Patents Assigned to AT & S, Inc.
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Patent number: 11997622Abstract: A self-synchronization sensor system is provided. A self-synchronization sensor system for tracking fast moving assets comprising a plurality of beacons with known coordinates in a tunnel communicating with said plurality of beacons periodically during a synchronization interval and adjusting a beacon interval for each of said plurality of beacons such that one or more beacon messages are transmitted in short time intervals to the plurality of beacons in close proximity. The synchronization interval comprising a plurality of time slots, a first beacon from the plurality of beacons assigned a first time slot from the plurality of time slots within the synchronization interval and launches an origin and a progression of time slot allocation of the plurality of time slots from the origin based on the communication between the plurality of beacons.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.Inventor: Ian McCallum
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Patent number: 11992347Abstract: A medical cart apparatus includes at least one component and at least one holster that is tilted with respect to a horizontal plane and is configured to hold or store the at least one component. The medical cart apparatus is ergonomic and conveniently and securely stores elements in the cart. The holster is configured as a storage area, holder, or receptacle, and the holster has a back wall, at least one side, at least one side cut-out, a lip at an entrance of the holster, and a bottom surface that is tilted at the angle with respect to the horizontal plane. The side cut-outs of the holster provide visibility by showing whether a component is in the holster or not, and provide accessibility by facilitating or allowing easy insertion and easy takeout of the at least one component from the holster.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Aleksey Danilkin, Zachary Hastings, Jacquelyn Nicole Phelps, Jacob Brauer, Alexander Altshuler
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Patent number: 11992921Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems an impact wrench having dynamically tuned drive components, such as an anvil/socket combination, and related methodology for dynamically tuning the drive components in view of inertia displacement, as well as stiffness between coupled components, and with regard to impact timing associated with clearance gaps between the component parts.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.Inventors: Mark T. McClung, Timothy R. Cooper, Warren A. Seith
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Patent number: 11994232Abstract: A fluid compressor system having an electro-magnetic throttle valve (EMTV) that utilizes magnetic forces supplied by an electromagnet to actuate the opening and closing of the valve. The fluid compressor system may include a control system that controls the position of a valve plate of the EMTV, allowing the EMTV to fully or partially actuate to a plurality of intermediate positions depending on a current supplied to the electromagnet by the control system. The control system may control a location of the valve plate with reference to the electromagnet by balancing the forces acting on the valve plate, such as electromagnetic forces supplied by the electromagnet, biasing forces supplied by biasing components, and gravitational forces acting on the valve plate. The EMTV may include a blowdown system configured to release a pressure within the fluid compressor system when the inlet on the EMTV is closed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc.Inventors: Vineeth Poulose, Sajesh Poolathody, Nikhil Narayanan
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Patent number: 11994714Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) structure with a waveguide core having tapered sidewall liner(s) (e.g., symmetric tapered sidewall liners on opposing sides of a waveguide core, asymmetric tapered sidewall liners on opposing sides of a waveguide core, or a tapered sidewall liner on one side of a waveguide core). In some embodiments, the tapered sidewall liner(s) and waveguide core have different refractive indices. In an exemplary embodiment, the waveguide core is a first material (e.g., silicon) and the tapered sidewall liner(s) is/are a second material (e.g., silicon nitride) with a smaller refractive index than the first material. In another exemplary embodiment, the waveguide core is a first compound and the tapered sidewall liner(s) is/are a second compound with the same elements (e.g., silicon and nitrogen) as the first compound but with a smaller refractive index. Also disclosed are method embodiments for forming such a PIC structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Inventors: Brett T. Cucci, Yusheng Bian, Abdelsalam Aboketaf, Edward W. Kiewra
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Publication number: 20240166948Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor etching solution having a large etching ratio of SiGe relative to Si when an object containing Si and SiGe is treated and having excellent storage stability. The semiconductor etching solution includes: a fluoride ion source; a carboxylic acid; a percarboxylic acid; hydrogen peroxide; and bromide ions, and a content of the bromide ions is less than 500 mass ppm with respect to a total mass of the semiconductor etching solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicants: FUJIFILM Corporation, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Mick BJELOPAVLIC, Carl BALLESTEROS
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Publication number: 20240165596Abstract: The present application pertains to family of new crystalline molecular sieves designated SSZ-93. Molecular sieve SSZ-93 is structurally similar to sieves falling within the MTT structure type such as SSZ-32x, SSZ-32, ZSM-23, EU-13, ISI-4, and KZ-1 family of molecular sieves. SSZ-93 is characterized as having magnesium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Adeola OJO, Yihua ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI, Howard Steven LACHEEN
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Patent number: 11990535Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor structure including a lateral heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT). The structure includes a substrate (e.g., a silicon substrate), an insulator layer on the substrate, and a semiconductor layer (e.g., a silicon germanium layer) on the insulator layer. The structure includes a lateral HBT with three terminals including a collector, an emitter, and a base, which is positioned laterally between the collector and the emitter and which can include a silicon germanium intrinsic base region for improved performance. Additionally, the collector and/or the emitter includes: a first region, which is epitaxially grown within a trench that extends through the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer to the substrate; and a second region, which is epitaxially grown on the first region. The connection(s) of the collector and/or the emitter to the substrate effectively form thermal exit path(s) and minimize self-heating. Also disclosed is a method for forming the structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Inventors: Alexander M. Derrickson, Haiting Wang, Judson R. Holt, Vibhor Jain, Richard F. Taylor, III
