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| US12276643B2 |
Automated purge system by gas injection
The present invention addresses to an automated gas injection system in vials with rubber septa, for simultaneous injection of gas in 24 or more positions, with injection pressure control and/or overpressure detection, applied to mass spectrometry analyses and/or gas chromatography. The present invention can be used, for example, in isotopic analyses of geological materials in equipment with carbonate extraction units, in the cleaning and decontamination of tubes to be used in isotopic or chromatographic analyses, and in the removal of contaminants from steam drag or by continuous flow, or coming from the free space of vials or tubes in the analyses of organic and inorganic materials.The application of this invention allows reducing the current times of routine purge (flush) of at very least 3 minutes for every 2 positions (72 positions in total and final time of 108 minutes, in a batch of samples) to a total of 96 positions in 3 minutes, with a reduction of 12 times or more in the flush time, which implies greater analytical capacity to the laboratory, lower external costs of sending samples, less time to obtain results, with technology that is easy to implement in universities and research centers in general, in addition to increasing the lifespan of rubber septa. |
| US12276641B2 |
Method for predicting springback amount and method for bending deformed reinforcing bar
There are provided a method for predicting a springback amount and a method for bending a deformed reinforcing bar including: supplying the deformed reinforcing bar bending the supplied deformed reinforcing bar, and subsequently measuring a first bending angle in a state of releasing a bending force on the deformed reinforcing bar; further bending the reinforcing bar from which the bending force has been released, and subsequently measuring a second bending angle in a state of releasing the bending force; and predicting a relationship between the bending angle and the springback amount by using the measurement results after executing the further bending once or a plurality of times, in which the bending angle is greater for subsequent steps. |
| US12276640B2 |
Bend test apparatus for a hydraulic hose
Bend test apparatus (100) for a hydraulic hose (200), the apparatus (100) comprising a main rack (10), at least one sliding rail (11) extending in a longitudinal direction (L) and a carriage (13) which is slidable on the sliding rail (11) in the longitudinal direction (L) and which can be displaced by an actuator (20), wherein the apparatus (100) further comprises a first fixture (1) that is rigidly attached to the main rack (10) to retain a first end (201) of the hydraulic hose (200) and a second fixture (2) that is rigidly attached to the carriage (13) to retain a second end (201) of the hydraulic hose (200), and wherein the apparatus (100) comprises a load cell (30) that is attached between the carriage (13) and the actuator (20) so as to detect a force (F) which is applied via the actuator (20) onto the carriage (13) and thereby onto the hydraulic hose (200) in the longitudinal direction (L). |
| US12276638B2 |
Systems, methods, and media for generating alerts of water hammer events in steam pipes
Mechanism, which can include systems, methods, and media, for generating an alert of a water hammer event in a steam pipe are provided, the mechanisms comprising: sampling an accelerometer coupled to a steam pipe to provide accelerometer data; determining that the accelerometer data meets or exceeds a threshold; and generating an alert that a water hammer event has occurred based at least in part on the accelerometer data. In some of the mechanisms, the sampling of the accelerometer is performed for a given period of time, and the mechanisms further comprise sampling an ultrasonic sensor for the given period of time to provide ultrasonic sensor data, and wherein the generating the alert is based at least in part on the accelerometer data and the ultrasonic sensor data. |
| US12276637B2 |
Nondestructive methods and systems for detecting and/or characterizing damage
A nondestructive method for detecting damage in parts and/or characterizing effective material properties may include: exposing a material to one or more nondestructive stimuli; measuring a response of the material to the stimuli; selecting at least one of a specific length scale or a specific time scale; and analyzing the measurement of the response with a scale-aware single- or multi-physics model to identify anomalies in the measurements as compared to an expected response of the material to the stimuli, wherein the scale-aware single- or multi-physics model is based on the at least one of the specific length scale or the specific time scale. |
| US12276634B2 |
Apparatus, systems, and methods for determining susceptibility of microorganisms to anti-infectives
Various devices, systems and methods of detecting a susceptibility of one or more infectious agents to one or more anti-infectives are described herein. In one embodiment, a method of detecting the susceptibility of the infectious agents to the anti-infectives involves introducing a sample comprising the infectious agents to a filter comprising a filter surface. The filter surface can be configured to capture the infectious agents in the sample. The method can also involve introducing a solution to the filter surface such that the solution is in fluid communication with the infectious agents captured on the filter surface. The solution can comprise nutrients and one or more anti-infectives. The method can further involve monitoring an oxidation reduction potential (ORP) of the solution using one or more parameter analyzers coupled to a sensor currently in fluid communication with the solution to assess the susceptibility of the infectious agents to the anti-infectives. |
| US12276633B1 |
Wood-derived ionic conductive cellulose-Cu(II) film, the preparation method thereof and wood-derived ionic conductive cellulose-Cu(II) sensor
The present invention provides a wood-derived ionic conductive cellulose-Cu(II) film and the preparation thereof as well as a wood-derived ionic conductive cellulose-Cu(II) sensor for sensing MPEA analogues. The wood-derived ionic conductive cellulose-Cu(II) film presents with excellent ion conductivity, high transmittance, and mechanical flexibility, transparent and flexible sensors capable of real-time detection of MPEA are demonstrated. More significantly, the wood-derived ionic conductive cellulose-Cu(II) sensor exhibits outstanding selectivity, ultralow theoretical detection limit, and excellent flexibility performance. |
| US12276632B2 |
Operando chemical and/or electrochemical testing cell
A test cell for operando testing comprises: a housing assembly defining at least a portion of an inner chamber; a window coupled to said housing assembly and defining another portion of the inner chamber; and at least one port for accommodating an electrode and/or conductive wire in communication with the inner chamber. The inner chamber is configured for receiving one or more samples undergoing a chemical and/or electrochemical reaction therein. The port is sealable to hermetically seal the inner chamber. |
| US12276629B2 |
Method, data set and sensored mixer to sense a property of a liquid
Sensored mixer, comprising a mixing device for mixing two or more components to produce a mixed liquid at a mixer output, and a property sensor for determining a property of a liquid, the property sensor comprising a) a channel comprising a sensing zone through which the liquid flows; b) two electrodes for generating an electric field of one or more sensing frequencies in the sensing zone; c) a data storage device comprising a pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses measured previously at the one or more sensing frequencies and at different property values of the property of an identical liquid; and d) a device to repeatedly i) generate between the electrodes an electric field of in the sensing zone; ii) sense between the electrodes, a response impedance; iii) derive from the response impedance a property value of the property of the liquid, using the pre-stored set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses, wherein the property sensor is in fluid communication with the mixer output such that the mixed liquid can flow from the mixer output through the sensing zone. A method for sensing a property of the liquid and a data set of calibration data representing calibration impedance responses usable with the sensor and the method are also disclosed. |
| US12276627B2 |
Sample holder, system, and method for analyzing energetic materials
A sample holder for a system for analyzing energetic materials, including a first holder element having a first heating element, the heating element embodied as a resistance heater and having at least one first sample region provided for accommodating a sample. A second holder element having a second heating element, the heating element embodied as a resistance heater and having at least one second sample region provided for being brought into contact with a sample. A device for connecting the holder elements so as to enclose a sample between the first sample region and the second sample region. |
| US12276617B2 |
Method for defect detection for rolling elements
A method of detecting defects in a rolling element is provided herein. The method includes collecting visual data or information via a microscope assembly. This visual data is then processed and algorithms, filters, or other analytical tools or engines are applied to detect if any defects are present on the rolling element. The method includes automatically flagging or identifying any defects, and this step is then checked or verified by a user or different entity. Depending on input from the user, the defects can either be confirmed or can be identified as a false detection. Information from the user's decision-making process is then fed back into the system, processors, algorithms or other analytic aspects of the system. This information is then used to improve the accuracy of the detection algorithms. This disclosure provides an automated system and process for more efficiently and reliably identifying defects on rolling elements. |
| US12276616B2 |
Optical inspection apparatus, processing device, optical inspection method, and non-transitory storage medium storing optical inspection program
According to an embodiment, an optical inspection apparatus includes an imaging portion, a first wavelength selection portion, an illumination portion, and a second wavelength selection portion. The imaging portion includes an image sensor configured to capture a subject by light from the subject. The first wavelength selection portion is provided on an optical axis of the imaging portion and is configured to selectively pass a plurality of light components of predetermined wavelengths. The illumination portion is configured to illuminate the subject. The second wavelength selection portion is provided on an optical axis of the illumination portion and is configured to pass the plurality of light components of the predetermined wavelengths complementarily to the first wavelength selection portion. |
| US12276613B2 |
Multipulse-induced spectroscopy method and device based on femtosecond plasma grating
A multipulse-induced spectroscopy method based on a femtosecond plasma grating includes: pre-exciting a sample on a stage by providing a femtosecond pulse to form the femtosecond plasma grating; providing a post-pulse on the sample at an angle to excite the sample to generate a plasma, wherein the post-pulse comprises one or more femtosecond pulses, there is a time interval between the femtosecond pulse and the post-pulse, and the time interval is less than a lifetime of the femtosecond plasma grating; and receiving and analyzing a fluorescence emitted from the plasma to determine element information of the sample. |
| US12276612B2 |
Active illumination-based multispectral contamination sanitation inspection system
The contamination sanitation inspection system (CSIS) allows a user to capture an image of a large scene (such as a food processing line, a food service facility, a food products storage area, or a plant production area/facility) and identify contamination within the scene and preferably represent the contamination on a spatially accurate map (or floorplan) so that contamination within the inspection map area is clearly identified and recorded for subsequent treatment. In an alternative embodiment, the CSIS also includes a decontamination system to sanitize any identified contamination. |
| US12276610B1 |
Super resolution and fast surface B-field imaging using an NV-diamond
The present invention is directed to devices and systems for rapidly producing high resolution images of magnetic fields in a sample. The devices and systems employ diamond chips with color centers that fluoresce in the presence of magnetic fields. The high resolution is due to the use of one of three excitation methods. The first method employs modulation of an acoustic surface wave, which increases/decreases the sensitivity of the color centers to magnetic fields. The second and third methods employ arrays of magnetic field coils and electrode pairs, respectively, which again increase/decrease the sensitivity of the color centers to magnetic fields. The color centers are preferably nitrogen vacancies in the diamond chips. |
| US12276606B2 |
Ultra-spectrally selective terahertz band stop reflector
A device configured to inhibit the reflectance of electromagnetic radiation in the terahertz (THz) frequency range. This characterization is a combination of material and geometric parameters which are unique and tunable enabling resonating frequencies (spectral selectivity) in the THz range (0.1-25) with narrow channel widths (FWHM) controllable by the thickness and electrical properties of the crystalline material. This device may be integrated with broadband sources or co-integrated with other analytical detection methods (e.g., chromatography, Fourier Transform Reflectance Spectroscopy). |
| US12276605B1 |
Detection and analysis method for rapid delineation of aging stages of styrene-butadiene-styrene modified asphalt
The present disclosure provides a detection and analysis method for rapid delineation of aging stages of styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) modified asphalt, including the following steps: performing a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) test on unaged SBS-modified asphalt samples to obtain a copolymer index of IB0/S0 and neat asphalt functional group indexes, including the SI0, IB, aI0, ARI0, and CI0; performing the FTIR test on the aged SBS-modified asphalt samples to obtain an actual index of IB/S, SI, IB, aI, ARI, and CI; and delineating three aging stages of SBS-modified asphalt, including a polymer swelling stage, a polymer degradation stage and a component imbalance stage according to changes of functional group indexes. According to the present disclosure, the actual aging stages of the SBS-modified asphalt can be determined rapidly and accurately, providing a reasonable basis for the decision on pavement maintenance timing and mode. |
| US12276601B2 |
Method for measuring the absorbance of a substance in a solution and a measuring device therefor
Disclosed is a method for measuring the absorbance of light of a substance in a solution in a measuring cell, said method comprising the steps of: transmitting a first light beam from a light source towards a beam splitter; dividing the first light beam into a signal light ray and a reference light ray by the beam splitter; modulating the signal light ray; modulating the reference light ray; providing the measuring cell such that the signal light ray passes through the measuring cell; detecting a signal in a detector, which signal is the combined signal intensity of the signal light ray and the reference light ray detected by the detector; performing synchronous detection of the detected signal in order to reconstruct the intensities of the signal light ray and the reference light ray from the combined signal detected by the detector, said synchronous detection being based on the modulation performed to the signal light ray and the reference light ray. Disclosed also is a measuring device for carrying out said method. |
| US12276599B2 |
Temporal magnification spectrometer and performing spectroscopic temporal magnification
A temporal magnification spectrometer includes a dual-chirp comb source, a signal leg, a local oscillator leg, an optical detector, and a temporal magnification analyzer. The dual-chirp comb source produces optical carrier laser light. A signal comb having signal linearly chirped waveforms interacts with a sample to produce a transmitted signal comb. The local oscillator leg produces a local oscillator comb having local oscillator linearly chirped waveforms. The optical detector receives the transmitted signal and local oscillator combs and produces an RF domain signal. The analyzer receives and Fourier transforms the RF domain signal to produce an RF comb, which is sampled to produce sampled RF comb lines, which are normalized to produce temporally magnified sample frequency domain data. Intermediate sample temporal data are normalized to produce a steady-state sample spectral response. |
| US12276596B2 |
Systems, devices, components and methods for analyzing body fluid samples
Disclosed are devices, components and methods associated with a body fluid analysis system, which, according to some embodiments, can be employed in at-home, clinical, medical office and outpatient settings and applications. The system can be configured to provide results within a short period of time after a body fluid sample has been acquired from a patient such as by a finger or skin prick. In some embodiments, a body fluid sample cartridge is configured for use in conjunction with a corresponding spectroscopic body fluid analysis device, where the cartridge comprises one or more body fluid dispersing sheets, layers or membranes. In some embodiments, the cartridge is configured to deliver and disperse a predetermined amount or volume of a body fluid sample taken from a human or animal onto, into, through or across the body fluid dispersing sheet, layer or membrane disposed within the cartridge for subsequent analysis of the body fluid sample by a corresponding spectroscopic device. |
| US12276595B2 |
Material test sub including one or more retainer assemblies for downhole environmental exposure
Provided is a downhole material test sub assembly, a well system including the same, and a method for using the same. The downhole material test sub assembly, in one aspect, includes a flange for coupling to a mandrel, and one or more retainer assemblies coupled to the flange, the one or more retainer assemblies configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel. The downhole material test sub assembly, according to another aspect, includes a mandrel and one or more grooves or pockets located in an outer surface of the mandrel, the one or more grooves or pockets configured to accept a test specimen for running within a wellbore on the mandrel. |
| US12276592B2 |
Particle detection via scattered light combined with incident light
Particle detection systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a particle detection system comprises an incident beam light source that emits an incident beam, a particle interrogation zone disposed in the path of the incident beam, a photodetector disposed to detect the incident beam after passing through the particle interrogation zone, a pump beam light source for emitting a pump beam, the pump beam being targeted at the particle interrogation zone, wherein the incident beam, the pump beam, and photodetector are arranged such that the photodetector is configured to detect a combination of light from the incident beam, scattered light due to incident beam scattering in the particle interrogation zone, and scattered light due to pump beam scattering in the particle interrogation zone. |
| US12276591B2 |
Spectrum analysis apparatus, fine particle measurement apparatus, and method and program for spectrum analysis or spectrum chart display
Provided is a spectrum analysis apparatus including a processing unit configured to generate analysis data using an analysis function in which a linear function and a logarithmic function are included as function elements and an intensity value is set as a variable from measurement data including the intensity value of light acquired by detecting the light from a measurement target object using a plurality of light-receiving elements having different detection wavelength bands. |
| US12276586B2 |
Method and system for detecting non-volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds in mid-ir spectrometry gas cell configurations
The embodiments provide a system including a pump configured to pump an air sample, from a container to a cooling chamber, the cooling chamber configured to cool the exhaled air sample to a sub-zero temperature, and is in fluid communication with an injector unit. The injector unit mixes the cooled air sample and inert gas and injects the mixed air sample at a high velocity to a test chamber. Further provided is a method for preparing an air sample for detection of a mixture of proteins. |
| US12276583B2 |
System for detecting the concentration of gases in soil
A system for determining soil gas attributes includes a vacuum pump configured to draw soil gasses through an air intake; a gas sensor to measure gas concentration levels in soil gasses passing through the system; a GPS unit to identity the position of the system; and a controller configured to map measurements from the at least one gas sensor relative to a position of the system. An associated method of determining sod attributes includes the steps of drawing gas samples from the soil through an air intake; transmitting the gas samples to at least one gas sensor; measuring a gas concentration in the gas sample with the at least one gas sensor; transmitting the measured gas concentration to a controller; determining a position of the air intake with a GPS unit; transmitting the position to the controller; and mapping the measured gas concentration with the position. |
| US12276582B2 |
Sampler system for water contaminants
A sampler system for water contaminants. The sampler system includes an adsorptive sampler housed within a cylindrical enclosure, which has a top face, a bottom face and a cylindrical surface. The cylindrical surface of the sampler system is fluid-permeable. A cable connects the top face of the cylindrical enclosure to a flotation device. A spring connects the adsorptive sampler to the bottom face of the cylindrical enclosure. The adsorptive sampler includes a housing having a cavity and an adsorptive material disposed inside the cavity. The housing is attached to the spring and includes a front face and a back face. The spring is a cantilever in the form of a rigid film, wherein the rigid film is connected to the bottom face of the cylindrical enclosure along a flat edge of the rigid film. |
| US12276573B2 |
Water leakage position estimation system, water leakage position estimation method, and water leakage position estimation program
A water leakage position estimation system(S) configured to estimate a water leakage position in a pipe network including a plurality of pipe routes includes a water leakage determination unit (11) and an estimation unit (12e). The water leakage determination unit (11) determines whether a water leakage occurs in the pipe network based on a measured value of a vibration related to the pipe network that is acquired by a water leakage sensor (2) provided in the pipe network. The estimation unit (12e) estimates, when the water leakage determination unit (11) determines that a water leakage occurs in the pipe network, a pipe route in which the water leakage occurs from the plurality of pipe routes based on the measured value and a predicted value of the vibration for each pipe route acquirable by the water leakage sensor (2) when a water leakage occurs in each pipe route. |
| US12276570B2 |
Elastically deformable dummy vehicle for performing tests for driver assistance systems
A collision testing vehicle is disclosed which can be utilized to perform testing with a driver assistance system. The collision testing vehicle includes a vehicle having a vehicle body. The vehicle is structured to be subject to an impact force during a collision with a collision body. A wheel is coupled to the vehicle body, and the wheel includes a detachable support that is configured to non-destructively detach from the wheel when subjected to the impact force. |
| US12276564B2 |
Fixture and method for determining the center of gravity of a remote controlled aircraft
A device for determining the center of gravity (CG) of a remote controlled aircraft includes a base member having a slotted track defined therein and a plurality of support platforms mounted on the base member. Each support platform of the plurality of support platforms is slidably positionable along the slotted track and each support platform may receive a digital CG sensor thereon. A plurality of leveling members is also mounted on the base member, with each leveling member of the plurality of leveling members being independently vertically translatable to adjust the orientation of the base member until the base member is level with the horizontal plane. |
| US12276563B2 |
Device, system and method for load detection
There is provided a load detection device for use in a warehouse. The load detection device includes one or more load modules (100) configured to support a load (200) and obtain a data of the load (200). Each of the one or more load modules (100) includes an electronic load cell (101) for converting weight or force applied on the electronic load cell (101) by the load (200) into an electrical signal to provide raw weight data of the load, a mounting base (102) coupled to the electronic load cell (101) for supporting the electronic load cell (101) to be placed against a ground, and a platform (103) coupled to an upper part of the electronic load cell (101) to increase an area of contact with the load (101). |
| US12276560B2 |
Torque measurement using metamaterial tracks aligned by low-friction structure
A torque measurement system includes a first rotatable carrier structure and a second rotatable carrier structure mechanically coupled to a shaft; a first metamaterial track coupled to and configured to co-rotate with the first rotatable carrier structure; a second metamaterial track coupled to and configured to co-rotate with the second rotatable carrier structure; and a low-friction material arranged between the first and the second rotatable carrier structures. The first and the second metamaterial tracks are spaced apart by a predetermined distance and are mutually coupled to each other by a torque-dependent coupling. Responsive to a torque applied to the shaft, the first metamaterial track is configured to undergo a rotational shift relative to the second metamaterial track. The low-friction material provides a low-friction rotational shift between the first rotatable carrier structure and the second rotatable carrier structure such that the predetermined distance is constant during the rotational shift. |
| US12276559B2 |
Electronic torque realization apparatus
Apparatus in accordance with embodiments of the present invention provide torque realization via electrical measurements traceable to the revised International Standard of Units (SI). Torque can be realized via a conversion of linear mechanism of a Kibble balance to a rotational mechanism. Embodiments of the present invention relates to an electronic torque realization apparatus including a rotor for holding permanent magnets and an encoder scale ring and for coupling to a torque device, a stator for characterizing physical aspects of a torque tool and for generating the torque on rotor in conjunction with the permanent magnets, a base plate for mounting a first end of rotor and stator, a cantilever for supporting a second end of rotor and for maintaining axial alignment, a bearing assembly for supporting the motion of rotor, and encoder for recording the angular position of rotor. |
| US12276557B2 |
Implementation of a dual Fabry-Perot photonic pressure sensor
In an aspect, a pressure sensor for determining pressure in an environment comprises: a source for emitting a coherent reference light characterized by a reference light frequency; a first lock-in mechanism configured to send an electrical signal to the source based on a reference resonance frequency; a reference cavity; wherein the reference cavity is characterized by the reference resonance frequency; a modulator configured a reference light to generate at least a first sideband frequency such that an output of said modulator is a measurement light characterized by at least the first sideband frequency; a frequency synthesizer configured to drive the modulator; a second lock-in mechanism configured to send an electrical signal to the frequency synthesizer based on a measurement resonance frequency; and a measurement cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the measurement light; wherein the measurement cavity is characterized by the measurement resonance frequency; and wherein the pressure of the environment is determined based on the reference resonant frequency and the measurement resonance frequency. |
| US12276549B2 |
Noise mitigation in vapor cell spectroscopy
Embodiments herein describe spectroscopy systems that use an unmodulated reference optical signal to mitigate noise, or for other advantages. In one embodiment, the unmodulated reference optical signal is transmitted through the same vapor cell as a modulated pump optical signal. As such, the unmodulated reference optical signal experiences absorption by the vapor, which converts laser phase noise to amplitude noise like the other optical signals passing through the vapor cell. In one embodiment, the unmodulated reference optical signal has an optical path in the gas cell that is offset (or non-crossing) from the optical path of the modulated pump optical signal. The unmodulated reference optical signal allows removal or mitigation of the noise on the other optical signal. |
| US12276542B2 |
Measurement method, measurement device, measurement system, and measurement program
A measurement method includes: generating first measurement data based on observation data of an observation point of a structure; generating second measurement data by performing filter processing on the first measurement data; calculating a first deflection amount of the structure; calculating a second deflection amount by performing filter processing on the first deflection amount; approximating the second measurement data with a linear function of the second deflection amount to calculate a first-order coefficient and a zero-order coefficient; calculating a third deflection amount based on the first-order coefficient, the zero-order coefficient, and the second deflection amount; calculating an offset based on the zero-order coefficient, the second deflection amount, and the third deflection amount; and calculating a static response by adding the offset and a product of the first-order coefficient and the first deflection amount. |
| US12276541B2 |
Method and system for non-invasive vibration-based condition monitoring of a machine
A method and a device for non-invasive vibration-based condition monitoring of a machine placed on a physical frame of reference, using a time-domain broadband magnetoresistive sensor having a sensor transfer function of electric resistance versus magnetic field intensity, said machine comprising an attached magnet or a magnetic part; comprising the steps of: placing the magnetic sensor on said physical frame of reference at a distance from the machine and at a predetermined distance from the magnet or magnetic part, such that the magnetoresistive sensor is operating in a dynamic part of the sensor transfer function in respect of the magnetic field produced by the magnet or a magnetic part; capturing a time-domain magnetic field signal transduced by the sensor; and using an electronic data processor to process the captured signal to obtain a vibration-based indicator of the machine's condition. |
| US12276538B1 |
Regional traffic heavy load digital weighing method and synergy system
The present application discloses a regional traffic heavy load digital weighing method and synergy system, the weighting method includes: based on data of a physical weighing system available in a region and basic data of a bridge in the region, selecting a reference physical weighing system at a position and a number M and determining a reasonable number N of bridge group transfer layers; based on the reference physical weighing system, constructing a corresponding single digital bridge scale model; obtaining a branch scale network model based on the reference physical weighing system through migration learning and correction; composing a regional digital scale network model based on branch scale network models corresponding to different reference physical weighing systems. |
| US12276537B2 |
Radar level gauge with elastic system
A radar level gauge system for determining a topographic property of a product, comprising a transceiver; a signal transfer element coupled to the transceiver and configured to emit an electromagnetic transmit signal from the transceiver in an emission direction; a propagating member for propagating the transmit signal towards the surface of the product and a reflection signal back towards the transceiver, the propagating member being movably arranged in relation to the signal transfer element and configured to deflect the transmit signal; an elastic system coupled to the signal transfer element and to the propagating member, and arranged to define at least one property of an oscillating movement of the propagating member in relation to the signal transfer element; an actuator arranged to initiate the oscillating movement; and processing circuitry coupled to the transceiver for determining the topographic property based on the transmit signal and the reflection signal. |
| US12276536B2 |
Method for filling-level measurement
Disclosed is a method for the radar-based measurement of a filling level, in which method a difference curve is adjusted iteratively in successive measurement cycles to suppress interfering echoes. The iterative adjustment is accomplished by: calculating a difference curve from the evaluation curve and a predefined reference curve; determining the filling level from the evaluation curve within a selection region; checking if the difference curve satisfies a predefined criterion at at least one location; redefining the selection region at said location in the subsequent measurement cycle when the difference curve satisfies the criterion; and set the evaluation curve as a new reference curve when the difference curve satisfies the criterion. The iterative adjustment provides the advantage that the search region of the filling level maximum in the evaluation curve is limited on one side, and slowly changing interfering echoes can also be detected. |
| US12276534B2 |
Priming valve to induce appropriate pressure and flow profile and improve sensor readiness
A priming valve includes a fluid flow path, a fluid inlet configured to couple to a fluid outlet of a fluid channel including at least one sensor configured to characterize at least one attribute of a fluid, a fluid outlet, a valve seat, and a connector. The connector engages the valve seat to prevent fluid flow via the fluid flow path. The connector is configured to move relative to the valve seat in response to a threshold pressure within the fluid flow path to allow the fluid to flow via the fluid flow path. A flow sensor sub-assembly for sensing flow of a fluidic medicament may include a priming valve and at least one sensor of a fluid port configured to characterize at least one attribute of a fluid within an administrable fluid source. A method for readying a fluid sensor may use a priming valve. |
| US12276533B2 |
Materials and diagnostics for hydrogen service environments
HIC-resistant materials may include sensors embedded within or otherwise coupled thereto for use in a hydrogen service environment. In an example, a diagnostic system includes a first sensor embedded within a structural metal for exposure to hydrogen for generating a signal response to both the hydrogen and one or more parameter. A second sensor is embedded within the structural metal for generating another signal response to the one or more parameter. A hydrogen-suppressing layer is provided to suppress any response of the second sensor to the hydrogen. A controller in communication with the first and second sensors distinguishes the signal response of the first sensor from the signal response of the second sensor to characterize the hydrogen and the one or more other parameter. |
| US12276532B2 |
Display screen position sensing using inductive sensing
A method and a system may inductively determine a position of a display screen of a computing device. Associated processes may generate a magnetic field by providing an alternating current to a driver coil, and may generate a voltage at a sensor coil in response to the magnetic field. The system and method may additionally include determining a linear position of the display screen by executing an algorithm at a processor. An input to the algorithm may include voltage data associated with the voltage generated at the sensor coil. The linear position of the display screen may correspond to a size of the display screen between a minimum size and a maximum size. |
| US12276528B2 |
Firearm mount
Provided are various mounts, firearms, firearm components, and associated elements and methods. A mount for an at least partially curved body surface may include at least one body defining a clamping portion and a component portion connected to the clamping portion, and a level vial engaged with the component portion of the at least one body. The clamping portion may be configured to engage and secure the mount to the at least partially curved body surface, and the clamping portion may define at least two tangent contact surfaces configured to engage the at least partially curved body surface to secure the mount to the at least partially curved body surface. |
| US12276519B1 |
Creation of sunlight occupancy grid map for electric vehicles
Methods and systems for improving the charging of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using solar irradiance. For example, a computing system may be configured to obtain sensor data from a plurality of vehicles, where the sensor data is indicative of sensor measurement data acquired by a perception sensor of the respective vehicle, a time the sensor measurement data was acquired, and a pose of the vehicle. The computing system may be configured to, based on the sensor data from the plurality of vehicles, determine a plurality of solar irradiance levels for a plurality of locations within a geographic area. The computing system may be configured to generate a map layer, the map layer being indicative of a respective solar irradiance level for each of the plurality of locations. The computing system may be configured to output the map layer for integration into map data associated with the geographic area. |
| US12276515B2 |
Method for computing fastest route on road networks with dynamic traffic information
A method and system that utilizes an admissible heuristic to determine the fastest-path between two points on a road map is disclosed. The method and system are based in part on a set of separators disposed on the map and represented by line segments, either independent or organized into hierarchical tree structures and based on recursive spatial subdivision. A preprocessing step computes a vector of values per road junction based on the separators that is then stored with the map and used to efficiently compute a high-quality heuristic to be used at a query stage. The heuristic scales well to any map size, resulting in a very efficient determination of fastest-path queries between points at all distances. The implementation is economically feasible and the resulting query speeds are significantly faster than other known heuristics and other state-of-the-art systems used for computing fastest-paths on maps. |
| US12276504B2 |
System and method for intersection management by an autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods for navigating intersections autonomously or semi-autonomously can include, but are not limited to including, accessing data related to the geography and traffic management features of the intersection, executing autonomous actions to navigate the intersection, and coordinating with one or more processors and/or operators executing remote actions, if necessary. Traffic management features can be identified by using various types of images such as oblique images. |
| US12276502B2 |
Continuous monitoring of gyroscope sensor forced-to-rebalance loop electronics
A gyro sensor circuit includes a gyro sensor generating an RF sensing signal according to an angular movement, an RF sense path configured to receive and process the RF sensing signal. The RF sense path comprises a first chopper configured to chop the RF signal at a first chopping frequency to generate a chopped signal, and a demodulator configured to mix the chopped signal with an LO signal to output a baseband signal. The circuit further includes a feedback loop comprising a chopper re-modulator configured to chop and modulate the baseband signal at a frequency of the LO signal, a first amplifier configured to amplify the modulated feedback signal, and a test voltage monitor configured to extract a component corresponding to the LO signal from the modulated feedback signal, and compare a voltage of the extracted component with an expected value determined based on a gain of the first amplifier. |
| US12276494B2 |
Systems and methods for creating duplicate keys
The present invention generally relates to the field of replicating or copying keys. More specifically, the present invention relates to creating a copy of a master key based on a captured image of the master key by using a laser scanning of the master key and decoding the master key based on the captured image. The present invention identifies a set of target key information based on the image of the master key to provide for the cutting of a duplicate key blade copy using a key scanning and cutting system located at a retail or end location. Additional key information may also be captured along with the image of the master key. |
| US12276489B2 |
Detonator connector having leg wire locking structure
A detonator connector having a leg wire locking structure is proposed. The detonator connector includes an upper casing member for opening and closing a lower casing member having a wiring bracket member positioned therein and into which a leg wire of a detonator or a bus wire is inserted, and between the wiring bracket member and an leg wire entrance of the lower casing member, a leg wire position locking part for fixing a position of the leg wire by elastically catching and pressurizing the leg wire inserted into the lower casing member is positioned, so as to enable resiliently locking and fixing the position of a double-coated wire or single-coated wire, which are used as the leg wire, at an entrance side and to stably maintain an internal connection state, thereby securing connection stability and connection reliability between the leg wire and the bus wire. |
| US12276488B1 |
Multi-compartment mortar increment container
A multi-compartment mortar increment container (MIC) enables burning of two propellants to broaden the pressure-time curve providing additional energy and force behind a mortar shell while maintaining allowable pressures. During the ballistic cycle, the mortar increment container burns allowing the faster propellant to mix with the slower propellant. The slower propellant will burn later in the ballistic cycle generating higher pressure behind the projectile leading to higher velocity. |
| US12276486B2 |
Method for producing a warhead component
A method is provided for producing a warhead component including an inner shell. The method includes arranging a first casing of a thermoplastic to enclose the inner shell, arranging pre-formed projectiles between the first casing of thermoplastic and the inner shell, and heat-treating the first casing so that the first casing shrinks and fixes the pre-formed projectiles to the inner shell. A warhead, a projectile, and a bomb are also provided. |
| US12276485B1 |
Detecting body spin on a projectile
A body spin detection device for a projectile, the device including a perturbing element and a detection element electrically connected to detection circuitry in the projectile. The detection circuitry configured to receive, via the detection element, a first and second input signals and determine that the first input signal is different from the second input signal based on signal characteristics for the first and second input signals. The detection circuitry is further configured to determine a spin rate for at least one of the despun control portion and the chassis by determining a time period between receiving the first input signal and the second input signal. |
| US12276484B2 |
Archery target launching device
An archery target launching device is described. Embodiments of the archery target launching device can include a frame and a launch assembly. The frame can allow for the target launching device to be implemented in a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation. In the horizontal orientation, the frame can rotate approximately 110 degrees to provide a variety of launch angles. In the vertical orientation, a plurality of legs of the frame can be implemented to alter a launch angle. |
| US12276482B2 |
Method and system for sight target alignment
An apparatus, for use with a projectile launching device, includes the sight, including a viewfinder that permits a user to view an image of a target in association with a reticle, a digital image system for capturing images of the target, multiple sensors to detect a firing time the apparatus for capturing multiple first images at or close to said firing time, wherein an image processor compares images captured after said firing time with said multiple first images, and to identify an indication of a projectile impact on said target, the apparatus being configured to capture multiple second images after said firing time and including said projectile impact indication, and wherein the apparatus includes a reticle adjuster to automatically position the reticle in the viewfinder in accordance with comparison between first images and second images and the associated positions of the reticle and the projectile impact indication. |
