US12223287B2
A computer implemented method for the automated analysis or use of data is implemented by a voice assistant. The method comprises the steps of: (a) storing in a memory a structured, machine-readable representation of data that conforms to a machine-readable language (‘machine representation’); the machine representation including representations of user speech or text input to a human/machine interface; and (b) automatically processing the machine representations to analyse the user speech or text input.
US12223277B2
A method for generating control commands includes providing a document that includes at least one declaration that formulates a rule set, parsing the at least one declaration to generate a plurality of syntactical blocks, constructing terms and symbols from the syntactical blocks to generate a semantic representation, validating the semantic representation, and generating at least one control command based on the validated semantic representation, wherein the at least one control command corresponds to the rule set formulated by the at least one declaration. The at least one control command can advantageously be converted into a plurality of platform-specific instructions for driving a target platform. There is further defined a device for generating control commands and a corresponding system.
US12223274B2
A relational similarity determination engine receives as input a dataset including a set of entities and co-occurrence data that defines co-occurrence relations for pairs of the entities. The relational similarity determination engine also receives as input side information defining explicit relations between the entities. The relational similarity determination engine jointly models the co-occurrence relations and the explicit relations for the entities to compute a similarity metric for each different pair of entities within the dataset. Based on the computed similarity metrics, the relational similarity determination engine identifies a most similar replacement entity from the dataset for each of the entities within the dataset. For a select entity received as an input, the relational similarity determination engine outputs the identified most similar replacement entity.
US12223272B2
An incident report management system is configured to receive and analyze incident reports relating to workplace accidents and injuries. A natural language processing function utilizes word dictionaries of varying type and scope to reduce an incident description to a set of core components that are far smaller than the input text while also preserving important aspects of the input text. The reduced core component set may be analyzed for meaning, compared to large volumes of historic incident reports, and otherwise processed more quickly and more efficiently whether by an expert function or AI function. In this manner, the system is able to provide real-time feedback during submission of incidents to improve quality and completeness, and after submission of incidents to notify users of serious incidents, provide dashboard analytics, and identify underlying and undiscovered risks in the workplace.
US12223270B2
Embodiments described herein provide a method of evaluating a natural language processing model. The method includes receiving an evaluation dataset that may include a plurality of unit tests, the unit tests having: an input context, and a first candidate and a second candidate that are generated in response to the input context, where the first test candidate is associated with a first quality notation, and the second candidate is associated with a second quality notation. The method includes determining, via a model, a first likelihood of generating the first candidate and a second likelihood of generating the second candidate in response to the input context. The method also includes determining whether the first likelihood being greater than the second likelihood. The method also includes determining whether the first model passed the unit test, where the first quality notation indicates a higher quality candidate and the second quality notation indicate a lower quality candidate.
US12223257B2
The system receives a message having a sender and a recipient. The system identifies entities associated with the message and associated with any content that is associated with the message. The system determines whether to, and how to, modify the message based on relationship information among the sender, the recipient, and any entities identified in the message or components of the message. A relationship between a sender and recipient may be determined using, for example, a database of relationship information. The system modifies, for example, text, images, or video of the message to generate the personalized message. The personalized message include the original message along with context information to help indicate the relevance of the message to the recipient. The context information can include text, images, video, or other information. To illustrate, the context information can include keywords or identifiers that indicate entities associated with the message.
US12223256B1
Techniques are described relating to the identification of location of content within an electronic document. Techniques may include generating a location identification rule specifying one or more parameters for identifying a location identifier (LID) for each of the one or more streams associated with the content of the electronic document. Further, the LID may be generated in accordance with the location identification rule. The LID may be assigned to at least a portion of the content, such that the portion of the content within the electronic document may be located in accordance with the LID.
US12223252B2
The present disclosure describes structures and methods for a via structure for three-dimensional integrated circuit (IC) packaging. The via structure includes a middle portion that extends through a planar structure and a first end and a second end each connected to the middle portion and on a different side of the planar structure. One or more of the first end and the second end includes one or more of a plurality of vias and a pseudo metal layer.
US12223250B2
A method includes generating an integrated circuit (IC) layout design and manufacturing an IC based on the IC layout design. Generating the IC layout design includes generating a pattern of a first shallow trench isolation (STI) region and a pattern of a through substrate via (TSV) region within the first STI region; a pattern of a second STI region surrounding the first STI region, the second STI region includes a first and second layout region, the second layout region being separated from the first STI region by the first layout region, first active regions of a group of dummy devices being defined within the first layout region, and second active regions of a group of active devices being defined within the second layout region; and patterns of first gates of the group of dummy devices in the first layout region, each of the first active regions having substantially identical dimension in a first direction.
US12223249B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. the method comprises receiving layout data including a plurality of pieces of pattern data, the plurality of pieces of pattern data having through first to Nth unique patterns (N is a natural number greater than or equal to two), calculating first to Nth density values of the first to Nth unique patterns from the layout data and calculating first to Nth populations of the first to Nth unique patterns from the layout data, performing sampling by selecting some unique patterns among the first to Nth unique patterns, the selecting based on the first to Nth density values and the first to Nth populations, and performing etch modeling on sampled patterns of the plurality of pieces of pattern data, the sampled patterns corresponding to the selected unique patterns.
US12223243B1
A prediction method for water quality biotoxicity based on artificial intelligence neural network is provided, which relates to the field of water quality biotoxicity prediction technologies, and is used to solve a problem that water quality biotoxicity detection is limited to water quality organisms themselves. The prediction method uses a system including a water quality analysis unit configured to analyze simulated to-be-predicted waters to obtain variation values of water pollution, a fish analysis unit configured to analyze a fish situation of test fish to obtain fish abnormal values, a water quality determination unit configured to determine water quality of the simulated to-be-predicted waters to obtain an actual water quality level of the simulated to-be-predicted waters and send it to a data comparison unit, and the data comparison unit configured to compare data of water quality situation of the simulated to-be-predicted waters to obtain a prediction result of water quality biotoxicity.
US12223232B2
A figure display device includes a display unit and at least one processor configured to control to display a plurality of tags individual movement of which is allowed in accordance with a user operation in a predetermined work area. In a case where predetermined mathematical processing is designated to be executed a first figure which is displayed on one of the tags, the processor additionally displays a tag which is different from the tag that the first figure is displayed on and on which information on the predetermined mathematical processing is displayed in the work area, and controls to additionally display a second figure which is prepared by performing the predetermined mathematical processing on the first figure.
US12223227B2
A voice guidance method includes: a determination step of determining whether or not a visually impaired person is included in passengers in a vehicle as a public transport; and a guidance step of, in a case where the visually impaired person is determined to be included in the passengers, providing voice guidance to inform the visually impaired person of a state around the vehicle when the visually impaired person gets off the vehicle.
US12223205B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods and devices for controlling output of a storage device during read operations. The method comprises: measuring a length of a temporal gap between first and second consecutive read bursts from a storage device, the first and second read burst are in response to first and second read commands received by the storage device, respectively; generating a state code according to the length, wherein the state code has a first value when the length is zero, a second value when the length is equal to or shorter than a threshold time length but is non-zero, and a third value when the length is greater than the threshold time length; and controlling output of the storage device according to the state code.
US12223188B2
A memory interface for interfacing with a memory device includes a control circuit configured to determine whether a trigger event has occurred for initializing one or more memory locations in the memory device, and initialize the one or more memory locations in the memory device with pre-defined data upon determining the trigger event has occurred.
US12223187B2
The present invention is directed to an SSD that stores data in a plurality of regions of the SSD, each of the regions associated with a plurality of logical cluster addresses. The SSD also sets a deallocation status of each of the plurality of regions in a deallocate flag bitmap and sets a deallocation status of one or more sections of the deallocate flag bitmap in a deallocate summary table, wherein each of the one or more sections corresponds to more than one of the plurality of regions. In response to a shutdown or loss of power event, The SSD writes to non-volatile memory only sections of the deallocation flag bitmap with a predetermined deallocation status in the deallocate summary table. The SSD stores the deallocate flag bitmap is stored in a first volatile memory and stores the deallocate summary table is stored in a second volatile memory, different from the first volatile memory.
US12223177B2
According to one embodiment, a controller creates a virtual controller based on an attached state of the namespace with respect to the storage area of the nonvolatile memory based on reception of a first command requesting connection from a first host. The controller executes processing related to an operation of the namespace requested by a second command related to the operation of the namespace based on an attached state of the namespace in the virtual controller when the second command is received from the first host.
US12223176B1
A technique is directed to managing wear leveling between storage devices. The technique includes generating a wear imbalance level indicating a variance between a first wear level of a first set of storage devices and a second wear level of a second set of storage devices. The technique further includes, after generating the wear imbalance level, performing a comparison operation that compares the wear imbalance level to a predefined imbalance threshold. The technique further includes, in response to the comparison operation indicating that the wear imbalance level is above the predefined imbalance threshold, providing the first set of storage devices as a first storage tier and the second set of storage devices as a second storage tier.
US12223170B1
One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to relate to analyzing and mitigation storage array latency. In embodiments, an input/output (IO) workload is received by a storage array. Additionally, a latency corresponding to processing one or more IO requests of the IO workload is determined. For example, a factor corresponding to a significant portion of the latency is identified. Further, a remediation action is performed based on the factor identified.
US12223169B2
A far memory device includes a far memory controller, a memory device coupled to the controller, a first port coupled to the far memory controller to support communication with a host processor over a first serial computer expansion bus, and a second port coupled to the far memory controller to support communication with a non-volatile data storage drive over a second serial computer expansion bus. The far memory device serves as a cache between the host processor and the non-volatile data storage drive and may perform aspects of cache management on behalf of the host processor.
US12223162B2
A display control method includes displaying, by a projection device, a first user interface related to an adjustment of a projection image, displaying, by a control device communicating with the projection device, a second user interface including a display object corresponding to the projection image, transmitting, by the projection device, first adjustment information based on a first operation to the first user interface to the control device when the projection device accepts the first operation, adjusting, by the projection device, the projection image based on the first adjustment information, updating, by the control device, the display object based on the first adjustment information, transmitting, by the control device, second adjustment information based on a second operation to the second user interface to the projection device when the control device accepts the second operation, adjusting, by the projection device, the projection image based on the second adjustment information, and updating, by the projection device, the first user interface based on the second adjustment information.
US12223160B2
A computing device presents a plurality of non-overlapping card units in a card presentation region. The plurality of card units includes at least one of: a single card or a card deck. In response to detecting an aggregation operation for at least two target card units in the plurality of card units, the computing device aggregates the at least two target card units to form at least one target card deck. Cards in a respective target card deck belong to the same category.
US12223157B2
A user interface for working through workflows can include a dual-region approach. The first display region can display a series of workflows that an assigned worker (“assignee”) may have. Each of the workflows can have one or more tasks associated therewith. Each workflow and/or task can be associated with one or more triggers that initiate the assignment of that workflow and/or task. In response to selection of a workflow or task, the second display region can display information associated with the workflow or task.
US12223154B2
This application discloses a notification display method. The method comprises: when there is a to-be-notified event, displaying, by a terminal, a notification by classification based on a notification type of the notification corresponding to the to-be-notified event; and displaying, by the terminal, in different display modes based on a priority of the notification, wherein the different display modes comprise: displaying in expanded form or displaying in collapsed form in the corresponding display pane, or the different display modes comprise: displaying in a first mode or displaying in a second mode in the corresponding display pane, and content displayed in the first mode is more than content displayed in the second mode.
US12223152B2
Disclosed is a touch input device including: a touch sensor including a plurality of electrodes; a drive unit configured to apply a driving signal to at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; a touch signal detection unit configured to detect a touch-position-related signal related to a touch position of an object inputted to the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor; and an LGM disturbance signal detection unit configured to detect an LGM-disturbance-signal-related signal related to an LGM disturbance signal generated from the touch surface from at least some of the plurality of electrodes of the touch sensor.
US12223146B2
A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a touch control structure. The touch control structure includes a plurality of first mesh electrodes and a plurality of second mesh electrodes. A respective one of the plurality of first mesh electrodes includes a plurality of first mesh blocks consecutively electrically connected along a first direction. A respective one of the plurality of second mesh electrodes includes a plurality of second mesh blocks consecutively electrically connected along a second direction. Two adjacent first mesh blocks of the plurality of first mesh blocks are electrically connected to each other through a respective first conductive bridge. The respective first conductive bridge includes a plurality of first single mesh lines spaced apart from each other, and in a layer different from the plurality of first mesh blocks and the plurality of second mesh blocks.
US12223144B2
A detection device according to the present disclosure includes: an irradiation unit configured to emit an infrared ray toward an infusion tube; an imaging unit configured to generate a captured image obtained by imaging the infusion tube irradiated with the infrared ray by the irradiation unit; and a control unit configured to detect blockage of the infusion tube and air bubbles in the infusion tube based on a light intensity distribution in the captured image.
US12223141B1
An example gesture detection method includes detecting at a first time a first touch on a touch panel, where the first touch covers a first area of the touch panel, and then determining whether the first touch is within a track region that surrounds a fingerprint sensing region. The method includes determining whether the first touch is within the fingerprint sensing region, the fingerprint sensing region including a sensing surface of a fingerprint sensor. The method includes determining a first fraction of the fingerprint sensing region covered by the first touch and determining whether the first fraction exceeds a first threshold. The first threshold is a majority of the fingerprint sensing region. The method includes determining a second fraction of all of the first area that is within the fingerprint sensing region and determining whether the second fraction exceeds a second threshold, where the second threshold is a fraction indicative of a majority of an area associated with the corresponding touch. The method includes based on determining that the second fraction exceeds the second threshold, determining whether the first touch is valid.
US12223133B2
Example event processing methods and apparatus are described. In one example method, after an electronic device receives a first target vertical synchronization signal, if an input event received by the electronic device is a target input event and meets a preset condition, the target input event is processed before a second target vertical synchronization signal arrives. The second target vertical synchronization signal is a next target vertical synchronization signal of the first target vertical synchronization signal.
US12223120B2
Provided are a computer keyboard with a telephone keypad, and an electronic equipment, which relate to the technical field of computer peripherals and human-computer interaction. A main keyboard of the computer keyboard includes a nine-grid numeric key area; the telephone keypad is mapped to the nine-grid numeric key area, and is switched by a key Tel; a numeric keypad is also superposed and multiplexed in the inner nine-grid numeric key area, adopts an arrangement of 123 456 789, and is switched by a key NumLock; and further a scientific calculator is integrated with the computer keyboard. The computer keyboard is not only convenient for making a call, but also can achieve one-hand operation of a T9 input method, and can be used as a scientific calculator of windows 10.
US12223117B1
In some implementations, a method includes: obtaining uncorrected hand tracking data; obtaining a depth map associated with a physical environment; identifying a position of a portion of the finger within the physical environment based on the depth map and the uncorrected hand tracking data; performing spatial depth smoothing on a region of the depth map adjacent to the position of the portion of the finger; and generating corrected hand tracking data by performing point of view (POV) correction on the uncorrected hand tracking data based on the spatially depth smoothed region of the depth map adjacent to the portion of the finger.
US12223111B2
The present disclosure discloses a linear motor having a housing with an receiving space, a vibration unit and a stator unit received in the receiving space. The vibrator unit includes a weight and an elastic member fixed to the weight. The elastic member includes a first fixation portion fixed to the housing and a second fixation portion fixed to the weight and an elastic portion. An elastic member having a groove penetrating thereon is sandwiched between the elastic portion and the weight. The elastic member includes a first damping portion and a second damping portion arranged on two opposite side f the groove along a vibration direction. The groove can effectively avoid the detachment of the elastic member from the elastic member and the weight, thus improving the vibration stability of the vibration motor.
US12223095B2
Disclosed is a blockchain cookie token for tracking user data compiled from different merchants on the blockchain, and for providing virtual and physical merchants selective access to the user data via the blockchain. Each blockchain cookie token may be generated for a different user, and may be accessed using a different key. The key may be provided to different network sites. A first set of user data, derived from tracked activity of the particular user at a first network site, may be entered into the token. The first set of user data provided by the first network site may be accessed at a different second network site using the key, and the second network site may customize content that is presented to the user based on one or more content of the second network site having attributes that match the first set of user data entered in the token.
US12223091B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a central location to manage permissions provided to third-parties and devices to access and use user data and to manage accounts at multiple entities. A central portal may allow a user to manage all access to account data and personal information as well as usability and functionality of accounts. The user need not log into multiple third-party systems or customer devices to manage previously provided access to the information, provision new access to the information, and to manage financial or other accounts. A user is able to have user data and third-party accounts of the user deleted from devices, applications, and third-party systems via a central portal. The user is able to impose restrictions on how user data is used by devices, applications, and third-party systems, and control such features as recurring payments and use of rewards, via a central portal.
US12223090B2
A method for privacy preserving data processing in a linked data operating environment wherein applications have secure and permissioned access in an interoperable manner to data that is stored in one or more online data stores. The method begins by creating a privacy preserving data processing (PPDP) agent for use by an entity to process the data in association with the online data stores. The PPDP agent is then subjected to a certification process that ensures that the PPDP agent does not exfiltrate any data from the online data stores. After a successful certification, and following registration of the agent with an agent repository, a secure PPDP environment is instantiated in association with the data stores and in which the PPDP agent is then configured to execute. The PPDP agent is then executed within the secure PPDP environment over a configured security context and life-cycle of the PPDP agent. At the close of the PPDP agent's life-cycle, or upon a given event, the PPDP agent is terminated and the PPDP environment is closed.
US12223084B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: generating a data tag for an object within a data center asset, the generating the data tag for the object associating a contextual meaning with the object; mapping the data tag to the object, the mapping the data tag to the object associating a data tag with the object; and, protecting the data tag to provide a protected data tag, the protecting the data tag ensuring that only an authorized user can manage an aspect of the protected data tag.
US12223081B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a data center monitoring and management operation. The data center monitoring and management operation includes: receiving data center data; identifying unprotected sensitive data center data contained within the data center data; classifying the sensitive data center data contained within the data center data according to a sensitivity based classification; and, remediating the sensitive data center asset data according to the sensitivity based classification of the sensitive data center data.
US12223076B2
A system and method including receiving, from a first user of a first service, an indication of a second service to integrate with the first service; correlating a presence of the first user of the first service with an identifier of the first user in the second service; receiving, from a second user of the first service, an indication of the second service to integrate with the first service; correlating a presence of the second user of the first service with an identifier of the second user in the second service; receiving, from the second service via an application programming interface, a replication of a statement of work generated by the second service and associated with the second user; and persisting the replication of the statement of work in a data store of the first service that is accessible by the first user of the first service.
US12223063B2
Systems and methods for measuring, grading, evaluating, and comparing AI models via a graphical user interface are disclosed. The technology obtains a set of application domains of the AI model in which an AI model will be used. The application domains are mapped to one or more guidelines to determine a set of guidelines that define operational boundaries of the AI model. The guidelines are used to generate assessment domains, each associated with specific benchmarks that include indicators of a degree of satisfaction with the guidelines. For each assessment domain, assessments are constructed to evaluate the AI model's degree of satisfaction with the corresponding guidelines. The AI model is then evaluated against the assessments. Based on these comparisons, grades are assigned to the AI model for each assessment domain. The application-domain-specific grades are generated and displayed at a GUI, reflecting the AI model's degree of satisfaction with the guidelines.
US12223059B2
Systems and methods are provided for vulnerability proofing the launching of application instances by an IHS (Information Handling System). The launching of an application instance on the IHS is detected, where the application instance is launched using an application template that includes configurations for one or more hardware components of the IHS. One or more catalogs are accessed that specify known vulnerabilities of hardware components. Hardware component configurations included in the application template are identified as vulnerable in one or more of the catalogs. If the application template includes configurations that are identified as vulnerable in the catalogs, launching of the application is prevented until the hardware component configurations within the application template are modified to include no configurations with vulnerabilities identified in the catalogs.
US12223054B2
Denial of dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) internet protocol (IP) address allocation to an unauthorized node via cross secure boot verification is presented herein. A system enables storage of a boot storage certificate in a boot data store of a client device, in which the boot storage certificate has been signed by a key exchange key (KEK) that has been stored in a network boot data store of a network switch device of a network; intercepts a DHCP discover packet that has been directed, by the client device, to a DHCP device of the system that assigns respective IP addresses to client devices to facilitate respective accesses, via the client devices using the respective IP addresses, of the network; and in response to determining that the secure boot storage certificate has been signed by the KEK, assigns an IP address of the respective IP addresses to the client device.
US12223050B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus for analyzing non-informative firmware and a method using the apparatus. The method includes detecting a target instruction for firmware analysis in a memory map in non-informative firmware, generating an analysis list based on memory map information corresponding to the target instruction, and generating a visualized analysis result corresponding to the firmware by grouping the entries of the analysis list by preset reference bytes.
US12223031B2
This invention relates to a face recognition system and method capable of updating a registered face template. The system comprises: a registered template DB in which registered face templates are stored; an authenticated template DB for storing authenticated face templates; and a controller for storing the authenticated face template in the authenticated template DB according to the user's face authentication, obtaining a similarity degree between each of a plurality of the authenticated face templates by using the plurality of the authenticated face templates stored in the authenticated template DB after a predetermined period has elapsed, obtaining the value of an average similarity degree for each of the plurality of authenticated face templates by using the values of the similarity degree, selecting as a new registered face template the authenticated face template having the value of the largest average similarity degree among the values of the average similarity degree and updating the registered face template by storing the new registered face template in the registered template DB.
US12223026B2
A device may include a sensor window. The sensor window may include a substrate. The sensor window may include a set of layers disposed onto the substrate. The set of layers may include a first subset of layers of a first refractive index and a second set of layers of a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. The set of layers may be associated with a threshold transmissivity in a sensing spectral range, and may be configured to a particular color in a visible spectral range and associated with a threshold opacity in the visible spectral range. The device may include a spectral sensor device aligned to the sensor window and including at least one sensor element to receive light in the sensing spectral range and provide a plurality of sensing functionalities based on at least one measurement of the light in the sensing spectral range.
US12223025B2
A system and method for facilitating multi-factor face authentication of user is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request from a user to authenticate face of the user, extracting a set of facial features from one or more images and one or more videos by using an AI model, and receiving a set of point clouds associated with the face of the user. Further, the method includes receiving one or more inputs from the user to select one or more virtual face filters from a plurality of virtual filters, obtaining one or more prestored authentication parameters and generating a plurality of similarity scores. Furthermore, the method includes determining an authentication status of the user and approving the received request upon determining that the determined authentication status is authentication successful.
US12223024B2
According to one embodiment, an approval system includes an information processing apparatus and a biometric authentication device. The information processing apparatus includes a first interface and a first processor. The first processor is configured to: receive a sensor signal; when a state satisfying a predetermined condition related to data indicated by the sensor signal occurs, transmit an approval request signal to the biometric authentication device; and perform the countermeasure processing when an approval response signal is received from the biometric authentication device. The biometric authentication device includes a second interface, a storage unit, a biometric sensor, a second processor. The second processor is configured to: cause the biometric sensor to acquire the biometric information when the approval request signal is received; and transmit the approval response signal when the biometric information acquired by the biometric sensor and the biometric information stored in the storage unit are identified with each other.
US12223020B2
A card can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to: decrypt a private key of a payor stored in memory of the card, where the private key is associated with digital cryptocurrency; use the decrypted private key to generate a signed message to transfer the digital cryptocurrency to an address of a payee; and output the signed message.
US12223009B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for performing efficient vector-matrix multiplication using a sparsely-connected conductance matrix and analog mixed signal (AMS) techniques. Metal electrodes are sparsely connected using coaxial nanowires. Each electrode can be used as an input/output node or neuron in a neural network layer. Neural network synapses are created by random connections provided by coaxial nanowires. A subset of the metal electrodes can be used to receive a vector of input voltages and the complementary subset of the metal electrodes can be used to read output currents. The output currents are the result of vector-matrix multiplication of the vector of input voltages with the sparsely-connected matrix of conductances.
US12223004B2
A method including monitoring an amount of angular motion of an electronic device for a movement (e.g., casting motion) of the electronic device and determining that the amount of angular motion for the movement exceeds a threshold. A geographic location and a pointing direction of the electronic device may be determined for the movement. A geographic region may be determined based at least in part on the geographic location, the pointing direction of the electronic device, and a yaw component. In some implementations, the geographic region may be determined based on the amount of angular motion for the movement. The geographic region may be used as part of a search query. Places of interest corresponding to the geographic region may be determined and provided for display and selection via a user interface of the electronic device. Selectable transactions for the geographic region may also obtained and presented by the electronic device.
US12222998B2
An example method includes receiving by a server and from a computing device a natural language-based query, converting the natural language-based query into an embedding formatted query having a vector format, inputting the embedding formatted query into a machine-learning logic model, and determining by the machine-learning logic model a query response to the embedding formatted query that is predicted by the machine-learning logic model to be in context of beauty or cosmetic industry. The machine-learning logic model is trained using a multi-dimensional learned-embedding that includes semantically similar terms in proximity in an embedding space and the embedding space is limited to salient terms associated with the beauty or cosmetic industry. The method also includes communicating by the machine-learning logic model the query response to the computing device.
US12222995B2
The technology provides a rich attention mechanism for structured information extraction of web pages and other electronic documents. An input layer of a model obtains system, information associated with the document, including field tokens representing respective fields to be extracted from the document, structured document type tokens associated, and text tokens from a text sequence in the document. An encoder connects the field tokens, the S type tokens and the text tokens according to a set of different attention patterns. The encoder generates an overall token representation based on the set of different attention patterns. An output layer of the model extracts a final text span for the each of the respective fields from the set of text tokens. The extracted final text span for each of the respective fields is stored in memory, and can be produced in response to a search query, analytics evaluation or other request.
US12222992B1
The systems and methods disclosed herein generates responses generated by artificial intelligence (AI) models such as large language models (LLM) using intent-based rankings of retrieved information. The systems and methods disclosed herein receives an output generation request for the generation of an output using a set of AI models. Using a first AI model, a set of documents are retrieved using the received output generation request. The set of documents are partitioned into chunks. The chunks are ranked using a distance between the vector representation of the received output generation request and the vector representation of each chunk. A second AI model classifies the output generation request and chunks using an intent of the respective output generation request or chunk, and generates a second set of rankings using the intents. The set of AI models generate a response using the second set of rankings.
US12222983B2
The technology relates to systems and methods for transcribing audio of a meeting. Upon transcribing the audio, the systems and methods can parse different portions of the prescribed audio so that they may attribute the different portions to a particular speaker. These transcribed portions that are attributed to a particular speaker are made available for viewing and interacting using a graphical user interface.
US12222982B2
Multiple main sequences of media items played by a plurality of different media stations are identified. Each main sequence includes one or more content items, and potentially includes syndicated content. At least one main sequence is removed from further consideration, leaving a plurality of remaining main sequences. The at least one main sequence is removed from consideration based, at least in part, on a number of content items included in the at least one main sequence. Consolidated main sequences are generated by merging one or more remaining main sequences satisfying a consolidation criterion. Each consolidated main sequence includes two or more remaining main sequences. The consolidated main sequences are compared to determine whether syndicated content was played on a particular media station.
US12222973B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in electronic messaging, and other, systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide systems and methods for automatically generating data extraction rules, which can then be used to automatically extract data from electronic messages.
US12222972B2
An invention is disclosed for systems, methods, processes, and products, including but not limited to, one that provides for user communication and interaction with as well as access to resources available on or via a computing device. An embodiment of the invention includes providing a digital resource gathering and dissemination system, method, or process that can accommodate digital resources of interest for heterogeneous groups and communities of online users for the same topic, demographic, or some other categories as provided by a particular classification scheme. Such a system, method, or process also provides a more reliable or otherwise representative selection of digital resources of interest to the population as a whole.
US12222956B2
A computer-implemented method of managing artefact information and a computer system arranged and configured to execute the steps of the computer-implemented method are provided, wherein at least one internal sequence of artifact information is stored in an internal data store; wherein at least one external sequence of artifact information is stored in a respective external data repository, and wherein the respective internal sequence relates to the respective external sequence. The computer-implemented method includes: importing metadata relating to the respective external sequence from the respective external data repository to a data storage platform; importing the metadata relating to the respective external sequence from the data storage platform to the internal data store; and introducing a link into the respective internal sequence, wherein the link is based on the metadata and links the respective internal sequence with the respective external sequence.
US12222955B2
In an embodiment, a query system sends compact code to a database service for expansion of the compact code to partially-expanded code and expanded code. In an embodiment, a hash value is generated based on the partially-expanded code and indexed in memory with the expanded code. In an embodiment, a hash value is received as part of a command and expanded code is identified based on the hash value and sent to a database service.
US12222949B2
A method of implementing object tagging framework starts with the processor receiving a tag creation command including a tag name. In response to the tag creation command, the processor creates a current tag. The processor then receives an association command, the tag name and a source object identifier. The processor determines a source object associated with the source object identifier. The source object includes a tag value. The processor associates the current tag with the source object. The processor receives a replication command including the source object and a target object. The processor causes replication of the source object to the target object that comprises replicating the current tag with the tag name and the tag value in the source object to the target object. Other embodiments are also described herein.
US12222946B2
The disclosed embodiments include a method for caching by a data system. The method includes automatically caching a portion of a data object from an external data source to a local cluster of nodes in accordance with a unit of caching. The portion of the data object can be selected for caching based on a frequency of accessing the portion of the data object. The portion of the data object in the cache is mapped to the external data source in accordance with a unit of hashing. The method further includes, responsive to the data system receiving a query for data stored in the external data source, obtaining query results that satisfy the received query by reading the portion of the cached data object instead of reading the data object from the external data source.
US12222942B2
An approach is provided for optimizing multi-datasource queries in a networked computing environment. A procedure that contains a set of queries designed to access a specific set of data from a plurality of datasources in a virtualized hybrid storage environment (e.g., a virtualized hybrid cloud) is obtained. A set of mapped store procedures is created for the set of datasources referenced in the procedure. Each mapped store procedure includes a subset of queries that are applicable to a corresponding datasource from the set of queries in the procedure. These mapped store procedures are forwarded to the corresponding datasource for storage on the corresponding datasource. In response to a running of the procedure, execution of the mapped store procedure is commenced on each of the corresponding datasources on which they are stored.
US12222939B2
A system and method for executing SQL statements includes receiving an SQL statement for comparing two trendsets over a relation using a scoring function, each of the trendsets including one or more trends, each of the trends being designated by a constraint and a grouping-measure combination, wherein comparing the trendsets includes identifying trend pairs for comparison, each of the trend pairs including a trend from the each of the trendsets having a common grouping-measure combination. The SQL statement is transformed into a basic plan of existing logical operators for performing the SQL statement. A set of sub-plans is determined based on the basic plan. Pairs of sub-plans are merged to generate a set of merged sub-plans. A cost for each of the merged sub-plans is determined. The merged sub-plan having the lowest cost is used to execute the SQL statement.
US12222935B2
Systems for use in data retrieval. A natural language processing module is used in conjunction with a classifier module to analyze and decompose a user query into its elements, and to determine a type of query. These modules are also used to determine the parameters for the query. The type of query and the parameters are then used to find a suitable function that creates a structured database query with the fields in the database query being populated using the parameters and query elements found by the NLP module. The completed structured database query is then used to retrieve relevant data records in response to the query. The retrieved records are then further processed and formatted as necessary to result in a suitable response to the query.
US12222927B2
A method for use in a data processing system includes storing pass order information in a first data structure, wherein the pass order information stores settings associated with an order in which media items are to be scheduled for inclusion in a broadcast media schedule, and automatically generating the broadcast media schedule in accordance with the settings stored in the first data structure.
US12222922B2
A system comprising: memory storing a data structure comprising a plurality of items, each item comprising a key-value pair; a writer arranged to perform a plurality of write operations each to write a respective item, either a new item being added to the data structure or an existing item being modified in the data structure; and a reader configured to perform a group-read operation to read from the data structure any items having keys in a specified range. The writer is configured to maintain a global write version and the reader is configured to maintain a global read version.
