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| US12292162B2 |
Hydrogen refueling IR interference shield
An apparatus, namely an infrared (IR) interference shield, is described that can be utilized with a vehicle that employs hydrogen fueling, such as a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV). For example, the IR interference shield is mounted onto the vehicle's hydrogen fueling receptacle. The IR interference shield is distinctly structured to reduce or prevent interference of IR wireless communication between a vehicle-side IR transmitter on the receptacle, and an IR receiver of the hydrogen fueling station. The IR interference shield can block interference to IR signals that may negatively affect IR wireless communication between the hydrogen fueling station and the vehicle. Thus, the IR interference shield improves reliability of the communication between the vehicle and the hydrogen fueling station, thereby improving the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the hydrogen refueling process. |
| US12292156B2 |
Fire resistant sleeves
Protective sleeves, kits-of-parts for manufacturing sleeves, and methods for manufacturing sleeves are provided. An exemplary protective sleeve includes an inlet end connector; intermediate linking connectors; and an outlet end connector. The intermediate linking connectors are interconnected in a series from the inlet end connector to the outlet end connector; and the inlet end connector, the intermediate linking connectors, and the outlet end connector comprise fire-resistant material. |
| US12292153B2 |
Pipe repair and the methods for operational fixing and definitive welding thereof
The present invention relates to the repair of pipes, comprising a two-part ring fixed initially by a compression unit which allows the execution of longitudinal welding in order definitively to fix the two-part ring, via apertures, before the compression unit is removed. The two-part ring will be completely welded to the pipe, especially in regions close to connections, but it is necessary for the two-part ring to be fixed initially by the compression unit for the purpose of shaping and definitive geometry of the ring relative to the pipe, normalization of fluid conveyance and in order that it is possible for welding to be planned for the opportune moment. |
| US12292150B2 |
Water port closure assembly
A closure assembly for a fluid port having a fluid flow channel defined along an axis, the channel ending in a port opening. The assembly includes: a closure cap extending in a first plane arranged to seat across, and close the port opening, in use, in a closed state, a guide arm extending from the cap in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane; a lifting guide to accommodate and retain the guide arm for movement of the guide arm in the second plane as the cap moves axially away from the opening; and a pivot mechanism between the guide arm and the lifting guide about which the cap is able to pivot relative to the lifting guide to an open position. |
| US12292149B1 |
Stud isolator with nail protection and sound abatement
A stud isolator with integrated nail protection and sound abatement, providing isolation, nail protection and sound abatement in a single device, with installation of a single product. Such an isolator includes an insertion body sized and configured for insertion into the stud bore hole. The insertion body includes a faceplate attached to the front end of the insertion body, so as to serve as a stop and attachment point to the stud, when the insertion body is inserted into the stud bore hole. The insertion body includes a hollow channel for receipt of a plumbing pipe extending through the stud bore hole. In addition, a metal nail protection collar and sound abatement layer are provided received in the insertion body of the isolator, so as to surround the plumbing pipe received in the isolator. |
| US12292144B2 |
Rotary union
An improved water union may include a fixed portion and a rotating portion. The fixed portion of the water union may be physically coupled to a stationary portion of a machine or other stationary object and the rotating portion may be physically coupled to a rotating portion of a machine or other rotating object. For example, a rotating table may include a stationary base to which the fixed portion of the water union may be physically attached, while the rotating portion of the water union may be physically attached to a rotating surface. In doing so, the rotating portion of the water union may be capable of freely rotating with the rotating surface, while maintaining a constant physical orientation to objects on the rotating surface within a rotating frame of reference. |
| US12292143B2 |
Dynamic quick connector coupling
A coupling includes first and second housings, a valve element, and a guide link. The first housing is rotatable relative to the second housing. The first housing has helical cam slots and the second housing has linear cam tracks. The guide link is in the first housing and is fixed with the valve element. The guide link carries cam rollers. The cam rollers ride in the helical slots and the linear cam tracks. Rotation of the first housing causes rotation of the helical slots. The rotation of the helical slots induces the cam rollers to travel along the helical slots and along the linear cam tracks such that the guide link translates linearly. The valve element moves with the guide link between open and closed positions. |
| US12292142B2 |
Line coupling assembly
A line coupling assembly for a motor vehicle includes a line coupling, a first line, and a second line which can be coupled to the first line via the line coupling, wherein at their coupling-side ends, which are supposed to be connected, the lines each have a coupling component which, when the lines are completely coupled, interact such that the lines are tightly coupled together. When the lines are not completely coupled, the coupling components interact such that there is a defined inspection gap near the line coupling. |
| US12292138B2 |
High temperature remotely connected/disconnected pipe connector for molten salt reactors
A pipe connector for use in high temperature environments, such as those characteristics of molten salt reactors. The pipe connector can be used in any industry that uses pipe connectors, and in particular, can be used in a molten salt system including a reactor requiring a connection rated for a maximum of about 725° C. and about 15,000 psi. The pipe connector may comprise a pin, a seal ring, a retainer ring, a box, a locking nut, and a retaining nut. |
| US12292136B2 |
Process valve apparatus and method
A process valve apparatus includes a process fitting, a pneumatic valve drive and a control device with a control unit. The control device is configured to carry out a partial stroke test. The control unit is configured to control a valve device of the control device with an electrical control signal in order to effect a pneumatic actuation of the valve drive. The control device is configured to perform a plurality of partial stroke tests and the control unit is configured to provide the electrical control signal with the same control signal values for each partial stroke test. |
| US12292134B2 |
Solenoid valve assembly with configurable solenoid connection
A valve assembly includes a valve body that houses valve components for controlling a flow of fluid through the valve body, and a solenoid component that controls operation of the valve components. The solenoid component includes a connector cap that is attached to a solenoid base, the connector cap having a plurality of electrical connection openings oriented at different directions that are configurable at multiple orientations corresponding to different directions connection paths with the solenoid component. The solenoid component is rotatable about a longitudinal axis relative to the valve body to configure the electrical connection openings at one of multiple first orientations corresponding to a rotational position of the solenoid component relative to the valve body. The connector cap is rotatable about a transverse axis relative to the solenoid base to configure the electrical connection openings at one of multiple second orientations corresponding to a rotational position of the connector cap relative to the solenoid base. |
| US12292132B2 |
Thermostat device and method for manufacturing thermostat device
Provided are a thermostat device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of minimizing an increase in size of the thermostat device, and where a seal member is easily assembled and cost can be minimized. This thermostat device includes a housing, attached to a mounting hole of a counterpart member, that has a flow path for a coolant formed therein, a seal member that creates a liquid-tight seal between the counterpart member and the housing, a thermo-element that expands and contracts in accordance with the coolant temperature, a valve body that opens and closes the flow path due to the expansion and contraction of the thermo-element, and a coil spring that biases the valve body in a closing direction, the housing having formed therein a deformed annular groove into which the seal member fits, and the seal member having a perfectly circular shape in a natural length state. |
| US12292131B2 |
Gate valve and valve actuator
A gate valve and actuator for selectively opening and closing the gate valve. The gate valve has a housing having a passageway therethrough, a valve member moveable in the housing to selectively open and close the gate valve, and a connecting member connected to the valve member. The actuator has a linear actuator having a housing, a shaft selectively extendable from and retractable into the housing, a motor, and a bracket for connecting the linear actuator to the valve member. The bracket has a first pair of opposed slots having a length, and a second pair of opposed slots having a length greater than the length of the first pair of opposed slots. A securement mechanism selectively secures the connecting member between either the first pair of opposed slots or the second pair of opposed slots. |
| US12292129B2 |
Diaphragm and diaphragm valve
The invention relates to a diaphragm for a diaphragm valve. The diaphragm has a functional region and a fastening portion, which surrounds the functional region. In a relaxed state, the functional region includes a central portion, which protrudes on a wet side of the diaphragm; —a lateral portion, which protrudes on a dry side of the diaphragm, the lateral portion being curved, at least in parts, toward the dry side of the diaphragm; and an intermediate portion, which is arranged between the central portion and the lateral portion and is curved, at least in parts, toward the wet side of the diaphragm. |
| US12292128B2 |
Pressure control valve
A pressure control valve for controlling the pressure of gaseous and liquid media in pipelines, preferably in the drinking water field, containing: a main valve to which the pipeline is connected, wherein the main valve has a main valve housing, a guide cylinder, a valve element, channels for conducting the medium and a spring element, the valve element and the guide cylinder are arranged concentrically with respect to one another and the valve element is movably arranged on the guide cylinder; a control block, wherein the control block has channels for supplying the medium to the main valve and to the pilot valve; and a pilot valve for controlling the inspection pressure, wherein the pilot valve likewise has channels for guiding the medium, wherein the main valve, the control block and the pilot valve are medium-tightly interconnected by means of plug connections. |
| US12292127B2 |
Pressure relief device
A pressure relief valve configured to vent a pressurized tank in the event of a fire is provided. The pressure relief valve includes a body, a vent passage, a plug and a latch. The vent passage is disposed through the body. The vent passage can be placed in fluid communication with an internal volume of a tank and with the atmosphere. The plug is moveably mounted in the vent passage. The latch has a blocking member disposed in contact with a control end of the plug in a first configuration and out of contact with the control end in a second configuration. The second configuration allows movement of the plug in the vent passage. One or both of a shape memory alloy wire and a trigger piston is configured to actuate the latch from the first to the second configuration. The shape memory alloy wire is configured to shorten when exposed to a temperature above a threshold temperature. The trigger piston moves, e.g., by a pressurized gas, in a trigger actuation passage to actuate the latch from the first configuration to the second configuration. |
| US12292125B2 |
Umbrella check valve assembly having retention plate
A check valve assembly includes a first port fitting and a second port fitting with a base secured therebetween. The base has an annular sleeve encircling a seat, the seat having a central mounting hole and one or more flow channels passing therethrough. An umbrella valve includes a flexible sealing disk having an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, a mounting stem extending from the inner surface and projecting into the mounting hole of the base, the sealing disk being movable between a first position wherein at least a portion of the sealing disk sits on the seat so as to cover the one or more flow channels and a second position wherein the sealing disk is resiliently flexed so as to at least partially uncover the one or more flow channels. A retention plate is disposed between first port fitting and the seat of the base so that the retention plate sits against the outer surface of the sealing disk. |
| US12292122B2 |
Bypass strainer valve assembly and method
A bypass strainer valve assembly can be used for controlling the flow of a fluid. The bypass strainer valve assembly can have a valve body with a valve body inlet, a valve body outlet, and a filter chamber. A first valve element can be moveable within the valve body between a first position and a second position, and a second valve element can be moveable within the valve body between a first position and a second position. The first valve element in the first position and the second valve element in the first position can be configured to cooperatively direct fluid through the filter chamber, as the fluid flows from the valve body inlet to the valve body outlet. |
| US12292121B2 |
Valve member including cavity, and related assemblies, systems, and methods
A valve member, and related assemblies, systems, and methods, for a high-power pump may include a valve body having a valve head. The valve head may have a seal engaging surface positioned to receive a valve seal. The seal engaging surface may have a first axial position relative to a valve body axis. The valve head further may have a cavity at least partially defining a cavity interior. The cavity interior may extend between a cavity opening and a cavity end. The cavity interior may extend from the cavity opening at a second axial position spaced from the first axial position of the seal engaging surface and at least partially through the first axial position to the cavity end at a third axial position, thereby to reduce mass of the valve member and substantially maintain the strength of the valve head. |
| US12292120B1 |
System and method for valve assembly
A valve assembly includes an upper portion to be coupled to guide legs, a cavity being formed within one of the upper portion or the guide legs and a coupling member being associated with the other of the upper portion or the guide legs, wherein the upper portion is coupled to the guide legs via a single force application process. |
| US12292118B2 |
Piston ring
An outer circumferential surface of a piston ring has a cut surface forming a notched portion between an outer circumferential end surface and a lower surface, the cut surface including a first surface between the outer circumferential end surface and a bottom portion, and a second surface between the bottom portion and the lower surface. The second surface is inclined away from a central axis of the piston ring as it extends toward a crank chamber side, an angle of inclination of the second surface with respect to the bottom portion being greater than or equal to 50° and less than or equal to 85°. When an axial width of the piston ring is h1 and a distance in an axial direction between a connecting portion between the cut surface and the outer circumferential end surface and a connecting portion between the cut surface and the lower surface is H, H/h1 is greater than or equal to 0.2 and less than or equal to 0.4. |
| US12292117B2 |
Sealing device
A sealing device for a shaft passing through a partition wall includes a housing having an opening for a shaft to pass through, and an annular groove. The sealing device also has a rigid ring arranged with axial and radial play in the annular groove of the housing and having a through-opening for the shaft to pass through, and an annular groove on an inner circumferential surface of said through-opening. The sealing device also has an elastic ring arranged in the annular groove of the rigid ring, and a sliding band for bearing against the shaft, which is arranged circumferentially on the inner circumferential surface of the through opening of the rigid ring and covers the annular groove of the rigid ring and the elastic ring arranged therein, the elastic ring being urged against the sliding band. |
| US12292116B2 |
Carbon seal assembly
A seal assembly includes a housing that includes a seal flange at least partially defining a seal opening. A carbon seal is located at least partially in the seal opening and includes a first axially facing surface. The seal flange includes an axially facing surface that has a carbide based coating and a diamond-like carbon coating in engagement with the first axially facing surface on the carbon seal. |
| US12292112B2 |
High-offset belt tensioner with counterbalance torsion spring force
High-offset belt tensioners have a support base with a pivot tube and an arm coupled thereto rotation about a pivot axis. A flat wire torsion spring has an inner spring hook attached to the pivot tube and an outer spring hook attached to a first end of the arm at a position that counterbalances a hub load force. The torsion spring applies a spring force to the arm in a direction that moves with the arm throughout its entire sweep in a belt engaging direction. A first plane of the hub load force is axially offset from a second plane of the spring force, a fulcrum is defined between first and second ends of the arm, and a first lineal axial distance from the fulcrum to the first plane is greater than or equal to a second lineal axial distance from the fulcrum to the second plane. |
| US12292110B1 |
Component mounting and drive in a geared turbofan architecture
A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a sun gear that is configured to be driven by an engine shaft rotatable about an axis. A plurality of intermediate gears are coupled to the sun gear, a ring gear is coupled to the plurality of intermediate gears, and a carrier supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears. The carrier includes a gear portion and an accessory component that is coupled to and driven by the gear portion of the carrier. |
| US12292107B2 |
Fluid damper for turbine engine geartrain assembly
An engine assembly is provided that includes a geartrain, a device and a fluid damper. The geartrain is configured as or otherwise includes an epicyclic gear system. A first component of the geartrain is rotatable about an axis. The device is configured to brake and/or lock rotation of the first component of the geartrain about the axis. The device is configured as or otherwise includes a device structure. The fluid damper engages the device structure. The fluid damper is configured to damp vibrations in the device. |
| US12292106B2 |
Strain wave gearing
A strain wave gearing includes a wave generator that creates a state in which a flexible externally toothed gear is flexed into a non-circular shape and partially meshes with a rigid internally toothed gear, and that includes a wave plug having a non-circular outer peripheral surface and a wave bearing attached to the non-circular outer peripheral surface of the wave plug. The wave bearing includes an outer ring having an inner peripheral surface and an outer-ring-side raceway surface formed on the inner peripheral surface, an inner ring having an outer peripheral surface and an inner-ring-side raceway surface formed on the outer peripheral surface, and a plurality of rolling elements rotatably inserted between the outer-ring-side raceway surface and the inner-ring-side raceway surface. |
| US12292104B2 |
Transmission for a vehicle, and drive train having such a transmission
A transmission (3) for a drive train (2) includes a differential (7) arranged spatially within a housing part (11). The differential includes a first planetary gear set (29) and at least one second planetary gear set (30), which is operatively connected to the first planetary gear set. The housing part (11) includes at least one lubricant feed (15) configured for fluidically connecting a lubricant supply of the transmission (3) to an annular duct (46) formed, at least partially circumferentially, spatially between a planet carrier (32b) of the second planetary gear set (30) and the housing part (11). The planet carrier (32b) of the second planetary gear set (30) is arranged on the housing part (11) in a rotationally fixed and axially secured manner. |
| US12292100B1 |
Adjustment mechanism, armrest, and seat
In an adjustment mechanism, a linkage rod is hinged to a linkage end of a first connecting rod and a linkage end of a second connecting rod. When the adjustment mechanism receives an external force, the linkage rod can generate a movement tendency, such that connecting components can be quickly unfolded or folded. An armrest is further provided. The adjustment mechanism is arranged as an adjustment module between a fixed vertical board and a movable vertical board of the armrest to unfold or fold the armrest. When the width of the armrest changes, the total length of the first connecting rod and the second connecting rod can be selectively matched according to the change in the width of the armrest, and the adjustment mechanism can hence be applicable to armrests of various width specifications. |
| US12292092B2 |
Shim for disk brakes, and disk brake
A novel disc brake shim and a disc brake that can effectively suppress vibration and squeal are provided. The disc brake shim that is formed of a multilayer structure with three layers or more including at least a base material layer formed of a metal sheet, and a foamed rubber layer that is laminated on a main surface on one side of the base material layer, wherein the foamed rubber layer is an intermediate layer of the multilayer structure, and the disc brake including pad materials on both sides in an axial direction of a disc rotor, and shims on opposite sides from the disc rotor, of the pad materials adjacently, wherein each of the shims is the disc brake shim according to the present invention. |
| US12292090B2 |
Suspension enhancing hub and rear derailleur assembly
An electronic automatically decoupling hub assembly. The decoupling hub assembly has an axle and a hub shell rotationally positioned about the axle. A controller provides automatic activation/deactivation signals to an inductor. The decoupling hub assembly has a bearing rotationally positioned about the axle and a cassette body assembly, having a plurality of teeth, rotationally positioned about the bearing. One or more pawls are provided to engage with at least some of the teeth of the cassette body assembly and a seal is used to contain the pawls within the decoupling hub assembly. A cassette body assembly is coupled with the ratchet ring and an end cap is used to prevent a contaminant from entering into the decoupling hub assembly. |
| US12292089B2 |
PDM transmission with articulated torque transfer
A ball-CV style transmission suitable for use in a Positive Displacement Motor (PDM). A shaft provides shaft wings received into housing receptacles on a housing. A Unitary Torque Transfer Element (UTTE) is interposed between each shaft wing and housing within each housing receptacle, with a spherical surface on the UTTE received into a recess preferably on the housing. The UTTEs float within their corresponding housing receptacles so as to maintain torque transfer contact between all thrust surfaces during articulated rotation of the shaft with respect to the housing. The UTTEs preferably float generally radially towards the shaft centerline as angular deflection increases during articulated rotation. |
| US12292087B2 |
Pair of connectable portions for connecting a transmission shaft and a roller
A transmission shaft and a roller comprising a pair of connectable portions (M, F) for connecting a transmission shaft (5, 8) and a roller (4, 7) to be driven by torque exerted through the transmission shaft (5, 8). The pair of connectable portions (M, F) comprise a male portion (M) provided on one of the transmission shaft (5, 8) and roller (4, 7) and a complementary female portion (F) provided on the other of the roller (4, 7) and transmission shaft (5, 8). The male portion (M) has a longitudinal axis of rotation (X) and tapers inwardly from a proximal end to a distal end. The male portion (M) has a non-circular cross section. |
| US12292086B2 |
Bearing seat device
The bearing seat device includes a bearing seat, a bearing set, a driven module, and an adjusting member. The bearing seat has a mounting hole, an adjusting slot, and an inserting hole. The adjusting slot divides a section of the bearing seat that is adjacent to the inserting hole and the mounting hole into a first side compartment and a second side compartment. The inserting hole extends from the first side compartment to the second side compartment. The bearing set is mounted in the mounting hole. The driven module extends into the mounting hole, is supported by the bearing set, and is rotatable relative to the bearing seat. The adjusting member engages the mounting hole and is operable to adjust a width of the adjusting slot between the first and the second side compartments and a diameter of the mounting hole. |
| US12292078B2 |
Lock tab washer
A lock tab washer includes a washer body, the washer body defining a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the washer body defining a hole therethrough; an edge tab extending from the first side of the washer body, the edge tab define a first section and a second section, the second section bent relative to the first section; a nut tab extending from the second side of the washer body, the nut tab bent relative to the washer body; and a wing extending from the nut tab, the wing bent relative to the nut tab. |
| US12292076B2 |
Anchoring a first object in a second object
A method of anchoring a first object in a second object is described. The first object extends along an axis between a proximal end and a distal end and has a circumferential surface. The circumferential surface comprises at least one helical protrusion of a thermoplastic material. For anchoring, the first object is brought in contact with the second object, and mechanical vibration is coupled into the first object from a proximally facing coupling-in face thereof so as to drive the first object into the second object in a manner that the vibration and pressing cause the first object to be subject to a helical movement relative to the second object and cause thermoplastic material of the first object to become flowable and to penetrate into structures of the second object to yield, after resolidification, a positive fit connection with the second object. |
| US12292073B1 |
Bolt tensioner and fastener assemblies
A fastener assembly includes a threaded shank having a first end and a second end, a securing nut, a loading nut, and a tensioning nut including a surface engaging portion. The securing nut and the loading nut are threaded on the threaded shank. The securing nut is between the loading nut and the second end. The loading nut is between the securing nut and the first end. The securing nut and the loading nut are tightenable against each other. The tensioning nut is threaded on the loading nut with the surface engaging section spaced radially outboard of the securing nut. |
| US12292070B2 |
Locking snap-in fasteners
A fastener assembly for releasable interconnecting two objects includes a retainer having a top end for attaching the retainer to a first object and an end wall at the bottom end having an aperture. A post affixed to a second object at its bottom end is captured within a central cavity of the retainer by resilient snap fit wherein either the post or the retainer is radially deflectable. A locking element slidably connected to the retainer is axially moveable between locked and unlocked positions operative to restrict the relative radial movement of the post and the retainer to prevent the removal of the post. The locking element maybe a pin moved by a magnet and extendable into a bore of the post by a spring. Alternatively, the locking element may be a sleeve closely fitted around the outside of the retainer. |
| US12292065B2 |
Structural blind sleeves and associated systems and methods for clamping a first structure relative to a second structure to yield a clamped-up structure
A structural blind sleeve includes a monolithic body. The monolithic body has a sleeve shank having an elongated tubular structure defining a proximal portion and a distal portion, the sleeve shank having a structural portion proximate the proximal portion, a threaded portion proximate the distal portion, and a softened portion between the structural portion and the threaded portion. The structural portion is capable of carrying a clamp-up structural load. The monolithic body further includes a sleeve head connected to the proximal portion of the sleeve shank. |
| US12292064B2 |
Shoe tree device
A shoe tree having a body with an exterior surface for contacting an interior surface defining a shoe interior cavity during storage. An adjustment member removably engages with a mount on a rear wall of the body of the shoe tree and is engaged to a heel member. The heel member, when rotated on the adjustment member, will increase or decrease the overall length of the shoe tree. The body portion may include an insert which has indicia thereon concerning one or both of a location of purchase or the owner of the shoe tree. |
| US12292059B2 |
Intakes and gas separators for downhole pumps, and related apparatuses and methods
Intake and gas separators for a downhole rotary pump define a fluid flowpath and comprise two or more intake stages arranged in parallel, with two or more of the intake stages each having one or more impeller. Multiple intakes may be configured in parallel and series, in some cases being provided as compact axial length gas separators. |
| US12292057B2 |
Fluid machine
A centrifugal blower includes a motor part having a rotor provided on a rotating shaft of an impeller, a coil provided around the rotor, and a motor housing that accommodates a coil, an inverter part having an inverter unit that supplies drive power to the motor part, and an inverter housing connected to the motor housing and configured to accommodate the inverter unit, and a cooling fan that is provided on the rotating shaft, rotates with the impeller and allows cooling air to flow through the inverter housing and the motor housing in order, wherein the inverter unit is disposed to be arranged with respect to the coil in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotor. |
| US12292051B2 |
Device for controlling a fluid mass flow for a device for compressing a gaseous fluid and device for compressing a gaseous fluid
A device for controlling a fluid mass flow for a device for compressing a gaseous fluid from a low to a high pressure level. The device has a housing with fluid connections at different pressure levels, and a closure element arranged to move in a translatory manner within the housing along a longitudinal axis, with effective surfaces assigned to the fluid connections. The closure element regulates a flow cross-section of a flow path extending between a first and a second fluid connection. The device has a receiving element for receiving the closure element. A primary segment is arranged to be completely surrounded by the receiving element as a first section of the closure element and a secondary segment is arranged to be completely surrounded by the housing as a second section of the closure element and the receiving element is arranged to be completely surrounded by the housing. |
| US12292048B2 |
Electric compressor with scroll bearing injection orifice
An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume. |
| US12292045B2 |
Piston compressor and method for operating same
The piston compressor for compressing a gas having a cylinder and also including a piston, a piston rod, packing, a crosshead and a drive, wherein: the piston is disposed for movement in a longitudinal direction L inside the cylinder; the piston is connected to the crosshead by means of a piston rod; packing is disposed between the piston and the crosshead, through which packing the piston rod runs; the crosshead is driven by the drive; in addition an activatable magnetic bearing is disposed between the piston and the crosshead; the magnetic bearing can generate a magnetic force Fm on the piston rod, at least perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction L; and an activation device activates the magnetic force Fm generated by the magnetic bearing on the piston rod. |
| US12292043B2 |
Core of dual-motor driven inflatable pump
A core of a dual-motor-driven inflatable pump has a base, a cylinder, two electric motors, and a drive wheel set. The base has an assembly portion, a fixing portion, and a receiving space formed between the assembly portion and the fixing portion. The cylinder is disposed on the base and has a cylinder body, a cylinder head, and a piston rod. The cylinder body is disposed on the fixing portion via the cylinder head. The piston rod is disposed in the cylinder body and extends in the receiving space via the fixing portion. The two electric motors are disposed on the assembly portion of the base, and each has a drive shaft extended in the receiving space. The drive wheel set is disposed in the receiving space of the base and has a driven gear and two drive gears engaging with the driven gear. |
| US12292040B2 |
High pressure pump
A high pressure pump. The pump comprises a fluid end assembly supported on a power end assembly. The power end assembly is modular and held together by a first set of stay rods. The fluid end assembly comprises a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section comprises a housing made of multiple-piece construction. One or more pieces of the housing are configured to having a second set of stay rods attached thereto. The second set of stay rods interconnect the fluid end assembly and a power end assembly and are vertically offset from the first set of stay rods. |
| US12292039B1 |
Ion propulsion plasma cathode assembly
Plasma cathodes for Hall and ion thrusters of high power efficiency, high current, low cost, compactness, are provided. The cathodes employ an orifice cup for containing plasma or discharge outside of the cathode insert. |
| US12292038B2 |
SMA actuator assembly
A shape memory alloy actuator assembly comprises a first part, including a surface, a second part which moves relative to the first part across the surface and a resilient biasing element that biases the second part into contact with the first part so as to generate frictional forces therebetween for retaining the second part on the surface. At least one shape memory alloy actuator wire is connected between the first part and the second part and arranged to, on contraction thereof, apply a force to the second part with a component parallel to the surface that drives movement of the second part relative to the first part across the surface. Thus, the second part is retained on the surface when no power is applied to the shape memory alloy wire, and movement is achieved when power is applied. |
| US12292037B2 |
Compressed gas energy storage system
A compressed air energy storage system may have an accumulator and a thermal storage subsystem having a cold storage chamber for containing a supply of granular heat transfer, a hot storage chamber and at least a first mixing chamber in the gas flow path and having an interior in which the compressed gas contacts the granular heat transfer particles at a mixing pressure that is greater than the cold storage pressure and the hot storage pressure and a conveying system operable to selectably move the granular heat transfer particles from the cold storage chamber, through the first mixing chamber and into the hot storage chamber, and vice versa. |
| US12292034B2 |
Offshore wind turbine system for the large scale production of hydrogen
An offshore wind turbine system for the large scale production of hydrogen from seawater that includes a floating tower structure, a wind turbine generator, a lift pump, a desalination unit, an electrolysis unit, and an export riser. The floating tower structure may be secured to the sea floor by a suction anchor for deepwater deployment. The lift pump, desalination unit, and electrolysis unit are powered by the wind turbine generator and configured to pump, desalinate, and electrolytically split seawater, respectively. The hydrogen generated by the electrolysis unit is provided to the export riser for delivery to a manifold or pipeline that may be deployed upon the sea floor. Individual units of the system may be combined into a field interconnected to one or more such manifolds to increase the scale of the system. |
| US12292031B1 |
System and method for detecting and responding to failures in a drivetrain of a wind turbine
A method for detecting and responding to a failure in a drivetrain of a wind turbine includes estimating a first rotational speed signal at a first location along the drivetrain via one or more rate gyroscopes mounted in a hub, the first rotational speed signal being a proxy for rotor speed of a rotor. The method also includes processing the first rotational speed signal to account for a bias in the first rotational speed signal due to use of the rate gyroscope(s). Further, the method includes receiving a second rotational speed signal at a second location along the drivetrain, the second location being downwind from the first location, the first and second locations being on opposing sides of a potential slip location of the drivetrain. Moreover, the method includes determining a speed error based on a comparison of the first and second rotational speed signals. In addition, the method includes comparing the speed error to a threshold and implementing a control action when the speed error exceeds the threshold. |
| US12292030B2 |
Floating wind semi-submersible with T-shaped pontoon
A moored floating offshore wind semi-submersible platform with at least three columns characterized in that columns are supported on a T-shaped underwater hull made up of two elongated pontoons, where one pontoon is perpendicular to the other pontoon and a method that allow that the semi-submersible platform is constructed in hull-assemblies and blocks at a first location, transported efficiently to a second location close to the final offshore location where the hull-assemblies and blocks may be assembled quay-side while floating in the water. The platform will support at least one wind turbine on a supporting structure (tower) but may also support two turbines and in the latter case the platform will be moored offshore with a mooring turret to allow the platform to align in a favourable direction to the wind. |
| US12292028B2 |
Root assembly of a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine, wind turbine blade and wind turbine
The following relates to a root assembly of a wind turbine blade for a wind turbine. The following further relates to a wind turbine blade including the root assembly and a wind turbine including the wind turbine blade. |
| US12292027B2 |
Wind turbine with particular combined radius specific solidities along the rotor radius
A horizontal axis wind turbine comprising a rotor having a plurality of blades, the rotor having a radius of at least 80 meters, the blades comprising: a root end and a tip end; a leading edge and a trailing edge; a shoulder between the root end and the tip end where a chord length defined between the leading edge and the trailing edge is at a maximum; wherein: Solr is at least 0.0140 at 0.7R; Solr is at least 0.0116 at 0.8R; Solr is at least 0.0090 at 0.9R; Solr being the combined radius specific solidity of the blades. |
| US12292026B2 |
Variable speed reconfigurable pump/turbine clusters
A “hydraulic rotating machinery” (“HRM”) system provides optimal energy efficiency over a very wide conditions of service (“COS”) range by configuring a plurality of variable speed HRMs in a “cluster.” The HRMs are interconnected by one or more valves that can be actuated by a controller to configure and vary a flow path through which a process fluid flows from an inlet to an outlet. By actively selecting which of the HRMs are included in the flow path, the interconnections therebetween, and the operating speeds thereof, the controller ensures that the HRM cluster continues to operate at optimal efficiency as the COS fluctuates over a very wide range. The HRMs can be identical to each other, or can vary in design. The HRM system can be implemented for storage and retrieval of green energy. The controller can also monitor the health of the cluster and/or of the associated process. |
| US12292024B2 |
System for capturing energy from waves in a body of water
A system for capturing energy from waves in a body of water comprising: an artificial beach configured to remove water flowing backwards on the artificial beach; a plurality of guide walls each comprising wave actuators configured to convert wave energy to create compressed air; a top guide extending to cover a portion of the artificial beach and configured to create pressure; an air/water reservoir configured to receive high/pressure water flowing from a normally closed check valve in the top guide when the top guide stops the momentum of the waves; a vertical pipe with a bubbler stone configured to create air bubbles to raise water head and a supply of potential energy within a top water reservoir; and a plurality pipes each comprising a turbine generator configured to receive water leaving the top water reservoir to operate the turbine. |
| US12292022B2 |
Containerized alternative fuel control unit
An alternative fuel management system may include a base configured for arrangement on a supporting floor or other framework of a vessel and configured to support alternative fuel supply equipment. The system may also include a sealed enclosure sealingly coupled to the base and configured to surround the alternative fuel supply equipment. The system may also include the alternative fuel supply equipment and it may be arranged within the sealed enclosure. The alternative fuel supply equipment may include a high-pressure pump, a fuel filter, a transfer pump, and a high-pressure fuel delivery line extending across the sealed enclosure and configured to provide alternative fuel from the high-pressure pump to a combustion engine. The alternative fuel management system may also include a purge fluid system configured to deliver purge fluid to the combustion engine from a source of purge fluid. |
| US12292017B1 |
Gas turbine engine with acoustic spacing of the fan blades and outlet guide vanes
A gas turbine engine comprises a fan, a core turbine engine coupled to the fan, a fan case housing the fan and the core turbine engine, a plurality of outlet guide vanes extending between the core turbine engine and the fan case, and an acoustic spacing. The fan comprises a plurality of fan blades that define a fan diameter and a BEAL. The fan case comprises an inlet and an inlet length between the inlet and the fan. The acoustic spacing comprises a distance between the fan and the plurality of outlet guide vanes, and in combination with the BEAL determines an acoustic spacing ratio of the gas turbine engine. |
| US12292011B2 |
Cylinder deactivation control method and apparatus of engine, and engine
