tail-gas stream into at least a syngas stream, a CO2-rich stream, and a CH4-rich stream; and recovering a clean syngas product. |
US12264121B2 |
1,3-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane composition and optical resin prepared therefrom
Disclosed is a 1,3-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane composition and an optical resin prepared therefrom. The composition comprises, based on the weight of 1,3-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane, a) 65%-95 wt % of trans-1,3-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane; b) greater than 0 and less than or equal to 0.5 wt %, preferably 0.02-0.5 wt % of 1,4-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane. Preferably, the 1,3-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane composition contains greater than 0 and less than or equal to 600 ppm of 1-isocyanatomethyl-3-methylcyclohexane, based on the weight of 1,3-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane. The 1,3-bisisocyanatomethylcyclohexane composition is used for preparing an optical resin, which can be applied to produce an optical lens with a better performance in preventing opacification and optical distortion. |
US12264120B2 |
Amine synergists with UV—a absorption
The present invention relates to amine synergists comprising the structure element of a substituted 1,3-propanedione and their use in radiation or energy curing by actinic light. The amine synergists of the present invention are particularly useful for printing and coating materials wherein low migration and/or low odor is required, such as food packaging and other sensitive packaging applications. |
US12264114B2 |
Rock fines as carriers of plant nutrients
A method comprising (a) obtaining rock fines comprising at least one of basalt, metabasalt, diabase, rhyolite, andesite, meta-andesite, granite, graphite, talc, silica, sand, perlite, or a combination thereof, (b) obtaining a binder, (c) obtaining a material comprising at least one of Ca, Mg, S, B, Cl, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn, or a combination thereof, and (d) combining ingredients comprising the rock fines, the binder, and the material. |
US12264112B2 |
Pelletized basalt for use as a soil amendment
A composition including at least about 50 wt % basalt and no more than about 20 wt % binding agent, wherein the composition is in the form of a plurality of particles. The composition can find applications in agriculture, horticulture, and gardening, and can be used. e.g., as soil amendment. |
US12264109B1 |
Continuous manufacturing of carbon foam structures at atmospheric pressure
A method of manufacturing essentially crack-free carbon foam structures and carbon foam structures made in single-piece flow through a continuous kiln under inert atmosphere at atmospheric pressure. This process greatly reduces the cost to manufacture by reducing manufacturing time and increasing the ability to integrate automation equipment. |
US12264104B2 |
Multi-component composition for manufacturing polyurethane/urea cementitious hybrid systems
The invention relates to a multi-component composition for the manufacture of polyurethane/urea cementitious hybrid system, comprising at least one isocyanate component selected from the group consisting of monoisocyanate, polyisocyanate and NCO terminated prepolymer, at least one polyol, water, catalyst, at least one acidic additive, and hydraulic binder, wherein the acidic additive is at least one selected from the group consisting of Lewis acids, acid precursors and acidic buffers and is in an amount of 0.01 to 3 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, to the preparation thereof, and to the use of the composition for the preparation of a flooring, waterproofing, screed, grouting, primer, wall paint, roofing or coating in construction applications. |
US12264103B2 |
Industrial fluids with dilution resistance and tunable viscosity, and methods of making and using industrial fluids
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for increasing the viscosity of a calcium-containing fluid by addition of a modifying agent. The resulting enhanced viscosity fluid may be used in a variety of applications including drilling, to create an enhanced-viscosity fluid, and demolition/mining to create an expansive putty for use in underwater and overhead applications. |
US12264101B2 |
Building materials comprising agglomerated particles
Roofing granules comprising agglomerated inorganic material, and building materials, such as shingles, that include such roofing granules. By fabricating roofing granules from agglomerating inorganic material it is possible to tailor the particle size distribution so as to provide optimal shingle surface coverage, thus reducing shingle weight and usage of raw materials. Additionally, the use of agglomeration permits the utilization of by-products from conventional granule production processes. |
US12264093B2 |
Ion removal system
An ion removal system includes: an electrolysis device configured to generate alkaline water and acidic water by electrolysis; a first flow path and a second flow path through which the alkaline water and the acidic water generated by the electrolysis device are alternately allowed to flow; a hard water flow path connected to the electrolysis device to supply the electrolysis device with hard water; and a fine bubble generation device configured to generate fine bubbles in a flow path upstream or downstream of the electrolysis device, wherein a first flow-rate adjustment valve is connected to the first flow path, and a second flow-rate adjustment valve is connected to the second flow path. |
US12264092B2 |
Constructed wetland system enhanced by immobilized laccase
A constructed wetland system enhanced by immobilized laccase, it includes wetland plants, a matrix layer and a water distribution system, the wetland plants growing on the matrix layers, the matrix layer including a laccase catalyst and gravel, the laccase catalyst and gravel are distributed at intervals in a modular manner in a ratio of 1:5, the water distribution system is arranged on both sides of the matrix layer. The laccase catalyst is prepared by using a co-immobilization technology. The system improves the removal effect of hard-to-degrade organic matter in wastewater, and solves the problems of toxicity and stress of the hard-to-degrade organic matter existing in the prior art and the problems of matrix adsorption saturation. |
US12264086B2 |
Filter for water-purification device and water-purification device including the same
A filter for a water-purification device includes a filter housing having a water inlet and a water outlet defined therein, and a filter member disposed in the filter housing to purify water introduced through the inlet and supply the purified water to the outlet. The filter member includes a carbon block produced by mixing 40 to 50% by weight of titanium oxide, 30 to 40% by weight of activated carbon, and 18 to 23% by weight of binder with each other. |
US12264081B2 |
Tungsten hexafluoride manufacturing method, tungsten hexafluoride purification method, and tungsten hexafluoride
A tungsten hexafluoride manufacturing method of the present invention includes a reaction step of reacting tungsten with a gas of a fluorine element-containing compound so as to obtain a mixture that contains tungsten hexafluoride and hydrogen fluoride-containing impurities, and a discharge step of performing distillation of the mixture while performing a discharge operation at least two or more times during the distillation so as to obtain tungsten hexafluoride, the discharge operation being an operation in which a storage operation and a purge operation are alternately performed. |
US12264073B2 |
Composite material
Provided is a composite material that has improved dispersibility of an exfoliated layered substance in a resin or the like and can thus significantly improve the properties, such as impact resistance, of a synthetic resin. A composite material in which the surface of an exfoliated layered substance is coated with a compound having a reactive group, wherein the compound having a reactive group is a compound having at least one reactive group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy group, an oxetanyl group, an isocyanate group, an acrylic group, a methacrylic group, a vinyl ether group, a vinyl ester group, and a hydrolyzable silyl group, and the compound having a reactive group is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 100 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the exfoliated layered substance. |
US12264072B2 |
Continuous production of pristine graphene and graphene oxide
Provided is a process for manufacturing a graphene material, the process comprising (a) injecting a rust stock into a first end of a continuous reactor having a toroidal vortex flow, wherein the first stock comprises graphite and a non-oxidizing liquid (or, alternatively, graphite, an acid, and an optional oxidizer) and the continuous flow reactor is configured to produce the toroidal vortex flow, enabling the formation of a reaction product suspension or slurry at the second end, downstream from the first end, of the continuous reactor; and (b) introducing the reaction product suspension/slurry from the second end back to enter the continuous reactor at or near the first end, allowing the reaction product suspension/slurry to form a toroidal vortex flow and move down to or near the second end to produce a graphene suspension or graphene oxide slurry. The process may further comprise repeating step (b) for at least one time. |
US12264069B2 |
Process for the conversion of carbon dioxide
A process for the production of syngas, the process comprising (i) reacting at least a portion of carbon dioxide with hydrogen within an initial reactor to produce an initial product stream including carbon monoxide, water, unreacted carbon dioxide, and unreacted hydrogen; and (ii) reacting at least a portion of the unreacted carbon dioxide and unreacted hydrogen within a reactor downstream of the first reactor to thereby produce a product stream including carbon monoxide, water, unreacted carbon dioxide, and unreacted hydrogen. |
US12264066B2 |
Process and apparatus for acid regeneration
A process and apparatus for regenerating a spent acid stream or other stream, such as a spent acid stream or other stream containing sulfur, by decomposing the spent sulfuric acid stream and/or other sulfur-containing streams to recover sulfur dioxide from the stream. Also provided is a process for preparing sulfuric acid from the sulfur dioxide recovered by the apparatus and process. |
US12264065B2 |
Method for manufacturing mirror device
A method for manufacturing a mirror device, the method includes a first step of preparing a wafer having a support layer, a device layer, and an intermediate layer; a second step of forming a slit in the wafer such that the movable portion becomes movable with respect to the base portion by removing a part of each of the support layer, the device layer, and the intermediate layer from the wafer and forming a plurality of parts each corresponding to the structure in the wafer, after the first step; a third step of performing wet cleaning using a cleaning liquid after the second step; and a fourth step of cutting out each of the plurality of parts from the wafer after the third step. In the second step, a part of the intermediate layer is removed from the wafer by anisotropic etching. |
US12264064B2 |
Microelectromechanical system
A microelectromechanical system includes a backplate and a diaphragm. The backplate includes spaced stator elements with voids formed therebetween. The stator element includes a first conductive element. The diaphragm includes a plurality of corrugations facing the voids respectively. Each corrugation includes a groove formed at a surface thereof away from the backplate. The corrugation includes a second conductive element. The diaphragm is moveable with respect to the backplate in response to a pressure exerted thereon to cause the corrugations to be moved into or out of the corresponding voids, thereby changing the capacitance formed between the first and second conductive elements. The corrugations are defined by grooves formed at surfaces away from the backplate, which facilitate to control the compliance of the diaphragm and reduce stiffness of the diaphragm. The corrugation can be formed with lower aspect ratios, which allows it to be formed using standard front side processes. |
US12264063B2 |
Three-dimensional stress-sensitive device
A stress-sensitive device includes a substrate having a first surface with a cavity defined therein and a three-dimensional deformable material extending along the first surface and into the cavity. The three-dimensional deformable material has an electrical characteristic responsive to deformation. A method of forming a three-dimensional stress-sensitive device includes providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, forming a cavity in the substrate, wherein the cavity is open to the first surface, depositing a sacrificial layer in the cavity, depositing a deformable material on the sacrificial layer, and removing at least a portion of the sacrificial layer to form an interstitial space between the deformable material and the substrate in the cavity. |
US12264056B2 |
System and method for storing and selectively dispensing liquids
The inventive system and method advantageously enable superior preserved storage and selective dispensation of liquids by storing wine (or other liquids) in a pressurized environment to ensure that the stored liquid does not come into contact with air, and then by selectively dispensing a portion of the stored liquid, in accordance with a desired dispensing regime, by utilizing a controlled source of pressure force to apply a sufficient pressure to the pressurized environment to expel the desired volume of the liquid in a pressurized stream directed to a dispensing/pouring interface through a conduit or equivalent delivery system. In at least several novel embodiments thereof, the system and method of the present invention are configured for use with wine-in-bag (“WinB”) products. |
US12264055B2 |
Device for filling a container and method for operating the device
The invention relates inter alia to a device for filling a container. The device comprises a filling valve for discharging a filling material into the container. The device further comprises a throttle valve for adjusting a flow rate of the filling material. The throttle valve comprises a valve member for adjusting a flow cross-section. The throttle valve has a pneumatic drive that is operatively connected to the valve member for moving the valve member, and an electric drive that is operatively connected to the valve member for moving the valve member. Advantageously, the device can combine the advantages of a pneumatic throttle control and the advantages of an electric throttle control. |
US12264053B2 |
Remote operation system of forklift
A remote operation system 1 includes: an image capturing device 20, provided at a forklift F; a head-mounted type image display device 10, mounted to a head of an operator O; a command reception device 11, receiving a remote operation command by the operator O; and a synthesized remote image generation device 12A, obtaining a content of the remote operation command received by the command reception device 11, an action state of the forklift F acting according to the remote operation command, and a remote image captured by the image capturing device 20, and generating a synthesized remote image by synthesizing a command display image indicating the content of the remote operation command and an action display image indicating the action state of the forklift F into the remote image. The head-mounted type image display device 10 displays the generated synthesized remote image before eyes of the operator O. |
US12264052B2 |
Remote control system
A remote control system allows a forklift to be operated remotely in an intuitive and easy way even when an obstacle is present between the forklift and the object. The remote control system includes a guidance route display section that displays on a display unit a guidance route connecting the forklift and the object. The guidance route display section is configured to display a guidance route straightly connecting the forklift and the object if a judgement section judges that an obstacle is not present, or, if the judgement section judges that an obstacle is present, display a guidance route connecting the forklift and the object in a manner of avoiding the obstacle. |
US12264048B2 |
Cable drum for a cable winch and method for production thereof
The present invention relates to a cable drum for a cable winch of a cable drive, having a drum shell and two flanged wheels which adjoin the drum shell at the ends, wherein the drum shell and/or the flanged wheels are produced from fiber-reinforced composite material, wherein the drum shell and/or the flanged wheels have a multi-shell structure having at least two walls made of fiber-reinforced composite material, which walls are spaced apart from each other and connected to each other by a foam core. |
US12264047B2 |
Mobile crane having a counterweight device
The present invention relates to a mobile crane having a travelable undercarriage, a superstructure rotatably supported on the undercarriage, and a counterweight device couplable to the superstructure, wherein the counterweight device comprises a carrier plate on which one or more counterweight elements can be stacked, and at least one connection element extending substantially perpendicular to the carrier plate for coupling the carrier plate to the superstructure. |
US12264045B2 |
Construction system
A system and method for construction of a framed structure which permits on-site storage and relocation of construction materials using trolleys and cranes supported by the framed structure. The system provides a runway surface for removable attachment of trolleys, crane bridges, and platforms by offsetting the first longitudinal beam and a second longitudinal beam from a cross beam and where the first longitudinal beam, second longitudinal beam, and cross beam of the system provide components for the framed structure. |
US12264044B1 |
Stair lifting chair
A stair lifting chair includes a chair, a first guiding assembly, and a second guiding assembly. The first guiding assembly includes a guiding frame and a first cleaning member. The first guiding frame includes a first inner space for the first rail passing therethrough. The first cleaning member is disposed at the first guiding frame to clean a first outer surface of the first rail. The second guiding assembly includes a second guiding frame and a second cleaning member. The second guiding frame includes a second inner space for the second rail passing therethrough. The second cleaning member is disposed at the second guiding frame to clean a second outer surface of the second rail. |
US12264041B2 |
Elevator system with LIDAR and/or RADAR sensor
Disclosed is an elevator system having an elevator entryway, the elevator entryway including: a first door, which is an elevator door, a first controller operationally connected to the first door for opening and closing the first door to provide access to an elevator, wherein when the first door is closing: the first controller monitors for first instructions over a frequency applicable to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) and/or a radio detection and ranging (RADAR), and upon receiving the first instructions, the first controller executes the first instructions. |
US12264040B2 |
Integrated noise suppression apparatus for a pneumatic vacuum elevator
An integrated noise suppression apparatus for a pneumatic vacuum elevator is provided. The apparatus includes an equipment compartment which includes a first partition unit vertically surrounding one or more electric motors configured to suck air from elevator cylinders and release the air into atmosphere, a bottom plate comprising a channel, wherein an pneumatic flow control unit placed on top of the bottom plate configured to allow air from the atmosphere into the elevator cylinders, a second partition unit, a silencer unit which includes a first layer placed configured to initiate the circulation of air, a second layer having a first set of partition strips, a third layer having a second set of partition strips, a fourth layer, a fifth layer having a third set of partition strips. A plurality of layers is arranged one above the other to enable the air to pass between the atmosphere and the tubular cylinder. |
US12264034B2 |
Image reading apparatus that guides document from common transport route to one of curved transport route and linear transport route, by controlling action of switching device, and image forming apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a document tray, a common transport route, a curved transport route, a linear transport route, a switching device, a document transport device, a first image sensor, a second image sensor, a trailing edge detector, a multi feed detector, a leading edge detector, and a controller. The controller determines a length of the document in the transport direction, on a basis of a time point that the leading edge detector has detected the leading edge of the document, a time point that the trailing edge detector has detected the trailing edge of the document, and a time point that a detection status of the multi feed detector has been switched to a non-detection state, and guides the document to the curved transport route or the linear transport route from the common transport route, according to the length of the document, by controlling the switching device. |
US12264033B2 |
Folding machine comprising a blade folder, and method for folding folded products by means of a blade folder
A folding machine comprises a blade folding unit having a first and a second folding roller, the folding roller axes thereof defining a folding roller plane, and having a folding blade which is oriented and is movable in a folding blade plane which is oriented perpendicularly to the folding roller plane and intersects the folding roller plane in an intersection line. The folding blade is arranged in a retracted position in or below a horizontal plane which comprises the intersection line. |
US12264031B2 |
Image forming system for executing staple processing
An image forming system includes a detection unit to detect a recording material, having an image formed thereon by an image forming unit, placed on a processing tray, a staple unit, a discharge unit, and a discharge tray. A first mode of the system is to discharge the recording material conveyed from the image forming unit to the discharge tray via the processing tray and a second mode involves waiting for instruction for executing. When the detection unit detects the recording material inserted into the processing tray in the second mode, and a recording material first mode conveying instruction is issued in a state of waiting for the executing instruction after the recording material detection, a discharge operation is performed to discharge the recording material inserted into the processing tray to the discharge tray without the staple unit executing staple processing on the recording material inserted into the processing tray. |
US12264024B2 |
Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
A sheet feeding device includes a sensor, a roller, a support, circuitry, and a spool. The sensor detects a step at a leading end of a sheet roll. The roller and the sensor are disposed at different positions in a circumferential direction of the sheet roll. The support supports the sensor and the roller to bring the sensor and the roller into contact with the sheet roll. The circuitry acquires a sensor signal. The spool is insertable through a sheet tube of the sheet roll to rotate the sheet roll. The sensor and the roller face an axial center of the spool. The support is pivotable within a range in which the sensor does not contact the spool. The circuitry detects first and second inclinations of the sensor signal when the leading end passes by the roller and the sensor, respectively, to determine whether the leading end is present. |
US12264022B2 |
Linear motor conveyor system and moving elements therefor providing a reduced tooling pitch
A linear motor conveyor system including: a track comprising a shaped guide rail; a plurality of moving elements, each moving element having: a body; at least two bearings supported by the body and configured to match with the shaped guide rail, wherein the bearings are mounted to the moving element such that the moving elements overlap along the direction of the track providing a reduced tooling pitch between the moving elements. A moving element for moving on a track of a conveyor system, the moving element including: a first set of bearings shaped to match with a first shaped guide rail; a second set of bearings configured to abut against a second guide rail; and a body supporting the first and the second bearing, wherein the body is shaped to allow the first bearing to at least partially overlap the body of an adjacent moving element. |
US12264019B2 |
Conveyed-goods container for an overhead conveyor, and unloading station for unloading same
An article container for an overhead conveying device for transporting an article includes a bag body adjustable between a transport position and a loading and/or unloading position. The body includes front and rear walls of flexible material, a loading and/or unloading opening on a first body side at least in regions between the front and rear walls, a side wall stop against which the article is placeable formed on a second body side at least in some regions between the front and rear walls. The front wall forms first and second front wall sections and includes a base plate in the first front wall section. The rear wall includes first and second rear wall sections. The first rear wall section forms a transport rest sloping in the side wall stop direction when the bag body is in the transport position. Moreover, an unloading station automatically unloads an article container. |
US12264005B2 |
Wafer storage container
Proposed is a wafer storage container that supplies a purge gas to wafers stored in a storage chamber to remove fumes from the wafers or control humidity of the wafers. More particularly, proposed is a wafer storage container that generates a flow of a purge gas inside a storage chamber to block an external gas from flowing into the storage chamber and minimize dead areas on a wafer, thereby effectively achieving humidity control and fume removal for the wafer. |
US12264004B2 |
Liquid container
A liquid container includes a first storage level configured to store the liquid, a second level of pressurization configured to receive a gas in order to keep the first level under pressure. The first and second levels can be stored flat when empty of carbonated liquid and gas. The container further includes an envelope configured to maintain the first and second levels in a maximum volume, the envelope being configured to be stored flat with a thickness of less than 5 cm. |
US12263988B2 |
Collapsible storage containers and related methods
Collapsible storage containers and related methods are disclosed. An example collapsible storage container movable between a deployed position and a collapsed position disclosed herein includes a front panel, a back panel, a side panel including a first side panel portion coupled to the front panel, the first side panel portion including a first face and a second side panel portion coupled to the back panel, the second side panel portion including a second face, the first face coplanar with the second face in the deployed position, the first face parallel to and abutting the second face in the collapsed position. |
US12263985B2 |
Press-formed disposable container made from a laminated paperboard structure
A compostable disposable container made from a paperboard laminate. The paperboard laminate has a first paperboard layer, a second paperboard layer, and a waterproof coating disposed between the first and second paperboard layers. One or more additional surface coatings that are water resistant can be added to outer surfaces of the laminate. The laminate structure is able to be press-formed at higher forming temperatures, resulting in a stronger, more rigid container. |
US12263984B2 |
Label applying system
A label applying system includes a conveyance path for moving an item in a conveyance direction, and a label applying arm, including a free end with an associated tamp pad, the label applying arm linearly movable toward the conveyance path for applying a label to the moving item on the conveyance path. A connection between the tamp pad and the label applying arm comprises at least one rubber damper between the tamp pad and the label applying arm for enabling pivot of the tamp pad and absorbing impact force when the tamp pad contacts the moving item to apply the label to the moving item. |
US12263983B2 |
Container labeling machine
A container labeling machine, including a conveyor of containers to be labeled and at least one labeling unit that comprises an unwinding assembly adapted to pick up from a spool a label ribbon to be applied to the containers, and to feed the label ribbon to a cutting drum which is provided with suction apertures for retaining the label ribbon in adhesion and provided with cutting apparatus for cutting the label ribbon at the separation region between two consecutive labels; the cutting drum supports at least one cutting device provided with a respective air suction chamber, which is open substantially at the lateral surface of the cutting drum and accommodates inside it at least one blade; the suction chamber is connectable to air suction apparatus for drawing the label ribbon against the blade, in order to cut the label ribbon. |
US12263971B2 |
System and method for a product packaging assembly
The disclosed technology includes a method of packaging a product using a packaging system. The packaging system includes at least one weigh bucket, at least one sorting apparatus, at least one reject funnel, at least one accept funnel, and at least one memory bucket. The method includes loading the product into the packaging system, weighing the product with the at least one weigh bucket, determining that the product meets or exceeds a predetermined weight amount, dropping the product from the at least one weigh bucket into the at least one sorting apparatus, and directing the product from the at least one sorting apparatus into the reject funnel, the accept funnel, or the memory bucket, responsive to determining that the product meets or exceeds a predetermined weight amount. |
US12263965B1 |
Frangible manifold
A frangible manifold is used in connection with flight termination operations and stage separation. The manifold has a first portion and a second portion separated by a frangible portion. An aperture extends through the first, second and third sections. A first ordnance termination line is positioned in at least the first section of the first portion of the manifold. A second ordnance termination line is positioned in at least the second section of the second portion of the manifold. In the event of a flight termination, detonation of one ordnance line causes detonation of the second ordnance line. In the event of stage separation, the manifold splits at the frangible portion and the two ordnance lines are safely separated. |
US12263961B2 |
Maneuvering of satellites without rate sensors
An attitude control system for a satellite is presented that can determine on time values for attitude control thrusters without use of attitude rate sensors, such as those based on gyros. The attitude control systems uses the attitude values from a star tracker to determine both attitude adjustment values and attitude adjustment rate values directly from the star tracker values, where the processing is performed using quaternions. From the attitude adjustment values and attitude adjustment rate values, a set of thruster on time values are determined. |
US12263949B2 |
Air distribution system for a cabin of an aircraft
An air distribution system for a cabin of an aircraft includes a supply air line with a supply air line connector, at least one air outlet with an air outlet connector, a riser line, which is connectable to the supply air line connector and the air outlet connector, and a trim element to be arranged on a primary structure of the aircraft inside the cabin. The riser line is flexible, wherein the trim element has an outer side which can be oriented relative to the primary structure and on which there is at least one retainer for retaining the riser line, and the at least one retainer is designed to be interlockingly connected to the riser line by being pressed against the latter, such that the riser line is fixed. |
US12263947B2 |
Intelligent settings of an aircraft passenger suite
An aircraft passenger suite is provided. The suite comprises an aircraft seat for use by a passenger. The suite also comprises a controller for controlling a number of output states of the suite, the controller comprising a logic condition receiver operable to receive a logic condition input. The suite also comprises sensor equipment operable to provide a sensor input to the controller, the sensor input providing an indication of at least one attribute of a passenger of the suite. The sensor equipment comprises one or more of: an image sensor a pressure sensor and a physiological sensor. The controller is configured to control at least one of the output states of the suite based on both the logic condition input and the sensor input. |
US12263944B2 |
Rotating release launching system
The present disclosure provides rolling release launching system that is operative to receive and retain a drone or other payload in a protected launcher. The launcher helps to reduce the drag of the payload and to protect the payload from environmental factors. The payload is launched when a rotating door opens to expose the payload in a bay area. The rotating door may be parallel or concentric to a longitudinal axis of the body portion of the device. The payload may be launched using a biasing and fastening mechanism, which may include detachably coupling bracket, to induce an angular moment and releasing force on the payload during launch. |
US12263943B2 |
Rotor deployment mechanism for vertical take-off and landing aircraft
A deployment mechanism for use on an aerial vehicle adapted for vertical takeoff and landing using deployable thrust producing elements for takeoff and landing. The deployment mechanism may use linear actuation of a linkage assembly to deploy thrust producing rotor assemblies from a vertical thrust hove configuration to a horizontal thrust forward flight configuration. The aerial vehicle may include left side rotor assemblies and right side rotor assemblies which may be deployed by deployment mechanisms. |
US12263939B2 |
Apparatus for attaching aerodynamically functional films and use thereof
