Patents Assigned to Be In, Inc.
  • Pressure sensor
    Patent number: 11105699
    Abstract: In a pressure sensor including a substrate supported by input-output terminals, the substrate is provided with a circular hole located substantially at its central part, and an arc-shaped communication hole formed adjacent to three through-holes to which three of lead pins are inserted and fixed, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO, INC.
    Inventor: Kazuya Takimoto
  • Controlling forming process in RRAM devices using feedback circuits
    Patent number: 11107526
    Abstract: Technologies relating to controlling forming process in RRAM devices implemented in a cross-bar circuit using one or more feedback circuits are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an RRAM cell configured to form a channel; a MOSFET having a drain terminal, a source terminal, and a gate terminal, wherein the MOSFET is connected to the RRAM cell via the drain terminal; a TIA connected to the MOSFET via the source terminal; a first signal generator connected to the RRAM cell; a second signal generator connected to the MOSFET via the gate terminal; and a comparator having a first input end, a second input end, and an output end, wherein the comparator is connected to the TIA via the first input end, the second input end is connected to a reference voltage source, and the output end is connected to the first signal generator and the second signal generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TetraMem Inc.
    Inventor: Ning Ge
  • Bridge device for connecting electronic devices
    Patent number: 11109471
    Abstract: A cloud connected lighting system may include a wireless lighting network of coordinated lighting devices and a bridge to provide connectivity to external devices such as a cell phone, home automation system or security system. The cloud connected lighting system may be implemented locally with a cell phone communicating with the bridge for control, status and alerts. The cloud connected lighting system may operate over the cloud via an Internet connection allowing the bridge to communicate with a server on the Internet that may implement software for the interface with the wireless lighting network and to capture data regarding activity detected by motion sensor associated with the wireless lighting network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael V. Recker, David B. Levine
  • Fecal impaction removal device
    Patent number: 11103260
    Abstract: A fecal impaction removal device includes an elongated shaft extending along a central longitudinal axis. A dilation body is secured at a distal end of the elongated shaft for insertion into a rectum of a patient. The dilation body has a maximum radial extension in a direction orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis. The fecal impaction removal device includes a stop member that extends from a central region of the elongated shaft. The stop member has a length along a major axis that is greater than the maximum radial extension of the dilation body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Roszkowiak, Derrick Roemisch, Donald J. Propp
  • Phosphorous protecting groups and methods of preparation and use thereof
    Patent number: 11104699
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include compositions that make use of phosphorus and/or nucleobase protecting groups which find use in the synthesis of long polynucleotides. Phosphorus protecting groups are provided that help increase the stepwise coupling yield and/or phosphorous protecting groups that can be removed during the oxidation step. Amidine nucleobase protecting groups are provided that find use in the subject compositions and methods which provides for e.g., increased resistance to depurination during polynucleotide synthesis. In some instances, the methods and compositions disclosed herein utilize a combination of the phosphorus and amidine nucleobase protecting groups in the synthesis of polynucleotides having a sequence of 200 or more monomeric units in length. Also provided are methods for synthesizing a polynucleotide (e.g., a DNA) using one or more compounds disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Agilent Technologies, Inc., University of Colorado Boulder
    Inventors: Douglas J. Dellinger, Luca Monfregola, Marvin Caruthers, Mithun Roy
  • Automated microbial detection apparatus
    Patent number: 11104931
    Abstract: A method and automated apparatus for rapid non-invasive detection of a microbial agent in a test sample is described herein. The apparatus may include one or more means for automated loading, automated transfer and/or automated unloading of a specimen container. The apparatus also includes a detection system for receiving a detection container, e.g., container or vial, containing a biological sample and culture media. The detection system may also include one or more heated sources, holding structures or racks, and/or a detection unit for monitoring and/or interrogating the specimen container to detect whether the container is positive for the presence of a microbial agent therein. In other embodiment, the automated instrument may include one or more, bar code readers, scanners, cameras, and/or weighing stations to aid in scanning, reading, imaging and weighing of specimen containers within the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: bioMerieux, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie J. Robinson, Mark Joseph Fanning, Stanley Michael Philipak, Richard Scott Remes, James Clement Bishop, Gary W. Sommer, Lawrence E Guerra, Michael A Herron
  • Closed shear wall hold down system
    Patent number: 11105110
    Abstract: A closed wall hold down system is provided including at least one closed wall panel, at least one first tie rod, at least one second tie rod, at least one coupler nut, and at least one ratcheting take-up device. The at least one closed wall panel includes a bottom plate and a top plate. The at least one first tie rod projects through the bottom plate. The at least one coupler nut is coupled to the at least one first tie rod and to a first end of the at least one second tie rod. A second end of the at least one second tie rod extends through the top plate. The at least one ratcheting take-up device engages the second end of the at least one second tie rod. A method of installing the closed wall hold down system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Katerra Inc.
