US12152030B2
Provided is a polycyclic compound inhibiting MNK1 and MNK2. Specifically, provided is a compound represented by formula (I), or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the definition of each group is as described in the description. These compounds can be used for preparing pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of diseases or disorders related to MNK activity or expression level.
US12152024B2
Compounds of formula I wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
US12152018B2
This disclosure features chemical entities (e.g., a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and/or hydrate, and/or cocrystal, and/or drug combination of the compound) having formula (I) that inhibit (e.g., antagonize) Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING). Said chemical entities are useful, e.g., for treating a condition, disease or disorder in which increased (e.g., excessive) STING activation (e.g., STING signaling) contributes to the pathology and/or symptoms and/or progression of the condition, disease or disorder (e.g., cancer) in a subject (e.g., a human). This disclosure also features compositions containing the same as well as methods of using and making the same.
US12152015B2
Compounds and methods for their preparation and use as therapeutic or prophylactic agents, for example for treatment of cancer, bacterial or viral diseases by targeting Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase-1 (ENPP1).
US12152014B2
The present invention provides compounds that inhibit Factor XIa or kallikrein and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions thereof. The present invention also provides methods of using these compounds and compositions.
US12152006B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing the process intermediate 4-amino-5-methylpyridone of the formula (I), characterized in that the intermediate 4-hydroxy-5-methyl-1H-pyridin-2-one of the formula (III) is reacted with ammonia in an autoclave with addition of an ammonium bromide salt.
US12151999B2
The present application discloses small molecule compounds having a naphthylamine structure and an application thereof. In the present application, the structure of a compound having a structure as shown in general formula (I) is as shown in the drawing. The compound and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, solvate or prodrug thereof that are provided by the present application or the pharmaceutical composition provided by the present application can selectively induce autophagy in damaged mitochondria without affecting or only weakly affecting normal mitochondria, and further have superior metabolic stability and pharmacokinetic properties, lower toxicity, and better druggability.
US12151995B2
The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US12151994B2
The present invention relates to a process for the oligomerization of C2 to C4 olefin(s) in a gas/liquid or all-liquid oligomerization reactor (c) using a solvent, an oligomerization catalyst and olefin(s), in which compression and premixing are performed between a liquid phase comprising the solvent and a gaseous phase comprising said gaseous olefin(s) by a multiphase pump (b), with partial or total dissolution of the olefin(s) of the gaseous phase in the liquid phase and/or premixing between the two phases, before introduction of the premix obtained into said reactor.
US12151993B2
A process to produce 1-octene and 1-decene includes (a) separating a composition containing an oligomer product—which contains 15 to 80 mol % C6 olefins, 20 to 80 mol % C8 olefins, and 5 to 20 mol % C10+ olefins—into a first oligomer composition containing C6 alkanes and at least 85 mol % C6 olefins (e.g., 1-hexene), a second oligomer composition containing at least 20 mol % C8 olefins (e.g., 1-octene), and a heavies stream containing C10+ olefins, then (b) contacting a metathesis catalyst system with the first oligomer composition to form a first composition comprising C10 linear internal olefins, (c) contacting the C10 linear internal olefins with a catalytic isomerization catalyst system in the presence of photochemical irradiation to form a second composition comprising 1-decene, and (d) purifying the second composition to isolate a third composition comprising at least 90 mol % 1-decene. Processes to produce 1-hexene and 1-decene also are described, as well as related manufacturing systems and processes to produce higher carbon number normal alpha olefins from lower carbon number normal alpha olefins.
US12151992B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a humic acid-containing synergistic carrier for accelerating urea conversion. The preparation method includes steps of, for example, preparing an extractant for humic acid, preparing a humic acid extract and preparing a humic acid-containing synergistic carrier. Combination of the humic acid-containing synergistic carrier with urea can accelerate urea conversion, and the residual urea rate will be reduced by 22.7%-29.1% than a commercially available urea. The present invention provides a new idea for improving the utilization rate of nitrogen fertilizer in soil with low urease activity. Compared with a commercially available urea, the urea containing the humic acid-containing synergistic carrier of the present invention can increase the rice yield and the utilization rate of nitrogen fertilizer by 9.7% and 8.3%, respectively.
US12151989B2
A pellet made of dried, unfermented livestock manure has N, P and K values in the range of N: 3 to 7 g/kg, as ammoniac and organic nitrogen, P: 2 to 6 g/kg as phosphorus pentoxide and K: 2 to 6 g/kg as potassium oxide (g/kg). The pellet has a hardness exceeding 10 kg and has a shell composed of manure-base lignin. A press roll, including a hollow rotatable drum with a perforated screen, may be used in combination with an endless belt and a scraper to produce the pellet.
US12151988B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating and utilizing a genetically engineered bacterium comprising a modification in glnD, wherein said modification is selected from the group consisting of: deletion of the entire gene, deletion of substantially the entire gene, deletion of an ACT domain, deletion of more than 50% of an ACT domain, deactivation of an ACT domain, and deactivation of an UTase domain.
US12151987B2
A urea plant and urea production process of the stripping type are provided that are adapted for making Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) or precursor thereof in a DEF production unit downstream of a treatment section. The treatment section receives a part of the urea synthesis stream from a reaction zone, in particular bypassing the HP stripper.
US12151985B2
A part made from a composite material having a ceramic matrix and including a protection device, the protection including a coating layer having a gradual composition. The gradual-composition coating layer includes at least one silicon phase and one aluminium phase, the proportions of which change according to the height in the layer, with a first height in the gradual-composition coating layer corresponding to a silicon-free composition, and a second height corresponding to an aluminium-free composition. A method for producing such a protection, and to a device for carrying out the method, are disclosed.
US12151984B2
A building waterproofing kit-of-parts comprising A) an aqueous first composition, containing ao) water, a1) a ketone solvent and a2) a carboxylic acid and a3) an alkylalkoxysilane and/or a4) an aminoalkylalkoxysilane, and B) a second composition, containing b1) an alkylalkoxysilane and b2) a hydrocarbon solvent as well as b3) an alcohol solvent and/or b4) an ester solvent and/or b5) a ketone solvent. Use of the kit-of-parts for the waterproofing of buildings and the elimination of moisture damage in buildings. Liquid building waterproofing agent, obtained by blending the compositions A) and B).
US12151978B2
The present invention relates to granular composite density enhancement, and related methods and compositions. The applications where these properties are valuable include but are not limited to: 1) additive manufacturing (“3D printing”) involving metallic, ceramic, cermet, polymer, plastic, or other dry or solvent-suspended powders or gels, 2) concrete materials, 3) solid propellant materials, 4) cermet materials, 5) granular armors, 6) glass-metal and glass-plastic mixtures, and 7) ceramics comprising (or manufactured using) granular composites.
US12151976B2
A concrete formulation system for repairing a cultural relic building and a use method thereof. The method includes obtaining a first index value, a second index value, and a third index value of a cultural relic building concrete sample and comparing the index values in a database of the concrete formulation system to obtain raw material components and contents of an original preparation formula of cultural relic concrete. The method further includes preparing a repairing concrete sample, measuring the index values, of the repairing concrete sample and comparing the index values of the cultural relic building concrete sample, and if the result is that the difference between the first index values is not greater than 20%, the difference between the second index values is not greater than 60%, and the difference between the third index values is not greater than 60%, using the repairing concrete sample for cultural relic repair.
US12151971B2
A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 45 mol % to less than or equal to 60 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 15 mol % to less than or equal to 25 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 10 mol % to less than or equal to 20 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 7.5 mol % Na2O; greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 5 mol % K2O; greater than or equal to 7 mol % to less than or equal to 13 mol % P2O5, and greater than or equal to 0 mol % to less than or equal to 4 mol % TiO2. The glass composition may have a liquidus temperature of less than or equal to 1300° C. and an inter-diffusion coefficient greater than or equal to 4000 μm2/hour. The glass composition is chemically strengthenable. The glass composition may be used in a glass-based article or a consumer electronic product.
US12151969B2
A tempered glass manufacturing apparatus includes a loading unit for loading sheets of glass therein. A heating unit receives the loading unit having sheets of glass loaded therein. The heating unit includes first to third openings. A tempering unit is connected to the heating unit through the first opening and receives the loading unit having sheets of glass loaded therein. The tempering unit performs a tempering process on the sheets of glass when the loading unit is positioned in the tempering unit. A residual salt discharging unit is connected to the heating unit through the second opening. An auxiliary layer providing unit is connected to the heating unit through the third opening of the heating unit. The auxiliary layer providing unit includes auxiliary layers for performing a residual salt preprocessing process to increase a removal of residual salt provided on surfaces of the sheets of glass.
US12151968B2
A top plate for a cooking device including a displaying region capable of showing information given from a display and a non-displaying region blocking visible light includes a glass substrate having a cooking surface on which a utensil is to be put and an underside surface opposite to the cooking surface; a dielectric multi-layer provided on the underside surface of the glass substrate; a light transmissive layer provided on a portion of the dielectric multi-layer overlapped with the displaying region and containing a transparent material; and a light blocking layer provided on a portion of the dielectric multi-layer overlapped with the non-displaying region, wherein the top plate has a reflectance in a range of 40% to 80%, and an absolute value of a difference in refractive index between the light transmissive layer and the light blocking layer is 0.1 or less.
US12151965B2
A glass manufacturing apparatus can include a conduit connected to a delivery vessel and an inlet of a forming vessel. The conduit includes a closed sidewall surrounding a channel extending in a flow direction of the conduit. The closed sidewall is continuous from the delivery vessel to the inlet of the forming vessel to define a closed atmosphere from the delivery vessel, through the conduit, and through the inlet of the forming vessel. The glass manufacturing apparatus can include a heating enclosure including a heating wall and a first heating element. The heating wall surrounds a chamber within which the conduit extends. The first heating element is positioned within the chamber between the heating wall and the conduit to increase a temperature within the channel. Methods for manufacturing a glass ribbon with a glass manufacturing apparatus are provided.
US12151964B2
Methods of forming a bandwidth-tuned optical fiber for short-length data transmission systems include establishing a relationship between a change Δτ in a modal delay τ, a change ΔT in a draw tension T and a change Δλ in a BM wavelength λ of light in a BM wavelength range from 840 nm and 1100 nm for a test optical fiber drawn from a preform and that supports BM operation at the BM wavelength. The methods also include drawing from either the preform or a closely related preform the bandwidth-tuned optical fiber by setting the draw tension based on the established relationships of the aforementioned parameters so that the bandwidth-tuned optical fiber has a target bandwidth greater than 2 GHz·km at a target wavelength within the BM wavelength range.
US12151962B2
A control apparatus for controlling a thickness of a substrate, such as a glass ribbon. The control apparatus comprises a laser assembly and a shielding assembly. The laser assembly generates an elongated laser beam traveling in a propagation direction along an optical path. The shielding assembly comprises at least one shield selectively disposed in the optical path. The shield is configured to decrease an optical intensity of a region of the elongated laser beam. The shielding assembly is configured to change an intensity profile of the elongated laser beam from an initial intensity profile to a targeted intensity profile. A desired targeted intensity profile can be dictated by an arrangement of the shield(s) relative to the optical path, and can be selected to affect a temperature change at portions of the substrate determined to benefit from a reduction in thickness.
US12151956B2
A device (20) for disinfecting a fluid, in particular water, has a reactor housing (15) with an inlet (19) for ingress and an outlet (9) for discharge of a fluid to be disinfected, wherein a reactor chamber (16) is formed in the reactor housing (15). The fluid to be disinfected flows through the reactor chamber (16) from the inlet (19) to the outlet (9) along a flow path (18). A UV irradiation device (21) with a plurality of UV LEDs (11) is provided, wherein the UV LEDs (11) are disposed on an elongated support element (7) and the support element (7) is configured to extend at least partially into the reactor housing (15) so that by means of the UV LEDs (11), UV light for disinfecting the fluid can irradiate the flow path in the reactor chamber. The support element (7) is releasably and exchangeably mounted in the reactor housing (15) and has a coolant passageway (5, 17) which extends through the support element (7) and through which a coolant can flow in order to cool the UV LEDs (11).
US12151953B2
The present disclosure relates to a water purifier that ejects hot water and purified water, and the water purifier includes a housing forming a storage space, a filter provided inside the housing to purify water supplied from an external water supply source, a water ejection nozzle provided on the outside of the housing and configured to eject the water passing through the filter, a hot water module forming a heating flow path through which the purified water passing through the filter passes and configured to instantaneously heat the purified water passing through the heating flow path into hot water when hot water is ejected, a hot water flow path configured to guide the hot water passing through the hot water module toward the water ejection nozzle; and a controller configured to control the operation of the hot water module, in which, when purified water is ejected, the controller turns off the hot water module, and the purified water discharged from the hot water module is ejected to the water ejection nozzle through the hot water flow path.
US12151946B2
The present application provides a positive electrode active material which may be in a particulate form and comprise a compound represented by Formula 1: NaxAyM1[M2(CN)6]δ·zH2O Formula 1 wherein, A is selected from at least one of an alkali metal element and an alkaline earth metal element, and the ionic radius of A is greater than the ionic radius of sodium; M1 and M2 are each independently selected from at least one of a transition metal element, 0
US12151944B2
A device for producing a tetrahydroborate, the device including a reaction chamber inside which a hydrogen plasma is generated, a sample stage which is provided in the reaction chamber and on which a borate is placed, and a hydrogen ion shielding member which is provided to cover at least some of the borate to be placed.
US12151941B2
In a SiC substrate according to the present embodiment, a proportion of a first region in which a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of absorption coefficient for light having a wavelength of 1064 nm is 0.25 cm−1 or less is 70% or more of the total area.
US12151936B2
A micromechanical component for a sensor device or microphone device. The micromechanical component includes a diaphragm with a diaphragm inner side to which an electrode structure is directly or indirectly connected; and a cavity that is formed at least in a volume that is exposed by at least one removed area of at least one sacrificial layer. At least one residual area made of at least one electrically insulating sacrificial layer material of the at least one sacrificial layer is also present at the micromechanical component, and including at least one insulation area made of at least one electrically insulating material that is not the same as the electrically insulating sacrificial layer material. The electrode structure is electrically insulated from the diaphragm, and/or the at least one residual area of the at least one sacrificial layer is delimited from the cavity, using the at least one insulation area.
US12151933B2
A comb-drive device used in Micro Electro Mechanical System is provided, and the comb-drive device includes: a rotor comprising a rotor body and a plurality of rotor combs provided on the rotor body; and a stator comprising one or more stator bodies and a plurality of stator combs provided on the one or more stator bodies. The rotor is spaced from the stator by a distance, the rotor and the stator are arranged along a direction in which the rotor is movable, and the plurality of rotor combs and the plurality of stator combs are alternately arranged in a direction particular to the direction in which the rotor is movable; and the rotor body is made of an insulating material, and each of the plurality of rotor combs is made of a conductive material or coated with a conductive material. The present invention can increase sensitivity and capacitance efficiency of the comb-drive device.
US12151928B2
A liquid transfer assembly includes a housing that has a supply port, a return port and a fill port each extending into an interior of the housing. A shut off valve is movably integrated into the housing and the shut off valve is movable between a first condition and a second condition. A trigger is movably integrated into the grip and the trigger is in communication with the shut off valve. The shut off valve is actuated into the second condition when the trigger is depressed. An inertial pump is movably disposed within the housing and the inertial pump is charged with a handle to pump a fluid in a first container into the second container when the trigger is depressed. A priming pump is integrated into the housing for priming the inertial pump when the priming pump is manipulated.
US12151926B2
A system for container processing for setting up in a shop or at a station. The system may have a receiving region, a cleaning device, a filling device, a removal region and a handling device. The system can advantageously be set up or installed directly in a shop, at a station or in the public space in a town square (e.g. marketplace). The system makes it possible for beverages and other products to be able to be decanted locally. The containers here can be cleaned beforehand in order to ensure hygienic filling.
US12151916B2
An at least partially automated method for planning installation of elevator components in an elevator shaft delimited by shaft walls includes the steps: recording the course of the shaft walls; determining positions of door openings in the shaft; establishing a target course of a guide rail depending on the positions of the openings; and establishing target positions of the elevator components automatedly depending on the established guide rail target course. Adjustable ones of the elevator components have a part fixable to the shaft wall and a part movable in an adjustment range relative to the fixable part. Target positions of the movable parts are established for the adjustable components. An automated check is carried out to determine whether, when the movable part is positioned at the target position, the adjustment range is sufficient to fix the fixable part to the shaft wall and the results are output for further processing.
US12151915B2
An elevator interactive terminal and an elevator interactive system. The elevator interactive system of the present invention comprises an elevator interactive terminal, configured with a social communication media module, wherein a user is registered as a first registered user in the social communication media module; and a server coupled to a communication bus of an elevator system, configured with the social communication media module and to register an elevator as the second registered user in the social communication media module, wherein, based on the social communication media module, interactive communication is performed between the first registered user on the elevator interactive terminal corresponding to the user and the second registered user on the server corresponding to the elevator.
US12151912B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a discharge unit that discharges a medium on which recording is performed by the recording unit, and a medium receiving unit that receives a medium discharged by the discharge unit, and a medium can be fed to an optional device attached to an apparatus main body from the discharge unit. The discharge unit includes a discharge roller that discharges a medium, a forming unit that forms a medium to be discharged, and a detection unit that detects a stacking height of a medium stacked on the medium receiving unit and is located at a position where the detection unit interferes with the optional device when the optional device is attached, the detection unit and the forming unit are integrally configured, and the detection unit and the forming unit are configured to be integrally attached to and removed from the apparatus main body.
US12151911B2
An automatic replacement apparatus for a feed material includes a discharge unit discharging a feed material to the outside, a pair of feed units disposed to be adjacent to the discharge unit and having a feed roll around which the feed material is wound, and a pair of material joint units respectively provided in the pair of feed units connecting a front end of a first feed material waiting in a first feed unit, one of the pair of feed units, and an end of a second feed material being transferred from a second feed unit, the other of the pair of feed units, to the discharge unit in a butt joint manner.
US12151905B2
In an electromagnetic transport system, a transport route is divided into transport sections, each including at least one transport segment. A section control unit is assigned to each transport section, and a segment controller is assigned to each transport segment. A logistics unit, specifies a destination of the transport units to section control units via the logistics network. Section control units are connected to segment controllers of associated transport segments via a segment network and are designed to: determine a track section for the associated transport section from the destination, determine target values using the track section and transmit the target values to the segment controllers via the segment network. Segment controllers supply current to drive coils using target values and occurring actual values to generate a magnetic field which interacts with drive magnets of the transport units to move the transport units.
US12151903B2
Transport unit for transporting circular-cylindrical profiled workpieces, including a loading drum which is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation on a bearing journal and which is provided on an outer surface with a plurality of loading slides, wherein each loading slide is received on the outer surface so as to be linearly movable along the axis of rotation and has a workholder with a recess profiled in the form of a circular section along the axis of rotation, wherein profile axes of the recesses each intersect a circumference arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation and wherein it is provided that the workholder is received on the loading slide so as to be linearly movable along a radial direction aligned perpendicularly to the axis of rotation between a radially inner first functional position and a radially outer second functional position.
US12151886B2
A storage device (1′) for storing transport units (3′) includes a number of transport units (3′), a number of storage lines (12a′-12g′) which are configured to store transport units (3′), a feeding line (11′) which is connected by a respective first switch point (111′) to the storage lines (12a′-12g′), a measuring device (15′) which is arranged on the feeding line (11′) and which is configured to determine a respective extent of a transport unit (3′), and a controller (16′) which is connected to the measuring device (15′) and to the first switch pointes (111′) and which is configured to select a storage line (12a′-12g′) for storing the transport unit (3′) on the basis of the extent of the transport unit (3′) determined by the measuring device (15′).
US12151875B2
A basket for securing a container to a dispenser has a device for connecting the basket with the dispenser and a device for connecting the basket with the container and a cylindrical seat for a valve of the container, wherein the basket provides a fluid connection between the container and the dispenser, wherein the basket provides a grip area for mounting the basket on the dispenser. The grip area is located on the cylindrical seat. The location of the grip area on the cylindrical seat reduces the height of the basket and improves the handling of the dispenser.
US12151873B2
An insulated container for a beverage comprises an inner wall defining an opening and a volume, an outer wall surrounding the inner wall and defining a cavity between the inner wall and the outer wall, and one or more heat transfer devices within the cavity and attached to the inner wall, the one or more heat transfer devices spaced from the outer wall and configured to contact the outer wall responsive to exceeding a temperature greater than a predetermined temperature. Related insulated containers and methods are also disclosed.
US12151870B2
A smart infusion water bottle is disclosed. The infusion water bottle comprising a body comprising an open end at a top portion for allowing a liquid to flow in and out therethrough and an infusion chamber configured to be removably secured to the top portion of the body, and receive a flavoring material, wherein the infusion chamber comprises a plurality of openings at a bottom portion of the infusion chamber, to allow the liquid to flow in and out of the infusion chamber. The infusion water bottle further comprises a lid removably secured to a top portion of the infusion chamber, wherein the lid comprises a temperature sensor coupled to the infusion chamber and downwardly extending therefrom to the body, a display positioned on a surface of the lid and a controller operatively connected to the temperature sensor and the display, wherein the controller is configured to receive signals from the temperature sensor indicative of the temperature inside the infusion chamber and the body, and output temperature information on the display.
US12151868B2
A fire-safe container includes a polymer polymeric IBC within a metal overpack. The metal overpack includes a manway surrounding a plurality of ports. Each port is on a projection form the polymeric IBC that extends into the manway through an aperture. A collar is disposed in each aperture between the projection of the polymeric IBC and the sides of the aperture such that the port is retained in the manway and preventing the port from contacting or collapsing through the aperture. The manway includes a burst disc to release pressure when there is pressure buildup. One of the ports can provide another burst disc to relieve pressure in the polymeric IBC. The polymeric IBC burst disc can release at a pressure that is greater than the pressure at which the manway burst disc releases.
US12151858B2
A tape-free packing box, which can be in an open state or a closed state, the tape-free packing box comprises a box body; two tongue plates, respectively arranged on the opposite sides of the open ends of the box body; a connecting element, one end of the connecting element is integrally formed or slidably installed on one of the two tongue plates, when the tape-free packing box is in a closed state, the other end of the connecting element is connected to the other of the two tongue plates.
US12151851B2
The present invention relates to a closed-head drum (10) with inserted thin-walled inliner (22) of multilayer plastic film for storing and transporting liquid or free-flowing filling materials. In order to improve the use of liners in closed-head drums, and to facilitate in particular the handling for the users such as the filling and emptying operators, so as to allow the closed-head drum (10) with liner (22) to be handled in precisely the same way as a closed-head drum without a liner, the present invention provides for the liner surface to adhere, or be adhesively bonded in a detachable manner, to the inner wall of the drum by virtue of a vacuum being created in the intermediate air space between the inner wall of the drum and liner surface and by thermal activation by means of hot air injection into the interior of the inliner.
US12151849B2
The present application a model changing method and a battery tray. The model changing method includes: limiting a limited member by a pair of limiting assemblies, where each of the limiting assemblies is provided with a first limiting surface and a second limiting surface; disposing two first limiting surfaces of the pair of limiting assemblies opposite each other to form a first accommodating cavity; and disposing two second limiting surfaces of the pair of limiting assemblies opposite each other to form a second accommodating cavity, where a length of the first accommodating cavity is not equal to that of the second accommodating cavity.
US12151848B2
A glass hollow container including a finish intended to cooperate with a cap with notches to close the container, wherein the finish has a locking ring whose cross section has a profile substantially in the shape of an ogive.
US12151838B2
A filling method capable of reducing medicinal liquid loss, comprising weighing stations and a liquid-dividing container. The liquid-dividing container is provided with liquid outlets; filling needles arranged side by side are correspondingly arranged above the plurality of weighing stations; the respective liquid outlets and the respective filling needles are connected by means of pipelines; and the respective pipelines are each provided with a filling pump. The filling method comprises: upon detecting that the amount of medicinal liquid in the liquid-dividing container is insufficient, conveying medicine bottles to the weighing stations, filling the medicine bottles by the first filling needle, and then performing liquid supplementation filling by the adjacent second filling needle or by the third filling needle until the filling amount of the medicinal liquid in the medicine bottles is qualified, thus respectively filling the medicine bottles one by one, and emptying the remaining medicinal liquid in the pipelines.
US12151829B2
An aircraft landing platform for a passenger carrying aircraft has a landing module that is moveable between a landing position and a gate position, the landing module has a turntable that orients a door of aircraft to facilitate disembarkment of the passenger(s).
US12151825B2
An aircraft includes a fuselage, a wing structure and a tail assembly, and also at least one propeller having the general shape of a ring. The propeller includes a rotor formed by an annular element having blades projecting outwardly therefrom, and a likewise annular base coaxial to the annular element and on which the annular element can turn under the action of a driver. The base is coaxial to the fuselage and integrated into the shell constituting the fuselage. The blades of the rotor are arranged outside the shell.
US12151815B2
An aircraft is disclosed, including a fuselage having a longitudinal axis and a passenger compartment having a floor and a ceiling. The aircraft further includes rows of seats fixed to the floor adjacent and aisle and a mobile container suspended from multiple tracks mounted on the ceiling over the aisle.
US12151784B2
A bimini having a collapsible frame and a top is disclosed. The collapsible frame, which has a first support and a second support that is pivotable relative to the first support about a pivot axis, is movable between a collapsed configuration and an extended configuration. The top, which has a first top portion that defines a cavity and a second top portion that is flexible, extends between the first and second supports. In the extended configuration of the collapsible frame, the top is taut between the first and second supports, and in the collapsed configuration of the collapsible frame, the second top portion is selectively at least partially stored in the cavity defined by the first top portion. A watercraft having the bimini is also disclosed.
US12151771B2
A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device having a memory, an active valve tune application, and at least one processor. The processor initiates the active valve tune application, receives, from a database, an active valve suspension tune having a number of performance range adjustable settings, and receives user related input information. At least one of the performance range adjustable settings is modified based on the received input information to generate a modified active valve suspension tune. The system includes an active suspension of a vehicle, wherein the modified active valve suspension tune is implemented by the active suspension.
US12151769B2
A foldable self-supporting scooter comprises at least three wheels, a steering column, a footboard, a front axle for receiving at least one front wheel, a rear suspension for receiving at least one rear wheel, and a folding mechanism that autonomously folds the scooter, wherein a synchronization rod provides that the center of gravity of the scooter remains between the front and rear wheels at all times during the folding operation, without the need for the scooter to be held by the user and without tipping over.
US12151768B2
Presented herein is a foldable bicycle (folding bike) with improvement including a step-through or low step-over electric bicycle (eBike, pedelec) with a main frame member or members extending rearward from the head tube to a hinge and a bottom bracket where a mid-drive motor may be positioned, and wherein at least one battery is mounted to the frame, and wherein the hinge is located near the midpoint of the bicycle and allows the front frame assembly and the rear frame assembly to pivot laterally around the hinge in a manner moving generally parallel to the ground to a folded position. Other improvements presented herein include a foldable bicycle, electric, or non-electric, with a handlebar and stem which are moveable to a steering assembly storage position, and in the storage position the handlebar and/or stem serve to fasten the foldable bicycle in the folded position. The folded bicycle may be rolled along the ground in the folded position.
US12151766B1
The disclosure features a bicycle rack and pannier system, a bicycle rack, and a bicycle accessory that can be used to mount the bicycle rack to a bicycle. The system comprises (a) a pannier comprising a bag having a back wall and a locking mechanism extending from the back wall, and (b) a rack configured to be mounted generally vertically on a portion of a bicycle, the rack including a rack body having a keyed opening configured to receive a portion of the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is mounted on the bag to be pivotable between an open position, in which the portion of the locking mechanism can be inserted into or removed from the keyed opening, and at least one locked position, in which the portion abuts a surface of the rack body preventing removal of the portion of the locking mechanism.
US12151764B2
A body posture detection device comprises: a correction value calculation unit that sequentially calculates a correction value for estimating a roll angle of a vehicle body on the basis of a variable correction coefficient set according to a determination of a state determination unit and detection values of a speed sensor and a detection unit; and a roll angle estimation value calculation unit that calculates an estimation value of a current roll angle of the vehicle body by integrating a value obtained by correcting an estimation value of a roll angular velocity on the basis of the correction value. The correction value calculation unit sets the variable correction coefficient so as to reduce the correction value when the parameter exceeds a threshold.
US12151761B2
A knuckle guard (30) according to an embodiment includes a wind guide portion (35) that is disposed in front of a grip (17) of a handlebar (15) of a vehicle (1) and has a communication hole (36) which opens in a vertical direction, wherein the wind guide portion (35) covers the communication hole (36) in a front view.
US12151754B2
A vehicle inspection method in a production line of a vehicle includes: performing a part inspection in steps of manufacturing parts of the vehicle, the part inspection in which each of the parts after being manufactured is inspected with an inspection device and which includes one or more inspection items; storing a result of the part inspection in a storage device such that the result is associated with the part; and displaying the result of the part inspection, on a display device used in a completed vehicle inspection for inspecting a completed vehicle serving as the vehicle that is completed, information indicating at least the part of the parts corresponding to a failed item serving as the inspection item which is determined not to be passed in the result of the part inspection stored in the storage device and information indicating the failed item.
