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| US12291429B2 |
Auxiliary brake for passenger conveyors
There is provided an auxiliary brake of a passenger conveyor that can be easily released. The auxiliary brake of the passenger conveyor includes: a braking wheel comprising a groove on one side face, the groove being depressed in a direction of a rotation axis and having a face parallel to the rotation axis on one end, and the braking wheel being provided so as to rotate synchronously with a main axis of a sprocket of the passenger conveyor; and a pole having a shape of a rod and provided being movable in the direction of the rotation axis of the braking wheel, the pole being displaced between a first position of coming into contact with any face of the groove and a second position of not coming into contact with any face of the groove. |
| US12291427B2 |
Rope replacement apparatus
A rope replacement apparatus includes: a rope conveying mechanism, used for driving a first rope to move along a moving path of a second rope, so as to replace the second rope; a first detection part, used for detecting a first moving speed V1 of the first rope output by the rope conveying mechanism; the first detection part being installed on the rope conveying mechanism; a second detection part, used for detecting a second moving speed V2 of the second rope outside the rope conveying mechanism; the second detection part being installed on the moving path of the second rope; a control part, used for adjusting V1 according to the difference between V1 and V2; the first detection part and the second detection part being both in communication connection with the control part. The rope replacement apparatus improves rope replacement efficiency and slipping can be reduced. |
| US12291421B2 |
Image forming apparatus and control program
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding conveyor that feeds and conveys a recording medium to a conveyance path; an image former that performs image formation on the recording medium; a medium sensor that is disposed on an upstream side of the recording medium from the image former on the conveyance path and measures one or more sheet physical properties regarding the recording medium conveyed; a first hardware processor that determines a type of the recording medium on a basis of the sheet physical properties measured by the medium sensor; a second hardware processor that determines conveyance performance for the recording medium; and a third hardware processor that determines whether or not to perform the image formation on a basis of the conveyance performance in a case where the type of the recording medium determined by the first hardware processor is a type out of product specifications. |
| US12291415B2 |
Sheet storage apparatus and sheet processing apparatus
The sheet storage apparatus of the present disclosure includes an attachment unit to which a storing bag for sheets is attached; a holding unit that holds the sheets toward an inner side in a storage direction of the storing bag attached to the attachment unit, the sheets being stacked and stored in the storing bag; and a closing unit that closes an entrance of the storing bag by sandwiching the storing bag from outside thereof. The closing unit closes the entrance by moving from a first position to a second position, the first position being a position before the closing unit starts sandwiching the storing bag, the second position being a position when the closing unit sandwiches the storing bag. The closing unit passes through the inner side in the storage direction than the first position between moving from the first position to the second position. |
| US12291412B2 |
System and method for emptying a box
An emptying system for emptying a box of food products comprising: —a box overturning robot (2) comprising gripping means (20); —acquisition means (3) for acquiring at least one image of at least one part of the box; —a control unit (4) that moves said gripping means (20) in function of the information arising from said acquisition means (3) for grasping the box by said gripping means (20). |
| US12291408B2 |
Transfer device, particularly for a packing machine
A transfer device to transfer articles by removing the articles from a removal zone and depositing the articles in a discharge zone, wherein a support plane and a deposit direction substantially perpendicular to the support plane are defined at the discharge zone. The transfer device includes a gripping head with retention elements, each for retaining a respective article, and a movement mechanism configured to move at least one retention element with respect to at least one other retention element in a staggering direction having a non-null component parallel with the deposit direction. |
| US12291404B2 |
Method and device for feeding articles
A method for feeding articles includes the steps of: feeding transversally, by a first conveyor, a succession of parallel rows of articles to a transfer area; moving longitudinally, using a second conveyor, a succession of rows of articles from the transfer area; sending at least one row of articles, coming from the first conveyor, to a storage unit whilst the row of articles is fed transversely, preferably perpendicularly, to the row; transferring the row of articles inside the storage unit, positioning the row of articles in a longitudinal direction at an outfeed section of the storage unit; extracting longitudinally portions in sequence of the row, portions formed preferably by one or more articles, from the storage unit and feeding the portions of row to the transfer area. |
| US12291403B2 |
Separating apparatus for profiles
A separating device for profiles (6) comprises transfer means (8) between supporting surfaces (13) of successive transverse conveyors (1, 2, 3) that have receptacles (11) for a plurality of profiles (6). The receptacles are displaceable in rotary steps of a shaft (9) between a pick-up position and a handover position and form a driver surface (12) that, in the pick-up position, engages under only one profile (6). Stop cams (14) for the profiles (6) are associated with the receptacles (11), and stop points (16) determining the contour (15) of the stop cams (14) define an angle of rotation (a) of the stop cams (14) and a distance (h) from the bearing surface (13) of the transverse conveyor (1, 2, 3). The rear boundary edge (18) of the bearing surface (17), which is determined by the stop points (16) as a function of the cross-sectional shape and size of the profiles (6), is at least at the same distance from the shaft (9) as the outer end (19) of the driver surface (12). The transverse conveyors (1, 2, 3) can be controlled as a function of the stop of the profiles (6) at a stop cam (14) rotated into the rotational position for the cross-sectional shape and size of the profiles (6) to be separated. |
| US12291401B2 |
Deflecting device for an elongate item
A deflecting device for an elongate item, wherein the deflecting device has a receiving region, and wherein the receiving region is designed to receive the elongate item in cross transport on the input side and to discharge the elongate item in longitudinal transport on the output side. The deflecting device includes at least two belt-type conveyors in the longitudinal transport direction which are arranged at an angle relative to one another, wherein the at least two belt-type conveyors span the receiving region when the deflecting device is in an operating state. |
| US12291399B1 |
Radio frequency identification (RFID)-based automated sorting vehicle for real-time order verification
Disclosed is an RFID-based automated sorting vehicle for real-time order verification, belonging to the technical field of order picking. The automated sorting vehicle is equipped with a picking processor, an RFID reader, a printer, a headphone and a plurality of cargo box placement locations, and an indicator is provided at each cargo box placement location. The picking processor can pre-store the storage location information of all items in the warehouse center. After importing the order fulfillment information into the picking processor, the picking processor generates picking instructions based on the order. During the order fulfillment process, the picking processor ensures the accuracy of item selection and placement by the picking personnel through the picking instructions and indicators. The picking processor also verifies the correctness of item selection by cross-referencing the item information read by the RFID reader with the content of the issued instructions. |
| US12291398B2 |
Picking systems and methods
A system for picking items from a containerised storage system is described. The items are stored in storage bins in stacks within a framework comprising a grid system disposed above the stacks of bins. Robotic devices are disposed on the grid, the devices acting so as to pick containers from the stacks of bins. The storage system is provided with at least one picking device for picking items from bins and depositing them directly in delivery containers DT. |
| US12291395B2 |
Refuse collection vehicle positioning
A refuse collection vehicle includes a fork assembly that is operable to engage one or more fork pockets of a refuse container, a lift arm that is operable to lift a refuse container, and at least one sensor that is configured to collect data indicating a position of the one or more fork pockets of the refuse container. A position of at least one of the fork assembly or the lift arm is adjusted in response to the data collected by the at least one sensor. |
| US12291392B2 |
Slit paper method of expansion, shipment and expansion devices
An expansion devise includes an unexpended slit sheet roll that is wound on a paper core that is wider than the slit sheet paper. The paper core is placed into a yoke that holds the paper in position on each side of the unexpended slit sheet material. An adjustable downward pressure is exerted on the paper core and the paper core exerts pressure on the yoke. As the paper is pulled, this downward pressure creates the friction required to enable the unexpended slit sheet to be unwind and fed while simultaneously expanding. A blank sheet is formed into a box that stabilizes slit paper sheet wound around a core member. |
| US12291382B2 |
Wrapping material for tobacco industry products
An elongate web of wrapping material having a longitudinal axis and a series of lines of weakening spaced from each other in a direction along the axis is disclosed. Each line of weakening is configured to form an extraction opening for the removal of smoking articles from a bundle of smoking articles wrapped in a longitudinal section of the wrapping material cut from the web. A portion of each line of weakening extends in a longitudinal direction, and at least a part of said portion extends at an angle to the longitudinal axis. A method of manufacturing an elongate web of wrapping material is also disclosed. |
| US12291379B2 |
Container, closure, and methods for manufacture
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to contain and dispense a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a control device, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some embodiments, a dispensing bottle includes a non-removable closure cap with a tamper evident feature that indicates whether the cap was previously opened. By one approach, the dispensing bottle includes discontinuous threads on a bottle neck and ratchet projections on a closure cap that engage the discontinuous thread(s) to prevent or inhibit manual removal of the cap from the bottle. |
| US12291375B2 |
Hanging storage basket
A hanging storage basket includes a basket, suspension components, regulating screws and thumb screws. The suspension components are connected to the basket via regulating screws, and there is a hanging space between the suspension components and a basket top. The regulating screws are used to adjust a height of hanging space. A suspension component consists of a hanging component and a regulating component. There is a bar-shaped regulating groove on the regulating component, and first screw hole on top front side of the basket. each regulating screw inserts a respective bar-shaped regulating groove into a corresponding first screw hole to fasten. |
| US12291370B2 |
Device for applying labels to a workpiece
A device for applying labels to a workpiece includes a linearly movable punch, by which a label which has been taken up can be applied to a workpiece, and a positioning aid, which assists correct positioning of the workpiece. The positioning aid has at least two line lasers which are oriented and arranged such that each one emits a fan of light in a plane which runs parallel to a displacement direction of the punch, and the two fans of light intersect. |
| US12291369B2 |
Intelligent systems for optimizing stretch wrapper operation and stretch film usage
A system includes a wrapping machine for dispensing film to wrap a load disposed on a pallet, a plurality of sensors configured to detect operation of the machine, and a controller operably and communicatively connected with the sensors. The controller is configured to establish desired values of operating parameters of the machine, the parameters including a wrap pattern, weight of the film, a number of revolutions, a percent of stretch of the film, and a tension of film, during operation of the machine, monitor actual values of the operating parameters using data from the sensors, and in response to a difference between the desired values and the actual values being greater than a threshold, issue a command to adjust operation of the machine such that the difference is less than the threshold. |
| US12291368B2 |
Inspection device, packaging sheet manufacturing device, and packaging sheet manufacturing method
An inspection device includes: X-ray irradiators that irradiates, with a predetermined X-ray from a first film-side, inspection ranges that respectively correspond to positions of packaging sheets to be separated from the packaging film; an imaging device that is disposed on a second film-side and opposed to the X-ray irradiators across the packaging film, that comprises an X-ray detector comprising detection elements arrayed along the film width direction and detecting the X-ray transmitted through the packaging film, and that successively outputs X-ray transmission image data obtained every time the packaging film is conveyed by a predetermined amount; and a controller that inspects the packaging sheet based on the X-ray transmission image data obtained by the imaging device. |
| US12291366B2 |
Packaging
A produce packing device comprising: a robot positioning apparatus with an end effector, wherein the robot positioning apparatus provides at least three degrees of freedom to move the end effector in three axial (x, y and z) directions or combination of at least two of these directions with respect to items of produce to be packaged, wherein the end effector is adapted in use for individually picking up an item of produce; a sensor to determine a size of each item of produce in a plurality of items of produce presented to the robot positioning apparatus and end effector; and a controller configured to receive one or more outputs from the sensor and: determine a selection of items of produce to be picked from the plurality of items of produce based on the one or more outputs from the sensor to achieve an acceptable stack height of items of produce within a package; and cause the robot positioning apparatus and end effector to move and pick up the selection of items of produce and place within said package. |
| US12291361B2 |
Strapping tool
A strapping tool configured to tension metal strap around a load and, after tensioning, attach overlapping portions of the strap to one another by cutting notches into a seal element positioned around the overlapping portions of the strap and into the overlapping portions of the strap themselves. |
| US12291356B2 |
Safe landing point search device for searching for safe landing point by using contour line information with respect to terrain map, and safe landing point search method
A safe landing point search device for searching for a safe landing point of an unmanned exploration device that lands on and explores a celestial body, includes a terrain map obtaining unit configured to obtain a terrain map, a contour line generating unit configured to generate contour lines based on a reference minimum height value and a height interval value by using the terrain map, a largest empty circle (LEC) searching unit configured to search for one or more LECs having a radius greater than or equal to a lower-limit radius in a contour line map including the contour lines, and a safe landing point outputting unit configured to output a safe landing point having a largest radius among the one or more LECs and transmit the safe landing point to the unmanned exploration device. |
| US12291354B2 |
Aircraft actuator verification system and method
In an embodiment, an aircraft includes an actuator and a flight control computer interfaced with the actuator. The flight control computer is configured to: increase an initiating force output by an initiating channel of the actuator; stop the increasing of the initiating force in response to observing restraining forces on restraining channels of the actuator; hold the initiating force at a quiescent initiating value while the restraining channels hold the restraining forces at quiescent restraining values; increase the initiating force to a target initiating value while the restraining channels increase the restraining forces to target restraining values; calculate a force fight test result by summing a difference between the target initiating value and the quiescent initiating value with differences between the target restraining values and the quiescent restraining values; and indicate the actuator failed verification in response to the force fight test result being greater than a first predetermined threshold. |
| US12291344B2 |
Aircraft performance optimization based on engine performance monitoring
A system and method for optimizing performance of an aircraft or boat through detection and trending of engine deterioration based on the performance of the vehicle's gas turbine. The system and method detects declines in engine power due to either of in-transit events or over the extended lifetime of the engine, the declines being due to routine engine part aging or an event. As engine power gradually or suddenly deteriorates, the system and method lowers a maximum operating line which defines the safe limits for peak engine power consumption during flight. For in-transit events, the system and method detects when actual power consumption is approaching the current maximum operating line. The controller may then automate changes to operations of entirely separate aircraft systems, such as rebalancing electrical energy consumption by various non-engine elements of the aircraft. |
| US12291343B2 |
Systems and methods for control allocation for electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft
A method of controlling an electric aircraft that has a plurality of actuators that includes a plurality of electric propulsion units includes: receiving force and moment commands for the electric aircraft; determining control commands for the plurality of actuators based on the desired force and moment commands by solving an optimization problem that comprises a noise minimization term for minimizing noise generated by the electric propulsion units; and controlling the plurality of actuators according to the determined control commands to meet the force and moment commands for the electric aircraft. |
| US12291342B2 |
Aircraft propulsion system comprising a nacelle equipped with an improved articulation system
A propulsion system comprising a chassis, a fan cowl, an articulation system fixed between the chassis and the fan cowl and comprising a shaft with two offset cylinders in which a central cylinder is movably mounted in rotation on the chassis and wherein a lateral cylinder is movably mounted in rotation on the fan cowl, a blocking device limits the rotation of the central cylinder relative to the chassis between a closed position and an intermediate position, and a stopping device allows rotation of the fan cowl between the intermediate position and the open position and preventing rotation of the fan cowl beyond the intermediate position. |
| US12291336B2 |
Passenger seating arrangement having access for disabled passengers
A passenger seating arrangement includes at least one seat unit configurable into a disabled-access configuration in which an access opening is temporarily widened to enable a disabled passenger to access the seat unit. The seat unit is arranged with other seat units in a column, and each seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration. The seat units are arranged in an inwardly facing herringbone. A method of providing access for a disabled passenger to a seat unit includes temporarily widening an access opening. |
| US12291335B2 |
System and method for transferring individuals to and from a toilet of a lavatory
A system configured to transfer an individual between an area and a toilet within a lavatory includes a base, one or more rollers coupled to the base, and a seating assembly coupled to the base. The seating assembly includes a backrest, a toilet overlay seat configured to be disposed over the toilet, and a seat cover that is movable between a covering position over the toilet overlay seat, and a lavatory use position in which the toilet overlay seat is exposed. A counterbalance is coupled to one or both of the base or the seating assembly. The counterbalance is moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position in relation to the toilet. |
| US12291333B1 |
System and method of providing a robotic retrieval system in a vehicle for use in delivering items
An example system includes a vehicle having a platform, a linear slide configured on the platform, a robotic retrieval system configured on the linear slide, a shelf configured adjacent to the linear slide and a control system that controls a reception of a first item and a second item by the robotic retrieval system and a placement of the first item and the second item, by the robotic retrieval system, on the shelf. A drone can be configured to retrieve the first item or the second item from the robotic retrieval system on the vehicle and deliver the first item or the second item to a destination location. The vehicle can thereby enable delivery of many items without the vehicle stopping or even driving to a specific destination location. |
| US12291332B1 |
Unmanned vehicle morphing
Unmanned vehicles may be terrestrial, aerial, nautical, or multi-mode. Unmanned vehicles may accomplish tasks by breaking out into sub-drones, re-grouping itself, changing form, or re-orienting its sensors. |
| US12291330B2 |
Aircraft wing having a truss system for coupling a center wing section to an outboard wing section
An aircraft wing includes a center wing section having a continuous structure that spans beyond a first side of an aircraft fuselage and beyond a second side of the aircraft fuselage. The aircraft wing also includes a first outboard wing section attached to a first end of the center wing section by a first truss system that is accessible via a first closeout panel. The first end of the center wing section in on the first side of the aircraft fuselage. The aircraft wing also includes a second outboard wing section attached to a second end of the center wing section by a second truss system that is accessible via a second closeout panel. The second end of the center wing section is on the second side of the aircraft fuselage. |
| US12291329B2 |
Integrated thrust-lift wing
The novel wing design disclosed herein has a cambered, swept wing design for aircraft application that can achieve steady state flight via the integration of an electric motor driven lift-thrust system that can provide both vertical thrust for take-off and horizontal thrust for flight propulsion by the selective use of fan blades connected to the motor. |
| US12291328B2 |
Adaptive vertical take-off and landing propulsion system
A propulsion system for an aircraft includes a plenum having an intake port and an output port. A fan is coupled to a motor configured to power the fan, and the powered fan is configured to compress ambient air entering the intake port. One or more ejectors are fluidically coupled to the plenum via one or more valves. A nozzle is disposed within the output port and includes a set of vanes. The system operates in a first configuration in which the nozzle vanes are closed and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the one or more valves into the one or more ejectors. The system operates in a second configuration in which the one or more valves are closed, the nozzle vanes are open and the compressed ambient air exits the plenum only through the output port. |
| US12291325B2 |
Temperature compensated landing gear shock strut
A landing gear assembly is provided. The landing gear assembly includes a shock strut. The shock strut includes a shock strut cylinder and a shock strut piston slidably disposed within the shock strut cylinder. The landing gear assembly further includes a temperature control unit assembly disposed within the shock strut cylinder. The temperature control unit assembly is configured to, responsive to a temperature within the shock strut cylinder falling below a predetermined temperature, circulate heated fluid into a chamber of the shock strut cylinder to heat gas within the shock strut cylinder. |
| US12291324B2 |
Remote control system for a magnus-effect aircraft
A remote control system for an aircraft includes an aircraft of the Magnus-effect type. The aircraft includes a cylinder extending along a longitudinal axis. The cylinder is able to rotate about the longitudinal axis. A pair of rotatable elements are arranged at a distance from the aircraft. A drive means is designed to drive a rotational movement of the pair of rotatable elements. A connection cable is arranged to connect the pair of rotatable elements to the cylinder of the aircraft in such a way that the rotational movement of the pair of rotatable elements, driven by the drive means, is mechanically transmitted to the cylinder of the aircraft so as to cause the cylinder to rotate about the longitudinal axis. |
| US12291323B2 |
Leading edge structure for a flow control system of an aircraft
A leading edge structure (11) for a flow control system of an aircraft (1), including a leading edge panel (13) surrounding a plenum (17) and having a first side portion (21), a second side portion (27), an inner surface (33) facing the plenum (17) and an outer surface (37) in contact with an ambient flow (39), wherein the leading edge panel (13) includes micro pores (45), wherein a first port device (49) is arranged in the first side portion (21) fluidly connected to the plenum (17) via a duct (53) defined by a duct structure (105), and wherein the first port device (49) comprises a first door (55) pivotable by a first hinge (57) about a first hinge axis (59). |
| US12291320B2 |
Aircraft floor comprising a sealing tarpaulin, and aircraft comprising said floor
An aircraft floor including a structure, a deck attached to the structure, and first and second sealing barriers superposed at least in line with a protection zone, the deck being configured to form the first sealing barrier at least in line with the protection zone. The second sealing barrier includes a sealing tarpaulin interposed between the deck and the structure and having several reinforcing strips fixed against a face of the sealing tarpaulin oriented toward the structure, at least some of the reinforcing strips being interposed between the sealing tarpaulin and longitudinal reinforcements of the structure of the floor. |
| US12291319B2 |
Marine vehicle with submersible electric thruster
An electrically-propelled marine vehicle and method of making same, including providing a hull of the marine vehicle and mounting a submersible electric thruster to the hull. The thruster includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly forms an internal cavity with a plurality of magnets arranged radially outwardly of the internal cavity. The stator assembly includes electrical windings that are disposed within the internal cavity of the rotor assembly. The thruster is configured to allow the internal cavity to be flooded with water when the thruster is submerged, and the electrical windings are covered by a protective barrier that prevents the flooded water from contacting the windings. The thruster of the marine vehicle is thus water cooled, and the electromotive forces provided by the windings generate sufficient thrust to propel the marine vehicle through the water. |
| US12291314B2 |
Accessory attachment system for watercraft
An accessory attachment interface usable with watercraft includes a one-piece member having a tubular portion and a flange portion. The tubular portion defines a cylindrical bore and the flange portion defines first and second flanges. The first and second flanges are coplanar with each other and with a plane that is tangential to the tubular portion. The first and second flanges cooperate with each other to define a substantially planar surface. The accessory attachment interface provides a boat owner with a common interface for mounting a variety of hardware and accessories to the boat without occupying any space in the passenger area of the boat. |
| US12291312B2 |
Solar power generators
A solar power generator has: a frame securable to an underwater ground surface; a shaft supported by the frame; a casing floatable on a body of water and movably mounted to the frame via the shaft, the casing rotatable relative to the frame about a first axis defined by the shaft; a photovoltaic cell array secured to the casing; and a motor operatively connected to the casing for rotating the casing about the first axis to orient the photovoltaic cell array towards a sun in function of an azimuth of the sun. |
| US12291309B2 |
Automated cover support and method
The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods that involve automatically lifting a boat cover above an interior of the boat. |
| US12291306B2 |
Clipless pedal device
A clipless pedal device is provided, including a pedal body; an engagement portion; a retaining portion, disposed on the pedal body and being movable between a lock position and a release position; a push portion, driven by the retaining portion to move along a pushing path; wherein when a cleat is engaged between the engagement portion and the retaining portion, the cleat is located on the pushing path; while the retaining portion is moved from the lock position to the release position, the push portion is moved along the pushing path to push the cleat. |
| US12291302B2 |
Internal device having an excentric bearing for a steering column
The invention relates to an vehicle steering column internal device intended to facilitate driving in curves by modifying the alignment of the front and rear wheels of the vehicle, by a transverse/lateral shift, using an eccentric rolling bearing, holding a part of the steering column shaft. |
| US12291300B2 |
Vehicle front structure with headlight cowl brace
A vehicle front structure for a straddle-type vehicle is provided. The straddle-type vehicle includes a headlight installed in a vehicle front. The vehicle front structure includes: a front cowl configured to cover a periphery of the headlight and having a lower surface with an opening; a cowl brace configured to support an inner side of the front cowl from a vehicle rear side; and a lower cover configured to cover the opening of the front cowl below the headlight. A front part of the lower cover is mounted to a lower edge of the front cowl, and a rear part of the lower cover is mounted to a lower portion of the cowl brace. |
| US12291298B2 |
Apparatus for fixing a display device on a steering element
An apparatus for fixing a device, in particular in the form of a display device, to an element, in particular to a handlebar of a single-lane vehicle, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a holding device, which is fixed to the element in a closed state. The apparatus further includes a fixing device, which is arranged on the holding device and which is configured to fix the device. And by way of a fixing element which is arranged jointly, in particular releasably, the holding device can be held in a closed state and the device is fixed to the fixing device. |
| US12291295B1 |
Truck wheels, vehicles with truck wheels, and rearward assemblies of vehicles with truck wheels
Truck wheels (100) for a truck assembly (32) of a vehicle (10) comprise a body (120) that defines an axle bore (122) that defines opposing shelves (148) for operative engagement of a pair of roller bearings (124) within the axle bore (122). The opposing shelves (148) are spaced apart by a bearing spacing (126) that is at least 12 millimeters (mm). |
| US12291294B2 |
Steering systems for vehicles
A steering system for a wheel of a vehicle comprises a pivot member having multiple pivot-node locations, and connectable at a first pivot-node location to a sub-frame of the wheel, a steering rod actuatable to rotate the wheel about a steering axis and mechanically coupled with the pivot member to be co-pivotable with the pivot member, and a suspension-connector rod having a first end that is connected to the pivot member at a second pivot-node location, and having at a second end that is connectable to a suspension arm linking the wheel of the vehicle to the sub-frame. When the steering system is installed in the vehicle, a lateral force acting upon the wheel is transmitted via the steering rod to the pivot member so as to rotate the pivot member, and the rotation is effective to transmit a substantially-vertical force vector to the sub-frame. |
| US12291292B2 |
Wheel of track system for traction of a vehicle
A wheel of a track system for traction of a vehicle (e.g., an agricultural vehicle) may be configured to protect against (e.g., prevent) accumulation of unwanted ground matter, such as mud, debris, water, etc., within the wheel, while enhancing visual appearance of the wheel. This may help to avoid or minimize mud buildup that may otherwise need to be drilled out before removing the wheel (e.g., for replacement or maintenance) and/or rust that may otherwise arise. |
| US12291290B2 |
Dolly
A dolly adapted to be coupled to a semitrailer, where the dolly comprises a first steerable axle and a second axle provided with a drive unit, and where the dolly comprises a fifth wheel and a drawbar, where the dolly further comprises a cover having a front compartment in front of the first axle, where the front compartment comprises a first radiator, and where the cover comprises a first air opening adjacent the drawbar. In this way, a dolly with integral cooling is provided. |
| US12291285B1 |
Fairing saver
A fairing saver is a device to protect aerodynamic fairings on a semi-truck from damage while it is being towed backwards. The device utilizes two (2) pairs of clamp style locking pliers. However, in lieu of conventional jaws, each jaw surface on the present Fairing Saver consists of a hard plastic pad, each measuring three inches (3″) by six inches (6″). These pads are backed by a steel plate which also provides a pivoting pin that attaches the pad to the pliers. These pliers are then attached to the fairing surfaces of the truck. An attachment clip, welded to each of the pliers, is then used with a ratchet strap or turnbuckle, to keep the sides of the fairing from moving about during the towing process. The locking plier nature of the device means that it can adapt to any thickness of fairing and locks in place with the ultimate in holding power. |
| US12291282B2 |
Tailgate extension system for a vehicle
Methods, devices, and systems are described for extending a tailgate length. The system includes a tailgate frame configured to fold down to an open position. In one aspect, the system includes an upper frame integrated into the tailgate frame. The upper frame includes a cross member configured to extend across the tailgate frame from the first end to the second end. The system includes at least one side rail configured to couple to at least one of the first end and the second end of the cross member. The at least one side rail is oriented approximately perpendicular to the cross member. The system includes a tailgate extender configured to deploy from the tailgate frame to extend the tailgate length. The tailgate extender is configured to be supported by the at least one side rail and includes a moving roller configured to move along the at least one side rail. |
| US12291281B2 |
Method and apparatus for transportation of sporting equipment
Methods and apparatus for transportation of equipment, generally but not necessarily limited to sporting equipment. Generally, the apparatus described herein comprises a collapsible or foldable frame adapted for installation in the bed of a pickup truck or similar vehicle, where the apparatus can be unfolded to a “deployment configuration” in which elongated equipment may be securely attached to the apparatus for transportation. The apparatus generally comprises two opposing rails with bracing and equipment storage elements mounted in between, foldable at about a midpoint for easy of storage when not in use. |
| US12291280B2 |
Off-road vehicle steering rack assembly
An improved steering rack assembly includes a rack housing and pinion case having a first bushing disposed over the rack at a location corresponding to the pinion. A cut-out in the bushing allows contact between the pinion and the rack while supporting the rack on either side of the pinion. |
| US12291277B1 |
Vehicle frame and cargo bay liner having a hatch
A vehicle and liner assembly including for a recreational vehicle. In another embodiment of the invention, a trailer and liner combination, is provided that includes a vehicle having a housing with a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, a pair of sidewalls, and a door providing access to a cargo area defined by the housing. A frame assembly is provided wherein, the housing is mounted on and supported by the frame assembly. The cargo area has a floor and walls, and a liner is attached to at least one of the floor or the walls. The liner has a first face including projections extending therefrom that are also attached to a second face. In one embodiment, the liner includes an integral hatch for ease of accessing the underside of the vehicle. |
| US12291275B2 |
Vehicle body lower structure
A vehicle body lower structure includes a front cross member, a rear side frame, a floor panel, and a front floor frame. The front cross member is disposed in front of a battery in a vehicle. The rear side frame is connected to an end portion of the front cross member on an outward side in a vehicle width direction. The front floor frame forms a closed cross section together with the floor panel and is coupled to the end portion of the front cross member on the outward side in the vehicle width direction. |
| US12291272B2 |
Off-road vehicle
An off-road vehicle includes a vehicle body frame 1 and a ROPS 2 coupled to the vehicle body frame 1. The ROPS 2 has a front-rear frame 3 extending substantially in a front-rear direction, a vehicle width frame 4 extending substantially in a vehicle width direction, and brackets 6 coupling the front-rear frame 3 and the vehicle width frame 4 to each other. |
| US12291268B2 |
Body for a passenger car and passenger car
A body for a passenger car has a body-in-white structure which is located behind a wheel well for a front wheel of the passenger car and which has a transverse member that extends on the outside of a longitudinal beam of the body-in-white structure in front of a front end wall of the body-in-white structure in the vehicle transverse direction. The transverse member has a catch element which is designed to catch a rim of the front wheel that has moved backwards in the vehicle longitudinal direction in the event of an accident and is turning in rearward towards the vehicle center. The body-in-white structure has an A-pillar located behind the catch element, a lateral sill located behind the catch element, and a support element which is located in the A-pillar and via which the catch element that has moved backwards in the event of an accident and, via the catch element, the rim that has moved backwards in the event of an accident, can be supported towards the rear on the lateral sill. |
| US12291267B2 |
Off-road vehicle engine mounting
The present disclosure relates to an off-road vehicle having different features such as an engine assembly, a frame having a frame structure, and a rear mount assembly facilitating easy installation of the engine assembly, and a method of installing the engine assembly. Embodiments of the present disclosure also describe a removable frame member facilitating the installation of the engine assembly from a seating area into a rearward portion of the vehicle. The removable frame member is positioned at least partially forward of the installed engine assembly and in a lateral direction of the vehicle. The frame structure and the rear mount assembly provide more efficient assembly of the engine and transmission assembly into a tight space envelope. |
| US12291266B2 |
Vehicle lower body
An embodiment vehicle lower body includes a front lower body and a rear lower body spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, each including multiple pipes and having wheels and a suspension mounted thereto, a pair of lower body main members each having a pipe shape and spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction, the pair of lower body main members connecting upper end sides of the front lower body and the rear lower body and extending in the longitudinal direction to define upper side members of the front lower body and the rear lower body, and a pair of lower body floor members each having a pipe shape and spaced apart from each other in the lateral direction, the pair of lower body floor members connecting lower end sides of the front lower body and the rear lower body. |
| US12291265B2 |
Parking assist method and parking assist device
A parking assist method according to the present disclosure is for performing autonomous driving of a vehicle on the basis of teacher driving by a driver. The parking assist method includes acquiring, from an imaging device installed in the vehicle, captured images obtained by imaging periphery of the vehicle in time series according to movement of the vehicle during the teacher driving. The method includes recording a travel route of the vehicle in the teacher driving, and generating, on the basis of the captured images, a first enlarged overhead image of a display target range viewed from above. The display target range covers the travel route and a periphery of the travel route. The method further includes causing a display device to display the first enlarged overhead image. |
| US12291258B2 |
Carrycot with coupler for attaching to a carriage, stand, or other support structure
In one example, a carrycot couples to a support frame to support the carrycot above a support surface. The carrycot has a carrycot frame having a first side and a second side that are spaced from one another so as to define a space therebetween that supports a child therein. The carrycot has a set of attachment features that is disposed at the first side and removably attaches to a bayonet of the support frame. The set of attachment features includes (1) a bayonet receptacle that receives a first portion of the bayonet and (2) a plunger that is spaced below the bayonet receptacle with respect to a vertical direction and is configured to engage an opening in a second portion of the bayonet. |
| US12291256B2 |
Carrier device with coupling mechanism
A carrier device includes a coupling mechanism for connecting an automatic controlled vehicle to a carriage. The coupling mechanism includes a first roller assembly and a second roller assembly. The first roller assembly includes a first roller and a third roller, provided on a first common shaft. The second roller assembly includes a second roller and a fourth roller, provided on a second common shaft. The first roller and the second roller can enter a gap of the guide rail section in the automatic controlled vehicle. When the lock member moves from the first position to the second position, the lock member is sandwiched between the third roller and the fourth roller. |
| US12291251B2 |
Rail authority system and/or method
The system 100 can include: a railroad integration system, a motion planner, a vehicle controller, an optional user interface (UI), an optional fleet management system, and an optional track data system. However, the system 100 can additionally or alternatively include any other suitable set of components. The system functions to facilitate vehicle control and/or manage authority within a rail network. |
| US12291249B2 |
System and method for traversing a non-moving rail switch using electromagnetic engines
A system and method are disclosed enabling the use of electromagnetic engines to traverse a wheeled bogie assembly across a plurality of rails. The electromagnetic engines may be used within a rail assembly comprising four rails and a frog assembly. Further, the electromagnetic engines may be used to traverse between a straight path and a turnout path at a non-moving rail switch having a frog assembly. In one aspect, an algorithm for powering various coils is disclosed wherein the algorithm controls the power level to switch tracks connected to the frog assembly. |
| US12291247B2 |
Railcar truck roller bearing adapter-pad systems
An adapter pad system including a roller bearing adapter and a roller bearing adapter pad for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. |
| US12291241B2 |
Transportation system and transportation method using multipurpose vehicle
A transportation system includes a multipurpose vehicle in which a loading space for a mobility device and a boarding space for passengers are provided; and a control unit configured to control opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle so that, when there is a passenger who possesses or utilizes the mobility device among passengers, opening or closing of the loading space, opening or closing of the boarding space, and driving of the vehicle interwork with each other. |
