Patents Assigned to IS Technologies, LLC
  • Data storage cartridge with magnetic head-disc interface (HDI)
    Patent number: 10446186
    Abstract: Apparatus for data storage in a cartridge library archival system. In some embodiments, a plurality of portable data storage cartridges are provided. Each cartridge has a sealed housing which encloses at least one head-disc interface (HDI) with a magnetic data transducer adjacent a rotatable data recording medium. An access station has control electronics configured to transfer data signals between a memory and the transducer of a selected cartridge loaded to the access station. The access station further has an external voice coil motor (VCM) configured to engage and advance the transducer of the selected cartridge across a recording surface of the medium. A transport mechanism can be used to automatically load the cartridges to the access station. Multiple cartridges can be loaded sequentially or concurrently to support various data transfer operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Riyan Alex Mendonsa, Jason Bryce Gadbois, Tim Rausch, Brett R. Herdendorf, Krishnan Subramanian
  • Wind energy kite tail
    Patent number: 10442524
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerial vehicle with a horizontal tailplane disposed along a bottom edge of a vertical tailfin. Namely, the aerial vehicle includes an empennage attached to the fuselage via a tail boom and a tail coupling. The empennage includes a vertical tailfin that extends below the tail coupling. The empennage also includes a tube arranged along a leading edge of the vertical tailfin and below the tail coupling of the aerial vehicle. The empennage additionally includes one or more rotating actuators and a horizontal tailplane. The horizontal tailplane is coupled to the tail via the tube and includes a continuous leading edge and a cutout. The one or more rotating actuators are configured rotate the horizontal tailplane about an axis of the tube. At least a portion of the vertical tailfin is configured to pass through the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Makani Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Treat, Jérôme Sicard, Campbell McLaren, Thomas Van Alsenoy
  • Soybean variety 01064245
    Patent number: 10440908
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064245. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064245. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064245 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064245 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Carrin Carlson
  • Auto-lock energy absorber for pedestrian protection and low speed damageability targets
    Patent number: 10442377
    Abstract: A bumper assembly for a motor vehicle includes an energy absorber providing a variable stiffness for different displacements. The energy absorber includes a skin portion attached to a bumper beam, a rib pivotally attached to an end of the skin portion and a reinforced element attached to an end of the rib. The rib is movable from a first position that provides a first stiffness for a first displacement to a second position providing a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness over a second displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Romero, Oscar Saavedra, Jesús Marini
  • Hand-held controllers including electrically conductive springs for head-mounted-display systems
    Patent number: 10447265
    Abstract: A hand-held controller for a head-mounted-display system may include (1) a printed circuit board, (2) an electronic component that is separate from the printed circuit board, and (3) at least one conductive spring. The at least one conductive spring may include (1) a circuit-board connection portion electrically coupled to the printed circuit board and (2) a component connection portion electrically coupled to the electronic component. The at least one conductive spring may include an electrically conductive material that electrically couples the electronic component to the printed circuit board. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Glen Jason Tompkins, Bradley Morris Johnson
  • Sharing services between deduplication systems
    Patent number: 10445292
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes to share data storage-related services between multiple deduplication systems. A determination is made as to whether a shared file that exists in a library of shared files corresponds to a local file. In response to a determination that the shared file exists in the library of shared files, the local file is virtually segmented into data segments, and local virtual mapping metadata is generated based, at least in part, on the data segments. The local virtual mapping metadata is then stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xianbo Zhang, Zhuhua Yin
  • Vascular closure device suture tension limiting and indication mechanism
    Patent number: 10441257
    Abstract: An apparatus and system that includes an elongated body, a vascular closure device that can occlude a hole in a vessel wall coupled to a distal end of the elongated body, a sleeve assembly and a biasing member arranged to elastically deform coupled between the elongated body and the sleeve assembly, wherein the vascular closure device is pliant and is deformable to fit with the sleeve assembly but is too large to fit within the sleeve assembly without deforming it and where application of tension to the elongated body by retracting the sleeve assembly away from the deployed vascular closure device elastically deforms the biasing member and exerts a force on the vascular closure device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Cleon Stanley, Ram H. Paul, Jr.