US12151740B2
Disclosed embodiments include systems, vehicles, and computer-implemented methods to adjust a threshold level of force to be applied to a steering wheel to disengage an autosteering system. In an illustrative embodiment, a system includes a computing device operably coupled with a vehicle that includes a processor and a computer-readable media configured to store computer-executable instructions configured to cause the processor to: detect that an autosteering system of the vehicle is engaged; detect a level of force applied by an operator to a steering wheel of the vehicle; and disengage the autosteering system when the level of force surpasses a threshold chosen from a default threshold and an adjusted threshold, wherein the adjusted threshold is applied upon detecting a predetermined condition.
US12151738B2
A steering column device includes a steering column; and a telescopic actuator. The steering column includes a first column member, a second column member assembled to the first column member in a manner of being displaceable relative to the first column member in an axial direction, and a low-friction sliding member disposed between the first column member and the second column member. The telescopic actuator includes a telescopic motor, and displaces the second column member in the axial direction with respect to the first column member by using the telescopic motor as a drive source.
US12151734B2
A vehicle steering wheel having a gripping portion to be grasped by a user, a capacitive device for detecting a contact between a member of the user and the gripping portion, comprising at least one detection electrode arranged under an outer surface of the gripping portion, wherein the detection electrode defines, on the outer surface, a detection area, and a dead area complementary to the detection area, wherein the detection device has at least one conductive strip attached on the detection electrode having at least one covering portion arranged opposite the detection area and at least one extension portion arranged opposite the dead area.
US12151727B2
A rail-bound track section is equipped with an automatic train protection system. The train protection system is a combined train protection system with the functionality of a first automatic train protection system and the functionality of a second automatic train protection system. The combined train protection system takes trains equipped with the second train protection system in the track section into account during a control of trains equipped with the first train protection system, and also takes trains equipped with the first train protection system in the track section into account during a control of trains equipped with the second train protection system. A method for operating a rail-bound track section equipped with an automatic train protection system is also provided.
US12151726B2
The present disclosure relates to a train autonomous control system (TACS) based method for train interval protection control, and an apparatus for the method. The method includes: step one: receiving, by a carborne controller (CC), a train operation command sent by an automatic train supervision (ATS) system to obtain a movement mission; step two: calculating, by the CC, a train guaranteed zone in real time according to information of train localization, car characteristics, and carborne controller characteristics; step three: calculating, by the CC, track resources required to be used in combination with current mission information according to the train guaranteed zone, and requesting to a wayside information control (WSIC) for information of collided trains occupying these track resources; and step four: sending, by the WSIC, a list of the collided trains on the track resources required to be used to the CC according to information of the track resources required to be occupied by a train on a whole line. Compared to the prior art, the present disclosure has the advantages of high operation efficiency, communication resource saving, reliability, safety, etc.
US12151714B2
A vehicle control system includes an integration unit that estimates information on a position and a speed of a target existing in an external field and errors of the position and the speed of the target, based on information from a movement sensor that acquires movement information including a vehicle speed and a yaw rate of an own vehicle, and information from an external field sensor that acquires information on the external field of the own vehicle. The integration unit uses not the information from the external field sensor, but the vehicle speed and the yaw rate acquired by the movement sensor, to predict a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed of the target at a second time after a first time, from a position and a speed of the target and errors of the position and the speed at the first time.
US12151710B2
Disclosed herein are systems and method including a method for managing an autonomous vehicle. The method includes obtaining labels associated with various aspects of right-of-way interactions between an autonomous vehicle and an agent, wherein the right-of-way interactions occur when a human driver takes over for the autonomous vehicle and performs the right-of-way interactions, running an autonomous vehicle stack that is untrained for processing right-of-way interactions between the autonomous vehicle and the agent, injecting the labels into the autonomous vehicle stack and determining, based on the injecting of the labels into the autonomous vehicle stack, a performance of the autonomous vehicle stack.
US12151706B2
A live map system may be used to propagate observations collected by autonomous vehicles operating in an environment to other autonomous vehicles and thereby supplement a digital map used in the control of the autonomous vehicles. In addition, a live map system in some instances may be used to propagate location-based teleassist triggers to autonomous vehicles operating within an environment. A location-based teleassist trigger may be generated, for example, in association with a teleassist session conducted between an autonomous vehicle and a remote teleassist system proximate a particular location, and may be used to automatically trigger a teleassist session for another autonomous vehicle proximate that location and/or to propagate a suggested action to that other autonomous vehicle.
US12151705B2
A scene creation system for an autonomous vehicle includes one or more controllers executing instructions to receive perception data and map data of a roadway the autonomous vehicle is traveling along, and identify a plurality of lane segments of the roadway that the autonomous vehicle travels along based on the perception data and the map data. The one or more controllers connect the plurality of lane segments together based on a spatial relationship between the plurality of lane segments to create a lane graph. The one or more controllers classify each of the plurality of lane segments of the lane graph to one or more lane attributes and reassemble the plurality of lane segments to create a representation of the roadway. The one or more controllers recreate a scene of an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle based on the representation of the lanes that are part of the roadway.
US12151703B2
A transportation vehicle, a device, a computer program, and a method to be performed in a transportation vehicle. The method includes receiving environment information relating to an environment of the transportation vehicle from another transportation vehicle, validating the environment information to generate reliability information relating to the environment information, and transmitting the environment information with the reliability information.
US12151697B2
A control device that controls a straddle type vehicle, the control device comprising: a route information acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a scheduled travel route of the straddle type vehicle; a weather information acquisition unit configured to acquire weather information corresponding to the scheduled travel route; a determination unit configured to determine whether the scheduled travel route of the straddle type vehicle is to be affected by weather based on the weather information; and a control unit configured to control a function related to a traveling state of the straddle type vehicle, based on a determination result of the determination unit.
US12151688B2
In some examples, a controller receives information of a route of a vehicle, and selects a first parameter set from among a plurality of parameter sets based on the route of the vehicle, the plurality of parameter sets corresponding to different conditions of usage of the vehicle, where each parameter set of the plurality of parameter sets includes one or more parameters that control adjustment of one or more respective adjustable elements of the vehicle. The controller causes application of the first parameter set to control a setting of the one or more adjustable elements of the vehicle.
US12151664B2
A system includes a brake torque request module, a brake control module, and a diagnostic module. The brake torque request module is configured to generate a brake torque request based on a brake pedal position during a braking event. The brake control module is configured to apply friction brakes on a wheelset of a vehicle to satisfy the brake torque request during the braking event. The wheelset includes less than all wheels of the vehicle. The diagnostic module is configured to detect a fault in a brake rotor on a wheel in the wheelset based on vehicle operating conditions measured during the braking event.
US12151657B2
Wheel brakes of one vehicle axle of a dual-circuit hydraulic-power vehicle brake system for an electric or hybrid vehicle are connected to one brake circuit. Brake pressure is applied by a power brake-pressure generator to the two brake circuits with a time offset. It is thereby possible to compensate for a deceleration effect of an electric motor of the vehicle, which is operated as a generator during a braking.
US12151656B2
A swing type wheel locking device includes a wheel axle and a pivoting part. A wheel body has an outer wheel face and an axle hole fitted on the periphery of the wheel axle at a position close to the axle end part. A plurality of positioning concave parts are arrayed in a circle on the outer wheel surface. A swing type wheel locking component is pivoted on the wheel axle and has a pivoting end and a swing section. The pivoting end is pivoted on the pivoting part, so that the swing section can be forced to swing, and by choosing different swing angles, it can be shifted between a locked position and released position. When a clamping convex part of the swing section is at a locked position, it is locked right inside the corresponding positioning concave part. Thus, the wheel body is locked against rotation.
US12151654B2
A cleaning device for cleaning a transparent element of an optical or optoelectronic device with a fluid cleaning agent, includes a housing in which the device is arranged. The housing is equipped with an annular channel which can be filled with the cleaning agent via a cleaning agent inlet and encloses at least some areas of the transparent element, and at least one nozzle which is designed to deflect the cleaning agent onto the transparent element and is supplied from the annular channel. The cleaning device allows an increase of uptime and ensured functionality of the optical or optoelectronic device in all weather conditions and operating conditions or to maintain a high degree of uptime and ensured functionality at all times. At least one electrically conductive heating element is provided for heating the annular channel and/or the area of housing directly adjoining the annular channel or the cleaning agent inlet.
US12151637B2
The present disclosure relates to a seat cushion airbag and a folding method of the seat cushion airbag that can be installed in a reduced package while protecting a wide area when deployed and discloses a seat cushion airbag and a method of folding the seat cushion airbag that is stowed in a folded state in the seat cushion but a portion of which is pushed inward.
US12151632B2
A restraint control system of a vehicle includes: a position module configured to determine positions of seats within a passenger cabin of the vehicle; a restraint control module configured to, in response to detection of a collision of the vehicle: select which ones of the restraints of the vehicle to activate based on the positions of the seats; activate the selected restraints of the vehicle; and not activate non-selected ones of the restraints.
US12151628B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system and method to help prevent condensation inside an enclosure that includes an electronic system. The system and method can determine a current relative humidity of an environment inside an enclosure that houses the electronic system, use the current relative humidity and the current maximum temperature to determine a dew point for the environment inside the enclosure, activate one or more heating elements inside the enclosure when the current minimum temperature is the same or lower than the dew point for the environment inside the enclosure, activate one or more embedded fans, and open one or more vents to help purge moisture out of the system during heating. When the current minimum temperature is higher than the dew point for the environment inside the enclosure, the system and method can allow the electronic system to power on.
US12151625B1
Vehicle drive and control systems are disclosed. A utility vehicle includes a first electric drive motor configured to drive a first traction wheel, a second electric drive motor configured to drive the a traction wheel, a steering wheel configured to receive a first user input, one or more pedals configured to receive a second user input, a steering input sensor, and a drive input sensor. The steering input sensor is configured transmit a steering input signal that corresponds with a steering input position. The drive input sensor is configured to transmit a drive input signal that corresponds with a drive input position. A plurality of controllers are configured to collectively generate, based on the steering input signal and the drive input signal, a first drive signal to drive the first electric drive motor and a second drive signal to drive the second electric drive motor.
US12151623B2
A portable video and imaging system includes a camera for capturing video of an event, and a video recording device for recording the captured video of the event. The camera is housed in a first housing, the recording device is housed in a second housing, and the first and second housings are physically separate. Various embodiments provide for the system to be mounted to a user's body, an article of clothing, such as a shirt or a hat, to a vehicle, or to an ancillary component carried by the user, such as a firearm.
US12151622B2
A polyhedral sensor target includes multiple surfaces. A housing, such as a vehicle, may include a camera and a distance measurement sensor, such as a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor. The housing may move between different positions during calibration, for instance by being rotated atop a turntable. The camera and distance measurement sensor may both capture data during calibration, from which visual and distance measurement representations of the polyhedral sensor target are identified. The camera and distance measurement sensor are calibrated based on their respective representations, for example by mapping vertices within the representations to the same location.
US12151608B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle grille configured to be mounted to a front of a vehicle body, wherein the vehicle grille comprises a grating structure through which air is receivable into the vehicle, wherein at least a portion of said grating structure is shaped as a scannable matrix structure forming a code pattern. The present disclosure also relates to a vehicle comprising such a vehicle grille. The present disclosure further relates to a data access system which comprises such a vehicle and a remote server containing data associated with said vehicle, said data being accessible by a camera-equipped communication device, such as a mobile phone, when scanning said scannable matrix structure.
US12151602B2
A collection tank for a mobile vacuum excavator includes a front with a closed end, a rear with an open end, a door configured to be closed over the open end, and a linkage assembly having a first end attached to the door and a second end attached to the body. A first pivotal movement drives the first end and second end away from each other, and a second pivotal movement moves the first end and the second end toward each other. An actuator is attached to the first arm and to the second arm so that actuation of the actuator in a first direction drives the first pivotal movement and actuation of the actuator in a second direction drives the second arm the second pivotal movement.
US12151590B2
A fuel cell electric vehicle is powered by a fuel cell that converts hydrogen gas into electricity to power the vehicle's electric motor. The fuel cell drivetrain includes the fuel cell, traction battery, vehicle controller, and other components. The vehicle controller, also known as an electronic control unit, manages and controls various functions of the vehicle, such as the fuel cell system, engine, and traction battery. It makes decisions based on data from sensors and inputs and optimizes fuel efficiency.
US12151586B2
A use management device includes: a traveling information acquisition part which acquires subsequent prospective traveling information about an electrically driven cart; a remaining amount information acquisition part which acquires remaining amount information about a battery; a determination section which determines, based on the prospective traveling information and the remaining amount information, whether charging of the battery is necessary; and a control section which executes a permission control of permitting a traveling motor to drive when the determination section determines that the charging of the battery is unnecessary, and executes a forbidding control of forbidding the traveling motor from driving when the determination section determines that the charging of the battery is necessary.
US12151584B2
A working vehicle includes a vehicle body, a traveling device which supports the vehicle body such that the vehicle body is allowed to travel, an electric motor to drive the traveling device, the electric motor being provided on the vehicle body, and a plurality of batteries to store electric power to be supplied to the electric motor, wherein the plurality of batteries include an on-board battery fixed to the vehicle body and a mobile battery detachably attached to the vehicle body.
US12151580B1
The invention relates to an energy management framework and method for rail transit energy storage, which relates to the energy management field of rail transit energy storage. The energy management framework comprises central-level controller, several station-level controllers, and several device-level controllers; among them, the central-level controller is wirelessly connected to all station-level controllers; a station-level controller is connected to a device-level controller by wired communication. The invention realizes the energy management of rail transit energy storage based on the above three-level energy management framework (center level, station level and device level structure).
US12151573B2
A charging system of a vehicle includes a first conversion device of a first drive system of the vehicle, the first conversion device connected to a first electric motor. The system also includes a second conversion device of a second drive system of the vehicle, the second conversion device connected to a second electric motor. The first drive system and the second drive system are connected to a battery system of the vehicle. The system also includes a switching assembly including a plurality of switches configured to selectively connect the first electric motor and/or the second electric motor to a charge port of the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the switching assembly to define a conversion circuit that includes components of the first drive system and/or the second drive system, and control the conversion circuit to regulate an output voltage and supply power to an energy storage system.
US12151563B2
The present disclosure provides a method for torque management in a multi-motor electric vehicle. The method may include receiving a total torque request value from a vehicle control module (VCM), determining a first torque split value associated with a first motor and a second torque split value associated with a second motor, the sum of the first torque split value and the second torque split value being equal to the total torque request value, monitoring a thermal parameter of at least one of the first motor or the second motor, and adjusting the first torque split value and the second torque split value in response to the thermal parameter exceeding a threshold.
US12151559B2
An embodiment display apparatus for a vehicle includes a display unit designed to be accommodated inside an interior trim of the vehicle and configured to output outside image information captured by a camera and a moving unit configured to allow the display unit to be selectively pulled out from the interior trim and to allow the display unit to rotate in opposite directions in a state in which the display unit is pulled out.
US12151554B2
A differential for a vehicle. The differential includes a cage, which is rotatable about a first axis of rotation and has a drive interface, a first driven gear, mounted in the cage to be rotatable about the first axis of rotation, a second driven gear, mounted in the cage to be rotatable about the first axis of rotation, a compensating gear, which is mounted in the cage about a second axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to the first axis of rotation and meshes with the first and the second driven gear, a flywheel mass, coupled to the cage and locked against rotation with respect to the first axis of rotation and displaceable in a radial direction perpendicularly to the first axis of rotation, and a clutch, which, as a result of an outward movement of the flywheel mass in the radial direction, is movable into a locking state.
US12151553B2
In a utility vehicle, a differential mechanism is provided with a cylindrical portion and a connection portion, respectively on a first end portion and a second end portion of the differential mechanism in a front-rear direction of a body of the utility vehicle. A vehicle fame is provided with a first holder for allowing the vehicle frame to hold the cylindrical portion and a second holder for allowing the vehicle frame to hold the connection portion. The first holder has a through hole receiving the cylindrical portion and is configured to lock the cylindrical portion by the through hole. The second holder includes a first attachment piece and a second attachment piece. The second holder is configured to, with the connection portion between the first and second attachment pieces, connect the connection portion to the first and second attachment pieces by a connection bolt extending in a vehicle width direction.
US12151550B2
A vehicle shutter device includes first and second flaps, one actuator, and a link mechanism. The link mechanism includes a connecting rod that couples the flaps to each other such that the flaps rotate in synchronization with each other. The shutter device is provided with stoppers configured to prohibit each of the flaps from being displaced beyond a normal opening and closing range when the link mechanism is in a normal state. When coupling between the connecting rod and the first flap is released in the first pivotally attaching portion in a state where coupling between the connecting rod and the second flap is maintained in the second pivotally attaching portion, the actuator is allowed to rotate beyond a normal rotation range of the actuator corresponding to the normal opening and closing ranges of the first and second flaps.
US12151547B2
A frame assembly for an automobile and method of assembling same. The frame assembly includes a battery housing at least partially integral with an automobile frame. The frame includes longitudinal beams that extend between front frame rails and rear frame rails. The battery housing includes two portions, a upper cover integrated with the longitudinal beams and a base plate that connects to the upper cover or the longitudinal beams with a releasable connection. The base plate includes a connection flange that includes at least one seal. When connected, at least one battery module is enclosed in the battery housing.
US12151544B2
An upper rail is located along an upper edge of a boarding opening. A center rail extends from a side edge of the boarding opening in a direction away from the boarding opening. A lower rail is located along a lower edge of a sliding door. An upper hinge that is guided by the upper rail and a center hinge that is guided by the center rail slide with the sliding door. A lower hinge that is guided by the lower rail is located at each of front and rear side edges of the boarding opening, and does not slide. A lower edge lock mechanism fixes the lower edge of the sliding door to a vehicle body side structure.
US12151541B2
A vehicle removable roof system including a fixed vehicle structure, one or more removable panels configured to engage with the fixed vehicle structure, and a water management system positioned between the one or more removable panels and the fixed vehicle structure. The removable panels may be formed of a composite sandwich panel assembly, which may include an open area core defining pores, a high gloss surface sheet adhered to a first face of the open area core by a first adhesive layer, and a structural skin adhered to a second side of the open area core by a second adhesive layer. The removable panels are configured for installation to and removal from the fixed vehicle structure by a single user and without the use of tools.
US12151538B2
A vehicle air conditioner includes a compressor, a heating unit, an outside air heat exchanger, a wind speed regulation unit, and a controller. The controller includes a melting control unit, a dry control unit, and a dry completion determination unit. In a dry defrosting mode, the melting control unit performs melting-defrosting to melt frost adhering to the outside air heat exchanger. The dry control unit performs a dry defrosting in which at least one of the amount of heat in a predetermined range or a wind speed regulated in a predetermined range by the wind speed regulation unit is supplied to residual water adhering to the outside air heat exchanger, due to melting of frost in the melting-defrosting, to dry the residual water. The dry completion determination unit determines whether drying of the residual water in the outside air heat exchanger is completed, in the dry defrosting.
US12151528B2
A device includes a lower support cap, an upper bearing cap, at least one bearing disposed between the caps and at least one annular seal. The seal provides a claw secured by mechanical connection to the upper support cap, a sealing lip extending obliquely from the claw in the direction of the upper bearing cap.
US12151526B2
A spring seat, in particular a spring plate for a vibration damper, in particular a vehicle vibration damper, in particular a spring plate for a level adjustment device, in particular a vehicle height adjustment device, may include a spring retaining ring with an internal cross section or an internal cross-sectional area. The spring seat may also include a spring element configured to reduce the internal cross section of the spring retaining ring. The spring element may be configured such that a reduction of the internal cross section is configured to occur in a radial direction. The spring element may further include a tensioning element configured to adjust a spring tension of the spring element.
US12151517B2
A pneumatic tire having a leak resistant bladder. The tire having an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface. The tire having an expandable first sidewall and an expandable second sidewall. A tread portion is located on at least a portion of the outer wall surface of the tire. A first bead having a first bead wire is connected to a first sidewall of the tire. A second bead having a second bead wire is connected to a second sidewall of the tire. The first bead and the second bead are connected to a rim. The tire has an internal expandable bladder configured to retain compressed gas. A barrier element is located between the inner wall surface of the tire and a substance layer. The substance layer is located between an inner wall surface of the barrier element and an outer wall surface of the internal expandable bladder.
US12151513B2
A pneumatic tire includes, on a tread surface, a plurality of circumferential main grooves extending in the tread circumferential direction, and a plurality of land portions defined by circumferential main grooves adjacent in the tread width direction among the plurality of circumferential main grooves, or by the circumferential main grooves and tread edges. A widthwise groove (widthwise sipe) (circumferential sipe) includes a widened portion, on the groove bottom side (sipe bottom side), at which the groove width (sipe width) is larger than on the tread surface side. In a tire radial direction region including at least a reference depth position, the storage modulus of first tread rubber, which is a groove wall surface layer defined by the widened portion and covering at least part of the widened portion, is larger than the storage modulus of second tread rubber located in a region around the first tread rubber.
US12151512B2
A tread pattern of a pneumatic tire includes circumferential grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction and sipes disposed at intervals in the tire circumferential direction in each of land portion regions in contact with the circumferential grooves, the sipes extending in a tire width direction. At least one of the land portion regions includes a first sipe and a second sipe disposed to be adjacent to the first sipe in the tire circumferential direction as the sipe, the sipe region being provided in at least a partial region in the tire width direction. A sipe width of the second sipe is wider than a sipe width of the first sipe. The sipe region is not provided with a lug groove having a wider groove width than the sipe width of the second sipe, the lug groove extending in the tire width direction.
US12151500B2
An optically variable security element for securing valuable articles, has a relief grid having a plurality of relief elements arranged in a grid pattern and at least one line grid arranged vertically above or below the relief grid and having a plurality of line elements that run substantially in the same direction and that are location-dependently modulated. The relief grid and the at least one line grid coact to produce for a viewer, through the location-dependent modulation of the line elements, a surface that, with respect to the area of the security element, jumps out and/or back in the form of a specified three-dimensional image motif.
US12151499B2
An identification document (1) with a personalization region (3) for receiving biometric image information (5) is proposed. The personalization region (3) comprises a recording layer (11) for image information as well as a lens arrangement (20). Viewing the biometric image information (5) is effected through the lens arrangement (20). The biometric image information (5) holds basic information (12) consisting of a base image (15) and a derivative image (16) derived from the base image (15). The derivative image (16) shows or emphasizes a constituent of the base image (15) that is essential for recognition. At a first viewing angle (α1) the base image (15) is dominantly recognizable, at a second viewing angle (α1) the derivative image (16), so that in the perception of the image information combined from base image (15) and derivative image (16) a plastic overall impression arises.
US12151492B2
A printer for outputting a printed product includes: a print head for printing on a print medium moving in a longitudinal direction, the print medium including a plurality of separate or separable labels detachably arranged on a carrier along the longitudinal direction; and a material interface for outputting the print medium printed by the printer as a printed product, the material interface including a dispensing edge and a support, which deflect the carrier over the dispensing edge and the support downstream of the print head in the longitudinal direction. The dispensing edge is arranged relative to the support in a first position to induce a detaching deflection of the carrier for detaching the respective label. The dispensing edge and the support are arranged in a second position relative to each other to induce an entraining deflection for entraining the respective label on the carrier.
US12151476B2
A bonded substrate includes: a first substrate; and a second substrate having a bonding surface bonded to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate includes a recess having a bottom surface recessed from a surface opposite to the bonding surface, and a difference between the maximum height and the minimum height of the bottom surface from the surface opposite to the bonding surface of the recess is less than 10 μm.
US12151474B2
An inkjet printer includes: a casing; a first control board; a carriage; a head; a transmission antenna; and a reception antenna. The first control board is configured to reciprocate in a scanning direction crossing a conveying direction of a recording medium. The head is mounted in the carriage and has a plurality of nozzles. The transmission antenna is connected to the first control board. The transmission antenna is configured to transmit, through near field communication, an ejection signal for controlling ejection of ink from the plurality of nozzles. The reception antenna is provided in the carriage. The reception antenna is configured to receive the ejection signal from the transmission antenna. The near field communication has a communication range smaller than a size of the casing.
US12151472B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: an applicator configured to apply a first liquid onto a surface of a fabric medium to increase repellency of the surface of the fabric medium; a head configured to discharge a second liquid onto the surface of the fabric medium, onto which the first liquid has been discharged; a detector configured to detect the repellency of the surface of the fabric medium on which the first liquid has been discharged; circuitry configured to: determine whether the repellency detected by the detector is equal to or larger than a predetermined repellency; and control the applicator to further apply the first liquid onto the surface of the fabric medium in response to a determination in which the repellency detected by the detector is lower than the predetermined repellency.
US12151468B2
A recording medium processing apparatus includes an inspection result acquisition unit that acquires an inspection result, which is a result of inspection of each recording medium; and a transport unit that transports a recording medium whose inspection result acquired by the inspection result acquisition unit satisfies a predetermined condition to a first destination, transports a recording medium whose inspection result does not satisfy the predetermined condition to a second destination, and transports a predetermined specific recording medium to the first destination.
US12151465B2
A method of printing for improving print quality includes applying a layer of a pre-treatment liquid to a surface of a print substrate; printing an image on top of the layer of the pre-treatment liquid; pre-drying a printed print substrate obtained in the printing step at a temperature of between 30 and 50 degrees Celsius for 2-6 seconds; and drying of and/or fixation of the image on the print printed substrate obtained after the pre-drying step. A printing system is disclosed for performing the method.
US12151461B2
Proposed are a manufacturing method of an anodic oxide film structure, and an anodic oxide film structure. More particularly, proposed are a manufacturing method of an anodic oxide film structure, and an anodic oxide film structure, wherein production yield of the entire product can be improved by repairing a defective region to be made normal.
US12151455B2
The present invention is directed to a multilayer structure. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a polypropylene multilayer extrusion laminate structure which provides sufficient thermal resistance and mechanical properties, and which multilayer structure can be recycled. The present invention is further directed to a process for producing the multilayer structure by an extrusion lamination process.
US12151445B2
A composite skin is attached to an underlying structure by fasteners that are countersunk into the structure. The composite skin comprises a thermoplastic material that has been melted and formed into a countersink in the structure using a heated tool.
US12151442B1
The methods and apparatus disclosed in this document may be used to create parts with void features such as holes, cavities, channels, slots, and the like. In some embodiments, the void features have a large depth to width aspect ratio. In some embodiments, the void features are formed in pliable, resilient and/or elastomeric materials. In some embodiments, the void features are formed in parts comprising silicone elastomer or silicone rubber. The void features may be adapted and configured for use in medical applications, aerospace applications, electrical applications, and/or industrial applications in some embodiments.
US12151441B2
A heat press includes a lower platen and an upper swing arm attached to a base, and an upper platen having a heater therein. The upper platen is coupled to the upper swing arm via a piston rod, and operable via a linkage. The linkage includes a coupler linked between the upper swing arm and a print handle and includes an input link that rotationally couples the print handle to the piston rod such that a motion of the print handle moves the piston rod up or down. The heat press includes a control housing that is electrically coupled to the heater. The upper swing arm is operable to swing the upper platen away from the lower platen when not in contact with the lower platen. The control housing remains in a stationary position regardless of a position of the upper swing arm.
US12151435B2
A method is provided for treating the surface of a shaped melded part produced with a plastic having ester, ketone and/or ether bonds. The plastic is selected from the group including a polymer, copolymer, polymer blend and combinations of the same. The method includes a pretreatment step for cationically modifying the surface of the melded shaped part. The cationic modification is carried out with a reactant dissolved in a solvent and having one or more amine, imine and/or amide groups.
US12151423B2
A molding tool (1000), in particular a thermoforming tool, for producing a container (10) is provided. The molding tool comprises a mold bottom (200) and a mold insert (100) receiving the mold bottom (200), wherein the mold insert (100) is constructed of at least two mold insert parts (110, 120) that together with the mold bottom (200) define a cavity (300) provided for reshaping a two-dimensional web of material into a container, wherein a first mold insert part (110) is mounted stationary in the molding tool (1000) and a second mold insert part is axially movable in the molding tool (1000).
US12151417B2
In order to improve the consistency of molded products as viscosity shifts throughout a run, a controller of an injection molding machine executes a calibration cycle in accordance with a mold cycle. The controller analyzes a plurality of sensed melt pressure values during the calibration cycle to determine one or more calibration metrics. The controller then uses the calibration metrics when executing each mold cycle of the run. More particularly, during each mold cycle of the run, the controller detects a plurality of sensed melt pressures prior to and during a fill phase of the mold cycle and compares the plurality of sensed melt pressures to the one or more calibration metrics to predict cavity pressure for a pack and hold phase of the mold cycle. The controller then adjusts a set point pressure for the pack and hold phase based on the predicted cavity pressure.
US12151407B2
A PVB film for HUD, a forming mold and a forming method thereof are presented. The accuracy error of HUD imaging achieved by the PVB film for HUD is ±0.1 mrad. The forming mold includes an upper mold and a lower mold, the two of which can form an enclosed mold cavity when clamped together, wherein protective films are disposed on inner surfaces of the upper mold and the lower mold, respectively, for supporting PVB material and preventing the PVB material from bonding with the upper mold and the lower mold, and wherein shapes of the protective films match shapes of the upper mold and the lower mold.
US12151405B2
A plasticizing unit includes an injection cylinder having a dispensing opening, via which a plasticized material can be dispensed, and a plasticizing screw arranged to be rotationally and linearly movable in the injection cylinder and having an axis of rotation. A plasticizing zone is formed between the plasticizing screw and the injection cylinder in the radial direction relative to the axis of rotation of the plasticizing screw. The plasticizing screw has a dam element, and in the injection cylinder there is a first opening in the area of the plasticizing zone and/or the dam element and a second opening between the dam element and the dispensing opening.