| US12291237B2 |
Trajectory planning system for ensuring maneuvers to avoid moving obstacles exist for an autonomous vehicle
A trajectory planning system for an autonomous vehicle includes one or more controllers in electronic communication with one or more external vehicle networks that collect data with respect to one or more moving obstacles located in an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle. The one or more controllers determine, based on the discrete-time relative vehicle state, a position avoidance set representing relative lateral positions and longitudinal positions that the autonomous vehicle avoids while bypassing the one or more moving obstacles when performing a maneuver. The one or more controllers select a trajectory from the plurality of relative state trajectories for the autonomous vehicle, where the autonomous vehicle follows the trajectory while performing the maneuver. |
| US12291236B1 |
Using the presence of road surface and surrounding area illumination to detect occluded objects
The technology relates to detection of a nearby occluded object based on illumination emitted from that object. Illumination by the occluded object of one or more areas in the surrounding area, for instance by headlights of an occluded vehicle, is detected by a perception system of a self-driving vehicle. The self-driving vehicle can classify the detected object to determine whether the illumination is caused by a vehicle or other road user, or from objects in the surrounding environment. Illumination data and other information can be evaluated by the self-driving vehicle, for instance to identify a type of the object, a location of the object along a roadway, to disambiguate the direction of travel of the other object, etc. As a result, the self-driving vehicle may infer the behavior of the other object and modify its own driving operations to account for the other object's presence and likely behavior. |
| US12291235B2 |
Driving assistance system and driving assistance method for the automated driving of a vehicle
A driving assistance system for automated driving of a vehicle includes at least one processor unit, which is designed to perform the following when the driving assistance system is carrying out a maneuver of turning onto a street: to determine, on the basis of environment data of an environment sensor system of the vehicle, whether another, on-coming road user is blocking a lane of the street which corresponds to the vehicle; and when it is determined that the other road user is blocking the lane of the street which corresponds to the vehicle to carry out a situation evaluation in order to determine whether the vehicle should back up in order to allow the other road user to exit the street or whether the other road user should be requested to clear the lane by backing up. |
| US12291230B2 |
Method and device for controlling vehicle and vehicle
Provided are a method and device for controlling a vehicle and a vehicle, and relates to the technical field of automatic driving. The method for controlling a vehicle includes: obtaining current state information of the vehicle, wherein the state information includes a position information and an attitude information; determining a preview tracking point from a plurality of path points of a target path to be tracked by the vehicle based on a reference information, wherein the reference information includes a preview time; determining a first turning angle and a second turning angle of a front wheel of the vehicle based on the position information and the attitude information, wherein the first turning angle is used for eliminating a distance error between the vehicle and the preview tracking point, and the second turning angle is used for eliminating a heading error between the vehicle and the preview tracking point; and performing a weighting calculation on the first turning angle and the second turning angle to determine a target turning angle for controlling the front wheel, wherein a minimum distance among a plurality of distances between the vehicle and the plurality of path points is a first distance, and at least one parameter of the preview time or a weight corresponding to the first turning angle is positively correlated with the first distance in a case where the first distance is within a preset distance range. |
| US12291221B2 |
Computer-implemented method for terminating a scenario-based test process of a driving assistance system
A computer-implemented method provides for terminating a scenario-based test process of a driver assistance system. The test process comprises a cycle and includes determining critical test cases and parameter combinations thereof. The method includes: performing at least one test of the driver assistance system after each iteration n of the cycle and determining a set of critical test cases; establishing, on that basis, a distance between a first set of critical test cases in the iteration n and a second set of critical test cases from the iteration n−1 or a distance between the first set of critical test cases in the iteration n and a predefined set of critical test cases; and terminating or continuing the cycle of the test process on the basis of a difference between the distance between the first set and the second set and a preset limit. |
| US12291220B2 |
Systems and methods for collection and analysis of vehicular data
Systems and methods are provided for vehicular data collection and analysis. The system may include a vehicle and a remote computing system. The vehicle may include a sensor system, a communication system, a controller configured to: receive vehicle data including sensor data that includes an observable condition of the vehicle as sensed with the sensor system, process the vehicle data to produce collected data, store the collected data as stored data in a data storage device of the vehicle, and upload the stored data through a communication network. The remote computing system may include a controller configured to, by a processor: receive the vehicle data, and perform statistical analysis thereof to quantify a change of the observable condition relative to historical data associated with the vehicle and relative to other vehicles within a fleet. |
| US12291218B2 |
Method for calibrating a Lidar sensor
Decalibration of a Lidar sensor of a vehicle is identified using a reference and verification measurement, each of which projects at least one line on a road surface. A position of the projected at least one lines from the reference and verification measurements are compared to determine whether the lines are displaced from each other by more than a specified amount, in which case degradation of the Lidar sensor is identified. |
| US12291215B2 |
Systems and methods for determining an estimated weight of a vehicle
Systems and methods for determining an estimated weight of a vehicle are provided. The system includes at least one data storage and at least one processor. The at least one data storage is configured to store vehicle data associated with the vehicle. The at least one processor is configured to: identify a plurality of vehicle maneuvers based on the vehicle data, each vehicle maneuver being associated with a portion of the vehicle data, each portion of the vehicle data comprising a measured torque profile; generate a plurality of simulated torque profiles for each vehicle maneuver; generate a plurality of error profiles, an error profile being generated for each vehicle maneuver based on differences between the plurality of simulated torque profiles and the measured torque profile corresponding to that vehicle maneuver; and determine the estimated weight of the vehicle based on the plurality of error profiles. |
| US12291214B2 |
Method for determining the payload mass of a vehicle
A method for determining the payload mass resting on a wheel of a vehicle is disclosed. The method involves using a level sensor system, in a time period in which the vehicle is moved, a time series of measured values is detected, which each indicate the vertical position of the vehicle body in relation to the wheel. In the method, a model is provided for the temporal development of the vertical position under the influence of the gravitational force of vehicle body and payload, an elastic suspension between the vehicle body and the wheel of the vehicle, and a damping of the vertical relative movement between the vehicle body and the wheel of the vehicle. The model is parameterized at least using the sought payload mass. The wheel of the vehicle and the connection of the wheel to the roadway are assumed to be rigid. |
| US12291212B2 |
Driving force control device
In a driving force control device, a driving force is controlled based on an override driving force characteristic specifying a target acceleration according to a vehicle speed, an accelerator pedal position, and a traveling resistance to a vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration at a fully closed accelerator pedal position is higher in an override driving force characteristic than in a manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic, and a graph representing a relation between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the override driving force characteristic and a graph representing a relation between the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration in the manual-driving-mode driving force characteristic intersect at a specific accelerator pedal position different from a fully closed position and a fully opened position. |
| US12291211B2 |
Method for detecting the standstill of a vehicle
A method for detecting a standstill of a vehicle includes detecting the standstill of the vehicle using at least one sensor, and, when the standstill is detected using the at least one sensor, carrying out a test routine for checking the standstill of the vehicle. The test routine uses at least one signal from at least one rate-of-rotation sensor as an input value. The method further includes rejecting the detected standstill of the vehicle when the at least one signal from the at least one rate-of-rotation sensor indicates that there is no standstill of the vehicle. |
| US12291209B2 |
State driven micro-value architecture
A method to assemble and orchestrate elemental value components to accomplish a meaningful higher value. The method including the steps of detecting, by a first sensor, a first vehicle operating parameter, generating, by the first sensor, a first sensor output indicative of the first vehicle operating parameter, populating, by a data pump, a first data repository entry indicative of the first sensor and the first vehicle operating parameter. The method is further operative for generating, by a first processor, a first micro-value output in response to the first data repository entry and a first micro-value algorithm associated with the first sensor, generating, by a concurrent second processor, a first vehicle control signal in response to the first data repository entry, the first micro-value output and a first decision repository table entry associated with the first micro-value output, and controlling, by a vehicle controller, a vehicle in response to the first vehicle control signal. |
| US12291208B2 |
Vehicle speed limiting device, vehicle speed limiting method, and vehicle speed limiting program
A vehicle speed limiting device includes a control device with first and second speed limiting functions, and a first cancel function for disabling the first speed limiting function when a first condition is satisfied and the vehicle speed matches a first speed. The control device has a first cancel function canceling the second speed limiting function when an elapsed time from a first time at which the first speed limiting function is disabled by the first cancel function to a second time when the vehicle speed reaches a second speed lower than a predetermined threshold and the first condition is satisfied at the second time; or a second cancel function for disabling the second speed limiting function when a difference between the first and second speeds is smaller than a predetermined threshold and the first condition is satisfied at the second time after the first speed limiting function is disabled. |
| US12291207B2 |
Driver assistance for high accelleration and speed on a minimum time path
A system has memory that stores instructions executable by the processor to instruct operation of at least one vehicle system (e.g., braking system, propulsion system, steering system, suspension system) in a minimum time mode for travel of the vehicle from a starting point to a destination point of a roadway. The system collects roadway data for the roadway from the starting point to the destination point. Based on the roadway data, the system determines a minimum time path from the starting point to the destination point and speed along the minimum time path. In response to a maximum acceleration input from a human driver of the vehicle when the vehicle is at the starting point, the system initiates the minimum time mode and instructs operation of at least one vehicle system to pursue the minimum time path and speed along the minimum time path from starting point to destination point. |
| US12291205B2 |
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
A control switching unit inquires of a remote control center via a communication unit as to presence or absence of another vehicle traveling within a predetermined range including a host vehicle and being switchable from remote driving control to follow-up driving control when a communication quality detected by a communication quality detecting unit becomes less than a predetermined communication quality during the control of the driving of the host vehicle by a remote driving control unit. The control switching unit causes the remote driving control unit to continuously control the driving of the host vehicle when there is a response indicating presence of the another vehicle, and causes a follow-up driving control unit to control the driving of the host vehicle when there is a response indicating absence of another vehicle. |
| US12291203B2 |
Vehicle driving support device
A vehicle driving support device executes lane deviation suppression control when there is a possibility that an own vehicle deviates from a lane and when an execution prohibition condition is not satisfied, and executes the lane deviation suppression control so as to steer the own vehicle such that a behavior parameter representing a behavior of the own vehicle during the execution of the lane deviation suppression control does not exceed a behavior parameter upper limit value. The vehicle driving support device reduces the behavior parameter upper limit value or changes the execution prohibition condition such that the execution prohibition condition is not unlikely to be satisfied when the own vehicle is traveling at a speed equal to or lower than a predetermined speed, compared to when the own vehicle is traveling at a speed higher than the predetermined speed. |
| US12291202B2 |
Lane keeping controller, vehicle system including the same, and method thereof
A lane keeping controller, a vehicle system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The lane keeping controller includes a processor that monitors a risk level of a vehicle in real time, upon a lane keeping control, calculates a target lateral movement distance based on a line component, integrates an offset from a predetermined offset threshold to the vehicle, when an offset between a target route and the vehicle departs from the predetermined offset threshold, and corrects the target lateral movement distance based on the integrated value to calculate a final target lateral movement distance and a storage storing data and an algorithm run by the processor. |
| US12291191B1 |
Parking location filter
Techniques for determining parking spaces and/or parking trajectories for a vehicle based on multistage filtering are discussed herein. In some examples, a vehicle may navigate to a destination within an environment. The vehicle may receive a set of parking locations and perform filtering operations to determine a subset of the parking locations. For example, the vehicle may use a list of parking characteristics (e.g., conditions) to filter the set of parking spaces. Based on determining the subset of parking spaces, the vehicle may generate a set of candidate trajectories to the subset of parking spaces. The vehicle may determine a subset of the candidate trajectories based on filtering the set of candidate trajectories according to various constraints. Further, the vehicle may determine a cost for the subset of candidate trajectories. Based on the costs, the vehicle may determine a candidate trajectory for the vehicle to follow. |
| US12291190B2 |
Vehicle turning control device and method thereof
A vehicle turning control device and a method thereof are disclosed. A saturated rear-wheel lateral offset angle when a rear-wheel lateral force is saturated in turning of a vehicle is obtained from a control state amount and a motion state amount of the vehicle detected. An actual rear-wheel lateral offset angle, and a vehicle body lateral offset angular speed, are calculated from the motion state amount. A first correction amount for correcting a comparison value of the saturated rear-wheel lateral offset angle and the actual rear-wheel lateral offset angle is calculated from speed. A second correction amount for correcting the vehicle body lateral offset angular speed is calculated from the speed and the first correction amount. A target yaw momentum is calculated from the saturated rear-wheel lateral offset angle, the actual rear-wheel lateral offset angle, the comparison value, and the vehicle body lateral offset angular speed. |
| US12291185B2 |
Electronic brake system and control method therefor
An electronic brake system includes: a reservoir in which a pressurized medium is stored; a hydraulic pressure supply device comprising a first pressure chamber provided in front of a hydraulic piston and a second pressure chamber provided at a rear of the hydraulic piston, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by moving the hydraulic piston forward or backward; a hydraulic control unit configured to control a flow of the hydraulic pressure transferred to a wheel cylinder from the hydraulic pressure supply device; and a controller configured to control the hydraulic pressure supply device and the hydraulic control unit, wherein the hydraulic pressure supply device comprises a motor having a plurality of separate system windings for moving the hydraulic piston, and a control valve configured to open and close a flow path that communicates the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, and when a portion of the plurality of separate system windings of the motor fails, the controller is configured to open the control valve to push the hydraulic piston so that a portion of a hydraulic pressure discharged from a pressure chamber is transferred to another pressure chamber. |
| US12291181B2 |
Systems and method for automatically controlling braking and wheel speed at a dolly
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatically controlling braking and/or wheel speed at a dolly to increase maneuverability. In one form, a system comprises a memory, a first sensor, and at least one processor. The first sensor is configured to determine at least one of a distance from a dolly to a forward trailer or an angle from the dolly to the forward trailer. The at least one processor is configured to: determine that a forward trailer is moving in a reverse direction; determine a steering angle of a vehicle coupled to the forward trailer; measure a rotation of the forward trailer based on information received from the first sensor; and apply at least one of braking or wheel speed control to at least one wheel of the dolly based on the measured rotation of the forward trailer and the determined steering angle of the forward trailer. |
| US12291180B2 |
Trailer braking enhancement
In exemplary embodiments, methods and systems are provided for controlling braking of a trailer that is coupled to a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, a system is provided that includes: one or more sensors configured to obtain sensor data for a vehicle coupled to a trailer, the sensor data including: a measure of engagement of a brake pedal of the vehicle; and a deceleration of the vehicle; and a processor that is coupled to the one or more sensors and that is configured to at least facilitate dynamically controlling braking of the trailer, via instructions provided by the processor to a braking system of the trailer, based on both the measure of engagement of the brake pedal and the deceleration of the vehicle. |
| US12291169B2 |
Automatic trigger strategy for clearing exterior biometric sensors
While a vehicle is off, an automatic trigger strategy activates a heating device that melts snow and ice off exterior vehicle sensors as it is needed. The automatic trigger strategy determines when to turn on the heating device while the vehicle is in a limited power state by using data pulled from memory or data obtained from a current data check. Collected, analyzed, and stored during key-off, data pulled from memory allows the invention to accurately choose the correct time to start the heating device without consuming additional power. If current data checks are required because data saved at key-off is not enough information to execute a decision, the invention may determine the least power consuming data checks. A power manager extends a threshold that is dependent on the energy reserve. Once the energy reserve is below the threshold, the power manager inactivates the heating device and voids manual commands. |
| US12291163B2 |
Side airbag device
A side airbag device comprising a bag-like cushion that is provided to a side section of a seat back of a vehicle seat and inflates and expands toward the side of a passenger in the vehicle seat using a gas. The cushion includes: a first part having four sides and including a first chamber; a second part that has four sides, is adjacent to the first part, and includes a second chamber; and a third part that has four sides, is adjacent to the first part and the second part. When inflated and expanded, the cushion is a triangular column that is a columnar shape having a space open on both the top and bottom and surrounded by the first part in which the first chamber is inflated and expanded, the second part in which the second chamber is inflated and expanded, and the non-inflated third part. |
| US12291162B2 |
Vehicle passenger restraint device and far side airbag folding method
A vehicle passenger restraint device includes a left seat and a right seat provided in a vehicle cabin so as to be capable of moving in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a far side airbag that is provided to a vehicle width direction inside portion of a seatback of the right seat and that is configured so as to be inflated and deployed to a vehicle width direction inside of a passenger seated in the right seat by being supplied with gas from an inflator. The far side airbag includes a rear deployment section that is configured to deploy toward a vehicle rear side past the seatback of the right seat. The far side airbag is configured so as to overlap with a seatback of the left seat in side view even when the left seat is disposed displaced in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the right seat. |
| US12291161B2 |
Airbag device
An airbag device includes: an inflator generating gas at a time of a collision of a vehicle; and an airbag to which the gas is supplied, and that inflates and expands from a seat rear side of an upper portion of a vehicle seat toward a seat front side, and slips-through between a ceiling of a vehicle cabin and a head of a passenger seated in the vehicle seat. The airbag has at least one gas supply path that is provided so as to be directed toward the seat front side and whose angle of incidence with respect to the ceiling in a side view seen from a seat transverse direction is set to be an acute angle. |
| US12291158B2 |
Airbag module of a vehicle passenger restraint system
The invention relates to an airbag module (10) of a vehicle occupant restraint system, specifically a knee airbag module, comprising a folded inflatable airbag (12) for restraining a vehicle occupant, a module housing (14) which includes a flexible airbag sheath (16) at least partially enclosing the folded airbag (12), and comprising a module cover (18) which includes fasteners (20) for fastening the module cover (18) to the module housing (14), wherein the flexible airbag sheath (16) of the module housing (14) is fixed directly to said fasteners (20), and wherein at least one flexible anchoring element (22, 22′) is provided which extends between the folded airbag (12) and the module cover (18) and limits or prevents expansion of the folded airbag (12) toward the module cover (18). |
| US12291156B2 |
Attachment structure for functional component and interior member
Provided is an attachment structure for a functional component capable of easily changing a position while supplying power. An attachment structure for a functional component is the attachment structure for the functional component to be attached to an interior member of a conveyance, including: a rail member provided in the interior member and extending in a predetermined direction; and a power transmission unit provided in the rail member and the functional component includes an engagement member fixed to be slidable on the rail member and a power receiving unit disposed to face the rail member in the engagement member. |
| US12291155B2 |
ECU and target path determination method thereby
A method of determining a target path according to a source electronic control unit (ECU) mounted on a vehicle is provided. The method includes obtaining state information of a plurality of paths connecting the source ECU with a destination ECU, selecting the target path for target data from among the plurality of paths based on the state information, and transmitting the target data to the destination ECU through an ECU located on the selected target path, the state information including information about at least one of power consumption of an ECU located on the paths, a temperature of the ECU located on the paths, a latency of the paths, and a transmission success rate of the paths. |
| US12291153B2 |
Assembly of an adjustment device of a motor vehicle, and window lifter
An assembly of an adjustment device of a motor vehicle includes a support on which at least one guide rail is disposed. An adjustment part, in particular for a functionalized window pane, is slidably guided on the guide rail. A flexible guide tube for guiding a cable, in particular for supplying power to and/or for controlling the window pane, extends between the guide rail and the support, in a guide region extending in the rail longitudinal direction. A resilient or flexurally elastic securing element for securing the guide tube against leaving the guide region is provided along the guide rail and adjacent the guide region in a securing position. |
| US12291150B2 |
Vehicular driver monitoring system with camera disposed behind prismatic mirror element of interior rearview mirror assembly
A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head that accommodates a prismatic mirror reflective element. A camera is accommodated by the mirror head. The mirror reflective element is adhesively attached at a mirror back plate of the mirror head. An optically clear adhesive (OCA) and a neutral density (ND) filter are disposed between the mirror back plate and a mirror reflector coating disposed at a rear side of the mirror reflective element. The camera views through (i) the OCA, (ii) the ND filter, (iii) the mirror reflector coating of the mirror reflective element, and (iv) the glass substrate of the mirror reflective element. With the interior rearview mirror assembly attached at an interior portion of a vehicle, image data captured by the camera is processed at an electronic control unit (ECU) for a cabin monitoring function. |
| US12291145B2 |
Security system for an autonomous vehicle and method for its operation
A security system is provided for an autonomous vehicle driving on a road. The autonomous vehicle has a sensor unit for collecting sensor information, and a planning unit for generating planning data for the autonomous vehicle. The security system is characterized by a reception module, configured to receive the sensor information and the planning data; a detection module, configured to detect, based on the sensor information, a driving situation of the autonomous vehicle in which one or more objects on the road cause the autonomous vehicle to slow down; an assessment module, configured to assess the driving situation based on the detection of the driving situation, the sensor information, and the planning data, as a potential plunder incident; and a reaction module, configured to execute, in case of the potential plunder incident, an emergency reaction of the autonomous vehicle. |
| US12291143B2 |
Vehicle and method of controlling the same
A vehicle includes a display configured to emit light to a ground surface, a communicator configured to receive a movement signal of the vehicle through communication with an external terminal, and a controller communicatively connected to the communicator and configured to determine a moving area of the vehicle based on the received movement signal of the vehicle, determine a danger area and a safety area included in the moving area, and control the display to emit light to the danger area and the safety area. |
| US12291138B2 |
Towing dolly assembly
A towing dolly assembly includes a beam having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis, first and second spindle assemblies arranged at the first and second ends, respectively, and first and second axle cradle assemblies arranged adjacent to the first and second ends, respectively. The first and second spindle assemblies include first and second cam locks and first and second locking arms, respectively. The first and second cam locks are fixedly attached to a first side of the beam. The first locking arm is pivotable about a first axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between the first side and a second side of the beam. The second locking arm is pivotable about a second axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between the first and second sides of the beam. |
| US12291136B2 |
Hands-free release system for a passenger seat
Described is a passenger seat having a seat member moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position and at least one actuator coupled to at least one portion of the seat member, wherein the at least one actuator is activable without direct contact with a passenger's hand to change a lock state of the seat member, and wherein an unlocked state of the seat member permits movement of the seat member between the stowed position and the deployed position. |
| US12291132B2 |
Device for adjusting seat of vehicle
Provided is a device for adjusting a seat of a vehicle. The device integrates a fold-and-dive function in addition to a walk-in function of a seat and also enables a forward or backward sliding movement function of the seat to be linked with other functions, so that the walk-in operation that tilts second-row seats or third-row seats to a forward direction for securing an aisle for a passenger to get in or out of the vehicle may be easily performed. Further, the walk-in operation state may be robustly maintained since the seat is robustly fixed after the walk-in operation is performed, and the device contributing to a standardization in which various functions in addition to the walk-in function are integrated with each other and contributing to functional expandability may be provided. |
| US12291126B2 |
Electrically powered vehicles with redundant power distribution circuits
Electrically powered vehicles with redundant power distribution circuits employ inverters and a multi-phase alternating current (AC) motor. An electrically powered vehicle includes batteries, inverters, interphase transformers, and a three-phase AC motor. Each of the inverters generates a three-phase AC input from power supplied by an associated one of the batteries. The interphase transformers generate drive phases for the AC motor from the three-phase AC inputs generated by the inverters. |
| US12291124B2 |
Method for initializing the charge state of a battery
A method for estimating the charge state of a battery includes initializing the charge state, including estimating an initial charge state value. The initializing includes: receiving a stored charge state value for a sleep mode time of the battery, computing a charge state value from a measurement of the no-load voltage at the terminals of the battery at a wake-up time of the battery, and computing an error in the measurement of the no-load voltage due to the relaxation of the battery. The error is computed as a function of the current temperature of the battery and of a target relaxation duration modelled for each temperature. The initial value of the charge state is computed based on a comparison between the recorded and computed charge state values and as a function of the error. |
| US12291119B2 |
Power supply system for moving body
A power supply system for moving body, includes, a power generation unit, a power storage unit, a converter provided between the power generation unit and the power storage unit, the converter including a power storage unit-side converter terminal and a power generation unit-side converter terminal, an external connection terminal configured to electrically connect to an external device, a first switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the external connection terminal, the power storage unit, and the power storage unit-side converter terminal, a second switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the power generation unit-side converter terminal and the external connection terminal, a third switching unit configured to switch between connected and disconnected of the power generation unit-side converter terminal and the power generation unit, and a control device configured to control the first switching unit, the second switching unit, and the third switching unit. |
| US12291118B2 |
System and method for managing residual energy in a charging component
A system and method for managing residual energy in a charging component is disclosed herein. Managing residual energy includes detecting an electrical parameter of the charging component and the electrically connected battery pack and generating a residual datum. The residual datum is transmitted to a computing device. The computing device identifies a residual element, generates an alert datum, and executes a security measure. |
| US12291117B1 |
Electric vehicle charge robot plug in mechanism
An apparatus for charging electric vehicles is provided. The apparatus includes a housing, a sleeve extending from the housing, a first nozzle assembly designed to move inside the sleeve and to engage a charging port of an electric vehicle, and a second nozzle assembly designed to move inside the sleeve independently of the first nozzle assembly. The second nozzle assembly has a recess for receiving a locking pawl of the charging port. The second nozzle assembly is designed to be fully inserted into the charging port before the first nozzle assembly is fully inserted into the charging port. The recess receives the locking pawl after the ground pin engages the inlet ground pin. The first nozzle assembly is designed to be fully inserted into the charging port after the locking pawl is secured inside the recess of the second nozzle assembly. |
| US12291116B2 |
Charging apparatus and management device
A charging apparatus is installed in an area in which entry of a vehicle is restricted. The charging apparatus includes: a movable portion including a connection device connectable to an energy storage device; a raising device configured to raise and lower the movable portion between a first state and a second state; a communication device; and a control device. The first state is a state in which the movable portion is housed in the ground, and the second state is a state in which the movable portion is exposed on the ground and the energy storage device and the connection device are connectable together. The control device is configured to control the raising device using information received via the communication device, and permits raising the movable portion when the movable portion is in the first state and the control device receives request information requesting emergency use of the charging apparatus. |
| US12291111B2 |
Control system for an electric vehicle
A control system for controlling a powertrain of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The powertrain comprises a traction motor and a battery for powering the traction motor. The control system is configured to detect a low state of charge of the battery and to operate the powertrain in a low state of charge mode when the low state of charge is detected. In the low state of charge mode, the control system adjusts at least one parameter of the powertrain, such as traction motor torque, powertrain cooling, accessory cooling and accessory power consumption, to reduce power drawn from the battery. |
| US12291108B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus includes a first traveling motor, a second traveling motor, and a control system. The first traveling motor is coupled to a first wheel of a vehicle. The second traveling motor is coupled to a second wheel of the vehicle. The control system is configured to decrease a power running torque of the first traveling motor and increase a power running torque of the second traveling motor in a case where a first distance from the vehicle to a contact predicted spot or a contact object is less than a first threshold during traveling of the vehicle, and increase a regenerative torque of the first traveling motor and increase a regenerative torque of the second traveling motor in a case where a second distance from the vehicle to the contact object is less than a second threshold that is less than the first threshold during the traveling. |
| US12291107B2 |
Method for controlling a powertrain of an electric vehicle, data processing device, computer program, computer-readable medium, and powertrain
A method for controlling a powertrain of an electric vehicle. The method includes receiving a torque demand signal. Thereafter, a future power loss within the powertrain is estimated as a function of a torque distribution between at least two electric traction machines of the powertrain. Alternatively or additionally the loss can be estimated as a function of a free rolling state of at least one of the electric machines. Subsequently, a torque distribution between the electric traction machines is determined and/or a free rolling state of at least one of the electric machines is determined which minimizes the future power loss. Moreover, a corresponding data processing device, a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable medium are presented. Moreover, a powertrain for an electric vehicle is described. The powertrain includes such a data processing device and at least two electric traction machines and/or a clutch device. |
| US12291105B2 |
Motor vehicle having a DC voltage onboard power supply
A motor vehicle includes a DC voltage power supply, a component, a filter, and a shield. The component is connected across the filter module to the DC voltage power supply. The filter module is connected across an power supply connection of the filter module to the DC voltage power supply and across a component connection of the filter module to the component. The filter module dampens alternating voltage coupled into the component connection by the component. The shield encloses either a power supply line that connects the component to the component connection, or a connection region in which the component connection contacts a power supply connection of the component, together with the component and the filter module. The shield at least partly shields out electromagnetic radiation emitted from the power supply line or the connection. The component connection is reversibly detachable from the component or the power supply line. |
| US12291103B1 |
Electric work vehicle
An electric work vehicle includes a rear housing, a motor to drive a rear wheel, the motor being supported by the rear housing, a hydraulic system including a hydraulic system motor to drive a hydraulic pump, and a control lever to control an operation of the hydraulic system. The rear housing houses the hydraulic system motor and the motor. The control lever is located on a first side of a center line of the electric work vehicle in a left-right direction of the electric work vehicle. The hydraulic system motor is located on a second side of the center line of the electric work vehicle in the left-right direction of the electric work vehicle. |
| US12291101B2 |
Motor mount
A motor mount includes an attachment member that can be attached to a first element, a framework that can be attached to a second element, and an elastomer body attached to the attachment member and forming at least two elastomer legs, with each of the elastomer legs having at least one groove. The framework includes a recess into which the attachment member is inserted extending along a first orientation. The framework further includes a first tongue, a second tongue, at least a first surface, and at least a second surface. The elastomer legs may be retained in a form-fit and press-fit manner in the framework, which may be ensured by engaging of the tongues into the grooves and compressing of the elastomer legs between respectively the tongues and the surfaces. A motor mount assembly may include a first element and/or a second element. |
| US12291096B2 |
Window or surface of a vehicle comprising at least one optoelectronic component
An optoelectronic device comprises a plurality of layer segments, in particular intermediate layer segments, arranged between a cover layer and a carrier layer. At least one optoelectronic component is arranged on at least one of the plurality of layer segments and a first and a second layer segment of the plurality of the layer segments are overlapping each other along a first direction each forming a respective boundary region. The first layer segment comprises at least one first contact pad and the second layer segment comprises at least one second contact pad, wherein the at least one first and second contact pad are arranged in the respective boundary region facing each other and being mechanically and electrically connected. The at least one first and second contact pad each comprises a plurality of nanowires which are at least partially made of conductive material such as for example copper, gold, or nickel. |
| US12291095B2 |
Vehicular device for synchronizing multiple surfaces individually drawn on different physical surfaces and control method for vehicular device for synchronizing multiple surfaces individually drawn on different physical surfaces
A vehicular device capable of providing multiple contents with one user interface includes a synchronization unit configured to synchronize multiple surfaces drawn on multiple physical surfaces different from each other. The synchronization unit loads in the surface drawn on a different physical surface that is different from the physical surface allocated to the synchronization unit, and synchronizes the surface drawn by the synchronization unit and the surface drawn on the different physical surface by processing the surface that is loaded in as the surface drawn by the synchronization unit. |
| US12291091B2 |
User-scalable power unit including removable battery packs
A riding lawn mower comprising, a pair of rear drive wheels, a pair of front wheels, a deck positioned between the pair of front wheels and the pair of rear drive wheels, a rotatable cutting blade, and multiple battery packs removably coupled to the riding lawn mower and structured to provide power to the riding lawn mower, each battery pack graspable and removable by a user, wherein the multiple battery packs sequentially provide power to the riding lawn mower. |
| US12291089B2 |
Vehicle door assembly
The vehicle door assembly includes an outer panel which has a rocker sill area and a beltline area. A reinforcement member, which is made of one or more pieces, is attached with the outer panel along at least a portion of an outer periphery of the outer panel. The door assembly further includes a module which is made as a single integral piece and is fixedly attached with the reinforcement member. The module has an inner beltline reinforcement and supports a pair of window channels and a window regulator for controllably raising and lowering a window between an open position and a closed position. |
| US12291085B2 |
Vehicle window assembly and transport protection strip for use with a vehicle window assembly
A vehicle window assembly includes a vehicle window, a profile strip and a transport protection strip. The vehicle window includes a first main face, a second main face facing away from the first main face, and an edge connecting the first to the second main face. The profile strip is arranged at a peripheral region of the vehicle window by a first connecting region, and has a second connecting region comprising a receiving groove configured to connect to a component adjacent to the vehicle window. The transport protection strip includes an insertion portion which is received in, and releasably connected to, the receiving groove. The transport protection strip includes a contact portion which at least partially overlaps the first main face of the vehicle window in the peripheral region and is releasably connected to the vehicle window by a connector acting between the contact portion and the first main face. |
| US12291084B2 |
Ventilator