US12222914B2
Distributed database systems including a plurality of SQL compute nodes are described herein that enable such nodes to operate with versioned metadata despite the fact that SQL is only single-version aware. The distributed database system further includes a global logical metadata server to store and manage versions of metadata, to determine which of such versions should be visible at any given point in time, and enable creation of a virtual database that includes the proper versions of metadata. In an aspect, a central transaction manager manages global transaction identifiers and their associated start times, abort times and/or commit times that enables determination of transaction and metadata version visibility for any point in time. In an aspect, the visible metadata is included in a virtual database that logically overlays a physical database and provides the correct version of metadata in lieu of the current metadata version stored in the physical database.
US12222912B2
Systems and methods for generating analytical data based on captured audit trails are described. An exemplary method includes generating a natural language preference for the natural language of a document based on an opening action performed by an end user using a client device associated with the end user during a user session; generating a unique transaction key in response to the opening action; correlating subsequent actions relative to the document via the unique transaction key; generating content rich analytical data from an audit trail generated during the user session; obtaining informational content for the end user from informational content stored in a database; translating the obtained informational content; reformatting a native extensible markup language format of the obtained informational content obtained from the database; and providing the translated and formatted informational content to the end user.
US12222907B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus, device and storage medium for data processing. If a kernel module sends a data calling request to a userspace process, first modification time information and second modification time information of data corresponding to the data calling request are obtained by the userspace process. The first and second modification time information are used to indicate modification time information of the data in the kernel module and in a file service end, respectively. The first and second modification time information are compared by the userspace process. If the first and second modification time information are inconsistent, a verification invalidation result is returned to the kernel module. The data in the kernel module is invalidated by the kernel module according to the verification invalidation result. The data in the file service is synchronized by the userspace process to the kernel module.
US12222904B2
A method of synchronously executing input/output operations (IOs) for a plurality of applications using a storage device with a file system includes the steps of: receiving a first write IO including an instruction to write first data at a first address of the file system; determining that, within a first range of the file system comprising the first address, there are no pending unmap IOs for deallocating storage space of the storage device from files of the plurality of applications; after determining that there are no pending unmap IOs within the first range, locking the first range to prevent incoming unmap IOs from deallocating storage space within the first range from the files of the plurality of applications; after locking the first range, writing the first data to the storage device at the first address; and after writing the first data, unlocking the first range.
US12222894B2
Embodiments are directed to a processor having a functional slice architecture. The processor is divided into tiles (or functional units) organized into a plurality of functional slices. The functional slices are configured to perform specific operations within the processor, which includes memory slices for storing operand data and arithmetic logic slices for performing operations on received operand data (e.g., vector processing, matrix manipulation). The processor includes a plurality of functional slices of a module type, each functional slice having a plurality of tiles. The processor further includes a plurality of data transport lanes for transporting data in a direction indicated in a corresponding instruction. The processor also includes a plurality of instruction queues, each instruction queue associated with a corresponding functional slice of the plurality of functional slices, wherein the instructions in the instruction queues comprise a functional slice specific operation code.
US12222888B2
A control system for use in a bus system having at least two transmission lines, having a first control device which has a first termination path and a first terminating resistor connected to the first termination path, a second control device which has a second termination path and a second terminating resistor connected to the second termination path, a first connector which is adapted to connect the first control device to the transmission lines and therefore to integrate the first control device in the bus system, a second connector which is adapted to connect the second control device to the transmission lines and therefore to integrate the second control device in the bus system, wherein the first connector and the second connector are different to one another.
US12222885B2
The system on a chip includes at least a first digital domain configured to be reinitialized by a first reinitialization signal, a second digital domain and an interface circuit. The interface circuit includes a starting register in the first digital domain, a destination register in the second digital domain and a synchronization circuit in the first digital domain. The interface circuit is configured to transfer data from the starting register to the destination register upon command of a control signal transmitted by the synchronization circuit. The starting register and the synchronization circuit are configured to not be reinitialized by the first reinitialization signal.
US12222881B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a first link layer circuit to perform link layer functionality for a first communication protocol; and a logical physical (logPHY) circuit coupled to the first link layer circuit via a logical PHY interface (LPIF) link, the logPHY circuit to communicate with the first link layer circuit in a flit mode in which the first information is communicated in a fixed width size and to communicate with another link layer circuit in a non-flit mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US12222865B2
The system described herein introduces a cache that a file system uses to determine, for a current object, if the process to merge different types of access control information into merged access control information has already been performed for a previous object. Stated alternatively, the file system uses the cache to determine whether a current object being processed for storage has the same combination of access control information as a previous object that has already been processed for storage. If the current object has the same combination of access control information as the previous object, the file system is able to associate merged access control information for the previous object with the current object via the use of a pointer. Consequently, the file system avoids having to perform the resource-intensive process of merging the different types of access control information for the current object.
US12222862B2
Techniques for processing a read I/O operation that reads first content stored at a target logical address can include: determining, using the target logical address as a first key to index into a first cache, whether the first cache includes a first cache entry caching first metadata used to access a first physical storage location including the first content stored at the target logical address; responsive to determining the first cache includes the first cache entry, determining, using the first metadata as a second key to index into a second cache, whether the second cache includes a second cache entry caching the first content stored at the target logical address; and responsive to determining the second cache includes the second entry, returning the first content from the second entry of the second cache in response to the read I/O operation.
US12222858B1
Disclosed here are systems and methods for optimized computation and data management. The systems and methods can be implemented, for example, in a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG). The disclosed methods and systems involve receiving user instructions to create a graph configured to represent computations and data as a plurality of resources. Cache rules are set in accordance with the user instructions for cached resources to prevent the cached resources from being removed by a garbage collector. The disclosed methods and systems may also involve performing dynamic garbage collection of one or more un-cached resources in response to detection that the one or more un-cached resources are not referenced by any other resource or that all caching periods are over. Iterated computations and data are identified, and recovery policies and deduplication policies are determined for the iterated computations and data.
US12222854B2
There is provided mechanisms for initiating writing data of a pending memory write on a host computer. A method comprises monitoring pending memory writes for a non-volatile memory write indicator (NVMWI). The NVMWI is either set or not set. The method comprises initiating writing of the data of the pending memory write. Writing of the data is initiated to both a non-volatile memory (NVM) and a volatile memory (VM) when the NVMWI for the pending memory write is set. Writing of the data otherwise is initiated only to the VM.
US12222852B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer-storage media, for imbalance detection in online experiments. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining user information indicating a first set of devices assigned a first version of a service and a second set of devices assigned a second version of the service in a multivariate testing framework; generating alternative samplings of devices; generating a threshold for detecting imbalance using the alternative samplings of devices, a generated expected first set of devices, and a generated expected second set of devices; detecting an imbalance using the obtained user information indicating the first set of devices, the second set of devices, and the generated threshold; and implementing a corrective action to mitigate the detected imbalance in the multivariate testing framework.
US12222840B1
A method of generating metrics data associated with a microservices-based application comprises ingesting a plurality of spans and mapping an ingested span of the plurality of spans to a span identity, wherein the span identity comprises a tuple of information identifying a type of span associated with the span identity, wherein the tuple of information comprises user-configured dimensions. The method further comprises grouping the ingested span by the span identity, wherein the ingested span is grouped with other spans from the plurality of spans comprising a same span identity. The method also comprises computing metrics associated with the span identity and using the metrics to generate a stream of metric data associated with the span identity.
US12222823B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of storage technologies, and disclose a data backup method and a terminal, to back up user data in a terminal when the terminal cannot be used. A specific solution is as follows: A terminal includes a first data partition, and the first data partition supports to start an operating system when the terminal is powered on. The terminal starts the operating system by using a second data partition after detecting a power-on failure of the terminal or detecting a preset operation of a user. The second data partition is a blank data partition. After the operating system is successfully started, the terminal transmits user data in the first data partition to a first storage medium. The first storage medium is located outside the terminal and is connected to the terminal.
US12222821B2
Making inline deduplicated backups of protected data using group fingerprints resident in a storage server by generating group fingerprints on a storage server for a backup client that is not capable of using group fingerprints, from individual fingerprints generated for each segment of protected data divided into variable size segments and then grouped together. Each fingerprint comprises a signature for a respective data segment. The method further maintains the group fingerprints for files resident on the storage server, compares, in the storage server, respective group fingerprints for these files with a new backup file to be backed up from the backup client to determine duplicated data between these files, and converts the new backup file to a virtual synthetic backup during a backup time of the new file.
US12222813B2
A method for controlling a technical system, in particular of a motor vehicle.
US12222794B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing near field communications during a low power express mode of an electronic device are provided that may make credentials of a near field communication (“NFC”) component appropriately secure and appropriately accessible while also limiting the power consumption of the NFC component and of other components of the electronic device.
US12222792B2
Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to dynamically change the solid state drive (SSD) power and peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) link state transition time for solid state drive for SSD operation based on current remaining battery power capacity during a battery-only power mode of an information handling system. In one example, an intelligent algorithm in software and SSD firmware may be implemented that will dynamically change the SSD power and PCIe link state transition based on current remaining battery power capacity during battery-only power mode of an information handling system. In this way additional power saving may be realized when current remaining battery power capacity is low during a battery-only power mode so as to extend the battery life for an information handling system.
US12222783B2
An electronic device includes a housing and a first heat source, a second heat source, and a heat dissipation module that are disposed in the housing. The heat dissipation module includes a first fan, a second fan, a first heat conduction member, and a second heat conduction member. The first fan and the second fan are disposed on two opposite sides of the housing. One end of the first heat conduction member is disposed at the first fan, and the other end is located at a position on a side of an upper surface of the housing corresponding to the first heat source. One end of the second heat conduction member is disposed at the second fan, and the other end is located on a side of a lower surface of the housing and abuts against the second heat source.
US12222781B2
Computer processing systems are cooled and the otherwise wasted heat is extracted for space heating by providing a cooling dielectric liquid in a tank which passes from a manifold at the bottom of the tank through an array of tubular housings each having open top and bottom ends and containing row of the circuit boards. The housings sit on a divider sheet which has arrays of openings aligned with the housings allowing the liquid to pass from the manifold under little or no pressure so that the liquid flows through the housings by convection and stratifies to generate a layer of heated liquid above the open tops of the housings which can be tapped off to a heat exchanger. A heat pump acts on the cooling liquid to transfer heat to a heat transfer liquid which can be further heated by a boiler and transferred to existing heat dissipating loads.
US12222776B1
Various mounting systems for mounting heat sink apparatus to bare die processors are disclosed. The mounting systems include an upper plate, which may include a heat transfer portion, positioned in proximity to the upper surface of bare die processors to provide heat conduction away from the processors. The disclosed mounting systems secure the upper plate to the processors with balanced and centralized forces to inhibit tilting of the upper plate and reduce the risk of damaging the processors.
US12222771B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a first chassis and a second chassis; a hinge connecting the second chassis to the first chassis in a relatively rotatable manner; an electrical device including a display provided in the first chassis; a printed circuit board provided in the second chassis; and a flexible substrate for electrically connecting the electrical device and the printed circuit board, the first chassis including a rotating body that rotates coaxially with the hinge by a rotational movement with respect to the second chassis and has the flexible substrate passed therethrough, and the rotating body including: a first opening guiding the flexible substrate to the electrical device; a second opening guiding the flexible substrate to the printed circuit board; and a substrate opening through which the flexible substrate passes.
US12222770B2
A movement mechanism applied to an inner-folding flexible screen terminal includes an intermediate support structure having a flexible screen support surface, left-side and right-side rotation connection structures, and left-side and right-side connecting members. Inner ends of the left-side and right-side rotation connection structures are both rotatably connected to the intermediate support structure. The left-side and right-side connecting members are respectively rotatably connected to outer ends of the left-side and right-side rotation connection structures, and are respectively slidably connected to left-side and right-side support frames. By pressing a pressing structure to the rotation structure, when a flexible screen mobile terminal is unfolded, the left and right casings can be prevented from rotating and shaking, and the unfolded state is stably maintained. It is suitable for adopting multiple segments of rotation structures to cooperate with the pressing structure, thereby reducing the risk of getting stuck during rotation.
US12222768B2
According to aspects of the disclosure, a display system is provided comprising a support, a first display coupled to the support, wherein the first display is configured to display output information received from at least one computing device, and a second display rotatably coupled to the first display and rotatably coupled to the support, wherein the second display is configured to display output information received from the at least one computing device.
US12222766B2
This application provides a display module and an electronic device. A display module includes a first buffer member, and a first non-bending region, a bending region, and a second non-bending region. A support member is fastened on the display screen. A first metal plate member of the support member faces the first non-bending region. A first connection plate member of the support member faces the bending region. A second metal plate member of the support member faces the second non-bending region. The first connection plate member is provided with grooves. Openings of the grooves are located on a first surface of the metal part. Organic material are located in the grooves, and are connected to the metal part. The first buffer member is located between the first metal plate member and the second metal plate member.
US12222764B2
A foldable display device includes a first support member, a second support member rotatably connected to the first support member, a primary display screen, and a secondary display screen fixed on the second support member. The first support member includes a flat surface, and a first arc surface and a second arc surface respectively connected to opposite sides of the flat surface. The primary display screen includes first, second, and third primary display screens sequentially covering the flat surface, the first arc surface, and the second arc surface. When the secondary display screen is stored, the first, second, and third primary display screens and the secondary display screen form a 360° surround screen. When the secondary display screen is spread to a same plane as the first primary display screen, the first primary display screen and the secondary display screen form a spliced display screen.
US12222761B2
Disclosed are a display module and a display device. The display module includes a rear shell and an intermediate frame, and a display screen, an ultra-thin protective cover plate, and a protective film. The rear shell has a back plate and a first folded edge bent and extending from the edge of the back plate to the side of the display screen. The intermediate frame is located in a region enclosed by the back plate and the first folded edge. The ultra-thin protective cover plate has a first surface away from the side of the display screen, and a side surface located on the edge. The protective film includes a first part attached to the first surface of the ultra-thin protective cover plate, and a second part coating the side surface of the ultra-thin protective cover plate.
US12222742B2
The present invention provides a force feedback device. The force feedback device includes: a base; a trigger assembly, the trigger assembly including a trigger body, a connecting portion, a trigger, and an arc portion, the connecting portion being supported on the base through a first transmission shaft and forming a rotational connection; a driving assembly, the driving assembly including a driving unit and a second transmission shaft, the second transmission shaft being arranged opposite to the arc portion; the second transmission shaft including a transmission shaft body connected to the driving unit and a spiral groove formed on the transmission shaft body and extending along an axial direction of the transmission shaft body; and a transmission medium, the transmission medium being arranged, in a surrounding manner, in the spiral groove of the second transmission shaft.
US12222739B1
A system for providing a physical projection routine includes a hardware processor, a system memory storing a software code, and a projection platform. The hardware processor is configured to execute the software code to measure an environmental parameter of a venue, determine, based on the environmental parameter, a desired orientation of the projection platform for executing the physical projection routine, and orient the projection platform according to the desired orientation determined based on the environmental parameter. The hardware processor and software code then execute the physical projection routine by the projection platform oriented using the desired orientation determined based on the environmental parameter.
US12222736B2
A flow control valve for a bathing installation. The flow control valve is configured to operate between an open state and a closed state in dependence on the applied water pressure. As water pressure increases, the valve progressively reduces flow dynamically, until flow increases to a point that the valve is placed in the closed state. The valve may be placed in the bathing installation recirculating water path downstream of a bypass path and upstream of a heat pump. By regulating water flow and pressure to the heat pump, the heat pump may be operated in a flow rate for efficient operation. The valve also prevents water pressure at a high level which may damage the heat pump.
US12222735B2
The disclosure relates to systems, methods and programs for maneuvering unmanned vehicles. More specifically, the disclosure relates to systems, methods and programs for controlling maneuverability of unmanned vehicles (ground, aerial and marine) by coupling vehicle controls with point of regard (PoR) in a 2D plane, translated to a continuously updating flight vector in a 3D space, based on 12 DOF head pose and/or hand gesture of a user.
US12222734B2
A control apparatus includes a memory storing information on power consumption for flight of an aircraft flying by an electric rotor and a controller configured to instruct the aircraft to fly on a flight path passing through a power supply facility based on a remaining charge of the aircraft and the power consumption according to flight conditions when the aircraft flies to a destination.
US12222729B2
A target tracking method and device, relating to the field of vehicles. The method comprises: reading a target fusion list at the current moment, wherein the target fusion list comprises a target attribute set corresponding to each environment target in one or more environment targets, and the target attribute set comprises parameter attribute sets, measured by one or more sensors, of the environment targets; determining whether the target fusion list at the current moment is an initial target fusion list or not; and if the target fusion list at the current moment is not the initial target fusion list, determining a target tracking list at the current moment according to the target fusion list at the current moment and a stored target tracking list at the previous moment, wherein the target tracking list comprises a parameter attribute set corresponding to each screened environment target and a fusion tracking ID.
US12222728B2
An image recognizing device includes an image storing portion, a cylindrical distortion correcting portion, a vertical edge extracting portion; a column candidate extracting portion, a pole candidate evaluating portion, a pole foot position setting portion, a movement distance acquiring portion, a detected distance difference calculating portion, and a pole identifying portion. When the vehicle is moving toward a pole candidate, the movement distance acquiring portion acquires a movement distance moved by the vehicle during a prescribed time interval, and the detected distance difference calculating portion calculates a detected distance difference between a starting detected distance and an ending detected distance for the prescribed time interval. The pole identifying portion identifies that a pole candidate wherein the absolute value of the difference between the movement distance and the detected distance difference is less than a threshold value as being a pole that has a pole foot position that contacts the ground.
US12222720B2
The subject disclosure relates to features that improve safety for autonomous vehicle (AV) driving maneuvers. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for detecting an unprotected maneuver, navigating an AV into an intersection, and detecting a wheel safety angle relative to the intersection. In some aspects, the process further includes steps for automatically adjusting a wheel angle of the AV based on the wheel safety angle. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US12222711B2
A method for a model-based determination of model parameters (MP) of a production model (PM) of a film extrusion line, comprising: detecting of at least two model parameters (MP) in the form of input parameters (EP) of the production model (PM) for detecting a production situation of the film extrusion line and/or in the form of output parameters (AP) of the production model (PM) for detecting a film product situation of the film extrusion line, forming a parameter relationship between the acquired model parameters (MP) by means of the production model (PM), determining at least one further model parameter (MP) in the form of a non-detected input parameter (EP) and/or a non-detected output parameter (AP) of the production model (PM).
US12222710B2
To keep plant performance constant in a control apparatus for controlling a plant including a plurality of units. The control apparatus (a PCM) controls an automobile including a plurality of units. The control apparatus includes a model controller that generates a target value of a characteristic to be achieved by each unit based on a model set for each unit, a unit specifier (a performance change determinator) that specifies a unit in which performance unique to the unit has changed among the units, and a target value corrector (an FF updater) that corrects the target value for the unit that has been specified by the unit specifier.
US12222700B2
A controller includes a calculator, a generator, and an adjuster. The calculator calculates a correction value for a position command based on a transmission delay and a control delay included in outputting the position command from the controller to the slave axis drive. The transmission delay is a delay in transmitting the position command to the slave axis drive. The control delay is a delay in the slave axis drive. The generator generates a corrected position command by applying the correction value to a reference position command for the slave axis drive calculated using position information about the master axis drive. The adjuster adjusts, in a predetermined period from when a speed of the master axis drive changes, the correction value to be below a value calculated by the calculator to cause a position of the slave axis drive to avoid exceeding a position of the master axis drive.
US12222695B2
A method and system to generate safe control data to control and/or to supervise a local machine, wherein a local software application is executed on a safe hardware device and executes calculations based input data to generate said safe control data, wherein a software application is executed on a hardware external to the safe device and sends a request to the cloud application to execute one or more defined calculations and said specific input data, which is to be used by the at least one cloud application for the execution of the one or more defined calculations, wherein the control data is determined to be safe or unsafe, and wherein if the control data are not received timely they will not be used to control and/or supervise the local machine.
US12222690B2
To facilitate evaluation of a predicted process shape in process recipe development using machine learning, a process recipe search apparatus that searches for an etching recipe that is a parameter of a plasma processing apparatus set so as to etch a sample into a desired shape displays, on a display device, the predicted process shape of the sample by a candidate etching recipe predicted by using a machine leaning model, by highlighting a difference between the predicted process shape and a target shape.
US12222687B2
A method, apparatus and system are provided to coordinate, manage, and optimize the electrical loads across all subsystems behind a given meter. In this approach, which is sometimes referred to herein as intelligent demand optimization, the optimized capacity needs of each subsystem are assessed in real-time, along with the available capacity of the meter and the current billing period peak. Power is then distributed dynamically to each subsystem to reduce the overall peak.
US12222686B2
An industrial automation device includes first processing circuitry configured to perform a first set of operations associated with controlling the industrial automation device or one or more industrial automation devices communicatively coupled to the industrial automation device. The industrial automation device includes input/output circuitry communicatively couplable to an electronic device having second processing circuitry that is configured to execute computer-readable instructions to execute a software container and receive, in the software container, data from the industrial automation device, the one or more industrial automation devices, or both. The second processing circuitry executes the computer-readable instructions to perform, using the software container, a second set of operations associated with controlling the industrial automation device or the one or more industrial automation devices. The second processing circuitry is also executes the computer-readable instructions to adjust an operation of the industrial automation device based on the second set of operations.
US12222680B1
The provided is a device for image based on FAPNN and a recognition method, comprising creating training transparent matrices corresponding to various discrete image categories in the training analog image dataset, recording each image for each image category by a Fourier convolution in one cell of the training transparent holographic matrix; generating different separate holographic cells on the 3D holographic memory matrix by simultaneously Fourier convolution of all images recorded on the training transparent holographic matrix; recording, with mechanical or optical change of the training transparent matrices, various image categories in different holographic cells of the 3D holographic memory matrix at different angles of reference beam and object beam; and receiving the analog image to be recognized, recognizing the image to be recognized and obtaining an image recognition result through values recorded in the holographic cells in the 3D holographic memory matrix.
US12222679B1
A holographic wavefront printing system and method are provided. A two-dimension digital blazed grating is loaded on a phase hologram, and the emergent direction of active region diffracted light is adjusted to prevent overlapping with the dead region diffracted light after being Fourier transformed by a lens, and a phase spatial light modulator is inclined by a preset angle to change the emergent direction of the diffracted light, such that the dead region zeroth-order and first-order diffracted light on a focusing surface are symmetrical with respect to a main optical axis of a first lens, the frequency spectrum center of active region zeroth-order diffracted light is then loaded to the original frequency spectrum center without information change. In this way, the adverse effects of the dead region diffracted light and active region high-order diffracted light of the phase spatial light modulator on holographic wavefront printing are eliminated.
US12222675B2
An image forming apparatus includes a feeding portion, an image forming portion, a fixing portion, a casing, a discharging portion, a reversing portion, and a controller. In a first operation, the image forming portion forms an image on a sheet fed by the feeding portion, and then the discharging portion discharges the sheet. In a second operation, after the reversing portion reverses and conveys the sheet (i) which is fed by the feeding portion and (ii) which passes through the image forming portion without forming the image thereon and is conveyed to the second conveyance passage, the image forming portion forms the image on the sheet, and then the discharging portion discharges the sheet.
US12222674B2
A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis extending in an axial direction; a memory including a storing element configured to store information, a memory contact electrically connected to the storing element, and a substrate having a surface on which the memory contact is provided; and a frame which supports the photosensitive drum, on which the substrate is mounted, and which includes a first end with respect to the axial direction and a second end opposite from the first end. The frame includes a container provided with an accommodating chamber for accommodating a developer collected from the photosensitive drum and with an opening communicating with the accommodating chamber and includes a mounting member mounted on the container so as to cover the opening. The mounting member includes a supporting portion for supporting the substrate.
US12222668B2
An image forming apparatus includes first to third adjustment processing portions. The first adjustment processing portion adjusts an emission light amount of a light-emitting portion of a first sensor based on an electric signal output from a light-receiving portion of the first sensor and corresponding to regular reflection light reflected by a non-toner-adhering surface of an image-carrying member. The second adjustment processing portion adjusts an operation condition of an image forming portion based on a toner concentration of a first toner image in a specific color, that has a concentration smaller than a predetermined saturation concentration. The third adjustment processing portion adjusts an emission light amount of a light-emitting portion of a second sensor based on an electric signal output from a light-receiving portion of the second sensor and corresponding to diffuse reflection light reflected by a second toner image in the specific color, that has a predetermined reference concentration.
US12222665B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt configured to heat a recording material, a pressure member configured to press the fixing belt, and a sliding member configured to be in sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt and being opposed to the pressure member. The pressure member and the fixing belt form a fixing nip portion, and heat and pressure are applied to the recording material at the fixing nip portion to fix a toner image onto the recording material. The sliding member includes a plurality of protrusions on a surface of the sliding member that is in sliding contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The following expressions are satisfied: The fixing belt satisfies the prescribed formula.
US12222654B2
A method includes illuminating radiation to a resist layer over a substrate to pattern the resist layer. The patterned resist layer is developed by using a positive tone developer. The patterned resist layer is rinsed using a basic aqueous rinse solution. A pH value of the basic aqueous rinse solution is lower than a pH value of the developer, and a rinse temperature of rinsing the patterned resist layer is in a range of about 20° C. to about 40° C.
US12222637B1
A display device which includes a display component; a display frame; an embedded camera system, the embedded camera system including a camera component, the camera component being physically coupled to the display frame to embed the camera component within the display device and an electronic shutter component, the electronic shutter component being physically coupled to a display frame of the display device, the electronic shutter component restricting visual access to the camera component when the electronic shutter component is functioning in a camera off mode of operation, the electronic shutter component providing visual access to the camera component when the electronic shutter component is functioning in a camera on mode of operation.
US12222636B2
A projection lens, which is mounted on a housing of a projection device including an electro-optical element, includes a first holding part that holds a first optical system disposed along a first optical axis along which light emitted from the housing passes, a first reflective part that bends light parallel to the first optical axis to form light parallel to a second optical axis, a second reflective part that bends the light parallel to the second optical axis to form light parallel to a third optical axis, and a second holding part holds the first reflective part and the second reflective part. A distance along the first optical axis between a first lens, which is made of glass and is disposed to be closest to a reduction side in the first optical system, and the first reflective part is longer than a distance along the second optical axis between the first reflective part and the second reflective part. The first optical system includes an aspherical third lens that is made of a resin material and is disposed between the first lens and the first reflective part.
US12222628B2
A nonlinear optical device includes two coupling systems. A coupling coefficient between the two coupling systems is regulated and controlled. During operation, the pump light input from a straight waveguide is coupled into the second coupling system through the first coupling system and obtains great resonance enhancement in the second coupling system, so it is ensured that the second coupling system is in a high energy state. For signal light input from the same end of the straight waveguide, the signal light enters a resonator of the second coupling system through the coupling between the first and second coupling systems. A nonlinear effect of the system mainly occurs in the resonator of the second coupling system because in the resonator of the second coupling system, the pump light is in a great resonance enhancement. The entire resonator is in a high energy state.
US12222623B2
A laser protection variable transmission optical device (“LP-VTOD”) includes first and second cells, each capable of changing from a state of higher light transmittance to a state of lower light transmittance. The first cell is characterized by a narrow band absorption having a first peak absorption wavelength and a first FWHM of 175 nm or less, and the second cell is characterized by a narrow band absorption having a second peak absorption wavelength and a second FWHM of 175 nm or less. The first peak absorption wavelength may be the same or different than the second peak absorption wavelength. The LP-VTOD is capable of switching from a clear state to a darkened state having a darkened state transmittance % TDS-P that is equal to or less than 10% for at least one of the first or second peak absorption wavelengths.
US12222622B2
An array substrate has sub-pixel regions arranged in an array, and the sub-pixel regions include white sub-pixel regions and primary color sub-pixel regions. The array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on the first substrate. The sub-pixels include white sub-pixels and primary color sub-pixels. In a column direction, a side of each white sub-pixel is adjacent to at least one primary color sub-pixel. Each sub-pixel has light-shielding patterns. In the column direction, in a plurality of light-shielding patterns of a primary color sub-pixel adjacent to the white sub-pixel, a part of the light-shielding patterns are disposed in a white sub-pixel region where the white sub-pixel is located, and another part of the light-shielding patterns are disposed in a primary color sub-pixel region corresponding to the primary color sub-pixel.
US12222618B2
The present application discloses a liquid crystal display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel structure, which includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a matrix; data lines and scan lines arranged perpendicularly cross each other, wherein each of the sub-pixel groups includes two of the sub-pixels of same color; a first driving unit electrically connected to the scan lines, wherein the first driving unit inputs scan signals to the scan lines in a preset sequence, the sub-pixel groups of the pixel modules sequentially obtain the scan signals, two of the sub-pixels in each of the sub-pixel groups obtain the scan signals at a same time, and two of the sub-pixels in a same one of the sub-pixel groups obtain the scan signals at a same time.
US12222615B2
A display panel includes a first base substrate, a driving layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a common electrode, and a reflection layer. The driving layer is at a side of the first base substrate. The pixel electrodes are at a side of the driving layer away from the first base substrate and are electrically connected with the driving layer. The common electrode is at a side of the pixel electrodes away from the driving layer, is insulated from the pixel electrodes, and includes a plurality of openings for exposing the pixel electrodes. At least a partial region of the common electrode is opaque. The reflective layer is between the first base substrate and the driving layer and includes a plurality of openings for exposing the pixel electrodes.
US12222602B2
An optical film according to various embodiments of the present invention may include a first sheet comprising a first base portion, a first pattern layer including a plurality of prisms and formed on a surface of the first base portion, and a second pattern layer including a plurality of pyramids and formed as intaglio on the other surface of the first base portion; and a second sheet including a second base portion; a third pattern layer including a plurality of protrusions with an adhesive property and formed as a matte pattern on a surface of the second base portion, and a fourth pattern layer including a plurality of pyramids and formed as intaglio on the other surface of the second base portion.
US12222593B2
A transmissive liquid crystal panel includes a pixel region where a plurality of pixels are arrayed, a liquid crystal layer configured to modulate light for the plurality of pixels, an incident section configured to make the light incident on liquid crystal layer, an emission section configured to emit, as image light, the light modulated by liquid crystal layer, and a vapor chamber including an opening section corresponding to pixel region, a heat receiving section provided around the opening section, and a heat radiating section configured to radiate heat received by heat receiving section, the vapor chamber vaporizing, with the heat received by heat receiving section, a coolant in a liquid phase encapsulated on an inside of the vapor chamber and radiating, with the heat radiating section, heat of the coolant in a gas phase to thereby condense the coolant in the gas phase into the coolant in the liquid phase.
US12222591B2
An integrable, non-reciprocal optical component, with guidance, between two magneto-plasmonic interfaces each formed between a dielectric and a metal. An optical port and an input signal passes through a selection region providing a selected signal whose energy is concentrated in a single plasmonic mode, LRSPP or SRSPP, by a selection aperture of a width for which these modes have optical impedances that differ significantly from each other, one of which (z1eff) is close to, or equal to, the input optical impedance (z0eff). The selected signal passes through a differentiation region, which enhances the asymmetry between the two magneto-plasmonic interfaces, to concentrate its energy on a single magneto-plasmonic interface. The differentiated signal passes through a non-reciprocal treatment region formed by two magneto-plasmonic interfaces of non-equivalent geometries. The input signal will thus undergo different treatment from a reverse signal.
US12222569B2
A cable routing storage assembly for a data communication system chassis. The assembly including a shuttle including a base portion spanning between a first side of the shuttle and a second side of the shuttle. A slot is defined within the base portion and arranged between the first side and the second side. The slot extending from the back end of the shuttle along a portion of a length of the shuttle to a point proximate to a front end of the shuttle such that the base portion at the back end of the shuttle is separated between the first side and the second side. The slot being sized to slideably receive a mounting structure disposed in the chassis. A handle extends from a front end of the shuttle in front of the slot. The handle being configured to displace the shuttle relative to the chassis.
US12222566B2
Alignment aid structures and the method of formation of these structures on an interposer comprised of a planar waveguide layer and a base structure, facilitate the alignment of the optical axes of optical and optoelectrical devices formed from and mounted to the interposer. Alignment aids formed from a common hard mask on the planar waveguide layer of the interposer structure include vertical and lateral alignment structures and fiducials. Optical losses for signals propagating in interposer-based photonic integrated circuits are reduced with effective alignment structures and methods.