An apparatus is for attaching an aerodynamically functional film to a surface of a body around which flow passes. The apparatus includes: a self-adhesive, redetachable positioning film having positioning aids for the exact positioning of the positioning film on the surface of the body around which flow passes and having at least one application area for the aerodynamically functional film that is to be applied. |
US12263937B2 |
Aircraft having a controllable center of gravity and method of use
Aspects relate to an aircraft having a controllable center of gravity and methods of controlling the center of gravity. An exemplary aircraft having a controllable center of gravity includes a first tank configured to store a first portion of a ballast, a second tank configured to store a second portion of the ballast disposed substantially aft of the first tank, at least a pipe configured to provide fluidic communication between the first tank and the second tank, at least a pump configured to pump the ballast bidirectionally between the first tank and the second tank by way of the at least a pipe, and a controller in communication with the at least a pump and configured to control a ballast ratio of the first portion of the ballast relative the second portion of the ballast and affect an aircraft center of gravity. |
US12263935B2 |
Floor system for a cabin of a vehicle
A floor system for a cabin of a vehicle is proposed, the floor system including a floor panel having a bottom layer, a top layer and a continuous stiffening structure having an alternating arrangement of elongated first depressions and elongated protrusions arranged between the bottom layer and the top layer, an elongated cover component, and at least one seat rail component. The cover component has an upper surface, a lower surface, and an elongated second depression reaching from the upper surface to the lower surface and having a shape that corresponds to the shape of the first depressions. The cover component is configured to be mounted inside a first depression that is accessible through an elongated cutout extending along a depression of the stiffening structure. The at least one seat rail component is attachable to the cover component to provide a seat rail along the floor panel. |
US12263931B2 |
Active and passive sail for improved communication networking at sea
Provided is a radar and communications enhanced sail for a sailboat, sail ship, or sail drone. The sail includes a first sail section comprising an active communication system, a second sail section comprising a passive communication system, or a combination thereof. The active communication system includes an antenna array (transceiver) and a software-defined radio (SDR), while the passive communication system comprises a reflective panel or sections and/or array of reflector panels or sections. The active system utilizes its SDR and transceiver to communicate back and forth with an onshore SDR and transceiver to provide information as necessary. The passive system receives a radar signal via the reflective material on the sail and reflects the signal back at the radar, which produces a radar cross section indicating that there is an object (in this case the sailboat) in the ocean. |
US12263927B2 |
Submersible remote operated vehicle vision assistance and control
This disclosure describes monitoring and operating subsea well systems, such as to perform operations in the construction and control of targets in a subsea environment. A submersible ROV that performs operations in the construction and control of targets (e.g., well completion components) in a subsea environment, the ROV has one or more imaging devices that capture data that is processed to provide information that assists in the control and operations of the ROV and/or well completion system while the ROV is subsea. |
US12263926B2 |
Stabilizer for floating construct
A boat lift is attached to piles driven into the earth or to another object. The boat lift is held in horizontal position relative to piles or the object to which it is attached, but vertical movement of the boat lift relative to the object is permitted. The boat lift is connected to the piles by modular units or cube constructs that have a post extending there through. The post has a blade extending from it. The blades are attached at an angle, according to the application, to pile guides that engage piles. The pile guides vertically traverse the piles, permitting the boat lift to move vertically relative to the object, but fixing the horizontal position of the boat lift. |
US12263924B1 |
Variable ballast propulsion shipping vessel, systems and methods
A shipping vessel including a train for executing underwater travel is disclosed. The train is formed by a plurality of segments hingedly coupled to one another in a series. Each segment includes one or more variable ballast tanks and one or more hydrodynamic features. The shipping vessel includes a control system configured to cause the one or more variable ballast tanks of the plurality of segments to be selectively filled with and expelled of a fluid to correspondingly change buoyancies of the plurality of segments. The control system is configured to control the one or more hydrodynamic features in each segment to translate an underwater downward acceleration and the underwater upward acceleration into a desired direction as at least one of pitch and yaw. Thus, executing a glide maneuver to glide up and down underwater among the train of the plurality of segments and along a glide path. |
US12263919B2 |
Underwater device and underwater system
A handling device includes a winch comprising a frame, intended to be attached to a structure of the surface vessel and a first drum capable of turning relative to the frame about a first rotation axis and an assembly comprising at least one second drum which surrounds the first drum and is capable of turning relative to the frame about a second rotation axis substantially parallel to the first rotation axis, the winch being capable of being in a decoupled state wherein the first drum and the second drum are rotationally decoupled about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis so as to allow a traction cable to be wound around the first drum during a first winding step wherein the first drum is rotated about the first axis, the second drum being capable of being in an open state wherein the second drum has a receiving opening that a towed body is capable of passing through in order to enter the interior of the space that surrounds the first drum and that is surrounded by the second drum, the winch being capable of being in a coupled state wherein the first drum and the second drum are rotationally coupled about the second rotation axis so as to allow a flexible elongate body to be wound around the second rotation axis during a second winding step wherein the second drum is rotated about the second axis. |
US12263918B2 |
Control system for stabilizing a floating wind turbine
Provided is a control system for stabilizing a floating wind turbine, the comprising a detection device for monitoring an offset from a predetermined floater pitch angle and/or an offset from a predetermined floater yaw angle, wherein the detection device is further configured for monitoring an oscillating motion of the floater pitch angle and/or the floater yaw angle, wherein the predetermined floater pitch angle and floater yaw angle define a predetermined balanced state of the floating wind turbine, wherein a threshold of the oscillating motion of the floater pitch angle and the oscillating motion of the floater yaw angle further define the predetermined balanced state of the floating wind turbine, and an actuation device configured for manipulating the oscillating motion of the floater pitch angle and/or the oscillating motion of the floater yaw angle until the predetermined balanced state of the floating wind turbine is met. |
US12263914B2 |
System and method for delivering air to a submerged ship surface
This invention introduces a unique two-piece nozzle used to provide air to the hull bottom of a ship, reducing the drag of water friction while in motion. The unique base assembly will mount flush in the bottom portion of a hull of a ship, creating no additional drag when closed. The unique interchangeable and modular nozzle design will allow for maintenance and or development of various designs in the water, without requiring a drydock visit. A flap portion of the nozzle insert will open when air is supplied, releasing small air bubbles to a ship's hull. The flap portion of the nozzle insert may incorporate various materials and passive closing schemes to adjust the air plastron. The present invention creates and maintains an air curtain, called plastron, delivering air underneath a ship hull through an array of nozzles. |
US12263913B2 |
Air supply apparatus for a ship, ship including the same, and method for supplying air to an air lubrication device
An air supply apparatus for a ship is described. The air supply apparatus includes a first turbocharger having a first compressor and a first turbine being drivable by exhaust gas provided from one or more engines. The first compressor is coupled to the first turbine via a transmission configured for changing a speed of the first compressor. Additionally, the air supply apparatus includes an air lubrication device for resistance reduction of the ship. The first compressor is connected with the air lubrication device for supplying air to the air lubrication device. |
US12263910B2 |
Generating and/or prioritizing pre-call content for rendering when awaiting acceptance of an incoming call
Implementations set forth herein relate to generating a pre-call analysis for one or more users that are receiving and/or initializing a call with one or more other users, and/or prioritizing pre-call content according to whether security-related value was gleaned from provisioning certain pre-call content. One or more machine learning models can be employed for determining the pre-call content to be cached and/or presented prior to a user accepting a call from another user. Feedback provided before, during, and/or after the call can be used as a basis from which to prioritize certain content and/or sources of content when generating pre-call content for a subsequent call. Other information, such as contextual data (e.g., calendar entries, available peripheral devices, location, etc.) corresponding to the previous call and/or the subsequent call, can also be used as a basis from which to provide a pre-call analysis. |
US12263908B2 |
Suspension control system for suspension of human-powered vehicle
A suspension control system is provided for a suspension of a human-powered vehicle. The suspension control system basically includes a detector, an electronic controller and an additional detector. The detector is configured to detect information relating to a running condition of the human-powered vehicle indirectly indicative of a pedaling state of the human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller is configured to output a control signal to adjust an operating state of the suspension in accordance with the information detected by the detector. The additional detector is configured to detect additional information relating to at least one of a riding posture of rider riding the human-powered vehicle and a terrain condition. The electronic controller is configured to output the control signal to adjust the operating state of the suspension in accordance with the information in combination with the additional information. |
US12263907B1 |
Supplemental side mirror assembly for a motorcycle
A supplemental side mirror assembly for a motorcycle includes a mirror, a shell attached to the mirror, and an arm attached to the shell. The arm is positioned to extend away from the shell. A base is coupled to a free end of the arm. A first clamp member is coupled to the base. The first clamp member is C-shaped. A second clamp member is detachably coupled to the first clamp member. The second clamp member is C-shaped such that the first clamp member and the second clamp member together define a cylindrical passage when coupled together. The first clamp member and the second clamp member are designed to be clamped onto a support arm of a side view mirror attached to a handlebar of a motorcycle, such that the mirror is positioned above the side view mirror of the motorcycle to provide an expanded field of view. |
US12263902B2 |
Mobile transport system
A mobile transport system for transporting objects, e.g., in a technical facility, includes a first drive module and a second drive module, which are offset relative to each other in a longitudinal direction, and a load-holding unit, which is supported on the drive modules. Each of the drive modules includes a module frame, a first caster, which is mounted for rotation about a first axis of rotation, a second caster, which is mounted for rotation about a second axis of rotation, a third caster, which is mounted for rotation about a third axis of rotation, a fourth caster, which is mounted for rotation about a fourth axis of rotation, and a drive unit. The drive unit includes a drive frame disposed on the module frame, a first drive wheel, which can be rotated about a first drive axis, and a second drive wheel, which can be rotated about a second drive axis, the first caster being disposed on a first load lever (21), which can be pivoted relative to the module frame about a load axis extending in a transverse direction, the second caster being disposed on a second load lever, which can be pivoted relative to the module frame about the load axis, the third caster being disposed on the module frame, the fourth caster (44) being disposed on the module frame. The load-carrying unit is supported, at a first support point, on the first load lever and, at a second support point, on the second load lever. |
US12263900B1 |
Legged robot with electrostatic discharging assembly and robot leg
A legged robot (1001) comprising a first leg (1) and a second leg (2) adapted to walk the robot over a ground (g). The first leg (1) comprises a first electrostatic discharge assembly comprising: a first electrostatic discharge contact (13) connected to a first electrostatic chargeable robot component (100), a first electrostatic discharge member (12) extending along the first leg (1), and a first electrostatic discharge foot (11). The first electrostatic discharge assembly is adapted to electrostatically discharge the first robot component (100) via the first electrostatic discharge contact (13) to the first electrostatic discharge member (12) to the first electrostatic discharge foot (11) and to the ground (g). |
US12263898B2 |
Vehicle steering device and vehicle steering method
The present disclosure provides a vehicle steering device and a vehicle steering method capable of ensuring safety of a passenger and a vehicle when a steering abnormality of the vehicle occurs. The vehicle steering device includes a steering input unit, a steering output unit connected to the steering input unit and a wheel, and a control unit configured to control the steering input unit and the steering output unit, in which, when a steering abnormality occurs in the steering input unit, the control unit directly controls the steering output unit regardless of the operation of the steering input unit. |
US12263895B2 |
Steer-by-wire type steering apparatus
The present embodiments relate to a steer-by-wire type steering apparatus, which prevents a steering shaft from mechanically rotating by means of a gear structure when a driver turns the steering wheel at the maximum rotation angle or greater, so as to enable efficient limiting of the steering wheel operation of the driver to be within a maximum rotation angle without increasing the size, the weight and the like of a motor for transmitting torque to the steering shaft and the like, and to be advantageous with respect to production costs, packaging and the like. |
US12263893B2 |
Air guide device for a motor vehicle
An air guide device for a motor vehicle having an air guide element and a movement mechanism. The air guide element forming a rear side part of a body of the motor vehicle so as to be movable relative to the remaining body. The air guide element is movable between an inoperative position and at least one operating end position. The air guide element, in its inoperative position, is flush with the remaining body. The rear side part has a flow guide surface which faces an environment of the motor vehicle and along which air flows. The air guide element has a surface which is at least part of the flow guide surface. The air guide element, in its operating end position, is configured to extend the flow guide surface along a body longitudinal axis (X) of the body. |
US12263889B2 |
Vehicle lower part structure
A vehicle lower part structure includes a floor panel, a bracket fixed to the floor panel, and a component mounted on a lower side of the floor panel so as to be fastened by a fastener to the bracket. The floor panel has a convex portion. The bracket is provided so as to cover the convex portion from a lower side. The fastener includes a bolt and a nut. The bolt has a head located on a lower side of the bracket and a shaft extending upward from the head and inserted in a hole formed in the bracket. A distal end of the shaft is located in the internal space of the convex portion. |
US12263888B2 |
Chassis for an autonomous mobile robot
A chassis for an autonomous mobile robot comprises a moulded frame having a stable support for any payload or additional machinery loaded on top of the mobile robot, while ensuring a rigidity of the chassis which again ensures that the supporting elements for the sensors are kept in a stable position relative to each other. The chassis has several separated compartments for EEE placement. These EEE compartments are accessible from the sides and ends of the mobile robot by removing detachable cover parts. A removable top cover is mounted on top of the moulded frame providing a top covering for central inside compartment and outside side compartments. Side covers and end covers are provided for outside compartments and are removable. |
US12263887B2 |
Vehicle rear-side structure
A vehicle rear-side structure is configured to ease an impact applied onto a battery pack of a vehicle upon an occurrence of a collision. The vehicle rear-side structure includes side frames and a rear-end-collision impact reducer. The side frames extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle and are disposed at positions at which the side frames sandwich the battery pack therebetween in a widthwise direction of the vehicle. The rear-end-collision impact reducer is disposed between and above the side frames at a rear side of the battery pack. The rear-end-collision impact reducer is configured to allow air, which is to be sent to a battery stack included in the battery pack, to flow through the rear-end-collision impact reducer. |
US12263883B2 |
Vehicle-body structure of electric automotive vehicle
A vehicle-body structure comprises a dash panel, a pair of right-and-left front side frames, a pair of right-and-left side sills, a pair of right-and-left first longitudinal load-transmitting members respectively extending from respective vehicle-rear portions of the right-and-left front side frames to the right-and-left side sills along an upper face of the floor panel, and a pair of right-and-left second longitudinal load-transmitting members respectively extending from the respective vehicle-rear portions of the right-and-left front side frames toward a vehicle-front portion of the battery case along a lower face of the floor panel. |
US12263882B2 |
Vehicle intermediate structure
An embodiment vehicle intermediate structure includes a first intermediate crossmember connecting a pair of side sills in a width direction of a vehicle, wherein each end face of the first intermediate crossmember is attached to an inboard side surface of the corresponding side sill, and wherein a cross section of the first intermediate crossmember is uniform in a longitudinal direction thereof. |
US12263881B2 |
Vehicle-mounted camera device and method of generating a display image
A vehicle-mounted camera device mounted on a vehicle includes a main core that generates a guide line image including a guide line in accordance with the steering angle of the vehicle, a sub core that superposes a guide line image on a reference image based on the capturing result from a camera mounted on the vehicle, thereby to output the resulting reference image to a display device as a display image, and a memory that holds a plurality of guide line images generated in the main core with respect to a plurality of steering angle. The sub core reads from the memory, in accordance with steering angle information indicating the current steering angle of the vehicle, one of the plurality of guide line images to generate a display image using the read guide line image. |
US12263873B2 |
Implementation method for independent multimode train control system based on trackside platform
An implementation method for an independent multimode train control system based on a trackside platform is provided. According to the implementation method, a trackside train control system and an interlocking system are provided independently to meet requirements of hybrid operation of trains having different systems; and at the same time, during operation of a train in a moving block mode, once a trackside control system fails or an on-board system fails, the multimode train control system can ensure that the train is degraded automatically and operates according to a degraded mode. |
US12263866B2 |
Vehicle management system
A management server executes a process including: a step of acquiring operation information when an execution condition is established; a step of setting a traveling route; a step of calculating an accumulated amount of load when there is a vehicle set on the forwarding route; a step of setting the details of canceling the travel restriction according to the accumulated amount of the load of the vehicle on the forwarding route when there is a vehicle in a high accumulated state; a step of setting cancellation of travel restrictions for vehicles on the forwarding route when there is no vehicle in a high accumulation state; and a step of transmitting the travel plan information. |
US12263865B1 |
Validation of occlusions identified within autonomous vehicle driving environments
A method includes obtaining, by a processing device, radar sensor data from a driving environment of an autonomous vehicle (AV). The radar sensor data corresponds to a field-of-view (FOV) of a radar sensor of the AV. The method further includes identifying, by the processing device from the radar sensor data, a potential occlusion within the driving environment, obtaining, by the processing device, non-radar sensor data from the driving environment, the non-radar sensor data corresponding to a FOV of a non-radar sensor of the AV, determining, by the processing device from the non-radar sensor data, whether the potential occlusion is a false occlusion, and in response to determining that the potential occlusion is a false occlusion, removing, by the processing device, the false occlusion from the FOV of the radar sensor. |
US12263864B2 |
Mobile object control device and mobile object control method using trained risk model
A mobile object control device acquires, as learning history data, driving history data obtained when a learning mobile object is operated in a risk-free environment; performs learning for imitating driving of the learning mobile object in the risk-free environment using the learning history data as training data and generates an imitation learning model; acquires, as training history data, driving history data obtained when a mobile object for generating training data is operated in the same environment as the environment in which the learning history data has been acquired; estimates whether the training history data matches the learning history data using the training history data as input to the imitation learning model and assigns a label related to risks; and infers a result for controlling a mobile object to be controlled using at least the label related to risks as training data, based on sensor information of the mobile object. |
US12263863B2 |
Attention attracting system and attention attracting method
An attention attracting system includes an attention attracting device that transmits, to a driver, a possibility of contact between a subject vehicle and an object and that includes a risk identification section identifying a risk position which is a position having a strong possibility of contact occurring between the subject vehicle and the object and a risk level which is a degree of the possibility of the contact occurring at the risk position, and a transmission section which transmits the risk position and the risk level to the driver, which provides a tactile stimulus or an auditory stimulus to the driver through a tactile HMI device or an auditory HMI device at a remarkableness level corresponding to height of the risk level, and which transmits, to the driver through a visual HMI device, visual information indicating a direction of the risk position viewed from the driver. |
US12263862B2 |
Vehicular parking assist system
A vehicular parking assist system includes a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and sensing exterior of the vehicle. The vehicular parking assist system, via processing of captured sensor data, and while the vehicle is conducting a parking maneuver, detects an object and tracks location of the detected object relative to the vehicle until the detected object leaves a field of sensing of the at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors. The system, after the detected object leaves the field of sensing of the at least one sensor, predicts location of the detected object relative to the vehicle. The system, upon completion of the parking maneuver, determines that the detected object is hazardous based on the predicted location of the detected object relative to the vehicle, and responsive to determining that the detected object is hazardous, restricts opening of a door of the vehicle. |
US12263861B1 |
Automatic training assignment based on operator behavior
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for the assignment of courses based on driver behavior. One method includes monitoring driver behavior and analyzing reported events to generate course recommendations. These recommendations are based on configurable rules set by a fleet manager. A safety inbox user interface (UI) allows for the review of events and the assignment of one or more courses to a driver. The method further includes recording the assigned course as pending, notifying the driver, updating the driver application to reflect the course requirement, detecting course completion by the driver, and updating the Safety Behavior Management System (BMS) with the course completion record. This systematic approach ensures that drivers are aware of and complete necessary educational courses to improve driving safety and adherence to fleet standards. |
US12263855B2 |
Method for checking the suitability of a target trajectory for trajectory control of a vehicle
A method for checking the suitability of a target trajectory for trajectory control of a vehicle. The target trajectory contains route information about the path of a route to be driven and momentum information about the momentum with which the route should be driven. The target trajectory is assessed as suitable for the trajectory control if the target traction and target tractive power are below a predetermined characteristic traction curve or characteristic tractive power curve, the target steering power is below a predetermined power limit of the steering, and the horizontal target tire forces on each wheel are within the friction value limits determined by the friction value. Otherwise, the target trajectory is assessed to be unsuitable. |
US12263854B2 |
Double independent control unit-based intelligent vehicle control system and vehicle
The present application pertains to the technical field of vehicles, and in particular to a vehicle intelligent control system based on a dual independent control system and a corresponding vehicle. The system includes a locomotive terminal and a cloud server. The locomotive terminal includes a first control system and a second control system both being operable independently and capable of exchanging data with each other in real time. The first control system monitors an operation state of the vehicle in real time and transmits at least part of operation state data to the second control system in real time, and controls an operation of the vehicle according to an internal preset instruction and a control instruction received from the second control system. The second control system receives data transmitted by the first control system and transmits at least part of the received data to the cloud server, and receives a control instruction from the cloud server and forwards the control instruction for controlling the operation of the vehicle to the first control system. The present application improves the adaptability and stability of the system, enhances the user experience and increases the safety of the vehicle. |
US12263852B2 |
System and method for preventing drunk driving of vehicle
Disclosed is a system for preventing drunk driving of a vehicle, the system including: an input unit through which a transfer intention to transfer a control privilege of a vehicle from a registered driver to a passenger is input; a sobriety determination unit configured to determine a current driver's inebriation state through a breathalyzer provided in the vehicle when the transfer intention is input through the input unit; a driver verification unit configured to identify personal information of the current driver seated on a driver's seat; and a control unit configured to transfer the control privilege of the vehicle to the passenger when the passenger is measured as being able to drive by the sobriety determination unit and the passenger and the current driver are identified to be the same by the driver verification unit. |
US12263846B1 |
Customized vehicle operator workflows
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for customized vehicle operator workflows. A vehicle operator workflow includes a set of tasks to be completed by a vehicle operator. The vehicle operator workflow may be presented to the vehicle operator upon satisfaction of a triggering event, such as upon the vehicle operator logging into an account or the vehicle entering a specified geographic region. The vehicle operator workflow may enable the vehicle operator to complete the individual tasks as well as submit evidence that the tasks have been completed. |
US12263843B2 |
Control device for vehicle
The vehicle includes a prime mover, a propeller shaft that transmits a rotational output, a first drive wheel that transmits a rotational output without passing through the propeller shaft, a second drive wheel transmitted through the propeller shaft, a torque distribution unit, and a transmission device. The control device of the vehicle has an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode, when changing a gear ratio of the transmission device, the control device controls the torque distribution unit in such a manner that an amount of torque distribution transmitted to the second drive wheel becomes smaller than when the gear ratio of the transmission device is constant, and the amount of torque distribution transmitted to the second drive wheel when changing the gear ratio in the manual driving mode is smaller than the amount of torque distribution when changing the gear ratio in the autonomous driving mode. |
US12263842B2 |
Vehicle travel assistance method and vehicle travel assistance device
A travel assistance method and device, when performing a first lane change with autonomous lane change control and then performing a second lane change for traveling along a set travel route, determines whether or not a distance from a position at which the first lane change has concluded to a position at which the second lane change can be started is a predetermined distance or less. When it is determined that the distance is the predetermined distance or less, whether assistance with the autonomous lane change control is enabled for the second lane change is determined. When assistance with the autonomous lane change control is enabled, whether a lane change can be made from a subject vehicle lane to an adjacent lane is determined. When the lane change to the adjacent lane can be made, the second lane change is made with the autonomous lane change control. |
US12263840B2 |
Longitudinal acceleration control for autonomous driving
A method of setting a target longitudinal acceleration of a vehicle travelling along a road behind a leading vehicle, comprising: determining a lateral position of the leading vehicle; defining a lateral range extending from the leading vehicle and having a first subrange, a second subrange and a central subrange therebetween, wherein the lateral range increases with lateral distance of the leading vehicle from a centre of a lane in which the leading vehicle is located when the leading vehicle is changing lanes; determining a longitudinal range extending behind the leading vehicle; and setting the target longitudinal acceleration, for any longitudinal position of the host vehicle within the longitudinal range, to: a first value if a lateral position of the host vehicle is within the central subrange; and a second value greater than the first value if the lateral position is within the first or second subrange. |
US12263836B2 |
Methods and systems for providing depth maps with confidence estimates
An automated vehicle assistance system is provided for supervised or unsupervised vehicle movement. The system includes a control system and a first sensor system. The first sensor system may receive first image data of a scene and may output a first disparity map and a first confidence map based on the first image data. The control system may output a video stream based on the first disparity map and the first confidence map. The vehicle assistance system also may include a second sensor system that receives second image data of at least a portion of the scene that outputs a second confidence map based on second image data. The video stream may include super-frames, with each super-frame including a 2D image of the scene, a depth map corresponding to the 2D image, and a certainty map corresponding to the depth map. |
US12263835B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting an object in an environment of a vehicle
Systems include a controller programmed to instruct a sensor to detect an object in an environment of a vehicle in response to an activation of a fall-on-car prevention function, determine a first value of a parameter pertaining to the object at a first time with the sensor, determine a second value of the parameter pertaining to the object at a second time with the sensor, and automatically cause an action to occur based on a comparison of the first value of the parameter and the second value of the parameter. |
