Patents Assigned to AND, LLC
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Patent number: 11207193Abstract: An oblique expanding fusion cage device including a body with a superior portion and an inferior portion. The superior portion and the inferior portion have a proximal end and a distal end. The fusion cage device also includes a pathway, an opening, and an expanding member. The pathway travels from the proximal end to the distal end of the device between the superior and inferior portions. The opening in the proximal end of the body enables access to the pathway. The expanding member may be re movably inserted into the opening and is moveable toward the distal end of the body, wherein the expanding member engages the superior portion and the inferior portion as the expanding member moves distally within the pathway.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: IN QUEUE INNOVATIONS, LLCInventor: Richard G. Fessler
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Patent number: 11211707Abstract: An apparatus and method for wavelength conversion of a signal, for example, a dual-polarization signal, is disclosed. The apparatus implements a single-loop counter-propagating wavelength conversion scheme which provides both up-conversion and down-conversion of the signal within the same loop. Nonlinear wavelength conversion devices in the loop provide both up-conversion and down-conversion of the polarization components of the signal within the loop depending on whether the polarization component travels through the nonlinear conversion device in a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction. The wavelength-converted signal is available to be extracted from the wavelength-conversion loop. An all-optical wavelength-division multiplexing transponder based on the wavelength-conversion scheme is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: LyteLoop Technologies, LLCInventors: Hamed Pourbeyram Kaleibar, Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Michael Etienne, Ohad Harlev, Dipayan Datta Choudhary
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Patent number: 11206811Abstract: Generally, an animal monitoring system including a bolus administered to reside in an animal operable to sense changes in one or more physiological parameters of the animal and generate and transmit encoded bolus sensor data to a tag affixed on the outside of the animal which operates to sense changes in one or more environmental parameters surrounding the animal and to generate encoded tag sensor data and to receive encoded bolus sensor data each of which can be analyzed by the tag or a remote data processor to generate environmental parameter values and physiological parameter values to assess an environmental or physiological condition of or about the animal.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: ST Reproductive Technologies, LLCInventors: Nicholas P. Rettedal, Stephen M. Weilnau, Scott R. Cockroft, Joseph Janus, IV
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Patent number: 11209824Abstract: A system and method to guide an autonomous vehicle through an area along a path. The area has path markers that define a guidance row. The vehicle has a steering system controlling a steerable wheel to move the vehicle along the path, a control system transmitting steering instructions to the steering system, a guidance system having a data gathering device engaging the path markers and a guidance computer, connected to the control system having a guidance program that calculates the position of the guidance row, the position of the vehicle, the location where the vehicle should be to be on the path and the necessary steering instructions to get on or stay on the path. The path markers can be the trunk of a plant, a post or other upwardly extending member and the data gathering devices can be a LIDAR, radar, camera or other object identification system.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Kingman Ag, LLCInventor: Connor Kingman
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Patent number: 11211132Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of memory cells coupled to a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive data indicating a data state for each memory cell of a set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells and program, in multiple programming loops, the set of memory cells according to the data indicating the data state for each memory cell of the set of memory cells. The control circuit is further configured to determine that the programming of the set of memory cells is in a last programming loop of the multiple programming loops and in response to the determination, receive data indicating a data state for each memory cell of another set of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLCInventors: Piyush A. Dhotre, Sahil Sharma, Niles Yang, Phil Reusswig
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Patent number: 11207025Abstract: A wearable monitoring device can include an electronics module containing a printed circuit board (PCB) to which one or more sensors are coupled. The one or more sensors can include one or more contacting sensors and/or one or more non-contacting sensors. In some cases, the wearable monitoring device can include an onboard power supply (e.g., a battery) and a wireless communication antenna. The PCB can be constructed to specifically include the one or more sensors on a first side facing the skin of the user when the wearable monitoring device is being worn, allowing one or more processors, memory, and other components to be included on the opposite side facing away from the user. Certain components, such as the power supply and wireless communication antenna, can be spaced apart from the PCB and located opposite the PCB from the one or more sensors.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: ANEXA LABS LLCInventors: Ana Trapero Martin, Michael Daniel Vermeer, Mathew Asselin, Joel Steven Ironstone
