Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Collecting and providing sensor data based on a sensor definition via a sensor management device
    Patent number: 12137153
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes enables new sensors to be added and maintained in an Internet of Things system without upgrading firmware for the end device. A sensor abstraction layer (SAL) manages the end sensors, and a sensor definition layer (SDL) in the cloud interfaces with the SAL. Sensor definition data of a sensor connected to the end device is identified in a sensor definition data store of the SDL including sensor configuration data. The sensor configuration data is sent to the SAL, wherein the SAL is configured to collect sensor data from the sensor via a sensor interface. Sensor data is received from the SAL via an established network connection and converted into converted sensor data based on a data conversion model of the sensor definition data. The converted sensor data is then provided to an application, connected to a sensor management device, for consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tusher Chakraborty, Ranveer Chandra
  • Kelly valve
    Patent number: 12134943
    Abstract: A kelly valve for placement in a tubular drillstring has an inner cage, which holds a valve ball, lower valve ball seat and other valve components. A valve stem connected to the valve ball extends through a valve stem sleeve, positioned in an opening in the wall of the main body of the kelly valve. A thrust bearing of a low friction material, preferably of polyether ether ketone (PEEK), is positioned between the valve stem and the valve stem sleeve. A port in the valve ball seat permits pressure below the kelly valve to bypass a seal and act on the inside of the valve ball. A circumferential notch in the valve ball seat accommodates a circular spring, and prevents complete compression of the spring when the valve ball seat contacts an interior shoulder in the inner cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: M&M INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: Tripp Cappel Staples, Shaun Paul Montet, Juan Carlos Hincapie
  • Systems and methods for automatically organizing files and folders
    Patent number: 12135689
    Abstract: A method for organizing a plurality of files to be stored on a cloud file system includes receiving user data provided by a user and pertaining to an organization of a plurality of files of the user into folders on the cloud file system, identifying a first file of the plurality of files, determining that the first file is a first email attachment to a first email received by the user, automatically storing the first email attachment in a first folder, identifying a second file of the plurality of files, determining that the second file is a second email attachment to a second email received by the user, determining that the folders associated with the user account do not include a folder for the second email attachment, and causing a new folder associated to be created on the cloud file system as a destination folder for the second email attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Cayden Meyer
  • Video compression using block vector predictor refinement
    Patent number: 12137227
    Abstract: Encoding and/or decoding a block of a video frame may be based on a previously decoded reference block in the same frame or in a different frame. The reference block may be indicated by a block vector (BV). The BV may be encoded as difference between a block vector predictor (BVP) and the BV. The BVP may be adjusted to improve prediction accuracy of the BVP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Damian Ruiz Coll, Tae Meon Bae
  • Double-axis soft hinge mechanism and foldable device having same
    Patent number: 12135589
    Abstract: A foldable device may include a foldable layer and a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism may include at least one synchronizing module, at least one torsion module, and a cover module. The at least one synchronizing module may include a synchronizing gear assembly including a first linking gear in meshed engagement with a first rotating link, a second linking gear in meshed engagement with a second rotating link, and at least one intermediate gear in meshed engagement with the first linking gear and the second linking gear. The first rotating link may be coupled to a first housing of a computing device and the second rotating link may be coupled to a second housing of the computing device. The meshed engagement of the first and second rotating links may provide of synchronized, symmetric movement of the first and second housings about a central axis of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Hsiang, Hung-Wei Wang, Ching-Chih Yen, Po-Kai Lai, Jeng-wen Lin
  • Hands-free switch system
    Patent number: 12135836
    Abstract: A head-worn system has one or more illumination, imaging, communication, and/or other controlled elements electrically connected to a switch element (e.g., a piezo switch) positioned on the head-worn system so as to be overlying an area of a wearer's masseter muscle when worn on the wearer's person. The switch element is configured to be activated responsive to clenching of the wearer's jaw. The one or more controlled elements may be arranged to provide directional lighting/imaging from the point of view of the wearer, for example from the area of the wearer's zygomatic bones, when the head-worn system is worn on the wearer's person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hourglass Medical LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy B. Ross
