Patents Examined by A. Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11996942
    Abstract: An apparatus and system to enable URLLC PUSCH repetitions in the unlicensed spectrum are described. The number of consecutive PUSCH repetitions indicated in the RRC parameter is reinterpreted as the number of transmission occasions over which the UE is able to attempt CCA. An orphan symbol is used to provide a DMRS transmission or cyclic prefix of the PUSCH transmission causing the orphan symbol. Whether a CG-UCI is piggybacked in a PUSCH transmission, and whether DCI-DFI is used, is dependent on whether cg-RetransmissionTimer is configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Salvatore Talarico, Sergey Panteleev, Debdeep Chatterjee, Toufiqul Islam
  • Patent number: 11996778
    Abstract: A circuit for controlling a switching mode power supply having a power switch, having: a feedback pulse circuit, configured to receive a feedback signal, and to provide a feedback pulse signal; a load determining circuit, configured to receive the feedback signal, and to provide a load determining signal; a light load pulse circuit, configured to receive the load determining signal and a frequency regulating signal, and to provide a light load pulse signal; a frequency regulating circuit, configured to receive the load determining signal, the light load pulse signal and a normal load pulse signal, and to provide the frequency regulating signal; and a selecting circuit, configured to receive the load determining signal, the feedback pulse signal and the light load pulse signal, and to provide an on control signal and the normal load pulse signal; wherein the on control signal controls an on operation of the power switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Guangzhuo Li
  • Patent number: 11996363
    Abstract: An interconnect structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. In some embodiments, the structure includes a first dielectric layer disposed over one or more devices, a first conductive feature disposed in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer and the first conductive feature, and a second conductive feature disposed in the second dielectric layer. The second conductive feature is electrically connected to the first conductive feature. The structure further includes a heat dissipation layer disposed between the first and second dielectric layers, and the heat dissipation layer partially surrounds the second conductive feature and is electrically isolated from the first and second conductive features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Yun Peng, Keng-Chu Lin
  • Patent number: 11996753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drain plug (100) with a head (200) comprising at least one transversal through-bore (210) and at least one contact surface (220) concentric to the drain plug (100) longitudinal axis, and by a body (300) comprising at least one through-bore (310) adjacent and complementary to the through-bore (210) of the head (200), at least one annular through-channel (320) of perimeter platform (330) and limited by the surface (220). The body (300) also has one or more sets of alternating fluid-conducting channels, formed by the alternation of annular channels (340, 360, 380), of perimeter platforms (330, 350, 370, 390), of longitudinal walls (331, 351, 371), and of longitudinal openings (332, 352, 372, 382). This invention also relates to a corresponding casing for rotating electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: WEG EQUIPAMENTOS ELÉTRICOS S.A.
    Inventors: Gustavo da Rosa Kaizer, Milton Oscar Castella, Paulo Henrique Nicolau, Tiago Baggio
  • Patent number: 11996660
    Abstract: An in-wall power adapter configured to apply power to a load is described. The in-wall power adapter may comprise a first plurality of contact elements accessible on at least one outer surface of the in-wall power adapter, the first plurality of contact elements comprising a first contact element configured to receive a power signal and a second contact element configured to receive a neutral signal; an outlet configured to receive the power signal and the neutral signal; a second plurality of contact elements configured to provide the power signal and the neutral signal to a control attachment; and a housing configured to receive a wall plate adapted to be coupled to the in-wall power adapter; wherein the housing is adapted to retain a flange of a control attachment between the housing and the wallplate when the wallplate is coupled to the in-wall power adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Smart Power Partners LLC
    Inventors: John J. King, Stephen DeLano
  • Patent number: 11996759
    Abstract: A solar power generation device, provided with a power multiplication unit (2). A solar power generator (3) is connected to and located outside of the power multiplication unit (2). The power multiplication unit (2) is provided with a parallel-shaft speed increasing device (21) having a drive shaft (22) on one side and a torsion shaft (23) on the other. The drive shaft (22) is rotatably connected to a motor (24), and the torsion shaft (23) is rotatably connected to a planetary gear torque amplifier (4). The planetary gear torque amplifier (4) is provided with an internal ring gear (41). An inner side of the internal ring gear (41) is connected to a planetary gear set (42) in a circular manner, and a power generator guide shaft (43) is fixedly connected to a side of the planetary gear set (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SEASON FARM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Chieh Yang, Jir Ming Char
  • Patent number: 11996283