US12151391B2
A coping cut machine can include a workpiece platform having a support surface for receiving a workpiece support surface. The coping cut machine can have first and second rotary cutting devices, each supporting at least one knife, and at least one workpiece alignment member supported by the workpiece platform for aligning a workpiece supported by the workpiece platform relative to at least one of the first and second rotary cutting devices. In response to sliding the workpiece along the at least one workpiece alignment member and during rotation of at least one of the first and second rotary cutting devices, the at least one knife operates to perform a coping cut on an end of the workpiece. The first and second rotary cutting devices can optionally be rotated in opposite directions to cut either end of a workpiece. At least one of the first and second rotary cutting devices can comprise a modular rotary cutting assembly having a keyed profile portion received in a keyed profile aperture of a drive wheel, and that is removable from the coping cut machine.
US12151377B2
A method includes defining a virtual object and defining a first point and a second point associated with a virtual representation of a surgical tool. Movement of the virtual representation of the surgical tool corresponds to movement of the surgical tool in real space. The method includes controlling a robotic device coupled to the surgical tool to constrain the first point to the virtual object, determining that the first point is at a threshold position along the virtual object, and controlling the robotic device to guide the second point to the virtual object.
US12151373B2
A manufacturing process adopting the reconfigurable robotic manufacturing cells that can work conjointly and yet have the capabilities to be reconfigured to disconnect from other cells and handle multiple tasks. The reconfigurable robotic cell is not dependent on any other robotic cells to complete work in progress.
US12151368B2
An air chuck includes a chuck unit including a pair of fingers that capable of being freely opened and closed, an operation unit that includes an operation mechanism, which opens and closes the pair of fingers, connection mechanisms for attaching the chuck unit to the operation unit such that the chuck unit is freely attachable and detachable to and from the operating unit, and a locking mechanism that locks the pair of fingers such that the pair of fingers are capable of being freely opened and closed when the chuck unit is attached to the operation unit and such that the pair of fingers are not able to be opened or closed when the chuck unit is detached from the operation unit.
US12151360B2
A system for providing operator support over a pallet is disclosed. The system includes: an upright support brace, a first pivot member, a rotatable support bracket, a second pivot member, a rotatable arm, a seat support member, and a seat. The upright support brace is connected to one or more primary bearing hubs. The first pivot member is rotatably connected to the upright support brace by the one or more bearing hubs. The rotatable support bracket is connected to first pivot member at a first end and is connected to one or more secondary bearing hubs at a second end. The second pivot member is rotatably connected to the rotatable support bracket by the one or more secondary bearing hubs. The rotatable arm is connected to the second pivot member. The seat support member is operatively connected with the rotatable arm. The seat is operatively connected to the seat support member.
US12151359B2
A slider limit tool placement plate, wherein the plate is provided with a slider to limit the tool strip in the Z-axis, the sliding piece includes a pressing plate part, two compression edge parts, an abutting edge and an inner side, wherein the pressing plate part is used to align the second end section of the tool strip and has the Z-axis limiting effect, and the compression edge part is embedded in the second end buckle part in a sliding manner along the X-axis. An anti disengaging stopper is formed at the bottom of the plate adjacent to the edge of the second end. The anti disengaging stopper includes a release control part and a clamping part with elastic swing reset characteristics, wherein the clamping part and the height of the slider inside in the Z-axis present a relative alignment relationship, and the release control part is used to release the abutting state of the clamping part.
US12151358B2
A power tool including a rear cover simplifies assembly. A driver drill includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a motor housing accommodating the motor, being cylindrical, and including a left housing and a right housing being laterally separable, a grip connected to a lower portion of the motor housing, an output unit in front of the motor and driven by the motor, and a rear cover supporting a rear portion of the rotor and closing a rear portion of the motor housing. The rear cover is held and fastened between the left housing and the right housing.
US12151346B2
A hand tool includes a handle assembly, a jaw assembly, a clamping assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The handle assembly may include a first handle and a second handle that each have a proximal end and a distal end. The jaw assembly may include a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw may be pivotally attached to a proximal end the first handle and the second jaw being pivotally attached to a proximal end of the second handle. The clamping assembly may be configured to enable the first and second jaws to be locked at a selected distance from each other in a locked position. The adjustment assembly may be disposed at an intersection of the jaw assembly and the handle assembly. The adjustment assembly may be configured to enable the selected distance to be modified.
US12151344B2
A power tool attachment part for a power tool, comprising: an elongate housing including an upper housing part and a lower housing part interconnected with the upper housing part, an input gear wheel configured to be connected to an output shaft of a power wrench, which input gear wheel is arranged at a first end of the housing, an output gear wheel with an output connection, which output gear wheel is arranged at a second end of the housing, an intermediate gear wheel arranged inside the housing and configured to transmit rotation of the input gear wheel to the output gear wheel, a socket arranged concentrically with and radially inside the output gear wheel, and a torque sensor configured to measure the strain on the socket and thereby obtain a measure of the torque at the output gear wheel.
US12151337B2
Forming an amorphous carbon layer due to lattice distortion of carbon atoms on a surface layer of a single-crystal diamond under a mechanical shear function of a hard abrasive, and generating a chemical reaction between the amorphous carbon layer on the surface layer and the reactive abrasive to achieve quickly removing carbon atoms on the surface layer of the single-crystal diamond due to a local high temperature between abrasive grains and the single-crystal diamond caused by friction at a high speed.
US12151333B2
A method for producing a spectacle lens from a lens material and includes: a marking step of marking an identification mark for identifying the spectacle lens, and a processing information mark which is used to process a lens blank and includes a tray identification 2D code, a tray identification code, a shape line and a position mark by forming a hole or a groove in a convex surface of the lens material by laser; and a concave surface machining processing step of reading the processing information mark, and machining a concave surface of the lens blank based on the read processing information mark.
US12151332B2
A holding device (100) for a round dental blank (200). The holding device has an open ring element (101) for laterally gripping the dental blank (200) and a closing element (103) for closing the ring element (101) at various positions.
US12151329B2
Provided is a machine tool including: a movable drum base (4); a drum (5) that is incorporated in the drum base (4) and is circular in outline; and a quill main spindle (6) penetrating through the drum (5) in a central axis direction of the drum (5), wherein protrusion allowance from the drum (5) is adjustable, wherein a bearing provided along an outer circumference of the drum (5) is interposed between the drum base (4) and the drum (5) such that the drum (5) is rotatable in the drum base (4), and movement of the drum base (4), rotation of the drum (5), and protrusion allowance adjustment of the quill main spindle (6) from the drum (5) allow a tool (10) mounted on the quill main spindle (6) to be positioned.
US12151327B2
There is provided a rotary table device including: a rotary table; a center shaft erected toward the rotary table; a housing including an inner peripheral surface having a circular cross section over a predetermined range along a rotation axis; a center sleeve including an outer peripheral surface having a circular cross section corresponding to the inner peripheral surface, and the outer peripheral surface being concentric with the inner peripheral surface; a plurality of recesses formed in at least one of the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface; a plurality of O-rings disposed to be sandwiched between the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface; an in-housing fluid flow path formed inside the housing; and a plurality of in-sleeve fluid flow paths formed inside the center sleeve.
US12151306B2
A device and a method for beam shaping and beam movement during laser material processing with a laser beam source (1) for continuously emitting a laser beam (2), a first optical deflection element (3), a second optical deflection element (4), and an optical focusing element (5) arranged between the second optical deflection element (4) and a workpiece surface (7) to be processed. The second optical deflection element (4) is configured to displace a point of incidence of the laser beam (2) on the workpiece surface (7), and the first optical deflection element (3) is configured to alter a position of a focal plane of the laser beam (2) relative to the workpiece surface (7) by means of a translational movement and/or to change an intensity distribution within a beam cross section of the laser beam.
US12151305B2
A laser beam machine includes: a laser oscillator that outputs laser light; a transmission fiber through which the laser light output from the laser oscillator propagates; a first adjuster that is disposed between the laser oscillator and an incidence end of the transmission fiber and changes an incidence numerical aperture of the laser light incident to the incidence end of the transmission fiber; a second adjuster that converges the laser light and changes a zoom magnification of the laser light between an emission end of the transmission fiber and a workpiece; and a controller that performs adjustment of a beam diameter of the laser light at an image forming position of the laser light and adjustment of an emission numerical aperture of the laser light emitted from the emission end of the transmission fiber independently of each other, by changing the incidence numerical aperture.
US12151300B2
A method for producing a supporting element for a transportation device or vehicle, having steps of providing a flat base chord made of a first material having a first surface and a second surface, applying at least one layer of at least one second material to the first surface using a friction-based application or welding method, and machining the at least one layer of the second material to produce a desired profile cross section of the supporting element, wherein the first material and the second material are different metallic materials.
US12151299B2
A resistance spot welding method comprises: performing test welding; and performing actual welding after the test welding, wherein in main current passage in the actual welding, adaptive control welding is performed, and in subsequent current passage in the actual welding, current passage is performed by constant current control with a current determined based on an electrical property between electrodes in each of main current passage in the test welding and the main current passage in the actual welding.
US12151297B2
A spot welded joint of at least two steel sheets is provided. At least one of the steel sheets presents yield strength above or equal to 600 MPa, an ultimate tensile strength above or equal to 1000 MPa, uniform elongation above or equal to 15%. The base metal chemical composition includes 0.05≤C≤0.21%, 4.0≤Mn≤7.0%, 0.5≤Al≤3.5%, Si≤2.0%, Ti≤0.2%, V≤0.2%, Nb≤0.2%, P≤0.025%, B≤0.0035%, and the spot welded joint contains a molten zone microstructure containing more than 0.5% of Al and containing a surface fraction of segregated areas lower than 1%, said segregated areas being zones larger than 20 μm2 and containing more than the steel nominal phosphorus content.
US12151293B2
The combination tool (2), in particular a drilling/chamfering tool, comprises a drill (6) extending in the longitudinal direction (4) with a clamping sleeve (8), which is designed to receive the drill (6) and fasten the drill (6) at a variable length and which has a holding seat (38) for a cutting insert (12). The drill (6) comprises a cutting region (22) provided with grooves (14), wherein the grooves (14) extend helically and are formed between two grooves (14) drill backs (18). At least one of the drill backs (18) is partially flattened to form an adjustment surface (16) for the cutting insert (12), wherein the adjustment surface (16) extends helically. As a result, a length adjustment over a large length range is made possible independently of the twist angle (γ).
US12151282B2
A ceramic core (40) for an investment casting process (80) including a subsurface internal channel (50) for the introduction of leachate (98) to improve the effectiveness of a leaching process used to remove the core (94) from a cast alloy component (100). The subsurface internal channel may be completely hollow, or it may include one or more ribs (54). The core may be formed (82) using a 3D printing process wherein a carrier material (68) is deposited in a central region of the channel for the purpose of supporting an overlying layer (62) of core material, with the carrier material later being removed to reveal the hollow internal channel (52).
US12151276B2
A tool transfer device for displacing one or multiple tools, in particular bending tools, in a guide rail, includes: at least one longitudinal push and pull transfer device for displacing the tool(s), a channel for a supply line being formed in or on the push and pull transfer device, a receptacle including at least one, preferably spirally extending, guide for retracting the push and pull transfer device, and at least one supply line, a first section of the supply line extending in the push and pull transfer device channel. The guide includes a longitudinal opening extending along the guide extension, and a second supply line section extends outside the push and pull transfer device and the receptacle guide, and the supply line, between the first and second sections, exits the channel at an exit point arranged in the guide of the receptacle near the push and pull transfer device.
US12151268B2
Methods and systems for device maintenance are described herein. Objects, such as pills, tablets, capsules, etc., may build an electrostatic charge as they pass through a dispensing device. This electrostatic charge may cause the objects to adhere to components of the dispensing device, such as inside a tube, chamber, etc. To prevent this from happening, the dispensing device may comprise an ionizing component, such as a fan, that may be configured to perform a maintenance procedure. The maintenance procedure may allow the objects to pass through various components of the dispensing device more freely.
US12151266B1
A method of automatically selecting beans includes dispersing a plurality of beans on at least a first and a second parallel rows on a motion plane; capturing images of a first part of the beans on the first and second rows; capturing images of a second part of the beans on the first and second rows; determining a plurality of appearance features of the beans; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the first row; collecting the beans without the first appearance on the first row; removing the beans with the first appearance feature on the second row; and collecting the beans without the first appearance on the second row. The timing of removing the beans with the first appearance feature is related to the motion speed of the motion plane and the positions for capturing the images of the first or second part of the beans.
US12151263B2
A method of designing and forming a piezoelectric ceramic crystal integrating an impedance matching region and a backing region. The method includes receiving one or more required operating parameters of the piezoelectric ceramic crystal for an application, iteratively modeling and simulating performance of one or more materials, structures, and gradients to utilize within the piezoelectric ceramic crystal, identifying at least one material, structure, or gradient that exhibits predicted performance that at least substantially achieves the one or more required operating parameters of the piezoelectric ceramic crystal, outputting a design of the piezoelectric ceramic crystal, and forming the piezoelectric ceramic crystal via one or more additive manufacturing processes.
US12151260B2
Methods for encasing bodies including smokeless tobacco or a tobacco substitute with a polymeric casing can include coating a compressed body with microfibers, applying tubular casings to compressed bodies, printing netting and webs on compressed bodies, injection molding around compressed bodies, applying a webbing to compressed bodies, placing compressed bodies into a skin forming bath, and including thermoplastic polymers in a compressed body.
US12151256B2
A vehicle wheel decoration method includes a setting step of detachably holding a wheel body in the holding member such that the wheel design face faces the discharge nozzle, and a decoration step of forming a decorative layer on the wheel design face by discharging paint from a discharge opening of the discharge nozzle toward the wheel design face while relatively moving the discharge nozzle in two directions with respect to the wheel design face of the wheel body held in the holding member, and, in the decoration step, the wheel body is relatively inclined in a direction which crosses moving directions toward the two directions by a relative move of one of the discharge nozzle and the holding member or relative moves of both of the discharge nozzle and the holding member, and the discharge opening of the discharge nozzle is relatively moved in the two directions.
US12151247B1
A rapidly curable liquid gel for collecting an analyte from a sampling surface includes a polymer precursor mixture including a monomer and/or an oligomer; and an additive to enhance extraction of the analyte from the sampling surface. A kit for collecting an analyte from a sampling surface may include the rapidly curable liquid gel and a portable device for rapidly curing the gel. The rapidly curable liquid gel is cured to thereby form a peelable sampling film, and the sampling film is removed from the sampling surface, thereby collecting the analyte. In one embodiment, the rapidly curable liquid gel is UV-curable, the polymer precursor mixture further includes a photoinitiator compound, and the portable device includes a UV light source configured to emit UV light of a wavelength range absorbed by the photoinitiator compound.
US12151243B2
A crossflow microfluidic particle concentrator including a main channel having an inlet and an outlet a crossflow outlet operably connectable with pressure means and/or flow control means, a plurality of crossflow channels fluidically connecting the crossflow outlet with the main channel a filtering element including a particle flow channel within the main channel, and a row of crossflow pillars disposed between the filtering element and the plurality of crossflow channels.
US12151238B2
Disclosed is a sensor assembly including a flow channel; two or more working electrodes located in the flow channel; and one or more reference electrodes located in the flow channel, wherein a total number of working electrodes is greater than a total number of reference electrodes. Volume in the flow channel may be minimized Liquid testing apparatus and methods of testing test liquids are provided, as are other aspects.
US12151233B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to hydrogen-selective oxygen carrier materials and methods of using hydrogen-selective oxygen carrier materials. The hydrogen-selective oxygen carrier material may comprise a core material, which includes a redox-active transition metal oxide; a shell material, which includes one or more alkali transition metal oxides; and a support material. The shell material may be in direct contact with at least a majority of an outer surface of the core material. At least a portion of the core material may be in direct contact with the support material. The hydrogen-selective oxygen carrier material may be selective to combust hydrogen in an environment that includes hydrogen and hydrocarbons.
US12151226B2
Biogenic activated carbon compositions disclosed herein comprise at least 55 wt % carbon, some of which may be present as graphene, and have high surface areas, such as Iodine Numbers of greater than 2000. Some embodiments provide biogenic activated carbon that is responsive to a magnetic field. A continuous process for producing biogenic activated carbon comprises countercurrently contacting, by mechanical means, a feedstock with a vapor stream comprising an activation agent including water and/or carbon dioxide; removing vapor from the reaction zone; recycling at least some of the separated vapor stream, or a thermally treated form thereof, to an inlet of the reaction zone(s) and/or to the feedstock; and recovering solids from the reaction zone(s) as biogenic activated carbon. Methods of using the biogenic activated carbon are disclosed.
US12151217B1
A polyimide membrane based on a polymer comprising polymerized units of a diselenide compound and having Formula I. A method of fabrication of the membrane using the polyimide-containing polymer and a method for separating one or more gases from a gaseous mixture using the membrane.
US12151209B2
A reverse osmosis arrangement is described, the first chamber (5) having a first port (7) and a second port (8) and the second chamber (6) being connected to a permeate outlet (9), wherein the first port (7) is connected to a first pump (13). Such a reverse osmosis arrangement should be operated with high efficiency. To this end the second port (8) is connected to a second pump (14).
US12151199B2
Provided herein are water harvesting systems, as well as methods of making and using such systems, for capturing water from surrounding air using a design that reduces overall energy costs of the systems and improve water harvesting cycle efficiency. The systems and methods use sorbent materials, such as metal-organic frameworks, to adsorb water from the air. The systems and methods desorb this water in the form of water vapor, and the water vapor is condensed into liquid water and collected. The liquid water is suitable for use as drinking water.
US12151187B2
In one example, a filtering device has a housing that defines an inlet opening, first and second bores with first and second pistons therein, respectively, first and second inlet channels that extend from the inlet opening to the first and second bores, respectively first and second outlet channels in communication with the first and second bores, respectively, and a first backflush channel. The first piston defines a filter cavity in fluid communication with the first inlet and outlet channels when the first piston is in a production mode. The second piston defines a filter cavity in fluid communication with the second inlet and outlet channels when the second piston is in the production mode. The device has a backflush valve that compresses fluid into the filter cavity of the first piston via the first backflush channel to increase pressure in the cavity during a backflushing operation.
US12151178B2
A top toy includes a trunk part having an insertion hole, first and second shafts, a locking part being configured on the trunk part to lock first and second locked parts and to hold the first and second shafts. The first and second shafts are interchangeable. When the first shaft is employed, the first shaft is inserted in the insertion hole. When the first shaft is employed, the locking part is configured to hold the first shaft elastically and radially inwardly. When the second shaft is employed, the second shaft is inserted in the insertion hole. When the second shaft is employed, the locking part is configured to hold the second shaft elastically and radially inwardly.
US12151174B2
The present invention relates to a board game apparatus for project management methodology decision-making. The players must decide on the project methodology, project scope, team composition, and issues and opportunities within the game's time and budget constraints. The players achieve the highest possible value while accounting for real-world issues and opportunities during the project lifecycle.
US12151169B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and computer storage media directed to anti-cheat detection in online multiplayer video games. An anti-cheat kernel driver adapted to validate and secure a system state of a gaming device is loaded during a booting process of the gaming device. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver ensures that the system state cannot be tampered with from the time of boot through the duration of gameplay. The loaded anti-cheat kernel driver can also receive anti-cheat modules communicated to the gaming device from an anti-cheat server, so that anti-cheat modules are received and executed on an ad hoc basis dictated by the anti-cheat server. The anti-cheat server can autonomously manage the anti-cheat operations performed on a kernel layer or application layer of the gaming device, and conduct anti-cheat mitigation operations if necessary.
US12151167B2
Methods of the present disclosure may collect data when a user plays one or more different types of games when determinations are made as to whether the difficulty of a game should be changed. The collected data maybe evaluated to identify whether a user gaming performance level corresponds to an expected level of performance. When the user gaming performance level does not correspond to an expected level of performance, parameters that change the difficultly of the game may be changed automatically. Parameters that relate to movement speed, delay or hesitation, character strengths, numbers of competitors, or other metrics may be changed incrementally until a current user performance level corresponds to an expectation level of a particular user currently playing the game. At this time, the user expectation level may be changed, and the process may be repeated as skills of the user are developed over time.
US12151166B2
The present invention integrates physical reality components and digital reality components in a single integrated reality gamified application. A game development platform assisted by Artificial Intelligence turns legacy construction games into virtual reality playgrounds for imaginative and insightful gamified applications.
US12151162B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions and to a near field sensor. Execution of the instructions can cause the processor to perform operations including defining a zone corresponding to a portion of an accessory comprising the sensor, detecting a gesture of an object in the zone by sensing the object with the sensor, determining that the gesture is a new gesture not previously associated with the zone and not previously associated with a gaming action controlling presentations produced by a gaming application, associating the gesture with the zone and with the gaming action, subsequently detecting the gesture in the zone, obtaining the gaming action associated with the gesture, and transmitting the gaming action to the gaming application. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US12151146B2
A golf club cover retainment system for holding golf club covers proximate to a golf bag once the covers are removed from clubs in the golf bag. A clip positioned on a flexible member extending from a reel within a housing engages with a club cover. The housing is connected to the golf bag by a bag connector. A plurality of additional housings may be engaged to form a sequential engagement of multiple housings where each has a flexible member which may be connected to a different golf club cover.
US12151144B1
A golf club head comprising a body and a hollow stiffening structure is disclosed herein. The body comprises a face section, a sole section, and a crown section, and defines a hollow interior. The hollow stiffening structure extends within the hollow interior from the crown section to the sole section to reduce stresses placed on the face section during impact with a golf ball. The hollow stiffening structure creates stiffness in a vertical, crown-sole direction of the body, while reducing stiffness in the horizontal, front-rear direction. These two effects combine to increase ball speed and improve other performance metrics from low center through high center ball impact locations, and simultaneously lower CT of the golf club.
US12151134B2
A wearable exercise apparatus may include one or more of: a torso support including an abdominal frame, a chest frame, a shoulder frame, a back frame, an arm frame, a first guide, a wrist frame, a second guide, a glove, a dial rotatably connected to the chest frame, a string connected to the dial, at least partially wound around the dial, and passing through an inner space of each of the torso support and the first guide, and an elastic band having one end connected to the string and the other end connected to the wrist frame or the glove, passing through an inner space of each of the arm frame and the second guide, and extending or contracting by a tension of the string.
US12151130B2
A selector valve for a fire suppression system includes a pneumatic fluid inlet connecting to an inlet of a first pressure solenoid and an inlet of a second pressure solenoid. An inlet of a first vent solenoid in the selector valve is connected to an outlet of the first pressure solenoid, and an inlet of a second vent solenoid in the selector valve is connected to an outlet of the second pressure solenoid. A first selector valve outlet is connected to the outlet of the first pressure solenoid and a second selector valve outlet connected to the outlet of the second pressure solenoid.
US12151127B2
A method for producing an improved mask or device for killing or deactivating pathogens, such as viruses. A mask or device produced in accordance with the method for producing. A method for killing, or making inviable, viruses, such as airborne viruses. A pathogen-deactivating assembly having two zones of hydrophilic particulate matter for deactivating a pathogenic aerosol. The two hydrophilic particulate matter zones are separated by a hydrophobic fibrous partition.
US12151120B2
Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for combined magnetic and optical treatments, for example by combined applications of optical waves and magnetic fields. An optical waves generating device may be used to provide optical waves for optical treatment. Magnetic field generating devices may be used to provides time-varying magnetic fields for magnetic treatment.
US12151119B2
A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) having a processor configured to receive a signal indicating a position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient while the ambulatory patient is wearing the support structure receive the ECG signal, determine from an ECG signal whether a shock criterion is met, determine a confirmation time period and/or a response time period based on the position and/or movement of the ambulatory patient, determine from the ECG signal whether the shock criterion is met after the confirmation time period has elapsed, cause the user interface to generate the shock alert signal based on the shock criterion determined after the confirmation time period has elapsed, and control the discharge circuit to discharge the stored electrical charge when a predetermined time period has elapsed after the shock alert signal.
US12151117B2
Technologies and implementations for a wearable healthcare system, which may detect and determine moisture level at a contact interface between an electrode and a skin of a person. The wearable healthcare system may be a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) having a moisture sensor at the electrode. The WCD may include moisture providing systems to add moisture material to the contact interface.
US12151115B2
A torque limiter for a delivery system of a leadless active implantable medical device includes a first interface for coupling to a docking feature of the delivery system, the docking feature secured in rotation with respect to the leadless active implantable medical device and a second interface for coupling to a distal end of a torque shaft of the delivery system, the torque limiter limiting the torque transmission from the torque shaft to the docking feature when radial torque is applied to the torque shaft.
US12151109B2
An implantable device comprises a housing having an oblong shape extending along a longitudinal axis, and a coil arrangement for communicating with an external device, the coil arrangement comprising a coil winding and a bobbin on which the coil winding is arranged. The coil arrangement is received in the housing such that the coil winding and the bobbin extend along a transverse direction with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein the coil winding is wound on the bobbin about the transverse direction and has an elongated shape along the transverse direction.
US12151108B2
An example of a neurostimulation system may include a stimulation output circuit to deliver the neurostimulation, a sensing circuit to sense a signal indicative of a response to the neurostimulation, and a stimulation control circuit to control the delivery of the neurostimulation using stimulation parameters. The stimulation control circuit may include a response detector and a steering module. The response detector may be configured to detect signal feature(s) from the sensed signal and to determine a response parameter indicative of an intensity of the response to the neurostimulation using the detected signal feature(s). The steering module may be configured to receive user commands for moving a stimulation field and to adjust the stimulation parameters to move the stimulation field according to the user commands while maintaining a value of the response parameter between thresholds.
US12151106B2
A new architecture is disclosed for an IPG having a master and slave electrode driver integrated circuits (ICs). The electrode outputs on the ICs are wired together. Each IC can be programmed to provide pulses with different frequencies. Active timing channels in master and slave ICs are programmed to provide the desired pulses, while shadow timing channels in the master and slave are programmed with the timing data from the active timing channels in the other IC so that each chip knows when the other is providing a pulse, so that each chip can disable its recovery circuitry so as not to defeat those pulses. In the event of pulse overlap at a given electrode, the currents provided by each chip will add at the affected electrode. Compliance voltage generation is dictated by an algorithm to find an optimal compliance voltage even during periods when pulses are overlapping.
US12151102B2
Cochlear implant systems can comprise a cochlear implant system comprising a cochlear electrode, a stimulator, an input source, and an implantable battery and/or communication module. The signal processor may be programmed with a transfer function and be configured to receive input signals from the input source and output a stimulation signal to the stimulator based on the received input signals with the transfer function. The system may be configured to receive a status indicator signal indicative of whether an external auditory aid device is active and update the transfer function of the signal processor if the external auditory aid device is active. For example, the signal processor can operate programmed with a first transfer function if the external auditory aid device is not active and with a second transfer function if the external auditory aid device is active.
US12151100B2
In some examples, a tether head assembly of a delivery system includes an inner retainer and an outer retainer that defines an aperture comprising a receptacle configured to receive an attachment member of a medical device, a passageway, and a groove. The inner retainer is movable within the groove between a second position in which the passageway is dimensioned to receive the attachment member and a first position in which the passageway is dimensioned to prevent passage of the attachment member. In some examples, a tether handle assembly defines a channel, a force transmitter within the channel, a slidable member partially received within a first end of the channel and a button partially received within a second end of the channel. Distally-directed force applied to the button may cause the force transmitter to apply proximally-directed force to the slidable member, moving the slidable member and an attached pull wire proximally.
US12151097B2
A transducer array for use in tumor-treating fields (TTFields) therapy is particularly suited for use in treating abdominal or thoracic cancers. The transducer array has features that increase its flexibility and adhesion to the patient's skin, including a branching configuration and a correspondingly branching top covering adhesive-backed layer. Additionally, a skin-level adhesive layer is provided beneath the flex circuit to which the electrode elements are attached, to help ensure thorough, lasting adhesion of the transducer array to the patient's skin over the course of treatment.
US12151093B2
Rotary lobe pump, comprising a pump housing (2, 9, 10) with a substantially cylindrical pump chamber (8) and a rotary lobe as rotor (1) with at least two blades (3) arranged opposite each other or evenly distributed in the circumferential direction and at least one sealing valve (4), characterized in that at least two sealing valves (4a, 4b) arranged opposite one another or uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction are provided, the at least two sealing valves (4a, 4b) being rotatable or pivotable, and an inlet duct (11) to at least two inlet openings (6) into the pump chamber (8) and an outlet duct (12) from at least two outlet openings (7) out of the pump chamber (8) being provided axially in a rotor axial tube (18), extending from the opposite axial ends and separated from one another.
US12151088B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of administering a medication with a dose detection system in combination with a medication delivery device. In one aspect, the system includes a module body adapted to be removably attached to the actuator of a medication delivery device, and a plurality of magnetic sensing elements attached to said module body. The magnetic sensing elements can be spaced apart from one another to define a ring pattern. The system detects the amount of rotation of a magnetic ring of said one or more dipoles of a medication delivery device relative to the magnetic sensing elements during dose delivery when the module is attached to the device.
US12151087B2
A sensor device removably attachable to a drug delivery device includes a sensing arrangement arranged within the sensor device and circuitry configured to process signals provided by the sensing arrangement. The sensing arrangement is configured such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the sensing arrangement is operable to read encoded information present on a rotatable component internal to the drug delivery device and that is able to be sensed through a window or aperture of the drug delivery device, and is operable to sense through the window or aperture at least a part of a drive mechanism of the drug delivery device. The circuitry is configured to determine information relating to a set dose, and to determine information relating to whether the drug delivery device is in a dose setting mode or whether the device is in a dose delivery mode.
