Patents Assigned to IS Technologies, LLC
  • CLEANING APPARATUS FOR SENSOR
    Publication number: 20190314865
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus includes a ring-shaped tube including first and second chambers from an inlet end to a terminal end, a compressed gas source connected to the first chamber, and a liquid reservoir connected to the second chamber. The tube includes a slot outwardly directed from the first chamber extending substantially from the inlet end to the terminal end, and a plurality of nozzles outwardly directed from the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manan Sevak, David Doellstedt, Venkatesh Krishnan
  • Method and Apparatus to Infer Object and Agent Properties, Activity Capacities, Behaviors, and Intents from Contact and Pressure Images
    Publication number: 20190313978
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object having a sensor portion with which the object makes contact and to which the object applies pressure. The apparatus has a computer in communication with the sensor portion that receives signals from the sensor portion corresponding to the contact and pressure applied to the sensor portion, and determines from the signals the non-apparent attribute. The apparatus has an output in communication with the computer that identifies the non-apparent attribute determined by the computer. A method for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Tactonic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michael John Cole, Gerald Seidman
  • Internal Nebulizer Seal and Method of Use
    Publication number: 20190314584
    Abstract: The invention relates to an internal seal system. The internal seal may be incorporated into a pre-filled, small-volume nebulizer assembly with a T-connector. The small-volume nebulizer may be pre-filled with at least one unit-dose of medicine and hermetically sealed until use by an input port seal and the internal seal. The internal seal may operate as a valve when the assembly is changed into a second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Caddo Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Dee Faram
  • Modular Tray and Bracket Assembly for Equipment Sterilization
    Publication number: 20190314538
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides advantageous tray and bracket assembly that is configured and adapted to promote modularity and withstand the harsh environment of central sterile processing processes. Modular bracket assembly may be removed and relocated on tray without additional fasteners or components. Tray and bracket assembly may further provide identification features to correctly associate cataloged reusable medical devices to identified trays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: K1 Medical Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Walter J. Oko, Scott E. Cohen
  • Method for operating a motor vehicle having a start/stop system
    Patent number: 10444252
    Abstract: A method for operating a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a service brake, a brake booster, a parking brake, a wheel-speed sensor and an inclination sensor is disclosed. The method including measuring the speed of motor vehicle using the wheel-speed sensor to create a speed signal. An inclination of the motor vehicle with respect to the direction the motor vehicle is sensed and an angle signal is created. The internal combustion engine is started when the speed measured is greater than zero and the inclination of the motor vehicle is greater than a predetermined value, such that the internal combustion engine creates a partial vacuum to power the brake booster to assist with the operation of the service brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Moore, Matthias Baumann, Christian Schmaler
  • Four-way pitching mechanism for a seating assembly
    Patent number: 10442320
    Abstract: A seating assembly includes a striker pin operably coupled to a track assembly, a sector arm operably coupled to a seat base and defining a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis, a dual cam latch disposed between the second pivot axis and the seat base when the sector arm is in a raised position and engageable with the striker pin when the sector arm is in a lowered position, wherein the dual cam latch is releasable by a forward movement of a seatback, a release cam operably coupled to the sector arm along the second pivot axis, wherein the release cam is configured to rotate downward when the sector arm is in the raised position, and a release bar including a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion is engageable by the release cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Jeffrey Gabalski
  • Hinge apparatus
    Patent number: 10443893
    Abstract: A hinge apparatus comprising structure to support a user interface incorporated into the cabinet housing of an electro-mechanical system for improved viewing and interaction with the user interface when the cabinet housing is opened during technician service, while simultaneously not obstructing access to the cabinet interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Harsco Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert H. Arnold, Steven Moyer