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) structure. The method includes providing a metal gate (MG), an etch stop layer (ESL) formed on the MG, and a dielectric layer formed on the ESL. The method further includes etching the ESL and the dielectric layer to form a trench. A surface of the MG exposed in the trench is oxidized to form a first oxide layer on the MG. The method further includes removing the first oxide layer using a H3PO4 solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shich-Chang Suen, Li-Chieh Wu, Chi-Jen Liu, He Hui Peng, Liang-Guang Chen, Yung-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 11996247
    Abstract: A multi-directional input device has: a manipulation knob for which a movement manipulation in a horizontal direction and a pressing-down manipulation in a perpendicular direction are possible; a manipulation direction detection switch that is switched to an on-state when the movement manipulation is performed on the manipulation knob; and a common switch that is pressed down both when the movement manipulation is performed on the manipulation knob and when the pressing-down manipulation is performed on the manipulation knob, by which the common switch generates a different manipulation feeling than the manipulation direction detection switch and is switched to an on-state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinya Urayama
  • Patent number: 11992655
    Abstract: Infusion pumps and associated methods for delivering medicament to a user during error conditions. An infusion pump can include a sensor, a pumping mechanism to deliver medicament through an infusion set to the user, and a processor operably coupled to the sensor and the pumping mechanism. The processor can be configured to receive an indication from the sensor of an error condition, and continue operating the pumping mechanism to deliver a predetermined quantity of medicament without correcting the error condition. The predetermined quantity can be based at least in part on a characteristic of the infusion set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Smiths Medical ASD, Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Adams, James Drost, Ryan Heilman
  • Patent number: 11993501
    Abstract: A filling method includes storing liquid in a liquid tank; pressing a seal member of a filling head against a mouth of a vessel to seal the mouth; providing a liquid valve in a liquid passageway which connects an inside of the liquid tank to the vessel via the filling head; providing a gas valve in a gas passageway connecting a headspace of the liquid tank to the vessel via the filling head; providing a snifting valve in a snifting passage which connects the vessel to an outside via the filling head; detecting an amount of the liquid supplied to the vessel; and when the liquid is a non-fizzy liquid, opening the liquid valve to supply the liquid to the vessel while a compressor pressurizes the inside of the liquid tank, the gas valve is closed, the snifting valve is opened, and the mouth of the vessel is sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHIBUYA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nishino, Taro Kitayama, Shinya Kamori, Mizuho Kiba, Yuichi Yonemura
  • Patent number: 11995814
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a detection method and apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. In one form, the detection method includes: providing a layout graphic and a scan graphic; superimposing and comparing the layout graphic and the scan graphic, and extracting a sample non-overlapping pattern; encoding the sample non-overlapping pattern, to form sample coded data; using the sample coded data as input data of machine learning, to obtain a detection model library; and detecting a defect point of a to-be-detected device by using the detection model library. The present disclosure can improve the accuracy of defect point analysis, thereby accelerating the development of technology and improving the production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING INTERNATIONAL (BEIJING) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang Meng, Weibin Wang
  • Patent number: 11993509
    Abstract: A MEMS inclinometer includes a substrate, a first mobile mass and a sensing unit. The sensing unit includes a second mobile mass, a number of elastic elements, which are interposed between the second mobile mass and the substrate and are compliant in a direction parallel to a first axis, and a number of elastic structures, each of which is interposed between the first and second mobile masses and is compliant in a direction parallel to the first axis and to a second axis. The sensing unit further includes a fixed electrode that is fixed with respect to the substrate and a mobile electrode fixed with respect to the second mobile mass, which form a variable capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gabriele Gattere, Francesco Rizzini
  • Patent number: 11992340
    Abstract: A wellness evaluation system may determine, based on data generated by a first set of sensors powered by one or more batteries of one or more ear-wearable devices, that a user of the one or more ear-wearable devices is currently in an environment that includes human-directed communication signals. If so, a second set of sensors may be activated such that the one or more batteries provides an increased amount of power to the second set of sensors. Furthermore, the wellness evaluation system may determine based on data generated by the second set of sensors, whether the user has satisfied a target level of a wellness measure. If the user has not satisfied the target level of the wellness measure, the wellness evaluation system may perform an action to encourage the user to perform one or more activities to increase an achieved level of the wellness measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingjing Xu, Justin Burwinkel, Kenneth Jensen, Jason Galster, Sahar Akram, Adriana Goyette
  • Patent number: 11993704
