Abstract: Systems and methods for providing load shedding in a vehicle are provided. Particularly, the vehicle may be an electric vehicle and the loads that are shed may be HVAC or refrigeration loads. The load shedding methods and systems may include a predictive model of energy consumption, determining a predicted energy consumption and comparing it to a stored energy at the vehicle. If the predicted energy consumption exceeds the stored energy, load shedding operations may be performed at a transport climate control system, such as adjusting a set point, adjusting an operating mode of the transport climate control system, increasing a dead band of a compressor of the transport climate control system, utilizing free cooling such as ambient air to provide climate control in the vehicle, or increasing cooling provided by the transport climate control system to an energy storage of the vehicle.
Abstract: Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed here-in. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit. Each tube can be configured to receive individual filaments for forming the tubular braid, and the upper and lower drive units can act in synchronization to move the tubes (and the filaments contained within those tubes) in three distinct motions: (i) radially inward toward a central axis, (ii) radially outward away from the central axis, and (iii) rotationally about the central axis, to cross the filaments over and under one another to form the tubular braid on the mandrel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 13, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
Inceptus Medical, LLC
Inventors:
Richard Quick, John Coleman Thress, Greg Ulrich
Abstract: A roller bearing assembly including an tapered inner cup defining an inner raceway, an tapered outer cup defining an outer raceway, the outer raceway having a convex profile, the convex profile being defined by an intersection of the outer raceway and a central plane in which a longitudinal center axis of the roller bearing assembly lies, and a plurality of straight rollers disposed between the tapered inner cup and the tapered outer cup so that each straight roller is in rolling contact with the inner raceway and the outer raceway, each straight roller having a first end face, a second end face and a cylindrical body extending therebetween.
Abstract: A mounting device or bracket for paneled building surfaces is disclosed. The mounting bracket includes an upper wall in the form of a flat surface for supporting various types of attachments. An elongated mounting slot extends through the upper wall, and the mounting bracket includes an elongated nut receptacle that is positioned below this elongated mounting slot. With an attachment being positioned on the upper wall, an attachment fastener may be directed through the attachment, then through the elongated mounting slot, and then may be threadably engaged with a nut that is positioned within and movable along the nut receptacle in its elongated dimension. The elongated configuration of the mounting slot and nut receptacle provides adjustability for the position of the attachment fastener relative to the mounting bracket, including after the mounting bracket has already been installed on the building surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 14, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
RMH TECH LLC
Inventors:
Dustin M. M. Haddock, Robert M. M. Haddock
Abstract: A thermal management system includes a cooling unit, a condenser, and a processor. The processor is located within a server, and the system also includes a phase change cooling device in thermal communication with the processor, and in fluid communication with the condenser. The system also includes a single phase cooling device in thermal communication with the phase change cooling device, and in fluid communication with the liquid cooling unit. The system also includes a temperature sensor in thermal communication with the single phase cooling device, and a fluid pump to move fluid between the liquid cooling unit and the single phase cooling device. A TEC device may also be implemented between the phase change cooling device and the single phase cooling device.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transport mechanism apparatus for transporting at least one of a gas or a fluid. The transport mechanism may have an inlet, an outlet and an engineered cellular structure forming a periodic nodal surface, which may include a triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS) structure. The structure is formed in a layer-by-layer three dimensional (3D) printing operation to include cells propagating in three dimensions, where the cells include non-intersecting, continuously curving wall portions having openings, and where the opening in the cells form a plurality of flow paths throughout the transport mechanism from the inlet to the outlet, and where portions of the cells form the inlet and the outlet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
Inventors:
Jaisree Kannan Iyer, Pratanu Roy, Du T. Nguyen, Joshuah K. Stolaroff
Abstract: Described herein is a modular outlet system that provides flexibility in locating switches, outlets, and sensors. A base can be recessed into a surface, such as a wall, floor, or ceiling and can be connected to a power source. The base can accept multiple types of inserts. The inserts can include switches, outlets, sensors, and blank plates. The inserts can lock into place with the base and unlock based on manipulation of a recessed button. Inserts can engage the base with staged gate opening to minimize chances of electrical shock.