| US12276476B1 |
Automatically-reloading air guns and methods of operation
Automatically-reloading air guns and methods associated therewith. The automatically-reloading air gun includes a barrel fixedly carried by a frame, and a vent aperture in fluid communication with a firing chamber. Actuation of a release mechanism from an engaged position to a disengaged position allows a charge of compressed gas to slide a firing piston forward to force a projectile in the firing chamber into the breach end of the barrel. The compressed gas can exhaust out of the vent aperture from the firing chamber when the firing piston is in the extended position. The return spring slides the firing piston rearwardly to the retracted position after the compressed gas has exhausted from the firing chamber to automatically reload a new projectile into the firing chamber. |
| US12276475B1 |
Toy gun and gas cylinder piercing structure thereof
A toy gun and a gas cylinder piercing structure are provided. The gas cylinder piercing structure includes a screw base and a movable push rod unit. The screw base includes a circular through-hole and an annular block around it. A top of the annular block has a slot. The movable push rod unit includes a round push rod movably inserted in the circular through-hole, and a return spring between the screw base and the round push round. A top of the round push rod has a striker pin. The striker pin extends with a needle portion. The striker pin has an engagement lug and a notch. When the engagement lug is blocked by the annular block, the round push rod completely fills the circular through-hole. When the engagement lug is engaged with the slot, the notch and the circular through-hole together form an air vent channel. |
| US12276468B2 |
Firearm sound suppressor
A firearm accessory may include an elongate body having an end that is positioned adjacent to a firing end of a barrel of a firearm. The firearm accessory may also include a piston assembly that is located at least partially within the elongate body. A first end of the piston assembly may be configured to be secured to the barrel of the firearm. The piston assembly may also include an indexing ring positioned at a second end of the piston assembly. The elongate body and the piston assembly may be rotatable relative to one another about a longitudinal axis that extends from the first end of the piston assembly to the second end of the piston assembly. The firearm accessory may also include an orientation assembly that includes a pawl and a selector component for selectively disengaging the pawl with the indexing ring of the piston assembly. |
| US12276461B2 |
Vapor chamber and single-piece support structure thereof
A vapor chamber includes a shell body, a wick structure, a single-piece support structure and a working fluid. The shell body includes a first shell and a second shell. A chamber is formed between the first shell and the second shell. The wick structure is disposed in the chamber and attached on the shell body. The single-piece support structure is disposed in the chamber and between the first shell and the second shell, and includes support bodies and ribs. Each support body includes a hollow rod and an annular seat. Any adjacent two of the annular seats are connected by one of the ribs. The support body are arranged at an interval. The ribs are arranged along the support bodies to form hollow portions between each support body and each rib. The working fluid is disposed in the chamber. |
| US12276460B2 |
Modular heat exchanger
A modular heat exchanger includes: two finned heat sinks, each finned heat sink has multiple guiding plates and a mounting recess; a securing assembly for securing the two finned heat sinks; a heat conduction pipe mounted in the mounting recesses; multiple modular blocks linearly arranged, and each modular block has multiple inlet through holes and multiple outlet through holes; multiple water pipes, each water pipe has two ends mounted through the inlet through holes and the outlet through holes respectively; and multiple coolers mounted to an outer sidewall defined on at least one of the modular blocks. It is convenient to assemble, disassemble or expand the modular heat exchanger, so as to improve performance of the modular heat exchanger. When one of the coolers fails, it is able to reach and detach said failed cooler by disassembling some parts of the modular heat exchanger, which is convenient. |
| US12276458B2 |
Method for maintenance of a cooling assembly for a metallurgical furnace
A cooling assembly for a metallurgical furnace includes a cooling plate disposed inside of a furnace shell of the metallurgical furnace; a cooling pipe traversing a shell opening in the furnace shell and being connected to the cooling plate; and a compensator disposed around the cooling pipe for forming a seal between the cooling pipe and the furnace shell. In order to provide ways for facilitating repair of a cooling system of the metallurgical furnace, the method includes at least the step of performing at least one cutting operation with a cutting device having a fixture and a cutting tool movably connected to the fixture for a guided movement with respect to the fixture. The fixture is mounted to the cooling pipe, whereby the cutting device is aligned with respect to the cooling pipe, and the cutting tool is guidedly moved while performing the cutting operation. |
| US12276455B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method
A substrate processing apparatus for drying a substrate by substituting a liquid film of a drying liquid formed on the substrate with a supercritical fluid incudes: a pressure container configured to accommodate the substrate on which the liquid film is formed; a discharge line configured to discharge a fluid inside the pressure container; a depressurizing valve provided in a middle of the discharge line; and a concentration measurement part configured to measure a concentration of vapor of the drying liquid in the fluid flowing through the discharge line, wherein the concentration measurement part is provided on a downstream side of the depressurizing valve of the discharge line and measures the concentration of the drying liquid in the fluid depressurized by the depressurizing valve. |
| US12276454B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for drying electronic devices
Methods and apparatuses for drying and charging electronic devices are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: initiating a first display operation comprising, generating a first humidity data based on a first at least one humidity, generating, based on the first humidity data, at least one first input for at least one indication device, and initiating display of, based on the at least one first input, at least one first visual indication using the at least one indication device; initiating a drying operation comprising, providing a first airflow, routing a moisture from the electronic device to the first air, routing the moisture from the first air to the second air, routing, using the first airflow, the moisture from the second air to the moisture-absorbing substance, absorbing, using the moisture-absorbing substance, the moisture from the second air, and exhausting, via the second aperture, the first airflow to an exterior of the drying apparatus. |
| US12276449B2 |
Rechargeable thermal battery systems for use in transporting or storing perishable items
An apparatus includes a cargo area with a heat exchanger; a thermal battery system having a phase change material (PCM) with first and second heat exchangers embedded in the PCM; fluid conduits defining fluid passageways interconnecting the cargo area heat exchanger and the first PCM-embedded heat exchanger; and a pump creating a fluid flow through the fluid conduits between the cargo area heat exchanger and the first PCM-embedded heat exchanger. The apparatus also includes external ports configured for connecting to an external charging source for charging the PCM; and fluid conduits defining fluid passageways interconnecting the external ports and the second PCM-embedded heat exchanger. The first PCM-embedded heat exchanger, pump, and cargo area heat exchanger form part of a first closed-loop circuit for transferring heat between the cargo area and the thermal battery system. The second PCM-embedded heat exchanger and external ports do not part of the first closed-loop circuit. |
| US12276444B2 |
Refrigeration cycle device
A refrigerant circuit includes a first compressor, a second compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, and a use-side heat exchanger. The refrigerant circuit is capable of performing a single-stage compression operation in which one of the first compressor and the second compressor is driven and the other is stopped, and a two-stage compression operation in which both the first compressor and the second compressor are driven. The control unit controls the refrigerant circuit so that, of the single-stage compression operation and the two-stage compression operation, an operation with a higher compression efficiency is performed. |
| US12276443B2 |
Geothermal system and method
A system and method for geothermal resource development which comprises generating a plunging fracture at a wellbore using a dense fracture fluid. In one embodiment a compliant elastic material may be pushed to the propagating tips of fractures where they screen out the fracture tip and stop fracture propagation. The method may further comprise injecting additional fluid to increase the net pressure in the fracture, thereby increasing the width of the fracture. The system may further comprise providing a heat exchanger disposed about the bottom of the wellbore or providing an apparatus for circulating water into the fracture in order to address natural convection occurring in the fracture. |
| US12276441B2 |
Water heater and control method therefor
A water heater is provided that heats water in a storage tank and discharges the heated water. The water heater includes a storage tank configured to store water, at least one first temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the water stored in the storage tank, a second temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature related to an outside of the water heater, a first heat exchanger comprising at least one heating element configured to heat the water, a second heat exchanger comprising a heat pump system and configured to heat the water, and a controller configured to control at least one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger based on a temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor and a set water temperature. |
| US12276438B2 |
Building ridge vent system
A ridge vent system is provided including a ridge vent having opposing exterior sidewalls that each define multiple fastener recesses that extend inward from the exterior sidewalls and downward from a top plate. The ridge vent can include ventilation elements within the exterior sidewalls and/or fastener recesses. The ridge vent can include an air permeable filter membrane that can be secured to bottom walls of the fastener recesses to impair environmental elements from entering a structure therethrough, yet still provide air flow out the vent. The ridge vent can be in sheet or roll form, depending on the application. The ridge vent can provide enhanced attic ventilation and/or airflow through the ridge vent, while still providing fastener recesses that facilitate rapid and efficient application of fasteners therethrough. |
| US12276434B2 |
Fixed plug for use in a process of forming an insulated register box
A plug apparatus for sealing an interior of a duct for use in a process for forming an insulated register box has a frame, a shaft extending outwardly of the of the frame, and a plurality of layers of flexible material radiating outwardly of the shaft adjacent to an end of the shaft opposite the frame. The plurality of layers of flexible material are adapted to have an outer periphery bearing against an interior surface of the duct. Each layer of flexible material has an outer diameter greater than an inner diameter of the duct. The flexible material is formed of a neoprene material. The frame is affixed to a support surface having an opening therein. The opening is adapted to receive an outer diameter of the duct therein. |
| US12276432B2 |
System for minimizing indoor infection risk and maximizing energy savings
A system and method for minimizing indoor infection risk and improving indoor air quality (IAQ) while maximizing energy savings. The system integrates occupancy detection and forecasting, outdoor weather conditions and forecasting, indoor infection risks and air quality modeling, any tunable air filtration, the clean air delivery rate, and any portable air cleaners. The system outputs the total amount of outdoor air intake, the air temperature of the supply air into the space, the supply air flow rate into the space, the operation mode of tunable air filtration/purification/disinfection, the operation mode of the in-room air cleaner, and space/room temperature set-points, and thus can serve as the central controller for an HVAC system. |
| US12276431B2 |
Control device, air conditioner and control method thereof
A control device, an air conditioner, and a control method thereof are provided. The control device includes a communication interface configured to communicate with an external device, and a processor configured to control the communication interface to receive indoor and outdoor environment information and user control information, and the processor is configured to predict an indoor temperature over time through a temperature prediction model based on the received indoor and outdoor environment information and the user control information, obtain a corresponding candidate setting temperatures, obtain temperature control schedules, predict energy consumptions of the obtained temperature control schedules, respectively, through a trained energy prediction model, identify a temperature control schedule with the smallest predicted energy consumption as an optimal temperature control schedule, and transmit control information over time to an air conditioner during a pre-set power saving operation time based on the identified optimal temperature control schedule. |
| US12276429B2 |
Heat exchanger core
A heat exchanger core for a heat pump, comprising a first chamber comprising a chamber body, the chamber body comprising an air inlet, an air outlet and a first heat exchange coil adjacent to the air inlet and inclined with respect to the air inlet; a second chamber comprising a chamber body, the chamber body having an air inlet, an air outlet and a second heat exchange coil adjacent the air inlet and inclined with respect to the air inlet; the first heat exchange coil and the second heat exchange coil forming a circuit for circulating refrigerant between the first heat exchange coil and the second heat exchange coil. |
| US12276424B1 |
Fuel nozzle having inner and outer mixing chambers fed with fuel via first and second hole patterns
A fuel nozzle and a method of operating the fuel nozzle, can include a group of chambers located in the fuel nozzle, wherein the chambers can include an inner mixing chamber and an outer mixing chamber. The inner mixing chamber and the outer mixing chamber each can accept air and fuel separately and combine the air and the fuel to form a mixture of the air and the fuel. A first hole pattern and a second hole pattern can be configured in the fuel nozzle, wherein the fuel enters the inner mixing chamber through the first hole pattern and enters the outer mixing chamber through the second hole pattern. Furthermore, an angled discharge can be included with the inner mixing chamber, wherein the angled discharge slows an exit velocity of the mixture of the air and the fuel prior to exiting the fuel nozzle through a discharge end of the fuel nozzle. The group of chambers together with the first hole pattern and the second hole pattern and the angled discharge can facilitate stabilization of a flame at two distinct points downstream of the fuel nozzle depending on the rate of flow of the fuel and the air. |
| US12276423B2 |
Floating primary vane swirler
A swirler assembly includes a primary swirler having a primary swirler connecting portion, a fuel nozzle connecting portion for connecting a fuel nozzle to the primary swirler, and a primary oxidizer flow passage that extends at least partially in the longitudinal direction, and a secondary swirler having a secondary swirler connecting member, where the primary swirler connecting portion and the secondary swirler connecting member engage to connect the primary swirler and the secondary swirler in the longitudinal direction, and to permit radial movement of the primary swirler with respect to the secondary swirler. |
| US12276420B2 |
Industrial internet of things smart heating systems and methods that produce and use hydrogen fuel
An intelligent heating system device is provided with processing, communications, and other information technology components, for remote monitoring and control and various value added features and services, embodiments of which use a renewable energy-powered electrolyzer to produce hydrogen as an on-demand fuel stream for a heating element of the heating system. |
| US12276418B1 |
System and method for remote monitoring and control of landfill and recycling operations
A system and method for remote monitoring and control of landfill and recycling operations provide an intelligent centralized platform for remote, real-time industrial data gathering and process control for management of landfill and recycling operations such as leachate, gas, water and other liquids. The system and method can directly upload machine data (such as liquid volumes, flows, level, equipment runtime, sorter data, status, etc.) into a centralized platform. This data can be used for analytics and automation of processes and equipment control. |
| US12276417B2 |
Cooking device
A cooking device is provided. The cooking device includes a frame that forms a cooking chamber; a burner provided inside the frame and having a plurality of gas outlet holes; an ignition unit provided inside the frame to ignite a mixed gas discharged from at least one of the plurality of gas outlet holes; and a fixing device to affix a position of the ignition unit with respect to the burner. |
| US12276415B1 |
Light emitting diode (LED) lighting device or lamp with optical effects
LED lamps and/or LED lighting devices including LED lamps are provided. An LED lamp includes two or more sets of LED packages. Each set of LED packages comprises at least one respective LED package. The two or more sets of LED packages comprising a first set of LED packages and a second set of LED packages. The LED lamp further includes a first optical element configured to control light dispersion of light emitted by the first set of LED packages; and at least one additional optical element configured to control light dispersion of light emitted by the second set of LED packages. |
| US12276407B2 |
Dual light mounting device and method of use
A dual light mounting bracket device is disclosed. The device features a U-shaped main frame with an aperture for fastener attachment to various surfaces, including ceilings, walls, and floors. A pair of horizontally colinear planar arms extend from the ends of the U-shaped member. A clamp member is attached to each planar arm and each clamp member consists of a rectangular arm and a pair of symmetrical, rubber-coated or plastic-coated curved arms with rounded tips that deviate slightly outward to enhance grip. The curved arms are flexible, enabling lateral movement to accommodate objects of varying sizes. The clamp members secure and accommodate a pair of lights, such as planar LED lights or fluorescent light tubes (i.e., fluorescent light fixtures). The dual light mounting bracket device provides a secure, insulated, and non-damaging hold, suitable for mounting illumination devices or other objects. |
| US12276404B1 |
Led lamp with panel locking assembly
An LED lamp includes a heat dissipation lamp holder; an LED lamp panel mounted on a front side of the heat dissipation lamp holder; a light transmitting panel covering the LED lamp panel; and a locking assembly including: an engaging member movably mounted on the heat dissipation lamp holder; a button hinged to the heat dissipation lamp holder; and a first elastic resetting member connected to the button and abutting against the heat dissipation lamp holder. The button is provided with a connecting portion engaged with the engaging member to enable the engaging member to lock the light transmitting panel, when the button is pressed, the first elastic resetting member is compressed, and the connecting portion is disengaged from the engaging member, so that the engaging member unlocks the light transmitting panel. |
| US12276395B2 |
Lamp assembly
A lamp assembly comprises an upstanding post whose lower end is supported by a bae member. A carriage member is supported by and moveable relative to the upstanding post to enable the height of the carriage member above the base member to be varied. A spool which houses a coiled metallic tape of arcuate cross-section is supported by the post and a light source is located at or towards the end of the metallic tape remote from said carriage member. |
| US12276394B2 |
Homogeneous rear combination lamp without outer lens
A rear combination lamp for a vehicle comprises: a first housing member that is opaque; a first light source inside the first housing member; a first lightguide abutting the first housing member and enclosing the first light source, a first taillight portion extending from the first lightguide; a structural member that is opaque and abuts the first lightguide on an opposite side from the first housing member; a second lightguide abutting the structural member on an opposite side from the first lightguide, a second taillight portion extending from the second lightguide; a second housing member that is opaque and that abuts the second lightguide on an opposite side from the structural member; and a second light source inside the second housing member, wherein the second lightguide encloses the second light source. |
| US12276388B2 |
Headlamp for a vehicle having a novel basic structure, and production method
A headlights for a vehicle and a method for production with at least one light module designed to emit light and with a headlight lens through which the light can be emitted from the headlight. A housing is provided which, together with the headlight lens, encloses an interior in which the at least one light module is arranged. A support unit is provided on which the light module is mounted. The support unit has a front on which a mount is arranged to accommodate the headlight lens. The support unit has a back on which the mount is arranged to accommodate the housing. The support unit has a fastener by means of which the headlight can be attached to the vehicle. |
| US12276384B2 |
Vehicle lighting appliance lens, vehicle lighting appliance unit, and vehicle lighting appliance device
A vehicle lighting appliance lens, a vehicle lighting appliance unit, and a vehicle lighting appliance device each includes an incidence part, a second reflective surface, a cutoff-line forming part, and an emission surface. The cutoff-line forming part is provided in the left-right direction of a vehicle. As a result, the flowability of resin is improved, the control of a low-beam light distribution pattern is improved, and a cutoff line without warping is formed. |
| US12276378B1 |
Flexible magnetic mounting system for devices
The mounting system comprises flexible arms with embedded magnets for secure attachment to various surfaces. Interchangeable pucks allow connection of different devices. The system features a magnetic force multiplication effect when bodies are aligned on opposite sides of an object, enhancing holding power. Constructed from durable materials, the system offers safety, convenience, and versatility across applications. Pucks can incorporate tracking technology for device recovery. The design allows quick adjustments and angle changes, making it suitable for dynamic environments like winter sports, industrial settings, and creative filming. |
| US12276375B2 |
Apparatus comprising a wall frame and an application frame, wherein the application frame is movable with respect to the wall frame
An apparatus comprising a wall frame and an application frame. The application frame is movable with respect to the wall frame. The apparatus includes a first spring system and a second spring system, which two spring systems are each coupled with the wall frame and the application frame to apply forces on the application frame. The first spring system has its opposite ends connected to the wall frame and the application frame respectively. The second spring system is at a first end connected to the wall frame and the second spring system is at a second end distant from the first end connected to an adjusting device which is coupled with the application frame. The adjusting device is arranged to vary an extension of the second spring system when the application frame moves with respect to the wall frame. The adjusting device includes a single trajectory profile element, and only a first arm and a second arm that are connected to each other at a first hinge. An end of the first arm distant from the first hinge is with a second hinge connected to the application frame. An end of the second arm distant from the first hinge is with a third hinge connected to the second spring system. The first hinge that joins the first arm and the second arm is movably connected to and guided by the single trajectory profile element. |
| US12276374B2 |
Structure attachment for hanging support system
A structure attachment for a hanging support system includes an attachment body and a structure fastener coupled to the attachment body and configured to fasten the structure attachment to a structural support. A rod fastener is coupled to the attachment body and defines at least one threaded opening configured to mate with a threaded rod. The rod fastener is selectively movable relative to the structure fastener to adjust an angle between an axis of the threaded opening and a longitudinal axis of the structure fastener. |
| US12276373B1 |
Apparatus to secure one or more electronic devices to a display table
An apparatus for physically securing a tablet and a keyboard includes a main body, a left arm, a right arm a front arm and a top arm. The front arm extends from the main body to secure the front of the keyboard and has a first latching ratchet mechanism that prevents extension of the front arm in a first configuration of the first latching ratchet mechanism and enables extension of the front arm in a second configuration of the first latching ratchet mechanism. The top arm has a second latching ratchet mechanism that prevents extension of the top arm in a first configuration of the second latching ratchet mechanism and enables extension of the top arm in a second configuration of the second latching ratchet mechanism. |
| US12276371B2 |
Gun-mounted telescoping support stand apparatus
An accessory or gun-mounted support stand apparatus including a release mechanism and locking mechanism configured to allow or prevent longitudinal movement of telescoping legs. |
| US12276368B2 |
Gas turbine engine casing arrangement
A gas turbine engine includes a casing including a plurality of interconnected casing segments defining an outer surface of the casing. One of the casing segments is a gearbox segment enclosing a gearbox and having a gearbox flange extending radially outwardly from the outer surface of the casing. The engine includes a bearing housing enclosing at least one bearing and having an annular body with an inner segment disposed within the casing. The annular body having an extension segment extending radially outwardly from the inner segment to a bearing housing flange disposed radially-outwardly of the outer surface of the casing. The bearing housing flange is engageable with the gearbox flange to removably mount the gearbox segment to the bearing housing. |
| US12276367B2 |
Flexible conduit for control cable having flame retardant outer sleeve
A flexible conduit or sleeve sized for surrounding and supporting a movable wire rope includes an inner core having an opening for receiving the movable wire rope, a plurality of wires disposed about the inner core, and an outer sleeve. The outer sleeve is made from a polymer material having a flame retardant additive that provides sufficient flexibility while also improving manufacturability for use in various applications, such as part of an aircraft seat adjustment mechanism. |
| US12276366B2 |
System and method for producing spray foam insulated pipe with channels, tubes or conduits
A length of a main pipe is provided. The main pipe has an internal surface and an external surface. A plurality of channels, tubes or conduits is attached to the external surface of the main pipe and spaced about a circumference thereof. A spray foam insulation is applied to the external surface of the main pipe. Prior to curing the spray foam insulation, a compressive force is applied against an exposed outer surface of the spray foam insulation to prevent a bulge from forming over the channels, tubes or conduits so that the outer surface of the insulation has a uniform radius. |
| US12276365B2 |
Launching pipeline pigs
A pipeline pig is launched by directing a flow of fluid to, and through, the pig while conveying a launching element to the pig, entrained in the flow. Interaction between the launching element and the pig then blocks the flow through the pig to launch the pig. The launching element can be a spherical plug that blocks a through-passage extending longitudinally through the pig, hence serving as a barrier to the flow through the pig, or can trigger a mechanism that blocks the flow through the pig. The flow entraining the launching element can be directed through at least one other pig to be launched subsequently, positioned upstream of the pig being launched. A succession of launching elements can be released into the flow, each configured to interact with a respective one of a series of pigs. Successively released launching elements can increase in diameter from element to element. |
| US12276362B2 |
Quick connector made of plastics
A quick connector made of plastics material for establishing a snapping connection between a tubular male part (50) and a female part (40; 40A) of a fluid connection system. The connector has a retainer (10) adapted to be set within the mouth portion (41; 41A) of the female part (40; 40A) and having first and second flexing members (11, 12) for snapping engagement with the male part (50) and the female part (40; 40A), respectively. Each pair of circumferentially adjacent first and second flexing members (11, 12) is cross-connected by a transversal web portion (13) having a main longitudinal axis (L) which extends directly from the first flexing member (11) to the second flexing member (12). |
| US12276361B2 |
Single-use sanitary tri-clamp
A clamp having a first arcuate clamp member pivotally connected to a second arcuate clamp member via a first pivot member 16 located at one end of the clamp members, the clamp members being pivotable between an open configuration in which the free ends of the clamp members are displaced from one another facilitating the insertion of the mating pipe flanges to be clamped, and a closed configuration wherein the free ends of the clamp members contact one another and encircle the mating flanged end connections. Associated with the first arcuate clamp member is an arcuate articulated lever which itself is pivotally attached by a third pivot member linking to member, which is itself pivotally attached by second pivot member to the free end of the first clamp member. |
| US12276360B2 |
Combination sealing member and pipe couplings
First and second pipe elements are joined end to end by a coupling. The first and second pipe elements have a circumferential groove at an end, and each of the grooves has a floor. A plurality of segments, each having oppositely disposed ends, and a respective connection member positioned at each end, form the coupling. A first end of each segment is connected to a second end of another of the segments such that said segments surround a central space for receiving the second pipe element. |
| US12276358B2 |
Corrosion-free welded connection for reinforced thermoplastic pipes (RTP)
A connection system for reinforced thermoplastic polymer (RTP) pipe includes a first pipe with a first end and a reinforced thermoset resin (RTR) coupler positioned adjacent to the first end of the first pipe. The RTR coupler has an annular body with a first socket extension extending into the first end of the first pipe and a first thermoplastic tie layer provided between the first socket extension and the first end of the first pipe. A first set of wedges is positioned around an outer surface of the first end of the first pipe, and a first flange is fitted around the first set of wedges, wherein the first set of wedges is wedged between the first end and the first flange. |
| US12276356B2 |
Choke gate valve systems and methods
A choke gate valve includes a housing that defines a fluid bore and a gate that includes a throttling orifice. The gate is configured to move within the housing between a throttle position in which the gate extends across the fluid bore to position the throttling orifice in the fluid bore to throttle a fluid flow through the fluid bore and an open position in which the gate does not block the fluid bore to enable a full level of the fluid flow through the fluid bore. The choke gate valve may be used as part of a choke gate valve system to transition between first fracturing operations for a first well and second fracturing operations for a second well without shut off of a pump. |
| US12276355B2 |
Valve for adjusting a fluid flow and methods for use in connection with such a valve
A valve for adjusting a fluid flow. The valve includes a valve body, a flow having an inlet and an outlet located downstream of the inlet, a flow adjustment arrangement for adjusting the flow of liquid from the inlet to the outlet, wherein liquid upstream of the flow adjustment arrangement but downstream of the inlet has an upstream pressure, and liquid downstream of said flow adjustment arrangement but upstream of the outlet has a downstream pressure, a stationary differential pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure difference between the upstream pressure and the downstream pressure, and a pair of pressure ports for enabling temporary connection of a non-stationary differential pressure sensor for measuring the pressure difference between the upstream pressure and the downstream pressure. Also a method for use with such a valve. |
| US12276346B2 |
Fluid control valve
A fluid control valve having extremely high responsiveness not only when a pressure of a working fluid of a first flow path is high but also when the pressure of the working fluid of the first flow path is low includes: a valve seat; a valve body contacting and separating from the valve seat; a first biasing member biasing the valve body in a valve closing direction; and a second biasing member having a spring force lower than that of the first biasing member, wherein the valve body is axially divided into a base portion biased by the first biasing member and an opening and closing portion contacting and separating from the valve seat, and the second biasing member is disposed so that the base portion and the opening and closing portion are axially separable from each other. |
| US12276344B2 |
Self-adjustable variable orifice check valve for back pressure reduction
Variable orifice check valves comprising a flange with a guide pin, spring and movable plate are described. The flange has a body with at least one guide pin opening in the top surface. A guide pin is positioned within the at least one guide pin opening and a spring is positioned around the guide pin. The movable plate has an opening and slides along the guide pins with the spring between the top surface of the flange body and the bottom surface of the movable plate. |
| US12276343B2 |
Multi-port rotary valve
A multi-port rotary disc valve includes a valve housing and a diverter assembly disposed in the housing. The housing includes a sidewall, a lid that closes a first end of the sidewall and a base that is disposed at a second end of the sidewall. The diverter assembly is configured to control fluid flow through the valve housing and includes a lid-facing surface, a base-facing surface, and diverter through openings that extend between the lid-facing surface and the base-facing surface. The diverter assembly includes a first pocket that opens toward the lid and a second pocket that opens toward the base. Each of the first pocket and the second pocket may receive fluid flow directed in a first direction that is parallel to the diverter rotational axis and to reflect the received fluid flow in a second direction that is opposite the first direction. |
| US12276339B2 |
Carbon face seal
An apparatus has: a first member (120); a shaft (40; 50) rotatable relative to the first member about an axis; and a seal system (100). The seal system has a seal carrier (150) having: an axially-extending wall (156) having an inner diameter (ID) surface (160); and a radially-extending wall (154) having a first surface (158). A seal (102) is carried by the first member and has: an outer diameter (OD) surface (206); and a seal face (106). A seat (104) is carried by the shaft and has a seat face (108) in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face. One or more springs (132) bias the seal carrier relative to the first member so as to bias the seal face against the seat face. A key (240; 280; 300; 338) spans an interface between the seal carrier and the seal. |
| US12276335B2 |
Lubrication for an electric drive arrangement for a vehicle
An electric drive arrangement for a vehicle includes a housing. The electric drive arrangement includes an electric machine with a stator connected to the housing and a rotor with a rotor shaft rotatably supported in the housing. The electric drive arrangement includes a transmission to transmit a rotary movement from the rotor shaft to drive a driveline of the vehicle. The electric drive arrangement includes a hydraulic circuit for circulating a fluid to cool and lubricate the electric machine and the transmission. |
| US12276330B2 |
Oil discharge structure
An apparatus includes a case that stores oil inside, wherein the case includes a drain hole that discharges the oil to an outside, and a tubular portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction of gravity, and the drain hole opens in a direction intersecting the direction of gravity on the tubular portion. |
| US12276328B2 |
Filtering pulley
Filtering pullies with a hub adapted to be fixed to a rotating shaft, a crown mounted coaxially and rotationally free on the hub, at least one elastic group arranged circumferentially with respect to the hub and the crown and interposed, each, between a pair of first elements integral with the hub and between a pair of second elements integral with the crown are disclosed. The pulley has a dust protection system configured to isolate the at least one elastic group with respect to the external environment and to provide an axial force generating a damping to the movement between the hub and the crown. |
| US12276326B1 |
Wave generator with sealing plate and installation method thereof
A wave generator with a sealing plate includes an elliptical hub having a rotating axis. An inner ring of a bearing fits around a peripheral surface of the elliptical hub. The inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing change from a circular shape to an elliptical shape along with the peripheral surface. The inner ring and the elliptical hub are rotatable around the rotating axis. A sealing plate which is elliptical fits around the inner ring. An outer edge of the sealing plate abuts against the outer ring. The sealing plate is driven by the elliptical hub and the inner ring to rotate around the rotating axis and shelters a side of the rolling bodies. In the present invention, the sealing plate is installed in the bearing to shelter the rolling bodies after the bearing deforms. |
| US12276323B2 |
Transmission and method for operation of the transmission
Methods and systems for a transmission are provided. In one example, the transmission includes an input shaft with a first pair of gears that reside thereon, a first clutch positioned between the first pair of gears and designed to selectively rotationally couple a selected gear in the first pair of gears to the input shaft, and a layshaft with a second pair of gears fixedly coupled thereto. The transmission further includes an output shaft with a third pair of gears that reside thereon and a second clutch positioned between the third pair of gears and designed to selectively rotationally couple a selected gear in the third pair of gears to the output shaft. |
| US12276321B2 |
Ball screw device
The ball screw device has a nut having a guide concave groove on the outer-circumferential surface capable of engaging with a rotation restraining member in the circumferential direction, a housing provided with an insertion hole having a retaining concave groove on the inner-circumferential surface capable of engaging with the rotation restraining member in the circumferential direction, the rotation restraining member configured by a shaft-shaped member extending in the axial direction, the rotation restraining member having an outside portion in the radial direction arranged inside the retaining concave groove and an inside portion in the radial direction arranged inside the guide concave groove, so as to be able to slide in the axial direction. |
| US12276320B2 |
Spindle system, linear actuator and piece of furniture
In a spindle system with a hollow spindle for a linear actuator, the linear actuator has a telescopic tube system including an outer tube and at least one inner tube arranged coaxially with the outer tube and at least partially surrounded by the outer tube. A bearing is arranged to transmit axial forces between the hollow spindle and the outer tube. The hollow spindle at least partially surrounds an inner shaft of the spindle system and is connected to the inner shaft of the spindle system by one or more tappets of a positive and axially displaceable shaft-hub connection. The hollow spindle has a bearing seat for the bearing and an external thread on an outer side. |
| US12276317B2 |
Hydraulic damping device with adjustable resistance and a riding platform
Disclosed is a hydraulic damping device level riding platform with adjustable resistance, which comprises a frame body, a shaft mechanism, a flywheel and a hydraulic damping mechanism, the shaft mechanism is arranged on the frame body, one end of the shaft mechanism is connected with the hydraulic damping mechanism and another end of the shaft mechanism is connected with the flywheel. The hydraulic damping mechanism comprises: a cavity; a rotating disc provided with blades, the rotating disc is arranged in the cavity; and a liquid level height adjusting mechanism movably connected inside the cavity to control a liquid level height in the cavity. The liquid level height of the liquid in the cavity is controlled through the liquid level height adjustment mechanism, so as to realize the control of the resistance of the rotating disc to the liquid. |
| US12276316B2 |
Gear wheel and compressor device equipped with such gear wheel
Gear wheel that is provided with spokes (17) which extend between a rim (16) supporting a gear mesh (15) and a corresponding gear hub (18), whereby free spaces (19) are located between the spokes (17) which extend between the rim (16) and the gear hub (18), characterised in that at least one of said free spaces (19) is filled with a block (20) made of a rigid, incompressible material, whereby between the gear wheel (10) on the one hand and the block (20) on the other hand a viscoelastic material (21) is located. |
| US12276313B2 |
Electro-mechanical brake
An electro-mechanical brake includes: a brake disc; a friction pad; a pressing unit configured to press the friction pad toward the brake disc; a motor supplying power to the pressing unit; a current sensor; a position sensor configured to measure a position of the pressing unit; and an initial position calculating unit calculating at least one of a home position or a contact point of the pressing unit, wherein the pressing unit is configured to pass through a first check point at which a first current is measured, and a second check point at which a second current greater than the first current is measured, and wherein the initial position calculating unit calculates at least one of the home position or the contact point based on the first current, the first check point, the second current, and the second check point. |
| US12276312B2 |
Magnetic yoke iron core and brake
The disclosure provides a magnetic yoke iron core and a brake including a magnetic yoke iron core, a first movable plate, a plurality of friction disks, at least one second movable plate, a coil, an armature and an elastic part; the first movable plate is located in a first mounting space and close to a first shaft end; a plurality of friction disks are sequentially arranged in the first mounting space along an axial direction of the magnetic yoke iron core and located at a side of the first movable plate close to a second shaft end; the coil is arranged in a second mounting space; the armature is connected with the first movable plate through a connector; the second movable plate is connected with the connector; and the elastic part having a pre-tightening force which enables the armature to be far away from the magnetic yoke iron core. |
| US12276305B2 |
Bearing seal and its applications
A bearing seal for a rolling bearing with standard boundary dimensions that comprises a first flinger fitted into a first bearing ring and a second flinger fitted into a second bearing ring. Each flinger further comprises a correspondingly numbered sealing body. A first sealing body engages the second flinger and/or the second bearing ring, and a second sealing body engages the first flinger and/or the first bearing ring. The axial width of the bearing seal varies along the radial direction of the bearing. Starting at the first bearing ring, with a narrow width W, defined relative to the total radial size of the bearing seal L, wherein the ratio W/L is less than or equal to 0.5, the bearing seal widens toward the second bearing ring, thereby providing extra space between the rolling elements and/or cage and the bearing seal adjacent to the first bearing ring. |
| US12276300B2 |
Fastener