US12222564B2
An article of manufacture including a fiber optic termination of a small core optical fiber for use with a surgical laser (characterized by a high M2 factor) or other high-power or high-energy pulse laser is configured for safe and efficient coupling of light at a large laser focal point and/or to enable the process of coupling of radiant intensities exceeding the silica fiber damage thresholds and/or those ionizing the air if fully focused therein. The termination includes a glass cylinder structured to include a core region and a glass cladding region the ratio of dimensions of which is substantially equal to the ratio of respectively-corresponding dimensions of the employed optical fiber. A method of coupling laser light characterized by an M2 factor of 25 or higher into an optical fiber with the use of same.
US12222559B2
Narrow width fiber optic connectors having spring loaded remote release mechanisms to facilitate access and usage of the connectors in high density arrays. A narrow width fiber optic connector comprises a multi-fiber connector, wherein a width of said narrow width fiber optic connector is less than about 5.25 mm, a housing configured to hold the multi-fiber connector and further comprising a connector recess, and a pull tab having a ramp area configured to disengage a latch of one of an adapter and an SFP from said connector recess. The pull tab may include a spring configured to allow the latch of one of the adapter and the SFP to engage with the connector recess.
US12222554B2
Disclosed is a system and method for communication using an efficient fiber-to-chip grating coupler with a high coupling efficiency. In one embodiment, a method for communication, includes: transmitting optical signals between a semiconductor photonic die on a substrate and an optical fiber array attached to the substrate using at least one corresponding grating coupler on the semiconductor photonic die, wherein the at least one grating coupler each comprises a plurality of coupling gratings, a waveguide, a cladding layer, a first reflection layer and a second reflection layer, wherein the plurality of coupling gratings each comprises at least one step in a first lateral direction and extends in a second lateral direction, wherein the first and second lateral directions are parallel to a surface of the substrate and perpendicular to each other in a grating plane, wherein the first reflection layers are configured such that the plurality of coupling gratings is disposed between the first reflection layer and the cladding layer, wherein the second reflection layer are configured such that the cladding layer is disposed between the second reflection layer and the waveguide.
US12222549B2
An endoscope can include an elongated endoscope body. An optical fiber can extend along the endoscope body. The optical fiber can direct therapeutic light and illumination light longitudinally along the optical fiber to a distal portion of the endoscope body. The therapeutic light and the illumination light can have different wavelengths. A wavelength-sensitive light separator, disposed at a distal portion of the optical fiber, can direct the illumination light to exit the optical fiber laterally through a lateral side of the optical fiber at the distal portion of the optical fiber and permit the therapeutic light to exit the optical fiber longitudinally through a distal end of the optical fiber. Examples of suitable wavelength-sensitive light separators can include one or more fiber Bragg gratings that can be obliquely angled, or a diffraction grating disposed on a lateral edge of a length of coreless fiber.
US12222546B2
An optical waveguide is an optical waveguide including a semiconductor quantum well structure, the optical waveguide including a first region in which the semiconductor quantum well structure is not disordered and a second region in which the semiconductor quantum well structure is disordered. The first region has a first bandgap wavelength, the second region has a second bandgap wavelength, and a region in which the semiconductor quantum well structure is disordered in such a manner that a bandgap wavelength continuously decreases from the first bandgap wavelength to the second bandgap wavelength is provided between the first region and the second region.
US12222544B2
A photonic chip including an optical coupler capable of transferring an optical signal between a first waveguide made of III-V material and a second waveguide made of silicon, this optical coupler including a first extension made of III-V material which extends the core of the first waveguide, a second extension made of silicon which extends the core of the second waveguide, and a SiGe inclusion buried inside of the second extension, this inclusion being made of SiGe whose chemical formula is Si1−xGex, where x is in the range between 0.2 and 0.5, and being optically coupled, on a first side, to the first waveguide and, on a second opposite side, to the second waveguide.
US12222543B2
Disclosed is a nanoimprintable resin for use in optical waveguide applications. The nanoimprintable resin includes a base resin, metal oxide nanoparticles, and a photoinitiator. A cured film of the nanoimprintable resin exhibits a refractive index greater than or equal to 1.8 (589 nm), such as 1.9 (599 nm), according to ASTM D1218-21 at 25° C.
US12222538B2
A display device and a tiled display device are provided. The display device includes: a display panel; a backlight module located on an incident side of the display panel, and including a frame and a light guiding structure, where the frame includes a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface both facing the display panel, where the second supporting surface is located on a side of the first supporting surface away from the display panel, the first supporting surface is attached to a backlight surface of the display panel, and the second supporting surface is engaged with the light guiding structure. The assembling of the display panel and the backlight module can be achieved in the present disclosure.
US12222533B1
An optical waveguide device and a display device are provided. The optical waveguide device includes a waveguide substrate having a coupling-out region and first and second surfaces with coupling-in and reflection regions, a coupling-in grating disposed in the coupling-in region to diffract input light to form positive first-order and zero-order diffraction light, a coupling-out grating disposed and a reflection grating disposed in the reflection region such that portion of the zero-order diffraction light forms positive first-order reflection light through diffraction. A light spot of the zero-order diffraction light first projected onto the second surface has a first profile at least partially located in the reflection region. A projection of the reflection region on the first surface partially overlaps with the coupling-in region, and a ratio of area of an overlapping portion to that of the coupling-in region is less than or equal to 40%.
US12222527B2
There is provided a light diffusion film in which a decrease in the half-value angle can be suppressed even after processing with a high elongation rate. A light diffusion film including a base material film and a light diffusing layer, the light diffusing layer containing light diffusing particles and a resin binder, wherein a ratio (T/t) of an average film thickness T of the light diffusing layer, to an average particle diameter t of the light diffusing particles, is 3.0 or more.
US12222526B2
A mid-air image display device and an operation method thereof are provided. The mid-air image display device includes: a projection system configured to generate a light beam for an image; at least one positive lens; and a light multiplication module comprising a first transmission grating, a second transmission grating, a waveguide and a reflection grating, and configured to receive the light beam from the projection system and transmit the received light beam through the first transmission grating, the second transmission grating, the waveguide and the reflection grating, wherein the at least one positive lens is disposed on the light multiplication module, and configured to receive the light beam transmitted through the light multiplication module to form a mid-air image.
US12222505B2
An optical module includes: an image element; a prism mirror that reflects image light emitted from the image element at an inner reflection portion; a combiner that reflects the image light from the prism mirror toward a pupil position; and a barrel that is disposed between the prism mirror and the combiner and that positions the prism mirror. The barrel includes a first positioning surface brought into contact with the prism mirror in a second direction perpendicular to a first imaginary plane and parallel to a normal line of a second imaginary plane on which the image light emitted from an emission portion of the prism mirror is incident, and a second positioning portions brought into contact with the prism mirror in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and intersecting the second direction.
US12222499B2
Methods and apparatus for eye-glow suppression in waveguide systems is disclosed herein. Some embodiments of the methods and the apparatus include a source of image modulated light; a waveguide having an eye-facing surface and an external surface facing the outside world; an input coupler for coupling the light into a total reflection internal path in the waveguide; at least one grating for providing beam expansion and extracting light from the waveguide towards an eyebox; a polymer grating structure comprising a modulation depth and a grating pitch. The modulation depth is greater than the grating pitch across at least a portion of the polymer grating structure. Advantageously, the polymer grating structure is configured to diffract light entering the waveguide from the outside world or stray light generated within the waveguide away from optical paths that are refracted through the external surface into the outside world.
US12222492B2
A microelectromechanical device includes a fixed structure having a frame defining a cavity, a tiltable structure elastically suspended above the cavity with main extension in a horizontal plane, a piezoelectrically driven actuation structure which can be biased to cause a desired rotation of the tiltable structure about a first and second rotation axes, and a supporting structure integral with the fixed structure and extending in the cavity starting from the frame. Lever elements are elastically coupled to the tiltable structure at a first end by elastic suspension elements and to the supporting structure at a second end by elastic connecting elements which define a lever rotation axis. The lever elements are elastically coupled to the actuation structure so that their biasing causes the desired rotation of the tiltable structure about the first and second rotation axes.
US12222488B2
An observation carrier for a microscope is provided. The observation carrier includes a bottom base, an upper cover, and a chip. The upper cover is detachably disposed on the bottom base and has a window. The chip is integrated on the upper cover and includes a main body and a plurality of electrodes. The main body has an observation region, and the observation region corresponds to the window and is adapted to carry a sample material. The electrodes are disposed on the main body and are connected to the observation region.
US12222485B2
A method is provided for operating a microscope scanner 1 comprising a line scanner 3. Pre-scan data is generated for a target 6 comprising a sample, wherein generating the pre-scan data comprises: obtaining a pre-scan image of the target 6 from a pre-scan; and identifying one or more sample-containing regions 24 and one or more sample-free regions 26 of the target 6 from the pre-scan image. An imaging scan is then performed of a scanning region of the target 6 including the one or more sample-containing regions 24 and the one or more sample-free regions 26. The scanning speed of the line scanner 3 is adjusted along the image scan path based on the pre-scan data so that the target 6 is imaged at a higher scanning speed within the one or more sample-free regions 26 than in the one or more sample-containing regions 24.
US12222483B2
A method for operating a surgical microscope having a camera is described. The method includes the following steps: a code that is able to be captured in a set frequency range is introduced into the field of view of the camera, at least one image which includes the code is captured via the camera, an evaluation device is used to identify the code and compare the latter to set features of a code required to activate at least one function, and if the identified code has the set features, the activation of the function is authorized.
US12222481B2
The zoom lens consists of a first optical system including a lens at a position closest to the magnification side and a second optical system forming an intermediate image in order from the magnification side. The first optical system reforms the intermediate image on a magnification side imaging plane. The second optical system includes a lens group including an aperture stop, having a negative refractive power, and moving during zooming. The zoom lens satisfies a conditional expression: 0.1
US12222475B2
A rotationally shift invariant and multi-layered array system for full-field of view and/or photon collection by 4 pi steradian field of view. In the system, all of the incoming light (i.e., light from all directions), in a solid angle of 4 pi steradians, is focused inside the optics. The optics have a spherically shift invariant structure, providing rotational shift invariance. The system comprises a nontraditional use of the Gabor Superlen and is a configuration of multiple microlens array shell structures with concentrically arranged bulk optical components. Examples of such bulk optical components include Luneburg lenses, micro-structured surfaces, a single lens, a plurality of single lenses, ball lenses, metalenses, diffractive optical elements, and magnetic lenses. In an embodiment, the Gabor Superlens (i.e., microlens array) is planar. In an embodiment, no moving parts are required for the system to achieve truly full-field of view imaging and/or photon collection by 4 pi steradian field of view.
US12222468B2
An optical imaging lens includes a first lens element to a seventh lens element, and each lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The second lens element has negative refracting power, an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the fifth lens element is concave, and an optical axis region of the object-side surface of the seventh lens element is convex. Lens elements included by the optical imaging lens are only the seven lens elements described above, and the following relationships: V5+V6+V7≥140.000, (ImgH+D61t72)/D11t42≥2.400, V4≥30.000 are satisfied.
US12222450B2
In described examples of a system for outputting a patterned light beam, the system includes: an illumination source; a positive optical element positioned to receive light from the illumination source and to output converging light; a reflective element positioned to receive the converging light from the positive optical element, the reflective element configured to reflect the converging light to form a scan beam; and a negative optical element to receive the scan beam from the reflective element, the negative optical element configured to output the scan beam to a field of view.
US12222444B2
A side looking occupancy sensor is incorporated in a conventional wall switch mounted into a switch box adjacent to a door. The side-looking proximity sensor preferably is mountable to either side of the doorjamb to make the side-looking proximity sensor face the door opening. During operation, the side-looking sensor monitors the door movement or senses the passage of a person for indication that a person is entering or leaving the space. Entry and exit determination is made based on activation of the side-looking sensor.
US12222443B2
A detection device with an optical device comprising at least one light source and at least one light sensitive element optically decoupled inside the detection device. A protective housing encloses the optical device. An optical cover comprising an internal surface facing the optical device and an external surface opposite to the internal surface, wherein the optical cover is transparent at the operating wavelength of the optical device, and comprises at least two separate apertures. A first aperture faces the light source and a second aperture faces the light sensitive element. The optical cover is one piece comprised of diffusing, absorbing, multilayer elements, and/or wavelength-changing elements placed between the first and second apertures in an optical decoupling zone outside the field of view of the light source and the sensitive element to avoid the stray light travelling from the light source to the sensitive element within the optical cover.
US12222427B2
A method includes receiving, by a computing device, from a plurality of radiofrequency receivers, a plurality of baseband signals, each of the plurality of baseband signals formed from a radiofrequency signal from a GNSS antenna and a pilot reference signal, wherein the pilot reference signal is the same for each of the baseband signals. One or more of a phase offset, a time offset, or a power offset are calculated for each of the baseband signals based on the pilot reference signal. Each of plurality of baseband signals are adjusted based on the calculated phase offset, time offset, or power offset for each of the baseband signals.
US12222421B2
Object recognition apparatus, object recognition method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An object recognition apparatus includes a light source, an image sensor, a control circuit, and a signal processing circuit. The control circuit causes the light source to emit first light toward a scene and subsequently emit second light toward the scene, the first light having a first spatial distribution, the second light having a second spatial distribution. The control circuit causes the image sensor to detect first reflected light and second reflected light in the same exposure period, the first reflected light being caused by reflection of the first light from the scene, the second reflected light being caused by reflection of the second light from the scene. The signal processing circuit recognizes an object included in a scene based on photodetection data output from the image sensor, and based on an object recognition model pre-trained by a machine learning algorithm.
US12222414B2
A method is disclosed. In various examples, the method may include receiving an instruction for generating a signal comprising a ranging signal and a data signal. The method may also include transmitting, via a terrestrial transmitter for transmitting radio waves having encoded messaging information and timing information for one or more of positioning, navigation and timing, the signal at least partially responsive to the instruction. The signal may include a pulse group comprising a number of ranging pulses and a number of data pulses subsequent to the number of ranging pulses. Respective ones of the number of data pulses may have a phase of either a positive-going phase or a negative-going phase. Information may be encoded using the either positive-going phases or negative-going phases of the data pulses.
US12222409B2
An inspection apparatus includes a stage having a placing surface, a first magnetic field generator, and a second magnetic field generator. The first magnetic field generator is configured to be changeable in orientation and to singly generate a first magnetic field. The second magnetic field generator is configured to be changeable in orientation and to singly generate a second magnetic field. The first and second magnetic field generators are configured to cooperatively generate a composite magnetic field in cooperation.
US12222402B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed that includes a first battery management circuit. The first battery management circuit is configured to measure a voltage of a first battery cell of a battery pack and to generate a first voltage measurement based at least in part on the measured voltage of the first battery cell. The first battery management circuit is configured to receive a bit of a first response from a second battery management circuit. The bit of the first response is generated by the second battery management circuit based at least in part on a measured voltage of a second battery cell of the battery pack. The first battery management circuit is configured to sum the bit of the first response with a corresponding bit of the first voltage measurement and to provide the summed bit to a third battery management circuit as part of a second response.
US12222396B2
A battery internal temperature information processing method, a computer device, and a storage medium that first acquire off-line testing data for off-line testing a battery module and construct an equivalent thermal network model from the off-line testing data, determine optimal model parameters of the equivalent thermal network model based on a multi-objective function fitting method; thereafter, a first battery internal temperature estimate of the battery of the vehicle at a first moment in actual operation of the vehicle is determined, in turn, based on the acquired initial state vector values of the battery of the vehicle, first operational data at a first moment in actual operation of the vehicle, and an equivalent thermal network model including the optimal model parameters.
US12222385B2
A testing method includes: a wafer under test is detected based on a pre-set test region to obtain detection results of a plurality of chips in the wafer under test; a discrete point distribution diagram of the detection results of the plurality of chips are obtained, a discrete point in the discrete point distribution diagram being used for representing a position of an abnormal chip in the wafer under test; the discrete point distribution diagram is divided into a plurality of test regions based on graphic distribution characteristics in the pre-set test region, and a test result distribution diagram for representing graphic characteristics of the discrete point distribution diagram is obtained; a correlation between the test result distribution diagram and the graphic distribution characteristics in the pre-set test region is obtained; and a test result of the wafer under test is obtained based on the correlation.
US12222379B2
A measuring instrument according to an exemplary embodiment includes a base board, at least one sensor chip provided on the base board, and a circuit board provided on the base board. The at least one sensor chip includes a sensor unit including a signal electrode having a front surface intersecting the base board in a radial direction, a guard electrode disposed on a rear side of the signal electrode, and a first ground electrode disposed on a rear side of the guard electrode. The at least one sensor chip includes a second ground electrode extending along a lower surface of the sensor unit. A space between the second ground electrode and the sensor unit is filled with an insulating material.
US12222376B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a peak voltage detection circuit with reduced charge loss. A circuit structure of the disclosure includes a peak voltage detector having a first input node coupled to an input line and a second input node coupled to a first electrically actuated switch. The peak voltage detector coupling the first input node and the second input node to an output node, and a second electrically actuated switch coupling the output node of the peak voltage detector to a capacitor. The first electrically actuated switch couples the capacitor to the second input node of the peak voltage detector. The input line is coupled to a control node of the first electrically actuated switch and a control node of the second electrically actuated switch.
US12222375B2
A shunt resistor may, in some cases, receive interference from magnetic fields. The shunt resistor may include a resistive element coupled between multiple conductive elements, and measurement circuitry coupled to the leads, forming an electrically conductive loop. Current through the shunt resistor may be determined by measuring the current through the resistive element at the leads. An induced voltage in the loop may be determined by the product of the loop area and the magnetic field passing through the loop. Consequently, when a magnetic field is passed through the shunt resistor loop, an undesirable interfering signal may be produced, distorting the output signal of the shunt resistor. As the interfering signal is a product of the loop area and the magnetic field, the geometry of the shunt resistor may be modified to reduce the loop area and thus reduce or minimize the interference on the shunt resistor.
US12222374B1
Optical calculation method and system for relay protection based on Faraday magneto-optical rotation effect are provided. A cascaded optical computing approach is employed, where three optical current transformers are connected in series on a single optical path. Final output optical signal represented as a cascaded multiplication of outputs of three optical current transformers, carries a Faraday rotation angle containing differential current information. Differential current required for protection is computed by modulation ratio which is calculated by use of a carrier and modulation wave signals of the output optical signal detecting by filtering circuit from the third optical current transformer.
US12222372B2
A chip type coil-based fluxgate current sensor, comprising: a magnetism gathering iron core, a chip type coil, an integral filtering module, a signal driving module, a voltage acquisition module, and a signal amplification module which are connected in sequence. The chip type coil comprises a first high-resistance silicon wafer and a second high-resistance silicon wafer which are bonded with each other; a built-in cavity is formed between involution surfaces of first high-resistance silicon wafer and second high-resistance silicon wafer, and multiple solenoid cavities filled with coil materials are provided around the periphery of the cavity; a cavity opening is formed at one end after involution of first high-resistance silicon wafer and second high-resistance silicon wafer. The magnetism gathering iron core is inserted into the cavity of the chip type coil by means of the cavity opening. The present current sensor is small in size and stable in signal.
US12222370B2
A probe head and a probe card having the same are provided. The probe head includes a plurality of guide plates each having a guide hole, wherein each of the guide plates has a shape in which a plurality of layers are stacked, and each of the guide plates includes: a first guide layer provided at a lowermost side thereof, and having a first guide hole; and a second guide layer provided at an uppermost side thereof, and having a second guide hole, wherein a side wall of the first guide hole and a side wall of the second guide hole are not provided on the same vertical line.
US12222366B2
A current sensor assembly includes a housing; a plurality of shields which are accommodated inside the housing and open toward the top of the housing; a plurality of bus bars to which three-phase current is applied and which are arranged spaced apart from each other so as to go past the plurality of shields, respectively; and a current sensor unit which includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of current sensors disposed on the printed circuit board to measure the current applied to the bus bars. The shields, the bus bars, and the current sensor unit are configured to be accommodated inside the housing, and the current sensors are spaced apart from the bus bars and disposed in the inner spaces of the shields.
US12222360B2
An automatic analyzer includes a flow cell detector, a nozzle that is connected to the flow cell detector by a flow path and aspirates or discharges liquid, a reservoir that is provided with a table and a table driving mechanism that rotates or moves the table up and down, and a cleaning tank that is disposed on the table. A position of the nozzle is fixed, and a cleaning water discharge port discharges cleaning water used for cleaning the nozzle at an angle φ with respect to a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the nozzle. An upper part of a side wall of the cleaning tank is continuous with an upper discharge unit at a side facing a discharge outlet provided in the reservoir and a spatula-shaped part projects outward of the cleaning tank at a side facing the upper discharge unit.
US12222358B2
The drive device includes a guide element defining a guide track, the guide element being configured to receive and guide a cuvettes strip in translation along the guide track, and a drive belt configured to displace the cuvettes strip in translation along the guide track when the cuvettes strip is received in the guide element. The drive belt is disposed below the guide track and is configured to cooperate with lower portions of the cuvettes of the cuvettes strip when the cuvettes strip is received in the guide element.
US12222357B2
Provided is an automatic analyzer in which a linear movement unit and a rotational movement unit that access to a same location can be arranged in a same plane. The automatic analyzer includes a linear movement unit configured to access to an access point by a linear movement, a rotational movement unit configured to access to the access point by a rotational movement, and a control unit configured to control an operation of the linear movement unit and the rotational movement unit so that the linear movement unit and the rotational movement unit do not interfere with each other.
US12222353B2
A diagnostic kit for a confirmatory assay using the indirect ELISA method that measures the levels of anti-Native Hapten antibodies produced during a real infection, thereby preventing large financial losses to livestock farm, by discerning “false positives” that present anti-LPS antibodies due to cross-reactions with enterobacteria and post-vaccinal antibodies for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis in blood serum and individual milk (per animal) and bulk milk (tank), characterised by using the crude Native Hapten antigen, extracted from B. melitensis 16M strain, with no purification treatment and an effective adherence capacity, which is used to antigenize plates at a known concentration (1 μg per well), where using as reference positive and negative controls subjected to the lyophilisation (freeze drying) method to ensure their preservation, thereby avoiding the contamination and degradation of the antibodies present and ensuring the stability of the optical densities in said controls for a correct results interpretation of an indirect ELISA, are taken as reference. The lyophilisation method for controls that may be used in other diagnostic methods is also presented.
US12222346B2
Provided are nanopore devices that include a hafnium oxide coating on the pores of the devices. Such devices exhibit improved stability, especially when in a salt solution environment. Also provided are related methods.
US12222341B2
A gas monitor configured to monitor at least one target gas in an environmental mixture, by separating and concentrating the target gas and then adjusting for the concentration factor. The adjustment may also take into account sensor sensitivities to other gases. Methods for adjustment of target gas results are described.
US12222338B2
A gas analyzer includes a self-contained pressure module that at least partly encloses a tube for a gas, wherein a pressure module is equipped with a sensor and a valve, the sensor and the valve are operable through a master control circuit that is accommodated in a self-contained control enclosure outside of the pressure module, separate from the valve and the sensor.
US12222332B2
A device for fatigue test includes a sample-laying part, a sample support, and a force-applying part. The sample-laying part is disposed on the sample support; and the force-applying part is disposed on the sample-laying part; the sample-laying part includes a substrate plate and at least two arms disposed on the substrate plate; the sample support includes a bed plate and at least four roller assemblies disposed on the bed plate; each roller assembly includes a roller, a roller support, and an adjusting bolt; the roller support is disposed on the bed plate; the roller is disposed on the roller support; the adjusting bolt is disposed between the roller and the roller support; and the sample support further includes at least one barrier, and both ends of the barrier are connected to two adjacent roller supports, respectively.
US12222325B2
The system is for use with a tissue sample and includes a tray and an apparatus. The tray is for receiving the tissue sample in use and an apparatus. The apparatus includes: a support which receives the tray in use: a probe adapted to transmit waves and identify wave echoes: a tissue marking device; and a transporter adapted to: convey the probe over the tissue sample in use, the probe and the transporter being adapted such that, in use, information about the tissue sample is collected sufficient to permit a radiologist to identify structures which resemble lymph nodes in the tissue sample; and convey the tissue marking device to locations of interest which correspond to the locations of structures which resemble lymph nodes in the tissue sample.
US12222322B2
A system and method for the acoustic detection of cracks in a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. In one example, the system includes a force generating unit configured to apply a force onto the semiconductor substrate, a detector unit comprising a resonating indenter and an acoustic emission sensor coupled to the resonating indenter, and an evaluation unit configured to evaluate acoustic signals detected by the detector unit and configured to determine whether a crack has occurred based on the detected signals. The resonating indenter is configured to contact the semiconductor substrate at a lateral distance from the force generating unit, and wherein the force generating unit and the resonating indenter are configured to contact the semiconductor substrate on the same side.
US12222314B2
A sensor element includes: a base part containing an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte as a constituent material; at least one internal space into which a measurement gas is introduced; and at least one pump cell including an internal electrode disposed to face the internal space, an out-of-space pump electrode disposed at a location other than the internal space, and a portion of the base part located between these electrodes, the internal electrode includes a noble metal, the solid electrolyte, and a pore, and, in the internal electrode, a degree of variation of a boundary of a first region formed of the base part or the solid electrolyte contiguous with the base part and a second region occupied by the noble metal and the pore in a thickness direction of the element is 0.5 μm or more and 6.5 μm or less.
US12222313B2
A sensor element includes a base part containing a solid electrolyte as a constituent material; at least one internal space into which a measurement gas is introduced; and at least one pump cell including an internal space electrode disposed to face the internal space, an out-of-space pump electrode disposed at a location other than the internal space, and a portion of the base part located between these electrodes, the internal space electrode includes a noble metal, the solid electrolyte, and a pore, and, in the internal space electrode, a ratio of a length of a boundary of a first region formed of the base part or the solid electrolyte contiguous with the base part and a second region occupied by the noble metal and the pore to a length of a boundary of the solid electrolyte and the internal space electrode is 1.1 or more.
US12222312B2
A gas sensor includes a sensor element, a housing, a contact terminal, a second insulator, a lead wire, a sealing member, an inner periphery side cover and an outer periphery side cover. The inner periphery side cover is mounted on an outer periphery at a position on a base end side in an axial direction of the housing. The outer periphery side cover is disposed on the outer periphery side of the inner periphery side cover, forms a substantially cylindrical space with the inner periphery side cover and holds the sealing member on an inner periphery side.
US12222304B2
A method for the analysis, in particular for analysis by dynamic difference calorimetry (DSC), of biological material, in particular blood, urine, sweat or skin tissue, with the steps of: introduction of a sample with a patient's biological material onto a sensor of a measuring device; acquisition of measured values by means of the measuring device; sending the measured values to an evaluation device, which communicates with the measuring device; assessment of the patient's state of health with the aid of data structures characterizing the state of health on the basis of the measured values by means of the evaluation device, on which a first application software instance is performed; and visualization or audio-visualization of the state of health on a display. The present invention further creates a system for the analysis of biological material and a use of such a system.
US12222303B2
A transmission type small-angle scattering device of the present invention includes a goniometer 10 including a rotation arm 11. The rotation arm 11 is freely turnable around a θ-axis extending in a horizontal direction from an origin with a vertical arrangement state of the rotation arm 11 being defined as the origin, and has a vertical arrangement structure in which an X-ray irradiation unit 20 is installed on a lower-side end portion of the rotation arm 11, and a two-dimensional X-ray detector 30 is installed on an upper-side end portion of the rotation arm 11 to form a vertical arrangement structure.
US12222299B2
A method for assessing contrasts on surfaces, in particular for optically identifying structured and/or pictorial surfaces, e.g. of paintings or sculptures, is simple to use independently of the location and safe. For this purpose, the method involves the steps of: focusing a camera onto a prominent image dot on the surface; creating at least two images of a recognizable, high-contrast area of the image dot; and storing the image having the greatest depth of detail as a reference image.
US12222298B2
An approach for collecting disparate data within a pipe involves a sensor arrangement configured to be deployed within the pipe. The sensor arrangement includes a plurality of sensors configured to detect disparate data related to the pipe. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is coupled to a respective collection computer on the sensor arrangement. A synchronization module is configured to synchronize the disparate data. A database is configured to store the synchronized data. A processor is configured to process the synchronized data. A user interface configured to present the synchronized data to a user.
US12222294B2
An optical inspection device includes: a barrel; a first light source unit at a first side of the barrel and configured to irradiate light of a first wavelength range through a first light path; a second light source unit at a second side of the barrel, the second side being different from the first side, and configured to irradiate light of a second wavelength range that is different from the first wavelength range through a second light path; and a camera. At least a portion of the first light path is different from the second light path.
US12222292B2
An optical sorter includes a light source configured to irradiate a sorting target in transit on a conveyance route with light, an optical sensor configured to detect light emitted from the light source and associated with the sorting target, a determination portion configured to determine whether the sorting target is a foreign object and/or a defective product based on a signal acquired by the optical sensor with respect to the light associated with the sorting target, and at least one intermediate member disposed at a position located between the light source and the conveyance route in a direction in which the sorting target is irradiated with the light from the light source and located in such a manner that the intermediate member does not affect the detection of the light associated with the sorting target. The at least one intermediate member includes a reflection region on which the light emitted from the light source is reflected. The optical sensor is further configured to detect the light emitted from the light source and reflected on the reflection region.
US12222287B2
A universal rapid diagnostics test reader is disclosed and described herein that includes a set of control electronics, a digital camera component, an illumination component, a housing component, and a rapid diagnostics test tray, wherein the tray can hold at least one rapid diagnostics test having a shape and a size in a fixed position relative to the digital camera component and the illumination component, and wherein the reader can accommodate more than one different rapid diagnostics test. Methods are also disclosed that include: providing at least one first rapid diagnostics test having a first physical size, first feature and first format; providing at least one second rapid diagnostics test having a second physical size, second feature and second format; inserting the first rapid diagnostics test in a universal rapid diagnostics test reader; analyzing the first rapid diagnostics test using the universal rapid diagnostics test reader; removing the first rapid diagnostics test from the reader; inserting the second rapid diagnostics test in a universal rapid diagnostics test reader without any mechanical adjustments of the reader or without the use of any additional parts or additional inserts; and analyzing the second rapid diagnostics test using the universal rapid diagnostics test reader.
US12222278B2
An environmental testing device includes a heat insulation chamber that includes a test chamber and is formed using a heat insulation panel that is electrically conductible. The heat insulation chamber includes a chamber body having an entrance and a door that opens and closes the entrance. A heat insulation panel forming the chamber body includes an outer panel and an inner panel. A radiation-absorbent material is disposed between the outer panel and the inner panel. The heat insulation panel forming the chamber body and a heat insulation panel forming the door are connected to each other in an electrically conductible manner.
US12222276B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to an optoelectronic device for detection and identification of individual water droplets, ice crystals, dust particles and volcanic ash particles, the device comprising a source of ultraviolet collimated monochromatic radiation that illuminates an area of air external to the aircraft through which freely pass individual atmospheric particles to create an illuminated sample volume of air; an optical surveillance system for monitoring the clarity of light transmission through the light transmissive window to indicate a need for preventive maintenance; a first optical detection system that is constructed and arranged to collect light scattered from individual particles over an explicit angle ranging from 137° to 173° that defines the illuminated sample volume for measurement of S and P components of return scattered light from the sample volume to photodetectors that provide signals representative of intensity and change in polarization state caused by the interaction of particles with the incident illumination in the sample volume; a second optical detection system for selectively detecting fluorescence emanating from individual ash particles over an explicit angle ranging from 137° to 173° that defines the illuminated sample volume for measurement of fluoresence from the sample volume to a photodetector that provide a signal representative of intensity caused by the interaction of particles with the incident illumination in the sample volume; a signal processor that is constructed and arranged to condition the signals from the photodetectors by removing electronic noise, restoring baseline shifts and analyzing the pulse shapes to provide processed signals; a signal analyzer configured to operate upon the processed signals for extraction of data representing maximum amplitude, width, rise time and fall time of individual pulses in the S and P components, and the magnitude of the fluorescence signal which correlates to the size and/or composition of ash particles present; an information synthesizer that receives the data and produces analytical results allocated to particles by particle type including equivalent optical diameter (EOD), number and mass size distributions, and number and mass concentrations, the particle type being selected as at least one member among the group consisting of individual water droplets, ice crystals, dust particles and volcanic ash particles; and a report generator that creates an information packet utilizing information from the information synthesizer to assist in decision making related to hazard avoidance for aircraft flight, the optoelectronic system being adapted for mounting and operation on an aircraft.