    Inventors: Will Watson, Gary Fong
  • Single piece valve plate assembly for a reciprocating compressor
    Patent number: 11105326
    Abstract: A valve plate assembly for a compressor according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a valve plate and a suction valve retainer. The valve plate is configured to separate suction-pressure working fluid entering a cylinder of the compressor from discharge-pressure working fluid exiting the cylinder of the compressor, the valve plate defining a discharge valve seat. The suction valve retainer is configured to retain a suction valve within a suction valve seat disposed about a central longitudinal axis of the cylinder and to extend radially outward from the central longitudinal axis of the cylinder without extending beyond a suction passage of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Siddharth Dhanpal Devanawar, Janardhan Sakhahari Kolpe, Rajesh Vasant More
  • Automated software package deployment
    Patent number: 11106451
    Abstract: The application pertains to the automated deployment of software packages to an enterprise's testing, staging and production environments. It does this by detecting events with respect to the enterprise's code base and, upon detection of a change in a package, identifies the application(s) that include that package. For each such application, a workflow is provided defining a pipeline of environments in which a bundle of packages that make up that application are to be installed for testing, staging or production. A software package in which an event has occurred is installed in those environments on a stepwise basis per that workflow and the application is (re)built there for testing, etc. A status of the bundle of packages that make up an application in each of the respective environments is shown in a graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: salesforce.com, inc.
    Inventors: Raj Advani, Christopher Wall, Benjamin Snyder, Wade Wegner, Josh Kaplan
  • Intelligent modification of capital loan offerings at point-of-sale
    Patent number: 11107157
    Abstract: Techniques for intelligently modifying capital loan offerings at a point-of-sale (POS) are described. Server(s) can receive, from a first POS device associated with a first merchant, transaction data associated with transaction(s) between the first merchant and customer(s). The server(s) can determine that the first merchant is eligible for a capital loan of a first amount. The server(s) can receive, from a second POS device associated with a second merchant, an authorization request to authorize a payment instrument, having a limit based on the first amount, for a purchase having a purchase amount greater than the first amount, and the server(s) can determine to increase the first amount to a second amount. The server(s) can send, to the second POS device, an indication that the payment instrument is authorized for at least the second amount, thereby modifying the amount of the capital loan at the POS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SQUARE, INC.
    Inventors: Varun Kerof, Elliot Block, Kelvin Chou, Theodore Kosev
  • Trends in a messaging platform
    Patent number: 11108717
    Abstract: A method of operating a messaging platform, including: obtaining, for a first profile of the messaging platform, a trending entity within a first topic of interest to the first profile; accessing a first plurality of messages classified as the first topic of interest; retrieving a subset of the first plurality of messages corresponding to the trending entity; and sending content associated with the subset for display to a user of the first profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Rion Langley Snow, Gilad Avraham Mishne
  • Device, system, and method for sensor provisioning
    Patent number: 11109204
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for reducing user effort for sensor provisioning. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more processors and one or more memories including program instructions. The program instructions when executed are configured for receiving and storing initial sensor provisioning instructions from a graphical user interface (GUI) and provisioning a first plurality of sensors using the initial sensor provisioning instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ndustrial.io, Inc.