A fastener for attaching a component having a rail groove to an attachment member includes: a coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the component; and a fixing portion that supports the coupling portion and that is configured to be fixed to the attachment member. The coupling portion includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the rail groove, and an elastic piece located at a position shifted from the insertion portion in an insertion direction. The elastic piece includes a locking portion that is configured to be locked to the component to restrict the insertion portion from coming out of the rail groove, the elastic piece configured to abut against and urge the component in a bent state. |
| US12276293B2 |
Mechanical locking system for building panels
Panels are shown which are provided with a mechanical locking system allowing perpendicular connection with a snap action. A set of panels including a first and a second panel, an edge of the second panel is insertable into a groove of the first panel, when the panels are arranged essential perpendicular to each other, to obtain a mechanical connection between the first and the second panel, when the second panel is displaced essentially perpendicularly to the first panel. |
| US12276292B2 |
Dual direction flow restrictor
A flow restrictor includes a first flowbody defining a first end portion, a second end portion opposite the first end portion and an orifice between the first end portion and the second end portion. The first end portion defines a plurality of first slots, and the second end portion defines a counterbore having a first diameter. The flow restrictor includes a second flowbody defining a plurality of second slots and having a second diameter proximate the plurality of second slots that is greater than the first diameter of the first flowbody. The second flowbody is configured to be received within the counterbore of the first flowbody. |
| US12276291B2 |
Valve bore wash filters
A filter includes a first edge structure forming a first ring about an axis. A second edge structure forms a second ring about the axis, axially spaced apart from the first ring along the axis. A filter medium extends from the first edge structure to the second edge structure. The first and second edge structures are configured to engage an internal surface of a main bore of a valve housing. The filter medium is configured to allow air flow through the filter medium from the main bore radially outward through the filter medium to filter particulate out of an airflow from the main bore passing radially outward through the filter medium. |
| US12276290B2 |
Hydraulic unit
A hydraulic unit (10) for providing a pressurized hydraulic fluid for driving a coupled hydraulic actuator (12), comprising a motor (30) arranged in a motor housing (28), a hydraulic accumulator (40) arranged in an accumulator housing, a hydraulic pump (36) arranged in a hydraulic housing and a hydraulic block (38), wherein the motor housing (28), the accumulator housing and the hydraulic housing are fluidically connected to one another. It is provided that at least one main flow connection between the hydraulic pump (36) and the actuator (12) is guided through at least one channel (44) of the motor housing (28). |
| US12276288B1 |
Two-stage speed controller
A two-stage speed controller includes a main body including a first port and a second port in communication with each other, and a primary channel and a secondary channel for fluid to flow therethrough. The secondary channel allows flowing in a single direction to a pressure accumulation chamber. A sliding-axle seat is arranged in the second port. An end of a sliding axle assembly forms, together with the sliding-axle seat, a valve. The pressure accumulation chamber is connected with a primary throttle channel. The sliding axle assembly is formed, in a transverse direction, with a secondary throttle channel. During ingress and discharging of the fluid, all the channels and movement of the valve together allow for control of the pressure of the fluid according to a magnitude of a spring force of a regulation assembly in order to control a moving speed of a cylinder connected to the main body. |
| US12276285B2 |
Compressible rotor for a fluid pump
The invention relates to a rotor for a fluid pump, in particular for use in the medical sphere, the rotor being compressible for bringing to the place of use and thereafter being expandable. The compressibility is assisted by the provision of cavities, in particular also production of the rotor at least partially from a foam. |
| US12276284B2 |
Electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly shaft coupling with axial load handling capability
An electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly. The ESP assembly comprises a first ESP component having a first drive shaft defining a plurality of male splines and defining at least one cut-out area; a second ESP component having a second drive shaft defining a plurality of male splines; a coupling shell defining a first plurality of female splines configured to mate with the male splines of the first drive shaft, a second plurality of female splines configured to mate with the male splines of the second drive shafts, and at least one shouldered aperture configured to align with the cut-out area of the first drive shaft; and at least one removable lug having a pin that is configured to extend through the shouldered aperture in the coupling shell to engage with the at least one cut-out area of the first drive shaft. |
| US12276282B2 |
Circulation pump made from brittle material
Aspect of the disclosure provides a method of pumping a liquid material. The method may include pumping the liquid material by rotating an impeller attached to a shaft assembly. The pump includes the impeller, the shaft assembly, and a pump chamber. The method includes controlling the minimum pressure of the liquid material in the pump chamber to be above a threshold pressure by controlling a pressure of a gas that is supplied to the pump chamber. The shaft assembly includes a first shaft and a second shaft that are separated by a gap and are physically coupled by a coupling component. |
| US12276280B2 |
Uniaxial eccentric screw pump with radial adjustment of the stator
A uniaxial eccentric screw pump includes: a stator having a through hole 8a whose inner surface is formed in a female screw shape; a rotor that is a male screw shaft body inserted into the through hole of the stator; a plurality of shims that are arranged on a radially outside of the stator in a range from one end to the other end of the stator, are in surface contact with an outer surface of the stator, are capable of compressing the stator by moving radially inward with respect to the stator, and have, on an outer surface, an inclined surface gradually inclined radially inward or outward toward one end; and an adjustment member that is movable in an axial direction with respect to the stator and has a pressing part that can press the inclined surface of each of the shims. |
| US12276279B2 |
Electric compressor
An electric compressor includes a compression member configured to compress fluid, an electric motor configured to drive the compression member, an inverter configured to drive the electric motor, a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter, and a soundproof cover covering the housing. The housing includes a plurality of housing elements. The soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing. The facing portion has a groove that surrounds a boundary between two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other and is distant from the boundary. |
| US12276278B2 |
Submersible fuel oil set
A submersible fuel oil apparatus includes a base; at least one platform supported above the base and having a top surface, an underside surface and an aperture therethrough; a submersible motor mounted on the top surface of the platform and having a motor shaft extending vertically downward through the aperture in the platform; a fuel oil pump supported underneath the platform and having a pump shaft extending vertically upward, a pump inlet into which fuel oil is adapted to be delivered, and a pump outlet from which fuel oil is adapted to be pumped, the pump positioned such that the motor shaft and the pump shaft are aligned; a coupler connecting the motor shaft and pump shaft to each other; inlet piping connected to the pump inlet; and outlet piping connected to the pump outlet. |
| US12276275B2 |
Compressor system and method for controlling a cooling device of a compressor system
A compressor system including a compressor, a cooling device and a control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus is configured to control the cooling device independently of the operation of the compressor and to be capable of dynamically modifying a control parameter (Tair, Toil) of an actuator and/or the actuator for the actuation of the cooling device. |
| US12276272B2 |
Diaphragm pump
A diaphragm pump includes a low pressure side diaphragm forming a part of a pulsation operating chamber, a high pressure side diaphragm forming a part of a pump chamber, and a connecting portion connecting the low pressure side diaphragm and the high pressure side diaphragm. The high pressure side diaphragm operates in conjunction with the low pressure side diaphragm by being connected to the low pressure side diaphragm by the connecting portion. An area of a high pressure side operating portion of the high pressure side diaphragm is smaller than an area of a low pressure side operating portion of the low pressure side diaphragm. |
| US12276267B2 |
Rigidity variable apparatus, and manufacturing method for rigidity variable apparatus
A rigidity variable apparatus includes: one or a plurality of coil units including a spiral-shaped coil portion in which a plurality of SMA element wires made of a shape-memory alloy are wound around an axis at a first pitch in a state where the SMA element wires are overlapped with each other in a predetermined axis direction, each of the SMA element wires memorizing a spiral shape with a pitch narrower than the first pitch, one of the plurality of SMA element wires starting to deform to the memorized spiral shape with a predetermined pitch when at a predetermined temperature or higher, another of the plurality of SMA element wires starting to deform to the spiral shape with a different pitch; and an electrothermal heater configured to heat the coil portion. |
| US12276266B2 |
Engine operating using a compression SMA material
Energy recovery device and method for recovering energy comprising an engine comprising a plurality of elongated Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) elements or Negative Thermal Expansion (NTE) elements configured as a core and connected to a drive mechanism; an immersion chamber adapted for housing the engine and adapted to be sequentially filled with fluid to allow a heating cycle and a cooling cycle of the SMA elements or NTE elements to expand and contract the SMA elements or NTE elements; and a compression device configured to apply a compressive mechanical force to at least one of the SMA elements or at least one of the NTE elements. The applied compressive mechanical force compresses the at least one SMA element or the at least one NTE element further during the cooling cycle. |
| US12276262B2 |
Wind turbine and energy storage combined frequency regulation method, and wind turbine and energy storage combined frequency regulation device
A wind turbine and energy storage combined frequency regulation method and a wind turbine and energy storage combined frequency regulation device are disclosed. The wind turbine and energy storage combined frequency regulation method includes: determining a power increment required to be provided by a wind turbine and energy storage combined system; determining whether a rotor of a wind turbine is controllable; in response to determining that the rotor is controllable, generating a first power increment through a first mixed feedforward and feedback control manner based on the determined power increment; while controlling the rotor, generating a second power increment based on the determined power increment; generating a third power increment through a second mixed feedforward and feedback control manner based on the determined power increment. |
| US12276261B2 |
Wind turbine control arrangement
A control arrangement for a variable-speed wind turbine includes a loading analysis module configured to analyse a number of environment values to establish whether the momentary wind turbine loading is lower than a loading threshold when the rotational speed of the aerodynamic rotor has reached its rated value; and a speed boost module configured to determine a speed increment for the rotational speed of the aerodynamic rotor if the wind turbine loading is lower than the loading threshold. |
| US12276260B1 |
Pitch assembly for a wind turbine having minimized micro-pitching
A pitch assembly for a wind turbine includes a pitch bearing comprising an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of gear teeth arranged on one of the inner race or the outer race. The pitch assembly further includes a pitch drive mechanism having a pitch drive motor and a primary pitch drive pinion. The primary pitch drive pinion is configured to rotate one of the inner race or the outer race of the pitch bearing about a pitch axis by engaging with a first set of the plurality of gear teeth. The pitch assembly also includes a secondary pinion engaging a second set of the plurality of gear teeth. The secondary pinion is constructed of a deformable material such that backlash is eliminated between the secondary pinion and the plurality of gear teeth, thereby minimizing micro-pitching of the pitch assembly. |
| US12276251B2 |
Wind turbine rotor blade with access window
The present invention relates to a wind turbine blade comprising an aerodynamic shell having an outer surface forming at least part of an exterior surface of the wind turbine blade and an inner surface. An access window extends through the shell. A panel is arranged within a recessed portion at the inner surface of the shell adjacent to the access window for closing the access window. |
| US12276248B2 |
River venturi power amplification, storage and regeneration system and method
Methods, systems and apparatuses including systems and methods that can be used for operating a hydrokinetic turbine such as along one or more flow channels of a river for power generation is disclosed. The hydrokinetic turbine can be positioned within the one or more flow channels or can be shaped to form one or more flows and can be turned by the flow of the river. |
| US12276239B1 |
Transverse-jet combustor for a rocket engine
This invention exploits the fundamental physics of turbulent mixing to improve bi-propellant chemical rocket engines. Instead of the many axial reactant injectors in conventional engines, only two transverse injectors are required to generate a pair of large, counter-rotating, streamwise vortices and to mix the reactants for the case of a circular combustion chamber. The vortex pair controls the rate of mixing and the rate of heat release, insensitive to pressure waves and relatively immune to combustion instabilities. The injector of a liquid propellant generates droplets, some of which may contact the opposite wall of the combustion chamber to aid in wall cooling. With the dramatic reduction in the number of injectors, the invention lowers engine mass and manufacturing costs while improving engine reliability. |
| US12276238B2 |
Multiple turn reverser with side turning vanes
A thrust reverser in an engine includes a first reverser portion configured to direct a gas in a first direction to create reverse thrust. The thrust reverser also includes a second reverser portion configured to direct the gas in a second direction that is different than the first direction. The second reverser portion is upstream or downstream from the first reverser portion. |
| US12276237B2 |
Pressure drag jet engine
The engine described herein utilizes an internal low pressure near the nozzle to draw fluid through a center section/duct of the engine and therefore through an upstream, cold, turbine. The fluid moving through this center duct-section experiences a pressure differential between the zone of the incoming fluid (which raises pressure upstream) and the low pressure zone generated near the nozzle. With fast-moving fluid around each side of this cold turbine duct, inducing a Venturi effect on the fluid passing through the duct, a low pressure is generated and therefore enacts work on the turbine. Using this method, turbine blades are not down stream of the hot combustion section and therefore can be made with light weight and low melting temperature material. With a cold section turbine, the engine can therefore be considerably lighter and cheaper to manufacture and maintain. |
| US12276234B2 |
Component identification coding and reading
A method of calibrating a control system based on a parametric value of a component. The method includes receiving a current from a component of the control system. The component is communicatively coupled to a controller and has a parametric resistor with a parametric resistance value correlating to a parametric value associated with the component. The method further includes determining the resistance value of the parametric resistor by measuring a parametric voltage rating from the current. The method further includes mapping the resistance value to the parametric value associated with the component. The method further includes generating a calibration data set. The calibration data set is based on calibrating the control system to calibrate for the parametric value. The method further includes transmitting a signal to the component. The signal is based on the calibration data set and is configured to calibrate operation of the component. |
| US12276229B2 |
Method of operating a turbine engine having a bleed system
A method of operating a turbine engine. The turbine engine includes a high-pressure compressor including a high-pressure compressor flowpath and a plurality of stages, and a bleed system. The bleed system includes a plurality of bleed flowpaths including a first bleed flowpath from one stage of the plurality of stages and a second bleed flowpath from another stage of the plurality of stages. The method includes directing compressed air through the high-pressure compressor flowpath, directing a first portion of the compressed air through the first bleed flowpath, the first portion of the compressed air having a first mass flow, directing a second portion of the compressed air through the second bleed flowpath, determining an altitude of the turbine engine, and changing the first mass flow of the first portion of the compressed air through the first bleed flowpath based on the altitude of the turbine engine. |
| US12276228B2 |
Planet gear clearances in epicyclic gearboxes
An epicyclic power gear box for a gas turbine engine delivers torque from a low speed shaft to the primary fan. The gear box includes a planet gear and a bearing pin for the planet gear, sun gear and ring gear. The planet gear and bearing pin are arranged so that a clearance between the two is maintained during a takeoff condition for the gas turbine engine. |
| US12276227B1 |
Turbine engine screen
A screen for an aeronautical gas turbine engine includes a plurality of first filaments and a plurality of second filaments. The plurality of second filaments define a plurality of openings with the plurality of first filaments. The plurality of first filaments and the plurality of second filaments define a first arrangement in which the plurality of first filaments are perpendicular to the plurality of second filaments. Upon application of a force to the screen, at least some of the plurality of first filaments and at least some of the plurality of second filaments are configured to translate from the first arrangement to a second arrangement in which a size of at least one of the openings is configured to change from a first size to a second size. |
| US12276226B2 |
Electric turbocharger
An electric turbocharger includes: a thrust collar having a disk shape and provided to protrude in a flange shape around a rotation shaft between a compressor impeller and an electric motor; a thrust air bearing facing a compressor impeller-side surface of the thrust collar, and supporting the rotation shaft in a thrust direction; a thrust air bearing facing an electric motor-side surface of the thrust collar, and supporting the rotation shaft in the thrust direction; a bearing space which is interposed between the thrust air bearings and in which the thrust collar is accommodated; and a labyrinth seal portion provided along an outer peripheral surface of the thrust collar, and partitioning the bearing space into a first region on a compressor impeller side and a second region on an electric motor side. |
| US12276225B2 |
Gas turbine engine
There is provided a gas turbine engine comprising a blower system for supplying pressurised air to an airframe via an airframe port. The blower system comprises a compressor configured to receive air from a bypass duct or a core of the gas turbine engine and to discharge compressed air into a delivery line extending from the compressor to the airframe port. The blower system also comprises a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the compressed air to a coolant and a valve arrangement configured to switch between operation of the blower system in a baseline mode and a cooling mode, the valve arrangement being configured to: selectively divert the compressed air within the delivery line to the heat exchanger for operation in the cooling mode; and/or selectively provide the coolant to the heat exchanger for operation in the cooling mode. |
| US12276221B2 |
Catalytic converter of vehicle
The catalytic converter of the vehicle includes: an LNT converter including an LNT catalyst to reduce nitrogen oxides; an SDPF converter including an SDPF catalyst to capture particulate matters and reduce the nitrogen oxides; a connection housing connecting the LNT converter and the SDPF converter to each other; an injection module provided in the connection housing to inject the reducing agent from the LNT converter toward the SDPF converter; an impactor atomizing and vaporizing the reducing agent injected from the injection module; a first guide mixer provided inside the connection housing to form a swirl-direction flow of the exhaust gas mixed with the reducing agent atomized through the impactor; and a second guide mixer provided downstream of the first guide mixer inside the connection housing to form an additional swirl-direction flow of the exhaust gas mixed with the reducing agent. |
| US12276215B1 |
Anti-clatter engine brake and engine having same
An engine brake for an engine, having a rocker shaft carrying rocker arms along a rocker shaft, has an eccentric mounted to the rocker shaft and couples one of the rocker arms to the rocker shaft to pivot eccentrically about the rocker shaft as the eccentric pivots. The eccentric may take a braked condition or an unbraked condition. An actuator is capable of pivoting the eccentric about the rocker shaft to move the eccentric from the unbraked condition to the braked condition. An anti-clatter assembly is movable from an active state associated with the unbraked position of the eccentric to an inactive state associated with the braked condition of the eccentric. The anti-clatter assembly provides to the eccentric a restraining force in the active state and a yielding force in the inactive state. The restraining force is greater than the yielding force. The restraining force is sufficient to impede the eccentric from pivoting about the rocker shaft in the unbraked condition. The yielding force is insufficient to impede pivoting of the eccentric in the braked condition. |
| US12276206B2 |
Turbomachine part with connecting edge made of composite material with ceramic matrix and short fibres and method for the manufacture of same
A turbomachine part of an annular assembly includes a structural body and a connecting edge integral with the structural body. Each connecting edge includes at least one groove intended to receive a sealing tab. Each connecting edge is made of composite material including a fibrous reinforcement consisting of randomly-oriented short fibres, the reinforcement being densified by a ceramic matrix. |
| US12276195B2 |
Rock bolt assembly having an indicator
A rock bolt assembly provides an indication of a coupling. The rock bolt assembly includes two shaft sections, namely inner and outer shaft sections. A coupler is configured to couple the two shaft sections together at proximate ends. An electrical conductor is insulated from the outer shaft section and extends from the dead end of the outer shaft section to the head at the live end of the outer shaft section. An electrical contact arrangement is provided at the dead end of the outer shaft section, configured to electrically interconnect the outer shaft section and the conductor when the inner and outer shaft sections are coupled. Electrical terminals are provided at the head and connected respectively to the outer shaft section and to the conductor, the electrical terminals being electrically interconnected or continuous when the outer shaft section and the conductor are electrically interconnected. |
| US12276194B2 |
Automatic support device for resisting rock burst in mines
An automatic support device for resisting rock burst in mines is provided, which includes bases symmetrically distributed, sliding frames are slidably connected to the bases, hydraulic rods are fixedly connected to the bases, and telescopic ends of the hydraulic rods are fixedly connected to the adjacent sliding frames. The sliding frames are fixedly connected to brackets, and the brackets symmetrically distributed are provided with a main support plate, on which pushing rods are provided. The device can slow down the impact force of the device when rock burst occurs in the mine, at the same time, it plays a supporting role in the mine, ensuring the stability of the roof of the mine. |
| US12276176B2 |
Assembly and gripper used therein
An assembly comprises a downhole tool and a gripper. The downhole tool is configured to be set in a wellbore and milled after a scheduled period, wherein the downhole tool has a first tool end and a second tool end along a longitudinal direction. The gripper is positioned opposite the first tool end along the longitudinal direction, wherein the gripper comprises a slider and an activator. The activator is configured to be moved by the downhole tool relative to the slider between an inactivated position and an activated position when the downhole tool is milled from the second tool end. The slider remains unmoved when the activator is in the inactivated position, and the slider moves radially to engage with an internal wall of the wellbore and stop the downhole tool from rotation when the activator is in the activated position. |
| US12276175B1 |
Float shoe with anti-collapse feature for string cementation
A system performs inner string cement operations in a wellbore. The system includes a stab-in stinger connected to a distal end of a drill string and a stab-in float shoe connected to a distal end of a casing. The stab-in float shoe includes a first check valve and a plug type rupture disc. The first check valve includes instructions configured to prevent a reverse flow of cement mixture. The plug type rupture disc is house between the first check valve and an outlet of the stab-in float shoe. The plug type rupture disc includes instructions configured to rupture at a predetermined threshold pressure and, once ruptured, permits flow of cement mixture from the annulus into the stab-in float shoe. A related method includes: enabling a stab-in stinger to stab-into a stab-in float shoe, starting the cementing operation and rupturing the plug-pe rupture discs at predetermined pressure. |
| US12276174B2 |
Packer system, and process to settle and retrieve
The invention consists a packer system for use in well. In particular, the invention deals with a packer itself, a settling device, to settle said packer, and a retriever device, to recover said packer, it also comprises the process of operation corresponding to said system. Also comprises a process to settle with a settle device and a process to retrieve, with a retriever device, that can be used in settle and recovery processes, for delayed production of wells and the reduction of costs associated with the replacement of progressive cavity pumps (PCP). |
| US12276172B2 |
Gas injection operational safety for subterranean wells
A method of injecting gas into a well can include flowing the gas through a gas flow passage extending through a housing connected to a wellhead installation, the gas thereby flowing through the wellhead installation and into an annulus in the well, and maintaining fluid pressure applied to a piston of a gas injection valve while the gas flows into the annulus. A gas injection system can include a housing having a gas flow passage extending longitudinally through the housing, and being configured to connect to a wellhead installation, and a gas injection valve including a pivotably mounted flapper closure member. The flapper closure member in an open position permits gas flow between the gas flow passage and the wellhead installation, and the flapper closure member in a closed position prevents the gas flow from the wellhead installation through the gas flow passage. |
| US12276169B2 |
Tubing hanger and wellhead assembly with tubing hanger
A wellhead assembly and a tubing hanger comprising: an outer hanger body for supporting the tubing hanger in a tubing head, the outer hanger body including: an upper end and a lower end; an outer surface having a downwardly tapering shape; an inner bore extending from the upper end to the lower end; a lockdown shoulder; an annular extension between the lockdown shoulder and the upper end of the outer hanger body; and an annular seal extending around an outer diameter of the annular extension, the annular seal configured to seal against debris passing therepast down along the outer surface from the upper end toward the lockdown shoulder when the tubing hanger is supported in a tubing head. |
| US12276168B2 |
Wellbore satellite launcher system
A satellite launcher having a body comprising a planar surface and an axial bore; a plurality of satellite tubes, each satellite tube for releasably retaining a satellite and having an open end for facing the planar surface; a first and a second track system, each comprising: a track extending along the planar surface through the axial bore with a track opening at the axial bore, a magazine slideably attached to the track, the magazine for detachably retaining satellite tubes, and a drive system for moving the first magazine along the first track. The track of the second track system angularly offset from the track of the first track system relative to the axial bore, the second track defining a second track opening at the axial bore. When one of the satellite tubes is aligned with the axial bore, the satellite contained therein is free to drop out. |
| US12276164B2 |
Inertia damping systems and methods
A torsional damping system includes a housing having an interior space. An inertia ring is located in the interior space, and a torsion fluid is located between the inertia ring and the housing. The inertia ring is rotatably installed relative to the housing. As the housing oscillates, the inertia ring damps at least a portion of the oscillation. The torsional damping system may be included in a downhole tool or bottomhole assembly, and used to damp oscillations along a drill string or along the bottomhole assembly, including between a downhole motor and a cutting tool. |
| US12276162B2 |
Multi-stage wireless completions
Wireless power and telemetry systems for multi-stage completions are provided. Various configurations for couplers, e.g., electro-magnetic couplers, for use in such systems are also provided. |
| US12276161B1 |
Lifting plug
A lifting plug for connection with a tubular member, the lifting plug including a tubular body including an externally threaded portion; one or more apertures extending through the tubular body within the externally threaded portion; and a flange at a first end of the tubular body for engagement with a lifting device. |
| US12276155B2 |
Connecting fitting construction materials and connecting method therefor
A connecting fitting for connecting two construction materials includes a first and second connecting members for connecting the construction materials, and a parallelizing means having a parallelizing function of aligning the connecting members in a first direction and making them parallel or almost parallel to each other. The first direction is a direction perpendicular to both the direction (M) of an interval between the two construction materials and the thickness direction of one construction material. The parallelizing function of the parallelizing means disappears due to a load caused to act on at least one of the connecting members. The inclination angles of the connecting members with respect to the direction (M) of the interval become inclination angles (θ1, θ2) opposite to each other due to the disappearance of the parallelizing function. |
| US12276152B2 |
Door closer casings
An example door closer includes a casing and a pinion rotatably mounted to the casing. The pinion is operable to rotate through a plurality of movement zones, and the door closer is configured to exert forces on the pinion as the pinion moves through the plurality of movement zones. The door closer further includes a plurality of adjustment mechanisms, each operable to adjust the force exerted on the pinion as the pinion travels through a corresponding movement zone. The casing is provided with indicia that correlate each of the adjustment mechanisms to the corresponding movement zone. |
| US12276150B2 |
Device for controlling at least one electrically drivable or movable furniture element
A device for controlling a movable furniture element includes a main transmitter, an auxiliary transmitter, and a receiver. The auxiliary transmitter is separate from the main transmitter. The movable furniture element is controllable by a first wireless signal transmitted from the main transmitter to the receiver. The movable furniture element is also controllable by a second wireless signal transmitted from the auxiliary transmitter to the receiver. |
| US12276147B2 |
Hinge assembly
A hinge assembly including a first fitment portion, a second fitment portion, and a link assembly including at least seven hinge axes. The linkage assembly includes two levers directly pivotally mounted to the first fitment portion. The hinge assembly further includes a damping device pivotally mounted between the said two levers. |
| US12276146B2 |
Profile rail for a door guide
A profile rail for a door guide of a vehicle, comprises a first profile rail piece with a first end face and with a second end face, and a connecting piece. The connecting piece comprises a first end and a second end. The first end of the connecting piece comprises a first end-face connection region for connecting to the first profile rail piece. The connecting piece is designed as a separate profile rail piece. The connecting piece can be connected via the first end-face connection region to at least one end face of the first profile rail piece by means of a plug-in system. The first end-face connection region is arranged in a first connection plane which has a first angle to a first plane normal to an extension of the connecting piece. |
| US12276145B2 |
Lock device for opening and closing body
There is provided a lock device for an opening and closing body, including: a locking portion; a locking member; a case including a first case and a second case; a rotation body; and a biasing means. A cut-out is provided, and a retaining portion is provided, the retaining portion including a protruding portion and being configured to retain the rotation body relative to the first case. A first engaging surface and a second engaging surface are configured to engage with each other to form a temporary locking portion for temporarily locking the rotation body. A cam means and a stopper are provided between the second case and the rotation body, the stopper being configured to engage with the rotation body so as to hold the rotation body with the first engagement surface and the second engaging surface disengaged from each other. |
| US12276139B2 |
Locking device
A locking device for a movable vehicle element of a vehicle may have at least a rotary catch, a locking element and an associated blocking mechanism. The blocking mechanism may have at least one blocking element and a movable actuating element for locked coupling of the rotary catch and the locking element. The movable actuating element may be designed to move the rotary catch into a closed position going beyond at least one latching position and to stop in this closed position. The rotary catch and the blocking element may be out of latching engagement in the closed position. |
| US12276134B2 |
Secure enclosure emergency access mechanism
A latch is configured to be affixed to an inner portion of a door to an enclosure and to engage a catch attached to an inner portion of the enclosure when the door is in a closed position/ A housing is affixed to an outer portion of the door and includes a memory device and a latch controller configured to detect when the latch is no longer within a proximity of the catch. The controller is configured to electronically open the latch to open the access door. The housing also includes an emergency access portal aligned with and providing access through the access door by an instrument to at least the catch to engage the catch and release the access door. The latch controller detects that the latch is no longer within the predetermined proximity of the catch and registers the opening of the latch in the memory device. |
| US12276133B2 |
Detachable identification key head
A system and method for a key, comprising a key blade having a socket that releasably engages a key head. A method includes cutting an original key head from an original key, forming a socket onto a cut end of the key blade, and attaching a key head onto the socket. |
| US12276131B2 |
Management system, management device, management method, and storage medium
According to an embodiment, a management system includes a vehicle management device configured to manage parking of a vehicle in a parking space and delivery of the vehicle from the parking space, and a vehicle conveying device configured to be able to convey the vehicle in forward-backward and widthwise directions of the vehicle. The vehicle management device includes a controller configured to control the vehicle conveying device so that the vehicle is conveyed to the parking space when a request for parking the vehicle located within a section where parking in the parking space is able to be requested has been received. |
| US12276129B2 |
Swimming pool cover and method for assembling the same
A swimming pool cover system includes at least one retaining assembly configured for attachment of a flexible pool cover with a pool deck; at least one adjusting assembly configured for extending and retracting the flexible pool cover, and at least one rolling support assembly attached along edges of the flexible pool cover and configured for tightening the flexible pool cover. |
| US12276128B2 |
Systems and methods for pool beams
Disclosed are embodiments of a frame for a pool that may be installed as a series of beams and frame members, wherein a first beam and a second beam may be configured to connect to a frame member to form a portion of the frame of the pool, wherein the first beam and the second beam may include provisions for attaching to the frame member, wherein the orientation of the first beam may be set relative to the second beam so that a circumference of a pool is formed when the series of beams and frame members are each connected. In some embodiments, the frame member may include a receptacle, an insert, and a pin. In some embodiments, the receptacle may include a first protrusion portion for a first beam and a second protrusion portion for a second beam. In some embodiments, one or more pins may be used to attach the beams to the insert and the receptacle. |
| US12276124B2 |
Ballasted sign
An apparatus comprises a signpost assembly that includes a sign holder, a signpost that supports the sign holder, and a base for receiving the signpost. The base engages the signpost at two locations along the signpost, thereby ensuring that the signpost is held vertically. |
| US12276121B2 |
Adjustable screed board
An adjustable screed board includes an outer member elongated along a longitudinal axis of the adjustable screed board. The outer member includes a leveling surface. The adjustable screed board also includes an inner member elongated along the longitudinal axis and coupled to the outer member for sliding movement, relative to the outer member, along the longitudinal axis. The inner member includes a leveling surface configured to remain flush with the leveling surface of the outer member during relative sliding movement of the inner and outer members. The leveling surfaces of the inner and outer members are oriented to cooperatively define a bottommost edge of the adjustable screed board along a working length. |
| US12276119B2 |
Transition moulding
The present invention provides a transition moulding comprised of an elongate piece having three strips of adhesive material, a plurality of holes, and thin lateral beveled edges. The holes are for embedding adhesive or mortar as well as placing mechanical fasteners to secure the moulding to the sub floor. The adhesive bands are for securing the flooring material and the central adhesive band is for placing a clip that is configured and sized to hold a “T” separator placed between the two flooring materials. There is also a crease to facilitate the folding or breaking of the moulding for when it is used against a wall or at the end of a floor such as on door sills or staircase. |
| US12276118B2 |
Hidden clip for decking
A plurality of hidden clips can be included with a strip of clips and separated by a frangible section or tab located between adjacent clips. An aperture defined in each hidden clip can include an offset cylindrical section that causes a fastener to pivot from a vertical alignment when the fastener is driven into a joist. Each strip can be provided with a hand grip portion removably attached to a proximal-most hidden clip in the strip of clips. |
| US12276106B2 |
Roofing shingle and methods of forming roofing shingles
Roofing shingles are disclosed that are capable of being attached to a roof deck, underlayment, and/or other roofing shingles and that require fewer mechanical fasteners for attachment. The roofing shingles are formed with a first layer and a second layer of shingle materials that are laminated together, and with the first and second layers further being mechanically attached with indentations, including a first plurality of indentations formed along an upper surface of the first layer and a second plurality of indentations formed along a bottom surface of the second layer at spaced locations along the roofing shingles. A roofing system comprising a plurality of courses of the roofing shingles is also disclosed. |
| US12276101B2 |
Method and arrangement in a floor structure drying process
A method and arrangement for drying a water damaged sandwiched floor structure including a top concrete layer, an air permeable isolating layer and a concrete subfloor, comprising providing an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening through the concrete layer, and continuously in a closed loop flowing air through the isolating layer via the openings by a blower and a dehumidifier in serial connection. According to the invention the blower is a suction blower, whereby air is drawn from the outlet opening by the suction blower, and dry air is forced into the inlet opening by the dehumidifier. |
| US12276100B2 |
Knife plate fastener
A connector referred to herein as a knife plate, and the structural connections formed using the knife plate. The knife plate may have a first portion configured to affix to a first structural member, such as a vertical column. The knife plate may have a second portion configured to fit within a slot formed in a second structural member, such as a horizontal beam. The second structural member may be pinned to the knife plate using one or more dowels fit through the second structural member and the knife plate. |
| US12276084B2 |
Method for controlling work machine, work machine control program, and work machine control system
The method for controlling the work machine includes executing a restraint process of restraining an operation of the work machine based on a detection result of a detector detecting a detection target in a monitoring area around the work machine, performing switching between an enabled state and a disabled state of a function associated with the restraint process, and displaying a display screen including restraint state information indicating whether the function associated with the restraint process is enabled or disabled, on a display device. |
| US12276081B2 |
Lubrication distribution system for machine with kinematic linkages
A machine including a first kinematic joint, wherein the first kinematic joint is lubricated based on a first schedule and a second kinematic joint, wherein the second kinematic joint is lubricated based on a second schedule. The first schedule is different than the second schedule. A lubricant pump is configured to pump a lubricant and a distribution valve is in communication with the lubricant pump. The distribution valve has a first fluid outlet configured to supply the lubricant from the lubricant pump to the first kinematic joint and a second fluid outlet configured to supply the lubricant from the lubricant pump to the second kinematic joint. |
| US12276078B1 |
Foundation piles, systems, assemblies, and methods
Foundation pile assemblies disclosed herein can include a first section positioned at a bottom of a foundation pile assembly and a second section coupled to the first section. The first section can include a shell extending along a length of the foundation pile. The shell can have an interior space and an outside surface. A cap can be positioned at an end of the pile assembly. Some embodiments of the foundation pile can have an impact support element positioned within the interior space of the shell to increase the strength of the foundation pile assembly in the vicinity of the impact support element. The initial or, in some instances, full length assembly can be configured on a horizontal or slightly sloped rack on the ground from which the assembly is lofted vertically and installed into the ground. |