US12222274B2
A calibrated aerosol source (“CAS”) and related methods for parameterizing, testing, troubleshooting and/or calibrating an instrument (e.g., photometers) or a system. Preferably, the CAS allows for generation of multiple concentrations while maintaining constant particle size distribution (PSD) for all aerosol concentrations, so that the aerosol response at other points in a particular range can be verified and linearity that was previously assumed can be proved.
US12222258B2
A test fixture includes a base and an adjustable structure. The adjustable structure includes a limiting block, a locking block, and a fixing member. The limiting block is disposed on the base. The locking block is disposed on the base and abuts an edge of the limiting block to lock the limiting block in position. The fixing member is disposed on the limiting block to fix the limiting block on the base. When the locking block is moved from a first position to a second position, the locking block unlocks the limiting block, the fixing member is loosened, and the limiting block can rotate on the base. After the limiting block is rotated, the locking block is moved from the second position to the first position to lock the limiting block, and the fixing member is tightened to fix the limiting block on the base.
US12222257B2
A structure for testing a photodiode in a PIC using a grating coupler in optical communication with an optical terminal in a different location of the photodiode from another optical terminal used during operation of the PIC. The photodiode includes an operational optical terminal and a test optical terminal with the test optical terminal in a different location than the operational optical terminal. An optical component is in optical communication with the operational optical terminal of the photodiode and is used during operation of the photodiode and the PIC. A grating coupler is in optical communication with the test optical terminal of the photodiode for testing purposes.
US12222253B2
A medicament delivery device development evaluation system is presented having a dummy medicament delivery device comprising at least one force sensor configured to detect an external force applied to the dummy medicament delivery device, processing circuitry configured to receive force measurements from the force sensor, and a storage medium configured to store the force measurements received by the processing circuitry.
US12222244B2
This invention relates to retrievable measuring cell for optical measurements in gas, the cell being defined by a gas conducting pipe having an input end adapted to be connected to a gas flow input intruding gas into the cell and an output end adapted to be connected to a gas flow output. The pipe ends also being adapted to be coupled to optical components including an optical transmitter transmitting light into said cell and an optical receiver adapted to receive light having passed through said cell, the optical beam in said cell having a predetermined shape, the optical components including a light source, at least two minors and a light receiver being mounted in known positions on an external frame covered by the pipe ends. The cell has an elongated shape corresponding to the optical beam shape.
US12222233B2
In a Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) measurement system including a measurement probe and an electronics assembly, a method for generating a time delay between transmit and receive pulses for capturing measurements in a given measurement cycle, comprising initiating first relatively slow and second relatively fast time-dependent non-linear ramped waveform functions associated with transmit and receive signals, respectively; and initiated at a time prior to initiation of the first time-dependent non-linear ramped waveform at a second time t0; comparing outputs of the first and second time dependent non-linear ramped waveform functions and activating a receive signal to measure a data point along the waveguide at a third time t1 when the outputs of the first and second time-dependent non-linear functions are equal; wherein the first and second time-dependent non-linear ramped functions are configured such that their waveform characteristics produces a time delay between time t0 and time t1 that is a linear function of time.
US12222232B2
A removable signaling device of the exhaustion of a dispenser/diffuser of a liquid active substance contained in a container of the dispenser/diffuser, wherein the device consists of a central body from which project two opposite lateral arms, which surround at least part of the dispenser/diffuser, and an appendix which extends alongside the container and carries a self-powered liquid sensor facing the container.
US12222225B2
Systems and methods for identifying one or more points of interest in pipes or drain lines are described. Examples of points of interest include blockages caused by debris in the pipe or drain line. The systems are incorporated into drain cleaning machines. Also described are drain cleaning machines utilizing the systems.
US12222215B2
Techniques for perspective-preserving seamless application switching are disclosed. A system may display a first interface using a first application. The first interface includes interface elements representing a plurality of objects. The system may detect a zoom-in command, received by the first application, requesting a particular zoom level for a first interface element, corresponding to a first object in the first plurality of objects. The system may determine that the requested zoom level exceeds a threshold. Responsive to determining that the requested zoom level exceeds the threshold, the system may display, using a second application, a second interface corresponding to the first object. The second interface may include one or more of: (a) characteristics associated with the first object that were not displayed by the first application, or (b) user input elements for executing operations associated with the first object that were not displayed by the first application.
US12222211B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a communication interface; and one or more processors configured to when determining that a degree of dirt of a vehicle exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, select at least one vehicle washing facility from among a plurality of vehicle washing facilities, based on an attribute of a user of the vehicle, and notify the user of guidance information for guiding the user to the selected vehicle washing facility via the communication interface.
US12222209B2
Inter-alia, a method is disclosed comprising: receiving a tracking device report at least indicative of a position of a tracking device; determining a segment along a transportation route comprising a plurality of segments to which the position of the tracking device report corresponds to, based, at least in part, on the tracking device report; and providing a configuration associated with the determined segment to the tracking device, wherein the configuration is indicative of segment specific settings for the tracking device, wherein the configuration is provided if a segment change along the transportation route has occurred, or if an updated configuration for a current segment not provided to the tracking device is available. It is further disclosed an according apparatus, and a computer program.
US12222204B2
A sailboat race tracking system includes a race computer and a sailboat computing device authenticated to the race computer. The sailboat computing device transmits position data as a function of time to the race computer. An event organizer computing device sets a race start time and transmits the race start time to the race computer. The race computer receives the position data as a function of time from multiple sailboat computing devices and syncs it according to the race start time. The race computer transmits the time-synced position data of the sailboat computing devices to the sailboat computing devices and spectator computing devices for display.
US12222195B1
An ammunition box filling tool apparatus and method for filling a pre-folded card stock box having an open top portion with a plurality of units of ammunition is disclosed herein. The ammunition box filling tool apparatus includes a base portion, a perimeter wall extending upwardly from the base portion, a plurality of fingers extending upwardly from the base portion and surrounded by the perimeter wall, and a plurality of sectioned compartments defined one or more of the perimeter wall or the plurality of fingers. Each of the plurality of sectioned compartments is configured receive one of the plurality of units of ammunition. The method includes at least filling ammunition box filling tool apparatus with the plurality of units of ammunition, engaging the open top portion of the pre-folded card stock box with an upper edge of the perimeter wall and simultaneously flipping the two to transfer the ammunition.
US12222184B1
Disclosed is a rapid access device for compound bow release aids. First regulation holes and second regulation holes distributed in an array manner are arranged on a modular mounting mainboard, and an adsorption piece is arranged. Both a first adsorption piece and a second adsorption piece are strong magnetic components, and the second adsorption piece is mounted at a position above the second regulation holes to adsorb a hook part of a compound bow release aid. An expansion hole plate is further mounted at a position of the first regulation holes of the present disclosure, and a position of the expansion hole plate can be adjusted in horizontal, vertical and rotational directions. The first adsorption piece is mounted on the expansion hole plate, such that the first adsorption piece is capable of adsorbing metal components of triggers or switches of most compound bow release aids.
US12222182B2
In some embodiments, a crossbow comprises a stock, a first limb assembly arranged to support a first rotatable member and a second limb assembly arranged to support a second rotatable member. The first rotatable member comprises a first cable track and a second cable track, and the second rotatable member comprises a third cable track and a fourth cable track. A bowstring extends between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member. The bowstring defines a bowstring plane. A latch is attached to the stock and arranged to engage the bowstring. A trigger is arranged to release the latch. A first cable segment is oriented above the bowstring plane and engaged with the first cable track. A second cable segment is oriented below the bowstring plane and engaged with the second cable track. A third cable segment is oriented above the bowstring plane and engaged with the third cable track. A fourth cable segment is oriented below the bowstring plane and engaged with the fourth cable track.
US12222173B2
A pin for a heat exchanger. The pin includes: a monolithic top section; a monolithic bottom section; and a middle section comprising a plurality of spaced apart sub-pins extending between the top section and the bottom section, wherein the plurality of sub-pins define one or more windows for allowing fluid flow through the middle section. Also disclosed is a layer of a heat exchanger including the pin, as well as a heat exchanger including the layer, and a method of making a layer for a heat exchanger.
US12222162B2
An industrial apparatus for the firing of ceramic articles; the apparatus comprises a tunnel kiln provided with at least one side wall, a firing chamber and a transport system configured to convey a plurality of ceramic articles along a conveying path; the apparatus comprises at least one burner, which is provided with a first tubular discharge element, a second tubular discharge element and a suction element for the gases present in the firing chamber; the suction element is arranged between the first tubular discharge element and the second tubular discharge element inside the firing chamber.
US12222160B2
A material processing apparatus is disclosed. This material processing apparatus is particularly developed to utilize a quasi-traveling microwave to conduct heat treatment for a thread-type article like fiber, silk, artificial fiber, and artificial silk. The material processing apparatus comprises a primary waveguide tube, a microwave blocking plate, a secondary waveguide tube, and at least one microwave absorbing member disposed of in the primary waveguide tube. By such design, a microwave source supplies a microwave to the secondary waveguide tube and the primary waveguide tube, such that the microwave travels in the two waveguide tubes so as to become a quasi-traveling microwave. Therefore, in the case of a thread-type article being be fed into the primary waveguide tube via the secondary waveguide tube by a thread-type article transferring mechanism, the thread-type article is steadily and evenly heated by the quasi-traveling microwave in the two waveguide tubes.
US12222157B2
A refrigerator and a control method. The method includes: in response to one or more doors corresponding to one or more storage compartments of a refrigerator being all detected to be closed, obtaining a first of information; determining, by comparing the first set of information with a second set of information, one or more target tags placed in a first storage compartment of the one or more storage compartments, and determining one or more target placement times corresponding to the one or more target tags according to a current time, wherein the second set of information is an information set generated according to identity information of each RFID tag in the one or more storage compartments obtained in response to that the doors are detected to be closed last time immediately before this closing of the doors.
US12222155B2
A refrigerator includes an insulated cabinet having a sidewall with a passthrough opening through the sidewall. A resilient insulating member is disposed in the passthrough opening. The resilient insulating member includes flaps that form an airtight seal between the resilient insulating member and the passthrough opening. At least one utility line extends through an aperture in the resilient insulating member. The utility line may comprise fluid conduit, electrical line, or the like that operably connect one or more components through the sidewall of the cabinet.
US12222153B2
An air-cooled refrigerator, comprising a bottom liner, an evaporator, a water receiving tray, and a heating wire. A cooling chamber located at the bottom of the bottom liner is defined inside the bottom liner, and the bottom wall of the bottom liner is provided with a water receiving tank with a water drainage outlet at its bottom; the evaporator is provided in the cooling chamber; the water receiving tray is provided between the evaporator and the bottom wall of the bottom liner to receive water on the evaporator, and a plurality of through holes are formed in a region of the water receiving tray facing towards the water receiving tank; the heating wire is coiled and provided between the water receiving tray and the evaporator to heat and defrost the evaporator, and the heating wire has an extension portion extending to the water receiving tank through the through holes.
US12222150B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet forming a storage space, a door configured to open or close the storage space, and an ice maker provided in the storage space or the door. The ice maker includes an upper tray including an upper chamber forming an upper portion of an ice chamber, a lower tray including a lower chamber forming a lower portion of the ice chamber, and an upper heater disposed along a circumference of the upper chamber so that at least two heating regions are formed at different positions in a vertical direction in the upper chamber.
US12222131B2
Provided are a box cover, a water box, a humidification apparatus, and an air blowing device, the box cover including a cover body and a mist outlet passageway running through the cover body, the cover body and the mist outlet passageway are integrally formed. By means of integrally forming the cover body and the mist outlet passageway, and significant reduction of the time required for assembly of a mist outlet tube, while also avoiding the occurrence of water leakage at the joint of the mist outlet tube.
US12222129B2
An air conditioner includes a housing having a first outlet and a second outlet, a first channel communicating with the first outlet, a second channel communicating with the second outlet, a tank unit configured to hold water for cooling first air and second air, the first air flowing through the first channel, the second air flowing through the second channel, a cooling unit configured to cool the first air by heat of vaporization of water held in the tank unit, a water supply channel for supplying water held in the tank unit to the cooling unit, and a water recovery channel for collecting water remaining in the cooling unit to the tank unit.
US12222128B2
A duct includes a rigid air-permeable tube of composite material. The duct also includes a layer of insulation coupled to an exterior surface of the rigid air-permeable tube. The duct further includes a non-rigid insulation layer in contact with the layer of insulation. The non-rigid insulation layer forms an air-impermeable duct wall.
US12222123B2
A ventilation system with automatic flow balancing derived from a neural network to consistently achieve a desired flow rate for inlet flow and/or outlet flow in various operating environments to optimize system performance. The system includes a ventilation device that includes an exhaust blower assembly with a blower motor and a control circuit having a mathematical equation that determines an estimated exhaust blower flow based upon select inputs. The ventilation device also includes a supply blower assembly with a blower motor and control circuit having a mathematical equation that determines an estimated supply blower flow based upon select inputs. When the estimated exhaust blower flow is different than an exhaust flow set point, the exhaust control circuit selectively alters power supplied to the exhaust motor. When the estimated supply blower flow is different than a supply flow set point, the supply control circuit selectively alters power supplied to the supply motor.
US12222122B2
HVAC control system's supervisory control is crucial for energy-efficient thermal comfort in buildings. The control logic is usually specified as ‘if-then-that-else’ rules that capture the domain expertise of HVAC operators, but they often have conflict that may lead to sub-optimal HVAC performance. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and system for optimized Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) control using domain knowledge combined with Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL). The system disclosed utilizes Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) for conflict resolution in a HVAC control in combination with domain knowledge in form of control logic. The domain knowledge is predefined in an Expressive Decision Tables (EDT) engine via a formal requirement specifier consumable by the EDT engine to capture domain knowledge of a building for the HVAC control.
US12222109B1
A heater dolly for use with an outdoor patio heater includes a platform assembly and a retention assembly constructed to extend between the platform assembly and the outdoor patio heater in a manner providing additional support and ensuring that the outdoor patio heater and platform assembly are securely connected to enhance stability of the outdoor patio heater as it sits upon the heater dolly.
US12222107B2
The connected oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a back, a door opposing the bottom, a top adjacent the back and door, a bottom opposing the top, and opposing sidewalls adjacent the remainder of the walls, a user interface unit configured to receive instructions from the user, a sensor, and a thermal management system for minimizing or preventing thermal damage to heat-sensitive components arranged on the oven.
US12222104B2
A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A combustor in the combustion section can include a combustor liner at least partially defining a combustion chamber. The combustor liner can include at least one aperture fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
US12222101B2
A modular combustion system for flexible energy generation is provided. The system comprises a plurality of combustion boilers, at least one oxidizer supply unit providing an oxidizer stream to the combustion boilers, at least one feeder to provide fuel to the combustion boilers, at least one particle removal unit to remove particles from a flue gas output stream from the combustion boilers, and a pollution removal unit to remove pollutant gases from the flue gas output stream. A process for flexible energy generation using the modular combustion system is disclosed that includes providing an oxidizer stream to a plurality of combustion boilers with at least one oxidizer supply unit, providing fuel to the plurality of combustion boilers with at least one feeder, removing particles from a flue gas output stream from the plurality of combustion boilers with at least one particle removal unit, and removing pollutant gases from a particle-free flue gas output stream with at least one pollution removal unit. A system for controlling wall heat flux in a pressurized coal combustion environment is disclosed that includes at least one burner; and at least one low-mixing, axial-flow boiler.
US12222094B1
Disclosed is a LED grow light with a cold light source, including a cold light source body fixed on a lamp support of a HID lamp, and an electronic ballast and two wiring lamp holders are arranged on the lamp support. The cold light source body includes a cold light source and a heat sink, and the heat sink includes a housing and side cover plates located at both ends of the housing. Heat dissipation channels are formed in the housing, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins are arranged on the housing. An end cover is installed at an input welding spot, screw holes are machined at the top of the housing, each screw hole is connected to a screw rod that penetrates through the fixed support and is fastened and connected by means of a screw, and the fixed support is further connected to the lamp support.
US12222091B2
An illumination system includes a light and a holder. The light includes: an illumination part from which light is emitted; a fixing part connected to the illumination part; and a battery mounting part to and from which a battery pack is attached and detached. The holder includes: a holder body; an attachment part connected to the holder body and to be attached to a subject; and an annular clamp unit connected to the holder body and disposed around the fixing part.
US12222085B2
A light fixture includes a lighting module and a ballast. The ballast includes a housing and a power module. The housing includes a front cover and a rear cover. The front cover includes a front wall and upper fins and lower fins that extend from the front wall. The rear cover includes a rear wall and first fins and second fins that extend from the rear wall. The power module includes a plurality of heat generating semiconductor components that are thermally coupled with the rear wall to facilitate cooling thereof.
US12222081B2
Light-emitting devices for motor vehicles are provided, which comprise a reflection hologram. A light-guiding body is provided to direct light from a light source arrangement (4) onto the hologram.
US12222080B1
Aspects of the disclosure include lighting assemblies and methods of using the same that leverage auto-shading laminates to support a common cavity for mixed lighting applications. An exemplary vehicle includes a lighting assembly having a common cavity. The common cavity includes an outer lens coated with an auto-shading film, a primary light source positioned behind the outer lens, a secondary light source positioned on an edge of the outer lens, and a wire embedded in the auto-shading film. The auto-shading film includes discrete substructures which vary in alignment in response to an electric field, thereby varying a transmittance through the outer lens. A controller is electrically coupled to the wire. The controller is configured to direct a switching voltage to a switch to change a state of the switch, thereby causing the wire to deliver the electric field to the discrete substructures to change the transmittance of the auto-shading film.
US12222079B2
A method for controlling an adaptive motor vehicle headlight (AMVH), wherein a first data storage device (DSD) is assigned to the AMVH, which is designed to emit different segmented light distributions having a resolution of at least 2×12 and has light sources arranged in segments for this purpose, each segment including at least one LED light source. The method includes: a) providing the AMVH and the first DSD and storing a number of data sets on the first DSD, b) connecting the AMVH to a motor vehicle, which is designed to output control data for controlling the AMVH, c) transmitting the control data by the motor vehicle to the AMVH, wherein the AMVH has an internal computing unit, which receives the control data and selects and retrieves data sets stored in the first DSD as a function of the control data (“active data sets”), d) controlling the light sources arranged in the segments by the computing unit in accordance with the active data sets, d1) determining the number of active data sets, wherein the control data is used to give each active data set an individual percentage weighting, d2) determining target light intensities to be output of each segment by superimposing the light intensity values that can be derived from the active data sets taking the respective weighting into account, d3) outputting the target light intensities for each segment taking into account a permissible maximum temporal rate of change of the light intensity that can be predetermined.
US12222077B2
A directional illumination device for a vehicle external light comprises an array of light sources and an imaging waveguide comprising an input surface and a reflective end. Opposed guide surfaces are arranged to guide input light from the input surface to the reflective end and back along the waveguide after reflection at the reflective end, the waveguide being arranged to extract input light as it is guided back along the waveguide after reflection and to cause the extracted light to exit through the first guide surface. The reflective end has positive optical power in the direction laterally across the waveguide and the waveguide is arranged to direct the extracted light in respective output illumination directions distributed in a lateral direction in dependence on the input positions of the light sources in the direction laterally across the waveguide. A thin, high brightness and high efficiency controllable directional vehicle headlight is provided.
US12222076B1
An electronic candle with a highly simulated flame effect, including a housing having a top wall and a cylindrical peripheral wall, where the top wall has a through hole in the center; a flame head, passing upward through the through hole and including a candle flame-like luminous body and a simulated cotton core column, where the luminous body including an LED lamp bead and a light guide cup at the bottom, the LED lamp bead and the light guide cup are each a misty colloid component, a transmittance of the LED lamp bead is higher than a transmittance of the light guide cup, a first light-emitting chip and a second light-emitting chip that separately change in light and dark are provided in the LED lamp bead vertically, the first light-emitting chip located above emits warm white light upward, and the second light-emitting chip located below emits blue light downward.
US12222068B2
A thermal storage subsystem may include at least a first storage reservoir configured to contain a thermal storage liquid at a storage pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure. A liquid passage may have an inlet connectable to a thermal storage liquid source and configured to convey the thermal storage liquid to the liquid reservoir. A first heat exchanger may be provided in the liquid inlet passage and may be in fluid communication between the first compression stage and the accumulator, whereby thermal energy can be transferred from a compressed gas stream exiting a gas compressor/expander subsystem to the thermal storage liquid.
US12222066B2
The present invention discloses a fixing clip, which comprises an article connection structure, a first clamping body, a second clamping body and a counterweight structure arranged in sequence. The article connection structure is arranged on the first clamping body; the second clamping body and the first clamping body are relatively slidably connected to form a first clamping interval with adjustable clamping width; the end of the second clamping body is provided with a counterweight structure connecting piece, and the counterweight structure is installed on the counterweight structure connecting piece, wherein the counterweight structure and the counterweight structure connecting piece can be relatively rotated or fixed; the first clamping body includes a first clamping portion and a first sliding connection portion, and the first clamping portion and the first sliding connection portion form a clamping angle. The fixing clip comprises an adjusting cover.
US12222058B2
A fluid connection assembly, including a connector body, including a first end, a second end, a first through-bore, a first radially outward facing surface including at least one aperture extending from the first radially outward facing surface to the first through-bore, and at least one detent arranged in the at least one aperture, and a collar connected to the connector body, the collar including a first section non-rotatably connected to the connector body, and a second section including a radially inward facing surface engaged with the first radially outward facing surface and including at least one pocket extending radially outward therefrom, wherein the second section is engaged with and rotatable with respect to the first section.
US12222055B2
An end fitting (14) of a flexible pipe (14) for conveying a fluid that includes: an end vault (42) and an outer cover (44) fixed around the end vault (42), at least a front region (36) of an internal polymeric sheath (18), at least end sections (40) of at least one tensile armor layer (24, 25) arranged around the internal polymeric sheath (18), a front sealing assembly (54) arranged around the front region (36) of the internal polymeric sheath (18). The front sealing assembly (54) includes a cannula (64) supporting at least one part of the front region (36) of the internal polymeric sheath (18) and an annular protrusion (66) arranged on an internal surface (48) of the end vault (42). The front region (36) of the internal polymeric sheath (18) is circumferentially tightened between the one protrusion (66) and the cannula (64).
US12222054B2
A swivel assembly for oilfield operations, the swivel assembly including a first pipe section having a first end fitting and a second pipe section having a second end fitting corresponding to and receiving the first end fitting, each of the first and second end fittings having an inner surface and an outer surface. The swivel assembly further includes a swivel joint rotatably securing, via the corresponding first and second end fittings, the first and second pipe sections together along a central axis to define a fluid passageway therethrough. At least a portion of one of the first pipe section and the second pipe section is formed of a corrosion-resistant material having a first hardness and at least a portion of the swivel joint is formed having a second hardness different from the first hardness.
US12222035B2
To provide a simple-structured chain tensioner that reduces the burden of work required for assembling and maintenance, sufficiently damps the motion of the plunger, and helps reduce machining costs and size increases of the plunger and tensioner body. The chain tensioner includes a tensioner body with a plunger bore, a plunger, and a biasing member that biases the plunger. The plunger has raised portions with which a locking member engages. The plunger bore is provided with a locking member holding part on one side that is open. The locking member holding part is provided with an inclined surface at one end in the plunger entry direction, the inclined surface becoming progressively shallower in the plunger entry direction. The locking member can deform elastically in a cross section when engaging with the raised portion of the plunger.
US12222031B2
A lubrication mechanism is provided for a transmission unit having a balance piston. The lubrication mechanism is movable between a closed position when a clutch assembly is disengaged which prevents cooling flow of lubrication to a clutch pack of the clutch assembly, and an open position when the clutch assembly is engaged which provides for a cooling flow of lubrication to the clutch pack. In both positions, lubrication is supplied to a balance piston cavity between the clutch assembly and the balance piston.
US12222011B2
A clutch device includes an inner ring; an outer ring; a ratchet engagement mechanism; and a switching mechanism. When an engaging member is provided on an inner peripheral portion of the outer ring, a cam member includes a cam inner ring portion provided to rotate together with the inner ring, a cam outer ring portion disposed outside the cam inner ring portion, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the cam inner ring portion and the cam outer ring portion. When the engaging member is provided on an outer peripheral portion of the inner ring, the cam member includes a cam outer ring portion provided to rotate together with the outer ring, a cam inner ring portion disposed inside the cam outer ring portion, and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the cam inner ring portion and the cam outer ring portion.
US12222010B2
An elastic junction device for the dynamic connection, in a rolling mill, between the motor side and the head of an adapter or between the adapter and one or more rolling rolls comprises a central body which can be connected to an end of said flange so that it can rotate integrally therewith. The device additionally comprises two skids through a connecting pin so that said block rotates integrally with said flange, said skids being mechanically couplable to said adapter to allow the rotation thereof upon the rotation of said flange and vice versa. The junction device comprises at least a first damper element and at least a second damper element housed in the block and which act on opposite parts of the connecting pin so as to absorb the axial tensions which are transmitted along the adapter as a result of the stresses caused by rolling.
US12222004B2
The present invention relates to a bearing cup set for a steering column comprising a bearing cup and a securing element, wherein the bearing cup has a bearing cup portion for the at least partial receiving of a rolling bearing and a holding portion extending radially outwards starting from the bearing cup portion. The bearing cup portion has a first opening side with a collar extending radially inwards and a second opening side. The securing element is connected to the bearing cup in such a manner that the securing element fixes a rolling bearing received by the bearing cup portion in the axial direction in respect of the bearing cup. A steering column comprises a jacket tube in which a steering shaft is received by the rolling bearing so as to be rotatable. The rolling bearing is arranged in the bearing cup portion of the bearing cup.
US12222003B2
A bearing seal includes a seal case, a sleeve, and a thrust bumper that is disposed between the seal case and the sleeve and that is composed of a material that is at least 90% polytetrafluoroethylene by weight. The thrust bumper has an initial axial thickness that defines a spacing between the seal case and the sleeve when the seal case and the sleeve are compressed together during assembly of the bearing seal. The thrust bumper has a modified axial thickness less than the initial axial thickness after a break-in phase of the bearing seal.
US12222002B1
A system for bearing lubrication comprises a bearing; a temperature sensor; a pressure sensor; a lubricant reservoir; a bearing lubrication comprising a pump; a lubricant drainage line; an exhaust fan; and a bearing lubrication controller communicatively coupled to the temperature sensor, the pressure sensor, the pump, and the exhaust fan, wherein the bearing lubrication controller is programmed to execute bearing temperature control logic comprising detecting the temperature from the temperature sensor, determining whether the temperature falls outside an upper pre-defined bound of the temperature, increasing the rate of a lubricant supplied from the pump to the bearing, detecting the fluid pressure from the pressure sensor, determining whether the fluid pressure falls outside an upper pre-defined bound of the fluid pressure within the bearing, and increasing the speed of the exhaust fan to increase a pressure differential along the lubricant drainage line from the bearing to the lubricant reservoir.
US12221992B2
The present application provides a fastening clamp, used for connecting a first component to a second component having a connecting post. The fastening clamp includes: a substrate on which a mounting hole is provided; at least two first retaining legs, and at least two second retaining legs, where the mounting hole is used to receive the connecting post of the second component, proximal ends of the at least two first retaining legs are connected to an edge of the mounting hole, proximal ends of the at least two second retaining legs are connected to the edge of the mounting hole, and the at least two first retaining legs and the at least two second retaining legs are on the same side of the substrate; where distal ends of the at least two second retaining legs are closer to the substrate than distal ends of the two first retaining legs, and the at least two first retaining legs and the at least two second retaining legs are configured to be able to collectively retain the connecting post of the second component in the mounting hole. The fastening clamp in the present application can be mounted on a cylindrical connecting post.
US12221988B2
A working cylinder has a cylinder with a cylinder tube, and a piston unit, The cylinder has a coupling portion which has a closure part and cylinder tube end portion that has a threaded cylinder tube portion, a cylinder tube intermediate portion and a cylinder tube end. The closure part has an external thread and the threaded cylinder tube portion has an internal thread corresponding to the external thread. The external thread and the internal thread define a common threaded portion which is couples the closure part and the cylinder tube with a form fit. The cylinder tube end is connected to the closure part by a circumferential ring weld seam configured as a laser-produced ring weld seam and defines a sealing plane which is tight to pressure medium. In an operating state under load alleviation, the common threaded portion does not absorb an axial tensile force, and in the operating state under load, the ring weld seam and the common threaded portion each absorb an axial tensile force. There is a method for the production of the cylinder.
US12221986B2
A siphon includes a feed area for feeding a liquid, a downpipe connecting to the feed area, extended from top to bottom in a use position of the siphon, a deflection pipe filled with liquid during stationary operation on the end of the downpipe facing away from the feed area connecting to this, a riser pipe on the end of the deflection pipe facing away from the downpipe, and connecting to this, extended from bottom to top in the use position, and a discharge area connecting to the end of the riser pipe facing away from the deflection pipe for discharging liquid. A storage tank arranged on the siphon between the feed area and the discharge area is hydraulically connected to the deflection pipe and designed to automatically fill with liquid during stationary operation and to automatically empty into the deflection pipe following a pressure surge affecting the siphon.
US12221985B2
A submersible pump comprises a rotational assembly and a rotational assembly housing. The rotational assembly has a plurality of in-line flow inducing sections. A centerline longitudinal axis of each of the flow inducing sections extends colinearly with a rotational axis of the rotational assembly. A downstream end portion of a flow pressurizing section is engaged with an upstream end portion of a rotational flow amplification section. A downstream end portion of the rotational flow amplification section is engaged with an upstream end portion of a flow outlet section. The rotational assembly housing has an interior space extending along a centerline axis of the rotational assembly housing. The rotational assembly is disposed within the interior space of the rotational assembly housing. The rotational assembly and the rotational assembly are jointly configured for causing the rotational axis to extend colinearly with the centerline longitudinal axis of the rotational assembly housing.
US12221981B2
A support frame for a ventilation device for cooling a fluid passing through a cooling circuit of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The frame has an opening defining an opening perimeter configured to receive an impeller, and a central support positioned at the center of the opening and shaped to receive a motor actuating said impeller to generate a ventilation flow. The central support is attached, through said opening, to the frame by at least six holding arms, at least three of which are placed in a first plane or cone of revolution, and another three of which are being placed in a second plane or cone of revolution, different from the first. The first holding arms are each separated from any second holding arm at the opening perimeter by a space covering at least a distance corresponding to a chord of said first holding arms.
US12221978B2
A method for forming a housing for a flow-conducting component includes forming at least two functional regions of the housing having different material properties using at least one of radiation-induced melting and solidification of a build material and a process gas jet. Each functional region of the housing may be generated from a different construction material, and at least one functional layer may be formed with a reduced weight structure such as a honeycomb structure.
US12221977B2
Disclosed are a fan apparatus and an air conditioner outdoor unit. The fan apparatus includes: a first wind wheel and a second wind wheel, axially arranged in an interval. A spacing S1 between the first wind wheel and the second wind wheel satisfies S1<(H1+H2)/2, where H1 is a length of the first wind wheel along the axial direction, and H2 is a length of the second wheel along the axial direction.
US12221975B2
An impeller includes a hub, an outer ring, a plurality of first blades and a plurality of second blades. The plurality of first blades are arranged around the hub at intervals. Each of the plurality of first blades passes through the outer ring, extends inward from the outer ring, and is connected to the hub. The plurality of second blades are arranged around the hub at intervals. Each of the plurality of second blades passes through the outer ring. At least one of the plurality of second blades is disposed between the plurality of first blades. A length of each of the plurality of second blades is between 10% and 45% of a length of each of the plurality of first blades.
