Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 12083599
    Abstract: The nozzles of a MHD liquid metal ejector/printhead can be clogged by contaminants in the liquid metal. Typically, these contaminants are in the form of small particles of aggregates of particles, such as metal oxides, that are insoluble in the liquid metal. Possible cleaning methods include mechanically removing the clogging material, such as by using a physical device to dislodge the clogging material and remove it; chemically removing the clogging material, such as by using selected chemicals/flux to chemically react with the clogging material; using ultrasound to break/remove the clogging material; and providing reversed and/or oscillating flow of material through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Additive Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chu-Heng Liu, Scott James Vader, Paul J. Mcconville, David A. Mantell, Christopher T. Chungbin, Peter M Gulvin
  • Patent number: 12083014
    Abstract: A fixing device for clamping a tissue comprises a support mechanism comprising a fixed connecting assembly and a drive assembly, and a clamp mechanism comprising closure members and capture portions, wherein each closure member comprises a closure connecting portion and a closure clamping portion in cooperation with one of the capture portions to clamp the tissue; wherein each closure connecting portion is provided with guide slots comprising a first slot portion and a second slot portion in communication therewith and has a relatively smaller radian, the fixed connecting assembly is provided with pins at least partially located in the guide slots, respectively, and the pins are slidable relative to the guide slots when the drive assembly moves relative to the fixed connecting assembly, so as to drive the closure clamping portions to move towards or away from each other. A system comprising the fixing device, and a method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Sierra Valve LLC, PEIJIA MEDICAL (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Wang, Jian Fong Tan, Yi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12083373
    Abstract: A dynamic training system provides elevated load and energy demand on a rider of a moving bicycle out on the road or track. Resistance to movement of the bicycle is provided by a resistance unit which may include an eddy current brake. A processor may generate a control signal that adjusts the resistance to replicate the effort of riding a predetermined course or training protocol. Multiple riders at different times or locations can compete on a common virtual course. A stronger rider can be restrained by a heavier imposed load to keep pace together with a weaker rider, without compromising total power expenditure to keep the riders together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: PARADOX HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew H. Cragg, Gerard von Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 12085658
    Abstract: A solar tracking system comprises multiple solar panel modules forming a grid of solar panel modules, wherein the multiple solar panel modules are orientatable to a solar source independently of each other; and a control system configured to orient each of the multiple solar panel modules to the solar source independently of each other based on a performance model to optimize an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules, wherein the performance model predicts an energy output from the grid of solar panel modules based on a topography of the area containing the grid of solar panel modules and weather conditions local to each of the solar panel modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEXTRACKER LLC
    Inventors: Yudong Ma, Francesco Borrelli, Allan Daly, Yang Liu
  • Patent number: 12086090
    Abstract: A distributed computing system in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a main compute system and multiple subsystems, and a bus structure that connect the main compute system and the multiple subsystems. The bus structure provides uniform system-to-system connectivity. A host field-programmable gate array (FPGA) agent coupled to the main compute system can communicate with slave FPGA agents on the subsystems via multiple pairs of bus interface protocols of a particular type. The bus interfaces on the FPGA agents supports the uniform system-to-system connectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: APOLLO AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USA LLC
    Inventor: Qiang Wang
  • Patent number: 12086796
    Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating a transaction between a first entity and a second entity using a digital currency are described. In some aspects, a computing node participates in a private distributed ledger for a financial institution and stores one or more transaction blocks representing transactions in a digital currency. The digital currency is issued by the financial institution and is fixed with respect to a fiat currency. The computing node is configured to receive a transaction for transferring an amount of digital currency from a first entity to a second entity, generate a new transaction block representing the transaction, transmit the new transaction block to other computing nodes participating in the private distributed ledger, receive an indication of validity of the new transaction block, and insert the new transaction block into the private distributed ledger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ridgeview Digital LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Mayblum, Zachary Mayblum
