Patents Assigned to AND, LLC
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Patent number: 11105543Abstract: An ice machine includes a plurality of cooling tubes with each cooling tube having an inner tube and an outer tube extending around the inner tube to define an annular cavity between the inner tube and the outer tube. When refrigerant flows through the annular cavity between the inner tube and the outer tube, water in the inner tube freezes. The ice machine may also include a shell defining an internal cavity through which the plurality of cooling tubes extend; a water source operably connected to a water pump to flow water through the inner tube; a refrigerant source operably connected to a refrigerant pump to flow refrigerant through the annular cavity; and a heater operably connected to the internal cavity of the shell to flow a heated fluid through the internal cavity and across the plurality of cooling tubes.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Weller Ice, LLCInventors: Michael Alexander Wilkins, Charles Hunter Holwerk
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Patent number: 11105673Abstract: A method for a vehicle is provided. The method comprises: determining a weight and position of an item of cargo being transported by the vehicle; transmitting information comprising the weight and position to a cargo management system remote from the vehicle; receiving a weight distribution instruction from the cargo management system; and communicating the weight distribution instruction to an occupant of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: James Nicholas Murray, Ben Moffatt, Richard Craven, Will Barker
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Patent number: 11107211Abstract: The present application provides a medical imaging method and system and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The medical imaging method comprises identifying an image quality type of a medical image based on a trained learning network, and generating, based on the identified image quality type, a corresponding control signal for controlling a medical imaging system.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Dan Wu, Kun Wang, Weinan Tang, Longqing Wang
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Patent number: 11105119Abstract: A locking device for a vehicle seat is disclosed. The locking device comprises at least one tolerance compensating element and a second damping element provided for damping the movement of a bolt element received in the locking device. The elements are spaced apart from one another in the direction of the action of force effected by the bolt element, such that under normal conditions the tolerance compensating element acts in a damping manner and the second damping element additionally provides a damping action under the action of high dynamic force.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sebastian Meyer, Majid Arefi
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Patent number: 11106224Abstract: Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to a multi-drone automotive system that includes a first drone configured to carry one or more detachable drones. The first drone, which may be referred to as a carrier drone, may be mounted upon an automobile and operated in a tethered mode of flight. The detachable drones may be launched from the carrier drone to carry out untethered flight. The carrier drone and/or the detachable drones may be used for various applications. In one example application, the carrier drone may use a first camera that is mounted upon the carrier drone, to capture a first set of images during the tethered mode of flight. A detachable drone may be launched from the carrier drone in an untethered mode of flight in order to capture a second set of images by using a second camera mounted upon the detachable drone.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zijian Wang, James Carthew, Weifeng Xiong, Mohsen Lakehal-ayat
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Patent number: 11103188Abstract: Apparatus and methods related to an underbody support for supporting a body of a being, such as during surgery to prevent contact pressure injuries. In certain embodiments, the underbody support may include one or more inflatable chambers enclosing a volume. At least one of the inflatable chambers may include one or more compression sensitive switches for monitoring the volume of the inflatable chamber, and the one or more compression sensitive switches may be located within the inflatable chamber. In some embodiments the one or more compression sensitive switches are sized to close when the said inflatable chamber is deflated to a desired residual volume.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Augustine Temperature Management LLCInventors: Scott D. Augustine, Randall C. Arnold, Scott A. Entenman, Rudolf Andreas Deibel, Brent M. Augustine, Garrett J. Augustine, Ryan S. Augustine
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Patent number: 11106341Abstract: Techniques for media album display and management are described. An apparatus may comprise a messaging component operative to receive a plurality of messaging packages from a messaging server and determine a plurality of visual media items referenced by the plurality of messaging packages; a media layout component operative to determine a visual media item layout; and a display component operative to display the plurality of visual media items based on the visual media item layout Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: WHATSAPP LLCInventors: Jan Boris Koum, Brian Lange Acton, Randall Sarafa, Kuan Loong Yong
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Patent number: 11107753Abstract: Implementations of semiconductor packages may include: a substrate having one or more traces on a first side and one or more traces on a second side of the substrate. The substrate may be rigid. The packages may include at least one die mechanically and electrically coupled to the first side of the substrate. The die may be a high voltage die. The package may include one or more traces along one or more edges of the substrate. The one or more traces along the one or more edges of the substrate provide electrical connectivity between the one or more traces on the first side of the substrate and the one or more traces on the second side of the substrate. The package may also include a molding compound encapsulating at least the first and the one or more edges of the ceramic substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Stephen St. Germain, Roger Arbuthnot, David Billings, Andrew Celaya
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Patent number: 11105132Abstract: A sliding door system for inline closure of an opening in the wall of a structure, which may be a building or an item of furniture, for example, that includes a door panel, a guiderail assembly, and a guiderail coupled to the wall mount via a plurality of doubled-hinge assemblies that together serve to allow the guiderail to pivot towards and away from the wall, and includes a stop on the guiderail that serves as a catch, or cam, that causes a closing force on the door panel to be transferred to the double-hinge assemblies and to cause the door panel to be pulled into inline closure in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Inlay Door Systems LLCInventor: Scott Frankel