US12221974B2
A turbo compressor is disclosed. The turbo compressor may have an assembly-type rotational shaft where a permanent magnet is inserted into a connecting sleeve, at least one first locking projection formed on either an inner periphery of the connecting sleeve or an outer periphery of the permanent magnet facing the inner periphery of the connecting sleeve, and at least one first locking groove formed on the other. Thus, the permanent magnet constituting a rotor may be easily coupled into the rotational shaft, and the permanent may be effectively prevented from slipping. Moreover, a magnet embedded in the rotational shaft may be securely fixed so that it is held in a position where it is assembled, thus providing an advantage in concentrically aligning the magnet.
US12221971B1
A compressor has: a rotor and a shroud having a internal and external sides and an air outlet; an annular case mounted to the external side and enclosing a plenum, the annular case having inner and outer sides and defining an aperture; a valve mounted to the annular case at the aperture and having: a support secured to the annular case and defining a seat surrounding a bleed passage, the seat located on the outer side, the support defining a guiding aperture, and a valve member having a head and a stem slidably received within the guiding aperture, the valve member having a closed position and an open position, the head abutting the valve seat in the closed position and offset from the valve seat in the open position; and an actuator engaged to the valve member for moving the valve member between the closed position and the open position.
US12221970B1
The present application relates to an integrated inflation and deflation air pump, including a housing, a pump body, an adjusting assembly and a control assembly. The housing is provided with a universal air port, an inflation port, and a deflation port. When in an inflated state, the universal air port is in communication with the air inlet, the inflation port is in communication with the air outlet, and, when in a deflated state, the universal air port is in communication with the air outlet, the deflation port is in communication with the air inlet, the adjusting assembly is provided between the housing and pump body and is configured to control a communication relationship between the air inlet, air outlet, universal air port, inflation port, and deflation port. The control assembly is installed on the housing, electrically connected to the pump body to control operation of the pump body.
US12221967B2
A centrifugal compressor for a chiller includes an inlet guide vane; an impeller, a diffuser, a volute forming member, a compressor housing, and an insert. The volute forming member is disposed downstream of the diffuser. The volute forming member forms a volute to receive a refrigerant after the refrigerant has been compressed. The volute has a reverse overhung configuration. The compressor housing encloses the impeller. The insert is disposed around an outer periphery of the impeller and interposed between the volute forming member and the compressor housing. The insert includes a diffuser defining wall surface that opposes an inner surface of the volute forming member. The diffuser is defined between the volute forming member and the diffuser defining wall surface.
US12221956B2
Provided is a tube pump including: a housing unit that has an inner peripheral surface, which is formed in an arc shape around an axis, along which a tube with flexibility is disposed, and that is opened toward one end side along the axis; a pair of roller units that are accommodated in the housing unit and rotate about the axis in a state in which the tube is blocked; a pair of drive units that cause each of the pair of roller units to rotate about the axis in the same direction; and a cover member that is disposed in the housing unit such that the cover member covers the pair of roller units and provides an annular opening region into which the tube is able to be inserted toward the inner peripheral surface.
US12221947B2
In certain embodiments, remarkable improvements in H2-ICE performance may be achieved with the combination of Active Scavenge Prechamber technology and Predictive Model-Based Spark Control to overcome the drawbacks of known combustion technologies. In certain embodiments, advanced combustion modeling and simulations of the ignition process including the spark event, the arc-travel and stretching, and resulting flame propagation may be used to predict the relationship between the spark energy/power, the flow within the electrode gap, and the flame development (SOC) for different engines, different spark plugs and at various conditions. This information may be used to adjust the spark energy/power characteristic during the same cycle spark event, to minimize the SOC variations and to significantly reduce the propensity to combustion anomalies, such as backfire, knock and preignition, that prevent achieving high engine power densities and efficiencies.
US12221945B2
Systems and methods for managing starting of an internal combustion engine during shifting of a transmission of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, torque converter impeller speed or a torque multiplication ratio may be indicative of an unintended transmission downshift during engine starting so that an engine starting device may be switched to improve vehicle operation.
US12221936B2
A diesel engine 30 includes an injector 4 that uses a solenoid to directly drive a needle valve and inject a fuel and an injector control device 2 that controls the driving by the injector 4. The injector control device 2 includes a charge voltage control circuit 22, a storage unit 25 that stores a correction value related to an injection amount of the fuel injected from the injector 4, and an injector control circuit 24 that controls the driving by the injector 4 on the basis of each of a voltage supplied from the charge voltage control circuit 22 and the correction value stored in the storage unit 25. The correction value is set according to a voltage applied to a terminal of the injector control device 2 connected to a load when a current starts to flow in the load connected to the injector control device 2.
US12221935B2
Methods and systems are provided for deep purging of fuel vapors of an air intake system hydrocarbon trap. The purging may comprise supplying heated air to the air intake system hydrocarbon trap via a carbon filled fuel vapor storage canister that includes an integral heater. The heated air operates to liberate heavier hydrocarbons from the air intake system hydrocarbon trap.
US12221917B2
System, method, and apparatus for controlling circulation of fluid to, and evacuation of the fluid from, an external fluid circuit for heat transfer. A single control valve selectively stops the circulation of fluid from a supply passageway to an external fluid circuit and diverts fluid to a bypass passageway which creates a suction force at a venturi valve region therein. The venturi valve region includes a fluid jacket that encases at least a portion of the venturi valve region. A suction passageway couples the suction force of bypass passageway to either return passageway or supply passageway, for evacuating fluid from external fluid circuit. No more than a single suction passageway is required to be coupled to either supply passageway and/or return passageway. A return check valve disposed in return passageway prevents backflow of fluid through return passageway.
US12221914B2
A burner for an exhaust gas tract that can be flowed through by exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes a combustion chamber in which a mixture of air and liquid fuel is to be ignited and combusted and an inner swirl chamber that can be flowed through by a first part of the air and causes a turbulent flow of the first part of the air. The swirl chamber has a first outflow opening that can be flowed through by the first part of the air flowing through the inner swirl chamber and via which the first part of the air can be removed from the inner swirl chamber. The burner further includes an introduction element that can be flowed through by the liquid fuel and via which the fuel can be introduced into the inner swirl chamber.
US12221911B1
An axial cam shifting system configured to selectively open and close engine valves includes an axial cam shifting assembly and a controller. The axial cam shifting assembly includes a camshaft, a first cam assembly, an actuator, a carriage and a position sensor. The first cam assembly is received on the camshaft and has two distinct cam profiles. The actuator has a first pin and a second pin. The carriage is arranged on the camshaft and defines a track that selectively receives the first and second pins, wherein the axial shifting cam assembly is movable between a first, and a second position corresponding to alignment of the respective two distinct cam profiles. The position sensor communicates a signal indicative of a position of the carriage. The controller receives the signal and determines whether the carriage is in one of the first and second positions based on the signal.
US12221909B2
A rocker shaft assembly configured to support a rocker arm and deliver oil to the rocker arm and related method of making is provided. The rocker shaft assembly includes a core shaft and a sleeve. The core shaft has a core body including a main oil supply channel formed thereon. The sleeve has passages formed thereon. The sleeve is disposed around the core shaft. The main oil supply channel aligns with at least one of the passages on the sleeve. The main oil supply is milled into the core shaft.
US12221907B2
An apparatus for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy by a cycle, having a heat exchanger, a reservoir for an operating medium, a feed line, a turbine, and a return line having at least one recovery device. To utilize waste heat for the generation of electrical energy, the turbine is embodied as a disc rotor turbine with full condensation of the operating medium, whereby a separate condenser can be eliminated.
US12221893B2
A method of controlling an aeronautical gas turbine engine may be performed with an electronic controller. The method may include determining an airfoil pitch control command for at least one of a plurality of airfoils of the aeronautical gas turbine engine based at least in part on an excitation load acting upon the aeronautical gas turbine engine, and outputting the airfoil pitch control command to one or more actuators actuatable to change a pitch angle of the at least one of the plurality of airfoils. The airfoil pitch control command may be configured to augment and/or compensate for the excitation load acting upon the aeronautical gas turbine engine. The method may be embodied by a non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with the electronic controller, cause the electronic controller to perform the method.
US12221891B1
A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a shaft co-rotatable with a rotor with an annular seal assembly that is carried within an annular channel within the shaft that provides a seal between the shaft and the bore. The annular seal assembly includes a first member that is configured to seal against a radial surface of the bore and a second member that is configured to seal against an axial surface of the annular channel.
US12221890B2
Provided is a turbine including: a shaft; a turbine wheel mounted on one side of the shaft; an accommodating portion configured to accommodate the turbine wheel; a first turbine scroll flow passage that extends around the turbine wheel on a radially outer side, and communicates with the accommodating portion; a second turbine scroll flow passage that extends around the turbine wheel on the radially outer side, communicates with the accommodating portion, and is arranged on the one side with respect to the first turbine scroll flow passage; a first tongue portion that is provided at a position facing a downstream end of the first turbine scroll flow passage, and is inclined to one side of the turbine wheel in a circumferential direction as extending toward the one side; and a second tongue portion that is provided at a position facing a downstream end of the second turbine scroll flow passage, and is inclined to another side of the turbine wheel in the circumferential direction as extending toward the one side.
US12221883B1
A method includes acquiring a core sample from a first reservoir of interest that is producing hydrocarbons at a first recovery rate. The method includes performing a coreflooding study using a core flood apparatus. The coreflooding study includes a plurality of coreflooding simulations using the core sample disposed in the core flood apparatus. The method includes performing a reservoir simulation study on the first reservoir using a coreflooding simulation model and using the coreflooding study. The method includes adjusting a core flood fluid based on the reservoir simulation study to form an adjusted treatment fluid that produces a second recovery rate from the first reservoir. The second recovery rate may be greater than the first recovery rate. The method includes using an injection well and the adjusted treatment fluid for performing an injection operation of a reservoir.
US12221879B2
A method for constructing docking stations for downhole robots is disclosed. The method includes determining locations and respective dimensions along a sidewall of a wellbore for drilling tunnels, constructing, based on the locations and respective dimensions, the tunnels extending from the sidewall of the wellbore, installing a downhole robot docking station in a first where the downhole robot docking station is disposed external to the wellbore, installing a power source in a second tunnel where the power source is disposed external to the wellbore, and connecting the downhole robot docking station and the power source via an electrical connection disposed along at least the sidewall of the wellbore.
US12221869B1
A method for subsurface hydrogen storage and hydrogen retrieval. The method includes identifying a subsurface formation, wherein the subsurface formation is selected from one or more of a depleted wet reservoir, depleted dry reservoir, salt cavern, excavated cavern, natural formation, isolated aquifer, or a reservoir designated as a contingency or marginal field. The method further includes selecting a liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) feed compatible with the subsurface formation. The LOHC feed includes a mixture of one or more completely or partially hydrogenated LOHCs. The LOHC feed is injected into the subsurface formation for storage. Later, when needed, the LOHCs are recovered from storage, optionally separating a recovered water/brine phase and off gas from the LOHCs from storage in a separator configured to produce a stream of recovered LOHCs. The LOHC is then dehydrogenated to form a H2 product and dehydrogenated LOHCs in a dehydrogenation unit process.
US12221861B2
A well system and a method for generating electricity with a wellbore drilling mud flow in a well system. The well system has a drilling rig positioned above a wellbore and a flow line turbine generator coupled to the drilling rig. The drilling rig has a wellhead assembly coupled to the wellbore, a drill string suspended from the drilling rig and extending through the wellhead assembly into the wellbore, a mud tank, and a mud pump fluidly coupled to the mud tank. The mud pump flows a drilling mud from the mud tank into the drill string. The flow line turbine generator is positioned between the wellhead assembly and the mud tank. The flow line turbine generator generates electricity using a return flow of the drilling mud from the wellbore through the wellhead assembly to the mud tank.
US12221855B2
An electromagnetic-mechanical locking device applied to a subsurface safety valve comprising an electromagnetic-mechanical coupler formed electromagnet (4), ferromagnetic bulkhead (5) in solidarity to the mobile part (6), actuated by spring (9), in addition to locking element (7), and when activated, the electromagnet (4) creates a magnetic field that attracts the ferromagnetic bulkhead (5), along with the mobile part (6), moving this set towards the electromagnet (4), and compressing the locking element (7). During the movement, the mobile part (6) shifts the locking element (7) to the locking position, until it reaches its coupling on the flow tube (3), where it is maintained with compression locking element (7), configuring a trigger device. When the power supplied to the electromagnet (4) ceases, the electromagnetic attraction force of the ferromagnetic bulkhead (5) is cancelled, and the locking element (7), until then retracted, is distended, causing the return of the mobile part (6) to initial position.
US12221847B2
A tubing hanger retention system for a wellhead assembly can include a retention ring that is configured to fit over a top portion of a tubing hanger of the wellhead assembly, where the retention ring comprises a plurality of retention ring channels. The tubing hanger retention system can also include multiple retention pin receiving features configured to be disposed, at least in part, within multiple tubing spool channels of a tubing spool. The tubing hanger retention system can further include multiple retention pins configured to be received by the retention pin receiving features, where each retention pin includes an engagement feature configured to be received by a retention pin receiving feature to place the retention pin in a captured state, where the engagement feature of each retention pin is further configured to enter into an engaged state with a retention ring channel when the retention pin is moved inward.
US12221846B1
A fracking stack assembly coupled with a wellhead is disclosed. The fracking stack assembly can include a linear shear-flow controller configured to deliver the flow of pressurized lubricant to the fracking valve. The linear shear-flow controller can include a housing around an interior space, a supply port receiving a flow of pressurized lubricant, an outlet port; and a slide having a first end and a second end disposed within the interior space and movable along a linear axis. A first side of the slide can sealingly engage with a first sealing ring, and a second side of the slide can sealingly engage with a second sealing ring, such that the slide is slideable along the linear axis between blocked and open positions.
US12221839B1
An offshore platform slot recovery tool system having a housing, wherein the housing can include a plate extending below the housing, and wherein the plate comprises an elongated channel disposed within the plate. In addition, the system can include a first bracket secured to a lower end of the plate, and a first mount coupled to the plate and the first bracket, wherein the first mount is at least partially disposed within the elongated channel of the plate. Further, the elongated channel can be at an acute angle relative to one side of the plate.
US12221830B2
A barrier that includes four structurally different corner connections for fixing a gate frame of the barrier to and between opposing vertical surfaces. A first connection includes a headed straight pin engaging a pivot hook and socket, a second connection includes a headed straight pin engaging a socket, a third connection includes headless bent pin engaging a socket and a limiter, and a fourth connection includes a headless bent pin engaging a socket.
US12221823B2
A damper for a glove box includes a cylinder including a cylinder body defining a space therein, a partition that divides the space into a first space and a second space and in which a hole is disposed, and guide holes disposed in the cylinder body to communicate with the second space, a piston disposed in the first space to be movable in a first direction, a valve disposed in the second space, and an elastic support unit disposed in the second space to elastically support the valve. The guide holes include a first guide hole and a second guide hole disposed apart from each other along a circumference of the cylinder body, and a protrusion of the valve is disposed in one of the first guide hole and the second guide hole.
US12221821B2
A drive for a flap, wherein the drive has a housing, a motor and a spindle drive, wherein the motor and the spindle drive are drivingly connected to one another and make a motorized adjustment of the flap possible, wherein the drive moves the flap at least into an open position and a closed position, wherein the spindle drive has a threaded spindle with a nut and a thrust tube and the thrust tube is connected to the threaded spindle via the nut, wherein the thrust tube is moved via a translational movement, wherein the spindle drive is arranged inside a rotor and the motor drives the rotor, wherein the rotor is connected to the threaded spindle.
US12221820B2
An embodiment vehicle hinge driving apparatus for driving a vehicle hinge mounted between a door component and a vehicle body includes an actuator, a housing connected to the actuator, an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing, and a transmission mechanism configured to vary a torque generated by the actuator and to transmit the torque to the output shaft.
US12221819B2
Aspects of the disclosure include a door control system with tip-to-close functionality for use in doors having a power assist function. An exemplary door control system can include an actuator configured to open and close a power-assist door and a sensor configured to measure a velocity of the power-assist door. The door control system can further include a servo-assist module (SAM) communicatively coupled to the actuator and the sensor. The SAM can be configured to initiate a tip-to-close function of the power-assist door responsive to door velocity measurements from the sensor and a natural deceleration rate of the power-assist door caused by actuator dampening.
US12221814B2
A lock for securing a portable device is disclosed. The lock can be inserted into a cavity. The cavity has a first sidewall and a second sidewall both of which extend away from an opening into the cavity with a gradually increasing distance between the two sidewalls for a section of the two sidewalls. The lock for securing a portable device comprises a lock body; a first engaging member projecting from the lock body and having an outside part outside the lock body, a cross-sectional area of the outside part of the first engaging member being substantially the same or become larger from a front end towards a rear end of the outside part of the first engaging member; and a second engaging member, connected to the lock body and configured to move along a side of or across the first engaging member to insert into the cavity for a locking status and to withdraw from the cavity for an unlocking status.
US12221808B2
A portable lock comprises a lock body and at least one securing part, in particular a U hoop or a bolt, wherein the at least one securing part can be selectively locked to the lock body or released from the lock body. In this respect, the lock body comprises at least one introduction opening for introducing the at least one securing part into the lock body; at least two sensors for detecting the securing part introduced into the lock body and for generating corresponding detection signals; an evaluation and control circuit for determining a current occupancy state of the lock body in dependence on the generated detection signals, wherein the evaluation and control circuit is configured to associate different combinations of generated detection signals with different occupancy states of the lock body; and an electromechanical locking device that has at least one electrically drivable latch for locking the at least one securing part in the at least one introduction opening, wherein the evaluation and control circuit is configured to control the locking device.
US12221800B2
A portable bivouac sack configured to be self-deploy when released from its compact storage configuration. The bivouac sack comprises an elongated bag shell made of waterproof material with an elongated ground piece and a top panel. The sack is closed on one end, open at an opposite end, and configured to receive a sleeping bag. The top panel is shorter than the ground piece to form a transverse opening into the bag shell and a longitudinally aligned pan. Disposed over the pan is a self-deploying frame that folds into a compact circular configuration for storage and automatically unfolds and self-deploys when released to form an expanded frame. Attached to the frame is a flexible outer cover that expands with the frame to form a dome over the pan. The frame cover extends downward towards the pan and a sliding connector selective attaches the frame cover to the pan to provide egress and ingress to the protected area under the dome. An optional outer cover is provided that fits over the dome.
US12221799B1
A device for anchoring an object to a ground surface includes a hollow tubular member having respective upper end and lower end; a spiral screw piece that is supported from the lower end and that extends away from the lower end of the hollow tubular member, the spiral screw piece being for engagement with the ground surface, the upper end of the hollow tubular piece having an opening for receiving the object, a rotatable center piece supported about the hollow tubular member and disposed between the respective lower and upper ends of the hollow tubular member, the rotatable center piece adapted for free rotation relative to the hollow tubular member, and an elongated rod that engages with the hollow tubular member to assist in rotating the hollow tubular member and, in turn, the spiral screw piece in order to securely engage with the device with the ground surface.
US12221798B2
A scaffold anti-falling device including a base body. A mounting shaft and a limiting block are fixed in the base body, and an anti-falling retaining arm is movably installed on the mounting shaft. A tail end of the anti-falling retaining arm corresponds to the limiting block, and the anti-falling retaining arm is limited by the limiting block when the anti-falling retaining arm is placed flat. A counterweight block is installed on the tail end of the anti-falling retaining arm, and the counterweight block drives to the anti-falling retaining arm to swing upward to reset. A trigger swing arm is movably installed in the base body, and the trigger swing arm is placed under the anti-falling retaining arm and forms an angle with the anti-falling retaining arm. The scaffold anti-falling device is simple in structure and convenient in installation and can effectively prevent a scaffold from falling accidentally.
US12221795B2
The disclosure relates to a formwork frame for a formwork element of a ceiling formwork, comprising: a first cross-support; a second cross-support; a connecting piece which is longer in comparison to the first and second cross-support, which is arranged substantially perpendicular to the first and second cross-support, and which connects the first cross-support to the second cross-support; a first lateral recess on the one longitudinal side of the formwork frame; and a second lateral recess on the other longitudinal side of the formwork frame.
US12221793B1
A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate is optionally MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, and at least one side edge together with a side edge opposite thereto forming a first pair of opposite side edges of said substrate. The first pair of opposite side edges includes mechanical first and second coupling parts, respectively, allowing the floor board to be coupled at the respective side edges with a similar floor board. Also, a floor board covering consisting of a plurality of the floor boards and a method for manufacturing such floor boards.
US12221790B1
A downspout guard having opposed sidewalls and opposed end walls connected to a top wall, all formed from material having openings therethrough, such as perforated metal. Bottom edges of the walls engage a gutter bottom wall to hold the guard in place and forcing water to flow through the guard before entering the downspout. The sidewalls can engage gutter front/back walls, further holding the guard in place. Trapped debris enhances further debris entrapment, even trapping particles smaller than the material openings.
US12221787B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing system. In some embodiments, the roofing system includes a first roofing material, wherein the first roofing material comprises a top surface and a bottom surface. In some embodiments, the top surface of the first roofing material comprises a nail zone with a plurality of fines. In some embodiments, the roofing system includes a second roofing material, wherein the second roofing material comprises a top surface and a bottom surface. In some embodiments, the bottom surface of the second roofing material comprises a plurality of fines. In some embodiments, the roofing system comprises and a patterned adhesive, which directly contacts at least a portion of the plurality of fines in the nail zone and at least a portion of the plurality of fines on the bottom surface of the second roofing material.
US12221782B2
The present application provides a secondary drainage method for use at the time of flooding. A rainwater storage tank is provided, drainage pipes are installed between positions in which flooding of land or of property occurs and the rainwater storage tank, and inflow switching valves are installed in portions where water flows in from the drainage pipes to the rainwater storage tank. As a general rule, the flow of water into the rainwater storage tank is prevented by switching the inflow switching valves during the initial stages of a localized severe rain storm or of river flooding. After the wide-area flooding of land has receded, the inflow switching valves are opened, guiding the water in the locally remaining zones of flooded land or of flooded property into the rainwater storage tank, and allowing the localized flooding of land or of property to be eliminated at an early stage.
US12221781B2
In various embodiments, the disclosure relates to a system for locating storm and/or waste water to a subsurface region. The system can be sized to replace, in some instances, retention ponds and to increase developable square footage on a region of land. The system can include a conduit for directing a volume of storm and/or waste water to a subsurface region located at least as deep as the aquifer layer. The system can be sized to handle a volume of water generated during a 100 year storm. In certain embodiments, the subsurface region is located directly below a land structure (e.g., a building structure).
US12221771B2
An indicator positioned in proximity to an implement coupled to equipment is provided. The indicator provides a visual output to an operator of the equipment. The visual output indicates a status of the equipment.
US12221761B2
A wall supporting system for supporting a foundation wall against forces applied externally to the wall comprises a support beam having a bottom end and a top end, a floor bracket adapted to maintain the bottom end of the support beam adjacent the wall, and an upper bracket. The upper bracket comprises a main plate facing the wall, and an internally threaded passage opening into said main plate and defining an axis generally perpendicular to the main plate, a torque bolt threadably received in the internally threaded passage, and a beam connector at an end of the torque bolt, wherein the beam connector is adapted to be generally rotationally fixed relative to support beam while the torque bolt can rotate relative to the beam connector, such that advancement of the torque bolt will advance the beam connector to urge the support beam into a compressive relationship with the wall.
US12221758B2
The present disclosure discloses a buffering fishway suitable for emergent flood discharge with reduction in damage and a buffering method thereof. The buffering fishway includes a fishway body, wherein a migration passage is arranged inside the fishway body, one end of which is rotationally connected with a fixing base, and the other end of which is rotationally connected with a counterweighting floating dock, and a plurality of buffering plates capable of swinging are hinged inside the migration passage, furthermore, the present disclosure also provides a buffering method corresponding to it. The present disclosure effectively reduces the potential energy of the flood and weakens the impact force on the fish. Therefore, the gate dam having this design effectively avoids the fish in the fishway from being fiercely impacted by the flood and easily resulting in damage during discharging flood, having a high protective effect on the fish.
US12221754B2
A barrier includes recycled rubber portions molded around a core infrastructure. The core infrastructure may itself include recycled rubber in a containment body. The containment body may include baled recycled or other waste material. The barriers may be stacked or connected to form a barrier structure useful in environmental control and other applications. The method for making the barriers includes molding rubber portions and a binder around a core infrastructure.
US12221751B2
A concrete expansion joint insert includes a body having two ends, two longitudinal edges between the ends and two side surfaces between the longitudinal edges. The body has a length, a width and a thickness. The length is greater than the width and the width is greater than the thickness. The width and thickness correspond to dimensions of the ends of the body. The length and the thickness correspond to dimensions of the longitudinal edges. The length and the width correspond to dimensions of the side surfaces. At least a portion of the body has a first surface characteristic and at least one of the longitudinal edges has a second surface characteristic that is different than the first surface characterization. The second surface characteristic comprises at least one of a color, a texture and a profile.
US12221742B2
A tumble dryer (1) comprising: a rotatable drying drum (21), adapted to receive laundry to be dried, said drum (21) comprising a cylindric outer periphery (27) provided with a plurality of openings (25); at least one particle separation filter (29) arranged below the drying drum (21), said filter (29) having a width corresponding to at least 50% of the cylindrical diameter of the drum (21); a fan (39) and a funnel shaped interface (45) adapted for formation of a tapering transmission channel between the at least one filter (29) and the fan (39). The fan (39) being a radial fan, having an axis (47) arranged with an inclination (α) of 0-25° from a vertical direction (V), such that an air stream that is introduced into the drum (21) leaves the drum (21) through the periphery (27) thereof, is led through the at least one filter (29), is collected by the funnel shaped interface (45), and directed towards a rear part of the tumble dryer (1) by the fan (39).
US12221735B2
A method for operating a laundry apparatus, the laundry apparatus including a tub and a detergent dispenser, the method including initiating a washing cycle of a washing load; supplying a first fill of heated water and a dose of detergent to the tub via the detergent dispenser; performing a first agitation phase of the washing cycle; determining that a two-phase heated water fill condition exists; supplying a second fill of heated water to the tub; and performing a second agitation phase of the washing cycle.
US12221726B2
A fibrous structure intended to form the fibrous reinforcement of a part made of composite material includes a fibrous reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fibrous structure having a three-dimensional or multilayer weave between a plurality of layers of warp yarns and a plurality of layers of weft yarns. The fibrous structure includes at least a first portion having a first type of weave and a second portion, continuing on from the first portion, having a second type of weave, the warp yarns and the weft yarns having a degree of interweaving in the first type of weave that is greater than the degree of interweaving of the warp yarns and the weft yarns in the second type of weave.
US12221725B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a carbon fiber bundle, the method including steps (b) to (e) described below: (b) an oil agent application step of applying a silicone oil agent to a precursor fiber bundle to produce an oil-agent-attached precursor fiber bundle; (d) a stabilization step of subjecting the oil-agent-attached precursor fiber bundle to an oxidization treatment to produce an oxidized fiber bundle; and (e) a carbonization step of carbonizing the oxidized fiber bundle, wherein the silicone oil agent has a skin over time at 250° C. of less than 40 minutes.
US12221715B2
A microporous plating solution characterized by containing nonconductive particles and polyaluminum chloride allows for easy preparation of positively charged nonconductive particles and is highly stable. Then, a method for performing microporous plating on an object to be plated, characterized by plating the object to be plated in the microporous plating solution results in a favorable number of micropores in the plating.
US12221707B2
An acid-resistant steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, by wt %, equal to or less than 0.1% of C (excluding 0%) and 2.0 to 4.0% of Si, and includes a remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, and the content of Si of the surface portion by the inward depth of up to 10 μm from the surface of the steel sheet is equal to or greater than 15 wt %.
US12221706B2
A method to produce an articulated automatic operator device treated on the surface with a corrosion-resistant material and/or to obtain surface properties resistant to CIP/SIP treatments, in particular in the field of the production and packaging of pharmaceutical products, where the device includes a plurality of articulated components rotatably connected to one another in correspondence with respective coupling interfaces, such that the method provides to make available casings suitable to be assembled together to make the articulated components, wherein the casings are made of a first material and subject each casing to a thermal spray treatment using solid powders of a second material accelerated in a supersonic gaseous jet to deposit a coating of said second material at least on the external surface of each of said casings.
US12221704B2
The present disclosure relates to a cold spray metal process for imparting electromagnetic interference (EMI) resistance or lightning protection to the surface of a polymer, and a polymer with surface EMI resistance, or lightning protection, articles coated therefrom, and methods of reducing or eliminating electrochemical interactions between the metallic coating and components of the polymer.
US12221696B2
The present disclosure relates to flow guides, process kits, and related methods for processing chambers to facilitate deposition process adjustability. In one implementation, a process kit for disposition in a processing chamber applicable for use in semiconductor manufacturing includes a plate having a first face and a second face opposing the first face. The process kit includes a liner. The liner includes an annular section, and one or more ledges extending inwardly relative to the annular section. The one or more ledges are configured to support one or more outer regions of the second face of the plate. The liner includes one or more inlet openings extending to an inner surface of the annular section on a first side of the liner, and one or more outlet openings extending to the inner surface of the annular section on a second side of the liner.
US12221689B2
There is provided an insulating structure including a first end portion, a second end portion, a shaft portion connecting the first end portion and the second end portion to each other, and a surrounding portion including an inner surface facing an outer surface of the shaft portion and extending toward the second end portion from the first end portion. A gap between the outer surface of the shaft portion and the inner surface of the surrounding portion is configured to communicate with an outside. The first end portion, the second end portion, the shaft portion, and the surrounding portion are formed of electrical insulating material.
US12221685B2
Diamond-like carbon materials and methods of making diamond-like carbon materials are provided. The diamond-like carbon materials are made and tested to specific desirable properties of conductivity and overpotential for undesired reactions. Methods of making the diamond-like carbon include sputtering using a DC magnetron, where the sputtering gas includes argon and nitrogen.
US12221684B2
The disclosure provides a mask plate and a manufacturing method thereof. The mask plate includes at least one pattern region, each pattern region includes a first opening region and a second opening region which are adjacent to each other along a lengthwise direction of the mask plate, each of the first opening region and the second opening region has a plurality of pattern openings penetrating through the mask plate along a thickness direction of the mask plate, a ratio of a sum of areas of the pattern openings in the second opening region to a total area of the second opening region is greater than a ratio of a sum of areas of the pattern openings in the first opening region to a total area of the first opening region, the first opening region has grooves not penetrating through the mask plate.
US12221674B2
A nickel-base alloy for high-temperature applications, preferably for gas turbines, and a process. A selective choice of alloy elements permits the provision of an alloy which can be used to produce components devoid of cracking.
US12221666B2
Provided is a steel sheet having a predetermined chemical composition and structure wherein (Fe, Mn)2B precipitates having a circle equivalent diameter of 50 to 300 nm are present in a number density of 1/500 μm2 or more in a surface layer region down to a depth of 100 μm from the surface in the sheet thickness direction. Further, provided is a method for producing a steel sheet comprising continuously casting a molten steel having a predetermined chemical composition to form a steel slab, wherein the continuously casting includes introducing more than 10 ppm and less than 100 ppm of oxygen into the surface layer of the steel slab, hot rolling including finish rolling the steel slab, wherein a completion temperature of the finish rolling is 650 to 950° C., coiling the obtained hot rolled steel sheet at a coiling temperature of 400 to 700° C., and cold rolling the hot rolled steel sheet, then annealing it.
US12221662B2
A method of creating a ductile, work-hardened, nanotwinned, austenite/martensite nano-lamellar nanostructure in an austenite steel alloy. Briefly, raw materials with high-purity are smelted to obtain an as-cast steel alloy ingot, which will be subjected to homogenization and cold-roll treatment for reduction. The homogenized and cold-rolled steel alloy ingot is further recrystallized to eliminate any possible casting defects and form an as-recrystallized steel alloy having a single face-centered cubic structure with recrystallized grains. The as-recrystallized steel alloy is cold-rolled again for forming a nanotwinned austenite structure and for forming martensite lamellae along nanotwin boundaries such that an austenite/martensite nano-lamellar structure in the steel alloy.