In a cylinder deactivation control method of an engine, a cylinder deactivation trigger moment of a to-be-controlled engine is determined; a second cycle and a cylinder deactivation mode corresponding to the next first cycle are determined according to the crankshaft rotation speed at the cylinder deactivation trigger moment, the target torque at the cylinder deactivation trigger moment, and a second cycle and a cylinder deactivation mode corresponding to the previous first cycle at the cylinder deactivation trigger moment; the fuel injection quantity of the ignition cylinder in the next first cycle is determined. |
| US12292010B2 |
Dynamic engine speed setting during transient event
A vehicle system and method of controlling a vehicle engine are provided. The method includes determining a speed of an engine in the vehicle system including a hydraulic system and a vehicle propulsion system operatively coupled to the engine. The method includes determining that the engine speed is decreasing and an actual engine speed is less than a target engine speed, and determining a current gear setting and one or more operating parameters of the hydraulic system in response to determining that the engine speed is decreasing and the actual engine speed is less than the target engine speed. The method, in response to the current gear setting being engaged and the one or more operating parameters being greater than a predetermined threshold value, includes controlling the engine speed to be higher than the target engine speed. |
| US12292008B2 |
Engine system and method of operating the same
A system comprises first and second first fuel stores, an engine arranged to produce mechanical power, a fuel distribution system arranged to deliver fuel from the first and second fuel stores to the engine, the first fuel delivered at a first mass flow rate, the second fuel delivered at a second mass flow rate, the first and second mass flow rates contributing to a total mass flow rate of fuel to the engine, and a control system arranged to increase the relative fraction of the total mass flow rate of fuel represented by the second mass flow rate during a period of acceleration of the engine, in order to control a surge margin of the engine. The second fuel is selected to have a higher specific energy than the first fuel and to release a greater mass of water per unit mass of fuel than the first fuel. |
| US12292006B2 |
Aircraft propulsion system with multi-direction bleed valve
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes an engine core, a bypass duct and a bleed circuit. The engine core includes a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section and a core flowpath extending sequentially through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section. The bypass duct includes a bypass flowpath outside of the engine core. The bleed circuit includes a bleed passage and a flow regulator. The bleed circuit is configured to direct bypass gas through the bleed passage from the bypass flowpath into the core flowpath when the flow regulator is in an open position. The bleed circuit is configured to cutoff gas flow through the bleed passage between the bypass flowpath and the core flowpath when the flow regulator is in a closed position. |
| US12292004B1 |
Component mounting and drive in a geared turbofan architecture
A fan drive gear system for a turbine engine includes a sun gear that is configured to be driven by an engine shaft that is rotatable about an axis. The sun gear includes a first gear portion and a second gear portion. A plurality of intermediate gears are coupled to the first gear portion of the sun gear, a ring gear is coupled to the plurality of intermediate gears, a carrier supports rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears, and an accessory component is coupled to the second gear portion of the sun gear. |
| US12292000B1 |
Thermal management systems having an oil tank comprising solid-solid phase change material for gas turbine engines
A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes an oil tank, a pump in fluid communication with the oil tank configured to generate a flow of oil from the oil tank, at least one heat exchanger downstream of the oil tank, and one or more thermal loads downstream of the at least one heat exchanger. The oil tank is formed from a solid-solid phase change material. |
| US12291999B1 |
System and related method for pre-heating gas turbine engine operating in standby mode
The disclosure provides a system to heat a portion of a gas turbine (GT) engine of a power generation system in a standby mode. The system includes a first heated fluid manifold and a first conduit coupling a heated fluid supply external to the GT engine to one or more fatigue-prone components within the GT engine. A first plurality of valves is configured to control an amount of heated fluid flow through the first conduit between the heated fluid supply and the one or more fatigue-prone components. A controller is in communication with the first plurality of valves. The controller adjusts an open extent of at least one of the first plurality of valves to control a temperature of the one or more fatigue-prone components. The external heated fluid supply may be an auxiliary system or a second GT engine operating in non-standby mode. |
| US12291998B2 |
Hybrid power system with individualized component lubrication and method for operating the same
A hybrid electric propulsion system is provided that includes a thermal engine, at least one electric generator, at least one lubrication fluid pump, at least one electric motor, and a controller. The electric generator is driven by the thermal engine, and is configured to produce electrical power. The lubrication fluid pump is configured to provide a volumetric flow rate of lubrication fluid to at least one component of the thermal engine. The electric motor is configured to drive the lubrication fluid pump using electrical power from the electric generator. The controller is in communication with the electric motor and a memory device storing instructions, which instructions when executed cause the controller to control the electric motor to drive the lubrication fluid pump to produce lubrication fluid at a determined volumetric fluid flow rate to the at least one component of the thermal engine. |
| US12291978B2 |
Bypass turbomachine for an aircraft
The invention relates to a bypass turbomachine (2) for an aircraft, comprising a gas generator (5) and a ducted fan (4) comprising variable pitch blades (18) configured to take a reverse thrust position driving a reverse flow (24) of air within a secondary duct (16), the gas generator (5) being connected to a fan casing (3) by a stator blade assembly (40) that passes through the secondary duct, first openings (28) for letting in air from the reverse flow being located on an outer casing (17) at least partially internally delimiting the outer duct, and second openings (29) for letting said air out being located on an inner casing (14) at least partially externally delimiting an inner duct (12). The first openings are located within a plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis (C) of the turbomachine and passes substantially through the middle of the blade assembly. |
| US12291977B2 |
Propulsor fan array
A propulsor fan array having reduced noise emission is disclosed. The propulsor fan array includes a plurality of propulsor fans that collectively generate thrust. Each of the propulsor fans include a blade fan having a plurality of blades. The plurality of blades are tensioned at tips of the plurality of blade fans such that a pitch of the blades during thrust generation is substantially the same as a pitch of the blades at rest. By tensioning the tips of the blades, an angle of the blades is maintained during operation of the propulsor fan thereby reducing noise that may result from changes in the angle of the blades. |
| US12291975B2 |
Blade and slotted rotor wheel for a gas turbine engine
The invention relates to a turbine blade (33) for a movable wheel of a low-pressure turbine of an aeronautical propulsion system, comprising a root (331), a shroud (334), and an aerodynamically profiled airfoil (333) extending from the root (331) to the shroud (334), wherein a parameter N2S is defined as: N 2 S = π ( R e 2 - Ri 2 ) × w 2 , where: Re is an outer flowpath radius, Ri is an inner flowpath radius, w is a limit rotation speed of the drive shaft, wherein the outer flowpath radius Re and the inner flowpath radius Ri are chosen such that N2S is greater than a certain threshold which depends on the temperature T measured when the drive shaft rotates at the limit rotation speed w. |
| US12291973B1 |
Method and system for repairing turbine airfoils
The present disclosure is directed to a method and system for repairing a blade for a turbomachine that has been damaged due to foreign object impact. Machine learning algorithms are used to determine an amount of material to be removed from one or more damage locations and determine an amount of material addition to the damaged portion(s) and/or at other locations on the blade to keep the natural frequencies of the repaired blade within design limits during operation. |
| US12291972B2 |
Offshore steam turbine generator unit and installing method
A steam turbine generator unit is disclosed. The steam turbine generator unit comprises a lower deck, an upper deck, and a steam turbine generator. The steam turbine generator is installed on the lower deck and on the upper deck. The steam turbine generator unit also comprises at least three joint members, to be intended placed over at least two parallel beams. Also disclosed is a method for installing a steam turbine generator unit. |
| US12291969B2 |
Two-part resin input nozzle
A resin input nozzle (10A) which is adapted to engage or connect to a hollow resin-anchored rock bolt (12) to introduce a resin composed of a plurality of resin components (A,B,C), into and through the bolt, the nozzle including a body (14) with a leading end (16), a leading end portion which ends at a leading end and a trailing end (18), a first conduit (22) and a second conduit (24) formed through the body, each conduit having an outlet (28A, 28B), which opens at or adjacent the leading end, and at least one inlet (26A, 26B) which is adapted to engage with a supply of a respective resin component, wherein the outlets are spaced from one another to prevent mixing of the resin components as each emerges from a respective outlet after passage through a respective conduit. |
| US12291968B2 |
Bolter
A drilling and bolting rig includes a carousel rotatable about a carousel axis and including a plurality of stations configured to support a plurality of consumables, one or more actuators, and a position sensor coupled to the carousel. The one or more actuators are configured to rotate the carousel about the carousel axis. The drilling and bolting rig further includes an electronic processor coupled to the one or more actuators and the position sensor. The electronic processor is configured to detect, using the position sensor, a rotational position of the carousel, and rotate, using the one or more actuators, the carousel based on the rotational position of the carousel. |
| US12291966B1 |
Systems and methods for ranging and tracking while drilling multiple geological wells
A system includes a first rotary steerable tool configured to control a first drilling bit to drill a first well having a first well path. The first rotary steerable tool includes a first direction and inclination component that includes a first set of sensors configured to detect a static magnetic field and a signal source configured to generate a source signal. The system also includes a second rotary steerable tool configured to control a second drilling bit to simultaneously drill a second well having a second well path that tracks the first well path. The second rotary steerable tool includes a second direction and inclination component that includes a second set of sensors configured to detect the source signal. |
| US12291959B2 |
Position sensor assembly with circumferential magnetic coupling for wellbore operations
A downhole tool can include a position sensor comprising a first set of magnets and an internal slider. The downhole tool can also include a valve magnet assembly comprising a second set of magnets magnetically couplable to the first set of magnets. The second set of magnets can be positionable circumferentially around an outer diameter of the position sensor. The valve magnet assembly can be configured to move in response to a fluid valve. The valve magnet assembly can be configured to cause the internal slider of the position sensor to move in response to movement of the valve magnet assembly. |
| US12291955B2 |
Real-time model of rig and bit hydraulics efficiency
A method for optimizing drilling performance of a drilling operation is discloses. The method includes determining, while advancing a drill bit during the drilling operation based on drilling parameters specified by a user, a rate of penetration (ROP), acquiring, using sensors disposed throughout a rig of a well, sensor measurement data related to circulation of drilling fluid, generating, using a drilling hydraulics model based on at least the sensor measurement data of the circulation of drilling fluid, modeled rig and bit hydraulics data, displaying, on a driller console of the rig, the modeled rig and bit hydraulics data as a real-time drilling hydraulics profile, in response to a user viewing the displayed real-time drilling hydraulics profile, receiving an adjustment to the drilling parameters from the user, and further performing the drilling operation based on the adjustment to optimize the ROP. |
| US12291952B2 |
In-reservoir cleanup operations through exothermic reaction following a fracturing operation
Methods of cleanup for hydraulic fracturing operations using a polymeric thickening agent may include use of exothermically reactive salts. For example, a method of cleanup may include use of a first fluid including a first exothermically reactive salt and a second fluid including a second exothermically reactive salt. Upon introduction into a subterranean reservoir, exothermically reactive salts may undergo an exothermic reaction to generate heat, and such heat generated from the exothermic reaction may break a polymeric thickening agent and decrease viscosity thereof. |
| US12291945B1 |
Downhole perforating gun system
A downhole perforating gun system provides wireless electrical communication between an inner body conductor, a switch, a detonator, and a feedthrough, and further comprising a weight module and a bearing assembly wherein the weight module is rotatable by a weight via a bearing assembly based on gravity acting on one or more of the weights. |
| US12291942B2 |
System and method for forming a permanent barrier in a well
The present invention relates to a well tool system for forming a permanent barrier in a well, the system comprising: a well tool device comprising a pyrotechnic mixture and an ignition device provided within or adjacent to the pyrotechnic mixture; a tool string connected above the well tool device; and a replenishment string connected between the well tool device and tool string. The replenishment string comprises pyrotechnic mixture. The elevating device is configured to control the movement of the replenishment string towards a heat generating process started by means of the ignition device. |
| US12291934B2 |
Actively controlled bailer
A container device for transporting and releasing a plugging material into a well includes a longitudinal chamber for containing the plugging material, the chamber including a tubular wall extending in a longitudinal direction and at least one opening for releasing the plugging material from the chamber; a lower seal extending across the opening and closing the chamber in a closed configuration; a pressure application mechanism provided at an upper portion of the container device for pressurising at least part of the device and expelling the plugging material; and a connector provided at an upper portion of the container device for attaching the container device to an elongate member for lowering into a wellbore. |
| US12291933B2 |
Method for clearing flexible lines using coiled tubing from a well intervention rig
The present invention addresses to a method of clearing submarine pipes, in which the method solves the most complex cases of obstruction of flexible submarine pipes, where the conventional approach is ineffective. Additionally, the present invention represents a cheaper alternative to the clearance of pipes in scenarios where the conventional approach is applicable. The method of clearing flexible pipes using flexitube from a well intervention rig of the present invention comprises as one of its main steps: with the aid of a remotely operated vehicle (51), opening a flanged connection (10) between two flanges (15) of the legs (12 and 14) of a submarine pipe (40) and installing a pull head (16 and 17) in each of these legs (12 and 14); and using well intervention rig (120) operations; assembling the hoisting assembly (58) for hoisting the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40) with the drill string (50); hoisting the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40) through its end using the hoisting assembly (58) coupled to the pull head (16); draining the internal pressure of the pipe by means of the connection of a tube (67) with the pull head (16); assembling the Surface Flow Tree (70) at the end of the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40), using the connection adaptation parts (90) and (91) to make the end of the leg compatible with the Surface Flow Tree; assembling the Flexitube (80) on the Surface Flow Tree (70) and surface lines (72); carrying out the operation of clearing the leg (14) of the submarine pipe (40) with Flexitube (80). |
| US12291931B2 |
Control/monitoring of initial construction of subsea wells
A system includes: a conductor pipe running tool configured to be coupled with an upper end of a conductor pipe, and the conductor pipe running tool is configured to support and lower the conductor pipe from a surface location toward a sea floor location. The conductor pipe running tool further includes: one or more sensors disposed on the conductor pipe running tool for measuring one or more properties associated with the conductor pipe; and a communication system disposed on the conductor pipe running tool and coupled to the one or more sensors, wherein the communication system is configured to communicate data indicative of the one or more measured properties to: a monitoring system proximate the surface location, a remote operated vehicle (ROV), or both. |
| US12291925B1 |
Underreamer drill hammer
An underreamer drill hammer comprising a canister including a housing having an outer diameter, a proximal end configured for attachment to a drill string, and a percussive drill hammer housed within the housing, the percussive drill hammer having a drill bit movable between a radially retracted position and a radially extended position. The drill bit can rotate and is designed in a manner that the drill bit head cams, pivots, or swings out to a larger cutting diameter when the system is rotated in a first direction. The system is rotated in a second direction to retract the bit heads. The bits are retracted to remove the canister from the casing or to drill a smaller diameter hole through rock. |
| US12291919B1 |
Inject clip for fenestration frames and methods
Fenestration unit frames with intermediate jambs including one or more inject clips at junctions between the intermediate jambs and frame members and methods of making the same are described herein. Sealing junctions between intermediate jambs and the frame members of fenestration unit frames to limit or prevent air and/or water infiltration can be difficult due to, e.g., manufacturing tolerances and clearances needed to facilitate assembly of the fenestration unit frames. |
| US12291914B2 |
Recessed pivot hinge
The present disclosure relates to a recessed pivot hinge for hingeably fastening a door leaf in a door frame, including a pivot; a fitting sleeve in which the pivot is fitted in a height-adjustable manner; a socket which is fastenable in a recessed manner in the door frame or forms part thereof; and a fastening body, to be recessed into the door leaf, for fastening in the door leaf; wherein provision is made for an end of the pivot to be drawn into the socket using magnetic elements of the pivot and the socket; and where the fitting sleeve is fastened in the fastening body so as to be adjustably displaceable in a first direction (X), transverse to the height direction (Z), and in a second direction (Y), transverse to the first direction (X) and transverse to the height direction (Z). |
| US12291912B2 |
Door system having a swing interlock system
A door system includes a header having a guide rail that has a central portion having a notch. A panel hanger is slidably coupled to the header. A door panel has a handle end portion releasably coupled to the panel hanger and a pivot end portion pivotably coupled to the panel hanger. The panel hanger and the door panel slide in unison between a closed position and a fully open position along a longitudinal plane. An interlock plate is positioned to extend upwardly from the door panel, and has a downwardly extending guide slot that slidably receives the guide rail of the header. When the door panel is in the fully open position, the interlock plate is aligned with the notch of the guide rail of the header in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal plane to facilitate a pivoting of the door panel away from the longitudinal plane. |
| US12291910B2 |
Vertical stability roller for vertically stacking panels
In example implementations, an end cap for a panel of a vertically stacking panel door is provided. The end cap includes a body to be coupled to an end of a panel of a vertically stacking panel door, a first track wheel coupled to the body, a second track wheel coupled to the body, and a vertical stability roller coupled to the body, wherein the first track wheel, the second track wheel, and the vertical stability roller are arranged along a vertical line, wherein the first track wheel is located vertically above the second track wheel and the vertical stability roller is located between the first track wheel and the second track wheel. |
| US12291905B2 |
Sealed locking fixture
A locking fixture that has a housing (1) with a male thread, that can be installed in a hole in a door or a mounting plate (13), in the housing bore (34) of which, an actuator shaft (2) with limited rotation that has a locking tongue (9) on its exposed end is supported such that it can be rotated by means of an actuating section (12) formed on the actuator shaft (2), and has a screw sleeve (7) with a female thread, which secures the locking fixture to the door or mounting plate (13), wherein, in obtaining a hygienic design, the actuator shaft (2) is sealed at both ends where it passes through the housing (12) and the rotation limiter (5, 16, 23, 24) is located in the sealed housing bore (34). |
| US12291904B2 |
Magnetic safety gate latch
A magnetic safety gate latch assembly and method of operation. The assembly includes: a pool latch tube, a user-actuated coupled to the top end of the pool latch tube; a rotatable shaft within the pool latch tube, an upper end of the shaft rigidly coupled to the lid, and a lower end of the shaft including a shaped base. The assembly further includes a magnet housing that at least partially encloses the shaped base and includes an aperture to cooperatively engage with the shaped base. The assembly further includes a bottom cover coupled to the lower end of the pool latch tube and enclosing the magnet housing, the bottom cover including an aperture facing a latch pin housing, the aperture positioned to expose a magnet. The assembly further includes a ferromagnetic latch pin and housing, and a magnetic latch pin guide slidably enclosing the latch pin. |
| US12291902B2 |
Door opening/closing device and operation detection device, and door opening/closing method and operation detection method
A door opening/closing device includes an operation handle, a detection unit provided in the operation handle and configured to detect a contact state of a user with the operation handle, a door driving unit configured to open or close a door, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to determine that a first operation involving a direction is a user operation in which a user comes into contact with the operation handle, when the detection unit detects the first operation and a second operation. The control unit is configured to control the door driving unit and open or close the door based on the user operation. |
| US12291901B2 |
Vehicle with an unlocking mechanism, locking mechanism, and/or opening mechanism for an electronic lock
A vehicle may have an unlocking mechanism and/or locking mechanism and/or opening mechanism for an electric vehicle lock where at least one contactless, triggering device for actuating the unlocking mechanism, locking mechanism, and/or opening mechanism, and a status indicator of the unlocking mechanism, locking mechanism, and/or opening mechanism, are provided. The triggering device is non-visibly arranged on a vehicle panel and/or on a body section, and the status indicator is arranged in an outwardly visible region of the vehicle, such as in a channel strip element. |
| US12291899B2 |
Latch assembly with power release and dual stage cinch function
A closure latch assembly for a decklid configured to provide a power release operation and a power cinch operation. The closure latch assembly includes a latch mechanism, a latch cinch mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a power actuator. The power actuator interacts with the drive mechanism to provide a power release of the latch mechanism and a power cinch of the latch cinch mechanism. |
| US12291892B2 |
Panel closure apparatus
A panel closure apparatus has a panel (14) for closing against a strike jamb (12). A locking element (100) is displaceable between a released position and a locked position in which contact surfaces (102, 104) of the locking element and the panel prevent opening of the panel, and are configured so that force applied to open the panel does not generate a force to disengage the locking element. Locking element (100) has an input surface (108) deployed so as to be displaced by an actuating surface (110) of panel (14) during a closing motion of the panel from the open position to the closed position. Input surface (108) moves as a unit with locking element (100) so that displacement of the input surface by the closing motion of the panel displaces the locking element towards the locked position. |
| US12291891B2 |
Lever compression latch
A latch assembly for mounting in an opening of a door and for releasably latching the door to a door frame. The latch assembly includes a housing that is mountable to the opening of the door. A lever is rotatably coupled to the housing between a deployed position and a retracted position. A lock plug is rotatably mounted within the housing, the lock plug having one end for receiving either a tool or key, and an opposite end having an engagement surface. A latching member is movably coupled to the housing, and is engaged with both the rotatable lock plug and the lever in the retracted position of the lever. A torsion spring biases the lock plug back to a starting position after the lock plug is rotated from the starting position using the tool or the key. |
| US12291890B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for communication with equipment such as automatic swimming pool cleaners
Devices, systems, and methods may be used for wirelessly communicating underwater (or through air) with equipment such as, but not necessarily limited to, automatic swimming pool cleaners (APCs). Such communication avoids any need for conventional wired communication with the APCs. At least some of the devices may be hand-held and capable of having at least portions immersed in water in normal use. The devices preferably do not use radio frequency (RF) signal to communication with APCs, instead employing light-based or other signal types. |
| US12291888B2 |
Fence post stay for wire fences
Some embodiments relate to a fence post stay for supporting a first post in a wire fence having a plurality of wires. The stay may comprise: a first connector and a second connector; and an elongate first member connected to and extending between the first and second connectors. The first connector is engageable with the first post and the second connector is engageable with an adjacent second post, such that a tension force exerted by the plurality of wires on the first post is at least partially directed through the stay to the second post. |
| US12291887B2 |
Outdoor tent
The present invention discloses an outdoor tent, including a tent frame and a tent roof, wherein the tent frame includes stand columns and tent beams; and the tent roof includes tent roof rods and a tent roof rod frame. By means of design optimization, matching of end plugs and brackets, and embedding mounting and elastic locking, quick assembly and mounting of the tent roof rods and the stand columns can be realized; the design is optimized, mounting seats are directly embedded and mounted in embedding grooves, and quick mounting of the tent roof rods and tent cross beams is realized by means of vertical clamping matching; extension pipes are designed in an optimized manner, and the tightness of a tarpaulin can be adjusted by means of matching of the extension pipes and tent long bones or tent short bones, and quick-assembly and quick-disassembly structures of the extension pipes are optimized. |
| US12291885B2 |
Fitting ring
Various implementations described herein are directed to a load bearing ledger fitting, a modular header beam, a perimeter safety deck, a multi-purpose bearing plate, and a mega-shore bearing plate of an integrated construction system. |
| US12291884B2 |
Systems, devices, and methods for an elevator pit deck device
A deck device and a method to access a pit ladder are described. An elevator pit deck device includes a platform configured to move between a stored position and an operational position; the platform installable in a channel; the stored position being a folded or retracted configuration; the platform, when in the operational position, extending between a channel opening and a wall of the channel. In some embodiments, the channel is an elevator hoistway, the channel opening connects the elevator hoistway and an elevator landing sill, the wall of the channel is proximate to a pit ladder, and the pit ladder is extendable towards a pit of the elevator. |
| US12291879B2 |
Method and apparatus for assembling a floor panel
An assembly apparatus for assembling a floor panel can include a platform to support a base layer and a top layer of the floor panel. The platform can include a first wall configured to contact a first edge of the base layer and a first edge of the top layer. The platform can further include second wall adjacent to the first wall and configured to contact a second edge of the base layer and a second edge of the top layer. A sensor unit can determine whether the first edge of the base layer is aligned with the first edge of the top layer, and whether the second edge of the base layer is aligned with the second edge of the top layer. |
| US12291875B1 |
Commercial roofing screw machine
A commercial roofing screw machine has: a plurality of screw guns that each properly place and install screw and washer pairs, both securely and in the right location, from separate magazines; automated operation with automatic or manual fastening pattern selection; sensors to recognize insulation sheets or marking lines, the high and low rib on the decking through the insulation, and torque; an indicia generator that marks fastener locations that did not hold correctly; and wireless communications for remote status checks, new programming uploads, troubleshooting, issue and error reporting, communicating with like or complementary machines to complete tasks, communicating with a records and reporting system to document fasteners installed correctly and which ones failed and were fixed by humans, and other beneficial purpose, and enabling plans upload with feature locations identified to select a fastening pattern based on location on a building and wind uplift ratings. |
| US12291874B2 |
Building and flashing
A building includes an outer wall, a roof arranged so as to be orthogonal to the outer wall and inclined with respect to the ground, and a flashing arranged at a boundary between the roof and the outer wall. The flashing includes an attachment configured to extend along the outer wall, a guide connected to the attachment and arranged above the roof, and a water draining portion arranged so as to intersect the attachment and the guide. |
| US12291872B2 |
Components for use in installing and repairing gutter guard systems
Disclosed herein are novel components arranged for attachment to a rain gutter and useful for the installation or repair of gutter guard systems. One example is a clip that includes a back section and a front section extending from the bottom of the back section. The back section and the front section are generally perpendicular to each other. The back section includes a slot arranged to accommodate the rear edge of a rain gutter so that the clip can be attached to a rain gutter. The clip further includes two side members extending upward on either side of the front section. The side members each include an arm section that defines an opening in each side member. The openings are arranged to accommodate and secure features of gutter guard systems. In one example, the openings are arranged to accommodate legs extending rearward from a lower portion of gutter guard systems. |
| US12291865B2 |
Wall-building element system and building element for use in the system
Wall-building element system comprising sole elements, basic wall-building elements adapted to be assembled to a wall, and beams adapted to be fitted between each horizontal layer of the basic wall-building elements. The basic wall-building elements are prefabricated with a central, load bearing core member and form-stable layers of thermal insulation on both sides thereof. The core member and the thermal insulation layers are mutually adapted in a tongue-and-groove system while the beams are made in an “H”-profile corresponding thereto. The core member typically consists of a plate-shaped main body provided with laterally extending, vertically oriented ribs. |
| US12291863B2 |
Structurally reinforced girts and related systems and methods
Girts, systems incorporating girts, and methods of using girts are disclosed. The girts are structurally reinforced by gussets that are formed with material from the girt walls. In some embodiments, the gussets are formed via an efficient metal stamping process. The girts have a high mechanical strength, are easily manufactured, allow for water drainage and air circulation, improve thermal performance, decrease sound transmission, and reduce material, transportation and labor costs relative to traditional girts. In addition, isolators that may be used with the girts reduce thermal conductivity and divert moisture from mounting locations. |
| US12291860B2 |
Formwork panel
A formwork panel for forming adjacent concrete bodies, wherein the formwork panel is adapted to be compressible on expansion of the concrete bodies. The formwork panel may be substantially planar to be in a plane substantially perpendicular to a travel surface formed by upper surfaces of the concrete bodies. The formwork panel may be extruded and may have at least one internal void to facilitate sacrificial compression of the formwork panel on expansion of the concrete bodies. |
| US12291858B2 |
Modular assembly including multiple modules
A modular assembly, including a first module, a second module, and a third module, each including upper and lower walls, a first end wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, a second end wall opposite the first end wall, and extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, and a first side wall extending between the upper wall and the lower wall, and between the first end wall and the second end wall. The first side wall defines a first opening, where the second module includes a second side wall extending between the upper wall of the second module and the lower wall of the second module, and between the first end wall of the second module and the second end wall of the second module. The second side wall defines a second opening and interior and exterior seals between the first, second, and third modules. |
| US12291857B2 |
Water-saving siphonic toilet and equalization system therefor
A timed pressure equalization member for use in a siphonic toilet to reduce water loss at the end of a flush cycle is disclosed. The equalization member functions to equalize the pressure in a pressurized chamber after a set period of time and consequently alleviates negative pressure within a pressurized trapway system at or near the end of a flushing cycle via a conduit, to help break the siphon at the end of the flush cycle, thereby reducing the amount of water drained from the water bowl/spot while the bowl is being refilled. At a resting state, the equalization member in the pressurized chamber is partially filled with water. The equalization member empties of water after a set period of time during a flush cycle and allows atmospheric air to enter the pressurized chamber (in fluid communication with the pressurized trapway) at or near the end of the flush cycle. |
| US12291854B2 |
Integrated water shut off valve control system
Systems and methods are provided for automatically actuating preexisting water shut-off valves upon detection of leak conditions. A coupling of a valve actuator is connected to a handle of the valve, such that a motor of the valve actuator causes the selective opening and closing of the valve. A controller obtains water flow data from a non-intrusive flow sensor (e.g., an ultrasonic sensor) clamped onto a pipe attached to the valve in close proximity thereto, as well as obtaining additional sensor data from remote sensors disposed elsewhere in the water supply system (e.g., pressure levels measured by an in-line pressure sensor). When the controller determines a leak condition exists based upon the water flow data and the additional sensor data, it controls the actuator to close the valve. The controller may also test for leaks by periodically shutting the valve and measuring the pressure while the valve is shut. |
| US12291851B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium, and work machine
An information processing apparatus includes an information acquiring unit configured to acquire, from a work machine including a work attachment, information relating to the work machine of when the work machine is in operation, the information being information for which a user who is predetermined and who is related to the work machine has indicated an intention to provide; and an incentive granting unit configured to perform a process of granting an incentive to the user, in response to determining that the information acquired by the information acquiring unit satisfies an evaluation condition that is predetermined. |
| US12291847B2 |
Control device and control method for determining required braking force of work vehicle
A control device of a work vehicle includes a braking force function determination unit and a required braking force function determination unit. The braking force function determination unit determines at least one of an offset and an inclination for a required braking force in a braking force function which indicates a relationship between a rotational speed of an output shaft of a transmission and the required braking force and in which the required braking force monotonically increases with respect to the rotational speed such that the smaller a stage number of a selected speed stage which is input into a traction force instruction device, the larger an absolute value of at least one of the offset and the inclination. The required braking force function determination unit determines the required braking force based on the rotational speed of the output shaft of the transmission and the braking force function. |
| US12291845B2 |
Vehicle control system and module
Vehicle control systems and modules are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a vehicle control module includes a first module connector configured to connect to a vehicle in place of a vehicle input device configured to control an operational part of the vehicle, a second module connector configured to connect to the vehicle input device, and an electronic controller configured to (i) receive an input command regarding the operational part of the vehicle from the vehicle input device connected via the second module connector, (ii) modify the input command, and (iii) transmit the modified input command to the vehicle via the first module connector to cause the vehicle to operate the operational part in accordance with the modified input command. |
| US12291844B2 |
Fuel supply guide and working machine
To ease work of transferring a fuel from a fuel supply tank to a fuel tank, a fuel supply guide to be used to supply the fuel by using the fuel supply tank to the fuel tank having a tank body for storing the fuel and a fuel supply port on the upper side of the tank body includes a support member provided on an upper portion of the fuel tank, and a body member projecting from the support member in a direction away from the fuel supply port as the body member extends upward and projecting higher than the fuel supply port. The body member is capable of receiving the fuel supply tank by an upper portion thereof to support the fuel supply tank. |
| US12291843B2 |
Systems and methods for mini-loaders or other power machines
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for power machines, including a mini-loader that includes a frame, an operator station positioned toward a rear end of the frame and configured to be used by an operator who is behind or on the rear end of the frame, and a power source positioned toward a front end of the frame. |
| US12291842B2 |
Top loading cable plough
A plough for burying a cable has a base frame, an upper frame member and a ploughshare support; a topside of the ploughshare support features a cable trough; and a cable guiding path extends from a front end to a rear end of the plough. The cable guiding path is arranged between the base frame and the upper frame member and along the cable trough. The upper frame member is movably connected relative to the base frame, such that the upper frame member may move between a first position. The upper frame member is arranged above the cable guiding path, and a second position wherein the upper frame member is displaced away from the cable guiding path. The whole extent of the cable guiding path is accessible from above when the upper frame member is in the second position, such that a cable may be lowered onto the cable guiding path. |
| US12291832B2 |
Truss foundation adjustment tool
A tool for adjusting driven truss components and assembled truss foundations. A bridge separates a pair of collars, each having a pair of offset bearing surfaces that fit around the truss legs. A lever arm terminating in a handle extends away from the bridge to give leverage to the tool operator. The bridge width is adjustable to enable positioning of the tool at different heights along the driven truss components. An additional receiver proximate to one of the collars may enable single leg operation. Lateral and angular adjustment of the lever arm with respect to the bridge may enable greater force to be applied to one leg relative to the other. |
| US12291827B2 |
Methods and apparatus for a single handle refuse bag
A pet refuse collection apparatus, and methods of use of the pet refuse collection apparatus, including a pet refuse bag supported by a fixture that allows the bag to be positioned underneath the pet to catch the refuse. A frame supports a refuse bag and may be manipulated with a single hand of a user while the frame supports a dispensed pet refuse bag in a position conducive to collecting pet refuse and additionally supports undispensed bags and stores a dispensed bag containing pet refuse. |
| US12291821B2 |
Heat-sealable paper and packaging bag
