Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Illumination display platforms and related methods
    Patent number: 10783810
    Abstract: An illumination display platform is provided. The platform includes an illumination source, like an LED strip, that provides lighting effects in connection with an art element and a panel system when the art element and panel system are in electrical and magnetic communication with one another. The illumination display platform permits tool-free assembly and disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Tectonics Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Christian Tan
  • Third-party provider method and system
    Patent number: 10783529
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing negotiable economic credits through, or at the request of, a hand held device in association with a third-party provider communicative with the hand held device and/or a point of sale. At least one negotiable economic credit can be transferred from a third-party provider communicative with the hand held device to the hand held device and/or point of sale. The negotiable economic credit can be stored within a memory of the hand held device and/or point of sale for retrieval and processing at a point of sale associated with a retail establishment and/or by a hand held device. The negotiable economic credit can be associated with a security module for protecting the privacy of the negotiable economic credit. A user profile can be compiled for utilization during the retrieval of the negotiable economic credit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt LLC
    Inventors: Luis M. Ortiz, Kermit D. Lopez
  • Ferrule-less fiber optic connector
    Patent number: 10782484
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cable and connector assembly including a fiber optic cable and a ferrule-less fiber optic connector. The ferrule-less fiber optic connector includes a main connector body including a distal end and a proximal end. The fiber optic connector also includes a fiber fixation component that mounts within the main connector body and that axially fixes a portion of an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable within the main connector body. The optical fiber includes a bare fiber portion that extends distally beyond the fiber fixation component and includes a free-end portion located at the distal end of the main connector body. The free-end portion is not supported by a ferrule. The optical fiber is anchored relative to the fiber fixation component before the fiber fixation component is mounted within the main connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Michael Lawrence Gurreri
  • Security risk evaluation across user devices
    Patent number: 10785251
    Abstract: Device users today are increasingly using multiple smart connected devices simultaneously in order to manage their online lives and increase their productivity. This makes it difficult for users to accurately gauge or feel confident about their overall online security and privacy levels, and it also increases potential attack avenues for malicious actors. Interconnections and relationships between such smart connected devices may also further increase and complicate the security implications of the user's multi-device connected world. The systems and methods disclosed herein provide a single reference point to users that allows them to evaluate the security and privacy aspects of their various online activities and multi-device ecosystem via a single Security and Privacy Score (SPS) value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Rahul Deshpande, German Lancioni, Celeste Fralick
  • Stapling instrument for use with a robotic system
    Patent number: 10780539
    Abstract: A stapling instrument for use with a robotic surgical system is disclosed. The stapling instrument comprises a housing, a shaft, a loading unit, a firing drive, an articulation drive, and a rotation drive. The housing comprises a first, second, and third rotatable members. The loading unit comprises a staple cartridge and a firing drive. The firing drive is operably coupled to the first rotatable member and configured to convert rotary motion of the first rotatable member to linear motion to eject staples from the staple cartridge. The articulation drive is operably coupled to the second rotatable member and configured to convert rotary motion of the second rotatable member to linear motion to articulate a first jaw and a second jaw of the loading unit. The rotation drive is configured to rotate the shaft about a longitudinal axis and is operably coupled to the third rotatable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, James R. Giordano, Jeffrey S. Swayze
  • Dynamic exchange of data between processing units of a system
    Patent number: 10785296
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for making data stored in channels of shared memory available across a communication network that couples multiple distinct processing units (e.g., of a robot). In various implementations, a channel may be established in shared memory of a first processing unit. A publisher process executing on the first processing unit may publish data to the channel, and a remote subscriber process executing on a second processing unit may subscribe to the channel. A persistent network connection over a communication network may be established between the first and second processing units. Data published to the channel by the publisher process may be read directly from the local memory of the first processing unit by or on behalf of one or more local subscriber processes, and may be transmitted over the communication network to the remote subscriber process using the persistent network connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: David Allison
  • Motor controller with accurate current measurement
    Patent number: 10784810