US12221644B2
The disclosure relates to the field of specialty chemicals and methods for their synthesis. In embodiments, the disclosure provides viable bacterial cells which comprise heterologous dual 3-hydroxy-acyl-ACP dehydratase/isomerases, etc. The disclosure further provides monounsaturated fatty acid derivative molecules produced by the viable bacterial cells which are non-native to the bacterial cells. The disclosure further provides methods for the preparation and production of non-native monounsaturated fatty acid derivative molecules such as e.g., an ω3-monounsaturated fatty acid derivative, an ω5-monounsaturated fatty acid derivative, an ω9-monounsaturated fatty acid derivative, an ω11-monounsaturated fatty acid fatty acid derivative, etc.
US12221637B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides having nuclease activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and recombinant host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing, recovering and using the polypeptides. The invention further relates to cleaning compositions comprising one or more of the polypeptides having nuclease activity, as well as a cleaning method and use of the polypeptides.
US12221632B2
A virus lysis and nucleic acid preservation solution is disclosed, including the following components: isopropanol or ethyl alcohol, guanidinium chloride, tri (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane hydrochloride, and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Furthermore, a kit including the virus lysis and nucleic acid preservation solution, a method for preserving viral nucleic acid, and a method for extracting a viral nucleic acid are also provided. The virus lysis and nucleic acid preservation solution of the present invention has the functions of lysing virus and preserving nucleic acid in the lysed virus samples, and it is compatible with lysis buffers, wash buffers, elution buffers, etc. in all kinds of viral nucleic acid extraction kit commonly available in the market.
US12221623B2
Methods for processing and sorting sperm are disclosed. Portions of sperm sorting or staining processes may include standardizing sperm samples by adjusting the concentration of the sperm sample to a predetermined concentration and adjusting the pH of the sample to a predetermined value. Sperm may also be stained in a single staining buffer having a DNA selective dye and a quenching dye.
US12221613B2
A transgenic rice plant containing in its genome a recombinant DNA construct that includes a first nucleic acid having a sequence of a first Golden 2-like transcription factor (GLK) gene operably linked to its natural promoter and 5′ untranslated region (5′UTR), and a second nucleic acid having a sequence of a second GLK gene operably linked to its natural promoter and 5′UTR, the second GLK gene being distinct from the first GLK gene. The first GLK gene and the second GLK gene are both from a C4 plant and the transgenic rice plant exhibits a 65-106% increase in shoot biomass and a 50-95% increase in grain yield, as compared to an untransformed wild-type rice plant. Also provided is a method for producing the transgenic rice plant and a recombinant DNA construct that can be used in the method.
US12221601B2
Methods and systems for measuring viability and function of islet cells or stem cell-derived beta cells in an implantable device featuring setting the temperature of the cells in the implantable device to a low temperature to reduce metabolic levels of the cells and reduce oxygen requirements of the cells, and measuring oxygen consumption rates. An oxygen sensor at the inlet of the implantable device and an oxygen sensor at the outlet of the implantable device are used to calculate oxygen consumption rates of the cells, which in turn are indicative of viability. The reduction in temperature can also be used for loading cells into the implantable devices to help reduce ischemic and/or physical injury. The present invention may be used with other cell types, e.g. hepatocytes, heart cells, muscle cells, etc.
US12221593B2
Bioactive coatings that include a base and a protein associated with the base for actively promoting the removal of organic stains are provided. In aspects, bioactive coatings that are stabilized against inactivation by weathering are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme, and, optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate to form an active coating facilitating the removal of organic stains or organic material from food, insects, or the environment.
US12221587B2
Processes for producing high biogenic concentration Fischer-Tropsch liquids derived from the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (MSW) feedstock that contains a relatively high concentration of biogenic carbon (derived from plants) and a relatively low concentration of non-biogenic carbon (derived from fossil sources) wherein the biogenic content of the Fischer-Tropsch liquids is the same as the biogenic content of the feedstock.
US12221581B2
A lignocellulosic starting material can be converted into an aqueous phase and a hydrocarbon phase in a one-step process by subjecting a mixture of the lignocellulosic starting material, an amorphous and unsupported sulfided nickel-molybdenum catalyst, and optionally a co-feed, to not less than a stoichiometric amount of hydrogen, elevated pressure and a temperature in the interval of 350-450° C. A novel catalyst for use in said process and a method for its production are also disclosed.
US12221571B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer consists of a dried product of a water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition. The water-dispersed pressure-sensitive adhesive composition contains a water-dispersible polymer, water, and polyacrylic acid. The polyacrylic acid content is above 0.1 parts by mass and 7 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the water-dispersible polymer. A thickness of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is 10 μm or more and 40 μm or less.
US12221565B2
A bonded structure includes a first bonded member having a first bonding surface, a second bonded member having a second bonding surface, and a bonding layer that bonds the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface. The bonding layer includes a stress relaxation layer containing a chain polymer, a first bonded molecular layer containing a first bonded molecule bonded to the first bonding surface, and a second bonded molecular layer containing a second bonded molecule bonded to the second bonding surface. A first end of the chain polymer is bonded to the first bonded molecule via a first binding molecule or without bonding via the first binding molecule. A second end of the chain polymer is bonded to the second bonded molecule via a second binding molecule or without bonding via the second binding molecule.
US12221564B2
The bonding composition comprises 70-85 wt % of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) with a melting point of 60-130° C., 6-10 wt % of compounded phosphorus-nitrogen flame retardant, 2-5 wt % of nano rare-earth oxide, 1-3 wt % of antibacterial agent, and 6-12 wt % of tackifier.
US12221549B2
A set of inkjet inks used for forming an image by application of an ink on a cloth is provided. The set includes an ink and a pre-processing fluid. The pre-processing fluid contains water, a compound that flocculates an anionic compound, and at least one emulsified sizing agent.
US12221544B2
An object of the present invention is to develop an NBR composition excellent in an adhesive strength with a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer, and a laminate excellent in an adhesive strength of an NBR layer with a saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer; and the present invention relates to an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber composition comprising an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber and a silane-modified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer of 0 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, and a laminate comprising an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber layer comprising the composition and the saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer through an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer layer.
US12221536B2
A component (A1) thereof includes an epoxy resin having at least one of a naphthalene skeleton or a biphenyl skeleton. A component (A2) thereof includes a phenolic resin having at least one of the naphthalene skeleton or the biphenyl skeleton. A component (B) thereof includes a high molecular weight substance having structures expressed by at least formulae (b2) and (b3) out of formulae (b1), (b2), and (b3) and having a weight average molecular weight equal to or greater than 200,000 and equal to or less than 850,000. A component (C1) thereof includes a first filler obtained by subjecting a first inorganic filler to surface treatment using a first silane coupling agent expressed by formula (c1). A component (C2) thereof includes a second filler obtained by subjecting a second inorganic filler to surface treatment using a second silane coupling agent expressed by formula (c2).
US12221530B2
Polypropylene polymer compositions are disclosed that can be formulated to have excellent clarity properties in conjunction with excellent impact resistance properties at subzero temperatures. The polypropylene polymer compositions are heterophasic compositions containing a first phase polymer combined with a second phase polymer. The first phase polymer is a polypropylene and alpha-olefin copolymer while the second phase polymer is also a polypropylene and alpha-olefin random copolymer. The second phase polymer contains relatively high amounts of ethylene. The increased amounts of ethylene in the second phase polymer were found to dramatically improve impact resistance at subzero temperatures.
US12221529B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a composition capable of allowing for production of a crosslinked foamed product suitable for applications of footwear parts such as soles and excellent in properties such as lightweight properties, heat shrinkability, compression set and mechanical strength in a well-balanced manner, a foamed product using the composition and a footwear part using the same. An ethylene copolymer composition including an ethylene copolymer (A) satisfying all the following requirements (A-a), (A-b), (A-c) and (A-d), ethylene/α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms/non-conjugated polyene copolymer rubber (B), and, if necessary, an ethylene/polar monomer copolymer (C); (A-a) a vinyl group content per 1,000 carbon atoms is 0.025 to 0.3, (A-b) MFR10/MFR2.16 is 7 to 20, (A-c) a density is 0.850 to 0.910 g/cm3, and (A-d) a melt flow rate is 0.01 to 200 g/10 min.
US12221522B2
A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.
US12221521B2
A foam molded body having a rebound resilience coefficient equivalent to that of a petroleum-derived polyamide-based elastomer foam molded body, and excellent moldability during in-mold foaming; foam particles; and a method for producing the foam molded body. A polyamide-based elastomer foam molded body comprising 50 to 100 mass % of a block copolymer resin containing a polyamide block as a hard segment and a polyether block as a soft segment, wherein the copolymer resin has a biobased product content as measured by ASTM D6866 of 30% or more.
US12221518B2
The objective of the present invention is to provide a biaxially stretched polyamide film that is excellent in an impact resistance, a folding pinhole resistance and a friction pinhole resistance and that is produced from a raw material derived from a biomass. The present invention relates to a biaxially stretched polyamide film, comprising 99 to 70 mass % of a Polyamide 6 resin and 1 to 30 mass % of a polyamide resin, wherein at least a part of a raw material of the polyamide resin is derived from a biomass, and the biaxially stretched polyamide film meets the following (a) and (b): (a) the number of Gelbo pinhole defect is 10 or less after the biaxially stretched polyamide film is twisted and bent 1000 times at 1° C. using a Gelbo flex tester, (b) a distance leading to a pinhole formation by a friction resistance pinhole test is 2900 cm or more.
US12221506B2
A zirconium polymer composition comprising a zirconium polymer selected from the group consisting of polymeric zirconium oxychloride, polymeric zirconium acetate, and polymeric zirconium nitrate and having metal particles thereon is beneficial to aid in the removal of biological contaminants, such as bacteria, virus, yeast, algae, and amoeba, from fluids, including air and water. In this composition, the metal is selected from the group consisting of aluminum (Al), antimony (Sb), arsenic (As), barium (Ba), silicon (Si), boron (B), copper (Cu), gold (Au), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), thorium (Th), tin (Sn), zinc (Zn), and mixtures thereof, and the metal particles are about 0.001% by weight to about 30% by weight of the composition. These zirconium polymer compositions are used in methods for removing biological contaminants from fluids.
US12221499B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for olefin polymerization. Specifically, the present invention relates to a hybrid catalyst, which is capable of preparing a polyolefin, particularly a linear low-density polyethylene, which has excellent processability and is capable of providing a film having good mechanical and optical properties.
US12221498B2
The present invention relates to polyolefin. More specifically, the present invention relates to polyolefin having excellent dart drop impact strength, and exhibiting improved transparency, and such polyolefin has a density of 0.915 g/cm3 to 0.930 g/cm3 measured according to ASTM D1505; and has an ethylene sequence inhomogeneity (I) calculated by the following Equation 1 of 1.25 to 1.40, when analyzed by SSA (Successive Self-nucleation and Annealing): Inhomogeneity (I)=Lw/Ln [Equation 1] in the Equation 1, Lw is weighted average (unit: nm) of ESL (Ethylene sequence length), and Ln is arithmetic mean (unit: nm) of ESL (Ethylene sequence length).
US12221496B2
Provided is a fibrillated chemically modified cellulose fiber, which has a type-I cellulose crystallinity of at least 50%, an anionic charge density of 0.10-2.00 meq/g, and an average fiber diameter of greater than 500 nm. Also, provided is a fibrillated chemically modified cellulose fiber, wherein the value (A/B) obtained by dividing the viscosity A measured at a shear rate of 0.01/sec by the viscosity B measured at a shear rate of 1000/sec in an aqueous dispersion having a solid content of 1 mass % is at least 100. These fibers have high water retention and high thixotropy.
US12221493B2
The present invention relates to peptides, 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 cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to 30 peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
US12221489B2
Methods are provided for treating metastatic cancer in patients having metastatic cancer or for preventing metastasis in cancer patients at risk for metastasis comprising administering to the patient an antibody to B7x, or an active antibody fragment that binds B7x, in an amount effective to treat or prevent metastasis.
US12221486B2
The present invention provides caninized human anti-human IL-4Rα antibodies that have specific sequences and a high binding affinity for canine IL-4Rα. The invention also relates to use of these antibodies in the treatment of dogs against atopic dermatitis.
US12221479B2
The present disclosure relates to combinations of at least two components, component A and component B, component A being anti-CEACAM6 antibody TPP-3310 and component B being an anti-TIM-3 antibody, preferentially cobolimab, MBG-453, BMS-986258, Sym-023, LY-3321367 or INCAGN-2390.
US12221478B2
The invention pertains to the field of adaptive cell immunotherapy. It provides with the genetic insertion of exogenous coding sequence(s) into genetically engineered immune cells to prevent cytokine release syndrome to arise during the course of cell therapy. These exogenous coding sequences are more particularly soluble human polypeptides placed under the transcriptional control of endogenous gene promoters that are sensitive to immune cells activation. Such method allows the production of safer immune primary cells of higher therapeutic potential.
US12221473B2
The disclosure provides engineered polypeptides that specifically bind to human complement component C5 and/or serum albumin. The disclosure also provides fusion proteins comprising such engineered polypeptides, wherein such fusion proteins may be multivalent and multi-specific fusion proteins. The disclosure further provides nucleic acid molecules that encode such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins, and methods of making such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins. The disclosure further provides pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins, and methods of treatment using such engineered polypeptides or fusion proteins.
US12221462B2
The present disclosure concerns dosages for the treatment of human patients susceptible to or diagnosed with a disease, such as cancer. Provided are methods for administering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells. Also provided are compositions and articles of manufacture for use in the methods.
US12221461B2
The present disclosure is related to the six isomer structures (OBI-821-1990-V1A, OBI-821-1990-V1B, OBI-821-1990-V2A, OBI-821-1990-V2B, OBI-821-1858-A, and OBI-821-1858-B) of isolated OBI-821 adjuvant and the method for evaluating the quality thereof. The method of the present disclosure adopts hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) either alone or in tandem and is able to separate the isomers of OBI-821 adjuvant in the consequent chromatography. Accordingly, the quality of OBI-821 adjuvant can be further evaluated.
US12221459B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I) wherein B is a nucleobase; U is O or S; Rx is —OC(═O)Ry, —OC(═O)CH(Ry)NH2, —OCH2OC(═O)Ry; Ry is optionally substituted alkyl or alkenyl or the side chain of a natural or unnatural amino acid R1 is H, or optionally substituted phenyl, benzyl, naphthyl, pyridyl or indolyl, or Rx and R1 together define a bond thus forming a cyclic phosphate; R2 and R2′ together define the side chain of a natural or unnatural amino acid; R3 is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl or benzyl; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compositions thereof which are useful in the treatment of cancer, especially leukemias.
US12221458B2
The present invention relates to an organic borate-based catalyst including a compound represented by the following Formula 1 and a hydroxyl group-containing compound, a method for preparing an isobutene oligomer using the same and an isobutene oligomer prepared thereby: wherein R0, R1 to R4, o, p, q and r are described therein.
US12221454B2
An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n1(L2)n2 Formula 1 wherein M is a transition metal, L1 is a ligand represented by Formula 2, L2 is a monodentate ligand, a bidentate ligand, a tridentate ligand, or a tetradentate ligand, n1 is 1, 2, or 3, n2 is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, and Formula 2 is as described herein.
US12221453B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I′: compositions thereof, and methods of using the same for the inhibition of TYK2, and the treatment of TYK2-mediated disorders.
US12221451B1
New diorganyl diselenide-clubbed quaternary purine are described herein, as well as the use of such diorganyl diselenide compounds in forming anticorrosion coatings for metal. Also described are methods for forming the new diorganyl disleenides compounds as well as anti-corrosion coatings containing the diorganyl disleenides compounds.
US12221447B2
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to compositions and methods for treating CaMKK2-mediated ophthalmic diseases, including but not limited to 1) ocular surface inflammatory diseases (OSIDs), including but not limited to ocular graft versus host disease, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, allergic eye disease, meibomian gland dysfunction, aqueous tear deficiency (common dry eye disease), corneal scarring, and conjunctival scarring and fibrosis; 2) uveitis and other inflammatory diseases of the eye, including but not limited to keratitis, scleritis, iritis, iridocyclitis, intermediate uveitis, pars planitis, posterior uveitis, choroiditis, chorioretinitis, retinitis, or panuveitis of noninfectious, infectious, or idiopathic etiologies; and 3) “back of the eye” retinal diseases, which include dry age-related macular degeneration, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular diseases (e.g. retinal vein occlusion, retinal artery occlusion), and retinal degenerations and dystrophies, in a subject. Particularly, the disclosed compounds exhibit improvements over STO-609, a well characterized specific inhibitor of CaMKK2. The disclosed compounds exhibit enhanced aqueous solubility and formulation, as well as elimination of non-binding isomers during production. The disclosed inhibitor compounds can be used to effectively treat ophthalmic diseases, cancers, appetite disorders, systemic inflammatory diseases, and the like.
US12221440B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of Trametinib acetic acid solvate (Ia): The present invention also directed towards a pharmaceutical composition comprising Trametinib acetic acid solvate (Ia) and optionally one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients or carriers.
US12221434B2
The present invention relates to sulfonylureas and sulfonylthioureas comprising a 5-membered heteroaryl group substituted with a monovalent heteroaryl-containing group. The present invention further relates to salts, solvates and prodrugs of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and to the use of such compounds in the treatment and prevention of medical disorders and diseases, most especially by the inhibition of NLRP3.
US12221424B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of medicinal chemistry, and particularly to a method for preparing a 3-tetrazolylmethyl-1,3,5-triazin-2,4-dione compound inhibiting coronavirus 3CL protease activity and use thereof. Specifically, a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or an optical isomer, or an isotope-substituted form thereof is provided. The compound effectively inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro activity, and is useful in the preparation of a SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitor to block the replication and transcription of SARS-CoV-2 viruses in patients. The compound prepared in the present invention has high in-vitro safety, and very good prospect of application in the preparation of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitors and anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs.
US12221423B1
A 3-(3-fluorophenyl)-5-(4-methoxybenzylthio)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole compound, its synthesis, and its use as an antimicrobial agent.
US12221421B2
A process for the synthesis of fipronil, which is a broad spectrum insecticide of the following chemical structure, is provided. The process provides fipronil with a yield in the range of 75% to 90% and purity in the range of 95% to 97%. By the process, the observed amount of sulfone impurity i.e., 5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3-cyano-4-trifluoro methylsulfonyl pyrazole in fipronil is in the range of 0% to 0.5%.
US12221417B2
Provided are omecamtiv mecarbil dihydrochloride salt forms, compositions and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, and methods for their preparation and use.
US12221416B2
Disclosed are small molecule antagonists of α4β7 integrin, and methods of using them to treat a number of specific diseases or conditions.
US12221414B2
A quaternary ammonium salt compound of formula I is fast-acting and has a long-term local anaesthetic effect after a single administration, the sensory nerve block time being longer than the motor nerve block time, has both a long-acting local anaesthetic effect and a selective local anaesthetic effect, and also significantly reduces the side effects of quaternary ammonium salt compounds with the structural features of surfactants and is highly safe; thus, the compound of formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used for the preparation of saft drugs having a long-term local anaesthetic effect and a selective local anaesthetic effect
US12221404B2
A process for producing isomerized olefins, branched aldehydes, branched alcohols, branched surfactants and other branched derivatives through isomerization, hydroformylation, hydrogenation, surfactant forming reactions and other derivative forming reactions.
US12221402B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkanolamines and ethyleneamines in the liquid phase, by reacting ethylene glycol and/or monoethanolamine with ammonia in the presence of an amination catalyst which is obtained by reducing a catalyst precursor, wherein the preparation of the catalyst precursor comprises a step a) in which a catalyst precursor comprising one or more catalytically active components of Sn, Cu and Ni, and a step b) in which the catalyst precursor prepared in step a) is contacted with a soluble Re compound.
US12221398B2
A spray nozzle for production of urea fertilizer granules and/or urea-sulfur fertilizer granules has a conveying channel and an atomizing gas channel. The conveying channel has at least one separating pin and the atomizing channel has at least one swirl element. The swirl element has inserts, cutouts and moving and fixed elements. The disclosure also sets out a fluidized bed granulator with a spray nozzle for production of a urea-sulfur fertilizer, a process for producing a urea-sulfur fertilizer, and the use of the spray nozzle for production of fertilizer granules.
US12221396B2
The invention provides a method for obtaining a granulated phosphate fertiliser, as a phosphorus source, for direct use in agriculture, from the natural raw materials phosphate rock, a carbon source, a metabolic inducer of phosphorus-solubilising microorganisms and water.
US12221394B2
A doped substrate having a substrate comprising at least one of a glass material, a single crystal material, a poly-crystalline material, a ceramic material, or a semiconductor material. The doped substrate includes a dopant comprising one or more transition metals, one or more rare earth elements, or a combination of both, the doped substrate characterized in that a spectral laser output of the doped substrate exhibits a nominally single frequency having a linewidth less than about 5 nm.
US12221389B2
There is provided an aluminum/ceramic bonding substrate having a ceramic substrate, an aluminum plate of an aluminum alloy which is bonded directly to one side of the ceramic substrate, an aluminum base plate of the aluminum alloy which is bonded directly to the other side of the ceramic substrate, and a plate-shaped reinforcing member which has a higher strength than that of the aluminum base plate and which is arranged in the aluminum base plate to be bonded directly to the aluminum base plate, wherein the aluminum alloy contains 0.01 to 0.2% by weight of magnesium, 0.01 to 0.1% by weight of silicon, and the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.
US12221383B1
An electrical system that includes a power source, a load, and an electrical connection operable to conduct electricity between the power source and the load, the electrical connection including an outer casing comprising a non-conducting material, and a material disposed within the outer casing, wherein the material is electrically conductive, the material including a boron-containing material and metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein the electrical connection includes a wire or cable.
US12221379B2
Disclosed are a method for preparing a non-sintered shell-wrapped ceramsite using solid waste meanwhile immobilizing a heavy metal in river sediment, and a non-sintered river-sediment-based shell-wrapped ceramsite, which relate to the technical field of building materials. The disclosure combines river sediment with a solid waste powder and an alkali activating powder material, and adopts multiple-step granulations to realize particle size control and physical pore formation, thereby obtaining a non-sintered ceramsite. A sulfoaluminate cement and a Portland cement are used to encapsulate the non-sintered ceramsite and form a shell by wrapping, thereby preparing a non-sintered river-sediment-based shell-wrapped ceramsite with internal porosity and dense shell.
US12221371B2
Systems and methods for producing ultrapure water (UPW) for use in semiconductor fabrication include an ABA module that performs an advanced oxidation process (AOP) pre-treatment step, a bioremediation step, and an advanced oxidation process post-treatment step. Raw water flows through the ABA module, which is part of a water treatment system for producing ultrapure water. The ultrapure water is then used in a semiconductor fabrication process.
US12221370B2
A device and method for enhancing nitrogen and phosphorus removal based on a multistage AO partial denitrification coupled with Anammox process in combination with a sludge hydrolytic acidification mixture belong to the technical field of active sludge method wastewater treatment. A system includes a water tank, a water pump, a biochemical reaction zone, a hydrolytic acidification tank and other devices. A multistage AO step-feed pipeline is used to inject raw water into the reaction zone in a segmented manner, guaranteeing efficient utilization of organic matter in the raw water; biofilm carriers are added into an anaerobic zone and anoxic zones to enrich anammox bacteria, and nitrite nitrogen produced by partial denitrification provides a substrate for the anammox bacteria to realize autotrophic nitrogen removal; a nitrification and phosphorus accumulating bacteria aerobic phosphorus uptake are performed in aerobic zones; and part of excess sludge in a secondary sedimentation tank enters the hydrolytic acidification tank to convert macromolecular organic matter into low molecular weight organic matter, a hydrolytic acidification mixture and the excess sludge in the secondary sedimentation tank synchronously flow back to the anaerobic zone, and as a high-quality carbon source, the low molecular weight organic matter can promote partial denitrification. The system provides a novel method for efficient and energy-saving treatment of municipal wastewater.
US12221367B2
Methods are described that reduce the amount of organic matter in water, including reducing an amount of total organic carbon in water. The method includes adding powder activated carbon to the water; mixing the powder activated carbon in the water; and separating the powder activated carbon from the water. Also described are a method for reducing glycol content in water containing glycols, and a method for reducing glycol content in a steel mill wastewater stream containing glycols.
US12221365B2
The present invention relates to a method for concentrating, with low energy, a solute-containing solution in a state of multiple-no osmotic pressure difference (M(multiple)−Δπ=0 RO), and, more specifically, to a method for concentrating, with low energy, an solute-containing solution intended to be concentrated, as a low pressure in a state of multiple-no osmotic pressure difference. The method for concentrating a solution containing a solute at a low pressure in a state of multiple-no osmotic pressure difference, of the present invention, consumes less energy, enables concentration to be performed until a saturated aqueous solution with a maximum solute concentration is obtained or the concentration of the solute becomes 100% even though an extraction solvent is not used, and does not require the use of an additional osmosis-inducing solution.
US12221360B2
Systems and methods for treating a raw wastewater feed stream using a low energy ejector, which works as a heat pump to increase the pressure and temperature of a two-phase distillate stream used, in part, to heat the raw wastewater feed stream. The systems and methods utilize heat from a liquid distillate stream and a concentrated liquid wastewater stream to pre-heat the raw wastewater feed stream and produce a liquid distillate product stream.
US12221352B2
Provided is a method for stably conducting a process for producing chlorosilanes by a chlorination reaction of metallic silicon. When producing chlorosilanes by the chlorination reaction of the metallic silicon, metallic silicon having a sodium content of 1 ppm or more and 90 ppm or less in terms of element and an aluminum content of 1000 ppm or more and 4000 ppm or less in terms of element is used as the metallic silicon. An average particle diameter of the metallic silicon is preferably about 150 μm to 400 μm.
US12221351B2
Provided are a silicene quantum dots-containing siloxene thin film and a preparation method therefor, which belong to the field of fluorescent functional nanomaterials. A siloxene thin film embedded with silicene quantum dots is prepared by uniformly mixing CaSi2 with a decalcification organic solvent and a transition metal chloride catalyst in a proportion, performing acid washing, and then performing ultrasonic dispersion. The thickness of such siloxene thin film is less than 1 to 2.5 nm, the size of the silicene quantum dots is 2 to 5 nm. In addition, the siloxene thin film has strong fluorescence emission performance in a blue light region, has a pseudodirect band gap, and shows a good application prospect in the fields of photoelectricity and the like.
US12221350B2
Provided herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods useful for continuous thermolysis of carbonaceous matter. In certain aspects and embodiments, the invention presents continuous thermolysis of carbonaceous matter in a controlled temperature and steam environment to produce a low volatility char, with subsequent steam activation of the char under pressure producing activated carbon and pressurized syn-gas, all of which are carried out in a reactor system including one or more vessels. The syn-gas is enriched in hydrogen in a high temperature shift reactor and separated in a pressurized swing adsorber to provide a pressurized pure hydrogen stream and a low-pressure combustible tail gas.
US12221346B2
Methods of making a composite material may include the steps of depositing a plurality of fullerenes on a first graphene sheet forming a bottom plate, placing a second graphene sheet forming a top plate on a top of the plurality of fullerenes, and fusing the plurality of fullerenes to the first graphene sheet forming the bottom plate and the second graphene sheet forming the top plate, wherein the plurality of fullerenes are converted to fullerene-derived carbon columns, and wherein the composite material comprises a tensile strength in an x-axis parallel to the plane of the graphene sheets of at least 20 GPa.
US12221320B2
A movement detection system for a passenger in the present invention includes: a first Bluetooth module (150) mounted in an elevator landing area; and a movement prediction unit (270) configured to predict, based on Bluetooth movement data, that a movement of a passenger in the elevator landing area is a normal movement or an abnormal movement. The movement detection system and a movement detection method in the present invention can automatically detect an abnormal movement of a passenger, and are especially applicable to an elevator system that completes an elevator call operation without an input operation.
US12221309B2
A method and apparatus for automatically splicing two continuous three-layer tapes, wherein a longitudinally movable continuous wound tape is transversely cut so as to form individual wound pads which are applied in longitudinally spaced positions on adhesive surfaces of continuous carrier foils, and wherein a splicing element is cut from the continuous wound tape and is applied on tail and head portions of two continuous carrier foils.
US12221297B2
A pressure and vacuum generating module for a carrier transport system includes a combined blower, air chamber and rotating valve module which alternately couples a pressure chamber and a vacuum chamber to the carrier transport system, creating high or low pressure regions which move a transport carrier. The valve repositions a baffle which blocks one or the other of the chambers, or both chambers, the latter for breaking and landing of the carrier. With a chassis that includes the blower motor, air chamber and valve, the module is adapted for new construction as well as for retrofitting and replacing older legacy blower modules.
US12221296B2
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus and method capable of controlling a gripper to stably suck a substrate even when the substrate is deformed, the substrate processing apparatus including a floating stage for floating a substrate, lift pins liftably mounted in the floating stage, a substrate aligner for aligning the substrate floated from the floating stage, a gripper for vacuum-sucking the aligned substrate, and a controller capable of controlling a floating height of the substrate, wherein the controller reduces the floating height of the substrate when the gripper fails to vacuum-suck the substrate.
US12221293B2
A method to set up at least one moveable operating member of an automatic machine for manufacturing consumer articles and comprising the steps of defining a first motion profile of the movable operating member and defining a corresponding second motion profile of an electric actuator system, which moves the moveable operating member with the first motion profile. The method calls for the further steps of: determining possible imperfections in the processing of the articles caused by the movable operating member; correcting, by means of an interface device and on the basis of the possible imperfections, the first motion profile, thus obtaining a first changed profile of the moveable operating member; and calculating, through a control unit, a reverse kinematics of the first changed profile so as to obtain a corresponding second changed profile to be commanded to the electric actuator system.
US12221288B2
A plant (100) for producing food products, more particularly chocolate products; a module for a plant of this kind and a method for process changeover on the plant (100). The plant (100) includes a plurality of modules (10) in which the food products, preferably in product carriers (20), can be processed and/or transported. The modules (10) each have a module frame (11) with heights (12), widths (13) and lengths (14, 15, 16). The length is a multiple of a smallest module length (15). The plant preferably has modules (10) with a single smallest module length (15) and modules (10) with a length (16) of a twice the smallest module length. Preferably, the modules (10) are designed such that they can be connected or are connected to adjacent modules in the longitudinal direction, preferably on both sides.
US12221285B2
An electro adhesion (EA) conveyor system for transporting a metallic container includes at least one electro adhesion (EA) pad. The EA pad includes at least one positive electrode and at least one negative electrode arranged in a predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern is configured to generate an electric field when a voltage is applied to one or more of the at least one positive electrode or the at least one negative electrode. The EA conveyor system includes a conveyor belt operable to transport the metallic container between a first position and a second position. The metallic container is held against the conveyor belt via EA generated by the EA pad during transportation. The EA conveyor system may be adjusted by a control unit of a control system based on production line information such as operational data received from sensors.
US12221280B2
Provided are a warehousing management system and method. The system includes: a control server, an inventory container, an access device, a temporary container, a workstation and a carrying device. The control server is configured to, in response to a current task, determine a first target inventory container in which a target storage container hit by the current task is located, a first target access device, a target temporary container, a target workstation, and a first target carrying device, and control the first target access device to take out the target storage container from the first target inventory container, carry and store the target storage container to the target temporary container; and control the first target carrying device to move the target temporary container to the target workstation for operation.
US12221275B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to devices and methods for storage and/or transport of tubular structures, such as perforating guns for use in wellbores. Some embodiments relate to modular storage containers, for example which may be height adjustable depending on the length of the tubular structure to be held therein. Some embodiments relate to mobile storage banks, which may be configured for use with the modular storage containers. In some embodiments, the storage bank may further be configured with one or more longitudinal compartments configured to hold used tool strings or portions thereof.
US12221274B1
A transportation vehicle includes one or more spaces to accept one or more moveable shipping containers. Certain of the shipping containers has attached to one or more exterior surfaces one or more photovoltaic panels that together occupy substantially all of the corresponding exterior surface and wherein none of the one more photovoltaic panels extends beyond an outer boundary of the corresponding exterior surface. Each shipping container with a photovoltaic panel includes a first container electrical connector to provide electrical energy generated by the one or more photovoltaic panels attached to the shipping container. An electrical grid includes one or more first grid connectors, where each first grid connector is adapted to attach to a first container electrical connector. One or more energy storage units is connected to the electrical grid to store energy generated by the shipping containers that has a photovoltaic panel.