| US12276071B2 |
Method for heating and dispensing asphalt in an aboveground asphalt storage facility
A method of heating and dispensing bitumen in a storage tank and bitumen terminal in that bitumen is heated in the storage tank and in a casing installed in the tank to a temperature of in-plant transportation of at least 80° C. Bitumen is heated and maintained by heaters in the main storage tank volume outside the casing with an intake and drain pipe of the tank at a temperature not lower than the flow temperature of 60° C. Bitumen is fed from the casing to the working tank main volume as the bitumen is discharged from the working tank. Bitumen is heated in a casing in the working tank to a working temperature of not less than 140° C. with subsequent release to external transport or in the technological process. Bitumen is heated in the main working tank main volume to a temperature not lower than 80° C. |
| US12276067B2 |
Modified alkanesulfonic acid and uses thereof
Method of delignification of plant material, said method comprising: providing said plant material comprising cellulose fibers and lignin; exposing said plant material requiring to a composition comprising: alkanesulfonic acid; and a peroxide, wherein said alkylsulfonic acid and peroxide are present in a molar ratio ranging 1:1 to 15:1 and the time of exposure is sufficient to remove substantially all of the lignin present on said plant material. Compositions capable of achieving delignification are also disclosed. |
| US12276065B2 |
Tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment dispersion, dyeing liquid, fiber product, and method for treating fiber product
Dispersion is obtained by: blending a specific resin emulsion for protecting a tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment; and dispersing the tungsten-based infrared-absorbing pigment in a state of being coated in advance by means of the resin emulsion. |
| US12276061B2 |
Clothes treatment apparatus
A clothes treatment apparatus includes a cabinet defining a treatment chamber in which clothes are treated. A door is coupled to the cabinet and a pants crease management apparatus is disposed on a rear surface of the door. The pants crease management apparatus includes a press plate coupled to the rear surface of the door, a press door coupled to the press plate, and a film disposed between the press plate and the press door. The film can be placed between side portions of pants when pressed in between the press plate and the press door in a process to remove wrinkles from the pants and put a crease in the pants. |
| US12276059B2 |
Variable grass-length injection
Yarn injection device for injecting yarn sections into a substrate, wherein the yarn injection device comprises:—a yarn storage for holding a number of spools with yarn,—a feeding device configured to feed lengths of yarn to an injection unit, the feeding device comprising: ⋅a number of yarn tubes, each yarn tube defining a yarn channel configured to accommodate a respective yarn, ⋅a number of cutting devices located being configured to cut a number of yarn sections,—the injection unit comprising: ⋅an injection needle guide defining a number of first passages extending over a vertical distance and a number of second passages extending over a horizontal distance, ⋅a number of moveable injection needles configured to pass through the first holes of the injection needle guide, wherein yarn sections in the yarn tubes located below the moveable injection needles are injected into the substrate when the moveable injection needles move downward through the injection needle guide, ⋅at least one needle actuator configured to move the number of moveable injection needles,—a fluid flow assembly, wherein at least one fluid communication channel extends between the injection needle guide and the depressurized or pressurized compartment, wherein the fluid flow assembly is configured to create a flow of fluid through each fluid communication channel, each injection needle guide and each yarn tube in order to apply a drag force on the yarns and move the yarns through the second passages in the injection needle guide. |
| US12276053B2 |
Atraumatic stent and method and apparatus for making the same
A method of braiding a stent includes braiding a number of elongate filaments around a mandrel using tensioned braiding carriers without spooling the filaments to the tensioned braiding carriers to form a braided stent having atraumatic ends. |
| US12276049B2 |
Safety belt webbing for a vehicle
A safety belt webbing for a vehicle includes a woven fabric from mutually intersecting warp and weft threads. The woven fabric is at least partially configured in the weave repeat with at least 6, preferably at least 8 ends. The weave repeat per warp thread includes at least four, preferably six, intersection points with the weft threads. The intersection points are weave points resulting between the warp and the weft threads when the warp thread within the weave repeat alternates from a warp elevation to a warp depression, or vice versa. Within the weave repeat the largest warp float per warp thread is across two weft threads, and the maximum warp depression is below two weft threads. Within the weave repeat, per warp thread there is at least one warp elevation additionally to the warp float across a weft thread, and at least one warp depression below a weft thread. |
| US12276041B2 |
Method for crystal pulling
A method for crystal pulling is provided. The method includes the following. The method includes performing an equal-diameter process. The equal-diameter process is performed as follows. From the first equal-diameter stage to the third equal-diameter stage, the crystal rotation rate is gradually increased after starting at a first initial crystal rotation rate, and then is kept at a constant rotation rate after gradually increasing the crystal rotation rate. The crucible rotation rate is gradually increased from a first initial crucible rotation rate to a maximum crucible rotation rate after starting at the first initial crucible rotation rate in the first equal-diameter stage, the crucible rotation rate is kept at the maximum crucible rotation rate in the second equal-diameter stage, and the crucible rotation rate is gradually decreased after the second equal-diameter stage. The method further includes a cooling process. |
| US12276040B2 |
Single crystal furnace charging system and charging method
The single crystal furnace charging system includes a control system configured to send a charging request, a material preparation system configured to receive the charging request and prepare materials based on the charging request, a feeding system configured to receive the charging request, obtain the materials, and compare an actual feeding amount with a preset feeding amount to obtain a difference between the actual feeding amount and the preset charging amount, in response to the difference being within a first preset threshold, charge a single crystal furnace. The single crystal furnace charging system further includes a calibration system configured to obtain a total charging weight, and obtain a difference between the total charging weight and a preset charging amount of the single crystal furnace, in response to the difference being within a second preset threshold, update a total charging amount to the total charging weight. |
| US12276039B2 |
Crystal of europium compound and method for producing crystal of europium compound
The present invention provides a crystal of a europium compound containing europium. The present invention enables the preparation of a crystal of a europium compound having a powder X-ray diffraction pattern having a first diffraction peak in diffraction angle (2θ) range of 34.3° to 36.1° in which a half width of the first diffraction peak is 1.8° or less, and/or having a second diffraction peak in diffraction angle (2θ) range of 28.6° to 29.6° and a third diffraction peak in diffraction angle (2θ) range of 36.8° to 38.4° in which a half width of the second diffraction peak is 1.0° or less and a half width of the third diffraction peak is 1.6° or less, and being at least one compound selected from compounds represented by formulae (1) to (4): EuClx (1) Eu(OH)2 (2) Eu(OH)2Cl (3) EuOCl (4) x is 0.05 or more and 5 or less. |
| US12276036B2 |
Separator membrane-gasket-protecting member assembly, electrolysis element, and electrolysis vessel
A separating membrane-gasket-protecting member assembly including: an ion-permeable separating membrane; a gasket holding a periphery of the membrane; and a frame-shaped protecting member holding the gasket; the protecting member including: a frame-shaped base body; and a frame-shaped lid member; the base body including: a receiving part being arranged in an inner periphery of the base body and receiving the gasket and the lid member; and a supporting part extending toward an inner periphery side of the base body and supporting the gasket received in the receiving part in a direction crossing a main face of the membrane; and the lid member having dimensions such that the lid member can be received in the receiving part, wherein the gasket and the lid member are received in the receiving part such that the gasket is sandwiched between the supporting part and the lid member. |
| US12276032B2 |
Method for treating a part made of ferrous metal, and part made of ferrous metal
A method for treating a part made of ferrous metal includes a nitriding operation forming on the part a combination layer having a thickness of between 5 and 30 μm, and a diffusion region, arranged beneath and in contact with the combination layer, having a thickness of between 100 μm and 500 μm. The method also includes an operation of quenching the part by high-frequency induction, over an induction depth that is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm, thereby hardening the part. The resulting part has a surface hardness greater than or equal to 50 HRC, a hardness of the combination layer greater than or equal to 400 HV0.05, and a hardness of the part greater than or equal to 500 HV0.05 at a depth of 500 μm. The high-frequency induction quenching operation is performed without the application of a protective film on the part prior to the induction quenching operation. |
| US12276030B2 |
Metal pretreatment compositions containing phenalkamine compounds
A conversion coating composition for treating a metal surface contains one or more Group IV metal ions, such as titanium, zirconium and/or hafnium metal ions, and one or more phenalkamine compounds, such as a Mannich addition product of cardanol, formaldehyde and a polyamine. The conversion coating composition is an aqueous acidic solution or dispersion. Metal surfaces contacted with the conversion coating composition have enhanced corrosion resistance and paint adhesion characteristics. |
| US12276026B2 |
Thin film structure including dielectric material layer, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device employing the same
A thin film structure includes a first conductive layer, a dielectric material layer on the first conductive layer, and an upper layer on the dielectric material layer. The dielectric material layer including HfxA1-xO2 satisfies at least one of a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition the dielectric material layer is formed to a thickness of 5 nm or less and in the second condition the x in HfxA1-xO2 is in a range of 0.3 to 0.5. |
| US12276023B2 |
Showerhead assembly for distributing a gas within a reaction chamber
A showerhead assembly for distributing a gas within a reaction chamber is disclosed. The showerhead assembly may comprise: a chamber formed within the showerhead assembly and a gas distribution assembly adjacent to the chamber, wherein the gas distribution assembly comprises: a first gas distribution plate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface; and a second gas distribution plate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, the second gas distribution plate being disposed over the top surface of the first gas distribution plate. The gas distribution assembly may further comprise: one or more heating structures disposed between the first gas distribution plate and the second gas distribution plate; and a plurality of apertures extending from the bottom surface of the first distribution plate to the top surface of the second gas distribution plate. Methods for controlling the temperature uniformity of a showerhead assembly utilized for distribution gas with a reaction chamber are also disclosed. |
| US12276021B2 |
Methods of forming phosphosilicate glass layers, structures formed using the methods and systems for performing the methods
Methods for forming phosphosilicate glass layers are disclosed. Exemplary methods include forming a silicon-containing layer overlying the substrate and depositing a phosphorus-containing layer overlying the substrate. The deposited phosphorus-containing layer can include P2O3 and/or exhibit a melting temperature less than or equal to 500° C. The deposited phosphorus-containing layer can be heated to flow and oxidized to provide desired properties. |
| US12276019B2 |
Transport device and method
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices for transporting substrates. A transport device may include a plurality of rotational bodies, where each rotational body is rotatably attached for transporting a rod-shaped workpiece. The transport device may include a rotational excitation element configured to excite rotation of the workpiece when it is supported on one of the plurality of rotational bodies. |
| US12276016B2 |
Coated cutting tool
A coated cutting tool includes a substrate with a coating including a (Ti,Al)N layer having an overall composition (TixAl1-x)N, 0.34≤x≤0.65. The (Ti,Al)N layer contains columnar (Ti,Al)N grains with an average grain size of from 10 to 100 nm. The (Ti,Al)N layer also includes lattice planes of a cubic crystal structure. The (Ti,Al)N layer shows a pattern in electron diffraction analysis, wherein there is a diffraction signal existing, which is shown as a peak (P) in an averaged radial intensity distribution profile having its maximum within a scattering vector range of from 3.2 to 4.0 nm−1, the full width half maximum (FWHM) of the peak (P) being from 0.8 to 2.0 nm−1. |
| US12276014B2 |
High strength micro alloyed steel seamless pipe for sour service and high toughness applications
Micro alloyed steels with a yield strength of at least 485 MPa (70 ksi) with outstanding toughness behavior, good weldability and improved sulphide stress cracking resistance for line pipes, for applications as process pipes, flowlines or risers in the oil and gas industry. Tubular products, such as seamless pipes, can be made from this steel. A process for manufacturing tubular products can be performed with this steel. The seamless pipes can be used for line pipes, flowlines and risers in the oil and gas industry. |
| US12276012B1 |
Cemented carbide
Provided is a cemented carbide comprising a plurality of tungsten carbide grains and a binder phase, wherein the cemented carbide comprises the tungsten carbide grains and the binder phase in a total of 89% by volume or more, the cemented carbide comprises 1.8% by volume or more and 20.0% by volume or less of the binder phase, the binder phase contains cobalt, the cemented carbide contains 1.0% by mass or more of cobalt, and a percentage (Y2/Y1)×100 of a Young's modulus of the binder phase at 600° C., Y2 GPa, to a Young's modulus at 25° C., Y1 GPa, as measured by a nanoindenter method is 50% or more. |
| US12276003B2 |
Method of heat treating a high strength steel and a product obtained therefrom
Provided in the present disclosure is a method of heat treating a high-strength steel, wherein the high-strength steel comprises, by weight: 0.30-0.45% C, 1.0% or less Si, 0.20-2.5% Mn, 0.20-2.0% Cr, 0.15-0.50% Mo, 0.10-0.40% V, 0.2% or less Ti, 0.2% or less Nb, and a balance of Fe and other alloy elements and impurities, wherein the above alloy elements make Eq(Mn) according to the following formula (1) no less than 1.82, which method comprises the steps of 1) austenitizing; 2) carbide precipitation; and 3) tempering. The heat-treated steel in accordance with the present invention has high strength, high ductility and high toughness at the same time, especially improved reduction in area of tensile sample, so that it is particularly suitable for preparing spring members for vehicle suspension. Eq(Mn)=Mn+0.26Si+3.50P+1.30Cr+2.67Mo (1) |
| US12276002B2 |
Molten steel production method
A method for producing a molten steel may provide: solid-state direct reduced iron containing 3.0% by mass or more of SiO2 and Al2O3 in total and 1.0% by mass or more of carbon, a ratio of a metallic iron to a total iron content contained in the solid-state direct reduced iron being 90% by mass or more, and an excess carbon content Cx to the carbon contained in the solid-state direct reduced iron being 0.2% by mass or more. Such methods may include: a slag separation including heating the solid-state direct reduced iron and melting it in an electric furnace without introducing oxygen to separate into a molten steel and a slag, and continuously discharging the slag, and a decarburization including blowing, in the electric furnace, a total amount of oxygen introduced into the electric furnace to the molten steel to decarburize the molten steel after the slag separation. |
| US12276001B2 |
Process for preparation and use of inorganic markers for security identification/marking on explosives, fuses and ammunition after detonation and on firearms and metal projectiles, products obtained and process of inserting markers on explosives, fuses and ammunition and on firearms and metal projectiles
With respect to an unprecedented process of preparation of inorganic fluorescent markers under the action of infrared light, for identification and marking, by a specific insertion process, in explosives, fuses, ammunition after detonation, as well as the identification and marking of steel and metal alloys of firearms and metal projectiles an improvement includes the physical insertion of the markers in the channel and in the crucible of the pig iron production process; in this improved process, marking was carried out in the ratio of 1 part of the marker to 1,325,750 parts per mass of pig iron. |
| US12275996B2 |
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma assays
We queried DNA from saliva or plasma of 93 HNSCC patients, searching for somatic mutations or human papillomavirus genes, collectively referred to as tumor DNA. When both plasma and saliva were tested, tumor DNA was detected in 96% (95% CI, 84% to 99%) of 47 patients. The fractions of patients with detectable tumor DNA in early- and late-stage disease were 100% (n=10) and 95% (n=37), respectively. Saliva is preferentially enriched for tumor DNA from the oral cavity, whereas plasma is preferentially enriched for tumor DNA from the other sites. Tumor DNA in the saliva and plasma is a valuable biomarker for detection of HNSCC. |
| US12275995B2 |
Lysinibacillus sphaericus and aspirin chemoprevention of colorectal cancer
The present invention provides methods for assessing the likelihood of effectiveness of aspirin-based chemoprotection against colorectal cancer among individuals as well as methods for improving aspirin-based chemoprotection against colorectal cancer. Kits useful for such methods are also provided. |
| US12275994B2 |
Methods and compositions for the analysis of cancer biomarkers
Described herein are improved methods, compositions, and kits for analysis of minimal residual solid tumor. |
| US12275993B2 |
Analysis of nucleic acid sequences
The present disclosure relates to methods, compositions and systems for droplet processing. For example, methods can include (a) providing a first emulsion comprising a first droplet population, wherein droplets of the first droplet population comprise a lysis reagent, and a second emulsion comprising a second droplet population, wherein a droplet of the second droplet population comprises i) a cell or a nucleus, and ii) a plurality of nucleic acid barcode molecules; (b) subjecting the first emulsion and second emulsion to conditions sufficient to transfer the lysis reagent to the second droplet population via micelles comprising the lysis reagent; and (c) lysing the cell or the nucleus within the droplet of the second droplet population with the lysis reagent. |
| US12275992B2 |
Characterization of molecules in nanofluidics
Systems are provided for detecting and quantitating short nucleic acid molecules. |
| US12275987B2 |
Egg-type chicken whole-genome SNP chip and use thereof
Provided are an egg-type chicken whole-genome SNP chip and the use thereof. The SNP loci of the chip are respectively derived from 14,624 SNP loci shared by each line of the major egg-type chickens in China; 3,677 SNP loci associated with disease-resistant traits in egg-type chickens; 16,000 SNP loci associated with economic traits in egg-type chickens; and 9,358 SNP loci making up genomic regions not covered by the foregoing probes. The 43,681 SNPs on the egg-type chicken whole-genome SNP chip have DNA sequences as represented by SEQ ID NO. 1-43,681. The chip can specifically identify the genetic relationship between commercial egg-type chickens and egg-type chickens of local breeds, and can also perform applications such as whole-genome association analysis, genome selective breeding, and QTL location analysis of target traits and population genetic analysis. |
| US12275986B2 |
Biomarkers associated with checkpoint immune therapy and methods of using same
Provided herein are methods for treating cancer in a subject comprising administering an ICB therapy to a subject having cancer, wherein the subject's cancer comprises one or more mutations in two or more genes associated with responsiveness to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). |
| US12275985B2 |
Redox labeled oligonucleotide probes and their use
This invention relates to sequence specific electrochemically-labeled oligonucleotide probes for the detection of nucleic acids and methods associated therewith. |
| US12275983B2 |
Processes for the production of oligonucleotides
Disclosed herein are novel processes for the production of oligonucleotides that are suitable for use in the production of chemically modified oligonucleotides, such as those for use in therapy. |
| US12275982B2 |
Devices, systems and methods to detect viable infectious agents in a fluid sample and susceptibility of infectious agents to anti-infectives
Various devices, systems and methods for detecting infectious agents or determining a susceptibility of an infectious agent to an anti-infective are described herein. One example method comprises introducing a fluid sample to a surface; exposing the surface to a solution; sampling the solution after exposing the solution to the surface; and detecting a change in an electrical characteristic of a sensing device exposed to the solution sampled corresponding to a presence of the infectious agent in the fluid sample. |
| US12275980B2 |
Method for determining the sensitivity of a bacterial strain to a bacteriophage
Method for determining the sensitivity of a bacterial strain of interest to a viral strain of bacteriophages, the method comprising: a) preparing a sample, this comprising bringing bacteria, belonging to the bacterial strain of interest, into contact with bacteriophages, each bacteriophage belonging to the same viral strain, the bacteria being either in a liquid medium, or in an agar medium; b) placing the sample between a light source and an image sensor, the light source emitting a light wave in an emission spectral band comprised between 500 nm and 600 nm; c) illuminating the sample using the light source and acquiring at least one image of the sample, with the image sensor, in the emission spectral band, no image-forming optic being placed between the sample and the image sensor; d) on the basis of the acquired images, determining a sensitivity of the bacterial strain of interest to the viral strain. |
| US12275976B2 |
Phloroglucinol-resistant cell, in particular yeast
The present invention relates to a living cell, preferably a host cell, that is phloroglucinol resistant. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a phloroglucinol-resistant recombinant host cell. The present invention also relates to a method for producing phloroglucinol. |
| US12275974B2 |
Synthetic enzyme complexes for in vitro rubber production
Disclosed herein are recombinant enzymes derived from various rubber-producing plants and the use of those enzymes in the production of natural rubber outside of plant tissues. Systems and methods for the utilization of these enzymes in the production of natural rubber are also provided. |
| US12275955B2 |
Combining iPSC derived effector cell types for immunotherapy use
Provided are methods and compositions for obtaining functionally enhanced derivative effector cells obtained from directed differentiation of genomically engineered iPSCs. The derivative cells provided herein have stable and functional genome editing that delivers improved or enhanced therapeutic effects. Also provided are therapeutic compositions and the use thereof comprising the functionally enhanced derivative effector cells alone, or with antibodies or checkpoint inhibitors or additional cells in combination therapies. |
| US12275951B2 |
Engineered guide RNA and uses thereof
The present disclosure generally relates to systems, methods and compositions for use in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cpf1 genome editing systems. |
| US12275947B2 |
Viable genetically modified sheep with an inactivated alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase (GGTA1) gene
Provided herein is the first viable galactosyltransferase (Gal) knock-out sheep having a deletion or mutation of alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase (GGTA1) gene and methods of making the same. Also provided are methods of screening a biological implant for stimulation of an antibody-mediated inflammatory response to a Gal antigen by implanting the biological implant into a recipient Gal knock-out animal and detecting signs of antibody-mediated inflammatory response in the recipient Gal knock-out animal. Further provided is a method of implanting a biological implant into a human subject by screening a first biological implant for signs of antibody-mediated inflammatory response in a recipient Gal knock-out animal and, upon detecting minimal or no signs of antibody mediated inflammatory response in the recipient Gal knock-out animal, implanting a second biological implant into the human subject, wherein the second biological implant is comparable to the first biological implant. |
| US12275944B2 |
Compositions and methods for genome editing in planta
This disclosure is related to plant-optimized recombinant nucleic acids encoding Cpf1 and their use in planta. Also disclosed are compositions, expression cassettes, and plant cells comprising the recombinant nucleic acids as well as methods and kits for modifying a target sequence in a plant genome using the recombinant nucleic acids. |
| US12275941B2 |
Products and methods for inhibition of expression of dynamin-1 variants
RNA interference-based methods and products for inhibiting the expression of pathogenic dynamin-1 variants are provided. Delivery vehicles such as recombinant adeno-associated viruses deliver DNAs encoding RNAs that inhibit the expression of the dynamin-1 variants. The methods treat, for example, developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. |
| US12275940B2 |
Conjugated antisense compounds and their use
The present disclosure provides half duplex compounds comprising a first oligomeric compound and a second, shorter, oligomeric compound, wherein the first oligomeric compound is complementary to a target nucleic acid and the second oligomeric compound is complementary to the first oligomeric compound. In certain embodiments, the compounds disclosed herein are useful for modulating the expression of extra-hepatic target nucleic acids. |
| US12275938B2 |
Modified RNA agents with reduced off-target effect
One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The antisense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a seed region; the dsRNA comprises at least four 2′-fluoro modifications, and the sense strand of the dsRNA molecule comprises ligand, wherein the ligand is an ASGPR ligand. Other aspects of the invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA molecules suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA molecules, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions. |
| US12275928B2 |
Aseptic cell processing and production with no chemical biocides
A method and apparatus of aseptic processing and production of cells in a non-sterile enclosure apparatus without chemical biocides is disclosed, by controlling the level of humidity throughout the enclosure to 25% relative humidity (RH) or less, and preferably 20% or 15% or less RH. In addition, the temperature is controlled to 37° C., and consistent gas flow is maintained the enclosure. Colony forming units from microbial contamination detected by environmental monitoring within the enclosure are significantly reduced in this method. |
| US12275924B2 |
Method and device for detecting circulating tumor cell
Provided are a method for detecting a free rare tumor cell in a human biological fluid sample and assay kit. Specifically, the method of the invention determines the existence of an active tumor cell in a biological fluid sample of a cancer patient by detecting and confirming the existence of glucose absorption capability of a karyocyte and expression of a leukocyte marker (CD45). |
| US12275922B2 |
Compositions and method for floor cleaning or restoration
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of using the compositions for treating a floor surface. The disclosed compositions clean the floor surface, repair damage, or maintain the original look of the floor. The disclosed compositions also do not provide a permanent finish on the floor, are temporary coatings, or do not significantly change the gloss of the floor after application. |
| US12275921B2 |
Treatment liquid and substrate treatment method
A treatment liquid for a semiconductor device contains water, a removing agent, and a copolymer. The copolymer has a first repeating unit having at least one group selected from a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, a tertiary amino group, and a quaternary ammonium cation, and a second repeating unit different from the first repeating unit. A substrate treatment method using the treatment liquid is also provided. |
| US12275918B2 |
Cleaning compositions for cleaning hard surfaces
The disclosure provides a cleaning composition for cleaning a hard surface, comprising: a) an oil and/or fat, wherein the oil and/or fat is from 1% to 20% by weight based on a total weight of the composition; b) a polyol; c) a surfactant, wherein a weight ratio of the surfactant to the oil and/or fat is equal to or greater than 1:5. The disclosure further relates to a method of preparing the cleaning composition and uses thereof. |
| US12275916B2 |
Odorant secondary alcohols and their compositions
The present invention relates to new classes of odorous alcohols (odorants) derived from 2,3-dimethylbutene which are useful as fragrance or flavor materials in particular in providing natural piney olfactory notes with a complex profile to perfume, aroma or deodorizing/masking compositions. |
| US12275908B2 |
Emulsification method of fuel oil and desulfurizer for sulfur oxide reduction
Proposed is a method of emulsifying fuel oil and a desulfurization agent. The method includes (a) a step of adding a desulfurization agent to fuel oil for line mixing thereof, (b) a step of generating droplets in the resulting mixture of step (a), (c) a step of causing the resulting mixture of step (b) to pass through a magnetic field so that the mixture can be magnetized, (d) a step of subjecting the resulting mixture of step (c) to vortex mixing, and (e) a step of causing collision of the resulting mixture of step (d). The method uses fuel oil as a continuous phase and a water-based desulfurization agent as a disperse phase and emulsifies the desulfurization agent in the fuel oil through water-in-oil (W/o) emulsification so that the desulfurization agent can be stably dispersed in the fuel oil. Since the fuel oil and the desulfurization agent are burned together during combustion, sulfur oxides that may occur during the combustion are removed, whereby sulfur oxide emissions are reduced. |
| US12275907B2 |
Micro-reaction device and method for preparing biodiesel by base catalysis
A micro-reaction device for preparing biodiesel by base catalysis includes a feeding system, a micro-reaction apparatus, and a separation apparatus. The feeding system is in communication with the micro-reaction apparatus, and the micro-reaction apparatus is in communication with the separation apparatus; the micro-reaction apparatus includes a micro-reactor, and the micro-reactor is a micro-dispersion micro-reactor; in the micro-reaction apparatus, an oil phase and short chain alcohols undergo an ester exchange reaction under base catalysis to generate fatty acid esters and by-product glycerol; and the micro-dispersion reactor is provided with a micro-dispersion structure for dispersing the short chain alcohols into micro-droplets. By the solution of the present application, the intrinsic safety of a process is improved, the reaction time is greatly shortened, the resistance to material flow is lower, the system operating pressure is low, and the single-channel treatment capacity is large, which is 10-500 times that of a micro-channel reactor. |
| US12275903B2 |
Fuel compositions from light tight oils and high sulfur fuel oils
Methods are provided to prepare a low sulfur fuel from hydrocarbon sources, such as light tight oil and high sulfur fuel oil, often less desired by conventional refiners, who split crude into a wide range of differing products and may prefer presence of wide ranges (C3 or C5 to C20 or higher) of hydrocarbons. These fuels can be produced by separating feeds into untreated and treated streams, and then recombining them. Such fuels can also be formulated by combinations of light, middle and heavy range constituents in a selected manner as claimed. Not only low in sulfur, the fuels of this invention are also low in nitrogen and essentially metals free. Fuel use applications include on-board large marine transport vessels but also on-shore for large land based combustion gas turbines, boilers, fired heaters and transport vehicles and trains. |
| US12275901B2 |
Recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons
The invention relates to a process for the recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons from a liquid stream comprising aliphatic hydrocarbons, heteroatom containing organic compounds and optionally aromatic hydrocarbons, involving a) contacting said liquid stream with a stream having a pH above 7 and comprising a washing solvent, preceded and/or followed by contacting with a stream having a pH below 7 and comprising a washing solvent; b) liquid-liquid extraction of the washed stream with an extraction solvent. Further, the invention relates to a process for the recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons from plastics comprising the above-mentioned process; and to a process for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feed comprising aliphatic hydrocarbons as recovered in one of the above-mentioned processes. |
| US12275894B2 |
Lignin-based fracturing fluids and related methods
Fracturing or fracking fluids for fracturing a subterranean reservoir for hydrocarbon recovery and related methods are described. The fluid comprises lignin, in particular technical lignin, and at least one strain of bacteria capable of biosurfactant production and/or a biosurfactant produced by at least one such isolated strain of bacteria. Also described is a fracturing method for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation. |
| US12275892B1 |
Process and material for removing hydrogen sulfide from subterranean geological formations during drilling operations
A method of removing hydrogen sulfide from a subterranean geological formation includes injecting a drilling fluid suspension in the subterranean geological formation. The drilling fluid suspension has a pH of 10 or more and includes a layered triple hydroxide material, including manganese, cobalt, and iron, in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 percent by weight of the drilling fluid suspension. The method further includes circulating the drilling fluid suspension in the subterranean geological formation and forming a water-based mud and scavenging the hydrogen sulfide from the subterranean geological formation by reacting the hydrogen sulfide with the layered triple hydroxide material in the water-based mud. |
| US12275886B2 |
Compositions comprising phase change materials and methods of making the same
In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a phase change material, a hydrophobic sorption material, and a viscosity modifier. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a foam and a latent heat storage material dispersed in the foam, the latent heat storage material comprising a phase change material and a hydrophobic sorption material. |
| US12275885B2 |
Doped phase change material and method of preparation thereof
A method includes mixing a dopant salt of at least one of cobalt, nickel, zinc, and scandium with a silicate, in a solvent, to form a first solution. The method includes mixing the first solution with a solvent mixture to form a second solution. The method further includes mixing the second solution with an acid to form an acid solution. The method further includes adding a catalyst and a polymer to the acid solution to form the doped PCM. The doped PCM includes the catalyst, the polymer, at least one of cobalt, nickel, zinc, and scandium, and SiO2. |
| US12275883B2 |
Multifunctional additive compounds
The present disclosure generally relates to a multifunctional additive obtained from the reaction of: (a) an intermediate obtained from the reaction of maleic anhydride and a polyoxyalkylene monoamine; and (b) an amine compound comprising a primary amine group and/or a secondary amine group and its use in a variety of applications, including, but not limited to: as a corrosion inhibitor or friction modifier in aqueous and non-aqueous systems; in fuel deposit control agents; as a dispersant in pigment, asphalt and cement compositions; and as a detergent. |
| US12275874B1 |
Thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer and products thereof
An inventive thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer and adhesive products thereof is provided. In some embodiments, an inventive adhesive product consists essentially of the thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer. In other embodiments, the thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer can be applied to a support member to provide an inventive adhesive product. In still other embodiments, the thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer can be applied to a conventional article to convert the article into an inventive adhesive product. The thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer and products thereof can comprise viscoelastic, adhesive, cohesive and releasability properties. In some embodiments, the thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer and products thereof can comprise cleansability and reusability properties. In further embodiments, the thermoset viscoelastomeric polymer and products thereof can comprise antimicrobial properties. |
| US12275870B2 |
Method for producing a natural formaldehyde-free adhesive for wood panels
A method for producing a natural formaldehyde-free adhesive for wood panels, which improves the crosslinking reactions between the crosslinking agent and the binding agent, comprising reacting a plant protein selected from soy, lupine and legumes, together with a crosslinking agent selected from 100% of an oxidized saccharide or a combination of an oxidized saccharide and an unoxidized or pure saccharide; the method comprises the steps of: an oxidation step of a saccharide; a preparation step of plant protein, in which the plant protein is reacted with a chaotropic agent or alkali or by temperature control or a combination of these conditions; and a mixing step. |
| US12275868B2 |
Surface protection film
The present disclosure provides a surface protective film which is used in a process of fabricating an encapsulation layer for an organic light-emitting diode, and makes it possible to prevent bubbles from being generated in the protective film or the surface smoothness of the protective film from being degraded, due to solvent volatilization from the protective film. Specifically, the present disclosure provides a surface protective film including an adhesive layer provided on one surface of a substrate layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes a cured product of an adhesive composition including: a urethane-based resin having a photoreactive group at the end or side chain thereof; a monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer; a crosslinking agent having two or more photoreactive groups at the end thereof; a photoinitiator; and a photoreactive siloxane additive, the adhesive composition being solvent-free. |
| US12275866B1 |
Biodegradable thermal adhesive coating composition and method of preparation thereof
The present disclosure relates to a biodegradable thermal adhesive coating composition and a method of preparation thereof, and more specifically, it relates to a biodegradable thermal adhesive coating composition, which is biodegradable in order to be environment-friendly, excellent in its adhesion to substrates of various materials, such as paper, plastic, etc., water-resistant, stable in the viscosity change, and suitable for a production process using thermal adhesion, and a method of preparation thereof. |
| US12275865B2 |
Water activated adhesive mixture
Described is an adhesive coating that can be applied, for example, to a surface of the insulation product. The adhesive coating includes between about 15-40% by weight of the adhesive coating of at least one of polystyrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) and polyacrylic acid (PAA), between about 15 and 50% by weight of the adhesive coating of a polyvinyl alcohol, between about 0.05% and 1.0% by weight of a homogenizer, and between about 20 and 40% by weight of the adhesive coating of a starch paste. The adhesive is activated with the application of liquid water. |
| US12275864B2 |
Self-releasing, pigmented in-mold-coating (IMC) for coating substrates
Described herein is a pigmented composition which is suitable for coating components in an in-mold coating process, a process for coating components, and a method of using the composition for improving the flow behavior of compositions used for producing components. The composition includes at least one solvent L, at least one alkoxylated fatty acid and/or fatty alcohol, at least one alkoxylated polysiloxane, and at least one color base BF. |
| US12275858B2 |
Self-lubricating coating composition
The invention pertains to compositions comprising at least one polymer or precursors thereof, at least one liquid medium and a plurality of microcapsules having a cross-linked polymeric shell and a core containing at least one (per)fuoropolyether compound comprising a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene chain being a sequence of recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety. |
| US12275855B2 |
Printing method, printing device, printed matter, and set of processing fluid and ink
A printing method contains applying a processing fluid to a fabric and applying an ink to the fabric to which the processing fluid has been applied, wherein the ink contains a pigment, a resin having a cross-linkable functional group, a pH regulator, and at least one member selected from a block isocyanate compound, a carbodiimide compound, and a polymer having an oxazoline group. |
| US12275843B2 |
Liquid crystal polyester resin composition and molded object
A liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes resin pellets including a first liquid crystal polyester resin and a fibrous filler, a second liquid crystal polyester resin, and a metal salt of higher fatty acid, in which the second liquid crystal polyester resin has a lower flow starting temperature than the resin pellets, flow starting temperatures of the resin pellets and the second liquid crystal polyester resin are both 250° C. or higher, and a difference in the flow starting temperatures between the resin pellets and the second liquid crystal polyester resin is more than 10° C. |
| US12275838B2 |
Sheet molding compound and fiber-reinforced composite material
A sheet molding compound which is a thickened material of an epoxy resin composition, including a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), in which the component (A) is an epoxy resin staying at a liquid state at 25° C., the component (B) is an acid anhydride, the component (C) is an epoxy resin curing agent, and in the thickened material, at least some of epoxy groups of the component (A) and at least some of carboxy groups derived from the component (B) form ester. |
| US12275831B2 |
Method for producing polypropylene-based resin expanded beads and polypropylene-based resin expanded beads
A method for producing polypropylene-based resin expanded beads includes dispersion, blowing agent impregnation, and foaming steps. Beads used in the dispersion step include a core layer having a polypropylene-based resin as a base material resin, and a fusion-bonding layer covering core layer; the beads fusion-bonding layer includes carbon black and a NOR-type hindered amine; a carbon black blending ratio is adjusted to 0.5 wt % or more and 5 wt % or less; and an amine blending ratio of the beads is adjusted to 0.03 wt % or more and 0.5 wt % or less; the polypropylene-based resin expanded beads have a surface on which a fusion-bonding layer is located; the fusion-bonding layer includes the carbon black and hindered amine; a carbon black blending ratio is 0.5 wt % or more and 5 wt % or less; and a blending ratio of the hindered amine is 0.03 wt % or more and 0.5 wt % or less. |
| US12275830B2 |
Sustained-release antibacterial film and preparation method thereof