An object is to provide heat-sealable paper that is excellent in impact resistance and workability. Provided is heat-sealable paper comprising at least one heat-sealable layer on at least one surface of a paper substrate, wherein in the paper substrate, when a tensile energy absorption in a vertical direction as measured in accordance with JIS P 8113:2006 is defined as X1, a tensile energy absorption in a horizontal direction as measured in accordance with JIS P 8113:2006 is defined as Y1, a tensile energy absorption index in a vertical direction as measured in accordance with JIS P 8113:2006 is defined as X2, and a tensile energy absorption index in a horizontal direction as measured in accordance with JIS P 8113:2006 is defined as Y2, a geometric mean of X1 and Y1 is 120 J/m2 or more, a ratio of X1 to Y1 (X1/Y1) is 0.5 or more and 2.0 or less, and a geometric mean of X2 and Y2 is 2.0 J/g or more. |
| US12291816B2 |
Non-combustible, breathable membrane
A coated textile contains a web based on glass fibres having a back face, a front face and at least one edge. The front face is covered with a coating layer based on silicone and back face is capable of being bonded to a support. The coating layer has a thickness between 5 μm and 250 μm and includes at least one inorganic flame retardant compound in a quantity which is sufficient for the coated textile to have a gross calorific value of less than or equal to 3 MJ/kg, the inorganic flame retardant compound having a D50 granule size of less than 50 μm. |
| US12291805B2 |
Pulp fibrous accumulated sheet and method for producing pulp fibrous accumulated sheet
Provided is a pulp fibrous accumulated sheet including: a liquid permeable pulp fibrous accumulated layer containing a crushed pulp or base-fibers mainly including a crushed pulp, and a binder, and a plurality of fiber crimped parts formed by compression and pressurization, the fiber crimped parts being formed so that crushed pulp fibers each straddling the adjacent fiber crimped parts are present. |
| US12291803B2 |
Laminar velour knitwear
A laminar velour knitted fabric is disclosed, which has an top side and a bottom side, the top side including a pile and the bottom side including a knitted fabric of at least one pile material and a base material. The at least one pile material in the knitted fabric is formed as at least one pile yarn and the base material in the knitted fabric is formed as at least one base yarn. Further, the pile includes the at least one pile material. The at least one pile material of the pile has individual fibrils with a fineness of at most 2 dtex per fibril. |
| US12291801B2 |
Air textured yarn (ATY) and manufacturing method thereof
An air textured yarn (ATY) is disclosed. The ATY includes a first filament having a first cross section, and a second filament disposed adjacent to the first filament having a second cross section, wherein the first cross section has a substantially circular shape and has a degree of modification (M ratio) less than or substantially equal to 1.3, the second cross section has a polygonal shape including 3 to 6 lobes, and a difference between a length of the first filament and a length of the second filament is less than or substantially equal to 4%. Further, a method of manufacturing the ATY is also disclosed. |
| US12291800B2 |
Method of producing melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester multifilament
Provided is a melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester multifilament having excellent abrasion resistance. The melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester multifilament has a single fiber fineness from 10 to 80 dtex and comprises 3 to 10 wt % of a dimethylsilicone-series finishing agent applied on a fiber surface of the multifilament, based on the multifilament, the finishing agent containing a dimethylsilicone-series compound having a weight average molecular weight from 15000 to 40000. |
| US12291797B2 |
Fibronectin type III domain based scaffold compositions, methods and uses
A protein scaffold based on a consensus sequence of fibronectin type III (FN3) proteins, such as the tenth FN3 repeat from human fibronectin (human Tenascin), including isolated nucleic acids that encode a protein scaffold, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices. In particular, protein scaffold molecules binding to IgG have been identified as useful for diagnostic and/or therapeutic applications. |
| US12291791B2 |
Steam use and safety systems
A solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) system including a stack of electrolyzer cells configured to receive water or steam in combination with hydrogen, and a steam recycle outlet configured to recycle a portion of the water or steam. |
| US12291790B2 |
Water electrolysis catalyst and manufacturing method thereof
An embodiment provides a catalyst for water electrolysis which includes an iridium mixed phase formed by physical mixing of two or more selected from metal iridium (Ir), iridium(III) oxide (Ir2O3), or iridium(IV) oxide (IrO2) and has a structure in which nanosheets composed of the iridium mixed phase are stacked. The catalyst for water electrolysis may exhibit high activity and stability for the oxygen evolution reaction in water electrolysis. |
| US12291788B2 |
Coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite, method for preparing the coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite and catalyst for electrochemical water splitting including the coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite
A coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite is disclosed. The coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite has a structure in which algae-like transition metal-doped nickel phosphide nanosheets are deposited on coral-like tungsten oxide nanostructures grown vertically on a substrate. This structure allows the coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite to have a large surface area, which leads to a significant increase in the number of catalytic active sites, and ensures high conductivity and electrochemical stability of the coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite. Due to these advantages, the coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite has a low overpotential and superior hydrogen evolution reaction or oxygen evolution reaction efficiency when applied to a water splitting catalyst under alkaline conditions. Also disclosed are a method for preparing the coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite and a catalyst for electrochemical water splitting including the coral reef-like nickel phosphide-tungsten oxide nanocomposite. |
| US12291783B2 |
Environmental barrier coating
An example article according to the present disclosure includes, among other possible things, a metallic substrate, and a bond coat on the metallic substrate. The bond coat includes a matrix phase, gettering particles in the matrix phase, wherein the gettering particles are reactive with oxidants, and a dispersion of matrix modifier particles in the matrix phase. The example article also includes a diffusion barrier between the bond coat and the metallic substrate, wherein the diffusion barrier is configured to inhibit diffusion of components from the bond coat into the metallic substrate. An example composite material and method of applying a barrier to a substrate are also disclosed. |
| US12291782B2 |
Component having improved surface contact resistance and reaction activity and methods of making the same
A component for an electrochemical device, the component including: a metallic substrate; and a plurality of particles bonded to a surface of the substrate by a metallurgical bond, wherein the particles include a metal, carbon, or a combination thereof, wherein the metallurgical bond is between the particles and the substrate, wherein a total projected area of the metallurgical bond is less than 90% of a total projected area of the substrate, and wherein the metallurgical bond has a composition which is a combination of a composition of the metallic substrate and a composition of the particle, a reaction product of the metallic substrate and the particle, or a combination thereof. |
| US12291777B2 |
Throughput improvement with interval conditioning purging
Processing methods and apparatus for increasing a reaction chamber batch size. Such a method of processing deposition substrates (e.g., wafers), involves conducting a deposition on a first portion of a batch of deposition wafers in a reaction chamber, conducting an interval conditioning reaction chamber purge to remove defects generated by the wafer processing from the reaction chamber; and following the interval conditioning mid-batch reaction chamber purge, conducting the deposition on another portion of the batch of wafers in the reaction chamber. The interval conditioning reaction chamber purge is conducted prior to exceeding a baseline for acceptable defect (e.g., particle) generation in the chamber and is performed while no wafers are positioned in the reaction chamber. |
| US12291776B2 |
Film and forming method thereof
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a film and a forming method thereof. The forming method includes: providing a base; forming a diamond-like carbon film on the base, where the DLC film has carbon-hydrogen chemical bonds; and performing photocatalytic treatment on the DLC film, to break at least some of the carbon-hydrogen chemical bonds and reduce content of hydrogen elements in the DLC film. |
| US12291773B2 |
Methods and systems for heating a wide bandgap substrate
Methods and systems of heating a substrate in a vacuum deposition process include a resistive heater having a resistive heating element. Radiative heat emitted from the resistive heating element has a wavelength in a mid-infrared band from 5 μm to 40 μm that corresponds to a phonon absorption band of the substrate. The substrate comprises a wide bandgap semiconducting material and has an uncoated surface and a deposition surface opposite the uncoated surface. The resistive heater and the substrate are positioned in a vacuum deposition chamber. The uncoated surface of the substrate is spaced apart from and faces the resistive heater. The uncoated surface of the substrate is directly heated by absorbing the radiative heat. |
| US12291772B2 |
Low-friction long-life ultra-lattice composite coating as well as preparation method and use thereof
A low-friction long-life ultra-lattice composite coating as well as a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The ultra-lattice composite coating includes a titanium transition layer, a TiNx bearing layer, a TiNx/MoS2 gradient transition layer, a MoS2/Me gradient transition layer and a MoS2/Me ultra-lattice layer which are successively formed on the surface of a matrix; wherein, in a direction gradually far away from the matrix, the content of MoS2 in the TiNx/MoS2 gradient transition layer is increasing, and the content of MoS2 in the MoS2/Me gradient transition layer is decreasing. The ultra-lattice composite coating has excellent mechanical property and tribological performance, with a vacuum friction coefficient being below 0.02 and a friction life exceeding 4×106 revolutions, which can meet the requirements on ultra-low friction and ultra-long service life for aerospace vehicles. Meanwhile, the preparation method is simple, stable and effective, and has prominent practical values and economic benefits. |
| US12291770B2 |
Mask, manufacturing method of mask, and manufacturing method of display panel
The mask includes a first surface and a second surface that are arranged opposite to each other. The first surface includes a plurality of first grooves, the second surface includes a plurality of second grooves, the plurality of second grooves and the plurality of first grooves are in a one-to-one correspondence, and each second groove and a respective first groove corresponding to the each second groove penetrate the mask. On the second surface, the distance between adjacent second grooves is greater than a preset distance, where the preset distance is greater than zero. |
| US12291767B2 |
High strength stainless steel material
Methods for improving a toughness and a strength of a stainless steel material are described herein. For example, a high strength stainless steel material can comprise at least 11 wt. % Cr, between 0.01 wt. % and 1.0 wt. % Ni, more 0 wt. % Mo, more than 0 wt. % W, more than 0 wt. % Ti, more than 0 wt. % Nb, and more than 0 wt. % V. In some examples, the high strength stainless steel material can be heat treated with at least one quench treatment and at least one tempering heat treatment. In some examples, the high strength stainless steel material can comprise between 0.01 wt. % and 0.5 wt. % Ni, no more than 0.25 wt. % Mo, no more than 0.1 wt. % W, no more than 0.1 wt. % Ti, no more than 0.1 wt. % Nb, and no more than 0.1 wt. % V. |
| US12291764B2 |
Silicon based alloy, method for the production thereof and use of such alloy
A method for producing a silicon based alloy having between 45 and 95% by weight of Si; max 0.05% by weight of C; 0.01-10% by weight of Al; 0.01-0.3% by weight of Ca; max 0.10% by weight of Ti; 0.5-25% by weight of Mn; 0.005-0.07% by weight of P; 0.001-0.005% by weight of S; the balance being Fe and incidental impurities in the ordinary amount. |
| US12291763B2 |
High-strength and tough multi-component soft magnetic alloy and preparation method thereof
A high-strength and tough multi-component soft magnetic alloy and preparation method thereof are provided. The high-strength and tough multi-component soft magnetic alloy is composed of the following components in atomic percentage: Fe 32-45%, Co 24-29%, Ni 24-29%, Al 2.5-8%, Ti 1.5-3.5%, Ta 1.0-5%, Nb 0-2%, and Mo 0-2%. The multi-component alloys prepared by the present invention exhibit a face-centered cubic structure of the matrix, featured with high strength, high ductility, low coercivity and relatively high saturation magnetization. These properties make it suitable for manufacturing critical components for applications in industries such as electrical engineering, automatic control, mobile communications, and others. |
| US12291757B2 |
Method for the heat treatment of a metal based on a predicted austenite content to achieve austenite content within a quality window
A heat-treatment method for controlling austenite content in steel during conveying, heating and cooling the steel though a furnace. The method includes heating the steel until reaching a first location, then cooling the steel until reaching a downstream second or third location in the furnace. First, a quality window of the austenite content having minimum/maximum values at the second or third locations is determined. Upstream from the second/third locations, temperature of the steel for the second/third locations is predicted by a heat-transfer equation and/or conveyance speed of the steel through the furnace. The austenite content is then predicted at the second/third locations by metallurgical/data-based modelling using the predicted temperature. The furnace temperature and/or conveyance speed is adjusted when the predicted steel austenite content for the second/third locations is outside the quality window, whereby after the furnace adjustment, the predicted austenite content for the second/third locations falls within the quality window. |
| US12291755B2 |
Method of disintegrating and fluid drying of sugar beet material preventing the degradation reaction of the material
A method for the disintegration and fluid drying of sugar beet material which prevents the material's degradation reaction from taking place and which includes the steps of disintegrating the sugar beet material to particles with a particle surface area of at least 2.0 cm2, and subsequent immediate exposure of the disintegrated material to a drying gas(es) at a temperature of 25° C. to 160° C. and a flow rate of 5 m·s31 1 to 40 m·s−1, where the relative humidity of the drying gas(es) at the inlet to the drying space is at most 85%; and subsequent mixing of the disintegrated material with a flow of drying gas(es) until attaining a value of dry matter of at least 70% by weight. |
| US12291746B2 |
Methods of sequencing linked fragments
The invention generally relates to sequencing library preparation methods. In certain embodiments, two template nucleic acids are joined together by a linking molecule, such as a PEG derivative. The linked template nucleic acids is amplified, creating linked amplicons. |
| US12291745B2 |
Methods and systems for validation of a nucleic acid amplification assay
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for external control testing of an assay system. |
| US12291743B2 |
Method for evaluating tea plant (+)-catechin content
A molecular marker combination linked to quantitative traits of tea plant (+)-catechin content, including a SNP site 1, a SNP site 2, a SNP site 3, a SNP site 4, a SNP site 5, a SNP site 6, a SNP site 7 and a SNP site 8, which are located in tea genomes Scaffold4239:309117, Scaffold3614: 66549, Scaffold349: 3413816, Scaffold1989: 2316385, Scaffold451: 940283, Scaffold3727:442660, Scaffold115:803980 and Scaffold920:281727, respectively, and genotypes thereof are extremely significantly correlated with the (+)-catechin content is provided. A detection method for detecting each site, and one or more molecular marker site is used to evaluate the tea plant (+)-catechin content. |
| US12291741B2 |
Detection units and methods for detecting a target analyte
The present application relates to detection units and methods for detecting one or more target analytes in a sample using a complex formed by a target and first and second probes, wherein the complex comprises an elongated region, a particle that is coupled to the first probe, and a solid support that is coupled to the second probe. Specific binding of a target analyte can be distinguished from non-specific binding of the particle by measuring the displacement of the particle. |
| US12291740B2 |
Detection of target nucleic acid sequences using different detection temperatures
The present invention relates to detection of target nucleic acid sequences using different detection temperatures. The present invention employing different detection temperatures enables to detect a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences in conventional real-time manners even with a single type of label in a single reaction vessel. The conventional technologies detect a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences by a melting analysis after target amplification. Unlikely, the present invention does not require a melting analysis after target amplification, such that the time for analysis is greatly reduced. |
| US12291738B2 |
Methods and/or use of oligonucleotide conjugates for assays and flow cytometry detections
The present disclosure is directed to methods and/or uses of oligonucleotide conjugates for assays and flow cytometry detections and related systems and/or kits. Certain methods are directed to a method for detecting one or more biological targets of a sample in a detection assay, comprising: providing a molecular probe, comprising a binding moiety and an oligonucleotide sequence, to a sample comprising one or more biological targets; binding the one or more biological targets with the binding moiety; providing a detectable component to the sample, wherein the detectable component comprises a signal generating moiety conjugated to an oligonucleotide sequence complementary to the oligonucleotide sequence of the molecular probe; hydridizing the oligonucleotide sequence of the target-bound molecular probe to the detectable component; and detecting a signal generated from the hydridized detectable component. Various other embodiments, applications etc. are disclosed herein. |
| US12291737B2 |
Schizochytrium strain and use thereof, microbial oil containing DHA at SN-2 position and preparation and use thereof
This disclosure relates to microbial technology, and more particularly to a Schizochytrium strain and a use thereof, a microbial oil containing DHA at an Sn-2 position, and a preparation and uses thereof. Sn-2 fatty acids of a triglyceride in the microbial oil contain 23% or more by weight of DHA. The microbial oil is prepared by fermentation using a Schizochytrium strain, where the Schizochytrium strain is Schizochytrium sp. with an accession number of GDMCC No. 60733. |
| US12291735B2 |
Method for the production of ethanol from corn fibers
Method for the production of ethanol from corn fibers. Invention relates to a process for the preparation of ethanol from a corn fiber containing feedstock by using a set of process steps specifically identified for the treatment of the said feedstock. It particularly relates to the use of a soaking followed by mix acid and enzyme treatment that release fermentable C5 and C6 sugars from said feedstock. It further relates to using a recombinant yeast to convert both C5 and C6 sugars to ethanol. |
| US12291734B2 |
Microorganisms and methods for the continuous co-production of high-value, specialized proteins and chemical products from C1-substrates
Microorganisms are genetically engineered to continuously co-produce amino acids, high-value, specialized proteins, microbial biomass, chemicals, or any combination thereof by microbial fermentation, particularly by microbial fermentation of a gaseous substrate. The microorganisms are C1-fixing. The production of ethylene, microbial biomass, and heterologous high-value, specialized proteins can be improved. This can be improved by varying promoters or nutrient limiting means. |
| US12291727B2 |
Method for producing stem cell-derived lacrimal gland tissue
Provided is a method for producing a stem cell-derived lacrimal gland tissue, the method comprising isolating SSEA4 and CD104 double positive cells from a self-formed ectodermal autonomous multi-zone (SEAM) cell population derived from pluripotent stem cells and three-dimensionally culturing the isolated cells in a medium with epidermal growth factor (EGF) and a ROCK inhibitor to produce a cell population expressing a lacrimal gland-related protein. The present invention provides a lacrimal gland organoid produced from pluripotent stem cells including iPS cells and thus is very useful for cell-based regenerative therapy for lacrimal gland-related diseases and cell-based research on the diseases. |
| US12291725B2 |
Systems and methods for producing injectable enhanced stem cell exosomes, improved exosomes and methods of use
This disclosure pertains to a non-living biological product. Particularly, exosomes derived from stem cells can help restore heart function. According to certain embodiments, a fluid-induced shear stress mechanical stimulation process of stem cells is used to augmented quantity and quality of exosomes produced from stem cells. These exosomes serve as a therapeutic agent for the regenerative repair of diseases, such as diseased heart tissues. Therefore, compositions comprising the exosomes derived from stem cells and methods of treating a degenerative disease by administering the exosomes isolated from stem cells are also provided. |
| US12291724B2 |
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy
Disclosed are compositions and methods for ex vivo expansion of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes for use in adoptive cell therapy (ACT). Also disclosed are compositions and method for identifying an agent for ex vivo expansion of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes for use in ACT. Also disclosed are methods for treating cancer using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes expanded by the disclosed methods. |
| US12291722B2 |
Methods for manufacturing adoptive cell therapies
The invention provides compositions and methods for manufacturing adoptive cell therapies. In particular embodiments, the invention provides methods of harvesting populations of cells, isolating and activating PBMCs, expanding T cells, and administering the T cell therapeutic to a subject in need thereof. |
| US12291717B2 |
RNA replicon for reprogramming somatic cells
The present invention embraces a RNA replicon that can be replicated by a replicase of alphavirus origin and comprises an open reading frame encoding a reprogramming factor. Such RNA replicons are useful for expressing a reprogramming factor in a cell, in particular a somatic cell. Cells engineered to express such reprogramming factors are useful in cell transplantation therapies. |
| US12291716B2 |
Plant thermo-sensitive male sterile mutant tms15 and uses thereof
The invention discloses a plant thermo-sensitive male sterile gene mutant tms15 and uses thereof. The nucleotide sequence of the plant thermo-sensitive male sterile gene mutant tms15 is SEQ ID No. 1. The inventor screened the thermo sensitive genic male sterile mutant tms15 by EMS mutagenesis of Zhonghua 11, which showed a male sterile phenotype under high temperature conditions (>28° C.) and restored fertility under low temperature conditions (22˜24° C.). The cytological results shows that the sporogenous cells in tms15 plants proliferated excessively and the tapetum cells are also vacuolized abnormally under high temperature. The normal proliferation of sporogenous cells and the normal development of tapetal cells are restored to some extent after low temperature treatment. |
| US12291714B2 |
Modulating reducing sugar content in a plant (INV)
There is described herein a plant cell comprising: (i) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting or consisting essentially of a sequence having at least 81% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 5 (NtINV4-S) or at least 62% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 7 (NtINV4-T); (ii) a polypeptide encoded by the polynucleotide set forth in (i); (iii) a polypeptide comprising, consisting or consisting essentially of a sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 6 (NtINV4-S) or at least 85% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 8 (NtINV4-T); or (iv) a construct, vector or expression vector comprising the isolated polynucleotide set forth in (i), wherein said plant cell comprises at least one modification which modulates (a) the expression or activity of the polynucleotide or (b) the expression or activity of the polynucleotide the polypeptide, as compared to a control plant cell in which the expression or activity of the polynucleotide or polypeptide has not been modified. |
| US12291710B2 |
Antisense oligonucleotide targeting ATN1 mRNA or pre-mRNA
The present invention provides an antisense oligonucleotide that is formed of 15-22 nucleotides and that is complementary to a nucleic acid including at least 15 consecutive bases in a specific target region of a base sequence of SEQ ID NO: 471 (which encodes atrophin 1; ATN1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. |
| US12291708B2 |
Oral delivery of antisense conjugates targeting PCSK9
The present disclosure provides pharmaceutic compositions for oral delivery comprising an antisense oligonucleotide (e.g., CIVI 008) and an oral delivery agent such as 5-CNAC. In some aspects, the disclosure provides a capsule comprising a dry blend of CIVI 008 and 5-CNAC, and optionally a statin. |
| US12291707B2 |
Modified immune cells having enhanced function and methods for screening the same
The present disclosure provides gene edited modified immune cells or precursors thereof (e.g., gene edited modified T cells) comprising an exogenous T cell receptor (TCR) and/or a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) having specificity for a target antigen, and an insertion and/or deletion in one or more endogenous gene loci, wherein the endogenous gene loci encode regulators of T cell function, thereby resulting in immune cells having enhanced function. Compositions and methods of treatment are also provided. The present invention provides methods of screening for TCR- or CAR-T cells with enhanced immune function (e.g., T cell efficacy, T cell memory, and/or T cell persistence). |
| US12291692B2 |
Process for the oxidation of fatty acids
The present invention discloses a process for the oxidation of fatty acids comprises reacting fatty acid with O2 containing O3 for a period of 0.1-60 min at a temp in the range of −78 to 30 deg C. to obtain the corresponding products, wherein the conversion of the fatty acid is in the range of 80% to 100% and the process is catalyst free and co-oxidant free. |
| US12291688B1 |
Silicon-containing compounds for lubricants
The present disclosure relates to lubricating compositions and methods of lubricating a spark-ignition engine effective to depress low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI) events and to maintain low foaming and/or aeration through selected silicon chemistries and treat rates. |
| US12291680B2 |
Systems for isobutane to transportation fuel
The present disclosure relates generally to processes and systems for producing liquid transportation fuels by converting a feed stream that predominantly comprises isobutane. The feed stream is catalytically-activated in two separate reaction zones arranged in series in a manner that minimizes the production of C1-C3 light paraffins and is tolerant to the presence of typical catalyst poisons. The first reaction zone is selective for conversion of the feed stream to predominantly olefins and some aromatics. The second reaction zone is maintained at a lower temperature and a higher pressure and is selective for converting olefins to monocyclic aromatics which facilitates further feed stream olefination. Certain embodiments contact the activation effluent with an alkylation catalyst to provide enhanced yields of upgraded hydrocarbon products that meet specifications for a transportation fuel blend component. |
| US12291675B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing hydrocarbons and use
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing hydrocarbons from plastic containing material, wherein the plastic containing material (1) is subjected into a pyrolysis reactor (2), steam (3) is fed into the pyrolysis reactor, and the plastic containing material is pyrolyzed with the steam by using a catalytic pyrolysis with a basic catalyst to convert the plastic containing material to a product (4) comprising hydrocarbons. Further, the invention relates to the use of the product obtained by the method. |
| US12291672B2 |
Blowing agent incorporated resin systems for consolidating subterranean oil and gas bearing formations
One or more embodiments relates to a productive consolidated sand pack product. The sand pack product may be a cured resin that is bound to sand particles and has a porous structure. The sand pack product is obtained from curing a resin composition which may include a resin, a curing agent, a chemical blowing agent, a surfactant, a carrier fluid, a pH agent, and a salt. The porous volume may include one or more of trapped gas, bubbles, and open or connected pore space. |
| US12291667B2 |
Cold and heat storage agent composition
Provided is a cold and heat storage agent composition that does not fall into the GHS categories, the cold and heat storage agent composition comprising: (A) a dialkyl ether; and (B) a normal paraffin, wherein the (A) contains a dialkyl ether having a straight chain alkyl group, the (B) contains a normal paraffin having 16 to 20 carbon atoms, and a content of the normal paraffin having 16 to 20 carbon atoms is 3.0% by mass or more and less than 10.0% by mass based on a total mass of the composition, and a melting point and a freezing point of the composition measured by DSC are within a range of −13.0° C. to +12.4° C. |
| US12291666B2 |
HFO-1234ze, HFO-1225zc and HFO-1234yf containing compositions and processes for producing and using the compositions
A fluoropropene composition comprising E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein the total amount of 1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is 1.0 wt. % or less, based on the total weight of the fluoropropene composition. A method of producing the fluoropropene, composition and methods for using the fluoropropene composition are also disclosed. |
| US12291665B2 |
Composition containing refrigerant, use of same, refrigerator having same, and method for operating said refrigerator
An object is to provide a novel low-GWP mixed refrigerant.Provided as a means for a solution is a composition comprising a refrigerant, the refrigerant comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)), difluoromethane (R32), 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (R1234ze), and carbon dioxide. |
| US12291664B1 |
Reducing slurry emulsion and foaming in oxidation-reduction sulfur removal processes
A surfactant composition in aqueous phase includes 0.5% to 15% by weight of an alkoxylated block copolymer and 0.5% to 15% by weight of an alcohol ethoxylate. The non-ionic alkyl ethoxylate is a fast wetting agent. The block copolymer, which is characterized by a longer wetting time than the non-ionic alkyl ethoxylate, disrupts the emulsion and allows the now-coated sulfur particles to escape the existing emulsion. The composition may also include an alkyl alcohol and/or glycol ether. The alkyl alcohol augments the emulsion-breaking capabilities of the diblock copolymer by providing additional surface tension reduction to the system, as well as emulsion inhibition at the aqueous-gaseous interface. The glycol ether acts as a mutual solvent, which also augments the emulsion breaking capabilities of the diblock copolymer by providing additional surface tension reduction to the system, as well as emulsion inhibition at the aqueous-gaseous interface. |
| US12291663B2 |
Matrix formulation for polymer dispersed liquid crystal displays in low power direct current (DC) electromagnetic field application
A pre-polymer matrix formulation for a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) display includes, in one aspect, a monofunctional monomer, a trifunctional oligomer, and a trifunctional monomer. A product, in another aspect, includes a PDLC display formulation comprising a polymer matrix having a plurality of liquid crystal (LC) domains dispersed therein, wherein the polymer matrix comprises a polymerized product of a monofunctional monomer, a trifunctional oligomer, and a trifunctional monomer, and a pair of electrodes having the PDLC display formulation positioned therebetween. The PDLC display formulation is characterized as having a substantially constant optical transparency during application of a low power direct current (DC) electromagnetic field between the electrodes for a predefined duration of time. |
| US12291661B2 |
Quantum dot structure, method for producing a quantum dot structure, and light emitting device
A quantum dot structure is provided, the quantum dot structure comprising: a nanocrystalline core from a first semiconductor material, a nanocrystalline shell from a second semiconductor material on the nanocrystalline core, at least one encapsulation layer on the nanocrystalline shell, wherein functional groups are present within the at least one encapsulation layer and/or on the surface of the at least one encapsulation layer facing away from the nanocrystalline shell, the functional groups being able to chemically react in a reversible manner. Further, a method for producing a quantum dot structure and a light emitting device are provided. |
| US12291660B2 |
Method for preparing pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, method for producing protective sheet and method for producing glass unit
Provided is a method for preparing a PSA composition for protecting Low-E glass plates from degradation and corrosion. A PSA composition preparation method is provided for Low-E glass plate protection. The method comprises a step of obtaining an aqueous liquid, and a step of obtaining a polymer containing liquid comprising the aqueous liquid and a polymer. Here, the aqueous liquid satisfies at least (a) having an electrical conductivity below 300 μS/cm or (b) having a chloride ion concentration below 35 μg/mL. |
| US12291659B2 |
Two-pack urethane-based adhesive
A two-pack urethane-based adhesive that includes a second-pack liquid in which liquid components are inhibited from bleeding out and which can be inhibited from decreasing in thixotropic properties, and that gives cured products having, after aging, excellent adhesiveness. The two-pack urethane-based adhesive including a first-pack liquid, which includes a urethane prepolymer having an isocyanate group, and a second-pack liquid, which includes water, an active hydrogen compound (which is not water) having an active hydrogen capable of reacting with the isocyanate group, and cellulose nanofibers, wherein the first-pack liquid and the second-pack liquid each independently contain carbon black and/or an inorganic-based filler, the content of the cellulose nanofibers being 0.1-1.5 mass % with respect to the content of the water. |
| US12291655B2 |
Polishing composition and method of polishing a substrate having enhanced defect reduction
An aqueous alkaline chemical mechanical polishing composition includes a quaternary ammonium compound having a phenyl group which enables enhanced reduction of defects on silicon oxide substrates and enables good silicon oxide removal rates during chemical mechanical polishing. |
| US12291649B2 |
Two-coat single cure powder coating
Methods and systems for coating metal substrates are provided. The methods and systems include sequential application of low flow and high flow powder coatings followed by a single heating step to provide a cured coating. The methods and systems include a marker that allows coating uniformity to be monitored and assessed during application. The described methods provide coatings with optimal surface smoothness and edge coverage. |
| US12291646B2 |
Photocurable (meth)acrylate compositions
Photocurable (meth)acrylate compositions for forming features on the surfaces of membranes, and particularly, on membranes used in osmosis and reverse-osmosis applications, such as membrane filters. |
| US12291645B1 |
Spraying liquid car cover film composition, spraying car cover film and preparation method for spraying car cover film
Disclosed is a spraying liquid car cover film composition, a spraying car cover film and a preparation method for the spraying car cover film. The spraying liquid car cover film composition at least includes an isocyanate prepolymer and an imine resin; the isocyanate prepolymer is an aliphatic isocyanate prepolymer and/or an alicyclic isocyanate elastic prepolymer; the imine resin is an aliphatic imine resin and/or an alicyclic imine resin; and the isocyanate prepolymer and/or the imine resin includes an alicyclic structure. |
| US12291643B2 |
Aqueous coating composition and process for preparing the same
A storage stable aqueous coating composition comprising a novel combination of an anionic acrylic polymer with a small amount of a specific acetoacetamide functional compound and providing coating films made therefrom with formaldehyde abatement property, yellowing resistance, and scrub resistance. |
| US12291637B2 |
Acidic bonding compositions and methods for restoring and color toning lightened hair
A hair refreshing composition that accomplishes neutralizing and/or toning in 5 minutes and includes a color toning system with least one violet toned direct dye, and an acidic bonding restorative base that includes least one anionic surfactant including an isethionate surfactant, at least one ester including coco-caprylate/caprate, at least one cationic compound, at least one additional surfactant, and a cosmetically acceptable solvent that includes water. The composition confers the dual benefits of restoring hair texture and toning and/or neutralizing hair color, particularly in lightened or color lifted blonde hair in a formulation that is stable (retention of viscosity, bulk tone and efficacy of toning/neutralizing brassiness). |
| US12291635B2 |
Composition for protecting light sensitive materials
A composition to protect light-sensitive therapeutics includes a combination of two different anthraquinone dyes and titanium dioxide to protect the light-sensitive therapeutics from UV-Vis light in the range of 190 to 750 mm. |
| US12291631B2 |
Reclaiming agent and reclaimed rubber
A reclaiming agent is formed by grafting thiol groups onto styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR). The reclaiming agent has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 120000, which can be a random copolymer or a block copolymer. 100 parts by weight of styrene-butadiene rubber can be reacted with 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of the reclaiming agent to form a reclaimed rubber. |
| US12291630B2 |
Method for preparing conjugated diene-based polymer
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer, characterized in using a dimer acid saponified material as an emulsifier in a polymerization initiation step and injecting a monomer and the emulsifier in three or more installments after initiating polymerization, and the conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by the preparation method of the present invention has excellent physical properties such as impact strength and reflection haze. |
| US12291625B2 |
Cellulose nanocrystal-containing resin composition
The present invention relates to a cellulose-containing resin composition and a method of producing the same. The cellulose-containing resin composition includes cellulose nanocrystals containing, as cellulose, hemicellulose in an amount of 10 wt. % or less, and thereby the amount of VOCs released due to the cellulose can be reduced without using an additive, and a cellulose-containing resin composition having a lower TVOC amount than that of the resin itself can be provided. |
| US12291624B2 |
Polytetrafluoroethylene composition
A polytetrafluoroethylene composition containing polytetrafluoroethylene and fibrous filler. The fibrous filler has an average fiber length of 100 μm or shorter and includes fibers having a fiber length of longer than 160 μm in a proportion of 15% by mass or less. |
| US12291622B2 |
Method for preparing WPU synthetic leather foaming layers based on pickering foam template method
The disclosure provides a new method for preparing a WPU synthetic leather foaming layer based on a Pickering foam template method. The key of the method is to use the soft waterborne polyurethane as raw materials, add waterborne crosslinking agent and hydrophobic inorganic solid particles as Pickering waterborne foam stabilizers to obtain Pickering waterborne foam slurry of polyurethane latex particles through high-speed emulsification; and dry the slurry to obtain the waterborne polyurethane foam layer. The preparation process does not use any organic solvents, is clean and environmentally-friendly, and is simple to operate, making it easier to realize industrialized production. In addition, the Pickering foam has strong interface stability, which effectively solves the problem of difficult adjustment of the pore size caused by the accumulation and collapse of bubbles during the drying process of the mechanical foaming method, and the prepared synthetic leather foam layer has good hygienic properties. |
| US12291620B2 |
Isocyanate-based foam construction boards
A construction board comprising (i) a foam body having a generally planar shape with first and second planar surfaces, where said foam body is a closed-cell foam body including pentane and a blowing agent additive that has a Hansen Solubility Parameter that is greater than 17 MPa−0.5 contained within the foam body; and (ii) first and second facers attached to said first and second planar surfaces, respectively. |
| US12291619B2 |
Epoxy based reinforcing patches having improved damping loss factor
A reinforcing sheet including one or more layers of a reinforcing material, and a thermosetting adhesive associated with the reinforcing material, wherein the thermosetting adhesive includes a curing agent, and an epoxy-modified dimerized fatty acid combined with an epoxy terminated polyurethane interpenetrating network. |
| US12291616B2 |
Insulating varnish composition, rotating machine coil and rotating machine
Provided is an insulating varnish composition, including: two or more kinds of epoxy resins; and a filler having an average primary particle diameter of 500 nm or less, wherein the two or more kinds of epoxy resins contain 80 mass % or more of an epoxy resin having a number of repetitions of 0 in a molecular structural formula thereof with respect to a total mass of the two or more kinds of epoxy resins. |
| US12291614B2 |
Fluoropolymer hybrid composite
The invention pertains to a process for the manufacture of a polymer electrolyte membrane based on a fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite, to a polymer electrolyte obtained thereof and to uses of said polymer electrolyte and membranes obtained therefrom in various applications, especially in electrochemical and in photo-electrochemical applications. |
| US12291613B2 |
Water-soluble film and package