  • Patent number: 12083834
    Abstract: A tire includes a circumferential tread disposed in a crown region of the tire and an undertread disposed below the circumferential tread. The tire also has a pair of bead regions, including a first bead region and a second bead region, and a body ply extending from the first bead region to the second bead region. The tire further has a pair of sidewalls, including a first sidewall extending between the first bead region and the circumferential tread and a second sidewall extending between the second bead region and the circumferential tread. The tire also has a sidewall antenna adjacent to the first sidewall. The sidewall antenna has a first end contacting the undertread and a second end contacting the body ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Ruben L. Madrid
  • Patent number: 12088687
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a system to facilitate hierarchical data exchange may include an aggregation platform data store containing electronic records. A data aggregation platform may collect, from a plurality of data source devices, information associated with a plurality of data sources and store the collected information into the aggregation platform data store. The data aggregation platform may also receive a data request from a data consumer device, and, responsive to the received data request, determine a precision tier associated with the data request. The data aggregation platform may then automatically calculate a resource value for the data request based on the precision tier. It may then be arranged for information from the aggregation platform data store to be modified and transmitted to the data consumer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: GE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Charles Evans, Benjamin Edward Beckmann, John Willam Carbone
  • Patent number: 12085717
    Abstract: According to examples, a display system may include a wearable eyewear arrangement that may include a lens assembly having a projector to propagate display light associated with an image. The lens assembly may also include a waveguide for propagating the display light to an eyebox. The waveguide may include a combination of a volume Bragg grating (VBG) component and a partial reflective component that are oriented in a pre-determined configuration to reflect or propagate the display light to maximize a coverage in field of view (FOV) at the eyebox, while minimizing at least one of a ghost image or an intercepting optical lines pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wai Sze Tiffany Lam, Yang Yang, Dominic Meiser, Wanli Chi
  • Patent number: 12082564
    Abstract: An aquaculture system can include an aquafarm with one or more aquatic pods of aquatic organisms and a remote device to manage the aquafarm. An aquatic pod may be associated with an aquatic structure with a buoyancy system and a control device to automatically perform daily farming functions. The aquatic structure may include an enclosure to hold the aquatic organisms. The control device may be configured to use a smart buoyancy assistant to control the buoyancy system and to determine the farming task to perform in response to environmental stimuli. The remote device can receive data representing crop metrics, harvest results, and sensor data. The remote device can aggregate data from multiple aquatic pods and correlate the data to generate aquaculture models to improve the harvest results. The remote device can generate overview and maintenance reports for the aquafarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Marine Depth Control Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Craig Sinclair, Christopher Charles Webb
  • Patent number: 12082582
    Abstract: Described herein is a synergistic preservative composition used for providing broad spectrum antimicrobial activity comprising: (i) about 0.1 wt. % to about 99.9 wt. % of propylene carbonate; (ii) about 0.1 wt. % to about 99.9 wt. % of one or more organic compounds selected from the group consisting of propanediol, capryl hydroxamic acid, and isopropyl methyl phenol; and (iii) about 0.1 wt. % to 99.0 wt. % of phenoxyethanol, a preservative compound, and wherein, the composition provides synergy having Synergy Index (SI) value of the total composition from about 0.05 to about 1.0. Also described is a process for preparing said synergistic preservative composition and method of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ISP INVESTMENTS LLC
    Inventors: Meiyan Guo, Karen Winkowski, Najeeb H. Hakimi, Raman Premachandran, Xin Qu
  • Patent number: 12089318
    Abstract: A load control device for controlling the power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a Wi-Fi module operable to receive the RF signals directly from the wireless network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Theodore F. Economy
  • Patent number: 12083300
