Patents Examined by A. Evans
  • Patent number: 11975397
    Abstract: An electrode wire for electroerosion machining, the electrode wire including a metal core, made of one or more layers of metal or metal alloy. On the metal core there is a coating having an alloy different from that of the metal core, and containing more than 50% by weight of zinc. The coating includes delta-phase copper-zinc alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: THERMOCOMPACT
    Inventors: Michel Ly, Gérald Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11979928
    Abstract: A data-transmitting method of a handheld electronic device includes: detecting movement of a first handheld electronic device to generate a first motion data; receiving a broadcast signal, wherein the broadcast signal carries a source device data and a second motion data; comparing the first motion data with the second motion data; establishing a communication link to a second handheld electronic device according to the source device data when the first motion data matches the second motion data; and receiving a specific data from the second handheld electronic device or sending the specific data to the second handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Getac Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Xin Chen, Yu-Shian Chen
  • Patent number: 11977003
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the operating condition of a wheelset on a railcar comprising a sealed unit mounted on or near a wheelset of the railcar for collecting data from the wheelset and performing AI analyses on the collected data to determine the operational condition and predict failure modes for the wheelset. Results are communicated off-railcar wirelessly via one or more of several different methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AMSTED RAIL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mohsen Samadani, David Heagerty, Francis Cooper, Daniel Maraini, Andrew Seidel
  • Patent number: 11977629
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to retrospective memory analysis. In examples, a historical archive of memory images for an execution environment is maintained. A historical memory image of the historical archive may be evaluated according to a current set of known issues, rather than issues that were known at the time of the memory capture. Accordingly, it may be possible to determine when the execution environment was last in a good environment condition. As another example, it may be possible to determine whether a now-known issue has since been resolved (e.g., such that the issue would not be identified in the current execution environment). Thus, as compared to contemporaneous issue identification techniques, aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to any number of execution environments to enable retrospective identification of now-known issues that were, at least at the time of a memory capture, not known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marsh Jordan Ray, Michael T. Walker, Brian M. Caswell
  • Patent number: 11979508
    Abstract: A tamper resistant element (TRE) in a device can operate a primary platform and support a “Smart Secure Platform”. The TRE may not keep time when electrical power is removed from the TRE. The device can receive (i) a certificate for an image delivery server (IDS) with a first timestamp and (ii) a signed second timestamp from a certificate authority, comprising a signature according to the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) with stapling. The device can forward the certificate and second timestamp to the TRE. The device can receive a ciphertext and an encrypted image from the IDS, where the ciphertext includes a third timestamp from a Time Stamp Authority (TSA), and forward the data to the TRE. The TRE can conduct a key exchange to decrypt the ciphertext. The TRE can compare the second and third timestamps to verify the certificate has not been revoked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IOT AND M2M TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: John A. Nix
  • Patent number: 11968959
    Abstract: A foldable pet bathing tub has a collapsible tub that includes vertical sidewalls and a lower wall. A frame supports the collapsible tub and has a rigid upper frame that circumscribes an upper edge of the collapsible tub. A tub support frame supports the lower wall. A right swivel leg is swivel connected to the upper frame at a right swivel joint. The right swivel leg is configured to rotate about the upper frame. A left swivel leg is swivel connected to the upper frame at a left swivel joint. The left swivel and is configured to rotate about the upper frame. The right swivel leg and the left swivel leg swivel between a deployed mode where they are parallel to each other and oriented in the same direction, and a folded mode where they are also parallel to each other but oriented in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Jie Zhou
  • Patent number: 11970200
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a stroller handle lock auxiliary structure disposed in a stroller frame of a stroller. The stroller frame includes a lower frame and a stroller handle pivotally connected on the lower frame. The lower frame includes a first linking rod. The first linking rod is provided with a fitting portion protruding toward an outer side of the lower frame, and the stroller handle is provided with a reversing sliding sleeve matching with the fitting portion. The stroller handle lock auxiliary structure includes a rib that pushes the first linking rod toward the outer side of the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Yi
  • Patent number: 11971154
    Abstract: Provided are a splice panel assembly, a backlight module and a display device. The splice panel assembly includes a plurality of light-emitting panels. Each light-emitting panel includes a base substrate. The front face of the base substrate is provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in an array. The side face of the base substrate is provided with at least one connection electrode. The light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the at least one connection electrode. The front face is connected to and not parallel to the side face. Two adjacent light-emitting panels are electrically connected to each other by the at least one connection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaikai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11970136
    Abstract: A step is connectable to a receiver tube on a trailer hitch. The step includes a main body having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A resilient cover extends over the second surface. A mounting plate is connected to the main body. A mounting flange is connectable to the mounting plate. A hitch tube is connected to the mounting flange, with the hitch tube being configured to be connectable to the receiver tube on the trailer hitch. The main body is configured to be transitional relative to the hitch tube between a first position and a second position, with at least a portion of the main body moving away from the hitch tube as the main body transitions from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NAADE, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Wymore
  • Patent number: 11970018
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a trimmer that can trim a fore-edge portion of a bound material except a cover and that can be excellent in productivity and cost. A cover has flap portions adjacent to the fore-edge portion of the bound material, a trimmer includes: a trim cutter that trims the bound material; a blade receiving portion that receives an edge of the trim cutter; a base portion and a pressure portion that nip and position the bound material; and a pair of guide portions arranged for movement in a direction close to or away from the bound material, wherein the guide portions are inserted between the book block and the cover so as to peel the cover together with the flap portions up when the fore-edge portion of the bound material is trimmed by the trim cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Horizon International Inc.