A water-soluble film is provided that is excellent in film transparency and water solubility and inhibits sticking between the films. A water-soluble film includes a polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein a crystallite size obtained from an X-ray profile obtained by wide-angle X-ray measurement is from 4.0 to 5.5 nm and a degree of crystallization obtained from the X-ray profile is from 10.0% to 25.0%, and an external haze is from 7.0% to 30.0%. |
| US12291612B2 |
Fiber-reinforced resin base material
A fiber-reinforced resin base material includes continuous reinforcing fibers or a reinforcing fiber base material in which discontinuous fibers are dispersed, the continuous reinforcing fibers or a reinforcing fiber base material being impregnated with a polyphenylene sulfide resin composition, wherein the fiber-reinforced resin base material has a glass-transition temperature, as measured by the DMA method (bending mode), of 115° C. or higher. |
| US12291605B2 |
Composite structure and manufacturing method thereof
The invention is directed to a composite structure in which a metal member having a roughened surface and a resin member are joined in a state in which at least a portion of the roughened surface is included. The resin member is made of a molded article obtained by melt-molding a polyarylene sulfide resin composition containing a polyarylene sulfide resin. In the roughened surface, a cumulative pore volume of a pore diameter in a range of 0.1 μm to 20 μm is in a range of 0.5 nL/mm2 or more and 5 nL/mm2 or less measured by mercury porosimetry. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a composite structure that is obtained by joining a metal member and a molded article made of polyarylene sulfide resin composition and is more excellent in joining strength, heat cycle resistance, and sealing properties, and a method for producing the composite structure. |
| US12291600B2 |
Three-dimensional spherical alpha-helix cationic polypeptide having high-efficiency gene delivery capability, and preparation method and application thereof
A three-dimensional star-shaped α-helix polypeptide having a high-efficiency gene delivery capability, and a preparation method and an application thereof. A dendrimer is used as an initiator and dichloromethane is used as a reaction solvent to initiate high-speed ring-opening polymerization of different types of N-carboxylic anhydride monomers, and groups having different electrical properties are introduced at the ends via click chemistry reactions. The abundant amino groups on the surface of the dendrimer provide enough polymerization sites to enable the polypeptide to form a three-dimensional spherical topological structure, and the topological structure provides an opportunity for initial acceleration of the ring-opening polymerization reaction. The higher positive charge density caused by polypeptide side chain modified guanidine/amino groups etc. achieves a high-efficiency gene loading capability by the electrostatic effect between positive and negative charges, and the α-helix rigid structure on the secondary structure thus enables the polypeptide to have stronger membrane penetration capability. |
| US12291599B2 |
Semi-crystalline polyester polyol and method of making the same
Disclosed is a semi-crystalline polyester polyol having an acid number less than 4 and derived from a saturated fatty component having a hydroxyl number less than 2, the saturated fatty component being selected from the group consisting of saturated fatty acid, saturated fatty acid ester, saturated oil, and combinations thereof, polyhydric alcohol that includes at least three hydroxyl groups, and a dibasic acid. |
| US12291598B2 |
Pressure sensitive adhesives made from UV curing of plant oil-based polyesters
An ultraviolet radiation-curable composition comprising a polyester having at least one pendant ultraviolet radiation-curable moiety covalently bonded to the polyester, wherein the polyester does not contain any free-radically polymerizable activated C═C groups. |
| US12291597B2 |
Polybutylene terephthalate composition and article thereof
The present invention relates to a polybutylene terephthalate composition, and an article derived from the polybutylene terephthalate composition comprising as component (A) polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin, as component (B) vinyl aromatic-based polymer comprising units which are derived from vinyl aromatic monomers, and as component (C) reinforcement agent. |
| US12291595B2 |
Method for isocyanate and polyurethane production with improved sustainability
The invention relates to a method for producing isocyanates and optionally polyurethanes by at least: synthesising (1) phosgene (20) from carbon monoxide (21) and chlorine (22); reacting (2) phosgene (20) with diamines (23) to form diisocyanates (24) and hydrogen chloride (25); providing a carbon dioxide gas flow (31); and cleaning (4) the carbon dioxide gas flow (31) of additional components, wherein the carbon dioxide is converted by means of an RWGS reaction (6) to form carbon monoxide (21) and hydrogen (29), which are used as raw materials for the polyurethane production, as well as optionally reacting (3) the diisocyanates (24) with polyether polyol (35a) and/or polyester polyol (35b) to form polyurethanes (37). |
| US12291594B2 |
Process for preparing polypropylene with improved recovery
Described herein is a process for producing a propylene copolymer in at least a pre-polymerization stage, a first and a second reaction stage connected in series with improved monomer recovery, wherein a product stream, comprising a propylene polymer mixture, unreacted propylene, unreacted ethylene and hydrogen, if present, is separated in a separation unit into a first overhead stream and a first bottom product stream, wherein the desired propylene polymer mixture is recovered from the first bottom product stream. The first overhead stream is at least partially condensed, passed to a distillation column and separated into a second overhead stream and a second bottom product stream. The second overhead stream is at least partially condensed and split into three distinct streams, wherein a distillation reflux stream is returned into the distillation column, a first recycle stream is passed to the second reaction stage and a second recycle stream is passed to a stripping column from where a third bottom product stream is withdrawn and at least a part of it is passed to a propylene feed vessel, to the pre-polymerisation stage, to the first reaction stage, or to a combination thereof. Further disclosed is a polymerization unit, particularly suitable for carrying out the inventive process. |
| US12291590B2 |
Branched polymers
Responsive or degradable branched polymers may be prepared by the free radical polymerisation of a multivinyl monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, using a source of radicals, wherein the extent of propagation is controlled relative to the extent of chain transfer to prevent gelation of the polymer. The multivinyl monomer may comprise a cleavable group, for example an ester, or a multiplicity of such groups, between two vinyl groups. Said monomer may be a macromonomer containing multiple cleavage sites. |
| US12291587B2 |
Photocrosslinkable polymer, insulating film, planarization film, lyophilic/liquid repellent patterned film, and organic field effect transistor device comprising same
Provided is a resin which is excellent in terms of solubility in common solvents, crosslinking temperature, time required for crosslinking, solvent resistance (cracking resistance), breakdown voltage, leakage current, solvent wettability, and planarity in cases where the resin is formed into a thin film. A resin which comprises repeating units represented by formula (1) and formula (2), and wherein the repeating unit represented by formula (2) is contained in an amount of 20% by mole or more relative to the total amount of the repeating units represented by formula (1) and formula (2). |
| US12291581B2 |
Serpin peptides and methods of using the same
We describe peptides and their uses for the treatment of autoimmune, inflammatory and metabolic diseases. |
| US12291580B2 |
Angiotensin i-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides
The present disclosure provides fish-derived peptides with ACE inhibitory activity, and methods of producing peptide isolates comprising the fish-derived peptides. The present disclosure also provides pharmaceutical products, dietary supplements, and functional foods including the peptide isolates, and method of lowering blood pressure of a subject by administering to the subject one or more of the fish-derived peptides. |
| US12291575B2 |
Methods for treatment of CD20-positive proliferative disorder with mosunetuzumab and polatuzumab vedotin
The present invention relates to the treatment of subjects having a CD20-positive cell proliferative disorder. More specifically, the invention pertains to the treatment of subjects having a CD20-positive cell proliferative disorder by administering a combination of mosunetuzumab and polatuzumab vedotin. |
| US12291573B2 |
Application of a nanobody targeting on IL-6RA
The present invention discloses a nanobody targeting IL-6Rα protein and uses thereof, wherein the heavy chain variable region of the nanobody comprises three complementary determining regions, CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3, wherein CDR1 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2, CDR2 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 3, and CDR3 has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 4. With high affinity to IL-6Rα protein and high stability and water solubility, the nanobody can be used in the development of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of IL-6-mediated related diseases or conditions, as well as in the development of reagents or kits for the detection of IL-6Rα, which can provide potentially highly effective antibodies for the study of IL-6-mediated related diseases, and provide new therapeutic strategies and targets for autoimmune diseases or tumors. |
| US12291572B2 |
IL12 receptor synthetic cytokines and methods of use
Provided herein are IL12R binding molecules that bind to IL12Rb1 and IL12Rb2 and comprise an anti-IL12Rb2 sdAb and an anti-IL12Rb2 VHH antibody. |
| US12291571B2 |
Methods for reducing eosinophilic infiltration by administering an anti-interleukin-4 receptor (IL4R) antibody
The present invention provides methods for treating, preventing or reducing the severity of eosinophilic esophagitis. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutic composition comprising an interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4Rα) inhibitor such as an anti-IL-4Rα antibody. |
| US12291569B2 |
Antibodies and nucleotide sequences, and uses thereof
Described are novel anti-CTLA-4 antibody molecules and nucleotide sequences and expression vectors, such as viruses, encoding such antibody molecules. The novel antibody molecules are Treg depleting antibody molecules, and they have an improved depleting effect on CTLA-4 positive cells, such as Tregs, compared to ipilimumab. Described is also the use of such antibody molecules or nucleotide sequences or viruses in medicine, such as in the treatment of cancer, such as solid tumours. |
| US12291566B2 |
Anti-TNF antibodies, compositions, and methods for the treatment of active Ankylosing Spondylitis
The present invention relates to compositions and methods utilizing anti-TNF antibodies having a heavy chain (HC) comprising SEQ ID NO:36 and a light chain (LC) comprising SEQ ID NO:37 for use in the safe and effective treatment of active Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). |
| US12291564B2 |
Binding protein of NS1 protein
Provided is an isolated binding protein including an antigen-binding domain that binds to NS1 protein. The isolated binding protein includes specific heavy chain CDRs and light chain CDRs. The binding protein can specifically recognize and bind to NS1, and has relatively high sensitivity and specificity, thereby achieving the detection of dengue virus. Moreover, the binding protein is not required to be produced by inducing hybridoma cells in mouse abdominal cavity, and thus it is simple in production and has more stable antibody function. |
| US12291563B2 |
Metabolically optimized cell culture
Improved methods for large scale production of proteins and/or polypeptides in cell culture is provided. In accordance with the present invention, the method provides for culturing cells that have metabolically shifted. The use of such a method or system allows high levels of protein or polypeptide production and reduces accumulation of unwanted metabolic waste such as lactate. Proteins and polypeptides expressed in accordance with the present invention may be advantageously used in the preparation of pharmaceutical, immunogenic, or other commercial biologic compositions, such as antibodies. |
| US12291562B2 |
Reagents and assays using modified integrin domains
Modified integrin polypeptides are provided. Methods of identifying binding agents that bind to a modified integrin polypeptide are also provided. |
| US12291557B2 |
Chimeric TIM4 receptors and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to chimeric Tim4 receptors, host cells modified to include chimeric Tim4 receptor molecules, and methods of making and using such receptor molecules and modified cells. |
| US12291556B2 |
Parathyroid hormone variants
The invention relates to parathyroid hormone (PTH) variants and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same. The invention further relates to PTH compositions with improved serum half-life and peak-trough ratios, and methods of controlling serum calcium levels with the PTH variants and compositions of the invention. The invention further relates to methods of treating hypoparathyroidism and/or hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism with the PTH variants and compositions of the invention. |
| US12291553B2 |
Non-opioid anti-pain medication
The present invention relates to novel small molecules Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof as well as the preparation and the use thereof to inhibit FGF13-1b. |
| US12291550B2 |
Method for functionalization of an aromatic amino acid or a nucleobase
A method for functionalization of an aromatic amino acid or a nucleobase with a fluoroalkyl-containing moiety RF, wherein the aromatic amino acid is reacted in the presence of at least one reductant with at least one hypervalent iodine fluoroalkyl reagent carrying the fluoroalkyl-containing moiety RF is disclosed. Novel hypervalent iodine fluoroalkyl reagents is also disclosed. |
| US12291546B2 |
Phosphonium compound, reagent kit for derivatization, mass spectrometric method, and method for producing phosphonium compound
Provided is a phosphonium compound represented by Formula (I): in Formula (I), R1, R2, and R3 are independently from each other, an alkyl group or an aryl group, the alkyl group is a substituted or unsubstituted, linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted cyclic alkyl group having 5 to 20 carbon atoms, the aryl group is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; X is a reactive group having a hydrazide group, a halide group, a pseudohalide group, or a thioester group; and Y− is an anion having a total charge of −1, or Y− is absence. |
| US12291544B2 |
Process for preparing trimethylchlorosilane
A process for preparing trimethylchlorosilane (M3) and methyltrichlorosilane (M1) by disproportionation of dimethyldichlorosilane (M2) in the presence of an Al2O3 catalyst is described herein. The dimethyldichlorosilane used is in the form of a silane mixture that includes 80-100% by weight of dimethyldichlorosilane (M2). The difference in content from 100% by weight includes M1 and M3. |
| US12291541B2 |
Compound, thin-film forming raw material, and method of producing thin-film
Provided is a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or (2): where R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or the like, R5 and R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, M1 represents a gallium atom or an indium atom; where R7 to R10 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or the like, R11 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and M2 represents a gallium atom or an indium atom. |
| US12291539B2 |
KRAS G12C inhibitors
The present disclosure provides compounds and methods useful in the treatment and suppression of cancer, for example, useful for treating or suppressing cancers characterized by KRAS G12C. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing such compounds. |
| US12291537B2 |
Compounds, compositions and methods
The present disclosure relates to anticancer compounds, including, but not limited to, antibody-drug conjugates using the same, which compounds and ACDs thereof are suitable for the treatment of cancer. |
| US12291536B2 |
Crystal form of Wee1 inhibitor compound and use thereof
Disclosed is a crystal form of a compound of formula (I) and the use of the crystal form in the preparation of a drug for treating Wee1-related diseases. |
| US12291534B2 |
Aminonorbornane derivative and manufacture method therefor and use thereof
The present invention relates to a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, an active metabolite, a polymorph, an ester, an optical isomer or a prodrug thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula I, and use of the compound, as a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor with high selectivity for BTK(C481S) mutant, in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating a heteroimmune disease, an autoimmune disease or a cancer. |
| US12291533B2 |
Substituted fused pyrimidine compounds and uses thereof
Disclosed are new small molecules having a substituted pyrimidine or substituted fused pyrimidine core structure and the uses thereof for modulating glucocerebrosidase activity. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the small molecules which may be administered in methods of treating diseases or disorders associated with glucocerebrosidase activity, including Gaucher's disease and neurological diseases and disorders such as genetic and sporadic synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy associated with aberrant glucocerebrosidase activity. The small molecules may contain a fluorophore or may be conjugated to a fluorophore in order to prepare a fluorescent probe for use in high throughput screening methods to identify new modulators of glucocerebrosidase activity via fluorescence polarization. |
| US12291532B2 |
Substituted xanthines as modulators of TRPC5 activity
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) a process for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy, particularly in the treatment of conditions having an association with TRPC5 containing ion channels. R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have meanings given in the description. |
| US12291530B1 |
GLP-1R agonist and therapeutic method thereof
The present disclosure describes GLP-1R modulating compounds that are useful for treating GLP-1R-mediated diseases or conditions. |
| US12291529B2 |
Heterocyclic GLP-1 agonists
The present disclosure relates generally to GLP-1 agonists and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, as well as methods for treating a GLP-1 associated disease, disorder, or condition. |
| US12291526B2 |
Deuterated derivatives of lanifibranor
The present invention relates to deuterated derivatives of lanifibranor, in particular for use in therapy, specifically in the treatment of fibrotic diseases. |
| US12291524B2 |
Amido heteroaromatic compounds
The specification relates to compounds of Formula (I): and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to processes and intermediates used for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their use in the treatment of diseases such as liver disease. |
| US12291521B2 |
Indazole compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
Indazole compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease states associated with glutamate dysfunction. |
| US12291520B2 |
Galectin-3 inhibiting 2-hydroxycycloalkane-1-carbamoyl derivatives
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein Ar1, Ar2, L, n, and R1 are as described in the description, their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of Formula (I), and especially to their use as Galectin-3 inhibitors. |
| US12291519B2 |
2-hydroxycycloalkane-1-carbamoyl
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein Ar1, Ar2, L, n, and R1 are as described in the description, their preparation, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and to their use as pharmaceuticals, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of Formula (I), and especially to their use as Galectin-3 inhibitors. |
| US12291516B2 |
Substituted 1-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxamide as Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Disclosed is a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, active metabolite, tautomer, stereoisomer, or prodrug thereof as BTK (Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase) inhibitors, which is useful for the treatment of autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, cancer and potentially allergies. |
| US12291512B2 |
Oxime compounds as agonists of the muscarinic M1 and/or M4 receptor
This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 and/or M4 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of diseases mediated by the muscarinic M1 and M4 receptors. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula (I) where p; q; X1; X2; Y; R1; R2; R3; R4; R5 and R6 are as defined herein. |
| US12291511B2 |
Polymerase inhibitors and related compositions and methods
The present disclosure includes compositions and methods for improved DNA amplification reactions. In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for hot-start PCR applications using DNA polymerase inhibitors that minimize non-specific DNA amplification by inactivating DNA polymerase at lower temperatures. |
| US12291508B2 |
Hydrazide containing nuclear transport modulators and uses thereof
The invention generally relates to nuclear transport modulators, e.g., CRM1 inhibitors, and more particularly to a compound represented by structural formula I. or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values and alternative values for the variables are as defined and described herein. The invention also includes the synthesis and use of a compound of structural formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof, e.g., in the treatment, modulation and/or prevention of physiological conditions associated with CRM1 activity. |
| US12291506B2 |
Method for producing amidate compound, and amidate compound
A method for producing an amidate compound represented by Formula (4), comprising reacting an iminium salt represented by Formula (1) and an organic compound represented by Formula (3), wherein Formulas (1), (3), and (4) are as defined in the description. |
| US12291502B2 |
Topoisomerase II-alpha inhibitors and methods of treating cancer using the same
A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, having the chemical structure of formula I as defined in the text and methods of using these compounds to inhibit topoisomerase IIα and treat or prevent metastasis of cancer in a subject. |
| US12291495B2 |
Process for the production of substituted 2-[2-(phenyl)ethylamino] alkaneamide derivatives
The present invention refers to a process for preparing a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R is (C3-C10)alkyl, or ω-trifluoro(C3-C10)alkyl; R1 and R2 are, independently, hydrogen, hydroxy, (C1-C8) alkoxy, (C1-C8) alkylthio, halo, trifluoromethyl or 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl; or one of R1 and R2 is in ortho position to the R—O— group and, taken together with the same R—O—, represents a Formula (A) group where R0 is (C2-C9)alkyl; R3 and R4 are, independently, hydrogen, (C1-C4)alkyl; or R4 is hydrogen and R5 is a group selected from —CH2—OH, —CH2—O—(C1-C6)alkyl, —CH(CH3)—OH, —(CH2)2—S—CH3, benzyl and 4-hydroxybenzyl; or R4 and R5, taken together with the adjacent carbon atom, form a (C3-C6)cycloalkyl residue; R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen or (C1-C6)alkyl; or taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom form a 5-6 membered monocyclic saturated heterocycle, optionally containing one additional heteroatom chosen among —O—, —S— and —NR7— where R7 is hydrogen or (C1-C6) alkyl; and wherein optionally one or more hydrogen atom in the groups R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, preferably in the R group, can be substituted by a deuterium atom. |
| US12291491B2 |
Hyaloclastite fertilizer, hyaloclastite plant nutrient, hyaloclastite plant soil improvment and method of making and using same
The invention comprises a method of making a mineral plant nutrient. The method comprises screening or reducing in size basaltic hyaloclastite or intermediate basaltic hyaloclastite to a powder form having volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 100 μm; and combining the basaltic hyaloclastite or intermediate hyaloclastite powder with soil. The plant nutrients are absorbed by the crop and the carbonatable minerals released from the hyaloclastite react with CO2 from the ground and air. Elements weathered into the separate plant nutrients and carbonatable elements. Plant nutrients such as K, P, S, B, Co, Cu, Fe, Mo, Zn and Ni are used by the crop plants as nutrients. Carbonatable elements such as Ca, Mg, K, Na and Fe react with CO2 from the hyaloclastite, in the ground and the air to create simple or complex carbonated mineral, thereby mineralizing CO2 Optionally, the hyaloclastite can be substituted with lava, scoria, volcanic ash or pumice containing carbonatable elements that when dissolved in soil can react with CO2 and create simple or complex carbonate minerals thereby mineralizing or sequestrating CO2. |
| US12291490B2 |
Method and apparatus for producing liquid nitrogen fertilizer and plasma activated water
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for in situ production of liquid nitrogen fertilizer and plasma activated water for agricultural nutrient management and irrigation water treatment. In the invention, there are two different kinds of plasma reactors operates in tandem. |
| US12291485B2 |
Gypsum cement compositions with aggregate stabilizers and methods for forming floor underlayment
This disclosure provides gypsum cement compositions which comprise an aggregate stabilizing mixture containing a combination of a polysaccharide gum and a polyacrylamide-gelatin blend, and methods for making and using these compositions, including pourable/pumpable floor underlayment slurries and methods for forming high strength underlayment on different substrates. |
| US12291482B1 |
Quantum cell manufacture using multi-finger flexure jig
In the manufacture of a quantum cell, multi-finger jigs are used to hold precision masks flat during a photolithographic procedure and or to apply force uniformly over a bonding area during an anodic or other direct bonding procedure. The fingers of a jig are flexible that they can bend sufficiently independently of each other that one finger can accommodate a non-uniformity of a surface to be contacted by the jig so that other fingers remain in contact with other areas of the surface. The fingers can be defined by slits orthogonal to a perimeter of the jig. |
| US12291479B2 |
Textured glass articles and methods of making the same
A method is described herein of making a textured glass article, the method includes: etching an initial primary surface of a glass substrate having a thickness with a hydrofluoric acid-free etchant having a pH of about 3 or less; and removing the etchant from the glass substrate, such that the etching is conducted from above ambient temperature to about 100° C. to form a textured region that is defined by a primary surface of the substrate and comprises a sparkle of 2% or less, and the etching comprises a plurality of batch cycles. |
| US12291476B2 |
Production method for glass roll
Provided is a method of manufacturing a glass roll (GR), including: a conveying step of conveying a band-shaped glass film (G2) in a lateral conveying direction by a conveying device (4); and a roll-up step of rolling up the glass film (G2) into a roll shape. The conveying step includes an inspection step of measuring a state of each of end portions (Gd, Ge) in a width direction of the glass film (G2) by a detection unit (19a, 19b) under a state in which a tension is applied to the glass film (G2) that passes through an intermediate conveying region (MS) of the conveying device (4) by a tension applying portion. |
| US12291473B2 |
Wastewater treatment system for improved primary treatment and volatile fatty acid generation
A water treatment system filters out solid material containing carbon, and provides that solid material to a fermenter. Volatile fatty acids are produced within the fermenter. After fermentation, a second filtering operation is utilized to permit passage of water and volatile fatty acids while filtering out solids from the fermenter. The volatile fatty acids are used as a food source for bacteria during secondary treatment of the water. |
| US12291471B2 |
Flocculant for catalytic decomposition of flue gas desulfurization wastewater treatment
The present invention provides a flocculant for catalytic decomposition of flue gas desulfurization wastewater treatment. The flocculant includes polyacrylamide, inorganic polymer, and an inorganic compound with low molecular weight. In the condition of using proper components, the flocculant has significant wastewater treatment performance. |
| US12291462B2 |
Medical tubing having differing color states
Medical tubing can have a chromic material such that the medical tubing is configured to transition from a first state of color to a different, second state of color by application of a stimulus to the medical tubing. |
| US12291460B1 |
Reaction system for preparing soda ash
A reaction system for preparing soda ash and a reaction method are provided in the present invention. The reaction system includes: a carbonization tower, a reaction crystallization tower, and a first micro-interface unit. A material outlet is arranged at the bottom of the carbonization tower, and the material outlet is connected to the reaction crystallization tower. The first micro-interface unit includes a first micro-interface generator and a second micro-interface generator, the first micro-interface generator is arranged below the liquid level in the carbonization tower, the second micro-interface generator is arranged above the first micro-interface generator, and a connecting pipe is arranged between the second micro-interface generator and the first micro-interface generator. The reaction system for preparing soda ash may effectively improve the reaction efficiency of raw materials and the utilization rate of carbon dioxide while reducing the input pressure of carbon dioxide, thereby effectively reducing energy consumption. |
| US12291459B2 |
Precipitated silica and process for its manufacture
A chemically modified precipitated silica characterised by the presence of methyl moieties chemically bound to the silica and a process for its manufacture. |
| US12291458B2 |
Method for removing an impurity from a chlorosilane mixture
Boron, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and other impurities are at least partially removed from a mixture containing at least one chlorosilane and/or organochlorosilane by a) contacting the liquid mixture with a carrier material functionalized with an amidoxime of the general structural formula (I), where CAR=carrier material and R1, R2 are independently of one another H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl; and b) optionally removing the functionalized carrier material. |
| US12291456B2 |
High purity SiOC and SiC, methods compositions and applications
Organosilicon chemistry, polymer derived ceramic materials, and methods. Such materials and methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials having 3-nines, 4-nines, 6-nines and greater purity. Processes and articles utilizing such high purity SiOC and SiC. |
| US12291454B2 |
Production method of carbon nanotube assembly
A production method for growing a carbon nanotube assembly on a substrate having a catalyst on a surface thereof. In this production method, in each of a formation unit that carries out a formation step of reducing a catalyst on the substrate and a growth unit that carries out a growth step of growing a carbon nanotube assembly, the substrate is continuously being conveyed using conveyance units that convey the substrate by screw rotations. In carrying out the formation step and the growth step, these steps are carried out while the gas environments in these steps are prevented from mixing with each other. |
| US12291444B2 |
Equestrian control device and methods of use
An equestrian control device and methods of use. The control device includes an improved curb strap device for installation into a bit of a bridle assembly. The device includes an assembly of a looped-strap pair located about an elongated member having installed thereon a plurality of serially attached elements. The straps can be secured to a shank-type bit installed in the mouth of the equine, which can further be secured to reins. In combination, specialized straps and serially attached elements combine to increase comfort of the equine and the rider's ability to control the equine. Additional biasing features of the strap assembly and strap-alternative assemblies are disclosed to supplement this comfort and control. A method of installing and using the device. |
| US12291443B2 |
Beverage dispense valve controlled by wireless technology
Methods and systems directed to dispensing fluids, such as beverages, using wireless technology are provided. Aspects relate to a beverage dispenser with a dispensing system housing, a valve housing positioned exterior to the dispensing system housing and extending from the dispensing system housing. The valve housing may be configured to dispense a beverage and include self-contained electronics disposed within an interior area of the valve housing. In some embodiments, the beverage dispenser has one or more additional valve housings positioned exterior to the dispensing system housing. The valve housing may be configured to dispense a beverage and include self-contained electronics disposed within an interior area of the valve housing. |
| US12291440B2 |
Narrow aisle truck with measures for preventing mast vibrations and for compensating for mast deformations
The present invention involves a narrow aisle truck comprising: a vehicle body having length and width directions; wheels assigned to the vehicle body and arranged on two axes running in the width direction and configured to drive and steer the truck; a drive system configured to exert an acceleration torque on at least one of the wheels; a mast extending substantially vertically with respect to the length direction of the vehicle body between the two axes; at least one detection unit to detect at least one state parameter; at least one actuator to cause a movement of the mast relative to the vehicle body; and a control unit to: determine a current state, determine an effect of an actuation of the at least one actuator on the current state, and activate the at least one actuator to reduce a difference between the determined current state and a predetermined target state. |
| US12291437B2 |
Extendable lattice type crane boom, and method for operating a crane including an extendable boom
Extendable lattice type crane boom (2) for a crane (1), the boom comprising a lattice type base boom section (2a) and at least one lattice type telescopic boom section (2b), wherein the at least one telescopic boom section is adjustable with respect to the base boom section between a retracted position, in which the telescopic boom section is substantially inside of the base boom section, and an extended position, in which the telescopic boom section is at least partly outside of the base boom section, wherein a distal end of the base boom section to which a first guiding system (21) is mounted, the guiding system being configured to guide a movement of the telescopic boom section along the base boom section; wherein a proximal end of the telescopic boom section comprises a second guiding system (30) configured to guide a movement of the telescopic boom section along the base boom section. |
| US12291435B2 |
Lifting device
Lifting system (1) for mounting on a loading surface of a vehicle (3), comprising at least one first lifting arm system (4) on one side of the loading surface in the transverse direction of the vehicle (3) and at least one second lifting arm system (5) on the other side of the cargo area in the transverse direction of the vehicle (3). The lifting arm systems (4, 5) comprises at least one foundation (6) with which the respective lifting arm system (4, 5) is connected to the vehicle (3), The lift arm systems (4, 5) each comprise at least one lifting arm (9) and at least one operating mechanism (15). The lifting device (1) comprises at least one lifting boom (13) extending between the lifting arm (9) in the first lifting arm system (4) and the lifting arm (9) in the second lifting arm system (5), The operating mechanism (15) is operated with at least one actuator (27). The actuating mechanism (15) comprises at least one first operating arm (16), which is rotatably connected at one end, or end thereof, to the base (6) and at its other end, or its proximity is connected to the lifting arm (9) via at least one arm link (22). The operating arm (16) and the arm link (22) are pivotally connected to each other and the arm link (22) is pivotally arranged relative to the lifting arm (9). The operating mechanism (15) further comprises at least one operating link (25) which is pivotally connected to the operating arm (16). |
| US12291433B2 |
Transport apparatus
A transport apparatus for use in the transport of a heavy structure includes a shape-adjustable adapter realized to adjust between an initial shape and a mating shape; and an actuator configured to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its initial shape to facilitate positioning of the adapter relative to the structure; and to effect a change in shape of the shape-adjustable adapter into its mating shape to engage the shape-adjustable adapter with a surface of the structure. A method of securing a frustoconical structure during transport is further provided. |
| US12291431B2 |
Firefighter's utility device
A utility device tailored for firefighting, rescue, and life safety applications. The utility device has a tether section, a handle, and a fastener. The handle is connected to a proximal end of the tether section and the fastener is connected to a distal end of the tether section. Ideally, the tether section is formed of webbing and the handle is defined by a loop formed in the proximal end of the tether section. The fastener preferably comprises a carabiner with a spring-loaded gate and a captive eye frame. The utility device is operative in both a connected loop state, in which the fastener is attached to the handle, and an elongated state, in which the fastener is not attached to the handle. The utility device is a compact, portable, and versatile tool capable of facilitating a wide range of standard firefighting practices. |
| US12291426B2 |
Elevator car arrangement for a double-deck elevator, and double-deck elevator
An elevator car arrangement for a double-deck elevator has a car frame; a first car coupled to the car frame; a second car arranged on the car frame above or below the first car and coupled to the car frame so as to be movable in a vertical direction relative to the car frame and relative to the first car; a push chain coupled, with a first end of a force absorption section of the push chain, to the first car or to the car frame, and with an opposite, second end of the force absorption section to the second car, and is arranged such that the second car exerts a pressure load on the force absorption section due to gravity; and a drive device coupled to the push chain to displace the second car in the vertical direction relative to the first car by the push chain. |
| US12291425B2 |
Apparatus for elevator drive assembly
An apparatus (10) for connecting a drive assembly (4) to a bedplate (2) of an elevator system. The apparatus (10) includes a first support (14) for mounting a motor (6) of the drive assembly (4) to the bedplate (2). The apparatus (10) further includes a second support (16) for mounting a brake unit (8) of the drive assembly (4) to the bedplate (2). The first support (14) and the second support (16) are separate parts. |
| US12291424B2 |
Call registration system
A call registration system includes, for example, a gate (3), a security controller (4), a server (6), and a storage device (5). The security controller (4) includes, for example, a retaining unit (42), a determining unit (41), and a requesting unit (43). When the determining unit (41) determines that information concerning a selected permission floor is not retained by the retaining unit (42), the requesting unit (43) requests a group controller (1) to perform call registration for a normal use floor. When the determining unit (41) determines that the information concerning the selected permission floor is retained by the retaining unit (42), the requesting unit (43) requests the group controller (1) to perform call registration for the selected permission floor. |
| US12291420B2 |
Spool unloading device
A spool unloading device comprising: a spindle; a first bulk spool of material is mounted on the spindle, wherein the spindle is rotatably controlled to dispense the material; a series of pulleys for receiving the unspooled material such that a variable length of the material is stored within the device before exiting the device to an upstream equipment; and a drive mechanism for indexing the unspooled material exiting the spool unloading machine at a controlled rate. |
| US12291418B2 |
Sheet feeding apparatus and recording apparatus
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a support portion, a guide portion, and a contact unit. The support portion rotatably supports a roll having a sheet wound to the roll. In loading the roll, the guide portion guides the roll in a guide direction from above the support portion to the support portion. The contact unit contacts an outer periphery of the roll supported by the support portion. The contact unit contacts the roll from upstream in the guide direction, and, in feeding the sheet, the sheet is fed from the roll supported by the support portion. |
| US12291417B2 |
Sheet postprocessing device that performs postprocessing on plurality of sheets stacked, and image forming system including same
A sheet postprocessing device includes a saddle binding device configured to stack a plurality of recording sheets on a table, abut leading edges of the respective recording sheets against a leading edge cursor, thus to align the leading edges with each other, and bind the center of the recording sheets and fold the recording sheets, and a first pressing member supported so as to pivot in a direction toward and away from the table. The first pressing member is made to pivot toward the table by self-weight thereof, allows the leading edge of the recording sheet delivered to the table to pass toward the leading edge cursor, and presses a portion of the recording sheet in a proximity of the leading edge, at a position upstream of the leading edge cursor, in a delivery direction of the recording sheet. |
| US12291413B2 |
Automatic bulk material dispensing system
An example bulk material dispensing apparatus includes: a frame; a hopper supported in the frame, the hopper configured to contain a bulk material for dispensing by the dispensing apparatus and having a hopper outlet; a feeding unit interconnected with the hopper outlet, the feeding unit configured to receive the bulk material from the hopper outlet and comprising: a feeding tube; and an auger disposed in the feeding tube, the auger configured to rotate to drive the bulk material received from the hopper outlet to be dispensed from a dispensing outlet; and a controller interconnected with the auger, the controller configured to: receive a dispensing request specifying a quantity of bulk material to dispense; and control the auger to rotate to dispense the quantity of bulk material. |
| US12291409B2 |
Vehicle and material handler