    Abstract: A motor control system for reducing or eliminating current ripple error during current sampling comprises a motor having a plurality of phase coils, a motor driver circuit having a plurality of switches coupled to the plurality of phase coils to drive current through the phase coils, and a motor controller circuit configured to provide a plurality of output control signals coupled to the plurality of switches. A phase circuit modifies a first output control signal to produce a modified control signal that is out of phase with a second output control signal. A current measuring circuit is included to measure a current through the motor by measuring the current during a first time period when the first output control signal is active and measuring the current during a second time period when the modified control signal is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
    Inventor: Yisong Lu
  • Reception apparatus and data processing method
    Patent number: 10785525
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a reception apparatus and a data processing method that enable clock synchronization in a more suitable manner. The reception apparatus receives a digital broadcast signal of an IP transmission method that includes time information and a stream of content. The time information includes a seconds field and a nanoseconds field. The reception apparatus then generates a processing clock synchronized with the time information on the basis of the time information included in the digital broadcast signal, and processes the stream included in the digital broadcast signal on the basis of the processing clock. The present technology can be applied to, for example, television receivers conforming to the IP transmission method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Saturn Licensing LLC
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takahashi, Lachlan Bruce Michael, Yuichi Hirayama, Satoshi Okada
  • Waterfowl decoy support
    Patent number: 10779528
    Abstract: A waterfowl decoy support is provided which boasts the ability to provide support to existing flotation type waterfowl decoys for placement on a ground surface. The support is designed such that it is easily attachably removable to and from the keel of the flotation type waterfowl decoy. Moreover, when the waterfowl decoy support is attached to the decoy and positioned in the ground, the decoy support imitates the lower extremities of a live waterfowl animal, providing an authentic, highly effective waterfowl appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: BB Waterfowl, LLC
    Inventors: William B. Brooks, Brandon L. Rexroad
  • Flavor disk
    Patent number: 10779576
    Abstract: A flavor disk for use in a vaporizer is disclosed. The flavor disk may include a plurality of chambers, each chamber storing a flavor component. The flavor disk may further include an actuator for each chamber, the actuator configured to selectively release a portion of the flavor component from the chamber. The flavor disk may further include a flow path positioned to receive the portion of the flavor component and mix the portion of the flavor component with incoming fluid. The flavor disk may further include control circuitry for actuating the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: VMR Products, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Andries Verleur, Dan Recio, Zhiyuan Liu, Hans Verleur
  • Midsole, sole assembly and footwear for walking and running
    Patent number: 10779611
    Abstract: Provided herein are mid-soles, sole assemblies, footwear inserts and articles of footwear for walking and running. The midsoles include three cushioning members where the height of the midsole provides a zero drop elevation. The midsole architecture provides dynamic variable resistance that improves performance by using different densities and angles of component mid-sole members that will allow the wearer to move through a full range of motion during walking or running with muscle effort remaining constant while shifting the workload from muscles that have limited power in certain positions, to those with more explosive and endurance capabilities in those same positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: ReShod Walking Shoes, LLC
    Inventor: Carmen Jackinsky
  • Surgical staple with integral pledget for tip deflection
    Patent number: 10779834
    Abstract: A circular stapler apparatus for stapling tissue includes a staple and pledget assembly and a circular staple head operable to drive staples toward an anvil. A staple of the staple and pledget assembly has a pair of legs disposed substantially perpendicular to a crown of the staple in a first position. The pair of legs is operable to advance against a pocket in the anvil to form a staple with bent legs. The staple and pledget assembly includes the staple and a pledget configured to receive the pair of legs of the staple. The pledget comprises a bioabsorbable material. The pledget is configured to advance distal ends of the pair of legs to a position in which the distal ends are laterally offset from a plane in which the crown of the staple is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventor: Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Methods and apparatus for a biosensor
    Patent number: 10782236
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for a biosensor. The biosensor comprises a vertical flow channel that extends through a photodiode, and wherein the photodiode is lateral to the channel's vertical sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Swarnal Borthakur, Ulrich Boettiger
  • Cleaning system for vehicle sensor
    Patent number: 10782520
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes an actuator and an arm rotatable by the actuator. The actuator includes a housing and a rotatable barrier in the housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber. The rotatable barrier is rotatable by relative pressures of the chambers. The arm includes a first nozzle fluidly connected to the first chamber and a second nozzle fluidly connected to the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Garcia Crespo, William Ethan-Alexander McClure