US12263833B2 |
Intelligent vehicle systems and control logic for intrusive detection of high-voltage pathway failures
A method of operating a motor vehicle includes a vehicle controller receiving, from a first feedback sensor of an HV component, a first feedback signal indicative of an electrical characteristic of the HV component, and then detecting an HV system fault if the first feedback signal is less than a predefined electrical threshold. Upon detecting the system fault, the controller commands the HV component to operate at a commanded set-point; after sending the command, the controller receives, from a second feedback sensor of the HV component, a second feedback signal indicative of an operating characteristic of the HV component. An HV pathway failure is detected if the second feedback signal is not equal to or within a predefined operating range of the commanded set-point. Upon detecting the pathway failure in an HV electrical pathway of the HV component, the vehicle controller transmits a command signal to take a remedial action. |
US12263829B2 |
Electric vehicle with neutral regeneration
Methods and systems for operating an electric vehicle in neutral are provided herein. The vehicle system, in one example, includes an electric machine rotationally coupled to a driveline and an input device with a neutral position. The system further includes a control unit with instructions that when executed, in response to movement of the input device into the neutral position, cause the control unit to operate the electric machine to apply a regenerative torque to a driveline and generate electrical energy. |
US12263826B1 |
Series hybrid engine control with driverpower following
A control system that controls speed of an internal combustion engine (ICE) in a series hybrid vehicle includes an accelerator pedal, a vehicle speed sensor and a controller. The accelerator pedal sends a torque request signal. The vehicle speed sensor sends a vehicle speed signal. The controller receives the torque request signal and the vehicle speed signal. The controller is configured to calculate, based on the torque request and vehicle speed signals, a driver power request; calculate engine power limits including (i) a maximum engine power that includes the driver power request plus an upper offset; and (ii) a minimum engine power that includes the driver power request minus a lower offset; select a most efficient engine operating point between the maximum and minimum power; and control the ICE to operate at the most efficient engine operating point. |
US12263825B1 |
System and method for transmission clutch support on hybrid electric vehicle
A vehicle system for a hybrid electric vehicle that implements a transmission clutch support mode during a stop of the vehicle includes a hybrid powertrain, a brake system, a clutch and a controller. The hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor that provides motor torque to a driveline for propelling the vehicle. The brake system selectively provides brake torque to drive wheels based on application of a brake pedal. The clutch opens and closes to engage the powertrain with the driveline. The controller initiates clutch support mode and determines whether a brake pedal release has been detected; commands a brake hold that maintains brake pressure of the brake system subsequent to detection of the brake pedal release; and commands the clutch to move to an engaged position while cancelling the brake hold resulting in concurrent blend-out of the brake torque and blend-in of the motor torque. |
US12263823B2 |
Braking control apparatus and method determining trailer brake pressure model based on trailer information
Default trailer model data stored in a memory device of a braking control apparatus is used to generate a default trailer braking signal for activating brakes on a default towed vehicle. An application trailer braking model different than the default trailer braking model is determined based on application trailer configuration data alone or in combination with the default trailer braking model. The application trailer configuration data is representative of an application value of an equipment parameter of the towed vehicle. Compensated trailer braking control data is determined by applying primal trailer braking control data representative of a primal trailer braking control signal to the determined application trailer braking model, and an output circuit generates a compensated trailer braking control signal for delivery to a modulator valve that is responsive to the compensated trailer braking control signal to activate brakes on the towed vehicle. |
US12263821B2 |
Reliable parking brake valve unit with a bypass valve
An electropneumatic parking brake device is for supplying air to and exhausting air from spring-loaded accumulator brake cylinders of an electronically controllable pneumatic braking system for a vehicle and includes a parking brake valve unit with a reservoir port for receiving reservoir pressure from a parking brake reservoir. The parking brake valve unit sets a parking brake pressure at a spring-loaded accumulator port depending on a parking brake signal. A non-return valve is arranged between the parking brake valve unit and the parking brake reservoir to prevent compressed air from flowing back from the parking brake valve unit to the reservoir. A bypass valve is provided which can be switched to supply air to and exhaust it from the spring-loaded accumulator port. The bypass valve is activated and switched independently of the parking brake valve unit. |
US12263820B2 |
Excessive train brake pipe flow diagnostics
A brake pipe pressure monitoring system evaluates the flow of pressure in the brake pipe and alerts the train driver when the brake pipe flow indicates a brake system failure. The system has a brake pipe pressure module coupled to computer controlled brake as well as to a brake pipe pressure transducer, a main reservoir pressure transducer, and a flow transducer that determines the amount of pressure flow from the main reservoir to the brake pipe. The brake pipe pressure module is programmed to calculated and track the flow in the brake pipe over time and to determine whether the flow in the brake pipe over time exceeds a predetermined threshold. In the even that flow exceeds the predetermined threshold, the computer controlled brake is signaled to alert the train driver of the failure condition. |
US12263819B2 |
Vehicle axle having electric drive motors, an electrohydraulic brake and additional modules such as a transmission, torque vectoring and a parking brake
A vehicle axle may include hydraulically operating wheel brakes and/or additional hydraulic loads, such as clutch plate cylinders. The vehicle axle may include at least one pressure supply device, driven by an electric-motor drive, to control pressure in the wheel brakes; at least one control and regulating device; a valve assembly having values for setting wheel-specific brake pressures and/or for disconnecting/connecting the wheel brakes from/to the pressure supply device, and at least one electric drive motor for driving and braking a vehicle wheel or the axle. At least one pressure supply device is used to control the pressure of and/or provide pressure to at least one additional brake unit in the form of an electric parking brake, a hydraulically supported electromechanical brake, an electromechanical brake and/or a force-supporting steering device, a gear actuator and/or transmission actuator, and/or a torque vectoring module. |
US12263818B2 |
Piston pump group for brake system and control method therefor
A piston pump group for a brake system and a control method thereof are provided, and the piston pump group includes: a piston, a pump body provided with an operating chamber, and a transmission mechanism used for driving the piston to move in the operating chamber, where the transmission mechanism includes a lead screw transmission assembly, a follower, and a planetary gear assembly used for transmitting power to the lead screw transmission assembly, the follower is fixedly connected to the piston, the lead screw transmission assembly is used for driving the follower to move relative to the operating chamber, and a limiting member used for limiting the movement of the follower is disposed between the lead screw transmission assembly and the follower. |
US12263816B1 |
Adjustable blade load mechanism for wiper arm assembly
A windshield wiper system for an aircraft includes a wiper drive shaft with a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The second end includes a first threaded section between the first end and the second end, a second threaded section extending axially along the wiper drive shaft between the first threaded section and the second end relative to a center axis of the wiper drive shaft, and a spline section axially between the first threaded section and the second threaded section. Further included is a first nut to thread to the first threaded section, a second nut to thread to the second threaded section, and a wiper arm assembly including an adjustment sleeve configured to interlock with the spline section, a wiper arm with a first end configured to enclose the adjustment sleeve, and a second end of the wiper arm attached to a wiper blade. |
US12263815B2 |
Devices and methods to load and transport articles
The disclosure provides embodiments of devices and systems to load one or more objects on top of a vehicle or other structure. |
US12263813B1 |
Vehicle seat-top storage device
A vehicle seat-top storage device has a lower layer formed from a flexible material configured to overlay and conform to portions of a vehicle seat. An upper layer of a flexible sheet material is coupled along side edges to the lower layer to define an interior space between the lower and upper layers. An opening of the device allows access to the interior space through the opening. A closure device is provided for selectively opening and closing the opening. Securing straps are coupled to the device to secure the device to the vehicle seat. |
US12263810B2 |
Travel control apparatus, travel control method, and non-transitory storage medium
The present invention provides a travel control apparatus (20) including an in-vehicle image acquisition unit (21) that acquires an in-vehicle image generated by a camera for capturing an inside of a vehicle compartment of a reserved vehicle, an in-vehicle sensing unit (22) that senses that a reserving person is present within a vehicle compartment of the reserved vehicle, based on the in-vehicle image, and a permission output unit (23) that outputs, when it is sensed that the reserving person is present within a vehicle compartment of the reserved vehicle, travel permission of the reserved vehicle. |
US12263800B2 |
Vehicle protection device
Protection devices provide operational safety for vehicles. The efficiency of a safety device is enhanced by improving operational reliability in frontal and lateral collisions and simplicity of restoring its structural integrity after collision. A vehicle protection device has a base, and a barrier located in front of the base and fastened to the base by at least two struts having one end attached to the barrier and the other end to the base. Each strut has at least two separate rod-shaped elements featuring holes along their longitudinal axes; and containing detachable joints at their ends; the elements can stay connected with each other by a flexible element passing through the holes of all rod-shaped elements. The struts can be mutually disconnected under axial or lateral load. The flexible element is configured to interact with a base-mounted mechanism for activating the sensor of the vehicle stopping system. |
US12263799B2 |
Vehicle power supply system, vehicle comprising such system and method for recharging a vehicle battery
A vehicle power supply system (100), comprising: —a vehicle battery (111) with a charging voltage, —a DC-to-DC converter (130) comprising two first connection terminals (110) connected to the vehicle battery (111) and two second connection terminals (120) for connecting an external charger to recharge the vehicle battery (111) or for connecting an external battery to be recharged, wherein, in a first mode in which an external charger is connected to the two second connection terminals (120), the voltage V2 between the two second connection terminals (120) is an input voltage of the converter and the voltage V1 between the two first connection terminals (110) is an output voltage of the converter, wherein, in a second mode in which an external battery to be recharged is connected to the two second connection terminals (120), the voltage V1 between the two first connection terminals (110) is an input voltage of the converter and the voltage V2 between the two second connection terminals (120) is an output voltage of the converter, wherein the system also includes means for determining at least the voltage V2 between the two second connection terminals (120) and preferably also the voltage V1 between the two first connection terminals (110), and wherein the DC-to-DC converter (130) is controlled so that the output voltage of the converter is equal to the charging voltage of the vehicle battery (111) in the first mode and to a charging voltage of the external battery in the second mode. |
US12263793B2 |
Imaging apparatus
In an imaging apparatus, a protrusion member of a lens barrel is arranged to protrude, from an outer surface of a barrel body, toward a direction away from an optical axis of a lens. The protrusion member includes an upper portion. The upper portion is located above the optical axis of the lens, and has an upper end. The protrusion member includes a lower portion. The lower portion is located below the optical axis of the at least one lens, and has a lower end. The upper end of the upper portion has a first minimum distance with respect to the optical axis of the lens, and the lower end of the lower portion has a second minimum distance with respect to the optical axis of the lens. The protrusion member is configured such that the first minimum distance is smaller than the second minimum distance. |
US12263789B2 |
Blind spot visualization system and method
A blind spot visualization system and method for eliminating blind spots for an operator of a vehicle. The blind spots are caused by obstructions in the vehicle. A first image based on a first frequency range, and a second image based on a second frequency range, is generated. The images of the first frequency range and the images of the second frequency range are combined to create a composite image. Displays on the obstruction, facing the operator, receive the composite image. The displays display the images to the operator so that the blind spots, caused by the obstructions in the vehicle, are eliminated. |
US12263788B2 |
Vehicular dual mode illumination module
A vehicular dual mode illumination module includes mounting structure configured for mounting at a vehicle, a first light emitting diode (LED) operable to emit visible white light when electrically powered, and a second near-infrared (near-IR) LED operable to emit non-visible near-IR light when electrically powered. When the vehicle is parked and the first LED is electrically powered, the first LED emits visible white light to provide visible illumination at a first region exterior the vehicle. Electrical powering of the first LED is locked-out during movement of the vehicle. When the second near-IR LED is electrically powered, the second near-IR LED emits non-visible near-IR light to illuminate a second region exterior the vehicle and to provide non-visible illumination for a camera viewing the second region. Electrical powering of the second near-IR LED is not locked-out during movement of the vehicle. |
US12263785B2 |
Media module, method of controlling media module, and vehicle including media module
A media module may include a module gear unit rotatably installed in a vehicle body; a reflection plate connected to the module gear unit; a light-emitting device disposed to face a reflection surface of the reflection plate; and a speaker disposed to face the reflection surface of the reflection plate, wherein light generated by the light-emitting device is incident toward the reflection plate, and a sound generated by the speaker is incident toward the reflection plate. |
US12263781B2 |
Vehicle
The vehicle includes a light-emitting part installed in the rear windshield wiper, a front camera that captures an image of the front of the own vehicle, a control unit that causes the light-emitting part to blink in conjunction with the operation of the rear windshield wiper to display the pattern, and a processing unit that acquires the pattern displayed by the blink of the light-emitting part of the preceding vehicle based on the image shot by the front camera. |
US12263779B2 |
Vehicle, control method for vehicle, and storage medium
A vehicle including a lamp body that irradiates surroundings of the vehicle, comprising a control unit configured to control an irradiation range of the lamp body according to a speed of the vehicle, wherein the control unit controls the irradiation range according to the speed to be different when the speed increases and when the speed decreases. |
US12263776B2 |
Modular systems and methods for transporting tower assembly of wind turbine
A system and method are used for transporting a plurality of tower sections of a wind turbine on beds of transport devices, such as flat railcars. Supports affix at support locations on beds to accommodate at least one of the tower sections on each of the transport devices. The supports can include bed supports, such as tabs, extending from the beds, and can include cradle supports with slots that engage on the tabs. A circumferential dimension of a cradle is adjusted on each of the supports against which the tower section rests. Each of the tower sections is then supported with at least two of the supports by loading the tower sections on the transport devices. An end of each of the tower sections is then affixed to a flange on at least one of the supports on each of the transport devices. |
US12263773B2 |
Container holder
A container holder configured to hold a container includes a holder body including a container receiver that contains the container and has an opening and a bottom surface, and a container-holding mechanism that stably holds the container contained in the container receiver. The container-holding mechanism includes a swing member that is swingable around a first support shaft relative to the holder body, a turning member that is turnable around a second support shaft relative to the swing member, and a first biasing member that biases the swing member. In a process of putting or taking the container in or out of the container receiver, an outer surface of the container abuts on a part of an outer surface of the swing member or the turning member, and the swing member swings around the first support shaft or the turning member turns around the second support shaft. |
US12263771B2 |
Seat provided with a microphone for a vehicle
Seat for a vehicle and having: a frame; a bearing structure, which is mounted on the frame, is elastically deformable, and is divided into a seat, a backrest, and a headrest; a cover, which covers the bearing structure; a microphone; and a support element, which is U-shaped, embraces the upper part of the frame, is covered by the bearing structure, and has at its top a housing accommodating, on the inside, the microphone. |
US12263768B2 |
Seat assembly
A seat assembly has a seating cushion defining a first surface to support an occupant and a second surface opposite to the first surface, with the first surface further defining a trench. A fastener has a longitudinal body with a central region positioned between a first end region and a second end region, and a base extending outwardly from the second end region and transversely to the body. The first end region tapers in a direction away from the second end region, and the central region of the body defines a recess intersecting a side wall of the body and angled inwardly and towards the first end region to form a hook. The fastener extends through the seating cushion with the base abutting the second surface, and the first end region of the body extending into the trench. |
US12263767B2 |
Occupant positioner
An occupant support includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is coupled to the seat bottom and includes a headrest and a backrest. The occupant support is configured to support an occupant resting thereon before, during, and after an impact force is applied to the occupant support. |
US12263761B2 |
Seat state detection apparatus
A seat state detection apparatus according to the present invention includes: a detecting unit configured to, in accordance with a moving operation in a front-rear direction by an operator on a seat of a vehicle, detect a moving status value representing a status of a moving mechanism that moves the seat in the front-rear direction; and a determining unit configured to determine that the moving mechanism is in a first state when the detected moving status value is more than a first threshold value, and determine that the moving mechanism is in a second state when the detected moving status value is less than a second threshold value set to a value lower than the first threshold value. |
US12263760B1 |
Systems and methods for using airflow to charge an electric battery of a vehicle
An airflow charging system and vehicle include a turbine, a driveline pulley and a driving belt, a main charging pulley and a charging belt, a processor, and a memory. The turbine is configured to rotate the driveline pulley, and the driveline pulley is operably connected to an electric motor. The main charging pulley is operably connected to the electric motor, and rotation of the main charging pulley is configured to charge a battery. The battery provides power to the electric motor. The memory includes instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive a first signal indicating that the vehicle is in motion, operate the electric motor to rotate the turbine, receive a second signal from the vehicle indicating a vehicle speed, and, if the vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, stop operating the electric motor. |
US12263759B2 |
Temperature control apparatus
Provided herein is an apparatus to regulate heat transfer. The apparatus can include a first plenum. The apparatus can include a second plenum. The apparatus can include a channel coupled with the first plenum. The channel can be coupled with the second plenum. The apparatus can include a third plenum coupled with the second plenum. The apparatus can include a bypass coupled with the second plenum and with the third plenum. |
US12263754B2 |
Battery management for electric material- dispensing machine
A system can assign a machine to dispense material at designated areas along a route at a worksite. For example, the machine can be an electric water truck on a mine site, and the electric water truck can be assigned to spray water at areas along a route to control dust on the mine site. The system can verify that the machine is carrying enough material to dispense along the assigned route. The system can also verify that the battery of the machine is charged to a level sufficient to power travel of the machine through the assigned route and to power operations to dispense the material, based at least in part on a changing amount and/or weight of the material as the machine progresses along the route. |
US12263750B2 |
Vehicle and charging system
A vehicle includes an inlet unit to which a charging connector provided in a charging device is connected, a control unit configured to communicate with the charging device, a power accumulation device charged with power delivered through the charging connector, and an input unit to which a user makes an input. The control unit is configured to, upon determining that a charging stop request is input to the input unit during charging, stop the charging. |
US12263745B2 |
Heavy-current charging cable for charging an electric vehicle
A charging cable includes a ground conductor and extending in a longitudinal direction, at least two heavy-current power wires for conducting positive and negative direct current, each comprising a power conductor and insulation, the heavy-current power wires extending parallel to the ground wire, a liquid tight inner sheath extending in the longitudinal direction and surrounding the heavy-current power wires to define a first hollow area between and around the heavy-current power wires, liquid coolant being provided between the heavy-current power wires along the longitudinal direction, wherein the liquid tight inner sheath comprises a second hollow area extending in the longitudinal direction, arranged adjacent to at least one of the heavy-current power wires and comprising liquid coolant to flow within the second hollow area, and a liquid tight outer sheath extending in the longitudinal direction and surrounding the inner sheath and the ground heavy-current wire. |
US12263742B2 |
Wireless charging system
The present invention relates to a wireless charging system for a personal mobility capable of guaranteeing charging efficiency for the personal mobility by implementing a docking structure allowing a feeding pad of a wireless charging dock and a current collecting pad of the personal mobility to be constantly aligned with each other and keeping a gap between the feeding pad and the current collecting pad always constant at the time of docking the personal mobility on the wireless charging dock regardless of a design of the personal mobility docked on the wireless charging dock for charging. |
US12263741B2 |
In-vehicle power supply device
An in-vehicle power supply device includes a voltage conversion unit and a control unit. The control unit performs first control to cause the voltage conversion unit to perform only a step-down operation, second control to cause the voltage conversion unit to perform only a step-up operation, and third control to cause the voltage conversion unit to perform both the step-down operation and the step-up operation. The control unit performs the third control if a first duty of an on-off signal provided to a first switching element becomes an upper limit threshold or greater in the first control or if a second duty of an on-off signal provided to a second switching element becomes a lower limit threshold or less in the second control. |
US12263738B2 |
Electronic gear-shifting system with sound effects and display
The present invention is an electronic gear-shifting system with sound effects and display, adapted to be mounted on an electric motorcycle, and including an electronic shift unit, an electronic clutch unit, a throttle position sensor, correspondingly outputting a shift signal, a clutch signal and a throttle position signal according to the operation of the rider, a control unit receiving the aforementioned signals to determine a target gear position of the electric motorcycle and control a power motor of the electric motorcycle. The electric motorcycle converts the real speed of the power motor into a virtual speed through an algorithm and lets a dashboard and a sound effect controller of the electric motorcycle output according to the virtual speed. In addition to simulate the power performance of a general gear-shifting-type motorcycle, the electric vehicle also has visual and auditory variations. |
US12263735B2 |
Hybrid driving module
A hybrid driving module includes a rotor with a hub ridge provided on a rotor hub to enable vibration noise to be reduced, and the hub ridge supports the rotor in a state in which the hub ridge is fastened to the rotor hub. The hybrid driving module may further include a ridge fixing structure that prevents the hub ridge from separating from the rotor hub. For example, the ridge fixing structure may be a ridge snap ring. The hybrid driving module may further include an elastic body that elastically presses the hub ridge toward the ridge snap ring. The elastic body may elastically press the rotor in the axial direction. The elastic body may also serve as a return spring of the piston plate of the engine clutch. |
US12263734B2 |
Vehicle input device, vehicle input method, and non-transitory storage medium stored with vehicle input program
A vehicle input device comprises an operation detection section configured to detect input to an onboard unit allocated to one operation section of plural of operation sections provided in a vicinity of a driving seat due to the one operation section being operated, a preliminary action detection section configured to detect a preliminary action directly prior to the one operation section being operated, and a notification section configured to notify an occupant of information relating to the onboard unit allocated to the one operation section in a case in which the preliminary action has been detected by the preliminary action detection section. |
US12263732B2 |
Imaging and display system
Imaging and display system includes: a display; an optical system including a first mirror and a second mirror; a housing; a light-transmissive cover transparent to light and disposed to cover at least part of an opening of the housing; and a driver monitoring camera supported by a supporting body connected outside of the housing. First light emitted from the display passes through the light-transmissive cover via the optical system, and is reflected by a windshield toward a direction of the user. The driver monitoring camera captures an image of a driver shown on the light-transmissive cover by second light from a direction of the driver reflected by the windshield toward a direction of the light-transmissive cover. |
US12263731B2 |
Control device for vehicle
When a required drive force of an engine becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value that deteriorates the characteristics of an engine mount, torque serving as a required drive amount of a rear electric motor is increased, so that the required drive force of the engine can be reduced. As a result, crushing of the engine mount that supports the engine is reduced, so that engine vibration transmitted to a vehicle body via the engine mount can be reduced. |
US12263727B2 |
Vehicle opening and closing body driving device
A vehicle opening and closing body driving device includes an annular driving belt including a coupling portion coupled to an opening and closing body of a vehicle and configured to be rotationally driven, and a guide frame having a sliding contact surface with which the driving belt is in sliding contact and extending in an opening and closing operation direction of the opening and closing body. The sliding contact surface is provided with a low sliding resistance portion having a plurality of recessed portions. |
US12263725B2 |
Vehicle door
A vehicle door is provided having an outer panel reinforced by a panel reinforcement and which is configured to generate low-frequency sound dominantly at the time of closing the door. The door has an outer panel openably/closably attached to a vehicle body by a front hinge; and a panel reinforcement extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on an inner side of the outer panel. The outer panel and the panel reinforcement are fixed by plural adhesion sections. The number of the adhesion sections in an upper area of the outer panel is larger than the number of the adhesion sections in a lower area of the outer panel. The number of the adhesion sections provided in a front lower area near the front hinge in the lower area is larger than the number of adhesion sections in a rear lower area away from the front hinge in the lower area. |
US12263724B2 |
Antireflective switchable glass construction
An antireflective switchable laminated glass construction having a switchable functional film formed of a switchable material layer, a first polymer substrate with a first transparent conductive coating, and a second polymer substrate with a second transparent conductive coating. The switchable functional film is sandwiched between first adhesive polymer interlayer and glass substrate and second adhesive polymer interlayer and glass substrate. The switchable laminated glass construction in an ON (transparent) state has a total light transmittance higher than 50% and a reflectance equal to or less than 13%, as measured from at least one side of the switchable laminated glass construction. |
US12263723B2 |
Glass run
The glass run includes: a bottom wall; a vehicle inner side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle outer side wall extending from the bottom wall; a vehicle inner seal lip connected to the vehicle inner side wall; and a vehicle outer seal lip connected to the vehicle outer side wall, and is configured to guide an up and down movement of a door glass. In the glass run, a hard portion is formed on the vehicle outer side wall, the hard portion having a higher hardness than a material that forms the vehicle outer side wall. The hard portion abuts the vehicle outer seal lip. |
US12263719B2 |
Control system and control method for vehicle
A control method for a vehicle includes determining whether an internal combustion engine is overheated based on driving information of the vehicle and cooling information of a passenger compartment while the vehicle is driving and an HVAC system is operating in a cooling mode, and controlling an alternator or an actuator of a switching door to reduce a cooling capacity provided by the HVAC system when it is determined that the internal combustion engine is overheated. |
US12263714B2 |
Device for ventilating the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle
An apparatus ventilates the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The apparatus has a source for producing an open or free jet of moving air, and a deflecting body, wherein the deflecting body is spaced apart from the source and one of the surfaces of the deflecting body is, according to the designated use, an impact face against which the open jet impinges, and the impact face is a deformable face which is integrated steplessly into a surrounding surface. |
US12263703B2 |
Tire
A tire tread pattern includes: first sipes in a first land portion between first and second circumferential main grooves; first chamfered surfaces in which a tread surface of the first land portion is inclined toward a first circumferential main groove side in an end portion in a width direction, the first sipes opening to the first chamfered surfaces; second sipes in a second land portion on an opposite side of the first land portion with respect to the second circumferential main groove; and second chamfered surfaces in which a tread surface of the second land portion is inclined toward a second circumferential main groove side in an end portion in the width direction, the second sipes opening to the second chamfered surfaces. The first and second chamfered surfaces are greater in length in the circumferential direction than in the width direction. |