    Abstract: An insulating medium rubber film and a production method thereof, and a multi-layer printed-circuit board. The insulating medium rubber film includes a release film and an insulating medium layer arranged on the surface of the release film, where materials of the insulating medium layer include saturated polyester resin, amino resin or blocked isocyanate, epoxy resin, a curing agent, inorganic filler and a curing accelerator. According to the insulating medium rubber film and the production method thereof and the multi-layer printed-circuit board, by introducing the saturated polyester resin component into an epoxy resin composition, the produced insulating medium rubber film has the advantages that a dielectric constant is low, a dielectric dissipation factor is low, thermal expansion is not liable to happen, and adhesion is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN NEWFILMS NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yueshan He, Fei Liu, Qiong He
  • Patent number: 11994887
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low dropout linear regulator including a power transistor and an error amplifier having a first input stage, a second input stage and a control circuit. The first input stage includes a first pair of transistors receiving an output voltage and a reference voltage, the second input stage includes a second pair of transistors receiving the output voltage and the reference voltage, the first and second pairs of transistors have different conductivity types. The control circuit controls turn-on and turn-off states of the first input stage according to the reference voltage, and turns on the first input stage when the reference voltage is less than a preset threshold, so that the error amplifier operates normally and the output voltage changes smoothly. When the reference voltage is greater than the preset threshold, the control circuit turns off the first input stage so that only the second input stage operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SG MICRO CORP
    Inventor: Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 11992684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for planning and/or providing neuromodulation One example system includes a stimulation related basic data storage module for storing stimulation related basic data, a stimulation related response data storage module for storing the stimulation related response data, a transfer module configured such that the stimulation related basic data are linked with and/or translated into the response data and/or artificial response data created by the transfer module, wherein the data generated by the transfer module are transfer data, the transfer data comprising link data and/or translation data and/or artificial response data, mapping module configured and arranged such that based on the stimulation related basic data and stimulation related response data and the transfer data a digital characteristic map is generated, and an analysis module configured and arranged such that the digital characteristic map is analyzed automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), ONWARD MEDICAL N.V.
    Inventors: Karen Minassian, Fabien Wagner, Marco Capogrosso, Gregoire Courtine, Robin Brouns, Jurriaan Bakker, Andre Kleibeuker, Bert Bakker, Vincent Delattre
  • Patent number: 11993706
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyester film and a preparation method of the same. Since the polyester film includes a resin layer formed from a polyester resin including a first diol moiety derived from isosorbide and a second diol moiety derived from cyclohexanedimethanol in a controlled ratio on at least one surface of a base layer, it is possible to exhibit excellent heat resistance and adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoo Jin Lee, Da-Young Hwang
  • Patent number: 11996286
    Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a vapor deposition assembly for depositing silicon nitride on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced cyclic deposition process. The disclosure also relates to a method for depositing silicon nitride on a substrate by a plasma-enhanced cyclic deposition process. The method comprises providing a substrate in a reaction chamber, providing a vapor-phase silicon precursor according to the formula SiH3X, wherein X is iodine or bromine, into the reaction chamber, removing excess silicon precursor and possible reaction byproducts from the reaction chamber and providing a reactive species generated from a nitrogen-containing plasma into the reaction chamber to form silicon nitride on the substrate. The disclosure further relates to structure and devices formed by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Charles Dezelah, Hideaki Fukuda, Viljami Pore
  • Patent number: 11994649
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles of manufacture and components of articles that incorporate an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or the article. The component comprises a cured or curable material, and can include or be made to have a textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Patent number: 11996426
    Abstract: A photodetector comprises a semiconductor substrate having an input surface for receiving illumination, control electrodes for control of photogenerated charge within the substrate and a filter on the radiation input surface of the substrate, the filter comprising a dielectric-metal band pass filter having a metal layer and one or more dielectric layers with one dielectric layer between the substrate surface and the metal layer. A connector is provided for applying a bias voltage to the metal layer with respect to the substrate. In effect, the metal layer of the band pass filter provides two functions. The first function is as part of the ITF filter selecting the wavelength desired for the device. The second function is as a conductive layer allowing a bias to be provided between the substrate and the metal layer thereby producing a field within the surface of the substrate to which the filter is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TELEDYNE UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Harris, Andrew Kelt