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Patent number: 11990171Abstract: Disclosed is threshold voltage (VT)-programmable field effect transistor (FET)-based memory cell including a first transistor and a second transistor (which has an electric-field based programmable VT) connected in series between two voltage source lines. The gates of the transistors are connected to different wordlines and a sense node is at the junction between the two transistors. In preferred embodiments, the first transistor is a PFET and the second transistor is an NFET. Different operating modes (e.g., write 0 or 1 and read) are achieved using specific combinations of voltage pulses on the wordlines and voltage source lines. The memory cell is non-volatile, exhibits relatively low leakage, and has a relatively small footprint as compared to a conventional memory cell. Also disclosed are a look-up table (LUT) incorporating multiple threshold voltage (VT)-programmable field effect transistor (FET)-based memory cells and associated methods.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Inventors: Venkatesh P. Gopinath, Pirooz Parvarandeh
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Patent number: 11988092Abstract: A downhole drilling system is disclosed. The downhole drilling system may include a bottom-hole assembly having a pulse-generating circuit and a switching circuit within the pulse-generating circuit, the switching circuit comprising a solid-state switch. The downhole drilling system may also include a drill bit having a first electrode and a second electrode electrically coupled to the pulse-generating circuit to receive a pulse from the pulse-generating circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., SDG LLCInventor: William M. Moeny
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Patent number: 11987757Abstract: Described herein are processes for hydroisomerising an unconventional feedstock using a hydroisomerisation catalyst comprising zeolite SSZ-91, zeolite SSZ-32, or zeolite SSZ-32x to provide a diesel fuel.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.Inventors: Kamala R. Krishna, Yihua Zhang, Guan-Dao Lei, Adeola Florence Ojo
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Publication number: 20240159787Abstract: Devices and methods for sampling, detecting and/or characterizing particles, for example, via collection, growth and analysis of viable biological particles such as microorganisms. Devices and methods of the invention include particle samplers and impactors including a sampling head comprising one or more intake apertures, a selectively removable cover, an impactor base connected to the sampling head, and one or more magnets fixed to the sampling head, the selectively removable cover and/or the impactor base. The one or more magnets allow for robotic manipulation of the impactor devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicants: PARTICLE MEASURING SYSTEMS, INC., PHARMA INTEGRATION S.R.LInventors: Giovanni SCIALĂ’, Davide RECCHIA, Claudio BECHINI
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Publication number: 20240156849Abstract: Characterization of drug-drug interaction properties and pharmacological properties of maribavir is useful to inform potential drug-drug interactions and dosing strategies when administering with co-medications.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicants: Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc, Certara USA, Inc.Inventors: Heng Song, Kefeng Sun, Matthew Crouthamel, Grace Chen, Andy Z.X. Zhu, Ingrid Nicolle Michon, Howard James Burt, Zoe Elizabeth Barter, Sibylle Neuhoff
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Publication number: 20240156443Abstract: An apparatus including: a base; a carriage coupled to the base and projecting a distance above the base, the carriage operable to contain a mobile phone comprising a camera array in a position such that the camera array faces in a direction of the base; and a controller including machine-readable instructions operable to direct a movement of one of the carriage and the base in a direction with respect to the other along an axis. A method including: placing a mobile phone in a carriage; placing a container below the carriage, the container comprising a plurality of tissue cassettes; and capturing by the mobile phone of an image of the identifier on each of the plurality of tissue cassettes while the plurality of tissue cassettes remain in the container. Also, a machine-readable medium including instructions to cause a mobile to stitch successive captured images of identifiers into an overall image.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A., INC.Inventor: HWAI-JYH MICHAEL YANG
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Patent number: 11984160Abstract: Circuits that include resistive memory elements and methods of using such circuits to generate a physical unclonable function. The circuit includes a first resistive memory element, a second resistive memory element, a first transistor having a source/drain region connected to the first resistive memory element, and a second transistor having a source/drain region connected to the second resistive memory element. The circuit further includes a first inverter having an input connected to a first node between the first transistor and the first resistive memory element, and a second inverter having an input connected to a second node between the second transistor and the second resistive memory element.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Inventors: Pirooz Parvarandeh, Periyapatna G. Venkatesh
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Patent number: 11984235Abstract: Some embodiments of a device comprise a shuttle member, wherein the shuttle member includes a body, wherein the body includes an opening that extends through the body, and wherein at least part of the shuttle is radiopaque; a first actuator; and a second actuator, wherein the first actuator and the second actuator are positioned on opposite sides of the shuttle member, wherein the first actuator is configured to move the shuttle member in a first direction, and wherein the second actuator is configured to move the shuttle member in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Canon U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Charles George Hwang, James Hastings Houskeeper
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Patent number: D1027417Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. IIInventor: Craig Nelson
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Patent number: D1027418Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. IIInventor: Craig Nelson
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Patent number: D1028403Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Project S, Inc.Inventors: Chris Crowley, Evan Dempsey, Joseph Guerra, Seyed-Sina Sohrab
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Patent number: D1028477Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Skechers U.S.A., Inc. IIInventors: Cubby Golden, Anthony Macey