US12263700B2 |
Systems for axle arm
Systems are provided for an axle arm including a lubricant reservoir and a driveshaft. In one example, system may include a lubricant reservoir of an axle arm comprising a fill line at an edge of a driveshaft, wherein a central axis of the lubricant reservoir is misaligned with a central axis of the driveshaft. |
US12263697B1 |
Ice branding/stamping machine
A system for stamping ice includes a housing, a stamping area, a loading tray, and a pusher mechanism. The housing has an opening extending into an interior volume of the housing. The stamping area positioned within the interior volume of the housing is configured to receive an ice body. The loading tray is couple to the housing and is configured to receive a removable stamp and a heating element. The heating element is configured to maintain the stamp at a set temperature. The pusher mechanism positioned within the interior volume of the housing is configured to push the ice body against a surface of the stamp. |
US12263696B2 |
Layer transfer device
A layer transfer device includes a supply reel, a take-up reel, a driving source, a releasable restraining device, a heating roller, a pressure roller, and a controller. The driving source drives the take-up reel. The releasable restraining device is capable of switching to a restraining state in which a multilayer film is put under restraint in being drawn out from the supply reel and to a release state in which the restraint is lifted. The controller is configured such that when the driving source is generating the mechanical power, the releasable restraining device is in the restraining state if an image area in which an image is formed on the sheet is not present in a layer transfer position between the heating roller and the pressure roller, and the releasable restraining device is in the release state if the image area is present in the layer transfer position. |
US12263695B2 |
Enhanced late point feature differentiation
An example container includes: structure having an interior and an exterior. The interior is to contain an electronic product. The exterior comprises: a first label of a first type of polychromatic ink to be activated at a first wavelength; and a second label of a second type of polychromatic ink to be activated at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength; the first label to indicate a first set of features to be configured at the electronic product using a first wireless signal; and the second label to indicate a second set of features to be configured at the electronic product using a second wireless signal. The structure is transparent to the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal. |
US12263694B2 |
Evaluating three-dimensional security features on document images
The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one three-dimensional security feature; obtaining a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; deriving first dimensional data associated with the first image snippet; analyzing the first dimensional data to determine one or more of: whether the first dimensional data is consistent with a presence of the three-dimensional security feature, and whether the first dimensional data is consistent with second dimensional data; and modifying a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the analysis of the first dimensional data. |
US12263692B2 |
Printer apparatus and method for printing pages spaced at less than the printhead width
A printer and a method for printing of pages on a continuous media, such as labels, with any desired or practical spacing using fixed head printheads that have spacing limitations for printing pages on the continuous media. The printer can be configured to detect a top of form mark on the continuous media as it is moved through a media path in the printer and initiating printing of an image on an adjacent page or label at the position indicated by the top of form mark. |
US12263689B2 |
Printing apparatus
Provided is a printing apparatus capable of reducing degradation of print quality. To this end, a chassis that guides movement of a carriage in an X-direction and a bridging member that connects the upper surface of a first sidewall and the upper surface of the chassis engage with and are positioned at a base and secured to the base with fastening members. |
US12263688B2 |
Recording device and recording method
A recording device includes a recording head, a carriage performing a reciprocating movement, a transport unit transporting the medium, and a control unit, wherein the control unit can perform a forward pass for causing the recording head to discharge the liquid along with a forward movement from one side to another side, and a return pass for causing the recording head to discharge the liquid along with a return movement from the other side to the one side, and performs first recording control when recording an image, in which when a feed amount on the one side of the medium is less than a feed amount on the other side, the image is recorded by the forward pass, and when the feed amount on the other side of the medium is less than the feed amount on the one side, the image is recorded by the return pass. |
US12263687B2 |
Exposure head and image forming apparatus
The plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the first row and the plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the second row are arranged in a staggered manner along the main scanning direction, and a space between the plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the first row and the plurality of surface light emitting element array chips in the second row is set so as not to be an integral multiple of an image resolution pitch in the sub-scanning direction. |
US12263686B2 |
Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes: a chassis formed of a conductive member and including an opening; a radiation source arranged in the chassis and radiating noise electric waves; and a conductor formed of a conductive member and arranged on a same side of the radiation source as the opening with at least a part of the conductor overlapping the opening in a plan view of the opening. The conductor has one end electrically connected to the chassis and the other end as an electrically open end. |
US12263679B2 |
Droplet deposition apparatus and methods for determining misalignment thereof
A droplet deposition apparatus (1) comprising: a first head module (101A, 101B, 102A) and a second head module (101B, 102A, 102B) arranged in at least partially overlapping relationship, each head module having a plurality of nozzles in at least one nozzle array (A1, B1); and a storage (200) configured to store a table of determined best aligned nozzle pairs in an overlap region and corresponding skew angles (Θi) of at least one of the head modules relative to a datum of the droplet deposition apparatus and/or a corresponding positional offset of the second head module relative to the first head module; wherein, in the overlap region, nozzles of the first head module are arranged at a first nozzle pitch (P2) and nozzles of the second head module are arranged at a second nozzle itch (P3). Associated methods in respect of determining misalignment information in respect of such a droplet deposition apparatus, and determining one or more best aligned nozzle pairs in an overlap region between at least two head modules, are also provided. |
US12263678B2 |
Liquid ejection head and recording apparatus
A liquid ejection head includes a channel member, a pressurizing part, a cover member, and a sealing member. The channel member includes an ejection hole, a pressurizing chamber, an ejection hole surface, and a pressurizing chamber surface. The pressurizing chamber is connected with the ejection hole. The ejection hole surface is positioned on the ejection hole side. The pressurizing chamber surface is positioned on the pressurizing chamber side. The pressurizing part is positioned in a pressurizing region in the pressurizing chamber surface. The cover member stands on the channel member. The sealing member seals the cover member and the channel member. The channel member includes a groove positioned in the pressurizing chamber surface but outside the pressurizing region. The cover member is positioned in the groove. Further, the sealing member is positioned between a fixing portion in the cover member which is positioned in the groove and the groove. |
US12263675B2 |
Printing apparatus
There is provided a printing apparatus including: a holder; an image recorder; a receiver; a cutter; a first conveyor; and a controller. The controller is configured to execute: a first conveying process of conveying a recording medium by the first conveyor along a first conveying direction to the image recorder; an image recording process of recording an image on the recording medium by the image recorder; a second conveying process of conveying the recording medium with the image recorded in a second conveying direction opposite to the first conveying direction by a predetermined amount, after the image recording process; and a cutting process of cutting the recording medium by the cutter, after the second conveying process. |
US12263674B2 |
Image forming apparatus and method to determine cutting state of sheet medium
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor to convey a sheet medium, a print engine to form an image on the sheet medium, a cutter to cut the sheet medium, a signal output device, and a controller. The cutter includes a first blade, a second blade, and a moving device to move at least one of the first and second blades. The controller receives, from the signal output device, a signal indicating a variation over time in a value correlated with a moving load for the at least one blade, and determines, based on the received signal, which state the sheet medium is in among a plurality of states including a first state where the sheet medium is cut normally, a second state where there is an abnormality in cutting the sheet medium, and a third state where there is a different abnormality in cutting the sheet medium. |
US12263673B2 |
Processing apparatus
A processing apparatus comprises: an integrated circuit; a power supply unit connected to an external power supply and configured to perform power supply to the integrated circuit; and a power switch configured to switch a state of the processing apparatus based on power supplied from the power supply unit. The integrated circuit comprises a control unit configured to control a power state of the integrated circuit in a state in which power supply to the integrated circuit is being performed by the power supply unit. |
US12263672B2 |
Printing apparatus for performing printing to an elongated print medium
Disclosed is a printing apparatus in which web paper is transported to a printing face contact roller in a swirling form while a direction thereof is turned by first to fourth turning rollers. Heating units are arranged so as to face a printing face of the web paper between the two first and second turning rollers, between the two third and fourth turning rollers, and between the fourth turning roller and the printing face contact roller individually. Such arrangement can achieve a compact drying mechanism. The heating units each directly heat inks on the printing face, and thus do not overheat the web paper. Moreover, the heating units are not directed upward. This avoids contact of the web paper to a front side face of each of the heating units when the web paper slackens. |
US12263662B2 |
Method for producing laminate of two-dimensional material and laminate
The present invention relates to a laminate including a two-dimensional material and an adhesive sheet having a base material and an adhesive layer whose adhesive force decreases due to ultraviolet rays or heat, in which an adhesive force A at 25° C. of the adhesive layer before the ultraviolet rays or heat applies, to a silicon wafer is 1.0 N/20 mm to 20.0 N/20 mm when the adhesive layer is subjected to 180° peeling at a tensile speed of 300 mm/min, and a surface roughness of an adhesive surface of the adhesive layer after the ultraviolet rays or heat has been applied is 0.01 μm to 8.00 μm. |
US12263655B2 |
Method for the manufacturing of an optical element, optical element thus obtained
Disclosed is a method for the manufacturing of an optical element having a refractive index above 1.59 by additive manufacturing to the optical element obtained by such a method and to an ophthalmic lens including such an optical element. |
US12263652B2 |
Heat shield with coil recess for induction welding
An assembly is provided for induction welding. This assembly utilizes a heat shield (e.g., a mica heat shield) with a recess. An induction welding coil may be disposed within this heat shield recess during induction welding operations. The wall thickness of the heat shield within the recess may be reduced to enhance heat transfer to a workpiece during induction welding operations. Members may engage the heat shield on opposite sides of the recess (and that have an increased wall thickness) to support both the heat shield and the workpiece during induction welding operations, during which a biasing force may be exerted on both the heat shield and workpiece. |
US12263650B2 |
Device for ultrasonic welding of composite material
A device is shown and described for ultrasonic welding of composite material, in particular composite material of package sleeves and/or packages, including at least two tools for ultrasonic welding, in particular a sonotrode and an anvil. Each tool has a functional surface for contact with the material to be welded. The functional surfaces of the tools are aligned approximately parallel to one another in such a way that a gap with an approximately horizontal seam direction is created between the functional surfaces. The tools are mounted in such a way that the width of the gap can be changed by at least one of the tools being movable along a feed direction, and at least one joint having at least one axis of rotation about which one of the tools is rotatable. In order to enable optimal adaptation of the movably mounted tool—for example the sonotrode—to the materials to be welded and their size, it is proposed that the position of the axis of rotation can be changed. |
US12263647B2 |
Three-dimensional printing systems and methods
This disclosure provides various systems and methods for three-dimensional printing in which data describing an object as a plurality of voxels is transferred as a print material to form the three-dimensional object independent of locking. That is, various systems and methods are provided herein in which the three-dimensional printing step is to transfer data representing various voxels into a corresponding physical object via a three-dimensional printer. The first step is repeated until all the voxels are printed without waiting for any of the voxels of print material to lock. Accordingly, the three-dimensional printer can be used to print at least one subsequent object while the first object finishes locking. |
US12263645B1 |
System and method for a 3D printer with one time use files
A system and method for a 3D printer with one time use files that incorporates a software and a 3D printer to perform the method. In a first phase the software is used to configure a machine ID number, a file ID number and create an OBJ file and a number of prints for the OBJ file in a modified OBJ file. In a second phase the modified OBJ file is encrypted to a G file. In a third phase the G file is introduced to the 3D printer. The 3D printer validates the machine ID number and the file ID number of the G file. In a fourth phase the 3D printer prints a design contained in the G file the predetermined number of times that G file indicates. The 3D printer stores the file ID number to prevent the G file being printed again. |
US12263642B2 |
Method and system for determining an amount of printing material powder in a multiobject build job
Systems and a method determine an amount of printing material powder for 3D printing an object a multi-object printing job. Data on the following is received: a 3D-model of the object, a volume and a surface of the object, data on a thickness of a powder, on characteristics of the build chamber, a volume of a no build zone and a volume of a net build zone, an estimation of a volume of recyclable interstitial powder, on a powder density and on a solid density of the printing material and on a recycling ratio. The following quantities are determined: a volume of the powder layer around the object, a dilated object contribution, the amount of used powder due the dilated object, the amount of lost powder in the no build zone, the amount of lost powder in the net build zone and the amount of printing material required. |
US12263627B2 |
Sloped edge on decorative articles with a rigid base and a decor that is digitally printed thereon
A decorative article comprising a base and a top layer disposed thereon. The base may comprise a first surface, a second surface opposite the first, a side surface disposed between the first and second surfaces, and angled surfaces along at least two of the edges of the first surface. The angled surfaces extend from the first surface and towards the second surface. Each angled surface may comprise at least one of a curved portion and a linear portion extending from the curved portion. The base can include a male connector portion extending from one side surface and a female connector portion formed in the opposing side surface, wherein the male and female connector portions are configured to interconnect. The top layer may comprise a decor layer that further comprises a sub layer, an ink layer, and a wear layer disposed above the ink layer. |
US12263621B2 |
Indirect metal mold for directional dry adhesives
The present invention provides a metal mold and the method of making the metal mold for casting directional gecko-inspired adhesives that require deep, slanted features and an undercut wedge structure. The durable metal mold can be used for high quantities. In one example, compression molding is used to mass produce the adhesives. What normally takes 24 hours to produce now with compressing molding takes 5 minutes. Compression molding allows us to increase daily production from 1 adhesive patch to thousands per day. |
US12263619B2 |
Recycling of a shoe
The present invention provides a method for recycling a shoe (100), the shoe (100) comprising various components made from the same material class with varying densities, the method comprises milling (210) the shoe (100) to obtain a plurality of particles (212), the particles (212) having different material densities, mixing (240) the particles, applying heat (312) to the mixed particles (242) to obtain a melt of molten particles and extruding (317) the melt. |
US12263617B2 |
Blending apparatus for manufactured wood processing
An improved blending apparatus for manufactured wood products with a rotating blending drum or cylinder with a pattern of alternating flights of different configurations extending from the interior of the drum. The flights lift the strands as the drum rotates to different heights before the strands free-fall back to the bottom of the drum. One flight is shorter, and may be trapezoidal in cross-section. The second flight is taller, and may have a “bull-nose” configuration with substantially vertical sides. During operation, the design of the bull-nose flight tends to hold more strands and to carry them closer to the top of the drum before the strands drop and fall. In contrast, the shorter height and angled sides of the trapezoidal flight tends to hold fewer strands and to not carry them as high along the side before strands drop and fall. The alternating pattern causes a more consistent and dispersed fall of strands as the drum rotates, resulting in a significantly larger and more consistent amount of the sprayed adhesives and waxes being applied to the strands, and not passing through gaps to build up on the drum wall. |
US12263616B2 |
Apparatus for peeling logs
Apparatus for peeling a log (5) comprising a cutting station (3), a loading station (2) and a device (4) for transferring logs (5) from the loading station (2) to the cutting station (3), the cutting station (3), the loading station (2) and the transfer device (4), in use, interacting with each other to position the log (5) in the cutting station (3). The loading station (2) comprises a device (10) for axially rotating the log (5) about a second rotation axis (11) and a radiographic examination device (19) configured to generate, in use, radiographic scans of the log (5). An electronic unit is connected both to the radiographic examination device (19), to receive digital-format data from it relating to each radiographic scan generated by it, and to the axial rotation device (10), and which is programmed to use said digital-format data to control the operation of the transfer device (4) and/or the cutting station (3). |
US12263607B2 |
Blade pad assembly for hair cutting apparatus
A pad assembly is described that retains a blade assembly or set to the body of a hair cutter. The pad assembly reduces random forces generated by the blade assembly and ensures an accurate and repeatable tension is maintained between the inner and outer blades of the blade assembly. The pad assembly acts as an intermediary between the blade assembly and the body of the hair clippers to reduce challenges associated with fasteners directly attaching the blade assembly to the body of the clipper. |
US12263600B2 |
Calibration method and apparatus for industrial robot, three-dimensional environment modeling method and device for industrial robot, computer storage medium, and industrial robot operating platform
A calibration method for an industrial robot includes receiving a first model of the industrial robot, the first model is synchronized with a pose state of the industrial robot located at a specific position in an actual environment; receiving an environment model around the industrial robot, the environment model including a second model of the industrial robot; obtaining registration information of the second model, at least by selecting at least three corresponding non-collinear point pairs in the first model and the second model to perform registration; and based on the registration information, calibrating a coordinate system of the environment model to a base coordinate system of the industrial robot. |
US12263599B2 |
Collaborative multi-robot tasks using action primitives
Various aspects of methods, systems, and use cases include techniques for training or using a model to control a robot. A method may include identifying a set of action primitives applicable to a set of robots, receiving information corresponding to a task (e.g., a collaborative task), and determining at least one action primitive based on the received information. The method may include training a model to control operations of at least one robot of the set of robots using the received information and the at least one action primitive. |
US12263598B2 |
Control device, picking system, distribution system, program, control method and production method
An trajectory information generating unit for generating trajectory information defining a trajectory for which a picking hand picks a work at a first position and arranges the work at a second position, an execution control unit for operating a picking apparatus based on trajectory information generated by the trajectory information generating unit, and an execution time estimating unit for estimating a period of time from when the picking apparatus receives an instruction for starting an operation on a work to a time when the operation of the picking apparatus on the work is ended are included. The trajectory information generating unit may adjust an amount of calculation based on an estimation result of the execution time estimating unit. |
US12263596B2 |
Autonomous and semi-autonomous control of aerial robotic systems
Systems and methods for performing a task in an operation environment of an aerial device with an autonomous or semi-autonomous robot are described. In some embodiments, a robot is disposed at an end of a boom of an aerial device. The robot may comprise cameras, actuators, sensors, processors, and manipulators that work together to perform tasks fully autonomously or semi-autonomously. Furthermore, the robot may comprise tools for performing the tasks and computer-executable instructions for performing the tasks may be based on the various sensory inputs, the tools, and the tasks to be performed. |
US12263594B2 |
Systems, robots, and methods for selecting classifiers based on context
The present disclosure describes systems, robots, and methods for organizing and selecting classifiers of a library of classifiers. The classifiers of the library of classifiers can be organized in a relational model, such as a hierarchy or probability model. Instead of storing, activating, or executing the entire library of classifiers at once by a robot system, computational resource demand is reduced by executing subset of classifiers to determine context, and the determined context is used as a basis for selection of another subset of classifiers. This process can be repeated, to iteratively refine context and select more specific subsets of classifiers. A selected subset of classifiers can eventually be specific to a task to be performed by the robot system, such that the robot system can take action based on output from executing such specific classifiers. |
US12263593B2 |
Process evolution for robotic process automation and workflow micro-optimization
Process evolution for robotic process automation (RPA) and RPA workflow micro-optimization are disclosed. Initially, an RPA implementation may be scientifically planned, potentially using artificial intelligence (AI). Embedded analytics may be used to measure, report, and align RPA operations with strategic business outcomes. RPA may then be implemented by deploying AI skills (e.g., in the form of machine learning (ML) models) through an AI fabric that seamlessly applies, scales, manages AI for RPA workflows of robots. This cycle of planning, measuring, and reporting may be repeated, potentially guided by more and more AI, to iteratively improve the effectiveness of RPA for a business. RPA implementations may also be identified and implemented based on their estimated return on investment (ROI). |
US12263591B1 |
Humanoid transformer robots and methods of controlling the same
A robot includes a mobile base comprising a base body with a set of active wheels, an upper body comprising a torso with arms, and a pedestal linkage having a first end coupled to the base body by a first pivotable joint and a second end coupled to the torso by a second pivotable joint, wherein the pedestal linkage is pivotable relative to the base body to transform the robot between an elevated, elongated, or standing configuration and a lowered, contracted, or sitting configuration. In the second configuration, an omniwheel positioned at the base of the torso contacts the ground to improve stability of the system, and the pedestal linkage is received in a slot in the base body to produce a congruous work surface over which the torso may be rotated to face and upon which objects may be placed and manipulated during transport. |
US12263589B2 |
Robot comprising hydraulic pressure power unit
The present invention relates to a robot including a hydraulic power unit comprising: a body having a hydraulic channel through which a fluid is movable, a hydraulic power unit having a plurality of pumps and discharging a fluid to the hydraulic channel by using rotational force of the plurality of pumps, and a control unit for controlling the rotation of the plurality of pumps, wherein the plurality of pumps comprises: a first pump rotating in a first rotational direction and discharging a fluid to the hydraulic channel by a rotational force in the first rotational direction, and a second pump rotating in a second rotational direction and discharging a fluid to the hydraulic channel by a rotational force in the second rotational direction, wherein the first rotational direction is different from the second rotational direction. |
US12263588B2 |
Continuum arm robot joint
A section of a continuum arm robot including a pair of pivot points at a first and second end of the joint, the section further having a first and second connecting rod connected to the section and joining at the centre of the section, the connecting rods has a plurality of gear teeth at the peripheral ends of the connecting rod that intermesh at a central point on the section. |
US12263586B2 |
Control system, control apparatus, control method, and recording medium
A control system includes a control apparatus and a plurality of robots. The control apparatus includes a function acquisition unit that acquires a function, a function form conversion unit that converts the function into a distributed calculable form, and a variable conversion unit that sets, based on the function which form is converted, variables to be stored by each of the robots and a process corresponding to the variables, to the robot. Each of the plurality of robots a consensus control means that updates a variable value stored by the robot itself based on the set variable while sending and receiving variable values among other communicable robots, and a function value inference means that infers a function value from the variable based on the set process. |
US12263585B2 |
Systems and methods for assistive exosuit system
Exosuit systems and methods according to various embodiments are described herein. The exosuit system can be a suit that is worn by a wearer on the outside of his or her body. It may be worn under the wearer's normal clothing, over their clothing, between layers of clothing, or may be the wearer's primary clothing itself. The exosuit may be assistive, as it physically assists the wearer in performing particular activities, or can provide other functionality such as communication to the wearer through physical expressions to the body, engagement of the environment, or capturing of information from the wearer. |
US12263584B2 |
Robot
A robot includes a lubricant chamber in which a fluid lubricant can be stored, wherein the lubricant chamber is provided with three or more through-holes that extend through wall surfaces of the lubricant chamber, and the through-holes are disposed such that, in a state in which any one of the through-holes is disposed at a lowest level of the lubricant chamber so as to allow a utilization thereof as an oil discharge hole in two or more orientations of the lubricant chamber, another one of the through-holes is disposed at a position corresponding to a liquid level of the lubricant when a required amount of the lubricant is stored in the lubricant chamber or above the liquid level so as to allow a utilization thereof as a vent hole, and a remaining through-hole is disposed at a position that allows a utilization thereof as an oil supply hole from which the lubricant is supplied into the lubricant chamber. |
US12263579B2 |
Systems and methods for object processing using a passively folding vacuum gripper
An end-effector for a programmable motion device is disclosed. The end effector includes a body that includes a contact portion, the body providing an open interior through which a vacuum may be provided to the contact portion, and the body including at least one feature that is adapted to facilitate the contact portion to become substantially non-planar while grasping. |
US12263576B2 |
Robot system for automated assembly of modular component
According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a robot system for automatically assembling a modular component and an assembly target, comprising: an assembly robot including a first manipulator, an assembly tool coupled to the first manipulator and configured to assemble the modular component and the assembly target, and a first camera configured to capture images in a direction in which the assemble tool faces; a loading robot including a second manipulator and a gripper coupled to the second manipulator and configured to grip the modular component; and a control device configured to control the assembly robot and the loading robot. |
US12263575B2 |
Method for specifying an input value on a robotic manipulator
A method of specifying an input value on a robotic manipulator, wherein the method includes: selecting a particular predefined input device to be emulated, wherein the input device to be emulated is assigned at least one degree of freedom of the robotic manipulator and local limits in the at least one degree of freedom, and a transfer function of a coordinate of the robotic manipulator in the at least one degree of freedom is assigned onto the input value; actuating the robotic manipulator such that at least one part of the robotic manipulator is manually movable in the at least one degree of freedom and within the local limits; recording a respective coordinate in the at least one degree of freedom during or after completion of an input on the robotic manipulator via a sensor unit; and applying the transfer function to assign the respective coordinate to the input value. |
US12263574B2 |
Manipulator
The manipulator of embodiments of the present disclosure is configured to transfer a wafer and includes a finger structure and a plurality of support members. The plurality of support members are arranged at the finger structure and distributed at intervals on a same circumference. Each support member is configured to contact an edge of the wafer to support the wafer to prevent the wafer from contacting the finger structure. With the manipulator of embodiments of the present disclosure, the wafer is prevented from contacting the finger structure to avoid scratches and contact marks generated at the surface of the wafer. |
US12263568B2 |
Head valve system for air spring power tool
A power tool includes an air spring cylinder. A piston is movably positioned within the cylinder. A head valve assembly of the power tool includes a flapper valve configured to seal the air spring cylinder from an air accumulator when the flapper valve is in a non-firing position. |
US12263566B1 |
Disconnecting system and method for enhanced strength fluid couplings
A disconnecting system for fluid couplings includes a first deformable clip having a ramp surface extending helically around an axis, and a second deformable clip including a drive surface shaped for facing contact against the ramp surface. The first clip and the second clip can be engaged upon coupled fluid conduits, such as fluid conduits connected by way of an enhanced strength fitting, and rotated relative to one another to bear a drive surface of the second clip against a ramp surface of the first clip whilst one of the fluid conduits is gripped by an inside gripping surface of the second clip, thereby reversing the enhanced strength fit connection between the fluid conduits. |
US12263565B2 |
Torque wrench