A method for preparing a sustained-release antibacterial film includes: (1) mixing a cyclodextrin metal-organic framework (CD-MOF) material with a silver nitrate short-chain alcohol solution to prepare an intermediate material A; (2) mixing the intermediate material A with a caffeic acid short-chain alcohol solution to prepare an intermediate material B; (3) dispersing the intermediate material B in a solvent, adding a polydimethylsiloxane main agent and a PDMS auxiliary agent in sequence, and mixing well by stirring to obtain a casting solution; and (4) coating the casting solution on a film support material, conducting vacuum drying, and peeling off a film from the film support material to obtain the sustained-release antibacterial film. A mixed matrix-based film material in which the CD-MOF and the PDMS are physically blended is prepared based on CD-MOF and PDMS for the first time, and may be used in application researches of food, environment and other fields. |
| US12275828B2 |
Polyamide-based film, preparation method thereof, cover window and display device comprising the same
The embodiments relate to a polyamide-based film that is excellent in optical properties and mechanical properties, to a process for preparing the same, and to a cover window and a display device comprising the same. There are provided a polyamide-based film, which comprises a polyamide-based polymer and has a plasticity characteristic value represented by the following equation of 18.45 to 19.97%, a process for preparing the same, and a cover window and a display device comprising the same: Plasticity characteristic value (%)=(100−nIT)/(HIT/HM). In this equation, nIT, HIT, and HM are measured according to the ISO 14577 standard with a nanoindenter, nIT is the elasticity (%), HIT is the indentation hardness (N/mm2), and HM is the composite hardness (N/mm2). |
| US12275818B2 |
Steam-resistant transparent polyamides
A transparent polyamide moulding with high resistance to steam, containing at least one copolyamide with polyamide units AB/AC/D, wherein: (A) is selected as a cycloaliphatic diamine from the group: MACM and PACM; (B) is selected as an aromatic dicarboxylic acid from the group: isophthalic acid (I), naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, and terephthalic acid (T); (C) is selected as an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid from the group: decanedioic acid, undecanedioic acid, dodecanedioic acid, tridecanedioic acid, tetradecanedioic acid, pentadecanedioic acid, hexadecanedioic acid; and (D) is selected as at least one lactam or α,ω-aminocarboxylic acid from the group: laurolactam, undecanolactam, 12-aminododecanoic acid, and 11-aminoundecanoic acid, wherein: the proportions of polyamide units AB are from 30 to 45 mol %, the proportions of polyamide units AC are from 30 to 40 mol %, and the proportions of polyamide units D are from 20 to 32 mol %, and wherein the sum total of polyamide units AB, AC and D is 100 mol %. |
| US12275812B2 |
Olefin resin, crosslinked product thereof, and production methods thereof
The present invention relates to an olefin resin including a copolymer of an olefin macromonomer with a non-conjugated diene. |
| US12275809B2 |
Dual metallocene polyethylene with improved processability for lightweight blow molded products
Ethylene-based polymers having a density of 0.952 to 0.968 g/cm3, a ratio of HLMI/MI from 185 to 550, an IB parameter from 1.46 to 1.80, a tan δ at 0.1 sec−1 from 1.05 to 1.75 degrees, and a slope of a plot of viscosity versus shear rate at 100 sec−1 from 0.18 to 0.28 are described, with low melt flow versions having a HLMI from 10 to 30 g/10 min and a Mw from 250,000 to 450,000 g/mol, and high melt flow versions having a HLMI from 30 to 55 g/10 min and a Mw from 200,000 to 300,000 g/mol. These polymers have the processability of chromium-based resins, but with improved stress crack resistance and topload strength for bottles and other blow molded products. |
| US12275804B2 |
Melt-processed material with high cellulose fiber content
The present invention relates to a product comprising cellulose fibers wherein the cellulose fibers are at least partly modified to contain dialcohol cellulose and a melt-processing method of preparing the same. |
| US12275801B2 |
Isolation of adult multipotential cells by tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase
The present invention relates to the use of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (TNAP) as a marker for identifying and/or isolating adult multipotential cells. The present invention also relates to cell populations enriched by methods of the present invention and therapeutic uses of these cells. |
| US12275800B2 |
Anti-coagulation factor XI antibodies
Antibodies that bind the apple 3 domain of human coagulation Factor XI and inhibit activation of FXI by coagulation factor XIIa as well as activation of FIX by FXIa are described. |
| US12275798B2 |
Tri-specific binding molecules
The present invention relates to novel tri-specific binding molecules. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such binding molecules; to methods for preparing such binding molecules; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such binding molecules; to compositions comprising such binding molecules; and to uses of such binding molecules or such compositions, in particular for therapeutic purposes in the field of cancer diseases. |
| US12275795B2 |
Binding molecules against BCMA and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides BCMA binding molecules that specifically bind to human BCMA, conjugates comprising the BCMA binding molecules, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the BCMA binding molecules and the conjugates. The disclosure further provides methods of using the BCMA binding molecules to treat cancers that express cell surface BCMA. The disclosure yet further provides recombinant host cells engineered to express the BCMA binding molecules and methods of producing the BCMA binding molecules by culturing the host cells under conditions in which the BCMA binding molecules are expressed. |
| US12275794B2 |
Bispecific antigen binding molecules comprising anti-FAP clone 212
The invention relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules, comprising (a) at least one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) comprising FAP clone 212 or variants thereof, and (b) at least one antigen binding domain capable of specific binding to CD40, and to methods of producing these molecules and to methods of using the same. |
| US12275792B2 |
Antigen-binding proteins that activate the leptin receptor
The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind to leptin receptor (LEPR), and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind LEPR and activate LEPR signaling. In other embodiments, the invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind to LEPR and enhance sensitization of LEPR to an antigen. In certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that bind LEPR in the presence and absence of leptin. In certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of antibodies that induce signaling in cells expressing LEPR mutants that otherwise exhibit defective or impaired signaling in the presence of leptin. The antibodies and antigen-binding fragments of the present invention are useful for the treatment of lipodystrophies and other diseases and disorders associated with or caused by leptin deficiency or leptin resistance. |
| US12275790B2 |
Humanized anti-PD-1 antibody and the use thereof
The present disclosure provides a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody against programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, which can be used in tumor or cancer immunotherapy. The disclosure also provides nucleic acid sequences encoding said antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, vectors containing said nucleic acid sequences, pharmaceutical compositions and kits. |
| US12275787B2 |
Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), compositions and methods thereof
The present disclosure provides chimeric antigen receptors, compostions, and methods thereof. In one embodiment the present disclosure provides a method of treating autoimmune diseases, asthma, and preventing or mediating organ rejection in a subject. |
| US12275784B2 |
Engineered anti-IL-2 antibodies
Described herein are engineered anti-IL-2 antibodies with modified amino acid sequences. The engineered antibodies would confer modified receptor binding specificity to an IL-2-anti-IL2 antibody complex, inhibiting the binding of IL-2 to CD25. The engineered anti-IL-2 antibodies would facilitate expansion of subsets of effector immune cells and decrease undesirable effects caused by IL-2. Thus, the engineered anti-IL-2 antibodies would be useful in treating disease such as cancer and infection. |
| US12275782B2 |
Means and methods for the determination of the biological activity of neurotoxin polypeptides in cells
The invention pertains to a method for directly determining the biological activity of a Neurotoxin polypeptide in cells, comprising the steps of: a) incubating cells susceptible to Neurotoxin intoxication with a Neurotoxin polypeptide for a time and under conditions which allow for the Neurotoxin polypeptide to exert its biological activity; b) fixing the cells and, optionally, permeabilizing the cells with a detergent; c) contacting the cells with at least a first capture antibody specifically binding to the non-cleaved and Neurotoxin-cleaved substrate and with at least a second capture antibody specifically binding to the cleavage site of the Neurotoxin-cleaved substrate, under conditions which allow for binding of the capture antibodies to the substrates; d) contacting the cells with at least a first detection antibody specifically binding to the first capture antibody, under conditions which allow for binding of the first detection antibody to the first capture antibody, thus forming first detection complexes, and at least a second detection antibody specifically binding to the second capture antibody, under conditions which allow for binding of the second detection antibody to the second capture antibody, thus forming second detection complexes; e) determining the amount of the first and second detection complexes of step d), and f) calculating the amount of substrate cleaved by the Neurotoxin polypeptide in the cells by means of the second detection complexes, thereby determining the biological activity of the Neurotoxin polypeptide in the cells. The invention further provides for a kit for carrying out the method of the invention. |
| US12275778B2 |
Anti-troponin T antibodies
The present invention relates to improved variant monoclonal antibodies binding to cardiac troponin T and having a better KD than the monoclonal antibody 12.1A11.11-7, produced by hybridoma clone 7.1 A 12.2-22 (ECACC 89060901) as deposited with European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures, GB. |
| US12275777B2 |
Process for obtaining antibodies
The present disclosure relates to a method for the manufacture of recombinant antibody molecules comprising culturing a host cell sample transformed with an expression vector encoding a recombinant antibody molecule; adding an extraction buffer to the sample; and subjecting the sample to a heat treatment step; wherein the pH of the sample is detected after addition of the extraction buffer, and optionally adjusted, to ensure that the pH of the sample is 6 to 9 prior to the heat treatment step. |
| US12275774B2 |
Fc binding proteins with cysteine in the C-terminal helical region
The present invention relates to Fc binding proteins comprising one or more domains with Cysteine in the C-terminal helical region. The invention further relates to affinity matrices comprising the Fc binding proteins of the invention. The invention also relates to a use of these Fc binding proteins or affinity matrices for affinity purification of immunoglobulins and to methods of affinity purification using the Fc binding proteins of the invention. |
| US12275768B2 |
In immunotherapy against lung cancer, including NSCLC, SCLC and other cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US12275767B2 |
Chemigenetic calcium indicators
A chemigenetic calcium indicator and a method of measuring calcium are provided. The chemigenetic calcium indicator includes a calcium-binding protein domain attached to a ligand binding protein domain. The method of measuring calcium includes administering a chemigenetic calcium indicator to a subject and determining changes in fluorescence, the chemigenetic calcium indicator including a ligand binding protein domain having a calcium-binding protein domain and a dye-ligand conjugate attached thereto. |
| US12275766B2 |
Neoantigen peptide mimics
Disclosed herein are polypeptide fragments and polynucleotides based on mutant capicua transcriptional repressor (CIC), catenin beta 1 (CTNNB1), v-erb-b2 erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog B (ERBB2), kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS), phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA), phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), splicing factor 3b subunit 1 (SF3B1), SRY-box transcription factor 17 (SOX17), tumor protein 53 (TP53), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) sequences, vectors, host cells, viruses, methods for generating CD8+ T-cells, and methods of treatment. Also disclosed herein are T-cell receptors (TCRs), polynucleotides, vectors and cells comprising the TCRs, and methods of treatment. |
| US12275763B2 |
RamA transcription factor mutant for promoting production of N-acetylglucosamine and use thereof
The present invention discloses a RamA transcription factor mutant for promoting the production of N-acetylglucosamine and use thereof. The mutant is obtained by mutating lysine at position 90 to asparagine and serine at position 92 to lysine in a parent having an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention provides a genetically engineered strain that overexpresses the RamA transcription factor mutant and increases the production of N-acetylglucosamine. By overexpressing the transcription factor RamA that is involved in the regulation of carbon metabolism, the extracellular accumulation of N-acetylglucosamine is increased, with a maximum concentration reaching 31.5 g/L, which lays a foundation for further metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum to produce glucosamine. The method for constructing recombinant Corynebacterium glutamicum of the invention is simple, and convenient in use, and thus has good application prospects. |
| US12275762B2 |
Polypeptide and its use in affinity purification
The present invention relates to an affinity purification system that utilises a polypeptide comprising: (i) an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein X at position 79 is selected from alanine, glycine, serine, asparagine, or threonine; (ii) a portion of (i) comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein X at position 56 is selected from alanine, glycine, serine, asparagine or threonine; (iii) an amino acid sequence with at least 80% sequence identity to a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises alanine, glycine, serine, asparagine or threonine at a position equivalent to position 79 of SEQ ID NO: 1; or (iv) a portion of (iii) comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 80% sequence identity to a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the polypeptide comprises alanine, glycine, serine, asparagine or threonine at a position equivalent to position 56 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the polypeptide binds selectively and reversibly to a peptide comprising an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, 4 or 5. |
| US12275760B2 |
Amino acid-specific binder and selectively identifying an amino acid
An amino acid-specific binder selectively binds to a binding amino acid. A binder complex selectively identifies the binding amino acid and includes an adjunct attached to the amino acid-specific binder. The adjunct includes a taggant, protein, substrate, or chemical modifier. Selectively identifying an N-terminal amino acid includes anchoring a C-terminal end; contacting an N-terminal amino acid of the anchored analyte with the binder complex; selectively binding when the N-terminal amino acid includes the binding amino acid; producing, by the taggant of the tagged complex, a taggant signal; detecting the taggant signal; and identifying the N-terminal amino acid based on the taggant signal. |
| US12275755B2 |
All-trans polyene amphoteric macrolide
The present invention is directed to a process for purifying natamycin, to an all-trans polyene amphoteric macrolide, to a composition comprising said polyene amphoteric macrolide and to a process for preparing said polyene amphoteric macrolide. |
| US12275753B2 |
Glycosylation method involving trivalent iodine reagent
A glycosylation method involving a trivalent iodine reagent, wherein a glycosyl donor (I) is activated in the presence of a trivalent iodine reagent and a transition metal catalyst, and then reacts with a acceptor (II) under acid catalysis or directly to obtain a glycosylation product (III); in the glycosyl donor (I), Gly is a glycosyl group in which one or more hydroxyl groups on the sugar ring are protected by a protecting group; X is an oxygen, sulfur, or selenium atom; R is an alkyl group or an aryl group; the acceptor (II) is a nucleophile selected from sugars, alcohols, phenols, flavonoids, carboxylic acids, phosphates, pyrimidines, purines, amides, sulfonamides, guanidines, arylamines, indoles, enol silyl ethers, thiols, or thiophenol containing one or more free hydroxyl groups. |
| US12275751B2 |
Organometallic complex, olefin polymerization catalyst system and polymerization process
Organometallic complexes are described which are useful as pre-polymerization catalysts which may form part of olefin polymerization catalyst systems. The catalyst systems find use in the polymerization of ethylene, optionally with one or more C3-12 alpha-olefin comonomers. The organometallic complexes are broadly represented by formula I: wherein L is a bridging group containing a contiguous chain of atoms connecting P with Cy, wherein the contiguous chain contains 2 or 3 atoms and wherein Cy is a cyclopentadienyl-type ligand. The olefin polymerization catalyst system is effective at polymerizing ethylene with alpha-olefins in a solution phase polymerization process at high temperatures and produces ethylene copolymers with high molecular weight and high degrees of alpha-olefin incorporation. Pre-metallation compounds, metallation processes and synthetic methods to make the organometallic complexes as well as polymerization processes are also described. |
| US12275748B2 |
Amidinate compound, dimer compound thereof, thin-film forming raw material, and method of producing thin film
The present invention provides an amidinate compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a dimer compound thereof, and a method of producing a thin-film including using the compound as a raw material: where R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, M represents a metal atom or a silicon atom, and “n” represents the valence of the atom represented by M, provided that at least one hydrogen atom of R1 to R3 is substituted with a fluorine atom. |
| US12275747B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Provided are organometallic compounds having a structure of Formula I: Also provided are formulations comprising these organometallic compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these organometallic compounds. |
| US12275740B2 |
Method of inhibiting kinase by camsylate salts of triazolopyrazine derivatives
Disclosed are a salt (camsylate salt) of D(+)-10-camphorsulfonic acid and a triazolopyrazine derivative of formula (1), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of making the salt, and therapeutic use thereof: |
| US12275737B2 |
Polymorphs of a kinase inhibitor, pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound, preparation methods, and applications
The invention relates to new crystal forms of compound (trans)-4-((2-cyclopropylethyl)amino)-5-(4-((4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)methyl)phenyl)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl) cyclohexanol trihydrochloride, its hydrate, or solvate, as shown in Formula I. The invention also relates to methods for preparation of the described compound, crystal form, and related intermediate compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. Further described is, the use of the compounds or crystal forms in the production of a medicament for the treatment of a disease, symptom, or condition, or the use in treatment of a disease, symptom or condition. |
| US12275735B2 |
Ergoline analogues
This invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable ergoline analogues and salts thereof. In particular, though not exclusively, the invention relates to formulations and uses of the same as a medicament. |
| US12275734B1 |
Pleuromutilin onium salt derivative containing a 3H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine side chain, and a preparation method and application thereof
A compound of formula I, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvent compound, an enantiomer, a diastereomer or a tautomer of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is disclosed. The 3H-imidazo[4,5-C]pyridine pleuromutilin onium salt derivatives exhibit good water solubility and excellent activity against resistant mycoplasma, in vivo and in vitro antibacterial activity, and are of great value in the development of anti-resistant bacteria drugs and have good medical application prospects. |
| US12275733B2 |
Substituted pyrido[3,4-b]indoles for the treatment of cartilage disorders
The present invention relates to 8-aryl-substituted and 8-heteroaryl-substituted 9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles of the formula (I), in which A, E, G, R1 to R6 and R10 are as defined in the claims, which stimulate chondrogenesis and cartilage matrix synthesis and can be used in the treatment of cartilage disorders and conditions in which a regeneration of damaged cartilage is desired, for example joint diseases such as osteoarthritis. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the synthesis of the compounds of the formula (I), their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |
| US12275731B2 |
Azaindole inhibitors of wild-type and mutant forms of LRRK2
Disclosed are compounds that possess inhibitory activity against LRRK2. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and methods of using the compounds to treat diseases and disorders including neurodegenerative diseases and disorders such as Parkinson's disease, and brain cancer (e.g., gliomas and glioblastomas). |
| US12275723B2 |
Compounds and uses thereof
The present invention features compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders. The compounds of the invention, alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active agents, can be used for treating or preventing neurological disorders. |
| US12275722B2 |
Process of reworking a crystalline form of a glycine transport inhibitor
The invention describes a process for reworking of a crystallization product comprising drying and homogenization. The crystallization product is crystalline [5-(methylsulfonyl)-2-{[(2R)-1,1,1-trifluoropropan-2-yl]oxy}phenyl]{(1R,5R)-1-[5-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-oxazol-3-yl]-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-yl}methanone. The product is dried in a tray dryer or in a pan dryer and subsequently homogenized. |
| US12275719B2 |
Small molecule inhibitors of galectin-3
The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I), which inhibit Gal-3, and include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods using and making such compounds and compositions. |
| US12275718B2 |
Small molecule inhibitors of galectin-3
The present disclosure relates to compounds of formula I, which inhibit Gal-3, and include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, compositions comprising such compounds, and methods using and making such compounds and compositions. |
| US12275707B2 |
Modulators of mas-related g-protein receptor X2 and related products and methods
Methods are provided for modulating MRGPR X2 generally, or for treating a MRGPR X2 or a MRGPR X2 ortholog dependent condition, more specifically, by contacting the MRGPR X2 or the MRGPR X2 ortholog by administering to a subject in need thereof, respectively, an effective amount of a compound having structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isomer, hydrate, solvate or isotope thereof, wherein W, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and Rx are as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, as well as the compounds themselves, are also provided. |
| US12275703B2 |
Highly purified batches of pharmaceutical grade migalastat and methods of producing the same
Provided are methods of producing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) grade migalastat hydrochloride, and for purifying intermediate grade migalastat hydrochloride. Further provided are methods of producing [(2R,3S,4R,5S)-1-butyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-3,4,5-triol hydrochloride (lucerastat hydrochloride) and other 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin compounds, as well as methods of purifying intermediate grade lucerastat hydrochloride and other 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin compounds. |
| US12275698B2 |
Method of preparing diester-based material
A diester-based material can be prepared continuously including a reaction part in which a total of n reaction units from a first reaction unit to an nth reaction unit are connected in series, the reaction unit including a reactor which esterifies dicarboxylic acid and alcohol, includes: esterifying dicarboxylic acid and alcohol in a reactor of the first reaction unit to produce a reaction product, and supplying a lower discharge stream including the reaction product to a reaction unit at a rear end, wherein an operating pressure of the reactor of the first reaction unit is 0.4 kg/cm2G to 5.5 kg/cm2G, an operating pressure is reduced from a reactor of any one reaction unit of reaction units from a second reaction unit to the nth reaction unit, and an operating temperature is increased from the reactor of the first reaction unit to the reactor of the nth reaction unit. |
| US12275696B2 |
Process for preparing tapinarof
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of 3, 5-Dihydroxy-4-isopropyl-trans-stilbene or a salt or solvate thereof and novel intermediates used therein. In some embodiments the 3, 5-Dihydroxy-4-isopropyl-trans-stilbene is prepared from (E)-2-chloro-2-isopropyl-5-styrylcyclohexane-1,3-dione. Also disclosed are crystal forms of 3, 5-Dihydroxy-4-isopropyl-trans-stilbene or a salt or solvate thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. |
| US12275694B2 |
Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of [2-(3-fluoro-5-methane-sulfonylphenoxy)ethyl](propyl)amine and uses thereof
There is disclosed a salt of Formula III, a method for manufacturing thereof as well as uses thereof. (Formula III), wherein X is H or OH, Y is H or a cation selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K, is a single bond or a double bond, and n is 0.5 or 1. |
| US12275689B2 |
Method for the recycling of polyurethane material waste for producing chemical feedstock for the production of isocyanates and polyurethanes
The invention relates to a method for recycling polyurethane material waste (18a) for producing chemical feedstock for the production of isocyanates (10a) and then polyurethanes (16a), in which method, proceeding from polyurethane material waste (18a), carbon dioxide (1a) and hydrocarbons (1c) are generated by pyrolysis (1), the carbon dioxide (1a; 4a) is converted by electrolysis (5) into carbon monoxide (7b) and hydrogen (7a), as appropriate, the carbon monoxide (7b; 7c) obtained is converted via phosgene to isocyanate (10a) and the isocyanate (10a) can be further processed into new polyurethane material (16a). |
| US12275688B2 |
Crystalline solids of MEK inhibitor N-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to: a) crystalline forms of N—((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide; b) pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more crystalline forms of N—((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide, and, optionally, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers; c) methods of treating a tumor a cancer, or a Rasopathy disorder by administering one or more crystalline forms of N—((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide to a subject in need thereof; and methods of producing essentially pure Form IV of N—((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)-3,4-difluoro-2-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-benzamide. |
| US12275681B2 |
Olefin compound production method
Provided is a method for producing an olefin compound using reaction with a base, whereby a target product with a higher purity than the prior art can be obtained. Specifically, provided is a method for producing an olefin compound by reacting a phosphorus-containing olefin compound salt with a base to obtain a dephosphorized and hydrogenated olefin compound, wherein the temperature of the reaction is 50° C. or less. |
| US12275675B1 |
Combustion gas bleeding probe and method for operating same
A combustion gas bleeding probe includes a gas pipe for bleeding a part of a combustion gas from a kiln, and a plurality of discharge ports each of which is provided penetrating through the gas pipe and each of which discharges a low-temperature gas in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction of flow of a bleed gas bled by the gas pipe and that is directed toward a center of the flow of the bleed gas. The discharge ports discharge the low temperature gas such that a ratio of a momentum of the low-temperature gas per discharge port to a momentum of the bleed gas satisfies 1.2 to 4.0, and a value (m-1) obtained by dividing a ratio of a wind speed of the low-temperature gas to a wind speed of the bleed gas by an inner diameter of the gas pipe satisfies 1.5 to 3.5. |
| US12275671B2 |
Glass compositions with improved chemical and mechanical durability
The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In embodiments, the glass composition may include 74-78 mol. % SiO2; X mol. % Al2O3, wherein X is 5-7; alkaline earth oxide comprising MgO and CaO, wherein: CaO is 0.1-1.0 mol. %; MgO is 4-7 mol. %; and a ratio (CaO (mol. %)/(CaO (mol. %)+MgO (mol. %)) is less than or equal to 0.5. The glass composition may further include Y mol. % alkali oxide, wherein the alkali oxide comprises 9-13 mol. % Na2O and less than or equal to 0.4 mol. % of a fining agent. The glass composition may be free of boron and compounds of boron. |
| US12275670B2 |
Method for joining transparent substrates
A method of bonding transparent substrates is provided, comprising: preparing a pair of transparent substrates; forming a thin film of aluminum oxide by a sputtering method, on a bonding surface of the transparent substrates; contacting the aluminum oxide thin films in the air to bond the pair of transparent substrates; and heating the bonded pair of transparent substrates. |
| US12275655B1 |
Metal oxide-based nanocomposite material for water decontamination
A method of water decontamination includes contacting a MoO3@Al2O3—MgO nanocomposite material with an aqueous solution to form a reaction mixture. The aqueous solution includes one or more contaminants. The method further includes mixing the reaction mixture and collecting a filtrate. The filtrate has fewer of the one or more contaminants than the aqueous solution. The MoO3 content of the MoO3@Al2O3—MgO nanocomposite material ranges from 1 wt. % to 20 wt. % of the total weight of the MoO3@Al2O3—MgO nanocomposite material. The MoO3@Al2O3—MgO nanocomposite material has a surface area of greater than or equal to 50 m2/g. |
| US12275653B2 |
System for monitoring hydroxyl radical scavenging index in water using real-time multi-fluorescence analyzer and parallel factor analysis apparatus, and method therefor
Provided are a system for monitoring a hydroxyl radical scavenging index in water using a real-time multi-fluorescence analyzer and a parallel factor analysis apparatus and a method therefor, wherein the system monitors the hydroxyl radical scavenging index in water using the real-time multi-fluorescence analyzer and the parallel factor analysis apparatus, whereby it is possible to monitor the characteristics of an organic material in target water through a continuous flow analysis method without using an existing indicator material, rhodamine B. In addition, in a water treatment system having an advanced oxidation process (AOP) applied thereto in which ozone, ultraviolet rays, hydrogen peroxide, and the like are combined, it is possible to simply calculate the hydroxyl radical scavenging index in the target water through an organic material characteristic index for each component obtained by classifying the characteristic structure of the organic material in water using real-time fluorescence analysis by means of a parallel factor (PARAFAC) model. Accordingly, the amount of chemical injection and the amount of ultraviolet irradiation, which are process control variables, can be controlled, and under given operating variable conditions, the removal rate of a target material in water is predicted, whereby the system can also be used as a diagnostic tool for process evaluation in the advanced oxidation process. Furthermore, the system can provide operational convenience that enables process control while reducing the amount of power consumed in the advanced oxidation process even though the type of target material and the water quality characteristics of raw water change. |
| US12275651B1 |
Method of forming zinc oxide/borate nanocomposite
A method of forming a zinc oxide/borate nanocomposite that includes mixing a borate solution including boric acid in a polar solvent, and a zinc solution including a zinc carboxylate complex including a zinc ion and a coordinated carboxylate ligand to form a precursor mixture. Further, a polyol is added to the precursor mixture to form a reaction mixture, followed by heating the reaction mixture to 100 to 150° C. to form a solid intermediate product and calcination the solid intermediate product at 500 to 800° C. to form the zinc oxide/borate nanocomposite. The nanocomposite includes Zn3(BO3)2 and ZnO. |
| US12275650B2 |
Processes for preparing hydroxides and oxides of various metals and derivatives thereof
There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen from manganese, lithium, copper, magnesium and aluminum, the process comprising: reacting a metal sulfate comprising (i) and optionally (ii) with lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide and optionally a chelating agent to obtain a solid comprising the metal hydroxide and a liquid comprising lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate; separating the liquid and the solid from one another to obtain the metal hydroxide; submitting the liquid to an electromembrane process for converting the lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate and/or potassium sulfate into lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide respectively; reusing the sodium hydroxide for reacting with the metal sulfate; and reusing the lithium hydroxide for reacting with the metal sulfate and/or with the metal hydroxide. |
| US12275647B2 |
Composite including lithium-vanadium oxide and carbon nanotubes, method for producing the same and energy storage device including the same
The present invention may provide a nano-sized composite having excellent electrical conductivity and specific surface area. The present invention may provide a method of producing the above-described composite through a simple process without an ultracentrifugation process or a flash annealing step. The present invention may provide an energy storage device having high power performance and having excellent specific capacity characteristics not only at low current density but also at high current density. |
| US12275646B1 |
Negative thermal expansion material, method for producing the same, and composite material
An object of the present invention is to provide a negative thermal expansion material having better negative thermal expansion characteristics. The present invention is a negative thermal expansion material, comprising a copper vanadium composite oxide dissolving Li atoms and represented by the following general formula (1):(CuxMy)(VaPb)Ot. In the general formula (1), M represents a metallic element with an atomic number of 11 or more other than Cu and V, 1.60≤x≤2.40, 0.00≤y≤0.40, 1.60≤a≤2.40, 0.00≤b≤0.40, 5.00≤t≤9.00, 1.60≤x+y≤2.40, and 1.60≤a+b≤2.40. |
| US12275645B2 |
Method for preparing lithium carbonate from lithium sulfate
The present invention relates to a method for producing lithium carbonate by mixing lithium sulfate with a carbon material and heat-treating same in a carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide atmosphere. |
| US12275644B2 |
Lithium carbonate production process and apparatus
A method of forming lithium carbonate from a lithium-bearing solution including:evaporating the lithium-bearing solution to precipitate a first group of impurities;removing the first group of impurities to form a first purified solution; andperforming a flash crystallisation step within a predetermined temperature range to crystallise a second group of impurities from the first purified solution;removing the second group of impurities from the first solution to form a second purified solution, wherein at least 90 wt % of lithium is recovered from the first purified solution; andreacting the second purified solution with a metal carbonate to form lithium carbonate of at least 90 wt % purity. |
| US12275635B2 |
System and method for fast mode change of a digital microphone using digital cross-talk compensation
A circuit includes a cross-talk compensation component including a power profile reconstruction component for reconstructing the power profile of a digital microphone coupled to a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device, wherein the power profile represents power consumption of the digital microphone over time between at least two operational modes of the digital microphone, and a reconstruction filter for modeling thermal and/or acoustic properties of the digital microphone; and a subtractor having a first input for receiving a signal from the digital microphone, a second input coupled to the cross-talk compensation component, and an output for providing a digital output signal. |
| US12275634B2 |
Resonant sensor using MEMS resonator, and detection method by resonant sensor
A temperature sensor is a temperature sensor using a MEMS resonator, and includes: a MEMS resonator; a sweeper that sweeps a frequency of an excitation signal for a vibrator of the MEMS resonator in a predetermined sweep direction, and outputs the excitation signal swept to the MEMS resonator; a discontinuity point detector that obtains a vibration state information signal, which is a characteristic quantity expressing a vibration state of the vibrator based on the excitation signal, from the MEMS resonator, and detects a detection value that is (i) a frequency of the excitation signal when the vibration state information signal obtained changes discontinuously or (ii) a time corresponding to the frequency; and a converter that determines a physical quantity acting on the MEMS resonator based on the detection value detected. |
| US12275629B2 |
Fluid material dispensing apparatus capable of flexibly adjusting temperature of water to be dispensed
A fluid material dispensing apparatus includes: a target nozzle for dispensing water to a target container; a water drainage port; a temperature adjustment device for adjusting a temperature of received water to produce a temperature-adjusted water; a flow direction control device coupled with target nozzle, the temperature adjustment device, and the water drainage port; and a control circuit. When the control circuit determines that a temperature of the temperature-adjusted water reaches a predetermined temperature, the control circuit controls the flow direction control device to guide the temperature-adjusted water to flow toward the target nozzle through the first output terminal, so that the target nozzle dispenses the temperature-adjusted water into the target container. |
| US12275627B2 |
Filling valve group for a filling machine
A filling valve group for a filling machine, comprising a supply duct for delivering a liquid into a container, an air return tube, and a shutter provided with a narrowing portion fixed to the supply duct and an enlarged portion fixed to the air return tube. In addition, the filling valve group comprises a centering body, which is placed at the outlet section of the supply duct to abuttingly receive the mouth of the container, and is removably fixed to a lower portion of the filling valve group by a first quick coupling. The filling valve group further comprises a fixed assembly, which forms an upper section of the supply duct, and a removable tube, which forms a lower section of the supply duct, carries fixed thereto the narrowing portion of the shutter and is removably fixed to the fixed assembly by a second quick coupling. |
| US12275626B2 |
Self-actuating mechanically-biased container restraint
A system and method for a self-actuating, mechanically-biased container restraint. The system requires no computer-aided control or timing, nor is any external power source needed, other than the force exerted as a container is inserted into the restraint. The system relies upon an assembly including mechanically-biased pivoting levers, each of which has a horizontal element and a vertical element. All actuation occurs as the base of an inserted container comes into contact with the upper surface of the horizontal elements of multiple pivoted levers positioned at the base of a channel adapted to serve as a guide for the inserted tube. The levers are biased in this elevated position by mechanical means, such as a spring. As the inserted tube presses the horizontal members downward, the top portions of the vertical members are pivoted inward toward the container's exterior. Friction pads situated upon the interior surface of each vertical element are brought into contact with the exterior of the container, thereby gripping it. This gripping action holds the container with sufficient friction to permit the removal or attachment of a screw cap. Further embodiments of the invention include a mechanically biased platform supporting the channel and the pivoting levers. This base is biased and positioned to permit the channel and the pivoting lever assembly to be translated downward against the force biasing the platform and translate through the body of the container restraint. This further advancement of container, the channel and the lever assembly cause the pivoting levers to assume fully engaged gripping positions, and brings the vertical elements of the levers (and flexible friction pads upon them) into full upright positions. In this position the friction pads apply a maximum static friction force to the exterior of the container. |
| US12275623B2 |
Lifting apparatus
A lifting device (1, 14, 18, 28, 31, 36, 46, 50) has three booms (2, 19) of adjustable length, which in each case have a first end section (4, 20) and a second end section (5, 21) opposite the first end section (4, 20). While the first end sections (4, 20) of all booms (2, 19) are articulatedly connected to one another, the second end sections (5, 21) are articulatedly and rotatably mounted in respective bearings (7, 24, 29). The bearings (7, 24, 29) are thereby arranged at fixed positions relative to one another. Furthermore, in each boom (2, 19) at least the first end section (4, 20) can be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the boom (2, 19) with respect to the second end section (5, 21). In particular, the booms (2, 19) always form a tripod, which is characterized by a high stability. The lifting device (1, 14, 18, 28, 31, 36, 46, 50) is therefore suitable for lifting very heavy loads, wherein greater ranges can be achieved compared to known lifting devices. In addition, the lifting device (1, 14, 18, 28, 31, 36, 46, 50) can be pivoted further than known lifting devices. |
| US12275620B2 |
Method for determining a degraded guide rail condition in an elevator system, computer program product, and elevator system
A method for determining a degraded guide rail condition in an elevator system, a computer program product, and an elevator system are disclosed. The method includes obtaining first data including information about movement of an elevator component relative to a guide rail, and obtaining second data including information about movement of an elevator component. The method further includes comparing the first data and the second data to each other, and detecting, based on the comparison, a deviation fulfilling a deviation criterion. Still further, the method includes creating a signal indicating the degraded, such as misaligned, guide rail condition, such as of the first or the second guide rail. |
| US12275613B2 |
Recording device and program
A recording device includes an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of a medium on a conveyance path, and a control unit configured to receive detection information from the edge detection unit, wherein the control unit acquires, based on the detection information from the edge detection unit, a direction of skewing of the medium and/or an amount of the skewing on the conveyance path and outputs skewing information including the direction of the skewing and the amount of the skewing. |
| US12275611B2 |
Fiber bundle winding device
A fiber bundle winding device includes: a traverse guide configured to guide a fiber bundle to a bobbin; and a controller configured to control the traverse guide according to a rotation of the bobbin. The traverse guide is movable parallel to a center axis of the bobbin. The controller can perform: first movement control that moves the traverse guide to wind the fiber bundle onto the bobbin in a predetermined first area extending in a direction of the center axis of the bobbin; and second movement control that moves the traverse guide to wind the fiber bundle onto the bobbin in a second area being smaller than the first area and having ends that are located within the first area and at different positions from respective ends of the first area. The first movement control and second movement control are performed at a ratio of N:1 (N is an integer more than 1). |
| US12275610B2 |
Loading mechanism for shirts
Apparatus for picking a garment having a front and a back and placing the garment over a pallet such that the front and the back of the garment are on the front and the back sides respectively of the pallet. The apparatus comprises a picking arm to approach the garment and then withdraw towards the pallet; and one or more adherence locations on the picking arm, the adherence location being smaller than the first side, the adherence location for contacting the garment and causing adherence of the garment at the contact location, thereby causing the picking arm to pull the front of the garment over the front of the pallet, the back of the garment sliding under the first side onto the back of the pallet. Adherence may involve freezing. |
