Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Systems and methods for manufactured modular construction
    Patent number: 10787829
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may enable manufactured modular construction. The various embodiment manufactured modular construction systems, methods, and devices may offer a solution to the housing shortage worldwide that is less than half the cost of the cost of current modular buildings. Various embodiments may include interlocking vertical and horizontal elements. Various embodiments may include a locking system pulling upper horizontal elements of an embodiment modular building toward lower horizontal elements and/or a foundation or a lower floor of the embodiment modular building to thereby lock vertical elements and vertical panels in place between the upper horizontal elements and the lower horizontal elements, foundation, and/or lower floor. In various embodiments, the locking system may include a shock absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: MMC-3 HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Gilbert Meyer, Ethan Wong
  • Rear tail lamp with integrated window for lighting a deployed tailgate
    Patent number: 10787118
    Abstract: An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tail lamp housing including a first cutout, a body panel including a second cutout, and at least one light source positioned to transmit light through the first and second cutouts to illuminate a cargo surface. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing a cargo member that is moveable between an open position and a closed position and mounting at least one tail lamp adjacent to the cargo member, wherein the tail lamp includes a first cutout. The method further includes forming a second cutout in a body panel and transmitting light through the first and second cutouts to illuminate a cargo surface when the cargo member is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Andrew Augusty
  • Hybrid energy storage and delivery devices for hybrid electric vehicles
    Patent number: 10787203
    Abstract: A hybrid energy storage and delivery device includes a plastic enclosure that establishes a first sealed chamber and a second sealed chamber. The first sealed chamber is configured as a fuel tank for storing a liquid fuel and the second sealed chamber is configured as a battery pack for storing electrical energy. Thus, the fuel tank and battery pack may be integrated together within a single enclosure in order to improve vehicle packaging efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kevin A. Montgomery, Hari Krishna Addanki, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Keith Kearney
  • Lactose-free ice cream
    Patent number: 10785994
    Abstract: Lactose-free ice cream compositions, and methods for making lactose-free ice cream, are provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Minus the Moo LLC
    Inventor: Kathryn Elise Flannery
  • Gas lift valve having shear open mechanism for pressure testing
    Patent number: 10787889
    Abstract: For gas lift, gas lift valves install on a completion in a wellbore. The gas lift valve has a pressure-sensitive valve and a check valve configured to control communication in the valve. A piston is held closed with a first connection relative to the valve's outlet exposed to tubing pressure, while the check valve is held open in the valve with a second connection. Pressure testing can be performed on the integrity of the tubing and casing by increasing the tubing and annulus pressures while the piston stays closed. The gas lift valve is then actuated for operation by increasing the tubing or annulus pressure beyond a predetermined limit of the first connection to release the piston to move open relative to the outlet. The movement of the piston releases the hold of the second connection on the check valve so the check valve can function normally as a one-way valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Zlatko Salihbegovic, Stephen D. Long, Lance W. Racca, Brian M. Sternaman
  • Radiation detectors employing contemporaneous detection and decontamination
    Patent number: 10790070
    Abstract: Radiation detectors and methods of using the radiation detectors that provide a route for surface decontamination during use are described. The detectors utilize light illumination of an internal surface during use. Light is in the longer UV to near-infrared spectra and desorbs contamination from internal surfaces of radiation detectors. The methods can be carried out while the detectors are in operation, preventing the appearance of the negative effects of radioactive and non-radioactive contamination during a detection regime and following a detection regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: George K. Larsen, III, Simona E. Hunyadi Murph
  • Synchronizing sensing systems
    Patent number: 10791534
    Abstract: In a message receiver, a receipt timestamp is assigned according to a time of wirelessly receiving a message. Object data about an object is extracted from the message, including a timestamp adjustment for the object from a message sender. An estimated sender capture timestamp is assigned to the object by subtracting the timestamp adjustment and an estimated message transmission latency from the receipt timestamp; a receiver capture timestamp is assigned to receiver object data captured in the receiver. The sender object data and the receiver object data are combined according to the estimated sender capture timestamp and the receiver capture timestamp, thereby generating combined object data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mostafa Parchami, Linjun Zhang, Helen Elizabeth Kourous-Harrigan, Gintaras Vincent Puskorius
  • Space-efficient, high throughput fermenting system for producing alcohol-limited kombucha
    Patent number: 10787634
    Abstract: Equipment for fermentation of beverages, particularly kombucha, that limits alcohol production during fermentation, increases throughput by reducing fermentation times, and utilizes production plant floorspace efficiently. Unlike traditional fermentation equipment that uses large, often cylindrical, vats, embodiments of the invention use vertical stacks of relatively shallow fermentation trays. The shallow trays increase the ratio of surface area to liquid volume, thereby improving oxygen flow to the fermenting liquid; increased oxygen flow reduces alcohol production for kombucha and reduces fermentation time. Air gaps between trays in the vertical stack, and headspace between the top of the fermenting liquid and the tray top edges, are optimized to promote oxygen flow. Fermentation trays are stacked vertically to maintain high production capacity with limited facility floorspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: CLEAR CRAFT, LLC