A torque wrench including a head, a handle, a primary beam, a secondary beam, and a torque adjustment mechanism. The primary beam couples the head and the handle for co-rotation about the rotational axis and the primary beam includes a first end adjacent the head and a second end adjacent the handle. The secondary beam is coupled to the head for rotation with the head about the rotational axis and the secondary beam is movable relative to the primary beam and the handle. The torque adjustment mechanism adjusts a torque setting of the primary beam relative to the secondary beam. The torque adjustment mechanism includes a thumb adjustment wheel that a user rotates about a first axis to adjust the torque setting by moving the second end of the primary beam relative to the handle along a second axis offset from the first axis. |
US12263564B2 |
Wrench with preset torque
A wrench comprises a handle, a tube, an actuating-part and a scale mark area; the handle comprises a hollow rotation handle, a movable plug, a screw rod drive component and a locking component, an end of the hollow rotation handle engages with a tail end portion of the scale mark area by rotation, the screw rod drive component comprises a rotary portion and a screw rod portion, and an adjusting threaded-sleeve is sleeved over the screw rod portion; a tube positioning piece engaging with the rotary portion by rotation is provided on the rotary portion; the locking component comprises a handle insert and positioning pins, the handle insert is installed on the rotary portion via a key and an outer surface of the handle insert is connected with an inner surface of the hollow rotation handle, and positioning pins are provided at a front end portion of the movable plug. |
US12263562B2 |
Bearing retainer for a power tool
A power tool includes a motor housing and a motor supported within the motor housing. The motor includes an output shaft defining an axis. The power tool also includes a bearing configured to support the output shaft for rotation about the axis, an end cap removably coupled to the motor housing, and a bearing retainer integrally formed with the end cap. The bearing retainer is configured to axially and radially secure the bearing to the end cap. |
US12263556B2 |
Abrasive composition and method of manufacturing same
An abrasive composition including a substrate with perforations. The perforations may have curved edges and different shapes. Abrasive particles to be brazed to the substrate are sprinkled over the molten braze on the surface of the substrate, including on the curved edges of the perforations. The perforations provide a view of the work surface for the user and reduce noise, and also provide places for work surface debris to collect for later removal. The shape of the substrate itself may include particular surface areas intended for specific abrasion tasks, such as flat surfaces with different grades of abrasive particles and small radius edges for use as a cutting tool. |
US12263549B2 |
Carbide seat remanufacturing
Typically, fluids used in fracking operations erode valve seats in the fluid end of the reciprocating pump. Thus, these valve seats must frequently be replaced by new valve seats. Accordingly, a remanufacturing process is disclosed that successively cleans and/or grinds manually or mechanically at least the carbide inserts from used valve seats until the inserts are reusable. This reduces material costs and promotes efficiency and sustainability. |
US12263540B2 |
Laser processing device and laser processing method using same
A laser processing device includes a laser oscillator, an optical fiber that is a multi-clad fiber, a beam control mechanism provided in the laser oscillator, and a laser light emitting head attached to the optical fiber. The beam control mechanism includes a condenser lens, an optical path changing and holding mechanism that is disposed between the condenser lens and an incident end face of the optical fiber and changes an optical path of laser light LB, and a controller that controls an operation of the optical path changing and holding mechanism. The beam control mechanism controls a power distribution of the laser light by changing an incident position of the laser light on the incident end face. |
US12263536B2 |
Secondary battery and method for manufacturing same
The present invention relates to a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing same, and the technical problem to be solved is to prevent damage due to fatigue loading that may occur during ultrasonic welding between an electrode tab and an auxiliary tab, by strongly laser welding between the auxiliary tab and a current collecting portion of a single plate. To this end, disclosed is a secondary battery and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the secondary battery comprises: an electrode assembly having an electrode tab; an auxiliary tab which is a metal single plate mechanically and electrically coupled to the electrode tab; and a current collecting portion which is mechanically and electrically coupled to the auxiliary tab, wherein the auxiliary tab comprises: a tab connection portion welded to the electrode tab; a current collecting connection portion welded to the current collecting portion and disposed parallel to the tab connection portion; and a bending portion which connects between the tab connection portion and the current collecting connection portion and surrounds one side of the current collecting portion. |
US12263532B2 |
Gear manufacturing apparatus and gear manufacturing method
A gear manufacturing apparatus for machining a gear workpiece wherein, when at least one of end regions in a tooth trace direction of each tooth of the workpiece is machined, a control device executes a specific machining control for adjusting a relative position of a tool to the workpiece based on information about the relative position computed by setting, as a machining reference position, a position of the tool on an outer edge line in an X-axis-orthogonal cross section different from a normal machining point such that a distance between a center of the tool and a center of the gear workpiece in the X-axis-orthogonal cross section when the at least one of the end regions is machined is larger than when the at least one of the end regions is machined by setting the normal machining point as the machining reference position. |
US12263530B2 |
Cutting tool
A cutting tool, including: a base; and a coating disposed on the base, wherein the coating includes a first layer, the first layer is composed of an alternate layer in which a first unit layer and a second unit layer are alternately stacked, the first unit layer has a hexagonal crystal structure, the first unit layer is composed of W(C1-aNa)x, a represents 0.3 or more and 0.8 or less, x represents 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less, the second unit layer is composed of AlcTi1-cN, and c represents 0.30 or more and 0.75 or less. |
US12263523B2 |
Method for producing bonding composition
A method is provided for producing a bonding composition containing copper particles and a second liquid medium. In this production method, the copper particles are produced in a first liquid medium using a wet reduction method, and thus a dispersion of the copper particles is prepared. Subsequently, the first liquid medium in the dispersion is ultimately, finally or eventually replaced with the second liquid medium while the dispersion is kept wet. It is also preferable that the first liquid medium is replaced with another liquid medium one or more times, and the second liquid medium is used in the final replacement. The liquid media are preferably replaced at a temperature of lower than 100° C. The second liquid medium preferably includes one or more of water, alcohol, ketone, ester, ether, and hydrocarbon. |
US12263518B1 |
Integrated system for producing articles from sheet material
A system for producing parts from a strip of sheet material wound in a coil may have a plurality of stations, including a preliminary station for holding the coil, a first leveling station for receiving the unwound portion of the strip from the preliminary station to manipulate the strip in a manner to reduce an initial curvature of the strip, a cleaning station for cleaning at least a region of one of the strip, and a cutting station positioned along the material path and configured to cut the strip of sheet material, the cutting station being configured to cut the strip of sheet material to form the parts. |
US12263517B2 |
Press apparatus and method for manufacturing different-thickness metal plate
A press apparatus according to an embodiment includes an upper die and a lower die, and configured to manufacture a different-thickness metal plate, in which: the lower die includes: a wall surface facing a cavity; a fixing part configured to fix both ends of the metal plate, the both ends of the metal plate being placed so that its plate surface faces upward; and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the metal plate so that the metal plate is brought into an upright position along the wall surface; and the upper die includes: a slide moving part including an opposed surface opposed to the wall surface and configured to descend in the cavity along the wall surface; and a cutting tool disposed on the opposed surface; and shaving is carried out on at least a part of the plate surface of the metal plate. |
US12263514B2 |
Press forming method
A press forming method includes: a first forming step of press-forming a preformed part including: a top portion and flange portions having same shapes as a top portion and a flange portions in a target shape of a press-formed product; and side wall portions having projecting chevron shape in a cross-section in a press-forming direction as compared with side wall portions; and a second forming step of press-forming the preformed part into the target shape. Each side wall portions includes: a side wall portion adjacent to top connecting to the top portion; a side wall portion adjacent to flange connecting to the flange; and a bent portion between the side wall portion adjacent to top and the side wall portion adjacent to flange. An angle on an acute side formed by the side wall portion adjacent to top and a horizontal plane decreases toward an end portion from a center. |
US12263513B2 |
Coated die for use in hot stamping
A coated die for use in hot stamping has a hard film having an alternating lamination section formed by alternating lamination of a1 layers consisting of nitride having 30% or more of chromium in atomic ratio in a metal part, and a2 layers consisting of nitride having 50% or more of vanadium in atomic ratio in a metal part. When ta1 and ta2 are defined as thicknesses of the a1 layer and the a2 layer respectively, a film thickness ratio Xb is defined as a film thickness ratio ta2/ta1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in a substrate-side region of the alternating lamination section and a film thickness ratio Xt is defined as a film thickness ratio ta2/ta1 of a1 layers and a2 layers adjacent to each other in an outermost surface side region of the alternating lamination section, it holds that Xt>Xb. |
US12263511B2 |
Devices and techniques relating to landfill gas extraction
Techniques are provided for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill. The techniques include receiving user input indicating an upper methane concentration threshold and a lower methane concentration threshold, and obtaining a measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample of landfill gas. At least one processor may be used to determine whether to control an actuator to control the flow control mechanism to adjust the flow rate of the landfill gas being extracted from the landfill. The determining whether to adjust the flow rate may be performed by determining whether the measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample is greater than the upper methane concentration threshold and determining whether the measurement of the concentration of methane in the sample is less than the lower methane concentration threshold. The flow rate of landfill gas being extracted from the landfill may be adjusted based on the determining. |
US12263510B2 |
Multipurpose underground tool
A multipurpose underground tool may be compact, universal, multi-purpose and/or reconfigurable. A variety of underground equipment in a variety of conditions at a variety of depths with a variety of operating interfaces may be remotely viewed, cleared of obstructions and controlled with one tool that may be reduced in size. A portable computer (e.g., cell phone) may power a lighted camera, display images of underground conditions to assist a user with operations (e.g., clear obstructions, maneuver, steer, attach to and operate underground equipment) and/or provide a user interface. Accessories may be adjusted, added or removed to accomplish a variety of tasks in a variety of conditions. Integrated, detachable, fixed or adjustable accessories may include a display holder, an ejector, a retriever, a debris deflector, a debris collector, a pressure tank, a pressure hose, actuators and/or other pole tips (e.g., with one or more accessories), pole sections, handles and/or accessory controls. |
US12263501B2 |
Compound applicator
A compound applicator includes a nozzle assembly including a nozzle opening and a plug movable relative to the nozzle opening between a first position in which the nozzle assembly is in a closed state, and a second position in which the nozzle assembly is in an open state, a spring configured to bias the plug into the first position, a cylinder configured to receive and store a compound material, a main housing, a handle rotatable relative to the main housing, a pull rod having a first end coupled with the plug, and an input mechanism located at least partially within the handle and/or the main housing and configured to convert rotational motion of the handle into axial movement of the pull rod, thereby moving the plug from the first position toward the second position. The spring pulls the pull rod such that the pull rod is biased into tension. |
US12263499B2 |
Nozzle lance, combustion plant and method for exhaust gas treatment
A nozzle lance for exhaust gas treatment, a combustion plant with nozzle lances for exhaust gas treatment and a method for exhaust gas treatment in a combustion plant are proposed, wherein an admixing fluid is admixed to the active fluid in the nozzle lance and atomized via three nozzles. |
US12263498B2 |
Aromatic fog generator for bathing environments
A well support assembly for a fragrance dispenser includes an upper cover including a plurality of chambers, a well support engaged with the upper cover proximate to the plurality of chambers, and a plurality of wells engaged with the well support. Each of the plurality of wells extends into a respective one of the plurality of chambers and is configured to receive a fragrance therein. |
US12263496B2 |
Rotary atomisers
A rotary atomiser spindle arrangement includes a rotary atomiser spindle having a shaft and a bell cup releasably mounted on the shaft. The shaft and mounting portion of the bell cup include respective complimentary taper portions which form an interference fit with each other when the bell cup is mounted on the shaft so locating in the bell cup in relation to the shaft, wherein the rotary atomiser spindle arrangement including a bell cup retention arrangement having retention biasing for urging the complimentary taper portions against one another when the bell cup and shaft are at a first relative rotational position with respect to one another whilst the bell cup retention arrangement allows at least demounting at a second relative rotational position. The bell cup retention arrangement includes latching mechanism for latching the bell cup and shaft in the first relative rotational position. |
US12263494B2 |
Valve and gasket tolerant to pressure-differentials
A valve for a dispenser pump is carried on a circular post or tube of a pump body. A protruding, sealing flange is formed at one end, while the opposing end includes tapering ribs extend along the inner surface of the hollow, tubular valve. In function, the ribs facilitate the passage of make-up air between the inner surface and the post/tube. |
US12263492B2 |
Intermediate coolant gas separation device for active deaeration system
A centrifugal coolant gas separator (CCGS) for a cooling system is provided. In one example configuration, the CCGS includes a main body defining a cyclone separator chamber therein configured to separate a flow of coolant into gas and liquid coolant, a liquid outlet formed in the main body and configured to receive the separated liquid coolant from the cyclone separator chamber, and a gas outlet formed in the main body and configured to receive the separated gas from the cyclone separator chamber. A first inlet is configured to receive a forced flow of a first portion of a coolant flow, and a second inlet is configured to receive a second portion of the coolant flow. The forced first portion of coolant flow induces the second portion of coolant flow into the cyclone separator chamber for subsequent gas and liquid coolant separation of the first and second portions of coolant flow. |
US12263490B2 |
Centrifugal separator having eccentric conduit
An exchangeable separation insert for a centrifugal separator includes a feed inlet, a light phase outlet and a heavy phase outlet. Two of the feed inlet, light phase outlet and heavy phase outlet are arranged at a first axial end of the rotor casing. A first seal assembly seals and connects the two inlet/outlets to a corresponding inlet conduit and/or outlet conduits in the first stationary portion. The first seal assembly includes a rotatable part and a stationary part. The rotatable and stationary part are axially aligned and seal against each other. A first of the two inlet/outlets is arranged axially at the axis of rotation and a second of the two inlet/outlets is arranged axially outside of the first of the two inlet/outlets in such a manner that both the first and second of the two inlet/outlets are led through the rotatable part and the corresponding inlet conduit and/or outlet conduits are led through the stationary part of the first seal assembly. |
US12263488B2 |
Electromagnetic fluid filter using magnetostrictive sensors
In at least one illustrative embodiment, an electromagnetic filter may include a transfer pipe and multiple electromagnetic filter elements positioned in an interior volume of the pipe. Each electromagnetic filter element includes a support comb, a solenoid coupled to the support comb, and multiple magnetic members arranged in a planar array positioned within an opening of the support comb. Each magnetic member may rotate about an end that is coupled to the support comb. The magnetic members may be magnetostrictive sensors and may include a biorecognition element to bind with a target microorganism. A method for fluid filtration includes coupling the electromagnetic filter between a fluid source and a fluid destination, energizing the solenoids of each electromagnetic filter elements, and flowing a fluid media through the transfer pipe of the electromagnetic filter. The fluid media may be liquid food such as fruit juice. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
US12263483B2 |
Evaporation management in digital microfluidic devices
Described herein are digital microfluidic (DMF) devices and corresponding methods for managing reagent solution evaporation during a reaction. Reactions on the DMF devices described here are performed in an air or gas matrix. The DMF devices include a means for performing reactions at different temperatures. To address the issue of evaporation of the reaction droplet especially when the reaction is performed at higher temperatures, a means for introducing a replenishing droplet has been incorporated into the DMF device. A replenishing droplet is introduced every time when it has been determined that the reaction droplet has fallen below a threshold volume. Detection and monitoring of the reaction droplet may be through visual, optical, fluorescence, colorimetric, and/or electrical means. |
US12263481B2 |
Microchip for analyzing fluids
A microchip includes a body having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of inner channels formed between the upper surface and the lower surface in which the plurality of inner channels include an input channel configured to receive an assay sample including target antigens and injected through a though hole, a reaction channel configured to be in fluid communication with the input channel and including magnetic particle-first antibody complexes to be subjected to a first antigen-antibody reaction with the target antigens, the magnetic particle-first antibody complexes including magnetic particles and first antibodies, and a detection channel configured to be in fluid communication with the reaction channel and including second antibodies to be subjected to a second antigen-antibody reaction with the immune complexes flowed from the reaction channel. |
US12263478B2 |
Molecular diagnostic devices with digital detection capability and wireless connectivity
In some embodiments, a stand-alone molecular diagnostic test device includes a detection circuit that includes a light emitting device and a light receiving device (e.g., a photodiode) that are arranged to produce an electronic signal associated with a colorimetric output produced by the stand-alone molecular diagnostic test. |
US12263472B2 |
Method of suction of unwanted gases from a chemical reactor
The present invention provides a highly effective method of removal of gases from the chemical reactor (01) by use of a suction unit employed near the inlet, outlet or both ends of the chemical reactor. The suction of entrapped air from the reaction mixture helps avoid fluctuation in the temperature or pressure requirement or formation of other by-products in the reaction mixture. |
US12263467B2 |
Mixed mode cation exchange chromatography ligands based on 1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl structures
The subject invention pertains to proteins are purified by a mixed-mode chromatography system formed by attaching a ligand with cation exchange and hydrophobic 1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl group functionalities to a large-pore support matrix, the only linkage between the ligand and the support matrix being a chain having a backbone of one, two, three, four, or five atoms between the hydrophobic group and the support matrix. |
US12263464B2 |
Method for in-situ synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs) and zeolite imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs), and applications thereof
The present invention relates to a method for the in situ synthesis of of MOFs (metal organic frameworks), COFs (covalent organic frameworks), and ZIFs (Zeolitic imidazolate framework), onto and within different types of porous substrates, and their applications. The present invention provides a unique and easy to utilize method by which a number of MOFs, COFs and ZIFs can be synthesized directly onto and within a porous substrate with high performance efficiency ensuring higher grammage in formation of adsorbent product onto and within the substrate. |
US12263462B2 |
Material to separate and pump oxygen
A material for separating and pumping oxygen is disclosed. The material is a zeolite doped with a chemical element having an electron density of between 30 kJ/mol and 150 kJ/mol. The material is configured for controllable oxygen desorption between 150° C. and 300° C. and pumping the released oxygen into an area having an ambient pressure of less than 100 pascals. |
US12263452B2 |
Gas solution supply device
A gas solution supply device 1 includes: a first gas-liquid separator 8 in which gas solution is stored; a second gas-liquid separator 16 provided at a stage subsequent to the first gas-liquid separator 8 and in which gas solution to be supplied to a use point is stored; an intermediate line 17 provided between the first gas-liquid separator 8 and the second gas-liquid separator 16; a pressure booster pump 18 provided on the intermediate line 17 and increases a pressure of gas solution being supplied from the first gas-liquid separator 8 to the second gas-liquid separator 16; a gas supply line 2 that supplies gas as a material of the gas solution; and a gas dissolving unit 20 provided on the intermediate line 17 and dissolves the gas supplied from the gas supply line 2 in the gas solution supplied from the first gas-liquid separator 8. |
US12263450B2 |
RO element with integral pressure valve
A sea water desalination system and reverse osmosis element for use in a desalination system are provided. The reverse osmosis element includes a body of media material having opposed first and second ends. First and second end cap assemblies are adjacent the first and second ends of the body. A shell of wound composite material encapsulates and retains the body and first and second end cap assemblies together to define an integrated pressure vessel. Methods of assembling are also provided. |
US12263448B2 |
Separation membrane module and liquid treatment system including the same
A separation membrane module 100 of the present invention includes: a container 10; a degassing membrane element 20 that is disposed inside the container 10; and a separation membrane element 60 that is disposed inside the container 10, is located upstream or downstream of the degassing membrane element 20 in a flow direction of a liquid to be treated, and filters the liquid. The separation membrane element 60 is for example, an NF membrane element or an RO membrane element. |
US12263445B2 |
Filter membrane with bi-directional flow enhancing features
A novel filter media includes an array of raised features formed directly on the membrane surface, which create a feed channel. The predetermined configuration of features is dually optimized both for filtration in a first flow direction to maximize unobstructed fluid flow and prevent fouling. The same feature configuration is also optimized for enhancing/increasing turbulence and scouring of the membrane when the flow through the filter is reversed during a cleaning operation. The feature configuration can also be optimized to capture bubbles in reverse flow such that the captured bubbles can be oscillated to further scour the membrane and the features themselves (e.g., in their cavities, etc.). |
US12263442B2 |
Systems and methods for carbon capture
A carbon capture system includes a hydrogen production module. The hydrogen production module is used to control the amount of hydrogen entering an internal combustion engine to reduce an amount of water vapor generated by the internal combustion engine, thereby increasing the efficiency of the carbon capture device. If too much water vapor is detected in an exhaust of the engine, the amount of hydrogen produced by a hydrogen production module can be increased, thereby reducing the amount of hydrogen entering the engine and reducing the amount of water vapor generated by the engine. A reformer catalyst can be used by the hydrogen production module to remove at least a portion of hydrogen in a fuel stream of the engine. |
US12263433B2 |
Framed air filter with stabilizing flap
A framed air filter that includes air filter media and a frame with four frame portions. At least one corner of the frame is a bonded, non-integral corner at which a stabilizing flap that integrally extends from a first frame portion of a pair of neighboring frame portions that meet to form the non-integral, bonded corner, is affixed to an inner sidewall of a second frame portion of the pair of neighboring frame portions. |
US12263428B2 |
Radial seal for spin-on filter
A filtration system including a housing defining an internal volume. The housing includes a housing first end, a housing second end, and a first coupling member formed in the housing. The housing first end is an open end. The housing second end is a closed end. A filter element is positioned within the internal volume of the housing. The filter element is configured to engage the first coupling member. A filter head is provided. A seal member is disposed between the housing first end and the housing second end. The seal member provides a radial seal directly between the housing and the filter head. |
US12263422B2 |
Filter insert and sample vial using the same
A filter insert, a sample vial incorporating a filter insert, a method of using a sample vial containing a filter insert for chemical analysis, and a sample vial kit including a filter insert. The filter insert includes a cylindrical body having a proximal end, a protrusion extending radially from the proximal end of the cylindrical body and configured to set on the open end of a sample vial, a distal end, a cavity extending longitudinally through the cylindrical body from the proximal end to the distal end, and a filter assembly coupled with the distal end of the cylindrical body. |
US12263420B2 |
Filter cartridge
A gravity-based filter cartridge having a cup-shaped upper part and a cup-shaped lower part, the upper part having a main axis (X), a first rim at a first axial end, a hole-free section at a second axial end, and at least one water inlet between the hole-free section and the first rim, the lower part having a second rim and at least one water outlet, wherein filter media is arranged in the lower part, the filter cartridge further including a mesh fixated to the upper part along a closed path, wherein the mesh is further fixated to the hole-free section radially inwards of the closed path as well as a method for manufacturing the same. |
US12263416B2 |
Action toy featuring object collisions inside a vacuum chamber
An action toy employs a vacuum chamber and vacuum pressure to propel projectiles inward to collide with materials or objects or structures inside the sealed vacuum chamber. Users are entertained by observing high-speed demolition and wrecking action. Air-tight containment of the chamber is required to create a vacuum, ensuring user safety and mess-free operation while providing close-up viewing and video capture from outside the chamber. Users can experiment with a wide variety of high-speed collisions, watch the results in slow-motion replay, and share replay clips with others using a smartphone. The toy can be used to create art works by blasting materials onto a canvas. |
US12263413B2 |
Method and system for structuring and deploying an electronic skill-based activity
Embodiments of the present disclosure enable system(s) and method(s) for creating and deploying an electronic skill-based activity, including implementing a matchup tool to determine a projected performance score for participants in real-world events based at least in part on historical performance data of each participant. The matchup tool creates suggested matchups for inclusion in a skill-based game by selecting, for each suggested matchup, at least two components, formed from one or more participants, expected to produce substantially similar scores in the skill-based game based on the projected performance score of each participant. The matchup tool renders for display to a game operator the suggested matchups to enable the game operator to interactively select suggested matchups for inclusion within the skill-based game. The matchup tool transmits the selected matchup to presentation devices of users to enable the users to interactively select components as predicted winning components of the skill-based game. |
US12263410B2 |
Game performance prediction from real-world performance data
In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods, and devices for matching device configurations to games are presented. A set of device configuration tiers may be generated from gameplay telemetry data generated by a plurality of client devices executing a plurality of games. A device configuration for a specific client device may be determined based at least on the specific client device's GUI type. When the specific client device accesses a software game library a determination may be made based on a performance tier corresponding to the device configuration for the specific client device as to whether the specific client device can adequately execute each game. One or more recommendations may be rendered and displayed in the game library based on the determination of whether the specific client device can adequately execute each game. |
US12263407B1 |
Real world walking to control superhuman virtual world movement
Methods and systems for a virtual experience where a user holds or wears a computer device that displays a virtual world, and the user's physical movement is used to control a virtual avatar through that virtual world in a heightened way. For example, by simply walking around, the user may control a fast moving virtual airplane. A simulation system reads user location information from a sensor in the computer device, and feeds that into a matrix of movement rules. That changes the location data of the user avatar and viewpoint in the virtual world, as shown on the computer device. |
US12263406B2 |
System and method of gamification of real-life events
There is a system and method for gamification of real-life events over a computerized network. The system includes an observer module configured to generate real-life data in response to observation of a real-life event. The system includes an interface engine module configured to operate an ongoing computerized game that includes game objects. The system includes an implementation module configured to receive an implementation instruction and automatically effect a real-world occurrence associated with the implementation instruction. The system includes a control module, including a processor, configured to convert real-life data from the observer module into a game object, provide the created game object to the interface engine module for injection into an ongoing computer game, and convert a player interaction into an implementation instruction and provide the same to the implementation module. The system includes a player module configured to permit a player to play the ongoing game. |
US12263404B2 |
Method and apparatus for enhanced graphics rendering in a video game environment
A system and method for improved graphics rendering in a video game environment. |
US12263403B2 |
Video clip classification using feature vectors of a trained image classifier
In various examples, potentially highlight-worthy video clips are identified from a gameplay session that a gamer might then selectively share or store for later viewing. The video clips may be identified in an unsupervised manner based on analyzing game data for durations of predicted interest. A classification model may be trained in an unsupervised manner to classify those video clips without requiring manual labeling of game-specific image or audio data. The gamer can select the video clips as highlights (e.g., to share on social media, store in a highlight reel, etc.). The classification model may be updated and improved based on new video clips, such as by creating new video-clip classes. |