US12151079B2
An infusion pump including an interface unit for receiving first data for a first infusion regimen for a medication, the first regimen including a first unit of measure in which the first regimen is executed and after receipt of the first data, second data for a second infusion regimen for the medication, the second regimen including a second unit of measure in which the second regimen is executed. The pump also includes a processor for comparing the first and second units of measure. In one embodiment, the pump includes a graphical user interface, and the processor identifies a difference between the first and second units of measure; generates, using the processor, a warning message; and displays the message on the graphical user interface. In another embodiment, the processor holds in abeyance initiation of the second infusion regimen in response to identifying the difference between the units of measure.
US12151069B2
A guide wire includes a core shaft having a distal end portion stepwisely decreasing in diameter, an inner coil body covering at least a part of an outer periphery of the distal end portion, an outer coil body covering an outer periphery of the inner coil body, and a distal end fixing portion that fixes distal ends of the core shaft. The distal end portion includes a small diameter portion, a large diameter portion inside the inner coil body and the outer coil body further in the proximal end direction than the small diameter portion and having a larger diameter than that of the small diameter portion, and a tapered portion that increases in diameter from the small diameter portion toward the large diameter portion. A radiopaque marker is on an outer peripheral surface of the tapered portion. A gap is between the radiopaque marker and the inner coil body.
US12151066B2
An aerosolization system includes a respiration system having an inspiratory limb and an expiratory limb. The system includes an aerosol chamber coupled with the inspiratory limb via a fluid channel. The fluid channel is disposed such that the aerosol chamber is isolated from continuous flow passing through the respiratory system. The system includes a patient interface positioned at a first location of the aerosol chamber and an aerosolization device positioned at a second location of the aerosol chamber positioned opposite the first location. The aerosolization device includes a reservoir that receives a volume of liquid medicament for aerosolization by the aerosolization device. The aerosol chamber mixes aerosolized medicament from the aerosolization device with respiratory flow received from the respiration system via the fluid channel.
US12151064B2
A patient interface includes a frame including a textile material and a seal-forming structure provided to the frame. The seal-forming structure includes a foam material and/or a foam and textile material configured and arranged to form a seal with the patient's nose and/or mouth.
US12151061B2
There is provided an electronically controlled, motor-driven, breath actuated metered dose inhaler for delivering aerosolized medicament or other matter to a user. The inhaler may comprise a base housing including a motor-driven actuator and other system components and a removable aerosol cartridge insertably receivable in the base housing. The inhaler may be paired with a smart phone or other client computing device to provide additional functionality, such as to provide instructional information and feedback regarding usage of the inhaler, to generate and display dosage tracking information, and to provide alerts and reminders to a user of the inhaler or others.
US12151060B2
In one embodiment, a resettable respiratory inhaler training device is provided herein. The resettable respiratory inhaler training device includes a device housing having an unlocked position and a locked position, the housing comprising a chamber; a cartridge for placement into the chamber, the cartridge comprising a body for insertion into the chamber and a base, said cartridge including a status indicator window to indicate a new or used cartridge, an aperture in the base and a shutter to selectively open or close the aperture; and a reset cap comprising a protrusion for interfacing with the aperture during reset of the device; wherein operation of the device changes the status indicator window from used to new to reset the cartridge for a subsequent use.
US12151059B2
A negative pressure (i.e., vacuum or suction) wound healing device and system incorporating the device. The device of the present disclosure is smaller, lighter, portable, and overall more manageable by both the user and the medical personnel than the conventional systems. The device could be readily worn by the user.
US12151056B2
In order to guarantee reliable maintenance, a reliable energy supply and simple handling of the service cover and the vehicle air conditioner at the smallest possible structural cost, it is proposed that the service cover has electrical means, by means of which an air-treatment device arranged within the vehicle air conditioner can be supplied with the electrical energy necessary in order to operate said air-treatment device from outside the vehicle air conditioner.
US12151049B2
Embodiments are directed to radiopaque implantable structures (e.g., stents) formed of cobalt-based alloys that comprise cobalt, chromium, tungsten, and nickel, and methods for their manufacture. Tungsten is present above its solubility limit (about 15%) at ambient temperature, but is still only present as a super-saturated, primarily single-phase material exhibiting an FCC microcrystalline structure.
US12151044B2
A germ decontamination apparatus includes an enclosure including an access door configurable to be in an open or dosed position, an opening for positioning the enclosure over or around a fomite, opening means for opening the access door in response to a trigger or triggering event, one or more ultraviolet light sources disposed inside the enclosure and configured to decontaminate the fomite. The germ decontamination apparatus may include one or more sensors configured to detect a triggering event. The one or more sensors may include an obstruction sensor, a motion sensor or detector, a light sensor, a sound sensor, and/or a heat or infrared sensor. The access door may include one or more access panels. The one or more ultraviolet light sources may produce UV-C radiation with a wavelength in the range of 200-280 nm. Methods of use and systems comprising the germ decontamination apparatus are also provided.
US12151041B2
According to some embodiments, a condiment sterilizer can include: a base, a lid attached to the base and configured to move between an open position and a closed position, and a condiment tray mounted in the base. The base and the lid define an internal chamber when the lid is in the closed position. The condiment tray can include a center column, and one or more compartments disposed around the center column and configured to accommodate one or more condiment containers. The condiment sterilizer can further include at least one UV light device disposed on the center column and configured to emit UV light into the internal chamber. The condiment sterilizer can further include a controller configured to cause the lid to move from the closed position to the open position, and to raise the condiment tray, in response to a sensor sensing heat or motion.
US12151038B2
A robotic surface cleaning device is disclosed. The robotic surface cleaning device may be configured to traverse over a floor surface in a room area to disinfect various surface as well as disinfect the air in the room. The robotic surface cleaning device may include a maneuvering base. The robotic surface cleaning device may also include a support tower coupled to the maneuvering base and at least one deployable structure attached to the support tower, wherein the at least one deployable structure is capable of extending and retracting to pass over surfaces in the room area. The at least one deployable structure may include one or more ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to disinfect the surfaces in the room area. The support tower may include at least one air inflow vent configured to draw in room air, at least one air sanitizing unit configured with at least one array of UV light emitting diodes (LEDs), and at least one discharge vent configured to emit sanitized air.
US12151028B2
The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising TPR beads, wherein said TPR beads comprise a solid dispersion of at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient in at least one solubility-enhancing polymer, and a TPR coating comprising a water insoluble polymer and an enteric polymer, wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient comprises a weakly basic active pharmaceutical ingredient having a solubility of not more than 100 μg/mL at pH 6.8.
US12151026B2
This invention relates to sustained release dosage forms comprising {1-{1-[3-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)isonicotinoyl]piperidin-4-yl}-3-[4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]azetidin-3-yl}acetonitrile, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and doses and methods related thereto.
US12151021B2
An implantable device comprising a nanochanneled membrane is described. The device uses nanofluidics to control the delivery of diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents intratumorally. The devices can be used for chemotherapy, radiosensitization, immunomodulation, and imaging contrast.
US12151013B2
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibres comprising at least one aqueous dispersion of particles of hybrid film-forming hydrophobic acrylic polymer, at least one linear block silicone copolymer and at least one pigment. It also relates to a dyeing method in which said composition is applied to the keratin fibres, the operation optionally being followed by a drying operation. The composition makes it possible to obtain a coloured, shampoo-resistant coating that leaves the treated fibres individualized, with an improved cosmetic feel.
US12151008B2
The disclosure relates to thermal control of compositions for altering the color of hair, in particular to hair bleaching compositions comprising thermal control agents, hair color-altering compositions comprising the hair bleaching compositions and/or thermal control agents, methods for preparing and using the hair color-altering compositions, and kits comprising the hair bleaching compositions and/or thermal control agents.
US12151006B2
Solid anhydrous cosmetic composition, preparation process, cosmetic treatment processes and associated kit The present invention relates to a solid anhydrous cosmetic composition, in particle form, and comprising at least 30% by weight of anionic surfactants, at least 5% by weight of amphoteric surfactants, and at least 10% by weight of fillers. The invention also relates to a process for preparing this composition by granulation on a fluidized air bed and also to a process for the cosmetic treatment, in particular the care and/or the cleaning, of keratin materials, in particular the hair, comprising the application of said solid anhydrous cosmetic composition, alone or in combination with a hair conditioning composition. The invention also relates to a kit comprising said solid anhydrous cosmetic composition and said conditioning composition.
US12150991B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of anti-TSLP-R antibodies, and uses thereof, are provided herein. The pharmaceutical compositions can comprise for example, an anti-TSLP-R antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer, an excipient, and a surfactant, or other compositions as provided for herein.
US12150985B2
Disclosed herein are immunogenic and/or vaccine compositions and methods for treating or preventing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The compositions and methods include an immunogenic portion of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2-2 (COVID-19) spike protein. In at least particular cases, a mutated version of a portion of the RBD is utilized, such as a deglycosylated, or amino acid substituted mutant of the spike protein.
US12150983B2
The present invention relates to a vaccine for protecting a pig against diseases associated with corona virus infection including porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and/or porcine deltacorona virus (PDCoV). The vaccine commonly includes inactivated/killed PEDV (e.g., chemically inactivated PED virus), and/or recombinant PEDV antigen, and/or an adjuvant inactivated/killed PDCoV (e.g., chemically inactivated PDCoV virus), and/or recombinant PDCoV antigen and an adjuvant. Methods for protecting pigs against diseases associated with PEDV and/or PDCoV and methods of producing the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and/or porcine deltacorona virus vaccine are also provided.
US12150979B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T-cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US12150975B2
The present invention is related to a combination useful in the prevention and/or treatment of red blood cell disorders, in particular, acute and chronic complications associated with red blood cell dysfunction, increased red blood cell cholesterol and decreased plasma levels of lipophilic antioxidant (sickle cell disease, thalassemia, diabetes). The invention in particular relates to pharmaceutical formulations, regimens, methods of treatment and uses thereof.
US12150974B2
The present disclosure provides conjugates, methods of making the same, and uses thereof. The conjugates of the present technology are useful in inducing anergy in insulin-binding B cells.
US12150973B2
Disclosed herein, are compounds comprising a peptide, wherein the peptide is OCA-B or an OCA-B fragment thereof; a linker; and a cell penetrating peptide. Also described herein, are methods of administering compounds to subjects for the treatment of Type I diabetes and blocking the interaction between OCA-B and Jmjd1a.
US12150972B1
The present application relates to the technical field of active peptides, and particularly relates to an egg white protein anti-inflammatory active peptide and preparation and application of Maillard reaction product thereof. The anti-inflammatory peptide is FGPH, and when the concentration of the anti-inflammatory peptide is 500 μg/mL, the inhibition ratios of the anti-inflammatory peptide to an inflammatory mediator (NO) and inflammatory factors (TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-1 beta) of RAW264.7 induced by LPS are 64.41±0.47%, 28.07±2.10%, 41.72±1.83% and 52.43±2.29%, respectively.
US12150971B2
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) remains a threat with the emergence of new variants, especially Delta and Omicron, without specific effective therapeutic drugs. The present invention provides a method and a composition for preventing and treating COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) coronavirus infection which includes administering to a subject in need thereof one or more therapeutically effective doses of Virofree which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable combination of grape seed extract, acerola cherry extract, olive leaf extract, marigold extract, green tea extract, pomegranate extract, yeast beta-glucan and soya bean extract for a treatment period.
US12150967B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, methods and systems for the prophylaxis and treatment of honey bees (e.g. Apis mellifera) to protect and/or treat certain diseases, disorders and conditions, e.g., Colony Collapse Disorder and American foulbrood. The present disclosure comprises probiotic compositions, and methods of use thereof, for administration to honey bees for the purposes of treating or preventing disease.
US12150965B2
A combination of probiotics for improving body compositions includes Lacticaseibacillus paracasei S38 and Bacillus coagulans BC198. The combination of probiotics can be a medicine composition, a nutrient supplement, healthy food or a combination thereof. The applications of the combination of probiotics include weight loss, reduction of fat, abatement of appetite, production of butyric acid within intestinal tracts and an increased count of Akkermansia muciniphila or Ruminococcaceae inside intestines.
US12150952B2
The present invention relates to a formulation for use in the simultaneous treatment of coccidial infections and iron deficiencies containing a triazinone such as toltrazuril and a polynuclear iron(III) polysaccharide complex compound together with a specifically selected surfactant that has a hydrophilic-lipophilic-balance (HLB) value of ≥10.
US12150950B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions related to methods of treating, ameliorating, mitigating, slowing, arresting, preventing or reversing various diseases and conditions, including age-related obesity, age-related increases in blood lipid levels, age-related decreases in insulin sensitivity, age-related decreases in memory function, and age-related changes in eye function such as macular degeneration. The methods comprise administering nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to a subject. In some embodiments, the administration can be oral administration. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising NMN.
US12150947B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising polyplex formulations for delivery of RNA to a target organ or a target cell after parenteral administration, in particular after intramuscular administration. More precisely, the present invention relates to formulations for administration of RNA such as self-replicating RNA, in particular by intramuscular injection. In more detail, the formulations comprise polyplex particles from single stranded RNA and a polyalkyleneimine.
US12150946B2
The invention belongs to the field of drug preparations and discloses an ophthalmic sustained-release drug delivery system. The ophthalmic sustained-release drug delivery system consists of biocompatible solid and liquid substances, as well as substances with pharmacological activity and pharmacologically acceptable salt of the substances, and can be mixed with a matrix which is liquid at room temperature, has the density larger than that of water and almost incompatible with water, so that the drug release rate and the degradation time of the delivery system are changed. According to the sustained-release drug delivery system, a drug is solidified into a ball at an eye, so that the drug liquidity is reduced, drug release is sustained, the administration times is reduced, and the compliance of patients is improved.
US12150943B2
This disclosure relates to JAK1 pathway inhibitors and the use thereof in treating gastrointestinal diseases or disorders such as ulcerative colitis.
US12150939B2
A pathological mechanism in FOP patients is further revealed, and development of a novel therapeutic drug, therapeutic method, diagnostic method, etc. utilizing an obtained finding is provided. The inventors have found a novel finding that in FOP, ectopic ossification, which occurs by an inflammation due to an injury, etc., is mediated by PAR1 to occur. From this finding, the inventors completed the present invention relating to a drug, etc. characterized by suppressing ectopic ossification in FOP by inhibiting PAR1.
US12150936B2
The present invention provides methods of treating arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) by administration of a thiadiazolidindione or a derivative thereof such as for example tideglusib or NPE 100928.
US12150934B2
Disclosed are methods of treating hyperproliferative disorders such as cancer, methods of arresting the cell cycle in cancer cells, methods of inhibiting glutathione synthesis in cancer cells, and associated compounds for use and uses in medicaments. In certain embodiments, the methods, uses and compounds are provided with reference to compounds of the structural formula (I), in which X1, X2, Z1, Z2, the ring system denoted by “a”, R1, L1, L2, Q, L3, R3, L4, R4, L5, and R5 are as described herein. In certain embodiments, compounds disclosed herein are especially active against cancers having a mutant KRAS gene.
US12150930B2
The present invention relates to oral liquid formulations of Enzalutamide or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. Further, the invention relates to providing an economical and technically advanced dosage form over existing dosage forms. In addition, the present invention also provides an improved process for preparation of Enzalutamide oral liquid formulation. The present invention further provides such compositions for the treatment of for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have previously received docetaxel.
US12150928B2
Pharmaceutical compositions in which isolated cannabinoid receptor modulators are optionally combined with terpene blends in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Methods for treating or preventing a disease, disorder, dysfunction or condition caused by exposure to an organophosphate or carbamate acetylcholineestrate inhibitor with the inventive compositions are also disclosed.
US12150926B2
Chlorogenic acid or compositions containing chlorogenic acid are used in preparation of a medicament for treating sarcoma. The chlorogenic acid composition includes chlorogenic acid and coumaroyl quinic acid, can effectively treat sarcoma, and has a better therapeutic effect than the chemotherapeutic medicament doxorubicin. The experimental results show that the combination of chlorogenic acid and coumaroylquinic acid can have a synergistic effect.
US12150916B2
A portable, versatile pill dispensing system can be used in a variety of settings and for a variety of pill dispensing regimens. Such systems and methods can be configured for intuitive filling or refilling, early or flexible dispensing, remote monitoring software to verify user compliance with a predetermined medication regimen, and features designed to improve compliance while traveling.
US12150908B2
A bed is provided having a base frame, a patient support assembly connected to the base frame, and a tilt frame connected between the base frame and the patient support assembly. The tilt frame is rotatable adjacent the foot end of the bed to place the patient support assembly, including the head section, seat section and foot section thereof, in a generally vertical position to allow a patient to exit the bed in a standing orientation. The bed also has a foot board assembly connected to the foot section, the foot board assembly having a foot board separately movable about a longitudinal axis of the bed toward the head end and the foot end of the bed.
US12150907B2
A patient-moving device (1) for patient handling. The device (1) includes a chassis (3), patient-support (5), and knee-rest (37). The device (1) includes a primary pivot (17) and a secondary pivot (11) located eccentrically from the primary pivot (17). A reorientation mechanism (4) is coupled to the patient-support (5), primary pivot (17) and chassis (3). During operation to reorientate the reorientation mechanism (4) during patient handling the patient support (5) is movable relative to the chassis (3) by rotation of the primary pivot (17) and/or secondary pivot (11) and the knee rest (37) is movable relative to at least a portion of the chassis (3).
US12150906B2
An apparatus is described herein that comprises a toilet seat assist system configured to be mounted to a toilet. The seat has a forward end portion and an aft end portion, an upper portion and a lower portion, a base having an upper portion connected to the lower portion of the seat, and a lower portion, at least one forward pivot mechanism connecting the seat to the base, at least one non-electric biasing energy storage mechanism connected to the upper portion of the base and the lower portion of the seat, the non-electric biasing energy storage mechanism being configured to move the aft end portion of the seat between a lowered position and a raised position. Corresponding methods also are disclosed.
US12150905B2
A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient includes a mattress with an inflatable mattress portion with a plurality of states. The apparatus further includes a control system to control inflation or deflation of the mattress portion to change its state between two or more of the states. The apparatus further includes a user interface in communication with the control system, which is configured to allow a user to select an inflate or deflate function of the mattress portion to change the state of the mattress portion. Further, the control system is operable to inflate or deflate the mattress portion in response to the signal being generated when a user selects an inflate or deflate function at the user interface. The control system is configured to generate a notification indicative of the selected state of the mattress portion to remind to a caregiver to change the selected state.
US12150892B2
There are provided ophthalmic tweezers capable of easily adjusting the strength of a gripping force depending on use conditions. Ophthalmic tweezers (10) include a tweezers section (20) which has a tubular body (21), a pair of neck portions (22), and a pair of grippers (23) located on the leading end side of the neck portions (22). The tweezers section (20) has a structure in which the grippers (23) are closed by causing the tubular body (21) to slide such that the neck portions (22) are housed in the inner cavity of the tubular body (21). The neck portions (22) each have a first curved or bent portion (22a) having a convex shape on the central axis side of the tubular body (21) and a second curved or bent portion (22b) having a concave shape on the central axis side of the tubular body (21). The first curved or bent portion (22a) is located on the tubular body side, and the second curved or bent portion (22b) is located on the gripper side.
US12150888B2
An electric heating pad for warming a patient includes a heated underbody support or heated mattress. The heated underbody support or mattress includes a heater assembly having a flexible sheet-like heating element, conductive bus bars attached at or near side edges of the heating element, and fabric side edge extensions attached to heating element side edges. The heated underbody support or mattress also includes a layer of polymeric foam positioned under the heater assembly and a shell, including at least two sheets of flexible material, covering at least a portion of the heater assembly and the layer of polymeric foam. When the heater assembly is wrapped around the top surface of the layer of polymeric foam, side edges of the heating element extend partially down the two side walls of the layer of polymeric foam and the conductive bus bars lie adjacent those two side walls.
US12150877B1
Described herein are methods for maintaining a patent ductus arteriosus in a pediatric patient. The method includes deploying a first end of a self-expanding stent at a first end of a lumen defined by a ductus arteriosus; anchoring at least a portion of a first flange of the first end of the stent such that the first flange at least partially circumferentially covers one of: a pulmonary artery ostium or an aortic ostium; deploying a second end of the stent, such that a stent body covers an entire length of the lumen defined by the ductus arteriosus; and anchoring a least a portion of a second flange of the second end of the stent such that the second flange at least partially circumferentially covers the other of the pulmonary artery ostium or the aortic ostium. The methods described herein may be used to increase pulmonary dependent circulation or systemic circulation.
US12150875B2
An implantable treatment device configured to facilitate removal thereof after tissue ingrowth into a portion thereof, such as into an enlarged region with a diameter greater than adjacent regions. A liner is positioned within a lumen of the treatment device, with a portion spaced from the enlarged region of the treatment device. A disruption zone in the liner facilitates controlled disruption of the liner's integrity to permit a portion of a removal device inserted within the liner to extend through the liner to interact with the treatment device. The treatment device may be part of a treatment system including a removal device with an enlarged region corresponding to the treatment device enlarged region. A method of treatment involves rupturing a rupture zone in a treatment device liner to allow a portion of a removal device to extend through the liner and into engagement with a portion of the treatment device.
US12150872B2
A stent comprising a cobalt-based alloy comprising 18-50 weight % cobalt (Co), 10-25 weight % chromium (Cr), 10-15 weight % tungsten (W), 0-2 weight % of manganese (Mn), 0-3 weight % iron (Fe), and 10-65 weight % metal member selected from a platinum group metal.
US12150868B2
Systems and methods are provided for configuring a human-machine interface according to a user's relative preference, or weighting, of a set of utility factors, such that a user can customize a human-machine interface in the absence of the direct selection of interface parameters. In some example embodiments, a total utility function (associated with overall utility of a human-machine interface) is calculated based on the sum of a set of weighted utility functions, with each utility function being weighted according to a respective user-tunable weight, and with each user-tunable weight prescribing a relative importance of a respective utility factor to the total utility function. A set of parameters of the human-machine interface that optimize the overall utility function for a selected set of user-tunable weights is determined and employed to configure the human-machine interface.
US12150867B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling an orthopedic joint of a lower extremity in at least one degree of freedom by an adjustable actuator for adjusting an orthopedic apparatus to walking situations that differ from walking on a plane. The orthopedic apparatus includes a top connector connected to a limb and an orthopedic element that is arranged in a hinged manner distal to the top connector. The method encompasses the following steps: —several parameters (A) of the orthopedic apparatus are sensed by sensors; —the sensed parameters are compared with criteria (K) that have been established based on several parameters and/or parameter curves and are stored in a computer unit; —a criterion is selected that is suitable on the basis of the determined parameters and/or parameter curves; and —resistances to movements, extents of movements, driving forces, and/or the progresses thereof are adjusted in accordance with the selected criterion in order to control special functions (5) that differ from walking on a plane.
US12150861B2
An implant for shoulder arthroplasty includes a stem and optionally a head component or a cup component. The stem is sized and shaped to fit into an intramedullary canal of the humerus. The proximal portion of the stem has a concave taper and the distal portion of the stem has a taper. The distal taper includes an anterior-posterior taper and a medial-lateral taper. The shape of the stem loads the metaphysis of the humerus with a greater load than the load applied to the diaphysis of the humerus.
US12150854B2
Martial arts gloves that allow for punch detection and electronic scoring using activation materials such as metals and sensors.
US12150850B2
The invention relates to the fields of medicine and medical technology and is directed toward improving the technical properties of mesh implants used for delicately surgically shaping thin anatomical structures: eyelids, cornea, etc. A tension-free titanium metal warp knit fabric for surgically shaping soft tissues is a mesh fabric made of titanium threads bent to form interconnected loops, wherein the titanium threads have a contoured surface. The technical result is a decrease in the elasticity and an increase in the plasticity of the material, making it possible to incorporate said material into thin anatomical structures without risk of trauma, while improving the formation of connective tissue, reducing wound discharge, shortening healing times, and reducing the rate of complications, thus enabling more rapid recovery of patients.
US12150849B2
The disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for managing a shape of a junction between a bladder and urethra, for example, to promote urinary continence after a prostatectomy.
US12150835B2
An external drive apparatus for bendable collar implants includes a male fastener and a female driver. The male fastener is constructed as a rigid and integral unity including an implant screw, a collar, and a male screw-top drive. The female driver supports a female screw-top drive. The female driver is configured for application of an implantation torque to the implant screw via the male screw-top drive which is disposed distally away from the collar.
US12150831B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for restoring and/or orthodontically moving teeth. The methods can include determining an orthodontic treatment plan to at least partially correct for a malocclusion of at least one tooth. The methods can include determining an amount of cosmetic restoration of the at least one tooth based on a degree of partial correction of the malocclusion. The methods can include preparing the at least one tooth for the cosmetic restoration by orthodontically moving the tooth from a first position to a second position. The methods can include cosmetically restoring the at least one tooth when the at least one tooth is in the second position.
US12150819B2
Systems and methods for image detection during grasping and stapling include an end effector having a first jaw and a second jaw, an imaging sensor mounted to the end effector and configured to capture images of a material graspable by the end effector, and one or more processors coupled to the end effector and the imaging sensor. The one or more processors are configured to receive the images from the imaging sensor, determine one or more properties of the material based on the images, and display the one or more properties of the material on an interface. In some embodiments, the end effector is part of a medical tool and the material is anatomical tissue. In some embodiments, the end effector further includes one or more of a stapling mechanism configured to staple the material or a cutting mechanism configured to cut the material.
US12150817B2
Various embodiments of a placement tool for an apparatus to be fastened to a cranium with a fastener around a burr hole formed through the cranium are disclosed. The placement tool includes a receptacle adapted to hold the fastener, where the receptacle includes a channel extending between an upper opening of the receptacle and a lower opening of the receptacle along a channel axis. The placement tool further includes a retainer disposed within the channel of the receptacle, where the retainer includes a recess or a protrusion adapted to restrain the fastener against movement. The fastener opening of the apparatus is configured to align with the channel axis of the channel of the receptacle when the placement tool is engaged with the apparatus.
US12150815B2
A joint replacement balancing system which provides real-time feedback to a surgeon during a joint replacement surgery to assist the surgeon to balance a joint replacement. The joint replacement balancing system includes a non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to receive a signal from a joint balancing apparatus, determine if the joint replacement is out of balance, determine a corrective course of action to bring the joint into balance and generate and display to the surgeon during the joint replacement surgery a recommended corrective course of action to complete the joint replacement surgery.
US12150808B2
A method for measuring parameters in an ultrasonic image, includes: obtaining an ultrasound image by receiving ultrasound echoes from a target tissue with an ultrasound probe and contains an area representing the target tissue; displaying the ultrasound image; obtaining multiple measurement items to be measured; determining multiple anatomical feature items whose positions are to be determined during a measurement of the multiple measurement items according to a relevance among the multiple measurement items, to obtain a feature set that comprises the multiple anatomical feature items and whose anatomical feature items are different from each other; determining positions of the anatomical feature items in the feature set in the ultrasound image; calculating values of the multiple measurement items according to the positions of the anatomical feature items in the feature set; and outputting the values of the multiple measurement items.
US12150804B2
An apparatus appropriately corrects a defective pixel of a radiation image in a radiation imaging apparatus having a function of AEC, both when performing AEC and when not performing AEC, the apparatus selecting a defect map from a first image defect map in which a defective pixel (line), which is a group of defective linear pixels, is not included in a region of interest for detecting the dose of radiation in a pixel region in order to perform an AEC pertaining to stopping of irradiation of radiation, and a second image defect map in which a defective pixel (line) which is a group of defective linear pixels, is included in a region of interest, depending on whether or not an AEC is performed, and corrects the radiation image using the selected defect map.
US12150802B2
A digital dental x-ray sensor device includes a rounded, three-dimensional housing that lacks corners, edges, or other relatively sharp features that are known to cause discomfort when used in a patient's mouth. The rounded housing can be spherical, ellipsoid, or any similar regular or irregular rounded shape, and can be formed by ensuring that all curves of the surface of the rounded housing have a minimum radius that is sufficient to prevent features that can dig into the soft tissue of the inside of a patient's mouth.
US12150801B2
Abnormalities of blood vessels associated with brains of individuals can be detected by analyzing images that include the brains of the individuals. Blood vessels included in the images can be identified and densities of blood vessels across hemispheres can be determined. Differences between densities of blood vessels in different hemispheres of the brains of the individuals can be used to determine a probability of an abnormality with respect to one or more blood vessels associated with the brains of the individuals. User interfaces can be generated indicating possible abnormalities associated with the brains of the individuals.
US12150795B2
A medical imaging system includes an imaging unit that obtains a medical image or data used for generating the medical image by imaging a subject, a processor that stores positioning data for specifying arrangement of the subject with respect to the imaging unit, and a display unit that three-dimensionally displays the arrangement of the subject with respect to the imaging unit by using the positioning data in a case where the subject is imaged using the imaging unit.
US12150789B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide methods, apparatus, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for performing predictive recommendations using an MRI acquisition set associated with a common target object. Certain embodiments of the present invention utilize systems, methods, and computer program products that perform predictive recommendations based at least in part on an MRI set and utilizing one or more of techniques using image preprocessing models, techniques using image segmentation models, techniques using voxel integrity score generation machine learning models, and techniques using integrity score normalization models.