A ventilator includes a first louver, second louvers, side walls, a first inclined member, and a convex part. The first inclined member is inclined so that an opening area widens from the upstream side to a downstream side. The first inclined member has a vertex of inclination in a cross-sectional view that is positioned at the upstream side. The convex part is arranged adjacent at the upstream side in the airflow direction to the vertex. In a maximum angle state in which the first louver is rotated so that an upstream end part of the first louver is closest to the first inclined member, the upstream end part is positioned further to the downstream side in the airflow direction than the vertex. The convex part projects further to an inside of the flow path than the vertex, and extends across the second louvers when seen along the airflow direction. |
| US12291082B2 |
Compression module for vehicle
An embodiment compression module for a vehicle includes a compression unit configured to compress a refrigerant introduced into the compression unit, a control unit having a first surface separably assembled to the compression unit to control the compression unit, and an accumulator unit separably mounted on a second surface of the control unit in a direction opposite to the compression unit, the accumulator unit being configured to supply the refrigerant to the compression unit in a gaseous state. |
| US12291081B2 |
Method and system for operating a refrigeration system with a heat pump function and a regeneration function for heat sources and a motor vehicle including such a system
A method for operating a refrigeration system having a heat pump function for motor vehicle, including the following steps: setting a heat pump operation, in which the refrigerant is routed from the refrigerant compressor into the secondary line; setting an expansion valve assigned to the third heat exchanger such that a total mass flow of refrigerant flows through the third heat exchanger; and detecting the temperature of the coolant in the third heat exchanger. The total mass flow of refrigerant is routed through the third heat exchanger when the temperature of the coolant is greater than an upper limiting temperature. |
| US12291079B2 |
Connection apparatus, manufacturing method for connection device, and thermal management component
A connection apparatus, a manufacturing method of the connection apparatus, and a thermal management component are provided. The connection apparatus includes two or more plate bodies; the adjacent plate bodies are fixed and connected in a sealed manner; the connection apparatus is provided with a channel; at least one channel part is arranged in at least one of the adjacent plate bodies; the adjacent plate bodies define a channel at the channel part. One of the side walls of at least one plate body is provided with a mounting portion and/or a connecting portion along the axial direction or radial direction of the connection apparatus; the mounting portion is internally provided with a mounting hole for communication with the channel; the connecting portion is provided with a connecting hole. |
| US12291075B2 |
Suspension apparatus
A suspension apparatus includes a main body, a first arm configured to support a wheel with respect to the main body, a second arm spaced apart from the first arm and having a guide rail, a shock absorber disposed between the second arm and the main body, a first support member disposed on one side of the shock absorber and rotatably connected to the main body, a second support member disposed on another side of the shock absorber and seated on the guide rail, and a driver configured to adjust a height of the main body by moving the second support member along the guide rail. |
| US12291072B2 |
Air-spring assembly
An air-spring assembly includes a flexible bellows extending from a top end to a bottom end and enclosing an air-spring chamber between the top end and the bottom end, a first panel partially defining the air-spring chamber and movable in response to a pressure of the air-spring chamber, an enclosure partially defining a working chamber fluidly isolated from the air-spring chamber, a second panel partially defining the working chamber and movable relative to the enclosure, and a linkage member fixed relative to the first panel and to the second panel and defining a fixed distance between the first panel and the second panel. The top and bottom ends are fixable to a frame and a wheel of a vehicle, respectively. A volume of the air-spring chamber varies with movement of the bottom end relative to the top end. Movement of the second panel changes a volume of the working chamber. |
| US12291068B2 |
Apparatus for cornering control of vehicle and method thereof
An apparatus for controlling cornering of a vehicle includes a control unit configured to receive a plurality of vehicle signals output from the input unit, to output each of damping forces obtained through a plurality of controls performed on the basis of the plurality of vehicle signals, and to output a damping force variation calculated through a cornering control performed on the basis of some of the plurality of vehicle signals, an adjustment unit configured to apply the damping force variation output from the control unit to an integrated damping force and then output a final damping force, and a damping unit configured to receive a changed current signal of the final damping force and then adjust a damping force of a damper. The damping force of the damper of the damping unit is controlled to be reduced when it is determined that the vehicle enters circuit cornering. |
| US12291066B2 |
Vehicle control method and apparatus, vehicle, storage medium and chip
A vehicle control method is provided. The vehicle includes an air suspension system, an air spring and an air storage tank in the air suspension system, which are connected through an air circuit. The method includes: obtaining a spring air pressure of the air spring and an air tank air pressure of the air storage tank; and adjusting, in response to determining that the spring air pressure and the air tank air pressure meet a preset condition, a height of an axle corresponding to the air spring in the vehicle by controlling connection or disconnection of the air circuit between the air spring and the air storage tank. |
| US12291063B2 |
Auxiliary hitch system, component carrier, draw bar, bumper system, hitch extender, and/or device for vehicles and trucks
A hitch system for vehicles and trucks designed to be easy to install and that can accommodate the attachment of various vehicle and truck accessories. A hitch extender that is configured to be used with standard vehicle and truck hitches. A hitch system and a hitch extender which may be entirely manually powered, manually powered and free of all motors and electrical components, may be operated by a powered device, may include a motor, or may be operated manually with a powered assist. |
| US12291061B2 |
Non-pneumatic tire having sidewall covers
A non-pneumatic tire includes a lower ring having a first diameter and an upper ring having a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The upper ring is substantially coaxial with the lower ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending between the lower ring and the upper ring. The non-pneumatic tire also includes an upper sidewall having an annulus shape that covers a portion of a first side of the support structure. The upper sidewall has an inner diameter that is greater than the first diameter. |
| US12291058B2 |
Dispersions for additive manufacturing comprising discrete carbon nanotubes
The present invention is directed to additive manufacturing compositions and methods for producing additive manufacturing composite blends with oxidized discrete carbon nanotubes with dispersion agents bonded to at least one sidewall of the oxidized discrete carbon nanotubes. Such compositions are especially useful when radiation cured, sintered or melt fused. |
| US12291052B1 |
Virtual teller check system
Embodiments are described herein for a teller check that includes enhanced security features. In response to a request from a user, a teller check image is generated using a check template and that includes check information in fields of the check template. The teller check also includes a unique visible pattern or unique visible picture in the image that serves as an enhanced security feature. A captured image or received image of the teller check is able to be verified based on data extracted from the unique visible pattern or unique visible picture. |
| US12291048B2 |
Control device, control method, and system
A control device for controlling an image processing apparatus including a disposition unit on which a printing medium is disposed and which has a plurality of suction holes for sucking the printing medium includes a display controller that displays, on a display, a display screen which is a screen showing the positions of the plurality of suction holes in the disposition unit, a selection receiver that receives selection of suction holes from the plurality of suction holes whose positions are displayed on the display screen, and an execution controller that performs control such that a suction operation is executed through at least some of the selected suction holes. |
| US12291047B2 |
Inspection apparatus and printing apparatus
An inspection apparatus includes a conveyer configured to convey a medium having a plurality of printing areas in a conveying direction, a reader configured to read images printed in the printing areas, and a controller. When a plurality of images, each of which a printing position of a code in the printing area is the same as the other images, are respectively printed in the printing areas, the controller causes the reader to read a prescribed image, inspects whether the code satisfies a prescribed condition, acquires position information for specifying a printing position of the code, causes the reader to read an upstream image in a printing area upstream of the prescribed image, extracts a processing range in which the code is included from a read image of the upstream image based on the position information, and inspects whether the code included in the processing range satisfies the prescribed condition. |
| US12291043B2 |
Recording apparatus
A recording apparatus includes a medium supporting part configured to support a medium, a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium supported by the medium supporting part, and a housing covering the medium supporting part and the recording unit. An opening for communication between inside and outside of the housing is provided in a first surface and a second surface intersecting the first surface of the housing. The housing includes a housing cover being openable and closable and configured to cover the opening. The housing cover includes a first cover configured to cover the opening in the first surface, and a second cover configured to cover the opening in the second surface. The first cover is coupled to the housing by a first coupling part. The second cover is coupled to the first cover through a second coupling part. |
| US12291041B2 |
Inkjet printer that provides uneven texture on printed matter
An inkjet printer includes an ink head, a carriage, and a first discharge controller. The ink head discharges photo-curable ink onto a recording medium. The ink head includes a colored ink nozzle group to discharge colored photo-curable ink, and a transparent ink nozzle group to discharge transparent photo-curable ink. The carriage is equipped with the ink head. The first discharge controller is configured or programmed to, when either one of the carriage and the recording medium makes a single movement, cause the colored ink nozzle group and the transparent ink nozzle group to discharge the colored photo-curable ink and the transparent photo-curable ink, respectively, onto a predetermined region so as to form a colored image and a texture image. The texture image includes the colored photo-curable ink and the transparent photo-curable ink that overlap with each other. |
| US12291040B2 |
Image formation device
An image forming apparatus includes: an inkjet head; an ink reservoir that stores ink circulating between the inkjet head and the ink reservoir; a pressure generating unit that communicates with the inkjet head and generates a first pressure such that an internal pressure of the ink reservoir becomes the first pressure; and a first fluid resistor that gives resistance to a fluid flowing through a fluid communication path between the ink reservoir and the pressure generating unit such that the internal pressure of the ink reservoir becomes a second pressure. |
| US12291039B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a first storage portion capable of storing a liquid supplied from a liquid container, a first open-to-atmosphere channel configured to open the inside of the first storage portion to the atmosphere, a second storage portion capable of storing the liquid supplied from the first storage portion, and a second open-to-atmosphere channel configured to open the inside of the second storage portion to the atmosphere. The liquid ejection apparatus is configured to select either a normal mode or a transport mode. The normal mode is a mode in which the power is switched off with the first open-to-atmosphere channel open and the second open-to-atmosphere channel open. The transport mode is a mode in which the power is switched off with the first open-to-atmosphere channel open and the second open-to-atmosphere channel closed. |
| US12291037B2 |
Control method executed in information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
An object is to manage the remaining amount of liquid of a specific liquid container. A control method executed in an information processing apparatus including an image-capturing unit is characterized by: obtaining a captured image of a liquid container which is acquired by capturing an image using the image-capturing unit; obtaining a first identifier for uniquely identifying the liquid container from the captured image; identifying a remaining amount of liquid in the liquid container, based on the captured image; and transmitting the first identifier and the remaining amount of liquid to an external apparatus. |
| US12291028B2 |
Printing apparatus, printing control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
A printing apparatus includes: a print head that includes a plurality of nozzles ejecting an ink and performs printing on a print target; and at least one processor that controls an ejection operation of the print head based on ejection specification data defining ejection of the ink. At least a “first mode” and a “second mode” are provided with respect to the application of the ejection specification data, and the processor switches between the “first mode” and the “second mode” based on a set printing density. |
| US12291022B2 |
Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes: a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction; a printing unit configured to cause ink to adhere to the medium to perform printing; and a blowing device including an air blowing port and configured to blow air from the air blowing port to the medium to which the ink adheres. A guide member is disposed, at the air blowing port, downstream in an air blowing direction. Of end portions of the guide member, a third end portion that faces the medium extends along the transport direction. |
| US12291020B2 |
Printer
Techniques are provided for adequately cooling a continuous base material while efficiently drying a pre-processing liquid on the continuous base material before printing using second ink. The printer includes first and second printing units and a dryer located downstream of the first printing unit and including a heating roller. The second printing unit is located downstream of the dryer. The heating roller has a first outer peripheral surface around which the continuous base material is wound, and heats the continuous base material with the first outer peripheral surface being in contact with a second surface of the continuous base material on the side opposite to the first surface. The dryer includes a cooling roller located downstream of the heating roller and having a second outer peripheral surface around which the continuous base material is wound. The second outer peripheral surface has a lower temperature than the first outer peripheral surface. |
| US12291016B2 |
Web shift compensation
According to examples, an apparatus may include a first feed element and a second feed element, in which a web is to be fed to the first feed element and from the first feed element to the second feed element. The apparatus may also include a controller that may determine whether the web exiting the second feed element is shifted from an intended position and based on a determination that the web is shifted from the intended position, cause the first feed element to be moved laterally a first distance and the second feed element to be moved laterally a second distance to compensate for the shift in the web exiting the second feed element. |
| US12291015B2 |
Color conversion sheet and backlight unit including the same
A color conversion sheet according to the present invention includes a first wavelength conversion layer in which an organic phosphor is dispersed in a resin matrix, a first phosphor diffusion barrier layer positioned on one surface of the first wavelength conversion layer, and an adhesive layer positioned on one surface of the first phosphor diffusion barrier layer, wherein a Hildebrand solubility parameter of the first phosphor diffusion barrier layer satisfies a predetermined relationship between a Hildebrand solubility parameter of the resin matrix of the first wavelength conversion layer and a Hildebrand solubility parameter of a solvent contained in the first phosphor diffusion barrier layer, thereby resolving problems of changes in luminance characteristics and color change. |
| US12291013B2 |
Apparatus for manufacturing display device and method for manufacturing display device
A method for manufacturing a display device includes a stage; a first guide unit positioned on one side of the stage in a first direction and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a first peeling unit disposed on the first guide unit, wherein the first peeling unit includes a first moving part configured to move along the first guide unit, a first rotating part coupled to the other side of the first moving part in the first direction and configured to rotate about an axis extending in the first direction, and a first gripping part coupled to the other side of the first rotating part in the first direction and disposed to overlap the stage. |
| US12291008B2 |
Burn-off protective coating
A protected substrate includes a planar substrate having a surface and a burn-off temporary protective layer positioned over at least a portion of the surface. The burn-off temporary protective layer includes a wax, a polyolefin, a polyester, a polycarbonate, a polyether, or some combination thereof. The burn-off temporary protective layer is removable by a heat treatment process that does not substantially damage the surface. Various other protected substrates and methods for protecting a substrate are also disclosed. |
| US12291002B2 |
Hot forming press
The present invention relates to a press suitable for forming hot blanks into components. The press of this invention includes a mechanical press, which may be servo-driven, a hydraulically controlled bolster and a stationary bed. The mechanical press is adapted for vertical reciprocal movement towards the stationary bed for hot forming the blanks placed in dies on the stationary bed. The hydraulically controlled bolster is adapted for quenching the hot formed blank placed on the die. The present invention relates also to a method of hot forming or hot stamping blanks using the press of the present invention. |
| US12291001B2 |
Insole manufacturing method
To provide an insole more easily fitting to a purchaser's foot. A method for manufacturing an insole comprises: a first step of forming a footprint resin portion 12 having a footprint shape having a predetermined thickness using a thermoplastic resin which melts at a predetermined temperature; a second step of performing shrink processing such that the footprint resin portion 12 is covered with a film, and thereafter vacuum packing the footprint resin portion covered with the film in a nylon polyethylene bag; a third step of heating the insole 10 manufactured through the first step and the second step at a predetermined temperature; and a fourth step of attaching the insole 10 having the footprint resin portion 12 melt by the third step to the inside of a shoe 2 of a user, and hardening the footprint resin portion 12 by leaving the shoe 2 stand for a predetermined time period while the user is wearing the shoe 2. |
| US12290998B2 |
Machine and method for obtaining a curved surface for a film structure
A machine and method for obtaining a curved surface of a film structure that comprises a carrier layer and a functional film (212). The machine comprises an annular support member having a supporting face adapted for supporting the film structure, and an opening (10) that is covered by the film structure when said film structure is supported by the annular support member; a clamping system configured to clamp the annular support member and the film structure when supported by the annular support member; and a forming system configured to apply pressure, and preferably temperature, on the film structure so as to curve said film structure in or through the opening (10) of the annular support member. The opening (10) of the annular support member has a contour that is non-circular so that the obtained curvature of the functional film (212) corresponds to a target curvature. |
| US12290991B2 |
Thermoplastic resin composition for millimeter-wave radar member, molded article, and method for producing resin composition
A thermoplastic resin composition for a millimeter-wave radar member may include, relative to 100 parts by mass of a polybutylene terephthalate resin (A), 15 to 65 parts by mass of a rubber-reinforced polystyrene resin (B1) and/or 10 to 70 parts by mass of a polycarbonate resin (B2) as a component (B), 0.1 to 3 parts by mass of an epoxy compound (D), and 30 to 150 parts by mass of glass fiber (E). |
| US12290990B2 |
RF and mmWave circuits and their fabrication methods
The disclosure relates to methods for forming MmWave RF (MMW) circuits in multilayered Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME). Specifically, the disclosure relates to methods for direct and/or indirect inkjet printing of reconfigurable and/or tunable RF and/or MMW AME circuit applications. |
| US12290987B2 |
Additive manufacturing methods and systems
Methods of additively manufacturing a three-dimensional object by one or more energy beams include selectively directing a first energy beam across a powder bed along a plurality of first hatching paths and a first contour path that defines a first outer contour portion and a first stitching portion, wherein the first outer contour portion at least partially defines a first edge portion of an outer edge of the three-dimensional object, and wherein the first edge portion is non-linear, and selectively directing a second energy beam across the powder bed along a plurality of second hatching paths and a second contour path that at least partially defines a second edge portion of the outer edge of the three-dimensional object, wherein the second edge portion is adjacent the first edge portion, and wherein the first stitching portion extends into the plurality of second hatching paths along a non-linear stitching path. |
| US12290986B2 |
Printed hollow bodies and systems and methods for printing hollow bodies
Systems and methods for 3D printing hollow bodies, such as bodies having an exterior cylindrical shape with a hollow interior, are described. Such systems and methods utilize rotatable hollow print base supports having an interior size and/or shape that matches the desired exterior shape of the final printed structure. The printed bodies, methods, and systems enable printing of the desired hollow printed body from the outside-to-inside. They also allow easy production, customization, and modification of internal structures within the printed hollow body. |
| US12290981B2 |
3D printing apparatus for layer-by-layer fabrication of objects using layer transfer printing
The invention relates to a 3D printing method for the layer-by-layer fabrication of objects using laser transfer printing, and to a 3D printing device for carrying out the method. According to the method, a printing compound (54) applied to a carrier cylinder (51) is irradiated with a laser (50), detached, and transferred to a base plate (27). The resulting printing compound layers are subsequently cured and the process repeated until the object is completely built up. Using said claimed method, objects can be printed from a variety of possible printing materials with high throughput (over 1 kg/h) without affecting the print quality. |
| US12290975B2 |
Extruder having extruder screw with multiple degassing zones and diameters for the viscosity-increasing processing of meltable polymers
An extruder for the viscosity-increasing preparation of meltable polymers, wherein an extruder screw with at least one helical extruder screw flight is positioned in a housing having an inner housing recess. A diameter central region has a larger outer diameter than at least one of the other diameter regions, and a conical transition is formed in each case between regions of different diameters. Two degassing zones are provided in the diameter central region, each of which has at least one associated suction opening in the housing, one degassing zone being designed in the region of the satellite screws and an additional degassing zone being designed upstream thereof in the flow direction. The thread depth of the screw threads, formed between the extruder screw flights is greater in both degassing zones than in at least one sealing and compression section formed therebetween. |
| US12290973B2 |
Web material processing machine, method for producing a multi-layered web material and packaging material
A web material processing machine (10) for producing a multi-layered material (12), especially a multi-layered packaging material (13), is presented. It comprises a first vacuum coating unit (28) for deposing a film of a first coating material on a web material (16) to be processed. Moreover, it is equipped with an extrusion coating unit (32) for extruding a film of an extrusion material on the web material (16). The extrusion coating unit (32) is positioned behind the first vacuum coating unit (28) with respect to a processing direction (20). Additionally, a method for producing a multi-layered web material (12) is explained. Furthermore, a multi-layered packaging material (13) is described. |
| US12290972B2 |
Injection molding machine
An injection molding machine includes: a mold clamping unit; an injection unit; and a safety cover that surrounds the mold clamping unit and the injection unit. The safety cover includes a detachable panel that is attached to an opening. The safety cover includes a door portion that moves between a position where the door portion blocks a second portion of the opening and a position where the door portion does not cover the opening. The safety cover has a size that is smaller than the opening but greater than the second portion. A detachable panel has a first stopper that restricts an opening motion of the door portion when only the second portion is open. The safety cover is provided with a second stopper that restricts the opening motion of the door portion when the opening is entirely open and the detachable panel is removed. |
| US12290969B2 |
Injection molded cold-expansion compression collar
A compression collar is manufactured for use in reinforcing an interference fit between an end of a pipe and a fitting. A precursor form is injection molded using a cold-expansion material. The precursor form has a tubular body with an initially closed axial end and a bore that is initially blind formed in the other axial end. Material is removed from the initially closed axial end of the tubular body of the precursor form to form an opening in the initially closed axial end that connects to the bore thereby forming the compression collar. The opening has an inner periphery with a profile in axial cross section that is different than any profile in axial cross section of an inner periphery of the bore. The collar formed may lack knitlines and may include tabs formed during the removal step which help to position the collar on a pipe. |
| US12290968B2 |
Method for the manufacture of post-deformable high-pressure composite and product obtained therefrom
The present invention falls within the scope of thermo-laminated and compact high-pressure composites, namely it relates to a method for the manufacture of a post-deformable high-pressure composite, which can be used in the automotive, aircraft, railway and naval industries, as well as in the architecture and design sector, both in indoor and outdoor environments, comprising the steps of formation of a composite (1) by the arrangement of at least two layers of material, including a layer of Kraft paper sheets (3) coated with thermoplastic resin and a layer of decorative coating; the composite formed in a flat shape, when subjected to a certain temperature and pressure in a mould (4), changes in its geometry according to the shape of that mould (4). It is also an object of this invention the product obtained with the aforementioned manufacturing method. |
| US12290967B2 |
Combination of mold and release film, release film, mold, and method for manufacturing molded article
An object of the invention is to provide a method for conditioning a surface of a molded article. The present invention relates to a combination of a mold used for curing a thermosetting resin and a release film placed between the thermosetting resin and the mold during the curing. The release film comprises a base layer formed of a thermoplastic resin and a surface layer formed of a particle-containing fluororesin and laminated to the face which is placed during the curing on the side of the thermosetting resin among the two faces of the base layer. The mold has an irregularity formed on the face brought into contact with the release film during the curing. |
| US12290966B2 |
Composite lay-up mold production system
A mandrel is disclosed which is suitable for use in surface metallization process (electrodeposition) by electrolysis. The mandrel has at least one inner coating which is metallized on an outer surface of the mandrel by electrolysis method such that it almost entirely covers the outer surface thereof, allowing electrical conductivity to be created on the surface and at least one outer coating which is obtained by almost entirely an electrolytic and/or electroless metallization on the inner coating. |
| US12290958B2 |
De-molding system of ceramic parts manufactured by freeze-casting, and mold cooling system and method for manufacturing ceramic parts by freezing-casting
Provided is a mold cooling system for the manufacturing of ceramic parts by freeze-casting including: a source (1) of cooling gas; a cooling gas cooling medium (7) fluidically connected to the cooling gas source (1); and a cooling cell (5), fluidly connected to the cooling gas cooling medium (7), including a mold (9) in its interior, wherein the cooling cell (5) includes a refrigerated cooling gas injection opening. Thus, a mold cooling system is provided for the manufacturing of ceramic parts by freeze-casting including the stages of: refrigerating a cooling gas coming from a cooling gas source (1); and injecting a cooling gas that is refrigerated in a cooling cell (5) including a mold (9) in its interior. |
| US12290954B2 |
Kit for obtaining a carpet of brushes for a machine for the automatic cutting of fabrics
A kit for obtaining a carpet of brushes on a table of a machine for automatic cutting of fabrics is provided. The kit has a plurality of brushes placeable side-by-side to form the carpet of brushes, and a plurality of needles for locking the fabrics. Each brush is provided with a base in which a plurality of base holes is formed, where the needles are inserted with shape and/or force coupling. |
| US12290951B2 |
Precision skiver
A skiver for precise removal of outside material from an elongated device, such as a medical catheter or the like, includes a longitudinal recess in a surface and a transverse replaceable blade therein. A removable cover holds the blade in place. In some embodiments, the skiver has a handle extending from the skiver. In other embodiments, an automated mechanism is used to move the elongated device through the skiver. |
| US12290950B2 |
Display panel and cutting method thereof, and display device
A cutting method of a display panel comprises: along a first cutting line (A), cutting a color-film substrate of a to-be-cut display panel (501); and along a second cutting line (B), cutting an array substrate of the to-be-cut display panel to obtain a display panel; wherein, in a target direction parallel to the to-be-cut display panel, the second cutting line (B) is located between the first cutting line (A) and a display region of the to-be-cut display panel, and in the target direction, a distance between the first cutting line (A) and the second cutting line (B) is a preset distance (502). |
| US12290947B2 |
Beard trimmer
A comb adjustment assembly for a beard trimmer includes a guide collar, a first adjusting connector, and an adjustor handle threadably coupled to the first adjusting connector. The first adjusting connector includes an extension arm, a connector coupled to the extension arm and configured to connect with an external structure. A guide collar aperture is formed in the guide collar, and the extension arm penetrates through the guide collar aperture. When the guide collar is in a fixed state, the adjustor handle is rotated, and the extension arm moves through the guide collar aperture. After the comb adjustment assembly is coupled to the beard trimmer in the present disclosure, the height of the comb unit may be regulated, and a user can adjust the hair cutting length by accurately regulating the extending length of the comb unit. |
| US12290936B2 |
Stopping a production machine on a collision-free path
A numerical controller uses specifications to control position-controlled axes of a production machine and determines a current group of position setpoint values and groups of position setpoint values expected for a forecast horizon. The numerical controller checks for the risk of a collision between at least one element moved by the position-controlled axes and at least one other element. The numerical controller carries out the same check for the expected groups. If there is no risk of collision, it stores the expected groups in a braking path memory and uses the current group. If there is the risk of a collision, it changes the axes along a path to a standstill defined by the braking path memory and braking is effected along a path which has been previously checked for the risk of a collision and for which no risk of a collision has been detected. |
| US12290933B2 |
Method and apparatus for automatically recognizing location of object
A method for automatically recognizing a location of an object so that a robot can grasp and transfer the product in an apparatus for automatically recognizing a location of an object is provided. The method for automatically recognizing a location of an object obtains one frame from image data of the product produced by the manufacturing facility, detects location and shape information of the product based on a hue, saturation, value (HSV) color space using the frame, generates a recipe for the robot to grasp and transfer the product based on the location and shape information of the product, and transmits the recipe to the robot. |
| US12290932B2 |
Trajectory generation device and automatic position control device
A trajectory generation device configured to generate a trajectory along which a control target passes, the device including a storage unit configured to store a plurality of points, and a processor. the processor is configured to perform receiving process of receiving designated path information about a path designated by a user in a partial section between two points in the plurality of points, and trajectory generation process of generating a trajectory in the partial section by using the designated path information, a first path passing through the two points in the plurality of points and at least one anterior passing point through which the control target passes before passing through the two points, and a second path passing through the two points in the plurality of points and at least one posterior passing point through which the control target passes after passing through the two points. |
| US12290929B2 |
Applied force control for robots
A method includes using at least one processor to detect that a tool coupled to an end effector of a robot having multiple joints is contacting a surface. The robot includes multiple joint motors configured to control multiple motions of the multiple joints. One or more control systems are configured to control each of the joint motors in a joint position mode. The method also includes identifying, via the at least one processor, a first joint of the multiple joints in response to detecting that the tool is contacting the surface. The method also includes sending, via the at least one processor, a command to at least one of the one or more control systems associated with a first joint motor of the multiple joint motors that corresponds to the first joint. The command is configured to cause the at least one of the one or more control systems to operate in a torque mode. The method also includes sending, via the at least one processor, a joint torque value to the at least one of the one or more control systems. The at least one of the one or more control systems is configured to cause the first joint to apply the joint torque value via the first joint motor. |
| US12290918B2 |
Rubber part structure for vacuum suction pad and vacuum suction pad with replaceable rubber part
A rubber part structure for the vacuum suction pad includes a rubber part (1); an air hole (2) for air extraction and discharging is provided in the middle of the rubber part (1); a ringlike lip edge (3) is arranged around the rubber part (1); an air extraction chamber (4) communicated to the air hole (2) is formed on an inner side of the lip edge (3); and the flanging (5) is configured to be in buckled connection with the vacuum suction pad from the outside of the vacuum suction pad. The present disclosure has the characteristics of low replacement cost in a rubber part and high structural strength in a framework. |
| US12290916B2 |
Handling device and method for handling products, in particular food, being conveyed by means of a transport device
A handling device for handling products that are conveyed by a transport device, the handling device including at least one handling unit having a plurality of movably supported movement carriages, and a plurality of handling elements that are embodied as vacuum grippers. The plurality of handling elements move relative to the movement carriages in each case at least substantially parallel to a product support surface of the transport device. |
| US12290914B2 |
Mounting rails for modular system
One or more support platforms for a modular system are provided. The support platforms are configured to detachably couple to a wall and with utility modules in a system, such as modular tool storage units, thereby coupling and/or storing the utility modules against the wall. |
| US12290909B2 |
Nailing machine
An electric nailing machine capable of continuous driving is provided.A driving unit 10 which drives a nail N supplied to a driving position a includes a cylinder unit 11 having a cylinder 12 and a piston 13, a driving rod 14 which is consecutively provided on the piston 13 and slidably penetrates a cylinder cap 12b, a driving spring 15 which biases the piston 13 in a driving direction, and a moving unit 16 which moves the piston 13 in a counter-driving direction against a biasing force of the driving spring 15 and has a brushless motor 17 and power converting means 18 which converts a rotary motion of the brushless motor 17 to a linear motion in the counter-driving direction of the piston 13, in which the power converting means 18 has a sector gear 21 rotated/driven by the brushless motor 17 and a rack gear 22 meshed with the sector gear 21 and mounted on the piston 13, in which, when the piston 13 moves to a predetermined position in the counter-driving direction, meshing between the sector gear 21 and the rack gear 22 is disengaged. |
| US12290906B2 |
Empty-firing prevention safety device for a nail gun
An empty-firing prevention safety device for a nail gun includes: a gun body including an actuating space and a nail groove; a trigger, capable of being pressed, located in the actuating space; and a connecting rod pivoted to the gun body and capable of being moved between an actuating position and a locking position, and including: a sensing portion located in or away from the nail groove, and a limit portion located in the actuating space and facing the abutting portion, when the connecting rod is in the actuating position, the sensing portion moves out of the nail groove, the limit portion is misaligned with the abutting portion, allowing the trigger to be pressed, when the connecting rod is in the locking position, the sensing portion is located in the nail groove, and the limit portion is aligned with the abutting portion, so that the trigger cannot be pressed. |
| US12290905B2 |
Magnetic nippers
A magnetic nipper is provided. The magnetic nipper has a pair of elongate arms with opposed first and second surfaces. The pair of elongate arms are hingedly connected to allow the pair of elongate arms to rotate about an axle. The first and second surf aces each contain at least one magnet have a polarity such that the magnets repel. |
| US12290900B2 |
Methods for thinning substrates for semiconductor devices
Methods and systems for thinning a device wafer to tens of micron, micron, or sub-micron thicknesses are disclosed. Device wafers are thinned by using a two-step grinding process and a chemical mechanical polish (CMP) process. One or more first grinding parameters associated with the first grinding process are determined, received, and/or adjusted before and/or during the performance of the first grinding process. One or more second grinding parameters associated with the second grinding process are determined, received and/or adjusted before and/or during the performance of the second grinding process. One or more polishing parameters associated with the CMP process are determined and/or adjusted before and/or during the performance of the CMP process. |
| US12290895B2 |
Tool identification chip
A tool identification chip for an unambiguous marking of tools and/or tool holders is proposed, with a plate-like base body which has an adhesive side and a lettering side situated opposite the adhesive side. |
| US12290893B2 |
Temperature control in machine tools
A fluid temperature control apparatus in combination with a machine tool, wherein the apparatus is arranged to adjust the temperature of a fluid being supplied to the machine tool. The apparatus comprises a temperature control assembly for adjusting the temperature of the fluid as it passes through the assembly. The assembly comprises at least one thermoelectric temperature control device. |
| US12290890B2 |
Automated floating insertion tool for push-in fasteners
A method of installing a push-in fastener includes the steps homing a floating tool assembly to a home position, the floating tool assembly carries a locating pin and a punch, releasing the floating tool assembly, positioning a workpiece at a target position, retrieving a fastener with the punch, engaging the workpiece with the locating pin which causes the floating tool assembly to move to a desired working position with respect to the workpiece, locking the floating tool assembly in the desired working position, retracting the locating pin, and advancing the punch to install the fastener in the workpiece. |
| US12290888B2 |
Method and system for short-arc welding
A method and apparatus for providing short arc welding-type power is disclosed. The system includes a power supply, a wire feeder, and a controller. The output current is decreased at dive rate when the arc forms. The dive rate is maintained until the currents drops to a threshold, preferably a function of the peak short current in that cycle. Then the current is held steady for a length of time that is a percentage of the short time for that cycle. Then the current is decreased at the normal rate until the short reforms, and the current begins increasing at the normal rate. The holding steady portion can be omitted. |
| US12290887B2 |
Systems and methods to control welding wire tension
An example welding wire feeder includes: a push motor configured to feed welding wire from a wire source; a first sensor configured to provide push motor velocity feedback; and control circuitry configured to control the push motor and a pull motor of a welding torch coupled to the welding wire feeder by: controlling a push motor velocity of the push motor and a pull motor velocity of the pull motor based on a target wire feed speed; and compensating each of the push motor velocity of the push motor and the pull motor velocity of the pull motor based on the push motor velocity feedback and based on pull motor velocity feedback, wherein the push motor velocity and the pull motor velocity are based on a target wire tension. |
| US12290883B2 |
Bonding wire
There is provided a novel alloy-coated Cu bonding wire that achieves a favorable FAB shape and also a favorable initial bondability of a 2nd bonding part including adhesion of the 2nd bonding part, and that reduces a galvanic corrosion in a high-temperature environment to achieve a favorable bond reliability of the 2nd bonding part. The alloy-coated Cu bonding wire includes a core material of Cu or Cu alloy, and a coating layer having a total concentration of Pd and Ni of 90 atomic % or more formed on a surface of the core material. The bonding wire is characterized in that: in a concentration profile in a depth direction of the wire obtained by performing measurement using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) so that the number of measurement points in the depth direction is 50 or more for the coating layer, a thickness of the coating layer is 10 nm or more and 130 nm or less, an average value X is 0.1 or more and 35.0 or less, the average value X being defined as an average value of a ratio of a Pd concentration CPd (atomic %) to an Ni concentration CNi (atomic %), CPd/CNi, for all measurement points in the coating layer, the total number of measurement points in the coating layer whose absolute deviation from the average value X is 0.3X or less is 50% or more relative to the total number of measurement points in the coating layer, and the bonding wire satisfies the following condition (A): (A) the bonding wire contains one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, Ru, Rh, Sn, Ta, W, Os, Ir, Pt, Au and Bi (hereinafter referred to as “first additive element”), and the total concentration of the first additive element relative to the entire wire is 5 ppm by mass or more and 450 ppm by mass or less. |
