Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Slice-based dynamic neural networks
    Patent number: 11938943
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing inputs using slice-based dynamic neural networks. One of the methods includes receiving a new input for processing by a neural network that includes a first conditional neural network layer that has a set of shared parameters and a respective set of slice parameters for each of a plurality of slices. One or more slices to which the new input belongs are identified. The new input is processed to generate a network output, including: receiving a layer input to the first conditional neural network layer; and processing the layer input using the set of shared parameters, the respective one or more sets of slice parameters for the identified one or more slices, but not the respective sets of slice parameters for any other slices to which the new input does not belong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Khaled Refaat, Stéphane Ross
  • Side shot system, method, and tote manufactured therefrom
    Patent number: 11938666
    Abstract: A storage container manufactured from an injection molding process which includes a mold and at least one injector. The mold has a top surface, a bottom wall, a plurality of side surfaces, and at least two separable sections. Where the at least two separable sections are in a closed position, a cavity is formed in the mold. The at least one injector is disposed through at least one of the plurality of sidewalls and further disposed into the cavity. The storage container has a plurality of sidewalls, an upper edge, and a bottom surface. At least one of the plurality of sidewalls of the resulting storage container contains at least one sprue mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob H. Whitta, Eric Hummel
  • Universal medical image request
    Patent number: 11942210
    Abstract: The method of obtaining DICOM files may comprise receiving, by a processor, scanning data of a scannable graphic associated with an item, wherein the scannable graphic is associated with DICOM tag data; extracting, by the processor, the DICOM tag data from the scanning data; determining, by the processor, that the DICOM tag data is associated with a first DICOM file; identifying, by the processor, a user of the first DICOM file; retrieving, by the processor, the first DICOM file; searching, by the processor, for other DICOM files that are associated with at least one of the user or the first DICOM file; retrieving, by the processor, the other DICOM files; and sending, by the processor and to the user, the first DICOM file and the other DICOM files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: MYMEDICALIMAGES.COM, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Hodgeman, Wayne A. Vassello
  • Method, electronic device, and computer program product for using virtual desktop
    Patent number: 11941438
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for using a virtual desktop. A method in one embodiment includes receiving, at a first edge node in a plurality of edge nodes, an instruction from a first set of input devices in a plurality of peripheral devices. The instruction is for use of a first virtual desktop deployed on the first edge node. The method further includes: using the first virtual desktop based on the instruction by using resources at the first edge node. The method further includes: sending data to an output device in the plurality of peripheral devices, wherein the data is associated with the use of the first virtual desktop. The solution for using a virtual desktop of the present application enables the use of a virtual desktop using resources at an edge node without requiring a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Pedro Fernandez Orellana, Qiang Chen
  • System and method for manufacturing a tower structure
    Patent number: 11939762
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for manufacturing a tower structure. Accordingly, one or more layers of a wall element are deposited with a printhead assembly. At least one recess is defined in the wall element. The recess(es) has a single, circumferential opening positioned along an inner reference curve or an outer reference curve of the wall element. The recess(es) also has a depth which extends in a radial direction and intersects a midline reference curve. A reinforcing element is placed entirely within the recess(es) at the midline reference curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Norman Arnold Turnquist, Gregory Edward Cooper, Xiaopeng Li, Christopher James Kenny, Biao Fang, Pascal Meyer
  • Combine header equipped with an automated header transport system and header steering mechanism
    Patent number: 11937546
    Abstract: A header including a front and rear wheel assembly, each assembly having an axle and two wheels. Each wheel assembly is coupled to the main body of the header by an actuating system having an actuator mechanism for actuating a swivel movement of the axle and the wheels to bring the wheel assembly to or from a road transport position. The front and rear wheel assemblies are equipped with tie rod arrangements for steering the header when it is transported on the road. The wheels of the wheel assemblies are operated as caster wheels. The tie rod arrangement of the front wheel assembly is coupled to a pivotable base connected to, or connectable to, a drawbar. The wheel assemblies have respective actuators which are synchronized so as to synchronize the position of the front and rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Dré W. J. Jongmans, Bart M. A. Missotten, Kenneth De Ceunynck, Sam Reubens, Frederik Tallir, Pieter Van Overschelde, Michiel Desmyter
  • Universal positioning system for X-ray imaging system
    Patent number: 11937961