US12150781B1
Devices detect and assist in the avoidance of blood vessels during a surgical procedure—to avoid rupturing these blood vessels. Devices may be any penetration sensor device (such as a dilator sensor device, hollow needle sensor device, or trocar sensor device) that penetrates the skin and subcutaneous layers to reach a target location inside the body. The device includes a sensor probe which can make optical measurements to determine various parameters of the tissue at the tip of the sensor probe. These parameters may include an optical signal level returned from tissue contacting the tip of the sensor probe, an oxygen saturation level of the tissue, a total hemoglobin concentration, a blood flow, and a pulse. Based on these parameters, the presence or absence of a blood vessel at the tip of the device can be determined while the device travels towards the target location for surgery.
US12150777B2
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for identifying subjects suffering from depression that will respond to treatment with an antidepressant.
US12150775B2
This disclosure features methods and compositions for treating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with an immunosuppressant.
US12150774B1
A computer-implemented system for diagnosing sleep disorders is disclosed. The computer-implemented system includes a polysomnography recording device for interfacing with a patient to record a sleep data, a sleep score analysis module configured as a series of analytical blocks for automatically processing a data format, an evaluation module reviews and edits the sleep score for quality control by a physician, a scanning module scans the record of the sleep score within a repository, a montage specification module stores the plurality of montage specifications, a tokenization module grants a pre-determined a plurality of distributed credits in at least one of the analytical blocks, allows a key-based authentication for offline setting, sign the license via an asymmetric key cryptography, a container format module handles physiological sleep data, and includes a signature, a header, and a payload, an authentication module protects a plurality of machine learning models by using a symmetric encryption method.
US12150765B2
A safety catheter insertion assembly including a catheter hub coupling assembly. The safety catheter insertion assembly having a needle hub slideably coupled to a needle housing such that the needle hub is moveable between a first position wherein an insertion needle extends from the needle housing, and a second position wherein the sharp distal tip is housed within the needle housing, the catheter hub coupling assembly coupling the catheter hub to the needle housing in the first position and releasing the catheter hub from the needle housing in the second position.
US12150764B2
Sterile transport, storage, and operation of fluid collection tubes in platelet-rich fibrin and platelet-rich plasma procedures. Sterile sample tube packages comprise a tray having a recessed cavity formed therein, one or more fluid collection tubes, and a cover. Each cavity houses a tube. A practitioner accesses a tube without contaminating the remaining tubes.
US12150763B2
An apparatus includes a pre-sample reservoir, a diversion mechanism, and a flow metering mechanism. The diversion mechanism has an inlet port couplable to a lumen-defining device to receive bodily-fluids from a patient, a first outlet port fluidically couplable to the pre-sample reservoir, and a second outlet port fluidically couplable to a sample reservoir. The diversion mechanism defines a first fluid flow path and a second flow path that are configured to place the first outlet port and the second outlet port, respectively, in fluid communication with the inlet port. The flow metering mechanism is configured to meter a flow of a predetermined volume of bodily-fluid through the first fluid flow path into the pre-sample reservoir, to meter a flow of a second volume of bodily-fluid through the second fluid flow path into the sample reservoir, and to display a volumetric indicator associated with the predetermined volume and the second volume.
US12150762B2
The inventive apparatus is a device for collecting a target volume of blood in a collecting bag connected to a collection needle with a flexible tube. The device has a plate for the collecting bag and a clamping device for clamping the flexible tube. The device also has a bearing element having a bearing surface, and a clamping element with a clamping surface. The clamping element is able to move between an open position in which the flexible tube positioned between the bearing and clamping surfaces is not deformed and a closed position in which the flexible tube positioned between the bearing and clamping surfaces is closed off. The device also has a control unit configured to determine the volume of blood collected and move the clamping element from the open position to an intermediate position, when the determined volume of blood collected reaches a predetermined volume.
US12150760B2
An optical physiological sensor configured to perform high speed spectral sweep analysis of sample tissue being measured to non-invasively predict an analyte level of a patient. An emitter of the optical physiological sensor can be regulated to operate at different temperatures to emit radiation at different wavelengths. Variation in emitter drive current, duty cycle, and forward voltage can also be used to cause the emitter to emit a range of wavelengths. Informative spectral data can be obtained during the sweeping of specific wavelength regions of sample tissue.
US12150759B2
This document describes techniques and devices for blood-solute calculation with a mobile device using non-invasive spectroscopy. A mobile device (502) includes a light source (504) that emits light toward an interferometer (508) that uses mirrors to separate and recombine the light. The interferometer directs the recombined light toward a person. Light reflected from, or transmitted through, the person is received through a reception port (506) to a photodetector (510) that outputs photodetector data that corresponds to a measured light intensity of the reflected and transmitted light as a function of a path length of the light or a mirror position of the interferometer. Based on the photodetector data, an interferogram is generated. Applying a technique such as a Fourier transform to the interferogram, a spectrum data set of the reflected and transmitted light is generated. Based on the spectrum data set, a concentration of solutes in the person's blood is calculated.
US12150756B2
A foot angle calculation device including: a posture angle calculation unit that calculates a posture angle by using an angular velocity vector of a foot portion; and a foot angle calculation unit that calculates a foot angle that is an angle formed by a velocity vector of the foot portion and a center line of a foot by using the velocity vector and the posture angle.
US12150755B1
An integrated display with antenna is used in wireless communications devices, including mobile phones and Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) devices, to enhance radio frequency coverage while minimizing the overall sized of the wireless communication devices. The antenna's geometry can be precisely determined by manipulating the conductive and dielectric pixels within the display panel. The dielectric material within the display panel can be composed of metamaterials. Additionally, the antenna in the display panel can be structured as an antenna array. This array configuration optimizes mobile device coverage and performance by shaping and directing the radiation pattern of signals.
US12150752B2
The present invention provides an improved breath analyzer and breath test method to determine the presence of a gastrointestinal disorder in a human subject's digestive tract.
US12150749B2
An accessory kit is provided for interventional procedures using a magnetic resonance imaging scanner. The accessory kit includes a patient support and an electrical connection adapter. The patient support has a first end proximal and a second end distal to the scanner. The distal end is configured to create a space to accommodate a clinician, such as narrowing of the distal end or at least one cutout on a side of the distal end. The electrical connection adapter interfaces with the scanner and a scanner table. The accessory kit is configured so that when the proximal end is extended into the scanner bore, the distal end extends outside the bore. The narrowed width and/or cutout(s) of the exposed distal end and the extended gap between the scanner and scanner table create space on at least one side of the patient support that a clinician may use to access a patient.
US12150745B2
A system for evaluating the evolution of the structure of a subject's bone, the system including an implantable medical device including an implant body intended to be attached to the bone of the subject and at least one reflector coupled to the implant body, the reflector being configured to reflect an electromagnetic signal and being embedded in a surrounding tissue of the subject when the implant body is attached to the subject's bone and a calculation module configured to compute a parameter representative of the structure of the subject's bone, wherein the parameter is computed from a reflected signal corresponding to a reflection, on the reflector embedded in the surrounding tissue of the subject, of an excitation signal including at least one frequency in the characteristic frequency range of the reflector, the reflected signal being representative of at least one electrical property of the surrounding tissue.
US12150743B2
According to various embodiments, a wearable electronic device comprises a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to, obtain a user's first biometric signal in a user's first posture through the first sensor, obtain, from an external electronic device, information about the user's first blood pressure value measured by the external electronic device in the first posture, obtain first calibration information for quantifying first blood pressure information measured in the first posture, based on information about features of the first biometric signal and the first blood pressure value, identify whether calibration data sets for a plurality of postures of the user, pre-stored in the memory, meet a specific condition for estimating second calibration information for quantifying second blood pressure information measured in the user's second posture, and when the calibration data sets meet the specific condition, estimate the second calibration information based on the calibration data sets and the first calibration information.
US12150740B2
A non-invasive continuous blood sugar level monitoring apparatus integrated with real-time health support system. The blood sugar levels and other vital physiological information of the user can also be tracked wirelessly through the apparatus. The apparatus has an integrated real-time alert and reminder feature for notifying the user during medication and unusual physiological conditions. An automated diet and lifestyle recommendation solution is integrated into the device to help the user maintain healthy blood sugar and blood pressure levels. The low-powered telemetry device is used for communicating the stored physiological information of the user and the computed results between the network of devices.
US12150736B2
Systems configured to acquire temperature signals from an Abreu Brain Thermal Tunnel (ABTT), to analyze the temperatures signals, and to determine a condition of a human body from the analysis, and a method for doing the same, are described. In addition, systems for application of thermal signals to the ABTT for treatment of conditions are described.
US12150730B2
A handheld, steerable catheter robotic system includes a catheter having a flexible outer sheath, at least one flexible multi-lumen assembly and a robotic instrument for performing a surgical procedure. The catheter is removably insertable into an instrument channel of an endoscope. The flexible multi-lumen assembly extends through the outer sheath. The robotic instrument is operatively and removably attachable to a distal end of the multi-lumen assembly such that the robotic instrument is teleoperable. The catheter robotic system also includes a handle operatively and removably attachable to a proximal end of the catheter. The handle is configured for hand-held operation and includes a joystick for steering the robotic instrument.
US12150723B2
A robotic system is configured to evaluate an identified phase of a medical procedure. The robotic system includes a video capture device; a robotic manipulator; one or more sensors; an input device; a data store; and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to: determine a first status of the robotic manipulator based on sensor data from the one or more sensors; identify a first input from the input device for initiating a first action of the robotic manipulator; perform a first analysis of a video of a patient site captured by the video capture device; identify a first phase of the medical procedure based at least in part on the first status of the robotic manipulator, the first input, and the first analysis of the video; and generate an evaluation of the first phase of the medical procedure based on one or more metrics associated with the first phase.
US12150718B2
A system includes a fixture having a known location in a surgical reference frame, a medical instrument, a position measuring device, and a computing system. The fixture includes a constraint structure having a known constraint structure pose in the surgical reference frame. The medical instrument includes a reference portion movably coupled to the fixture, an elongate flexible portion coupled to the reference portion, wherein the elongate flexible portion is sized to pass through the constraint structure, and a shape sensor. The position measuring device measures motion of the reference portion with respect to the fixture. The computing system is configured to receive shape information for the medical instrument, receive reference portion position information in the surgical reference frame, determine an estimated constraint structure pose from the reference portion position information and the shape information, determine a correction factor, and modify the shape information based upon the correction factor.
US12150704B2
A microwave ablation device including a cable assembly configured to connect a microwave ablation device to an energy source and a feedline in electrical communication with the cable assembly. The microwave ablation device further includes a balun on an outer conductor of the feedline, and a temperature sensor on the balun sensing the temperature of the balun.
US12150700B2
A method for ablating tissue by applying at least one pulse train of pulsed-field energy. The method includes delivering a pulse train of energy having a predetermined frequency to cardiac tissue, the pulse train including at least 60 pulses, an inter-phase delay between Oμs and 5 μs, an inter-pulse delay of at least 5 μs, and a pulse width of 5 μs.
US12150698B2
Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed, with the system including a pulse waveform signal generator for medical ablation therapy, and an endocardial ablation device includes an inflatable member and at least one electrode for focal ablation pulse delivery to tissue. The signal generator may deliver voltage pulses to the ablation device in the form of a pulse waveform. The system may include a cardiac stimulator for generation of pacing signals and for sequenced delivery of pulse waveforms in synchrony with the pacing signal.
US12150695B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing having an elongated shaft extending distally therefrom configured to support an end effector at a distal end thereof. A handle operably couples to a drive assembly and is moveable to actuate the end effector. The drive assembly includes: front and rear drive tubes, the rear drive tube including a front washer disposed at a distal end thereof, the front drive tube including a rear washer disposed at a proximal end thereof; a stopper slidably disposed atop the front tube, the stopper and the rear washer defining a dead space therebetween; and a spring operably associated with the stopper. Initial actuation of the handle moves the front and rear drive tubes to close the end effector to grasp tissue and, once closed, further movement of the handle moves the rear drive tube to slide the stopper to eliminate the dead space.
US12150694B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes an ablation system. The ablation system may include an elongate shaft having a distal region. A plurality of ablation tines may be disposed at the distal region. Each of the ablation tines may include a tubular member having a flexible circuit disposed therein. The flexible circuit may include a substrate, one or more electrodes coupled to the substrate, and a temperature sensor coupled to the substrate and positioned adjacent to the one or more electrodes. The plurality of ablation tines may include a first ablation tine and a second ablation tine. A pair of bipolar electrodes may defined by a first electrode disposed at the first ablation tine and a second electrode disposed at the second ablation tine.
US12150689B2
A cryo-system for treating a body part of an individual by cryotherapy, which includes two parts. The first part is either i) a cryo-probe suitable for internal cooling, which includes a penetrating segment in communication with a cryogen source and is at least smaller than 1/10th of the body part's biggest volume and/or at least one dimension smaller than 1 cm or ii) a cryo-probe suitable for external cooling, which includes a non-penetrating segment in communication with a cryogen source. The second part is either i) an assembly of at least two nanoparticles bound to each other or associated with each other via binding or associating material or ii) at least one nanoparticle, which includes iron and at least one other metal than iron. The assembly of at least two nanoparticles or the at least one nanoparticle may be cooled by the cryo-probe or by switching on the cryo-probe.
US12150687B2
The disclosure relates to a cryoablation catheter and a cryoablation system. The cryoablation catheter comprises a catheter body and a freezing unit. The catheter body comprises a cold-source fluid input lumen and a cold-source fluid output lumen, both extending in an axial direction of the catheter body, and the freezing unit is arranged at a distal portion of the catheter body, and comprises a first balloon in fluid communication with the cold-source fluid input lumen and the cold-source fluid output lumen, and a second balloon arranged external to the first balloon with the length of the first balloon being less than the length of the second balloon. When the first balloon and the second balloon are dilated, a cavity is formed between the first balloon and the second balloon, to prevent the energy transfer in a space of the freezing unit corresponding to the cavity.
US12150680B2
A nail device for fixing proximal bone fractures and muscle tears. The nail device includes a flexible nail adapted to be inserted into a bone and a fixation bracket attached to the nail adapted to repair soft tissue injuries.
US12150663B2
Provided is a surgical instrument for electrocautery, and in particular, a surgical instrument for electrocautery installed on a robot arm or manually operable in order to be used in laparoscopic surgery or other various surgeries.
US12150656B1
The invention is directed to a surgical device which is externally used as aiming device that permits accurate placement of surgical wire to mend a supracondylar fracture. The device of the invention decreases operative time, risks of the re-dislocation through continuous manipulation, radiology exposure for both the patient and operation room staff, and to decreases anesthesia duration. It is also directed to surgical use of the device for repair of a supracondylar fracture and to methods for making it.
US12150639B2
The tissue removal containment system is provided that includes a tissue removal and/or containment bag arranged to be inserted through an opening into a confined space. The bag has a support or ring having a compressed, partially compressed and/or uncompressed state or position. The bag can also include an enclosure or film defining the enclosure connected to the support with the enclosure having a confined state and a deployed or unconfined state.
US12150636B2
Connectors for connecting or linking one instrument or object to one or more other instruments or objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a connector can include a first arm with a first attachment feature for attaching to a first object, such as a surgical access device, and a second arm with a second attachment feature for attaching to a second object, such as a support. The connector can have an unlocked state, in which the position and orientation of the access device can be adjusted relative to the support, and a locked state in which movement of the access device relative to the support is prevented or limited. Locking the connector can also be effective to clamp or otherwise attach the connector to the access device and the support, or said attachment can be independent of the locking of the connector.
US12150632B2
A system for performing a minimally invasive percutaneous procedure comprises a medical device comprising a hydrogel delivery needle (4) with a tip and a hydrogel outlet (6), an injectable, shear-thinning, self-healing viscoelastic hydrogel that exhibits a storage modulus (G′) of at least 600 Pa, and a tan δ (G″/G′) from 0.1 to 0.6 in dynamic viscoelasticity measured by a rheometer at 1 Hz and 1% strain rate at 25° C. The system may also comprise a coaxial cannula (2) having a lumen configured for receipt of the hydrogel delivery needle (4), wherein the hydrogel delivery needle comprises an adjustable positioning mechanism (8) configured to limit the advancement depth of the hydrogel delivery needle through the coaxial cannula to a predetermined depth distal to a distal-most end of the coaxial cannula.
US12150629B2
A pulmonary access device comprises an elongated shaft having a proximal shaft section, a bendable shaft section, a distal shaft section, and a distal tip. The pulmonary access device further comprises an elongated sheath having a proximal sheath section, a malleable distal sheath section, and working channel. The working channel is configured for slidably receiving the elongated shaft. The pulmonary access device further comprises a handle assembly including a handle body. The handle body is affixed to a proximal end of the elongated shaft. The handle body is removably affixed to a proximal end of the elongated sheath.
US12150626B2
Provided is a laryngoscope that includes a display screen, a handle connected to the display screen, a lens connected to the handle, and a housing portion that is sleeved on the lens and the handle and fitted with the handle. The housing portion includes a housing and a transparent cover fastened with the housing. The lens is inserted into the housing and a shooting portion of the lens is exposed out of the housing. The transparent cover covers the shooting portion of the lens and is sealingly fastened with the housing.
US12150605B2
An installation kit for the production of a niche includes a recess element including a rear wall, four side walls and a projecting frame adjoining outward edges of the side walls and extending away from a niche. At least one of the side walls includes a passage opening formed therein. An insert can be insertable into the passage opening of the side wall on the niche side, the insert defining a recessed receiving space accessible on the niche side of the side wall, the insert including an opening opposing the receiving space. At least one cover can be receivable within the insert to at least partially cover the receiving space, the cover being positionable substantially flush with the side wall.
US12150595B2
A blender includes a blender body including an external cylinder, a grinding blade, and a blade driving portion rotating the grinding blade; an internal cylinder unit including an internal cylinder, disposed in the external cylinder, in which the grinding blade is disposed, and an internal cylinder driving portion rotating the internal cylinder; and a controller electrically connected to the blade driving portion and the internal cylinder driving portion to control the blade driving portion and the internal cylinder driving portion. The internal cylinder has an internal side surface on which a projection is formed such that blending objects, flowing rotationally while being ground by the grinding blade, are caught. A mixer according to the present invention comprises: a mixer main body provided with an outer container, pulverizing blades, and a blade driving unit for rotating the pulverizing blades; an inner container unit provided with an inner container, arranged inside the outer container, having the pulverizing blades located therein, and with an inner container driving unit for rotating the inner container; and a controller electrically connected to the blade driving unit and inner container driving unit to control both, wherein the inner container is provided with a protruding part on the inner side surface thereof so that the circularly moving foodstuff being mixed gets caught thereon while being pulverized by the pulverizing blades, and, in order to induce a state of imbalance in the foodstuff being mixed in the inner container, the controller controls the inner container driving unit to mix the foodstuff being mixed while repeating the patterns of reverse-rotating the inner container in the direction opposite to the rotational direction of the pulverizing blades and then stopping, or reverse-rotating and then changing the rotational velocity.
US12150579B2
A bracket assembly adapted to be removably coupled to a railing at a first side and hold a portion of a container at a second side can comprise a lower section and an upper section removably coupled to the lower section. The upper section can be a bent strip that forms a receptacle to receive the portion of the container, and the lower section can include a body in the form of a second bent strip, and a fixed connection post extending from an upper surface of the body to interface with an opening in the connection interface of the upper section to removably couple the upper section to the lower section via the at least one fastener. The platform section can include a first step and a second step each extending from the connection interface to respective ones of the retaining arms.
US12150577B2
A post shield to protect a mailbox and a post from damage caused by snowplows, snow, sleet, ice, or combinations thereof. The post shield has a base support, at least one post shield board, and an upper frame support that are interconnected to the post to create a post shield. The base support has (1) a front plate, (2) a rear plate capable of being positioned a post shield distance from the front plate to form a shield aperture, wherein the post shield distance permits the post shield board to be (a) removably received between the front plate and the rear plate and (b) essentially vertically leveled when positioned in the base support, and (3) a frame base capable of receiving a portion of the corresponding post. The post shield board and the post each have at least one upper frame slot that receive the upper frame support.
US12150555B2
A cot assembly includes a plurality of bed rail members, and a plurality of leg assemblies each connected to the plurality of bed rail members. Each of the plurality of leg assemblies includes a pair of upper leg members, a pair of lower leg members each pivotally connected to one of the upper leg members, a cross-hinge assembly connected to the upper leg members, and a pair of extension arm members each pivotally connected to the cross-hinge assembly and to one of the lower leg members. The cross-hinge assembly includes a slot and a pin configured to slide within the slot so to lock each leg assembly, and the cot assembly as a whole, in a deployed position.
US12150554B2
A pillow sleeve device that slips over the arm of the user and allows the user to rest or sleep on it is disclosed. The pillow sleeve device improves on known pillows by being very lightweight and portable, being ambidextrous and usable on both arms, and by covering an entire forearm instead of just a portion of the arm under the pillow. The pillow sleeve can include a main body having an arm portion and a hand portion. The arm portion can be disposed proximal a first end of the main body and the hand portion can be disposed proximal a second end of the main body. The main body can include a hollow passage between the first end and the second end. The hand portion can include a thumb opening configured for receiving the thumb of the user.
US12150547B1
A portable rail shelf system includes a portable rail shelf that is detachably attachable to a rail. A portable rail shelf includes a pair of shelf side panels, a shelf front panel, a shelf back panel and a shelf panel having a shelf surface. The portable rail shelf is configured to couple to a rail having vertical slats. A retainer plate is coupled to the portable rail shelf by a bolt that threadedly engages with a shelf bolt receiver. Rotation of the shelf bolt receiver is configured to actuate the retainer bolt and the retainer bolt coupled thereto. A paper towel roll may be coupled to the portable rail shelf by a dowel that extends through shelf side apertures in the shelf side panels.
US12150536B2
Trimming shears to cut an animal claw comprising a first body and a second body pivotally coupled about a pivot axis, in a pivot plane, a blade having a cutting edge, the blade movable in a blade plane along a blade path, in response to pivotal movement of the first body and/or the second body, wherein the blade plane is transverse to the pivot plane, a guide coupled to the first body, the guide movable in a guide plane along a guide path, wherein the guide plane is substantially parallel to the blade plane and the guide having a plurality of apertures extending through the guide, and wherein each aperture of the guide is positionable relative to the cutting edge of the blade such that, when the blade is moved from a retracted position to an extended position, the cutting edge cuts a claw when disposed in each aperture, respectively.
US12150532B2
The application relates to a device for storing an article, including: a main part having a main part lower face, a main part top face opposite the main part lower face, and an outer face interconnecting the main part lower face and the main part top face, and a folding part which can be folded over the outer face of the main part when seen from the main part lower face towards the main part top face.
US12150529B2
Link for an item of jewelry or watch jewelry, comprising an external link (10) comprising at least one opening (11I) in a visible upper surface, characterized in that it comprises an internal frame (20) comprising a receptacle (21) positioned facing the at least one opening (11) in the external link (10), and at least one decorative element (30) visible on top of the external link (10), comprising for fastening purposes a lower extension (32) passing through the at least one opening (11) in the external link (10) and the receptacle (21) in the internal support (20).
US12150525B1
A rotary closure system includes a dial with a projection on an underside of the dial to engage a pawl assembly, the pawl assembly in connection with teeth of a housing. The housing receives a spool therein, and the housing has teeth around a peripheral edge, the pawl assembly engageable with the teeth of the housing. A base member or flange may be coupled or integral to the housing for connecting the rotary closure system to an article of clothing, such as a shoe. The rotary system has a first, locked position and a second, unlocked position. In the first, locked position, an inner arm of the pawl assembly engages the spool and a tooth of the housing. In the second, unlocked position, the inner arm of the pawl assembly disengages the spool.
US12150520B2
A running shoe and a flexion plate insert. An upper and an outsole together define an inner volume. A tensioning system selectively constricts the shoe. Trimmable traction formations project from the shoe outsole, and cuttable drainage plugs permit draining of water. A flexion plate exhibiting asymmetric flexion characteristics is selectively retained atop the outsole by engagement of an aperture in the flexion plate with a mounting plug retained within the shoe or by a removable first midsole. The mounting plug and the aperture have eccentric portions that are out of alignment when the flexion plate and the first midsole are aligned and that align when the first midsole and the flexion plate are disposed at a given, non-zero angle. The first midsole can be an upper midsole, and a second, lower midsole can be disposed in a facing relationship with the upper midsole with the flexion plate therebetween.
US12150517B2
An electronically controlled bladder assembly includes an adjustable pressure bladder and a reservoir connected by an electronically controlled valve. The electronically controlled valve is operated in a manner that inflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is below a target pressure and in a manner that deflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is above the target pressure. The system and process described herein allows the bladder pressure to be iteratively increased toward and decreased toward the target pressure.
US12150511B2
The invention relates to an improved helmet with an outer protective shell having a forward-facing portion and a rearward-facing portion and an inner absorbent shell having a forward-facing portion and a rearward-facing portion. The helmet also has a visor that is removably attachable to the forward-facing portion and the rearward-facing portion of the outer protective shell, the inner absorbent shell, or a combination of both the outer protective shell and the inner absorbent shell, such that it can quickly and easily attach and detach from the forward-facing position on the front portion of the helmet to the backward-facing position on the rear portion of the helmet.
US12150510B2
Helmet for sport activities comprising a lattice structure shaped so to accommodate a part of a user head and comprising empty and full portions arranged so that a continuous network of interconnected air channels runs through the lattice structure. The lattice structure comprises on its inner side at least one pocket permeable to air. The pocket is shaped so to accommodate said at least one permeable energy absorbing pad. Method for manufacturing the helmet comprising the steps of providing a lattice structure shaped so to receive a part of a user head and comprising at least one inner pocket, and inserting at least one energy absorbing pad which is permeable to air into said at least one pocket.
US12150502B2
Various embodiments of a respirator and a method of making such respirator are disclosed. The respirator includes a mask body and a harness connected to the mask body. The mask body includes a filtering structure having a central panel, an upper panel separated from the central panel by a first line of demarcation, and a lower panel separated from the central panel by a second line of demarcation. The mask body further includes a bisecting fold, and a transversely-extending three-layer pleat disposed in a central panel of a filtering structure of the mask body. The transversely-extending three-layer pleat is formed in the mask body and is sealed to itself at a first seal location disposed on a right side of the mask body and a second seal location disposed on a left side of the mask body.
US12150499B2
A body impact protection system includes an inner layer and an impact force dampening and defusing structure. The inner layer includes a material composition and is adjacent to a body part when the body impact protection system is worn. The impact force dampening and defusing structure is juxtaposed to the inner layer and includes a plurality of components. The components function to reduce pressure on the body part from an impact force on a layer by layer basis. Each layer of the system dampens and defuses the impact force such that, by the time it reaches the body part, it has been substantially attenuated and spread over a large area.
US12150498B2
Disclosed are body impact protection systems. The body impact protection system may comprise at least one plate element layer, such as an interconnected meshed plate element network. Another embodiment may be directed to a protection system comprising at least one plate element layer, such as an interconnected meshed plate element network overlapping and adjacent to at least one liner or gel. Further embodiments may comprise the combination of multiple body impact protection systems in a single protective garment or device. Impact protection systems may be designed to protect various body features, such as for example, the head, shoulders, elbows, arms, wrists, hands, chest, torso, thighs, knees, shins, ankles, feet, and the like. The inventive body impact protection system affords more protection from the force of an impact and comfort than conventional body impact protection systems.
US12150487B2
Disclosed are an aerosol generating device including a heater that heats an aerosol generating material; a battery that supplies power to the heater; a sensor that senses puffs of aerosol; and a controller that determine a power profile based on a time interval between the puffs of the user and controls power to be supplied to the heater according to the determined power profile, and an operation method thereof.
US12150486B2
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: a heater element; a power source; and a controller configured to control a power supplied from the power source to the heater element to maintain a temperature of the heater element at a target temperature, and adjust the target temperature when a change in airflow past the heater element is detected. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating device, and a method of controlling an aerosol-generating device, are also provided.
US12150483B2
Disclosed herein is an aerosol-generating device (100) for generating aerosol from an aerosol-generating material. The aerosol-generating device comprises: a housing (102); and a heating assembly arranged in the housing for receiving aerosol-generating material. The heating assembly is configured to heat aerosol-generating material received in the heating assembly. The housing has a characteristic extent (130) in a first direction (120) of not more than 85 mm, a characteristic extent (132) in a second direction (122) perpendicular to the first direction of not more than 45 mm, and a characteristic extent (134) in a third direction (124) perpendicular to the first and second directions of not more than 23 mm.
US12150482B2
An electronic cigarette and a heating assembly thereof. The heating assembly comprises a porous member for absorbing an e-liquid and at least one heating member for heating and atomizing the e-liquid absorbed by the porous member. The at least one heating member comprises an elongated sheet-shaped heating portion. The sheet-shaped heating portion comprises a heating grid. At least part of the heating grid is partially embedded in the porous member. The porous member comprises an atomization surface corresponding to the at least part of the heating grid.
US12150472B2
A conveyor for conveying strands of aerosol-generating material is disclosed. The conveyor comprises a conveying surface, comprising a plurality of openings, on which the strands of aerosol-generating material are conveyed, and an air flow generator for generating a flow of air through the plurality of openings in the conveying surface to provide an air cushion between the conveying surface and the strands of aerosol-generating material. Apparatus for producing a rod of aerosol-generating material comprising a slitting unit arranged to slit a web of aerosol-generating material into a plurality of strands of aerosol-generating material that are received by the conveyor is also disclosed, as well as a method of conveying strands of aerosol-generating material.