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Patent number: 11208046Abstract: A cargo loading system for loading or unloading cargo to a motor vehicle. The cargo loading system includes a compartment, a cargo storage device within the compartment, and a positioning mechanism. The cargo storage device includes a stored and loading position. The positioning mechanism controls the movement of the cargo storage device between the stored position and loading position. The loading position is positioned so that it is configured to be ease loading and loading of cargo to and from the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: KARMA AUTOMOTIVE LLCInventors: Zhinan Liu, Andreas Thurner
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Patent number: 11208601Abstract: Methods are provided to prepare a low sulfur fuel from hydrocarbon sources, such as light tight oil and high sulfur fuel oil, often less desired by conventional refiners, who split crude into a wide range of differing products and may prefer presence of wide ranges (C3 or C5 to C20 or higher) of hydrocarbons. These fuels can be produced by separating feeds into untreated and treated streams, and then recombining them. Such fuels can also be formulated by combinations of light, middle and heavy range constituents in a selected manner as claimed. Not only low in sulfur, the fuels of this invention are also low in nitrogen and essentially metals free. Fuel use applications include on-board large marine transport vessels but also on-shore for large land based combustion gas turbines, boilers, fired heaters and transport vehicles and trains.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Mawetal LLCInventors: Mohammed Wohaibi, Tom F. Pruitt
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Patent number: 11209254Abstract: A new and novel non-lethal pellet shaped marking round for use with air rifles or air pistols, which utilizes the technology and ballistics of a bullet-shaped pellet projectile, and is designed to travel through a rifled barrel or a polygonal rifling barrel. Also disclosed is a novel non-lethal marking round pellet designed with grooves which imitate the spiral caused by a rifled barrel while utilizing a smooth bore barrel.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: MSATO, LLCInventor: Thomas O'Rourke
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Patent number: 11210550Abstract: Techniques are provided in which a plurality of edges are detected within a digital image. An anchor point located along an edge of the plurality of edges is selected. An analysis grid associated with the anchor point is generated, the analysis grid including a plurality of cells. An anchor point normal vector comprising a normal vector of the edge at the anchor point is calculated. Edge pixel normal vectors comprising normal vectors of the edge at locations along the edge within the cells of the analysis grid are calculated. A histogram of similarity is generated for each of one or more cells of the analysis grid, each histogram of similarity being based on a similarity measure between each of the edge pixel normal vectors within a cell and the anchor point normal vector, and a descriptor is generated for the analysis grid based on the histograms of similarity.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLCInventors: Bing Song, Nicholas J. Witchey
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Patent number: 11208125Abstract: A control system dictates operational settings of a rail vehicle system based a transitory second speed limit that is no faster than a current first speed limit and which is issued for a determined segment of the track for a determined time period. The control system obtains a current time, determines whether the transitory second speed limit has started, is in effect, or has expired based on the current time relative to the determined time period, and, in response to such determination, performs one or more of (a) generate a prompt to indicate that the determined time period has expired, (b) operate the rail vehicle system at the first speed limit, and/or (c) modify the operational settings of the rail vehicle system to exceed the second speed limit in the determined segment but not exceed the first speed limit for the determined segment.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: transportation ip holdings, llcInventors: Saravanan Thiyagarajan, Ankit Sharma, Prakarsh Paritosh, David Allen Eldredge, William Cherrick Schoonmaker, Kaitlyn Ann Hrdlicka, Joseph Daniel Wakeman
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Patent number: 11209644Abstract: A pupil expander spatially modulates decoupling efficiency of light for pupil steering. The pupil expander can be used in a waveguide display, such as part of an artificial-reality display, to reduce power consumption of an optical source.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Yijing Fu, Lu Lu, Mengfei Wang
