Patents Assigned to IS Technologies, LLC
  • Easily assembled coaxial cable and connector with rear body
    Patent number: 10833432
    Abstract: A coaxial cable-connector assembly comprising: (a) a coaxial cable; (b) a coaxial connector; (c) a rear body; and (d) a coupling nut. The coaxial cable comprises: an inner conductor; a dielectric layer circumferentially surrounding the inner conductor; an outer conductor circumferentially surrounding the dielectric layer; and a jacket circumferentially surrounding the outer conductor. The coaxial connector comprises: an inner contact electrically connected with the inner conductor; an outer body spaced apart from and circumferentially surrounding the inner contact; and a dielectric spacer interposed between the inner contact and the outer body. The rear body has a main section, a rear collet extending rearwardly from the main section, and a front engagement structure that coordinates with the outer body to engage the outer conductor. The nut has a threaded section and a tapered inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Paynter, Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Remapping tracks for management of adjacent track interference
    Patent number: 10832726
    Abstract: A method includes monitoring operations performed on tracks in a main storage area of a disc, and identifying a track of the tracks in the main storage area susceptible to adjacent track interference (ATI). When a track is identified, the identified track or an adjacent track which contributes to ATI of the identified track is remapped to an ATI safe zone of the disc having a tracks per inch (TPI) density lower than a TPI density of the main storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Choon Wei Ng, Kok Choon See, Jian Qiang, LiBin Cai
  • Cloud authorized vehicle control
    Patent number: 10834199
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller, programmed to responsive to receiving a command from a non-customer party, send an authorization request based on the command and a predefined vehicle parameter to a server; and responsive to receiving a signed command from the server, execute the signed command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Karl Nathan Clark, Jason Michael Miller, Xin Ye, James Michael Weinfurther, Vijayababu Jayaraman
  • Phased array antennas having decoupling units
    Patent number: 10833401
    Abstract: A base station antenna includes a panel that has a ground plane, first and second arrays that have respective first and second sets of linearly arranged radiating elements mounted on the panel, and a decoupling unit positioned between a first radiating element of the first array and a first radiating element of the second array. The decoupling unit includes at least a first sidewall that faces the first radiating element of the first array, a second sidewall that faces the first radiating element of the second array and an internal cavity that is defined in the region between the sidewalls. The first and second sidewalls are electrically conductive and electrically connected to the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kasun M S Thotahewa, Philip Raymond C. Gripo, Peter J. Liversidge
  • Tamper-evident item and item validation system and method
    Patent number: 10832112
    Abstract: A tamper sensing element is provided which can be applied to a product having a housing or casing with a critical area where the housing or casing can be opened or separated at or along a critical area. The tamper sensing element is operable to determine if the housing or casing has been opened or separated at or along the critical area. The tamper sensing element comprises a sensor for detecting a change in a monitored parameter indicative of the housing or casing having been opened or separated at or along the critical area, a memory for storing product data and tag data; a circuit for updating the memory upon detection of a change in the parameter monitored by the sensor; and means for transmitting information contained in the memory upon being queried by a scanning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: BIRDE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Michal Carrie Morgan-Rottman, Anne Marie Pellerin
  • Strengthening structure of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10829070
    Abstract: A strengthening structure of a vehicle is provided that comprises a base having a first plurality of cutouts and relief members disposed across the base. Each relief member includes a cross section having a plurality of corners forming a plurality of inner and outer angles, a distal end, and an open proximal end in communication with one of the first plurality of cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tau Tyan, Wan-San Chiu
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH568715
    Patent number: 10827708
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH568715. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH568715, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH568715 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH568715.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Kovach, Nicholas P. Ochs, Slobodan Trifunovic
  • TDLAS architecture for widely spaced wavelength
    Patent number: 10830698
