Abstract: A surgical instrument includes a stapling head assembly with at least a portion of the stapling head assembly is configured to removably couple with a portion of a shaft assembly and a first locking feature. The stapling head assembly has a cartridge housing, a staple deck, a plurality of staples, a staple driver, a cylindraceous knife, and a drive member. The drive member is configured to receive a rotary drive element thereagainst and drive distal translation of at least one of the staple driver or the cylindraceous knife in response to rotation of the rotary drive element in a first direction. The first locking feature is operatively connected to the cartridge housing and positioned proximally from the staple deck and configured to be removably coupled against the portion of the shaft assembly for selectively coupling and decoupling the stapling head assembly relative to the portion of the shaft assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 19, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2020
Assignee:
Ethicon LLC
Inventors:
Jeffrey S. Swayze, Chester O. Baxter, III, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
Abstract: A system for securing an air conditioning unit to a building without the need for any alteration and/or damage to the building itself. The system includes a cross bar, an air conditioning unit support, and a strut. The arrangement of the components results in the cross bar applying an outward force to an interior surface of the building and strut applying an inward force to an exterior surface of the building in response to the downward force exerted on the air conditioning unit support. The sum of the forces applied on the surfaces of the building is sufficient to secure the air conditioning unit to the building.
Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an apparatus and a method for implementing multiple content management service operations by sending a batch service request for a batch, wherein the batch comprises multiple content management service operations; and receiving a batch service response, wherein the batch service response indicates at least one of a state of the batch and a result from executing the batch.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 13, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2020
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
Inventors:
Wei Ruan, William Wei Zhou, Jason Muhu Chen
Abstract: A mobile auction and engagement system, and method of use, for conducting auctions, advertising activities, promotions, and other engagement activities during various live events. Access to the mobile auction and engagement system can be limited to users within a geographic region, such as a sport stadium. The system includes a user tool that enables a user within the permissible geographic area to bid on auction items and participate in engagement activities, such as trivia contests. The system further includes an administrative tool that allows the system to be customized for various customers, allows input about auction items and rules, and determines how advertisements are presented.
Abstract: Managing power-consuming resources on a first computing device by adjusting data delivery from a plurality of second computing devices based on a state of the first computing device. The state of the first computing device is provided to the second computing devices to alter the data delivery. In some embodiments, the first computing device provides the second computing devices with actions or commands relating to data delivery based on the device state. For example, the second computing devices are instructed to store the data, forward the data, forward only high priority data, or perform other actions. Managing the data delivery from the second computing devices preserves battery life of the first computing device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2020
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventors:
Anh P. Tran, John Mark Miller, Steven Oliver Elliott, Lloyd Alfred Moore
Abstract: Systems and methods described herein provide examples of an electrical panel (e.g., a modular electrical panel) that is configured to control a plurality of electrical loads. The electrical panel may include a control circuit, memory, a communication circuit, and an alternating current (AC) line feed and/or a direct current (DC) line feed. The electrical panel may also include a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of control modules, where more than one control module is associated with each of the plurality of power supplies. Each control module may configured to receive DC power from the associated power supply and provide an output voltage to at least one electrical load. The electrical panel provides flexibility as to whether each stage of conversion, regulation, and/or control is performed at a control module located within the electrical panel or performed at an accessory module located at an electrical load.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2017
Date of Patent:
January 28, 2020
Assignee:
Lutron Technology Company LLC
Inventors:
Stuart W. DeJonge, Robert C. Newman, Jr., Matthew W. Nuhfer, Michael W. Pessina, Thomas M. Shearer
Abstract: A light assembly for a motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a light source and a lens arrangement. The lens arrangement includes a collimator having an inner surface adjacent the light source and a flat, planar outer surface. This disclosure also relates to a motor vehicle including the subject light assembly, and a method of using the light assembly.
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for near real-time IP user mapping. Such methods may include obtaining IP address assignment data points from different sources including an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server of a private network, a service provider that provides a computer-based service within the private network, and user devices that have access to the private network. The methods may also include applying an IP mapping rule to the obtained IP address assignment data points to generate IP address mapping.
Abstract: A new and distinct variety of nectarine tree (Prunus persica var. nucipersica), which is denominated varietally as ‘Burnectthirtyfour’, and which produces an attractively colored yellow-fleshed, clingstone nectarines which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately September 10 to September 21 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of central California.