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Patent number: 11209107Abstract: A cap configured for engagement with a coupling can comprise an annular ring extending circumferentially around an outer portion of the cap, the cap defining an inner end and an outer end disposed opposite from the inner end, the annular ring defining a sealing surface between the inner end and the outer end, the annular ring defining a raised lip at the inner end, the raised lip extending radially outward from the sealing surface; and a web, the web enclosing the annular ring.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: ASC Engineered Solutions, LLCInventors: Matthew William McNamara, Jordan Cameron Belen, Stephen Eric Scott
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Patent number: 11212838Abstract: A method and an apparatus is provided for transmitting uplink data on uplink resources. The method and apparatus includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating uplink resources for wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and medium access control (MAC) timer information, transmitting uplink data based on the indicated uplink resources, and deactivating the indicated uplink resources in response to a MAC timer expiring, wherein the MAC timer is configured based on the MAC timer information.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLCInventors: Benoit Pelletier, Diana Pani, Rocco DiGirolamo, Christopher R. Cave, Vincent Roy, Paul Marinier, Eldad M. Zeira
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Patent number: 11210943Abstract: A computing device includes a camera configured to capture images of an area of a road, the area defining a geofence; and a processor, configured to responsive to detecting a traffic density within the geofence exceeding a predefined threshold, wirelessly broadcast a directional message within the geofence to request vehicles located within the geofence to temporarily disable individual messaging services having low priorities identified in the directional message, analyze vehicle traffic using images captured by the camera to detect a predefined traffic situation, responsive to detecting the predefined traffic situation initiated by one of the vehicles, generate a safety message reflecting the traffic situation, and broadcast the safety message to vehicles within the geofence.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Oliver Lei, Somak Datta Gupta, Vladyslav Slyusar, Jayanthi Rao
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Patent number: 11208249Abstract: A package and method of creating a package for dispensing a product are disclosed. The package comprises a flexible pouch comprising an elongated spout and a flowable product disposed within the pouch. A spout retainer is disposed on an exterior surface of the pouch adjacent to the spout, with opposite ends of the spout retainer attached to the exterior surface of the pouch to form two bridges, each of the bridges having a bridge width that is wider than a spout width to allow the spout to pass underneath each of the two bridges. The package may be manufactured on a vertical form-fill-seal machine where the pouch and spout retainer are formed from different supplies of film material.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Cryovac, LLCInventors: Matthew Ellis, Dwight Smith, Daniel McKamy, Joseph Ramirez
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Patent number: 11209032Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a fastening assembly. In one example, the fastening assembly includes a vibration dampening element, a two-piece insert, a lower portion, and a fastener configured to engage with the two-piece insert and the lower portion of the assembly. The fastening assembly may be at least partially assembled during manufacture of components to be coupled via the fastening assembly, allowing the components to be readily coupled during final installation of the fastening assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Katherine Jane Brewer, Sandra Osip, Ramon Michael Lee, Joshua D. Simon, Christopher Newman, Erzabeth Holcombe
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Patent number: 11209230Abstract: A firearm includes a firearm identification tag carried in a space between lugs of an accessory mounting rail. A firearm accessory mounting rail assembly includes a firearm identification tag carried in a recoil groove of a Picatinny rail, and including a housing having geometry complementary to a lug of the Picatinny rail, and a transmitter carried in the housing. A firearm identification tag for a firearm accessory mounting rail includes a trapezoidal housing having geometry complementary to Picatinny rail geometry and configured to be press fit between Picatinny lugs, and including sides, a major base, a minor base, and legs between the bases disposed at acute angles to the major base.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Law Enforcement Intelligent Devices, LLCInventors: Peter Kujawski, Robert Suber, David Foster
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Patent number: D939630Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Brilliant Graphics Group, LLCInventor: Gary Tibbetts
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Patent number: D939652Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Parsons Xtreme Golf, LLCInventor: Caleb S. Kroloff