| US12290880B2 |
Curved quasi-non-diffracting laser beams for laser processing of transparent workpieces
A method for processing a transparent workpiece comprises directing a laser beam oriented along a beam path into the transparent workpiece such that a portion of the laser beam directed into the transparent workpiece is a laser beam focal arc and generates an induced absorption within the transparent workpiece, the induced absorption producing a defect within the transparent workpiece. The laser beam focal arc has a wavelength λ, a spot size w0, and a Rayleigh range ZR that is greater than F D π w 0 2 λ , where FD is a dimensionless divergence factor having a value of 10 or greater. The laser beam focal arc varies in a line shift direction relative to an unaffected beam propagation direction, where the line shift direction extends in an x-direction, a y-direction, or both along a length of the laser beam focal arc, such that the defect varies in the line shift direction. |
| US12290879B2 |
Method for creating shunt free translucent flexible thin-film photovoltaic module
A method for shaping a thin-film photovoltaic cell module from a photovoltaic cell sheet according to a predetermined contour of the module, where the cell sheet includes a flexible substrate based on a polymer or metal foil and a photovoltaic stack including one or more photo-active layers arranged on a front surface of the substrate. The method includes: providing the cell sheet, directing a laser beam towards a rear surface of the substrate; creating, by the laser beam, a trench in the rear surface, the trench shaped according to the contour such that the cell sheet is “divided” in a first portion within the contour and a second portion outside the contour; affixing a handling tool to one of the portions of the cell sheet on the rear surface of the substrate; selectively separating the portions by displacing the handling tool and one portion relative to the other portion. |
| US12290878B2 |
Characterization method and system for a laser processing machine with a moving sheet or web
The present invention discloses a method to calibrate a laser cutting machine without stopping the production. The method is adapted to laser cutting machine which use a conveyor belt to convey the sheets while cutting them with the laser. The method allows to place calibration marks at locations on the sheet that are convenient according to the production job, thereby minimising the waste of material. |
| US12290874B2 |
Laser annealing device
A laser annealing device includes a laser generator, a beam splitter, a λ/2 phase difference member, a first reflective member, and a second reflective member. The laser generator emits a laser beam. The beam splitter splits the laser beam into a first reflective light and a transmissive light. The λ/2 phase difference member changes a polarization component of the transmissive light. The first reflective member reflects the transmissive light having the changed polarization component. The second reflective member reflects the transmissive light having the changed polarization component in a way such that the transmissive light having the changed polarization component which is reflected from the first reflective member is incident to the beam splitter. |
| US12290873B2 |
Friction stir additive method and machine
An additive friction stir deposition machine and the method of using it. The friction stir deposition machine has a stationary tool with a fixed shoulder and an opening. The fixed shoulder is fixed from rotation with respect to a substate onto which feedstock material is deposited to build a layer. A guide tube holds the feedstock material and is rotatable within the stationary tool. The opening in the stationary shoulder circumscribes the open end of the guide tube. The feedstock material is co-rotatable with the guide tube and rotating the guide tube rotates with the feedstock. |
| US12290872B2 |
Element supply apparatus for a setting welding device, an element nest and a retrofit kit for the setting welding device as well as corresponding supply methods of a welding auxiliary joining part
An apparatus of a setting welding device for an auxiliary joining part with a head and a shaft, includes a linear drive fastenable at the setting device and including an element nest at a movable end, in which an auxiliary joining part is releasably receivable from a transfer unit. The element nest is movable by the linear drive in a first direction. The element nest is supported in a floating manner, and is positionable via a mechanical stop alignment in abutment with an electrode punch in the joining direction below the electrode punch. And/or the element nest is connected with the linear drive via a mechanical direction-changing coupling component so that the element nest is movable by the linear drive in a second direction so that the auxiliary joining part is positionable at the joining location, wherein the second direction is not parallel to the first direction. |
| US12290871B2 |
Method and system for joining workpieces
Methods and systems for joining multiple workpieces are provided. In one example, the method includes dispensing adhesive on a first workpiece. A second workpiece is contacted with the adhesive such that the adhesive is disposed between the first and second workpieces. Resistance heating is produced in the first and second workpieces at first processing conditions to partially cure the adhesive and affix the first and second workpieces together to form a partially cured, adhesive-joined workpiece assembly. The partially cured, adhesive-joined workpiece assembly is exposed to heat at second processing conditions to substantially fully cure the adhesive. |
| US12290867B2 |
Power tool
A power tool includes a spindle, a motor, an inner housing and an outer housing elastically connected to the inner housing. The inner housing is formed by a first inner housing portion formed of metal connected to a second inner housing portion formed of synthetic polymer. The first inner housing portion includes a housing part disposed in a front part of the outer housing, and a first extending part extending rearward from the housing part and disposed in a grip part of the outer housing. The second inner housing portion includes a second extending part that has a tubular shape and at least partially surrounds the first extending part, and a rear end part connected to the second extending part and disposed in a rear part of the outer housing. The first extending part extends rearward of a center of the second extending part in the front-rear direction. |
| US12290865B2 |
Milling tool and method for producing a rolling bearing cage
A milling tool includes a main body and a plurality of cutting inserts with respective cutting edges. The main body has an end face and a barrel-shaped curved lateral face. A first group of the plurality of cutting inserts are fastened on the end face, a second group of the plurality of cutting inserts are fastened on the barrel-shaped curved lateral face, and the respective cutting edges describe a barrel shape. Each one of the plurality of cutting inserts may be designed as an indexable insert. |
| US12290863B2 |
Coupling arrangement for tool, and tool comprising coupling arrangement
A coupling arrangement for a tool, the coupling arrangement comprising a drive part rotatable about a rotation axis, the drive part comprising a drive profile; a driven part rotatable about the rotation axis, the driven part comprising a driven profile complementary to the drive profile, the driven profile being arranged to mate with the drive profile in a coupled position for torque transfer between the drive part and the driven part; and an aligning arrangement arranged to force a relative rotation between the drive part and the driven part about the rotation axis from a nonaligned state of the coupling arrangement, where the drive profile is not rotationally aligned with the driven profile, towards an aligned state of the coupling arrangement, where the drive profile is rotationally aligned with the driven profile. |
| US12290862B2 |
Coating, method for coating, and coated cutting tool
A method for coating a substrate 11 is disclosed. The method includes at least the following steps: depositing a first base layer 22 comprising a nitride of at least Al and Cr on the substrate 11 by physical vapor deposition at a gradually increasing substrate bias voltage from a first substrate bias voltage to a second substrate bias voltage; depositing a second base layer 23 comprising a nitride of at least Al and Cr on the first base layer 22 by physical vapor deposition at a constant substrate bias voltage that is greater or equal to the second substrate bias voltage; and depositing an outermost indicator layer 24 on the second base layer 23, wherein the outermost indicator layer 24 comprises a nitride of Si and Me, wherein Me is at least one of Ti, Zr, Hf, and Cr, wherein the outermost indicator layer 24 is deposited by physical vapor deposition at a substrate bias voltage that is less than the constant substrate bias voltage applied during deposition of the second base layer 23. |
| US12290860B2 |
Near net shape manufacturing of complex configuration components
A method for manufacturing near net shapes of complex configuration components. The method includes mixing a plurality of powdered metals to form a blended powder; gravity sintering a sand mold filled with the blended powder to form a gravity sintered preform; and vacuum hot-pressing the gravity sintered preform to form a near net shape component. |
| US12290859B2 |
Powder application device, method for operating a powder application device, and system for producing a three-dimensional workpiece
A powder application device (10) for use in a system (100) for producing a three-dimensional workpiece using a generative layering process comprises a spreading member (12). The spreading member (12) is movable across a surface of a carrier (116) for depositing a raw material powder for producing a workpiece by a generative layering method onto the surface of the carrier (116). Furthermore, the powder application device (10) comprises a powder entrainer (16) which is movable across a carrier plane (E) and which, in the region of a surface (20) facing the carrier plane (E), is provided with a surface profile (22). The surface profile (20) comprises an entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) and a passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c). The entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) and the passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c) are shaped and arranged in such a way that, with respect to the movement of the powder entrainer (16) across the carrier plane (E), powdery material deposited in front of the powder entrainer (16) on the carrier plane (E) is entrained by the entraining element (24a, 24b, 24c) during a movement of the powder entrainer (16) across the carrier plane (E) in a first direction of movement (R1), and is guided through the passage channel (26a, 26b, 26c) during a movement of the powder entrainer (16) across the carrier plane (E) in a second direction of movement (R2) opposite to the first direction of movement (R1). |
| US12290857B2 |
Systems and methods for removing a support structure in subtractive machining
Systems and methods including an additive component; a subtractive component; and a processor configured to: receive a contact line associated with a support structure from the additive component; receive geometry associated with an orientation from the additive component; receive data associated with a tool from the subtractive component; generate a subtractive tool path based on the received contact line, the received data associated with the tool, and the received geometry; transmit the generated subtractive tool path to the analysis component for processing tool path validation; and validate, by the analysis component, the tool path based on output from a simulation component to determine whether removal of the support structure from a part is successfully computed by the subtractive component. |
| US12290856B2 |
Method for additively manufacturing three-dimensional components and corresponding device
The invention relates to a method for additively manufacturing, wherein an irradiation path of the impinging beam deviates during the feed from a, in particular straight, feed centre line M, wherein at least one line P parallel to M or corresponding to M is successively crossed by the irradiation path at three points P1, P2 and P3, so that applies: P2 lies further forward in the feed direction than P1 and P3 lies between P1 and P2, at a distance p1 from P1 and a distance p2 from P2, where: p2/p1≥2.0, preferably p2/p1≥3.5. |
| US12290855B2 |
Single-piece feeder body for use in metal casting
The invention relates to a single-piece feeder body for use as a component of a two-part or multi-part telescopic feeder insert in metal casting,having a feeder wall which at least partially delimits a feeder cavity for receiving liquid metal, wherein the feeder wall has a passage opening for the liquid metal into the feeder cavity, and an outer surface on which there are arranged at least one outwardly projecting holding element and at least one guide part with a sliding section for a feeder element which corresponds with the feeder body, wherein the guide part has a supporting section which protrudes outwardly on the outer surface and which, adjoining the sliding section of the guide part for guiding the feeder element, extends in the direction of the passage opening. |
| US12290854B2 |
Composition, core and mould for casting and moulding processes
A composition for making a core for use in a moulding or casting process, a core comprising said composition, and a mould for producing an article by high pressure die casting or semi-solid casting. The composition comprises a particulate refractory material, a binder composition comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer, comprising at least one polysaccharide or polysaccharide derivative; and at least one pozzolanic additive. The mould comprises a core for defining an internal cavity of the article and the core comprises a solidified core composition. The solidified core composition comprises a particulate refractory material and a binder composition, degrades in water such that a cylinder of the solidified core composition having a maximum height of 80 mm and a maximum diameter of 50 mm disintegrates in no more than 10 minutes when immersed in water at a temperature of 20° C. and stirred at a speed of 60 rpm, and has a flexural strength of at least 300 N/cm2. The invention also resides in a method for producing an article by high pressure die casting or semi-solid casting. |
| US12290853B2 |
Method for manufacturing hot-forged member
A method for manufacturing a hot-forged member includes heating an unheated material for hot forging in a furnace to a hot forging temperature; bonding a heat-resistant insulation material to at least a part of a surface of a material for forging removed from the furnace to obtain a material to be hot forged; and compressing a part or all of the material to be hot forged into a predetermined shape using any of a die, an anvil, and a tool. |
| US12290851B2 |
Electrically assisted forming process and device for high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe
An electrically assisted forming process and device for a high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe includes a die sleeve, wiring terminals, a pulse power supply, a die seat, sealing baffle plates, a drawing die, and a cooling water circulation chamber. A process for forming a high-strength metal alloy thin-walled pipe includes first, graphite or fusible metal, i.e., an aluminum rod, is introduced into a high-strength metal alloy pipe to be drawn to fill the whole pipe; and then, pulse current is introduced into a plastic deformation area of the thin-walled pipe. A cooling device can be provided to achieve a good cooling effect. The thin-walled pipe with corresponding length is cut according to a production requirement after processing is completed, and annealing treatment is performed in a vacuum heat treatment furnace. |
| US12290849B2 |
Bending head for welded wire mesh
A bending head for welded wire mesh includes a frame, a bending face to be moved relative to the frame for bending a wire in a welded wire mesh, a counterholder on which the wire can be braced during bending by the bending face, a bending die which, at least in part, has a predefined bending radius, a bending arm on which the bending face is arranged, and an arm drive device with which the bending arm can be adjusted relative to the frame. A support is provided at which the bending arm is movably mounted. A support drive device, with which the support can be adjusted relative to the frame and which is separate from the arm drive device, is provided. |
| US12290845B2 |
Gaseous fluid extractor apparatus
An adjustable gaseous fluid extractor assembly including a first portion and a second portion. The assembly further includes a pivot mechanism providing that the first portion is pivotable relative the second portion about a respective first and second axis. The assembly further includes a flexible tubing element coupled to the first portion and to the second portion. The pivot mechanism is arranged exterior the flexible tubing element. |
| US12290838B2 |
Piler conveyor system
A piler conveyor system for screening debris such as tare dirt from materials such as beets as the materials are conveyed across a piler. The piler conveyor system generally includes a frame supporting an upper conveyor and a pair of lower conveyors. The upper conveyor is adapted to receive materials such as beets. As the materials are conveyed by the upper conveyor, debris such as tare dirt or the like will fall through screening openings in the upper conveyor and onto the lower conveyor. The lower conveyor may then dispense the debris through a debris opening. The materials will drop off the end of the upper conveyor and fall onto the second lower conveyor, which will convey the screened materials to be dispensed. |
| US12290836B2 |
Method of manufacturing a panel
A method is provided for manufacturing a panel. The method may involve supplying a substrate having an upper side. A layer may be provided onto the upper side. The upper side may be irradiated so as to cure at least a part of the layer by irradiation, hence forming the panel. The layer may include a liquid coating on substantially the entire upper side and a substance which is digitally printed locally on the upper side. The substance and the liquid coating may cooperate such that either (1) the coating and the substance react with each other, whereas the substance is a liquid that is printed on the upper side before the coating is applied and wherein the substance and the coating have different surface tensions, or (2) the coating is non-curable or only curable to a limited extent by the irradiation, whereas the substance makes the coating curable by the irradiation at locations where they meet each other. |
| US12290832B1 |
Heat gun engaging roller tool for use in applying adhesive sheet material to surfaces
A roller with a roller attachment adapted to be releasably engaged or attached to the output tube of a heat gun and to direct that hot air output toward the sheet material at a point where it is being applied ahead of the roller, and a method of applying a sheet material by comprising smoothing the sheet material against a surface. |
| US12290830B2 |
Perfume dosing device
The present invention relates to a perfume dispensing device, the device being electronically controlled and the actuation of perfume spraying being performed via an actuator (12) located on or under a device housing (1). All components of the device are located on or in the housing (1), wherein the housing also accommodates a control circuit (10) for controlling the device, which may optionally include a system (13) for wireless communication with a smart device (14) having a dedicated application uploaded, through which the user sets the desired parameters. The device may include several storage containers (2), which allows the user to select the desired perfume or to personalise the perfume via a dedicated application. The actuator is actuated by pressing or touching the actuator (12) or via an external device. |
| US12290829B2 |
Electrostatic spray drying nozzle assembly
An electrostatic sprayer operable at high flow rates and low pressures particularly suitable for spray drying. The sprayer includes an elongated body having a downstream spray nozzle assembly through which electrically charged liquid is directed via a central feed tube within the nozzle body and atomizing air is supplied via an annular passage about the liquid feed tube. In one embodiment, the nozzle assembly is an external mix cluster head spray nozzle assembly having a plurality of circumferentially spaced metallic spray tips. In another embodiment, the spray nozzle is an internal mix nozzle assembly having a spray tip with an internal mixing chamber for atomizing liquid prior to discharge. |
| US12290828B2 |
Coating system and coating method
A coating system includes a first robot configured to open an opening/closing portion of a vehicle body and a second robot configured to coat an interior of the vehicle body through the opening/closing portion opened by the first robot. The first robot has a first base via which the first robot is mounted to a structure forming a coating area. The second robot has a second base via which the second robot is mounted. The second base is mounted below the first base in a vertical direction. |
| US12290822B2 |
Magnetic filter
A magnetic filter is disclosed suitable for use in large heating and/or cooling systems, for example heating systems using pipework between 2 inch bore and 4 inch bore. The magnetic filter includes a separation chamber in the form of a pipe, and externally-mounted magnetic 5 assemblies which are movable from a position close to the pipe to a position spaced from the pipe. The magnetic assemblies are pivotally mounted to the pipe via a framework. |
| US12290819B2 |
Grinder stemmer and related methodologies
Disclosed is a continuous feed commercial cannabis bud grinder and stemmer that enables operations to control the grinds size, remove stems from the buds, and avoid damage to the bud's trichomes. In a preferred embodiment, raw material (buds) are top loaded into a grinding assembly defined by a motor driven blade that tumbles or sweeps the raw material such that the buds are destemmed and bud grinds are forced through a perforated insert. Suitably, grinds fall from the perforated insert into a secondary filtering process where the grinds can be filtered by size before output to a user. |
| US12290813B2 |
Apparatus and method for fast digital detection
Methods and systems for sample target molecules are provided. |
| US12290812B2 |
Microfluidics system
The disclosure relates to methods and systems for isolating individual sperm from a semen sample using microfluidics. Examples include a microfluidics system for isolating individual sperm from a semen sample, the system including: a first laminar flow channel extending between a first inlet and a first outlet; a second laminar flow channel extending between a second inlet and a second outlet; and a third laminar flow channel extending between the first and second laminar flow channels and having a restriction configured to prevent passage of a single sperm through the third laminar flow channel, wherein flow of a semen sample through the first laminar flow channel at a pressure higher than flow of a liquid medium through the second laminar flow channel results in a single sperm being trapped by the restriction in the third laminar flow channel. |
| US12290809B2 |
Sample management module
A sample management module for collecting a fluid sample is provided. The module comprising; a sample collection device comprising a sample collection location; a decoupling zone configured to receive sample from the collection device, an overflow reservoir in fluid communication with the decoupling zone to accommodate any sample that does not fit into the decoupling zone; wherein the overflow reservoir is configured to ensure pressure within the module can be managed. A cartridge comprising a sample management module is also provided. |
| US12290808B2 |
Method for cleaning and/or regenerating a glass microfluidic sensor for the analysis of metals
The object of the present invention is a microfluidic method for cleaning and/or regenerating at least one microfluidic sensor comprising at least one glass microchannel forming a microfluidic circuit and at least two electrodes, comprising at least the following steps of cleaning the microfluidic circuit, comprising at least the circulation of a fluid sample in the microchannel; and step of cleaning the microfluidic circuit, comprising at least the circulation of a nitric acid solution in the microchannel. |
| US12290798B2 |
Method for obtaining metal oxides supported on mesoporous silica particles
A method for obtaining metal oxides supported on mesoporous silica particles includes a) providing a solution of at least one metal salt, b) providing a solution of at least one template forming agent of the general formula (I) Y3Si(CH2)n—X (I), wherein X is a complexing functional group; Y is —OH or a hydrolysable moiety selected from the group containing halogen, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, c) mixing the metal salt solution and the complex forming agent solution to obtain a metal precursor; d) adding at least one solution containing at least one pore structure directing agent to the metal precursor to obtain a metal precursor template mixture; e) adding at least one alkali silicate solution to the metal precursor template mixture at room temperature to obtain a silica-supported metal complex; and f) calcination of the silica-supported metal complex under air to obtain the supported metal oxide mesoporous silica particles. |
| US12290796B2 |
Porous cellulose medium
Provided is a novel porous cellulose medium that can efficiently separate a large target molecule in a calibration standard. A porous cellulose medium including a porous cellulose particle having a particle size from 1 to 600 μm, wherein, in sieving the porous cellulose medium for classification and using a fraction corresponding to aperture openings between 53 μm and 106 μm as a support for size exclusion chromatography, a polyethylene oxide standard is run through size exclusion chromatography with pure water as a mobile phase, and a weight average molecular weight Mw and a gel partition coefficient Kav of the polyethylene oxide standard satisfy Relationships (A) and (B) above: in a case where 4.80≤log Mw≤5.50,Kav>−0.445×log Mw+2.55 (A) in a case where 5.75≤log Mw,0≤Kav<0.19 (B). |
| US12290790B2 |
Manufacturing apparatus, mixing machine and/or receiving device for the manufacture of a composition from a mixture of formulations
A mixing method using a manufacturing apparatus having a mixing machine having a support defining a receiving housing including a first and a second receiving locations configured to receive a first and a second deformable capsules, respectively, the first and second capsules configured to be fluidly linked and containing respectively a first and a second formulations and a second formulations, an actuation system configured to transmit a pressure force to the first and second capsules to move the content of the first capsule in the second capsule, and vice versa, the mixing machine includes a heater element configured to heat at least one of the first and second capsules when received in the mixing machine, the method includes: heating and/or kneading alternately or simultaneously, setting in motion of the actuation system and heating by the heater element, and maintaining a withdrawal temperature by the heater element, without motion of the actuation system. |
| US12290785B2 |
Tangential flow filter system for the filtration of materials from biologic fluids
Systems and methods for filtering materials from biologic fluids are discussed. Embodiments may be used to filter cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from a human or animal subject. In an example, CSF is separated into a permeate and retentate using a tangential flow filter. The retentate is filtered again and then returned to the subject with the permeate. During operation of the system, various parameters may be modified, such as flow rate and waste rate. |
| US12290784B2 |
Reducer supply device
To provide a reducer supply device that can be made compact and has excellent maintainability. The reducer supply device includes a nozzle unit that adjusts a flow rate of a reducer which is to be supplied to a NOx purification catalyst device; and a pump unit that supplies the reducer to the nozzle unit. The nozzle unit and the pump unit are arranged at positions offset from each other in top view. |
| US12290778B2 |
Scrubber, ALD process system including the scrubber and method for fabricating semiconductor device using the scrubber
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a wafer inside a process chamber, performing an ALD (atomic layer deposition) process inside the process chamber to deposit titanium nitride on the wafer, providing a process gas used for the ALD process to a scrubber, filtering a first powder contained in the process gas, using a filter unit disposed in the scrubber and including a plurality of filters, adsorbing a second powder remaining in the process gas after passing through the filter unit, using a fin structure extending in a vertical direction inside the filter unit, and exhausting the process gas, from which the first and second powders are removed, from the scrubber. |
| US12290777B2 |
Filter screen component, base assembly, clothes dryer, and washing and drying integrated machine
A filter screen component, a base assembly, a clothes dryer, and a washing and drying integrated machine. The filter screen component comprises a motor and a filter screen part; the filter screen part comprises an annular filter screen body having holes; one end of the filter screen body is connected to a rotary shaft of the motor, and the other end is provided with an opening. The filter screen component, the base assembly, the clothes dryer, and the washing and drying integrated machine can not only effectively filter impurities such as soft flocks in an air flow, but also require, when cleaning the impurities such as soft flocks, no additional cleaning parts or manual cleaning; the cleaning is thoroughly completed. |
| US12290776B2 |
Air cleaner
An air cleaner includes: a blower having an outlet formed on an upper side thereof; a circulator disposed over the blower and configured to control a wind direction of air flowing upwardly through the outlet; and a mover coupled to the circulator and configured to change an arrangement of the circulator, wherein the circulator includes: a lower cover having a lower plate coupled to the mover, and having an inlet formed around the lower plate; an upper cover disposed over the lower cover and having an outlet; a blower fan rotatably disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover, and having a circular inlet formed on a lower side and an annular outlet formed on an upper side; and a motor disposed on an upper side of the lower plate, and rotating the blower fan. |
| US12290769B2 |
Diester-based material production unit and diester-based material production system including the same
The present disclosure relates to a diester-based material production unit including a reaction device in which an esterification reaction of dicarboxylic acid and a primary alcohol is performed, a column in which the gas-liquid separation of the primary alcohol and the water introduced is performed, a heat exchanger installed on a gas phase line of the column to remove heat of the gas phase line, a flash drum in which separation of a liquid phase and a gas phase is performed in the mixture stream including the primary alcohol and the water, a condenser installed on the flash drum upper line, and a layer separator in which the layer separation of a mixture of a liquefied primary alcohol and water into an organic layer and an aqueous layer is performed, wherein one or more lines through which recirculated primary alcohol from the flash drum and the layer separator flows are connected to an upper portion of the column. According to the present invention, a coolant usage amount can be reduced and a rheological problem can be eliminated since a liquid phase and a gas phase coexist in a pipe. |
| US12290760B2 |
Luminous frisbee
A frisbee, including a main body, a plurality of LEDs, and a battery. The main body includes a central disc portion and an outer ring periphery. The plurality of LEDs are arranged on the central disc portion. The central disc portion is provided with a plurality of light-guiding ribs. One end of each of the plurality of light-guiding ribs is arranged close to the plurality of LEDs, and the other end of each of the plurality of light-guiding ribs is connected to the outer ring periphery. The plurality of light-guiding ribs and the outer ring periphery are both made of an light-guide material. |
| US12290758B2 |
Racing game operation control method and apparatus, storage medium, and device
This application discloses an operation control method performed at a computer device. The method includes: detecting a target distance between a first virtual object and a second virtual object in a racing game, a position of the first virtual object being located behind a position of the second virtual object in the racing game; when a duration for which the target distance is less than or equal to a first distance threshold has reached a first time threshold: performing an acceleration operation on the first virtual object according to an increased driving control force; and updating the first virtual object from a first rendering effect to a second rendering effect. |
| US12290757B2 |
Supplemental casting control with direction and magnitude
An information exchange method and a related apparatus include a game picture that may be displayed that includes a candidate skill region, a target skill determined based on a skill selection operation for the candidate skill region, a virtual joystick object displayed on the game picture, and when a movement operation for the virtual joystick object is detected, at least one skill generation position of the target skill is calculated based on the movement operation. A skill effect model of the target skill is generated at the at least one skill generation position when a cast operation for the virtual joystick object is detected. A user may control a plurality of skill effect model generation positions of a game skill through the virtual joystick object, so that precision of information exchange can be improved. |
| US12290755B2 |
Facilitating generation of unique game characters and methods for use therewith
A game system operates by: receiving character attribute selection data to be associated with a game character, wherein the character attribute selection data indicates a subset of a set of character attributes of a character attribute database; generating, based on the character attribute selection data, display data associated with the game character; facilitating, based on the display data associated with the game character, generation of a player token NFT associated with the game character; and preventing use of the subset of character attributes of the character attribute database in generating other game characters. |
| US12290754B2 |
Automated artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistant
A method for assisting game play. The method includes monitoring game play of the user playing a gaming application, wherein the user has a defined task to accomplish, wherein the task is associated with a task type. The method includes determining a task type proficiency rule for the task type based on results of a plurality of players taking on a plurality of tasks having the task type. The method includes determining a player proficiency score for accomplishing the task based on the task type proficiency rule. The method includes determining a user predictive rate of success in accomplishing the task based on the player proficiency score, the task type proficiency rule, and the task. The method includes determining a recommendation for the user based on the user predictive rate of success. |
| US12290751B2 |
Systems and methods for generating virtual maps in virtual games
Method and system for generating virtual maps. For example, the method includes determining first real-world driving characteristics based upon first real-world telematics data of a first real-world user, determining first real-world geolocation characteristics based upon first real-world geolocation data of the first real-world user, generating a first virtual map based upon the first real-world driving characteristics and the first real-world geolocation characteristics, presenting the first virtual map in a virtual game, determining second real-world driving characteristics based upon second real-world telematics data of a second real-world user, determining second real-world geolocation characteristics based upon second real-world geolocation data of the second real-world user, generating a second virtual map based upon the second real-world driving characteristics and the second real-world geolocation characteristics, and presenting the second virtual map in the virtual game. |
| US12290750B2 |
Video recording system and method
A method of video editing includes: receiving data identifying a videogame, and data representative of one or more in-game events, analysing one or more aspects of the in-game events to generate at least a first statistical model for identifying statistically significant in-game events, identifying whether a current in-game event is statistically significant based on a generated statistical model and if so, extracting video of the event from a video buffer, and evaluating whether to include the extracted video in a themed highlight reel and if so, including the extracted video in the themed highlight reel. |
| US12290747B2 |
Method and system for incremental topological update within a data flow graph in gaming
A method of rendering a virtual environment is disclosed. First application data is received. The first application data includes first graph data. The first graph data corresponds to a first state of an application. Second application data is received after the first application data. The second application data corresponds to a second state of the application. The first application data and the second application data are analyzed to determine a change in the first graph data associated with the second application data. An island subgraph within the first graph data that includes the change is determined. Second graph data is generated for the second state. The generating of the second graph data includes partially reconstructing the first graph data. The partial reconstructing includes rebuilding the determined island subgraph. The generated second graph data is communicated for rendering of the virtual environment in the second state. |
| US12290746B2 |
Mobile game controller and full feature game controller combination device
A device may include a first unit and a second unit. The first unit may include a first body that has a controller interface that is operatively connected to one or more processors disposed in the first body and configured to operatively connect to a gaming device. The first body may include one or more rumble motors to provide haptic feedback to a user in response to the gaming device. A first communication port may be operatively mounted to the first body and operatively connected to the one or more processors. The second unit may include a second body separate from the first body, one or more second rumble motors operatively installed to the second body, and a second communication port configured to communicatively connect to the first communication port such that the one or more processors effectively controls the one or more second rumble motors. |
| US12290744B1 |
Cue stick holders and methods of fabrication and use thereof
Cue stick holders suitable for deployment on a pool, billiards, or like game table to support at least one cue stick as the cue stick rests in a propped position against the game table typically between plays of a game or between games may include a flexible holder panel configured for frictional immobilization on the game table. A holder rack may be provided on the holder panel. The holder rack may have at least one cue stick gap sized and configured to receive the at least one cue stick in the propped position thereof. |
| US12290739B2 |
System and method for timing personal physical activity
A system and method for timing personal physical activity provides an athlete with the ability to self-time runs over specific distances from anywhere. This can be used for any event that is timed over a specified distance. A software application utilizes the internal hardware commonly provided by many smart devices, such as global positioning system (GPS) modules and accelerometers, to assist the user in tracking and recording the time and distance of a walk/run. The software application is compatible with any smart devices, such as smart phones, smart watches, and a variety of other smart wearables. In addition, GPS is utilized to track and record the distance travelled by the user. The software application also uses a stopwatch-like mechanism in order to track and record the duration of an exercise. Furthermore, the GPS distance tracker and the stopwatch-like timer may be used together to create a pacemaker/pacesetter for the user. |
| US12290738B2 |
Method and electronic device for identifying golf swings and tracking statistics during a golf round
A system and method for automatically identifying a golf swing without any active participation on the part of the golfer is disclosed. The application program stored on and operating from an electronic device system uses data from a gyroscope and accelerometer to identify the golf swing. The system also automatically keeps statistics about the golfer's round of golf based on the GPS location of the identified swings. |
| US12290735B1 |
Wheel guard device for stationary exercise bicycle
A wheel guard device comprises a coupling module, a shielding module and a supporting module. The shielding module is connected in between the coupling module and the supporting module. The coupling module is configured to be connected with an upper portion of a bicycle frame of the stationary exercise bicycle. The shielding module is configured to at least partially surround a bicycle wheel of the stationary exercise bicycle with a predetermined distance from the bicycle wheel. The supporting module is configured to be placed on a ground or a mounting/supporting surface, or be connected with a lower portion of the bicycle frame. |
| US12290732B1 |
System and method to identify impact locations
A golf club comprising a golf club head having a face wall, an inertial motion unit (IMU) positioned within the body, and a transceiver in communication with the IMU, a shaft attached to the golf club head, and a grip attached to the shaft is disclosed herein. The IMU identifies an impact location with a golf ball. |
| US12290724B2 |
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 with an interior cavity, an upper back wall portion, a lower back wall portion, a ledge portion extending from the upper back wall portion to the lower back wall portion, an upper back wall portion thickness, and a lower back wall portion thickness. The golf club head may further include a first mass portion below the ledge portion, a second mass portion above the ledge portion, a polymer material in the interior cavity, a first width of the interior cavity above the ledge portion, a second width of the interior cavity below the ledge portion and above the lower back wall portion thickness, and a third width of the interior cavity below the second width. The third width may be greater than the first width, the second width may be greater than the third width, and the lower back wall portion thickness may be greater than the upper back wall portion thickness at three spaced apart cross sections of the body portion defined by associated planes that intersect a horizontal midplane of the body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US12290720B2 |
Systems and methods for integrated automated sports data collection and analytics platform
Systems, methods, and apparatus for data analytics for a sports activity are disclosed. A multiplicity of sensors tracks a multiplicity of world objects related to the sports activity, collects and communicates tracking data to a server platform in real time or near real time. The server platform integrates the tracking data from the multiplicity of sensors and scoring data for the sports activity, and correlates the tracking data and the scoring data with a corresponding UTC timecode based on rules related to the sports activity, thereby creating a multiplicity of UTC-coded data sets. The server platform synchronizes the multiplicity of UTC-coded data sets, thereby creating a time-synchronized data set. The server platform provides analytics based on the time-synchronized data set, thereby creating analyzed data. The multiplicity of user devices displays the analyzed data based on at least one application program. |
| US12290712B2 |
Smart flexible exercise weight