US12263400B2 |
Open and close features for game controller bridge
A handheld gaming device in which configurations allow for default-open, force-close systems and separate the user's insertion of the mobile device and closure of the handles around the mobile device. |
US12263399B2 |
Optical user input device
The invention provides an input apparatus, a games controller for a games console and an analogue control stick. The analogue control stick comprises a shaft pivotally mounted for movement about at least two orthogonal axes and a target surface disposed at a proximal end of the shaft. The analogue control stick comprises at least one light source and a sensor, for capturing images of the target surface illuminated by the light source at a polling interval. A processing unit compares a current image of the target surface with the immediately preceding image of the target surface captured by the sensor to determine magnitude and direction of any incremental movement of the target surface relative to the sensor between capturing the compared images. The processing unit accumulates data, in a memory cache, indicative of the incremental movements to calculate an absolute position of the target surface relative to a predefined or origin position. The analogue control stick comprises an origin position detection system for determining return of the target surface to a predefined origin position. The processing unit is configured to clear the cache of accumulated incremental movement data upon detection of the target surface being disposed at the predefined origin position. |
US12263398B2 |
Device for managing operations of accessories
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus having a processor to detect a gaming accessory stimulation associated with a programmable layer of a number of programmable layers. The processor identifies a substitute gaming accessory stimulation of the programmable layer of the number of programmable layers of the gaming accessory. The substitute gaming accessory stimulation of the programmable layer is associated with the gaming accessory stimulation of the programmable layer of the number of programmable layers, according to a user profile of a number of user profiles associated with a user account. Other predetermined associations of stimulations of the gaming accessory with other substitute accessory stimulations are recorded in other user profiles of the number of user profiles, and the substitute gaming accessory stimulation is provided to a computing device to manage a gaming software application. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
US12263396B2 |
Ice skate with exchangeable blade
An ice skate for skating on ice, which comprises; an upper chassis section comprising a first contact surface having a front end and a rear end, a lower chassis section comprising a second contact surface having a front end and a rear end, and a coupling arrangement comprising a spring back means, which coupling arrangement is arranged to mechanically connect the upper and lower chassis sections. |
US12263395B2 |
Covert sports communication system
A baseball pitch selection communication system has a transmitter and a body-worn visual receiver. The transmitter includes a transmitter unit configured to transmit wireless signals, a first microcontroller and a plurality of user actuatable input elements. The first microcontroller is configured to provide the transmitter unit with a selection signal to wirelessly transmit in accordance with actuation of the user actuatable input elements, the selection signal corresponding to a pitch selection. The visual receiver includes a receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive the selection signal, a memory configured to contain a plurality of stored visual instructions, a display configured to display visual instructions, and a second microcontroller. The second microcontroller is configured to control the memory and the display to display a selected visual instruction in accordance with the received selection signal, where the selected visual instruction corresponds to the pitch selection. |
US12263385B2 |
Golf club head with insert
The golf club head described herein can have a metal body and a non-metal insert. The insert forms an entire toe end of the club head. The insert can have an offset surface, located behind the strike face of the body, wherein the insert and strike face form a gap therebetween. The insert offset surface can comprise a backstop that temporarily restricts bending of a center of the strike face during a golf ball impact. The gap between the strike face and the insert allows the strike face to flex while the backstop prevents the strike face from over flexing. In one embodiment, the golf club head can comprise a body having an interior cavity that opens towards a toe end. The insert can form an outermost surface of the toe end and fill a portion of the cavity. |
US12263384B2 |
Golf club heads with energy storage characteristics
Embodiments of golf club heads with energy storage characteristics are presented herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a hollow body comprising a strikeface, a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, a top rail and an inflection point. The inflection point provides increase bending of the strikeface thereby providing performance enhancement over clubs without an inflection point. |
US12263381B2 |
Cam assembly for use with pole climbing fall restriction device
In a pole climbing fall prevention assembly having a pole strap, lanyard, and cam assembly that permits adjustment of the pole strap, a lever is attached to the sidewall of a cam assembly to ease the task of a climber needing to adjust the pole strap. A second lever can be attached to the second sidewall of the cam assembly to provide easier access to the lever regardless of the orientation of the cam assembly relative to the climber. |
US12263379B2 |
Systems and methods for delivering a personalized dose of exercise
Embodiments of the present disclosure provides a system for delivery of a personalised dose of exercise to subjects, comprising a computing device configured to obtain information pertaining to the subjects. The system further includes a fitness program determining device configured to: store information about the subjects; determine a personalised dose of exercise for a subject based on the information of the subject; and schedule the personalised dose of exercise to one or more exercise zones and points in time in a physical gym. The system furthermore includes an instruction device for providing personalised instructions to the subject based on the personalised dose of exercise at the points in time. The personalised instructions includes instructions for performing activities in the exercise zones, an order in which the activities to be performed in the exercise zones, and a workout sequence and a timing in which the exercise zones are to be completed. |
US12263377B2 |
Golf analysis device with calibration function
Proposed is a golf analysis device with a calibration function, which includes a sensor unit configured to generate tracking data for at least one of a golf club moving by a user's swing motion and a golf ball hit by the user's swing motion; an analysis unit configured to generate a swing analysis value of the user by analyzing the tracking data; and a communication unit configured to transmit the swing analysis value to a user terminal, and receive calibration information on the swing analysis value from the user terminal. As a swing analysis value can be generated based on the calibration information received from the user terminal, the golf analysis device allows the user to receive very accurate swing analysis results. |
US12263374B2 |
Methods of utilizing strengthening and rehabilitation apparatus
Strengthening and rehabilitation apparatus and methods of use. A strengthening and rehabilitation apparatus includes a base, a shaft having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion pivotably coupled to the base, a rest structure rotatably coupled to the distal end portion of the shaft. A method of use includes adjusting resistance of a joint within the base to provide a selected degree of resistance for restricting movement of the shaft relative to the base, supporting a first portion of a user's body on the rest structure, and moving the rest structure with the first portion of the user's body supported thereon along an exercise pathway, thereby moving the shaft relative to the base with the selected degree of resistance and rotating the rest structure relative to the shaft as the shaft moves relative to the base. |
US12263373B1 |
Shoulder exercise device
A shoulder exercise device preferably includes a central handle, a stationary origin post, at least two stationary posts and a resistance line. The central handle preferably includes an upper pivot ring, a lower pivot ring, a rotating handle and a plurality of first pivoting pulley yokes. The rotating handle is rotatably retained between the upper and lower pivot rings. A plurality of pivot extensions extend from an outer perimeter of the upper and lower pivot rings to pivotally retain the plurality of first pivoting pulley yokes. Each first pivoting pulley yoke rotatably retains a line pulley. The stationary origin post includes a line retainer and a line retention projection. Each stationary post includes a second pivoting pulley yoke. The resistance line is fixed to the stationary origin post and then inserted through the plurality of first pivoting pulley yokes of the central handle, the second pivoting pulley yokes of the at least two stationary posts, respectively, and back to the stationary origin post. |
US12263370B2 |
Machine for sports training
The invention relates to a machine for sports training, which comprises a frame pivotably connected to a lever actuated by a user's arms, the at least one lever being connected to two main coupling elements situated parallel to each other, such that when the elements move, they describe an identical path at the same time, transmitting the movement of the at least one lever to resistance means. The machine provides continuous resistance to the actuation of the lever by the user, and a moment of inertia that prevents stops and jerks at the end of the stroke of the lever. The machine is provided with means for supporting the user, such as a platform, solidly fixed to the frame such that while the user trains the upper body, he or she can also train the lower body, at will, by performing exercises on the platform. |
US12263368B2 |
Braking systems and methods for exercise equipment
Systems and methods for adjusting resistance on an exercise cycle having a frame and a flywheel include calibration, homing and auto-follow routines. A resistance apparatus comprising an actuator is configured to selectively position the resistance apparatus relative to the flywheel, wherein a distance between the resistance apparatus to the flywheel corresponds to resistance applied to the flywheel. Control components are configured to control operation of the resistance system in response to instructions, and a computing device is configured to output media for an exercise class to a user, the exercise class comprising one or more target resistance ranges corresponding to a segment of the exercise class. The computing device is further configured to selectively implement auto-follow logic configured to determine a target resistance value for a current segment of the exercise class and instruct the control components to adjust the resistance system to the target resistance value. |
US12263363B2 |
Air respirator accessory having a battery connector plug with an unplug lever
A system which is composed of a blower unit for a powered air purifying respirator and an electrically powered accessory. The blower unit has a blower device and a battery for powering the blower device. And the accessory is equipped with a power connector. The blower unit provides a power outlet for connection with the power connector. The power connector has a plug. Furthermore the power connector has an unplug lever for retracting the plug for unplugging. The unplug lever and the plug are connected by a pivot joint that forms a pivot axis. The unplug lever forms a handle arm and a counter arm that extend away from the pivot joint in opposite directions. |
US12263362B2 |
Mask apparatus and method for controlling the same
A mask apparatus includes a mask body, a fan module, a seal that defines a breathing space, a pressure sensor coupled to the mask body and configured to sense an air pressure in the breathing space, and a controller coupled to the mask body and configured to control a rotation speed of the fan module based on the air pressure. The controller is configured to determine a breathing cycle based on a maximum pressure value and a minimum pressure value among air pressure values sensed by the pressure sensor, determine a time difference between a maximum time point and a minimum time point, determine an expected time point of inhalation in a subsequent breathing cycle based on the breathing cycle and the time difference, and increase the rotation speed of the fan module based on a current time corresponding to the expected time point of inhalation. |
US12263358B2 |
Dual cytokine fusion proteins comprising IL-10
The application relates to a dual cytokine fusion protein composition, pharmaceutical composition, and/or formulation thereof comprising IL-10 or IL-10 variant molecules fused to a single chain variable fragment scaffolding system and a second cytokine, where the second cytokine is linked in the hinge region of the scFv. The application also relates to methods of using the dual cytokine fusion protein composition for treating cancer, inflammatory diseases or disorders, and immune and immune mediated diseases or disorders. |
US12263355B2 |
Multi-leaf collimator
A leaf assembly for a multi-leaf collimator comprises a leaf and a leaf nut removably mounted within the profile of the leaf, the leaf nut comprising a threaded hole for receiving a leaf actuator screw oriented along a first axis in the plane of the leaf. The leaf nut is mounted within the leaf such that relative movement between the leaf nut and the leaf is prevented both linearly along the first axis and rotationally about the first axis. |
US12263354B2 |
Computer program product and computer system for planning and delivering radiotherapy treatment and a method of planning radiotherapy treatment
A radiotherapy treatment plan for grid therapy in which a patient is radiated from a source of radiation with a set of spatially fractionated beams of charged particles such as protons, including varying the direction of each beam in the set of beams. Generating the plan comprises the steps of determining a first path through the patient to a first Bragg peak position and determining a second path through the patient, at least a part of the second path being directed at an angle from the first path to a first deflected Bragg peak position. The beam directions may be varied by means of magnetic fields or by varying the relative angle between the gantry and the patient. |
US12263353B2 |
Fluidized brachytherapy system and method
The invention describes method for delivering and positioning radio-isotopes. The method uses encapsulating free flowing medicament into a leak proof vehicle and positioning the vehicle into the body. Also provided is a system for delivering and positioning radio-isotopes into the body, the system comprising fluid radio-isotope encapsulated in a leak proof material and/or absorbable material. |
US12263352B2 |
Photobiomodulation method and system for inducing activity of brainderived nerve growth factor in hippocampal tissue
According to a photobiomodulation method and system for inducing the activity of a brain-derived nerve growth factor in a hippocampal tissue, proposed by the present invention, a photobiomodulation (PBMT or PBM) method, which is a therapy using infrared to seat-infrared (wavelength of 600-1100 nm) light, is utilized, thereby delaying the death of cells, promoting the proliferation of meristematic cells, and inducing natural treatment without the risk of adverse reactions to a disease or lesion, in a simple and easy manner in which low-level laser light is irradiated into a living body, based on the principle that certain molecules in the living body can absorb photons and trigger signaling pathways in response to light of a specific wavelength band. |
US12263348B2 |
Circadian rhythm monitoring and regulation system
A Circadian Rhythm Monitoring and Regulation (CMR) system and method that includes: a novel non-obtrusive wearable system for increasing the health and productivity of warfighters or other individuals that are disrupted by excessive, abnormal shifts in work or flights across multiple time zones. The CMR system is based on advanced sensor and software technology and models of human circadian system phototransduction and a circadian stimulator oscillator developed by applicants. It measures circadian misalignment and provides lighting suggestions for circadian rhythm maintenance and realignment. |
US12263346B1 |
Systems and methods for treating myocardial conditions
An implantable system can treat a myocardial condition, for example a myocardial infarction region. The system can selectively apply stimulating electrical signals to the myocardial infarction region. The region can respond to the stimulating electrical signals by undergoing favorable therapeutic change, for example an increase in thickness of the region. The system can monitor electrical impedance of the region as an indicator of degree of regional therapeutic change or of regional therapeutic state. The monitoring results can guide or control the application of stimulating electrical signals. For example, the application of stimulating electrical signals can stop once the monitor detects a sufficient degree of favorable therapeutic change and can resume if the monitor detects a threshold degree of therapeutic regression. |
US12263332B2 |
Material characteristics ideal for providing either partial or total mechanical support to the failing or arrested heart and method for developing ideal characteristics for underlying cardiac disorders
A system and method for determining the proper dynamic strain profile of an elastomeric construct. The strain characteristics of a deficient heart are determined and compared to the normal strain characteristics of a healthy heart. A construct having elastomeric elements is provided that can expand along multiple axes. In an unloaded condition remote from the deficient heart, the elastomeric elements are pressurized to determine the pressure differential being experienced. Furthermore, optimal strain characteristics are calculated along a first axis and a second axis as a function of the pressure differential. The first optimal strain characteristic and the second optimal strain characteristic are used to estimate the dynamic strain characteristics that will be applied to the heart. The dynamic strain characteristics are compared to the optimal strain characteristics required by the heart to determine if the construct is proper using an automated drive. |
US12263329B2 |
Device and method for delivering a medicament
A device for delivery of medicament is presented that has an elongated housing, a container mounted within the housing and adapted to contain liquid medicament, a stopper slidably arranged within said container, and a delivery mechanism comprising a resilient member, a plunger assembly having one end connected to the stopper and a second end being operably connected to the resilient member, a rotatable latch for releasably retaining the plunger assembly in a first position where the resilient member has an accumulated energy, where rotation of the latch releases the plunger assembly such that the accumulated energy is transferred to the plunger assembly for driving the stopper within the container whereby the medicament within said container is delivered to an injection site. After delivery of the medicament a rotator having a hard stop feature aligns with a rib on the protective shield to prevent retraction of the protective shield. |
US12263326B2 |
Methods and systems for verifying the contents of a syringe used for medical fluid delivery
A fluid delivery system and method for determining whether the correct fluid is being drawn into and/or dispensed from a syringe. The system includes a syringe, a fluid injector for drawing fluid into and dispensing fluid from the syringe, one or more sensors adapted to measure a force required to draw the fluid into and/or dispense the fluid from the syringe, a processor in communication with the one or more sensors, and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium in operable communication with the processor. The computer-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive from the one or more sensors one or more measurements of the force required to draw the fluid into and/or dispense the fluid from the syringe and determine from the one or more measurements whether a correct fluid is being drawn into and/or dispensed from the syringe. |
US12263325B2 |
Device, system and methods for the oral delivery of therapeutic compounds
Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to a delivery mechanism having one or more balloons or other expandable devices which are expandable responsive to a condition in the small intestine or other GI lumen to advance the preparation out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract. |
US12263322B1 |
Epistaxis controlling device and method of using the same
A medical apparatus for controlling or treating epistaxis includes a first elongated structural component, a second elongated structural component, and a coupling component pivotally coupling the first and second elongated structural components to one another. The first elongated structural component includes a first handle portion, a first operating portion and a first through opening disposed between the first handle portion and the first operating portion. The second elongated structural component includes a second handle portion, a second operating portion and a second through opening disposed between the second handle portion and the second operating portion. The coupling component extends in the first and second through openings. Each one of the first and second operating portions may include an elongated body with one or more slits extending therealong. Each slits defines a receiving area for one or more nasal packs. |
US12263320B2 |
Percutaneous access pathway system and method
An improved method and device are provided for forming and/or maintaining a percutaneous access pathway. The device generally comprises at least one of three type of components: access pathway, insertion device, and attachment device. In one embodiment, the device is used to form and/or maintain a percutaneous access pathway into the pleural cavity (i.e. tube thoracostomy). The provided assembly substantially reduces the possibility of iatrogenic infection while accessing and/or re-accessing a body space. |
US12263316B2 |
Fluid path optimization in catheter insertion systems
Elongate blood flash flow paths can be detrimental to the operation of catheter placement systems by delaying the indication time, reducing the efficacy of the vacuum, or increasing the chance of clotting. Catheter placement systems with reduced blood flash fluid paths include blood flash indicators having a proximally slidable syringe barrel and plunger that is fixedly attached to the system housing. By reversing the operation of the blood flash indicator syringe, the clinician maintains the advantages of a visual and tactile feedback while shortening the blood flow path between the needle tip and syringe barrel. Catheter placement systems also include a needle interface structure configured to further shorten the blood flash fluid path. |
US12263313B2 |
Urinary system catheter using ethanol extract of propolis as coating and preparation method thereof
A urinary system catheter is covered by an ethanol extract of propolis on a surface of the urinary system catheter. The EEP is used as a coating material of the urinary system catheter to prepare an antimicrobial urinary system catheter. The EEP serving as a surface coating can enhance surface hydrophilicity of the urinary system catheter, and clinical operation of the urinary system catheter is facilitated. Meanwhile, the EEP serving as the surface coating can prevent a bacterial biofilm from being formed on the surface of the urinary system catheter, thereby possessing antimicrobial and anti-infective effects, and a high anti-scab capacity. In addition, propolis is a natural substance, has the advantages of good biocompatibility and low cost, and is suitable for mass production. The urinary system catheter prepared by using the EEP as the coating has a good application prospect. |
US12263306B2 |
Frame and headgear for respiratory mask system
A respiratory mask system is provided. The respiratory mask system has a patient interface that is secured to a user's head by a headgear. The patient interface comprises a seal, a frame and a gas delivery conduit. The frame is configured to secure the seal and gas delivery conduit together. The frame comprises a recessed channel and/or headgear retaining features configured to connect the headgear to the patient interface. The frame can include an inlet collar that connects to a gas delivery conduit. The inlet collar can include bias flow holes. The headgear comprises a top strap, a pair of side arms, a yoke and a rear strap. The yoke is configured to connect to the recessed channel of the frame. The top strap, side arms and yoke form an integrally formed closed loop. The top strap can include two portions adjustably connected to each other. |
US12263303B2 |
Systems and methods of detecting incorrect connections in a humidification system
Various control methods can indirectly determine incorrect connections between components in a respiratory therapy system. For example, incorrect connections can occur between a patient interface, a humidifier and/or a gases source. The methods can indirectly detect if reverse flow conditions or other error conditions exist. A reverse flow condition can occur when gases flows in a direction different from an intended direction of flow. The methods can be implemented at the humidifier side, at the gases source side, or both. |
US12263302B1 |
Heatable air delivery tube
A heatable air delivery tube that maintains the temperature within the tube includes a patient interface end, an airflow generator end, and a heated spiral tube with metal wires that connects the two ends. The patient interface end includes a notch that allows for deformation to better achieve a seal when connected to other tubular connectors. The airflow generator end has a deformable connecting clamp, which allows for self-deformation to secure a snap-fit connection with the airflow generator. The inner diameters of the connectors of both the patient interface end and the airflow generator end are no larger than the tubular connectors they connect to, to ensure a better seal. |
US12263298B2 |
Device for inhaling powder-type substances
A device for inhaling powder-type substances includes a mouthpiece, an insertion unit having a retaining part with an insertion means for opening a sub-region in a substance container containing the substance, and a discharge channel for the substance leading to the mouthpiece. In order to advantageously further improve a device of this type, it is proposed that two insertion units are provided, having preferably two retaining parts, which are separate from one another, which each have an insertion means, and with which the substance container can be opened in intersecting or opposing insertion directions. The device for inhaling powder-type substances also includes a plurality of substance containers that can be moved successively into an emptying position. The number of emptied or non-emptied substance containers can be displayed via a counter. |
US12263294B2 |
Systems and methods for operating negative pressure wound therapy devices
Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy devices and methods for controlling and operating such devices are disclosed. A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a housing, a negative pressure source, a pressure sensor, and an electronic control circuitry. The negative pressure source can couple via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing covering a wound and provide negative pressure to the wound. The electronic controller circuitry can operate the negative pressure source, detect a presence of blockage in the fluid flow path based on comparing one or more peak-to-peak measurments of pressure in the fluid flow path measured by the pressure sensor to a threshold, and adjust the threshold responsive to a determination that the housing is positioned in a moving transporter. The moving transporter can be an automobile, train, or airplane. |
US12263292B2 |
Dampening element for fluid management system
A fluid management system may include a fluid pump capable of generating a pulsatile flow of fluid, a fluid pathway for transporting the pulsatile flow of fluid from a fluid source through the fluid pump to a medical device, a dampening element in fluid communication with the fluid pathway and operably independent of the fluid pump, the dampening element comprising one or more barrels, each barrel including a movable seal member disposed within the barrel and a biasing member disposed within the barrel and engaged with the movable seal member, the dampening element being responsive to pressure fluctuations of the pulsatile fluid flow to actively dampen the pressure fluctuations, and a fluid flow sensor disposed along the fluid pathway between the dampening element and the medical device to measure a flow rate of the smoothened pulsatile fluid flow in both flow directions. |
US12263291B2 |
Drainage system with retention ring
In one general aspect, the present disclosure provides a drainage system. The drainage system may include a container having an interior and a mouth, the mouth having an outer surface and an opening. A frangible seal may cover the opening. A cap may be secured to the mouth, and the cap may be in fluid communication with a drainage line. The cap may have an inner surface for engaging with the outer surface of the mouth. The drainage system may further include a retention ring with a collar having an inner surface configured to engage an outer surface of the cap, where the retention ring includes a bead for at least partially concentrating a restriction force provided by the retention ring on an adjacent area of the outer surface of the cap. |
US12263285B2 |
Peritoneal dialysis system and method having intraperitoneal pressure sensing
A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) system includes a housing; a dialysis fluid pump housed by the housing; a dual lumen patient line extending from the housing; a filter set including a final stage filter located along a first line, and which includes a second line in parallel with the first line, the first line in fluid communication with a first lumen of the dual lumen patient line, and the second line in fluid communication with a second lumen of the dual lumen patient line; a pressure sensor located within the housing and positioned so as to sense a static or substantially static PD fluid pressure in the second lumen while fresh PD fluid is pumped through the first lumen and the final stage filter; and a control unit configured to use the sensed static or substantially static pressure in a pressure control routine for the dialysis fluid pump. |
US12263281B2 |
Device for evaporating volatile substances
The device for evaporating volatile substances comprises a heater (1) which heats a wick (2) impregnated in said volatile substances and characterised in that said heater (1) is formed from a printed circuit board (10) provided with at least one resistor (11).It allows a device for evaporating volatile substances to be provided which comprises a heater with a very low thermal mass which allows a rapid increase in the temperature and variation of the working cycles. |
US12263277B2 |
Uniaxially-aligned nanofiber scaffolds and methods for producing and using same
Oral cavity wound healing occurs in an environment that sustains ongoing physical trauma and is rich in bacteria. Patients undergoing cleft palate repair have a high degree of wound healing complications, such as oronasal fistula (ONF) formation. Following hard palate injury, ONF was created that demonstrated little change in pro-regenerative monocytes LY6Clo monocytes; however, there were increased M2 macrophages observed. Delivery of FTY720 nanofiber scaffolds following hard palate injury prevented ONF formation, allowed complete wound healing and was associated with increased LY6Clo monocytes and pro-regenerative M2 macrophages. Evaluation of interleukin gene expression revealed reduction in pro-inflammatory IL1 and IL6 and increased expression of pro-regenerative IL10 with FTY720 nanofiber delivery. The ability of FTY720 scaffolds to increase LY6Clo monocytes, increase M2 macrophages and alter the interleukin expression during hard palate mucosal healing demonstrates the ability of a FTY720-based autotherapy to improve oral cavity wound healing. |
US12263268B2 |
Sterilization test pack
A sterilization test pack may include a shell defining an indicator compartment having a volume; a channel extending between a compartment opening and an exterior opening, the channel being in fluid communication with the indicator compartment through the compartment opening and surrounding atmosphere being in fluid communication with the channel through the exterior opening such that the indicator compartment is in fluid communication with the surrounding atmosphere through the channel, the channel having a length measured between the compartment opening and the exterior opening and a hydraulic radius along the length; and an indicator disposed in the indicator compartment, where a ratio of the compartment volume to the channel hydraulic radius may range from 1000 cm2 to 8000 cm2. |
US12263262B2 |
Apparatus for automatically managing the helmet
An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is for automatically managing a helmet. Because the inside of a helmet may be sterilized and dried in a short time, a comfortable safety helmet may be ensured even during a short break time. Also, because charging may be performed without removing attachments such as an IoT device, an electronic device, and an illumination light from the helmet, the inconvenience of time and effort spent on attaching and detaching the attachments may be eliminated. Also, because the attachments such as the IoT device, the electronic device, and the illumination light may be charged at every break in the middle of work, a required capacity of a rechargeable battery may be reduced, a weight of the attachments may be reduced, and thus, the burden on the user to use the helmet may be reduced. |