    Abstract: An X-ray system with a universal positioning system includes a multiple degree of freedom overhead support system mounted within a location for the X-ray system, a first imaging device on the overhead support system, a multiple degree of freedom wall stand disposed within the location for the X-ray system, the wall stand comprising a motive module and a number of moveable members operably connected to the motive module that can be operated by the motive module to move the wall stand over a floor of the location, a second imaging device mounted to the wall stand, a table disposed within the location for the X-ray system, including a base disposed on the floor of the location and a support surface secured at one end to the base, and a workstation including a processing unit configured to send control signals to and to receive data signals from the universal positioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Yu Qing Li, Gireesha Chinthamani Rao, Chunyu Wang, Fusheng Li, Qingtao Wang, Feng Xu
  • Tissue-based compositions and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 11938246
    Abstract: Compositions comprising extracellular matrix (ECM) materials and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The compositions may comprise two or more ECM materials derived from different types of tissues, such as, e.g., lung tissue and spleen tissue, formulated for administration to a patient or configured as a medical device for implantation in or application to the patient. The compositions may combine complementary properties of different types of ECM materials for customized patient-specific and/or site-specific tissue repair and/or regeneration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FETTECH, LLC
    Inventor: Clay Fette
  • Wall-mountable perch
    Patent number: 11939782
    Abstract: A wall-mountable perch includes: a frame including: first horizontal side members; a first cross member connected to each of the first horizontal side members proximate to a respective distal end of each of the first horizontal side members; second horizontal side members connected to the first horizontal side members; a platform connected to the second horizontal side members; a plurality of support arms each having a proximal end connected proximate to a proximal end of the frame, each support arm extending vertically upward from the frame and being configured to be flexible to bend along a respective length of each of the plurality of support arms; tension arms each connected to a respective horizontal side member; and adjusting means for producing tension in the tension arms and for causing a second cross member of the wall-mountable perch to move closer to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AAA Royal Construction LLC
    Inventors: Joseph John Boyd, Michael Aziz Allie
  • Systems and methods for detecting a fuel leak
    Patent number: 11940354
    Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a fuel leak are provided. A method of detecting a fuel leak within a turbomachine combustor includes a step of monitoring, by a controller, a sensor output from a particulate matter sensor positioned on a component within the combustor. The sensor output includes one of a fault state sensor output or a non-fault state sensor output. The method further includes receiving, with the controller, the fault state sensor output from the particulate matter sensor when a fuel leak is present within the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventor: Willy Steve Ziminsky
  • Enhanced multispectral sensor calibration
    Patent number: 11940568
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for enhanced multispectral sensor calibration. A device may include a first layer having copper, a second layer having solder material, the second layer above the first layer, and a third layer having a white silkscreen material, the third layer above the second layer. Regarding the device, the first layer may be used for calibration of a thermal sensor, the second layer may be used for calibration of an image sensor and calibration of a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) sensor, and the third layer may be used for the calibration of the image sensor and the calibration of the LIDAR sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventor: Michel H. J. Laverne
  • Tourniquet with rotatable buckle assembly
    Patent number: 11937829
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to first aid articles and more specifically tourniquets suitable for one handed application. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a tourniquet having a base defining first and second ends. A constricting band is attached to and extends from the first end of the base. A windlass handle is engaged with the constricting band. The constricting band is threaded through a self cinching stepped buckle. A buckle connector includes a hook member that engages the stepped buckle and is partly held in place through urging against a loop of the constriction band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Tactical Medical Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Ross A. Johnson, Richard A. Hester
  • Coupling member, pump-priming device, and method of priming an internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 11940011
    Abstract: A coupling member for use in priming a fluid pump of an internal combustion engine, the coupling member including a first end, a second end, and a cylindrical length therebetween. The first end of the coupling member may be configured to axially engage a drive shaft of a rotational drive, a plurality of fins may extend along at least a portion of the cylindrical length, and the plurality of fins may be configured to engage an oil drive gear of an internal combustion engine. Each fin from the plurality of fins may protrude radially from an outer surface of the coupling member, and the coupling member may be further configured to translate a rotational force provided by the rotational drive to the oil drive gear of the internal combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TCM Engine Products, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Vinson
