Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Method and apparatus for attaching caps, tubes, and seals to an anchorage for a post tensioning tendon
    Patent number: 11939767
    Abstract: A cap and tube or seal setting apparatus comprises an anchor holding fixture having a surface for receiving a post tension anchor. An actuator is operably mounted to one side of the anchor holding fixture and in some embodiments has a cap setter attached to a movable part of the actuator. In some embodiments a tube or seal holding fixture is mounted to a support base and disposed on an opposed side of the anchor holding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: P. T. Atlas Manufacturing LLC
    Inventor: Nate Mikulsky
  • Industrial container with pivotable ramp wall
    Patent number: 11939149
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an industrial container and a method of opening an industrial container. The industrial container includes a container body, a pivot assembly, a counter-balancing spring assembly, and a locking assembly. The container body can have a plurality of walls, the plurality of walls including a pivotable ramp wall. The pivot assembly can connect the ramp wall with the container body for pivotal movement of the ramp wall, and the pivot assembly can include a pivot shaft supported by a pair of arms. The counter-balancing spring assembly can include one or more springs arranged about the pivot shaft for biasing the ramp wall from a downwardly inclined loading position upwardly toward a vertical closed position with a torque force. The locking assembly can be configured to lock the ramp wall in the vertical closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: COOPER TANK LLC
    Inventors: Domenico Rosati, Tonino Rosati, Mariano Tucciarone
  • Transmission control protocol (TCP) control over radio communications
    Patent number: 11943841
    Abstract: In User Equipment (UE) at various geographic locations, circuitry exchanges TCP packets with radios, and the radios wirelessly exchange the TCP packets with wireless communication nodes. The circuitry determines TCP retransmission rates for the radios at the geographic locations. The circuitry estimates TCP retransmission rates for the radios at a new geographic location based on the TCP retransmission rates for the radios at the past geographic locations. The circuitry selects one of the radios based on the estimated TCP retransmission rates at the new geographic location. At the new geographic location, the circuitry exchanges new TCP packets with the selected one of the radios, and the selected one of the radios wirelessly exchanges the new TCP packets with one of the wireless communication nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Aaron M. Krannawitter, Christopher Bailey, Richard Aaron Reiser, Michael Lance Shelby
  • Methods and systems for task execution in a workplace
    Patent number: 11941557
    Abstract: According to the embodiments illustrated herein, a method is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a computing device comprising a processor, an input from an operator device, wherein the input facilitates determining a task to be performed. Further, the method comprises activating, by the computing device, a first light device associated with a first location in a workplace in response to receiving the input, wherein the first location is associated with the task to be performed. Furthermore, the method comprises receiving, by the computing device, a first voice input from the operator device, indicative of an exception encountered during execution of the task. Additionally, the method includes modifying the task, in response to determining that the first voice input is indicative of the exception encountered during execution of the task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
    Inventor: Hazem Nizar An Nashif
  • Communication methods and systems
    Patent number: 11942989
    Abstract: There is provided a method including receiving an incoming ID at a first wearable heads-up display (WHUD), which incoming ID is associated with a communicant device. The method also includes sending match data from the first WHUD to a match engine. The match data includes a first WHUD ID and the incoming ID. Moreover, the method includes receiving a match indicator at the first WHUD from the match engine. The match indicator is to indicate a match event between the first WHUD and the communicant device based on the match data. Furthermore, the method includes effecting communication between the first WHUD and the communicant device comprising at least one of sending a message from the first WHUD to the communicant device and receiving at the first WHUD a corresponding message from the communicant device. The first WHUD, and a method of operating the match engine are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Ido Raveh, Stuart James Myron Nicholson