    Abstract: A method for measuring a concentration of at least one target species includes generating first and second laser beams having respective first and second wavelengths each corresponding to respective absorption lines of the at least one target species. The method includes coupling the first and second laser beams to proximal ends of first and second fundamental modes of first and second optical waveguides, respectively. The method includes transmitting through a measurement zone, for a distal end of the first and second optical waveguides, a probe signal including the first and second laser beam. The method includes determining a first signal strength of the probe signal at the first wavelength and a second signal strength of the probe signal at the second wavelength, and determining, from the first signal strength and the second signal strength, a concentration of the at least one target species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: OnPoint Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew D. Sappey, Bernard Patrick Masterson
  • Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH979072
    Patent number: 10827698
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH979072. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH979072, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH979072 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH979072.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Magen Starr Eller, Martin Medina, German Muttoni, Slobodan Trifunovic, Clinton J. Turnbull
  • Method for differentiating driver input
    Patent number: 10829151
    Abstract: A method for distinguishing intentional steering movements of a driver for influencing an intentional driving path of a motor vehicle from corrective steering movements of the driver as a reaction to unexpected deviations of the motor vehicle from the intentional driving path including ascertaining an instantaneous undisturbed motion of the vehicle along the driving path and calculating a reference value for a steering angle (SAR) corresponding to the ascertained, undisturbed motion of the motor vehicle or a reference value for a steering velocity (SVR) corresponding to the ascertained, undisturbed motion of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Schiebahn, Peter W. A. Zegelaar, Helmuth Bosch
  • Rigid packaging with a straining feature
    Patent number: 10829288
    Abstract: Container (1) having a container body (10) having a sealing lip (12). The container (1) comprises a bottom perforated film (20) adhered to the sealing lip (12) at a first adhesion strength (S1), a top film (30) adhered to the bottom perforated film (20) at a second adhesion strength (S2) at locations not vertically aligned with a seal end (38), and wherein the top film (30) adheres to the bottom perforated film (20) at a third adhesion strength (S3) at the seal end (38). The third adhesion strength (S3) is greater than the first adhesion strength (S1) which is greater than the second adhesion strength (S2), such that the top film (30) is peelable relative to the bottom perforated film (24) at the opening end (36), and the top film (30) is peelable with the bottom perforated film (20) relative to the container body (10) at the seal end (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andre Farstad, Maria Isabel Arroyo Villan, Marcelo Tognola
  • Method and device that recognizes road users in an environment of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10831194
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and to a device that recognizes road users in an environment of a vehicle. The vehicle includes at least one camera-based sensor that acquires images of the vehicle environment, wherein the device implements the method to process the images. The method includes acquiring at each of a plurality of different times, an image of an object located in the vehicle environment, performing image analyses on the images acquired at different times, and deciding, based on a result of the image analyses performed, whether the object shall be interpreted as a road user or as an inanimate entity. The device implements the method to control an autonomous driving system to control vehicle movements based on the result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Frederic Stefan, Christoph Arndt, Uwe Gussen
  • Systems and methods for maintaining cache coherency
    Patent number: 10831662
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for maintaining cache coherency may include (1) receiving an indication of a revocation of a grant to an owner node of a shared lock for a data object owned by the owner node, (2) invalidating, in response to the indication, a copy of the object in a local cache of the owner node, (3) releasing, in response to the indication, the grant of the shared lock, (4) receiving, after the releasing of the grant, a request from the requesting node to update the object in the cache, (5) transmitting, in response to the request to update the object, a request for a shared lock for the object, (6) receiving an indication of a grant of the shared lock, and (7) updating, in response to the grant of the shared lock, the object in the cache. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jitendra Patidar, Anindya Banerjee, Kundan Kumar
  • Oxidative coupling of methane implementations for olefin production
    Patent number: 10829424
