Patents Examined by T. A.
  • Method for guiding a motor vehicle in an at least partly automated manner
    Patent number: 12005893
    Abstract: A method for at least partly automated driving of a motor vehicle includes receiving environment signals that represent an environment of the motor vehicle, processing the environment signals to detect a dynamic object in the environment, and predicting a movement of the detected dynamic object based on infrastructure data that represent an infrastructure of the environment. The method further includes generating control signals for at least partly automated control of the lateral and longitudinal guidance of the motor vehicle based on the predicted movement, and outputting the generated control signals to drive the motor vehicle at least partly automatically based on the predicted movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Gustav Keller, Holger Mielenz
  • 3D printer to print objects and a shield
    Patent number: 12005650
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processor and a machine-readable storage medium storing machine-readable instructions executable by the processor. The machine-readable instructions comprise instructions to cause the processor to create 3D print data including data defining one or more objects to be printed in a build chamber of a 3D printer and data defining, in addition to the one or more objects, a shield to be printed to shield the one or more printed objects in the build chamber to reduce heat dissipation to an outside of the build chamber. The shield is designed depending on a thermal behavior of the build chamber and/or depending on a thermal behavior of the one or more objects to be printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Pol Fornos Martinez, Maria de las Mercedes Blanco Rollan, Ismael Fernandez Aymerich
  • Apparatus for moulding and vulcanising a green tyre for bicycle
    Patent number: 12005660
    Abstract: A green tyre (2) for bicycles is built, comprising at least one carcass ply (4) having axially opposite end flaps (4a) engaged with respective bead cores (5) and a tread band (6) applied in a radially outer position around said at least one carcass ply (4). The built tyre (2) removed from the building drum, is profiled so as to translate the tread band (6) in a radially outer direction with respect to the bead cores (5), so as to impart a cross-sectional convex profile to the tyre (2) in a radially outer direction. The profiled tire is engaged by means of a transfer member (31) comprising a gripping device (30) which holds it hanging and loads it into a vulcanisation mould (101) by axially positioning an axial centreline plane (M) of the green tyre at an axial reference (51) arranged at a predetermined height along a reference axis (K) of a central body (103) of the vulcanisation mould (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Davide Lupo Conti, Bruno Lodi, Gian Luigi Bosio
  • Protective case for electronic device and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 12005656
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of protective case, in particular to a protective case for electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same. The protective case for electronic device includes an inner shell, an outer shell, and a magnetic interlayer that fits and in contact with the inner shell and the outer shell, wherein: the magnetic interlayer includes an interlayer base material and a magnetic part, the magnetic interlayer is provided with a through installation hole, and the magnetic part is fixedly embedded in the installation hole, the thickness of the magnetic part matches with the depth of the installation hole, the interlayer base material includes a hot-melt base material and reinforcing fiber yarn contained in the hot-melt base material, and the hot-melt base material is filled between the magnetic part and the inner side wall of the installation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Lingyi Innovation Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yanghui Zheng, Sen Qiu, Yanghong Zheng, Jingyan Zheng, Qiushun Liu, Shaohua Chen
  • Container assembly, closure cap for container assembly, container for container assembly, method for manufacturing a container assembly
    Patent number: 12006089
    Abstract: Container assembly comprising a container and a closure, wherein the container is made of a crystallisable polymer material and comprises a neck portion with an outer cap surface and defines an outlet opening, the neck portion being configured for receiving the closure, wherein the closure includes a closure cap made of a crystallisable polymer material and has an inner cap surface, the closure cap being matched to the neck portion of the container to cover the outlet opening in a closed state, wherein the inner cap surface of the closure cap contacts the outer cap surface of the neck portion when the container assembly is closed, and wherein the material of the inner cap surface of the closure cap and/or of the outer cap surface of the neck portion is crystallised, to allow the container assembly to be opened after being closed for an elongated period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Zahir Bashir, Roshan Zameer
  • Molding assembly and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 12005663