    Inventors: Toby Tull, David Aycock
  • Electric drive for electric vehicles
    Patent number: 10790775
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an inverter having first and second half bridges configured to provide multiphase voltage to an electric machine. The vehicle further includes a controller configured to activate a switch of the first half bridge and pulse width modulate a switch of the second half bridge to conduct resonant output on a rail of the inverter to the electric machine such that the multiphase voltage is created for at least a sixth of a cycle of the electric machine. The activation is responsive to a torque command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen
  • Command scheduling for target latency distribution
    Patent number: 10789013
    Abstract: A storage device controller includes a scheduler that implements selection logic for selecting commands for execution from a command queue according to a probability based on an in-queue age of each pending command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Timothy R. Feldman
  • Optically transparent superhydrophobic thin film
    Patent number: 10787586
    Abstract: A coating that can be easily applied, clear, well-bonded, and superhydrophobic is disclosed. In one aspect, a method for coating a substrate comprises providing a substrate having a surface, disposing a coating composition adjacent the surface, the composition comprising a hydrophobic fluorinated solvent, a binder comprising a hydrophobic fluorinated polymer, and hydrophobic fumed silica nanoparticles. Also disclosed is an article comprising a coating layer, the coating layer comprising a plurality of nanoparticles partially exposed on an outward surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventor: John T. Simpson
  • Differential pressure indicator for downhole isolation valve
    Patent number: 10787900
    Abstract: A differential pressure indicator (DPI) for use with a downhole isolation valve includes a tubular mandrel for assembly as part of a casing string and for receiving a tubular string. The mandrel has a stop shoulder and a piston shoulder. The DPI further includes a tubular housing for assembly as part of the casing string and for receiving the tubular string. The housing is movable relative to the mandrel between an extended position and a retracted position and has a stop shoulder and a piston shoulder. The DPI further includes a hydraulic chamber formed between the piston shoulders and a coupling in communication with the hydraulic chamber and for connection to a sensing line. The housing is movable relative to the mandrel and to the extended position in response to tension exerted on the DPI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Kyle Allen King, Joe Noske, Christopher L. McDowell, Brian A. Mickens
  • Acoustic guitar strap lock adapter
    Patent number: 10789919
    Abstract: An acoustic guitar strap lock adapter that utilizes a conventional strap lock system in a manner that does not require modification to be made to the guitar. The adapter includes an elongated body having first and second ends, a first opening formed through the elongated body adjacent the first end thereof and being internally threaded to co-axially engage with the guitar's pick-up jack; and a second opening formed through the elongated body adjacent the second end thereof and being configured to securely receive a strap lock therein, whereby the guitar strap can be anchored to the acoustic guitar at a position offset from the pick-up jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Music Nomad, LLC
    Inventors: Rand Rognlien, Glen C. Wolff
  • Remote cooking systems and methods
    Patent number: 10789827
    Abstract: A remote temperature monitoring system includes a first unit operatively connected to one or more temperature sensors for sensing the temperature of one or more materials or food items being cooked or heated. The first unit transmits the sensed temperature to a second unit that is located remotely from the first unit during heating. The second unit is programmable with the desired temperature and/or heating parameters of the item. By monitoring the temperature status of the item over time, the system determines when the food has reached the desired temperature or degree of cooking, and notifies the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Weber-Stephen Products LLC
    Inventor: Christopher J. Allen, Sr.
  • Systems and methods for modeling quantum entanglement and performing quantum communication
    Patent number: 10790913
    Abstract: Systems and methods of modeling the structure and behavior of the quantum continuum based on geometrical principles are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods of modeling quantum structure and behavior may include modeling a region of space as a three-dimensional projection of a field of N-dimensional hard-spheres, modeling a stable particle within the region of space as a locally stably packed set of hard-spheres, defining an energy subspace comprising one or more additional dimensions, and modeling an energy of the stable particle as an amount of hard-sphere geometry shifted out of the three spatial dimensions into the energy subspace sufficient for the set of hard-spheres to pack stably. Systems and methods for modeling virtual particles and performing quantum communication are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Omnisent, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Eric Henningsen, Clifford Tureman Lewis
  • Duffle bag
    Patent number: D897102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Erik Steven Larson, Derek G. Sullivan, Alex Baires, Jeffrey Charles Munie
  • Ribbed convolution muffler
    Patent number: D897254
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Kanzal Venkatesha, Chandrakesavan Balasubramanian, Ravindra Parihar, Dattatraya Bhagoji
  • Stylus loop assembly including a stylus loop, stylus, and computer
    Patent number: D897346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Claudepierre, Christophe Koch, Joseph Tsao
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D897462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Bradley D. Schweigert, Michael R. Nicolette, Caleb S. Kroloff
  • Rotary auger tube fishing rod handle holder
    Patent number: D897488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Decoy Stake Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Brooks