US12221269B1
Improved replacement spray can buttons configured for removable installation on pressurized aerosol spray cans, include an integral stem, a hose adapter and an improved integral pin-point spray nozzle. Portions of the button may be injection molded. The improved nozzle provides a direct pin-point spray without the need of a straw, or red hose accessory provided with many spray lubricants. The button includes a tapered orifice and a tapered interior lumen. The button may beneficially be used to securely hold a hose accessory if desired, so it will not fall out during use. The button may accommodate the same size stem or orifice of existing spray cans, and be used as a replacement button for any suitable spray products. The button may be used by manufacturers and consumers to replace the button currently provided with such products, and may be installed in place of the existing button at the same location.
US12221259B2
The present disclosure provides a container sealing plug. The container sealing plug including a plug body. The plug body is configured to seal a receiving opening of a container. The plug body includes a sealing part. The sealing part is configured to seal the receiving opening of the container. The sealing part is provided with a flexible sealing ring. The sealing ring is configured to press an inner wall that seals the receiving opening of the sealed container. A user can place food, liquid, or other objects into the container through the receiving opening of the container, and then seal the receiving opening of the container through the plug body. When the flexible sealing ring of the plug body is inserted into the receiving opening of the container, the inner wall of the receiving opening presses the flexible sealing ring.
US12221251B2
[Problem] To provide a heat-shrinkable polyester film having excellent shrink finishing property due to the film's sufficient heat shrinkability and low shrinkage stress in the longitudinal direction, small change in the non-shrinkable direction of the film. [Solution] The heat-shrinkable polyester film which heat-shrinks in the longitudinal direction and satisfying the following (1) to (6); (1) having a shrinkage of 35% to 70% in the longitudinal direction; (2) having a shrinkage of −8% to 7% in the width direction; (3) having a change rate of 5% to 22% when fixed in the longitudinal direction with fixed-length; (4) having a change rate of 5% to 20% in the width direction when fixed with 10% of slack in the longitudinal direction; (5) having a maximum shrinkage stress of 5 MPa to 15 MPa in the longitudinal direction; (6) having a stress at 10% elongation, F10, of 1 MPa to 5 MPa in the longitudinal direction and 0.5 MPa to 3 MPa in the width direction.
US12221250B2
A metal cup and method of forming the same is provided. Metal cups of the present disclosure comprise a plurality of thin, straight-walled sections and a tapered profile. A domed portion is provided in the bottom of the cup. The cup may comprise a disposable cup, a reusable cup, or a recyclable cup.
US12221243B2
A system moves items, like containers and/or pallets, through a label printing station. The station has a label printer that prints adhesive labels; and a robot arm terminating at a movable end with a suction pad or vacuum device and sensors. The station has sensors configured to measure a height of the item; and a processor coupled to receive the height of the item, to control the robot arm and label printer, and to receive label information from a server. The processor has a memory containing code that computes desired label positions based on height of the container/pallet. A method of labeling an item includes printing an adhesive label with the label information obtained from a server; receiving the adhesive label on a suction pad or vacuum device attached to a movable end of a robot arm, and determining a first labeling position from measured height of the container/pallet.
US12221238B2
A strapping device including a tensioner operable to apply a strap tension to a loop of wrapping strap, a friction welder operable to produce a friction weld connection at two areas of the loop of wrapping strap disposed one on top of the other, a motor operable in a first rotational direction to drive the tensioner and in a second opposite rotational direction to drive the friction welder, and a control device. The control device is configured to, in response to receiving a first designated input: (1) operate the motor in the first rotational direction to drive the tensioner until a predetermined strap tension is reached in the loop of wrapping strap; and (2) afterwards, automatically operate the motor in the second different rotational direction to drive the friction welder to produce the friction weld connection.
US12221236B2
Provided is a smart surveillance system that includes one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) terminals distributed in a surveillance area, and a plurality of base stations distributed in the surveillance area, wherein the UAV selects any IoT terminal from among the plurality of IoT terminals using deep learning auction training, receives surveillance data from the selected IoT terminal, and transmits the surveillance data to a data center through the Internet and any one base station among the plurality of base stations.
US12221224B2
A fuel-based flight indicator apparatus for an electric aircraft is illustrated. The apparatus comprises a flight indicator and a computing device communicatively connected to the flight indicator, wherein the computing device is configured to receive a battery datum from a battery sensor located in the electric aircraft, receive an environmental datum from an environmental sensor located in the electric aircraft, determine an indicator datum as a function of the battery datum, the environmental datum, and a flight plan, and display the indicator datum on the flight indicator.
US12221221B2
A method of operating a hybrid engine for an aircraft, the hybrid engine having a thermal engine and an electric motor. The method includes verifying, using an engine control unit of the hybrid engine, that a selected power level is under a predetermined threshold for operation of the hybrid engine in a sub-idle hybrid mode. The method further includes operating the hybrid engine in the sub-idle hybrid mode, using the engine control unit, by controlling the thermal engine to operate in a standby mode, and by controlling the electric motor to operate in an active mode wherein the electric motor provides a majority of a propulsive power to the aircraft, wherein in the standby mode the thermal engine operates in a sub-idle condition to provide at most minimal propulsive power to the aircraft.
US12221219B2
A pressure relief door assembly includes a pressure relief door, a pressure-actuated latch, and a temperature-actuated lock. The latch is disposable in each of a latched configuration (to retain the pressure relief door in a closed position) and an unlatched configuration (to allow the pressure relief door to move into an open position). The lock is disposable in each of an unlocked configuration (to allow the pressure relief door to move into the open position when the latch is in its unlatched configuration) and a locked configuration (e.g., to lock the latch in its latched configuration, to lock the pressure relief door in its closed position, or both). The lock may include a bimetallic coil, that when exposed to a temperature that satisfies a temperature threshold, expands a sufficient amount to engage a locking pin with a corresponding portion of the latch to retain the latch in its latched configuration.
US12221217B2
An aerial vehicle is disclosed having a hybrid drive unit and a rotor unit wherein the hybrid drive unit includes at least a combustion engine, a generator and a first electric motor and the rotor unit includes a first rotor. The combustion engine is configured to drive the generator to produce electricity, and the generator is coupled to the first electric motor in such a way that the first electric motor is feedable with electricity from the generator. The rotor unit includes a second rotor and the hybrid drive unit includes a second electric motor, wherein the generator is coupled to the second electric motor in such a way that the second electric motor is feedable with electricity from the generator. The first rotor is driven by the first electric motor and the second rotor is driven by the second electric motor.
US12221191B2
A rear derailleur is provided for the coaxial attachment on a portion of a bicycle frame rear tail while using an adapter that includes an adapter bolt and an adapter nut and has a dual-arm base element, a pivoting mechanism, a movable element and a chain guide assembly. The reference is distinguished by at least one engagement element which facilitates an indirect frictional engagement between the adapter nut, on the one hand, and at least one of a) an inner first arm of the base element, b) an axial internal side of the mounting portion and c) the adapter bolt, on the other hand. Said engagement element, in a defined pre-assembled state, acts in the sense of a reinforcement of a consequential rotational force being able to be exerted on the base element by the adapter bolt and the adapter nut.
US12221190B2
Provided is a hub type driving device applicable to an electric bicycle of a throttle mode, a PAS mode, and a throttle and PAS combination mode, and an electric bicycle using same. The hub type driving device comprises: a housing having an accommodation space therein; a support shaft for penetrating to pass through the housing and of which both ends are fixed to a fork of the electric bicycle; first and second bearings for rotatably supporting the housing around the support shaft; an electric motor for generating a rotational force rotated around the support shaft; a derailleur for decelerating the rotational force of the electric motor; and a clutch for selectively transmitting an output of the derailleur to the housing. The derailleur is formed of a planetary gear device of a sun gear input, a carrier fixation, and a ring gear output mode.
US12221189B2
A control device is provided for a human-powered vehicle that includes a generator configured to output electrical power, an electric power storage device electrically connected to the generator, and a component having an actuator actuated by electrical power from at least one of the generator and the electric power storage device. The control device includes a controller electrically connected to at least one of the generator and the electric power storage device. The controller is configured to control an operation state of the component in accordance with information relating to at least one of an output state of the generator and a store state of the electric power storage device.
US12221188B1
Vehicles (10) comprise a forward assembly (14) and a rearward assembly (22) coupled to and extending rearward from the forward assembly (14). The forward assembly (14) comprises a front frame assembly (16), a steering assembly (18) pivotally supported by the front frame assembly (16), a front wheel (20) operably coupled to the steering assembly (18) and positioned to engage the ground surface (12), and a pair of opposing frame sliders (150) operably supported by and extending laterally from the front frame assembly (16). Each frame slider (150) comprises one or more of a forward-facing light (152), a rearward-facing light (154), and/or a lateral-facing light (156).
US12221187B2
An apparatus for operating a display type vehicle switch includes a controller that controls one or more symbols related to a function of a vehicle to be displayed on a display, the display that displays the one or more symbols, and a selection device that selects at least one of the one or more symbols displayed on the display.
US12221178B2
A steering system for an articulated truck. The articulated truck is formed of a tractor and a trailer and an articulation joint. The steering system includes a hydraulic cylinder, with a cylinder barrel and a piston. The steering system provides for changes in angle between the tractor and the trailer. The hydraulic cylinder includes a snubbing tube projecting into the cylinder barrel. A hydraulic fluid passage opens into the cylinder barrel within the snubbing tube. The snubbing tube includes a main slot and a plurality of channels each extending between an interior and an exterior of the snubbing tube. The plurality of channels have a cross sectional area smaller than a cross sectional area of the main slot. When the articulated truck is steered, the piston moves in the cylinder barrel and the snubbing tube dampens the movement to prevent forces generated by the piston damaging the articulated truck.
US12221172B2
A steering system includes a steering rod mounted for longitudinal axial sliding in a housing and a steering motor acting on the steering rod via a ball screw drive, for which the steering rod forms a ball recirculation screw thread, which interacts with a transmission nut that can be driven by the steering motor. A transmission wheel of a flexible transmission, by means of which driving power of the steering motor is transmitted to the transmission nut, is untiltably connected to an inner ring of a rotary bearing. The transmission nut is pivotably mounted on the transmission wheel about an arbitrary pivot axis, which is oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the steering rod. The transmission nut, which is pivoted as a result of a flexural load on the steering rod, can be decoupled from the rotary bearing and from a tensile load on the transmission wheel.
US12221168B2
A rear fairing assembly for a cargo enclosure includes a fairing bracket configured to be coupled to an enclosure wall of the cargo enclosure. In addition, the rear fairing assembly includes a separate fairing skin supported relative to the enclosure wall via the fairing bracket.
US12221160B2
An embodiment vehicle body side structure includes a front pillar located behind a front wheel, the front pillar comprising a chamfer surface that is diagonally inclined from a lower portion of the front pillar towards an interior of a vehicle, the chamfer surface being aligned with the front wheel in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a side sill connected to the lower portion of the front pillar.
US12221157B2
A rear vehicle body structure is disclosed. The rear vehicle body structure according to an embodiment of the present invention disclosed includes rear side members respectively disposed along a vehicle body front-rear direction on both sides of a vehicle body rear portion, and each of the rear side members may include a plurality of suspension mounting parts formed to mount the rear suspension and a plurality of radial ribs formed radially from each of the plurality of suspension mounting parts therein.
US12221152B2
A motor vehicle is described, which comprises: a passenger compartment; a pair of wheels; a steering mechanism, which can be operated by a driver and is connected to said wheels through a drive by wire mode; the motor vehicle is selectively available in a first configuration, wherein the passenger compartment defines a first seat for a driver and a second seat for a passenger beside the first seat along a first axis; and a second configuration, wherein the passenger compartment only defines a third seat for the driver; the steering mechanism can be moved along the first axis between a third position taken on when said motor vehicle is in said first configuration and a fourth position taken on when said motor vehicle is in the second configuration; the third and fourth positions are spaced apart from one another along the first axis.
US12221151B2
A seat includes a seat plate, a first backrest support member, a second backrest support member, a third backrest support member, a first sliding sleeve and a second sliding sleeve. The second backrest support member is telescopically connected to the first backrest support member. The third backrest support member is telescopically connected to the second backrest support member and pivotally connected to the seat plate. The first sliding sleeve is disposed on the first backrest support member. The second sliding sleeve is disposed on the second backrest support member. The first backrest support member, the second backrest support member and the third backrest support member are able to slide with respect to each other to be folded or unfolded. The first sliding sleeve slides as the first backrest support member slides, and the second sliding sleeve slides as the second backrest support member slides.
US12221150B1
A folding stroller includes a framework and wheels mounted at a bottom of the framework. The framework has a folded state and an unfolded state. The framework includes a first bracket assembly, a second bracket assembly, a connecting bracket assembly and a supporting assembly. The second bracket assembly and the first bracket assembly are arranged at front and back oppositely. Two ends of the connecting bracket assembly are respectively connected to the first bracket assembly and the second bracket assembly. A connecting end of the supporting assembly is rotatably connected to the connecting bracket assembly. A sliding end of the supporting assembly is slidably connected to the first bracket assembly and the second bracket assembly.
US12221146B2
A foldable wagon frame has a front wheel frame hingedly connected with a rear wheel frame to form a horizontal support frame when the frame is expanded. A lower part of the front wheel frame has at least two front folding rods, and a lower part of the rear wheel frame has at least two rear folding rods. A front folding rod and corresponding rear folding rod are hinged by a middle horizontal hinge shaft. A cross-folding frame is arranged below the horizontal support frame. The cross-folding frame includes a front cross rod and a rear cross rod. The front cross rod is connected with a lower end of the front wheel frame. The rear cross rod is connected with the lower part of the rear wheel frame. The front cross rod and the rear cross rod are hinged with each other through a vertical hinge shaft.
US12221129B2
A control device mounted on a mobile object acquires surrounding situation information indicating a surrounding situation of a mobile object recognized by an object recognition device mounted on the mobile object, detects a predetermined reference object present in a traveling direction of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, identifies a travelable area of the mobile object on the basis of the surrounding situation information, controls traveling of the mobile object such that the mobile object travels in the travelable area, causes the mobile object to move closer to the reference object when the reference object is detected, and detects an accompanying object accompanying the reference object on the basis of the surrounding situation information recognized by the object recognition device after the mobile object moves closer to the reference object, and identifying the travelable area by excluding the reference object and the accompanying object.
US12221124B2
A means of transport and a device (10) for outputting a request for a driver of a means of transport to take over vehicle guidance are proposed. The device (10) comprising: a line-shaped first LED strip (1) with a first electrical connector (5) comprising a first plurality of LEDs (3), a line-shaped second LED strip (2) with a second electrical connector (6) comprising a second plurality of LEDs (4), a control device (7) comprising an interface (8) configured to receive the first electrical connector (5) and the second electrical connector (6), wherein the first plurality of LEDs (3) is arranged interleaved with respect to the second plurality of LEDs (4) and the control device is configured to output the request as light signals by controlling the first electrical connector (5) and the second electrical connector (6).
US12221123B2
The present teaching relates to different configurations for facilitating calibration of multiple sensors of different types. A plurality of fiducial markers are arranged in space for simultaneously calibrating multiple sensors of different types. Each of the plurality of fiducial markers has a feature point thereon and is provided to enable the multiple sensors to calibrate by detecting the features points and estimating their corresponding 3D coordinates with respect to respective coordinate systems of the multiple sensors.
US12221121B2
A system for planning motion of a vehicle includes a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which instructions are recorded. The vehicle is capable of an automated driving operation. A planning module is executable by the controller to generate a vehicle trajectory constrained by a set of planning parameters. During a degraded driving situation, an adjustment module is executable by the controller to generate at least one adjusted parameter in the set of planning parameters. The controller is adapted to register occurrence of the degraded driving situation when the planning module is unable to generate a feasible path for the vehicle constrained by the set of planning parameters. The planning module is adapted to generate a modified trajectory plan based on the at least one adjusted parameter, with the automated driving operation being based on the modified trajectory plan during the degraded driving situation.
US12221119B2
System, methods, and computer-readable media for a calibration check process of sensors on an autonomous vehicle (AV) via a drive-through environment mapped with a series of targets. The targets are used to check the calibration of the sensors on the AV as a quality check before the AV is determined fit to drive autonomously. Supervising a calibration process that collects data from the sensors on the AV based on exposure to a series of targets or augmented camera targets. The collected data may be used for extrinsic calibration aimed to determine that extrinsic parameters that define the rigid relationship between sensors are in set checker bounds.
US12221118B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing knowledge distillation for autonomous vehicles. One of the methods includes obtaining sensor data characterizing an environment, wherein the sensor data has been captured by one or more sensors on-board a vehicle in the environment; processing, for each of one or more surrounding agents in the environment, a network input generated from the sensor data using a neural network to generate an agent discomfort prediction that characterizes a level of discomfort of the agent; combining the one or more agent discomfort predictions to generate an aggregated discomfort score; and providing the aggregated discomfort score to a path planning system of the vehicle in order to generate a future path of the vehicle.
US12221105B2
A system and method of controlling a vehicle that has an axle assembly and a wheel. Propulsion torque and friction brake torque are simultaneously provided to the wheel with an electric motor and a friction brake, respectively, when braking and acceleration of the vehicle are both requested for a predetermined period of time.
US12221099B2
An autonomous driving system mounted on a vehicle determines a target path based on necessary information and performs vehicle travel control such that the vehicle follows the target path. A first coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a first timing when the necessary information is acquired. A second coordinate system is a vehicle coordinate system at a second timing later than the first timing. The autonomous driving system calculates, based on the necessary information acquired at the first timing, a first target path defined in the first coordinate system. Then, the autonomous driving system corrects the first target path to a second target path defined in the second coordinate system by performing coordinate transformation from the first coordinate system to the second coordinate system. The autonomous driving system uses the second target path as the target path to perform the vehicle travel control.
US12221098B2
Systems and methods for operating a robot. The methods comprise: performing, by a processor, operations to detect an object that is moving; identifying, by the processor, detected behavior of the object that constitutes an unrecognized behavior; predicting, by the processor, future movement of the object based on a circle having a radius that is function of a velocity of the object; and controlling operations of the robot based on the predicting.
US12221092B2
Systems and methods for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, the systems and methods adjust a driveline disconnect clutch boost time duration or magnitude responsive to a pressure error and a time delay error. A driveline disconnect clutch may be operated via supplying a pressure to the driveline disconnect clutch that includes the adjusted boost time duration or magnitude.
US12221084B2
Monitoring the brake performance of a brake system of a machine (vehicle 11) by determining a brake delay between input of a request for a brake engagement of the brake system and brake system effectuating the brake engagement. The brake delay determination provides for capturing delay produced by communication of the input from a brake input, actuation of an input to brake system performance, processing of operation of the brake system, and operation of the brake/retardation components of the brake system with respect to the machine's wheels. For autonomous machines, brake delay may be measured periodically and used in monitoring brake system performance.
US12221078B2
A sensor thawing device, applied to a vehicle, discharges high-temperature air in a target direction, which is any one of left, right, down, and up directions, to an air discharge duct extended from a molding box coupled to a radiator grill, heats outside air introduced into a heat source line with a heat source including a heating wire to convert the outside air into high-temperature air, supplies the high-temperature air to an air distribution box, moves the air discharge duct in the target direction by forming the air pressure with a part of the high-temperature air by using an air pressure actuator, and supplies the air discharge duct with the remaining high-temperature air through a moving duct.
US12221074B2
The present teachings provide a bicycle rack comprising: one or more cradles that receive a bicycle, the one or more cradles extending along a cradle plane; one or more light assemblies that provide light along a light plane; wherein the light plane and the cradle plane are at an angle relative to one another so that the light plane extends under the cradle plane.
US12221073B2
According to some illustrative embodiments, novel support structure is provided that can be used, for example, to mount bicycles or other accessories on vehicle racks employing a flush configuration that facilitates use and operation of tents or the like. In some illustrative embodiments, an assembly for supporting bicycles or other accessories on vehicles is provided that includes: a) at least one rack or cross-bar mountable support member having a top wall with a length of between about 2 inches to 24 inches and a width of between about 1 inch to 6 inches; b) the top wall having an over-hang section configured to extend over at least a portion of a top surface of a rack or cross-bar, a top surface of the top wall extending not more than 13 inch higher than the top surface of the rack or cross-bar such as to be substantially flush with the top surface of the rack or cross-bar; and c) the over-hang section having at least one through-hole for receiving a bolt or other connecting member that is fixable to the rack or cross-bar.
US12221064B2
A key system for an automobile according to the present disclosure includes an on-vehicle device configured to transmit and receive a radio signal to and from an electronic key, and a resin panel through which the on-vehicle device is fixed to and held by a body of the automobile. The on-vehicle device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a search signal to the electronic key, a receiver configured to receive a response signal transmitted from the electronic key in response to the search signal, a control unit configured to control the transmission of the search signal, and a resin case. The smart key system for the automobile according to the present disclosure removes electrostatic charging generated by the search signal transmitted from the transmitter in either or both of the resin case and the resin panel.
US12221062B1
A motor vehicle theft protection and disablement system that is safe, not easy to circumvent, and offers benefits to motor vehicle owners as an incentive for their participation. The core of the invention is a system to minimize motor vehicle theft. The system comprises six elements, a motor vehicle, a programmable safety switch, a programmable transmitter, a programmable security switch, a programmable activator, and at least one remote programmable receiver transmitter.
US12221056B2
Airbag cushions and related assemblies configured to protect the lower extremities of a vehicle occupant and reduce the chances of leg slide off during deployment using one or more side panels. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an inflatable cushion comprising a top panel, a bottom panel coupled with the top panel, and two side panels, which may be coupled with the top and bottom panels. The side panels may be positioned, in an inflated configuration, opposite from one another and may be configured, upon deployment, to increase surface area contact with the occupant's lower extremities and/or to inhibit the occupant's lower extremities from sliding off of the inflatable cushion during deployment.
US12221046B2
The single-cell partition forms a barrier between front and rear passenger areas of a vehicle and provides access to a portion of the rear passenger area by occupants of the front passenger area who are not in custody. In addition, the single-cell partition protects and secures custodial occupants contained therein from non-custodial occupants present in the additional available space in the rear passenger area while maintaining a method to rapidly remove a side window assembly to provide access to the custodial passenger. The single-cell partition also incorporates additional features such as a roof bracing plate to increase the rigidity of the structure between the front and rear wall, a roof plate cutout to provide light to the custodial passenger and a head support for the custodial passenger.
US12221045B2
A device for restraining a passenger in a relaxed position for a vehicle seat and a method for controlling the device are configured such that when a seated passenger in an autonomous vehicle enters a relaxed mode, and thus is seated in a relaxed posture in the vehicle seat, and when a vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, the device automatically operates such that legs of the seated passenger can be restrained, thereby effectively protecting the passenger in the relaxed position if an accident occurs. The device includes a rod member coupled to a seat cushion and configured to have a variable length; and a support foam connected to one end of the rod member and positioned in front of the seated passenger to restrain the legs of the seated passenger.
US12221041B2
A sealing system and method for a mirror assembly of a vehicle is provided. The mirror assembly includes a wire harness assembly in which at least a first wire harness and a second wire harness are coupled together. The first wire harness is protected within a rigid encasing but for an exposed portion. The exposed portion permits freer movement of the internal pins in that area, which promotes a better fit with the adjacent second wire harness. In one example, a foam sheath can used to cover a portion of the wire harness assembly, which is then routed through a gasket. This arrangement is configured to prevent air leaks that might otherwise occur due to gapping between the first wire harness and the second wire harness.
US12221036B2
A trailer sideswipe avoidance system for a vehicle towing a trailer includes a sensor system configured to detect an object in an operating environment of the vehicle. The trailer sideswipe avoidance system also includes a controller that processes information received from the sensor system to determine whether an object detected in the operating environment of the vehicle is in a forward travel path of the towed trailer as the vehicle turns. The trailer sideswipe avoidance system further includes a visual display that displays bird's eye view representations of the vehicle and the trailer and a collision warning band that extends around at least a portion of the bird's eye view representation of the trailer. A portion of the collision warning band changes color based on the controller determining that the object is in the travel path of the towed trailer.
US12221025B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle seat system, having at least two first fluid-fillable bladders and at least one second fluid-fillable bladder connected via a supply line to a common line and to a pump via this line and are fillable with fluid via this line, each first bladder having its own discharge outlet, and the second bladder not having its own discharge outlet, and having a controller which controls the filling or emptying of the bladders, the controller being configured to empty the second bladder via a discharge outlet from one of the first bladders, the second bladder being evacuated by detecting which of the first bladders is empty or is currently not used, establishing a fluid connection between the second bladder to be evacuated and the empty first bladder, and opening the discharge outlet belonging to the empty first bladder.
US12221018B2
Provided is a cable take-up device for a flexible flat cable routed for a slide seat slidably supported so as to be movable forward and backward along a fixed rail fixed to the vehicle cabin floor. The cable take-up device includes: a take-up housing part that takes up a housed portion in a drawable manner and houses it inside with a front end portion fixed to a rail front end portion and a rear end portion fixed to the slide seat; a take-up force generation part that generates a take-up force in a direction of take-up of the housed portion through drawing of the cable routing body; and a slit that applies the take-up force of the take-up force generation part to the housed portion.
US12221013B2
A method of controlling a drive axle system of a vehicle. The temperature of a first electric power source that is configured to store electrical energy and provide electrical energy to an electric motor to provide propulsion torque may be reduced when an upper temperature limit is exceeded. The temperature of the first electric power source may be increased when the temperature is below a lower temperature limit.
US12221004B2
An embodiment system for charging an electric motor vehicle includes a first switching circuit configured to select one of at least two chargers, a second switching circuit configured to select a charging station connector to be connected to the charger selected by the first switching circuit, and a controller configured to control the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit based on a predetermined charging order to allow charging of a battery of a vehicle that is connected to the charging station connector to be performed, sense connection of a charging connector of the vehicle to the charging station connector, receive a required charging amount and an available waiting time of the vehicle, and determine the charging order based on the required charging amount and the available waiting time.
US12220999B2
A conductive charging unit for a motor vehicle for electrically charging an energy storage device of the motor vehicle, including a charging contact unit with a charging contact which, for electrically conductive coupling to a charging connection of a charging plate external to the motor vehicle, is moved from a retracted position into an extended position in an extension direction and has a protective cover surrounding the charging contact unit perpendicular to the extension direction, which protective cover is extended together with the charging contact. The protective cover has a first end and a second end opposite in the extension direction with an edge region. The edge region has a circumferential hollow chamber, which includes at least one opening which provides a fluidic connection between the environment of the charging unit.
US12220996B2
An electric vehicle (EV) charging system includes a number of output connections (e.g., cables). Each of the output connections is connected to at least one head, and each head can be connected concurrently to an EV. A controller can direct a charging current, delivered over a dedicated circuit from an electric power supply, to a first one of the output connections if a first EV is connected to a head connected to the first one of the output connections. Then, the charging current to the first one of the output connections can be stopped, switched to a second one of the output connections, and restarted if a second EV is connected to a head connected to the second one of the output connections.
US12220995B2
Example embodiments of systems, devices, and methods are provided for charging and discharging energy systems having multiple modules arranged in cascaded fashion for generating and storing power. Each module can include an energy source and switch circuitry that selectively couples the energy source to other modules in the system for generating power or for receiving and storing power from a charge source. The energy systems can be arranged in single phase or multiphase topologies with multiple serial or interconnected arrays. The embodiments are capable of being charged with multiphase AC charge signals, a single phase AC charge signal, and/or a DC charge signal. Embodiments implementing the modular energy system within a charge source for performing multiphase, single phase AC, or DC charging of electric vehicles are also disclosed. Also disclosed are multi-motor embodiments and embodiments with the capability to power active suspensions and active steering systems.
US12220994B2
The disclosed inventions include personal Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV's) and UAV universal docking ports “docking ports” to be incorporated into and/or attached to headwear, including helmets, hard hats and hats and face masks, as well as footwear including boots and shoes, clothing and outerwear, devices, gear and equipment, land, air, water and space vehicles, buildings, wireless towers and other mobile or stationary objects and surfaces referred to collectively as “docking stations”. A docking station may have one or more docking ports for docking, networking and charging or refueling compact personal UAVs, and for providing data communications between said UAVs and other electronic devices that remain with the person while the UAV is in flight or driving or landed on terrain. Said docking ports may also incorporate wireless power transmission for remote wireless charging of one or more UAV's. Supplemental power for recharging said UAVs when docked may be supplied by integrated battery(s) in said docking port or me be provided directly from the docking station or other connected power source.
US12220984B2
Examples of the disclosure relate to example systems and methods for operating a see-through display for a vehicle. An example system includes a video camera positioned to capture video related to a vehicle structure that blocks a view of the driver. The system also includes a see-through display disposed inside the vehicle between the vehicle structure and the driver. The system also includes a processor configured to determine an eye position of the driver and process the captured video based on the eye position to determine a portion of the captured video to be displayed. The processor is to render the portion of the captured video to create a see-through effect relative to the vehicle structure. To determine the eye position, the processor receives user input for adjusting the portion of the captured video to create a match between the rendered portion and an unobstructed view of the external environment.
US12220982B2
In a vehicle lid seal structure, one of a housing and a lid is provided with an annular sealing member on a face facing the other. A cross-sectional structure of the annular sealing member includes a base portion and a lip portion. The base portion is attached to one of the housing and the lid. The lip portion extends from the base portion toward the other of the housing and the lid. The lip portion includes a connecting end between the lip portion and the base portion, and a free end that is an end portion opposite to the connecting end of the lip portion. Further, the lip portion is provided with a folding starting point between the connecting end and the free end. The folding starting point is provided for causing folding deformation of the lip portion toward a radially-outward side of the annular sealing member.
US12220979B2
A support device configured to support a battery pack including a first battery accommodating portion arranged in a first space between a pair of side rails constituting a ladder frame of a vehicle, a second battery accommodating portion arranged in a second space below the first space and continuous with the first battery accommodating portion, and batteries accommodated in the first and second battery accommodating portions. The support device includes a frame-side bracket having first brackets extending from each of the side rails outward in a vehicle width direction and downward and a second bracket connecting the first brackets to each other below the battery pack, a battery-side bracket projecting from an end surface on an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the second battery accommodating portion outward in the vehicle width direction, and an elastic coupling portion elastically connecting the frame-side bracket and the battery-side bracket.
US12220975B2
A clamp assembly for use with a tonneau cover assembly is provided. Illustratively, the clamp assembly may include a first clamp member, a second clamp member, a clamp fastener, and at least one shim. The second clamp member is located opposite the first clamp member to form a space located therebetween. The clamp fastener is extended through the space between the first clamp member and the second clamp member. The at least one shim is located in the space between the first clamp member and the second clamp member.
US12220974B2
A system for a vehicle includes a first closure panel of the vehicle operable between open and closed positions, a second closure panel of the vehicle operable between open and closed positions, at least one sensor that is coupled to the first closure panel and that detects precipitation, and a controller that prompts movement of the first closure panel from a first open position to a second open position based on the detected precipitation.
US12220973B2
A vehicle includes an A-pillar, a windshield, a receiver, and a visor assembly, including an engagement feature that moves from a first position to a second position, and a biasing feature that biases the engagement feature toward the first position in the second position of the engagement feature. The visor assembly is operable between a stowed condition, wherein the engagement feature is in the first position and the engagement feature and the receiver are in a spaced relationship, and a deployed condition, wherein the engagement feature is in the second position and contact between the engagement feature and the receiver maintains the engagement feature in the second position against the bias of the biasing feature.
US12220967B2
A vane controller assembly for an air vent of a vehicle. Vane controller assembly includes a deco panel adapted to be fitted in the air vent, and a knob movably coupled to the deco panel using a shaft. The vane controller assembly includes an elastic member having a body portion that has a hole, and protrusion(s) configured on an outer surface of the body portion, which is adapted to engage and lock with a slot provided at a first end of the knob. The shaft passes through the hole of the body portion of the elastic member such that the elastic member is slidably and rotatably engaged with the shaft, and allows a user to adjust orientation of vanes of vane controller assembly in a required direction.
