Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11929533
    Abstract: A flow battery having at least one rechargeable cell is disclosed. The at least one rechargeable cell can include an anolyte compartment, a catholyte compartment, and an anion exchange membrane positioned between the anolyte and catholyte compartments. The anion exchange membrane can have a thickness of less than 100 ?m and a steady state diffusivity of less than 0.4 ppm/hr/cm2 with respect to a cation species in an electrolyte of the rechargeable cell. A method of facilitating use of a flow battery including providing the anion exchange membrane is also disclosed. A method of facilitating storage of an electric charge comprising providing the flow battery is also disclosed. A method of producing an anion exchange membrane is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
    Inventors: George Y. Gu, Savvas Hadjikyriacou, Michael J. Shaw, Simon P. Dukes
  • Patent number: 11929060
    Abstract: A method for training a speech recognition model includes receiving a set of training utterance pairs each including a non-synthetic speech representation and a synthetic speech representation of a same corresponding utterance. At each of a plurality of output steps for each training utterance pair in the set of training utterance pairs, the method also includes determining a consistent loss term for the corresponding training utterance pair based on a first probability distribution over possible non-synthetic speech recognition hypotheses generated for the corresponding non-synthetic speech representation and a second probability distribution over possible synthetic speech recognition hypotheses generated for the corresponding synthetic speech representation. The first and second probability distributions are generated for output by the speech recognition model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Zhehuai Chen, Andrew Rosenberg, Bhuvana Ramabhadran, Pedro Jose Moreno Mengibar
  • Publication number: 20240076207
    Abstract: Chitosan-based hybrid composite materials and mesoporous titanium-based hybrid composite materials are disclosed. These hybrid composite materials can be used for the removal of toxic heavy metal ions from both radioactive and non-radioactive liquid waste streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Isotope Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Shameem Hasan
  • Publication number: 20240075883
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage compartment, a belt conveyor located in the storage compartment and having a slat belt supported by a pair of rollers, and a shelf operatively coupled to the slat belt and configured to move between a lower stowed position within the storage compartment and an upper deployed position extending outward from the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, David Brian Glickman, Jeff Robert Seaman, Annette Lynn Huebner, George Abram Thornton, Michael John Harmon
  • Publication number: 20240075681
    Abstract: A headrest assembly includes a lattice matrix having a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) cells. Each 3D cell of includes a node and a plurality of links outwardly extending from the node. The lattice matrix includes a plurality of sections including a first section having a first overall elastic modulus, a second section positioned adjacent to the first section and having a second overall elastic modulus that is higher than the first overall elastic modulus of the first section, and a third section positioned adjacent to the second section and having a third overall elastic modulus that is higher than the second overall elastic modulus of the second section. The lattice matrix is integrally constructed using an additive manufacturing technique, wherein the 3D cells of each section are provided in various patterns and cured to varying degrees to provide the varying overall elastic moduli of each section of the lattice matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Siddharthan Selvasekar, Chris Fredriksson, Patrick Maloney, Sangram Tamhankar, Kevin VanNieulande
  • Publication number: 20240077462
    Abstract: A method, for use in a mass spectrometer or computer software, and computer readable medium, for acquiring mass spectral data; comprising acquiring mass spectral data for a sample; selecting a relevant retention time window for presence of possible compounds of interest; using positively identified analytes from a sample run to convert retention time into retention index; determining a retention index range for said relevant retention time window; using the acquired spectral data in said relevant retention time window to perform a spectral library search to identify possible compounds; selecting a subset of possible compounds based on at least one of their retention index values and spectral library search scores; performing a regression analysis, between the spectral data within the retention time window and the library spectrum of at least one of the subset of possible compounds; and reporting the regression coefficients as representative of the concentrations or chromatograms of said possible compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: CERNO BIOSCIENCE LLC
    Inventors: Yongdong WANG, Don KUEHL, Stacey SIMONOFF
  • Publication number: 20240075844