  • Phase slip recovery
    Patent number: 10446185
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and method for phase slip recovery may include reading a plurality of data portions of a data block and positioning a mask over one or more data portions of the data block. The data portions following the mask may be shifted to provide a masked, reframed data block, and then the data block may be attempted to be decoded, which may be repeated until the data block is decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard P. Michel, Michael J. Link, Anand R. Kharpate, Guofang Xu
  • System and method for clearing a clogged HVAC drain tube
    Patent number: 10442270
    Abstract: A vehicle system is provided. The vehicle system may include a tube configured to provide an outlet for condensate collected within a plenum that connects a cabin duct to a ventilation manifold arrangement. The vehicle system may also include a clearing duct that bypasses the plenum and connects the tube and arrangement, and a controller configured to block passageways between the plenum and cabin duct, and to activate a blower of the arrangement to build pressure within the plenum and clearing duct to clear the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mukesh Kumar, Robert Steven Sawyer
  • Joining and/or sealing tissues through photo-activated cross-linking of matrix proteins
    Patent number: 10441675
    Abstract: A method of joining and/or sealing tissues in a surgical procedure or medical treatment, comprising the steps of: (1) applying a matrix protein, a photoactivatable metal-ligand complex and an electron acceptor to a tissue portion; (2) irradiating said tissue portion to photoactivate the photoactivatable metal-ligand complex; thereby initiating a cross-linking reaction of the matrix protein to seal said tissue portion or join said tissue portion to an adjacent tissue portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Brownlee, Christopher Malcolm Elvin
  • Wireless power transmission device for vehicle and wireless charging method
    Patent number: 10442298
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device for a vehicle and a wireless charging method are provided. The wireless charging method by the wireless power transmission device for a vehicle can comprise the steps of: transmitting a signal for detection of a wireless power reception device by using a lower frequency band than an operating frequency band used to control the vehicle; receiving a response signal for the transmitted signal and a power control signal from the wireless power reception device; controlling an operating frequency and/or a voltage in the wireless power transmission device for the vehicle according to the power control signal; and transmitting wireless power to the wireless power reception device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: GE HYBRID TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Kil Jung, Byong Uk Hwang
  • Method, system and apparatus for multicast data rate selection
    Patent number: 10448277
    Abstract: A method of multicast data rate selection in an access point includes: establishing respective connections between the access point and a plurality of client devices; determining whether to set a legacy client presence flag in a memory of the access point based on whether the plurality of client devices includes or does not include a legacy client device; prior to initiating a multicast transmission to the plurality of client devices, determining whether the legacy client presence flag is set; when the legacy client presence flag is set, setting a selected multicast data rate corresponding to a first maximum data rate in a subset of legacy-compatible data rates stored in the memory; and when the legacy client presence flag is not set, setting the selected multicast data rate corresponding to a second maximum data rate in a subset of non-legacy-compatible data rates stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Venkata Aneel Kumar Inuganti, Satish Shivarudrappa, Naga Babu Parsi, Kishore Kumar Pathankanur, Satyendra Kumar Veeramacha, Madhusudhan Shivappa, Yashas N S
  • Energy-absorbing knee bolster
    Patent number: 10442384
    Abstract: A vehicle component may include a crossbeam, a cylinder, a piston, a panel, and a heterogeneous mixture. The cylinder has a chamber and is fixed relative to the crossbeam. The piston is linearly movable in the chamber. The panel is fixed relative to the piston. The heterogeneous mixture is enclosed by the piston in the chamber. The heterogeneous mixture includes hydrophobic nanoporous particles and a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Robert William McCoy, James Chih Cheng, Saeed David Barbat
  • Arrangements for coupling the primary coil to the secondary coil