  • Tamper evident tuck end containers
    Patent number: 11939119
    Abstract: A blank for forming a tamper evident container includes a plurality of panels connected together at fold lines configured for extending at least partially around an interior space, including a first side panel, a top panel, a second side panel and a bottom panel. A bottom flap is foldably connected to an edge of the bottom panel on the first end of the blank. A top flap is foldably connected to an edge of the top panel on the first end of the blank. The bottom flap includes a major flap and a minor flap, the major flap connecting between the bottom panel and the minor flap. The top flap includes a catch point feature and wherein the minor flap includes a trap aperture configured to catch the catch point feature of the top flap when opening a container constructed from the blank to provide a tamper evident access feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: WestRock MWV, LLC
    Inventor: Rodney D. Dixon
  • Method for optimizing treatment of infected metallic implants by measuring charge transfer
    Patent number: 11937926
    Abstract: A method and related system for treating a metallic surface in order to eradicate bacteria on the metallic surface using at least three electrodes and in which the metallic surface is one of the electrodes and in which a stimulation voltage is applied to the metallic surface and an accumulated charge is measured. The accumulated charge is compared to a threshold level wherein the stimulation voltage is maintained until the accumulated charge exceeds the threshold level. In at least one version, the metallic surface is that of a surgical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GARWOOD MEDICAL DEVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Mary K. Canty, Jackson G. Hobble
  • Rotary disc valve
    Patent number: 11939981
    Abstract: A rotary disc valve is used in a fluid delivery system to control flow of fluid between multiple ports of a valve housing. The valve housing may include a valve body and a lid that closes an open end of the valve body. In addition, the valve may include a diverter and seal assembly that are disposed in the valve housing. The diverter is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and to control fluid flow through the valve housing. The seal assembly provides a dynamic seal that is fluid tight within a plane that is perpendicular to the rotational axis. The diverter, the valve body and the seal assembly cooperate to define a fluid passageway that is coaxial with the rotational axis and passes through the seal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Chapman
  • Aqueous dispersion of polymeric particles
    Patent number: 11939486
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of polymeric particles comprising an emulsion polymer and a polyalkylene oxide with a weight average molecular weight in the range of 450 to 1,500 g/mole, and an aqueous coating composition with low VOCs comprising the aqueous dispersion and providing coatings made therefrom with improved water whitening resistance and hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Yan Li, Junyu Chen, Cheng Shen, James C. Bohling, Zhi Juan Gong, Tao Wang
  • Adjustable bed divider system for a pickup truck
    Patent number: 11938904
    Abstract: A cargo bed divider system for a pickup truck includes a first guide rail connectable to a first lateral side of a cargo bed, a second guide rail connectable to a second lateral side of the cargo bed, a cargo bed divider supported between the first guide rail and the second guide rail, and an adjustment mechanism connectable to a forward end of the cargo bed and the cargo bed divider. The adjustment mechanism selectively moves the cargo bed divider between a first position adjacent the forward end of the cargo bed and a second position adjacent to a rear end of the cargo bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jesus Anthony Bernal, Eric James Bontrager
  • Load sharing bone plate
    Patent number: 11937858
    Abstract: A load sharing bone plate has a plurality of directional apertures configured to effectively support and share the load with a fractured bone to promote healing. A load sharing bone plate may have a body portion that is thinner and be configured to be secured with smaller fasteners than conventional bone plates. A load sharing bone plate has a plurality of directional apertures, configured to direct a fastener is a specific orientation, such as in an oblique angle to the length and/or in an oblique angle to the width of the bone plate. A load sharing bone plate may be configured with a load sharing extension on at least one end that is configured to reduce stress concentration at the end of the bone plate. A load sharing extension may have a tapered thickness and/or width from the body portion to the extended end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: AVANTI ORTHOPAEDICS, LLC
    Inventor: John Douglas Patterson
  • Self-supervised learning for anomaly detection and localization
    Patent number: 11941084
    Abstract: A method for training a machine learning model includes obtaining a set of training samples. For each training sample in the set of training samples, during each of one or more training iterations, the method includes cropping the training sample to generate a first cropped image, cropping the training sample to generate a second cropped image that is different than the first cropped image, and duplicating a first portion of the second cropped image. The method also includes overlaying the duplicated first portion of the second cropped image on a second portion of the second cropped image to form an augmented second cropped image. The first portion is different than the second portion. The method also includes training the machine learning model with the first cropped image and the augmented second cropped image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Kihyuk Sohn, Chun-Liang Li, Jinsung Yoon, Tomas Jon Pfister