US12263258B2 |
Sanitiser
The present invention provides a sanitiser (10) for sanitising a user, having a plasma generator (20), for generating a plasma (22), a reservoir (30), for storing plasma (22) generated by the plasma generator 20 and having one or more inlets (32) connected to the plasma generator (20) and a first and second outlet (34), (36). One or more fluid movers (40), (42) cause movement of the plasma (2) from the first and second outlets under the control of a controller (50) such as to cause the flow of plasma (22) out of one or other or both of said outlets (34), (36). |
US12263254B2 |
Composite materials
A composite material is formed by combining an expandable polymer having a charge with another polymer having an opposite charge to produce. In particular, the composite material can be prepared by combining the polymers with a medium such as and water, and expanding the mixture using a treatment that expands the mixture to produce, for example, insoluble porous foam-like composite |
US12263251B2 |
Orally available articles containing at least one stabilized supplement therein
Methods of making orally available softgels includes pre-wetting a probiotic with an edible oil to produce a wetted supplement, wherein the edible oil is present in a range of 25% to 75% by weight of a total weight of the probiotic and edible oil, heating the wetted supplement to a temperature in a range of 35° C. to 40° C., blending the wetted supplement and a molten chocolate component together to produce a liquid fill material, encapsulating the liquid fill material in a softgel coating to produce an orally available softgel, and cooling the orally available softgel to have a softgel capsule shell comprising 5% to 15% by weight water. The fill material is a solid at room temperature in the cooled orally available softgel. |
US12263250B2 |
Nanofiber segments and methods of use thereof
Nanofiber segments comprising polymeric electrospun nanofibers are provided as well as methods of use thereof and methods of making. |
US12263244B2 |
Intravesical device for controlled drug delivery
Implantable devices and methods for delivery of lidocaine or other drugs to a patient are provided. In one embodiment, the device includes a first drug portion which has a first drug housing which contains a first drug formulation in a solid form which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of lidocaine; and a second drug portion which includes a second drug housing which contains a second drug formulation which includes lidocaine base. In another embodiment, the device includes a drug reservoir component which has an elastic tube having at least one lumen bounded by a porous sidewall having an open-cell structure, a closed-cell structure, or a combination thereof; and a drug formulation contained within the at least one lumen, wherein the device is deformable between a low-profile deployment shape and a relatively expanded retention shape. |
US12263243B2 |
Templated open flocs of anisotropic particles for enhanced pulmonary delivery
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating and delivering medicinal formulations using an inhaler. The composition includes a space filled flocculated suspension having one or more flocculated particles of one or more active agents and a hydrofluoroalkane propellant. A portion of the one or more flocculated particles is templated by the formation of hydrofluoroalkane droplets upon atomization and the templated floc compacts upon the evaporation of the hydrofluoroalkane propellant to form a porous particle for deep lung delivery. |
US12263242B2 |
Container with particles for use with inhaler
A container containing a powder system including a first plurality of particles having a particle size of about 10 micrometers or less, and a second plurality of particles having a particle size of about 20 micrometers or greater, and a single aperture extending through the container. A system including an inhaler article and the container is disclosed also. |
US12263236B1 |
Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate containing detergent compositions
A detergent composition and a method of washing/cleaning urushiol at least partially, more typically substantially or completely off a surface of human skin or clothing. The detergent composition is typically a non-buffered composition that contains one or more C12 surfactants, typically at least a sodium lauroyl sarcosinate and the detergent composition is typically free of one or more of (1) any nonylphenol ethoxylate; (2) any pharmaceutically active drug or prodrug; (3) any salt in an amount that affects the functional characteristics of either of the solely C12 surfactants; (4) any salt in granular form; and/or (5) any ethoxylate that is a stand-alone ingredient. |
US12263232B1 |
Composition for regulating production of proteins
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to one or more compositions that upregulate the production of one or more sequences of mRNA. The sequences of mRNA may encode for translation of a target biomolecule, thereby causing an increase in bioavailability of the target biomolecule within a subject who is administered the one or more compositions. The target biomolecule is a precursor protein such as a precursor protein of CLTA4. |
US12263231B2 |
Adeno-associated virus virions for treatment of epilepsy
Provided is a novel gene therapy means for neurological diseases including epilepsy. The present invention provides: a recombinant adeno-associated virus vector for use in the treatment of neurological diseases including epilepsy, which comprises a polynucleotide encoding a protein capable of improving the excitation-inhibiting function of an inhibitory synapse in vivo, preferably neuroligin-2 protein; a pharmaceutical composition comprising said recombinant vector; and others. The present invention also provides a method for treating a disease such as epilepsy using the recombinant vector. |
US12263229B2 |
Induction of osteogenesis by delivering BMP encoding RNA
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a polyribonucleotide (RNA) with a sequence which encodes a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) for use in (i) treating or preventing a bone disease, bone disorder or bone injury; and/or (ii) inducing or enhancing osteogenic differentiation, osteogenesis, ossification, bone regeneration and/or bone morphogenesis in a patient. The present invention also relates to the respective BMP encoding RNAs (BMP RNAs), in particular in its chemically modified form. The present invention also relates to complexes which comprise or are complexed with the BMP RNA, in particular to the respective transfection complexes like lipofection, magnetofection and magnetolipofection complexes. The present invention further relates to a carrier and carrier body to which the RNA or complex has been loaded and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said carrier or carrier body. The present invention further relates to a matrix or scaffold for sustained mRNA delivery and its application in bone regeneration in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro. |
US12263222B2 |
Methods of forming biochemical scaffolds for enhancing mental function and acuity
Biochemical scaffolds for regulating mammalian cell function. The biochemical scaffolds include a base liquid medium, a bioenergetic platform and a vibrational platform. The bioenergetic platform includes at least one Krebs cycle modulator and/or neurotransmitter modulator. The vibrational platform includes at least one energy signature component, e.g., an herb. The biochemical scaffold is subjected to harmonic oscillation for a defined, predetermined period of time, wherein the energy signature of the energy signature component is imparted to, captured, replicated, and retained by the liquid medium, and, when the biochemical scaffolds are delivered to and, thus, in communication with biological tissue, the biochemical scaffolds induce specific biochemical activities via the resonant transfer of the retained energy signature to the biological tissue and, hence, endogenous cells thereof. |
US12263219B2 |
Therapeutic composition and method combining multiplex immunotherapy with cancer vaccine for the treatment of cancer
This invention relates to a therapeutic composition comprising i) at least two immune checkpoint inhibitors, ii) at least one drug selected from a cytokine a cytotoxic or cytostatic chemotherapeutic drug, and combinations thereof, and iii) a cancer vaccine prepared from tumor or cancer cells, or derivatives thereof, that have been prepared through an ex vivo treatment that creates necrotic and/or necroptotic cancer cells while minimizing destruction of cancer antigens. This invention also relates to a method of treating a tumor or a cancer in a patient comprising administering to a patient in need thereof the therapeutic composition in an amount effective to treat the tumor or cancer. |
US12263215B2 |
Cytotoxic immunostimulating particles and uses thereof
The present invention relates to particles comprising RNA, in which the RNA is associated with a cationic polymer or lipid or with both a cationic polymer and lipid, wherein the RNA comprises a cytotoxic nucleotide or cytotoxic nucleotide analog and/or the RNA is covalently attached to a cytotoxin, pharmaceutical compositions containing said particles and pharmaceutical uses of the particles and pharmaceutical compositions. The particles of the present invention are particularly useful as an immunostimulating medicament capable to block proliferation or induce death in dividing cells such as tumor cells. |
US12263214B2 |
Vaccine for use in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of a disease
The present invention relates to an adenoviral vector capable of encoding a virus-like particle (VLP), said VLP displaying an inactive immune-suppressive domain (ISD). The vaccine of the invention shows an improved immune response from either of both of the response pathways initiated by CD4 T cells or CD8 T cells. |
US12263211B2 |
Klebsiella vaccine and methods of use
Provided are compositions and methods that include a K. pneumoniae yidR protein or an antigenic segment of the protein, and homologous of the protein, and antigenic segments of the homologs. The compositions can be provided as vaccine formulations for use with humans and non-human animals, including but not limited to dairy cows. The compositions and methods are useful for prophylaxis and/or therapy of conditions associated with Gram negative bacteria that include K. pneumonia, E. coli, and other pathogenic Gram negative bacteria. The conditions include such bacterial infections generally, and include specifically mastitis and metritis. The compositions and methods can also improve fertility and milk production. Administration of the compositions can improve the likelihood of a first service conception. |
US12263206B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating obesity or sarcopenia, containing IF1 as active ingredient
The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating obesity or sarcopenia, containing ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (IF1) and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition and a food for preventing or treating obesity or sarcopenia, containing, as an active ingredient, IF1 having an effect of suppressed appetite or effects increased muscle mass and muscle production. According to the present invention, ATPase inhibitory factor 1 (IF1) exhibits, in an obesity-induced mouse model, effects of inhibited weight gain and decreased dietary intake without side effects, and exhibits, in obesity-induced or aged mouse, effects of increased muscle mass, increased muscle protein and muscle production, and thus is very useful as an agent for preventing, alleviating or treating metabolic diseases such as obesity, an agent for suppressing appetite and an agent for preventing, alleviating or treating muscle loss-related diseases such as sarcopenia. |
US12263203B2 |
BTNL9 and ERMAP as novel inhibitors of the immune system for immunotherapies
Provided are methods of treating a tumor in a subject with a BTNL9-binding antibody. Also provided are methods of treating a tumor in a subject with an ERMAP-binding antibody. A fusion protein comprising a BTNL9 or ERMAP and related compositions and encoding nucleic acids are also provided. |
US12263194B2 |
Bacillus bacterium, interleukin-22 production inducing agent, skin barrier function enhancing agent
A Bacillus bacterium that induces the production of interleukin-22 is provided. The Bacillus bacterium that induces the production of interleukin-22. |
US12263193B2 |
System and method for removing uremic toxins from a patient's body
Compositions and method for reducing the concentration of uremic toxins in the body of a patient suffering from some degree of kidney failure are disclosed. The methods can be used to delay the need for conventional dialysis treatment or as an adjunct therapy to reduce the frequency of dialysis sessions, and in some instances, as an alternative to such dialysis sessions. |
US12263192B2 |
Compositions for management of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
Effective and economical compositions and methods are disclosed for the treatment, and prevention of diseases and disorders associated with inflammation and/or damage to the gastrointestinal tract, including environmental enteric dysfunction. Compositions are provided comprising a synergistic combination of colostrum, immune egg, and optionally one or more additional active agents. |
US12263191B2 |
Micronized compositions for wound healing prepared from intact human amnion-chorion tissue having an intact intermediate spongy layer positioned there between
A sterile micronized composition prepared from intact human placental tissue for wound healing. The sterile micronized composition includes micronized human amnion; micronized human chorion; and micronized human intermediate spongy layer. In certain aspects, the composition is prepared from intact placental tissue comprising a human amnion layer, human chorion layer, and an intact human intermediate spongy layer positioned between the human amnion layer and human chorion layer such that immediately before micronization the human amnion layer and the human chorion layer are not separated from one another. |
US12263188B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating stroke
Some embodiments include methods of treating, inhibiting, or ameliorating ischemic stroke or a symptom thereof in a subject. Some embodiments include oxygenated fluid for use in treating, inhibiting, or ameliorating ischemic stroke. The oxygenated fluid may comprise charge-stabilized oxygen-containing nanostructures. |
US12263184B2 |
Materials and methods for producing arabinoxylan compositions
This document provides compositions containing arabinoxylan, methods for making compositions containing arabinoxylan, and methods for using compositions containing arabinoxylan as, for example, a food ingredient, dietary supplement ingredient, or pharmaceutical ingredient. In particular, the document discloses the use of lignocellulosic biomass with water at temperatures and pressures to provide the disclosed products. |
US12263182B2 |
Method of introducing an mRNA molecule into a cell
The present invention concerns an in vivo method for introducing an mRNA molecule (which is not associated with a carrier) into the cytosol of a cell(s) in a subject, by the use of photochemical internalization, wherein the photosensitising agent is a sulphonated meso-tetraphenyl chlorin, sulfonated tetraphenylporphine or a di- or tetrasulfonated aluminium phthalocyanine used in an amount of 0.0001 to 1 μg. The method may be used to express a polypeptide in the subject. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing the photosensitising agents and the mRNA and uses of the molecules in therapy, e.g. to treat or prevent cancer or an infection. |
US12263177B2 |
Biologically active ganoderma lucidum compounds and synthesis of anticancer derivatives; ergosterol peroxide probes for cellular localization
The bioactive compounds of Ganoderma lucidum extract (GLE) responsible for anticancer activity were elucidated using NMR, X-ray crystallography and analogue derivatization, as well as anti-cancer activity studies. Structures of the seven most abundant GLE compounds are disclosed. Their selective efficacy against triple negative (TNBC) and inflammatory breast cancers (IBC) and other human cancer cell types (solid and blood malignancies) was shown, confirming potential their as anticancer agents. |
US12263176B2 |
Pharmaceutical liquid compositions of meloxicam
The present invention relates to stable injectable compositions comprising meloxicam or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or hydrates thereof, wherein the composition is provided in a sealed container, e.g., an ampoule, vial and pre-filled syringe. Further, the present invention relates to a stable injectable solution comprising meloxicam or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, or hydrates thereof, suitable for subcutaneous, intravenous or intramuscular administration. The invention relates to methods for manufacturing stable injectable solutions of meloxicam. The present invention further relates to a method of treating pain by parenterally administering to a patient in need thereof a composition comprising a stable solution of meloxicam, wherein said solution provides rapid onset of action for pain relief compared to a reference composition. |
US12263174B2 |
Methods and compositions for treatment of pulmonary hypertension and other lung disorders
Provided herein are methods for treating pulmonary hypertension. The methods include administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a vasodilator, wherein the vasodilator is administered to the subject via inhalation pro re nata using a portable inhaler. In some embodiments, the vasodilator is a PDE5 inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions for pro re nata administration of vasodilators are also described. |
US12263171B2 |
7-, 8-, and 10-substituted amino triazolo quinazoline derivatives as adenosine receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical compositions and their use
In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain 7-, 8-, and 10-substituted amino triazolo quinazoline derivatives of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein ring A, R1, R2, and R4 are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents), and methods for their preparation and use, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, as antagonists of A2a and/or A2b receptors, and their use in the treatment of a variety of diseases, conditions, or disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by the adenosine A2a receptor and/or the adenosine A2b receptor. |
US12263169B2 |
Methods of treating neuroepithelial tumors using selective glucocorticoid receptor modulators
Applicant discloses methods for treating a glucocorticoid receptor positive (GR+) neuroepithelial tumor in a subject, comprising administering a selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SGRM) in an amount effective to reduce the tumor load in a subject. The GR+ neuroepithelial tumor may be a neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF 2) tumor; the GR+ neuroepithelial tumor may be a schwannoma, meningioma, or ependymoma. In embodiments, the GR+ neuroepithelial tumor is not an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting tumor. In embodiments, the SGRM comprises a steroidal backbone. In embodiments, the SGRM is mifepristone. In embodiments, the SGRM comprises a non-steroidal backbone, such as, e.g., a cyclohexyl pyrimidine, a fused azadecalin, a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin, or an octahydro fused azadecalin backbone. The SGRM may be administered orally. The SGRM may be administered alone. In embodiments, the SGRM is administered with at least one non-SGRM therapy, e.g., a chemotherapy, a radiation therapy, or other therapeutic agents. |
US12263168B2 |
Carbonic anhydrase enzymes for regulating mast cell hematopoiesis and type 2 inflammation
The invention provides methods and compositions that are useful for treating allergic diseases, bacterial infections, fungal infections, viral infections, mastocytosis, mast cell-mediated inflammation and parasite infections (e.g., helminth infections). |
US12263165B2 |
Small molecule inhibitors of cancer stem cells and mesenchymal cancer types
The present disclosure provides compounds, their pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of their use for treating mesenchymally-derived or mesenchymally-transformed cancers, such as breast cancers and sarcomas, and for treating diseases or disorders that are characterized by the expression of vimentin. |
US12263164B2 |
Methods of treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic leukemia using a BTK inhibitor
Therapeutic methods of treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic leukemia (SLL) are described. In certain embodiments, the invention includes therapeutic methods of treating CLL and SLL using a BTK inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the invention includes therapeutic methods of treating subtypes of CLL and SLL using a BTK inhibitor, including subtypes of CLL in patients sensitive to thrombosis and subtypes of CLL that increase monocytes and NK cells in peripheral blood after treatment with a BTK inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the invention includes therapeutic methods of treating CLL and SLL using a combination of a BTK inhibitor and an anti-CD20 antibody. |
US12263160B2 |
Methods of treating ocular inflammatory diseases
The present invention relates to methods of treating ocular inflammatory diseases by administering ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions of roflumilast. Administration of ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions of roflumilast can provide significant immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activity relative to existing immunomodulatory, immunosuppressant, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory therapies, including corticosteroids and antihistamines, while also providing an improved safety and convenience profile relative to one or both agents. |
US12263159B2 |
Fused ring compound having urea structure
The present invention relates to a novel fused ring compound having urea structure that exhibits excellent NAMPT activating effect, and a method using the same for treating/preventing metabolic disorder, cardiovascular and kidney disease, mitochondrial disease, neurodegenerative disease, ocular disease, and muscle wasting disorder.The present invention provides a compound represented by following formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt: wherein A, B, R1, R2 and R3 represent the same meanings as in the claims. |
US12263153B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition, methods for treating and uses thereof
The present invention relates to methods for treating or preventing chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease comprising administering empagliflozin to the patient. |
US12263146B2 |
Non-linear dosing of mirdametinib
The present disclosure relates to methods for treating certain types of tumors or cancers, such as plexiform neurofibromas (PN), plexiform neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1-PN), by administering to a patient in need thereof mirdametinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, such as by a certain dosing scheme. |
US12263145B2 |
Methods of administering solriamfetol to lactating women
Provided herein according to some embodiments is a method for decreasing the potential for adverse events from solriamfetol in an infant fed breast milk obtained from a subject treated with solriamfetol comprising: orally administering the solriamfetol to the subject at a daily dose of about 37.5 mg to about 300 mg; and feeding the infant breast milk from the subject at least about 5 hours after administering the solriamfetol to the subject, thereby decreasing potential for adverse events from solriamfetol in an infant. |
US12263143B2 |
Ionic channel modulation as a method for treating tumors through inflammasome activation
The invention presents use of ion channel modulator to manipulate expression of the Tmem176b gene, also known as TORID (TOlerance Related and InduceD), to treat tumors. |
US12263140B1 |
Methods of reducing the production of greenhouse gases from animals
A method of reducing production of carbon dioxide or methane from farmed animals, including administering to an animal a formulation of carbon dioxide or methane reducing concentrations of vitamin K. The method reduces the carbon dioxide and/or the methane in one or more of breath exhalant of the animal, faeces of the animal, and from soil on which the faeces have been deposited. M ethane production is reduced by at least 20% by volume and carbon dioxide production is reduced by at least 20% by volume. The vitamin K is formulated to be isolated until the vitamin K reaches to gut of the animal whereupon it is formulated to be released and mix with stomach or rumen fluid. The method increases animal weight gain over time, inhibits or prevents production of skatole compounds production from metabolism of the animal over time, and reduces production of offensive odours from animal faeces. |
US12263139B2 |
Use of cannabidiol in the treatment of tuberous sclerosis complex
The present invention relates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of tumours associated with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC). In particular the CBD was able to decrease the number and size of marker cells, pS6, in a zebrafish model of TSC. This is suggestive of a disease modifying effect whereby treatment with CBD could result in the reduction or prevention of the benign tumours that occur in TSC patients. Preferably the CBD used is in the form of a highly purified extract of cannabis such that the CBD is present at greater than 98% of the total extract (w/w) and the other components of the extract are characterised. In particular the cannabinoid tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has been substantially removed, to a level of not more than 0.15% (w/w) and the propyl analogue of CBD, cannabidivarin, (CBDV) is present in amounts of up to 1%. Alternatively, the CBD may be a synthetically produced CBD. In use the CBD is given concomitantly with one or more other drugs used in the treatment of TSC. Such drugs may include rapamycin and/or everolimus. |
US12263137B2 |
Applicator for oral administration of a swallowable object to a patient
The application relates to an applicator (1) for oral administration of a swallowable object (2), in particular a solid dosage form, to a patient, wherein the applicator comprises a housing (3) having a first opening (4) and a second opening (5), the first opening of the housing being configured to be coupled with a liquid reservoir, in particular a drinking vessel, and the second opening of the housing being configured such that the patient can drink therefrom, and a holder (6) disposed within the housing and configured to accommodate the swallowable object, the holder being further configured to allow the swallowable object to be conveyed towards the second opening of the housing when liquid is flowing through the housing from the first opening to the second opening of the housing. |
US12263135B2 |
Eye exercising device and method
The invention relates to an eye exercising device and method. The eye exercising device includes a carrier, a controller, and two or more than two light-emitting units. Each of the light-emitting units is sequentially installed on the carrier, and is electrically connected with the controller. The controller is used to control each of the light-emitting units to operate in a corresponding state at corresponding time according to an eyeball exercise program. The eye exercising device further includes a detector, a prompting structure and a light-extraction module. The detector can get the user's eye problems and guide the user to exercise their eyeballs. The prompting structure can remind the user to exercise the eyes regularly. The light-extraction module can generate a guiding light spot that is easy for the user to recognize, which effectively protects the eyes. |
US12263133B1 |
Electric yoga wheel
The present invention provides an electric yoga wheel, comprising a support device, a drive device that is arranged in the support device, and a massage wheel that is rotationally connected to the support device and connected to the drive device. A flexible protective pad, which covers the massage wheel and is connected to the support device, is arranged on a circumferential side of the support device. When using the electric yoga wheel, the flexible protective pad deforms under pressure so that the flexible protective pad is pressed against the massage wheel; during massage, the flexible protective pad can avoid twining hair around the yoga wheel in such a favorable manner as to effectively eliminate the existing hidden danger during massage and make it safer for the user to massage. |
US12263121B2 |
Controlling vibration patterns of a phacoemulsification needle
A system includes a needle, an actuator assembly and a generator. The needle is configured to be vibrated so as to emulsify a lens of an eye. The actuator assembly, includes a first actuator, a second actuator and a third actuator, which are distributed around a longitudinal axis of the needle and are configured to vibrate along the longitudinal axis in response to a first driving signal, a second driving signal and a third driving signal, respectively. The generator is configured to generate the first driving signal, the second driving signal and the third driving signal, so as to vibrate the needle in accordance with a predefined pattern. |
US12263115B2 |
Forceps treatment systems
Forceps treatment systems are described in which a forceps apparatus may generally comprise a first handle and a second handle coupled to one another near or at respective proximal ends. A first paddle may be coupled to the first handle and define a first inner surface, a second paddle may be coupled to the second handle and define a second inner surface which is positioned in apposition to the first inner surface. Furthermore, a debriding member may extend proximally from the first and second handles and reduce and curve gently to define a debriding edge for debriding tissue in proximity to one or more meibomian glands. The forceps apparatus may be used in combination with a heat treatment for treating one or more meibomian glands in a subject. |
US12263109B2 |
Non-water activated cast
A non-water-activatable cast has one or more layers of sheet-like material which create a combined flexibility, stiffness, or rigidity so that the cast may be manually positioned in substantial contact with a lower extremity to be received within the cast. As such, the cast is not only readily deployable by a patient, but has predetermined flexibility located and selected to control ankle movement within a therapeutically appropriate range, whether used by itself or in association with a related orthosis, such as a CAM walker. In certain applications, the cast likewise offloads or otherwise redistributes force by virtue of the rigidity of the plantar impact surface on such cast and the rigidity of other cast portions. |
US12263107B2 |
System and methods for treating a bifurcation with a fully crimped stent
A system for treating a bifurcation includes first and second delivery catheters. The first catheter has a first shaft, a first expandable member adjacent the distal end of the first shaft, an auxiliary expandable member disposed under the first expandable member, and a first radially expandable stent disposed over both the first expandable member and the auxiliary expandable member. The second delivery catheter has a second shaft, and a second expandable member adjacent the distal end of the second shaft. A portion of the second catheter is disposed under a portion of the first stent, and a portion of the second delivery catheter passes through a side hole in the first stent. The first stent is crimped over the first and second catheters such that the first stent remains attached to the first and the second catheters during advancement of the catheters through a blood vessel. |
US12263106B2 |
Transcatheter implant delivery device and methods of implant loading and delivery
Aspects of the disclosure are generally related to systems, devices and methods for transcatheter delivery and deployment of an implant, such as a prosthetic valve. Aspects of the disclosure include methods of loading the implant to the delivery device having a capsule assembly for sheathing the implant. The capsule assembly can include separable proximal and distal segments. Such methods of loading can include utilizing a collar and a funnel to guide the proximal segment over the implant and adjacent the distal segment to compress and fully sheathe the implant for delivery. |
US12263104B2 |
Self expanding stents and methods
A stent comprises a framework that includes a sequence of cells that each occupy a discrete segment of the stent length, and each of the cells includes a plurality of struts with ends connected at respective vertices. In some forms the framework includes T-bars that connect adjacent cells, where the T-bars have a column that has a minimum width perpendicular to the long axis that is wider than a maximum width of each of the struts, and the column defines at least one slot. In other forms, the framework exhibits geometries that facilitate a high packing density for the framework when the stent is in a compressed tube or loading configuration. |
US12263103B2 |
Modular endo-aortic device for endovascular aortic repair of dissections and being configured for adaptability of organs of various anatomical characteristics and method of using the same
A device for placement in the aortic arch of a patient is provided. The device includes a distal portion for being engageably received in an aortic arch of a patient beyond the left subclavian artery and a stent portion fluidly engaged with the distal portion, the stent portion being permeable and configured to span a portion of the aortic arches to which the brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery attach to the aortic arch. A diameter of the stent portion may be modified by translation of the proximal portion to thereby alter a length of the stent portion thus causing modification of the diameter of the stent portion to fit anatomical features of differing dimensions. |
US12263100B2 |
Bone fragment collector and processor