    Patent number: 10447342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a guided surface waveguide probe with a charge terminal that is elevated over a lossy conducting medium. A primary coil can be coupled to an excitation source within a substructure. A secondary coil can provide a voltage to the charge terminal with a phase delay (?) that matches a wave tilt angle (?) associated with a complex Brewster angle of incidence (?i,B) associated with the lossy conducting medium. The primary coil can be configured to inductively couple to the secondary coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: CPG Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James F. Corum, Kenneth L. Corum, Christopher R. Lamon, James M. Salvitti, Jr., Robert S. Galloway, Jr., James T. Darnell, Fredrick A. Genz, Wes Pogorzelski, Michael P. Taylor, Philip V. Pesavento, Timothy J. Lougheed, Jr., Jerry A. Lomax
  • Method and apparatus for storing kinetic energy within an automatic transmission accumulator
    Patent number: 10443711
    Abstract: A vehicle having a controller is provided. The controller may be configured to, responsive to identification of a braking event predicted to occur in the future, hydraulically charge an accumulator, and responsive to a pressure of the accumulator exceeding a first threshold, cease charging the accumulator, and satisfy transmission line pressure demand with pressure from the accumulator to begin depleting the accumulator to a before initiation of the braking event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ram Sudarsan Devendran, John Edward Brevick, Steven Anatole Frait
  • Nanostructured PEMFC electrode
    Patent number: 10446851
    Abstract: An electrode for a fuel cell includes a catalyst layer adjacent to a gas diffusion layer and a proton exchange membrane, and ionomer-free active metal-loaded carbon nanostructures and active metal-free ionomer-coated carbon nanostructures arranged to define pores therebetween to facilitate transport of reactant gases and product water in the fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zijie Lu, Jun Yang, Mark S. Sulek, Chunchuan Xu, Kerrie K. Gath
  • Porous nanostructured polyimide networks and methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 10442693
    Abstract: Porous three-dimensional networks of polyimide and porous three-dimensional networks of carbon and methods of their manufacture are described. For example, polyimide aerogels are prepared by mixing a dianhydride and a diisocyanate in a solvent comprising a pyrrolidone and acetonitrile at room temperature to form a sol-gel material and supercritically drying the sol-gel material to form the polyimide aerogel. Porous three-dimensional polyimide networks, such as polyimide aerogels, may also exhibit a fibrous morphology. Having a porous three-dimensional polyimide network undergo an additional step of pyrolysis may result in the three dimensional network being converted to a purely carbon skeleton, yielding a porous three-dimensional carbon network. The carbon network, having been derived from a fibrous polyimide network, may also exhibit a fibrous morphology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Aerogel Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Leventis, Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Chakkaravarthy Chidambareswarapattar
  • Electrified vehicle battery packs with battery attachment features
    Patent number: 10446893
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a heat exchanger plate having a first attachment feature and a battery assembly having a second attachment feature configured to engage the first attachment feature as the battery assembly is moved against the heat exchanger plate to thermally couple the battery assembly to the heat exchanger plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Hyung Min Baek
  • Systems, methods, and devices for fusion of predicted path attributes and drive history
    Patent number: 10444763
    Abstract: A method for providing path attributes to controllers in a vehicle includes determining a most probable path for a vehicle. The method includes obtaining attributed predicted path attributes based on a map and obtaining drive history path attributes based on a drive history. The method further includes generating combined path attributes based on the path attributes from the attributed predicted path and the path attributes from the drive history. The method also includes providing the combined path attributes to one or more controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Vincent Myers, Shane Elwart, David A Herman
  • Dentist tool
    Patent number: 10441382
    Abstract: Method for producing a dentist tool formed by an overlay to be used by a dentist in removing tooth structure, said method comprising the steps of: acquiring three-dimensional data relating to a shape of a tooth and at least a part of a neighboring tooth; processing said three-dimensional data with a computer so as to determine an overlay fitting said tooth and fitting at least said part of said neighboring tooth; further processing said three-dimensional data with said computer so as to determine a predetermined part of tooth structure to be removed from said tooth so as to prepare said tooth for further treatment; determining at least two guiding edges of which a first and a second guiding edge are spaced apart from each other by a distance d of at least 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Viax Dental Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Evelyne Jacquemyns