Robot includes a propulsion system configured to transport the robot and a controller in communication with the propulsion system. A material handler is carried by the robot and configured for depositing articles into one or more destination containers. The material handler has a tilt tray having sections that are configured for tilting in any number of directions relative to a vertical of the robot. Each section of the tilt tray may include a respective conveyor that moves articles at variable speed. |
| US12291407B2 |
Modular stack mover
The present application discloses a robotic modular stack mover system, and a method and a computer system for controlling the robotic modular pusher system. The robotic modular stack mover system includes a first stack mover system configured to cause a vehicle to traverse a first path and a second stack mover system configured to cause the vehicle to traverse a second path. The first stack mover system moves the vehicle along the first path from a source location to a first end location. The vehicle is retrieved from the first end location and the second mover system moves the vehicle along the second path to a destination location. |
| US12291406B2 |
Transfer robot
A transfer robot includes a movable mechanism, a support base moved by the movable mechanism, a horizontal arm pivotable relative to the support base around a first vertical axis, a motor in the horizontal arm to pivot the arm, and a hand disposed above the arm and rotatable relative to the arm around a second axis parallel to the first axis. The hand holds a planar workpiece placed thereon. The arm includes a rotation stage for holding the planar workpiece placed thereon. The rotation stage is rotatable around a third axis parallel to the first axis and movable vertically along the third axis. The hand has a holding center corresponding to the center of the planar workpiece, where the holding center is moved along a rotational trajectory extending across the third axis in plan view. The rotation stage is rotated by the motor provided in the horizontal arm. |
| US12291405B2 |
Device for intermediately storing and conveying containers at least in one conveying direction
A device for intermediately storing and conveying containers in at least one conveying direction includes a multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes container outlet lanes arranged, in a conveying direction, downstream of the multi-row intermediate storage device. The device also includes at least one movable container outlet link each configured to receive containers from at least one row of the multi-row intermediate storage device, and to discharge and distribute the containers to a plurality of the container outlet lanes. |
| US12291402B2 |
Shelf with integrated roller securement
A conveyor system includes a conveyor frame having a frame base and a pair of parallel frame sidewalls. Each sidewall extend from a top side of the base to a distal end defining a plurality of sockets. The sockets include a socket bearing configured to support a corresponding roller shaft and a lip element extending across the opening at the distal end. In some examples, the conveyor frame includes at least one end coupler attached at an end of the conveyor frame. In some configurations, the conveyor frame includes a plurality of frame segments each defining a portion of a length of the conveyor frame. |
| US12291400B1 |
Anti-splatter device for use with a concrete truck chute
The anti-splatter device for use with a concrete truck chute is a protective structure. The anti-splatter device for use with a concrete truck chute incorporates a concrete comb, a mounting bracket, and a concrete chute. The concrete comb attaches to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket secures the concrete comb to the concrete chute. The anti-splatter device for use with a concrete truck chute forms a protected space at the location where the concrete chute is delivering concrete. The concrete comb combs the concrete as the concrete is poured such that the concrete comb prevents the concrete from splashing on objects that are not designated to receive concrete. |
| US12291397B2 |
Robotic order consolidation using modular actuated rotary put-wall
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose an apparatus. The apparatus comprises a rotary put wall having a plurality of totes. The apparatus further comprises a vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) placed within the rotary put wall. The internal vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) comprises a plurality of chutes to receive one or more items from a robotic device. The internal vertical reciprocating conveyor (VRC) is further configured to be rotatable with respect to the rotary put wall and to convey the one or more items into one tote of the plurality of totes of the rotary put wall. |
| US12291396B2 |
Method for controlling warehouse robot to store and fetch inventory materials
The disclosure relates to a method for controlling a warehouse robot to store and fetch inventory materials. The method includes: instructing a material handling device to fetch a second inventory material located in the front row, and placing the second inventory material on a first tray; instructing the material handling device to fetch a first inventory material located in the back row, and placing the first inventory material on a second tray; and instructing the material handling device to return the second inventory material to the front row. By instructing the material handling device to fetch the inventory materials and storing the inventory materials in the trays, the inventory materials can be extracted from a designated shelf and stored in a warehouse, navigation is realized in a crowded warehouse filled with obstacles, and the inventory materials whose positions have been transferred can be processed. |
| US12291390B2 |
System and method for a reusable dispensing container
A reusable dispensing container assembly including a canister having a first end and a second end, the canister having an upper chamber to hold dispensable substance, an actuator arranged proximate the first end of the canister, in communication with the chamber, the actuator having a nozzle arranged to eject the dispensable substance, and a deformable piston arranged within the canister below the upper chamber, the deformable piston having a reinforcement apparatus embedded therein, the piston further arranged to sealingly engage an inner surface of the canister, the piston arranged for upward movement within the canister when the actuator is actuated, the deformable piston forming a lower chamber arranged to hold pressurized gas. |
| US12291389B2 |
Method of packing
A packing system for safely packing fragile household item for moving or storage. The packing system provides a number of packing devices which include a pair of ends bridged by a central portion, and a pair of elastic skirts along the central portion, all of which form a cup-like shape for receiving the fragile household item. A variety of sizes of the packing devices could be combined within a single kit. They could be color coded. An embodiment of the invention employs unused diapers as the packing devices. These could be donated or otherwise procured. |
| US12291388B2 |
Container
A container includes a container main body and a cushioning. The container main body is configured with an accommodation space that is to accommodate a to-be-accommodated object with a flat plate shape. The container main body includes a base, a side wall, and a recess. The recess is formed in a peripheral part of the base and recessed from a surface of the base. The cushioning is to be set in the recess in multiple different postures. The cushioning has a first surface including a first receiving surface and a second receiving surface. In a state in which the cushioning in a first posture or a second posture is set in the recess, the first receiving surface or the second receiving surface faces the accommodation space and the second receiving surface or the first receiving surface is buried in the recess. |
| US12291381B1 |
Leash system for use with a beverage container lid
The leash system for use with a beverage container lid includes an anchor, a leash, and a band. The leash system for use with a beverage container lid may be configured to tether a lid to a handleless beverage container. The anchor may be coupled to the lid. The leash may detachably couple to the handleless beverage container. An aperture located at a top end of the leash may detachably couple to an anchor tab on the anchor to prevent loss of the lid. A bottom end of the leash may be coupled to the band. The band may detachably couple to the handleless beverage container by encircling the handleless beverage container. |
| US12291380B2 |
Container having outer sleeve and inner slide with locking mechanism
A container (1) for consumer goods, the container comprising: an outer sleeve (20) and an inner slide (50) disposed within the outer sleeve (20), the inner slide (50) at least partially enclosing an interior space for housing consumer goods. The inner slide (50) is slidable with respect to the outer sleeve (20) between: a first position, in which the interior space of the inner slide (50) cannot be accessed by a user; and a second position, in which the interior space of the inner slide (50) can be accessed by a user. When the inner slide (50) is in the first position in the outer sleeve (20), an edge of an inner slide engagement flap (59) is configured to engage with a corresponding engaging element (31) on an outer sleeve wall, to form a locking mechanism for preventing the inner slide (50) from sliding from the first position to the second position. |
| US12291378B2 |
Storage tank
The present invention provides a storage tank which comprises a tank body and a sealing cover. A top of the tank body is provided with a tank mouth; the sealing cover can seal the tank mouth; the sealing cover comprises a main cover, a cover plate, a sealing ring, an annular extrusion part and a sealing switch; a top of the main cover is provided with an accommodating groove; the cover plate is covered on the accommodating groove; an edge of the cover plate is covered on the tank mouth; the sealing ring is sleeved and fixed on the outer circumference of the main cover; the annular extrusion part is slidably sleeved on the main cover below the sealing ring ; the sealing switch is located in the accommodating groove. The storage tank has good sealing effect, simple operation and convenient use. |
| US12291377B2 |
Lid construction for breathing apparatus
A breathing assistance apparatus has a lid and latch assembly configured for one-handed operation. The apparatus also includes a hinge assembly that separates when over-rotated but that reengages upon closing of the lid onto the main body of the apparatus. |
| US12291373B2 |
Collapsible crate
A collapsible crate is disclosed having a base and a plurality of walls. The base includes a top surface and defines a cavity below the top surface. The plurality of walls are removably attachable to one another and are movable between a first configuration where the plurality of walls extend substantially vertically above the top surface of the base and a second configuration where the plurality of walls are within the cavity of the base. |
| US12291372B2 |
Metal container with a carrier ring and methods of making the same
A method of forming a carrier ring on a metal article having an open end and a sidewall extending therefrom. The method includes contacting an inner surface of the sidewall with an inner roller to form a protrusion and contacting an outer surface of the sidewall with an outer roller to form a first groove positioned below the protrusion. The protrusion forms a gap therein. The method further includes contacting a portion of the outer sidewall with at least one second outer roller to form a second groove below the protrusion. The method further includes contacting a portion of the outer sidewall with at least one third outer roller to flatten the protrusion, such that the gap is substantially reduced or eliminated. The flattened protrusion forms the carrier ring. |
| US12291371B2 |
Method for forming a curl and a threaded metallic container including the same
A metallic container includes a body with a bottom and a neck. The neck includes a thread profile, a curl, and a curl transition between the thread profile and the curl. The curl defines an opening. The thread profile of the neck is configured to receive a corresponding thread profile of a reusable closure when the reusable closure is coupled to the neck. The curl is configured to engage with an insert positioned proximate to the curl and within a cavity defined in a casing of the reusable closure. The curl is configured to reduce damage to the insert during at least one of the reusable closure being coupled to or uncoupled from the neck. Methods for fabricating the curl include applying a thread profile to a metallic container neck, reducing a diameter of a portion of the neck above the thread profile, and curling the reduced-diameter neck portion. |
| US12291367B2 |
Method and system for automatically packaging comminuted silicon
A method of automatic packing of comminuted silicon includes providing an inner bag in a first shaping vessel, spreading out an opening of the inner bag and positioning the opening above a lip of a first filling funnel of a filling unit, and filling the inner bag with comminuted silicon. The comminuted silicon passes through the filling funnel into the inner bag. The inner bag is welded in a welding unit. The opening of the inner bag is folded together by inward folding of two opposite inner bag sides such that two inner bag edges formed by the folding-together are opposite and parallel to one another and form a fold with a channel. A vacuum welder is applied to the fold and welds the inner bag. The inner bag is transferred into an outer bag. The outer bag is welded. |
| US12291355B2 |
Space structure control system and space structure control method
The space structure control system includes: a space structure; an artificial satellite connected to the space structure; and a propulsion device installed on the artificial satellite and configured to control an orbit and an attitude of the artificial satellite, in which the space structure includes a film-like structure, a solar reflectance control device that controls a spatial pattern of a solar reflectance in a reflecting mirror provided in the film-like structure, and a shape retaining device that is connected to the film-like structure, the propulsion device rotates the film-like structure to generate a centrifugal force, the solar reflectance control device controls a solar reflectance in the reflecting mirror to control a solar radiation pressure to be applied to the reflecting mirror, a three-dimensional shape of the film-like structure is controlled based on the centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the film-like structure and the solar radiation pressure, and the shape of the film-like structure is retained or stabilized by the shape retaining device. |
| US12291353B2 |
Lamp for a precision approach path indicator
A lamp for a precision approach path indicator comprising at least two radiation sources emitting electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths, a beam of radiation of a first wavelength and a beam of radiation of a second wavelength, and a partition for separating the beam of radiation of the first wavelength from the beam of radiation of the second wavelength. The lamp is further provided with an offsetting element that offsets at least one of the beams essentially towards the other of the beams by a width to compensate for the obstruction created by the partition. |
| US12291352B2 |
Drone delivery system
A device and a method for introducing a drone to an area of interest are presented. The delivery system may include a housing, a drone, either a timer or a receiver, a lock mechanism, and a biasing mechanism. The housing further includes a pair of parts with or without subparts. At least one sensor is attached to the drone. The timer or the receiver is secured to the housing and communicable with the lock mechanism to control function thereof. The lock mechanism is adapted to releasably secure the parts or the subparts. The drone is enclosed within the housing in a CLOSED configuration when the lock mechanism is locked. The biasing mechanism separates the parts or the subparts to an OPEN configuration when the lock mechanism is unlocked. The drone is introducible to the area of interest in the CLOSED configuration and separable from the housing in the OPEN configuration. |
| US12291350B2 |
Powerplant for an aircraft
A powerplant for an aircraft, comprising a frame, a propulsion system comprising a core enclosed in a casing and comprising a combustion chamber and a turbine, a supply pipe for conveying dihydrogen to the combustion chamber and that snakes outside the casing running along the turbine before dropping down into the combustion chamber through the casing, and a protective plate fastened to the frame and positioned between the casing and the supply pipe. With such an arrangement, if a blade of the turbine became detached it would meet the protective plate blocking its path to the dihydrogen pipe and would thus be diverted or stopped. |
| US12291349B2 |
Dihydrogen supply system for an aircraft engine
A supply system for an aircraft, wherein the supply system has a supply module with outlet pipes, feed pipes connected to dihydrogen tanks, and means for channeling the dihydrogen in the feed pipes towards the outlet pipes, a distribution module having introduction pipes connected to the outlet pipes via heaters, distribution pipes connected to an engine, and means for channeling the dihydrogen in the introduction pipes towards the distribution pipes, and a control unit which commands the means of the supply module and of the distribution module depending on the information provided by the detection means. Also an aircraft with such a supply system. |
| US12291346B2 |
Propulsion system for an aircraft and method for protecting the propulsion system
A propulsion system for an aircraft comprises a closed cooling circuit which has at least one main segment and at least two secondary segments, in which a heat-transfer fluid circulates. Each secondary segment has: a leak detection device, a shut-off valve, and a non-return valve. The cooling circuit also has electronic circuitry configured to close the shut-off valve of a secondary segment when a leak is detected by the leak detection device of said secondary segment. |
| US12291345B2 |
Device for cooling an aircraft propulsion system, comprising at least one pair of intake and exhaust flaps and an actuator controlling said flaps
A device for cooling an aircraft propulsion system, including at least one cooling circuit with at least one air inlet equipped with an intake flap mobile between closed and open positions and at least one air outlet equipped with an exhaust flap mobile between closed and open positions, and at least one actuator coupled by at least one kinematic system to the pair of intake and exhaust flaps in such a manner that the intake and exhaust flaps are driven in synchronized movements and simultaneously occupy the closed position or the open position. This solution enables reduction of the number of actuators and, finally, the all-up weight of the aircraft. |
| US12291341B2 |
Compact electric propulsion unit comprising a statically determinate engine mount, and aircraft comprising at least one such electric propulsion unit
An aircraft propulsion unit with an engine mount connecting a rigid casing, supporting a propeller, and a structure. First and second transverse link rods connect the casing and the structure with first and second joints each having an axis of pivoting substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the propeller. First and second thrust rods connect the casing and the structure by first and second thrust rod connections. The first and second thrust rod connections separated from one another in the longitudinal direction. A longitudinal end stop is configured to limit the movement of the casing with respect to the structure in at least the longitudinal direction. An aircraft with at least one such propulsion unit. |
| US12291340B2 |
Propulsion unit with propeller and electric motor comprising an adapted primary structure, and aircraft having at least one such propulsion unit
A propulsion unit, and an aircraft, with a propeller and electric motor, including at least one intermediate element interposed between the electric motor and the propeller and configured to transmit at least thrust loads generated by the propeller, a primary structure supporting the propulsion unit, at least one interface having: a first load path, configured to transmit loads perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the propeller, linking the at least one intermediate element to a support linked rigidly to or incorporated in the primary structure, a second load path, configured to transmit loads that are parallel to the axis of rotation of the propeller, linking the at least one intermediate element to a support linked rigidly to or incorporated in the primary structure. |
| US12291338B2 |
Chilled working fluid generation and separation for an aircraft
A system for an aircraft includes an engine bleed source of a gas turbine engine. The system also includes a means for chilling an engine bleed air flow from the engine bleed source to produce a chilled working fluid. The system further includes a means for providing the chilled working fluid for an aircraft use. |
| US12291337B2 |
Aircraft hybrid cooling system
An environmental control system (ECS) for use with a gas turbine engine has an air cycle system (ACS) and a vapor cycle system (VCS). The VCS has along a vapor compression flowpath: a VCS compressor; a heat donor leg of a VCS condenser; an expansion device; and a heat receiving leg of a VCS evaporator. The ACS has along a bleed flowpath: a bleed air inlet; a primary heat exchanger; an ACS compressor; a secondary heat exchanger; a turbine coupled to the ACS compressor to drive the ACS compressor; a heat donor leg of the VCS evaporator; a water collector; and a heat receiving leg of the VCS condenser. |
| US12291334B2 |
Multi-media parcel transportation systems and methods
Multi-media parcel delivery systems and associated methods are provided herein including systems capable of delivering a parcel through air and one or more bodies of water. In certain embodiments, an aerial vehicle is configured to couple to the parcel using a cable. A control system is used to control operating parameters including velocity, altitude, and pose of the aerial vehicle, and a length and orientation of the cable extending between the aerial vehicle and the parcel. |
| US12291321B2 |
Propeller blade pitch change actuation system
A pitch change actuation system for varying a propeller blade pitch includes: an actuator body defining an interior volume; and a chamber separator located within the interior volume of the actuator body and dividing the interior volume into a first chamber and a second chamber, the two chambers being fluidly separated by the chamber separator. The first and second chambers are configured to receive hydraulic fluid. The actuator body is configured to translate relative to the chamber separator in response to a difference in hydraulic pressure between the first chamber and second chamber; and the translation of the actuator body is configured to effect a change in propeller blade pitch. |
| US12291317B2 |
System and method for controlled horizontal buoyancy
An aquatic system is provided for use with an object. The aquatic system includes: a parameter detector being configured to detect a parameter of the object and to output an activation signal based on the detected parameter; an inflatable bladder being configured to inflate with a gas to displace a volume of water when the object is in the water; a memory having instructions stored therein; and a stabilization controller being configured execute the instructions to cause the inflatable bladder to inflate so as to establish horizontal buoyancy of the object based on the activation signal. |
| US12291316B2 |
Shallow water hydraulic boat lift
A cylinder mounting assembly for a hydraulic boat lift includes a plurality of H-frame components for pivotally connecting a pair of bunks to side beams of the lift. A trailing pair of hydraulic cylinder actuators pivotally interconnect the side beams to respective trailing H-frame components. The cylinders are selectively operated to pivot the trailing H-frame components closed such that a first longitudinal channel of each trailing H-frame component receives a respective actuator and an opposite, second longitudinal channel of the trailing H-frame component receivably interengages a respective side beam, which lowers the bunks of the lift sufficiently to facilitate driving a vessel onto and launching a vessel from the lift in shallow water conditions. |
| US12291315B2 |
Cathodic protection and anti-fouling arrangement and method
An anti-fouling arrangement in a marine vessel with a marine propulsion system, the propulsion system comprising at least one driveline housing, a torque transmitting drive shaft extending out of the driveline housing, and at least one propeller mounted on the drive shaft. The at least one propeller is electrically isolated from its drive shaft, wherein each electrically isolated propeller is connected to a positive terminal of a direct current power source, and each metallic component to be protected against fouling is connected to a negative terminal of the direct current power source. A control unit is arranged to regulate the voltage and current output from the direct current power source. |
| US12291313B1 |
Freestanding storage rack preferably for outdoor storage of a plurality of watercraft
A freestanding outdoor storage rack which allows a single person to load and unload a watercraft onto a designated area or slot of the storage rack. The storage rack can comprise support side panels having openings therethrough for receipt of arm bars that can extend the intended length of the storage rack. Exterior tube rollers can be disposed over the various storage sections of the arm bars as defined by the location of the support side panels. The rollers assist in loading the watercraft, such that elderly or other physically comprised individuals can load and unload a watercraft on their own by placing the bow end of the watercraft on a forward/front exterior roller of the intended storage slot. The person can then go to the opposite end of the watercraft and with rolling assistance provided by the forward roller, move the watercraft back forward such that the bow end reaches and rests on a back exterior roller of the storage slot. |
| US12291310B1 |
Floating platform, anchor container structure, floating structure, and installation method for installing floating platform on water
A floating platform (2) includes: a floating structure (3) configured to support a tower (1) and placed on water by means of taut mooring; an anchor container structure (4) including a plurality of containers (17); and a plurality of tethers (5) connecting the floating structure (3) and the anchor container structure (4). Each of the containers (17) is fixed to at least one of the tethers (5) and placed on a water bottom. Each of the containers (17) includes: a bottom; a container outer wall provided around a periphery of the bottom; and a container inner wall provided to face the container outer wall. The bottom, the container outer wall, and the container inner wall form a housing space. Heavy materials are contained in the housing space. The heavy materials include at least one of soil, sand, gravel, crushed stone, and concrete pieces. |
| US12291299B2 |
Bicycle safety system
A safety system for bicycles includes a radar, a controller, and a warning apparatus, which includes a tube, a vibrating motor, and an impact sounder. The vibrating motor includes a rotary shaft and an eccentric block. The impact sounder includes an elastic member and an impact block. The elastic member includes a first end fixed to the inner wall of the tube and a second end connected to the impact block. When the controller decides to issue a warning based on a radar signal, it outputs a control signal to drive the rotary shaft to rotate. The rotation of the rotary shaft drives the eccentric block to rotate and vibrate, and the eccentric block strikes the impact sounder to make the impact block hit the inner wall and thus generate an impact force and emit a sound. The warning apparatus simultaneously provides the bicycle rider with vibrating, impacting, and audible warning. |
| US12291297B2 |
Height adjustable seat posts for bicycles
Height adjustable seat posts for bicycles are described herein. An example height adjustable seat post includes an upper tube and a lower tube configured in a telescopic arrangement. The height adjustable seat post also includes a shaft coupled to the lower tube and extending into the upper tube a piston assembly coupled to the shaft and disposed in the upper tube. The piston assembly includes a piston dividing the upper tube into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first and second chambers are filled with fluid. The piston assembly includes a valve operable between a closed state in which the fluid is blocked from flowing between the first and second chambers and an open state to enable the fluid to flow between the first and second chambers. The height adjustable seat post also includes a solenoid to control the valve. |
| US12291293B2 |
Caravan mover system
The present invention relates to an adjustable control system for a caravan moving system in which the caravan movers each include a brushed motor. The adjustable control system can control two caravan movers (10) mounted on a single axle caravan or two caravan movers mounted on a twin axle caravan or four caravan movers mounted on a twin axle caravan (quad system). The caravan moving system comprises a control unit, a user operated actuating device, power means and a drive unit. The present invention utilises a control system which provides variable movement of the or each caravan mover (10) and also provides gradual changes in both speed of each brushed motor and the subsequent ability to smoothly change the direction of travel of the caravan. In particular, the present invention enables the caravan to follow a wavy or curved line of travel in which the radius of the turn varies (i.e. from 0 degrees to a spin on the spot (equivalent to a 90 degree turn)). Accordingly, the caravan can follow sinusoidal and/or elliptical lines of travel without intermittent stops to provide sequential directional changes. Furthermore, the user has the continuous ability to simultaneously vary the speed. |
| US12291291B2 |
Segmented wheel
A wheel for use with an endless track system includes at least three substantially identical segments. Each of the segments has a support portion, a circumferential flange, and a rim portion. The rim portion is affixed to an outer face of the circumferential flange. The segments are attached to each other to form the wheel. Methods of forming a wheel are also described. |
| US12291288B2 |
Steer-by-wire software end stop
A system for controlling an end-of-travel of a handwheel is disclosed. The system comprises: a processor; and a memory that includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive sensor data from at least one sensor associated with a roadwheel actuator of a vehicle; determine, based on the sensor data, a mechanical end-of-travel value of the roadwheel actuator of a roadwheel actuator of the vehicle; determine, based on the mechanical end-of-travel value of the roadwheel actuator and a speed of the vehicle, a handwheel actuator end-of-travel active value and an end-of-travel damping value; determine an end-of-travel value of a handwheel actuator based on the handwheel actuator end-of-travel active value, the end-of-travel damping value, and a reference torque value; and selectively control the handwheel of the vehicle based on the end-of-travel value of the handwheel actuator. |
| US12291287B2 |
Track device for movement of a vehicle
An auxiliary track device for movement of a vehicle. The auxiliary track device may enhance traction and/or floatation of the vehicle, such as, for example, by being installable on the vehicle to convert the vehicle into a tracked one and/or by being deployable to engage the ground in certain situations, including where additional traction and/or floatation may be desirable based on an environment of the vehicle such as one or more characteristics of the ground (e.g., a compliance, such as a softness or hardness, a slipperiness, a soil compatibility, and/or a profile of the ground), a state of the vehicle (e.g., a speed of the vehicle, loading carried by the vehicle, etc.), a user's preferences (e.g., ride quality, etc.), and/or any other suitable factor. The auxiliary track device may be used only for traction and/or floatation of the vehicle or may be part of an implement to perform work with the vehicle. |
| US12291286B2 |
Tire cooling systems as well as vehicles and methods including same
Tire cooling systems operatively disposed along a vehicle body adjacent a vehicle tire include a deflector panel displaceable between retracted and deployed positions. In the retracted position, a first nominal volume of air flows along the vehicle tire during operation. In the deployed position, a second nominal volume of air that is greater than the first nominal volume of air is directed along the vehicle tire. An actuator is selectively operable to displace the deflector panel between the retracted and deployed positions. A sensor registers data having a relation to a physical characteristic or health condition of the vehicle tire. A controller executes instructions to determine using the data whether or not the physical characteristic of the vehicle tire exceeds a predetermined threshold as well as control displacement of the deflector panel. Vehicles including tire cooling systems and method of operation are also included. |
| US12291284B2 |
Stamped rear frame bolster
A cargo transport rear frame includes a par of posts spaced apart in a width direction, an upper cross member extending along the width direction between respective upper ends of the pair of posts, and a rear bolster extending along the width direction between respective lower ends of the pair of posts. The rear bolster has a first side facing in a forward direction that is perpendicular to both the width and height directions, and the rear bolster has a second side facing in a rearward direction to be exposed to a rear side of the cargo transport rear frame. The rear bolster comprises a sheet metal stamping including a base surface and a relief embossed in the rearward direction from the base surface to form a loading dock engagement feature configured to withstand repeated loading dock impacts. |
| US12291279B2 |
Body for vehicle
An embodiment vehicle body includes a side sill coupled to a side of a vehicle floor and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, a coupling member coupled to a top of the side sill and having a coupling groove penetrating in an up-down direction, and a pillar member extending in the up-down direction such that an upper end portion is connected to a roof and a lower end portion is inserted into the coupling groove and coupled to the coupling member. |
| US12291276B2 |
Vehicle-body structure having a center frame that is higher than a floor panel
A vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space and extending in a front-rear direction, a cross member extending and intersecting the center frame in a plan view in the occupant space, and a connecting member extending upward from the cross member, having an upper portion fixed to the center frame, and connecting the center frame to the cross member. |
| US12291274B2 |
Automotive trim part based on recycled materials
An automotive trim part is provided made of a laminated structure generally consisting of a thermoplastic core layer extruded from at least one feedstock derived from recycled material. The feedstock may consist at least partially of vehicle trim part waste from another vehicle, or trim part waste associated with an automotive trim part the same or similar to the part being produced. The core layer is preferably covered by fibrous layers and may be configured for use at least as a portion of a vehicle's wheel well. |
| US12291271B2 |
Electric-vehicle-body structure having a center frame that is higher than a floor panel
An electric-vehicle-body structure includes a floor panel constituting a floor of an occupant space, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel at a vehicle-width-direction central portion of the occupant space, extending in a front-rear direction, and including a bend portion at an intermediate portion, and a connecting member connecting the bend portion to the floor panel. |
| US12291263B2 |
Vehicle control device and characteristic estimation method
An object of the present invention is to estimate a center-of-gravity position and inertia moment of a trailer and supply the center-of-gravity position and inertia moment for control of an articulated vehicle so as to enable further stabilization of a posture of the articulated vehicle during traveling.A vehicle control device of the present invention is a vehicle control device mounted on a tractor which pulls a trailer, and is provided with: a steering angle control unit that controls a steering angle of wheels of the tractor independently of steering by a driver; and a trailer characteristic estimation unit that estimates a characteristic of the trailer based on a behavior of the tractor during wheel steering by the steering angle control unit. |
| US12291260B2 |
Steering wheel
A steering wheel includes: a steering portion which is gripped and steered by a driver; a boss portion which is disposed inside the steering portion and is coupled to a steering center shaft of the steering portion; and an operation portion which is disposed adjacent to the steering portion, and is configured to be swingable with respect to the steering portion, to input an accelerator operation by being operated to swing in a first direction with respect to the steering portion, and to input a brake operation by being operated to swing in a second direction opposite to the first direction. |
| US12291259B2 |
Wheeled carrying apparatus
A wheeled carrying apparatus includes a handle frame rotatable relative to a standing frame between a first and a second position, a wheel mount pivotally connected with the standing frame, a wheel mount latch adapted to lock and unlock the wheel mount with respect to the standing frame, an actuating assembly coupling the wheel mount latch to the handle frame so that the wheel mount latch is movable to engage and disengage the wheel mount in response to a rotation of the handle frame, and a release mechanism including an operating part that is coupled to the actuating assembly via a cable assembly, the operating part being operable to cause the wheel mount latch to disengage from the wheel mount when the handle frame is in the first position. |
| US12291254B2 |
Adjustable handles as well as assemblies incorporating the same
Adjustable handle assemblies as well as rolling assemblies incorporating the same are provided. The handle assemblies include a push button, a spring-loaded gear, a handle, and a base member, allowing for dynamic adjustment between released and locked positions. Actuation of the push button enables free rotation of the handle or secure locking at a predetermined angle, providing users with ergonomic comfort and stability during transportation. The rolling assembly further includes a robust frame structure, multiple wheel assemblies, and optional telescoping members, accommodating various transportation needs. Embodiments of the invention offer a comprehensive solution for urban commuters, travelers, and household users, combining ergonomic design, intuitive controls, and compact portability for seamless transportation of objects in diverse environments. |
| US12291248B2 |
Automated tie marking
A system and method for automating railroad maintenance for a tie gang using electronic tie marking (ETM) configured to optimize railroad asset maintenance. The system enables the automating of an adaptive maintenance process for the asset that is being maintainanced. The system can identify a railroad asset scheduled for maintenance using various forms of inspection including real-time kinematic (RTK)-corrected GPS data, radar signal processing data, and real-time imaging. The system also provides for the acquisition and upload of asset pictures for verification and analysis of a railroad asset. The system can identify a next location to perform maintenance and can calculate an optimum path based on sensor input incorporating machine-specific and environmental characteristics. The system further can provide a customizable user interface to identify, track, and process information related to maintenance of the railroad asset. |
| US12291246B2 |
Railroad car having multiple penetration resistant and protective structures
A railroad car including a plurality of penetration resistant and protective structures including a penetration resistant and protective underframe, penetration resistant and protective first end, second end, and center bulkheads, penetration resistant and protective first, second, third, and fourth side walls, and protective first and second roof hatches, all configured to protect internal cylinder assemblies, the pipes that communicate the gas from the cylinders of the cylinder assemblies, and the safety critical valves, regulators, and other equipment connected to such cylinders and pipes of the railroad car in an accident (such as a derailment, crash and/or roll-over). |
| US12291244B2 |
System and method for controlling switching to manual driving mode of autonomous vehicle
An embodiment system for controlling switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle includes a steering controller configured to determine whether a steering angle is changed according to operation of a steering wheel by a driver, a braking controller configured to apply braking torque to a braking device of each wheel, a motor controller configured to apply individual regenerative braking torque and driving torque to each wheel, and an autonomous driving controller configured to determine a control torque for maintaining straight-ahead driving and to issue an instruction using a feedforward control scheme when a steering angle change signal according to the operation of the steering wheel by the driver is received from the steering controller in a transition section in which an autonomous driving mode is switched to the manual driving mode during high-speed straight-ahead driving of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US12291243B2 |
Systematic approach towards system identification based yaw rate estimation with low-cost IMU+GPS units
Systems and methods facilitate estimating values of dynamic attributes of autonomous vehicles. A first vehicle includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) configured to measure a dynamic attribute (e.g., rate of change of vehicle yaw angle) and correlate the measured attribute with one or more input variables (e.g., values of steering angle commands). The correlated data is used to generate a model that can be used in a second vehicle to predict a dynamic attribute based at least in part on variable values input from the second vehicle. As a result, it is not necessary for the second vehicle to have an IMU. |
| US12291239B2 |
System and method with SOTIF scene collection and self-update mechanism
A method with a SOTIF scene collection and a self-update mechanism, which is applied to a vehicle, includes a situation judging step, a scene collecting step, a modifying step, a verifying step, and an updating step. As the situation judging step judges that the sensing control dataset belongs to the accident scene dataset, the sensing control dataset collected by the scene collecting step belongs to a SOTIF scene. |
| US12291234B2 |
Path planning device, path planning method, computer program product
A path planning device configured to plan a traveling path on a future route of a vehicle includes a lane evaluation unit, a score accumulation unit, and a lane selection unit. The lane evaluation unit is configured to estimate a risk score of each chronological section of each traveling lane parallel traveling lanes, the risk score representing a traveling risk. The score accumulation unit is configured to accumulate the risk scores for each traveling lane. The lane selection unit is configured to select the traveling lane for the traveling path based on evaluation accumulated values. The lane evaluation unit is configured to estimate a base score based on static information. The static information contains a traveling difficulty for the vehicle at a change node. The lane evaluation unit is configured to estimate the base score such that the traveling risk is higher as the traveling difficulty is higher. |