    Abstract: Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to a balloon dilator system, including: a hand piece including an attachment mechanism for removably coupling to a proximal end of an endoscope; a hole for inserting a distal end of a balloon catheter including an inflatable balloon; and a hollow tube distally extending from the hand piece, a proximal end of the hollow tube configured to receive the balloon catheter inserted through the hole and advance the balloon catheter such that the distal of the balloon catheter exits a distal end of the hollow tube. The hand piece may include a pump handle that, when actuated, pumps pressurized fluid to inflate the inflatable balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: RESNENT, LLC
    Inventor: Willard S. Noyes
  • Patent number: 12084084
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method comprising receiving a rideshare request from a user, the rideshare request including a destination; transporting the passenger to the destination using an autonomous vehicle (AV) having a plurality of windows comprising electrically switchable smart glass; during the transporting, monitoring a metric related to arrival of the AV at the destination; and untinting the windows when the monitored metric has a prescribed relationship to a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Ferguson, Samuel Harrison Glidden, Maximilian Gerrit Euchenhofer, Jeffrey Brandon, Michael Frank Schmidt
  • Patent number: 12084993
    Abstract: A thermal accumulator assembly (TAA) for a vehicle waste heat recovery system (WHRS) utilizing a two-phase coolant includes a hermetically sealed housing having a separator plate dividing an interior of the housing into a higher pressure first chamber and a lower pressure second chamber, and an expander generator disposed between the first and second chambers and including an expander operably coupled to a motor generator. The first chamber is configured as a reservoir for the two-phase coolant, and the expander is configured to receive a flow of vapor coolant from the first chamber to generate power via the motor generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Matthew T Bartlett, Michael Wiland, Tim Scott
  • Patent number: 12085018
    Abstract: A system for providing mobile electric power includes a first transport including a generator, a second transport including a gas turbine, and a third transport including an air inlet filter housing. The first transport, the second transport, and the third transport are separate transports that are independently movable in a transportation mode. In an operation mode, the first transport and the second transport are connected end-to-end such that a first end side of the first transport faces a first end side of the second transport. In the operation mode, the third transport is positioned relative to the end-to-end connected first and second transports such that a first longitudinal side of the third transport faces a first longitudinal side of the first transport and a first longitudinal side of the second transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey G. Morris, Brett Vann
  • Patent number: 12085744
    Abstract: Various systems and methods relating to a feature fill sol-gel material are provided herein. The feature fill sol-gel material may form a superconformal sol-gel coating. The feature fill sol-gel material may include a first titanium precursor composed of Titanium(IV) and an inorganic ligand. The feature fill sol-gel material may be formed by dissolving or suspending the first titanium precursor in a solvent. The feature fill sol-gel material may be annealed to form the superconformal sol-gel coating. The superconformal sol-gel coating may be an optically transparent coating having an absorbance at a wavelength of 450 nm of less than 0.2% per 150 nm and a refractive index ranging from 1.65 to 2.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alejo Lifschitz Arribio, Keren Zhang, Jonathan Onorato, Anthony Phan, Vincent Overney
  • Patent number: 12086148
    Abstract: One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods are provided. In an example, an internet resource identification item associated with one or more internet resources may be identified. User activity information associated with a plurality of events may be analyzed to determine a plurality of sets of text associated with the internet resource identification item, wherein each set of text of the plurality of sets of text is associated with an event, of the plurality of events, associated with an internet resource of the one or more internet resources. A plurality of term representations may be determined based upon the plurality of sets of text. A user intention-based representation associated with the internet resource identification item may be generated based upon the plurality of term representations. A content item may be selected for presentation via a client device based upon the user intention-based representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Yahoo Ad Tech LLC
    Inventors: Chander Jayaraman Iyer, Ivan Stojkovic, Eric Ye, Lakshmi Narayan Bhamidipati, Srinath Ravindran, Shubham Agrawal
  • Patent number: D1041562
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: YooJung Ahn, Maria Moon, Joshua Newby, Thomas Southworth
  • Patent number: D1041703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Willing, Max Wolff, Max Tran, Benjamin Eyers, Leigh H. Cosentino, Tae Hoon Kang, Lee P. Imrie