    Abstract: Aspects relate to apparatus and methods for autonomously controlling electric vehicles for charging. Apparatus includes a processor configured to receive a map of a location, communicate with a plurality of vehicles at the location, and communicate charging data to a user. Communicating with the plurality of vehicles includes receiving status data from the vehicles, transmitting a waypath to the vehicles, and directing the vehicles to a designated spot for charging. A user may manually charge the vehicles at the designated spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: STEER-Tech, LLC
    Inventor: Anuja Sonalker
  • Publication number: 20240074352
    Abstract: A harvester reel includes a reel tine bar having a follower and a tine. A cam assembly includes a primary cam, a linkage and a latch. The linkage has a first end that is connected to the primary cam and a second end that is connectable to the tine bar for guiding rotation of the tine bar. The latch selectively couples the second end of the linkage to the tine bar. In an unlatched configuration of the latch, the reel tine bar can pivot relative to the second end of the linkage, and in a latched configuration of the latch, the reel tine bar is non-rotatably connected to the second end of the linkage. A secondary cam has a surface that is configured to be contacted by the follower of the reel tine bar. Upon contacting the secondary cam, the follower moves the latch to the unlatched configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Smith, Cory Hunt
  • Publication number: 20240079343
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor substrate may include a wafer including a first side and a second side; and a support structure coupled to the wafer at a desired location on the first side, the second side, or both the first side and the second side. The support structure may include an organic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. SEDDON, Francis J. CARNEY
  • Publication number: 20240074353
    Abstract: A harvester reel for an agricultural harvester header includes a central rotatable shaft; a plurality of reel tine bars and a cam assembly for guiding rotation of the plurality of reel tine bars. The reel tine bars extend widthwise across the reel and are connected to the central rotatable shaft for rotation therewith. Each of the plurality of reel tine bars include a tine. The cam assembly includes a cam and a diverter adjacent the cam. The diverter is movable between a disengaged position, in which the cam does not guide rotation of the tine bars, and an engaged position, in which the cam does guide rotation of the tine bars. The diverter is biased toward the engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Cory Hunt, Jeffrey Trowbridge
  • Publication number: 20240076897
    Abstract: A hard-shell tent is secured to the top of a pickup truck or other suitable vehicle. The tent opens in a clamshell manner, and opens more than the standard 90 degrees, which gives this tent approximately 20% more usable space for occupants over the current designs. A unique hinge mechanism allows the tent to open approximately 110 degrees, which increases the usable area without increasing the footprint of the tent. The tent features a side slide/second folding section, and one or more internal shelves that fold into place automatically as the tent is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Wheel Pros, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Bennett, Matt Westhoff
  • Publication number: 20240078393
    Abstract: Method, apparatus, and non-transitory storage medium for neural network based dialogue generation, including receiving an input dialogue context, and generating queries based on the input dialogue context using a query generating neural network. The query generating neural network may be trained using a cheap noisy supervision function. The method may further include retrieving responses from a web-based search engine based on the generated queries, and generating dialogue based on the retrieved responses and the input dialogue context.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Linfeng SONG
  • Publication number: 20240079890
    Abstract: A battery charging system includes a charging rack comprising multiple receptacle, multiple battery assemblies. Each of the battery assemblies includes a housing having a handle, rechargeable battery cells disposed within the housing, and a mating feature protruding away from the housing, wherein the mating feature is configured to selectively connect the battery assembly with the receptacle of the charging rack and includes multiple ports electrically connected to the battery cells and configured receive power from the charging rack to charge the battery cells, and wherein the handle comprises a release button configured to selectively disengage the battery assembly from the receptacle of the charging rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Zeiler, Christopher Krajewski, Kyle Harvey, Ryan S. Jaskowiak, Nicholas Zeidler, Mark Noller, Todd Johnson
  • Publication number: 20240079132
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display screen, a memory circuit, and computing circuitry, which is coupled to the display screen and to the memory circuit, and which is configured to cause the display screen to display icons that are each related to respective data regarding a patient at a medical facility, to retrieve, from the memory, the respective data in response to a user of the electronic device selecting, via the display screen, a corresponding one of the displayed icons, and to cause the display screen to display the retrieved respective data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: BFC MED LLC
    Inventors: Arun Rao, Lacey Rao
  • Publication number: 20240078334