A flexible weight that can be secured to a wearer during performance of an exercise. The weight is segmented, with each segment from a set of segments including an associated bolster-shaped unit having a plurality of pellets suspended in a cured gel, the pellets/gel being positioned within a casing. The set of segments is contained within an outer pouch that is substantially conformal with the set of segments, and the segments from the set of segments are arranged in a linear array. The weight also includes an endcap with a colored light indicator and electronics for communicating with a smart mirror. |
| US12290700B2 |
Adjustable illuminator for photodynamic therapy and diagnosis
An adjustable illuminator for photodynamically diagnosing or treating a surface includes a plurality of first panels and at least one second panel. The plurality of first panels have wider widths and the at least one second panel has a narrower width. The narrower width is less than the wider widths. The illuminator further includes a plurality of light sources, each mounted to one of the plurality of first panels or the at least one second panel and configured to irradiate the surface with substantially uniform intensity visible light. The plurality of first panels and the at least one second panel are rotatably connected. The at least one second panel is connected on each side to one of the plurality of first panels. The second panel acts as a “lighted hinge” to reduce or eliminate optical dead spaces between adjacent panels when the illuminator is bent into a certain configuration. |
| US12290693B2 |
Feedthrough header assembly and device including same
Various embodiments of an electronics module and an implantable medical device that includes such module are disclosed. The module includes a feedthrough header assembly having a conductive header that includes a conductive inner surface, an outer surface, and a contact disposed on the inner surface and electrically connected to the header; and a feedthrough pin disposed within a via that extends through the header. The module further includes an electronic layer having a substrate and an electronic component disposed on or within the substrate. The electronic component is electrically connected to the contact of the conductive header such that the electronic component is electrically connected to the header. A major surface of the substrate of the electronic layer faces the conductive inner surface of the header without any intervening nonconductive layers disposed between the major surface of the substrate and the conductive inner surface of the header. |
| US12290691B2 |
Logging the execution of sub-programs within a stimulation program for an implantable stimulator device
An implantable stimulator device is disclosed for executing a stimulation program comprising a plurality of sub-programs, wherein the sub-programs are configured to be automatically sequentially executed by stimulation circuitry in the device. Control circuitry periodically stores log data to indicate where each sub-program is in its execution. If the device experiences an interruption that prevents the stimulation circuitry from executing the stimulation program, and upon receiving an indication that the stimulation circuitry can continue execution of the stimulation program, the control circuitry is configured to query the log data to determine a sub-program during which the interruption occurred, and using the log data, cause the stimulation circuitry to continue execution of the stimulation circuitry either at the beginning of the sub-program, or at a point during the sub-program when the interruption occurred. |
| US12290690B2 |
Biostimulator having patch antenna
A biostimulator, such as a leadless cardiac pacemaker, having a patch antenna integrated into a housing, is described. The housing includes an annular wall that contains electronic circuitry of the biostimulator and provides a ground plane of the antenna. The patch antenna includes a meandering trace embedded in a curved dielectric layer that is mounted on the annular wall. The trace provides a conductor of the antenna and the dielectric layer provides a dielectric substrate of the antenna between the conductor and the ground plane. The electronic circuitry contained within the annular wall is electrically connected to the trace via an electrical feedthrough that passes through the annular wall and the dielectric layer. The electrical feedthrough places the electronic circuitry in communication with the antenna to transmit or receive wireless communication signals from an external device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US12290686B2 |
Systems and devices for equalizing telemetry signals transmitted by way of a transcutaneous narrowband inductive link
An exemplary cochlear implant system includes a sound processor, a cochlear implant, and equalization circuitry integrated within the sound processor and/or the cochlear implant. The sound processor operates externally to a recipient and is associated with a sound processor coil. The cochlear implant includes a cochlear implant coil larger than the sound processor coil and that is configured to form a transcutaneous narrowband inductive link with the sound processor coil when the cochlear implant is implanted within the recipient. By way of the transcutaneous narrowband inductive link, the cochlear implant receives a forward telemetry signal incorporating power and forward telemetry data. The equalization circuitry facilitates recovery, by the cochlear implant, of the forward telemetry data from the forward telemetry signal by compensating for distortion introduced onto the forward telemetry signal as a result of bandwidth limitations imposed by the transcutaneous narrowband inductive link. Corresponding systems and devices are also disclosed. |
| US12290682B2 |
Stimulator systems and methods for selectively recruiting fascicles in hypoglossal nerve trunk
An electrode lead comprises a lead body, connector contacts affixed to the proximal end of the lead body, and a cuff body affixed to the distal end of the lead body. The cuff body is pre-shaped to transition from an unfurled state to a furled state, wherein the cuff body, when in the furled state has an inner surface for contacting a nerve and an overlapping inner cuff region and an outer cuff region. The electrode lead further comprise electrode contacts circumferentially disposed along the cuff body when in the furled state, such that at least one of the electrode contacts is located on the inner surface of the cuff body, and at least another of the electrode contacts is located between the overlapping inner and outer cuff regions. The electrode lead further comprises electrical conductors extending through the lead body respectively between the connector contacts and the electrode contacts. |
| US12290677B2 |
Safety critical electronic device lock
Presented herein are techniques for electronically locking an electronic device in response to detection of a safety critical fault. As used herein, a “safety critical fault” is a fault having a potential to cause harm to an individual using the device. In particular, an electronic device in accordance with certain embodiments presented herein is configured to determine when the electronic device has experienced a safety critical fault. In response, the electronic device automatically restarts itself and, following restart, is automatically forced into a locked mode. The locked mode prevents execution of a run-time program stored in the electronic device. |
| US12290676B2 |
Blood pump shaft bearing
A blood pump includes an impeller; a drive shaft coupled to the impeller and configured to rotate with the impeller; a motor configured to drive the impeller; and a bearing assembly disposed adjacent the motor and configured to receive an end of the drive shaft. The bearing assembly includes a bearing, where the end of the drive shaft is at least partially rounded, and the where the bearing includes a concave depression defined in a first side of the bearing, where the depression is configured to receive the end of the drive shaft. The bearing assembly may include a lubricant chamber configured to hold a lubricant. |
| US12290674B2 |
Blood pump
The invention relates to a blood pump. The blood pump comprises a flexible drive shaft guided in a catheter, a conveying element connected to the drive shaft in a distal region of the drive shaft, and a motor, wherein the motor has a stator and a rotor mounted such that it can move in the stator. The stator comprises a winding and the rotor comprises a rotor magnet. In addition, the drive shaft is connected to the rotor at a proximal end of the drive shaft. The stator and the rotor are nondetachably connected to one another, and form a gap with a ring-shaped cross-section, which is delimited by the rotor and the stator. |
| US12290671B2 |
Drug delivery device and charging device
A drug delivery device for delivering a medicament includes a housing arranged to contain a container, a receiver coil, and an energy storage unit. The receiver coil is arranged to receive energy from a transmitter coil by electromagnetic induction. The energy storage unit is arranged to be charged by at least a portion of the energy received by the receiver coil. At least a portion of the energy received by the receiver coil is converted to heat energy. The receiver coil is arranged in the drug delivery device to transfer the heat energy to the container to heat medicament contained in the container. A system comprising the drug delivery device is also disclosed. |
| US12290670B2 |
Fluid management systems and methods
Fluid management systems are disclosed that include software-controlled, electro-mechanical devices used in combination with single-use or multi-use tubing sets. Functions of the fluid management systems can include fluid pressurization, fluid warming, fluid deficit monitoring (including flow-based and weight-based), suction, fluid collection, and fluid evacuation (including indirect-to-drain and direct-to-drain options). The systems can be configured based on the surgical environment (e.g., operating room or physician office) as well as other user needs and/or preferences. |
| US12290666B2 |
Drug delivery devices with partial needle retraction
Methods, devices, and components are provided to reduce tissue resistive pressure during a subcutaneous drug delivery operation by increasing the size of the injection cavity by partially retracting the drug delivery member after inserting the drug delivery member to a subcutaneous position. The drug delivery devices described herein include a resilient member that interacts between stationary and moveable components of the drug delivery device. The drug delivery device include drives to move the stationary and moveable components relative to one another to insert a drug delivery member to a subcutaneous depth within a patient and to dispense a drug to the injection cavity in the patient. The resilient member is deformed during the operations or is pre-deformed and the stored energy of the resilient member in the deformed state then acts on the stationary and moveable components to partially retract the drug delivery member to relieve pressure in the injection region. |
| US12290665B2 |
Device for administering a fluid
A device for administering a fluid can include a cylinder, a piston connected to a piston rod, and a tensioning device connected to the piston rod. In a dispensing procedure, a ramp track is rotated until a roller runs over a transfer region and is accelerated toward the first plateau and, as a result, the piston is moved toward an open dispensing end. The ramp track runs on the face side of a wall extending along a circular path. A cover engages over the ramp track, the driver and the roller and has at least one scraper extending counter to the first direction and extending within the wall as far as the inner side of the wall, and thus scrapes off lubricant located on the inner side from the inner side. |
| US12290661B2 |
Infusion pump
An infusion pump for administering controlled doses of fluid comprises a pump body 2 and cap 3 attachable to the pump body 2 to retain a medicament fluid receptacle 4 in the pump body 2. The fluid receptacle 4 is connected to a tube 12 for dispensing the fluid. The tube 12 is directed through a normally closed valve within the cap 3. The pump body 2 comprises a propulsion device engaging with a piston support 6 of the fluid receptacle 4, coupled to a retaining member, a drive system coupled to the retaining member and a rigid member coupled to the drive system. Actuation of the drive system enables the propulsion device to deliver fluid. In addition, the rigid member moveably projects into the cap to open the normally closed valve to allow the passage of fluid. |
| US12290656B2 |
Closed IV access device with y-port needle-free connector
A multi-port connector such as a closed intravenous (IV) access device with a y-port needle-free connector may be provided. The multi-port connector may include a main housing with a longitudinal axis, a needle free connector disposed along the longitudinal axis, and a y-port extending from a sidewall of the main housing at an angle that is non-parallel with the longitudinal axis. The needle-free connector may include a compressible sealing member that, when compressed opens a first fluid pathway from a first port, through a chamber within the housing, and to an output port. The y-port may be fluidly coupled to the chamber and the output port. |
| US12290652B2 |
Treating tumors using TTFields combined with a PARP inhibitor
Tumor-Treating Fields elicit a conditional vulnerability to PARP inhibitors (e.g., Olaparib) in certain cancer cells such as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines. This conditional vulnerability is exploited in a method of killing cancer cells that comprises delivering a PARP inhibitor to the cancer cells and applying an alternating 80-300 kHz electric field to the cancer cells. At least a portion of the applying step is performed simultaneously with at least a portion of the delivering step. In some embodiments, an additional step of treating the cancer cells with a radiation therapy is added to the method. In some embodiments, the frequency of the alternating electric field is between 100 and 200 kHz. |
| US12290651B2 |
Devices and methods for the treatment of body surface disorders
Applicator devices (1), kits, systems, and methods of using such devices for treating one or more body surface conditions (e.g., warts, Molluscum contagiosum, conjunctivitis, otitis) are provided. The applicator device facilitates topical administration of a controllable amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a desired area of an affected body surface (e.g., skin, eye, ear, nose, mouth, anus, vagina). The applicator device includes an ampule (40) containing the pharmaceutical composition, the ampule being positioned within a tube (50). Squeezing the tube breaks the ampule, releasing the pharmaceutical composition. The applicator device includes a filter (30) that permits passage of fluid and inhibits passage of broken ampule shards. The applicator device includes a dispensing tip (20) through which the pharmaceutical composition passes. |
| US12290647B2 |
Puncture device for accessing the vascular system
The present invention is related to the field of devices for introducing and extracting media from the body, more specifically to the devices for introducing media into the body by means of intravascular access, and in particular, provides a puncture device for accessing the vascular system comprised of: a needle having a tubular body, with said tubular body having a distal end and a proximal end, a cutting edge in the distal end of said tubular body, and an expansion of the external diameter having a bulb shape next, in distal-proximal direction, to said cutting edge.In this way, a puncture device is provided for accessing the vascular system that solves the problem of allowing the echograph monitoring of the needle, but whose fabrication implies a reduction in the technical difficulty for its obtention, while it avoids the accidental perforation of the distal wall of the vessel of interest. |
| US12290645B2 |
Catheter insertion-tray systems and methods thereof
A catheterization package including a catheterization tray and contents for a catheterization procedure. The catheterization tray can include a structural configuration for maintaining a sterile field about a patient throughout the catheterization procedure, the sterile field including at least a portion of the tray. The structural configuration of the tray can provide a sterile side of the tray designated for a first person performing sterile steps of the catheterization procedure in the sterile field. The structural configuration of the tray can also provide a non-sterile side of the tray designated for either the first person or a second person performing non-sterile steps of the catheterization procedure outside the sterile field. The contents for the catheterization procedure can include a perineal care kit, two or more pairs of gloves, and a drainage system including a catheter. |
| US12290643B2 |
Extension tube assembly and related medical fluid transfer systems and methods
Devices for transferring fluid to or from a subject include an extension tube assembly with an axially extending inner tube configured to couple to an elongate tubular cannula having opposing proximal and distal ends with an axially extending lumen and an axially extending inner tube. The inner tube extending through the tubular cannula defines an exposed needle tip and is in fluid communication with the inner tube of the extension tube assembly. The needle tip extends out of a distal end of the tubular cannula a suitable distance. |
| US12290642B2 |
Guide extension catheter
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a proximal diameter. The guide extension catheter may additionally include a collar member attached to an extension portion of the proximal member, where the extension portion may be located at the distal end of the proximal member. The extension portion may allow a delivery device to be inserted through the guide extension catheter to extend along a surface of the extension portion and align with a lumen of a distal sheath of the guide extension catheter. |
| US12290640B2 |
Noninvasive, regional brain thermal stimulation for inducing relaxation
Methods, systems and devices for reducing anxiety, including increasing relaxation and/or calm. In some variations these methods may include reducing anxiety, increase relaxation and/or calm by non-invasive temperature regulation of the frontal cortex prior to and/or during sleep. The subject may have an anxiety disorder, or may not have a diagnosed anxiety disorder. |
| US12290634B2 |
Airway mask interface apparatus
An airway mask interface apparatus for administering gas to a person's respiratory system is provided. The invention acts as a membrane between the person's face and a gas producing mask and covers and forms to the person's facial features and to the contours of the gas producing mask. The interface includes a first conduit passing through the interface in the region of the user's mouth, and a second conduit passing from the first conduit to the region of the user's nose. In this way, gas delivered to the interface passes through the first and second conduits and into the user's respiratory system with minimal leakage. |
| US12290631B2 |
Electronic smoking article
An electronic smoking article includes a reservoir including a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a spiral path insert including a channel having a spiral configuration along an outer periphery of the spiral path insert. A coating can be applied to the outer periphery of the spiral path insert. |
| US12290630B2 |
Inhaler jacket with cap attachment
The invention discloses an accessory for an inhalation device having a canister and a housing including a mouthpiece from which the medicament is dispensed. The accessory includes a jacket, which attaches to the housing; a cap for the mouthpiece and a plurality of elastomeric straps which secure the jacket to the cap. An inhalation device is also provided with the accessory attached. |
| US12290629B2 |
Aerosol-generating devices and aerosol-generating systems
An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating device and at least two consumables. Each consumable includes an aerosol-forming substrate. The aerosol-generating device further includes a device housing comprising at least two receiving chambers, wherein each consumable is accommodated in a separate receiving chamber of the at least two receiving chambers. The aerosol-generating device further includes at least two mouthpieces, wherein each mouthpiece of the at least two mouthpieces is aligned with a separate consumable of the at least two consumables and wherein the aerosol-generating device is configured to isolate airflows through separate, respective mouthpieces of the at least two mouthpieces. |
| US12290625B2 |
Collapsible mobile urine container
A collapsible mobile urine container includes a container body made of malleable polymeric material having a body wall comprised of a bag or a tube, and a support member being a wire coil. The container further includes a shell having a top, a bottom, and a hinge, and the shell is configured to enclose the container body. The container body is configured to be collapsible such that it is collapsed in a first state and extended in a second state. A method of using a collapsible mobile urine container includes providing a collapsible mobile urine container, opening the container shell, extending the container body to the second state, positioning the container body relative to a user to collect urine, and collecting urine during a urination event. |
| US12290624B2 |
System and method for irradiating biological fluids
An irradiation device includes a processing container including a first chamber, a second chamber and at least one narrow passage in fluid communication at a first end with the first chamber and at a second end with the second chamber, and a rotatable table on which the processing container is mounted, the table having a first state wherein the first chamber is disposed at a higher elevation than the second chamber, and a second state wherein the second chamber is disposed at a higher elevation than the first chamber. The irradiation device also includes ultraviolet (UV) light source disposed proximate to the narrow passage and configured to irradiate fluid passing through the narrow passage. |
| US12290622B2 |
Closed circulation system test apparatus for blood purification device using whole blood
A closed circulation system test apparatus independently sets the amount of a liquid such as a dialysate for a blood purification device, facilitates management of operations of multiple pumps, and is capable of evaluating performance for removing wastes in blood and lifespan performance of membranes. The closed circulation system test apparatus includes: a blood sending line for sending blood from the blood bag to the blood purification device via a blood pump; a blood returning line for sending blood exiting from the blood purification device to the blood bag via a resistance imparting means; a filtrate line for sending the filtrate exiting from a dialysate outlet of the blood purification device to the replacement fluid container via a filtrate pump; and a dialysate line for sending, via a dialysate pump, dialysate or replacement fluid from the replacement fluid container to a dialysate inlet of the blood purification device. |
| US12290620B2 |
Dialysis machine containing a device for the treatment of liquids, in particular water, and method for monitoring the device for contamination
A dialysis machine is provided that includes an apparatus for treating fluids, in particular, for treating water for dialysis. The apparatus includes one or more hollow fiber membrane filters, a plurality of fluid lines, one or more sampling points, and one or more valve connections. The apparatus is configured such that contaminants can concentrate in a first hollow fiber membrane filter and conclusions can be drawn as to the contamination of the water. An analysis value can be determined from samples of concentrated contaminants. A method for monitoring the apparatus for contamination, is also provided. |
| US12290612B2 |
Aligned fiber and method of use thereof
A scaffold comprising an aligned fiber. Further, a scaffold comprising one or more electrospun fibers wherein a fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis result of the fibers have adjacent major peaks with about 180° apart from each other. Also, methods for promoting differentiation of stem cells into osteoblasts, chondrocytes, ligament or tendon, the method comprising culturing the cells on the scaffold or aligned fiber in conditions suitable for the cell differentiation. |
| US12290610B2 |
Accumulator apparatus for use in sterilization
A decontamination system for a device, such as a lumen device, is provided. The decontamination system includes a terminal package defining a device receiving area. The terminal package includes a fluid inlet through which sterilant fluid can be delivered to the device receiving area. An accumulator apparatus is provided that is configured to switch between trapping sterilant fluid delivered into the device receiving area and delivering sterilant fluid to the device receiving area based on pressure changes in the device receiving area. |
| US12290608B2 |
Layered collagen dressing with extended bacteria and biofilm reducing capabilities
The present disclosure provides wound dressing compositions that disrupt biofilm formation in a wound upon application. The wound dressing composition includes a first layer comprising a homogeneous mixture of a collagen, an oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC), and at least one bacteria reducing active ingredient and a second layer comprising a homogeneous mixture of a collagen, an oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC), a silver compound, and at least one bacteria reducing active ingredient, and the uses thereof. Also disclosed herein are kits comprising the wound dressing compositions of the present technology, and instructions for use. |
| US12290606B2 |
Method for producing a drug delivery system
The present invention relates to a method for producing a drug delivery system. The method comprises the steps of screen-printing a base paste, and curing the base paste. Furthermore, the method comprises the steps of screen-printing a first paste separate to the base paste, and curing the first paste. |
| US12290601B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition comprising axitinib
The present invention relates to an immediate release tablet composition comprising axitinib form IV characterized by an XRPD pattern comprising the peaks at about 8.9, 12.0, 14.6, 15.2, 15.7, 17.8, 19.1, 20.6, 21.6, 23.2, 24.2, 24.9, 26.1 and 27.5±0.1 degrees 2θ, when measured with Cu Kα1 radiation and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein the composition exhibits a dissolution rate between 40% and 70% in 30 minutes when tested in 900 ml 0.01 N hydrochloric acid pH 2.0 at 37° C., 75 rpm in a USP apparatus II. |
| US12290599B2 |
Oil-based wound care compositions and methods
Compositions and methods for wound care or the dressing or treatment of wounds in a subject in need thereof. The compositions include an oil-based carrier, a polar solvent comprising one or more polar antimicrobial agents, and collagen or a collagen-based material. In at least some instances, the polar solvent comprising the one or more polar antimicrobial agents and the collagen or collagen-based material are suspended in the oil-based carrier. |
| US12290596B2 |
Compositions and methods for the treatment of opioid overdose
Drug products adapted for nasal delivery, comprising a pre-primed device filled with a pharmaceutical composition comprising nalmefene are provided. Methods of treating opioid overdose with the drug products are also provided. |
| US12290590B2 |
Biodegradable polyesters for water-resistant anhydrous suncare formulations
The present disclosure generally relates to a waterproofing polymer that is a substantially non-sequential reaction product of the following components: (i) at least one polyglycerol; (ii) at least one dimer acid; and (iii) at least one fatty acid having 8-30 carbon atoms, wherein (iii) and (i) are in a molar ratio of less than 2:1. The components are charged to a reaction vessel and subsequently reacted to produce a polyester polymer having excellent waterproofing properties. The polymers impart high static and water-resistant SPF to anhydrous sunscreen formulations. |
| US12290589B2 |
Cosmetic and personal care compositions containing cationic surfactants and anionic compounds
The instant disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions that include a non-hydrophobically modified anionic polymer; a cationic surfactant, including a cationizable surfactant; a fatty alcohol; and a cosmetically acceptable solvent; wherein the pH of the composition is below 5. Methods for using such cosmetic compositions are also provided. |
| US12290587B2 |
Anti-aging cosmetic compositions
A cosmetic active agent comprising a mixture of mannose-6-phosphate and mannose is disclosed. |
| US12290586B2 |
Cosmetic composition comprising a combination of two particular couplers and at least one oxidation base
A subject of the present invention is a cosmetic composition comprising 6-hydroxybenzomorpholine of formula (II), hydroxyethyl-3,4-methylenedioxyaniline of formula (III) and oxidation bases. The present invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres, such as the hair, wherein the composition as described previously is applied to said fibres. Another subject of the present invention is the use of the composition according to the invention for the cosmetic treatment of keratin fibres such as the hair. |
| US12290584B2 |
Hair dyeing method using natural dyes and metal salt
The present disclosure relates to a process and a kit for dyeing keratin-containing fibers, in particular human hair, using selected natural dyes and an iron(II) salt. The kit includes an aqueous composition (M) and an aqueous composition (T), where the aqueous composition (M) includes a polyphenol and a buffer system. The aqueous composition (T) includes a salt of the divalent iron cation Fe(II), and optionally includes a buffer. |
| US12290583B2 |
Perfuming complex, perfuming composition and perfumed aqueous composition of natural origin
A fragrancing complex comprising: 5% to 70% of a fragrance, IO % to 30% of caprylyl glycol, 0 to 85% of monopropylene glycol, the percentages being expressed by weight relative to the total weight of the 3 components above. The invention relates to a fragrancing composition including: from 25% to 34% of the fragrancing complex described above, from 66% to 75% of a mixture of Polyglyceryl-6 Caprylate/Caprate and Sodium Caproyl/Lauroyl Lactylate, the percentages being expressed by weight relative to the total weight of the 2 components above. A fragranced aqueous composition includes: from 20% to 30% of the fragrancing composition described above, from 70% to 80% of water, the percentages being expressed by weight relative to the total weight of the 2 components above. An embodiment is used in the field of fine perfumery, cosmetics, hygiene products, detergent products and room fragrances or indoor deodorizers or air fresheners. |
| US12290581B2 |
Non-petrochemically derived cationic emulsifiers and related compositions
The invention includes a neutralized amino acid ester emulsifier, emulsions and compositions containing the emulsifier, and related methods. The emulsifier is a neutralized amino acid ester that is a reaction product of a neutral amino acid with a fatty alcohol and is represented by formula (I): wherein R1 is an alkyl group that has 6 to 24 carbon atoms; R2 is an alkyl group that has 6 to 36 carbon atoms; and the amine group of the amino acid is neutralized with an acid. The emulsifier is cationic. Also included are stable emulsions and compositions, preferably personal care compositions, that include the emulsifier and which may have pH levels of 5.5 or greater. Encompassed within the scope of the invention are methods of increasing the substantivity of a composition to a negatively charged substrate using the emulsifier, methods of emulsifying and methods of preparing a personal care composition using the emulsifier. |
| US12290572B2 |
Gene editing to improve joint function
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating joint disorders that are characterized by an inflammatory component. In some aspects, the compositions and methods are to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis and other arthritides and to treat osteoarthritis and other arthritides in a mammalian joint. |
| US12290569B2 |
Methods and compositions using peptides and proteins with c-terminal elements
Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting and internalizing molecules into cells of interest and for penetration by molecules of tissues of interest. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that are selectively internalized by a cell, penetrate tissue, or both. The disclosed internalization and tissue penetration is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to cells and tissues of interest. |
| US12290567B2 |
Asialoglycoprotein Receptor mediated delivery of therapeutically active conjugates
ASGP-R binding molecular conjugates are provided. The conjugates are useful to deliver therapeutically effective amounts of biologically active molecules to target cells and tissues of a subject. Compositions are also provided comprising the molecular conjugates. |
| US12290562B2 |
Recombinant multivalent influenza viruses
The invention provides a composition useful to prepare influenza vaccine viruses, e.g., in the absence of helper virus, which includes internal viral segments from an influenza virus vaccine strain or isolate, e.g., one that is safe in humans, for instance, one that does not result in significant disease, and encodes a heterologous antigen. |
| US12290559B2 |
Methods of vaccine administration
This invention relates to a method of treating a dog for canine diseases comprising administering to the dog therapeutically effective amounts of a vaccine, wherein the vaccine comprises viral antigens, a bacterin, or both, and wherein the vaccine is administered subcutaneously or orally according to the schedules provided herein. |
| US12290557B2 |
Vaccine compositions for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine deltacoronavirus
The present invention is directed to novel immunogenic compositions that protect swine from disease caused by porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). The present invention is also directed to novel immunogenic compositions that protect swine from disease caused by porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV), alone or as combination vaccine to protect against PEDV. The compositions of the invention provide killed viruses whose effectiveness is enhanced by the selection of preferred adjuvants. Novel culture methods are also employed to increase reproducible yield of cultured viruses. Live vaccines are also provided from the Calaf14 PEDV isolate. |
| US12290556B2 |
Swine influenza a virus vaccine
The present invention provides vectors and/or nucleic acid constructs that encode one or more influenza A virus neuraminidase (NA) antigens. The present invention also provides vaccine against influenza A virus comprising such vectors and/or nucleic acid constructs. The present invention further provides methods of making and using the vaccines alone, or in combination with other protective agents. |
| US12290552B2 |
Topical therapeutic formulations
The invention provides topical compositions and methods for using the compositions. The compositions can be used for the treatment of fibrotic or connective tissue disorders involving scarring, sub-dermal plaque accumulations, or fibrosis of muscle tissue. The disorders can be painlessly treated by the topical application of a composition described herein. One or more calcium channel blocker agents can serve as an active ingredient of the compositions, optionally in combination with, for example, one or more of emu oil and superoxide dismutase. The composition can further include pharmaceutically acceptable carriers that can facilitate the non-invasive transdermal delivery of the active(s) to subdermal sites. |
| US12290551B2 |
Methods for imaging and treatment of somatostatin-receptor positive tumors
Methods for treating, identifying and localizing tumors expressing somatostatin receptors (SRs), including methods of enhancing the efficacy of imaging techniques by administration of a heteroaryl-ketone fused azadecalin glucocorticoid receptor modulator (HKGRM) effective to increase SR expression in tumors. HKGRM administration for enhancing SR-based tumor imaging and treating neuroendocrine tumors. HKGRM and somatostatin or somatostatin analog combination therapy for treating and enhancing SR-based tumor imaging. |
| US12290540B2 |
Strain having ability to lower blood ammonia levels and composition comprising same for neuronal protection
Microorganisms for lowering blood ammonia level and composition for protecting neuronal cells containing the same, particularly relates to microbes or a symbiotic pair that has a neuroprotective function by lowering blood ammonia levels or reducing ammonia levels in the body and composition for protecting neuronal cells comprising the microbes. The microorganisms having a neuroprotective function by lowering the blood ammonia level can be selected from the group that include, but not limited to, a Lactobacillus sp. strain and a Streptococcus sp. strain. The ammonia removal strains and the composition have a neuroprotective effect by their excellent ability to remove neurotoxic ammonia, and thus can be widely used as a preventive or therapeutic agent for hyperammonemia and neurological diseases caused thereby. |
| US12290538B2 |
Methods and products for treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
Described herein are compositions and methods for the delivery of microbial therapeutics useful for the treatment of disorders related to intestinal dysbiosis. |
| US12290537B2 |
Methods and compositions for controlling or reducing pests
The present invention relates to methods and compositions comprising viable spores of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains for controlling or reducing mite infestations, such as the control and reduction of infestations produced by Dermanyssus gallinae (poultry red mite). |
| US12290533B2 |
Extracellular vesicles and methods of using
The present disclosure relates to materials and methods for extracellular vesicle (e.g., exosome)-mediated delivery of cargo (e.g., endogenous and/or exogenous) to non-bovine mammalian (e.g., human) cells. For example, exosomes isolated from bovine milk for delivering cargo to non-bovine mammalian (e.g., human) cells are provided. |
| US12290532B2 |
Treatment of von Willebrand disease
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating von Willebrand disease with platelets, platelet derivatives, and/or thrombosomes. |
| US12290527B2 |
Compositions and methods for reducing major thrombotic events in cancer patients
The present invention relates to methods for reducing soluble P-selectin and major thrombotic events in cancer patients. |
| US12290525B2 |
5 alpha dihydrotestosterone formulations and associated methods of use and treatment
Disclosed are pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions that include 5 Alpha Dihydrotestosterone (or alternatively, 5α-DHT, 5 Alpha-DHT, 5 Alpha DHT, 5a-DHT, DHT), and associated methods of use and treatment that can be used alone or in combination with other treatments to provide, improve, or promote general well-being and health, including mental health, in a subject. In particular the compositions, methods, and uses can provide, promote, support, and/or improve outcomes associated with gender reassignment, gender transitioning, and/or gender-affirming therapy in a subject who may be in need thereof. |
| US12290518B2 |
Gamma polyglutamated methotrexate and uses thereof
The disclosure relates generally to gamma polyglutamated methotrexate compositions, including delivery vehicles such as liposomes containing the gamma polyglutamated methotrexate, and methods of making and using the gamma polyglutamated methotrexate compositions to treat hyperproliferative disorders (e.g., cancer) and disorders of the immune system (e.g., inflammation and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis). |
| US12290513B2 |
Therapeutic methods and compositions for treating movement disorders
The invention provides therapeutic methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and unit dose formulations for treating movement disorders, such as using a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor inhibitor in combination with a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor activator to treat dystonia. In some aspects, the invention provides a method of treating a movement disorder in a patient, where the method comprises administering to a patient in need thereof (i) a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor inhibitor in an amount effective to treat the movement disorder and (ii) a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor activator in an amount effective to reduce the frequency and/or magnitude of at least one side effect of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor inhibitor, to thereby treat the movement disorder. |
| US12290511B2 |
Pharmaceutical preparation containing pyridyl aminoacetic acid compound
The present invention aims to find a pharmaceutical preparation which treats or prevents glaucoma or ocular hypertension and is effective for patients with inadequate efficacies of glaucoma or ocular hypertension therapeutic agents. It has been found that omidenepag, an ester thereof, or a salt thereof has an excellent intraocular pressure lowering efficacy on patients with inadequate efficacies of other glaucoma or ocular hypertension therapeutic agents. Therefore, the omidenepag, the ester thereof, or the salt thereof of the present invention is useful as a pharmaceutical preparation which can treat or prevent glaucoma or ocular hypertension even in patients with inadequate efficacies of other glaucoma or ocular hypertension therapeutic agents. |
| US12290510B2 |
Polyvalent derivatives of emoxypine
Use of polyvalent emoxypine derivatives or related compounds in the treatment or prevention of, inter alia, Parkinson's Disease are described. |
| US12290507B2 |
Methods of use for trisubstituted benzotriazole derivatives as dihydroorotate oxygenase inhibitors
The present invention provides methods for treating a cancer in a subject and for inhibiting tumor growth, metastasis or a dihydrorotate oxygenase enzyme activity of a tumor or cancer cell. At least one trisubstituted benzotriazole derivative with the formula (I) is administered to the subject or is contacted with the cancer cell. Compounds of formula (I) have substituents R1, R2 and R3 which have the meanings given in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. |
| US12290506B2 |
Compositions and formulations for use of a PK inhibitor for the prevention, treatment, and improvement of skin diseases, conditions, and disorders
Provided herein are compositions comprising ruboxistaurin free base and its salts thereof and methods of use for treating conditions of the skin. |
| US12290505B2 |
Tissue factor-targeted antibody-drug conjugate
A tissue factor (TF)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) and a method for preparing the ADC. The ADC is capable of binding to TF antigen with high specificity, and has high affinity, low immunogenicity, high cytotoxicity, and significant anti-tumor activity. |
| US12290500B2 |
Anaplerotic agents for treatment of disorders of propionate and long chain fat metabolism
Methods of treating propionic acidemia (PA), methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) and fatty acid oxidation disorders are described. The methods include administering an anaplerotic agent that can directly enter the tricarboxylic acid cycle, such as a succinate derivative or pro-drug, for example trisuccinylglycerol (TSG). Methods of restoring tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle function in a cell deficient for propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC) or methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MUT) by contacting the cell with a succinate derivative or pro-drug, such as TSG, are also described. |
| US12290498B2 |
Methods of treatment of cholestatic diseases
The present invention relates to the use of compound 1-[4-methylthiophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one (Elafibranor or GFT505) for treating cholestatic diseases, and more specifically PBC and/or PSC. |
| US12290495B2 |
Sotalol compositions and uses of the same
The present invention provides oral solutions containing sotalol hydrochloride which advantageously avoid swallowing while providing with improved stability. The present invention also relates to methods of using the oral solutions for treatment of diseases and disorders, such as delay in reoccurrence of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter and/or ventricular arrhythmias. |
| US12290484B2 |
Manifold assembly for pneumatic system
A support surface assembly includes a covering defining an interior. Bladders are disposed within the interior. The bladders are operable between a deployed state and a non-deployed state. A manifold assembly is disposed within the interior of the covering. The manifold assembly includes a manifold core defining an inlet and multiple outlets. An engagement surface of the manifold core defines an inlet-connecting aperture in fluid communication with the inlet and multiple outlet-connecting apertures each in fluid communication with one of the multiple outlets. A connector includes an inner side that abuts the engagement surface of the manifold core. The inner side defines a recessed region. The connector is configured to be rotated by a motor to fluidly couple the inlet-connecting aperture with at least one of the outlet-connecting apertures to adjust the respective bladders between the deployed state and the non-deployed state. |