  • Sensor systems principally for swimming pools and spas
    Patent number: 12135539
    Abstract: A pool or spa control system includes a sensor system with one or more sensors in contact with a main body of water. The sensor system measures water condition data of the body of water and is mounted on a wall submerged in the main body of water. The pool or spa control system also includes a modem that facilitates data communications between the sensor system and communication equipment positioned at a different location from the main body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: David Goldman, Hwa Heng
  • Sealing system for ocean power generation equipment
    Patent number: 12136864
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a sealing system applicable for an ocean power generation device, which includes at least one first seal and a water leakage protection device. The water leakage protection device is located at a side of at least one first seal away from seawater, and includes a sealed water storage tank and a drain pipe. The sealed water storage tank collects and stores seawater leaked from the at least one first seal. One end of the drain pipe is communicated with the sealed water storage tank, and the seawater stored in the sealed water storage tank is discharged through the drain pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU LHD INSTITUTE OF NEW ENERGY, LLC
    Inventors: Fuwei Zhu, Dong Lin, Xiaonan Miao, Zhenhua Wu, Enle Lin, Fang Jiang, Zhendong Chen, Hongyue Tian
  • Dual motor power unit shaft coupler
    Patent number: 12135062
    Abstract: A shaft coupler having first and second spindles adapted to be secured to a first and second output shafts of first and second motors, respectively. A locker ring is assembled to the first spindle, and a locker carrier is assembled to the second spindle. A coil is carried by the locker carrier and switches between an energized state wherein the coil shifts the locker ring to slide into engagement with the second spindle to lock the first and second output shafts together, and a deenergized state wherein a spring biases the locker ring out of engagement with the second spindle to unlock the first and second output shafts from each other. A first set of locking teeth are disengaged from a second set of locking teeth when the coil is deenergized, and are engaged when the coil is energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaoduan Tang, David Allen Janson, Steven Anatole Frait, Gregory Daniel Goleski
  • Device data-at-rest security using extended volume encryption data
    Patent number: 12135797
    Abstract: Examples of scheduled and on-demand volume encryption suspension are described. A management service can identify multi-volume encryption rules for local volumes of a client device including the operating system volume as well as non-operating-system volumes. The encryption rules can be transmitted to the client device. Volume encryption samples for the client device can be received, and a console user interface can be generated to indicate compliance status information for the multi-volume encryption rules for local volumes of a client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Omnissa, LLC
    Inventors: Neeraj Saluja, Muhammad Anadil Furqan, Kevin B. Sheehan
  • Utilization of compute for a media service
    Patent number: 12137129
    Abstract: Embodiments include systems and methods for offloading media service operation to one or graphical processing unit (GPUs). In some embodiments, a computer system, includes a first computer device to provide a media service that involves implementing media service operations and transmit a first media service request for a first media service operation of the media service operations. In addition, the computer system includes a second computer device that includes one or more GPUs. The second computer device is to implement the first media service operation with the one or more GPUs in response to the first computer device transmitting the first media service request for the first media service operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: STREEM, LLC
    Inventors: Pavan K. Kamaraju, Steven Funasaki, Renganathan Veerasubramanian
  • Device for use in laparoscopic surgery and method of use
    Patent number: 12133646
    Abstract: A device for use in laparoscopic surgery is provided. The device has a plurality of telescoping sections positioned in and movable relative to a protective sheath between an extended configuration, wherein a body section of a first one of the telescoping sections is spaced apart from a body section of a second one of the telescoping sections, and a retracted configuration wherein the body section of the first one of the telescoping sections is in contact with the body section of the second one of the telescoping sections. A tissue interaction portion is configured to interact with tissue in response to the manipulation of a device actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Bolder Surgical, LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Mata, Alan Bachman, Richard N. Granger, Gerald Wheeler, Allison B. Lyle
  • Adjustable suspension components for bicycles
    Patent number: 12134296