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) systems for small scale and world scale production of olefins. An OCM system may comprise an OCM subsystem that generates a product stream comprising C2+ compounds and non-C2+ impurities from methane and an oxidizing agent. At least one separations subsystem downstream of, and fluidically coupled to, the OCM subsystem can be used to separate the non-C2+ impurities from the C2+ compounds. A methanation subsystem downstream and fluidically coupled to the OCM subsystem can be used to react H2 with CO and/or CO2 in the non-C2+ impurities to generate methane, which can be recycled to the OCM subsystem. The OCM system can be integrated in a non-OCM system, such as a natural gas liquids system or an existing ethylene cracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Lummus Technology LLC
    Inventors: Humera A. Rafique, Srinivas Vuddagiri, Guido Radaelli, Erik C. Scher, Jarod McCormick, Joel Cizeron
  • Sealing enclosure for a connector on a cable such as a standardized fiber-optic connector
    Patent number: 10830960
    Abstract: A sealing enclosure is configured to connect to a mating enclosure. The sealing enclosure loosely receives a connector within a connector volume so that the connector, which may be of a standard type used in electronic or optic data transmission, may be displaced within a plug face at the forward end of the connector volume. The connector may compensate variations in the position of a mating connector with respect to the mating enclosure. The sealing enclosure allows to seal off the connector volume and engage the sealing enclosure with a mating enclosure in a single motion. This is affected by having a cable seal interposed between an inner body and an outer body. If the outer body is moved forward to engage the mating connector, the cable seal is squeezed between the cable and the inner body sealing off the connector volume at the rearward end of the inner body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Arie Elenbaas, Jarno Verhoeven
  • Passive sound source classification and localization
    Patent number: 10830914
    Abstract: A method for processing audible sounds using ultrasonic sensors. The method includes passively monitoring, via ultrasonic sensors, an external environment for a audible sounds. An audible sound may be detected and used to produce a sound signal. The sound signal may be filtered to determine one or more features corresponding thereto, including a class, a position, and a velocity. A priority may be assigned to the sound signal based on the sound signal to determine an appropriate response. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Myers, Alexander Groh, Ramchandra Karandikar
  • Parking spot availability prediction systems and methods
    Patent number: 10832574
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting the availability of parking spots. A driver of a first vehicle that is parked in a parking spot inputs into a device, such as a smartphone, an estimated time of occupancy of the parking spot. This information is transmitted by the device to a server. A driver of a second vehicle may transmit to the server a request for a vacant parking spot. The server uses information, such as the estimated time of occupancy, to determine an expected wait time for the second vehicle to obtain the parking spot occupied by the first vehicle. The expected wait time is transmitted by the server to the driver of the second vehicle which can then drive to the parking spot when vacated. The server may provide driving directions to the driver to reach the vacated parking spot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Akash Agarwal, Sandeep Raj Gandiga
  • Hardware and controls for personal vehicle rental
    Patent number: 10831859
    Abstract: In a first illustrative embodiment, a processor operably programmed and configured to receive input defining one or more vehicle parameters to monitor and control during a vehicle rental. The processor may monitor and control the vehicle parameters during a vehicle rental period starting when an authorized user keylessly activates a vehicle during a defined start time. The processor may control driver behavior by limiting vehicle performance based on a predefined threshold of one or more vehicle parameters. The monitoring and control may continue until the rental period has expired or when the vehicle is returned to a predetermined geographic area designated by the vehicle owner. The processor may initiate wireless communication of the vehicle parameters to a vehicle rental administrative system through a cellular telephone located in proximity to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Robert Bruce Kleve
  • Vehicle sensor cleaning
    Patent number: 10829091
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to detect an occlusion on a surface in a vehicle sensor optical path based on a segmentation of sensor image data, and to select a cleaning plan for the surface based on the detected occlusion, map data, and vehicle route data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David Michael Herman, Sunil Patil, Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Vehicle steering
    Patent number: 10829145
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a first pinion, an internal gear engaged with the first pinion, a second pinion fixed relative to the internal gear, a first gear engaged with the second pinion, a third pinion fixed relative to the first gear, and a steering rack meshed with the third pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Washnock, Jack E. Barry, Soungjin Wou, Garry Robert Smith, Jennifer Laz, James Philip Cooper, Daniel Steven Payne, Rohit Kadam