  • Electronic device holder
    Patent number: 10442367
    Abstract: An electronic device holder is provided that comprises a support member operably coupled to a housing and pivotable between first and second positions. The support member includes first and second arms defining a slot. The electronic device holder further comprises a locking assembly disposed within a cavity. The locking assembly is configured to secure the support member in one of the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Ramon Gachuz Navarro, Eduardo Arturo Aguilar Ruelas
  • Vent register with hollow actuator carrying a fragrance element
    Patent number: 10442275
    Abstract: A vent register includes an adjustable vane, an actuator carried on the adjustable vane and a fragrance element carried on the actuator. A related method of distributing a fragrance in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raul Ahuitzol Quintanar, Francisco Javier Villanueva
  • ADJUSTING VOLTAGE ON ADJACENT WORD LINE DURING VERIFY OF MEMORY CELLS ON SELECTED WORD LINE IN MULTI-PASS PROGRAMMING
    Publication number: 20190311772
    Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for programming memory cells with a narrow threshold voltage (Vth) distribution in a memory device. In one approach, the final pass of a multi-pass program operation on a word line WLn includes applying a variable voltage to WLn+1 during verify tests on WLn. The variable voltage (Vread) can be an increasing function of the verify voltage on WLn, and thus a function of the data state for which the verify test is performed. In one approach, Vread on WLn+1 is stepped up with each increase in the verify voltage on WLn. The step size in Vread can be the same as, or different than, the step size in the verify voltage. Vread can be different for each different verify voltage, or multiple verify voltages can be grouped for use with a common Vread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Vinh Diep, Ching-Huang Lu, Zhengyi Zhang, Yingda Dong
  • Medical Cannulae, Delivery Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20190307590
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to cannulae, delivery systems, methods of making cannulae, and methods of making delivery systems. A delivery system comprises an elongate outer tubular member defining an outer tubular member lumen, a cannula having a circumferential wall extending between a proximal end and a distal end and defining an interior lumen, and an intraluminal medical device disposed within the outer tubular member lumen distal to the cannula and not about the cannula. A pattern of openings arranged in an interrupted spiral extends circumferentially along the cannula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joshua Frye Krieger, Melissa Lonn
  • VEHICLE DOOR ENTRY SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190309563
    Abstract: A door entry system for a vehicle is provided. The door entry system for a vehicle includes a door, an actuator, a puddle lamp generating light beam, a light sensor configured to sense reflected light from the light beam, and a controller processing a light signal generated by the light sensor and controlling activation of the actuator to open the door in response to sensing a user entering the beam of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Aaron Bradley Johnson, James Kostrzewa
  • MULTI-RESISTANCE MRAM
    Publication number: 20190312195
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for magnetoresistive random access memory. A magnetic tunnel junction for storing data may include a reference layer, a barrier layer, and a free layer. A barrier layer may be disposed between a reference layer and a free layer. A free layer may include a nucleation region and an arm. A nucleation region may be configured to form a magnetic domain wall. An arm may be narrower than a nucleation region and may extend from the nucleation region. An arm may include a plurality of pinning sites formed at predetermined locations along the arm for pinning a domain wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Young-Suk Choi, Won Ho Choi
  • DUAL RELEASE DOSAGE FORM CAPSULE AND METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20190307699
    Abstract: Capsule forming machines that form a dual dosage capsule have superimposed upper and lower plates that are each rotatable about an axis of rotation. Each of the upper and lower plates define a plurality of voids for receiving a shell body or a capsule member of a capsule that are positioned to define a plurality of stations. A first distribution device is operatively positioned at one of the plurality of stations of each of the upper and lower plates and an actuator is operatively connected to either of the upper or lower plates. The actuator lifts and lowers the upper plate or the lower plate relative to the other plate and/or pivots the upper plate or the lower plate relative to the other plate transverse to the rotational axis to move a capsule assembly station thereof toward to the other plate and then away from the other plate at predetermined times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Gel Cap Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: John PUCKETT
  • STORAGE FOR SEATING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190308533
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat and a seatback. The seatback includes a vehicle facing portion. The vehicle facing portion includes a first bracket and a second bracket mounted to a frame and a module mounted to the first bracket and the second bracket. The module includes protrusions that are rotatably coupled to first apertures in the first bracket and a mounting apparatus for securing the module to the second bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Ewel, Corbin Johnston, Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Gregory Hagedorn
  • VEHICLE WHEEL TORQUE ADJUSTMENT
    Publication number: 20190308555
    Abstract: A computer in a vehicle includes a processor programmed to apply, on the vehicle, upon detecting an occupant alertness level below a first threshold, a first periodic component to a first torque applied to one or more first-end wheels and a second periodic component to a second torque applied to one or more second-end wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: DOUGLAS RAYMOND MARTIN, KENNETH J. MILLER
  • CONCRETE CROSSTIE
    Publication number: 20190309483
    Abstract: A monoblock concrete crosstie for railway tracks that achieves a high performance in operation includes a steel structure that is formed from ultra-resistant high strength steel plates embedded in a concrete element and having pre-stressed cold rolled wires with ends that form button head knots which are anchored to the steel plates. The crosstie includes rail seats with a convex channeled formation that is mateable with an extending member of a faceplate wherein the railseat has a width less than the width of the faceplate, and a center of the face plate has a first distance from a center of the concrete element and a center of the rails seat has a second distance from the center of the concrete element, the first distance greater than the second distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Gutanna Innovative Concrete and Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mauricio Javier Gutierrez Romero
  • Axle Assembly and Method of Manufacture
    Publication number: 20190308476
    Abstract: An axle assembly includes an axle housing having first and second arm portions that extend in opposite directions from a center portion, and an axle interface bracket that is fixedly mounted to the first arm portion. The axle interface bracket includes a base, holes extend from a bottom surface of the base, and channel walls that extend from the base and are disposed opposite the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivasa Perumal Rengasamy, Ryong-Uk Kwon
  • VEHICLE-INTEGRATED DRONE
    Publication number: 20190313228
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the instructions including receiving an alert signal, deploying a drone from a host vehicle in response to receiving the alert signal, and commanding the drone to follow the host vehicle and to present a perceptible alert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Francisco Javier FERREIRA, Gerardo VELAZQUEZ MONROY, Joan Manuel HERNANDEZ, Erick GARCIA DOMINGUEZ
  • Vehicle hood
    Patent number: D863155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Dewitt, Todd Willing, Max Wolff