    Inventors: Bret Kruse, John Crawford, Taylor Brown, Jason Massey, Charles Tuck, John Hunt, Chinmay Adhvaryu, Robert Marvin Andrews
  • Method for performing handover in wireless communication system and device for same
    Patent number: 11109291
    Abstract: A method for performing handover in a wireless communication system and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, the method for performing handover by a user equipment (UE) without a wireless local area network (WLAN) termination (WT) change from a source eNodeB (eNB) to a target eNodeB (eNB) in a wireless communication system, the method includes transmitting an end-marker request for requesting retransmission of an end-marker packet to the target eNB when a loss of the end-marker packet is detected after the handover without the WT change is started, and retransmitting the end-marker request or performing a recovery procedure for the end-marker packet when the end-marker packet is not received from the target eNB after the transmitting the end-marker request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungjune Yi, Jeongkyun Yun, Sangwon Kim
  • Foveated optimization of TV streaming and rendering content assisted by personal devices
    Patent number: 11106929
    Abstract: A mobile device such as a mobile phone is used to image a nearby user for eye tracking at a closer range than would be provided by cameras on a display device such as a TV and send the eye tracking data to a server streaming video being presented on the display. The eye tracking data is used by the server to identify a region of interest (ROI) in the video, which is more highly compressed than regions outside the ROI to facilitate efficient compression of the video game image while preserving the quality of the ROI in the image where the user is looking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Stafford, Yutaka Yokokawa
  • Ankle replacement system and method
    Patent number: 11103257
    Abstract: Various surgical devices and methods are disclosed herein. Also disclosed is multi-component prosthesis, which can be used as an ankle prosthesis. One of the disclosed surgical alignment systems includes a guide arm, a ratchet arm frame configured to be coupled slidably to the guide arm, a ratchet arm configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm frame, and a sagittal sizing guide body configured to be coupled to the ratchet arm. The sagittal sizing guide body includes a first radiopaque object disposed at a first position and a second radiopaque object disposed at a second position that is spaced apart from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn E. McGinley, Robert M. Howles, Braham K. Dhillon, Gary W. Lowery
  • Immunostimulant
    Patent number: 11103590
    Abstract: A complex comprising a carrier containing a plasma-derived protein or serum-derived protein solidified by denaturation coagulation, and a protein having a peroxidase-like activity and carried by the carrier, which has such high effectiveness that it can strongly stimulate an antigen-presenting cell, and can be used as a highly safe immunostimulant with reduced toxicity to living bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CELL-MEDICINE, INC.
    Inventor: Tadao Ohno
  • Method for producing polymer electrolyte molded article, polymer electrolyte material, polymer electrolyte membrane, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell
    Patent number: 11108071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a polymer electrolyte molded article, which comprises forming a polymer electrolyte precursor having a protective group and an ionic group, and deprotecting at least a portion of protective groups contained in the resulting molded article to obtain a polymer electrolyte molded article. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a polymer electrolyte material and a polymer electrolyte molded article, which are excellent in proton conductivity and are also excellent in fuel barrier properties, mechanical strength, physical durability, resistance to hot water, resistance to hot methanol, processability and chemical stability. A polymer electrolyte fuel cell using a polymer electrolyte membrane, polymer electrolyte parts or a membrane electrode assembly can achieve high output, high energy density and long-term durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Izuhara, Hiroshi Taiko, Yuriko Okada, Shinya Adachi, Masataka Nakamura
  • Probes for imaging huntingtin protein
    Patent number: 11104691
    Abstract: Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: CHDI Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Celia Dominguez, John Wityak, Jonathan Bard, Alex Kiselyov, Christopher John Brown, Michael Edward Prime, Peter David Johnson, Daniel Clark-Frew
  • Engine warmup on pedal-start vehicle
    Patent number: 11105288
    Abstract: A method for cold engine starting in a pedal-start vehicle that comprises determining an ICE temperature value of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle upon starting the engine via depression of an accelerator, then comparing the ICE temperature value to a predetermined ICE temperature threshold value. Thereafter, when the ICE temperature value is below a predetermined ICE threshold value, controlling operation of the engine such that an RPM of the internal combustion engine remains within a predetermined idle RPM range for a predetermined amount of time, regardless of throttle control commands from the accelerator pedal of the vehicle, or when the ICE temperature value is equal to or greater than the predetermined ICE threshold value, or controlling operation of the internal combustion engine in accordance with the throttle control commands from the accelerator pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Zekarias W. Yohannes, Justin Williams
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D929115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Jovan Popovic