    Abstract: A molding assembly having a top mold member and a base mold member. The top mold member can include a first top mold portion and a second top mold portion that shift between a top mold open configuration and a top mold closed configuration by rotating about a top mold hinge axis. The molding assembly can shift between a molding assembly open configuration and a molding assembly closed configuration by rotating at least the top mold member about a molding assembly hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce J. Kilgore
  • Virtual prop control method and apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and electronic device
    Patent number: 12005356
    Abstract: A virtual prop control method includes: displaying a crosshair of a virtual shooting prop in a game scene of a virtual shooting game; detecting whether an aiming ray of the virtual shooting prop is in contact with adhesion boxes of other virtual operation objects in response to an input operation of the target virtual operation object, the aiming ray representing a direction aimed by the crosshair, the input operation including a target touch operation on a display screen that displays the game scene; and determining, from the non-target virtual operation objects corresponding to the contacted adhesion boxes, an adhesion target of the virtual shooting prop during shooting of the virtual shooting prop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Zhihong Liu
  • Printing device for a coupling machine
    Patent number: 12005694
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexographic printing device for a laminating machine, including at least one pair of shoulders mounted on a trolley frame, a blade chamber for containing printing ink; an Anilox roller that rotates in contact with the printing ink, a print roller holding a printing cliché that rotates in contact with the Anilox roller and a counter-pressure roller that rotates in contact with the cliché held by the print roller, wherein at least the Anilox roller and the print roller are supported by respective supports that can slide with respect to the shoulders in a direction substantially orthogonal to their axes, the printing device also including at least one first motor for rotating the Anilox roller, at least one second motor for rotating the print roller and possibly a third motor for rotating the counter-pressure roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NORDMECCANICA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Vincenzo Cerciello
  • Device and method for treating fibres
    Patent number: 12006627
    Abstract: A device and method for treating fibres of a mixture of substances containing fibres, wherein the device comprises at least one outlet element for the passage of the mixture of substances containing fibres comprising an outlet opening and at least one first refining surface arranged around the outlet opening in a circumferential direction, as well as at least one feeding device for positioning the outlet element, and wherein a moveable handling body having a second refining surface is arranged opposite the at least one outlet element for handling the mixture of substances containing fibres, wherein, with the passage of the mixture of substances containing fibres through the outlet element, a gap-type handling area is formed between the first refining surface of the outlet element and a sub-surface of the second refining surface of the moveable handling body applied with the mixture of substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Jarolim
  • Wheel hub assembly
    Patent number: 12005734
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a wheel hub assembly is provided that includes a hub body having an outboard end portion and an inboard end portion, a bearing assembly, and a seal. The seal includes a seal case and a sleeve. The hub body and seal case are rotatable relative to the sleeve. The wheel hub assembly further includes a stop of the bearing assembly configured to resist movement of the sleeve toward the outboard end portion of the hub body as the hub body, bearing assembly, and sleeve are advanced together in an inboard direction along a vehicle spindle. The stop permits the bearing assembly to transfer a force applied in an inboard axial direction against the bearing assembly, such as by tightening of a spindle nut, to the sleeve and urge the sleeve along a vehicle spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Consolidated Metco, Inc.
    Inventors: Connor Regan, Samant Khanna
  • In-module media assembly
    Patent number: 12005781
    Abstract: An in-module media assembly includes a display screen, a media chassis and a shock absorbing member. The display screen has an interior-facing side and a non-interior facing side. The media chassis is mounted to a lower half of the display screen and extends from the non-interior facing side of the display screen. The shock absorbing member has a screen attachment part and a contact part. The screen attachment part is attached to an upper half of the display screen and extends from the non-interior facing side. The contact part is configured to at least one of contact the media chassis and displace relative to the media chassis upon relative movement of the upper half of the display screen towards the media chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Matthews
  • Charge detection for automatic charging systems
    Patent number: 12005792
    Abstract: A system includes an automatic charging device. The automatic charging device includes a movable arm configured to connect a charging plug head in electric communication with a vehicle inlet of an electric vehicle. The system includes a current detector configured to be in electrical communication with the automatic charging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ABB E-MOBILITY B.V.