| US12291233B2 |
System and method for providing accurate trajectory following for automated vehicles in dynamic environments
A system and method for providing accurate trajectory following for automated vehicles in dynamic environments that include receiving image data and LiDAR data associated with a dynamic environment of a vehicle. The system and method also include processing a planned trajectory of the vehicle that is based on an analysis of the image data and LiDAR data. The system and method further include communicating control signals associated with following the planned trajectory to autonomously control the vehicle to follow the planned trajectory to navigate within the dynamic environment to reach a goal. |
| US12291232B2 |
Automated detection of specular reflecting road surfaces using polarimetric image data
A detection system for a host vehicle includes a camera, global positioning system (“GPS”) receiver, compass, and electronic control unit (“ECU”). The camera collects polarimetric image data forming an imaged drive scene inclusive of a road surface illuminated by the Sun. The GPS receiver outputs a present location of the vehicle as a date-and-time-stamped coordinate set. The compass provides a directional heading of the vehicle. The ECU determines the Sun's location relative to the vehicle and camera using an input data set, including the present location and directional heading. The ECU also detects a specular reflecting area or areas on the road surface using the polarimetric image data and Sun's location, with the specular reflecting area(s) forming an output data set. The ECU then executes a control action aboard the host vehicle in response to the output data set. |
| US12291226B2 |
Driving assistance device and driving assistance method
A driving assistance device includes a storage device storing a program and a hardware processor connected to the storage device. The hardware processor reads and executes the program stored in the storage device to recognize a risky physical object located near a mobile object on the basis of an output of a physical object detection device, cause at least one speaker to output a notification sound on the basis of a position of the risky physical object, and when the notification sound is output, cause the at least one speaker to output a first notification sound if the risky physical object is located in a first region including a region in front of the mobile object and cause the at least one speaker to output a second notification sound if the risky physical object is located in a second region including a region behind the mobile object. The first notification sound is a sound having a pitch different from that of the second notification sound. |
| US12291224B2 |
System and method for tracking and verification of questionable control inputs by incapacitated operators
An aircraft-based system for tracking and verifying control inputs from potentially incapacitated pilot stores to memory expected control input sets, e.g., control procedures for controlling an aircraft through segments of a flight plan. When pilot monitors indicate a state of potential incapacitation of a pilot (e.g., fatigue, unresponsiveness, hypoxia), the control input tracking system records any control inputs submitted via the flight deck controls by the incapacitated pilot, reviewing each recorded control input compared to expected control inputs (e.g., for the current flight segment). When a recorded control input sufficiently deviates from the corresponding expected control input (e.g., such that aircraft safety or mission criticality may be affected), the pilot and/or flight crew may receive feedback alerting to the deviant control input (e.g., which may be overridden or which may require confirmation prior to execution). |
| US12291223B2 |
Virtual fields driving related operations
A method for communicating with a driver of a vehicle, the method includes (i) obtaining object information regarding one or more objects located within an environment of the vehicle; (ii) analyzing the object information; (iii) determining, by using one or more neural network (NNs), and based on the object information, a virtual force associated with a physical model and representing an impact of the one or more objects on a behavior of the vehicle; and (iv) determining, based on at least the virtual force, a force feedback for use in providing a physical restraining force to be applied in association with a driver action made by the driver using the vehicle. |
| US12291222B2 |
Control system using a combined pedal and feedback for recommending speed
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to communicating a recommended speed through feedback on a combined pedal for acceleration or braking. In one embodiment, a control system includes a pedal coupled to a first device having a throttle sensor for a vehicle and a first actuator that generates throttle feedback by applying force to the pedal. The control system also includes the pedal being coupled to a second device having a brake activation sensor for the vehicle and a second actuator that generates braking feedback, the first actuator triggers a rotation of the pedal that initiates a braking command through the brake activation sensor according to a recommended speed computed using vehicle data. |
| US12291219B2 |
Asynchronous in-system testing for autonomous systems and applications
Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to testing processing elements of an integrated processing system. A first system test may be performed on a first processing element of an integrated processing system. The first system test may be based at least on accessing a test node associated with the first processing element. The first system test may be accessed using a first local test controller. A second system test may be performed on a second processing element of the integrated processing system. The second system test may be based at least on accessing a second test node associated with the second processing element. The second system test may be accessed using a second local test controller. |
| US12291217B2 |
Pedal fault diagnosis method and apparatus
A pedal fault diagnosis method and apparatus for a vehicle are provided, including: detecting whether a driver seat is in an unmanned state; collecting an actual zero position voltage of a pedal when the driver seat is in the unmanned state; and then determining, based on the actual zero position voltage, whether a zero position fault exists on the pedal. The apparatus may update a set value of a zero position voltage in a vehicle controller based on the actual zero position voltage that is collected when the driver seat is in the unmanned state, and may be applied to the fields of assisted driving and automatic driving. Vehicle control safety can be improved by using the actual zero position voltage that is collected when the driver seat is in the unmanned state. |
| US12291213B2 |
Information processing device, method, non-transitory storage medium, and vehicle
An information processing device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a processor. The processor is configured to determine, in response to a request for the vehicle, one mode out of a plurality of modes defining behavior of the vehicle, make transition of a status of the vehicle among a plurality of statuses that is based on a state and a sub-mode, and control the vehicle based on the status of the vehicle that has been achieved by the transition. The state and the sub-mode are permitted in the determined mode. |
| US12291210B2 |
Method for carrying out a lane change on a deceleration lane by means of an assistance system, computer program product, and assistance system
Technologies and techniques for carrying out an assisted lane change onto a deceleration lane, during which an intervention in an acceleration device may be carried out in an at least partially assisted manner as a function of a driver input on a driving lane of the roadway. The lane change from the driving lane onto the deceleration lane may be carried out in an at least partially assisted manner, wherein swarm data are received from at least one further motor vehicle, which carried out a lane change onto the deceleration lane at a crossing, and a change position for the lane change of the motor vehicle is determined as a function of the received crossing position. The lane change is carried out at the determined change position. Other aspects relate to a computer program product and to an assistance system. |
| US12291204B2 |
Downhill target acceleration control
A downhill target acceleration control system for a vehicle is provided, which includes the vehicle, a road grade sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a processor. The processor stores an acceleration target value, determines the mass of the vehicle, and detects whether a downhill acceleration of the vehicle exceeds the target value by more than a threshold amount. If so, the processor is configured to receive and implement a driver-initiated change to the downhill target acceleration value, without input from the accelerator or brake. Based on the downhill acceleration, the target value, and the mass, the processor generates a negative power train torque request to reduce the downhill acceleration of the vehicle. If the acceleration of the vehicle is then below the target acceleration by more than a second threshold amount, the processor reduces the negative power train torque request to increase the downhill acceleration of the vehicle. |
| US12291201B2 |
Travel control apparatus, vehicle, travel control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
There is provided a travel control apparatus. A control unit executes, based on a recognition result of the division line by a recognition unit, first control to perform lane keeping of the self-vehicle. In a case in which the recognition result ceases to be satisfied a predetermined condition, the control unit will switch, at a first timing. Even in a case in which the recognition result ceases to be satisfied the predetermined condition, if the predetermined condition ceases to be satisfied due to a recognition result of a width of a travel lane of the self-vehicle, the control unit will switch the control to be executed from the first control to the second control at a second timing earlier than the first timing. |
| US12291199B2 |
Moving body control system
A system includes a first device that controls a moving body and a second device that remotely controls the moving body. The first device obtains information around the moving body, movement information of the moving body, and remote control information. The first device calculates a control amount for controlling movement of the moving body based on one of the information and the movement information, switches autonomous movement and remote control of the moving body based on the remote-control information, and transmits one of the information, the movement information, and the control amount to the second device. The second device receives one of the information, the movement information, and the control amount, transmits the remote-control information to the first device, determines autonomous mobility of the moving body based on second information stored remotely, and generates the remote-control information including a determination result. |
| US12291194B2 |
Bi-directional autonomous vehicle
Systems and methods for a bi-directional autonomous vehicle. In one aspect, a vehicle's forward direction and front end are determined by a user's command, sitting orientation, records, or prearrangement. In another aspect, a vehicle's forward direction and front end are determined by a destination, road conditions, or parking lot conditions. Moreover, a vehicle's shape is adjustable according to front end selection. |
| US12291193B1 |
Trajectory determination based on heuristic grid data
Techniques for determining a parking trajectory for a vehicle are discussed herein. A parking management component may determine or receive a three-dimensional grid (“grid”), discretized based at least in part on a heading offset, a lateral offset, and/or a longitudinal offset between a first and second pose. A cell of the grid may include a cost associated indicating a minimum difference to the second pose when moving from the first as may be limited based on kinematic and/or dynamic constraints. When driving, a vehicle may determine a relative state of the vehicle to a desired location, use the relative state to access a cost from the grid, and determine whether to follow a trajectory based on the cost. |
| US12291187B2 |
Methods and apparatus for mitigating fuel in oil
A method (400) and apparatus 10-4 for carrying out the method of mitigating fuel in oil in an internal combustion engine of a hybrid electric vehicle, the method comprising: detecting events in which the engine is on for less than a predetermined engine on duration and a temperature of engine oil in the engine is below a predetermined temperature for the engine on duration (410); counting the detected events (420); when the number of detected events counted reaches a threshold count value and the vehicle speed exceeds a threshold vehicle speed value, running the engine for a predetermined warm up duration or until the temperature of the engine oil exceeds a predetermined warm up temperature (450). |
| US12291178B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer readable storage medium for changing brake mode using brake pedal
An apparatus for changing a brake mode using a brake pedal, includes a processor; and a storage medium recording at least one program configured to be executable by the processor, the at least one program including instructions; a first determination unit configured for determining whether a first condition for changing the brake mode is satisfied, wherein the brake mode refers to driver's required deceleration including a different inclination according to a pedal stroke or a pedal effort of the brake pedal, is satisfied; a second determination unit configured for determining whether the pedal stroke of the brake pedal and a pressing time of the brake pedal satisfy a second condition, in response that the first condition is satisfied; and a control unit of changing a current brake mode for a brake system including the brake pedal, in response that the second condition is satisfied. |
| US12291177B2 |
Method for testing a function in a hydraulic vehicle power brake system
In order to test a function in a pressure generating module of a hydraulic vehicle power brake system, it is provided to generate a brake pressure using a power brake pressure generator and subsequently hydraulically to separate a pressure regulating module from the pressure generating module by closing connection valves or hydraulically to separate wheel brakes from the pressure generating module by closing inlet valves, so that no brake fluid flows into the wheel brakes during the function test, which would reduce the brake pressure in the pressure generating module and negatively affect or prevent the function test. |
| US12291176B2 |
Manifold block for vehicle braking system and vehicle
A manifold block of vehicle braking system and vehicle are provided. The manifold block of the vehicle braking system comprises a hydraulic unit body, a solenoid valve mounting hole for mounting a solenoid valve, a sensor mounting hole for mounting a liquid pressure sensor and a simulator accommodation part for installing the pedal simulator. The hydraulic unit body is provided with a solenoid valve mounting face. The solenoid valve mounting hole, the sensor mounting hole and the simulator accommodation part are all arranged on the solenoid valve mounting face. |
| US12291173B2 |
Method for cleaning insect strike off a glazed surface of a vehicle
A cleaning method (1) for cleaning a glazed surface (20) of a vehicle (2), said vehicle (2) comprising a cleaning device (21) comprising a wiping system (210) with at least one spray device for spraying a liquid (Lq), characterized in that said cleaning method (1) involves verifying (E1) a first condition (C1) that the current season (sc) is spring or summer, verifying (E2) a second condition (C2) which is the probability (pb) of there being insect strike (is) on said glazed surface (20), and verifying (E3) a third condition (C3) that said vehicle (2) is stopped. If all of the conditions (C) are met, then activating (E4) the cleaning device to begin a cleaning cycle (Cy), and executing (E5) the cleaning cycle (Cy) using said cleaning device (21). |
| US12291172B2 |
Vehicle windshield wiper device
A vehicle windshield wiper device comprising an articulated structure and a blade, the articulated structure comprising an arm transmitting mechanical forces to the blade, wherein the arm is mounted on an axle to provide an arm rotational movement corresponding to a wiping movement, wherein the arm is pivotably attached to the axle. The vehicle windshield wiper device also comprises an arm holder restraining the arm from pivoting when blade is in a parking position. |
| US12291171B2 |
Modular mounting system with removable cross-bars and side panels for truck beds and the like
According to some illustrative embodiments, a modular mounting system for mounting accessories on vehicles includes: a) a plurality of support members, each of said plurality of support members having i) a lower upright planar member configured to extend downward along a peripheral wall around a vehicle bed, ii) a cross planar member extending laterally from the lower upright planar member and configured to extend across the peripheral wall around the vehicle bed, and iii) an upper upright planar member extending upwardly from the cross planar member and configured to extend upwardly above a height of the peripheral wall around the vehicle bed; and b) at least one of: i) a removable cross-bar removably supported by a plurality of said upper upright planar members; and ii) a removable side panel removably supported by a plurality of said upright planar members. |
| US12291170B2 |
Telescoping bed platform
Disclosed is a bed platform and system for use in an enclosed or partly enclosed space, such as, a cargo space of a vehicle, such as, a van, camper, or truck, among others. By one approach, the bed platform consists of interleaved portions of panel portions that permit relative lateral motion of the panels. In some configurations, the panel portions are adjustable such that the bed platform can be fit into differently sized vehicle cargo spaces. In addition, the systems described herein also may permit the bed platform to be adjusted or moved to different heights even though the wall configurations may be different along the height thereof. |
| US12291167B2 |
Method for triggering a first device as step for accessing an accessible device
A method for triggering a first device, the first device having at least one antenna for wireless communication with a second device having at least one antenna, the first device being an access device, for example, a key fob or smart device, or an accessible device, for example a vehicle, the second device being the other one of the accessible device and the access device, and the triggering of the first device being a step required for accessing the accessible device. |
| US12291165B2 |
Steering column device
A steering shaft is rotatably provided inside an outer column and an inner column. A key lock collar is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the steering shaft, the outer peripheral surface facing the outer column. The key lock collar includes a key lock collar body and a cylindrical portion. Multiple concave parts and convex parts extending in the axial direction are provided on an outer peripheral part of the key lock collar body along the circumferential direction. A lock key is engaged with the concave parts from adjacent to the outer column, and thus the rotation of the steering shaft with respect to the outer column is restricted. An outer diameter of the cylindrical portion is smaller than an outer diameter of the convex parts and larger than an outer diameter of the concave parts. |
| US12291164B1 |
Motor vehicle seat and adaptive seatbelt adjustment
A motor vehicle seat with adaptive seatbelt adjustment may have a chassis, a seat frame and a backrest. A rear end of the seat frame is rotatably connected to the chassis. A seat frame angle drive mechanism is provided between a front end of the seat frame and the chassis. The backrest is rotatably mounted at the rear end of the seat frame. The motor vehicle seat may also have a three-point seatbelt having a seatbelt guide component, a buckle and a lower anchor. The seatbelt guide component is fitted at a shoulder position on the backrest to be movable up and down by means of a lifting/lowering mechanism. The buckle and the lower anchor are fitted at two sides of the chassis, each by means of a front/rear adjustment mechanism, in such a way as to be slidable forwards and backwards. |
| US12291160B2 |
Side airbag device and method for manufacturing same
A side airbag device with a base member for an inflator to be easily fixed thereto, and a method for manufacturing same is provided. The side airbag device includes: an airbag; an inflator configured to supply the airbag with gas; a base member configured to accommodate the airbag and the inflator, and to be fixed to a vehicle body; an outer covering member configured to cover at least a front side of the base member to form a front-facing interior surface; and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes an inflator fixing portion to which the inflator is fixed and a base member fixing portion which is located in a position different from a position of the inflator fixing portion and fixed to the base member. The base member includes, at a left or right side portion thereof, a bracket fixing portion to which the mounting bracket is fixed. |
| US12291157B2 |
Retractable step and side bar assembly for raised vehicle
A retractable step and side bar assembly that can be used for raised vehicles, such as trucks. The retractable step can be configured to provide for significant reach in a deployed position to allow for a user to enter the raised vehicle. Further, in the stowed position the retractable step can be located within the side bar, thereby providing a low profile as well as an enhanced aesthetic appearance. |
| US12291152B2 |
Image processing method
An image processing method is operable in an image acquisition system comprising a camera arranged to capture successive images with a field of view, FOV of a portion of an environment surrounding a vehicle, the FOV intersecting a window of the vehicle comprising one or more heater elements that are visible within the FOV of the camera. The method comprises: obtaining an image; determining whether one or more sequences of pixels within the image corresponds to an image of a respective heater element, each pixel within the or each sequence of pixels having a colour and an intensity within respective thresholds; correcting, within the image, the or each sequence of pixels corresponding to a respective heater element by replacing pixel values for the or each sequence of pixels with pixel values derived from pixels which do not correspond with a heater element; and displaying the corrected image. |
| US12291148B2 |
Mounting system and method for exterior mirror
A mounting system and method for a mirror assembly of a vehicle is provided. The mirror assembly includes a plate mounting portion formed along the body plate of the mirror assembly that includes provisions for secure attachment to a door sash of a vehicle. The mirror assembly also includes a base mounting portion formed along an underside of the swivel arm of the mirror assembly that includes provisions for secure attachment to a door skin of the vehicle. |
| US12291140B1 |
Vehicle front end assembly
A vehicle front end assembly includes a front fascia a first lamp assembly, a second lamp assembly and a first support. The front fascia is configured to be attached to a front portion of a vehicle frame structure. The first lamp assembly is attached to the front fascia. The second lamp assembly is configured to be attached to the portion of a vehicle frame structure. The first support includes a vehicle attachment portion and a first lamp attachment portion. The vehicle attachment portion is configured to be attached to the front portion of the vehicle frame structure. The first lamp attachment portion is attached to the first lamp assembly. The first support supports the first lamp assembly to the front portion of the vehicle frame structure in an installed state where the vehicle front end assembly is attached to the vehicle frame structure. |
| US12291134B2 |
Vehicle seat assembly
A vehicle seat assembly includes a pivot structure, a seat and a bushing. The pivot structure has at least one link member that includes a pivot pin extending through an opening in the at least one link member. The pivot pin defines a pivot axis about which the at least one link member pivots. The seat is attached to the pivot structure. The pivot structure and the seat are configured to move between a seating or in-use orientation and a rear access orientation. The bushing is fitted into the opening of the at least one link member with the pivot pin extending through the bushing. The bushing is configured to deflect in response to movement of the link member relative to the pivot pin. |
| US12291129B2 |
Device for assembling reclining seat of vehicle
The present disclosure provides a reclining seat assembly device for a vehicle in which a guide pin mounted on a mounting frame of a leg unit is inserted into a guide hole formed in a floor panel so as to be prevented from being separated from the guide hole during reclining of a seatback, whereby the reclining seat is prevented from deviating from a predetermined position on the floor panel and subsequent processes for assembling the reclining seat can be smoothly carried out. |
| US12291125B2 |
Battery pack selection for pre-charging of DC bus
The present disclosure provides a system and method for selecting a battery pack that is used to pre-charge a high-voltage DC bus of an electric vehicle. A round-robin architecture is disclosed that prevents repeat selection of battery packs in order to prevent burnout of a resistor of the battery pack resulting from rapid subsequent pre-charging events. The system and method provided includes an easy solution that is scalable to a system with any number of battery packs, does not require any additional hardware, and is an inexpensive technique to protect an expensive component of the electric vehicle. |
| US12291122B2 |
Charging assistance system, method, and computer program
A charging assistance system includes a processor configured to execute a generation process of generating charging plan data for a vehicle on the basis of: predicted power consumption of the vehicle calculated on the basis of a future traveling schedule of the vehicle; and a charging condition at each predicted stop place based on the traveling schedule. |
| US12291115B2 |
On-board charging device for electric vehicle, system, and methods for wirelessly charging electric vehicle
An on-board charging (OBC) device for an electric vehicle includes a mains input including a power factor correction (PFC) converter, a mains-side direct current-to-alternating current (DC/AC) converter, a transformer having a mains-side coil and a battery-side coil, a battery-side alternating current-to-direct current (AC/DC) converter, a battery connector and one or more bypass switches configured to galvanically connecting the mains-side converter to the battery-side converter when closed. The transformer is configured to be magnetically coupled to a transmitter (TX) pad of an external wireless power transmitter (WPT), such that power is received by the mains-side coil and the battery side coil. When the bypass switches are closed, and the transformer is magnetically coupled to a WPT, power is sent to the battery connector through both the battery-side converter and the mains-side converter. |
| US12291113B2 |
Vehicle allocation apparatus and vehicle allocation method
A processor obtains power reception information including information on a power reception form of a power reception apparatus of each of a plurality of vehicles. The processor obtains power transmission information including information on a power transmission form of a power transmission apparatus available on a travel path through which each of the plurality of vehicles can travel. The processor selects as a vehicle to be dispatched from among the plurality of vehicles, a vehicle that can receive electric power from the power transmission apparatus on the travel path, based on the power reception information and the power transmission information. |
| US12291112B2 |
High voltage battery conditioning for battery electric vehicle
Systems and methods provide for battery conditioning for high voltage (HV) electrical vehicles. Battery temperatures are monitored, and responsive to one or more battery temperatures falling within designated ranges, one or more battery temperatures may be increased via heating in order to provide for more uniform battery performance and conditioning. |
| US12291100B2 |
Method and device for adjusting a vehicle component
In a method for adjusting a vehicle component a function of an operating element is selected by a first operating process and the vehicle component is adjusted by a second operating process carried out manually on the operating element. The first operating process is caused by a speech input, a gesture, and/or a gaze. |
| US12291098B2 |
Method and device for providing information in a vehicle
A device for providing information in a vehicle is provided. The device is configured to determine person-related data with respect to an occupant of another vehicle in a surroundings of the vehicle and/or vehicle-related data with respect to the other vehicle. Moreover, the device is configured to output the person-related data and/or the vehicle-related data to an occupant of the vehicle. |
| US12291094B2 |
Stepped planetary single bearing carrier support
A coaxial electrified drive axle is provided for a vehicle. The coaxial electrified drive axle has an electric motor connected to a gear box housing containing a stepped planetary gear set operatively coupling a drive shaft of the electric motor to a linkshaft and an output shaft through a differential assembly. The differential assembly is contained within a carrier which also supports the planet gears through planet pins. The carrier is supported by a single carrier support bearing. The drive shaft, the linkshaft, and the output shaft are coaxial and share a common axis of rotation. |
| US12291087B2 |
Sealing structure for door of automobile
A first molded part with a first concave-shaped part is provided on a front door, and a second molded part with a second concave-shaped part is provided on a rear door. The first and second molded parts make elastic contact with a main seal provided on an automobile body of a center pillarless automobile, to seal a gap between the doors. A rear surface of a first rear wall of the first concave-shaped part and a front surface of a second front wall of the second concave-shaped part of a sealing structure for a door of an automobile each have an upper part and an outer-cabin side part inclined toward a front part of the automobile body. The front surface makes elastic contact with the rear surface when the doors are in closed positions. |
| US12291086B2 |
Weather strip and method of manufacturing the same
A weather strip couples to a flange with curved parts of a sliding door of an automobile. The weather strip includes an installation base member, a hollow part, and an insert. The installation base member couples to the flange and includes an inner-cabin side wall, a first outer-cabin side wall, and a connecting wall. A part of the installation base member which couples to the curved parts is cut out, to provide a cut-out portion. The cut-out portion is subjected to die molding, to provide a die-molded part. The hollow part is integrally formed with the installation base member by extrusion molding. The insert is shaped in conformance with the curved parts and is embedded in the die-molded part with a plurality of concave shaped parts of the insert abutted with a plurality of pins of a die under the die molding. |
| US12291078B2 |
Air conditioning unit
The present invention relates to an air conditioning unit configured to be mounted on a vehicle, comprising a housing that is openable in a state when the air conditioning unit is mounted on the vehicle, the air conditioning unit further comprising a first air circuit within the housing, a second air circuit within the housing, an evaporator being arranged in the first air circuit and a condenser being arranged in the second air circuit, the air conditioning unit is configured such that at least two different fan arrangements, including a first fan arrangement and a second fan arrangement, can be installed in the air conditioning unit in a mutually exchangeable manner, wherein each of the at least two different fan arrangements comprising a first fan and a second fan, and, when installed in the air conditioning unit 1, the first fan is arranged in the first air circuit and is configured to generate an air flow in the first air circuit in order to enhance an exchange of thermal energy between the air flowing in the first air circuit and the evaporator, and the second fan is arranged in the second air circuit and is configured to generate an air flow in the second air circuit in order to enhance an exchange of thermal energy between the air flowing in the second air circuit and the condenser. The present invention further relates to a construction kit for the air conditioning unit, the construction kit including one of the fan arrangements. |
| US12291077B2 |
Air-conditioning device and system having an integrated heat exchanger
The present disclosure provides an air-conditioning device and an air-conditioning system of an integrated heat exchanger, wherein an integrated heat exchanger for generating heating air or cooling air is used to generate air-conditioning air by utilizing cooling water, thereby securing cooling/heating efficiency. A decreased number of doors are used to adjust the temperature of air-conditioning air with regard to each mode, thus reducing the entire package. In addition, front and rear indoor spaces can be temperature-controlled individually, and comfort can be provided for each passenger seat. |
| US12291076B2 |
Vehicle body structure capable of modular assembly
A vehicle body structure capable of modular assembly includes a chassis frame extending from a body frame forming a vehicle body. A corner module is fastened to a side portion of the chassis frame. The corner module includes a knuckle fastened to a wheel, an upper arm positioned between a top end portion of the knuckle and a module bracket mounted on the chassis frame, and an elastic member mounted between the module bracket and a bottom end portion of the knuckle. |
| US12291071B2 |
Wheel alignment systems
Apparatuses and systems for monitoring wheel alignment and/or for controlling vehicle suspension settings to adjust alignment. Described herein are alignment monitoring apparatuses for determining wheel alignment (e.g., camber, castor and/or toe). Also described herein are alignment adjusting or control apparatuses for adjusting one or more of camber, caster and/or toe. |
| US12291070B2 |
Emergency operating method for an active chassis of a motor vehicle
An emergency operating method for operating an active chassis of a motor vehicle in the event of a failure of a pump of the active chassis. The method includes (a) detecting a termination of a proper electrical supply of an electric drive machine of the pump; (b) short-circuiting the electric drive machine operated at high voltage; and (c) disconnecting the high-voltage supply of the electric drive machine. |
| US12291064B2 |
Damping air spring for heavy-duty vehicle axle/suspension systems
A damping air spring for heavy-duty vehicle axle/suspension systems. The damping air spring includes a piston chamber and a bellows chamber and at least one opening between the chambers to provide restricted fluid communication between the chambers. A relationship between a cross-sectional area of the at least one opening in square inches to a volume of the piston chamber in cubic inches to a volume of the bellows chamber in cubic inches to a mean effective area of the air spring in square inches, or of the at least one opening in square inches to a volume of the piston chamber in cubic inches to a volume of the bellows chamber in cubic inches to a unitless ratio of the volume of the bellows chamber to the volume of the piston chamber, provides damping characteristics to the air spring over a first and second critical range of frequencies. |
| US12291062B1 |
Steerable towing hook device
A steerable towing hook device includes a towing ball body and a towing arm. The towing ball body includes a towing ball and a towing ball mount. The towing arm includes a hitch arm and a fixed arm, and the fixed arm is provided with a square steel configured to connect to a vehicle receiver. The towing ball mount is fixedly connected to an outer back of the hitch arm. The hitch arm is provided with a moving-steering device configured to move and steer the towing ball mount, and the hitch arm is snap-fitted the fixed arm through the device for moving and steering the towing ball mount. A steerable towing hook device with a rational structure and strong practicality enables the towing ball body to move back and forth to steer, adjusts a position of the towing hook flexibly, is convenient to use, and improves work efficiency. |
| US12291056B1 |
Paint roller cleaning
A paint roller cover cleaning system includes a tubular enclosure having a slot and a rib. The tubular enclosure is configured to house a paint roller cover and is defined by an exterior surface surrounding an interior surface surrounding a lumen having a center and a length extending from an open first end to an open second end. In communication with the lumen, the slot is formed through the exterior and interior surfaces of the tubular enclosure and has a sidewall projecting outward from the exterior surface of the tubular enclosure as well as into the lumen and forms the rib within the lumen. The slot and the rib are configured to cooperate to direct a fluid stream into the lumen along a path tangent to a circle having a diameter less than a width of the lumen. |
| US12291053B2 |
Evaluating three-dimensional security features on document images
The disclosure includes a system and method for obtaining at least one image of a document under test, wherein valid instances of the document under test include at least one three-dimensional security feature; obtaining a first image snippet from the document under test, the first image snippet corresponding to at least a first portion of the three-dimensional security feature present in the valid instances of the document; deriving first dimensional data associated with the first image snippet; analyzing the first dimensional data to determine one or more of: whether the first dimensional data is consistent with a presence of the three-dimensional security feature, and whether the first dimensional data is consistent with second dimensional data; and modifying a likelihood that the document under test is accepted as valid, or rejected as invalid, based on the analysis of the first dimensional data. |
| US12291049B2 |
Printing device
A printing device includes a head including a nozzle configured to ejects ink, a platen including a support surface configured to support a printing medium to which a pretreatment liquid is applied, the pretreatment liquid containing a volatile component that reacts with the ink, and a humidified air supply port configured to supply humidified air to the support surface of the platen that supports the printing medium, the humidified air supply port being provided around the platen in which the support surface of the platen is disposed at a printing position facing the nozzle. |
| US12291046B2 |
Holding unit and liquid discharge device
A holding portion is held by a main body portion. The holding portion includes at least one recording head, a carriage, a cover portion, and a blowing unit. The recording head is capable of discharging ink. The carriage has a bottom wall portion to which at least one recording head is attached, and accommodates the at least one recording head. A cover portion has a facing surface facing the bottom wall portion. The blowing unit blows an air toward the facing surface so that the air reaches the recording head. |
| US12291045B2 |
Liquid ejecting device
A liquid ejecting device includes: a transport unit including a transporting belt at which a medium is mounted with the transporting belt in contact with a first surface of the medium, the transporting belt having an endless shape and configured to transport the medium in a transport direction, the transport unit also including a first roller and a second roller over which the transporting belt is stretched; an ejecting unit configured to eject a liquid to a second surface of the medium mounted at the transporting belt downstream of the first roller in a circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the second roller; a cleaning unit configured to clean a portion of the transporting belt downstream of the second roller in the circumferential direction of the transporting belt and upstream of the first roller, the portion being a portion at which the medium is not mounted; and a removing unit provided upstream of the first roller in the transport direction and configured to remove deposits deposited on the medium, in which the removing unit is brought into contact with the second surface of the medium, and is brought into contact with a portion of the transporting belt where the medium is not mounted. |
| US12291038B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection head
A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid storage unit; a liquid ejection head; a liquid communication path to communicate the liquid storage unit with the liquid ejection head; and a liquid pressurization unit to supply a liquid in the liquid storage unit to the liquid ejection head through the liquid communication path by pressurization. The liquid ejection head includes: an inlet; a pressure chamber; and a circulation path through which the liquid supplied from the liquid communication path is circulated. The circulation path includes a supply channel, the pressure chamber, a collection channel, a circulation pump, and a pressure adjustment unit. The circulation pump is disposed at a position which is higher in the direction of gravity than a liquid inlet provided in a liquid channel extending from the liquid storage unit to the pressure adjustment unit and where the circulation pump is not in contact with the inlet. |
| US12291036B2 |
Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus are capable of suppressing deterioration in image quality without adding a member for heat radiation. In the liquid ejection head that ejects a circulating liquid, an engagement part formed on the discharge port side has an elongated hole shape extending in a direction so as to support a liquid ejection unit support member in such a manner as to allow thermal deformation. |
| US12291033B2 |
Recording method and recording apparatus
A recording method comprises a discharging step of discharging a first ink and a second ink from a line head having a length equal to or longer than a recording width of a recording medium and allowing the inks to adhere to the recording medium, wherein the line head includes a plurality of unit heads aligned in the recording width direction of the recording medium and includes portions having different inter-nozzle distances in the scanning direction of a first nozzle that discharges the first ink and a second nozzle that discharges the second ink, and the first ink and the second ink contain color materials and inorganic oxide particles, and the color materials have compositions different from each other. |