Abstract: A smart-home device may include a main power rail that provides power to components of the smart-home device; an integrator coupled to the main power rail that stores energy on an energy-storage device, where the energy stored on the energy-storage device is representative of an amount an amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during an integration cycle of the integrator; and a counter that stores a number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during a time interval, where a total amount of power provided to the smart-home device through the main power rail during the time interval is represented by: (1) the number of integration cycles performed by the integrator during the time interval; and (2) the energy stored on the energy-storage device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 28, 2020
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
Google LLC
Inventors:
Daniel Adam Warren, Michael Mitchell, Gwendolyn van der Linden, Ford Rylander, Brian Silverstein, Arun Raghupathy
Abstract: The present invention provides for a method to deconstruct a biomass: the method comprising: (a) introducing a solvent comprising a polyamine, or a mixture of polyamines, to a biomass to dissolve at least part of solid biomass in the solvent, wherein the polyamine is a Brønsted or Lewis base, and/or the polyamine is a hydrogen bond donor and/or acceptor; (b) optionally introducing an enzyme and/or a microbe to the solubilized biomass mixture such that the enzyme and/or microbe produces a sugar from the solubilized biomass mixture; (c) optionally separating the sugar from the solubilized biomass mixture; and (d) optionally separating the lignan from the solubilized biomass mixture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignees:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC
Inventors:
Ezinne Achinivu, Mood Mohan, Hemant Choudhary, Lalitendu Das, Venkataramana R. Pidatala, Harsha D. Magurudeniya, Kaixuan Huang, John M. Gladden, Blake A. Simmons
Abstract: An optical sight and system. The optical sight includes a housing including a base. A first support and a and a second support extend from the base. A top support extends between the first support and the second support. The top support extends over an optical element and includes a surface adjacent to the optical element. The top support of the housing defines at least one opening extending above a portion of the optical element. The optical element is supported by the housing between the base, the first support, and the second support.
Abstract: An artificial lighted tree is presented with power routed through the trunk and three-wire safety grounding. The tree comprising a fused electrical plug having improved safety features comprising: a body portion surrounding respective first ends of a first, a second and a third electrical wire, the body portion further comprising a fuse holder embedded within an upper region of the body portion, and a fuse adapted to be releasably secured within the fuse holder via releasable securing means, a live blade in communication with the first end of the first electrical wire, a neutral blade in communication with the first end of the second electrical wire, a ground pin receptacle in communication with the first end of the third electrical wire, wherein the body portion surrounds and maintains the live blade, neutral blade, and ground pin receptacle in spaced apart orientation corresponding to polarized sockets on an electrical wall outlet.
Abstract: Epileptic seizures are difficult to diagnose and are often difficult to distinguish from several conditions with similar presentations, and therefore, diagnosis of seizures is often a long, expensive, and unreliable process. This invention provides biomarkers for identifying seizures and epilepsy, assays for measuring and assessing biomarker concentration, predictive models based on biomarkers and computational systems for detecting, assessing and diagnosing phasic and tonic changes associated with seizures and epilepsy in all clinical and healthcare settings. Diagnostic and treatment methods, systems, kits, and predictive models provided herein, provide quantitative and/or qualitative assessment in order to allow patients to proceed immediately to diagnostic and/or treatment protocols, and assess therapeutic treatment effectiveness.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 16, 2018
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
Cognizance Biomarkers, LLC
Inventors:
Todd Wallach, Elisa A. Waxman, John Gledhill, Richard St. Clair, Elizabeth Brand
Abstract: A method for training an image colorization model may include inputting a training input image into a colorization model and receive a predicted color map as an output of the colorization model. A first color distance may be calculated between a first pixel of the predicted color map and a second pixel of the predicted color map. A second color distance may be calculated between a third pixel included in a ground truth color map and a fourth pixel included in the ground truth colorization map. The third pixel and fourth pixel included in the ground truth color map may spatially correspond, respectively, with the first pixel and second pixel included in the predicted color map. The method may include adjusting parameters associated with the colorization model based on a neighborhood color loss function that evaluates a difference between the first color distance and the second color distance.
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing a polysaccharide-protein conjugate with capsular polysaccharide from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19F conjugated to a carrier protein. The method includes a prolonged incubation step prior to filtration to remove free polysaccharide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 7, 2021
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2024
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Inventors:
Michael Albert Winters, John E. MacNair
Abstract: An LED module is described herein. The LED module includes a heatsink with an LED mounting area and a referencing part that is separate from the heatsink. The referencing part is fixed to the heatsink and includes an LED alignment feature and an optical component alignment feature. At least one LED is provided on the LED mounting area of the heatsink and aligned with the LED alignment feature of the referencing part.