| US12275606B1 |
Facility layout
A facility including a loading dock having a plurality of dock doors to accommodate vehicles or trailers for loading pallets, a staging area located proximate to the loading dock, and a plurality of loading zones. The staging area includes a plurality of staging lanes of finished products. Each staging lane is stocked with the finished products from the facility. Each of the plurality of loading zones includes a subset of the plurality of dock doors and a corresponding subset of staging lanes located proximate to the subset of the plurality of dock doors for supplying pallets for loading into vehicles docked at the subset of the plurality of dock doors. |
| US12275605B2 |
Devices for and methods of forming segregated layers from mixtures of granular materials
Layering of initially mixed granular dissimilar material components deposited by surface flow is realized by varying the relative angle of the flowing layer periodically with respect to the bulk of the pile formed. Layer thickness and extent can be controlled by varying the timing and extent of the surface variations. Variation in surface flow rates may be realized by varying the feed rate from an inlet to a collection base at a fixed feed location, varying the feed location relative to the collection base, tilting the collection base that is supporting the material, and reducing the pile repose angle using vibration or fluid flow through the base. |
| US12275604B2 |
Sweep system for full elevated floor grain bins
A full floor sweep system having a skeletonized head section to facilitate removal of grain from a grain bin. The sweep system having an elongated body extending a length between an inward end and an outward end and having a leading side and a trailing side. The elongated body is connected to a pivot point at the center of the grain bin and is configured to rotate around the pivot point. An agitator is connected to the outward end of the elongated body and is configured to agitate grain as the elongated body rotates around the pivot point. The agitator includes an impeller that is connected to a shaft that extends through the elongated body. A scraper is positioned at the outward end of the elongated body and is configured to move grain into the path of the elongated body. |
| US12275600B2 |
Palletizer and method of palletizing packaged goods
A palletizer for palletizing packages, including a conveying device, which has a conveying element for conveying packages, and a stacking table. The conveying device includes three rotating devices for rotating the packages. In the method using such a palletizer, a predetermined number of packages are fed to the palletizer, a predefined number of packages are rotated by the rotating devices, and the packages are conveyed further and subsequently fed to the deposit table. |
| US12275599B2 |
Conveyor system, cause information report device, and computer-readable recording medium recording program for cause information report device
Conveyer device including a local controller provided in each zone for controlling a transport operation of the zone, and host controller that reports information relating to a cause of non-transport are included. Host controller includes mouse and the like for receiving, from a user, a selection instruction through which one of a plurality of zones is selected, and report processor that obtains, as clue information, information relating to a phenomenon that can be the cause of the non-transport of a conveyed object, from local controller of the target zone, and reports cause information corresponding to information relating to the cause based on the clue information, when the clue information satisfies a determination condition previously set. |
| US12275596B2 |
Alignment conveyor
A passive alignment conveyor suitable for elongated bodies including at least one piece of material including an indentation in an alignment direction as an alignment lane, which alignment lane includes at least one slot in the alignment lane in an angle to the alignment direction, at least one means for optical detection, at least one electronic circuit-based control device, wherein least one movable knife mounted shifted from the means for optical detection in the alignment direction, mounted in an angle to the alignment direction and mounted in such a way that it can move within the slot in the alignment lane. |
| US12275592B2 |
Container feed system for the transport of containers
A container feed system for the transport of containers along a transport path includes a pulling element, first carriers, second carriers, the first and second carriers arranged distributed at fastening points of the pulling element such that the containers are received and transported along the transport path by the first and second carriers during movement of the pulling element. The fastening points for first and second carriers of the first carriers are arranged side by side on the pulling element and have a first fastening distance and the fastening points of a third carrier of the first carriers is arranged next to a first carrier of the second carriers on the pulling element and have a second fastening distance. The second carriers have a shape that is different the first carriers such that a transport distance between the containers guided side by side along the transport path is constant. |
| US12275589B2 |
Material handling system
A system may include a vehicle for delivering items and a plurality of racks having a plurality of storage locations. The racks may be arranged to form one or more aisles. The vehicles are configured to drive horizontally along a path that may extend along a path under the racks that is parallel to the aisles. Additionally, the vehicles may be operated to turn while the vehicle is positioned under one of the racks. The vehicles may travel under the racks and cross one or more aisles to reach a particular column in one of the aisles. The vehicle climbs upwardly within the particular column to retrieve an item from a storage location in the column. |
| US12275587B2 |
Control device and method for item verification
A control device is provided to more quickly and efficiently verify which item has been grasped by a robot system whilst also providing a solution which is scalable. Verification of the item which has been grasped is achieved by measuring a dynamics property of the item. A control unit for operation with a robot system a sensor unit, the robot system arranged to grasp an item from a container. The control unit includes a verification unit arranged to receive identifying information of an item expected to be in the container, receive information from the sensor unit indicative of a dynamics property of the item grasped by the robot system and verify that the item grasped by the robot system matches the item expected to be in the container based on the received identifying information and the received dynamics property information. |
| US12275586B1 |
Machine learning approach for resource allocation for item handling
Techniques for allocating resources in an item handling environment are described. In an example, a computer system determines that an item is to be transferred at an item handling station to or from a stowage unit. The computer system determines data associated with transferring the item. The data indicates at least one of: an item type, a sequence of transferring items to or from the stowage unit, capability at the item handling station associated with handling the item type, an ergonomic parameter associated with the handling, a configuration of the stowage unit, an allocation of one or more resources to handle items, or a schedule of the allocation. The computer system generates, by using the data as input to an artificial intelligence model, a set of instructions indicating an allocation of a resource to the item handling station for the transferring of the item and a timing of the allocation. |
| US12275580B2 |
Floating roof secondary seal
A secondary seal system for a storage tank having a floating roof includes a seal compression plate attached to and extending upwards at an oblique angle from the floating roof, extending around the circumference of the floating roof; a seal element attached to the compression plate for sealing between the compression plate and an inner surface of the storage tank; a plurality of anti-rollover plates attached to and extending upwards from the seal compression plate; and a plurality of anti-rollover braces attached to a major surface of the seal compression plate. |
| US12275579B2 |
System for preparing a beverage from a capsule using a fluid supplied under pressure into the capsule and a capsule for use in such a system
The invention relates to a system for preparing a beverage from a capsule using a fluid supplied under pressure into the capsule comprising a beverage preparation device having an enclosing member with an annular element having a free contact end and a capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a beverage. The capsule comprises a sealing member having the shape of a step. The sealing member comprises a floor portion extending over an engagement distance and a side wall portion extending in a direction away from the floor portion. The engagement distance of the floor portion is such that the floor portion engages the free contact end of the annular element over if the capsule is positioned in the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device and is moved relative towards a capsule holder of the beverage preparation device. |
| US12275578B1 |
Product packaging for washers and method of use
Packaging for washer hardware products is provided along with a method of use. The packaging includes a semi-closed box having a pair of lateral walls with retainer beads near their upper ends. The packaging also includes a pair of end walls, one of which includes an opening for accessing the central hole of a column of washers contained therein. The column can be removed by inserting a rod through the central holes of the washers and lifting the rod upward while holding the packaging down, thereby forcing the washers between the retainer beads and through the open top of the box. |
| US12275576B2 |
Remotely operated valve assembly for pressurized fluid container
A nozzle assembly provides an adapter configured for insertion into a pressurized container, wherein a nozzle has been removed from the pressurized container. A tubing has a first end connected to the adapter and a second end. A discharge nozzle is releasably connected to the second end of the tubing. |
| US12275567B2 |
Gas barrier laminate and packaging bag
Provided is a gas barrier laminate being capable of hermetic sealing by heat sealing, and having a paper substrate and a vapor-deposited layer, in which the paper substrate has a basis weight of 30 to 100 g/m2, the water vapor transmission rate is 3 g/m2/d or less at 40° C. and 90% RH, the water vapor transmission rate obtained by folding the gas barrier laminate with the paper substrate placed on the outer side, rolling a roller having a weight of 2 kg thereon one time, opening a fold, and making measurement, is 4 g/m2/d or less at 40° C. and 90% RH, and the water vapor transmission rate obtained by folding the gas barrier laminate with the paper substrate placed on the inner side, rolling a roller having a weight of 2 kg thereon one time, opening a fold, and making measurement, is 4 g/m2/d or less at 40° C. and 90% RH. |
| US12275561B2 |
Reclosable bag having a loud sound during closing
A zipper for a reclosable bag includes an elongated groove profile having two arms which form a general U-shape to define an opening to a channel, and an elongated rib profile opposing the groove profile. A plurality of first segments of the rib profile alternate with a plurality of second segments of the rib profile to create a structural discontinuity along a length thereof. During interlocking of the groove and rib profiles, an audible clicking sound of at least 50 dB on average is created during opening and closing. |
| US12275560B2 |
Packaging structure
A packaging structure of the disclosure includes: a box in which a component is stored; and a holding member installed in the box, the holding member being configured to hold the component. The holding member includes: an undersurface portion that has a first opening portion into which the component is inserted and is placed on a bottom surface of the box; a top surface portion that has a second opening portion into which the component is inserted and is placed above the undersurface portion; and a first side surface portion connecting the undersurface portion and the top surface portion in an up-and-down direction. The holding member is formed by being bent along boundary lines between the first side surface portion, the undersurface portion, and the top surface portion, and is formed into two kinds of three-dimensional shapes that are mirror symmetric to each other, according to bending directions of the boundary line. |
| US12275559B2 |
Modular storage system with storage box connectivity and internal storage and lid features
A modular storage system of connectable, heavy-duty storage boxes, crates, rolling carts and/or dollies, work surfaces, organizers, trays, accessories is provided for internal and external item storage and organization and convenient access for use and transport, that is expandable, customizable and readily adaptable. Storage boxes have different sizes by length, width and/or height and have universal box-to-box connection system for stacking and connection to mounting accessories. Boxes have removable, customizable organization inserts (e.g., dividers, storage trays, bins, alignment trays for bins, and bins of different sizes). Box lid rib grid with bosses and undercuts expands internal organization, including cooperation with dual purpose dividers and accessories. Boxes have external mounting accessories to expand external organization. Different housing modes are provided including wall mount systems for wall or side of a truck or van, and different transport modes are provided (e.g., base box with wheels, or on a dolly or a cart). |
| US12275557B2 |
Support for holding ceramic facing elements on a pallet
This relates to a utility model referring to an improvement introduced in a device which is employed in the field of storage and transport of loads, particularly boxes containing ceramic plates, among other materials, which are arranged and conveyed on pallets. Whereby, the present support comprises a long and long rectangular and horizontal plate (1), in which top face and central region there is perpendicularly fixed a long rectangular and vertical plate (2); further comprising walls (P) formed by a rigid mesh, which is formed by a plurality of hollow interconnected rings (A), which present a hexagonal shape; and wherein said walls (P) are outwardly delimited by a sinuous and protruding edge (B), which protrudes horizontally towards the front rib of the support. And whereby in the front face of both walls (P) there is formed a plurality of oblique protruding ribs (N), which extend from the region of the rear edges of the vertical plate (2) to the side edges (B). |
| US12275556B2 |
Pallet with at least one device chamber
There is disclosed a pallet component comprising a support portion and an attachment portion. The attachment portion extends from the support portion and is defined, at least in part, by a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall surrounds one or more internal chambers. The attachment portion is configured to engage a corresponding attachment portion of another pallet component. The one or more internal chambers comprises at least one device chamber configured to at least partially receive an electronic device therein. One or more walls of the attachment portion comprises one or more cut-outs which define, at least in part, a fluid pathway between the at least one device chamber and atmosphere. |
| US12275546B2 |
High speed filling of a tray
A process for packaging a product. The product is dispensed into a tray by a dispensing system while the tray is moving beneath the dispensing system. The dispensing system includes a hopper that releases products that are funneled in the tray. The dispensing system includes two legs that each rotate about a respective pivot that constrain the product as the product is transported from the hopper into the tray. |
| US12275545B2 |
Lyophilized bead handling
A method and apparatus are provided for handling beads such as lyophilized beads or cryo beads to enable reliable singulation of the beads and facilitate accurate dosing. The bead handling equipment (100) includes an equipment housing (102) containing a hopper (104) and a bead dispenser (103), a gas delivery system (105), and an inspection system (120). The housing 102 may be pressurized by supplying pressurized gas to the housing 102 from the gas delivery system 105. The bead dispenser includes a piston 106 operative to singulate individual beads from the stream of beads exiting the hopper 104 and to deliver individual beads to a feed channel 108 and to a container 110. The inspection system 120 identifies bead fragments, or beads that are otherwise mis-sized, so that such beads can be rejected and not delivered to the container 110. |
| US12275543B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for formulating personalized formula product
An apparatus, system, and method used for preparing a customized recipe product are provided. The apparatus includes a control system and a plurality of raw material units and conveying mechanisms. The plurality of raw material units are used for containing different raw materials. Each raw material unit contains a raw material bin, a material discharge port, and a material feeding mechanism. The control system generates a preset procedure on the basis of a customized recipe, and, according to said preset procedure, controls the conveying mechanisms and the material feeding mechanisms in the relevant raw material units of the preset program, until the preset procedure is completed so that a material receiving container receives the required raw materials. The apparatus can provide more targeted customized recipe products for individual needs. |
| US12275540B2 |
Positioning tool for apparatus manufacturing
A positioning tool (100) includes a lift mechanism (102), multiple curved rails (106), a carriage (110), and multiple clamps (114). The lift mechanism (102) has multiple stages (104) configured to move linearly between a retracted position (152) and an engaged position (154). The curved rails (106) are mounted on the stages (104). The carriage (110) is coupled to the curved rails (106) and is configured to be adjusted into an alignment with a panel (82). The clamps (114) are coupled to the carriage (110) and are configured to releasably couple a part (88) to the carriage (110) while the stages (104) are in the engaged position (154), hold the part (88) in the carriage (110) while the stages (104) are between the engaged position (154) and the retracted position (152), and releasably couple the part (88) to the carriage (110) while the stages (104) are in the retracted position (152). |
| US12275532B2 |
Gas turbine engine noise reduction
An aircraft engine includes a low pressure spool, a high pressure spool, and an alternative power source. The alternative power source is configured to add power to the high pressure spool. A controller is configured to determine a noise sensitive condition; and control, in response to determining the noise sensitive condition, the alternative power source to add power to the high pressure spool. |
| US12275530B2 |
Aircraft propulsion system
An aircraft propulsion system comprises a propulsor an electric motor coupled to the propulsor. The electric motor comprises a surface mounted permanent magnet electric machine comprising a rotor mounted radially inward of a stator. A Motor Diameter Ratio (MDR) is defined as an inner diameter (Dstator,in) of the motor stator in metres divided by an outer diameter (Dstator,out) of the motor stator in metres. The MDR of the electric motor stator is within 10% of the value given by the equation: MDR = 0.83 × ( Torq u e L a c t i v e × 1 U fan , tip ) 0 . 0 8 where: T is the maximum torque rating of the electric motor in kilonewton metres; Lactive is the active length of the motor stator in metres; and Utip is the tip speed of the propulsor at the maximum rated torque of the electric motor in metres per second. In the described embodiments, the MDR is less than 1. |
| US12275525B2 |
Net edge composite core splices for aircraft wing
Methods and related structures to splice two sizes of cores in a manner to directly interface the facets of the cells and avoid the common practice of using fillers, casting materials, and expanding adhesives is useful to optimize the specific strength of the design and minimize the weight while maximizing the load carrying capability of the structure and to allow the core to vent moisture and other gasses. |
| US12275522B2 |
Clutch actuator assembly
A powered clutch actuator assembly for integration with a clutch assembly is provided. The actuator and clutch assemblies, sized to fit within constraints of an aircraft landing gear wheel-mounted taxi drive system, are engineered to occupy a default neutral disengaged position that prevents torque transfer when torque to move the aircraft should not be transferred to the taxi drive system. Multiple solenoids and diodes power rotational motion of the actuator assembly to move a bi-directional clutch component in a desired rotational direction during torque transfer. A locking solenoid automatically locks and maintains the actuator assembly in a neutral disengaged condition when none of the solenoids are powered and disengages the actuator assembly when one solenoid is powered to cause rotation of the actuator assembly. Solenoid supports structured to operate as integral heat sinks may direct heat to an on-aircraft heat sink, prolonging the working life of the actuator assembly. |
| US12275521B2 |
Double-curved aircraft door with optimised locking means
Double-curved aircraft door having a pair of stops in contact over a contact area. The isobarycentre (31A) of each contact area of a first lateral edge is substantially arranged in a first plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (21) and the same applies to a second lateral edge. For each contact area, the normal to the contact area passing through its isobarycentre (31A, 31B) substantially passes through the axis (41) of a medium cylinder (42). For each contact area, the normal to the contact area passing through its isobarycentre (31A, 31B) forms a deflection angle with a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (21), the deflection angles of all the contact areas being equal. |
| US12275520B2 |
Liquid-diverting panel assemblies
A panel assembly (such as for an internal cabin of an aircraft) includes at least one liquid flow path formed on at least one surface through surface treatment. The at least one liquid flow path is formed in relation to at least one bank on the at least one surface. The at least one liquid flow path is configured to divert liquid to a desired location. |
| US12275516B1 |
Stabilization and reinforcement of balloons during rapid filling
According to one aspect, a system for launching an aircraft may include an inflatable structure including a balloon and a neck collectively defining a volume; a drain valve including a funnel and a stem coupled to one another, the funnel defining a cavity at least partially disposed in the volume of the inflatable structure, the stem defining a channel and a slot in fluid communication with one another and with the cavity; a coupling defining a first orifice, a second orifice, and a passage therebetween, the passage in fluid communication with the neck of the inflatable structure via the first orifice; and a pin releasably positionable in the slot, the pin in the slot controlling position of the funnel relative to the first orifice defined by the coupling. |
| US12275515B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring lift of a gas cell
The disclosed invention describes a method for determining a lift of a gas cell of an airship. A computing device receives depth measurements of an interior surface of the gas cell comprising a lifting gas using a lidar sensor positioned outside at the top of the gas cell. The computing device performs a particular integration on the depth measurements and estimates a volume of the gas cell based on performing the particular integration. The computing device determines the lift of the gas cell comprising the lifting gas using estimated volume of the gas cell. The computing device sends the lift of the gas cell comprising the lifting gas to a control module of the airship. |
| US12275512B1 |
Robotic fish
A robotic fish includes a pair of rear lateral gears controlling a rear portion of the robotic fish, and a pair of front lateral gears control a front portion of the robotic fish. A pair of right side lateral gears control a right pectoral side of the robotic fish, and a pair of left side lateral gears control a left pectoral side of the robotic fish. |
| US12275506B2 |
Automated recreational closed circuit breathing device
A highly automated, fully-closed circuit rebreather and methods for operating the device by users with limited training and limited skill development are disclosed. Advanced sensors, electronics, software, assembly methods, and disposable cartridges dramatically reduce the skills required for assembly, operation, and maintenance of the unit. The use of the rebreather apparatus is primarily for recreational diving applications, but may be used for additional applications where the presence of breathable air may be absent or limited, such as hazardous duty applications, high altitude applications, no-atmosphere or low-atmosphere applications, and the like. |
| US12275505B2 |
Anchor monitor
A device (6) for monitoring an anchor (4) for a water vessel is disclosed. The device comprises an accelerometer (32) for measuring acceleration of the device to yield acceleration data, means (38) for processing the acceleration data to yield roll angle data, means (34) for processing the acceleration data to yield velocity data, and means (52, 54) for transmitting the roll angle data and the velocity data from the device to a receiver unit (13) for use with the water vessel. This may allow the setting of the anchor and its reliability to be monitored in an efficient and cost-effective way. A corresponding receiver unit is also disclosed, along with techniques for transmitting the data through a rode. |
| US12275504B1 |
Marine vessels having a modifiable wake and devices for modifying a wake of a marine vessel
A device for modifying a wake of a marine vessel hull. The hull extends between a bow and a transom and laterally between sides. An underside of the hull extends between the sides and between the bow and the transom. The device includes an appendage with a first panel fixed to a second panel. The appendage is configured to be movably coupled to the hull to move between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position the first panel extends along one of the sides of the hull and the second panel extends along the underside of the hull. The first panel moves laterally outwardly away from the side of the hull and the second panel moves vertically away from the underside of the hull when the appendage moves toward the deployed position. Moving the appendage to the deployed position modifies the wake of the marine vessel. |
| US12275502B2 |
Chemical collection and processing vessel and methods for fluid transfer at sea
Embodiments disclosed herein include a vessel for floating and traveling adjacent to an upper surface of a body of water. In an embodiment, the vessel comprises a support structure, a first floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, a second floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the second floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from and fluidly coupled to the first floatation chamber, and a third floatation chamber coupled to the support structure, the third floatation chamber laterally spaced apart from the first floatation chamber and from the second floatation chamber. In an embodiment, the vessel further comprises a robot system coupled to the support structure, where the robot system comprises an end effector and a nozzle head coupled to the end effector. |
| US12275499B2 |
Watercraft
The invention relates to a watercraft, particularly a kayak having a battery compartment and motor mount for mounting a motor thereto. The kayak can be propelled either by a motor mounted to the motor mount or by manual paddling by a user of the kayak. The kayak may additionally have a seat mounted onto a track to allow the user to adjust their position as needed in the kayak. The kayak is extra wide to provide stability, while chamfered side walls allow the user to paddle with comfort regardless of the extra width. The kayak may optionally have wheels mounted thereon to facilitate handling and transport by the user. |
| US12275497B2 |
Water floatation device and floating audio devices
A water flotation device and floating audio devices are disclosed herein. In an example, a flotation apparatus for supporting a portable audio device on water includes an inflatable flotation device including at least one compartment configured to securely contain an audio device. The at least one compartment is configured to enable the audio device to be inserted and removed from the at least one compartment. The flotation apparatus also includes at least one air valve configured for inflating and deflating the inflatable flotation device and at least one connection point. The at least one connection point is configured to connect to at least one line that is configured to be connected to at least one anchor. The inflatable flotation device is configured to float on a surface of a body of water and securely contain the audio device in the at least one compartment. |
| US12275494B2 |
Automatic method for controlling in current-mode a motor for assisting with pedalling on an electrically assisted pedal cycle and electrically assisted pedal cycle intended to implement such a method
An automatic method for controlling in current-mode a motor for assisting with pedaling on an electrically assisted pedal cycle equipped with a sensor that measures a resultant force on its pedal and gear mechanism is provided, including injecting a control current into the motor to generate an assistance torque and computing the value of the assistance torque; computing a value of the longitudinal resultant of the assistance torque by applying a second coefficient of proportionality to the torque value computed in the preceding step; measuring a value of the longitudinal resultant of the total torque; computing a value of the longitudinal resultant of the torque exerted by the cyclist; computing an average value of the torque exerted by the cyclist over a fraction of a crank rotation; computing the value of the assistance torque to be generated in the motor; and deducing the value of the current to be injected. |
| US12275493B2 |
Electric bicycle, battery switching device, and method of switching battery
A control device sets a second electricity control switch in an intermediate state in a process of switching a discharge battery for supplying a drive unit with an electrical current from a first battery to a second battery. Subsequently, when a comparative relationship between an electric potential of a smoothing capacitor and an electric potential of the second battery fulfills an intermediate state termination condition, the control device sets the second electricity control switch in a bidirectional conduction state. The intermediate state is when an electrical current flowing from the second battery to the drive unit is allowed, and an electrical current flowing from the drive unit to the second battery is inhibited. The bidirectional conduction state is when both of the electrical current flowing from the second battery to the drive unit and the electrical current flowing from the drive unit to the second battery are allowed. |
| US12275491B2 |
Bicycle motor unit and bicycle derailleur
A bicycle motor unit comprises an electric motor and a transmitting structure. The electric motor is configured to generate a driving force. The transmitting structure is coupled to the electric motor to transmit the driving force from the electric motor to an actuated device of a bicycle. The transmitting structure includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, and a resisting structure. The first rotatable member is rotatable about a rotational axis. The second rotatable member is rotatable relative to the first rotatable member about the rotational axis. The resisting structure is at least partially provided radially between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member with respect to the rotational axis so as to resist relative rotation between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member. |
| US12275484B2 |
Impact dampening grips
A shock dampening grip includes a sleeve to be gripped by a person's hand, in use, which sleeve is of a resiliently deformable material, and which defines a bore for receiving a handlebar therethrough, in use, which bore is oblong shaped in cross section to allow generally linear transverse movement of the handlebar within the bore, the sleeve further including a dampening mechanism located in the operatively upper part of the bore. The grip further includes a pair of end caps configured to fit over and fasten onto a handlebar to define a pair of opposed flanges in use to capture the sleeve between them, and complementary guide formations respectively on the opposed faces of the flanges of the end caps and the edges of the sleeve to guide the movement of the sleeve along the generally linear path transverse to the handlebar, in use. |
| US12275482B1 |
Rear wheel and foot peg linkage mechanism for personal transport device
A personal transport device convertible between a riding configuration and a stowed configuration is described. In one embodiment, a rear wheel and foot peg linking mechanism for the personal transport device includes foot pegs, including a first peg and a second peg, and a gear mechanism connected to the foot pegs. The gear mechanism is configured to rotate to move the foot pegs between an open position and a closed position. The rear wheel and foot peg linking mechanism also includes an arm connected to a rear wheel of the personal transport device and a post member extending outwards from the arm. The post member is configured to contact the gear mechanism to cause the gear mechanism to move the foot pegs from the open position to the closed position. |
| US12275481B2 |
Inverted pendulum type vehicle, vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and non-transient computer-readable recording medium
The disclosure allows an occupant to control a vehicle as needed for the vehicle that automatically moves to a destination. An inverted pendulum type vehicle that travels while balancing an inverted pendulum type body includes: an operation input part that receives a driving operation of its own vehicle by a weight shift of an occupant; and a movement control part that causes the own vehicle to start automatic movement on a predetermined route at a predetermined time. The movement control part allows the own vehicle to deviate from the predetermined route and travel in a second direction when a weight shift greater than a threshold value is performed in the second direction other than a traveling direction related to the predetermined route during execution of the automatic movement. |
| US12275480B2 |
Controller and control method
The present invention obtains a controller and a control method capable of appropriately emitting an emergency braking signal in a straddle-type vehicle.A controller (60) and the control method according to the present invention control operation of a straddle-type vehicle (100) in which anti-lock brake control for a front wheel (3) and anti-lock brake control for a rear wheel (4) are executed. An acquisition section of the controller (60) acquires an anti-lock brake actuation state showing whether the anti-lock brake control is actuated for any of the wheels (3, 4). A determination section of the controller (60) determines a threshold value on the basis of the anti-lock brake actuation state. An output section of the controller (60) outputs an emergency braking signal command in the case where deceleration of the straddle-type vehicle (100) is higher than the threshold value. |
| US12275478B2 |
Multi-layered protective cover for transparent vehicle barriers
A protective cover designed for transparent barriers, such as those found on vehicles. The cover comprises two panels, each constructed from multiple layers that can include polymeric materials and coatings. These layers can be tailored to exhibit visual changes under varying lighting conditions or be constructed from iridescent fabrics. The cover and one or more optional aesthetic elements can be customized based on user input. An extender mechanism, equipped with specific attachment features, ensures adaptability for different barrier sizes. The design incorporates features like elastic elements and optional piping for a precise fit and augmented positional stability. The cover offers protection against environmental factors, including UV light, moisture, and debris, while also being easily installable and removable. |
| US12275473B2 |
Mobile robot with adjustable traction weights
The present invention relates to a basic mobile robot (1) where the weight on the drive wheels (6) can be adjusted in order to achieve the optimal traction and braking performance of the mobile robot (1) for the relevant application. With the inventive design of the bogie arm (4) and the modular traction weights (9), the gravitation forces and resulting friction acting on the drive wheels (6) can be increased by attaching one or more traction weight modules (13) to the bogie arm extensions (12), while due to the cantilever effect, the resulting gravitation forces acting on the (front) caster wheels (7) are decreased. Thus, making it relatively easy to achieve just enough traction on the drive wheels (6) for the intended application, without compromising safety and with a minimum impact on the overall energy efficiency of the mobile robot (1). The mobile robot (1) is configurable for different applications including transportation of goods loaded on top of the mobile robot (1), cart pulling or automated hauling of materials indoors. |
| US12275472B2 |
Vehicle
A vehicle: finds a common central point at which a difference between a distance from a current position of a first tire and a distance from a target position of the first tire is within a predetermined range and a difference between a distance from a current position of a second tire and a distance from a target position of the second tire is within a predetermined range; and sets a steering angle of each of a plurality of tires so that the tire will be oriented in a direction of a tangent to a clearance circle whose center is the common central point or oriented in a direction whose angle difference from the direction of the tangent is within a predetermined range. |
| US12275467B2 |
Ultrasonic wear measurement for a track pad
An onboard track machine wear measurement system has an ultra-sonic probe that is attached to an undercarriage of the machine that is disposed adjacent a track chain assembly, and a controller that is in communication with the ultra-sonic probe. The controller is configured to determine the thickness of a load bearing wall of a track component of the track chain assembly. |
| US12275461B2 |
Steering column for a steer-by-wire steering system for a motor vehicle
A steering column for a steer-by-wire steering system may include a casing unit in which a steering spindle is received such that the steering spindle is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The casing unit may have an inner casing tube, which is rotatable and longitudinally displaceable, received coaxially in an outer casing tube. The steering spindle may have a longitudinally displaceable inner shaft that is received coaxially in an outer shaft in a torque-transmitting manner. The steering spindle may be coupled to a drive unit of a feedback actuator that has an electric motor for the generation and introduction of a feedback torque into the steering spindle. The drive unit has a recess that is arranged coaxially with respect to the longitudinal axis, is open toward the outer shaft, and has a maximum inscribed internal diameter that is greater than an external diameter of the outer shaft. |
| US12275460B2 |
Systems, assemblies, and methods for locking cab to main body of work machine
A work machine comprises a main body, a cab riser, and a shaft. The cab riser includes a cab and a frame, the cab being uprightly positioned on the work machine in a first position, and being tilted forward in a second position, and the frame comprising a first plate to contact a second plate provided on the main body in the first position. The cab riser is rotatable about the shaft in clockwise and counterclockwise directions to and from the first position and the second position. The first plate and the second plate can be clamped together by a clamping assembly in the first position, the clamping assembly including one or more clamps to clamp the first plate and the second plate, and the clamping assembly is mounted on the main body. |
| US12275455B2 |
Member joint device for vehicle
A member joint device for a vehicle includes a pair of cross members arranged laterally; two pairs of rail members, each pair being arranged longitudinally; and a member joint crosswise-connecting the cross members and the rail members and for running and carrying wires and pipes, enhancing rigidity therebetween, and convenience to easily install electric component wires and chassis component pipes in desired route directions. |
| US12275451B1 |
Steering column rake lock mechanism
An integrated locking feature for a rake lock mechanism of a steering column assembly includes a toothed portion. The integrated locking feature also includes a driver portion. The integrated locking feature further includes a spring portion coupling the driver portion and the toothed portion, wherein the toothed portion, the driver portion and the spring portion are integrally formed with each other as a single, uniform structure, wherein the spring portion has a thickness less than a thickness of the toothed portion. |
| US12275450B2 |
Stroller with linkage-foldable backrest
The stroller with a linkage-foldable backrest having a stroller frame convertible between an unfolded state and a folded state is provided. The folding of the stroller frame of the provided stroller drives the backrest portion to fold, so as to prevent the edge of the end portion of the backrest portion from touching the ground. The folding operation of the backrest portion according to the present invention is simple and convenient. |
| US12275449B2 |
Removable seat attachment for a stroller
A stroller is provided with the ability to removably couple and decouple a seat from the stroller as needed. The stroller can include a stroller frame. The stroller can also include one or more front wheels attached to the stroller frame and one or more rear wheels attached to the stroller frame. The stroller can also include a first seat coupled to the stroller frame. The stroller can include first and second seat attachment housings. Each of the seat attachment housings can include a cavity for receiving a corresponding one of the first and second seat attachment adapters. Each of the seat attachment housings can also include a door cover to prevent access to the respective cavity when not in use. The seat attachment adapters can be coupled to the respective seat attachment housings and a second seat can be coupled to the seat attachment adapters. |
| US12275438B2 |
Apparatus and method for controlling driving of a vehicle
An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle including a sensor that detects an input amount of an accelerator pedal applied a user and includes a controller. The controller determines an erroneous actuation of the accelerator pedal based on the input amount of the accelerator pedal and determines whether to release autonomous driving according to whether the accelerator pedal is erroneously pressed or actuated. In technology that controls autonomous driving by remotely generating autonomous driving control values, it is possible to improve the functional safety of a vehicle by determining whether to release the autonomous driving by determining a user's erroneous input or actuation of the accelerator pedal. |
| US12275437B1 |
Modifying autonomous vehicle cameras based on detected lighting boundaries
Modifying autonomous vehicle sensors cameras based on detected lighting boundaries, including: determining, based on video data, that a vehicle will pass through a lighting boundary; determining, based on the video data, that an illumination of a predicted input to a camera of the vehicle after passing the lighting boundary falls outside a range of illumination based on a current exposure setting of the camera; and modifying, in response to determining that the illumination of the predicted input falls outside the range of illumination, an exposure setting of one or more cameras. |
| US12275431B1 |
Identifying relevant objects within an environment
Techniques for determining relevant objects in an environment around a vehicle are discussed herein. Sensor data can be captured and input to a model to determine predicted object trajectories and associated probabilities. For a candidate trajectory for the vehicle to follow, regions of overlap between the vehicle trajectory and the predicted object trajectories can be determined. An interaction graph can be generated representing interactions between the candidate trajectory and the predicted object trajectories. The interaction graph can be sampled based on the probabilities and/or other characteristics. Samples from the interaction graph can be used to determine relevant objects in a driving scenario for a vehicle traversing an environment. Based on the sample, the vehicle may generate a relevancy score associated with the sample. The vehicle may determine that a number of the most relevant sample scenarios may be sent to a prediction component and control of the vehicle. |
| US12275427B1 |
Evaluating driving data using autonomous vehicle control system