  • Spacer grid using tubular cells
    Patent number: 11942230
    Abstract: A spacer grid specifically designed for accident tolerant fuel utilizing fuel rods with SiC cladding for implementation in pressurized water reactors. The spacer grid design allows for ease of SiC fuel rod insertion during the fuel assembly fabrication process by providing a smooth contact geometry. The co-planar support allows the fuel rods to be rotated axially more freely at the grid location than a conventional six-point contact geometry used in existing fuel assembly designs. The fuel rod support cells are attached at their corners which are shared between adjacent support cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Joonhyung Choi, Zeses Karoutas, Paul M. Evans
  • Edible soft robotic systems and methods
    Patent number: 11938630
    Abstract: An edible soft robot system may be used to display and/or interact with edible inflatable objects. In an embodiment, the edible inflatable object is configured to receive a fluid in an internal compartment. The edible inflatable object may be reversibly coupled to a container, wherein coupling the edible inflatable object to the container comprises aligning a port of the edible inflatable object to a fluid conduit to fluidically couple the internal compartment to the fluid conduit. A control system of the edible soft robot system is configured to receive instructions to adjust inflation of the internal compartment by activating fluid flow into or out of the internal compartment via the fluid conduit, wherein adjusting inflation of the internal compartment causes the edible inflatable object to actuate on or within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Akiva Meir Krauthamer, Kimberly Anne Humphreys, Aaron Chandler Jeromin, Elam Kevin Hertzler, Timothy Fitzgerald Garnier
  • 3D printed gear cutting tools with capillaries for minimum quantity lubrication, gas or liquid
    Patent number: 11938551
    Abstract: A gear forming tool includes an outer sleeve having an outer sleeve aperture and an inner sleeve having an inner sleeve aperture in fluid communication with the outer sleeve aperture, a tool holder disposed within the outer sleeve, and a 3D printed gear cutting tool with a plurality of tool cutting edges and a plurality of capillaries attached to the tool holder. The tool holder has a plurality of fluid channels configured to be in fluid communication with the inner sleeve aperture and the plurality of capillaries of the 3D printed gear cutting tool such that cutting fluid flows through the outer sleeve, the inner sleeve, the plurality of fluid channels of the tool holder, and the plurality of capillaries to the plurality of tool cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul John Bojanowski, Russell Lee Weatherspoon
  • Data access control systems and methods
    Patent number: 11941134
    Abstract: Various hardware and software configurations are described herein which provide improved security and control over protected data. In some embodiments, a computer includes a main motherboard card coupled to all input/output devices connected to the computer, and a trusted operating system operates on the main motherboard which includes an access control module for controlling access to the protected data in accordance with rules. The trusted operating system stores the protected data in an unprotected form only on the memory devices on the main motherboard. The computer may also have a computer card coupled to the main motherboard via a PCI bus, on which is operating a guest operating system session for handling requests for data from software applications on the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Joseph Sturtevant, Christopher Lalancette, Michael Nathan Lack, Paul B. Schneck
  • Pillow with gusset and open cell construction
    Patent number: 11937724
    Abstract: A pillow is provided herein which includes a cover having opposing first and second panels. A gusset perimetrically bounds, and joins, the first and second panels. The gusset is formed of an open cell construction. Compliant fill material is disposed within the cover. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a pillow is provided allowing for lateral ventilation between opposing panels. This permits a cooling effect while a user is resting or sleeping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Bedgear, LLC
    Inventor: Eugene Alletto, Jr.
