Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Methods and apparatus for controlling an electronic power assisted steering motor in response to detecting engine stall while restarting an auto stop-start engine
    Patent number: 10793184
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for controlling an electronic power assisted steering (EPAS) motor in response to detecting engine stall while restarting an auto stop-start engine are described. A controller is to ramp out current from an EPAS motor in response to detecting that an auto stop-start engine is stalled. The controller is also to invoke a stall recovery attempt at the auto stop-start engine in response to the ramp out of current. The controller is also to ramp in current to the EPAS motor in response to detecting that the auto stop-start engine has been successfully restarted based on the stall recovery attempt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hafiz Khafagy, Hussam Makkiya
  • Processes and apparatus for extraction of substances and enriched extracts from plant material
    Patent number: 10793498
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to scalable processes for extracting, refining and fracationating extracts of natural products, such as plant material and for providing well controlled refined extracts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BIOMASS OIL SEPARATION SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Patrick Jansen, Neta Matis, Noa Lapidot, Adam F. Tracy, Lucas A. Burke
  • Method and system for distributing electronic accident status information over a network to a remote subscriber portable computing device during or after a vehicle accident
    Patent number: 10796578
    Abstract: A method and system for distributing electronic vehicle accident status information over a network to a remote subscriber portable computing device during and after a vehicle accident may include transmitting a downloadable client application over a communications network to a portable computing device (PCD) for running on the portable computing device and for communicating with the server over the communications network. The server may receive profile information about a person and at least one vehicle from the communications network via the client application. The client application may then receive an accident report name with the client application and then display on the PCD a check-list of actions for completion in order to complete the accident report associated with the accident report name. At least one action controls a camera function of the PCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: FENDER2FENDER, LLC
    Inventor: Clemist Jackson
  • Electrical discharge prevention in bearing for submersible pump motor using a conductive spring between a sleeve and a carrier body
    Patent number: 10797555
    Abstract: A submersible pump electrical motor has a bearing sleeve between first and second rotor sections and mounted to the shaft for rotation in unison. An insert sleeve surrounds the bearing sleeve. A carrier body surrounds the insert sleeve. A carrier anti-rotation ring on an outer diameter of the carrier body engages the bore of the stator. First and second seal rings are axially spaced apart from each other between an outer diameter of the insert sleeve and an inner diameter of the carrier body. A hole in the carrier body has an inner end at the inner diameter of the carrier body. An electrically conductive coil spring within the hole has an inner end protruding through the inner end of the hole into contact with the outer diameter of the insert sleeve, creating electrical continuity between the insert sleeve and the carrier body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Spencer Wilcox, James Clingman
  • Live meeting object in a calendar view
    Patent number: 10796286
    Abstract: A calendar view is rendered on a user interface (UI). A scheduled meeting in a time slot of the calendar view, initially without an interactive control to join the scheduled meeting. In response to determining that a start time for the scheduled meeting is within a threshold time, the representation of the scheduled meeting is converted to a live meeting object within the calendar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Randall Sexauer, Ewin Davis Kannuthottiyil, Kevin Daniel Morrison, Amey Parandekar
  • Thermally efficient connector system
    Patent number: 10797451
    Abstract: A connector assembly can be provided. A receptacle includes terminals that can be positioned in a card slot on a 0.60 mm pitch (or greater). A biasing element can be provided in the card slot to engage a mating paddle card. The receptacle can be configured to allow air to flow from a front face to a rear face, the air passing through a middle wall. A plug assembly can be provided that includes a conductive body and is configured to generate some amount of heat. The body can include a surface that has cooling grooves. The cooling grooves allow air flow over the plug assembly so that the plug assembly can be cooled directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Kent E. Regnier
  • Networked communications control for vehicles
    Patent number: 10798104
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a lower security network (LSN) and higher security network (HSN) having therebetween a read only filter and path in parallel to respectively exclusively pass data from the LSN to the HSN, and from the HSN to the LSN. The vehicle includes a gateway controller configured to alter a duty cycle associated with the filter according to utilization of the HSN to alter a data rate through the filter but not through the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Omar Makke, Jalal Mohammed Makke