Techniques are disclosed for evaluating manual driving data using an AV control system based on differences between data generated using the AV control system and the manual driving data. In many implementations, manual driving data captures action(s) of a vehicle controlled by a manual driver. Additionally or alternatively, an additional AV control system can be trained using the evaluated manual driving data. |
| US12275418B2 |
Vehicle positioning abnormality inspection method and car computer
A vehicle positioning abnormality inspection method, performed by a processing device includes: obtaining a plurality of groups of driving data, wherein each of the groups of driving data includes at least three vehicle positions, a steering wheel angle and a vehicle speed, performing a deviation calculation procedure on each of the groups of driving data to obtain a plurality of deviation data, and in response to a sum of the deviation data greater than a tolerance value, outputting an abnormal notification. The present disclosure further proposes a car computer. |
| US12275413B2 |
Driver identification using geospatial information
The system comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive vehicle data, comprising data associated with a vehicle over a period of time; and receive driver location data, comprising location data associated with one or more drivers of a roster of drivers. The processor is configured to determine a likely pool of drivers based at least in part on the driver location data and the vehicle data; and process the vehicle data and the likely pool of drivers using a model to determine a most likely driver. |
| US12275410B2 |
Vehicle control system and vehicle control device
A vehicle control system includes a vehicle control device and a center device. When inappropriate information is received, the vehicle control device is configured to set a second stop position for stopping an autonomous driving vehicle as a target vehicle. The vehicle control device is configured to transmit at least position information of the target vehicle to the center device and acquire a first stop position. |
| US12275408B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus includes a microprocessor configured to perform generating an action plan so that the subject vehicle moves from a first lane to a second lane when it is determined that the lane change is necessary. The target route includes a specific road in which the second lane is separated from the first lane up to a first point ahead of a current position, the second lane is adjacent to the first lane from the first point to a second point ahead of the first point, and the second lane is separated from the first lane again behind the second point. The action plan is generated so that the lane change is performed in a section from the first point to the second point, and the lane change is started from a position away from the first point by a predetermined distance ahead. |
| US12275404B2 |
Behaviors that reduce demand on autonomous follower vehicles
Methods and apparatus that reduce demands on behavior of autonomous vehicles operating in a convoy, such as lane following or leader swap. A follower vehicle receives information regarding a path that a leader vehicle has followed. The follower generally follows the leader's path while being free to also observe its own lateral or lane constraints. In particular, lateral control of the follower, that is control of its relative location transverse to the road (e.g., its position relative to travel lanes) may deviate temporarily from the leader's path. This can make it easier for the follower to observe lane discipline, such as by eliminating the tendency, using line-of-sight distance, for the follower to speed up and close a gap to the leader while negotiating a curve. |
| US12275400B2 |
Method for generating speed control model, vehicle control method and apparatus
Disclosed in the present application are a method for generating a speed control model, a vehicle control method and an apparatus. The vehicle control method comprises: acquiring the current geographic location of a target vehicle and a target speed control feature corresponding to the current geographic location, the target speed control feature being a feature that affects the speed of the vehicle; inputting the current geographic location and the target speed control feature corresponding to the current geographic location into a speed control model to obtain the current target speed of the target vehicle, the speed control model being generated by training starting coordinates and ending coordinates of each preset lane segment in the map data, the target speed control feature and a speed control label in the preset lane segment; and controlling the target vehicle to drive according to the current target speed. |
| US12275396B2 |
Device and method for automatically determining wear of tires
A method of determining a wear of a tire, which may include, using a computing device operating a processor: based on signals from one or more sensors of a vehicle, determining a plurality of tire parameters of a tire; based on at least a portion of the tire parameters, determining a normalized rolling radius of the tire, the normalized rolling radius being an effective rolling radius of the tire under a zero rotational speed, a zero load or both; and based on a change in the normalized rolling radius of the tire over a period of time, determining an average wear value of the tire. |
| US12275385B2 |
Control device for automatic stop of vehicle
A control device for automatic stop of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a radar and a sonar, the radar detecting a distance to an obstacle and detecting a height of the obstacle from a road surface, the sonar detecting the distance to the obstacle and detecting a signal level of a reflected wave from the obstacle. The control device includes a control unit having a processor configured to output a signal for triggering the automatic stop of the vehicle when the signal level of the reflected wave from the obstacle is greater than a predetermined threshold, wherein the control unit is configured to change the predetermined threshold for triggering the automatic stop of the vehicle between a first predetermined threshold and a second predetermined threshold based on the height of the obstacle detected by the radar. |
| US12275383B2 |
Wheel chock and method
The wheel chock is part of a wheel chock restraint system that also includes a base plate to prevent a parked vehicle from moving away in an unauthorized or accidental manner in a departure direction. The wheel chock includes a main body having a bottom base portion and a tire-engaging bulge. It also includes a tire deformation cavity, made within the main body on the tire-facing side. Teeth are provided underneath the bottom base portion of the wheel chock to engage at least one of the corresponding teeth provided on the base plate in a latched engagement. The wheel chock has an improved resistance to rollover and tipping when the wheel is pressed forcefully against the wheel chock. |
| US12275382B2 |
Valve device for a system, in particular a braking system for a vehicle, and system, in particular braking system for a vehicle
A valve-device (VD) for a vehicle-braking-system (VBS), and a VBS. A VD for a VBS, having first/second control-units (CU), which are electrically connectable to the VD, which includes a valve-unit (VU) with an actuator for actuating the VU, a valve housing (VH) for the VU, and an error protection module (EPM) outside the VH. The EPM includes first/second supply-ports (SP) for electrical attachment to the first/second CUs, first/second main-ports (MP) for electrical attachment to the first/second CUs, a first connection port (CP) electrically connected to the first/second SPs, for electrical connection to the actuator, a second CP electrically connected to the first/second MPs, for electrical connection to the actuator, first and second electric protective circuits (EPC). The first EPC is electrically connected between the first/second SPs, and the first CP. The second EPC is electrically connected between the second CP and the first/second MPs. An EPC includes an electrical fuse-device and/or a diode-element connected in series to the respective supply/main ports. |
| US12275380B2 |
Pressurized straight line wiper system
Vehicle comprising a cab defining a driver compartment by a windshield, a wiping arrangement configured to wipe the windshield over a wiping area, the wiping arrangement comprising at least one wiper including a support movably mounted on the cab and a blade mounted on the support to contact the windshield along a contact length, wherein the wiping arrangement includes an urging system configured to urge the blade against the windshield, and wherein the urging system is configured to apply a pressure on the blade along the contact length by a pressurized fluid. |
| US12275375B2 |
Helmet holder
A holder for retaining a helmet and a head and neck support device connected to the helmet. The holder has a base and a tongue. The base has a top surface and a u-shaped cavity extending into the base from the top surface. The u-shaped cavity generally has two arms and a bottom wall. The head and neck support device is retained in the u-shaped cavity, and the tongue assists in retaining the helmet. |
| US12275374B2 |
Vehicle power running board having adaptive motor torque
A vehicle running board assembly includes a step board, a movable arm coupled to the step board, an electric motor operably coupled to the movable arm to actuate the step board between stowed and use positions and a controller controlling the electric motor, wherein the controller controls the electric motor based on sensed temperature and a motor cycle count. |
| US12275372B2 |
Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium
There is provided with a control apparatus. A first obtaining unit obtains position information of a vehicle. A setting unit sets a remote operation permitted range of the vehicle on a basis of movement information of the vehicle in a first predetermined period based on the position information. A second obtaining unit obtains information indicating that a specific operation for a remote operation input to the vehicle from a user terminal is performed. A controlling unit restricts the remote operation input from the user terminal to the vehicle in a case where a position of the vehicle at a time of obtaining the information is outside the remote operation permitted range. The movement information includes the position information of the vehicle and a visit situation to the position in the first predetermined period. |
| US12275371B2 |
Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system for performing continuous authentication
An information processing terminal 10 includes: a trigger point recording unit 118 that acquires a trigger point at which gait authentication of a user for unlocking doors is performed, the trigger point passed through before a point at which unlocking the doors is performed on the vehicle 30; a gait authentication unit 140 that performs the gait authentication on a basis of motion information obtained by continuously measuring walking of the user when the trigger point is passed; and an information presentation unit 134 that notifies the user that the gait authentication has failed in a case where the gait authentication has failed. |
| US12275367B2 |
Igniter assembly and gas generation device
An igniter assembly includes: an ignition device including: an igniter including an ignition portion airtightly accommodating an ignition charge and a conductive portion that supplies an ignition current for igniting the ignition charge, an igniter holding portion having a tubular shape and holding the igniter, and a fixing member made of a resin, interposed between the igniter and the igniter holding portion, and fixing the igniter to the igniter holding portion; a case having a bottomed tubular shape and accommodating a first gas generating agent and the ignition portion of the igniter, and a partition wall partitioning an inside of the case into a space in which the igniter and the fixing member are disposed and a space in which the first gas generating agent is accommodated, the partition wall having moisture impermeability. The partition wall is fixed and in contact with the case. |
| US12275363B2 |
Method for open airway position after a vehicle crash
A computer-implemented method for moving an occupant of a vehicle seat to open airway position after a vehicle crash event. The vehicle seat having a seat cushion, a backrest and a headrest. The method includes detecting occurrence of a vehicle crash event, and moving at least a portion of the backrest and/or headrest backwards and pulling an occupant of the vehicle seat backwards towards the backrest by powered retraction of a seat belt of the occupant by means of a seat belt retractor. |
| US12275361B2 |
Seat power supply device for vehicle and power supply method using the same
The present disclosure relates to a power supply device, and more specifically, to a seat power supply device including an improved power supply structure for a vehicle seat. The seat power supply device includes a pogo pin assembly fixed to a vehicle and electrically connected to a power source; and a distribution element electrically connected to the pogo pin assembly and configured to supply power from the power source to an electronic part of a seat. |
| US12275358B2 |
Wire harness
Provided is a harness body that is a wiring component that electrically connects a first electrical connection target installed on a slide door and a second electrical connection target installed on a vehicle body, and is wired along a link mechanism that couples the slide door and the vehicle body and reciprocates the slide door in a sliding direction with respect to the vehicle body; and a harness temporary holding structure at least at one position capable of temporarily holding the harness body assembled to the link mechanism before the link mechanism is assembled to the slide door and the vehicle body. |
| US12275356B1 |
Suction mount
A suction mount includes a magnetic assembly, a main body, and a suction cup. The magnetic assembly includes a magnet and is configured to magnetically fix a cellphone through the magnet. The main body is rotatably connected to the magnetic assembly. A universal ball head is provided between the main body and the magnetic assembly. The universal ball head is connected to the main body and the magnetic assembly, respectively. At least one of the main body and the magnetic assembly is rotatable relative to the universal ball head, such that the magnetic assembly rotates in any direction relative to the main body. The suction cup is located at a side of the main body facing away from the magnetic assembly. The suction cup is attached to an external support plane to form a closed chamber, and the suction cup is automatically adhered to the external support plane. |
| US12275354B2 |
Accelerator and vehicle-mounted radiation imaging device
An accelerator and a vehicle-mounted radiation imaging device are provided, wherein the accelerator includes an accelerator body and a position adjusting apparatus; the position adjusting apparatus includes a rotating apparatus and a lifting apparatus disposed on the rotating apparatus, the rotating apparatus is rotatably disposed on a support platform, the rotating apparatus includes a rotary platform, the lifting apparatus is connected with the rotary platform and is rotatable with the rotary platform, the accelerator body is connected with the lifting apparatus, the rotary platform is rotatable between a first position and a second position, and when the rotary platform is at the second position, a projection of the accelerator body on a surface of the support platform is outside a first edge of the support platform, and a projection of the rotary platform on the surface of the support platform is within the first edge of the support platform. |
| US12275352B2 |
Automatic fog identification method using front camera image and emergency fog LED high beam system using the same
An automatic fog identification method using a front camera image and an emergency fog red LED high beam system using the same are proposed. The emergency fog red LED high beam system is configured such that a red LED module is applied to a high beam light source, thus providing a clear and wide view for a driver without diffused reflection even in a foggy situation. |
| US12275351B2 |
Acoustic vehicle alerting system
A pedestrian alerting system adapts alerting sounds emitted by a vehicle according to an acoustic environment around the vehicle. Echoes of the alerting sound in an enclosed space such as a garage can be irritating to the pedestrians and/or occupants of the vehicle. A sensor suite including radar, cameras, and/or a GPS locator detect confined spaces in which reflections result in a greater apparent loudness. Emitted loudness of the alerting sounds are reduced, wherein the reduction of the volume may be based on the size of the space. |
| US12275350B2 |
Physical vapor deposition coating layer combination for color development enabling laser etching without backlit color disruption
The present disclosure is directed to an automotive component and method of finishing such component including a polymer substrate, a tinted primer disposed over a first surface of the polymer substrate, a semi-transparent metallic coating disposed over the tinted primer. The semi-transparent metallic coating and tinted primer define at least one discontinuity. The automotive component further includes a top-coat disposed over the semi-transparent metallic coating and fills in the discontinuity. In aspects, the automotive component is back-lit and includes a light emitting source optically coupled to a second surface of the polymer substrate. |
| US12275348B2 |
Lighting device for a vehicle steering wheel and vehicle steering wheel
A lighting device (100) for a vehicle steering wheel rim (10), comprising: at least two light sources (120), a light diffuser (130) comprising a collecting face (131) and a diffusion face (132) arranged so as to transmit light emitted by the light sources (120) to an occupant of the vehicle when the lighting device (100) is integrated in the rim (10), characterized in that the collecting face (131) comprises at least two protrusions (133) positioned with respect to the light sources (120) such that the light transmitted by the diffusion face (132) is uniform. |
| US12275346B2 |
Roof panel having bidirectional LED films
A roof panel module for a vehicle that includes a frame of the roof panel module connectable to a vehicle. The frame includes an opening that extends between an inside surface and outside surface of the frame. The frame further includes an inner piece having a plurality of inner flanges and an outside piece having a plurality of outside flanges which allows bonding of one of the plurality of inner flanges to one of the plurality of outer flanges. The roof panel module further includes a window extending across the opening on the outside surface of the frame that provides a viewing surface through a roof panel module of a vehicle. Connected to the frame is a light emission unit positioned within the opening of the frame. The light emission unit selectively emits light away from the inside surface of the frame and selectively emits light away from the outside surface of the frame. |
| US12275343B2 |
Fold-up convertible camper bed/bench
A fold-up bedding conversion system enables the creation of a larger sized bed that may be used in limited space situations, where the conversion system includes a frame that includes a substantial portion of the bed and a bench, positioned at a proximal end of the bed, that is rotational movable to enable the back section of the bench to be positioned substantially in-line with the bed. |
| US12275342B2 |
Automatic traveling cart
An automatic traveling cart includes a connecting arm that connects a wheelchair to a front portion or a rear portion of the automatic traveling cart. The automatic traveling cart transports the wheelchair while a user is placed on the wheelchair without intentionally placing the wheelchair on the cart. |
| US12275340B2 |
Cup holder
A cup holder includes a holder main body having a retaining portion, the retaining portion being configured to receive and hold a beverage container on a bottom wall. The retaining portion includes an upper opening for receiving the beverage container, the bottom wall for supporting a bottom of the beverage container, and a side wall formed between the upper opening and the bottom wall, and has a cylindrical shape. An inner diameter at the upper opening is substantially the same as an inner diameter of the bottom wall. |
| US12275339B2 |
Mount for motor-vehicle headrest
Among other things, the invention relates to a mounting assembly for a headrest with at least one mounting rod (13a, 13b) having at least one retaining structure (17) that can be mounted on a vehicle seat by at least one mounting assembly (19a, 19b) having a respective seat (14), wherein the seat (14) forms a passage (25) for supporting and guiding the mounting rod (13a, 13b), wherein the mounting assembly (19a, 19b) has a latch assembly (15) that releasably latches the mounting rod (13a, 13b) can be releasably latched in at least one position relative to the seat (14), wherein the latch assembly (15) has at least one latch element (16) that is movable between a latching position and a release position and has a latch formation (21) that can be releasably engaged with at least one retaining structure (22) of the mounting rod (13a, 13b) to prevent movement of the mounting rod in at least one direction (p1, p2) along the passage (25).The particularity is that the latch formation (21) has at least one mating surface (32, 33) that cooperates with a driving surface (34, 35) of the retaining structure (17) in such a way that when rotating the mounting rod (13a) about a longitudinal central axis (m) relative to at least one rotational direction (u1, u2), in particular relative to two opposite rotational directions (u1, u2), the latch element (16) is entrained. |
| US12275335B2 |
Passenger compartment layout for vehicle
A walking vehicle including a chassis including a passenger compartment is described. The passenger compartment includes a pilot position and a plurality of passenger positions for positioning passengers in a plurality of outward facing directions. |
| US12275332B2 |
Vehicle having electric motor and method of controlling brake lamp for the same
An embodiment method of controlling a brake lamp of a vehicle equipped with an electric motor as a power source includes determining a position of a following vehicle when decelerating through regenerative braking in a coasting situation and performing at least one of correction of an ON threshold according to deceleration or control of regenerative braking torque for deceleration variation in response to the determined position of the following vehicle being in one of a plurality of regions set according to a distance from a rear of the vehicle. |
| US12275330B2 |
Vehicle and vehicle control method
A vehicle includes a battery including an all-solid-state battery configured to be externally chargeable with electric power supplied from outside of the vehicle, a heater configured to heat the battery, and a control device configured to control the heater. The control device controls the heater such that when a predetermined condition related to the external charging is satisfied, the temperature of the battery during execution of the external charging is higher than when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. The predetermined condition includes a condition that an elevation of the vehicle during the execution of the external charging is higher than a predetermined height. |
| US12275329B2 |
Multi-voltage storage system for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle
A multi-voltage storage system for an at least partially electrically driven vehicle comprising: a first high-voltage energy storage module and a second high-voltage energy storage module; one switching unit of identical design for each energy storage module, each switching unit having two positive inputs and two negative inputs, by means of which at least one load connection and one charging connection can be formed, a controllable contactor being provided downstream of each input, and the negative inputs each being able to be connected to a negative pole of an energy storage module and the positive inputs each being able to be connected to a positive pole of an energy storage module by means of the contactors; and a control unit, which is designed such that all the contactors of each switching unit can be controlled independently of each other in any way by the control unit. |
| US12275327B2 |
Vehicle control system and method
A vehicle control system and method include processors that determine that an energy storage device of a vehicle will have insufficient energy to power a propulsion system of the vehicle under a first set of operational settings to move the vehicle from a first location within a powered segment to a designated second location that is outside of an unpowered segment of a route. Responsive to determining that the energy storage device will have insufficient energy, the processors change one or more settings of the vehicle to operate the vehicle under a second set of operational settings while the vehicle moves within the powered segment of the route to charge the energy storage device to a greater extent relative to operating of the vehicle according to the first set of operational settings. |
| US12275320B2 |
System and method for electric vehicle charging and security
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a power source and a moveable charging arm coupled to the power source and comprising a charging plate for contact with an electric vehicle contact plate. The charging arm is operable to transmit direct current (DC) pulse power with testing performed between high voltage pulses directly from the charging plate to the electric vehicle contact plate to charge one or more batteries at the electric vehicle. A method for charging the electric vehicle is also disclosed herein. |
| US12275319B2 |
Cooling tank installation for a liquid cooling of a charging station for electrically powered motor vehicles
A cooling tank installation (10) for a liquid cooling of a charging station for electrically powered motor vehicles includes at least one reservoir (12, 14) for receiving an environmentally hazardous cooling medium. The reservoir (12, 14) is inserted in a retention vessel (16) for retaining a quantity of leakage from the reservoir (12, 14), and a receiving volume for receiving the entire liquid volume of the reservoir (12, 14) is formed between the reservoir (12, 14) and the retention vessel (16). The retention vessel (16) is inserted in an outer vessel (20) that provides support with respect to earth loads. An absorption body (24) is provided in the outer vessel (20) between the retention vessel (16) and the outer vessel (20) in the direction of gravity for absorbing moisture, and a moisture sensor detects moisture of the absorption body (24). |
| US12275318B2 |
Base stations for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
A base station is disclosed for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The base station includes: an enclosure; a slide mechanism that is connected to the enclosure and which is repositionable between a retracted position and an extended position; and a cradle that is connected to the slide mechanism and which defines a chamber that is configured to receive the UAV such that the UAV is movable into and out of the enclosure during repositioning of the slide mechanism between the retracted position and the extended position. The cradle includes: an upper shell; a lower shell that is connected to the upper shell; and at least one thermal insulator that is located between the upper shell and the lower shell. |
| US12275317B2 |
Power control device
A power control device for controlling a power supply system, the power control device including a DCDC converter for supplying power of a battery to a load, and an alternator connected in parallel with a DCDC converter for supplying generated power to the load, the power control device including: a monitoring unit for monitoring a current output from DCDC converter to the load; and a control unit for controlling an operation of DCDC converter and the alternator, wherein the control unit controls the alternator to generate electric power when an output current of DCDC converter monitored by the monitoring unit is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, and controls the alternator not to generate electric power when an output current of DCDC converter monitored by the monitoring unit is equal to or less than a second threshold value, which is smaller than the first threshold value. |
| US12275315B2 |
Hybrid power management system and method for delivering power in a transport vehicle
A system to deliver power to a load in a transport vehicle has: (a) a battery; (b) a super capacitor bank; (c) a bidirectional DC/DC converter configured to transfer power to/from the super capacitors in order to absorb/supply power from/to the load, and configured to transfer power between the super capacitors and the battery and/or the load in order to charge the super capacitor from the battery or load or charge the battery/load from the super capacitors in a controlled way (d) a hybrid controller configured to identify when pulsed power is required to/from the load, and based on a charging pulse profile, supplying a plurality positive and/or negative current pulses to the battery. |
| US12275306B2 |
Series hybrid type straddled vehicle
A straddled vehicle including a frame structure having a frame body, a rear arm swingably supported by the frame structure, a driving wheel rotatably supported by the rear arm, a drive motor supported by the frame structure or the rear arm, and an electric power generation unit supported by the frame body but not by the rear arm. The electric power generation unit includes: an electric power generation engine arranged with an offset toward a first direction from a center of the straddled vehicle with respect to a left-right direction, not overlapping the drive motor in a side view; and an electric power generator further in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, than the electric power generation engine, overlapping the electric power generation engine, but not overlapping the drive motor, in the side view. The electric power generator is driven by the electric power generation engine to generate electric power. |
| US12275304B2 |
Image display control device, image display control method, and computer-readable storage medium
In a display control device, in a case in which a total number of image pages displayable at a meter display is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the display control device displays a same number of dots as the total number of image pages, and displays a page indicator that specifies a dot corresponding to the displayed image page. Further, in a case in which the total number of image pages exceeds the predetermined value, a page indicator is displayed in which a cursor is arranged at a position corresponding to the displayed image page together with a scroll bar. As a result, even if the total number of image pages is large, the display of the page indicator is not complicated. |
| US12275301B2 |
Vehicle and fuel supply module
A vehicle is driven by energy generated from a drive unit supplied with gas fuel, and includes a fuel supply module that includes a fuel tank in which the gas fuel is stored, a regulator that is connected to the fuel tank and adjusts the gas fuel output from the fuel tank to predetermined pressure, a fuel output port through which the gas fuel adjusted by the regulator is output, and a support that supports devices including the fuel tank, the regulator, and the fuel output port, and includes an attachment portion detachably attached to the vehicle while supporting the devices. |
| US12275300B2 |
Frame for a motor vehicle tank
A frame for a plastic tank for a motor vehicle, containing at least one means for attaching an internal reinforcing element of the plastic tank which is intended to connect two opposite walls of said plastic tank. The at least one means for attaching the internal reinforcing element includes at least one first structure configured to snap-fit at least a portion of the internal reinforcing element. The at least one first structure contains at least two bodies that are movable relative to each other. The at least two bodies are provided with a holding means configured to hold the internal reinforcing element in a direction opposite to a snap-fitting direction, and at least one stop element, separate from the at least two bodies, protruding in a direction opposite to the snap-fitting direction in order to provide a stop for the internal reinforcing element when said element is snap-fit into place. |
| US12275299B2 |
Vehicle frames for battery powered electric vehicles
Vehicle frames for battery powered electric vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a vehicle subframe including a first rail and a first rocker on a first side of the vehicle subframe, and a second rail and a second rocker on a second side of the vehicle subframe, the first side opposite the second side, a first diagonal member coupled between the first rail and the second side of the vehicle subframe, the first diagonal member to transfer a first longitudinal load from the first rail to the second side, and a second diagonal member coupled between the second rail and the first side of the vehicle subframe, the second diagonal member to transfer a second longitudinal load from the second rail to the first side. |
| US12275296B2 |
Power assembly and electric vehicle
A power assembly includes a rotor iron core, a gear set, a rotating shaft, and an oil-pumping system. The rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the rotor iron core and a driving gear in the gear set. The housing has an oil storage pool at a bottom and an oil collection tank at a high location, a part of a structure of a first gear in the gear set is located in the oil storage pool, and the first gear rotates to drive cooling oil in the oil storage pool to be raised and collected by the oil collection tank. The rotating shaft has a cooling oil channel inside. The cooling oil in the oil collection tank flows to the cooling oil channel, to dissipate heat from the rotor iron core. |
| US12275289B2 |
Vehicle air conditioner
The engine, the heater, and the heater core are connected by pipes. When the traveling mode is HEV traveling mode or the engine single traveling mode, a flow path formed of pipes is formed, and the coolant is heated by the engine to heat the heater core. When the traveling mode is EV traveling mode, a flow path including a pipe is formed, and the coolant is heated by the heater to heat the heater core. |
| US12275286B2 |
Multi-link independent suspension for vehicle, and vehicle
The disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicles, and particularly provides a multi-link independent suspension for a vehicle that includes a subframe and a steering knuckle. In order to solve the problem of reduced adjustment efficiency caused by mutual restraining of linkages of an existing multi-link independent suspension when a camber angle is adjusted, the multi-link independent suspension includes a spring control arm that is configured to adjust a camber angle of a wheel center. The multi-link independent suspension also includes a front upper control arm and a rear upper control arm. A central axis of the front upper control arm intersects with a central axis of the rear upper control arm at a Q point, and the Q point has the same coordinate as the wheel center in an X direction; and a motion centerline between the front upper control arm and the rear upper control arm coincides with a projection of a central axis of the spring control arm on an XY plane, so that a movement of the spring control arm has no effect on an upper control arm system when the camber angle is being adjusted. The steering knuckle only rotates about an X axis so as to drive a tire to rotate about the X axis, so that a camber angle of the tire can be adjusted without changing a toe-in angle, thereby reducing the number of affected linkages and simplifying the adjustment in the camber angle of the tire. |
| US12275283B2 |
Optimized architecture of a civil engineering tire
Radial carcass tire for a civil engineering vehicle, having two bead wires (2) of radial height Ht, and carcass reinforcement made of two layers, the first (1) being radially innermost with a radial height Hdc, is anchored in each bead to form a main part (11) and a turn-up (12). The second layer (3) is radially outside the first layer (1). The free end (A) of the turn-up (12) is at a radial distance from the radially outermost point (21) of the bead wire that is at least equal to 1 and at most equal to 2 times Ht. From the end A of the turn-up (12) to the point B at 85% of the radial height Hdc, the distance between carcass layers is at least equal to 2 and at most equal to 11 times the diameter of metal reinforcers of first carcass layer (1). |
| US12275281B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire having a tread, wherein the ground contact surface of the tread is composed of at least two types of rubber compositions different in the thermal conductivity, and the following formulas (1) and (2) are satisfied: 1700≤(Dt2×π/4)/Wt≤2827.4 (1) [(V+1.5×107)/Wt]≤2.88×105 (2) where Wt (mm) is the cross-sectional width and Dt (mm) is the outer diameter of the tire when installed on a standardized rim and inflated to an internal pressure of 250 kPa, and V (mm3) is the virtual volume of the space occupied by the tire. |
| US12275279B2 |
Pneumatic tyre for a vehicle
A tire having a tread with profile rib traversed by sipes, which extend parallel to one another and at an angle of 0° to 50° relative to the axial direction and have a width of 0.4 mm to 3.0 mm. Each sipe has a sipe main portion extending over the majority of its extent and via a respective sipe edge portion leads into each circumferential groove delimiting the profile rib. The sipe main portion and the sipe edge portion have a respective depth in which the depth of the sipe main portion is less than the depth of the sipe edge portion. In the interior of the profile rib, the sipe edge portion over its entire extent leads into a cavity that extends from the circumferential groove and is made wider than the sipe. |
| US12275278B2 |
Tire
A tire has a tread portion including a first shoulder land region. The first shoulder land region is provided with first shoulder sipes. Each of the first shoulder sipes is provided with a chamfered portion over an entire lengthwise range from a first longitudinal edge to a first tread edge. Each of the chamfered portions includes a first chamfered portion defined between a shoulder center position and the first longitudinal edge and a second chamfered portion defined between the shoulder center position and the first tread edge. The second chamfered portion has a chamfer volume larger than a chamfer volume of the first chamfered portion. |
| US12275277B2 |
Tire tread for a heavy construction-plant vehicle
A Tire tread with blocks for a heavy construction-plant vehicle, to improve the compromise between traction on muddy ground and lifetime in terms of wear on rough ground. A tread (1) has blocks (4), which are separated by cuts (3) and raised with respect to a bottom surface (5). Any block (4) have a contact face (41) having a polygonal shape of surface area SC, which is contained in a tread surface (2), lateral faces (42), and a base section (43), which has a polygonal shape of surface area SB. The contact face (41) of any block (4) has a polygonal shape that is at least partially concave, wat least two consecutive sides (411, 412) that form between them an interior angle A1 of the polygonal shape that is greater than 180° and the surface area SC of the contact face (41) is at most equal to 0.9 times the surface area SB of the base section (43). |
| US12275274B2 |
Quenching a wheel comprising a hub
The invention relates to a component in the form of a wheel comprising: a hub portion, a rim portion with an outer rim flange and an inner rim flange, a plurality of circumferentially distributed spokes extending between the hub portion and the rim portion, wherein the spokes and the hub portion are arranged offset with respect to a wheel center plane towards the outer rim flange and have an inner side facing the wheel center plane and an outer side directed away from the wheel center plane, wherein the outer rim flange has greater tensile residual stresses at least in a partial region than at least a partial region of the inner rim flange. |
| US12275272B1 |
Apparatus for cleaning paint applicator brushes
An apparatus for cleaning a paint application roller brush includes a generally cylindrical transparent main body sized for removably receiving the paint application roller brush a first end including end fitting in sealing engagement with the main cylindrical body and adapted with a water inlet adapted with a manually actuated on/off valve, a second end including an end fitting in sealing engagement with the main cylindrical body and adapted with a removable cap, a cap adapted with at least one aperture forming a water outlet, and a flexible inner liner disposed in surrounding relation with the paint applicator roller whereby pressure applied to said liner causes the liner to compress the paint application roller brush. |
| US12275271B2 |
Ballpoint pen refill and ballpoint pen
Provided is a ballpoint pen refill including: an ink storage tube made of a synthetic resin and storing an ink thereinside; a ball holder made of a synthetic resin and attached to a distal end of the ink storage tube; a ball pressing rod mounted inside the ball holder; and a writing ball stored in a distal end of the ball holder and having a rear end side held by the ball pressing rod, in which the ball pressing rod includes: a fixing portion fixed to the ball holder; a movable portion slidable in a front-rear direction with respect to the ball holder; a compression portion connecting the fixing portion and the movable portion; and a rearward movement restricting portion protruding from a distal end of the fixing portion and provided with a gap from a rear end of the compression portion. |
| US12275270B2 |
Device and method for removing a liquid from a container having a depressible valve
A device for removing a liquid from a container having a depressible valve is provided. The device may include a reservoir for holding the liquid removed from the container. A conduit of the device may include a first end and a second end. The first end may be fluidly coupled to the reservoir while the second end may be fluidly coupled to the container. Depressing the conduit may actuate the depressible valve of the container to provide fluid communication of the liquid from the container, through the conduit, and into the reservoir. |
| US12275268B2 |
Book animation device
A customizable book allows the integration of animation aids to engage readers and encourage them to interact with the story. The animation aids include a fire hose bubble blowing, puppet attachments, and apertures are configured to frame the face of a child and create the appearance of the child's face being in the book. The pages of the story may include illustrations to create the appearance that the user's face is positioned on top of a character's body. Puppet attachments may also be used and the puppet's hands can be manipulated through hand apertures to create an appearance of a moving figure on the page. The firehose bubble blowing may be used with the book by attaching a front nozzle of the bubble blowing to the book through an aperture, to create an appearance of bubbles being produced by a page of the book. |
| US12275264B2 |
Bookbinding machine with multiple endless conveyors in wrap-around succession
A bookbinding machine (100) is proposed. The bookbinding machine (100) comprises processing stations (205a-205e) for processing book blocks (215a-215d) and transport elements (210a-210d) for transporting the book blocks (215a-215d) across them. A plurality of endless conveyors (225a-225c) are arranged in a wrap-around succession, each carrying one or more conveying elements (305a1,305a2;305b;305c). A driving system (235-240) drives the endless conveyors (225a-225c) to cause each conveying element (305a1,305a2;305b;305c) in succession to engage a transport element (210a-210d), to convey the transport element (210a-0210d) along a transport path (220) for an active section of the corresponding endless conveyor (225a-225c) and then to disengage the transport element (210a-210d). A bookbinding plant comprising one or more of these bookbinding machines (100) is also proposed. Moreover, a corresponding method for operating a bookbinding machine (100), a computer program and a computer program product for implementing the method are proposed. |
| US12275259B2 |
Transfer paper and stamping method combining screen printing and digital printing
The present invention refers to a coated transfer paper for receiving digital printing inks, maintaining high tonal fidelity, the paper being treated to transfer the image when it contacts a receiving base, preventing transfer to surfaces that do not have the receiving base. In addition, the invention relates to a printing method that combines the techniques of screen printing and digital printing, using the transfer paper. |
| US12275258B2 |
Printing device and ribbon installation mechanism thereof
A printing device and the ribbon mounting mechanism thereof are disclosed. The ribbon mounting mechanism is used for mounting a first ribbon comprising a first core and a second ribbon comprising a second core having a diameter smaller than that of the first core. The ribbon mounting mechanism includes a first shaft supporting the first core of the first ribbon; a second shaft supporting the second core of the second ribbon, wherein the second shaft and the first shaft are concentrically disposed; a torque generator comprising a third shaft; a first gear set connecting the first shaft and the third shaft, and torque generated by the torque generator is transmitted to the first shaft through the first gear set; and a second gear set connecting the second shaft and the third shaft, and torque generated by the torque generator is transmitted to the second shaft through the second gear set. |
| US12275254B2 |
Inkjet printing method and inkjet printing apparatus