US12150469B2
A food material processing mechanism (71) includes: a conveyance unit (11) that conveys a soft food material (81) in a conveyance direction (D1); a support unit (30) that is provided rotatably with respect to a rotation shaft extending in a width direction (D2) orthogonal to the conveyance direction (D1), to support the soft food material (81) conveyed by the conveyance unit (11); and a pressing unit (40) that presses a part of a folded portion (81a) of the soft food material (81) supported by the support unit (30) by jetting air thereto, to form a bending reference portion (85) serving as a reference portion for bending.
US12150463B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing protein-containing foamed food products, comprising the steps: metering raw materials into an extruder, wherein at least one raw material is a protein, mixing the raw materials into the extruder to produce a mixture, extruding the mixture to produce an extrudate, and leading the extrudate out of the extruder through a cooling die with cooling of the extrudate to a temperature of less than 100° C., wherein pores are formed in a controlled manner in the extruder, by providing a gas, by introducing the gas into the extruder or by forming the gas based on a reaction of a gas-forming compound added as a raw material with a gas-releasing compound added as a raw material.
US12150447B2
Providing an auxin derivative that can exert its intended effect more efficiently, while reducing any unintended effects. A compound represented by the General Formula (1) having a specific substituent at the 5- and/or 6-position of the auxin indole ring.
US12150438B2
An applicator (12) has a pistol grip handle (14), a trigger (16), an operative portion (22), a hollow tube (18), an articulating joint (20) disposed in the hollow tube (18) between trigger/lever (16) and operative portion (22), which has a set of separately held jaws (24 and 26) with container (28) and lid (30) disposed thereon. Jaws (24 and 26) movement is controlled by the trigger/lever (16) which is attached to the lower jaw (26) via a cable/cord (40) enclosed within the hollow tube (18). Spring straps (34) control attach the jaws (24 and 26) to the hollow shaft/tube (18).
US12150436B2
An aquarium system includes an aquarium tank arrangement and a light source. The light source has a controllable output of colored light projecting into the aquarium tank arrangement. The light source can provide a cycle of projecting light of at least two different colors.
US12150428B2
The flip-type cat litter box includes a cat litter box assembly and a purification device. The cat litter box assembly includes a stainless steel bottom bowl and a top cover of a cat litter box that is disposed on a top of the stainless steel bottom bowl. A pedal is movably embedded on the top cover of the cat litter box, and the pedal is internally provided with a through-hole. After a cat relieves the bowels in the stainless steel bottom bowl and leaves, operations of sterilization and deodorization are performed immediately via an anion generator, an ultraviolet light, and a sensor. This effectively resolves a problem of bacteria and odor of the cat litter box, so that the using is more sanitary. A user toggles the latch catch body to unlock the pedal and flips the pedal upward, to enable the pedal to keep tilted on a top cover of a cat litter box. In addition, a transparent door and the pedal are folded together.
US12150423B2
Inbred corn line, designated LK18838N1, are disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of inbred corn line LK18838N1, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line LK18838N1 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line LK18838N1 with itself or another corn line. The disclosure also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line LK18838N1 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other corn lines derived from inbred corn line LK18838N1.
US12150418B2
A celery cultivar designated TBG 45 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 45, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 45 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 45 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 45, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 45 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 45 with another celery cultivar.
US12150408B2
A header of a harvester includes a first header segment comprising a cutter bar configured to cut crops, and a first portion of a conveyor assembly. The header additionally includes a center section including a second portion of the conveyor assembly. The center section is configured to receive cut crops from the first header segment via the first portion of the conveyor assembly. The header also includes a first ground engaging element configured to at least partially support a weight of the header, and a first sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a distance to ground. The header further includes a first actuator; and a control system comprising a processor configured to receive a sensor signal from the first sensor and to control the first actuator to adjust the first ground engaging element based on the sensor signal.
US12150407B2
A belt load characterization system receives a belt slip detector signal indicative of belt slip, and identifies, in near real-time, a severity level and impact of the belt load characteristics. A notification system generates an operator interface mechanism control signal to surface a notification to the operator indicative of the belt load characteristics, and the severity level and impact of those characteristics. The machine can be controlled based on the belt load as well.
US12150406B2
Described herein are methods and harvesters for adjusting settings of a harvester. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method includes capturing, with at least one image capture device that is located on the harvester, images of a field view of an unharvested region to be harvested, analyzing the captured images to determine crop information for a crop of a harvested region that is adjacent to the unharvested region, and adjusting settings or operating parameters of the harvester for the unharvested region based on the crop information for the crop of the harvested region.
US12150401B2
A system (1) for measuring and interpreting a force, comprises at least one working implement, for acting on an agricultural field and at least one force sensor, for measuring a force of the working implement. Further, a data interpretation unit calculates an interpretation of the measured force; wherein the data interpretation unit comprises a machine learning unit that calculates the interpretation of the measured force. Also, a system for controlling agricultural operations comprises at least one agricultural working means for working on an agricultural field and at least one first imaging device located at the agricultural working means for acquiring images of an environment of the agricultural working means.
US12156487B2
A RRAM (resistive random-access memory) device includes a bottom electrode line, a top electrode island and a resistive material. The bottom electrode line is directly on a first metal structure. The top electrode island is disposed beside the bottom electrode line. The resistive material is sandwiched by a sidewall of the bottom electrode line and a sidewall of the top electrode island. The present invention also provides a method of forming the RRAM device.
US12156486B2
An apparatus comprising a dielectric layer located between a first electrode and a second electrode and a third electrode located on the dielectric layer between the first electrode and the electrode, wherein the first electrode is separated from a first side of the third electrode by a first portion of the dielectric layer, and the second electrode is separated from a second side of the third electrode by a second portion of the dielectric layer.
US12156477B2
A semiconductor device includes a conductive pattern extending in a first direction, a magnetic tunnel junction pattern on the conductive pattern, and a capacitor on the magnetic tunnel junction pattern. The magnetic tunnel junction pattern is between the conductive pattern and the capacitor, and the magnetic tunnel junction pattern connects to the capacitor, and the conductive pattern is configured to apply spin-orbit torque to the magnetic tunnel junction pattern.
US12156474B2
For a piezoelectric device, an optical characteristic and/or a piezoelectric characteristic is improved. A piezoelectric device has a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a piezoelectric layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer is formed of a wurtzite crystal material as a main component, to which one or more elements is/are added, said one or more elements being transparent when turned into an oxide, and wherein a haze value is 3% or less, and transmittance with respect to light having a wavelength of 380 nm is 50% or more.
US12156471B2
The present disclosure provides a novel multilayer body. The multilayer body of the present disclosure includes a first phononic crystal layer and a second phononic crystal layer disposed on or above the first phononic crystal layer. The first phononic crystal layer has a first phononic crystal structure including a plurality of regularly arranged first through holes. The second phononic crystal layer has a second phononic crystal structure including a plurality of regularly arranged second through holes. The through direction of the plurality of first through holes in the first phononic crystal layer is substantially parallel to the through direction of the plurality of second through holes in the second phononic crystal layer.
US12156468B2
The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic electroluminescent element including the same, and provides an organic compound which is excellent in service life, efficiency, electrochemical stability, and thermal stability, and an organic electroluminescent element including the same.
US12156466B2
Provided are an organic electroluminescent material and a device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent material is a novel compound having a parent core structure formed by fusing indole and pyrrole with an azamacrocycle and bonded with benzoquinazoline or benzoquinoxaline and similar structures thereof. The organic electroluminescent material may be used as a host material in an electroluminescent device. The novel compound can provide better device performance in the electroluminescent device. Further provided are an electroluminescent device and a compound formulation.
US12156463B2
Provided are novel C3-symmetry high T1 energy host compounds. Also provided are formulations comprising these novel C3-symmetry high T1 energy host compounds. Further provided are OLEDs and related consumer products that utilize these novel C3-symmetry high T1 energy host compounds. The novel host compounds are represented by where the variables are defined herein.
US12156460B2
An apparatus and method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) for lighting are disclosed. The manufacturing apparatus includes a plurality of rolling members configured to move, in a transverse direction, a band-shaped base having holes formed at predetermined intervals at both width-direction ends thereof, and arranged at predetermined intervals along a movement direction of the base, and a deposition unit configured to discharge a vaporization material from a deposition source and sequentially depositing the discharged vaporization material on one surface of the base, along with the movement of the base. A plurality of protrusion members are formed on one surface of each of the rolling members, to move the base by being inserted in and released from the holes at both ends of the base along with rotation of the tolling members.
US12156440B2
A display device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor disposed on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor; a gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating layer; a second gate insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode; a first storage electrode disposed on the second gate insulating layer; a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first storage electrode, where an opening is defined through the first interlayer insulating layer to surround the semiconductor, the gate electrode and the first storage electrode; and a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer and disposed in the opening, where the second interlayer insulating layer includes an organic material.
US12156434B2
A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a first area and a plurality of second areas extending from the first area in different directions from each other; a light emitting device disposed on the first area and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first organic layer disposed on the first area, where a distance from an upper surface of the first organic layer to an upper surface of the substrate is greater than a distance from an upper surface of the first electrode to the upper surface of the substrate; and a disconnection portion disposed on the first organic layer and including a tip, an edge of an upper surface of which more protrudes away from a center of the first organic layer than an edge of the upper surface of the first organic layer.
US12156432B2
A display panel includes a substrate; and a thin film transistor (TFT) array layer disposed on the substrate, the TFT array layer being provided with a first TFT, a plurality of second TFTs, and a storage capacitor arranged at intervals therein; wherein the first TFT comprises a polysilicon semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode laminated on each other, each of the second TFTs comprises an oxide semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode laminated on each other, the storage capacitor comprises a first polar plate and a second polar plate opposite to each other, the first polar plate is disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material as the first gate electrode, and the second polar plate is disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material as the second gate electrode.
US12156429B2
An array substrate and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer. The first conductive layer is located on a side of the base substrate and includes a first conductive portion for forming a gate of a drive transistor and a second conductive portion for forming a first electrode of a capacitor; the second conductive layer is arranged on a side of the first conductive layer away from the base substrate, and includes a third conductive portion for forming a second electrode of the capacitor, and an orthographic projection of the third conductive portion on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the second conductive layer on the base substrate at least partially overlap.
US12156419B2
A display apparatus having a light-emitting device and a touch electrode is provided. An optical pattern may be disposed on the light-emitting device. A side of the optical pattern may be sloped. A surface of the optical pattern opposite to the light-emitting device may be covered by an intermediate insulating layer. The intermediate insulating layer may be harder than the optical pattern. The touch electrode may overlap the side of the optical pattern. Thus, in the display apparatus, the surface defect of the optical pattern in the forming process of the touch electrode may be prevented. Therefore, in the display apparatus, the frontal luminance and the image quality may be improved.
US12156418B2
A display substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device. The display substrate comprises: a substrate, the substrate comprising a blind hole area; a buffer layer covering one side of the substrate; an organic film layer provided on the surface of the buffer layer away from the substrate and having a first opening in the blind hole area; a passivation layer provided on the side of the organic film layer away from the substrate and having a second opening in the blind hole area; and a transparent electrode layer covering the passivation layer and the buffer layer in the second opening.
US12156403B2
In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip (IC), including a substrate, a floating gate electrode disposed over the substrate, a contact etch stop layer (CESL) structure disposed over the floating gate electrode, an insulating stack separating the floating gate electrode from the CESL structure, the insulating stack including a first resist protective layer disposed over the floating gate electrode, a second resist protective layer disposed over the first resist protective layer, and an insulating layer separating the first resist protective layer from the second resist protective layer.
US12156394B2
SRAM structures are provided. An SRAM structure includes a substrate, a P-type well region over the substrate, an N-type well region over the substrate, a PMOS transistor in the N-type well region, an NMOS transistor in the P-type well region, an isolation region over the boundary between the P-type well region and the N-type well region, and a dielectric structure formed in the isolation region and extending from the isolation region to the boundary between the P-type well region and the N-type well region. The depth of the dielectric structure is greater than that of the isolation region. The PMOS transistor is separated from the NMOS transistor by the isolation region.
US12156387B2
A mechanical assembly includes a power semiconductor device located inside of a mechanical enclosure, and a magnetic component located outside of the mechanical enclosure and operably connected to the power semiconductor device. The power semiconductor device and the magnetic component are cooled via a common air pathway outside of the mechanical enclosure. A power converter includes a powered semiconductor device located inside of a mechanical enclosure, the power semiconductor device configured to convert DC input power to AC output power, and an inductor located outside of the mechanical enclosure and operably connected to the power semiconductor device. The power semiconductor device and the magnetic component are cooled via a common air pathway outside of the mechanical enclosure.
US12156383B2
In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a cooling system for a computing device. The cooling system includes an air-cooled cooling system located in a housing. The air-cooled cooling system includes a heat sink thermally connected to a processor, an air-cooling radiator, and a heat pipe connecting the heat sink to the air-cooling radiator. The cooling system includes a liquid-cooled cooling system located in the housing. The liquid-cooled cooling system includes a cold plate thermally connected to a to the heat sink, a pump, a fluid radiator, and a fluid piping system connecting the pump, the cold plate, and the fluid radiator.
US12156379B2
A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment includes a housing, a board, a semiconductor memory component, a controller, and a heat-dissipation structure. The heat-dissipation structure includes a plurality of first heat-dissipation fins, a plurality of second heat-dissipation fins, and a first cover portion. The plurality of the first heat-dissipation fins are on a first region of the housing. The plurality of the second heat-dissipation fins are on a second region of the housing. The first cover portion is between the plurality of the first heat-dissipation fins and the plurality of the second heat-dissipation fins, or the first cover portion is at a gap between the second heat-dissipation fins. The first cover portion covers at least a part of the gap between the second heat-dissipation fins.
US12156378B2
A vapor chamber includes a bottom cover, a top cover, a crate element, and at least one porous pillar. The bottom cover is configured to receive waste heat from an electronic component. The top cover is arranged on the bottom cover, and the bottom cover and the top cover are formed such that a vapor cavity configured to accommodate a liquid is formed between the bottom and top cover. The crate element is configured to provide mechanical strength to the vapor chamber, and has at least one compartment. The compartment(s) are formed by at least three side panels that are connected to each other, where the at least three side panels extend from the bottom cover to the top cover. The porous pillar(s) are configured to transfer the liquid from the top cover to the bottom cover and are arranged in the compartment.
US12156377B2
The disclosure relates to an immersion cooling system including a tank, an access opening, a first dielectric liquid, a working object and a condensing unit. The tank has a space and a cover. The cover is detachably disposed on the tank to close or open the space selectively. The access opening is in communication with the space of the tank. The first dielectric liquid is accommodated within the space to form a liquid surface. The liquid surface and the access opening are disposed adjacent to each other. The working object is immersed in the first dielectric liquid. The condensing unit is arranged in the space above the liquid surface. When a cooling operation is performed, the access opening is closed, the first dielectric liquid is kept in the space, and the heat generated from the working object is dissipated through the first dielectric liquid and the condensing unit.
US12156366B2
An underwater data center includes a plurality of data centers positioned in a water environment, powered by one or more sustainable energy sources. One or more data center nodes is coupled to the data center or included in the plurality of data centers. A controller is coupled to the one or more data center nodes. An environmental information is included.
US12156357B2
A modular output device comprises a mainboard, a first assembling component, and a second assembling component. The first assembling component is configured in a first assembly structure of the mainboard, and a first connection module of the first assembling component is electrically connected to a first electrical connector, which allows a master function module and a first function module to transmit data to each other. The second assembling component is configured in a second assembly structure, and a second connection module is electrically connected to a second electrical connector, which allows the master function module and a second function module to transmit data to each other. In this way, the first function module and the second function module can transmit data to an associated computer through the main function module.
US12156356B2
Methods, devices, and systems are provided for the encapsulation of electronic devices. The encapsulation includes positioning an electronic device in a cavity of a mold, and screen or stencil printing an encapsulant, in a liquid form, around the flexible electronic device. The mold is of a sufficient thickness to allow the encapsulant to completely cover electronic components mounted on a first surface of the electronic device.
US12156347B2
A jig for processing a via hole according to an embodiment is an auxiliary member having a plate shape disposed between a processing plate in which a suction portion is disposed at a lower portion and a workpiece, wherein the auxiliary member includes a plurality of first suction holes for sucking and supporting the workpiece by suction air provided through the suction portion, and each of the plurality of first suction holes includes a first suction hole portion extending in a first direction, and a second hole portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.
US12156345B2
A circuit module may include a circuit board and an overmold. The circuit board may have a first surface from which an electronic component extends and a second surface opposite the first surface. The circuit board may be characterized by a width across the circuit board. The circuit board may include a tie-bar residual extending from a sidewall of the circuit board beyond the width across the circuit board. The overmold may at least partially encapsulate the first surface of the circuit board and the second surface of the circuit board. The overmold may extend laterally beyond the width of the circuit board along a length of the circuit board. The overmold may define a region about the tie-bar residual characterized by a first recessed height with respect to the first surface and a second recessed height with respect to the second surface. The overmold may define a notch within the region recessed from an outer edge of the overmold.
US12156334B2
Inspection robot and methods utilizing coolant for temperature management are described. An example inspection robot may include a housing with a couplant retaining chamber, and an electronic board selectively thermally coupled to the couplant retaining chamber. The inspection robot may include a couplant input port coupling a couplant source to a couplant flow path, a drive module coupled to the housing, and a payload with at least one sensor, where the payload is coupled to the housing. The couplant flow path is fluidly coupling the couplant input port to the couplant retaining chamber.
US12156333B2
Electronic devices, electronic modules, and methods for manufacturing electronic devices and/or electronic modules are described herein. In some embodiments, the present invention may be directed to an electronic module that includes a pair of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and a capacitor positioned between the PCBs. Each of the PCBs may include a pair of vias configured to provide electrical connections through the PCB, and the capacitor may include a pair of pins. Each pin of the capacitor may be aligned with a via of one of the PCBs and a corresponding via of the other PCB such that each pin is configured to provide electrical connection between the two PCBs. Additionally, the pair of pins may be configured to support the PCBs with respect to each other.
US12156327B2
An electronic device includes a window, a display panel disposed under the window, a cushion member disposed under the display panel, and a first electronic module disposed under the window and inserted into a first hole defined in the display panel and the cushion member. The first hole includes a first hole portion defined in the display panel, and a second hole portion defined in the cushion member. The second hole portion has a width greater than a width of the first hole portion.
US12156323B2
A high-temperature superconducting plasma thruster system, having variable temperature ranges and being applied in space, is provided. The high-temperature superconducting plasma thruster system includes: a cathode-anode assembly, a high-temperature superconducting magnet system, a supporting and adjusting platform, a power-and-gas supply and cooling system, and an obtaining control system. The cathode-anode assembly is disposed at a center of a ring of the high-temperature superconducting magnet system; the cathode-anode assembly and the high-temperature superconducting magnet system are spatially engaged with each other by the supporting and adjusting platform to form a main body of the thruster system; the power-and-gas supply and cooling system and the obtaining control system are located outside of the main body of the thruster system and are connected to the cathode-anode assembly and the high-temperature superconducting magnet system.
US12156313B2
Luminaires provide illumination (in some cases, in a coordinated manner with other nodes of a luminaire network) in an industrial process plant and may include one or more environmental sensors to detect various environmental (e.g., ambient) conditions within the process plant. The luminaires may be dimmable, and may be configured to sample light intensity of light provided by the luminaires (e.g., by detecting a dimmer a setting or by actively sensing the light). The luminaires may transmit the sampled light intensities to luminaire manager device(s). The luminaire manager device(s) may calculate energy usage and/or energy savings. The luminaire manager device(s) may generate reports regarding the energy usage and/or energy savings. The luminaire manager device(s) may implement control of the luminaires based on the energy usage and/or energy savings (e.g., to drive energy usage down to a desired level).
US12156311B2
A control module may control a control device of a load control system. The control module may include a connector that can be coupled to the control device for receiving power and communicating with the control device. The control module may include a first wired communication circuit may be coupled to the third and fourth electrical terminals and configured to communicate with the control device when the control module is coupled to the control device using a four-wire topology. The control module may include a second wired communication circuit may be coupled to the first and second electrical terminals and configured to communicate with the control device when the control module is coupled to the control device using a two-wire topology. The control circuit may be configured to determine whether to communicate with the control device using the first wired communication circuit or the second wired communication circuit.
US12156308B2
A computer-implemented method for controlling two light modules, comprising the following steps: supplying a first light module with a first electric power and a second light module with a second electric power; determining a first temperature of the first light module and a second temperature of the second light module; and adjusting the first and second electric power as a function of the first and second temperature.
US12156296B2
Systems and methods are provided for intelligent offloading of traffic to public and private Wi-Fi hotspots leveraging the cloud in a network of moving things.
US12156295B2
In one embodiment, a distributed unit (DU) is configured to do the following in connection with wirelessly transmitting user data to a UE using less than all of a plurality of radio units (RUs): include, in one or more user-plane messages for that UE that are communicated to the RUs, common header fields that contain a RU mask field for storing a bit mask comprising a plurality of bit positions. Each bit position is associated with a respective one of the RUs. Each RU is configured to: use the respective RU mask field included in any user-plane messages received by that RU in order to determine if the received user-plane message is intended for that RU and use the received message if the received message is intended for that RU and discard the received message if the received message is not intended for that RU.
US12156276B2
An apparatus of a next generation NodeB (gNB) comprises one or more baseband processors to process a radio resource control (RRC) resume request (RRCResumeRequest) from a user equipment (UE) in an inactive state (RRC_INACTIVE), and to send a UE context request (Retrieve UE Context Request) to a last serving gNB, wherein the UE context request includes a physical cell identifier (PCI) and cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) of the gNB. The apparatus can include a memory to store the RRC resume request at the gNB and the UE context request at the last serving gNB.
US12156271B2
A method for expedited tunnel establishment with a non-Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) interworking gateway to access a 3GPP network is provided. A User Equipment (UE) initiates establishment of an Internet Protocol secure (IPsec) tunnel with a first non-3GPP interworking gateway associated with the 3GPP network. The UE probes availability of a second non-3GPP interworking gateway associated with the 3GPP network before the IPsec tunnel with the first non-3GPP interworking gateway is established successfully. The UE initiates establishment of an IPsec tunnel with the second non-3GPP interworking gateway in response to failing to establish the IPsec tunnel with the first non-3GPP interworking gateway and the second non-3GPP interworking gateway being available. The UE accesses the 3GPP network over the IPsec tunnel with the second non-3GPP interworking gateway.
US12156269B2
A network device may receive a PDU session create message associated with establishing a PDU session with a user device and via a RAN, and may receive a first 5QI value and a second 5QI value associated with the PDU session. The network device may attempt to establish the PDU session with the first 5QI value and via the RAN, and may receive an indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session. The network device may cause the PDU session to be established with the second 5QI value, and via the RAN, based on the indication that the first 5QI value is not supported for establishing the PDU session.
US12156263B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for enhancing timing alignment for uplink (UL) multi-Transmission/Reception Point (TRP) (or mTRP) scenarios in a wireless communication system. A method for a UE in a wireless communication system can comprise receiving a signaling, wherein the signaling indicates activation for a first TRP and/or is a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signal, determining to perform a first random access procedure on the first TRP, based on the signaling, to obtain a first Time Alignment (TA) information associated with the first TRP, and performing multi-TRP operation on the first TRP associated with the first TA information and a second TRP associated with a second TA information.
US12156252B2
The present disclosure discloses a data processing method, apparatus, device, and computer-readable storage medium, wherein the method is performed by a transmitting terminal, and the method includes: in response to a type of a data packet to enter a transmission queue of the transmitting terminal being a preset type, determining a timing when the data packet is expected to enter the transmission queue of the transmitting terminal as an expected transmitting timing; and in response to a duration from current timing to the expected transmitting timing being within a preset range, initiating a channel contention operation related to transmitting the data packet, wherein the channel contention operation related to transmitting the data packet includes carrier sensing, waiting for a distributed inter-frame spacing DIFS, and waiting for a back-off window.
US12156250B2
A user equipment (UE) and base station may be configured to implementing trigger-based joint TX-RX sensing for channel access. In some aspects, the UE may monitor, via a receiver, for one or more transmissions from a first base station, detect, during the monitoring, interference associated with a pre-grant communication, the pre-grant communication associated with a future communication between a second base station a second user equipment, and transmit, via a transmitter, a reservation communication to the second base station in response to the pre-grant communication. In some aspects, the UE may receive the one or more communications from the first base station, without interference from the second base station, based on transmitting the reservation communication.
US12156247B2
A method and apparatus for detecting an unlicensed frequency band. The method includes: determining whether a detection mechanism for a channel in an unlicensed frequency band needs to be adjusted based on a preset communication parameter; in response to that the detection mechanism needs to be adjusted, determining an adjusted detection mechanism; and detecting the channel in the unlicensed frequency band based on the adjusted detection mechanism.
US12156243B2
A user equipment, UE, performs measurements based on a plurality of RLM sources received in beam-formed downlink signals, where the measurements indicate a quality of a given cell or beam. The plurality of sources comprises two or more of: first reference signals (RSs), second RSs of a different type than the first RSs, and one or more physical channel quality indicators obtained from non-reference-signal data in the beam-formed downlink signals. For each of the plurality of sources used to perform measurements, the UE determines whether a measurement for the respective source indicates an out-of-sync event in response to the measurement being below a first threshold. The UE then performs an RLM action based on determined occurrences of out-of-sync events.
US12156232B2
A method for releasing a semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) includes: receiving, by a PDSCH manager of a user equipment, a SPS release physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a scheduling cell, the SPS release PDCCH identifying N SPS PDSCH configuration indices to be released; identifying a slot of a scheduled cell, where the slot of the scheduled cell overlaps with the end of an ending symbol of the SPS release PDCCH; identifying M SPS PDSCH configuration indices including all configuration indices from among the N SPS PDSCH configuration indices that are scheduled in the slot; and releasing L SPS PDSCH configuration indices among the M SPS PDSCH configuration indices based on determining that the ending symbol of the SPS release PDCCH is before a corresponding ending symbol associated with each of the L SPS PDSCH configuration indices of the slot.
US12156230B2
A terminal apparatus is provided. The terminal apparatus includes: a reception unit configured to receive (i) a radio resource control (RRC) message including first configuration information and (ii) downlink control information including a first field via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and a transmission unit configured to perform one or more repetitive transmissions of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on the first configuration information and the first field. The first configuration information is for configuring at least one of a starting symbol of a time resource corresponding to an index indicated by the first field, a number of symbols allocated to one PUSCH corresponding to the index, and a nominal number of repetitive transmissions corresponding to the index.
US12156228B2
A method for a user equipment (UE) may detect Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 2_0. The DCI format 2_0 may comprise an available resource block (RB) set indicator information element (IE) that indicates a state of Listen Before Talk (LBT) sub-bands, and a Channel Occupancy Time (COT) duration indicator IE. The available RB set indicator is set to an unknown state when there is insufficient time to fully prepare the DCI Format 2_0.
US12156215B2
Disclosed, according to various embodiments, is a method by which a first terminal included in a first traveling group grouped on the basis of a traveling lane reallocates transmission resources on the basis of traveling group information in a wireless communication system that supports a sidelink. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting a signal in a first resource domain to a second terminal included in the first traveling group; receiving group information from a second traveling group in a lane different from that of the first traveling group; determining whether to reallocate the first resource domain, on the basis of the group information including traveling lane information of the second traveling group and information about a second resource domain to be used for signal transmission/reception with a third traveling group that is another traveling group; and transmitting the group information to the second terminal.
US12156212B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The method performed by a first terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying configuration information related to sidelink communication, determining first information related to a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a second terminal based on the configuration information, and transmitting, to the second terminal, sidelink control information (SCI) including the first information.
US12156211B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for feedback request determination. One method (1100) includes determining (1102), at a first sidelink device, whether to request feedback corresponding to communications with a second sidelink device. The method (1100) includes, in response to determining to request feedback corresponding to the communications with the second sidelink device, transmitting (1104) first information to the second sidelink device indicating a request for feedback. The method (1100) includes transmitting (1106) second information to the second sidelink device indicating resources for communicating the feedback.
US12156208B2
Provided in the present disclosure are a channel transmission method, an apparatus, a network-side device and a terminal, the method comprising: sending PDCCH to a first terminal, a CRC of DCI of the PDCCH being scrambled by a first RNTI of the first terminal, and a scrambling sequence generator of PDSCH scheduled by the PDCCH being initialized with a second RNTI or a third parameter; the second RNTI or the third parameter being different from the first RNTI, and the second RNTI or the third parameter being a common parameter between the first terminal and at least one other terminal.
US12156204B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for resource mapping. In one embodiment, a wireless device is provided. The wireless device includes processing circuitry (84) configured to: receive a plurality of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, transmissions where the plurality of PDCCH transmissions includes a 5 plurality of downlink control information, DCI, messages scheduling a plurality of physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, transmissions, and at least two of the plurality of PDSCH transmissions one of partially and fully overlap in a time domain; and perform PDSCH resource mapping for decoding the plurality of PDSCH transmissions based at least in part on the plurality of DCI messages.
US12156200B2
This disclosure provides systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, for managing uplink access in a wireless local area network. A station (STA) may inform an access point (AP) of uplink quality of service (QoS) parameters for a traffic flow from the STA. The AP may control uplink resources to satisfy the QoS parameters. For example, the AP may select from among different access modes (including a single user (SU) access mode, an uplink multi-user (UL-MU) scheduled access mode, a multi-user enhanced distributed controlled access (MU EDCA) access mode, or a low latency (LL) access mode). The AP may cause the STA to use a SU access mode or the LL access mode if the UL-MU scheduled access mode and the MU EDCA access mode are not sufficient to satisfy the uplink QoS parameters for the traffic flow.