| US12290482B2 |
Elevating walker chair and components
A foldable, elevating walker chair is disclosed having a height adjustment mechanism and a height limiter. The elevating walker chair has a unique lifting mechanism that allows the chair to be readily raised and lowered without motors. The weight of the elevating walker chair may be optimized by use of innovative bracing struts. The folding mechanism allows the elevating walker chair to achieve a compact configuration. Innovative components such as a swivel seat, hinges, seatbelt, telescoping wheel mounts, height adjustment devices and safety mechanisms may be included in the elevating walker chair. |
| US12290480B2 |
Aft row closet with wheelchair accommodation and bassinet mount
A layout for a tapering rear section of an aircraft passenger cabin. The layout includes a seat row positioned between an aisle and an exterior wall, and a closet positioned behind the seat row. A first portion of the closet extends behind the seat row and a second portion of the closet extends into gap space formed between an outboard side of the seat row and the exterior wall. The closet forms interior space dimensioned, for example, to accommodate a folded wheelchair positioned along the exterior wall, as well as interior space behind the seat row. The second portion further forms an exterior surface for use by a passenger in the seat row, for instance a horizontal surface including a provision for mounting a bassinet. The interior space is accessible from the rear facing side of the closet to facilitate stowing and retrieving items from the interior space. |
| US12290479B2 |
System for powering medical imaging systems
Mobile medical clinic vehicles are disclosed. An enclosure is connected to a chassis and accommodates medical equipment items for patients and healthcare providers to utilize. One or more electrical components receive electrical power output from a generator, when operated, and provide a first output at a first voltage to a first subset of the medical equipment items and a second output at a second voltage to a second subset of the medical equipment items. |
| US12290478B2 |
System, apparatus and method for supporting and/or positioning a patient before, during, or after a medical procedure
A system for supporting or positioning a patient before, during, or after a medical procedure can include a platform configured to support at least a portion of a patient. A support column can be positioned beneath the platform. A base can be positioned beneath the support column and configured to support the support column. The base can include at least one drive wheel configured to contact a ground surface and move the platform with respect to the ground surface. A drive assist user interface module can be operatively connected to the at least one drive wheel. The drive assist user interface module can be configured to permit an operator of the system to selectively control movement of the at least one drive wheel. The drive assist user interface module can be part of or be attached to an attachment that includes a plate having a top surface. In one configuration, the top surface of the plate can be configured to extend parallel with a top surface of the platform when the attachment is attached to the platform. |
| US12290477B2 |
Patient-positioning system, computer-control and data-integration system, surgical componentry, and surgical methods of using same
A patient-positioning system, computer-control and data-integration system, and surgical componentry are provided. The patient-positioning system can be used to manipulate the patient prior to, during, and after surgery to globally or regionally articulate the patient's body to facilitate stabilization of the patient's spine. And the computer-control and data-integration system can be used to facilitate operation of the patient-positioning system and enabling technologies use to perform surgery. Furthermore, the surgical componentry can be used to locally articulate the patient's body and/or the stabilize patient's spine. Surgical methods of using the patient-positioning system, the computer-control and data-integration system, and the surgical componentry for improving patient health outcomes are also provided. |
| US12290474B2 |
Ophthalmic laser surgical system and method for wavefront-guided corneal lenticule extraction for vision correction
A ophthalmic laser-assisted corneal lenticule extraction procedure that uses wavefront measurements to guide the formation of the corneal lenticule. The wavefront map measured from a free eye using a wavefront aberrometer is registered to the cornea of a docked eye based on comparisons of iris images and corneal markings. The docked-eye cornea-registered wavefront map is then corrected to be consistent with the Munnerlyn formula for the spherical power, and adjusted for any physician adjustments and/or myopia error due to a flat add in the lenticule, using Zernike polynomials. The corrected and adjusted wavefront map is then used to calculate the profiles of the bottom and top lenticule incisions in the applanated cornea, where higher-order components in the wavefront map are distributed to the bottom lenticule incision alone and lower-order components in the wavefront map are distributed to both the bottom and the top lenticule incision. |
| US12290473B2 |
Method and device for treating an ocular disorder
A method and apparatus for treating ocular disorders such as blepharitis, meibomitis, and dry eye syndrome. The method includes using an electromechanical device to move a swab relative to the eye to create cyclical movement that impacts debris present at the eyelid margin and effectively removes the debris from the eye to encourage healing and prevent further digression of the health of the eye. The apparatus is an electromechanical device that includes a mechanical drive unit operatively connected to a swab to create a precise relative movement of the swab to the eye to remove debris present therein. |
| US12290471B2 |
Fluid delivery alignment system
Aspects of the invention include a device for fluid delivery to the ocular surface having a self-alignment system. The fluid delivery device includes a fluid package having a reservoir and one or more apertures, an actuator component configured to eject fluid from the reservoir through the one or more apertures and an image-based self-alignment system configured to align fluid ejected through the one or more apertures with a target location on the eye of a user. Also provided are methods of using the devices in fluid delivery applications, as well as a kit that includes components of the devices. |
| US12290466B2 |
Accessory devices of an ostomy system, and related methods for communicating leakage state
The present disclosure provides a method, performed in an accessory device, for communicating a leakage state of an ostomy appliance, wherein the accessory device comprises an interface configured to communicate with one or more devices of an ostomy system, the one or more devices comprising a monitor device, and/or the ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user. The method comprises obtaining monitor data from the one or more devices, the monitor data being indicative of presence of fluid at a proximal side of a first adhesive layer of the ostomy appliance towards the skin surface; determining a leakage state at the proximal side of the first adhesive layer of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data, and communicating the leakage state of the ostomy appliance via the interface. |
| US12290465B2 |
Surgical arm positioner with sterile disposable support
An arm retainer for supporting a patient's arm at a desired position on an articulatable support assembly secured to an operating table. The arm retainer includes a rigid arm tray (11) provided with a pair of spaced openings (16) for securement of a disposable arm support liner (10) to the tray. The arm support liner (10) is comprised of a sheet of malleable material (13) with a soft engagement surface (14) for skin contact with the patient and is provided with a predetermined cut configuration for wrapping the malleable liner (10) about the patient's arm for retention of the arm therein. The line (10) has two spaced foldout tabs (17) aligned with the corresponding tray openings (16) for securing the liner to the tray (11) by folding the tabs (17) through respective of the openings (16) and thereafter against the bottom side of the tray. |
| US12290464B1 |
Arm support apparatus
The arm brace supports an injured arm during rehabilitation. The arm brace has a wrap member, an arm support member, and an arm sleeve member. The wrap member is secured around a hip and a thigh of a user. The arm support member is secured to a side of the wrap member with couplings including V straps. This configuration provides a platform structure that supports the arm sleeve that partially surrounds and protects the forearm. The arm brace does not require a shoulder strap, a neck strap for support and any other upper body supports. The brace provides a stable support structure that immobilizes the arm regardless of the position of the patient. The hand extends out from a front end of the brace so the user can perform activities such as eating, typing, and grasping. |
| US12290463B2 |
Mechanism for automated injury stabilization and treatment
Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to a stabilization and cooling apparatus having a stabilizing structure with at least one inflatable chamber, the stabilizing structure configured to become semi-rigid upon inflation of the at least one inflatable chamber. A cooling structure is integrated with the stabilizing structure and includes a single-use cooling element and a thermally conductive material in thermal communication with the single-use cooling element. The apparatus also has an actuator configured to cause inflation of at least one inflatable chamber. |
| US12290460B2 |
Stent and associated systems and methods
A mesh element having a mesh gauge selected to control flow of materials therethrough. The mesh element is implantable into an anatomical structure upstream of a body passage or within a body passage to control flow of materials through the body passage. The mesh element may be coupled to a support structure to facilitate anchoring of the mesh element in place relative to the body passage. The support structure may have a lumen defined therethrough to allow flow of materials through the body passage, with the mesh element regulating the flow of materials into the lumen. The mesh element alternatively may be directly coupled to an anatomical structure upstream of a body passage to regulate or determine flow of materials through the body passage. |
| US12290451B2 |
Apparatus and method for evaluating knee geometry
A method of evaluating a human knee joint which includes a femur bone, a tibia bone, a patella bone, a patellar tendon, and ligaments, wherein the ligaments and patellar tendon are under anatomical tension to connect the femur and tibia together, creating a load-bearing articulating joint, the method including: inserting into the knee joint a gap balancer that includes a tibial interface surface, an opposed femoral interface surface, and at least one force sensor, the method including: providing an electronic receiving device; moving the knee joint through at least a portion of its range of motion; while moving the knee joint, using the electronic receiving device to collect data from the at least one force sensor; processing the collected data to produce a digital geometric model of at least a portion of the knee joint; and storing the digital geometric model for further use. |
| US12290450B2 |
Expandable cage
An expandable cage for placement between adjacent vertebrae having two or more upper and lower end plates having compound-angled slots, ramps or rails, and a drive means having corresponding compound-angled slots, ramps or rails configured to slidingly engage the compound-angled slots, ramps or rails of the two or more upper and lower end plates, wherein movement of the drive means in a first direction moves the two or more upper and lower end plates away from each other both vertically and horizontally to expand both a height and a width of the expandable cage from a collapsed state to an expanded state. |
| US12290448B2 |
Implantable interpositional orthopedic pain management
Techniques for implantable orthopedic pain management devices are disclosed, including incising an opening in a synovial capsule substantially surrounding a joint, using a first tool to form an enlarged opening in the synovial capsule, determining whether to modify the joint, the joint being modified using a second tool if a bone structure coupled to one or more bones is found within the joint and the bone structure is configured to limit articulation of the one or more bones when an implantable device is inserted into the synovial capsule and the joint, and inserting the implantable device into the synovial capsule through the enlarged opening, the implantable device being inserted into the joint using a third tool. |
| US12290444B2 |
Intervertebral implants having positioning grooves and kits and methods of use thereof
Spinal implants, spinal implant systems, and methods for inserting spinal implants are provided. The implants can be implanted in an intervertebral space between adjacent superior and inferior vertebrae. The implant includes a superior implant surface having one or more superior positioning grooves configured to receive a corresponding superior positioning rail and an inferior implant surface having one or more inferior positioning grooves configured to receive a corresponding inferior positioning rail when the implant is implanted in the intervertebral space. |
| US12290442B2 |
Medical product and medical kit for use when treating a bone cavity, in particular for use when filling and/or closing a bone cavity
A medical product, preferably for use in treating, in particular filling and/or closing a bone cavity, wherein the product comprises a plurality of interconnected members, wherein each member has a peripheral boundary and the boundaries of adjacent members engage with one another. And a method for producing a medical product, preferably for use in treating, in particular filling and/or closing a bone cavity, wherein the product comprises a plurality of interconnected members, wherein each member has a peripheral boundary and the boundaries of adjacent members engage with one another. |
| US12290440B2 |
Device and assembly to repair a heart valve
An assembly for reshaping a cardiac ventricle in a patient comprising an implantable device for reshaping a ventricle comprising a tether, a non-implantable tool which is detachably connectable to said implantable device and has a proximal portion and a distal portion opposite to said proximal portion; the implantable device further comprises an active anchor adapted to be detachably connected to the distal portion of the tool; the active anchor comprises an abutment portion adapted to abut against a structure of the ventricle; the active anchor of the implantable device comprises an adjustment device adapted to adjust the tensional state of the tether; the distal portion of the tool comprises an adjustment key adapted to cooperate with the adjustment device of the active anchor; the proximal portion of the tool comprises a maneuvering interface which is operatively connectable to said adjustment key for adjusting the tensional state of the tether by acting on the maneuvering interface of the proximal portion of the tool. |
| US12290435B2 |
Packaging-assisted actuation for an intraocular lens cartridge
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for storing and/or shipping an intraocular lens (IOL) cartridge are provided. A system comprises a packaging comprising a passage. The IOL cartridge is removably disposed within the passage. The IOL cartridge comprises a nozzle and a compartment configured to receive an IOL. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compartment. The IOL cartridge further comprises a dial configured to rotate upon withdrawal of the IOL cartridge from the passage, wherein an inner surface of the dial is exposed to the compartment. The dial is configured to fold the IOL and release the IOL cartridge from the packaging upon rotation of the dial. |
| US12290427B2 |
Multilayered textile material for containing liquids and associated systems and methods
A reusable textile material for managing a bodily fluids and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the textile material includes a first layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, a second layer in contact with the outer surface of the first layer, and a third layer opposite the second layer from the first layer. In some embodiments, the first layer is configured to draw the bodily fluid through the first layer from the inner surface to the outer surface while dispersing the bodily fluid laterally across the first layer. In some embodiments, the second layer is configured to pull the bodily fluid away from the outer surface and hold the bodily fluid in the second layer. In some embodiments, the third layer is configured to confine the bodily fluid from in the second layer. |
| US12290425B2 |
Lint free crosslinked chitosan-PVA sponge as an absorbent wound dressing and method of preparation thereof
This invention relates to a lint free absorbent wound dressing, comprising a plasticized blend of a natural biopolymer and poly vinyl alcohol mixed in an acidic solvent which is neutralized and crosslinked using green crosslinking buffer system, finding application in exudating and bleeding wounds. |
| US12290423B2 |
Scanning jig and method and system for identifying spatial position of implant or suchlike
A scanning jig is capable of acquiring spatial positional relationships between a patient's face and an abutment. The scanning jig is configured to identify the spatial position of an implant including the abutment placed in the patient's mouth, and includes a base to be connected to the implant, a scan target with a scan area scannable by a 3D scanner, and a connecting portion for connecting the base and the scan target. The connecting portion is connected at one end to the base in a predetermined direction and at the other end to the scan target in the predetermined direction, and has a predetermined length such that the scan target is positioned outside the mouth when the base is connected to the implant. |
| US12290419B2 |
Attachment brush device
A plug-on brush device for a toothbrush handpiece, in particular for an electrical toothbrush handpiece, with an application unit including a head section with a brush head, a plug-on section and a neck section that is arranged between the head section and the plug-on section, and with an interface accommodation unit which is configured to receive at least one interface of a toothbrush handpiece, wherein the interface accommodation unit is realized separately and the plug-on section of the application unit includes a receiving region for receiving the interface accommodation unit at least substantially completely in a loss-proof manner. |
| US12290418B2 |
Intraoral device
A dental mouthpiece is provided that may be attached to a high-suction dental adapter for the purpose of assisting the dental staff during dental procedures through chair-side, hands-free suction, and isolation. Such a mouthpiece may include a main body portion, a cheek retractor portion, and a suction connector portion. In some embodiments, the main body portion, cheek retractor portion, and suction connector portion (and sub-portions thereof) may be molded in one piece, preferably by injection molding. In an exemplary embodiment, the mouthpiece may be made of a material that is flexible, translucent, conducive to injection molding, high heat-resistant, and autoclavable. Such a material may include silicone. Because the mouthpiece may be made of a high heat-resistant and autoclavable material, such a mouthpiece may be reusable. |
| US12290414B2 |
Augmented reality guidance for vascular procedures
Devices and methods for performing an interventional vascular procedure with visual guidance using one or more optical head mounted displays are disclosed. Devices and methods for compensating the display of an optical head mounted display for cardiac and/or respiratory motion are disclosed. |
| US12290413B2 |
Immersive three-dimensional display for robotic surgery
An immersive display for use in a robotic surgical system includes a support arm, a housing mounted to the support arm and configured to engage with a face of the user, at least two eyepiece assemblies disposed in the housing and configured to provide a three-dimensional display, and at least one sensor, wherein the sensor enables operation of the robotic surgical system, and wherein the support arm is actuatable to move the housing for ergonomic positioning. |
| US12290410B2 |
Manual knife bailout monitoring using inductive coupling
A robotic surgical tool includes a tool driver including a first inductive coil, a drive housing releasably mounted to the tool driver and including a second inductive coil, a shaft extending from the drive housing and terminating at an end effector operatively coupled to a distal end of the shaft, and a firing rod extending from the drive housing within the shaft and terminating at the end effector, the firing rod including a magnetically responsive material and being movable within the drive housing between a retracted position and an extended position. One of the inductive coils generates a magnetic field, and the other measures an intensity of the magnetic field and a field distortion caused by movement of the firing rod. A change in the field distortion provides an indication of movement of the firing rod between the retracted and extended positions. |
| US12290408B2 |
Electronic endoscope system
An electronic endoscope system includes: an electronic endoscope including, at a distal end portion, an image sensor that captures an image of a living tissue, and an ultrasound probe that applies ultrasonic waves to the living tissue to obtain an echo signal; a captured image processor including an image processing unit that processes an imaging signal output from the image sensor and generates a captured image; and an ultrasonic image processor including an ultrasonic image processing unit that processes the echo signal output from the ultrasound probe and generates an ultrasonic image, a noise detection unit that detects a periodic noise component included in the echo signal and generated at a level equal to or higher than a preset threshold level, and a noise suppression unit that performs processing of suppressing the detected noise component. |
| US12290407B2 |
System and method of monitoring a life-threating medical situation based on an ejection-fraction measurement
A system and method of monitoring a life-threating medical situation based on an ejection-fraction measurement is provided with a medical monitoring system. The medical monitoring system includes a system central processing unit (CPU), and a normal ejection-fraction range managed by the system CPU. First, continuous echocardiographic data for a heart of a patient is received with system CPU. Next, a real-time ejection-fraction measurement is derived from the continuous echocardiographic data with the system CPU. Finally, if the real-time ejection-fraction measurement is outside of the normal ejection-fraction range, a life-threatening situation alert is outputted with the medical monitoring system. |
| US12290406B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method for operating same
Disclosed is a method for operating an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, comprising the steps of: acquiring a first ultrasound image of an object; detecting a first nerve region corresponding to a first target nerve in the first ultrasound image; determining whether an abnormal region is present in the first nerve region of the first ultrasound image, on the basis of a determination standard for determining whether a target nerve is abnormal; and on the basis of a result of determining whether an abnormal region is present in the first nerve region, displaying at least one of information on the abnormal region and basis information regarding the basis for determining the abnormal region as abnormal. |
| US12290402B2 |
Probe for ultrasound imaging system
An ultrasound probe (“probe”) for use with an ultrasound imaging system is disclosed. In particular, the probe is sized and configured so as to be supported and readily used with as little as one finger on a single hand of a user of the imaging system. This configuration enables remaining fingers on the hand of the user to be employed for other purposes, such as skin traction and patient contact. In one embodiment, therefore, an ultrasound probe is disclosed, comprising a body, a lens included on head portion of the body, a stabilizing portion extending from the body and configured to stabilize the body on a skin surface of a patient without user assistance, and a finger grip portion configured to enable a user of the probe to grasp and maneuver the probe during use thereof with no more than two fingers on a single hand of the user. |
| US12290400B2 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method of controlling ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (1) includes an ultrasound probe (19), an image acquisition unit (8) that transmits an ultrasound beam toward a subject from the ultrasound probe (19) to sequentially acquire ultrasound images, a blood vessel detection unit (10) that detects a blood vessel included in the ultrasound image acquired by the image acquisition unit, a blood vessel discrimination unit (11) that discriminates whether the blood vessel detected by the blood vessel detection unit is a vein or an artery, and a discrimination execution deciding unit (15) that decides whether the blood vessel discrimination unit (11) newly executes discrimination with respect to the ultrasound image of a current frame based on a movement amount of the ultrasound probe or a change amount of the ultrasound image between frames. |
| US12290395B2 |
Radiography device, radiation device, radiography system, and mobile radiography system
A radiography device includes an interface unit and a controller. The interface unit connects to an external interface. The controller operates according to timing signals from the external interface connected to the interface unit so as to synchronize with timing of repetition of generation of radiation by a radiation device that generates radiation in serial radiography in which frame images are generated. Even after connection between the interface unit and the external interface is cut off, the controller repeats operation for generating a frame image while synchronizing with the radiation device without communicating with an outside. |
| US12290390B2 |
Automated scout scan examination
Disclosed herein is a medical system (100, 300, 400) comprising a memory (110) storing machine executable instructions (120). The medical system further comprises an anatomical detection module (122). The anatomical detection module is configured for detecting an anatomical deviation in response to inputting tomographic medical scout image data (124). The anatomical detection module is configured for outputting a localization (126) of the anatomical deviation in the tomographic medical scout image data if the anatomical deviation is detected. The medical system further comprises a processor (104) configured for controlling the medical system. Execution of the machine executable instructions causes the processor to: receive (200) the tomographic medical scout image data, receive (202) the localization of the anatomical deviation from the anatomical detection module in response to inputting the tomographic medical scout image data into the anatomical detection module, and provide (204) a warning signal (128) if the localization is received. |
| US12290380B1 |
Method and system to monitor urine output and manage fluid retention in a patient
A method to treat patients suffering from fluid overload including: administrating a diuretic to the patient to increase urine output of the patient; monitoring intravascular volume of the patient; and maintaining the patient in a condition in which the intravascular volume is below a baseline intravascular volume and above a hemodynamic level by adjusting the administered diuretic. |
| US12290379B2 |
Quantification and estimation based on digital twin output
Embodiments are described herein for training machine learning models using digital twin outputs, including for purposes of pain quantification and estimation. In various embodiments, simulation parameter(s) may be applied to a digital twin created for a subject. The digital twin may simulate an anatomical structure of the subject, and the simulation parameter(s) may cause the digital twin to generate digital twin output that simulates behavior of the anatomical structure in response to the one or more simulation parameters. Data indicative of the digital twin output may be applied as input across a pain estimation machine learning model to generate pain estimation output. Based on the pain estimation output, a quantification of pain, e.g., an estimated pain score, may be rendered using an output device and/or used to select a treatment plan. |
| US12290376B2 |
Skin inspection device for identifying abnormalities
A skin inspection device for identifying abnormalities; the device comprising: a transparent panel having an inspection area; an array of thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) formations provided on the transparent panel which are operable to change colour in response to a change of temperature; and one or more image capture devices for capturing a colour image of the TLC formations and an area of skin of a target located in the inspection area; the captured colour image being analysed to identify abnormalities in the area of skin. |
| US12290374B2 |
System and method for testing the effects of ultraviolet and visible light on skin
A system and method for testing an effect of light exposure on a skin sample include a solar simulator arranged to administer a combination of visible light (VL) and long wavelength ultraviolet radiation (UVA1) to the skin sample. The solar simulator includes a lamp for generating a light beam and at least one customized filter for receiving the light beam and emitting a VL+UVA1 spectral output having a wavelength range of 370-700 nm for irradiating the skin sample. |
| US12290369B2 |
Automatic fibrillation classification and identification of fibrillation epochs
Methods and computer systems are described that classify a cardiogram as being an atrial fibrillation (AF) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiogram, automatically detect an AF epoch within an AF cardiogram, and automatically detect a VF epoch within a VF cardiogram. A classification and identification (C&I) system includes a classification system, an AF identification system, and a VF identification system. The C&I system processes cardiograms collected from patients to classify the cardiograms as being AF cardiograms or VF cardiograms and to identify AF epochs within the AF cardiograms or VF epochs within the VF cardiograms. The C&I system may then identify an AF source location of an AF based on the AF epochs and a VF source location of a VF based on the VF epochs. The C&I system may display a graphic of a heart that includes an indication of a source location. |
| US12290368B2 |
Detection of atrial fibrillation
Systems, methods, and computer software for detecting atrial fibrillation are described. Photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal data may be received as communicated by a PPG sensor of a wearable device worn by a user. Heartbeats from a portion of the PPG signal data may be determined and a heart rhythm type may be determined based on at least the heartbeats. A determination of whether the heart rhythm type includes Atrial Fibrillation (AF) may be made, and, when AF is detected, an AF detection alert may be displayed at the wearable device. |
| US12290367B1 |
Dry physiological recording device and method of manufacturing
The present invention is directed to a physiological recording device and, more particularly, to a physiological recording device that can be used without skin preparation or the use of electrolytic gels. The invention is further directed to an encouragement ring which stabilizes and helps situate the physiological recording device on a subject's skin to help provide a better electrical signal, increase surface area, and reduce and minimize noise and artifacts during the process of recording or monitoring a physiological signal. The invention is still further directed to surface features on a surface of the physiological recording device with a size and shape that will not substantially bend or break, which limits the depth of application of the recording device, and/or anchors the recording device during normal application. The invention is even further directed to a method for manufacturing a physiological recording device, and minimizing cost of manufacture. |
| US12290366B2 |
Uroflowmetry systems having wearable uroflowmeters, and methods of operating the same
Wearable uroflowmetry systems having wearable uroflowmeters are disclosed. A disclosed example uroflowmetry system comprises a wearable uroflowmeter including: a funnel portion having an end configured to secure the funnel portion against a person, an outlet opposite the end, and a funnel configured to capture urine excreted by the person when the end is secured against the person, and to direct the captured urine into the outlet; a fluid passage portion having an opening configured to receive the urine from the outlet of the funnel portion, and a fluid channel to pass the received urine along a length of the fluid passage portion; and a measuring portion having a sensor in the fluid channel configured to collect one or more measurements of the urine as the urine passes the sensor, the measurements representative of at least one of a property of the urine, or a flow characteristic of the urine. |
| US12290363B2 |
Fluid control devices and methods of using the same
A fluid control device includes an inlet configured to be placed directly or indirectly in fluid communication with a bodily fluid source and an outlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with a fluid collection device. The fluid control device has a first state in which a negative pressure differential produced from an external source such as the fluid collection device is applied to the fluid control device to draw an initial volume of bodily fluid from the bodily fluid source, through the inlet, and into a sequestration portion of the fluid control device. The fluid control device has a second state in which (1) the sequestration portion sequesters the initial volume, and (2) the negative pressure differential draws a subsequent volume of bodily fluid, being substantially free of contaminants, from the bodily fluid source, through the fluid control device, and into the fluid collection device. |
| US12290359B2 |
Sensor array systems and methods for detecting multiple analytes
Multiple analytes may be dysregulated singularly or concurrently in certain physiological conditions and may be advantageously assayed together using analyte sensors capable of detecting multiple analytes. Certain analyte sensors capable of the detection of multiple analytes may include first and second working electrodes, analyte-responsive active areas disposed on each of the working electrodes, and reference and counter electrodes. Analyte sensors that include multiple working electrodes but do not include reference and counter electrodes can also be used in conjunction with another sensor that contains reference and counter electrodes, such that these electrodes are shared. |
| US12290355B2 |
Continuous potassium sensors and methods of use thereof
The present disclosure provides an analyte sensor for use in detecting potassium. In certain embodiments, an analyte sensor of the present disclosure includes at least two asparagine-responsive active areas, where each asparagine-responsive active area includes an asparaginase that exhibits a particular potassium dependency. In certain embodiments, an analyte sensor of the present disclosure includes at least two aspartate-responsive active areas, where each aspartate-responsive active area includes an aspartate oxidase that exhibits a particular potassium dependency. The present disclosure further provides methods for monitoring potassium levels, e.g., in vivo potassium levels, using the disclosed analyte sensors. |
| US12290352B2 |
Neurostimulation and monitoring using sensor enabled wound monitoring and therapy apparatus
An apparatus for monitoring neural response and/or providing treatment includes an electrical stimulator configured to apply electrical stimulation, and one or more processors configured to analyze stimulation response. The one or more processors can be further configured to operate the electrical stimulator, adjust the electrical stimulation, and determine one or more wound characteristics based at least in part on at least one of the electrical stimulation or the stimulation response, e.g. a movement of a patient, a color absorption characteristic, or other physiological responses. An indication of the one or more wound characteristics can be provided. |
| US12290349B2 |
Method for checking a position and/or an orientation of a catheter tip of a catheter
A method for checking a position and/or an orientation of a catheter tip of a catheter, in particular a central venous catheter, in a patient's body, a medical system set up for carrying out such a method, and a use of such a method during a catheterization. |
| US12290347B2 |
Use of electromagnetic field for tomographic imaging of head
An electromagnetic tomographic scanner, for use in imaging a live human body part, includes an imaging chamber, a plurality of antennas, a controller, a lid, and a quantity of matching media. The imaging chamber is supported on the base, defines an imaging domain in that receives the head, and has an open end. The antennas are supported by the imaging chamber and encircle the imaging domain. The controller controls one or more antenna. The lid is attachable to the open end and includes a hollow boundary model that mimics a part of human anatomy that is outside the imaging domain. The matching media fills the interior of the model while an empty field measurement is carried out. Various tensors may be produced. |
| US12290346B2 |
Motion artifact removal by time domain projection
An algorithm for removing motion artifacts from the PPG signal in the time domain to determine heart rate is disclosed. A device for determining a heart rate of a user can include a heart rate sensor configured to generate heart rate signals when positioned on or adjacent to a user's skin, an accelerometer configured to generate one or more acceleration signals, and processing circuitry configured to remove, in a time domain, motion artifacts from the heart rate signals based on the acceleration signals. In some examples, the removal of motion artifacts can also be based on mean-centered, variance-scaled integrated acceleration signals. In some examples, the processing circuitry can be configured to remove motion artifacts using a least squares algorithm to identify a best representation of acceleration and integrated acceleration signals in the heart rate signals. |
| US12290339B2 |
Edge computing system with low power wide area network connectivity and autonomous or semi-autonomous machine learning
A mobile edge computing system, a communication network and a method of using a mobile edge computing device. The mobile edge computing system includes a communication module that establishes signal communication over numerous wireless communication protocols at least one of which uses a low power wide area network protocol. A logic device is made up of a distributed set of processing units including both a central processing unit and one or more processors configured for performing machine learning operations the latter of which include one or more of a graphical processor unit and a tensor processing unit. When the system receives event data that has been acquired by one or more of the communication module and a sensor, the system executes a trained machine learning model and conveys, using the low power wide area network protocol, an output that has been produced by the trained machine learning model. |
| US12290337B2 |
Payment cards and devices operable to receive point-of-sale actions before point-of-sale and forward actions at point-of-sale
A payment card or other device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. A user can utilize buttons located on the card to perform activities that would otherwise be performed at an ATM, payment card reader, or by a waitress. A user can provide instructions on a card to accelerate a transaction. The information a user enters can be communicated to a point-of-sale device. For example, a user can enter into his/her card that the user desires $100 withdrawal from a checking account. The user can also enter his/her PIN into the card. The user can swipe his/her card into an ATM and instantly be provided with the desired $100. |
| US12290335B2 |
Method, program, and device for evaluating state of motor function
The present disclosure relates to: a method for evaluating a state of a motor function of a patient who has or is suspected of having brain damage by using parameters obtained from a diffusion weighted image of the patient's brain; a program for executing the method in a computer; and an image processing device and an MRI device which can be used in practicing the method. According to the present disclosure, the motor function state of a patient who has or is suspected of having brain damage can be evaluated, and it is also possible to predict the recovery of the motor function after regeneration treatment. Accordingly, whether the patient is suitable for the regeneration treatment can be determined before the start of the treatment. |
| US12290331B2 |
Instrument for surgery
Provided is an instrument for surgery and, more specifically, to an instrument for surgery which can be manually operated in order to be used for laparoscopic surgery or various types of surgery. |
| US12290330B2 |
Surgical instrument apparatus, actuator, and drive
A surgical instrument apparatus for performing a surgical procedure within a body cavity of a patient is disclosed and includes an elongate manipulator having a distal end for receiving an end effector and including a plurality of control links extending through the manipulator operable to cause movement of the distal end in response to movement of the control links in a longitudinal direction. An actuator chassis is disposed at a proximal end of the manipulator and includes a plurality of actuators slidingly mounted within the actuator chassis for linear movement in the longitudinal direction. Each actuator is coupled to a control link and adjacently disposed about a curved periphery of the actuator chassis. An outwardly oriented portion couples a drive force to the actuator to cause movement of the control link. |
| US12290325B2 |
Automatic determination of an appropriate positioning of a patient-specific instrumentation with a depth camera
Computer device (33) for determining an appropriate positioning of an instrumentation on a target bone area (200) according to a relative positioning (42) of said instrumentation to said target bone area defined by a surgical planning (32), said device comprising—an interface for receiving from a 3D camera (31) a depth map (41) of a captured scene (310) comprising at least said target bone area; —computing means for determining a position element of said target bone area from said depth map; determining a second positioned shape (442) of said target bone area according to said relative positioning (42), and determining data (43) representative of said appropriate positioning on the base of said second positioned shape (442) and said position element; —a human-machine interface for providing said data. |
| US12290324B2 |
Tracker mounting apparatus with kinematic interfaces
There are provided tracker coupling apparatus for coupling an optical tracker to a patient anatomy. An apparatus comprises a body having a bone coupling interface located at a first end of the body, for coupling the apparatus to the bone, and a second end that comprises a tracker coupling interface to couple to the tracker. The second end is connected to the first end by an extension member to laterally space the tracker coupling interface from the bone coupling interface, e.g. to move the tracker away from an incision. In a resection guided embodiment, an apparatus comprises a body having a tracker coupling interface on an upper surface and a plurality of bone engaging projections extending from an under surface. Some projections are configured for positioning the platform in a same repeatable mounting position. The mounting position is defined by a cut line and an impression defined by the platform. |
| US12290321B2 |
Navigation systems and methods for indicating and reducing line-of-sight errors
A tracking device for a navigation system that includes a localizer. The tracking device has a tracking body. At least one tracking element is supported by the tracking body and configured to transmit a tracking signal for the localizer. A visual indicator is supported by the tracking body and has an emitter configured to generate a visible light. A tracker controller supported by the tracking body is configured to receive a signal from the navigation system indicative of the tracking signal being received by the localizer, and in response, control the visual indicator to activate the emitter to generate the visible light to produce a color to indicate to a user that the tracking signal is being received by the localizer. |
| US12290318B2 |
Digestive organ endoscope system
The present invention provides a digestive organ endoscope system which allows a user to perceive whether or not the tip of an endoscope instrument inserted along a channel approaches the tip of an endoscope channel portion within a certain distance, thereby being capable of quickly inserting the endoscope instrument up to a position close to the tip of the endoscope channel portion, and thus, it is possible to reduce a procedure time and to prevent a digestive organ from being damaged due to instantaneous protrusion of the tip of the endoscope instrument occurring when the endoscope instrument is quickly inserted. |