    Inventors: Osamu Nishimura, Kazuyuki Fukushima, Satoshi Tsunawaki
  • Patent number: 11971683
    Abstract: Provided an electrophotographic electro-conductive member that can stably suppress an occurrence of fogging in an electrophotographic image. The member comprises a support having an electro-conductive outer surface, and an electro-conductive layer on the outer surface of the support, the electro-conductive layer having a matrix including a cross-linked product of a first rubber, and domains dispersed in the matrix, the domains each includes a cross-linked product of a second rubber and an electro-conductive particle, at least some of the domains is exposed to the outer surface of the electro-conductive member to constitute protrusions on an outer surface of the member, the outer surface of the electro-conductive member is constituted by the matrix and the domains exposed to the outer surface of the electrophotographic electro-conductive member, the electrophotographic electro-conductive member has an impedance of 1.0×103? or more and 1.0×108? or less, and some of the domains satisfy two specific requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Nishioka, Kazuhiro Yamauchi, Hiroaki Watanabe, Takumi Furukawa, Yasuhiro Fushimoto, Masahiro Kurachi, Kenji Takashima, Yuichi Kikuchi, Kana Sato
  • Patent number: 11971156
    Abstract: A combination light socket and cable clip removably attaches to a variety of surfaces on a structure and removably attaches a variety of light sources to the clip. The clip has a stabilizing plate which has a guiding flap formed at one end and a post formed at an opposite end. A flexible multi-clip structure extends from the post toward the stabilizing plate. The flexible multi-clip structure includes means for clamping the clip to a structure, means for removably attaching electrical wire to the clip, and means for removably attaching a lightbulb socket to the clip. The clip may be injection molded using biodegradable materials and is useful for hanging lights from roof gutters and shingles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Kody J. Ketterling
  • Patent number: 11969834
    Abstract: A welding or additive manufacturing power supply includes output circuitry configured to generate a welding waveform, a current sensor for measuring a welding current generated by the output circuitry, a voltage sensor for measuring an output voltage of the welding waveform, and a controller operatively connected to the output circuitry to control the welding waveform, and operatively connected to the current sensor and the voltage sensor to monitor the welding current and the output voltage. A portion of welding waveform includes a controlled change in current from a first level to a second level different from the first level. The controller is configured to determine a circuit inductance from the output voltage and the controlled change in current, and further determine a change in resistance of a consumable electrode in real time based on the circuit inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Fleming, Judah B. Henry, Jonathon C. Kelm, Edward D. Hillen
  • Patent number: 11972116
    Abstract: A processing unit determines a first mapping relationship and a second mapping relationship, where the first mapping relationship indicates that an access rule of a first physical address is access forbidden, and the second mapping relationship indicates that an access rule of the first physical address is access allowed. The processing unit determines that a target mapping relationship is the first mapping relationship, sends a first access request to a memory control unit. The processing unit receives first exception information sent by the memory control unit, where the first exception information is sent when the memory control unit determines that the access rule of the first physical address in the target mapping relationship is access forbidden. The processing unit monitors a process based on the first exception information, switches the target mapping relationship; and re-sends the first access request to the memory control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinfeng Yuan, Shengqiang Huang, Yongcun Gan
  • Patent number: 11971925
    Abstract: Implementations are described herein for leveraging digital media files retrieved and/or created by users to predict/determine topics of potential relevance to the users. In various implementations, digital media file(s) created and/or retrieved by a user with a client device may be applied as input across trained machine learning model(s), which in some cases are local to the client device, to generate output that indicates object(s) detected in the digital media file(s). Data indicative of the indicated object(s) may be provided to a remote computing system without providing the digital media file(s) themselves. In some implementations, information associated with the indicated object(s) may be retrieved and proactively output to the user. In some implementations, a frequency at which objects occur across a corpus of digital media files may be considered when determining a likelihood that a detected object is potentially relevant to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Robert Rose, Qun Cao
  • Patent number: 11968931
    Abstract: An IPC device may include a pole in a ground surface. The IPC device also includes an upper end with tapered walls extending inwardly from a base and into an apex to abut the pole, and a seam extending along a peripheral edge of the tapered walls. The upper end defines a plant-receiving cavity. The IPC device also includes a lower tubular end opposite the upper end and having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a major mesh surface extending between the first end and the second end. The lower tubular end also defines the plant-receiving cavity therein. The IPC also includes a medial seam coupling the base of the upper end and the first end of the lower tubular end. The IPC also includes a curved flexible support carried by the medial seam. The IPC also includes a base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TREE DEFENDER, LLC
    Inventors: Scott K. Thompson, Thomas A. Thayer, Jr.
  • Patent number: D1024703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Kovacs, III, Yousin B. Smith
  • Patent number: D1024825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Wan Rong Ronald He
  • Patent number: D1024830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Harry Winston SA
    Inventor: Delphine Abdourahim
  • Patent number: D1024831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Rachel Leykind