US12156198B2
A method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises the step of: receiving sounding reference signal (SRS)-related configuration information; receiving downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a first PUSCH; transmitting the first PUSCH on the basis of the DCI; and transmitting a second PUSCH.
US12156193B2
Systems, methods, and processing nodes for managing spectrum in a telecommunications network perform and/or comprise: determining that a first bandwidth part (BWP) on which a wireless device communicates with an access node at least partially overlaps with a second BWP, wherein the first BWP has a first numerology and the second BWP has a second numerology; and instructing the wireless device and the access node to multiplex a communication signal with an orthogonal code prior to transmitting the communication signal.
US12156184B2
A time domain resource configuration method, an apparatus, and a system are provided, to send, by a network device, time domain resource allocation indication information to a terminal device. The time domain resource allocation indication information is used to indicate N1 time domain resource allocations, where N1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The N1 time domain resource allocations may be used to determine N2 candidate time domain resources, where N2 is an integer greater than N1.
US12156179B2
The present disclosure provides communication apparatuses and communication methods for soft-segregation of resource pool for V2X communication apparatuses. The communication apparatuses include a communication apparatus which comprises circuitry, which, in operation, allocates a resource from a plurality of resources based on resource allocation information, the resource allocation information indicative of a likelihood of allocating the resource from the plurality of resources based on a transmission profile relating to a signal; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits the signal to a target communication apparatus using the allocated resource.
US12156174B2
A paging method and a device, so as to resolve a problem that a network device cannot determine a matching value related to a mobile terminated service. The method is executed by a first network function, including: sending service matching information and service-flow relationship information to a network device, or sending flow matching information; where the service matching information is used for obtaining a matching value based on service information or service type information; the service-flow relationship information is used for obtaining service information or service type information based on a flow identifier, or for obtaining service information or service type information based on a session identifier and a flow identifier; and the flow matching information is used for obtaining a matching value based on a flow identifier, or for obtaining a matching value based on a session identifier and a flow identifier.
US12156172B2
A method of operating a terminal device to receive user plane data from a network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications network when the terminal device is not in an active radio resource connected mode, the method comprising: receiving paging message signalling from the network infrastructure equipment, wherein the paging message signalling comprises an indication the network infrastructure equipment has user plane data for transmission to the terminal device while the terminal device is not in an active radio resource connected mode; determining from the paging message signalling a set of radio resources on which the user plane data is to be transmitted by the network infrastructure equipment to the terminal device; and receiving the user plane data from the network infrastructure equipment using the determined set of radio resources while the terminal device is not in an active radio resource connected mode.
US12156150B2
Method implemented by a device for receiving synchronization data in a device-to-device communication system, said method comprising: receiving a first synchronization signal and a first information associated to a first initial synchronization source, such as the first synchronization signal is either an initial synchronization signal emitted by the first initial synchronization source or a synchronization signal emitted by another device which is synchronized based on the first initial synchronization sources; receiving a second synchronization signal and a second information associated to a second initial synchronization source, such as the second synchronization signal is either an initial synchronization signal emitted by the second initial synchronization source or a synchronization signal emitted by another device which is synchronized based on the second initial synchronization sources.
US12156148B2
Techniques that provide link establishment between a radio equipment controller (REC) and a radio equipment (RE) in a fronthaul network are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes performing, Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) Layer 1 (L1) link auto-negotiation operations to establish a CPRI link between the REC and RE. A proxy slave may achieve a hyper frame number (HFN) synchronization with the REC at a link bit rate for a first CPRI bit stream and communicate the first CPRI bit stream and the link bit rate to a proxy master. The proxy master may communicate a second CPRI bit stream to the proxy slave to transmit to the REC. The L1 link auto-negotiation operations are completed and CPRI link is established between the REC and the RE when the REC achieves a HFN synchronization for the second CPRI bit stream.
US12156147B2
Example communication methods and communications apparatus are described. One example method includes determining power of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) by a terminal device. The terminal device sends the DMRS based on the determined power. In embodiments of this application, the power of the DMRS can be flexibly determined for different communication statuses.
US12156132B2
Provided are a state determination method, a state indication method, a communication device, a communication system, and a storage medium. A base station sends state indication information to a terminal. After receiving the state indication information, the terminal can perform a state transition according to the state indication information.
US12156123B2
A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications system comprises a transceiver to perform wireless communication with a base station and to obtain system information defining communication parameters from system information data received from that base station; system information storage; and a controller to detect whether the system information storage already holds at least some of the system information applicable to a newly communicating base station and to control the transceiver to obtain any portions of the system information not already held by the terminal device, in which: the system information comprises a plurality of system information blocks; and the controller is configured to detect parts of a system information block stored by the system information storage which are applicable to the newly communicating base station and to obtain other parts of that system information block as a partial system information block from the newly communicating base station.
US12156122B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for cell access techniques in carrier aggregation configurations in which one or more carriers do not provide discovery signals such as synchronization signal block (SSB) transmissions. A UE may be configured with an anchor carrier on which SSBs are transmitted, and one or more non-anchor carriers on which SSBs are not transmitted. A single cell barring indication may be provided for the anchor carrier, in which case the UE may follow cell barring indications for associated non-anchor carriers. In other cases, separate cell barring indications may be provided for one or more anchor carriers and one or more non-anchor carriers.
US12156118B2
A data traffic routing method and apparatus for controlling data traffic in a communication network, the method comprising: receiving, at a first agent from a User Plane Function, communication network status information; calculating, by the first agent, data traffic routing instructions using a current routing model; sending by the first agent: the data traffic routing instructions to the User Plane Function; and experience information to a second agent; storing, at the second agent, the experience information; determining, at the second agent, if the number of instances of stored experience information exceeds a predetermined threshold; and if it is determined that the number of instances of stored experience information exceeds a predetermined threshold: training a neural network using the instances of stored experience information; and updating the current routing model using results of the neural network training.
US12156114B2
Systems and methods for using a relay user equipment (UE) to transport data of interest received from a first remote UE to a second remote UE on a UE to UE relay within a wireless communication system are discussed herein. These methods may be performed at Layer 2 of a protocol stack of the wireless communication system. Data packets sent on the UE to UE relay may include an adaptation header including routing information (e.g., Layer 2 addresses, a bearer-specific index, etc.) for the UE to UE relay. An adaptation layer may accordingly be provided within Layer 2 to decode these adaptation headers. In some cases, a per-bearer approach may be used to map between individual direct bearers of a hop by hop path configuration of the UE to UE relay. Embodiments eschewing the adaptation header and instead using logical channel identifiers (LCIDs) to make routing indications are also described.
US12156109B2
A method of re-establishing a connection between a LWM2M client and an LWM2M server following a reconnection of the LWM2M client to the LWM2M server includes determining, at the LWM2M client, a state of the LWM2M client device prior to reconnection of the LWM2M client, transmitting, to the LWM2M server, an indication of the state of the LWM2M client prior to reconnection of the LWM2M client, and receiving a response from the LWM2M server indicating whether the indicated state of the LWM2M client is an expected state or an unexpected state of the LWM2M client.
US12156105B2
A method includes sending, by a master beacon device and one or more beacon repeater devices, ultra-wideband (UWB) beacon frames. The UWB beacon frames are transmitted as interleaved pairs of UWB beacon frames. Each interleaved pair includes a first UWB beacon frame and a second UWB beacon frame. For each interleaved pair, the first UWB beacon frame and the second UWB beacon frame are transmitted with a master time delay. The method further includes receiving, by one or more tag devices, at least one of the interleaved pairs of UWB beacon frames.
US12156099B2
Disclosed is an approach for improved radio and/or altitude data collection in the context of a positioning system. In particular, processor(s) could execute a first phase of the collection process, which may involve collection of data only in seed area(s) associated with generation of an initial map as well as setting forth guidance, via a user interface of a mobile device, to collect data only in the seed area(s). And when the processor(s) detect a trigger to end the first phase, the processor(s) could responsively execute a second phase of the process, which may involve collection of data in secondary area(s) associated with generation of an updated map as well as setting forth guidance, via the user interface, (i) to collect data in the secondary area(s) and (ii) to visit seed area(s) and/or other area(s) that are deemed to be ready.
US12156094B2
Methods and systems of interacting in a social media environment involving the receipt of information for a personal profile and a content item that is different than the information provided for the personal profile in which an augmented reality user interface is displayed on a mobile device of a second user. The augmented reality user interface includes a first displayable object representing the content item and overlaid upon a real world display provided by a camera element of the mobile device. The first displayable object is selectable to allow access to the second user to the content item associated with the geographic location displayed by the real world display.
US12156092B2
A wireless network may include network equipment such as base stations that operate within cells and that communicate with user equipment (UE) devices. The network equipment may harvest anonymized data from the UE devices and may generate connection counts based on the anonymized data. The network equipment may estimate the total population of each cell based on the connection counts, may generate a maximum number of individuals allowed in the cells under a social distancing guideline, and may compare the estimated total population of the cells to the maximum number of individuals. Cells having an estimated total population that exceeds the maximum number of individuals may be labeled as cells having poor social distancing. Information may be provided to a UE device identifying these cells to allow a user to make informed decisions on where to travel without exposing private information to the network.
US12156090B2
A method of positioning in a wireless communication system is described. The method can include transmitting from a user equipment (UE) a first message of a communication protocol carried with a first transport protocol, receiving by the UE a second message of the communication protocol carried with a second transport protocol different from the first transport protocol, and transmitting by the UE a third message of the communication protocol using the second transport protocol.
US12156084B2
In one aspect, network nodes maybe configured for improving predictability of application performance in a wireless communication system. A mobile network domain predicts an upcoming network event affecting a UE operating in the wireless communication system and notifies an application server (AS) providing an application service to the UE of the predicted network event. The AS may be notified through an Application Function (AF). The AS receives the notification and adjusts operation of the application service and/or a configuration of the UE, in response to the notification.
US12156082B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method includes: receiving at a base station, assistant information for reestablishing a link for at least one access node associated with an integrated access and backhaul node.
US12156056B2
A wireless signal quality evaluation method includes a second electronic device sending a signal evaluation request to a first electronic device. The method further includes receiving an evaluation result from the first electronic device according to a specified period. The evaluation result includes a quality parameter of a wireless signal received by the first electronic device at a collection time and information about the collection time, and the quality parameter of the wireless signal is obtained through calculation using at least two of the following parameters: a strength parameter, an interference parameter, a standard parameter, a quantity of access paths, and a CQI of the wireless signal. The method further includes displaying the quality parameter of the wireless signal received by the first electronic device at the collection time.
US12156049B2
A method and system is described that performs dynamic slice management for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Flight path information associated with a flight path of a UAV is used to determine a predicted optimal application and a predicted optimal network slice for use by the UAV at a location along the flight path. Information associated with the predicted optimal application and the predicted optimal network slice is transmitted to the UAV for use by the UAV at the location. The available network slices to the UAV may be updated based on the determined predicted optimal slice. The UAV may adjust its usage of applications and/or slices based on the information it receives associated with the predicted optimal application and the predicted optimal network slice.
US12156045B2
The disclosed system provides a facility for improving user call quality at a mobile device. The system includes an over-the-top (OTT) client that may be installed on the mobile device for allowing a user to initiate call quality tests. The system performs a call quality test to generate a call quality score or metric from the obtained audio sample via a Call Quality Algorithm. If the call quality score or metric falls below a predetermined threshold, the system may suggest (via the OTT client or via a push notification) that the user of the mobile device switch from the first communication interface (e.g., a radio network such as 4G) to a second communication interface (e.g., Wi-Fi) on the mobile device. The disclosed system tracks the call quality score or metric of multiple mobile devices operating within a telecommunications network, identifies service outages within the network, and notifies impacted mobile devices.
US12156043B2
Methods and apparatuses for remote electrical tilt (RET) control are disclosed. According to an embodiment, a network entity obtains beam reports indicating beam candidates suitable for serving terminal devices in a serving area of an access network node. The network entity determines a spatial distribution of the beam candidates based on the beam reports. The network entity determines one or more boundaries dividing the beam candidates into a plurality of groups, based on the spatial distribution. The network entity determines control information related to RET for an antenna array of the access network node, based on the one or more boundaries.
US12156041B2
A user terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a control section that assumes that spatial relation of specific uplink transmission is same as a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state of a specific downlink channel or quasi-co-location (QCL) assumption, and a transmitting section that performs the specific uplink transmission by using the spatial relation. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, control of a UL beam can be appropriately performed.
US12156039B2
Disclosed in the present application are a signal continuous coverage method, device and apparatus for a target area, and an antenna system. The signal continuous coverage method for a target area, which is used for an aircraft bearing a communication base station, comprises: acquiring the flight height, the farthest distance of a flight trajectory, the roll angle and a preset center position of a target area of the aircraft; acquiring a vertical half-power angle of an airborne antenna of the communication base station and a farthest signal coverage point position relative to the preset center position; on the basis of the flight height, the farthest distance of the flight trajectory, the roll angle, the preset center position, the vertical half-power angle and the farthest signal coverage point position, determining a target downward inclination angle of the airborne antenna; and adjusting a current downward inclination angle of the airborne antenna to the target downward inclination angle so as to enable a signal continuous coverage area to comprise the target area.
US12156035B2
Satellite access to a PLMN with a Fifth Generation (5G) core network (5GCN) is supported by a serving satellite NodeB (gNB). The gNB determines or verifies the country in which a user equipment (UE) is located to ensure that the UE is located in the same country as the PLMN. The gNB may determine the country of the UE based on UE measurements from broadcast satellite signals and a positioning ID (PID) broadcast for each radio cell. The PID frequently changes to prevent spoofing. The gNB may use multiple UE measurements from a moving radio cell over a period of time to generate a more accurate location for the UE. The gNB may indicate to a 5GCN whether the country of the UE has been verified. The 5GCN will determine the location and country of the UE if the gNB indicates that the country is not fully verified.
US12156021B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, a communication control method is provided that determines whether congestion control is to be continued in a destination PLMN in a case that a PLMN is changed during the application of congestion control and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN. In a case that the PLMN is changed while a back-off timer received along with a cause value for the congestion control is running and the PLMN before the change is a home PLMN, it is determined whether to allow UE to transmit an SM request message in the destination, based on the presence or absence of an information element notified from the network.
US12156020B2
A method of initiating handover of a wireless device includes determining one or more of a low battery condition, a low power headroom, and a high buffer status of a wireless device. The wireless device can be attached to a first access node deploying multiple radio access technologies over a first coverage area. The method further includes identifying a second access node deploying a single radio access technology over a second coverage area encompassing a location of the wireless device, and initiating handover of the wireless device from the first access node to the second access node based at least in part on the one or more of the low battery condition, low power headroom, and high buffer status of the wireless device. Systems and devices relate to initiating handover of a wireless device.
US12156015B2
A system for and a method of generating an audio image for use in rendering audio. The method comprises accessing an audio stream; accessing positional information, the positional information comprising a first position, a second position and a third position; and generating an audio image. In some embodiments, generating the audio image comprises generating, based on the audio stream, a first virtual wave front to be perceived by a listener as emanating from the first position; generating, based on the audio stream, a second virtual wave front to be perceived by the listener as emanating from the second position; and generating, based on the audio stream, a third virtual wave front to be perceived by the listener as emanating from the third position.
US12156013B2
A method and system for determining sound equalisation filters of an audio system having at least one loudspeaker adapted to emit audio signals and a computing device adapted to implement at least one equalisation filter. The system includes modules configured to transmit a measurement signal, and for a first predetermined spatial location, obtain a spectral amplitude curve of a received audio signal, calculate a target spectral amplitude curve, and then make a first determination of a first set of parameterizable equalisation filters which, when applied to the audio signal, reduce a distance between the spectral amplitude curve of the audio signal and the target spectral amplitude curve, and a second determination, from the first set of parameterizable equalisation filters, of a second set of parameterizable equalisation filters, by applying an iterative learning-based method. A first set of optimised equalisation filters is obtained from the second set of parameterizable equalisation filters.
US12156011B2
An audio mixing device includes: a gain setting circuit configured to set first to n-th gains based on a command input from the outside, n being an integer of 2 or more; and a mixing circuit configured to output a mixing signal obtained by mixing two or more of first to n-th multiplication data obtained by respectively multiplying first to n-th audio data by the first to n-th gains.
US12156010B2
A linear motor magnet assembly for use in a loudspeaker unit, with a fixed base actuator component and a membrane actuating element, the membrane actuating element having a linear excursion axis. A first auxiliary magnetic element and a second auxiliary magnetic element are present, the first auxiliary magnetic element providing a first auxiliary spatial magnetic field with a major axis aligned with the linear excursion axis. The second auxiliary magnetic element is fixedly connected to the membrane actuating element of the linear motor magnet assembly and has a second auxiliary spatial magnetic field, the second auxiliary magnetic field overlapping the first auxiliary spatial magnetic field and being substantially similarly oriented as the first auxiliary spatial magnetic field over a first predetermined excursion range of the linear motor magnet assembly.
US12156004B2
A loudspeaker device includes: a first loudspeaker that outputs a sound; a second loudspeaker that is adjacent to the first loudspeaker in a predetermined direction and outputs a sound in a direction intersecting with a direction in which the first loudspeaker outputs the sound; and a phase switching circuit that switches between a first switching state and a second switching state, the first switching state being a state in which an input sound signal is inputted to both the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker, the second switching state being a state in which the input sound signal is inputted to one of the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker while an inverted sound signal obtained by inverting a phase of the input sound signal is inputted to the other of the first loudspeaker and the second loudspeaker.
US12156003B2
The present disclosure relates to a transducer assembly including a transducer having a movable member, and a servo-loop controller configured to compensate for effects of a disturbance on the transducer assembly by adjusting a bias voltage applied to the transducer. A servo-loop controller having a smaller bandwidth for out-of-band disturbances than for in-band disturbances and configured to control the bias voltage based on a feedback signal generated by a sensor that detects an effect of the disturbance on the transducer assembly. The transducer assembly can be implemented as a microphone or a speaker among other sensors and actuators.
US12156002B2
A self-diagnosis method performed in audio playback equipment including an audio playback unit having at least one loudspeaker and an audio capture unit having at least one microphone includes the steps of acquiring or producing emission audio test signals and outputting them via the loudspeaker(s), thereby producing sound test signals; acquiring reception audio test signals produced by the microphone(s) as a result of the microphones receiving the sound test signals; and analyzing the reception audio test signals in order to establish a first diagnosis of the audio playback unit and a second diagnosis of the audio capture unit.
US12155994B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices having microphones. An electronic device may include a microphone and a resonator for the microphone. The resonator may be formed in a device structure that is spatially separated from the microphone. The resonator may be formed in an interior wall of a housing of the electronic device, or in a support structure within an enclosure of the electronic device. A resonator and/or one or more damping features, may reduce a resonance effect, on the microphone, of a resonant cavity within the enclosure of the electronic device and adjacent the microphone.
US12155980B2
An optical device may include an outer box. The optical device may include an inner box within the outer box. The optical device may include a heating element on a surface of the inner box. The heating element may include one or more openings. The optical device may include one or more mounting pads. A mounting pad of the one or more mounting pads may be arranged in an opening of the one or more openings and mechanically couple the inner box to the outer box through the opening.
US12155978B2
A reception apparatus comprises circuitry configured to send, based on an activated mode, to an external apparatus information on gamma correction that the reception apparatus is capable of processing to display high dynamic range images on a display panel. The circuitry is further configured to receive a high dynamic range signal comprising image data in high dynamic range from the external apparatus over a transmission path, and receive information in an InfoFrame packet on gamma correction for the image data in high dynamic range. The circuitry is configured to store EDID data that includes at least information on the gamma correction for the image data.
US12155972B2
Methods and systems for resolving one or more faults in a security camera include installing an Auto-Executable Function (AEF) on the security camera. The AEF causes the controller to backup the set of user defined configuration settings to a memory of the security camera, reset the security camera back to the set of default configuration settings, reboot the security camera, and restore the set of user defined configuration settings. In many cases, this will resolve many unresolved faults within video camera and place the video camera back online. When this does not resolve a fault, the AEF creates a diagnostic report, wirelessly transmits the diagnostic report to a mobile device of a user, the mobile device identifies a software patch for resolving the fault, and the software patch is uploaded and installed on the security camera.
US12155969B2
A system for outputting a surveillance video, the system comprises a plurality of cameras each of which is mounted on a movable object, one or more memories storing, for each of the plurality of cameras, captured video data and time series position data, and one or more processors. The one or more processors execute selecting, for each predetermined time width, an observation camera which is one camera with the time series position data in which data within the predetermined time width are included in an observation area, and acquiring the captured video data within the predetermined time width of the observation camera. Then the one or more processors execute outputting the captured video data acquired for each of the predetermined time width in chronological order. Wherein the selecting the observation camera includes selecting one camera with the longest distance to travel in the observation area within the predetermined time width.
US12155968B2
A system and method for an interactive digitally rendered avatar of a subject person is described. In one embodiment, a method of providing an interactive digital avatar of a subject person includes transmitting a video featuring a subject person to a plurality of users via a first communication format. The method also includes receiving, from at least one user of the plurality of users, a request to initiate an interactive session with an avatar of the subject person. The method further includes engaging in the interactive session between the avatar of the subject person and the at least one user via a second communication format that is different than the first communication format.
US12155961B2
The embodiments provide a video special effect generation method and a terminal. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, target information of a first video segment in a target video, where the target information includes one or more of a content feature of the first video segment and a photographing parameter of the first video segment; determining, by the terminal, a first play speed of the first video segment based on the target information of the first video segment; and then adjusting, by the terminal, a play speed of the first video segment to the first play speed. According to the embodiments, video editing efficiency can be improved.
US12155952B2
A sample and hold readout system and method for ramp analog to digital conversion is presented in which an optical array is read out using a sample and hold circuit such that each sample is used to charge a sample and hold capacitor and is read out during a hold phase using an amplifier that drives an ramp analog to digital converter. The sample and hold circuit transitions to a tracking phase wherein the optical array input drives an amplifier that drives the sample and hold capacitor then transitions to a sample phase where the sample and hold capacitor is connected to the optical array output directly.
US12155922B2
A camera system of a mobile device includes: a sensor module disposed in a first body connected to a rotation member of the mobile device; and a lens module disposed in a second body connected to the rotation member. When the first body and the second body are rotated with respect to the rotation member to overlap each other, optical axes of the sensor module and the lens module correspond to each other and are operated as a common camera system, and the common camera system provides a first photographing mode and a second photographing mode with different viewing angles based on two focuses generated by a first geometry phase lens included in the lens module.
US12155912B2
A video distribution system distributes a video including animation of a character object generated based on a motion of an actor to client devices used by a plurality of viewing users. The video distribution system includes: one or more computer processors; a storage that stores objects associated with each of the plurality of viewing users; and a display device seeable by the actor. The one or more computer processors execute computer-readable instructions to: receive a display request for any of the objects from a first viewing user among the plurality of viewing users; and display object information on the display device, the object information including information on the object corresponding to the display request in association with identification information of the first viewing user.
US12155910B2
Some aspects may include determining whether to allow a skip over a portion of required content based on the amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played. The amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played may be measured based on the sum time of content played, or may be based on the amount of wall time elapsed. The determination of whether to allow a skip over a portion of required content may be made based on comparing the amount of time elapsed since a portion of required content was played to a threshold amount of time. Some aspects may allow free navigation within content if the amount of time elapsed is less than the threshold, and may restrict navigation or require playback of required content if the amount of time elapsed is greater than the threshold.
US12155909B2
In accordance with the present invention, a media generation application that allows a user to create and customize a commercial based on microtrend information and/or feedback information is provided.
US12155907B2
System and devices for live captioning events is disclosed. The system may receive event calendar data and a first plurality of caption files and preselect a first caption file based on the event calendar data. The system may then access an audiovisual recorder of a user device, and receive a first feedback from the recorder. The system may then determine whether the first caption file matches the first feedback. When there is a match, the system may determine a first synchronization between the caption file and the feedback. When there is no match, the system may determine if there is a match with a second caption file of the first plurality of caption files and determine a second synchronization. When the second caption file does not match, the system may receive at least a third caption file over a mobile network and determine a third synchronization for display.
US12155904B2
During playback of a content item, a media signature corresponding to a first portion of the content item is identified. A number of media signatures representing portions of a plurality of other content items may have been previously identified and stored. Each stored media signature may also include an identifier of an associated content item and a timestamp corresponding to a position in the associated content item at which the signature is located. If it is determined that the identified media signature matches a stored media signature, a progress bar is generated for display comprising an identifier of the content item associated with the matching stored media signature, and a progress indicator corresponding to a timestamp associated with the stored media signature.
US12155902B2
Interaction is created between users and streamers even when the users give gifts to the streamers outside live-streams. Provided is a terminal of a user, which includes: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more computer programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors. The one or more computer programs include instructions for: receiving, from the user, an instruction to use a gift for a streamer while the user is not participating in a live-stream of the streamer; and causing an output unit to output an effect corresponding to the use of the gift by the user while the streamer is live-streaming.
US12155897B2
Real-time video manipulation techniques include performing shader-based graphical operations on user interface elements based on the state of an interactive video and the properties associated with the user interface elements at the state. The user interface elements are rendered into frames of the interactive video, and transparent interactive elements are layered over the user interface elements. In another technique, video frames in an interactive video include viewable and non-viewable regions. While the video is playing, the viewable regions are modified based on information in the non-viewable regions, thereby generating modified versions of the video frames.
US12155893B2
Systems and methods for the design, deployment and utilization of targeted communications based upon audiences are disclosed. More specifically, embodiments may allow the targeting of communications to users based on a user's audience affiliation and may allow the dynamic targeting of communications based on an audience with which a user is affiliated, including audiences determined from user interactions with a web site.
US12155879B2
Methods are provided for uploading of video data to one or more media servers. The video data can be divided into data blocks and transmitted over a plurality of threads. Validation of the transmitted data is performed and transmission repeated if validation fails, ensuring that the video data has been successfully uploaded to the one or more media servers.
US12155877B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method of operating a local storage device (“LSD”) in a broadband communication network is disclosed. The LSD is within a local area network of at least one user device. At least one item of digital content is received by the LSD from at least some of a plurality of digital content providers, via the network, during an off peak time period of the network. The item of digital content is selected by a respective content provider for download to a respective user based on the respective user. The received digital content is stored in the local storage device. A selected one of the stored digital content is provided from the LSD to a user device in response to a request from the user device. A system for providing digital content and an LSD, are also disclosed.
US12155872B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to media systems configured to receive and play media assets. In particular, methods and systems are provided for improved media asset session continuity across such media systems. Systems and methods are provided herein for continuing media asset sessions across media systems or media devices in a way designed to minimize manual intervention, for example, by determining a likelihood (e.g., a probability) of a user requesting media session continuation of an ongoing media asset or a segment thereof across two or more devices.
US12155859B2
The present invention relates to a method for encoding and decoding an image. The method for decoding an image includes: deriving an initial motion vector from a merge candidate list of a current block; deriving a refined motion vector using the initial motion vector; and generating a prediction block of the current block using the refined motion vector.
US12155852B2
A method of decoding may comprise: receiving a bitstream comprising compressed video/image data; parsing or deriving, from the bitstream, an output layer set mode indicator in a video parameter set (VPS); identifying output layer set signaling based on the output layer set mode indicator; identifying one or more picture output layers based on the identified output layer set signaling; and decoding the identified one or more picture output layers.
US12155850B2
Reconstructing a second component signal relating to a second component of a multi-component picture from a spatially corresponding portion of a reconstructed first component signal and a correction signal derived from a data stream for the second component promises increased coding efficiency over a broader range of multi-component picture content. By including the spatially corresponding portion of the reconstructed first component signal into the reconstruction of the second component signal, any remaining inter-component redundancies/correlations present such as still present despite a possibly a priori performed component space transformation, or present because of having been introduced by such a priori performed component space transformation, for example, may readily be removed by way of the inter-component redundancy/correlation reduction of the second component signal.
US12155849B2
An image processing system (100) and methods therein for compressing and coding an image and for optimizing its parameters are disclosed. The embodiments herein provide an improved system and simplified method with deterministic uniform quantization with integer levels based on Softmax function for image compression and coding. The embodiments herein produce exact discrete probability mass function for latent variables to be coded from side information. The embodiments herein enable training of the image processing system to minimize the bit rate through backpropagation at the same time. Moreover, the embodiments herein create the possibility to encode region of interest (ROI) areas during coding.
US12155847B2
The present disclosure relates to an image processing device and method capable of suppressing an increase in load of decoding processing. A secondary transform identifier is set such that secondary transform is performed only in a case where information regarding a block size is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, secondary transform is performed on coefficient data derived from image data on the basis of the secondary transform identifier set, and the secondary transform identifier set is encoded and a bitstream is generated. The present disclosure can be applied, for example, to an image processing device, an image encoding device, an image decoding device, an information processing device, an electronic device, an image processing method, an information processing method, and the like.
US12155837B2
The present disclosure provides video processing method and apparatus. An exemplary method includes: determining whether a coding block comprises samples outside a picture boundary; and in response to the coding block being determined to comprise samples outside a picture boundary, performing quad tree splitting of the coding block regardless of a value of a first parameter, wherein the first parameter indicates whether the quad tree is allowed to be used to split the coding block.