  • Apparatus and method for trailer service brake control
    Patent number: 10780872
    Abstract: A system on a tractor for controlling trailer service brakes comprises a manually operated trailer brake switch, a first electropneumatic valve in communication with a pressure source and a controller. The controller has an input communicating with the trailer brake switch, an output communicating with the electropneumatic valve and control logic. The control logic receives an input from the trailer brake switch indicating a driver's request to apply the trailer service brakes of the combination vehicle, determines if a predetermined condition exists and transmits a signal to the output to the electropneumatic valve. The electropneumatic valve transmits pressure to a trailer service control line to actuate the trailer service brakes in response to the trailer brake switch and existence of the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Phillip J Kasper, David J Taneyhill, Paul C Niglas, Gerhard Wieder
  • Expanding search queries using query term weighting
    Patent number: 10783175
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for expanding search queries using query term weighting. A search system receives a search term comprising multiple keywords and executes a search query based on the search term. In response to determining that the number of search results is less than a threshold number, the search system determines, based on historical query reformulation data, weight values for the keywords included in the search term. The weight values indicate a probability that each respective keyword would be removed when reformulating the search term. The search system generates a reformulated search term based on the weight values and executes a second search query based on the reformulated search term. The search system causes presentation of at least a portion of the search results on a client device of the requesting user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Sanjay Reddy Satti, Raghavan Muthuregunathan, Abhimanyu Lad
  • Wearable physiologic sensing apparatus
    Patent number: 10779765
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a system for sensing physiologic data. The system can include a flexible configured to wrap around a finger of a user, a first electrode coupled to the flexible strap, and a second electrode coupled to the flexible strap. The system can also include a sensor housing comprising at least one sensor configured to detect physiologic data from the finger and a data receiving module communicatively coupled to the first electrode, the second electrode, and the at least one sensor. The data receiving module can be configured to receive physiologic data from the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Aclaris Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Bly, Andrew Radtke
  • Axial flow blood pump
    Patent number: 10780207
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to improved medical blood pump devices, systems, and methods. For example, blood pumps may be provided that include a housing defining a blood flow path between an inlet and an outlet. A rotor may be positioned in the blood flow path. A motor stator may be driven to rotate the rotor to provide the blood flow through the pump. Axial and/or tilt stabilization components may be provided to increase an axial and/or tilt stabilization of the rotor within the blood flow path. In some embodiments, biasing forces are provided that urge the rotor toward a bearing component. The biasing force may be provided by adjusting drive signals of the motor stator. Additionally, or alternatively, one or more magnets (e.g., permanent/stator magnets) may be provided to bias the rotor in the upstream and/or downstream direction (e.g., toward a bearing (chamfer, step, conical), or the like).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Onur Dur, Kevin Bourque
  • Retention clip for vehicle molding
    Patent number: 10780845
    Abstract: A clip is disclosed for securing a molding to a flange of a vehicle. The clip has a first side wall and a second side wall each comprising an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface. The interior surfaces face one another and the exterior surfaces are shaped to engage the molding. Each of the side walls terminate at a distal edge providing a passage for the flange. A base connects the side walls at an end that is opposite the distal edges. A tab extends from the base and is disposed between the side walls. The tab and the interior surface of the second side wall define a pocket sized to fit the flange of the vehicle. The interior surface of the second side wall comprises a bump that extends towards and faces the tab. The tab and the bump are configured to engage the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Engineered Fastener Company, LLC
    Inventor: John Michael Kosidlo
  • Gesture-equipped touch screen system, method, and computer program product
    Patent number: 10782819
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided, comprising: at least one non-transitory memory; a touch screen; an actuator; and one or more processors in communication with the at least one non-transitory memory, the touch screen, and the actuator, wherein the one or more processors execute instructions stored in the at least one non-transitory memory, to cause the apparatus to: detect, via the touch screen, a touch on an object of a duration that is greater than a duration threshold; in response to detection of the touch of the duration that is greater than the duration threshold, display the object as being selected; detect, via the touch screen, another touch; in response to detection of the another touch: rotate the selected object, and open content associated with the selected object in a background virtual display layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: P4TENTS1, LLC
    Inventor: Michael S Smith