  • Beacon-triggered activation of a near field communication application
    Patent number: 10798551
    Abstract: An automated method is provided for activating a NFC application in a mobile interface device. In this method, the device receives from a beacon a wireless beacon signal comprising at least one beacon identifier. The wireless beacon signal is processed by the mobile interface device to determine the at least one beacon identifier. The mobile interface device determines based on the at least one beacon identifier, whether to activate the NFC application. Responsive to a determination that the NFC application should be activated, the mobile interface device transitions the NFC application from a passive state to an active state. NFC communication is then established between the mobile interface device and at least one NFC transmitting device disposed within a beacon range volume defined by the beacon location and the beacon range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: David Gabriele, Wayne Lutz, Lin Ni Lisa Cheng, Daniel John Marsch, Tyler Maiman, Saleem Ahmed Sangi, Kevin Osborn
  • Suggesting pre-created groups based on a user web identity and online interactions
    Patent number: 10796384
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method for generating groupings of users at a social networking service is provided, the method includes determining identifying information for a user, identifying one or more other users having a set of identifying information in common with the user, generating a group including the user and the one or more other users, associating the set of identifying information common between the user and the one or more other users with the group and providing recommendations to the user for activity with respect to the one or more other users based on the set of identifying information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jason Robert Richard Sanio, Courtney Hampson
  • Method and apparatus for initiating a medicine control action
    Patent number: 10796789
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for initiating a medicine control action are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor receives at least one picture, the at least one picture comprising an image of one or more pills and a respective prescription bottle of each one of the one or more pills, determines the medicine control action is required in response to the receiving the at least one picture, establishes a data connection with an endpoint device in response to the determining, and initiates the medicine control action over the data connection to the endpoint device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: AT&T Mobility II LLC, AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Sheldon Kent Meredith, William Cottrill
  • Spin-transfer torque MRAM with a negative magnetic anisotropy assist layer and methods of operating the same
    Patent number: 10797227
    Abstract: A MRAM device includes a magnetic tunnel junction containing a reference layer having a fixed magnetization direction, a free layer, and a nonmagnetic tunnel barrier layer located between the reference layer and the free layer, a negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer having negative magnetic anisotropy that provides an in-plane magnetization within a plane that is perpendicular to the fixed magnetization direction, and a first nonmagnetic spacer layer located between the free layer and the negative-magnetic-anisotropy assist layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Quang Le, Zhanjie Li, Zhigang Bai, Paul Vanderheijden, Michael Ho
  • Electrohydraulic counterbalance and pressure relief valve
    Patent number: 10794510
    Abstract: An example valve includes a main stage, a pilot stage, and a solenoid actuator. The main stage includes a sleeve and a piston axially movable within the sleeve. The piston defines a cavity therein. The pilot stage includes a pilot pin received at, and axially movable in, the cavity of the piston, where the piston forms a pilot seat at which the pilot pin is seated when the valve is in a closed state. The solenoid actuator includes a solenoid coil, an armature, and a solenoid spring. The solenoid spring applies a biasing force in a distal direction on the pilot pin to seat the pilot pin at the pilot seat. Energizing the solenoid coil causes the armature to move in a proximal direction, thereby reducing the biasing force that the solenoid spring applies on the pilot pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Hydraulics, LLC
    Inventors: Oscar Pena, Bernd Zähe
  • Gas inlet fixture and air shutter
    Patent number: 10794591
    Abstract: A burner assembly including a gas inlet fixture for use with a burner tube, the gas inlet fixture including a plurality of tabs to engage a neck of a gas control valve to improve ignition and center the gas flow down the center of the burner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC
    Inventors: Roy N. Voss, Mohammed Shoeb
  • Reactor loop fouling monitor for rotating equipment in a petrochemical plant or refinery
    Patent number: 10794401
