Abstract: A rotary tool may include a motor, a first clutch, a first drive path, a second drive path, a second clutch, a rotating mass, and an output anvil. The rotary tool may drive, by the motor and the first clutch, a first drive path that causes the output anvil to rotate at a speed. The rotary tool may selectively enable, by the motor and the second clutch, a second drive path that causes the rotating mass to engage to the output anvil and increase a torque delivered to the output anvil.
Abstract: A first layer of anisotropic material extends along a first plane and includes anisotropic components being parallel to a second plane non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the first plane. The anisotropic components are arranged in cycloidal or helical patterns. The cycloidal or helical patterns define one or more Bragg planes that are non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the first plane and either substantially parallel or substantially perpendicular to the second plane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 2020
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Inventors:
Lu Lu, Xiayu Feng, Mengfei Wang, Hao Yu, Ryan Li, Yun-Han Lee, Junren Wang, Barry David Silverstein
Abstract: A field effect transistor includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode overlying an active region and contacting a sidewall of a trench isolation structure. The transistor may be a fringeless transistor in which the gate electrode does not overlie a portion of the trench isolation region. A planar dielectric spacer plate and a conductive gate cap structure may overlie the gate electrode. The conductive gate cap structure may have a z-shaped vertical cross-sectional profile to contact the gate electrode and to provide a segment overlying the planar dielectric spacer plate. Alternatively or additionally, a conductive gate connection structure may be provided to provide electrical connection between two electrodes of adjacent field effect transistors.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 10, 2021
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Inventors:
Dai Iwata, Hiroshi Nakatsuji, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Eiichi Fujikura
Abstract: Systems and methods for bandwidth-limited video transport are configured to receive (or otherwise discern) a selection of video parameter limits that correspond to a bandwidth limit and apply the video parameter limits to an input video stream to enforce the bandwidth limit while preserving video quality. Methods may include adjusting the video stream one parameter at a time until the adjusted video stream meets the bandwidth limit. Parameters to be adjusted may include image resolution, frame rate, image compression, color depth, bits per pixel, and/or color encoding. In some embodiments, the image resolution is reduced first, the frame rate is reduced next, and the image compression is increased last. The extent and/or order of the adjustments of the parameters may be selected by the user, based on the content of the video stream, and/or based on the bandwidth limit.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 5, 2023
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
Biamp Systems, LLC
Inventors:
Charles H. Van Dusen, Christopher R. Wulff, Brian D. Nelson
Abstract: In one example, reads in a NAND memory device are tracked for sub-groups. When the number of reads to a sub-group meets a threshold, the data at the wordline on which the threshold was met is moved along with the data at neighboring wordlines to an SLC block without moving the entire block. The performance impact and write amplification impact of read disturb mitigation can be significantly reduced while maintaining some data continuity.
Abstract: To present a pickup location in a transportation service, a server device receives a request for ridesharing services from a rider's current location to a drop-off location. The server device broadcasts the request to drivers and receives an indication of acceptance of the request from one of the drivers. Then the server device provides a pickup location to the rider and the driver which is presented in a map display of the rider and driver's client devices. When the rider or driver's current location is within a threshold distance of the pickup location, the corresponding client device switches to an augmented reality mode and presents a camera view from a camera of the client device depicting real-world imagery. The server device provides information to the corresponding client device to present in the augmented reality mode overlaying the real-world imagery to assist the rider or driver in finding the pickup location.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 2023
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
GOOGLE LLC
Inventors:
Herbert Czymontek, Dan Li, Max Greenwald
Abstract: A structural assembly for use in a motor vehicle includes a rocker and a running board. The motor vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a door. The rocker extends in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle. The running board is movably coupled to the vehicle frame between a deployed position and a stowed position in which an upper portion of the running board extends vertically above the rocker. The running board is configured to be positioned underneath the door and substantially flush with a lower portion of the door when the door is in a closed position and the running board is in the stowed position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2021
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Diego Eduardo Mendoza Hernández, Alonso De Labastida, Alejandro Eli Acosta Flores, Ulises T. Herrera Esquibel
Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods for the recovery of amines from aqueous mixtures. In particular, the disclosure relates to methods for separating amines from amine-containing aqueous mixtures by adjusting the pH of the aqueous mixture relative to the highest pKa value for the amines.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 2019
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
INV Nylon Chemicals Americas, LLC
Inventors:
Gary J. Smith, Paul S. Pearlman, Gregory S. Kirby, Richard R. Rosin, Taylor Craig Schulz, Michael James Sargent
Abstract: Beverage compositions and methods of preparing the same are provided herein. The beverage compositions can include calcium supplied from a calcium carbonate source including aragonite and a liquid component, such as water, a juice, a milk, and a combination thereof. Calcium components including aragonite particles and at least one additive agent as well as sweetener components including aragonite particles and at least one sweetener are also provided herein.
Abstract: The invention relates to a solid ?9-THC composition containing ?9-THC and a powder former and having a molar ratio of ?9-THC to powder former to form a flowable ?9-THC powder. The powder former is selected from the group consisting of adenine, aspartame, caffeine, lactose, mannitol, nicotinamide, ?-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, pipecolic acid, saccharin, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, histidine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, tryptophan, valine, Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), 2-Hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin (HPbCD), and Trimethyl-beta-cyclodextrin (TOMBC) and mixtures thereof. The invention also relates to methods of making a solid ?9-THC composition of the invention. The ?9-THC may be synthetic ?9-THC or may be extracted ?9-THC.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 25, 2022
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
CANNA CHEMISTRIES LLC
Inventors:
Emily Rigsbee, David T. Jonaitis, Nathan Schultheiss, Lloyd Steven Miller
Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an evaporative emissions system of a vehicle. In an exemplary embodiment, the evaporative emissions system includes an engine; a fuel tank configured to provide fuel for the engine; a plurality of sensors configured to generate sensor data for the evaporative emissions system; a carbon canister configured to capture carbon emissions from the fuel tank; a first valve disposed between the carbon canister and the engine; a second valve disposed between the fuel tank and the carbon canister; and one or more processors that are configured to at least facilitate selectively controlling opening and closing of the first and second valves, to thereby control carbon emissions from the carbon canister and maintain performance of the engine, using the sensor data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 12, 2023
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Inventors:
Brian Patrick Hannon, Jr., Kevin Patrick Aldridge, Darrell W Burleigh
Abstract: Provided is a novel multi-level inverter with mixed device types and methods of controlling same. This novel multi-level inverter topology and control method allows the use of high frequency switching devices for controlled PWM switching, while also using lower frequency switching devices for directional switches. This combination of high frequency PWM switching devices with low frequency directional switching devices allows a cost reduction without a significant performance degradation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 2023
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2024
Assignee:
Imagen Energy, LLC
Inventors:
Adel Nasiri, Ezana Mekonnen, Jerry Thunes
Inventors:
Michael Hal Bruno, Matthew Michael Long, Michael Sullivan, Jeffrey Michael Mitrou, Jonathon Albert Riehle, Rory Frederick Wellington McGarry