    Abstract: Example adjustable suspension components for bicycles are described herein. An example bicycle suspension component includes a damper operable in a low damping state, a high damping state, and an intermediate damping state between the low damping state and the high damping state, a motion controller operable to change the damper between the low damping state, the intermediate damping state, and the high damping state, and a processor to, based on sensor data, activate the motion controller to change the damper between the intermediate damping state and one of the low damping state or the high damping state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SRAM, LLC
    Inventors: R. Joe Schoolcraft, Jr., Geoff Nichols, Warren Chambliss, Mark Santurbane, C. Michael Liberato, II
  • Using ionic liquids to make reconfigurable liquid wires
    Patent number: 12136501
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid conductive wires and methods for making and using the same. Liquid conductive wires can be used in flexible, reconfigurable, dynamic and transparent electronic devices. Liquid conductive wires can be used in a variety of systems including, but not limited to, soft robotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Homyk, Saurabh Vyawahare
  • Field calibration for a multipoint air sampling system
    Patent number: 12135318
    Abstract: A multi-point air sampling system that can use a field reference subsystem to process sensor feedback to efficiently and reliably monitor and improve air quality within a space. The field reference subsystem can interface with multiple types of multi-point air sampling systems to ensure that sensors are operational and producing accurate measurements. Included within the field reference subsystem can be one or more permeation sources for generating test gases used to evaluate the integrity of the sensors, a processor for receiving the results of the test-gas evaluations to recurrently verify the operation level of each sensor, and a reporting system for carrying out actions in response to the recurrent verification of the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Measured Air Performance, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Desrochers
  • Interchangeable tool handle
    Patent number: 12133639
    Abstract: A handle assembly includes an elongate body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a central longitudinal axis extending between the proximal end and the distal end. A side passage extends through the body transverse to the longitudinal axis and intersects the through-passage. A locking mechanism is located in the side passage and is configured to releasably retain a medical tool onto the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Tyber Medical LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Tyber, Matthew Bellenoit, Matthew Atoulikian, Chandler Kline, Christopher Faresich
  • Rivetless nut plate
    Patent number: 12135052
    Abstract: A rivetless nut plate for attachment to a panel via a panel bore, having a nut, a washer, and a cage that retains the nut and the washer. The nut plate has a nonactivated state and an activated state. In the activated state a portion of the cage is expanded to grip the panel bore, and the nut has split into two independent sections allowing one section to move throughout a constrained range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BPC LG 2, LLC
    Inventor: Raymond Disantis
  • Drift control additive
    Patent number: 12133526
    Abstract: Provided is a drift control additive comprising a fatty acid terminated ethoxylated polyol, an oil and an ethoxylated fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ethox Chemicals, LLC.
    Inventors: Charles F. Palmer, Jr., Ronald E. Bingeman, William C. Floyd, III
  • Method of making a battery cell including clamping, tapering, trimming and ultrasonic welding of electrode foils
    Patent number: 12136747
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery cell having electrode foils protruding from a cell pouch includes positioning the cell pouch in a fixture such that distal end sections of the foils extend outward from the fixture. The method includes clamping the distal end sections in a curvilinear guide clamp to cause the distal end sections to taper into an electrode foil stack, and then translating the clamp a predetermined distance toward the fixture to displace the distal end sections by the predetermined distance. The method also includes trimming the distal end sections using a trim tool, positioning a sonotrode and an anvil adjacent opposite surfaces of the stack, and ultrasonically welding the stack to a conductive lead tab using the sonotrode to thereby form a welded joint within the battery cell. The sonotrode may be multi-sided with different knurl patterns for performing different welding processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Wayne W. Cai, Thomas Alumoottil, Jennifer T. Bracey, Teresa J. Rinker, Cammi L. Siu
  • Manganese-containing diesel oxidation catalyst
    Patent number: 12134086
    Abstract: An oxidation catalyst composite, methods, and systems for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions from a diesel engine are described. More particularly, an oxidation catalyst composite including a first washcoat layer comprising a Pt component and a Pd component, and a second washcoat layer including a refractory metal oxide support containing manganese, a zeolite, and a platinum component is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Shiang Sung, Stanley A. Roth, Claudia Zabel, Susanne Stiebels, Andreas Sundermann, Olga Gerlach