US12155833B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for encoding a video, and a storage medium, which relate to the field of cloud computing, in particular to the video encoding technology. The method includes: acquiring an actual encoding data amount and an encoding frame number of an encoder in a historical time period; calculating a desired encoding data amount in the historical time period according to a code rate of the encoder and the encoding frame number; and comparing the actual encoding data amount and the desired encoding data amount, and adjusting a quantization parameter of the encoder according to a comparison result to instruct the encoder to continue encoding using the adjusted quantization parameter.
US12155831B2
Provided is a method of decoding motion information characterized in that information for determining motion-related information includes spatial information and time information, wherein the spatial information indicates a direction of spatial prediction candidates used for sub-units from among spatial prediction candidates located on a left side and an upper side of a current prediction unit, and the time information indicates a reference prediction unit of a previous picture used for prediction of the current prediction unit. Further, an encoding apparatus or a decoding apparatus capable of performing the above described encoding or decoding method may be provided.
US12155815B2
A camera calibration method and a calibration device are provided. A predicted Z-axis coordinate is predicted by obtaining a functional relationship between a distance of a plurality of pixel regions and a Z-axis coordinate and a distance of a plurality of real-time pixel regions of an initial picture which is obtained at an initial position by the camera to be calibrated. One of a lens and a photosensitive chip is controlled to move relative the other of the lens and the photosensitive chip from the initial position to the predicted Z-axis coordinate.
US12155810B2
An image capture unit has mounted in a frame: a first imaging assembly, a first circuit board, a second imaging assembly, and a second circuit board. The first imaging assembly is mounted on the first circuit board. The second imaging assembly is mounted on the second circuit board. A portion of the first circuit board and a portion of the second circuit board have a stacked configuration with the portion of the first circuit board being approximately parallel to the portion of the second circuit board. An end of another portion of the first circuit board is adjacent to an end of another portion of the second circuit board.
US12155806B2
A printing apparatus includes a hardware processor and a printer. The hardware processor is configured to set a temporary base coat region which is a region where a base coat is to be applied, set a temporary design region which is a base design region and which includes an outer shape corresponding to a bounding polygon of the temporary base coat region, detect a base coat region of a nail where the base coat is applied, and adjust the temporary design region so that an outer shape of the temporary design region matches the outer shape of a bounding polygon of the base coat region, set a portion of the adjusted temporary design region overlapping with the base coat region as a design region, and generate design printing data. The printer prints a design on the nail based on the design printing data.
US12155800B2
A document reading apparatus includes an image reading unit, a document conveyance unit, and a hinge mechanism. The document conveyance unit includes a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion. The document conveyance unit includes a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion. The hinge mechanism includes a first member, a first shaft, a second member, a second shaft, a third member, a third shaft, a fourth member, a first urging portion, a second urging portion. The fourth member has a first pair of side plates supported by the third shaft. The second spring is disposed outside the first pair of side plates in an axial direction of the third shaft.
US12155796B2
A management system that manages a plurality of image processing devices acquires a use type corresponding to at least one of an environment in which each device is installed and a way in which the device is used from among the plurality of image processing devices, acquires setting information including a plurality of setting values from the plurality of image processing devices, and provides a report screen based on a reflection status of each setting value that may be involved in each of a plurality of threats with respect to the use type acquired from the image processing devices, for the image processing device among the plurality of image processing devices.
US12155788B2
The disclosed system provides a facility for split billing for a single user on multiple billing systems. The disclosed system activates the user on each respective billing system using a unique pairing, such as an international mobile subscriber identity that identifies the user, and a mobile station international subscriber directory number that identifies a particular user device. As device data is routed through a telecommunication network via each access point name (APN), the network generates call detail records (CDRs), which include an indication of the APN used. The CDRs are routed to a mediation platform that uses the received APN information to route each CDR to the appropriate target billing system and to the appropriate service types.
US12155787B2
The present disclosure provides a terminal set including an extended display and, more specifically, a terminal set having a main body and a sub body fastened to each other. The terminal set includes an inclination sensor mounted on the main body so as to sense the inclination of the main body, and a controller for executing an application and thereby controlling a first display of the main body or a second display of the sub body so as to output the application. If the controller receives a new output signal regarding a first application in a state in which the sensed inclination of the main body is within a screen rotation nonactivation range, the controller retrieves an output rotation value allocated to the first display and an output rotation value allocated to the second display.
US12155783B2
A mobile terminal comprises: a first frame including a first side surface; a second frame which can slide from the first frame in a first direction or a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and which includes a second side surface that faces the first side surface; and a slide bar which is located between the first side surface and the second side surface and which extends in the first direction.
US12155777B2
According to the present disclosure, there is provided an improved method for quickly, efficiently and securely confirming the authenticity of an identification tag. There is also provided an identification tag for use with the method, and a system for implementing the method.
US12155772B2
An operation device for executing a first hash function and a second hash function having a larger input data width than that of the first hash function, includes a first conversion circuit configured to, upon receipt of a selection signal indicating the first hash function, convert input data according to the input data width of the second hash function, a hash operation circuit configured to perform, based on the selection signal, either the first hash function or the second hash function on the input data and generate output data, a second conversion circuit configured to, when the selection signal indicates the first hash function, convert the output data according to an output data width of the first hash function, and an output buffer that stores the output data.
US12155761B2
A method and a system for accelerating verification procedure for an image file are provided. In the method, the system retrieves an image file from a first non-volatile memory, and calculates a hash value with respect to the image file. A combination of the hash value, a public key and a digital signature is compared with another hash value, public key and digital signature backup in a second non-volatile memory. A comparison result is generated for verifying the image file in the first non-volatile memory. After the image file is verified, the system can load the image file. Instead of the conventional technology that uses digital signature to verify the image file, the present method can effectively accelerate the verification procedure.
US12155752B2
Systems and methods for facilitating asynchronous secured point-to-point communications between a first user and a second user are disclosed. Particularly, the communications do not require centralized storage. Exemplary implementations may: store information electronically, including different types of client-specific information, hardware information, key information, and permission information; receive a communication request from a first user; transfer a response to the communication request; receive a status check request from the second user; transfer a response to the status check request; receive a transfer request from the second user; transfer a response to the transfer request; receive a status request from the first user; and transfer a response to the status request.
US12155750B2
Methods and systems for the use of multi-party computation (“MPC”) key systems that involve the use of multiple parties, each of which hold respective private data that may be used to evaluate a computation without ever revealing any of the private data held by each party to perform blockchain operations. Using the MPC key systems, the methods and systems generate secure, encrypted communications across distributed computer networks for authorizing use of cryptography-based digital repositories in order to perform blockchain operations in decentralized applications.
US12155749B2
A computer-implemented method of replacing a security-relevant unencrypted data string by a placeholder. The steps involved include: providing a plurality of mutually different replacement tables, wherein specified in each of the plurality of replacement tables for each character of the alphabet is precisely one replacement character from the same alphabet and wherein the replacement characters in each of the plurality of replacement tables are all different from each other; receiving the security-relevant unencrypted data string, wherein the data string is formed from a plurality of characters of an alphabet; and generating the placeholder replacing the unencrypted data string, and outputting the placeholder. To provide a method which is distinguished by enhanced performance with comparable cryptographic security it is proposed. Generation of the placeholder includes the specifically identified steps.
US12155745B2
An apparatus for controlling a sensor over a network includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver is configured to communicate over the network. The processor is configured to receive or generate control data for controlling a sensor, the sensor being connected to the network by a peer device. The processor is further configured to wake-up a link with the peer device in accordance with a schedule, and, during a time period in the schedule in which the link with the peer device is awake, to send to the peer device a packet comprising the control data.
US12155740B2
A communication circuit supports a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol that is different from the first communication protocol. A number of signals include first signals conveying first information messages and second signals conveying second information messages. The first information messages include a repetitive message having fixed repeated content and the second information messages include a non-repetitive message having variable content. The first signals and the second signals are transmitted via the communication circuit using the first communication protocol for the first signals and the second communication protocol for the second signals.
US12155724B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of electronic data communications, and more specifically to transport methods for hierarchical data networks in relation to providing “address-less data transport” of data packets. An order is introduced or associated with nodes to establish relationships, and the order may be stored in the form of a tree topology in a data structure. The order of nodes is thus known, and logic and/or other data sets, data payloads, etc., may be transmitted across the nodes, wherein the steps to execute the transmission are more efficient due to the properties of the ordered nodes. Each node in the plurality of nodes is comprised of a plurality of network interfaces, which through pairwise joining, forms a data network of a tree topology.
US12155721B1
Techniques for orchestration of directory management updates across regions of a provider network are described. A method for orchestration of directory management updates across regions may include receiving a request at a service in a home region of a provider network to perform a cross-region service update, executing a cross-region workflow corresponding to the cross-region directory service update, and updating one or more resources of the service in each of a plurality of regions of the provider network based on the cross-region workflow.
US12155707B2
A method performed by a UE, comprising: receiving a request to split a client media function; determining, after reception of the request to split of the client media function, one or more client media capabilities; transmitting, to a network edge device, a request to split the client media function; negotiating, with the network edge device, the split of the client media function based on the one or more client media capabilities and one or more capabilities of a 5GMS AS; receiving, from the network edge device, an acknowledgment that a split-rendering process for the client media function has started on the 5GMS AS; and transmitting an acknowledgement that the split-rendering process for the client media function has started on the 5GMS AS.
US12155704B2
The disclosure pertains to techniques for collaborating in a multiuser communication session, including, at a first device, receiving a request to launch a first application in a multiuser communication session with a second device; presenting an environment of the first application in the multiuser communication session; receiving, by one or more processes of the multiuser communication session, data from the first user, the data including input data and first communications data; providing, by the one or more processes, the input data to the first application; providing, by the one or more processes, the first communications data to the second device; receiving, by the one or more processes, second communications data from the second device; and presenting, by the one or more processes, the second communications data in the environment of the first application, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing the first communications data and second communications data.
US12155690B1
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for utilization of network mitigation techniques in the form of null address routing to mitigate coordinated DDOS attacks. A monitoring and mitigation service can characterize a command and control node as compromised or otherwise manipulated for purposes of generating distributed attacks. The monitoring and mitigation service can then identify network mitigation information in the form of null routing addresses that will cause network communications associated with the identified command and control node to be terminated or otherwise not delivered to the intended network-based resources. The monitoring and mitigation service can propagate the null routing address to routing components. The network mitigation information can be associated with expiration criteria for the routing components that receive and implement the network mitigation technique.
US12155689B2
Automatic forensic investigation techniques to more effectively differentiate false positives from true positives. An incident is automatically investigated by a processor that communicates instructions to a device on a network and analyzes information received from the device in response to the instructions. In response to analyzing, the processor raises or lowers its level of confidence in the incident. If the processor's level of confidence in the incident is sufficiently high, the processor generates an output that indicates that the security of the network has been compromised. Otherwise, the processor ascertains that the incident is a false positive and may modify a criteria for alert generation.
US12155685B1
Presented herein are systems and methods for generating suspicious activity reports using large language models. A system may include one or more processors that obtain event data associated with an event from a client device and from one or more databases, apply a prompt generator on the event data to generate a large language model (LLM) prompt, and generate a machine-readable suspicious activity (SAR) report in accordance with an LLM prompt. The one or more processors may also apply the prompt generator on the event data based on determining that a fraud risk score associated with the event satisfies a reporting threshold score. Computer program products are also presented.
US12155683B2
The proposed system employs one or more steps and an architectural arrangement of a plurality of relevant functional element to enable a security. A USB device is arranged to enable secure access of a computing device. A first cloud server is arranged to receive an ID, a cryptographic key, an authentication PIN and a pre-stored data from the computing device. The first cloud server encrypts the received pre-stored data using the received cryptographic key and subsequently transmits the ID, the cryptographic key and the authentication PIN, to a second cloud server. Further, the second cloud server performs a plurality of sequential functional operation, critical to the motive and objective of deploying the proposed system.
US12155677B2
A fraud detection method includes: determining whether a period of a message repeatedly transmitted in an in-vehicle network is anomalous; detecting whether arbitration occurs when the message is transmitted in the in-vehicle network; and determining that the message is an anomalous message, in the case where the period of the message is anomalous and no arbitration occurs when the message is transmitted in the in-vehicle network.
US12155672B2
The invention relates to a method for creating, and guaranteeing the integrity of electronic messages, within a server providing Internet service. The integrity of the electronic messages are guaranteed and verifiable according to the MIME standard having a header with data regarding routing and regarding content type, an address of the sender and at least one recipient address, and a body comprising a message content. The MIME standard allows the insertion, into the header, of one or more extension fields. These fields comprise a pair formed of one tag allowing the field to be identified and of a value. The inventive method comprises the steps of receiving the electronic message, calculating an integrity value for the electronic message, storing the integrity value in a transaction of a blockchain, receiving a transaction identifier, inserting the transaction identifier as the value associated with a specific tag in an extension field in the header of the electronic message the integrity of which is to be guaranteed. The electronic message thus obtained constituting the message the integrity of which is guaranteed and verifiable.
US12155663B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing management program executable by a computer provided in an information processing device. The management program causes the computer to execute a process which includes determining whether a cloud access function is enabled in a terminal device, setting the terminal device as a management target in a case where it is determined that the cloud access function is not enabled in the determining; and performing at least one of acquiring terminal data that is included in the management target from the management target and writing the acquired terminal data into the cloud storage, or reading processing request data that is written into the cloud storage and indicates a processing to be executed by the management target from the cloud storage and causing the management target to execute the processing indicated by the processing request data.
US12155651B2
The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for determining secondary authentication of a user's log-in attempts by comparing received behavioral biometric data and/or received scenario-specific data to saved behavioral biometric data and/or saved scenario-specific data, respectively. Responsive to determining that the received behavioral biometric data and/or received scenario-specific data is above a predetermined threshold of similarity with respect to the saved behavioral biometric data and/or saved scenario-specific data, respectively, the systems and methods can determine that the corresponding log-in attempt is secondarily authenticated. of a user device via behavioral biometric data. Responsive to determining that the level of similarity is not above the predetermined threshold, the systems and methods can initiate a secondary authentication method and can associate the received behavioral biometric data with a second user model.
US12155639B2
The present invention relates to summarizing cross-network user behavioral data. The summarizing cross-network user behavioral data may particularly include publishing the data to one or more data structures that become accessible to a server hosting an authorized domain when a user accesses the authorized domain.
US12155637B2
A security platform architecture is described herein. The security platform architecture includes multiple layers and utilizes a combination of encryption and other security features to generate a secure environment.
US12155630B2
Systems and methods include receiving a request, in a cloud system from a first device, to access a second device; determining if the first device is permitted to access the second device; if the first device is not permitted to access the second device, notifying the first device the second device does not exist; and, if the first device is permitted to access the second device, stitching together connections between the cloud system, the first device, and the second device to provide access to the second device for the first device, wherein the connections are implemented through the cloud-based system.
US12155623B1
A method in a mesh network including a first device connected to a first LAN and a second device connected to a second LAN, comprising: determining that a first subnet IP address assigned to a first LAN device connected to the first LAN matches a second subnet IP address assigned to a second LAN device connected to the second LAN; mapping an association between an alternate IP address and the first subnet IP address; transmitting the association between the alternate IP address and the first subnet IP address; receiving an initiation network packet to be transmitted by the first device to the first LAN device, the initiation network packet indicating the alternate IP address as a destination address; and transmitting the initiation network packet to the first LAN device over a first LAN connection between the first device and the first LAN device is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.
US12155621B2
Techniques for performing NAT operations to send packets between networks are described. In an example, a network device receives a packet that comprises a header. The header indicates a source address of a first computing resource in a first network and a destination address of a second computing resource in a second network. The network device determines a pool of identifiers allocated for the first network and the second computing resource and identifies a packet flow based on the header. The network device also determines that no identifier from the pool of identifiers has been allocated for the packet flow and determines an identifier available to allocate for the packet flow from the pool of identifiers. The network device performs a NAT operation on the packet based on the identifier.
US12155619B2
Methods and systems for providing supplemental data are disclosed. An exemplary method can comprise determining content currently being consumed by a user, determining one or more user preferences for display of supplemental data, retrieving supplemental data according to the one or more user preferences, and providing the supplemental data to the user concurrently with the content currently being consumed.
US12155618B2
A server has a processor and a memory storing instructions executed by the processor to maintain an ephemeral gallery of ephemeral messages. An ephemeral message is posted to the ephemeral gallery. The ephemeral message has an associated message duration parameter and a gallery participation parameter. An ephemeral message is removed from the ephemeral gallery in response to the identification of an expired gallery participation parameter.
US12155615B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for ranking content. In one aspect, a method of ranking content for display includes identifying, via hardware processing circuitry, interactions by a single account with content pairs, each of the content in the content pairs included in a plurality of content, aggregating, via the hardware processing circuitry, the identified interactions across a plurality of accounts, associating, via the hardware processing circuitry, probabilities with each content in the plurality of content based on the aggregated interactions, ranking, via the hardware processing circuitry, the plurality of content based on the associated probabilities; and selecting, via the hardware processing circuitry, content ranked above a threshold for display.
US12155611B2
A system and method for communicating is provided. A recipient user is universally identified using a unique universal communication identifier. When a sending user wishes to send an initial communication to the recipient user, the sending user identifies the recipient user by that user's universal communication identifier. Since the sending user directs their initial communication to the recipient user by using the assigned universal communication identifier, the sending user does not need to know or have access to the recipient's different unique identifiers that the recipient uses for the various communication exchange technologies that the recipient uses from time to time. That is, the single universal communication identifier associated with the recipient user has been previously associated with the different unique identifiers that the recipient uses for their various communication exchange technologies.
US12155610B2
Techniques are disclosed that relate to authenticating users across different messaging channels. A computer system may implement a messaging platform that enables a messaging session to be established between an agent and a user that uses any of a plurality of messaging channels to communicate with the agent during the messaging session. The computer system may provide a configurable authorization request component that enables the agent to authenticate the user independent of a messaging channel used by the user. Based on receiving an indication that the configurable authorization request component has been selected by the agent via an interface displayed to the agent for communicating with the user, the computer system may communicate with a channel system associated with the messaging channel of the user to authenticate the user.
US12155609B2
A message processing method includes receiving a first input performed on a target region on a first icon; and displaying a first unread message in response to the first input. The target region includes a corner mark associated with the first unread message, and the first unread message includes at least one unread message of an application program corresponding to the first icon.
US12155608B2
A ground station communicates with a satellite having a field of view (FOV), the satellite directly communicating with user equipment (UE) over uplink signals and downlink signals. The ground station has a Dynamic Time Division Duplex (DTDD) controller configured to establish UE uplink time slots during which the UE sends UE uplink signals, the UE uplink time slots based on a unique delay for the UE, whereby UE uplink signals are received at the satellite during a same satellite uplink time slot. The controller avoids overlapping uplink and downlink signals being received at the satellite, as well as at the UE.
US12155606B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify that the UE is in communication with a primary cell and a secondary cell in a carrier aggregation configuration, where the primary cell is a cross-carrier scheduled cell and the secondary cell is a cross-carrier scheduling cell. The UE may receive downlink control information from the secondary cell. The downlink control information may include a cross-carrier scheduling indication that a data transmission is scheduled with the primary cell. The UE may monitor a common search space of the primary cell for control information that pertains to communications with the primary cell. The UE may communicate with the primary cell via the data transmission in accordance with at least one of the downlink control information from the secondary cell and the control information from the common search space of the primary cell.
US12155600B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for use in wireless communication node. The communication node transmits first information; herein, for a given SCS, the communication node assumes that X1 PRB(s) is (are) comprised in frequency-domain resources that can be occupied by the communication node for transmissions, X1 being a positive integer, and the X1 PRB(s) occupies (occupy) consecutive frequency-domain resources; a position of the X1 PRB(s) in frequency domain is related to at least one of whether the communication node is in coverage or a synchronization reference source selected by the communication node; the first information is used to indicate a position of the X1 PRB(s) in frequency domain, and the first information is transmitted via an air interface. The method in the present disclosure reduces interference and improves link and system performance.
US12155594B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless local area network system including a transmitting station (STA) and a receiving STA. The transmitting STA may generate a first physical protocol data unit (PPDU) and transmit the first PPDU via 80 MHz, wherein the first PPDU may include a first data field transmitted via a 966 tone resource unit (RU), and the first data field includes a first pilot subcarrier for the 996 tone RU.
US12155585B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. For example, a wireless device may support physical broadcast channel (PBCH) precoding in high-doppler scenarios. In some cases, a base station may generate a synchronization signal block (SSB) including synchronization signals and PBCH signaling. The base station may transmit, to a UE, the PBCH signaling in accordance with an orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) precoding and the synchronization signals in accordance with a non-OTFS precoding. The UE may monitor for the SSB and receive the PBCH signaling in accordance with the OTFS precoding and the synchronization signals in accordance with a non-OTFS precoding. The UE may establish or modify a connection with the base station according to the PBCH signaling.
US12155579B1
A communications management system and an AoIP gateway server are disclosed. The AoIP gateway server is configured to send a first ACARS downlink message via an AoIP communication link. While the first ACARS downlink message is pending transmission, the communications management system is configured to send one or more ACARS downlink messages of a store and forward message type to the AoIP gateway server. The AoIP gateway server is configured to store each of the ACARS downlink messages while the first ACARS downlink message is pending transmission, and, for each store and forward message, send a pseudo-acknowledgment response back to the communications management system that indicates that the store and forward message was successfully transmitted to at least one ground system.
US12155578B2
A packet forwarding method, an electronic device, and a storage medium are disclosed. The method may include: determining a flow identifier of the service flow; determining a basic time slot number of a first packet in the service flow according to the flow identifier; determining a time slot offset of the first node for the service flow according to the flow identifier; and determining an enqueue slot number of the first packet according to the basic time slot number and the time slot offset.
US12155571B2
Embodiments provide techniques for providing return-link routing in a hybrid communications network that includes a number of different networks having different characteristics. User terminal routing systems (UTRSs) provide interfaces between local user networks and the multiple communications networks of the hybrid network. Each UTRS can include a routing table having stored mappings that are populated according to forward-link communications (implicitly or explicitly), each associating a respective one of a plurality of routing table entries with one of the communications networks. When a UTRS receives return-link data from its respective local user network, the received data indicates a destination node. The UTRS can determine which of the stored mappings corresponds to the destination node and can route the received return-link data over a selected one of the communications networks in accordance with the identified one of the mappings.
US12155561B2
A method for managing network connections includes steps of: in response to receipt of a request for establishing a new network connection, storing in a connection-tracking (Conntrack) table an entry of tracked connection data that is related to the new network connection to be established, and updating a current tracked-connection count by adding one thereto; determining a priority level of the new network connection according to a data packet transmitted through the new network connection; and determining whether to output data packets that are received through the new network connection based at least on the current tracked-connection count and the priority level of the new network connection.
US12155557B2
According to a load sharing method and a network device, traffic distribution ratios are correspondingly preset for different paths. For example, an equivalent resistance method is used as a load sharing algorithm provided in embodiments of this application, to calculate a corresponding traffic distribution ratio for each possible path. The traffic distribution ratio and the corresponding path are preset for a corresponding node. In this way, traffic entering a network device is distributed to each path in the network device based on the preset ratio, without causing excessive bandwidth pressure on a shortest path, to implement relatively optimal load balancing. For the network device with either a ring network structure or a stereoscopic network structure, a requirement for a link bandwidth between the nodes in the network device can be reduced.
US12155554B2
A computing device is provided, including a processor that receives a network graph. The processor further receives a specification of a network traffic control heuristic for a network traffic routing problem over the network graph. The processor further constructs a gap maximization problem that has, as a maximization target, a difference between an exact solution to the network traffic routing problem and a heuristic solution generated using the network traffic control heuristic. The processor further generates a Lagrange multiplier formulation of the gap maximization problem. At a convex solver, the processor further computes an estimated maximum gap as an estimated solution to the Lagrange multiplier formulation of the gap maximization problem. The processor further performs a network traffic control action based at least in part on the estimated maximum gap.
US12155550B2
An example method comprises receiving, by a first PHY of a first transceiver, a timing packet, timestamping, by the first transceiver, the timing packet and providing the timing packet to a first intermediate node, determining a first offset between the first intermediate node and the first transceiver, updating a first field within the timing packet with the first offset between the first intermediate node and the first transceiver, the offset being in the direction of the second transceiver, receiving the timing packet by a second transceiver, the timing packet including the first field, information within the first field being at least based on the first offset, determining a second offset between the second transceiver and an intermediate node that provided the timing packet to the second transceiver and correcting a time of the second transceiver based on the information within the first field and the second offset.
US12155543B2
A system monitors a network or web application provided by one or more distributed applications and provides data for each and every method instance in an efficient low-cost manner. Agents may monitor the performance of the distributed application by the web services and report monitoring data as runtime data to the remote server, for example a controller. The controller may analyze the data to identify one or more performance issues or “hot spot” methods based on current or past performance, functionality, content, or business relevancy. Instructions and/or configuration information may be transmitted by the controller to the agents that correspond to a particular business transaction portion associated with a hot spot. The portions are then monitored to collect data associated with the hot spot and the hot spot data is reported back to the controller.
US12155540B2
Examples include a method for providing multi-site orchestration in a public network for factory automation. The public network provides communication and computing functionality to a plurality of sites which are configured to communicate with each other by means of slice of the public network. The method includes building a multi-site orchestration model based on initial performance of communication between different sites; determining choreography opportunities between the different sites by using the multi-site orchestration model; triggering choreography between the different sites; and evaluating performance of the choreography between the different sites and updating the multi-site orchestration model.
US12155539B2
Methods, systems, and use cases for orchestrator execution planning using a distributed ledger are discussed, including an orchestration system with memory and at least one processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to perform operations to generate an execution plan for a workload based on an SLA. The execution plan includes state transitions associated with corresponding edge service instances. A distributed ledger record is retrieved from the ledger based on a reinforcement learning reward value specified by the record. The reward value is associated with a state transition of the plurality of state transitions. An edge node is selected based on the retrieved distributed ledger record. Execution of an edge service instance of the plurality of edge service instances by the edge node is scheduled. The execution of the edge service instance corresponds to the state transition associated with the reinforcement learning reward value.
US12155538B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a cloud service provider may operate a data center in a way that dynamically reallocates resources across nodes within the data center based on both utilization and service level agreements. In other words, the allocation of resources may be adjusted dynamically based on current conditions. The current conditions in the data center may be a function of the nature of all the current workloads. Instead of simply managing the workloads in a way to increase overall execution efficiency, the data center instead may manage the workload to achieve quality of service requirements for particular workloads according to service level agreements.
US12155534B1
A Service Communication Proxy (SCP) serves network topology data. The SCP comprises communication circuitry and Application Programming Interface (API) circuitry. The communication circuitry receives Network Function (NF) messages from sending NFs for delivery to an NF type. The communication circuitry routes the NF messages to receiving NFs of the NF type. The communication circuitry maintains network topology data responsive to the routing of the NF messages from the sending NFs to the receiving NFs. The API circuitry receives an API call for the network topology data. The API circuitry retrieves the network topology data from the communication circuitry. The API circuitry transfers an API response having the network topology data.
US12155527B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate configuration and naming of a multimedia playback device on a local playback network are disclosed. An example method includes identifying and analyzing local network topology to identify playback device(s) connected to the network at location(s). The example method includes analyzing a playback device to be added and comparing the playback device to be added to the playback device(s) already connected to the network. The example method includes displaying available option(s) to name the playback device to be added based on the analysis of the network, the already connected playback device(s) and the playback device to be added to the network. The example method includes naming the playback device to be added based on a selected available option.
US12155526B1
In one embodiment, a device determines a criticality of each of a plurality of endpoints in a network, based on network telemetry data regarding the network. The device translates a plurality of anomaly detection models available for deployment to the network and their metadata into a set of adjustable resources. The device generates an anomaly detection deployment strategy for the network by selecting a set of one or more of the plurality of anomaly detection models for deployment to one or more execution points in the network, based on the criticality of each of the plurality of endpoints and on the set of adjustable resources. The device causes the set to be deployed to the one or more execution points in the network, in accordance with the anomaly detection deployment strategy.
US12155524B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.
US12155512B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmitting demodulation reference signals (DMRS) with control channels (e.g., physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs)) that enable receiving devices to bundle (e.g., coherently combine) the DMRS over time. A UE may detect a portion of a PDCCH to the UE in at least one resource element group (REG), wherein the REG is in a segment of a control resource set (CORESET) configured for the UE or a group of UEs including the UE and the REG is during a first search space (SS) set occasion configured for the UE or the group of UEs; and process wideband (WB) DMRS in the segment during the first SS set occasion and in the segment during at least one second SS set occasion, wherein the UE does not detect another portion of the PDCCH or another PDCCH during the second SS set occasion.
US12155510B2
A radio frequency transmitter is provided. The radio frequency transmitter includes a radio frequency front-end and a control circuit. The radio frequency front-end includes a current source set, a compensation circuit, and a matching network. The compensation circuit may compensate for a difference of load impedance between N current source subsets in the current source set. Therefore, an impedance mismatch of the current source set may be alleviated, and a power loss of the current source set may be avoided. This helps improve the efficiency of the radio frequency transmitter.
US12155508B2
A digital isolator includes: an edge detection circuit configured to output a first detection signal and a second detection signal; a driving buffer circuit configured to output a first edge signal and a second edge signal; an isolation element configured to output a first edge signal and a second edge signal; a receiving inverter circuit configured to output a first reception signal and a second reception signal; a latch circuit configured to latch data based on the pulse of the first received signal and the pulse of the second received signal, and to output an output signal to an output terminal according to the data; a switch circuit configured to switch a state of conduction between the reference potential and the first output and a state of conduction between the reference potential and the second output; and a control circuit configured to control a switching operation.