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Patent number: 11102955Abstract: An automatic feeding device for animals is described herein. The automatic feeding device includes a hopper and a dispenser. The hopper includes a bulk container for storing feed and a feed outlet. The dispenser includes an enclosure containing a power source, an electric motor, and a controller. The dispenser also includes dispensing means connected to the electric motor and configured to dispense feed received from the feed outlet when the electric motor is energized. The controller can be configured to energize the electric motor according to a schedule based at least in part on a selection of at least one astronomical event and at least one corresponding offset time.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Solunartek, LLCInventors: Jules J. Lauve, IV, Jules J. Lauve, III
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Patent number: 11103231Abstract: A suture delivery system is described. The system includes an anchor and a cooperating driver, the driver facilitating a delivery of the anchor into the abdominal cavity. The system allows for the deployment of a suture internally into an abdominal wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: SHARP FLUIDICS, LLCInventors: Ronan Keating, Gerard Rabbitte, Barry Russell
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Patent number: 11103311Abstract: Systems and methods may use an augmented reality device during a surgical procedure. The systems and methods may use an augmented reality display of an augmented reality device to present or project a virtual feature during a surgical procedure while permitting physical aspects of a surgical field to be viewed through the augmented reality display. The virtual feature may include aspects of a preoperative plan, a surgical device, an anatomical aspect of a patient, etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Biomet Manufacturing, LLCInventors: Brian M. May, William Hartman
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Patent number: 11103325Abstract: A storage tray provides storage for multiple types of wires, catheters, and other instruments used during surgical procedures. The storage tray includes a base and a set of walls forming a basin that holds liquid. A wire containment section within the basin holds multiple coiled guidewires in a wire channel filled with the liquid. The wire containment section includes an inner wall and one or more wall segments forming an outer boundary of the wire channel. Flaps extend orthogonally from the walls and over portions of the wire channel to prevent the guidewire from springing out of the wire channel. A wire holder outside the wire channel holds end portions of the guidewires. Pulling an end portion of one of the coiled guidewires horizontally causes the guidewire to slide along the inner wall for separation and removal from the storage tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: AHN Surgical Innovation LLCInventors: Kimberly Ahn Hays, Sam S. Ahn
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Patent number: 11106556Abstract: Described herein is a system that provides data service failover in shared storage clusters. An example shared storage cluster can include multiple data node devices equipped to access to a shared storage location. Each of the data node devices can host multiple network attached storage (NAS) servers. For each NAS server at a data node device, a different data node device in the shared storage cluster can be designated as a backup node. The designated backup nodes for NAS servers at any one data node device in the shared storage cluster can be distributed across multiple other data node devices in the shared storage cluster, thereby sharing the burden of data node device failure across multiple other data node devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: G. Paul Koning, Himabindu Tummala, Sudhir Srinivasan
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Patent number: 11106979Abstract: Techniques for implementing a learning semantic representations of sparse entities using unsupervised embeddings are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system accesses corresponding profile data of users indicating at least one entity of a first facet type associated with the user, and generating a graph data structure comprising nodes and edges based on the accessed profile data, with each node corresponding to a different entity indicated by the accessed profile data, and each edge directly connecting a different pair of nodes and indicating a number of users whose profile data indicates both entities of the pair of nodes. The computer system generating a corresponding embedding vector for the entities based on the graph data structure using an unsupervised machine learning algorithm.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Rohan Ramanath, Gungor Polatkan, Qi Guo, Cagri Ozcaglar, Krishnaram Kenthapadi, Sahin Cem Geyik
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Patent number: 11103015Abstract: This document describes techniques using, and objects embodying, an interactive fabric which is configured to sense user interactions in the form of single or multi-touch-input (e.g., gestures). The interactive fabric may be integrated into a wearable interactive garment (e.g., a jacket, shirt, or pants) that is coupled (e.g., via a wired or wireless connection) to a gesture manager. The gesture manager may be implemented at the interactive garment, or remote from the interactive garment, such as at a computing device that is wirelessly paired with the interactive garment and/or at a remote cloud based service. Generally, the gesture manager recognizes user interactions to the interactive fabric, and in response, triggers various different types of functionality, such as answering a phone call, sending a text message, creating a journal entry, and so forth.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Ivan Poupyrev, Carsten C. Schwesig, Mustafa Emre Karagozler, Hakim K. Raja, David Scott Allmon, Gerard George Pallipuram, Shiho Fukuhara, Nan-Wei Gong
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Patent number: 11107291Abstract: Systems and methods are described that obtain depth data associated with a scene captured by an electronic device, obtain location data associated with a plurality of physical objects within a predetermined distance of the electronic device, generate a plurality of augmented reality objects configured to be displayed over a portion of the plurality of physical objects, and generate a plurality of proximity layers corresponding to the at least one scene, wherein a respective proximity layer is configured to trigger display of the auxiliary data corresponding to AR objects associated with the respective proximity layer while suppressing other AR objects.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Michael Ishigaki, Diane Wang
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Patent number: D929282Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Wraith, Martin B. Coons, Anthony Meyer, Young Kwon, Joseph F. Denatale, Jr.
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Patent number: D929390Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Yu Bai, Ian Allan Sorensen, Conor Ryan Kusich, Nicole Laferriere, Thomas Franz Enders, Mark Alan Nohrnberg, Roger Nihl Re
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Patent number: D929640Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: CONTEMPORARY VISIONS, LLCInventor: Robert A. Sonneman