| US12290317B2 |
Miniaturized mobile, low cost optical coherence tomography system for home based ophthalmic applications
Improved optical coherence tomography systems and methods to measure thickness of the retina are presented. The systems may be compact, handheld, provide in-home monitoring, allow the patient to measure himself or herself, and be robust enough to be dropped while still measuring the retina reliably. |
| US12290314B2 |
Numerical system control of ophthalmic visualization and image system
A system for ophthalmic imaging comprising an ophthalmic device configured to obtain stereoscopic images of an eye of a patient and to transmit the images in real-time to a display device via a network for viewing by practitioners. The ophthalmic device comprises at least an optic assembly, a processing assembly, a slit assembly, such as a slit lamp, and a positioning assembly. Control devices structured to control the ophthalmic device over the network, such as the world wide web, can be disposed at a plurality of locations, and may be remote from the ophthalmic device while providing real time control of the parameters of the ophthalmic device by the practitioner(s) associated therewith. |
| US12290313B2 |
Dual-function medical devices with diagnostic and therapeutic tools
The present disclosure relates generally to dual-function medical devices with diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities, such as real-time visualization and ablation. Many embodiments may include an ergonomic handle and dual-lumen catheter configured for dual-function diagnostic and therapeutic use during a medical procedure, such as a duodenoscope. The medical device may be delivered within an endoscope working channel to provide real-time visualization (e.g., radial ultrasound imaging) and treatment (e.g., soft tissue ablation) of cancerous tissue. For instance, a first lumen may include a high-frequency linear or radial ultrasound and the second lumen may include a surgical instrument, such as an ablation tool. Some embodiments may include a controller with a feedback loop configured to adjust the therapeutic tool based on data from the diagnostic tool. For instance, the power of an ablation tool may be adjusted by the controller based on data generated by an imaging device. |
| US12290312B2 |
Measurement of pulsed laser output using optical detection of duty cycle
Systems and methods are disclosed for measuring pulsed laser output. An example system comprises a laser configured to emit output in pulses; at least one sensor positioned to sense laser output and configured to convert that output into electrical signals; an edge detector configured to detect at least leading edges of a plurality of laser pulses; an analog to digital converter configured to convert electrical signals from a sensor into digital signals indicative of laser power output; and a controller; wherein, based on the detection of at least the leading edges of the laser pulses, the controller is configured to obtain samples of laser power output during each of the laser pulses. The system may use the samples of laser power output in a feedback loop to automatically adjust laser power. |
| US12290302B2 |
Energy delivery device and methods of use
The present disclosure is directed to an expandable energy delivery assembly adapted to deliver electrical energy to tissue. The assembly includes an elongate device and an expandable portion. The expandable portion includes an inflatable element, a single helical electrode disposed on the inflatable element, and at least one irrigation aperture within the inflatable element. The inflatable element is secured to the elongate device and the single helical electrode makes between about 0.5 and about 1.5 revolutions around the inflatable element. The at least one irrigation aperture is adapted to allow fluid to flow from within the inflatable element to outside the inflatable element. |
| US12290300B1 |
Orthopedic impactor tool
An orthopedic impactor tool may include a motor, a linear motion converter operatively coupled to the motor, a thrown mass operatively coupled to the linear motion converter, and an anvil including a at least one impact surface. During an operational cycle of the orthopedic impactor tool, the motor may generate rotational motion that drives the linear motion converter. The linear motion converter may, while being driven by the rotational motion, convert the rotational motion into linear motion and communicate the linear motion to the thrown mass. The linear motion, communicated to the thrown mass, causes the thrown mass to accelerate and impact the at least one impact surface imparting a linear impact force on the anvil. The motor and the linear motion converter may operate on independent axes. |
| US12290298B2 |
Autoloading screwdriver apparatus
An autoloading screwdriver apparatus is provided which includes a base; a screw cartridge received by the base; a driver supported within the base that is selectively engageable with a screw of the screw cartridge by manually displacing the driver toward a working end of the autoloading screwdriver apparatus; and a handle grip movably coupled to the base and configured to be manually displaced in a longitudinal direction toward the working end of the autoloading screwdriver apparatus to move the driver into engagement with the screw and to displace the screw to the working end of the autoloading screwdriver apparatus for presenting the screw to be screwed into a target substrate. The autoloading screwdriver apparatus may further include a control element manipulable by a user to activate rotational movement of the driver to drive the screw into the target substrate. |
| US12290294B2 |
Bone fixation assembly, implants and methods of use
Bone fusion system, plate system, guide, implant, kit and methods for using the bone fusion system, plate system, guide and implant are disclosed. The bone fusion system includes an alignment guide, an implant, and at least one fastener inserted through the implant. The alignment guide includes a body portion, a first lobe positioned at a first end of the body portion, a second lobe positioned at a second end of the body portion, and an extension member extending away from a first side of the body portion. The implant includes a body portion, a first arm extending away from the body portion in a first direction, a second arm extending away from the body portion in a second direction, and a third arm extending away from the body portion laterally between first and second arms. Finally, methods for using the bone fusion system, plate system, guide and implant are disclosed. |
| US12290291B2 |
Proximal-femur intraosseous release device
A proximal-femur intraosseous release device includes a release mechanism. A primary fixing mechanism is provided at one end of the release mechanism, the primary fixing mechanism includes a first shell, and a second shell, a first triangular block and a second triangular block are arranged inside the first shell; the second shell is screwed to the first shell through threads, a bottom of the second shell is rotatably connected with the first triangular block, the first triangular block is slidably connected with the first shell, a bottom surface of the first triangular block is an inclined surface, the second triangular block is located at a bottom of the first triangular block, a top surface of the second triangular block is an inclined surface, and a through hole matched with the second triangular block is formed in the first shell. |
| US12290290B2 |
System and method for altering rotational alignment of bone sections
The disclosure describes systems and methods for altering bone sections in a patient. In one embodiment, a system may include an intramedullary implant including: a housing configured to be secured to a first section of bone, where the housing may include one or more shaft engaging grooves axially extending along an inner surface thereof; a distraction shaft configured to be secured to a second section of bone, where the distraction shaft may include one or more grooves axially extending along an inner surface thereof. The system may further include an actuator disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the distraction shaft, and in response to rotation of the actuator, the one or more grooves of the distraction shaft may engage with the one or more shaft engaging grooves of the housing, causing axial displacement of the distraction shaft relative to the housing. |
| US12290287B2 |
Disposable interspinous implant insertion instrument
A disposable insertion instrument for inserting an implant includes a handle assembly, a drive assembly, and a plunger assembly. The drive assembly comprises an inner shaft and a spring received within an outer sleeve. A locking pin and drive lobes on the inner shaft cooperate to reversibly lock the drive assembly in a retracted position. A medical implant may be attached to the instrument via an adapter located at a distal end of the drive assembly. Following use for insertion of the medical implant into a patient, the disposable insertion instrument may be discarded. |
| US12290286B2 |
Tethered restraint of vertebral bodies
Methods and devices for the tailored restraint of two separate bones, in which the bones are generally permitted to rotate relative to one another, or move toward each other, but are restrained from separating beyond a predetermined, fixed distance. In some embodiments, the restraint is provided by compressing a tether into a notched groove. |
| US12290285B2 |
Uterine hemorrhage controlling system and method
An embodiment of a uterine hemorrhage controlling system comprises a suction module including a suction end coupleable to a pump by a connecting tube, and a sealing module coupled to the suction module. The system may further comprise the pump and a filter coupled to the suction module. A uterine hemorrhage controlling method comprises: shielding a suction module that has been delivered into a uterus; sealing an entrance into the uterus while the suction module is situated within the uterus; applying a negative pressure within the uterus upon activation of a pump; and maintaining the negative pressure within the uterus to induce uterine contraction. The method may further comprise delivering the suction module into the uterus; transmitting bodily fluids, out of the uterus through the suction module, and filtering the bodily fluids. |
| US12290281B2 |
Valved cannula assembly
Embodiments disclosed herein provide devices, systems, and methods for instrument exchanges during ophthalmic surgery. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to valved cannula assemblies and methods of use thereof. A valved cannula assembly includes a cannula having a head at a proximal end of the cannula and a hollow rod extending from the head to a distal end of the cannula. The valved cannula assembly includes a valved hub coupled to the head and including a septum having two or more curved flaps configured to provide an opening for an instrument. |
| US12290280B2 |
System, device and method combining bioabsorbable foam with vacuum technology for neoplastic cysts
A device for draining cysts includes a catheter system configured to deploy an absorbent material, including but not limited to a foam, into a cyst. The absorbent material advantageously absorbs fluid contained within the cyst, for example fluid that may remain following aspiration, reducing the potential for cyst recurrence. In various embodiments, the absorbent material may be bioabsorbable, radiolucent, echogenic, drug eluting, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments the device may further include or be coupled to a vacuum source which applies negative pressure to the cyst during foam delivery, thereby reduce the overall size and/or profile of the cyst. |
| US12290271B2 |
System and method for location determination using movement between optical labels and a 3D spatial mapping camera
A system determining a location for a surgical procedure, the system including a jig having a frame, a first marker fixed to the frame, wherein the first marker includes a scanable label, and a second marker moveably connected to the frame, such that the second marker can move positions independent of the frame, and wherein the second marker includes a scanable label. The system also includes a mixed reality headset configured to scan the scanable label of the first marker and the scanable label of the second marker, to provide location data to the mixed reality headset. |
| US12290269B2 |
Indicating position and length of a bone tunnel and implementations thereof
An apparatus for indicating the position and length of a bone tunnel, including a first member configured to couple with a drill guide; and a second member in spaced relation to the first member, the second member comprising an indicator configured to provide an indication of thickness of a boney member with the first member disposed on a first side of the boney member and the second member disposed on a second side of the boney member. |
| US12290268B2 |
Shockwave catheters for treating rhinosinusitis
Described herein is a method for treating a narrowed region of a lumen in the ear or nose of a patient. The method includes advancing a catheter within the lumen such that a distal end of the catheter is positioned proximate to the narrowed region, filling a fillable member to expand the fillable member within the lumen, and generating at least one shock wave from at least one shock wave emitter. The at least one shock wave creates one or more fractures in a bony structure of the narrowed region of the lumen that dilate the narrowed region. |
| US12290265B2 |
Optimized detachment systems based on leverage from electrical locus targeting and related medical devices
Improved thermal detachment driven by leverage from: improved electrical locus targeting allows electron density to define Optimal Regions balancing the resistance and heat whereby, detachment systems are shifted and realigned coaxially and placed closer to the ends of subject coils while being hermetically sealed, manufacturing steps are taught, to show how system is made. |
| US12290257B2 |
Surgical clip applier with removable power pack
A surgical clip applier having a housing containing a compartment, an elongated member extending distally from the housing, and first and second jaws configured to close a clip. An advancer is positioned within the housing movable between a first retracted position and a second advanced position, wherein in the second position, the advancer effects closing of the jaws to close the clip. A cover on the housing is openable to access the compartment within the housing. A power pack is removably loadable into the compartment and has a motor and an engagement member removably engageable with the advancer within the housing when the power pack is loaded into the compartment to effect movement of the advancer from the first position to the second position. A feed mechanism for feeding a clip into the jaws can be motor actuated. |
| US12290254B2 |
Method of planning an arthroplasty procedure
An orthopedic distraction device is provided. The orthopedic distraction device includes a first upper paddle for engaging a first bone of a joint, a lower paddle for engaging a second bone of the joint and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a drive assembly operable to move the upper paddle relative to the lower paddle. The lower paddle is releasably connected to the displacement mechanism. |
| US12290252B2 |
Lateral access bridges, shims and lighting including rod lighting
In one embodiment, a system includes a retractor with a plurality of rods that are cylindrical over part of their length, a light source, and a fiber optic cable, where at least one rod includes a body with an opening therein. The opening extends from an upper surface of the rod, through an interior of the rod, and then to a side surface of the rod located between ends of the rod. The opening is sized so that at least a single monofilament fiber optic cable is disposable therethrough. The system is adapted so that any number of rods may include a fiber optic cable disposed therein and so that the cable may be easily removed or inserted from the rod during use of the retractor. |
| US12290249B2 |
Case-specific fluid management
A method of managing fluid conditions in a patient involves advancing at least one medical instrument into a target organ of a patient, the at least one medical instrument comprising an irrigation channel and an aspiration channel, coupling the at least one medical instrument to an irrigation fluid source, providing irrigation from the irrigation fluid source into the target organ through the irrigation channel of the at least one medical instrument, determining an irrigation pressure limit based at least in part on one or more case-specific parameters, providing irrigation into the target organ through the irrigation channel, and limiting the irrigation based at least in part on the determined irrigation pressure limit. |
| US12290242B2 |
Camera head
A camera head includes: a casing including an opening and configured to receive a subject image introduced inside through the opening; an image sensor housed in the casing and configured to capture the subject image; an optical element made of a translucent material and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the opening by brazing with solder to airtightly seal inside of the casing; and a watertight sealing member fixed to the casing and watertightly sealing the solder joining the casing and the optical element, the watertight sealing member including an annular elastic portion made of an elastic material, and a pressing portion including an annular pressing surface configured to press the elastic portion toward the optical element when the elastic portion abuts on an outer surface of the optical element facing space outside the casing, the pressing portion being fixed to the casing. |
| US12290238B2 |
Adjustable stiffness medical devices
A medical device may include: a shaft configured to be inserted into a body lumen of a subject; a handle at a proximal end of the shaft, the handle including an adjustment mechanism configured to be transitioned from a first configuration, in which the shaft has a first stiffness, to a second configuration, in which the shaft has a second stiffness. The first stiffness may be different from the second stiffness. |
| US12290237B2 |
Directed fluidics
Methods and systems for administering directed fluidics during a medical procedure for removing an object are disclosed. A method includes inserting first and second medical instruments into a treatment site, providing irrigation and aspiration of the treatment site through the first and second medical instruments, determining a characteristic of one of the irrigation and the aspiration, and selecting a characteristic of the other of the irrigation and aspiration based on the determined characteristic. |
| US12290232B2 |
Enhanced video enabled software tools for medical environments
Medical software tools platform utilizes a surgical display to provide access to specific medical software tools, such as medically-oriented applications or widgets, that can assist those in the operating room, such as a surgeon or surgical team, with a surgery. For various embodiments, the medical software tools platform and its associated medical software tools are presented on a surgical display (e.g., being utilized in an operating room) over an image stream provided by a surgical camera (e.g., in use in the operating room or with other endoscopic procedures). Various medical software tools can provide features and functions that can facilitate integration of equipment in an operating room or add medical context awareness to anatomic structures presented in the image stream from the surgical camera and provide archived information pertaining to the same. |
| US12290225B2 |
Dishwasher with walking tubular spray element
A dishwasher and method for making and/or using the same utilize one or more walking tubular spray elements that may be used to effectively increase the spray coverage area of the tubular spray elements through rotation and/or movement of the walking tubular spray elements in directions other than about the longitudinal axes thereof. |
| US12290223B2 |
Floor cleaning apparatus and liquid delivery assembly for use in floor cleaning apparatus
A floor cleaning apparatus. The apparatus has a cleaning head portion for engaging a floor surface during cleaning, an upstanding portion for maneuvering movement of the cleaning head portion, a liquid delivery assembly, a handle portion extending from the upstanding portion and a sealed liquid storage container. The assembly includes a single needle defining a first passageway for allowing cleaning detergent from the sealed storage container to travel to the cleaning head portion therethrough and a second passageway for allowing as or air to travel from the surrounding to the sealed storage container for pressure equalization, and wherein the needle has a non-cylindrical configuration and a flattened configuration. |
| US12290222B1 |
Broom assembly
The disclosed broom assembly combines a traditional broom with multiple pivotable attachments, offering a versatile cleaning solution. It features a head with a brush and bristles, attached to a shaft with a shaft coupler at one end and an attachment coupler at the other. This design allows various attachments, including a scraper, a smaller brush, a crevasse cleaner, and a spot cleaner, to pivot between a stowed and a deployed orientation. The stowed orientation keeps the attachments parallel to the shaft, while the deployed orientation extends them outward for use when the broom is rotated to an inverted position. This design offers a practical and adaptable cleaning tool suitable for a wide range of tasks without needing separate equipment. |
| US12290217B2 |
Shower base system
A pre-installation method for a shower base includes obtaining a combination of layers forming the shower base where the combination of layers includes a waterproof membrane mounting surface and a subfloor facing surface opposite the waterproof membrane mounting surface. The method also includes adhering, in a remote location from an installation site, a waterproof membrane to the combination of layers forming the shower base. The method further includes water testing, in the remote location, the shower base with the adhered waterproof membrane. |
| US12290215B1 |
Folding bathtub
A folding bathtub includes a bathtub body and a supporting body. The supporting body is provided with a support frame and support legs, the support legs are connected with the support frame, and the support frame is supported by the support legs. The support frame is detachably connected with the bathtub body, and the bathtub body is supported by the support frame, so that the support frame can be connected with the bathtub body when the bathtub body needs to be used by a user, the bathtub body is supported by the support legs and the support frame, and the bathtub body is prevented from being deformed to be convenient for the user to use. |
| US12290214B2 |
Electronic towel dispenser with low power mode
Electronic towel dispensers and methods of operation disclosed. In one embodiment, a towel dispenser for dispensing web material from a roll of web material may comprise a housing comprising a back panel and a front cover and having an internal volume so as to retain at least one roll of web material therein, an electronically powered dispensing mechanism contained within the housing for dispensing web material from the roll of web material upon actuation of said dispensing mechanism, a tear bar disposed within the housing, the tear bar comprising a tear bar back edge and a tear bar cutting edge, and a tear bar actuator coupled to the tear bar and configured to move the tear bar between a tear bar primary position and a tear bar secondary position. |
| US12290213B2 |
Towel dispenser
The present disclosure provides towel dispenser apparatus and methods of making and using same. |
| US12290212B1 |
Towel warmer bucket
A towel warmer bucket includes: a bucket body assembly and a sound device. The bucket body assembly is configured to heat towels, the bucket body assembly includes: a shell, a heating device, and a PCBA control board, the heating device and the PCBA control board are located inside the shell, and the PCBA control board is provided with a wireless connector thereon. The sound device is installed on the shell, and the heating device and the sound device are electrically connected to the PCBA control board. Placing the towel warmer bucket in the bathroom allows the use of the sound device to play music within the bathroom. |
| US12290209B2 |
Blender
Proposed is a blender in which when the closure of a container lid of a container body is detected, a main body operates. In the blender, when the closure of the container lid of the container body is detected, power is transmitted from a first induction coil of the main body to a second induction coil of the container body, and by using the power transmitted to the second induction coil, an electromagnet module of the container body transmits a signal to a receiving module of the main body, and when the receiving module receives the signal, the main body recognizes the closure of the container lid of the container body and operates. |
| US12290206B2 |
Pizza oven assembly for drum smoker
A pizza oven assembly, including a base including a lateral wall forming a top, a cooking plate arranged on the top, an enclosure assembly hingedly connected to the base, and a basket assembly operatively arranged to hold an energy source to be burned, including at least one hook arranged to removably connect the basket assembly to the base, and arranged within the lateral wall beneath the cooking plate. |
| US12290204B2 |
Magnetically driven beverage brewing and cleaning system
A coffee brewing system includes a brew vessel adapted to receive water and ground coffee to produce and store a brewed beverage and to provide for a cleaning system. The brew vessel includes a filter and a magnet stirrer in the lower portion of the brew vessel. The magnet stirrer creates a water vortex for brewing the coffee. The used coffee grounds are allowed to settle on the filter creating a bed of used coffee grounds and the coffee is then filtered through both the bed of used coffee grounds and the filter and collected in a coffee storage container. A cleaning system is used to remove unsightly coffee stains and oil films in the system after a brewing cycle. |
| US12290203B2 |
Pressure profiling device, particularly for dispensing units of pressurized liquids
The present invention relates to a pressure profiling device (1), particularly for dispensing units of pressurized liquids, comprising a pump (3) adapted to generate a flow of a pressurized liquid in outlet, said pump (3) being configured to be connected, by means of at least one delivery duct (5, 5′), to at least one dispensing unit (7, 7′) of said liquid, a three-way hydraulic fitting (9, 9′) being applied to said at least one delivery duct (5, 5′), configured to divert a first part of said liquid leaving said pump (3) into a bypass duct (11, 11′), a remaining second part of said liquid continuing on said at least one delivery duct (5, 5′), a proportional valve (13, 13′) being applied to said bypass duct (11, 11′), which can be operated to vary the flow rate of said first part of said liquid diverted in said bypass duct (11, 11′) as a function of the degree of opening of said proportional valve (13, 13′) so as to vary the pressure of the remaining second part of said liquid,According to the invention, a restriction (15, 15′) is applied to said at least one delivery duct (5, 5′) between said pump (3) and said three-way hydraulic fitting (9, 9′), configured to impose a reduction in the flow rate of said liquid leaving said pump (3). |
| US12290200B2 |
Code and container of system for preparing a beverage or foodstuff
A container for a foodstuff or beverage preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion: the reference portion comprising an arrangement of at least two reference units defining a reference point and a reference line r extending from said point; the data portion comprising a data unit arranged on an encoding line D, the encoding line D extending from the reference point and arranged at an angle a to the reference line r, the data unit arranged a distance d from the reference point as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information. |
| US12290199B2 |
Cartridge receptacle, cartridge system, beverage preparation machine, and method for producing a beverage
What is proposed is a beverage preparation machine for producing a beverage, into which a cartridge system having a cartridge and a cartridge receptacle connected to the cartridge can be inserted, wherein the cartridge comprises a reservoir filled with a beverage substance, wherein the cartridge receptacle has a mixing chamber which can be brought into fluid communication with the reservoir, and a fluid supply line opening into the mixing chamber, wherein the cartridge receptacle comprises a compressed-air connection for blowing compressed air into the reservoir with the aid of a compressed-air line, wherein the beverage preparation machine also has a holding unit, into which the cartridge receptacle connected to the cartridge can be inserted, a fluid source for feeding the fluid into the fluid supply line, and a compressed-air source for blowing compressed air into the compressed-air connection, characterized in that the holding unit has a light element which is designed in such a way that the light element at least partially encloses the cartridge receptacle received in the holding unit. |
| US12290195B2 |
Rotatable artificial tree
Provided is a rotatable artificial tree. The rotatable artificial tree includes an artificial tree body, a rotatable electric assembly and a supporting base. The artificial tree body is provided with decorative light strings and a trunk, and the supporting base is provided with a driving motor. The rotatable electric assembly includes a rotating shaft core which is connected with a power output shaft of the driving motor in a non-rotating manner and vertically arranged. The rotating shaft core is connected with the trunk in a driving manner. A conductive ring mounting sleeve which rotates synchronously with the rotating shaft core sleeves the periphery of the rotating shaft core. At least two metal conductive rings which are arranged at an insulating interval from top to bottom and are respectively in a circular ring shape sleeve the periphery of the conductive ring mounting sleeve. |
| US12290187B2 |
Mullion bracket
A bracket for attaching a mullion to a frame includes a mullion-engaging portion that couples with the mullion, a frame-engaging portion that couples with a frame segment, a middle portion between the mullion-engaging portion and the frame-engaging portion, and a flange projecting from the middle portion. The flange couples with one end of the mullion such that air flow between an interior space of the mullion and the other side of the flange is inhibited. |
| US12290179B2 |
Bedside guardrail with a folding table board
A bed guardrail with a folding table board, the bed guardrail comprises: a guardrail and a table board with rotating features; the guardrail includes an outer frame; the rotating feature facilitates the table board to rotate around at least one rotary axis, wherein, the direction of at least one the rotary axis is the same as the extension direction of the outer frame; the table board has a relatively flat table board surface, when the table board rotates around the rotary axis, the table board has a first position and a second position; when the table board is in the first position, the table board surface remains basically parallel to the ground, when the table board is in the second position, the support direction of the table board surface faces away from the bed body. |
| US12290173B2 |
Fitting for a height-adjustable table and height-adjustable table
A fitting for clamping a table top at different heights to a, preferably obliquely aligned, column extending through the fitting, includes a first and a second fitting part each having an abutment section for abutment against the column from opposite directions, at least one clamping part movable into a release position and a clamping position, and an actuating element movable relative to the fitting parts for moving the clamping part between the release position and the clamping position. Furthermore, this relates to a height-adjustable table having a table frame with a, preferably obliquely aligned, column, a table top, and said fitting arranged at the table top. |
| US12290170B2 |
Slide rail assembly
A slide rail assembly including a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a first supporting device, and at least one supporting member is provided. The first rail includes a first end portion and a second end portion that are opposite to each other. The second rail is longitudinally movable relative to the first rail. The third rail is longitudinally movable relative to the second rail. The first supporting device exceeds the first end portion of the first rail for a predetermined longitudinal distance. The at least one supporting member is arranged on one of the second rail and the first supporting device. |
| US12290168B2 |
Firearm rack kits for wire shelf systems
Firearm rack kits for wire shelf systems. The firearm rack kits include a first bracket, a second bracket, and an upper support member. The first bracket and the second bracket are complementarily configured with the wire shelf system to releasably mount to a wire shelf of the wire shelf system. The second bracket is complementarily configured to releasably mount to the wire shelf in a position laterally spaced from the first bracket. The upper support member defines a barrel cutout configured to receive and support a barrel of a firearm. The upper support member is configured to span between the first bracket and the second bracket and to releasably couple to the first bracket and to the second bracket. In some examples, the firearm rack kit includes a floor member. In some examples, the firearm rack kit includes a butt support member. |
| US12290165B2 |
Interdental cleaning device
An interdental cleaning device includes a handle. A cleaning head assembly is mounted on the handle. The cleaning head assembly includes a head that is mounted on the handle, the head defining a cavity. An interdental cleaning member is mounted on the head to extend into the cavity, the interdental cleaning member including an interdental cleaning element. A plunger is mounted on the head, the plunger being reciprocally displaceable relative to the head between an operative position in which the plunger is at least partially retracted into the cavity and an inoperative position in which the plunger extends from the cavity. A spring mechanism is interposed between the plunger and the head so that the movement of the plunger into the operative position is against a bias of the spring mechanism. The plunger defines a longitudinally extending passage that is dimensioned to accommodate the cleaning element. The interdental cleaning member is positioned so that the interdental cleaning element extends from a distal opening of the longitudinal passage when the plunger is in the operative position and is positioned within the plunger when the plunger is in the inoperative position. |
| US12290160B2 |
Wearable and replaceable pouch or skin for holding a portable battery pack
A wearable pouch operable to hold at least one portable battery pack and other power or communications equipment. The wearable pouch includes a main body with a front side, a back side opposite the front side, at least one scalable opening, and at least one opening for at least one lead from the at least one portable battery pack secured within the wearable pouch. |
| US12290154B2 |
Carry bag with sliding cut-out panel
A carry bag is provided that has exterior surfaces. A cut-out panel is provided that is configured with a character with a theme that is shared by graphics used on the exterior surfaces of the carry bag. A mounting system is used to join the cut-out panel to the carry bag or to a pocket extension on the carry bag. The mounting system enables the cut-out panel to move through a range of motion relative to the carry bag while remaining attached to the carry bag. At least some of the cut-out panel covers at least some of the exterior surfaces of the carry bag at some positions within its range of motion. In this manner, at least some of the cut-out panel is visible on the exterior of the carry bag and the position of the cut-out panel can be selectively altered by the user. |
| US12290147B2 |
Footwear for preventing or treating a pathological deformity of a wearer's foot
A footwear is provided for preventing or treating a pathological deformity of a wearers foot, comprising a toe strap for being fastened to the great toe, an upper for being fastened to a metatarsus region of the foot and comprising a lateral section and a medial section, and an adjustment mechanism comprising a tension element coupled to the toe strap and configured for variably adjusting a pulling force applied to the toe strap, wherein the adjustment mechanism is arranged in or on the lateral section of the upper such that the tension element is guided to a lateral side of the footwear. The medial section of the upper extends from the adjustment mechanism in a medial direction to a medial side of the footwear and is adjustable in its circumferential length. |
| US12290146B2 |
Sole of shoe and shoe
A sole of a shoe includes a forefoot support portion R1 that supports a forefoot of a foot of a wearer, a midfoot support portion that supports a midfoot of the foot of the wearer, and a rearfoot support portion that supports a rearfoot of the foot of the wearer, which are connected in order from a front side toward a rear side. A ground contact portion having a portion positioned on a lowermost line connecting a lowermost point of the forefoot support portion and a lowermost point of the rearfoot support portion in a side view is formed in a medial-foot-side region of a bottom surface of the midfoot support portion. A protrusion protruding toward the medial foot side is formed on a medial-foot-side side surface of the midfoot support portion. |
| US12290145B2 |
Modular footwear protuberance assembly
A footwear device comprising: a sole assembly comprising at least one connective element; at least one protuberance assembly comprising a base and a cap, said base and cap configured to rotatively align; a locking fixture configured to lock and unlock said alignment of said base and cap; and a fastening fixture configured to fasten said base to said track in a selected position in said track. |
| US12290140B2 |
Integrated fabric based power-generating insole and method of manufacturing the same
The present invention discloses a power-generating insole based on fabric integration, which comprises a power-generating insole body, a detachable outer layer and an electronic module; The power-generating insole comprises a first friction component, a second friction component and a fabric composite component; The first friction component is composed of a first electrode layer and a first polymer material; The first friction component and the fabric composite component are integrally formed; The second friction component is wrapped around the middle part of the fabric composite component, and is integrated with the first friction component and the fabric composite component; The detachable outer layer is wrapped on the surface of the power-generating insole body; The electronic module is connected to the power-generating insole body; The present invention has long service life, good flexibility, plasticity, is washing resistance and stability. |
| US12290138B2 |
Detachable shoe cover and dispenser apparatus therefor
A detachable shoe cover includes a shoe cover main body having a receiving cavity, an elastic opening edge portion defining an opening provided around a top edge portion of the shoe cover main body, and an interconnection arrangement for interconnecting a plurality of the detachable shoe covers to be installed in a dispenser apparatus. The interconnection arrangement includes a front portion of the shoe cover main body, a rear portion of the shoe cover main body, two front joint perforations provided in the front portion, and two rear joint perforations provided in the rear portion. |
| US12290134B2 |
Footwear or orthotic sole with microprocessor control of a structural or support element with magnetorheological fluid
Devices with internal flexibility sipes, such as slits, provide improved flexibility, improved cushioning to absorb shock and/or shear forces, and improved stability of support. Siped devices can be used in any existing product that provides or utilizes cushioning and stability. These products include human and other footwear, both soles and uppers, as well as orthotics; athletic, occupational and medical equipment and apparel; padding or cushioning, such as for equipment or tool handles, as well as furniture; balls; tires; and any other structural or support elements in a mechanical, architectural, or any other product. |
| US12290133B2 |
Shoe or apparel with additive manufactured element
A shoe or apparel, including a first material layer with a first plurality of protrusions, a flexible layer with a plurality of apertures, and a second material layer. The flexible layer is positioned between the first material layer and the second material layer. Each protrusion of the first plurality of protrusions of the first material layer extends through at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures of the flexible layer and is connected to the second material layer. The flexible layer is not connected to the first material layer and the second material layer, and thereby can freely move between the first material layer and the second material layer. |
| US12290132B2 |
Sole structures including polyolefin plates and articles of footwear formed therefrom
A variety of plates for footwear are provided including a polyolefin resin. Sole structures and articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier. The effective amount can be an amount effective to allow the resin composition to pass a flex test, and in particular to pass a flex test without significant change in abrasion loss. In some aspects, the resin composition also includes a clarifying agent to improve optical clarity of the plate. In some aspects, the plates include a textile disposed on one or both of a first side and the second side of the plate. The textile can provide for improved bonding of the plate to other components such as a chassis or an upper. |
| US12290130B2 |
Pivot-arm assembly for a helmet mounted headset
A pivot-arm assembly is provided for attaching an ear cup to a mounting feature on an exterior of a helmet. The pivot-arm assembly comprises a mount configured to releasably couple to the mounting feature. An arm has a first end configured to couple to the ear cup and a second end. A hinge is rotatable about a first axis and about a second axis. The hinge is coupled to the second end of the arm and disposed between the second end of the arm and the mount such that the first end of the arm is rotatable relative to the mount about the first axis and the first end of the arm is rotatable relative to the mount about the second axis. A biasing member is coupled to the arm and is configured to spring bias the first end of the arm relative to the mount in a rotatable direction about the second axis of the hinge. |
| US12290129B2 |
Outer shell for a safety helmet
The invention relates to an outer shell for a safety helmet (1), in particular for a motorcycle safety helmet, for distributing impact forces, said outer shell having an outer shell material (2). The outer shell is characterized in that, on a side (3) having the outer shell material (2) of the outer shell, the outer shell has a cover (4) having the outer shell material (2) in order to hold an antenna (5) between the cover (4) and the side (3). The invention further relates to a safety helmet (1) having such an outer shell and to a method for producing such an outer shell. |
| US12290128B1 |
Helmet and suit apparatus
A helmet and suit apparatus comprising a helmet with a lens that is connected to a yoke, a neck dam, or other garment via a seal ring assembly. In some embodiments, the apparatus has an air control system permitting air flow into and out of the helmet and for maintaining positive air pressure in the helmet. In further embodiments, the air control system has a series of passages and lens ports that permit air flow on to the inside surface of the lens for anti-fogging purposes, as well as a series of head ports for cooling the wearer's head. The apparatus further comprises a communication system, accessory rails for mounting equipment, and attachment points in the inside of the helmet for receiving hard hats and chin straps as needed. |
| US12290124B2 |
Light-emitting systems for headgear
A light-emitting system is provided which is removably attachable to headgear for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system includes a housing that defines a receiving aperture and is configured to surround a portion of the headgear when the light-emitting system is removably attached to the headgear for use. The light-emitting system further includes at least one lens and a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the annular housing which are configured to selectively generate a halo or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing through the at least one lens to provide enhanced personal illumination. |
| US12290120B2 |
Outerwear having enhanced hood