An inkjet printing method including: discharging ink contained in an ink storage unit, from a nozzle of a nozzle forming surface of a discharging unit; and supplying the ink from the ink storage unit to the discharging unit. The ink includes specific components and satisfies a specific relation between dynamic surface tension and time. The supplying includes: forming a closed space by covering the nozzle forming surface with a lid member, and freely controlling a pressure between the discharging unit and the ink storage unit; and forming an open space by opening the lid member on the nozzle forming surface, and setting the pressure to be the same as atmospheric pressure. A negative pressure difference between the ink storage unit and the discharging unit is 70-120 mmAq before discharge of the ink, 30-80 mmAq during the discharging, and the former is equal to or greater than the latter. |
| US12275252B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording on a medium, a body in which the recording unit is mounted, a housing configured to house the body, and a holding portion configured to hold the body at a predetermined position with respect to the housing. The predetermined position includes a closed position, a first open position, and a second open position. The closed position is a position at which the body is housed inside the housing. The first open position is a position at which the body protrudes from the housing in a first displacement direction of a displacement direction intersecting with a vertical direction by a first distance. The second open position is a position at which the body protrudes from the housing in the first displacement direction by a second distance longer than the first distance. |
| US12275247B2 |
Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle member. The nozzle member includes a nozzle, a deformable laminar member, and an electromechanical transducer. The nozzle discharges liquid. The deformable laminar member has an opening forming the nozzle. The electromechanical transducer is disposed around the opening. The nozzle member is warped with respect to a discharge-side plane of the nozzle member in a surrounding area of the nozzle when no voltage is applied to the electromechanical transducer. |
| US12275246B2 |
Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus are designed to suppress separation of ejection modules from a support member. To this end, a liquid supply unit is aligned with respect to the support member to which the ejection modules are bonded. Moreover, in a connection unit of an ejection unit and the liquid supply unit, liquid connection units of the ejection unit are connected to be movable relative to the liquid supply unit. |
| US12275243B2 |
Liquid discharge head
A liquid discharge head is provided, which includes a nozzle plate which is formed with nozzles, and a channel member which is formed with pressure chambers and connecting channels for connecting the pressure chambers and the nozzles. The connecting channel includes a plurality of portions which have mutually different channel cross-sectional areas. The plurality of portions includes a first portion which is adjacent to the pressure chamber, and a second portion which is adjacent to the first portion, the first portion being interposed between the pressure chamber and the second portion. The first portion has the smallest channel cross-sectional area of those of the plurality of portions. S1≤0.3×S0 and S1≤0.7×S2 are fulfilled (S0: channel cross-sectional are of the pressure chamber, S1: channel cross-sectional area of the first portion, S2: channel cross-sectional area of the second portion). |
| US12275240B2 |
Cutter unit and printer with cutter unit
A cutter unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is configured to cut recording paper that is conveyed. The cutter unit includes a movable blade that can advance toward or retract from the recording paper and is configured to cut the recording paper when the movable blade advances. The cutter unit also includes a peeling mechanism including a contacting portion configured to move in a direction opposite to a direction of advancement or retraction of the movable blade and contact the recording paper. |
| US12275239B2 |
Print consumable detection
A print consumable may include a rotatable core, a roll of dispensable print substrate, and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag. The roll of the dispensable print substrate may be dispensably secured to the core. The RFID tag may be secured to the core and configured to rotate about a core axis. The RFID tag includes an RFID antenna coupled to an RFID chip. The RFID chip may include a print counter, a stock-keeping unit (SKU) code, and a consumable authentication code. A print system may include a housing, a holder to hold the print consumable, a print head, a transceiver, a trace antenna for reading an RFID tag of the print consumable, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive a signal from the transceiver indicative of one or more of the print counter, the SKU code, and the consumable authentication code received from the RFID antenna. |
| US12275235B2 |
Drying apparatus, printing medium anti-drop method and non-contact support member position adjusting method
The anti-drop members 7l and 7r are provided to each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l, and the respective anti-drop peripheral surfaces 711 of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r adjoin the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l. In this configuration, on the occurrence of oblique traveling of the printing medium M, the printing medium M is deviated from the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l to the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of the anti-drop member 7l or 7r. Specifically, the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of each of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r allows the printing medium M to be supported while providing the clearance Δ from the front surface M1 of the printing medium M deviated by the oblique traveling. |
| US12275234B2 |
Printing modes with drying delays
Certain examples relate to a method of a method of printing an image which comprises determining image data for an image to be printed onto a substrate, the image data comprising application amounts of one or more colorants to be applied to the substrate. A print mode is determined for applying the colorants to the substrate and comprises a plurality of application passes each for applying some of the application amounts of the colorants to the substrate and a drying delay between at least some of the application passes. The duration of the drying delay is dependent on a characteristic of one or more of the colorants or substrate. The image is printed using the image data and the print mode. |
| US12275228B2 |
Release film
A release film includes a first release film disposed on a printed circuit board and a connector that is connected to the printed circuit board. The first release film comprises a fixing portion having a shape extending in one direction. A second release film is disposed under the printed circuit board. The second release film includes an incision portion. The fixing portion extends into the incision portion. |
| US12275219B2 |
Monovinylidene aromatic multilayer sheet containing impact modifiers
Disclosed herein are compositions including a thermoformable sheet having three of more layers. Two layers include one or more monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber, one or more monovinylidene aromatic monomer and unsaturated nitrile containing copolymers, or a blend of one or more monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers and a polyolefin, which exhibit resistance to environmental stress cracking. At least one of the two layers is an outer layer. An inner layer includes post-consumer recycled monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber, post-industrial recycled monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber. Optionally, the composition may include virgin monovinylidene aromatic monomer containing polymers which are impact modified by a rubber. Optionally, the composition may include an outer layer which is a gloss layer. |
| US12275217B2 |
Decorative sheet and decorative material using same
A decorative sheet having a surface protective layer on substrate, wherein the surface protective layer is obtained by crosslinking and curing composition A containing an ionizing radiation-curable resin composition and radical scavenger; the radical scavenger contains radical scavenger i which includes ethylenic double bond polymerizable with ionizing radiation-curable resin composition and radical scavenger ii which does not include ethylenic double bond polymerizable with ionizing radiation-curable resin composition; a content of radical scavenger in composition A is not less than 0.5 parts by mass and less than 10.0 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the ionizing radiation-curable resin composition; and a water vapor transmission rate of the decorative sheet when measured in accordance with Testing Methods for Determination of the Water Vapor Transmission Rate of Moisture-Proof Packaging Materials (Dish Method) defined in JIS Z0208:1976 is not less than 0.75 g/m2·24 h and not more than 45 g/m2·24 h. |
| US12275216B2 |
Automobile lighting
The present invention proposes an optical device according to claim 1. The optical device comprises a glazing with a top outer surface and a bottom outer surface extending between a first lateral end face and a second lateral end face. The glazing comprises at least one outer layer made of glass or of an optically clear polymer material. The glazing comprises a photoluminescent structure having one or more photoluminescent domains. The optical device comprises a light source for injecting excitation light into said glazing, said excitation light being suitable to excite the one or more photoluminescent domains to induce photoluminescence of the one or more photoluminescent domains. The light source is optically coupled to the glazing to inject light such that the light injected at the first lateral end face of the glazing so that the light is guided to propagate through the glazing from the first lateral end face to the second lateral end face, the glazing forming a waveguide between the top surface and the bottom surface by total internal reflection of the light at the top outer surface and the bottom outer surface, to induce photoluminescence of the one or more photoluminescent domains. |
| US12275213B1 |
Method for manufacturing a disposable biodegradable bag
A method for manufacturing a disposable biodegradable bag for carrying items then discarding the bag without creating unwanted pollution includes providing a first rectangular sheet of biodegradable material having a first top edge, a first bottom edge, and a first pair of lateral side edges. The first rectangular sheet of biodegradable material may be a first biodegradable dryer sheet. The method further includes providing a second rectangular sheet of biodegradable material having a second top edge, a second bottom edge, and a second pair of lateral side edges. The second rectangular sheet of biodegradable material may be a second biodegradable dryer sheet. The method further includes coupling the first bottom edge to the second bottom edge and coupling the first pair of lateral side edges to the second pair of lateral side edges to form a bag having an opening between the first top edge and the second top edge. |
| US12275212B2 |
Repositioning station
The repositioning station (200) allows a continuous shingled stream (120) of overlapping semirigid planar articles (100) to be transported on an incoming conveyor (122) along a transport circuit (204) onto an outgoing conveyor (302) so as to form a stack that can be carried away upon the outgoing conveyor (302). The repositioning station (200) includes a lateral deviation assembly (210) and may also include a final positioning assembly (212). The transport circuit (204) within the lateral deviation assembly (210) follows a generally ellipsoidal deviation path to veer the shingled stream (120) and also to pivot the articles (100) therein about a curvilinear axis (206) from a facedown position to an upright position. The outgoing conveyor (302) can carry the cartons (100) in a direction that is parallel to that of the incoming conveyor (122). |
| US12275211B2 |
Machine for forming a container from a blank
Provided herein is a machine for forming a container from a blank including a tray and a lid. The machine has an upstream end where the blank is loaded and a downstream end where the container is discharged and includes a frame, a pre-forming assembly, and a mandrel assembly. The pre-forming assembly is configured to partially form the lid and the tray by folding each of a plurality of side panels of the blank and further form the tray by partially folding a front panel assembly of the blank, the front panel assembly including a front panel and a roll-over panel. The mandrel assembly is mounted to the frame and configured to engage a bottom panel of the tray to form each of a plurality of corners of the tray and fold the roll-over panel to form a front wall of the container. |
| US12275204B2 |
Composite components and multi-zone fiber preforms for composite components
A method for fabricating a composite panel comprising stitching a plurality of first continuous reinforcing fibers in N first zones and M second zones of a backing substrate of a preform. The N first zones are arranged near C corners of the composite panel, where C is an integer. The plurality of first continuous reinforcing fibers in the N first zones is arranged radially relative to the C corners. At least one of a fiber density of the plurality of first continuous reinforcing fibers in the N first zones that is less than a fiber density of the plurality of first continuous reinforcing fibers in the M second zones, and a stitch density of the plurality of first continuous reinforcing fibers in the N first zones that is less than a stitch density of the plurality of first continuous reinforcing fibers in the M second zones. |
| US12275202B2 |
Method for producing an aerodynamic element including riblets
A method for producing an aerodynamic element for an aircraft, including a wall which is covered, at least partially, by a printed film including a plurality of ribs and/or grooves, the method including: providing a raw film made of a deformable material which is devoid of grooves and ribs; providing a pressure plate which includes a face provided with ribs and/or grooves complementary to the ribs and/or grooves of the printed film; placing said raw film on the wall of the element; positioning the pressure plate on the raw film, the printed side of the pressure plate facing the raw film; and a forming step during which the raw film is bonded with the wall of the component and during which the raw film is shaped by cooperation with the pressure plate to obtain the printed film including the ribs and/or the grooves. |
| US12275200B2 |
Molding apparatus for grp door skin
A molding apparatus for a GRP door skin is provided. The molding apparatus is configured to form a GRP door skin of a completed product by molding a GRP door skin in a forming mold, and inserting the formed GRP door skin into a trimming removing part through a robot. |
| US12275195B2 |
Heat seal device
A heat seal device for use in a bag making apparatus includes: a first heat seal member; a second heat seal member facing the first heat seal member; a heater for heating at least one of the first heat seal member or the second heat seal member; a drive mechanism configured to move the first heat seal member towards and away from the second heat seal member so as to releasably sandwich a web between the first and second heat seal members; a sensor disposed to detect acceleration of the first heat seal member; and a measurement part configured to measure a sandwiching time during which the web is sandwiched by the first and second heat seal members based on data from the sensor. |
| US12275194B2 |
Methods for joining unidirectional tapes
A method for joining unidirectional tapes is provided. The method includes placing a plurality of unidirectional tapes by abutting without overlapping an end of one of the unidirectional tapes with an end of other one of the unidirectional tapes at a butt joint. The unidirectional tapes includes a resin material and a plurality of fibers running in a running direction. The method further includes placing a prepreg including a resin material and a plurality of short fibers over the butt joint to cover an area surrounding the butt joint such that the short fibers run in the running direction. The method further includes fusing the prepreg by applying heat such that the short fibers are fused into a matrix of the unidirectional tapes at the butt joint. |
| US12275190B2 |
Build material extraction
A 3D printing apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a container, a build material extraction module, an energy source and a controller. The container is to receive a build volume comprising portions in which an un-cured thermally curable binder has been applied to define a 3D object to be generated and portions on which no binder has been applied. The build material extraction module is to remove part of the build material on which no binder has been applied. The energy source to heat the contents of the container. And the controller is to control the build material extraction module to remove part of the build material on which no binder has been applied; and control the energy source to heat the build material to thermally cure any binder in the container. |
| US12275189B2 |
Three-dimensional printing systems and methods of their use
The present disclosure describes three-dimensional (3D) printing apparatuses, processes, software, and systems for producing high quality 3D objects. Described herein are printing apparatuses that facilitate control of energy beam characteristics using an optical mask during one or more printing operations. |
| US12275185B2 |
Additive manufacturing by extruding inhibited crystallization polymers
Methods and processes are provided by which inhibited-crystallization polymers may be employed as feedstock materials in thermoplastic extrusion-type additive manufacturing systems. Counteracting the tendency of such polymers to uncontrolledly settle into an amorphous state upon cooling under typically used conditions, techniques are disclosed for controlling process temperatures, exposure times and feed rates to produce parts with uniform crystallinity, high mechanical strength and efficient throughput. |
| US12275184B2 |
Systems and methods for micropatterning objects
Implanted medical devices need a mechanism of immobilization to surrounding tissues, which minimizes tissue damage while providing reliable long-term anchoring. This disclosure relates to techniques for patterning arbitrarily shaped 3D objects and to patterned balloon devices having micro- or nano-patterning on an outer surface of an inflatable balloon. The external pattern can provide enhanced friction and anchoring in an aqueous environment. Examples of these types of patterns are hexagonal arrays inspired by tree frogs, corrugated patterns, and microneedle patterns. The patterned balloon devices can be disposed between an implant and surrounding tissues to facilitate anchoring of the implant. |
| US12275183B2 |
Thermoforming machine and method
This thermoforming machine includes a thermoforming chamber having at least one heated air inlet through which heated air flows into the thermoforming chamber at a controlled pressure. The air inlet cooperates with a heated air flow distribution regulator located in the thermoforming chamber and through which the heated air flows out of the thermoforming chamber at a predetermined temperature. The regulator includes a heated air flow regulating mask receiving heated air flow, having a plurality of flow restricting elements providing different air flow restrictions. |
| US12275182B2 |
Moulding unit with bistable magnetic device
The invention relates to a unit for molding containers, which comprises two mold supports, a device for locking the mold supports in the closed position, and a bistable device which comprises a fixed element and a mobile element able to move between two stable extreme positions. The mobile element comprises a mobile magnetic dipole, and the fixed element comprises a fixed magnetic dipole, the fixed magnetic dipole applying a magnetic force from a distance to the mobile magnetic dipole in order to force the mobile element toward one or other of its two stable extreme positions. |
| US12275175B1 |
Shut-off nozzle for injection molding
Disclosed herein is a novel shut-off nozzle for use with an injection molding system for creating and injecting foaming polymers to form products and other components. The shut-off nozzle is designed to increase cell nucleation during the foaming process, increase the pressure drop rate as the polymer is injected into a mold, and stop drooling of the foamed polymer at the end of an injection cycle. The shut-off nozzle includes an angled shut-off needle, which significantly reduces the amount of waste in each injection cycle and a water-cooling circuit to rapidly cool and solidify the molten polymer remaining in the shut-off nozzle at the end of each injection cycle. |
| US12275174B2 |
Melting heater and method for manufacturing molded product
A melting heater configured to melt joining end surfaces of a pair of semi-molded products in a case where the joining end surfaces are melted and joined to manufacture a molded product, the melting heater including: two glass plates arranged in parallel to each other; and a plurality of element heaters arranged in a unit having a flat plate shape as a whole between the two glass plates, in which the glass plate is subjected to surface processing for controlling infrared rays emitted from the plurality of element heaters. |
| US12275172B2 |
Chain control device with elastomer face overmoulded using two-shot injection moulding
A method of forming a tensioner arm bracket, chain guide, snubber or tensioner arm with two shot injection molding. The tensioner arm bracket, chain guide, snubber or tensioner arm each having a body and a chain sliding face. The body of the tensioner arm bracket, chain guide, snubber or tensioner arm bracket is formed of by a first shot of thermoplastic polymer or thermosetting resin and the chain sliding face is formed by a second shot of thermoset elastomer which is overmoulded onto the body. The body of the component is made of either a thermoplastic or thermosetting resin is fixed to its chain sliding face either by one or more of an anchor point generated by undercuts in the body and/or chemical bonds between the dissimilar materials. |
| US12275170B2 |
Device for making an object and a method for making an object
Disclosed herein is a device (100) for making an object. The device (100) comprises a vessel (44) for receiving a radiation hardenable material (42). The device (100) comprises a fabrication platform assembly (7) comprising a fabrication platform (8) and having a first mode in which an orientation of the fabrication platform (8) is adjustable and a second mode in which the orientation of the fabrication platform (8) is fixed, and configured for positioning at the vessel (44) in the second mode to form a layer of the radiation hardenable material when so received between the fabrication platform (8) and a wall (46) of the vessel (44). The device (100) comprises a radiation source (48) arranged to illuminate the layer of radiation hardenable material when so formed to form one of a plurality of layers of the object. The device (100) comprises a guide (28) configured to receive the fabrication platform assembly (7) in the first mode and orientate the fabrication platform (8) when so received with respect to the guide (28). Also disclosed herein is a method for making an object. |
| US12275168B2 |
Mould system and a method for moulding a blade shell of a wind turbine blade
A mould system for moulding a blade shell of a wind turbine blade includes a first mould for manufacturing a first blade shell part and a second mould for moulding a second blade shell part. The first mould has a first moulding side with a first moulding surface defining an outer shape of the first blade shell part. The second mould has a second moulding side with a second moulding surface defining an outer shape of the second blade shell part. The mould system is configured to rotate and position the first mould such that the first moulding side is facing the second moulding side and such that the first blade shell part may be joined with the second blade shell part so as to form the blade shell. The first mould includes a first mould flange along at least a part of the periphery of the first moulding surface. |
| US12275164B2 |
Method for solving bright line scratched during lifting of large-size silicon wafer
A method for solving a bright line scratched during lifting of a large-size silicon wafer comprises the steps of tooling preparation, crystal bar bonding, lifting preparation, and lifting. By optimizing and adjusting a lifting process, using a hollow plastic board and adding line-cutting fluid during lifting, the line-cutting fluid is attached to a diamond wire saw, which reduces the surface friction of the diamond wire saw, and improves lubricity. Furthermore, by adjusting the lifting process, lifting speeds varies due to different adsorption forces at different positions, so the diamond wire saw is prevented from scratching the surface of the silicon wafer, and the problem of scratching the bright line on the surface of the silicon wafer during lifting of the large-size silicon wafer is solved. |
| US12275162B2 |
Dual-spindle circular saw for sawing wood
A dual-spindle circular saw (1) for sawing wood (2) with two saw groups (3) is proposed, wherein each saw group (3) comprises a drive (7) having an armature (5) and a stator (6) for rotary driving of a saw spindle (9) which is mounted in a housing (8) and which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to at least one saw tool (11) comprising at least one exchangeable circular saw blade (10), and wherein the center distance (A) of the saw spindles (9) is adjustable by an actuator. In order to create particularly advantageous design conditions, it is proposed that the armature (5) is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the saw spindle (9) and the stator (6) is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner in the housing (8) between a fixed bearing (13) and a floating bearing (14) of the saw spindle (9), wherein the saw tool (11) is floatingly mounted on the saw spindle (9). |
| US12275160B2 |
Manually operated cutting device having a ratchet mechanism
A cutting device for the chipless cutting of a material comprises a cutting part and a supporting part. The cutting part and the supporting part are designed to be rotated with respect to one another about an axis of rotation between an open position and a closed position. A hand lever is articulated to the supporting part for pivoting about a pivot axis. A ratchet mechanism converts a back-and-forth motion of the hand lever into a continuous rotational motion of the cutting part toward the closed position. The ratchet mechanism includes a toothing and a drive pawl, which can be brought into an effective position with respect to the toothing. Furthermore, the cutting device comprises a coupling mechanism, which converts a one-time pivoting motion of the hand lever into a rotational motion of the cutting part. A separate coupling element transmits force from the hand lever to the cutting part. |
| US12275157B2 |
Method and electronic device, system and computer readable medium for time calibration
Devices, systems, and methods for time calibration. The method comprises determining a first reference position of a robot in a robot coordinate system based on first feedback information received from the robot; determining an association between the first reference position and first sensing information receive from a sensor; receiving, from the robot, second feedback information associated with a second motion of the robot and, from the sensor, second sensing information associated with the second motion; and determining a time delay between a sensing time point when a sensing position of the robot in the second motion is sensed by the sensor and a recording time point when the sensing position is recorded by the robot in the second motion. |
| US12275154B2 |
Robots and methods for protecting fragile components thereof
The present disclosure relates to protecting fragile members of robots from damage during fall events. In response to detecting a fall event, a fragile member of a robot can be actuated to a defensive configuration to avoid or reduce damage. An actuatable protective member can be actuated to protect a fragile member to avoid or reduce damage to the fragile member. Actuatable protective members can be dedicated protective members, or can be other members of the robot which serve different functionality outside of a fall event but act as a protective member during a fall event. |
| US12275150B2 |
Method of setting control parameter of robot, robot system, and computer program
A method of the present disclosure includes (a) receiving settings of an objective function and a constraint condition, (b) controlling a robot to execute work using a candidate value of a control parameter and measuring a performance index value for the objective function and a constraint evaluation value, (c) searching for a next candidate value of the control parameter by executing optimization processing using a value of the objective function, (d) obtaining the values of the objective function and the constraint evaluation values with respect to the plurality of candidate values by repeating (b) and (c), and (e) displaying a processing result containing a correlation chart showing the values of the objective function and the constraint evaluation values with respect to each of the plurality of candidate values. |
| US12275148B2 |
Information processing apparatus, system, information processing method, method of manufacturing products, and recording medium
An information processing apparatus includes an information processing portion. The information processing portion is configured to accept registration of first teach data and second teach data such that the first teach data and the second teach data are associated with each other. The first teach data is related to a robot arm. The second teach data is related to a peripheral apparatus disposed around the robot arm. |
| US12275147B2 |
Robot teaching system
A robot teaching system includes: a robot position and attitude calculation unit that calculates positions and attitudes of a robot corresponding to respective teaching instructions and points between the respective teaching instructions included in a working program for operating the robot; an imaginary robot information generation unit that generates imaginary robot information corresponding to the respective teaching instructions and the points between the respective teaching instructions on a basis of the positions and attitudes of the robot; a teaching instruction selection unit that selects at least one of the respective teaching instructions included in the working program; and a display unit that displays the imaginary robot information on a basis of the selected teaching instruction. The robot teaching system is able to easily confirm the position and attitude of the robot in an arbitrary teaching instruction of the working program. |
| US12275143B2 |
Segmented robot
A robot includes a first link having a first longitudinal axis operatively coupled to a second link having a second longitudinal axis such that rotation of the first link relative to the second link alternatively performs the following effects: elongation of the first link; pivoting of the first longitudinal axis relative to the second longitudinal axis; and rotation of the first longitudinal axis relative to the second longitudinal axis. |
| US12275142B2 |
Climbing robot with compliant pinion drive
An automated order fulfillment system and mobile robot are disclosed, where the mobile robot includes a compliant drive for moving between levels of a multilevel storage structure. |
| US12275141B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic processing of objects using box tray assemblies
A box handling system is disclosed for use in an object processing system. The box handling system includes a box tray including a recessed area for receiving a box, and the recessed area includes a plurality of floor and edge portions for receiving the box that contains objects to be processed. |
| US12275140B2 |
Robotic manipulator
A method of manufacturing a robotic manipulator including determining desired manipulator properties including a manipulator shape and manipulator jamming properties; using the manipulator jamming properties and a packing computational model to determine a packing element configuration, the packing computational model defining relationships between manipulator jamming properties and different packing element configurations; controlling an additive printing machine based on the packing element configuration and manipulator shape to manufacture the robot manipulator. The robot manipulator includes a flexible outer skin defining a chamber; a connector attached to the outer skin and connected to a fluid pump to allow fluid to be added to or removed from the chamber; filling elements disposed in the chamber according to the packing element configuration. |
| US12275136B2 |
Modular robotics systems
Exemplary embodiments provide modular robotic systems that allow one or more operation parameters of a robotic actuator, or group of actuators, to be dynamically configured or reconfigured. The operation parameters may be, for example, the X, Y, and/or Z position of the actuator or group of actuators with respect to other actuators, the arrangement of the actuator(s) into an array or matrix, the rotation or pitch of an actuator, the distance between actuators, the grip strength or grip surface of an actuator, etc. Accordingly, the same robotic manipulator(s) may be used for multiple purposes in multiple different contexts, manipulators can be swapped out on-the-fly, and robotic systems may be dynamically reconfigured to perform new tasks. |
| US12275133B2 |
Robot control device
The objective of the present invention is to allow a user to recognize, at a glance, the degree to which deterioration is occurring to a specific torque sensor from among torque sensors provided for an articulated arm of a robot. In the control device for a robot provided with sensors each of which detects an external force torque about a joint, the objective is achieved by providing a display device which displays, together with 3D graphics of a robot body, a warning icon in color at a mounted location of a deteriorated torque sensor, and changes the color according to the degree of deterioration. |
| US12275131B2 |
Control system for and method of operating joints
A servomechanism and method of operating same are provider. The servomechanism may be used in walking vehicles or construction vehicles. An operator provides a force to an input joint which controls a powered joint of the vehicle. Force is detected in a feedback system between the powered joint and input joint to control the power to an actuator driving the powered joint. |
| US12275115B2 |
Robotic paint repair
A disc changing system for a robotic defect repair system is presented. The system has a first abrasive disc and a second abrasive disc. The first and second abrasive discs are coupled to a liner. The system includes an abrasive disc placement device configured to automatically: remove the first abrasive disc from the liner, transport the first abrasive disc to a robotic tool of the robotic defect repair system, and place the first abrasive disc on a backup pad coupled to the robotic tool. The system also includes an abrasive disc remover configured to automatically remove the first abrasive disc after receiving a removal signal. The system also includes a controller configured to send an instruction to the disc placement device to remove, transport and place the first abrasive disc, instruct the robotic tool to conduct an abrasive operation. The controller is also configured to send the removal signal. The controller is a processor and the instructions are stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executed by the processor. |
| US12275112B2 |
Method of processing profiles in a profile processing assembly and a profile infeed assembly for transporting profiles towards a working machine
A method of processing profiles in a profile processing assembly includes a working machine and a profile infeed assembly. The profile infeed assembly includes an infeed cross transport assembly, and an infeed conveyor assembly with an infeed conveyor and a measuring truck. The infeed conveyor has a first end remote from the working machine. The infeed cross transport assembly supplies individual profiles to the infeed conveyor assembly. The infeed conveyor assembly supplies individual profiles to the working machine by means of a measuring truck which engages a profile and moves the profile over the infeed conveyor to the working machine. The method includes determining the longitudinal position of a first end of a profile that is facing away from the working machine and moving the measuring truck to an optimal rest position which is closest to the first end of the profile to be fed onto the infeed conveyor. |
| US12275111B2 |
Workpiece conveying apparatus and mounting and dismounting support mechanism for a workpiece holding device thereof
The present invention includes a link mechanism including a movable member, a first coupling shaft, a first coupling member, a second coupling shaft, a second coupling member, and a third coupling shaft. When the movable member moves to a predetermined engagement position, a straight line connecting the first coupling shaft and the second coupling shaft to each other in a plane orthogonal the first coupling shaft and the second coupling shaft and a straight line connecting the second coupling shaft and the third coupling shaft to each other in a plane orthogonal the second coupling shaft and the third coupling shaft are orthogonal to each other. |
| US12275108B2 |
Dust collection cup and power tool
A dust collection cup includes a cylindrical attachment to cause a bit to extend through the attachment, a cylindrical dust collector located in front of the attachment to cause the bit to extend through the dust collector, a seal between the attachment and the dust collector and having a through-hole to receive the bit, and a connection port connectable to a dust collection hose and located on an outer circumferential surface of the attachment outward in a radial direction of the bit from the seal and rearward from the seal. The connection port has a distance in the radial direction of the bit from an axis of the attachment to an outermost position longer than a distance in the radial direction of the bit from the axis to a position on the outer circumferential surface of the attachment that is opposite to the outermost position from the axis. |
| US12275107B2 |
Systems and methods of defect repair of metal pipelines using composite wrap repair with diode laser curing
Provided are systems and methods for repairing defects in metal pipes using a composite wrap repair system with diode laser curing. |
| US12275105B2 |
Techniques for automated maintenance of integrally bladed rotors
A method and apparatus for maintaining integrally bladed rotors (IBR) includes using first vibration data from a IBR vibration apparatus of a first IBR to determine a set of values for a corresponding set of inherent vibratory properties based on a reduced order model for an IBR type to which the first IBR belongs. Shape data indicating an initial shape of a surface of a first blade is used, with repair data that indicates a candidate repair to form a restored shape, to determine a change in a value of an inherent blade section vibratory property of the set of inherent vibratory properties. A condition of the first IBR is determined based at least in part on the change in the value of the inherent blade section vibratory property. The first IBR is maintained based on the condition. |
| US12275102B2 |
Weld line data generation device, welding system, weld line data generation method, and computer readable medium
A weld line data generation device generates weld line data specifying a portion to be welded by a welding robot. The weld line data generation device includes: a recording unit in which possibility information indicating possibility of welding by the welding robot is recorded for each combination of configuration names of members; an extraction unit configured to extract a combination of two or more adjacent members from three-dimensional data of a structure to be manufactured by welding; and a generation unit configured to generate, when a combination of configuration names corresponding to the extracted combination of two or more members is weldable, the weld line data specifying a portion to be welded between the two or more members corresponding to the combination. |
| US12275094B2 |
Solder joint
In an example, use of a solder joint may include a solder joint layer having a melted solder material containing Sn as a main component and further containing Ag and/or Sb and/or Cu; and a joined body including a Ni—P—Cu plating layer on a surface of the joined body in contact with the solder joint layer. The Ni—P—Cu plating layer may contain Ni as a main component and may contain 0.5% by mass or greater and 8% by mass or less of Cu and 3% by mass or greater and 10% by mass or less of P, and the Ni—P—Cu plating layer may have a microcrystalline layer at an interface with the solder joint layer. |
| US12275093B2 |
Method for attaching a tube to a workpiece
A method of attaching a tube having a tube wall defining a tube channel therein to a workpiece having a workpiece wall. A workpiece opening defined by a workpiece opening wall surface is formed in the workpiece wall. A tube engagement surface is formed on the tube wall for engagement with the workpiece opening wall surface. A workpiece heated portion in the workpiece, and a tube heated portion in the tube, are heated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere by energized heating elements to a hot working temperature. The tube is subjected to an engagement motion, moving the tube engagement surface relative to the workpiece opening wall surface. While the heated portions are at the hot working temperature, and while the tube is subject to the engagement motion, the tube engagement surface is pressed against the workpiece opening wall surface, for plastic deformation of the heated portions, to create a metallic bond. |
| US12275091B2 |
Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method
A laser processing apparatus irradiates a target with a laser light to form a modified region along a virtual plane in the target. The laser processing apparatus includes a support portion, an irradiation portion, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The controller performs a first processing process of irradiating a first portion in the target with the laser light under a first processing condition, and a second processing process of irradiating a second portion more on an inner side than the first portion in the target with the laser light under a second processing condition different from the first processing condition, after the first processing process. |
| US12275087B2 |
Method for welding sheets with coatings comprising an alloy of aluminum and silicon
A method of welding two metal sheets includes providing a first sheet having a first weld surface and a second sheet having a second weld surface. The first sheet has a coating includes an alloy of aluminum and silicon on the first weld surface. The method further includes irradiating the first weld surface and the second weld surface with a laser beam. The laser beam has an inner core and an outer ring with different intensity profiles. The laser beam is moved with a wobbling motion in a feed direction along an imaginary feed line and perpendicular to the imaginary feed line. A path of the laser beam along the imaginary feed line is of a periodic shape. A width of the path perpendicular to the imaginary feed line is greater than a length of a period of the path along the imaginary feed line. |
| US12275086B2 |
Method and device for processing a workpiece
A method for processing a workpiece with a laser cutting machine includes reading out a machine parameter and a material parameter and outputting a process parameter recommendation. The process parameter recommendation is created by a process parameter algorithm with at least one data aggregation routine based on a plurality of cut edge quality features. The method further includes generating a cut edge by laser processing the workpiece. |
| US12275085B2 |
Determination of transition phases for transforming different dynamic laser beam shapes for a laser cutting machine
A control unit for providing control instructions for controlling a laser cutting machine by determining transition phases for transforming different dynamic laser beam shapes for the laser cutting machine, for dynamically varying the shape of the laser beam is disclosed. The control unit includes a cutting plan interface for receiving a cutting plan for cutting out parts of a workpiece that are each defined by a cutting segments ordered in a queue, an allocation tool configured to allocate a specific dynamic laser beam shape to each cutting segment, a transition tool for determining transition phases between each two consecutive specific dynamic laser beam shape, and a processor configured for determining a specific dynamic laser beam shape for each cutting segment and for determining all transition phases between each two consecutive specific dynamic laser beam shapes and for providing controlling the laser cutting machine for executing the received cutting plan. |
| US12275084B2 |
Dynamic beam deflection and shaping for laser process
A laser processing head for a laser beam uses actuators engaged with a delivery fiber end to deflect the fiber end relative to an optical axis. The laser beam from the fiber end is collimated by a collimator and is then focused by a focusing lens disposed in the head beyond the collimator to a focal point. The focal point of the laser beam is deflected from the optical axis in relation to the deflection of the fiber end. The fiber end and the actuators are housed in a sealed module. Deflection of the laser beam can be sensed by reflecting portion of the laser beam to a sensing element so a control system can monitor and control the fiber end's movement. |