  • Vehicle positioning using V2X RSU messaging and vehicular sensors
    Patent number: 11940544
    Abstract: Position enhancement for vehicle positioning is provided. Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) messages are received from a roadside unit (RSU) to an onboard unit (OBU) of a vehicle via a transceiver of the vehicle, the V2X messages indicating a location of the RSU. Image sensors of the vehicle are utilized to capture sensor data of the RSU. A current position of the vehicle is updated to a corrected current position of the vehicle based the RSU as shown in the sensor data and the location of the RSU indicated in the V2X messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Bandi, Samer Ibrahim, Brennan Hamilton, Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda
  • Ganged coaxial connector assembly
    Patent number: 11942735
    Abstract: A ganged connector assembly includes: first, second, third and fourth coaxial cables; first, second, third and fourth coaxial connectors, each of the coaxial connectors connected with a corresponding one of the coaxial cables; a shell surrounding the coaxial connectors, the shell configured to electrically isolate each of the coaxial connectors from the other coaxial connectors, wherein the coaxial connectors are arranged in a generally square pattern; and a strain relief boot comprising: first and second cover pieces that are assembled to create a cover around portions of the coaxial cables and the coaxial connectors; and first and second braces that reside within the cover, the first brace being positioned between first and second of the coaxial connectors, and the second brace being positioned between third and fourth of the coaxial connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Paynter
  • Sliding drain pans for cooling units
    Patent number: 11940201
    Abstract: In one instance, a cooling unit for use as an aspect of a cooling system includes a cabinet having a plurality of panels and having an interior, a front face with a fan aperture formed in the front face, and a bottom panel. The cooling unit further includes a drain pan below the bottom panel. The cooling unit also includes a plurality of guide-rail slide and track assemblies coupled between at least a portion of the cabinet and the drain pan for providing controlled movement of the drain pan between an operational position and a maintenance position. Other cooling units are disclosed with drain pans that may be lowered by a single technician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventors: Karthick Kuppusamy, Vignesh Thiyagarajan
  • Floating-type foundation for supporting a wind power generation system and including a stabilized power cable, system of floating-type foundations, and a method of stabilizing the power cable
    Patent number: 11939032
    Abstract: Provided is a floating foundation for supporting a wind power generation system including a stabilized power cable. In one embodiment, the floating foundation includes a column extending upwardly and couplable at a top end thereof to a base of the wind turbine, at least one power cable for exporting power generated from the wind turbine to another floating foundation or to an offshore/onshore station, and a plurality of buoyancy modules disposed along the at least one power cable. Power cables between a plurality of floating foundations and/or power station may be supported by buoyant modules such that the power cable is located in an optimal submergence range of the water body in which the floating foundations are deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: VL Offshore, LLC
    Inventors: Sung Youn Boo, Steffen A. Shelley
  • Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip for gene synthesis
    Patent number: 11939570
    Abstract: A microfluidic lab-on-a-chip system for DNA gene assembly that utilizes a DNA symbol library and a DNA linker library. The lab-on-a-chip has a fluidic platform with a plurality of arrays operably connected to a voltage source and a controller for the voltage source, a set of first inlets operably connected to the fluidic platform, each first inlet for one DNA symbol from a DNA symbol library, a set of second inlets operably connected to the fluidic platform, each second inlet for one DNA linker from a DNA linker library, and a mixing area operably connected to the fluidic platform and to the plurality of first inlets and the plurality of second inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Tim Rausch, Walter R Eppler, Gemma Mendonsa
  • Deep representation machine learned model for heterogeneous information networks
    Patent number: 11941057
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, a deep learning model is used to learn embedding representations of a heterogeneous information network, where the embedding represents entity-specific properties and network environment properties. Position-aware embeddings specific to the heterogeneous information network may be used as input features of the deep learning model. Furthermore, meta-path embedding specific to the heterogeneous information network may also be used as input features of the deep learning model. Modified embedding propagation methods are further designed to explore better ways to capture network meta-path properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Zhanglong Liu, Ankan Saha, Yiou Xiao, Kathryn L. Evans, Aastha Jain, Aastha Nigam
  • Thermochromic metal halide perovskite windows with ideal transition temperatures
    Patent number: 11939525
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a first phase that includes a perovskite and a second phase that includes a salt, a polymer, and a switching molecule, where the first phase and the second phase are in physical contact, and the composition is capable of reversibly switching between a substantially opaque state and a substantially transparent state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Anthony Rosales, Lance Michael Wheeler
  • Apparatus for conducting continuous interleaved assaying in a multi-well plate
    Patent number: 11940385
    Abstract: We describe apparatuses, systems, method, reagents, and kits for conducting assays as well as process for their preparation. They are particularly well suited for conducting automated sampling, sample preparation, and analysis in a multi-well plate assay format. For example, they may be used for automated analysis of particulates in air and/or liquid samples derived therefrom in environmental monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Meso Scale Technologies, LLC.
    Inventors: Charles M. Clinton, Eli N. Glezer, Sharon West, George Sigal, Carl Stevens, Michael L. Vock
  • Disposable cup lid
    Patent number: D1019389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CFS Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Tyler Jenne
  • Vehicle fender
    Patent number: D1019497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Zhiqing Huang