| US12291032B2 |
Flow-through printhead
Printheads that jet print fluids. In an embodiment, a flow-through printhead comprises a plurality of jetting channels arranged in a first row and a second row generally in parallel along a length of the printhead, where each of the jetting channels includes a diaphragm, a pressure chamber, and a nozzle configured to jet a print fluid. The flow-through printhead further comprises a first manifold fluidly coupled to the jetting channels in the first row, and a second manifold fluidly coupled to the jetting channels in the first row. The first manifold and the second manifold are disposed on opposite sides of the first row with the second manifold disposed in an intermediate region between the first row and the second row. |
| US12291031B2 |
Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle forming member having a nozzle configured to discharge liquid; an opening and closing member configured to open and close the nozzle; a piezoelectric body configured to expand and contract in an axial direction in response to a drive voltage so as to actuate the opening and closing member such that the nozzle is opened and closed; a first housing member having a cylindrical shape and configured to house the piezoelectric body; and a ground member configured to contact an inner side of the first housing member. |
| US12291030B2 |
Recording device and recording method for discharging ink and reaction liquid
A recording device includes: a first nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge, to a medium, a first dot that is a dot of a reaction liquid; a second nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles configured to discharge, to the medium to which the reaction liquid is discharged, a second dot that is a dot of ink containing a color material that coagulates with the reaction liquid; and a control unit configured to control discharging of the first dot by the first nozzle group and discharging of the second dot by the second nozzle group, in which the control unit controls arrangement, on the medium, of the first dot discharged by the first nozzle group so as to be more regular than arrangement, on the medium, of the second dot discharged by the second nozzle group. |
| US12291024B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction, a printing unit, a plurality of rotary members arrayed in the direction intersecting a conveyance direction on a downstream side of the printing unit in the conveyance direction and configured to regulate a height position of the print medium from above the print medium, a holding member configured to rotatably hold the plurality of rotary members, a base member configured to support the holding member, and an adjustment member configured to adjust a position of the holding member in a height direction with respect to the base member. |
| US12291021B2 |
Liquid ejecting device and liquid ejecting method
A liquid ejecting device such that, when an emission unit passes above an ejected liquid in a first non-constant velocity period concerning a velocity of movement of a liquid ejecting head and the emission unit, emission is performed at not less than an effective output when a distance between the liquid ejecting head and the emission unit is a first distance. In a second non-constant velocity period that is a non-constant velocity period and in which the relative velocity relative to the medium is faster than that in the first non-constant velocity period, in a case in which the emission unit passes above the ejected liquid, the liquid ejecting device performs control such that emission is performed at not less than an effective output when the distance is a second distance longer than the first distance, and at less than an effective output when the distance is the first distance. |
| US12291014B2 |
Mineral additive modified basalt fibre based PMMA composites for ballistic applications
A composite panel includes woven fabrics and a polymer composite. The polymer composite includes Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). The woven fabrics includes basalt fibers. The basalt fibers are mineral-additive modified. Mineral-additive modified basalt fiber based PMMA composites are used for ballistic applications. Alternatives layer of aramid fabric and mineral additive modified basalt fabric based PMMA composites are also used for UV resistant ballistic applications. Lightweight sustainable sandwich ballistic panel are achieved by a reactive thermoplastic route. |
| US12291009B2 |
Multiple and single layers liquid crystal dispersion devices for common and direct glazing applications and methods thereof
The present invention discloses means and methods for manufacturing a multilayer of liquid crystal dispersion film using releasable supporting films and means and methods for manufacturing a haze-free and low-cost multi liquid crystal-layer PDLC, LCDP, PSLC or polymer network using reliable supporting films. |
| US12291007B2 |
Composition for sound insulating sheet member, sound insulating sheet member, and sound insulating structure body
A structural body including a plurality of convex-shaped rubber-elastic resonant portions, and a sheet-like support that supports the resonant portions. A specific gravity of the resonant portions is 1.0 g/cm3 or more and 3.0 g/cm3 or less, a height of the resonant portions is from 50 μm to 100 mm, and an areal density of the support is 1.0 kg/m2 or less. |
| US12291006B2 |
Polymer film and uses of the same
A polymer film including a first portion and a second portion laminated with the first portion. Each portion independently consists of one or more layers. The first and second layers each independently have a melt index ranging from 3.5 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min, and lower than 3.5 g/10 min, respectively. Each layer of the first portion independently has a product of its melt index and a thickness ratio of its thickness to the total thickness of the first and second portions, such that the sum of the product of each layer of the first portion ranges from 0.39 g/10 min to 2.50 g/10 min. Each layer of the second portion independently has a product of its melt index and a thickness ratio of its thickness to the total thickness of the first and second portions, such that the sum of the product of each layer of the second portion ranges from 1.10 g/10 min to 2.95 g/10 min. |
| US12291005B2 |
Vehicle glazing with metal-based coating and colored edge region
A vehicle glazing includes a first pane and a second pane which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer which is sectionally colored, a metal-based functional layer which is deposited on an inner surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate layer, on the inner surface of the first pane, a coating-free edge region which is free of metal-based functional layer and extends from a side edge of the first pane over at least 5 mm to at most 25 mm on the inner surface, wherein the thermoplastic intermediate layer includes a transparent region and a colored region, the colored region being arranged at least in the entire coating-free edge region. |
| US12291004B2 |
Laminated glazing for a motor vehicle, particularly a side glazing
A laminated glazing for a motor vehicle includes inner and outer glass sheets assembled by an interlayer, and a part for attaching the glazing through which an attachment opening passes which is formed by two holes having first and second axis. A connecting member is attached to the glazing by passing through an opening, the connecting member provided with a hole being intended to receive a device for attaching the glazing with a drive device. The first axis and the second axis are mismatched according to a mismatch which is configured to form a first blocking surface on an inner face of the outer glass sheet and a second blocking surface on an outer face of the inner glass sheet, and the connecting member includes a first surface configured to engage with the first blocking surface and a second surface configured to engage with the second blocking surface. |
| US12290995B2 |
Guide member for guiding a shear web of wind turbine blade
The present invention relates to method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade, the method comprising the steps of providing a first shell half and a second shell half, providing a shear web having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and attaching the first edge of the shear web to an inner surface of the first shell half. One or more guide members are mounted onto an inner surface of the second shell half for guiding the shear web, each guide member comprising a hollow body and a guiding surface. |
| US12290994B2 |
Shaping method and shaping device
A shaping method for shaping a stack produced by layering and forming into a flat shape a plurality of sheet-shaped composite materials includes a first shaping step of shaping the stack along a fold line extending along the longitudinal direction of the stack such that a first region and a second region, which are disposed to sandwich the fold line, form a first bending angle, and a second shaping step of shaping along the fold line the stack shaped via the first shaping step such that the first region and the second region form a second bending angle that is smaller than the first bending angle. In the first shaping step and the second shaping step, the stack is shaped in a state wherein the first region is maintained below the softening temperature of the resin material, while the second region is being heated to the softening temperature or higher. |
| US12290993B2 |
Composite pre-bonding treatment method
An object is to provide a composite pre-bonding treatment method that stabilizes quality of a bonded part. The present disclosure provides a composite pre-bonding treatment method performed when bonding a composite material to a member. The method includes: (S2) attaching an absorber adapted to absorb a contaminant to a surface of a prepreg laminate that is a precursor of the composite material; (S3) covering the prepreg laminate with a packaging material from above the absorber; (S4) vacuuming the packaging material and heating the prepreg laminate at a temperature lower than a curing temperature of a prepreg; (S5) then removing the packaging material; (S6) peeling off the absorber; (S7) attaching, to a surface of the prepreg laminate with the absorber peeled off, a release member that does not transfer silicone or fluorine to a resin, and then (S9) curing the prepreg laminate to mold the composite material; and (S11) peeling off the release member from the composite material before bonding the member. |
| US12290989B2 |
Method for enhancing the lifetime of printing heads used in additive manufacturing
Methods of printing a 3D object comprising depositing a building material, layer by layer, via printing heads comprising one or more nozzle arrays; and activating each of said printing heads to dispense a building material at least once within a specified period of time during printing to form a portion of said bulk region according to data provided by a CAD file, and activating said printing heads to deposit the building material to form another portion of the bulk region without relating to said data. |
| US12290984B2 |
Method of moving a print head between a plurality of partitioned chambers in an additive manufacturing system
A method of moving a print head between a plurality of partitioned chambers in a 3D printer includes providing the 3D printer having a thermal barrier having an area defined by a length and width, wherein a print head nozzle can be positioned through the thermal barrier along the width or the length and at least two partitioned chambers below the area of the thermal barrier, wherein a first chamber comprises a printing chamber and a second chamber comprises a chamber providing another functionality. The method includes raising the print head in a z direction from the second chamber to above the thermal barrier and moving the print head in a x-y direction from above the second chamber over the partition to a location above the first chamber. The method also includes lowering the print head in the z direction and into the first chamber such that an extrusion port of a nozzle of the print head is proximate a x-y print plane. |
| US12290983B2 |
Print head for additive manufacturing system
A system is disclosed for additively manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support, and a print head operatively connected to and moveable by the support. The print head may include a first supply configured to hold a liquid matrix, a second supply configured to hold a continuous reinforcement, and a wetting module configured to separately receive the liquid matrix and the continuous reinforcement from the first and second supplies, respectively, and to discharge a composite material including the continuous reinforcement wetted with the liquid matrix. The wetting module may include a body forming an internal chamber having an upstream open end and a downstream open end, an entrant nozzle disposed within the upstream open end and configured to receive the continuous reinforcement, and an exit nozzle disposed within the downstream closed end and configured to discharge the composite material. |
| US12290980B2 |
Additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects containing a transparent material
Formulations usable in additive manufacturing such as 3D inkjet printing which provide a transparent material when hardened, are provided. The formulation are designed so as to provide transparent objects or parts thereof with improved transmittance and color properties such as yellowness index, compared to commercially available formulations. The formulations comprise a photoinitiator at a relatively low amount and designed mixture of curable materials. |
| US12290977B2 |
Molding unit for cooling resin molded article, blow molding device, injection molding device, and method
There is provided a cooling mold unit for cooling a preform that has been injection-molded, the preform having a bottomed shape and made of a resin, the cooling mold unit including a core mold having an outer shape corresponding to an inner shape of the preform, and being insertable into the preform, in which an exhaust port configured to discharge air from an inside of the preform through an inside of the core mold is provided at a tip end portion of the core mold facing a bottom portion of the preform. |
| US12290974B2 |
Biaxially oriented polypropylene film for heat sealing
The present invention related to a film comprising multiple co-extruded film layers, the film having a length and a width, and a thickness defined as the dimension of the film perpendicular to the plane defined by the length and the width, wherein the film is a bi-axially oriented film comprising at least a core layer A, having a first and a second surface, and one or two sealing layer(s) B, wherein the core layer A comprises a polypropylene, and wherein the sealing layer B comprises >50.0 wt % of a polyethylene comprising moieties derived from ethylene and moieties derived from an α-olefin comprising 4 to 10 carbon atoms, the polyethylene having a density of ≥870 and ≤920 kg/m3 as determined in accordance with ASTM D1505 (2010), with regard to the total weight of the sealing layer B, wherein the sealing layer B directly adheres to one of the first or second surface of the core layer A. Such film allows for the production of a sealed package having a sufficiently high sealing strength at reduced sealing temperatures, also referred to as the seal initiation temperature. |
| US12290971B2 |
Injection molding system
An injection molding system includes an injection molding apparatus that performs injection molding with a die and a conveyor apparatus on one side of the injection molding apparatus that inserts the die into the injection molding apparatus, where the conveyor apparatus includes an actuator connectable to the die. The injection molding system also includes a die detection unit that detects the conveyed die, an actuator detection unit that detects a state of the actuator, and a controller that controls the conveyor apparatus to prohibit a conveying operation of the die based on detection results by the die detection unit and the actuator detection unit. |
| US12290964B2 |
3D-configured production structure of rubber products based on intelligent manufacturing unit and production method of same
A 3D-configured production structure of rubber products based on an intelligent manufacturing unit and a production method thereof. The structure includes a stereoscopic production warehouse used to store a mobile intelligent manufacturing unit and an ex-warehouse delivery system used to deliver the mobile intelligent manufacturing unit. The mobile intelligent manufacturing unit includes a unit functional assembly, a molding vulcanization apparatus, a blank feeder, a material-delivering apparatus, a product-collecting apparatus and a reclaimer. The molding vulcanization apparatus includes a upper heat plate, a upper mold, a lower mold, a lower heat plate and a support post. The upper mold and the lower mold are arranged on the inner sides of the upper heat plate and the lower heat plate, respectively. The upper heat plate is fixed on one end of the support post, and the lower heat plate is arranged through the support post. |
| US12290961B2 |
Plastic recycling process
A process for the extraction of one or more colour pigments from waste plastic in which a waste plastic feedstock is mixed with a solvent in a reactor having a shearing mechanism and the solvent is separated out and recycled in the process. The shearing mechanism provides high shear, high contact mixing so as to move the pigment to the surface of the plastic for contact with the solvent to give efficient colour pigment removal. Embodiments of reactors with shearing mechanisms are described. Environmentally friendly solvents are also described. The process gives highly sought after natural recyclate at a commercial scale. |
| US12290960B2 |
Portable cutting machine
A portable cutting machine is provided. The portable cutting machine comprises: a cutting portion including a disc-shaped cutting blade that cuts an object to be cut by rotating, and a first rotation axis that serves as a rotation center of the cutting blade; a drive portion including a drive source and a second rotation axis rotating by drive of the drive source; a transmission portion including a first pulley fixed to the first rotation axis, a second pulley fixed to the second rotation axis, and a belt looped around the first pulley and the second pulley, and configured to transmit a rotational force by the drive portion to the cutting portion; and a case including a storage space for storing the transmission portion and at least one communication portion that connect to the storage space and open to outside. |
| US12290959B2 |
Concrete mixer vehicle
A concrete mixer vehicle includes a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, a drum assembly coupled to the chassis, and a module coupled to the chassis and positioned rearward of the drum assembly. The module includes a prime mover, a cooling system, and a hood. The hood has a first end positioned proximate the drum assembly, an opposing second end positioned proximate a rear end of the chassis, and a top surface. The hood defines an internal cavity within which the prime mover and the cooling system are disposed. The first end defines an inlet airflow cavity. The inlet airflow cavity has a bottom surface and an air inlet positioned between the top surface and the bottom surface. The air inlet connects the inlet airflow cavity to the internal cavity. |
| US12290957B2 |
Electric tool
A power tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, including a support section for setting down the power tool on a substrate, in particular on a workpiece and/or a guide element. The power tool has a support detection device and is designed to detect, by the support detection device, a first support state, in which the power tool is supported on the substrate by way of at least one first region of the support surface, and/or a second support state, in which the power tool is not resting on the substrate by way of at least the first region, and to determine an operating state of the power tool on the basis of the detected support state. |
| US12290953B2 |
Suction nozzle
A suction nozzle, which is configured to aspirate a residual film of a film processed by a packaging machine. The suction nozzle comprises a tube assembly comprising a first tube and a second tube, wherein the first tube and the second tube are arranged coaxially with respect to one another and form a suction channel. An annular gap is provided between the first tube and the second tube, through which a gas, preferably air, can be blown into the suction channel. |
| US12290952B2 |
Control of a cutting tool
An example system includes a cutting tool and a device configured to remotely control the cutting tool. The device is configured to establish a wireless communication with the cutting tool, and the cutting tool is configured to send a first signal to the device indicating that the cutting tool is enabled to be operated remotely responsive to the cutting tool receiving information indicating that a trigger is locked in an “on” state and a remote switch is in a first position. The device is configured to send a second signal to the cutting tool indicating a request to cause the cutting tool to perform a cutting operation responsive to receiving information indicative of actuation of at least one button of a user interface of the device. |
| US12290946B2 |
Tool structure facilitating the adjustment of blade tension
A folding knife comprises a shank, a blade, a sleeve, a T-shaped lock lever, a cover plate, and an adjusting screw. The shank comprises a left handle and a right handle defining a storage slot. The sleeve has a guide hole and a guide slot. The T-shaped lock lever has a button lever and a guide lever, and the guide lever comprises a first lock catch and a second lock catch. The lock lever is installed in the guide hole. The blade has a lock hole. The cover plate is located on a right side of the right handle and is connected to a right end of the sleeve by adjusting screws. |
| US12290944B2 |
Robotic system with image-based sizing mechanism and methods for operating the same
A system and method for estimating aspects of target objects and/or associated task implementations is disclosed. |
| US12290941B2 |
End effector, device for controlling a robot end effector and medical telemanipulation system
An exemplary embodiment relates to an end effector (1), in particular a robot end effector, a device (20) with an operating element (25) for controlling an end effector (1), a robot with at least one end effector (1) and a medical telemanipulation system. |
| US12290928B2 |
Systems and methods for flexible robotic manipulation by fast online load estimation
Provided herein is a method for controlling a manipulator, comprising accepting an initial pose of a load and a task for moving the load and retrieving using a mapping function, an identification trajectory corresponding to the initial pose of the load and controlling a plurality of actuators of the manipulator to move the load according to the retrieved identification trajectory and obtaining measured motion data and estimated motion data of the load each corresponding to motion of the load. The method further comprises estimating parameters of the load based on the measured motion data and the estimated motion data, obtaining a model of the manipulator having the load with the estimated parameters, and determining a performance trajectory to move the load according to the task based on the obtained model of the manipulator. The method further comprises controlling the actuators to move the load according to the performance trajectory. |
| US12290926B2 |
Robot control based on equivalent mass matrix
A robot control system includes circuitry configured to: acquire velocity of a robot in a working space in which the robot processes a workpiece based on a force control axis and a position control axis, the velocity being along the force control axis; select an equivalent mass matrix representing a relationship between acceleration and force in the working space, based on the acquired velocity, from a first equivalent mass matrix corresponding to the velocity being zero and a second equivalent mass matrix corresponding to the velocity not being zero; and generate a control signal for controlling the robot based on the selected equivalent mass matrix. |
| US12290924B2 |
Coordinate system alignment method, alignment system, and alignment device for robot
A device and method for aligning a robot coordinate system, being a coordinate system of a robot for moving an operating point three-dimensionally, and a measuring instrument coordinate system, being a coordinate system of a three-dimensional measuring instrument which is capable of executing a light sectioning method and of which a position and attitude with respect to the operating point are unchanging, characterized by including the steps of: determining a relationship between the coordinate systems; radiating sheet-like slit light from the three-dimensional measuring instrument onto a reference object in the shape of a rectangular cuboid which is fixed; finding the attitude of the three-dimensional measuring instrument relative to the reference object; and moving the three-dimensional measuring instrument such that the attitude of the three-dimensional measuring instrument falls within a predetermined standard attitude range. |
| US12290923B2 |
Biped robot and multi-configuration robot capable of being spliced autonomously, and control method of multi-configuration robot
Disclosed is a biped robot and multi-configuration robot capable of being spliced autonomously, and a control method of the multi-configuration robot. The biped robot comprises a torso, arms, legs, a tolerance docking sleeve, and a torso docking device. The arms are correspondingly arranged at the left and right sides of the torso, and two legs are arranged at the lower side of the torso. The tolerance docking sleeve is movably arranged at the rear side of the torso through a base, and the torso docking device is fixed to the front side of the torso. Single biped robots in the present disclosure can form a multi-configuration legged combined body in a self-organization and reconstruction mode so as to achieve bipedal, quadrupedal, hexapodal and other multi-legged configurations. The motion stability and the load capacity of the legged robot are improved through the splicing combination of the modular legged robots. |
| US12290922B2 |
Robot for solar farms
The solar energy and solar farms are used to generate energy and reduce dependence on oil (or for environmental purposes). The maintenance, operation, optimization, and repairs in big farms become very difficult, expensive, and inefficient, using human technicians. Thus, here, we teach using the robots with various functions and components, in various settings, for various purposes, to improve operations in big (or hard-to-access) farms, to automate, save money, reduce human mistakes, increase efficiency, or scale the solutions to very large scales or areas, e.g., for repair, operation, calibration, testing, maintenance, adjustment, cleaning, improving the efficiency, and tracking the Sun. |
| US12290913B2 |
Stand assembly for propane tanks
The present invention provides for a novel storage stand for propane torches and their hoses, which may be reversibly secured to a standard propane cylinder providing for improved storage of the propane torch. |
| US12290912B2 |
Method for installing a fastener in a through-orifice of a box-type structure open at at least one end, and tooling for carrying out the method
A method for installing a screw in at least one through-orifice of a box-type structure, including inserting a body of a first tool into the through-orifice from an external region of the box-type structure, moving the body in an internal region of the box-type structure, towards an end of the box-type structure, securing the screw to the body, the first tool comprising a link connected to the body which remains accessible from the external region during the inserting, moving and securing steps, pulling on the link from the external region until the shank of the screw is positioned in the through-orifice, and separating the body from the screw. |
| US12290907B2 |
Nail gun
A driving tool, including a driver assembly and a lifting assembly. The driver assembly includes a drivable driver member and a base arranged on the driver member, where the driver member extends longitudinally in a first axis, and a plurality of engagement holes arranged in the first axis are provided on the driver member. The lifting assembly includes a driving wheel that is driven by a power output portion to rotate and a plurality of fitting portions arranged on a periphery of the driving wheel at intervals, where the plurality of fitting portions can be alternately engaged with the corresponding engagement holes, to drive the driver member to move along the first axis, so as to drive the base to move from a starting position to a driven position. |
| US12290904B2 |
Deeply embedded helical coil extraction device
A device for extracting a deeply embedded helical coil is provided. The device includes a shaft, the shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end; and a blade coupled to the distal end of the shaft, wherein the blade is configured to traverse into a mounting hole to engage the deeply embedded helical coil free of contact with a side of the mounting hole and wherein the deeply embedded helical coil is at least three to five thread pitches below a surface of the mounting hole. |
| US12290902B2 |
Centering device and fastening arrangement
A centering device for guiding a fastener or a drill during a setting operation. The centering device is arranged in or at a passage opening of a component, which forms a fastening point. The component can be a substantially flat metal part, in particular a lug or bracket for a façade element. The centering device is arranged at the plane of the back of the passage opening and includes a collar and connecting elements between the collar and the edge of the passage opening. The collar has a substantially flat to bead-like annular shape and is formed in the component. The central opening of the collar forms a centering seat for a fastener or drill during setting. A fastening arrangement has a component, centering device and matching screw. The screw forms a form fit via its lower head portion in the passage opening after completion of the setting process. |
| US12290901B2 |
Impact tool
An impact tool includes a hammer that is rotated by a motor and energized toward a front side from a spindle by a cam mechanism and a spring, and an anvil that is struck by the hammer. The hammer includes a main body part, and claw parts extending forward from the main body part, and tapered surfaces are formed such that an inner diameter side end of each of the claw parts of the main body part is located on the front side relative to an outer diameter side end of the claw part. The tapered surfaces are formed, on an outer peripheral side of a front facing surface of the hammer, in such a shape that the tapered surfaces recede as separating in a radial direction from a rotation axis. |
| US12290899B2 |
Method of manufacturing gallium nitride single-crystal substrate and method of manufacturing single-crystal substrate of nitride of group 13 element in periodic table
A method of manufacturing a gallium nitride single-crystal substrate includes a step of grinding a main surface by arranging a grindstone and a gallium nitride single crystal having a semipolar plane or a nonpolar plane as the main surface to face each other and pressing the grindstone and the gallium nitride single crystal against each other while moving the grindstone and the gallium nitride single crystal relative to each other. The main surface is ground to make an angle formed by a direction in which the grindstone grinds the main surface and a direction obtained by projecting a c-axis of the gallium nitride single crystal onto the main surface within at least one range selected from (A)-45° or more and 45° or less; (B) 55° or more and 135° or less; and (C) −135° or more and −55° or less. |
| US12290898B2 |
Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
A substrate processing method of grinding a first substrate in a combined substrate in which the first substrate and a second substrate are bonded to each other includes measuring a total thickness distribution of the combined substrate; measuring a thickness distribution of the first substrate; calculating a thickness distribution of the second substrate by subtracting the thickness distribution of the first substrate from the total thickness distribution of the combined substrate; deciding a relative inclination between a substrate holder configured to hold the combined substrate and a grinder configured to grind the combined substrate, based on the thickness distribution of the second substrate; and grinding the first substrate while holding the combined substrate at the inclination which is decided. |
| US12290897B2 |
Fluid-tight electrical connection techniques for semiconductor processing
A chemical mechanical polishing assembly includes a chemical mechanical polishing system, a fluid source, and a fluid delivery conduit to carry a fluid from the fluid source into the chemical mechanical polishing system. The polishing system has a platen to support a polishing pad, a carrier head to support a substrate and bring the substrate into contact with the polishing pad, and a motor to cause relative motion between platen and the carrier head. The fluid delivery conduit includes a conductive wire extending through an interior of the conduit to flow electrostatic discharge to a ground, and a wire extraction fitting covering and sealing a location where the conductive wire passes through a wall of the fluid delivery conduit. |
| US12290891B2 |
Device and method for positioning a module of modular bed for machine tools
A device for positioning a module of modular bed (4) for machine tools with respect to a reference module (41), comprising a liquid-based leveling device (2) which allows an alignment of the modules (41, 42) according to three degrees of freedom (Z,a,b) and a base support (3) which allows a spatial movement of the module to be installed (42) at least according to the three degrees of freedom (Z,a,b). |
| US12290889B2 |
Apparatus for replacing at least one tooth of a gear
An apparatus for replacing at least one tooth of a gear includes an elongate anchoring lip having a laterally extending lip body with at least one anchoring hole extending longitudinally therethrough. The lip body is bounded within a lateral plane by transversely spaced front and rear lip faces and laterally spaced first and second side edges. A tooth block extends longitudinally from a selected one of the front and rear lip faces. The tooth block includes at least one replacement gear tooth extending longitudinally therealong. The tooth block is spaced laterally apart from at least one of the first and second side edges, with at least a portion of the lip body extending laterally between the tooth block and the at least one of the first and second side edges. |
| US12290885B2 |
Robotic welding system
A robotic welding system comprises a supporting arm for attaching to a repositionable support structure, the supporting arm comprising a first mounting portion connectable to the repositionable support structure, and a second mounting portion rotatably coupled to the first mounting portion. A yaw rotary actuator rotates the second mounting portion about a yaw axis. A welding arm comprises a third mounting portion rotatably coupled to the second mounting portion of the supporting arm. A pitch rotary actuator rotates the third mounting portion about a pitch axis generally perpendicular to the yaw axis. A roll rotary actuator rotates a torch holder shaft about a roll axis generally perpendicular to the pitch axis. The shaft has a torch mounting portion for mounting a welding torch at an end thereof. A controller is operably coupled to the actuators to cause the welding torch to execute a welding pattern. |
| US12290884B1 |
Solder paste and solder joint
A solder paste containing a first metal powder, a second metal powder, and a flux is employed. The first metal powder contains Sn. A second metal powder 20A has a core portion 201 formed of an alloy containing Ni and Fe, and a surface layer 202 that covers the core portion 201 and is formed of a metal containing Ni. An Ni content in the metal forming the surface layer 202 of the second metal powder 20A is 50% by mass or more relative to a total mass of the metal forming the surface layer 202 of the second metal powder 20A. The surface layer 202 of the second metal powder 20A has a thickness of 0.05 μm or more and 0.30 μm or less. |
| US12290882B2 |
Copper-phosphorus-zinc-tin brazing sheet and preparation method and use thereof
The present disclosure relates to a copper-phosphorus-zinc-tin brazing sheet and a preparation method and use thereof. The copper-phosphorus-zinc-tin brazing sheet includes a copper core layer, CuP alloy layers respectively arranged on two sides of the copper core layer, and at least two SnZn alloy layers respectively arranged on the other sides of the two CuP alloy layers away from the copper core layer. |
| US12290877B2 |
Method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle and corresponding production device
A method for producing a traction battery of a motor vehicle. At least one cell module having multiple battery cells is arranged in a receptacle compartment of a battery housing of the traction battery. The battery cells are provided with a separate temperature sensor At least one temperature sensor is arranged on a metal carrier in each case and the metal carrier is welded to a cell housing of the respective battery cell. |
| US12290876B2 |
Film removing method, substrate treating method, and substrate treating apparatus
Disclosed is a method for removing a film from a substrate by irradiating a plurality of unit pulse laser beams to an edge region of the substrate. The method includes a first irradiation operation for irradiating a plurality of unit pulse laser beams onto the substrate while the substrate is rotating, and a second irradiation operation for irradiating a plurality of unit pulse laser beams to regions of the substrate onto which the unit pulse laser beams are not irradiated in the first irradiation operation. |
| US12290875B2 |
Article comprising a metal substrate and a channel in the metal substrate and method for producing same
An article having a metal substrate and a channel in the metal substrate which is partly or completely open to the surface, wherein the cross section of the channel has a local width maximum (5) between the channel base (7) and the contact plane (1), measured parallel to the contact plane and at right angles to the longitudinal channel axis in the section perpendicular to the surface. (FIG. 1a). |
| US12290870B2 |
Projection nut feeder
An air cylinder is joined to a guide pipe via a joining member. A stopper member is arranged in a position where the guide pipe and a feed pipe for feeding a projection nut are coupled to form a temporary locking chamber of the nut. A sliding rod is integrated with a smaller diameter guide rod and enters a screw hole. Relative positions of the temporary locking chamber and a feed rod are set such that the screw hole of the nut stopped in the temporary locking chamber is coaxial with the feed rod. A gap is formed between the sliding rod and the guide pipe while a support hole is formed in an end part of the guide pipe, and when the feed rod is retracted, the sliding rod is supported in a state where a slight sliding gap is left in the support hole. |
| US12290861B2 |
Methods for nanofunctionalization of powders, and nanofunctionalized materials produced therefrom
Some variations provide a method of making a nanofunctionalized metal powder, comprising: providing metal particles containing metals selected from iron, nickel, copper, titanium, magnesium, zinc, silicon, lithium, silver, chromium, manganese, vanadium, bismuth, gallium, or lead; providing nanoparticles selected from zirconium, tantalum, niobium, or titanium; disposing the nanoparticles onto surfaces of the metal particles, in the presence of mixing media, thereby generating nanofunctionalized metal particles; and isolating and recovering the nanofunctionalized metal particles as a nanofunctionalized metal powder. Some variations provide a composition comprising a nanofunctionalized metal powder, the composition comprising metal particles and nanoparticles containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of zirconium, tantalum, niobium, titanium, and oxides, nitrides, hydrides, carbides, or borides thereof, or combinations of the foregoing. |
| US12290858B2 |
Thermal compensation methods for laser energy delivery for additive manufacturing using heating and cooling elements
A manufacturing system includes a printer chamber having a printer bed that supports manufacturing materials and an internal heating system supported by the printer chamber. The internal heating systems is configured to direct patterned heat energy onto the printer bed and supported manufacturing materials. An external heating system is supported by or positioned near the printer chamber and configured to direct patterned heat energy onto the printer bed and any supported manufacturing materials. |
| US12290850B2 |
Machine for working bars and corresponding working method
Machine for working bars, suitable for working at least one bar having a mainly oblong development; the machine comprises at least two support sliders, of which at least one is mobile reciprocally toward/away from the other along an axis of movement and each provided with a work plane on which at least one curving unit is installed, suitable to curve at least a longitudinal portion of said bar, and at least a first bending unit, provided with a first contrast element having a first bending radius, and with a first bending element selectively rotatable about said first contrast element in order to bend said bar around the latter. |
| US12290846B2 |
Adjustable outlet for mobile blower
A blower includes a motor mounted to a frame. The frame includes wheels mounted to the frame. The blower includes a fan powered by the motor and a blower outlet. The fan is configured to expel air from the fan through the blower outlet. The blower outlet is movable in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The blower includes a horizontal control for controlling a horizontal position of the blower outlet. The blower includes a vertical control for controlling a vertical position of the blower outlet. Both the horizontal and vertical controls are positioned remote from the blower outlet. |
| US12290840B2 |
Method and sieve system for screening material
A sieve system includes a sieve for screening material by selectively passing first particles and not passing second particles of the material based on respective dimensions of the particles relative to dimensions of screening apertures in the sieve. A holding container feeds material to the sieve and a fines container receives the first particles screened by the sieve. A first fines container load is measured at a first time, and a second fines container load is measured at a second time. A fines rate is determined by a rate of change of the fines container load based on the measured first and second fines container loads and the first and second times. An operating condition of the sieve system is based on the fines rate and may provide an indication that the operation of the sieve, another component, or the sieve system as a whole is acceptable or unacceptable. |
| US12290837B2 |
Radiation and high-temperature tolerant piezoelectric ultrasonic contact transducer with mounting assembly
The embodiments disclose an ultrasonic transducer that can require a piezoelectric element attached to the transducer to be constantly under high pressure, and this required pressure can be provided and maintained by the transducer's design at all temperatures during its operation. The exemplary ultrasonic transducer can eliminate a failure of the bond between the piezoelectric element and a delay block by using the mechanical structure to hold all components in place while permitting the piezoelectric transducer to generate pulses of the desired frequency, frequency bandwidth, and pulse width without undesired echoes and/or attenuations. |