    Inventors: Gregory Cole, Ali Ugur, Will Eakins
  • Alkynylplatinum (II) terpyridine system coupled with rhodamine derivative: interplay of aggregation, de-aggregation and ring-opening processes for ratiometric luminescence sensing
    Patent number: 12006334
    Abstract: The synthesis and characterization of a platinum (II) terpyridine system tethered with a latent organic dye of rhodamine derivative as colorimetric and fluorescent sensory moiety has been reported to show selective Hg2+ ion sensing behavior. The interplay of aggregation/de-aggregation behavior of the alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridine complex and the ring-opening process of rhodamine derivative has been investigated. The spectral change of aggregation NIR emission at 800 nm and rhodamine fluorescence at 585 nm provides a possible ratiometric luminescence measurement. Morphological studies from TEM and SEM images showing nanospherical structures confirmed the aggregation in the absence of Hg2+ ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: South University of Science and Technology of China
    Inventor: Keith Man Chung Wong
  • Composite ultrasonic material applicators with individually addressable micro-applicators and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 12005463
    Abstract: A material applicator for controlling application of at least one material on a substrate includes a housing and an array plate with an applicator array positioned within the housing. The applicator array has a plurality of micro-applicators and each of the plurality of micro-applicators has an ultrasonic transducer, a material inlet, a reservoir, and a micro-applicator plate with a plurality of apertures. The applicator plate is in mechanical communication with the ultrasonic transducer such that at least one material is ejected through the plurality of apertures as atomized droplets when the ultrasonic transducer vibrates the micro-applicator plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Kevin Ellwood, Mark Nichols, Wanjiao Liu, Christopher Seubert
  • CD206 targeted drug delivery vehicles carrying novel bisphosphonate drug payloads via a degradable linker
    Patent number: 12006339
    Abstract: Provided are novel compounds containing a polymeric carbohydrate backbone, one or more mannose-binding C-type lectin receptor targeting moieties, and a nitrogenous bisphosphonate compound coupled to the backbone via a thiol-maleimide conjugation, in addition to pharmaceutical compositions, methods of synthesizing, and methods of use. The thiol-maleimide conjugation of a bisphosphonate to a polymeric carbohydrate backbone provides for methods of using the compounds and compositions thereof for releasing the therapeutic payload when internalized into a mannose-binding C-type lectin receptor-expressing cell, such as tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) for the treatment of various diseases, including, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Ralph, Jeffrey Scott Arnold
  • Foot exfoliator with high-gloss nail polisher, and electric foot exfoliation kit
    Patent number: 12004626
    Abstract: Provided is a foot exfoliator with a high-gloss nail polisher in which one surface of a hard plate such as a glass plate is divided into a foot exfoliating region and a nail polishing region, the foot exfoliator including a foot exfoliating part, in which one protrusion selected from protrusions having a circular shape, an elliptical shape, and a rhombic shape and a protrusion column are periodically and repeatedly arranged in a predetermined region of the plate, and a nail polishing part, in which a plurality of vertical stripe protrusions or inclined stripe protrusions are arranged to perform nail polishing in regions of an area of the plate excluding the foot exfoliating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventor: Chulha Kim
  • Polycarbonate resin
    Patent number: 12006398
    Abstract: A terminally modified polycarbonate resin that has ultraviolet absorbing capability is provided. More specifically, the terminally modified polycarbonate resin has a structure represented by general formula (A) and a constituent unit that is derived from a dihydric phenol. (In general formula (A), R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms; R2 represents an alkylene group having 1-6 carbon atoms; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; and * represents the bonding position to the main chain of the polycarbonate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Shun Ishikawa, Noriyoshi Ogawa
  • Multi-threat mitigation security apparatus for protecting personnel, assets and critical infrastructure
    Patent number: 12006726
    Abstract: A multi-threat security apparatus system for critical infrastructure protection is disclosed having an above-ground concrete base, a vertical post system adapted to be attached to the above-ground concrete base and to receive a plurality of louvers. The plurality of louvers provides the necessary ballistic protection for and air flow through to the critical infrastructure. The louvers may include a composite of aluminum foam, a resin impregnated ballistic material and an aluminum foam. The composite structure may be used on doors, panels or building walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: ThreatStop LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth M. White, Allan R. Mangold
  • CRISPR-associated transposases and uses thereof
    Patent number: 12006521
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and compositions for the modification of target DNA sequences. More particularly, systems, methods, and compositions for editing genomic DNA in eukaryotic cells with a CRISPR-associated transposase are provided. Also provided are vectors and vector systems which encode one or more CRISPR-associated transposases, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods for identifying and validating novel CRISPR-associated transposases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jaishree M. Chittoor, Ervin Nagy
  • Medical system for therapy adjustment
    Patent number: 12005258
    Abstract: Methods and systems for seamless adjustment of treatment are disclosed. A determination can be made as to whether to intervene with a patient's treatment based on data obtained from implantable electrodes and/or non-implantable electrodes. The data from non-implantable electrodes have a correction factor applied to adjust for less accuracy compared to data acquired from implantable electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventor: Vinod Sharma