A device (10) for collecting and processing bone fragments is disclosed. The device comprises a chamber member (12), a press member (14), an intake port (16), and a vacuum port (18). A compression surface (20) and a filter support surface (22) configured to support a filter are defined by said chamber and/or press member. The intake port is on the chamber and/or press member and is configured to receive a composition comprising bone fragments. The vacuum port is on the chamber and/or press member. The chamber member and the press member are rotationally coupled with one another. The composition is acquired through the intake port and collected between the compression surface and the filter support surface. The application of rotational force to the chamber and/or press member in a first direction moves the compression surface and the filter support surface together to compress the composition therebetween to compact, and further remove filtrate from the composition. |
US12263098B2 |
Intervertebral prosthetic disc placement and removal systems
Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods of removing a core from an intervertebral prosthetic disc. The method may include: securing a multipart prosthetic disc to a distal end of a removal instrument by grasping at least a portion of the multipart prosthetic disc between a pair of core removal arms on the placement instrument; inserting the pair of core removal arms between two prosthetic disc plates of the intervertebral prosthetic disc to distract the plates away from one another; and removing the core from the intervertebral prosthetic disc with the removal instrument. The removal instrument may include: an inner shaft connected to the pair of core removal arms; and an outer shaft movable with respect to the inner shaft and including an activation mechanism for causing the arms to grasp the core for removal. |
US12263090B2 |
Adjustable implant
An adjustable implant includes a telescopic body with first and second portions in sliding engagement, and a deflectable linkage formed from a first linking segment, an intermediate segment and a second linking segment pivotally interconnected so that adjustment of a length of the telescopic body causes a corresponding deflection of the deflectable linkage. The first linking segment and the second linking segment are formed with projecting features that provide a partial gear engagement between the first and second linking segments such that, during adjustment of a length of the telescopic body and corresponding deflection of the deflectable linkage, pivotal motion of the first and second linking segments relative to the intermediate segment about the first and second pivot axes occurs in a fixed ratio defined by the partial gear engagement. |
US12263089B2 |
Artificial prosthesis for knee arthroplasty
The present disclosure discloses an artificial femoral prosthesis (100) for knee arthroplasty, a tibial prosthesis (150), a medial femoral unicompartmental prosthesis (201), a lateral femoral unicompartmental prosthesis (301), and a femoral trochlear prosthesis (401). The femoral prosthesis (100) comprises: a medial condyle portion (51) and a medial trochlear portion (131), wherein an articular surface of the medial condyle portion appears in a sagittal section as an arc of a first ellipse (38), and an articular surface of the medial trochlear portion appears in the sagittal section as an arc of a second ellipse or circle (40); and lateral members (91, 141), comprising a lateral trochlear portion (141) and a lateral condyle portion (91), wherein an articular surface of the lateral trochlear portion appears in the sagittal section as an arc of a third ellipse or circle (80), and an articular surface of the lateral condyle portion appears in the sagittal section as an arc of a fourth ellipse (78). The prostheses according to the above embodiments of the present disclosure can better conform to geometric shapes of normal femoral condyles of humans, thereby simplifying greatly design of parameter values for different models of femoral prostheses. |
US12263088B2 |
Expandable hip stem
Expandable hip stem implants, systems, and methods of implanting a hip stem during a hip arthroplasty are provided. The implant may include a proximal body having a neck terminating at a free end, a distal stem having a proximal portion coupled to the proximal body and a distal portion, and a plurality of expandable bodies aligned around the distal stem. The plurality of expandable bodies have a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration such that the plurality of expandable bodies expand radially outward away from one another. |
US12263086B2 |
Combined introducer and expandable sheath
Disclosed herein is a combined introducer and expandable sheath having an inner member and an outer elastomeric jacket. The inner member has radially folded tapered segments in an unexpanded state that are mechanically unfolded and moved toward the inner wall of the elastomeric jacket by a medical device moving through the lumen of the inner member. The compressive outer elastomeric jacket returns the expanded inner member back to the radially folded, unexpanded state once the medical device has passed through the expanded lumen of the inner member. The structure can include a distal region that tapers to a rounded tip. The proximal region also tapers to mate with a hemostasis value housing. |
US12263085B2 |
Method for delivering a prosthetic heart valve
A method of implanting a balloon expandable prosthetic valve within a native aortic valve includes introducing a delivery system into a femoral artery of a patient, the delivery system comprising an outer sleeve and a shaft extending through a lumen of the outer sleeve. A distal end portion of the shaft is positioned distal to a distal end of a steerable distal end portion of the outer sleeve. A prosthetic valve is crimped over a balloon disposed along the distal end portion of the shaft. The delivery system further comprises a first radiopaque marker inside the balloon and positioned adjacent a proximal end of the prosthetic valve and a second radiopaque marker inside the balloon and positioned adjacent a distal end of the prosthetic valve. The method also includes identifying a location of the prosthetic valve by monitoring the first and second radiopaque markers inside the balloon under fluoroscopy. |
US12263083B2 |
Systems for transcatheter prosthesis delivery and methods
Aspects of the disclosure include systems including a delivery device having a handle assembly, a shaft assembly having a distal portion, and a helical elongated member positioned at least partially over the shaft assembly and interconnected to the handle assembly. The system also includes a prosthesis positioned over the distal portion. The prosthesis has a stent frame having an inner surface and an outer surface, a valve structure positioned within the stent frame, and a track formed by one or more guides positioned on and extending from one of the inner or outer surfaces of the stent frame. The helical elongated member is configured to be moved in and out of the track to selectively compress or allow the prosthesis to expand. Methods of loading and delivering the prosthesis using systems of the disclosure are also disclosed. |
US12263076B2 |
Multi-access intraprocedural embolic protection device
An embolic protection device comprises a tubular filter body attached to a sheath. The tubular filter body has an open upstream end and a generally closed downstream end for capturing emboli. A self-opening passage through the emboli capture end of the tubular filter body allows multiple catheters to be advanced from the sheath or otherwise into the filter body simultaneously or sequentially. The sheath is attached to a peripheral support structure near the emboli capture end of the filter body to facilitate deployment and retrieval of the filter body through a restraining delivery catheter. |
US12263075B2 |
Self-expandable surgical implant for correcton of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
A self-expandable double-sided surgical implant including a peripheral pocket receiving an expansion ring. The surgical implant may be used for the correction of congenital diaphragmatic hernias. |
US12263073B2 |
Configurable absorbent articles having improved bodily exudate visualization
Configurable absorbent articles with improved bodily exudate visualization when viewing a wearer-facing surface are provided. The absorbent articles include a liquid permeable topsheet forming a portion of a wearer-facing surface of the absorbent article, a liquid permeable backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the liquid permeable topsheet and the liquid permeable backsheet. The wearer-facing surface exhibits a Delta C* of greater than about 24 and less than about 50 when the absorbent article is subjected to a Bodily Exudate Visualization Test. |
US12263072B2 |
Disposable absorbent article with surge layer including at least one barrier
A disposable absorbent article includes a bodyside liner, an outer cover, an absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover, and a surge layer disposed between the bodyside liner and the absorbent body, the surge layer having an X-Y plane, a Z-direction, and a longitudinal direction, and a barrier extending substantially through the surge material in the Z-direction, wherein the barrier is configured to block at least one linear longitudinal fluid flow path. The surge layer can alternatively have a plurality of barriers extending substantially through the surge material in the Z-direction, wherein the plurality of barriers is configured to block a plurality of linear longitudinal fluid flow paths or all linear longitudinal fluid flow paths while allowing non-linear fluid flow paths in the longitudinal direction. |
US12263068B2 |
Absorbent article having a multi-component visual signal
An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline, a body facing surface and an opposing garment facing surface is described. The absorbent article has a topsheet, a backsheet and absorbent core therebetween. Also, the article includes first, second, and third capacity indicators visible from the body facing surface of the article. The absorbent article includes a background region which separates, at least in part, the first, second, and third capacity indicators. |
US12263066B2 |
Apparatuses, systems and methods for perforating and aspirating inner ear
An apparatus for controlled perforation and aspiration of the inner ear having a distal portion including a plurality of apices and a plurality of valleys therebetween defining a plurality of serrated blades. |
US12263064B2 |
Intraoral scanning apparatus
Methods and apparatuses for generating and displaying a model of a subject's teeth. Described herein are intraoral scanning methods and apparatuses for generating a three-dimensional model of a subject's intraoral region (e.g., teeth). These methods and apparatuses may be used for identifying and evaluating lesions, caries and cracks in the teeth. |
US12263061B2 |
Dental prosthetic assemblies and coupling systems
A dental prosthetic assembly includes an additively manufactured semi-flexible reinforcement bar and a polymer and glass outer layer chemically luted to the semi-reinforcement bar outside of the reinforcement bar. The semi-flexible reinforcement bar forms an interior of the dental prosthetic assembly and at least a portion of the polymer and glass outer layer forms teeth of the dental prosthetic assembly. A coupling system of a dental prosthetic assembly includes pins disposed in openings extending into the dental prosthetic assembly and implant abutments configured to be coupled with a mouth of a patient. The implant anchors have horizontal holes configured to receive the pins. The pins secure the dental prosthetic assembly to the implant abutments by moving into the dental prosthetic assembly through the openings and into the holes of the implant abutments. |
US12263060B2 |
Orthodontic appliance systems for correcting malocclusions
A system for correcting malocclusions may include a maxillary appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a maxilla and a first elastic coupling at gingival line of the maxillary appliance. The first elastic coupling may be configured for receiving an elastic. The system may also include mandibular appliance having tooth receiving cavities shaped to receive teeth of a mandible. The system may also include a corrective appliance having a first coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance at a first location on a first side of incisors of a patient and a second coupling configured to be coupled to the mandibular appliance on a second side of the incisors, and having an arm extending from the corrective appliance towards the gingival line of the maxillary appliance and being shaped to receive the elastic. |
US12263059B2 |
Adaptation system for oral appliance
The invention relates to an adaptation system (500), comprising a mouthpiece (10), configured to be positioned in a mouth of a person, and an external sensoring device (20). The external sensoring device (20) is configured to be positioned at the person, wherein the external sensoring device (20) comprises at least one sensor (22) configured to sense at least one measurable quantity when the mouthpiece (10) is positioned in the person's mouth and the external sensoring device (20) is positioned at the person. Further, the adaptation system (500) comprises an analysis device (30) configured to determine a compliance of the adaptation system and/or to determine an orientation of an upper jaw (100) and a lower jaw (200) to each other derived from the at least one sensed measurable quantity. |
US12263056B2 |
Generating three-dimensional orthodontic simulations
Methods for providing results of orthodontic realignment simulations comprising: obtaining three-dimensional virtual models of dental arches, the models compiled from intraoral scans of a mouth; based on the shapes of the modeled dental arches, selecting matching predefined archforms; obtaining at least one of: a first set of rules that define anterior and posterior molar movement, a second set of rules that determine a path of tooth movement to the matching predefined archforms, or a third set of rules that define simulation mechanics for moving at least one tooth to a final position based on known endpoint data and the matching predefined archforms; and based on results from implementing at least one set of rules, determining final positions of the teeth in relation to the matching predefined archforms. |
US12263055B2 |
Dental curing light having a thermally conductive body that acts as a heat sink
A dental curing light includes a thermally conductive device body that efficiently conducts heat away from a light emitting diode (LED) assembly. The thermally conductive device body extends between a proximal end and a light emitting distal end to which the LED assembly is thermally coupled. The thermally conductive device body includes a handle portion extending to the proximal end and that is sized and configured for a dental practitioner to hold and manipulate with the hand. The thermally conductive device body acts as a heat sink to efficiently conduct heat away from the LED assembly during use. An electronics assembly and a rechargeable battery are disposed within a cavity of the thermally conductive device body. A sleeve or collar can be attached to the proximal end of the thermally conductive device body. |
US12263053B2 |
Bypass flow assembly of an oral irrigator
A bypass flow assembly of an oral irrigator is provided. The oral irrigator may include a handle positionable between a first mode and a second mode and a valve assembly including a bypass valve movable between first and second positions and an inlet valve movable between open and closed positions. The first position of the bypass valve may be associated with the first mode of the handle and the second position of the bypass valve may be associated with the second mode of the handle, such that the bypass valve moves from the first position to the second position when the handle is positioned in the second mode and remains in the second position until the handle is positioned in the first mode. The inlet valve may move between the open and closed positions when the bypass valve is positioned in the first position and the second position. |
US12263052B2 |
Prophy angle with translating paddle system and method for metered dispensing of a prophylaxis medium with tactile feedback
A disposable prophy angle with an accessible and replaceable internal collapsible prophylaxis cartridge and a push button and plunger/paddle combination to force a metered amount of prophylaxis medium into the prophy angle while providing audible and/or tactile feedback. |
US12263050B2 |
Unitary dental model
Improved dental models for use in dental procedures are provided. In one aspect, a unitary dental model of an intraoral cavity of a patient having a dental implant comprises a physical surface representative of gingival tissue of the patient. The model can comprise a channel shaped and oriented to receive an abutment corresponding to a physical abutment to be connected to the dental implant, in which the channel extends to an opening in the physical surface. The channel can comprise a first portion shaped to receive and constrain a corresponding structure of the abutment to a position and orientation and a second portion shaped to receive a fastener to couple the abutment to the unitary dental model. In many embodiments, the first portion comprises a shoulder shaped to receive the corresponding structure of the abutment in order to position the abutment along the channel. |
US12263049B2 |
Methods, systems and accessories useful for procedures relating to dental implants
A method and system are provided for manufacturing a physical dental model. A virtual model is provided representative of at least a portion of the intra-oral cavity including at least one dental implant implanted therein, and the virtual model includes a virtual portion representative of each dental implant. The virtual spatial disposition of each such virtual portion is determined with respect to the virtual model, corresponding to a real spatial disposition of the respective implant with respect to the intra oral cavity. A physical model is then manufactured based on the virtual model, the physical model including a physical analog corresponding to each implant at a respective physical spatial disposition with respect to the physical model corresponding to the respective virtual spatial disposition of the respective virtual portion with respect to the first virtual model as already determined. In some embodiments, a jig is provided configured for maintaining a desired physical spatial disposition between the physical analog and a cavity of the physical dental model at least until the physical analog is affixed in the cavity. |
US12263044B2 |
Medical display system, control device, and control method
There is provided a medical display system that includes a control device including an acquisition unit that acquires an operative field image signal generated by a medical imaging device that images an operative field of a patient and a presented information signal generated by a device that includes an external device excluding the medical imaging device and a control unit that generates a display image on the basis of the operative field image signal and the presented information signal, in which the control unit generates the display image by arranging and displaying presented information generated from the presented information signal in an upper region of a display region of the display image, arranging and displaying an operative field image generated on the basis of the operative field image signal in a middle region that has a length equivalent to the upper region in a horizontal direction, and arranging and displaying user interface information used to control the control device in a region on a lower side of the upper region. |
US12263043B2 |
Method of graphically tagging and recalling identified structures under visualization for robotic surgery
A system and method for augmenting an endoscopic display during a medical procedure including capturing a real-time image of a working space within a body cavity during a medical procedure. A feature of interest in the image is identified to the system using eye tracking input, and a graphical tag is displayed on the image marking the feature. |
US12263040B2 |
System and method for acquiring optoacoustic data and producing parametric maps thereof
A method is disclosed for generating sinograms by sampling a plurality of transducers acoustically coupled with the surface of a volume of tissue over a period of time after a light pulse at one wavelength, and after another light pulse at a different wavelength, and for processing those sinograms, reconstructing at least two optoacoustic images from the two sinograms, processing the two optoacoustic images to generate two envelope images and generating a parametric map from information in the two envelope images. In an embodiment, motion and tracking are determined to align the envelope images. In an embodiment, at least a second parametric map is produced from information in the same two envelope images. In an embodiment an ultrasound image is also acquired, and the parametric map is coregistered with and overlayed upon the ultrasound image, and then displayed. |
US12263037B2 |
Ultrasound-based intravascular placement guide structure
A guide structure (10) is configured for placement on a patient's skin and holding a medical probe (61) for adjustable positioning over the patient's skin during vascular line placement. A preferred guide structure includes a U-shaped base (12) having two arms (14, 16) separated by an open space (18). A carriage (50) for a medical probe holder (60) is movable along carriage guide surfaces (40, 42) of the arms of the base and thereby forms a movable bridge spanning the open space. The medical probe holder carrying a medical probe is movable in a direction transverse to the arms of the base to set the medical probe to a desired distance into the open space. A carriage translation actuator (62) operatively associated with the carriage enables movement of the carriage and thereby adjusts the position of the medical probe over the surface of the patient's skin. |
US12263034B2 |
Ultrasonic method for quantifying the nonlinear shear wave elasticity of a medium, and device for implementing this method
An ultrasonic method for quantifying the nonlinear shear wave elasticity of a medium, the method comprising the following steps: A1.—collecting a temporal succession of shear wave elasticity data from the medium, A2.—applying, to the medium, a deformation that successively changes according to a predetermined sequence of deformations, during the collection of the shear waves, A3.—observing the actual evolution of deformation, and B.—quantifying the nonlinear elasticity of the medium depending on the temporal succession of data and the evolution of deformation. |
US12263033B2 |
Historical ultrasound data for display of live location data
Methods, apparatus, and systems for medical procedures include receiving a first ultrasound slice from an ultrasound transducer, the first ultrasound slice corresponding to a first ultrasound position. A second ultrasound slice is received from the ultrasound transducer, the second ultrasound slice corresponding to a second ultrasound position. The first ultrasound slice and the second ultrasound slice are stored in memory. A first catheter position of a catheter is received. The first catheter position is determined to correspond to the first ultrasound position and the first ultrasound slice is provided based on the determination. The determination that the first catheter position corresponds to the first ultrasound position may be made based on locations, orientations, or may be based on the number of voxels that overlap between the first catheter position and ultrasound positions. |
US12263030B2 |
Calibration and diagnostic phantom
A calibration phantom and diagnostic guide, which is composed of layers A, B, C, and D, which simulate body tissue and allow generating diagnostic guide images and/or calibration of medical equipment. |
US12263029B1 |
Computed tomography system with improved data transmission
A gantry of a computed tomography system is rotated relative to a fixed base body of the computed tomography system. During the rotation of the gantry, digital data is transmitted between the gantry and the base body from a data source via a modulator, a transmission channel and a demodulator to a data sink. A transmission signal generated by the modulator by modulating a data stream supplied to the modulator from the data source is pre-distorted by a pre-distortion facility. The pre-distorted transmission signal is supplied to the transmission channel. Alternatively, or in addition, a transmitted signal transmitted via the transmission channel is post-distorted by a post-distortion facility and the post-distorted signal is supplied to the demodulator. The pre-distortion rule and/or the post-distortion rule are repeatedly reset by a setting facility during the rotation of the gantry. |
US12263027B2 |
Scanning apparatus, method, and system
A scanning apparatus (110), a medical image obtaining method, and a medical image obtaining system (100) are provided. The scanning apparatus (110) comprises a gantry, a controller, a C-shaped arm, a radiation source (112), and a detector (113). The radiation source (112) and the detector (113) are arranged at both ends of the C-shaped arm. The C-shaped arm is connected to the gantry. The controller is configured to control a motion of the gantry to drive the C-shaped arm to move so as to scan a target object. |
US12263025B2 |
CT imaging apparatus
A dental or medical CT imaging apparatus including a first longitudinally extending frame part. A support construction extends substantially perpendicularly from the longitudinally extending frame part. An X-ray source and an image detector which together form an X-ray imaging assembly are mounted to the support construction. A first driving mechanism is provided to move the X-ray imaging assembly about a virtual or physical rotation axis. A control system having at least one operation mode that simultaneously controls the first driving mechanism and the X-ray imaging assembly is provided. The support construction includes at least one guiding mechanism configured to enable laterally moving at least one of the X-ray source and the image detector in relation to the support construction. A range of the lateral movement of at least one of the X-ray source and the image detector includes a base position and a first and a second extreme position. |
US12263020B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting strokes
A system for detecting strokes includes a sensor device configured to obtain physiological data from a patient, for example brain activity data. The sensor device can include electrodes configured to be disposed at the back of the patient's neck or base of the skull. The electrodes can detect electrical signals corresponding to brain activity in the P3, Pz, and/or P4 brain regions or other brain regions. A computing device communicatively coupled to the sensor device is configured to receive the physiological data and analyze it to indicate whether the patient has suffered a stroke. |
US12263016B2 |
Hospital bed and magnetic resonance imaging system
A hospital bed may include a bed frame, a first bed board and an auxiliary component. The first bed board is connected to the bed frame. The auxiliary component may include a connecting frame, a first moving and supporting mechanism and a second bed board. The connecting frame is detachably connected to the first bed board. The first moving and supporting mechanism is connected to the connecting frame. The second bed board is connected to the first moving and supporting mechanism and can carry an object along the bearing direction. The second bed board is arranged on one side of the first bed board along the bearing direction. The first moving and supporting mechanism can drive the second bed board to move relative to the first bed board along an adjustment direction, where the adjustment direction is perpendicular to the bearing direction. |
US12263004B2 |
Cognitive function determination method
A cognitive function determination method includes applying a load including a sensory stimulus (5a) or tasks with different degrees of difficulty a plurality of times (S1), measuring a change in brain activity of a subject (P) when the load is applied and acquiring measurement data (S2), and determining a degree of cognitive function of the subject (P) (S3). |
US12263002B2 |
EKG monitor and cable management system
An EKG monitor and cable management system, including a carrying case type housing, a plurality of retraction reels operably mounted in said housing; and a plurality of EKG leads, each including wires having electrodes disposed at a terminal end, each spooled on one of said reels. The leads deploy and retract in pairs, with the frontal leads retracting as a group of three pairs onto three separate retraction reels. Transport and use of the system is in the same upright orientation, and the front side of the housing is configured to accommodate and secure a Bluetooth enabled and network-connectable tablet computer. |
US12263000B2 |
Device for determining the electric potential of the brain
A device for determining a physiological or psychological state of a mammal is disclosed. The device has at least one earpiece with a main body having a body of revolution with an axis of revolution, and an endpiece configured to be inserted into an ear canal. The endpiece has a cylindrical channel intended to receive a body of revolution for detachably mounting the endpiece on the main body, the endpiece being arranged to be movable in rotation about the axis of revolution in order to allow at least one electrode to be oriented toward a zone of the brain of the mammal, and the endpiece having a plurality of electrodes arranged on an outer surface of the endpiece, each electrode being configured to pick up an electrical signal in the ear canal of the mammal. |
US12262994B1 |
Oximeter with marking feature
A medical device such as an oximeter includes a marking feature. In an implementation, a marking mechanism of the device marks tissue based on a location of where a measurement was taken by the device. In an implementation, the marking mechanism of the device marks tissue based on an oxygen saturation measurement obtained by the device. |
US12262988B2 |
Respiration detection
Methods and/or devices to determine patient respiration information are disclosed which comprise sensing acceleration. |
US12262986B2 |
Lesion volume measurements system
An apparatus for measuring lesion volume, for example, in laboratory animals, provides a mirror box allowing a camera to simultaneously acquire profiles of the lesion along at least two crossing axes from which accurate volume may be approximated at low cost. |
US12262977B2 |
Methods for tissue analysis, location determination and therapy thereof using optical radiation
A tissue detection and location identification apparatus can include, a first electrically conductive layer surrounding a lumen, an insulating layer 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 surround 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 determination/detection of a tissue type, and/or determination of a location of insertion device/apparatus. |
US12262971B2 |
One-operator surgical system and methods of use
Described here are systems, devices, and methods useful for minimally invasive surgical procedures performed by a single operator. The surgical systems may include a user interface, a display, one or more support arms each comprising an external magnet, and one or more intracavity devices. The intracavity devices may be configured to be attracted to respective external magnets. The user interface may be configured to allow the operator to control the location and orientation of the intracavity devices by control of the position of the support arms and magnetic field of the external magnet. |
US12262970B2 |
Association processes and related systems for manipulators
A computer-assisted medical system includes robotic manipulators, a user input system operable to generate signals to control the manipulators, and a controller configured to execute instructions to perform operations. A portion of the user input system is movable relative to the plurality of manipulators. The operations include, in a pairing mode, associating a first manipulator of the plurality of manipulators with the portion of the user input system based on movement of the portion of the user input system relative to the first manipulator, and, in a following mode, controlling motion of the first manipulator in accordance with an indication generated by the user input system in response to operation of the portion of the user input system by a user. |
US12262967B2 |
Healthcare assistive robot apparatus
One embodiment provides an assistive robot apparatus, the assistive robot apparatus including: a sensor system including at least one sensor that obtains input related to a health characteristic of a person under care of the assistive robot apparatus; an actuator system including at least one actuator that causes at least a portion of the assistive robot system to move and interact with an environment of the assistive robot apparatus; an analysis system that analyzes the input and provides instructions to the actuator system based upon the input; and an output system including at least one output device that communicates with at least one other system. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
US12262965B2 |
Systems and methods for using a robotic medical system
A support structure comprises a base joint coupling a proximal link of the support structure to a base. The proximal link is configured to rotate about a first axis associated with the base joint. The support structure further comprises a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism maintains an orientation of an instrument support relative to the base as the support structure is moved from a first configuration to a second configuration. In the second configuration, the support structure is rotated relative to the base about the first axis. |
US12262964B2 |
Robotic surgical instrument including linear encoders for measuring cable displacement
An electromechanical robotic surgical instrument is provided and includes a flexible shaft defining a lumen therethrough; an end effector pivotally supported by the flexible shaft; at least one cable translatably disposed within the lumen of the flexible shaft, wherein a distal end of each cable is operatively connected to the end effector to affect a movement of the end effector in response to translation of the at least one cable, wherein the at least one cable includes metrical markings along an outer surface thereof, which metrical markings are located adjacent to the end effector; and at least one linear encoder supported by the flexible shaft and being in operative registration with the metrical markings of a respective one of the at least one cable, wherein the at least one linear encoder is configured to measure changes in the metrical markings. |