The present application provides a garment that includes: a sleeve, a cuff, a retainer, and a sleeve lining attached at one end thereof at a proximal end of the sleeve, the sleeve lining extendible outward sufficient to cover at least a portion of a wearer's hand and retractable inward at a distal end of the sleeve; the retainer having a first end attached at the distal end of the sleeve to the sleeve and the sleeve lining, wherein the retainer is configured to limit at least the retractable inward movement of the sleeve lining; the cuff is located at the distal end of the sleeve lining and comprises a padding removably coupled to the cuff at a location proximate to the wearer's palm. |
| US12290119B2 |
Opening section adjustment mechanism, garment body of fan-equipped garment, and fan-equipped garment
An opening section adjustment mechanism adjusts an opening area of an opening section through which a rope is passed. The opening section adjustment mechanism includes an opening creation mechanism that leaves an opening section around the rope passed through the opening section even when the opening area of the opening section is adjusted to the minimum. |
| US12290118B2 |
Lighted gaiters
There is disclosed apparel for providing protection and illumination. In an embodiment, a gaiter has a top portion and a bottom portion with a layer of material extending therebetween. The layer of material provides a protective covering to a lower limb of the user. At least one securement mechanism provides an adjustable attachment of the gaiter to the user. The selective mechanism allows attachment of the gaiter with a variety of footwear. A light housing is integrally disposed on an outward portion of the layer of material of the gaiter. The light housing provides illumination adjacent to the foot of a user. The combination of the gaiter and the light housing together provide a body-worn lighting device without attaching the light housing directly to any of the user, the footwear worn by the user, and clothing worn by the user. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US12290117B2 |
Laces with tying mechanisms and related methods
A tying system or mechanism with at least one lace and a fastener element can be used with a boxing glove or a shoe to allow a user to secure the at least one lace around the boxing glove or shoe without a second person and/or without tying a knot. The tying mechanism can include a back-to-back hook and loop of a fastener element and can include or more locking mechanisms to anchor free ends of the one or more laces at the eyelets of the boxing glove or shoe. The tying mechanism can generate a force that is radial or lateral to a gap defined by flaps of the boxing glove or shoes. |
| US12290114B2 |
Adaptive support apparel systems and methods
Systems and apparatus related to adaptive support garments including adaptive support structures, lacing systems, and an adaptive engine are discussed. In an example, an adaptive support garment includes a support structure, a plurality of lace guides, a lace cable, and an adaptive engine. The support structure is configured to wrap around a portion of anatomy of a wearer and apply a compression on the portion of anatomy. The plurality of lace guides are disposed on the support structure. The lace cable extends through the lace guides to form a lacing pattern over a lacing region of the support structure. The adaptive engine is coupled to the support structure and engages with the lace cable. The adaptive engine is also configured to increase or decrease tension on the lace cable to increase or decrease compression of the support structure on the portion of anatomy, respectively. |
| US12290111B2 |
E-vaping device including e-vaping case with sliding mechanism for initiating vapor generation
An e-vaping case includes a housing, a guide structure, a cartridge receiving portion connected to the guide structure, and an electronics system in the housing. The cartridge receiving portion is configured to be moved along the guide structure between a first surface and a second surface of the housing. The electronics system includes a power supply that is configured to initiate a transfer of power to an electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the first surface of the housing to at least a first position of the housing. The electronics system is configured to interrupt the transfer of power to the electrical contact structure if the cartridge receiving portion is moved towards the second surface of the housing. An electronic vaping device may include a cartridge detachably coupled to the cartridge receiving portion. |
| US12290109B2 |
Vapor sample collection apparatus and method for vapor sample collection
A vapor sample collection apparatus and method of vapor sample collection. The vapor sample collection apparatus has a connection port to connect a first end of a tube to an exhaust port of a vaporizer device, a vacuum pump connected to a second end of the tube, a manifold connected to the vacuum pump, and a vapor containment vessel for collecting a vapor sample, where the vacuum pump is configured to draw a predetermined pressure on the tube. The method of vapor sample collection includes connecting a connection port to an exhaust port of a vaporizer device, the connection port being attached to a first end of a tube, activating the vaporizer device to vaporize a sample containing an active ingredient, drawing a predetermined pressure on a second end of the tube using a vacuum pump, and collecting a vapor sample from the vaporizer device in a vapor containment vessel. |
| US12290101B2 |
Method of making heater assembly with at least one channel defined within first housing
The method includes first defining at least one channel within a first housing of a heater assembly, the at least one channel extending from a first end to a second end of the first housing, second defining a cavity in the first end of the first housing, third defining a first reservoir in the second end of the first housing, the at least one channel being in fluid communication with the first reservoir, and fourth defining an opening within a first wall within the first housing, the opening causing the first reservoir and the cavity to be in communication with each other. |
| US12290100B2 |
Atomizer cartridge with integrally formed internal fluid reservoir and mouthpiece portion
Systems and techniques are provided for an atomizer assembly comprising a mouthpiece portion, a longitudinal vapor channel, an internal fluid reservoir, and an atomizer. An outer surface of the mouthpiece portion includes a vapor outlet, coupled to a first distal end of the longitudinal vapor channel. The internal fluid reservoir is integrally formed with the mouthpiece portion as a single-piece construction, wherein the internal fluid reservoir comprises an empty volume disposed between an outer surface of the longitudinal vapor channel and an inner surface of the mouthpiece portion. The atomizer is configured to receive a fluid stored in the internal fluid reservoir of the mouthpiece portion, wherein the atomizer includes at least one heating element for vaporizing the fluid received from the internal fluid reservoir of the mouthpiece portion. |
| US12290098B2 |
Ultrasonic mist inhaler with capillary retainer
An ultrasonic mist inhaler, including a liquid reservoir structure including a liquid chamber adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, a sonication chamber in fluid communication with the liquid chamber, a capillary material arranged between the liquid chamber and the sonication chamber, the sonication chamber including an ultrasonic oscillation component having an atomization surface, a capillary material retainer, wherein the capillary material retainer having a body surrounding the ultrasonic oscillation component, the retainer body having a radial arm extending to the atomization surface for retaining the capillary material in surface contact with the atomization surface. |
| US12290091B2 |
Composite materials comprising amyloid fibrils and nanoparticulate nutritional minerals
The use of amyloid fibrils for providing nutritional minerals to the human body, particularly as a component in a food product, a dietary supplement or in a pharmaceutical product. Compositions including composite materials of amyloid fibrils and nutritional minerals. The use of such composite materials in the treatment of diseases and disorders and to the fortification of food and dietary supplements with nutritional minerals. |
| US12290086B2 |
Hydrolyzed compound protein for larval largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and use thereof
A hydrolysate compound protein for larval largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) and use thereof for aquatic animal feeds. The micro-diet was formulated with the following components: 72-74 parts by weight of a hydrolyzed protein pre-mixture, 3-5 parts by weight of mixed fish soluble meal, 4-6 parts by weight of gluten flour, 2-4 parts by weight of sodium caseinate, and 0.4-0.6 parts by weight of a yeast hydrolysate, where the hydrolyzed protein pre-mixture includes white fish meal, fermented soybean meal, shrimp meal and blood meal with the weight ratio of 58-62:5-7:4-6:2-3. The compound protein is obtained by fully pulverizing the foregoing components, passing through a 100-mesh sieve, fully mixing in proportion, and being hydrolyzed with neutral protease and keratinase. |
| US12290084B1 |
Composition for improving intestinal beneficial bacteria in companion animals
A composition for improving intestinal beneficial bacteria in companion animals, includes barley sprout extract powder, broccoli sprout extract powder, omega-3 fatty acid, zeolite powder, arginine powder, glutathione powder, chlorella powder, green leaf mussel extract powder, brown rice (unpolished rice) enzyme powder, Kamut enzyme powder, plantago seed (psyllium) husk powder, Clostridium butyricum strain Miyairi, N-acetylglucosamine, epigallocatechin-3-gallate and croscarmellose sodium, as active ingredients, and may promote the activation of intestinal beneficial bacteria through edible feeding, thereby contributing to health improvement. |
| US12290083B2 |
Heat stable rapeseed protein composition
The present invention is directed to a composition comprising rapeseed protein, a hydrocolloid, and a vegetable oil, and to the use of such composition in food products such as a beverage. |
| US12290082B2 |
Porous starch as bulking agent in chewing-gums
The present invention relates to the use of porous starch as bulking agent in a chewing gum. The present invention also relates to a process of fabricating the chewing gum and to a chewing gum composition comprising porous starch as bulking agent. |
| US12290078B2 |
Internal air adjustment device
An internal air adjustment device supplies low-oxygen-concentration air to a storage, and maintains the oxygen concentration of internal air in a target oxygen concentration range that is lower than a reference concentration. The internal air adjustment device performs an oxygen-concentration restoration operation. The oxygen-concentration restoration operation is an operation of increasing the oxygen concentration of the internal air to the reference concentration from the target oxygen concentration range. In the oxygen-concentration restoration operation, a controller of the internal air adjustment device regulates the flow rate of external air that is supplied into the interior of the storage. |
| US12290076B2 |
Baking tray or baking grid having a non-stick and/or non-wetting coating, cooking appliance comprising such a baking tray or baking grid and method for manufacturing a baking tray or baking grid
The present invention relates to a baking tray (20) or baking grid, in particular a baking tray (20) for a cooking appliance (1), having a non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) obtainable by a process characterised by the following steps, a) providing a baking tray (20) or baking grid having a surface, in particular having an upper surface (7a) and a bottom surface (7b), b) preferably, pretreating of the surface (7a, 7b) of the baking tray (20) or baking grid at least partially, in particular completely, for providing a surface having a roughness being suitable for applying a non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) by mechanical treatment, physical treatment or chemical treatment, in particular by sandblasting and/or laser treatment and/or a surface activation treatment, particularly a plasma treatment, and/or an enameling process to form a ground layer (13), c) applying the non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) to the pretreated surface (7a, 7b) of the baking tray (20) or baking grid or a surface (14a) of the ground layer (13), wherein the non-stick and/or non-wetting coating (12) comprises at least one layer (17) that is obtained by a sol-gel process from a first composition comprising a silica sol and a silane. The invention further relates to a cooking appliance (1), in particular a domestic oven comprising such a baking tray (20) or baking grid and a method for manufacturing such a baking tray (20) or baking grid. |
| US12290074B2 |
Agricultural compositions comprising remodeled nitrogen fixing microbes
The present disclosure provides non-intergeneric remodeled microbes that are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen and deliver such to plants in a targeted, efficient, and environmentally sustainable manner. The utilization of the taught microbial products will enable farmers to realize more productive and predictable crop yields without the nutrient degradation, leaching, or toxic runoff associated with traditional synthetically derived nitrogen fertilizer. The remodeled microbes taught herein are able to be combined with leading agricultural chemistry and elite germplasm. Furthermore, the disclosure provides seed treatments comprising remodeled microbes. |
| US12290073B2 |
Anti-microbial compound and methods of use
The present disclosure provides a compound and methods of preparing the compound. The compound has anti-microbial and anti-mite properties and can be bonded to materials such as fiber and synthetic polymer. The compound may also be used in a finishing agent for textiles, fibers, or yarns to protect these materials against microorganisms and mites. Additionally, when these materials are treated with a relatively low dosage of the compound, long-lasting and effective anti-mold and anti-mite effects may be achieved at a relatively low cost. |
| US12290069B2 |
Pest control using natural pest control agent blends
According to an aspect of the present application, a composition for controlling a target pest comprises 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol, and at least one additional active ingredient selected from thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil. The composition causes synergistic control of the target pest. |
| US12290068B2 |
Single cell encapsulation via pickering emulsion for bio-pesticides application
This invention provides a systems and methods for single cell microencapsulation by eco-friendly oil-in-water (o/w) Pickering emulsion. |
| US12290060B2 |
Insect trap device
A removable substrate for an insect attractant device includes a body having front and rear faces. The body includes a grip portion with a slot and a lower portion disposed below the grip portion. The lower portion includes a retention aperture, a first lateral portion, and a second lateral, with a gap extending between the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion. An adhesive is applied to the front face and the rear face, the adhesive being positioned between the grip portion and the lower portion, and being surrounded by an adhesive-free border on the front face and the rear face. |
| US12290059B2 |
Ice fishing apparatus with audible and visual bite indicator
An ice fishing apparatus with an integrated audible and visual bite indication includes a rod handle with a hollow region that encloses a portion of an audible and visual indicator and circuit assembly. The assembly includes a wire that flexes into engagement with a contact pin when a strike from a fish is detected and closes an indication circuit to activate an audible alarm and an LED indicator light. A tip-up with an integrated audible and visual bite indication for use with an ice fishing rod includes a housing that encloses a portion of an audible and visual indicator and circuit assembly. The assembly includes a wire that flexes into engagement with a contact pin when a strike from a fish is detected and closes an indication circuit to activate an audible alarm and release a mast and flag visual indicator. |
| US12290055B2 |
Transgenic betta
The present invention relates to transgenic ornamental fish, as well as methods of making such fish by germ cell transplantation techniques. Also disclosed are methods of establishing a population of such transgenic fish and methods of providing them to the ornamental fish industry for the purpose of marketing. |
| US12290053B2 |
Automatic pet food dispenser
Systems and methods for automated pet food dispensing are described. One apparatus includes a receptacle configured to hold a sealed container containing wet pet food. The apparatus may include an electrically-operated plunger configured to interface with the receptacle. A processing system may be connected to the electrically-operated plunger. In one aspect, the processing system is configured to initiate a pet feeding event by actuating the plunger to interface with the receptacle, puncture the sealed container, and dispense the wet pet food into the food bowl. The processing system may maintain a time history to determine one or more future pet feeding events. |
| US12290049B1 |
Pet restraint and behavior-correcting harness
The invention is an animal restraint harness, especially for dogs, made of adjustable straps and clips and buckles that provides gentle but firm restraint to the front legs of the animal through leg loops, with minimal force required from the animal's handler. The invention allows the animal to move normally yet provides instant restraint as soon as the animal outpaces its handler. The restraint provided by the leg loops is gentle on the animal yet stops them quickly so that the handler is not yanked dangerously by the animal. |
| US12290046B2 |
Detection, prevention, and reaction in a warning system for animal farrowing operations
A detector for detecting a signal from one or more feeders. A processor is in communication with the can be configured with an artificial intelligence module and a library of pre-recorded action events and for comparing the signal with the library of pre-recorded action events and determining a likely action event. A warning device can be in communication with the processor for providing an output in response to the likely action event. At least one false positive sensor in communication with either the processor or the warning device or both of the processor and the warning device can be used for stopping the output from the warning device upon a predetermined condition. |
| US12290044B2 |
Alfalfa variety C0516A3158
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated C0516A3158. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety C0516A3158. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety C0516A3158 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety C0516A3158 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US12290043B2 |
Soybean cultivar 06350328
A soybean cultivar designated 06350328 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 06350328, to the plants of soybean cultivar 06350328, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 06350328, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 06350328. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 06350328. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 06350328, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 06350328 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12290039B2 |
Soybean cultivar 13250425
A soybean cultivar designated 13250425 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 13250425, to the plants of soybean cultivar 13250425, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 13250425, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 13250425. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13250425. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 13250425, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 13250425 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US12290032B2 |
N-way redundant air-powered aquaponics system
A fully air-powered, n-way redundant aquaponic system for integrated cultivation of various fish, plant, and mushroom species, off-grid, with each grow bed including a respective DC air pump, solar panel, and battery to ensure self-sufficiency, redundancy, and enhanced resilience. Each mushroom grow bed also includes an evaporative cooling system for year-round mushroom production. |
| US12290026B2 |
Apparatus for storing dry material
A modular, low-profile apparatus for storing dry agricultural products has a horizontal configuration with coaxial aeration tubes and bi-directional distribution and dispensing augers. The apparatus provides access to dry agriculture products for storing, mixing, aerating, loading, unloading and processing. |
| US12290023B2 |
Method and apparatus for mounting a flail mower
A method and apparatus for attaching a forward-mounted implement that may allow pivotal movement of the implement around a longitudinal axis to better maintain proper operational height when operating on uneven or sloped terrain. Further provided, the attachment mechanism of the present disclosure may allow for a secure and safe attachment to an associated tractor or other similar vehicle while simultaneously providing for a reduced production cost and less maintenance requirements. |
| US12290021B2 |
Control device and work machine
A control device for executing travel control of a self-propelled work machine, comprising a turning unit that turns the work machine such that the work machine travels inside a boundary of a work region, an evaluation unit that evaluates complexity of a shape of the boundary in the work region, and a changing unit that changes a turning mode of the work machine when the work machine is turned based on an evaluation result by the evaluation unit. |
| US12290018B2 |
Method and system for placement of single seeds one by one
A method for placement of seeds one by one onto a growth medium, whereby initially seeds are extracted and singled-out from a disorderly group of seeds is disclosed. The method comprises: placement of the disorderly group of seeds onto a seed wheel which has a wheel plane, wherein the wheel plane is angled with respect to a horizontal plane such that single seeds are allowed to enter openings in the seed wheel which openings are distanced from a rotation axis of the seed wheel, whereby the seed wheel is rotated around the rotation axis which axis is perpendicular to the wheel plane thereby elevating a single seed in each opening out of the group of seeds and allowing singled-out seeds in each opening to leave the opening at a predetermined rotational position of the seed wheel and fall or trickle down a tube or chute onto a growth medium. |
| US12290017B2 |
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for a digging machine
Digging machine having a body with an at least partially hollow interior and one or more odd-shaped wheels attached to the body, one or more motors disposed inside the body, and each motor can be configured to independently power one of the one or more odd-shaped wheels, where each of the one or more odd-shaped wheels include one or more digging members. |
| US12290015B2 |
Work assistance system, work system, work assistance method, and program
A work assistance system is a system used together with a work machine, wherein an estimation unit and an output unit are provided. The work machine has an engine as the power source thereof, and travels in a field. On the basis of at least the magnitude of the load of the engine, the estimation unit estimates whether there is an occurrence of a target event that accompanies fluctuations in the load. The output unit outputs output data corresponding to the estimation results from the estimation unit. |
| US12290014B2 |
Working vehicle
A working vehicle includes a traveling vehicle body, a linking device capable of linking a working device to the traveling vehicle body, a sensor provided on the working device to monitor at least a surrounding area of the working device provided on the working device, and a controller to perform control relating to automatic operation of the traveling vehicle body based on a planned travel route and monitored information obtained by the sensor. The controller is configured or programmed to include an automatic operation controller to determine the automatic operation to be performed if the monitored information contains no obstacles and to determine the automatic operation not to be performed if the monitored information contains an obstacle. |
| US12290013B2 |
Perforator quick disconnect system
A perforator quick disconnect system for an aerator device includes a perforator and a retaining device. The perforator has a head with an exterior configured to be received within a mounting block of the aerator device and a female component that extends into the exterior of the head. The retaining device has a connector configured to connect to the mounting block and a male component disposed within the connector and moveable relative thereto from a first position to a second position. The female and male components together form a quick disconnect mechanism such that when the perforator and retaining device are received by the mounting block, the male component engages the female component when the male component is in the first position to connect the retaining device to the mounting block and disengages the female component when in the second position to disconnect the perforator from the mounting block. |
| US12295272B2 |
Phase change memory
A method for making a phase change memory includes a step of forming an array of phase change memory cells, with each cell being separated from neighboring cells in the same line of the array and from neighboring cells in the same column of the array, by the same first distance. The method further includes a step of etching one memory cell out of N, with N being at least equal to 2, in each line or each column. |
| US12295269B2 |
Low-cost and high-strength bi-based superconducting wire/tape and preparation method thereof
A low-cost and high-strength Bi-based superconducting wire/tape and a preparation method thereof, the preparation method includes: 1. subjecting a first Bi-based superconducting wire/tape to electrochemical silver reduction to remove a Ag alloy layer to obtain a second Bi-based superconducting wire/tape; and 2. subjecting the second Bi-based superconducting wire/tape to surface enhancement, such that a Cu layer is formed to obtain the low-cost and high-strength Bi-based superconducting wire/tape. An electrochemical silver reduction technology combines with an electrochemical additive method to remove a Ag alloy layer on a surface of a Bi-based superconducting wire/tape and coat a high-strength Cu layer, such that a low-cost and high-strength Bi-based superconducting wire/tape can be prepared, which reduces a preparation cost and improves a strength of a Bi-based superconducting wire/tape to meet the application requirements of large super-strong magnets. |
| US12295268B2 |
Magnetic memory device
A magnetic memory device includes a conductive line extending in a first direction, a magnetic tunnel junction structure on a first surface of the conductive line, the magnetic tunnel junction structure comprising at least two magnetic patterns and a barrier pattern between the at least two magnetic patterns, and a magnetic layer on a second surface of the conductive line, which is opposite to the first surface. The magnetic layer includes magnetization components having a magnetization in a direction which is parallel to the second surface and intersects the first direction. |
| US12295261B2 |
Organic light-emitting device
An organic light-emitting device including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer includes an emission layer and a buffer layer between the emission layer and the second electrode, the buffer layer directly contacts the emission layer and includes a first compound and a quinolinolato-based metal complex, and the first compound is a compound including at least one electron transporting moiety. |
| US12295260B2 |
Organic compound, light-emitting device, light-emitting apparatus, electronic device, and lighting device
A quinoxaline derivative that is a novel organic compound is provided. A quinoxaline derivative represented by General Formula (G1) has a structure in which a quinoxaline skeleton is bonded to the 9-position of an anthracene skeleton, the 10-position of the anthracene skeleton is bonded to a heteroaromatic ring, and the 3-position of the heteroaromatic ring is nitrogen. In General Formula (G1) shown above, a and b each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms in a ring. In addition, m and n are each independently 0, 1, or 2. |
| US12295257B2 |
Organic electroluminescence device and polycyclic compound for same
An organic electroluminescence device includes a first electrode; a hole transport region disposed on the first electrode; an emission layer disposed on the hole transport region; an electron transport region disposed on the emission layer; and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport region, wherein the hole transport region includes a polycyclic compound of Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, the variables are defined herein. |
| US12295253B2 |
Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus including same
A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; m emission units between the first electrode and the second electrode; and m−1 charge generation layer(s), each located between two adjacent emission units, and including m−1 n-type charge generation layer(s) and m−1 p-type charge generation layer(s). The m emission units each include a hole transport region, an emission layer, and an electron transport region. A first hole transport region in a first emission unit closest to the first electrode may include a hole transfer layer and a hole injection layer and/or a hole transport layer. The hole transfer layer may be a single layer consisting of an electron-transporting compound including a phosphine oxide group (P═O), a phosphine sulfide group (P═S), a π electron-deficient nitrogen-containing C1-C60 cyclic group, or any combination thereof. A highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level of the hole transfer layer may be about −6.0 eV to about −5.3 eV. |
| US12295251B2 |
Organic electroluminescent materials and devices
Provided are novel silane derived compounds. Also provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that contain these novel silane derived compounds. Further provided are formulations comprising these novel silane derived compounds. |
| US12295246B2 |
Heater for thermal evaporator
A heater for an evaporator includes a heating wire and a support, and the heating wire includes a tunnel part that surrounds an outer surface of a container in which an organic material is accommodated and is coiled in a cylindrical shape, a flange part that is connected to an upper end of the tunnel part and has a spiral structure in which a radius increases in a plane direction, a first straight part extending downward from a lower end of the tunnel part, and a second straight part extending downward from a distal end of the flange part, and the support includes a ring part that supports a lower surface of the flange part, and a plurality of bars extending downward form the ring part. |
| US12295243B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of first pixels disposed in a first region of the display panel, a plurality of second pixels disposed in a second region of the display panel adjacent to the first region, and a plurality of dummy pixels disposed in a boundary region of the display panel between the first region and the second region. Intervals between the second pixels and the dummy pixels are uniform along the boundary region. |
| US12295239B2 |
Flexible display panel, flexible display device
The invention provides a flexible display panel and a flexible display device. The flexible display panel includes: a substrate, an auxiliary cathode provided on the substrate, an separation layer disposed on the substrate and the auxiliary cathode and defining a first opening to expose the auxiliary cathode, a passivation layer disposed on the separation layer and extending into the first opening as an undercut structure, an auxiliary anode arranged in the first opening and connected to the auxiliary cathode, and a cathode layer arranged on the auxiliary anode with a left end and a right end respectively connected with the auxiliary anode. |
| US12295232B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes: a display layer in which an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area are defined, the display layer including a common electrode, a sensor layer disposed on the display layer and including a plurality of sensing electrodes and an antenna pattern, and a cover layer spaced apart from the sensor layer with the display layer therebetween, the cover layer having a conductivity. The peripheral area includes a first area and a second area spaced apart from the active area with the first area therebetween, and the common electrode is disposed in the active area and the first area and is spaced apart from the second area. When viewed in a plan view, a portion of the antenna pattern does not overlap the common electrode and overlaps the cover layer. |
| US12295231B2 |
Display panel, method for manufacturing same, and display terminal
A display panel, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display terminal are provided. The display panel includes an array substrate, a light-emitting device layer, and a color resist layer. The light-emitting device layer is disposed on the array substrate and includes a red light-emitting device, a first blue light-emitting device, and a second blue light-emitting device. The color resist layer is disposed on the light-emitting device layer and includes a red color resist, a blue color resist, and a green color conversion unit. The red color resist is disposed corresponding to the red light-emitting device. The blue color resist is disposed corresponding to the first blue light-emitting device. The green color conversion unit is disposed corresponding to the second blue light-emitting device and is configured to convert a light emitted by the second blue light-emitting device into a green light. |
| US12295229B2 |
Light emitting display apparatus and multi-screen display apparatus including the same
A light emitting display apparatus includes a display area including pixels in first to mth horizontal lines parallel to a first direction over a first substrate, gate lines at the first to mth horizontal lines of the display area, gate control lines between the plurality of pixels, and a gate driving circuit including first to mth stage circuit parts at the display area and coupled to the gate lines and the gate control lines. Each of the first to mth stage circuit parts includes a plurality of branch circuits dispersively between the pixels along the first direction and coupled to the gate control lines, and a branch network coupled to the plurality of branch circuits. Each of the branch network of the first stage circuit unit and the mth stage circuit unit is disposed between two adjacent pixels along the second direction. |
| US12295228B2 |
Display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device
A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a sub-pixel unit, a data line, a scan line, a plurality of test contact pads, a first peripheral-zone insulating layer and an auxiliary electrode layer. The base substrate includes a display zone and a peripheral zone, the peripheral zone including a test bonding zone. Each of the plurality of the test contact pads includes a first test-contact-pad metal layer and a second test-contact-pad metal layer, wherein the second test-contact-pad metal layer covers the first test-contact-pad metal layer and contacts the first test-contact-pad metal layer in at least portion of a periphery of the first test-contact-pad metal layer. The auxiliary electrode layer includes a plurality of first relay electrode patterns located within the test bonding zone and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes located within the display zone. |
| US12295227B2 |
Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same, and display device
A display substrate, a preparation method therefor, and a display apparatus. The preparation method comprises: providing a base substrate, a plurality of pixel drive circuits being formed on the base substrate, the plurality of pixel drive circuits comprising a first pixel drive circuit and a second pixel drive circuit; forming a first insulating layer on the base substrate; forming a first wiring layer on the first insulating layer, the first wiring layer comprising a first connecting wire, the first connecting wire being formed electrically connected to the first pixel drive circuit by means of the first insulating layer; forming and patterning a second insulating layer on the first wiring layer; forming a second wiring layer on a second insulating layer, the second wiring layer comprising a second connecting wire, the second connecting wire being formed electrically connected to the second pixel drive circuit by means of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer; and forming and patterning a second insulating layer on the second wiring layer, the third insulating layer and the second insulating layer using the same reticle for the patterning process. |
| US12295224B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device having improved aperture ratio structure and method for manufacturing the same
Discussed is a display device capable of reducing a number of contact holes and thus improving a aperture ratio, in a structure in which a power line is branched so that power is supplied by the branch line to a thin-film transistor. Further, a method for manufacturing the same is discussed. To this end, in the branch line, a contact-hole is not formed adjacent to the driving thin-film transistor, while a contact-hole is formed only adjacent to the power line VDD/Ref. A dual line of the branch line composed of an active layer and a molybdenum-titanium layer extends from the contact-hole to the driving thin-film transistor, so that the power is supplied to the driving thin-film transistor through the molybdenum-titanium layer MoTi. |
| US12295217B2 |
Display device
A display device including: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a light-emitting element disposed in the display area; an encapsulation layer covering the light-emitting element; a driving unit disposed in the non-display area; a dam surrounding the display area and overlapping the driving unit, and a shielding layer overlapping the driving unit. |
| US12295216B2 |
Display substrate and manufacturing method therefor, and display apparatus
A display substrate has a central region and an edge region, and includes a plurality of structural units arranged in an array in the central region and the edge region; each structural unit is provided with a plurality of through holes, and divided by the plurality of through holes into a pixel island for displaying and a bridge portion for transmitting signals; the plurality of through holes are arranged around the pixel island; a part of the bridge portion is positioned between the pixel island and the through holes, and another part of the bridge portion is positioned between adjacent through holes; and a pixel pitch between adjacent pixel islands in the structural units in the edge region is equal to a pixel pitch between adjacent pixel islands in the structural units in the central region. |
| US12295215B2 |
Methods of fabricating OLED panel with inorganic pixel encapsulating barrier
Embodiments described herein relate to sub-pixel circuits and methods of forming sub-pixel circuits that may be utilized in a display such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The device includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels defined by adjacent pixel-defining layer (PDL) structures with inorganic overhang structures disposed on the PDL structures, each sub-pixel having an anode, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) material disposed on the anode, and a cathode disposed on the OLED material. The device is made by a process including the steps of: depositing the OLED material and the cathode by evaporation deposition, and depositing an encapsulation layer disposed over the cathode. |
| US12295213B2 |
OLED display device and manufacturing method thereof
An OLED display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The OLED display device includes a base substrate, a plurality of OLED devices, and a plurality of spacers. A plurality of OLED devices are disposed on the base substrate. At least part of the OLED devices are provided with an inorganic layer on a side away from the base substrate. At least part of the spacers are distributed at the gaps between the OLED devices. The OLED display device can prevent a problem of degradation of display quality due to external impact. |
| US12295207B2 |
Display panel and display device
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes at least one light-transmitting region block. Each light-transmitting region block includes R*S light-transmitting regions arranged in R rows and S columns, R is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and S is an integer greater than or equal to 2. In each light-transmitting region block, S light-transmitting regions located in the same row are S types of different light-transmitting regions, and R light-transmitting regions located in the same column are R types of different light-transmitting regions. In the light-transmitting region block, adjacent light-transmitting regions are different types of light-transmitting regions. Thus, a fixed grating will not be formed from the adjacent light-transmitting regions so that the optical paths or phase differences are different when external light passes through two different light-transmitting regions. |
| US12295206B2 |
Metal plate design for electronic display panels
A method of assembling a display panel includes laminating a back plate to a display layer to form an untrimmed display panel, the back plate including a metal layer that includes a trimming path defined by one or more line segments having reduced metal content compared to other portions of the metal layer. The method further includes trimming the untrimmed display panel along the one or more line segments to define one or more edges of the display panel. For one or more locations along each of the one or more edges defined by the line segments, the metal layer is flush with the corresponding edge of the display panel. |
| US12295203B2 |
White organic light emitting device and process for production thereof
The present invention relates to a white organic light emitting device (WOLED) comprising an electroluminescent material (ELM) and a Bragg converter disposed adjacent to the ELM. In addition, the invention also relates to a method for producing white light using said WOLED, use of the WOLED for producing white light, and a process for producing said WOLED. |
| US12295200B2 |
Light-emitting device with improved light emission efficiency and display apparatus including the same
A light-emitting device includes: a reflective layer; a first electrode provided on the reflective layer; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a first emission layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; a second emission layer provided between the first emission layer and the second electrode, and a first partial transmission mirror provided between the first emission layer and the second emission layer so that a first or higher order resonance mode is formed between the reflective layer and the first partial transmission mirror, and a second or higher order resonance mode is formed between the reflective layer and the second electrode. |
| US12295195B2 |
Light emitting device package with reliably formed switching unit
A light emitting device package includes a cell array having a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface and including, on a portion of a horizontal extension line of the first surface, semiconductor light emitting units each including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer sequentially located on a layer surface including a sidewall of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; wavelength converting units corresponding respectively to the semiconductor light emitting units and each arranged corresponding to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a barrier structure arranged between the wavelength converting units corresponding to the cell array; and switching units arranged in the barrier structure and electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting units. |
| US12295194B2 |
Display device including protective layer overlapping backplane line and method of manufacturing the same
A display device includes a backplane line disposed on a substrate, a protective layer overlapping the backplane line, a first electrode disposed on the protective layer, a light emitting element electrically connected to the first electrode, and a reflective pattern including a reflective material and disposed between the substrate and the first electrode, the reflective pattern overlaps the backplane line in a plan view. |
| US12295190B2 |
Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes: a package defining a recess; a light-emitting element disposed on a bottom surface of the recess; and a sealing member disposed in the recess so as to cover the light-emitting element. The sealing member includes a filler-containing layer which contains a filler and covers the light-emitting element, and a light-transmissive layer disposed on the filler-containing layer. The recess is further defined by a lateral surface having a stepped portion between the bottom surface of the recess and an opening of the recess. The light-transmissive layer covers the stepped portion. An upper surface of the light-transmissive layer is downwardly recessed. |