    Abstract: A plant or refinery may include equipment such as condensers, regenerators, distillation columns, rotating equipment, compressors, pumps, turbines, or the like. Different operating methods may impact deterioration in equipment condition, thereby prolonging equipment life, extending production operating time, or providing other benefits. Mechanical or digital sensors may be used for monitoring equipment to determine whether problems are developing. For example, sensors may be used in conjunction with one or more system components to perform invariant mapping, monitor system operating characteristics, and/or predict pressure, volume, surges, reactor loop fouling, gas quality, or the like. An operating condition (e.g., of one or more pieces of equipment in the plant or refinery) may be adjusted to prolong equipment life or avoid equipment failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Michael Van de Cotte, Ian G. Horn
  • Denture reference and registration system
    Patent number: 10792131
    Abstract: An improved denture system is disclosed. An improved denture system has a support bar and an artificial denture base. The denture base has an oversize cutout and a corresponding cavity and the support bar has a plurality of reference posts which mechanically interface with the corresponding cavity so that the support bar is connected to the artificial denture base and provides reinforcement and stability to the denture system. The shape and position of the reference posts fully constrains the support bar in a fixed position with reference to the denture base. In one embodiment, the denture base snap-fits onto the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Global Dental Science, LLC
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Michael Grobbee, Jerry Gaubert
  • Condensate management device for a turbocharged engine
    Patent number: 10794338
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for managing condensate within an inlet of a turbine. In one example, a method or system may include using a channel shape along a wall of an inlet. The channel shape transporting condensate to deliver the condensate to a wheel or rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Graham John Crawley, Simon Thistlethwaite, Russell Gayler
  • Server farm management
    Patent number: 10795733
    Abstract: A cloud manager controls the deployment and management of machines for an online service. A build system creates deployment-ready virtual hard disks (VHDs) that are installed on machines that are spread across one or more networks in farms that each may include different configurations. The build system is configured to build VHDs of differing configurations that depend on a role of the virtual machine (VM) for which the VHD will be used. The build system uses the VHDs to create virtual machines (VMs) in both test and production environments for the online service. The cloud manager system automatically provisions machines with the created virtual hard disks (VHDs). Identical VHDs can be installed directly on the machines that have already been tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason M. Cahill, Alexander Hopmann, Marc Keith Windle, Erick Raymundo Lerma
  • Systems and methods for continuous replanning of vehicle trajectories
    Patent number: 10794704
    Abstract: A method and system for continuously re-planning a vehicle's path, in the face of stationary and moving obstacles, dynamically calculates a new path in real time which is both efficient and maintains minimum safety clearances relative to obstacles. Repulsion signals emanating from obstacles and propagating through delineated sections of a grid representing a geographic space are summed along with values representing the relative distance of the sections from the vehicle origin and vehicle destination. The grid sections having optimal values according to a predetermined criteria represent an efficient and safe travel path between the vehicle origin and destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC
    Inventor: James W. Herriot
  • Multi-target detection in CDMA radar system
    Patent number: 10795013
    Abstract: A system and method to perform multi-target detection in a code division multiple access (CDMA) radar system involve transmitting, from each transmitter among T transmitters, a transmitted signal with a different code, and receiving, at each receiver among one or more receivers, a received signal that includes reflections resulting from each of the transmitted signals with the different codes. The method includes processing the received signal at each of the one or more receivers by implementing T processing chains. Each of the T processing chains is iterative. The method also includes detecting an object at each completed iteration at each of the T processing chains, and subtracting a subtraction signal representing a contribution of the object to the received signal prior to subsequent iterations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Gaston Solodky, Shahar Villeval, Oren Longman, Igal Bilik
  • Determining audience state or interest using passive sensor data
    Patent number: 10798438
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses for determining an audience's state or interest using passive sensor data. The techniques receive sensor data that measures an audience during presentation of a media program. The techniques, based on this sensor data, then determine a state or interest of the audience members during the media program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Conrad, Geoffrey J. Hulten, Kyle J. Krum, Umaimah A. Mendhro, Darren B. Remington