US12220964B2
A sway bar disconnect assembly for a motor vehicle includes a first bar segment for being connected to a first wheel, a second bar segment for being connected to a second wheel, and a disconnect clutch configured for being selectively movable between a connect orientation in which the disconnect clutch non-rotatably fixes the first bar segment and the second bar segment together and a disconnect orientation in which the disconnect clutch rotationally decouples the first bar segment and the second bar segment from each other. The disconnect clutch includes a first clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the first bar segment and a second clutch section non-rotatably fixed to the second bar segment. The first clutch section includes axially displaceable male connectors and the second clutch section includes female connectors shaped for receiving the male connectors in the connect orientation. The disconnect clutch also includes an axially movable disconnector configured for axially contacting the male connectors, and an actuator configured for axially moving the disconnector to force the male connectors out of engagement with the female connectors causing the disconnect clutch to enter into the disconnect orientation.
US12220962B1
A velocity dependent flow control unit for an air spring. The velocity dependent flow control unit including a compression fluid pathway with a one-way valve and a rebound fluid pathway with a one-way valve. The velocity dependent flow control unit can be fixed and coupled between two additional air chambers of the air shock. A spring curve of said air shock can be dependent upon a velocity of a compression of the air shock and can be controlled by a flow rate of a fluid passing the two additional chambers and the velocity dependent flow control unit.
US12220953B2
A non-pneumatic tire includes an inner ring having an axis of rotation and an outer ring coaxial with the inner ring. The non-pneumatic tire further includes support structure extending from the inner ring to the outer ring and a circumferential tread extending about the outer ring. The circumferential tread includes a shear element. The shear element includes a lower shim layer of solid material, an upper shim layer of solid material, and an elastic layer disposed between the lower shim layer and the upper shim layer. The elastic layer has a higher elasticity than the lower shim layer and the upper shim layer.
US12220948B1
A pneumatic tire comprises a tread; a bead region, a sidewall; a bead core; a first apex; an apex-extension; a carcass; a chafer and a second apex. The second apex is positioned between a rim flange protector and the first apex or the extension. The carcass includes a first ply turned-up around the bead core to form a first turnup portion extending along the first apex and the extension and terminating radially inwardly from the radially outward end of the extension. The carcass may include a second ply turned-up, between the bead core and the first ply, around the bead core to form a second turnup portion, the second turnup portion extending along the axially outer side of the first apex. Alternatively, the carcass may include a second ply parting from the first ply at the extension and extending along the extension and the turnup portion of the first ply.
US12220946B2
A tire replacement forecasting system includes a tire supporting a vehicle. A sensor unit is mounted on the tire and includes a footprint centerline length measurement sensor and a pressure sensor. A processor is in electronic communication with the sensor unit and receives the measured centerline length and the measured pressure. An electronic vehicle network transmits selected vehicle parameters to the processor. A wear state predictor is stored on the processor and receives the measured centerline length, the measured pressure, and the selected vehicle parameters to generate an estimated wear state of the tire. A forecasting model is stored on the processor and receives multiple estimated wear states of the tire, and predicts future wear states of the tire. A forecast tire replacement date is generated by the forecasting model when the predicted future wear states of the tire are estimated to pass a predetermined wear threshold.
US12220944B2
An automatic speed reducing wheel includes a wheel unit and a speed reducing unit. The wheel unit includes a wheel seat, a wheel axle passing through the wheel seat, and a roller rotating about the wheel axle. A plurality of blockers is disposed on one side of the wheel frame in adjacent to an edge thereof in a radiation shape arrangement. The blockers rotate along with the roller. The speed reducing unit includes a fixing seat and a sliding member. The fixing seat is on one side of the roller and includes a sliding bore. The sliding member is slidably disposed in the sliding bore and includes an elastic portion having a blocking portion. When the roller moves downhill, the blocking portion of the sliding member protrudes out of an outer side of the sliding bore to interrupt a rotation route of the blockers, achieving a speed reducing effect.
US12220935B2
Decorative foil, method for producing a decorative foil and method for decorating a target substrate
A decorative foil, a method for producing a decorative foil as well as a method for decorating a target substrate. The decorative foil, in particular laminating foil, cold stamping foil or hot stamping foil, includes a carrier film (42) and an all-over varnish layer (41), wherein the carrier film (42) has a thickness in the range of from 3.0 μm to 10.0 μm.
US12220932B2
A laser marking system for marking a product includes a marking head having an electromagnetic radiation steering mechanism configured to steer electromagnetic radiation to address a specific location within a two-dimensional field of view. The electromagnetic radiation steering mechanism comprises a first optical element having an associated first actuator configured to rotate the first optical element about a first rotational axis to change a first coordinate of a first steering axis in the two-dimensional field of view and a second optical element having an associated second actuator configured to rotate the second optical element about a second rotational axis to change a second coordinate of a second steering axis in the two-dimensional field of view. The electromagnetic radiation steering mechanism comprises an electromagnetic radiation manipulator configured to introduce a difference between a first angle and a second angle (defined between the first and second rotational and steering (respectively) axes).
US12220931B2
An automated system is provided herein for fixing sublimation transfers to mugs in preparation for sublimation printing, the system including: a conveyor; an intake for sublimation transfers; a vertically adjustable transfer platen having an upwardly facing support surface; a feeder for conveying the sublimation transfers from the intake to the support surface; a linear actuator for moving mugs from the conveyor to a target location above the support surface; first and second tape applicators; and vertically adjustable first and second wrapping arms. With a sublimation transfer resting on the support surface, and a target mug in the target location, the transfer platen is caused to press the sublimation transfer against the target mug, and the first and second wrapping arms are caused to elevate to wrap lateral portions of the sublimation transfer about the target mug, to provide a prepared mug for sublimation printing.
US12220928B2
A drop placement analyzer for an inkjet printer is described herein. The drop placement analyzer comprises a film support that has an opaque, optically non-interfering vacuum surface for immobilizing a film against the optically non-interfering vacuum surface and photographing drops disposed on the film from the same side of the film on which the drops are disposed.
US12220921B2
Provided is a nozzle clogging defect compensating method for compensating for a nozzle clogging defect appearing in a binder jetting stack manufacturing means. The nozzle clogging defect compensating method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a defect occurrence region when a clogging defect of a nozzle used in the binder jetting stack manufacturing means occurs; determining whether compensation for the detect occurrence region is possible; when the compensation is possible, generating defect information and reflecting the defect information in an output code; setting a defect compensation region on the basis of the defect information; determining a defect compensation type of the defect compensation region; and reflecting a result of the determining in the output code. Accordingly, a replacement time and a replacement cost of an output head where the nozzle clogging defect has occurred can be saved, thereby reducing the unit production cost of a binder jetting type stack manufacturing output.
US12220918B2
A liquid ejection head includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface having a structure, a second substrate having a second surface facing the first surface of the first substrate, and a third substrate having a first surface facing the second surface of the first substrate. The first, second, and third substrates are joined together by an adhesive. The second surface of the first substrate has an opening located in a region on a rear side of the structure and having corners each having a curvature radius R2. The second surface of the second substrate has an opening in a region facing the structure and having corners each having a curvature radius R1. The curvature radii R1 and R2 satisfy R1
US12220917B2
A head unit includes: heads including a first-head and a second-head including respective flow channels, and a common flow channel member being stacked on the heads and including common flow channels communicating with the heads in common; flexible members including a first-flexible-member disposed between the first-head and the common flow channel member, and a second-flexible-member disposed between the second-head and the common flow channel member; and fixation members for fixing the common flow channel member, the first and second-heads, and the first and second-flexible-members together. The first-flexible-member establishes liquid-tight communication between a first-flow-channel and a first-common-flow-channel by being compressed in a stacking direction. The second-flexible-member establishes liquid-tight communication between a second-flow-channel and the first-common-flow channel by being compressed in the stacking direction. The fixation members include a first-fixation-member disposed between the first-flexible-member and the second-flexible-member in plan view.
US12220907B2
A printing apparatus includes: a user-setting-value acquiring unit configured to acquire a user setting value indicating a remaining amount of paper on a paper roll, the user setting value being set by a user; a first detection unit configured to detect that a physical quantity correlated with a remaining amount of paper on the paper roll has become equal to a first threshold value; a second detection unit configured to detect that the remaining amount of paper on the paper roll has become equal to a second threshold value; a post-detection length acquiring unit configured to acquire a post-detection length being a length of paper used from the paper roll from a time when it is detected that the physical quantity has become equal to the first threshold value until the remaining amount of paper on the paper roll becomes equal to the second threshold value; and a notification unit configured to notify that, when a new paper roll is used and a length of paper used from the new paper roll from a time when it is detected that the physical quantity has become equal to the first threshold value exceeds a reference value obtained by subtracting the user setting value from the post-detection length, a remaining amount of paper on the new paper roll has become equal to the user setting value.
US12220905B2
An air blowing unit can blow air to a medium after printing. The air blowing unit includes an air blowing flow path configured to blow air and an air blowing port configured to blow the air from the air blowing flow path to the medium after printing. The air blowing unit extends along a scanning direction of a carriage and is immovably provided. The air blowing unit is provided such that a part or all of the air blowing port is located between the carriage and the medium after printing at a position where the air blowing port overlaps with a part of a movement region of the carriage in plan view.
US12220900B2
A hole-punch screen includes a light-transmitting cover, a polarizer, and a glass component, where the polarizer is attached to the light-transmitting cover, the polarizer is provided with a first through hole, and the first through hole is filled with optical clear glue; and the glass component is attached to the polarizer so that the polarizer is located between the light-transmitting cover and the glass component, and the glass component is provided with a second through hole at a position corresponding to the first through hole.
US12220883B2
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a formed article of a composite material. The formed article is manufactured by heating and pressurizing a thermoplastic resin material and fabric material. The method includes a preforming process in which the material to be formed is put in a preforming mold with a release sheet arranged between the material and a part of the preforming mold. The material is heated and pressurized to impregnate the thermoplastic resin material into the fabric material, thus forming an impregnated intermediate material. Then, in a transport process the impregnated intermediate material in a heated state is taken out from the preforming mold with the release sheet left attached thereto, and transported. Finally there is a forming process in which the impregnated intermediate material is accommodated in the forming mold and the impregnated intermediate material is formed into the formed article of the composite material by pressurizing.
US12220877B2
A component is provided that includes a monolithic structure and a fitting element. The monolithic structure includes first and second outer panels, and spars disposed between the first and second outer panels. The width of the monolithic structure extends between a fitting end and a distal end. The spars extend widthwise between the first and second outer panels. The spar fitting end of each spar has a Y-shaped configuration with first and second finger walls, and a channel disposed there between. Both the first and second finger walls have a divergent end and a distal end. The channel has a closed end and an open end defined at the finger wall distal ends. The fitting element has a body with one or more blades extending outwardly therefrom. Each blade is received in and mates with a spar fitting end channel and is bonded to the spar fitting end.
US12220873B2
A system for operating handheld three-dimensional filament extrusion device is provided. The system includes a housing with an inlet and an outlet. A Bowden style mechanism is coupled to the housing and has a motor coupled to a filament engagement mechanism. A filament holder is coupled to the housing and transfers the filament to the Bowden style mechanism. A 3D drawing device defines a pathway that receives filament from the outlet and transfers the filament to a heated section. The drawing device includes a nozzle coupled to the heated section and an actuator. A controller having a processor is responsive to an actuation of the at least one actuator for causing the motor to rotate in a first direction to move the filament through the inlet and outlet to the drawing device and to cause the heated section to at least partially melt the filament moving through the drawing device.
US12220870B2
A light polymerizable composition for use in the additive manufacturing of medical devices may include a first photo-initiator and a second photo-initiator. The first photo-initiator activates to initiate curing of the composition when exposed to light of a first wavelength in an additive manufacturing device and the second photo-initiator limits the transmission of the light of the first wavelength that activates the first photo-initiator in the additive manufacturing device. The second photo-initiator is activated to further cure the composition when exposed to a light of a second wavelength different from the first wavelength by activating the second photo-initiator to produce free radicals at a higher rate when exposed to the light of the second wavelength than when exposed to the light of the first wavelength.
US12220869B2
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by a processor described. In some examples, the instructions cause the processor to receive object data representing an object to be manufactured by an additive manufacturing process. A derivation process on the object data to derive a data set representing the object, the data set having a predetermined number of data fields. The data set is provided to data processing system comprising data based on previously determined manufacturing orientations and/or position. An output is received from the data processing system representing a manufacturing orientation and/or manufacturing position of the object.
US12220868B2
A method and system for photopolymerization 3D printing is provided. The system includes a processing device, a micro light emitting diode (microLED) array including one or more individually addressable microLED emitters, and a printing component. The processing device is configured to determine one or more printing layers of an object. The microLED array is configured to generate light for each of the one or more printing layers. The printing component is configured to print the one or more printing layers. To generate the light for each of the one or more printing layers, the processing device is further configured to dynamically determine one or more microLED regions in the microLED array, determine one or more region printing parameters for each of the one or more microLED regions; and determine one or more control signals for the one or more individually addressable microLED emitters included in each of the one or more microLED regions based on the one or more region printing parameters.
US12220860B2
Photocurable colloid binders are provided that overcome deficiencies associated with 3D printing of high molecular weight polymers via VAT photopolymerization. Methods of additive manufacturing are also provided using the binders. The approaches described herein effectively decouple the viscosity-molecular weight relationship by synthesizing and processing photo-reactive aqueous colloids that are sequestered within a photocrosslinkable scaffold. Sequestering polymers within discrete internal phases prevents inter-particle entanglement of the polymer chains, thus ensuring low viscosity. VP of polymer colloids results in a solid green body embedded with high molecular weight polymer particles. A post-processing heated drying step allows the polymers to coalesce and further entangle, forming a semi-interpenetrating network with mechanical performance of the high molecular weight material. The resins can further include inorganic particles such as silica and other ceramics, metal particles, and the like. The coalescence can result in the particles being encapsulated in polymer, yielding unique hybrid materials with tunable properties.
US12220859B2
A three-dimensional shaping device includes a plasticization unit configured to plasticize a material into a shaping material using a rotating screw; a drive unit configured to rotate the screw; a supply flow path through which the shaping material flows; a nozzle configured to discharge the shaping material; a discharge amount adjusting mechanism configured to switch between stop and restart of discharge of the shaping material from the nozzle by a valve portion provided in the supply flow path; a pressure measuring portion configured to measure a pressure of the shaping material in the supply flow path between the plasticization unit and the valve portion; and a control unit configured to adjust rotation of the screw by controlling the drive unit according to a measured value of the pressure which is measured. The control unit controls the drive unit under a first control during a period when the discharge of the shaping material from the nozzle is not stopped, and controls the drive unit under a second control during a period when the discharge of the shaping material from the nozzle is stopped, and a degree of adjustment of the rotation of the screw under the second control is smaller than a degree of adjustment of the rotation of the screw under the first control.
US12220846B2
A method of manufacturing a component (124) having a main body (116) and at least one ring sleeve (118) through a molding assembly (100), the method comprising: providing a mold (102) having an inlet (115) and defining a hollow portion (H); placing at least one core to form a free-space (104, 106) within the component (124) inside the mold (102) to bifurcate the hollow portion (H) into a first cavity and a second cavity; pouring a molding material (117) inside the mold (102) through the inlet (115); allowing the molding material (117) to set inside the mold (102) around the core within the first cavity and the second cavity to form a main body (116) and at least one ring sleeve (118) of the component (124); connecting the first cavity and the second cavity and forming at least one first bond and one second bond (130, 132, 134, 136) between the main body (116) and the at least one ring sleeve (118); and removing the at least one core from at least part of the hollow portion (H) within the mold (102); characterized in that: providing the core with at least one recess allowing the molding material (117) to flow therethrough such that on withdrawing the core out of the mold (102), at least one first bond (130, 132) breaks and on withdrawing the core outside the mold (102), at least one second bond (134, 136) breaks.
US12220845B1
A method of making a panel using palm fiber, the method comprising: mixing a resin and a hardener to form a mixture; pouring a first portion of the mixture into a mold to provide a first resin layer; adding a first amount of palm fiber on top of the first resin layer to form a first fiber layer; compacting the first fiber layer; pouring a second portion of the mixture into the mold to form a second resin layer on top of the first fiber layer; adding a second amount of palm fiber on top of the second resin layer to form a second fiber layer; compacting the second fiber layer; and obtaining the panel.
US12220839B2
An inspection substrate for use in inspecting whether or not a constituent element of a cutting apparatus forms a scratch on a top surface of a workpiece when a cutting blade cuts the workpiece, the inspection substrate includes a top surface side of the inspection substrate having a groove portion for simulated cutting, the groove portion having a width that the cutting blade can pass through, and a paint layer disposed on the top surface side of the inspection substrate to improve visibility of a scratch formed on the top surface side.
US12220836B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a modified wood product wherein a step of resin treatment is followed by a thermal modification step. The present invention also relates to a modified wood product produced using said process.
US12220834B2
Disclosed is a chain saw and a power tool, including a working part, a body, a brushless motor, a power supply device, a drive circuit, a controller, and a motion detection device. The motion detection device is coupled to the body or the working part for detecting a motion of the body or the working part in at least one direction. The controller is configured to control the drive circuit to make the brushless motor enter a braking mode when the amount of the motion of the body or the working part in at least one direction exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US12220832B2
A system includes a rod, a nozzle, a camera, and a pressure control system. The rod has a conduit extending along a rod axis. The rod is disposed adjacent to the barrier within the orifice. The nozzle is connected to the rod and is in hydraulic communication with the conduit and the orifice. The camera is also connected to the rod. The nozzle and the camera are configured to protrude from the rod and rotate about the rod axis. The pressure control system is connected to the tubular body and is disposed around the rod. The nozzle is configured to cut away the portion of the barrier upon pumping of a cutting fluid through a conduit of the rod and out of the nozzle towards the barrier. The portion of the barrier is removable from the orifice of the tubular body once cut away.
US12220828B2
A razor assembly includes a razor cartridge comprising at least one shaving blade, and a blade housing configured to receive the at least one shaving blade in a first direction; a cartridge connector coupled to the razor cartridge such that the razor cartridge is rotatable with respect to the cartridge connector about a rotational axis parallel to the first direction; and a razor handle, wherein the cartridge connector further comprises: at least two first cantilevers configured to provide a recovering force to the razor cartridge to restore the razor cartridge to a rest position; at least one second cantilever coupled to at least a part of the razor handle; and an upper wall covering the at least one second cantilever, wherein the at least one second cantilever is not exposed to an outside by the upper wall when viewed from a bottom side of the blade housing.
US12220821B2
A robot control device includes: a reliability computing unit that is inputted with a feature quantity obtained from a sensor signal indicating a measurement result obtained by an external sensor installed in a main body of a robot or a surrounding environment of the robot, and computes a reliability for the sensor signal on the basis of a temporal change or a spatial change of the feature quantity; a correction command value computing unit that computes a trajectory correction amount for correcting a trajectory of the robot on the basis of the reliability and correction information calculated on the basis of the feature quantity; and a command value generation unit that generates a location command value for the robot on the basis of a predetermined target trajectory of the robot and the trajectory correction amount.
US12220815B2
A parallel link robot includes a base, a movable member, and multiple arms that connect the base and the movable member in parallel. Each of the arms includes: a drive link that is rotationally driven by a motor in the base; two parallel passive links that couple the drive link and the movable member; ball joints between the drive link and the corresponding passive link and between the movable member and the corresponding passive link; and attachment mechanisms that detachably attach the ball joints to the corresponding drive link or the movable member. Each ball joint includes a ball and a fixed part integral with the ball. At least one of the attachment mechanisms includes: a first screw hole in the fixed part; a second through-hole in the drive link or the movable member; and a screw member that is fastened to the first screw hole through the second through-hole.
US12220809B2
In a sensing device and a robot manipulator having the sensing device, the sensing device includes a cover, a force sensor and a force information calculating part. The cover has a predetermined shape and is configured to cover a body. The force sensor is disposed at a position between the body and the cover, and is configured to measure a force and a torque applied via the cover at the position. The force information calculating part is configured to obtain an information on the force applied to the cover from data measured by the force sensor, when the force is applied to an arbitrary position of the cover.
US12220807B2
The handheld device improves an operability. The handheld device 1 includes a tablet 2 provided on the front side of the device 1 and a grip part 3 provided on the backside of the device 1 and to be griped by the operator H. The grip part 3 is rotatable relative to the tablet 2.
US12220802B1
A device for opening and closing a paint can without damage to the paint can lid or paint can. The device can also perforate the paint can with holes around the perimeter of the paint can rim so that paint in the rim can return to the paint can. The device includes a T-shaped base with a can opener at the lower end of the T, two perforating spikes on the bottom, four bumpers for closing the paint can, and a magnet for holding the device to a paint can.
US12220797B2
A fastening tool including a magazine securely and releasably retained on the fastening tool by a cam mounted on one of the fastening tool and the magazine. In a single rotary motion, the cam wedges together the housing member of the fastening tool and the housing member of the magazine, while simultaneously rotating cam lobes into respective chambers formed on the fastening tool and the magazine. The cam rotation and magazine retention system is accomplished without tools.
US12220782B2
A cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit including a spindle as a rotational shaft and a mount flange for mounting a cutting blade thereon, the mount flange being fixed to a distal end of the spindle, a support unit for supporting a cutting blade housed in a blade case, the support unit including a blade case support for supporting the blade case for housing the cutting blade therein, a changing mechanism for dismounting a cutting blade that has been mounted on the mount flange from the mount flange and mounting the cutting blade that has been supported on the support unit on the mount flange, and a moving mechanism for moving the changing mechanism between a changing position, a blade transfer position, and a retracted position.
US12220779B2
A cutting tool includes a cutting insert having a cutting edge; a holder holding the cutting insert; a sensor provided in the holder; and an information communication circuitry that is provided in the holder, transmits an inquiry for parameter information related to measurement by the sensor to a management device provided outside the cutting tool, and acquires the parameter information from the management device.
US12220762B2
Devices and methods for processing a workpiece along a predetermined processing line are provided. The device includes: a pulsed, polychromatic laser beam generator; an optical arrangement; and a moving device. The laser beam generator generates a laser beam along a beam direction. The optical arrangement generates a focal line along the beam direction. The optical arrangement has a chromatic aberration for wavelength-dependent focusing of the laser beam and a filter for wavelength-dependent filtering of the laser beam. The moving device generates relative movement between the laser beam and the workpiece along the predetermined processing line.
US12220761B2
A friction stir welding (FSW) tool includes a pin, a housing, and a shoulder. The pin is configured to extend through a joint line between edges of two work pieces. The pin rotates to perform a FSW process that welds the two work pieces together at the joint line. The housing is coupled to a distal end of the pin to enable rotation of the pin relative to the housing. The pin extends through a support surface of the housing. The support surface contacts respective inner surfaces of the work pieces during the FSW process. The shoulder surrounds the pin and is configured to be rotated during the FSW process. The shoulder contacts respective outer surfaces of the work pieces during the FSW process such that the work pieces are sandwiched between the shoulder and the support surface of the housing.
US12220750B2
A clamping device is arranged for releasably holding a tool holder shank. The clamping device includes a housing, a drawbar mounted reciprocally movable inside a bore in the housing, and an actuator. An aperture extends along an actuator axis and is delimited by an aperture housing surface and a drawbar groove. A first locking pressure applying surface on the actuator acts upon a first locking pressure receiving surface in the drawbar groove to effectuate a displacement of the drawbar when the actuator is moved along the actuator axis in a first direction, resulting in clamping of the tool holder shank.
US12220749B2
A cutting tool comprising a base material and a coating disposed on the base material, wherein the coating comprises a hard particle layer, the hard particle layer is formed from a plurality of hard particles consisting of titanium, silicon, carbon, and nitrogen, the hard particle layer comprises a first region and a second region, a composition of the first region is Ti(1-Xb)SiXbCN, a composition of the second region is Ti(1-Xs)SiXsCN, the Xs and the Xb satisfy relationships of Xb−Xs≥0.01 and 0
US12220748B2
A coated cutting tool has a hard coating on a surface of a base material. The hard coating is a nitride of Al, Cr, and Si in which Al is 50 atom % or more, Cr is 30 atom % or more, and Si is 1 atom % or more and 5 atom % or less. The hard coating contains 0.02 atom % or less of Ar, and the atomic ratio A and the atomic ratio B of nitrogen satisfy the relationship of 1.02≤B/A≤1.10, and a diffraction peak originating from the (111) plane of a face-centered cubic lattice structure shows the maximum intensity. In the cross-sectional observation of the hard coating, the number of droplets having an equivalent circle diameter of 3 μm or more is less than 1 per 100 μm2. The surface of the hard coating has an arithmetical mean curvature Spc value of 5000 or less.
US12220747B2
A cutting tool including a rake face and a flank face includes: a substrate; and a coating film disposed on the substrate, wherein the coating film includes an Al2O3 layer, residual stress of the Al2O3 layer has a minimum value Rmin at at least a portion of a region d1 of the rake face, the minimum value Rmin is more than −0.27 GPa and less than or equal to −0.1 GPa.
US12220736B2
A solution comprising at least one protic solvent, at least one monomer comprising an (alkyl)acrylic, (alkyl)acrylate or (alkyl)acrylamide group, at least one crosslinking agent comprising at least two groups chosen from (alkyl)acrylic, (alkyl)acrylate or (alkyl)acrylamide groups, at least one photopolymerization initiator and at least one agent chosen from alkali metal halides, alkali metal phosphates, alkali metal sulfates and mixtures thereof; or—of a polymer material capable of being obtained by polymerization of the solution defined above comprising a polymer resulting from the polymerization of the monomer(s) and of the crosslinking agent(s) as defined above and trapping, at the center thereof, a liquid phase comprising at least one agent as defined above; for the trapping of at least one toxic chemical agent.
US12220733B2
A cleaning device (100) for cleaning fiber optic end faces comprises a dispensing nozzle (104) configured to discharge a jet column (118) generated by the Coanda effect with intermittent injection of a cleaning solvent into the jet column (118). The method comprises impinging the jet column (118) onto a fiber optic end face (120) while maintaining a stand-off distance from the end face being cleaned.
US12220729B2
This document describes cleaning tools, methods of manufacturing cleaning tools, and methods of using cleaning tools, for cleaning a media transport device. The cleaning tool may include a cleaning card comprising a first core layer, as well as a first cleaning layer attached to the first core layer. The first core layer and the first cleaning layer form (a) a cleaning element having a first thickness and in which the core layer is in a relaxed state, and (b) an intermediate area that has a second thickness that is less than the first thickness and in which the core layer is in a compressed state.
US12220728B2
A sorting device for sorting piece goods in end locations includes a plurality of horizontal conveyors, which are arranged one above another and are configured as conveyor belts, for conveying the piece goods in a circuit, wherein the conveyors are configured to move the piece goods perpendicularly to the conveying direction of the circuit. The sorting device also includes a plurality of end locations, wherein the end locations are arranged along the conveyors in such a manner that the piece goods can be transported into the end locations by the movement perpendicularly to the conveying direction. The piece goods are transported from the conveyor into the end location only by the conveyor.
US12220727B2
The present invention provides a flexible ultrasound transducer (1) for an ultrasound monitoring system for examining a curved object. The ultrasound transducer (1) comprises an integrated circuit structure (7) and a multi-layered structure (2), said multi-layered structure (2) comprising an array (3) of ultrasound transducing elements (3a) arranged in a first layer structure (4) and configured for generating ultrasonic energy propagating along a main transducer axis Z and an array (5) of control circuits (5a) arranged in a second layer structure (6), and wherein the array (5) of control circuits and the integrated circuit structure (7) are configured for operating the array (3) of ultrasound transducing elements in said first layer structure (4), Further, the multi-layered structure (2) comprises at least one flexible layer (8, 9) arranged so that the bending flexibility of the multi-layered structure (2) permits the ultrasound transducer (1) to form a continuous contact with said curved object during operation.
US12220721B2
The backpack paint sprayer comprises a backpack, a spray gun, and a hose assembly. The backpack paint sprayer may be a portable spray-painting system. The backpack may carry a supply of paint which may be pumped from the backpack to the spray gun via the hose assembly. A turbine located within the spray gun may create an air stream that may atomize the paint and may disperse the paint over a surface being painted. The backpack may be adapted to be worn by a user and may enable the user to move about without being constrained by a paint supply hose coupled between the spray gun and a compressor.
US12220718B2
A lock device for pump-style bottle dispensers includes first and second body segments each having an inside facing wall with a semi-circular indentation. The first and second body segments are connected together by a hinge to transition between an open position and a closed position. In the open position, the shaft of a pump mechanism is positionable between the semi-circular indentations. In the closed position the shaft is encircled by the semi-circular indentations. A lip and indentation are formed along the first and second body segments, respectively and form a compression fitting when in the closed position. Magnetic elements are positioned in the first and second body segments to securing the segments in the closed position. Multiple lock devices are vertically stackable via a plurality of holes positioned along the top surface of the body segments and complementary pegs located along the bottom surface of the body segments.
US12220716B2
A method of reducing water flow through a showerhead. The method may include dividing a water stream into two separate water groups and alternating the flow of water through the two separate water groups to reduce water flow through the showerhead.
US12220703B2
A rotatable platform is provided for use in Lab-on-disc (LoD) applications. A LoD microfluidic device has the rotatable platform and is suitable for analysis of a fluid sample. Real-time monitoring of cells is also provided, using a centrifugal microfluidic platform. A mobile LoD device is provided, which can be used in remote destinations and for point of care applications. A method for monitoring microorganisms under the constant supply of nutrients includes the step of inoculating the cells in a culture chamber in a rotatable microfluidic platform, rotating the platform such that liquid in a reservoir connected to or located on the platform, the liquid comprising nutrients for the cells, is constantly supplied to the cells in the culture chamber by means of shear/centrifugal force resulting from rotating the platform, and continuously monitoring the cells during rotation of the platform by means of imaging, electrochemical and/or electrical measurements.
US12220700B2
A fluidic network for carrying out, in parallel, a plurality of analyses of biological samples is disclosed. The network has a flow cell array with a plurality of reaction chambers. The reaction chambers each have a first channel connection and a second channel connection. The first channel connections are connected to a first supply channel and the second channel connections are connected to a second supply channel. The first supply channel and the second channel connection are interconnected by a circulation line. At least one component is connected to the circulation line so that component test reagents can be introduced into the reaction chambers of the flow cell array.
US12220696B2
Provided is a microfluidic film including a base film, a microchannel, which is formed on the base film and through which a fluid flows, and a through passage, which is configured to pass through the base film and through which the base film stacked on an upper portion or a lower portion of the base film and the fluid communicate with each other.
US12220695B2
A separation container for extracting a portion of a sample for use or testing and method for preparing samples for downstream use or testing are provided. The separation container may include a body defining an internal chamber. The body may define an opening, and the body may be configured to receive the sample within the internal chamber. The separation container may further include a seal disposed across the opening, such that the seal may be configured to seal the opening of the body, and a plunger movably disposed at least partially inside the internal chamber. The plunger may be configured to be actuated to open the seal and express the portion of the sample.
US12220689B2
Disclosed is a process whereby completed catalysts can be produced from the iron oxides, and these catalysts can be activated and employed directly after activation for ammonia synthesis from synthesis gas, comprising for example a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen. A process is also disclosed to produce pre-reduced catalyst precursors, which are first reduced under controlled conditions and subsequently passivated in an oxidizing atmosphere, before they are used in ammonia synthesis as catalysts. These pre-reduced catalysts can be activated significantly more quickly and under milder conditions than the iron oxides.
US12220681B2
Compositions suitable for the purification of liquids, methods for making said compositions, and the uses of said compositions.
US12220678B2
A reactor for coating particles includes a stationary vacuum chamber to hold a bed of particles to be coated, a chemical delivery system, and a paddle assembly. The paddle assembly includes a rotatable drive shaft and a first plurality of paddles and a second plurality of paddles that extend radially from the drive shaft. The spacing, cross-sections, and oblique angles of the paddles are such that orbiting of the paddles causes the first plurality of paddles and the second plurality of paddles to displace substantially equal volumes in opposite directions in the lower portion of the stationary vacuum chamber.