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for vaultless tokenization. Alphanumeric values may be determined based on numeric values generated from a hash of numeric user information shuffled through a plurality of randomly generated alphanumeric tables. The numeric user information and the alphanumeric values may be used to generate a table index. Shuffled numeric user information may be generated based on the table index and a plurality of randomly generated numeric tables, and transformed to alphanumeric user information (e.g., via format-preserving encryption, additive cipher, etc.). Each character of the alphanumeric user information may be shuffled through a different alphanumeric table of the plurality of alphanumeric tables identified for the character based on the table index. Moreover, an alphanumeric token may be generated based on the shuffled characters of the alphanumeric user information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Rohit JOSHI, Hao CHENG, Michael James CAUGHEY
  • Publication number: 20240080456
    Abstract: In some embodiments, gaze-tracking-based image downscaling for multi-party video communication may be provided. In some embodiments, a set of gaze locations may be received from a set of receiving devices during concurrent video communication sessions between the receiving devices and a sending device. Different collections of positions may be determined based on the gaze locations, and, for each such collection, a spatial indicator (e.g., a bounded region) may be determined. A first downscaled encoding of the source image (from the sending device) may be generated based on the first spatial indicator, and a second downscaled encoding of the source image may be generated based on the second spatial indicator, etc. The downscaled encodings may then be sent to the respective receiving devices during the concurrent video communication sessions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Austin WALTERS, Alvin HUA, Anh TRUONG, Vincent PHAM, Ernest KWAK, Galen RAFFERTY, Jeremy GOODSITT
  • Publication number: 20240074609
    Abstract: An electric frothing device includes a driving unit, a connecting rod, and a frothing unit. The driving unit has a housing, and a drive motor disposed in the housing. The drive motor has a power outputting shaft. The connecting rod is fixed to the power outputting shaft of the drive motor. The frothing unit has a fan fixed to the connecting rod and having blades, and a coil spring disposed with an interval from the blades of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KITCHEN MAMA LLC
    Inventors: Shih-Chuan CHUANG, Ching-Hsiu YAO, Mao-Xi LIU
  • Publication number: 20240079715
    Abstract: An apparatus for venting battery ejecta for use in an electric aircraft is presented. The apparatus includes a battery module with a plurality of electrochemical cells. The electrochemical cells of the plurality of electrochemical cells are separated by a carbon fiber barrier. Venting port of a plurality of venting ports is configured to vent an electrochemical cell of the plurality of electrochemical cells using a venting path of a plurality of venting paths, wherein the plurality of vent ports is fluidly connected to the plurality of venting paths and the plurality of venting paths are fluidly connected to at least an outlet. Venting paths direct the battery ejecta from the electrochemical cell to the outside of the electric aircraft through at least an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan William Joseph Wiegman, Tyler John Skroski, Stuart Denson Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20240078451
    Abstract: An apparatus for physiologically informed gestational inquiries is disclosed. The apparatus includes at least a processor and memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor. The memory instructs the processor to receive a biological extraction from the user. The memory instructs the processor to receive a gestational inquiry from the user. The memory instructs the processor to separate the gestational inquiry from a description of the gestational inquiry. The memory instructs the processor to determine a gestational target as a function of the gestational inquiry and the biological extraction. The memory instructs the processor to generate a gestational report as a function of the gestational target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KPN INNOVATIONS, LLC.
    Inventor: Kenneth Neumann
  • Publication number: 20240075965
    Abstract: A system for transporting one or more items is provided. The system includes: a transportation tube disposed at least partially underground or at least partially above ground; a transportation pod to secure items therein for transport; a transportation actuator to propel the transportation pod through the transportation tube, the transportation actuator including one or more pumps coupled to the transportation tube and configured to pressurize a fluid medium through the transportation tube such that the pressurized fluid medium propels the transportation pod through the transportation tube; a first access point located proximate a first end of the transportation tube; and a second access point located proximate a second end of the transportation tube. Each of the first and second access points includes an opening configured to allow the transportation pod to be received into or removed from the transportation tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Cooley Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Maryam Cooley