| US12290831B2 |
Gluing station and method for operating such a gluing station
A gluing station for applying glue to product elements guided in a product stream is intended to permit continuation of the production process and gluing of the product elements in a particularly simple and reliable manner even after a temporary machine stop or production standstill. For this purpose, according to the invention, a moistening system is assigned to a glue application roller that can roll on the product stream. During operation of the gluing station, in the event of a stopped product stream, the glue application roller is pivoted away from the product stream and the transfer roller for the duration of the standstill and is kept rotating, whereby the surface of the glue application roller is moistened. |
| US12290825B2 |
Device for applying a viscous substance
The invention relates to a device for applying a viscous substance, in particular for the purposes of cosmetics, writing, painting, drawing, and/or marking, with a tank (40) for storing a liquid substance, a pump cage (42) arranged within the tank (40), an application apparatus (2), and a conveying device (3), which is configured such as to convey the substance out of the tank (40) to the application device. According to the invention, provision is made for the conveying device (3) to comprise a cylinder (10), a piston (30) arranged such as to be axially displaceable in the cylinder, a pump plunger (20) for the axial displacement of the piston (30) and having a plunger hole (26), a first connection channel (41) between the cylinder (10) pump cage (42) and the tank (40), and a second connection channel (21) between the cylinder (10) pump cage (42) and the application apparatus (2), plunger hole (26) the piston (30) to be adjustable in relation to the pump plunger (20), for the piston (30) to open or close the first connection channel (41) depending on the setting in relation to the cylinder (10), and for the piston (30), depending on the position in relation to the pump plunger (20), to open or close the second connection channel (21). |
| US12290821B2 |
Electric pulse decomposition method, composite material, and composite material decomposition method
An electric pulse decomposition method for separating a composite material by an electric pulse, the composite material being obtained by bonding or joining a plurality of conductors to each other with an insulating member, the electric pulse decomposition method including a protrusion formation step for forming a protrusion in a specific site, on a side on which the composite material is arranged, of at least one of the plurality of conductors, and a separation step for separating the plurality of conductors in the composite material 1 by respectively bringing electrodes into contact with surfaces of the plurality of conductors and applying an electric pulse between the electrodes to destroy the insulating member. This makes it possible to separate the plurality of conductors from the composite material by making a shock wave caused by a current of the dielectric breakdown functioning as an adhesive to effectively destroy the insulating member. |
| US12290820B1 |
Systems and methods to breakdown heterogeneous material
Heterogeneous mineral-based particulate is comminuted by exposing the particulate to a cavitation fluid. In another embodiment, two or more streams of fluids with particulate entrained therein may be directed at one another to create, in an impact zone, collisions between the particulate of the two or more streams of fluid. Exposing the particulate to the cavitation fluid may occur inside or outside the impact zone, either before, at the same time, or after the collisions. |
| US12290817B2 |
Evaporation-limiting inserts for reagent containers and related methods of use
An insert for a liquid-holding container may include a body comprising a wall, an open top end and a bottom end, and a generally tubular lumen extending from the open top end to the open bottom end. The insert may include a plurality of first openings formed in the wall, the first openings being situated between the top and bottom ends, wherein each of the plurality of first openings defines an area, and wherein the plurality of first openings have substantially the same dimensions. The insert may include one or more second openings formed in the wall, the one or more second openings being situated between the top and bottom ends, wherein each of the one or more second openings defines an area that is greater than the area defined by any of the first openings, wherein the one or more second openings have substantially the same dimensions. |
| US12290814B2 |
Bubble discharging method, particle trapping apparatus, and particle analyzing apparatus
A technology for efficiently discharging a bubble present in a fluid in a chamber is provided. There is provided a bubble discharging method carried out in a chamber including a microchip that includes at least one well or through hole to divide a space into a first space and a second space, the bubble discharging method including a pressurizing step of applying a positive pressure to a fluid in the chamber, and a valve opening/closing step of operating a valve for opening/closing a first flow path connected to the first space and/or a second flow path connected to the second space. |
| US12290805B2 |
Multichannel pipetting head
A multichannel pipetting head comprises a plunger actuator comprising at least one groove with an upper border, and a lower border. A plurality of plunger-cylinder units, wherein each plunger-cylinder unit comprises a cylinder and a plunger comprising a plunger head. The plunger head comprises a projecting upper abutment region adjoining the upper border, a projecting lower abutment region adjoining the lower border and laterally offset relative to the projecting upper abutment region, a plurality of guides. Each of the cylinders is coupled to a neck and held on each of the plurality of guides. During lateral movement of the plurality of guides, the plunger head is configured to tilt in the groove and to be held with the upper abutment region abutting the upper border and with the lower abutment region abutting the lower border of the groove due to restoring forces that occur during tilting in the plunger-cylinder units. |
| US12290803B2 |
Process and a multi-stage reactor assembly for the production of polyolefins
A process for the production of polyolefins comprising: feeding a slurry comprising at least one polymerization catalyst, at least one carrier liquid, first olefin monomer(s) and optionally at least one first comonomer into at least one loop reactor; polymerizing the first olefin monomer(s) and optionally the at least one first comonomer yielding a first polyolefin; withdrawing the first polyolefin from the loop reactor; feeding the first polyolefin to a gas-solids olefin polymerization reactor, wherein the gas-solids olefin polymerization reactor comprises: a top zone; a middle zone, which comprises a top end in direct contact with said top zone and which is located below said top zone, the middle zone having a generally cylindrical shape; and a bottom zone, which is in direct contact with a bottom end of the middle zone and which is located below the middle zone; introducing a fluidization gas stream into the bottom zone of the gas-solids olefin polymerization reactor; polymerizing second olefin monomer(s) and optionally at least one second comonomer in the presence of the polymerization catalyst and the first polyolefin to a second polyolefin in a dense phase formed by particles of said second polyolefin suspended in an upwards flowing stream of the fluidization gas in the middle zone; introducing a jet gas stream through one or more jet gas feeding ports in a jet gas feeding area of the middle zone at the dense phase in the middle zone of the gas-solids olefin polymerization reactor; withdrawing the second polyolefin from the gas-solids olefin polymerization reactor. |
| US12290802B2 |
Method and reactor for manufacturing particles
A method for manufacturing particles including (a) bringing at least one starting material into a reactor, (b) subjecting the at least one starting material to a thermal treatment of a pulsating process gas stream in a treatment zone of the reactor, (c) forming particles, and (d) bringing the particles which are obtained in steps (b) and (c) out of the reactor. The at least one starting material is thermally treated in the treatment zone at a treatment temperature of 100° C. to 3000° C. and a retention time in the range of 0.1 s to 25 s, and a temperature regulation of the process gas stream is decoupled from the generation and maintenance of a pulsation of the process gas stream. Also provided is a reactor for manufacturing particles according to the method. |
| US12290801B2 |
Catalyst for aromatization of alkanes having 4 to 7 carbon atoms, process of making, and process of aromatics preparation by using thereof
The present invention relates to a catalyst for aromatization of alkanes having 4 to 7 carbon atoms, especially alkanes having carbon atoms. Said catalyst has the efficacy in the aromatics production with high conversion and high selectivity of aromatics or high yield of aromatics, wherein said catalyst comprises zeolite, at least 1 transition metal from group VIII transition metal in a range of 0.1 to 2% by weight based on the total weight of the catalyst, and at least 1 metal from group IIIA metal in a range of 0.1 to 5% by weight based on the total weight of the catalyst. Said catalyst is treated and dried with a microwave at a power in a range from 400 to 1,000 watts after step of contacting with a solution comprising at least 1 transition metal salt from group VIII transition metal and after step of contacting with a solution comprising at least 1 group IIIA metal salt. Moreover, this invention also relates to a process for preparing said catalyst and a process of aromatics preparation using said catalyst. |
| US12290799B2 |
Hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous materials with long-range mesoporous order having hexagonal symmetry
A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of hexagonal symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or hexagonal symmetry observable by microscopy. |
| US12290791B2 |
Accurate odorization control
A system is provided. The system includes one or more of a fuel media supply, coupled to a media supply injection valve and a fuel media supply flow meter, configured to provide unodorized fuel media, an odorant supply, configured to provide pressurized odorant and coupled to each of a first actuator to allow odorant flow at a first pressure, a second actuator to allow odorant flow at a second pressure, and a manual ball valve, a mixture receiver, coupled to the fuel media supply, each of the first and second actuators, and a manual flow metering valve, configured to receive odorized fuel media comprising a mixture of the unodorized fuel media and regulated pressurized odorant, and a control system, configured to initiate production of the mixture, adjust the mixture with the first and second actuators, in response to the mixture does not include a desired concentration of the odorant and terminate production of the mixture. |
| US12290788B2 |
Concentrate filling system
Concentrate filling system includes a solid loader operable to dispense particles through a dispensing end. The system includes a conveyer operable to receive the dispensed particles at a proximal end and further dispense particles at a distal end. The system includes load cell operable to receive a container that receives the dispensed particles. The system includes an injection pump to dispense fluids into the container. The system includes controller operable to receive data from the load cell indicative of a weight of the particles and/or fluid and send a control signal to the conveyor to adjust the dispensing of the particles and send a control signal to the injection pump. Upon receiving indicative of a predetermined weight of the container, fluid, and particles, the controller is operable to send a control signal to the conveyor and the injection pump to stop dispensing of particles and fluid. |
| US12290787B2 |
Light-driven filtration antibacterial composite membrane and preparation method and use thereof
Disclosed are a light-driven filtration antibacterial composite membrane and a preparation method and use thereof. The method for preparing the light-driven filtration antibacterial composite membrane includes: mixing dichloromethane and N,N-dimethylformamide to obtain a first solution; adding PCL particles to the first solution, and stirring until being uniform to obtain an electrospinning solution; adding a ZIF-8 powder to the electrospinning solution, and ultrasonically dispersing for at least 1 hour to obtain a PCL/ZIF-8 spinning solution; spraying the PCL/ZIF-8 spinning solution onto a PPCL@PDA/TAEG men-blown membrane to obtain the light-driven filtration antibacterial composite membrane. |
| US12290786B2 |
Composite nanoporous metal membrane
A composite nanoporous metal membrane, a method of making same, and a method of using same to filter supercritical CO2 are provided. The method of making generally includes a) providing a sintered coarse porous layer; b) applying to an outer face of the coarse porous layer second metal particles; c) sintering to form a structure comprising coarse and intermediate layers; d) applying a suspension of third metal particles; e) drying the suspension of third particles; f) pressing the dried layer of third particles; and g) sintering to form a composite nanoporous metal membrane. The composite nanoporous metal membrane generally includes: a) a sintered coarse layer; b) an intermediate layer comprising first metal particles and second metal particles joined in a sintered structure which is sintered to the coarse layer; and c) a fine layer comprising third metal particles joined in a sintered structure which is sintered to the intermediate layer. |
| US12290783B2 |
Converting gaseous carbon compounds to carbon neutral or negative products
Gaseous carbon compounds can be converted to carbon neutral or negative products using biological processes to metabolise the gaseous carbon compounds or use thermochemical processes to convert gaseous carbon compounds to syngas followed by thermochemical or biological processes to produce products. The gaseous carbon compounds include a mixture of CO2 and CH4 from either a single source, or two or more different sources. Separate biological processes are incorporated to process different gaseous carbon compounds. A gaseous carbon compound produced as a by-product of one biological process can be used as at least part of the feedstock for another process. A renewable energy system can be provided to power equipment. A control system can be used to control flow of gaseous carbon compounds and reactants entering the entire carbon processing systems to provide mass balanced quantities of gaseous carbon compounds and reactants in each processing system and/or between processing systems. |
| US12290781B2 |
Air dryer and method for drying compressed air using same
An air dryer includes a pair of main air dryer dehumidification tanks in which a dehumidification process and a regeneration process are alternately performed; a main compressor for compressing wet air to supply the wet air to an inlet line; a first direction switching valve unit; a regeneration special dryer; a second direction switching valve unit; a heating unit; and a cooler, wherein a path of cooled dry air passing through the cooler is connected to the inlet line. |
| US12290780B2 |
Dryer for compressed gas, compressor installation provided with a dryer and a method for drying compressed gas
A dryer for compressed gas, including a pressure vessel containing a drying zone and a regeneration zone, a drum within the rotation symmetrical part, equipped with a regenerable drying agent; propulsion unit for rotating the aforementioned drum so that the drying agent is successively conducted through the drying zone and the regeneration zone, an inlet for the supply of the compressed air to be dried to the drying zone, an outlet for the removal of the dried compressed gas, and a first connection line for branching off of a partial stream of the dried compressed gas and transfer of this partial stream to the regeneration zone. The first connection line is equipped with a heating unit for the heating of the partial stream branched off for the regeneration. The first connection line and the heating unit are located within the pressure vessel. |
| US12290779B2 |
Diamine solvent system for CO2 capture
Disclosed herein is a method and system for CO2 removal from a gas stream using a diamine solvent having a Formula I R1(R2)N-L1-NH—R3 Formula I. With respect to Formula I, each of R1 and R2 independently is aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached, form a heterocyclyl ring; L1 is aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or L1 and R1 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a heterocyclyl ring; and R3 is aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, cycloalkylalkyl, or alkoxyalkyl. And/or the compound may have a viscosity of less than 75 cP at a CO2-loading of 40 mol % and at a temperature of 40° C. |
| US12290767B2 |
Apparatus and method for concentrating corrosive liquids
The invention relates to an apparatus for the continuous concentration of corrosive liquids, the apparatus comprising a fluid system with a regenerative heat exchanger for preheating the dilute liquid and a vapour line to supply solvent vapour, which has been separated from the heated liquid in a main separator, to the hot side of the regenerative heat exchanger as a heat source. The invention further relates to a method for continuously concentrating corrosive liquids, wherein the system pressure is greater than 1 bar. |
| US12290766B2 |
Method and apparatus for water filtration
A method and apparatus for filtering fluid for a food processing system is disclosed and includes a fluid inlet, a filtered outlet, a drain outlet, two filters—each having inlets, inlet valves, drain outlets, drain valves, filtered outlets, and return valves. A first recycling flow path includes an inlet valve, an inlet, a filter, a return valve, and a filtered outlet. A first drain flow path includes the inlet valve, the inlet, the filter, the drain valve, and the drain outlet. A second set of like flow paths for the second filter is provided. A controller is connected to control each of valves, and the controller has a first filter purge module, a first filter filter module, a first filter power purge module, a first filter off module, second filter purge module, a second filter filter module, a second filter power purge module, and a second filter off module. |
| US12290764B2 |
Method and apparatus for removal of particulate matter from a multiphase stream
A system for removing particulate matter from a multiphase stream comprising gas, liquid and the particulate matter. The system comprises a first vessel for receiving the multiphase stream and separating a majority of gas from the multiphase stream and collecting a slurry of liquid and particulate matter; a second vessel for receiving the slurry and causing separation of the particulate matter from the liquid and for generating a pressure head of liquid against the particulate matter; a third vessel for receiving the particulate matter from the second vessel and collecting the particulate matter until a pre-determined mass or volume of particulate matter is collected; and an outlet in the third vessel for conveying the particulate matter out of the third vessel. |
| US12290762B2 |
System for preparing solutions for chromatography
A system for preparing solutions for chromatography application is disclosed. The system comprises a T-joint for preparing a buffer solution by mixing at least one first solution and a second solution. The T-joint receives the second solution from a solution supply unit connected to the T-joint. Further one or more low pressure pumps supply the one or more first solutions into the T-joint. The high pressure pump collects the buffer solution and delivers it to a chromatography apparatus. |
| US12290759B2 |
Lottery tickets having connected symbol set path feature
Lottery tickets and lottery gaming systems and methods providing such lottery tickets, wherein the lottery tickets each have a connected symbol set path feature including a plurality of connected symbol sets along a bonus award path, a plurality of player symbols, and potential awards that can be won based on the symbol sets and the connected symbol sets along the bonus award path and the player symbols. |
| US12290753B2 |
Adaptive time dilation based on player performance
The performance of a player of a computer game is noted and the player accorded a latency handicap based thereon. The latency handicap is used to slow down play of the computer game, preferably only during times of high player activity. The latency handicap can be reduced over time or owing to improvement in the player's performance. |
| US12290752B2 |
Systems and methods for improving fitness equipment and exercise
The present invention provides systems for and methods of playing a video game that includes providing a game character having a virtual appearance characteristic, receiving an input signal indicative of a user exercise performance level, and altering the virtual appearance characteristic in response to receiving the input signal. Numerous other aspects are disclosed. |
| US12290745B2 |
Card-handling devices and related methods, assemblies, and components
A card-handling device and related methods may include a card intake, a card rotation device, and a card output. The card rotation device may be configured to rotate at least one of the one or more playing cards about a minor axis of the one or more playing cards to randomly alter an orientation of lateral edges of the one or more playing cards. A card-handling device and related methods may be configured to recognize unreadable cards and move the unreadable cards to a designated position. |
| US12290743B2 |
Ice and snow dual-purpose sliding device
An ice and snow dual-purpose sliding device includes: a shoe cover main body. An accommodating cavity is disposed on a top of the shoe cover main body. The accommodating cavity is matched with a shoe and configuring to receive the shoe. A bottom of the shoe cover main body includes a first area, a second area, and a third area. The second area is horizontally disposed. Two sliding devices are disposed on the second area in a protruding mode. The two sliding devices are in a rail shape to slide on an ice surface or a snowfield. First accelerating devices are detachably disposed on the two sliding devices. Second accelerating devices are detachably disposed on the first area. Braking devices are detachably disposed on the third area. The first area and the third area incline upwards relative to the second area. |
| US12290742B2 |
Sports glove
A sports glove includes an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion, and a little finger portion, as well as a back portion and a first resistance portion. The back portion is connected to the index finger portion, the middle finger portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion. The back portion covers a back of the wearer's hand. The first resistance portion has flexibility. The first resistance portion is disposed on at least one selected from the group consisting of the back portion, the ring finger portion, and the little finger portion such that when the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger are bent, a magnitude of bending resistance applied to the little finger or the ring finger is greater than that applied to the middle finger or the index finger. |
| US12290740B2 |
Exercise grip
Exercise grip and methods of forming exercise grips are disclosed. In one aspect, an exercise grip includes a wrist strap and a protective portion. The protective portion has a palm end and a finger end. The palm end is located closer to the wrist strap than the finger end. The finger end is formed offset from a centerline axis of the palm end of the protective portion. |
| US12290734B2 |
Entertainment and leisure device and method of installing same
The present disclosure relates to an entertainment and leisure device and a method of installing the same. The entertainment and leisure device comprises: a bundling belt, which is fixed on a cylinder; a ribbon, which is fixed between two cylinders through two bundling belts, wherein the bundling belts are used to adjust the hanging length of the ribbon, and fixed points are marked on the ribbon; self-locking sliding buckles, wherein the upper ends of the self-locking sliding buckles penetrate through the ribbon, and the self-locking sliding buckles are distributed at a plurality of fixed points of the ribbon; a lock buckle, which penetrates through the lower end of the self-locking sliding buckle; and an interactive component, the upper end of which is hung on the lock buckle, and the lower end of which is provided with an interactive accessory for climbing and/or grabbing and/or riding. |
| US12290733B2 |
Slow pitch softball pitching machine
A softball pitching machine in accordance with the present disclosure is configured to lob a softball along an arcuate path with forward spin to mimic the motion of an underhand, slow pitched softball from a human pitcher. The softball pitching machine includes a throwing arm having a curved hand configured to move along a predetermined arcuate path to a preset stopping point that imparts the arcing path and the forward spin on the softball. |
| US12290727B2 |
Methods and systems for a flying disc game
A system and method for playing a flying disc game is disclosed. A goal post having a vertical orientation includes a pop-up piston upon which an object can be placed in an armed position is disclosed. The goal post includes a target that when struck by a flying disc ejects the object into the air. A method of playing a flying disc game with such a goal post is further disclosed. |
| US12290726B2 |
Golf shaft
Provided is a golf shaft, capable of ensuring bending rigidity required for a golf club and providing good hit feeling in a composite shaft with 50 g-130 g. The golf shaft comprises an element tube made of metal, an outer layer made of a fiber reinforced plastic and covering an outer periphery of the element tube over an entire length of the element tube in an axial direction, an adhesive layer interposed between the element tube and the outer layer to bond between the element tube and the outer layer, wherein weight of a whole including the element tube, the outer layer, and the adhesive layer is 50 g-130 g, and weight of the element tube is 50%-90% of the weight of the whole. |
| US12290725B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a face portion, and a periphery. The bottom portion may include a forward portion and a rear protrusion at or proximate the rear portion. The rear protrusion may project downward from the periphery and extend longitudinally in a rear-to-front direction. The rear protrusion may include a front-side portion. A toe-side portion may extend rearwardly from the front-side portion towards the rear portion. The rear protrusion may also include a heel-side portion extending rearwardly from the front-side portion towards the rear portion. A weight port may be defined by the rear protrusion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US12290722B2 |
Aqueous adhesive for tennis ball
The aqueous adhesive for a tennis ball includes rubber latex. The rubber latex is a mixture of liquid rubber latex and solid rubber latex. A ratio of liquid rubber to an entire rubber component contained in the rubber latex is greater than 20% by weight and less than 90% by weight in terms of solid content. The tennis ball includes a seam formed of the aqueous adhesive for a tennis ball. |
| US12290721B2 |
Systems and methods for workout scoring using image and exertion data
Systems, methods, and computer readable medium are disclosed for performance of exercise scoring operations. Performance of exercise scoring operations includes storing an exercise goal for a particular individual; receiving from a sensor on a piece of electronic exercise equipment, exertion data; receiving, from at least one image sensor monitoring use of the piece of electronic exercise equipment, image data reflecting form and posture of the particular individual during an exercise set; generating a score for the exercise set by performing an aggregate analysis of the exercise goal, the exertion data, and the image data reflecting the form and posture; and outputting the score. |
| US12290718B2 |
Bendable exercise bar
An exercise device comprising a bendable pole with spring-like properties. The bendable pole has grips at opposing ends and in a midsection. The exercise device is configured to be used for a variety of exercise methods. The exercise device provides personal fitness tracking in conjunction with a mobile software application. |
| US12290715B2 |
Exercise mat with yoga towel assembly
An assembly, in one embodiment, comprising an exercise mat having a top layer and a bottom layer, and a towel is described. The top layer of the exercise mat is configured to have a first exposed surface. The towel comprises a first surface and second surface, the first surface configured to be coupled to the first exposed surface of the top layer of the exercise mat, the surface area of the towel being less than or equal to a surface area of the top surface of the exercise mat. |
| US12290714B2 |
Systems and methods for an electronic wall mounted exercise machine
A minimalist wall-mountable exercise machine comprising a vertically wall-mountable beam, an upper bracket for connecting an upper portion of the vertically wall-mountable beam to a first stud in a wall, a lower bracket for connecting a lower portion of the vertically wall-mountable beam to the first stud in the wall, a trolley for riding the vertically wall-mountable beam and being configured to lock at differing positions along the vertically wall-mountable beam, a selectively positionable arm extending from the trolley, the arm configured to receive an exercise force applied thereto, the exercise force including a torque component on the vertically wall-mountable beam, and a T-bar having a first end configured to connect to an intermediate portion of the vertically wall-mountable beam and a second end configured for connection to a second stud spaced from the first stud in the wall to thereby resist the torque component of the exercise force. |
| US12290713B2 |
Rotary dumbbell
The present disclosure provides a rotary dumbbell. The rotary dumbbell includes a handle part, a base part, weight parts arranged at two ends of the handle part respectively, and a transmission self-locking mechanism and a driven mechanism which are arranged at the two ends of the handle part respectively and abut against the weight parts respectively. The transmission self-locking mechanism includes a transmission assembly and a self-locking ring; the transmission assembly includes a planetary gear transmission mechanism, a first output screw, a long nut and a first screw spline. The driven mechanism includes a decorative ring, a second handle flange, a second transition flange and a driven assembly. The driven assembly includes a second output screw and a second screw spline; the weight parts are provided with weight plates with a dovetail groove structure; and the base part is provided with an unlocking thimble. |
| US12290709B2 |
High temperature flexible insulation for extreme environments
A flexible insulation material may be configured to substantially reduce the amount of radiation transmitted therethrough by incorporating a reflective mat of high temperature fibers that withstand temperatures of at least 500° C. The flexible insulation may be stored and used over temperatures ranging from −270° C. to 5000° C. The mat may have optical properties to produce a transmittance of no more than 5% over a range of temperature from 500° C. to 5000 vC. The mat may include high temperature fibers such as carbon and/or silicon carbide and these fibers may be coupled by a binder in a non-woven fabric. The flexible insulation material may be configured in the Flexible Thermal Protection System of a deployable aerodynamic decelerator or a Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator and may be durably flexible. |
| US12290708B2 |
Pole shield
The present disclosure relates to a pole shield for extending around a pole structure. The pole shield comprises one or more than one sheet of composite material forming a hollow structure having an open first end and an opposed open second end. The sheet or sheets of composite material comprise from about 50% to about 80% by weight of a reinforcement impregnated with about 20% to about 50% of a polyurethane resin composition comprising a combination of a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component. Two or more pole shields may be stacked one on top of the other to form a pole shield structure which extends the height of protection of the pole structure. The pole shield can be used for protecting a pole structure from damage, such as from fire, rain, wind, sand, ice, pests, moisture or electrical. The pole shield may also be used to provide structural support to a pole structure. |
| US12290705B2 |
Real-time motion monitoring using deep learning
Systems and methods may be used for estimating instantaneous patient motion (a patient state). The patient state may be estimated based on a 3D reference volume and a stream of images, for example from an image acquisition device. The stream of images may be received in real-time, for example during a radiation therapy treatment. An example method may include encoding the 3D reference volume using a 3D encoder branch of a patient state generator network, encoding the stream of images using a 2D encoder branch of the patient state generator network, and combining the encoded 3D reference volume and the encoded real-time stream of images. The method may include estimating a 3D spatial transform that maps the 3D reference volume to a current patient state by decoding the combined encoding using a 3D decoder branch of the patient state generator network. |
| US12290704B2 |
Dose aspects of radiation therapy planning and treatment
Radiation treatment planning includes accessing values of parameters such as a number of beams to be directed into sub-volumes in a target, beam directions, and beam energies. Information that specifies limits for the radiation treatment plan are accessed. The limits include a limit on irradiation time for each sub-volume outside the target. Other limits can include a limit on irradiation time for each sub-volume in the target, a limit on dose rate for each sub volume in the target, and a limit on dose rate for each sub-volume outside the target. The values of the parameters are adjusted until the irradiation time for each sub-volume outside the target satisfies the maximum limit on irradiation time. |
| US12290703B2 |
Surgical tissue sampling and cancer detection
A catheter treatment apparatus comprises an elongate tubular member and an expandable support. The expandable support comprises a radioactive substance to treat cancerous tissue and is configured to expand from a narrow profile for insertion to a wide profile to engage and treat tissue remaining after resection. The expandable support can be sized to fit within a volume of removed tissue to place the radioactive substance in proximity to the capsule and remaining tissue, to spare the capsule and proximate nerves and vessels to treat tissue in proximity to the capsule. The elongate tubular member may comprise a channel such as a lumen to pass a bodily fluid such as urine when the expandable support engages the tissue to treat the patient for a plurality of days. The treatment apparatus can be used to resect and diagnose tissue concurrently. Based on the diagnosis, targeted segmental treatment may be given. |
| US12290702B2 |
Wet preparation of radiotherapy sources
A method of accumulating radium radionuclides, comprising providing a first solution including thorium radionuclides and a thorium-binding extractant, wherein the first solution does not bind to radium, allowing a portion of the thorium radionuclides in the first solution to decay into radium atoms and collecting radium atoms resulting from the decay. The collected radium atoms may be included in a solution in which brachytherapy sources are dipped, in a manner which collects the radium atoms onto the source. |
| US12290699B2 |
Light outputting device for scalp care, and control method therefor
A light outputting device for scalp care according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a dome-shaped outer case forming the outer shape; an inner case formed inside the outer case; a plurality of laser light sources disposed in the space between the outer case and the inner case; photodiodes included in the plurality of laser light sources, respectively; and a processor which acquires a light amount sensing value of a first photodiode among the plurality of photodiodes, sets an amount of light for a first laser light source including the first photodiode on the basis of the acquired light amount sensing value, and drives the first laser light source on the basis of the set amount of the light. |
| US12290697B2 |
Process control for atmospheric plasma treatment of surfaces
Disclosed is a system and method for delivering reactive species from a plasma to a treatment area by scanning a linear array of stacked plasma elements across the treatment area. Reactive species output from each plasma element is calibrated, and during scanning each plasma element is modulated with a uniformity modulation and a dose modulation, enabling a predetermined contour dose distribution of reactive species to be delivered to the treatment area. |
| US12290696B2 |
Modular defibrillator architecture
Defibrillators, defibrillator architectures, defibrillator interface units and methods of operating defibrillators are described. In one aspect, a modular defibrillator architecture is described. A base unit provides a fully functional defibrillator. The functionality of the base unit can be supplemented by attaching an interface unit to the base unit. The defibrillator interface unit includes a housing, a communications module, a processing unit and a power storage unit. The housing is configured to be mounted on the base defibrillator unit to form at least a part of a unitary portable modular AED system. The communications module facilitates wireless communication between the AED and one or more remote servers. The processing unit includes at least one processor and is configured to receive communications from the base defibrillator unit. The power storage unit powers the interface unit including the communications module and the processing unit. |
| US12290695B2 |
Neural stimulation devices and systems for treatment of chronic inflammation
A system for treating chronic inflammation may include an implantable microstimulator, a wearable charger, and optionally an external controller. The implantable microstimulator may be implemented as a leadless neurostimulator implantable in communication with a cervical region of a vagus nerve. The microstimulator can address several types of stimulation including regular dose delivery. The wearable charger may be worn around the subject's neck to rapidly (<10 minutes per week) charge an implanted microstimulator. The external controller may be configured as a prescription pad that controls the dosing and activity of the microstimulator. |
| US12290694B2 |
Atrial appendage occlusion and arrhythmia treatment
Atrial appendage occlusion devices and cardiac monitoring positioned within the left atrial appendage and/or left atrium. In some embodiments the devices include an anchoring portion adapted to anchor the device in place adjacent the left atrial appendage, the anchoring portion comprising distal deformable anchoring portion adapted to be deployed in the left atrial appendage and a proximal deformable anchoring portion being adapted to be deployed in the left atrium, a barrier element secured to the anchoring portion and adapted to cover the left atrial appendage when implanted, and adapted to prevent blood clots from passing through the barrier element, and a cardiac monitoring element secured to at least one of the anchoring portions, the monitoring element including one or more sensors within in the left atrial appendage and/or left atrium and adapted to monitor left atrial cardiac data. |
| US12290688B1 |
System for neurostimulation signal reconstruction
A system to configure a neurostimulation signal to a patient's body has a neurostimulator to create a base stimulation signal which has a series of first pulses. A computer processor within the neurostimulator deconstructs the first series of pulses into a first and second partial pulse series which have respective first and second partial electrical pulses where the first and second partial electrical pulses substantially summate to the base stimulation signal. A programmable signal generator provides a constant amplitude of combined stimulation pulses by applying the first and second partial pulses to a number of contacts of an electrode positionally located to stimulate a target tissue in the patient's body. |
| US12290684B2 |
Wearable system for intra-ear sensing and stimulating
A computer system for intra-ear sensing and stimulating receives, health data, from an earbud sensor. The system repeatedly calculates an exponential moving average (EMA) of a moving window for the received health data. The system compares each calculated exponential moving average with a lower threshold value and an upper threshold value. The upper threshold value and the lower threshold value are determined based, at least in part, upon a saturation level associated within an amplifier performing the adaptive gain control. When the calculated exponential moving average is larger than the upper threshold, the system decreases a gain associated with the amplifier. When the calculated exponential moving average is smaller than the lower threshold, the system increases a gain associated with the amplifier. |
| US12290672B2 |
Applicator for applying a microneedle device to skin
Various embodiments of an applicator and a method for applying a microneedle device to skin are disclosed. The applicator can include a housing and a reciprocating support structure slidably engaged with the housing. The reciprocating support structure can have a plurality of alignment feet. The applicator can have a lockout mechanism that prevents actuation if any of the plurality of the alignment feet are not evenly aligned. The applicator can include a device life indicator that is capable of counting a number of use cycles that the applicator has undergone and providing feedback to a user. The applicator can include a dose timer capable of determining a time that has elapsed after the actuation of the applicator and providing feedback to the user. |
| US12290669B2 |
Dual chamber syringe with retractable needle
Embodiments of a retractable syringe assembly are provided that include a dual syringe barrel configuration. One or more embodiments include reuse prevention features and features that prevent premature activation of the retraction mechanism. Methods for aspirating and expelling liquid from medical devices are also provided. |
| US12290662B2 |
Systems and methods for improving operation of infusion pumps
Infusion pumps and associated methods for delivering medicament to a user during error conditions. An infusion pump can include a sensor, a pumping mechanism to deliver medicament through an infusion set to the user, and a processor operably coupled to the sensor and the pumping mechanism. The processor can be configured to receive an indication from the sensor of an error condition, and continue operating the pumping mechanism to deliver a predetermined quantity of medicament without correcting the error condition. The predetermined quantity can be based at least in part on a characteristic of the infusion set. |
| US12290658B2 |
Medical connector
A medical connector for use in a fluid pathway. A valve member with sealing rings helps preclude undesired accumulation of fluid within the connector. A branched connector includes a fluid diverter extending away from a port of the branched connector. The fluid diverter is configured to divert fluid flowing through the branched connector and into a medical connector attached thereto, flushing a distal portion of the medical connector. |