Patents Assigned to LLC
  • System and method for magma-driven thermochemical processes
    Patent number: 11918967
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a thermochemical process includes injecting one or more feed streams into a reaction chamber. The reaction chamber is maintained at a reaction temperature using heat obtained directly from a subterranean heat source. The method includes maintaining the one or more feed streams in the reaction chamber for a residence time to form one or more product streams from the one or more feed streams. The one or more product streams are removed from the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Greg Lindberg, Kimberly C. Conner
  • Strap container system and method
    Patent number: 11919679
    Abstract: A storage container may include a hollow main body, a lid, and an attachment mechanism for removably attaching a shackle holder. The hollow main body has a plurality of sidewalls, a first end, and a second end, opposite the first end. The lid may be disposed on the first end of the main body and the attachment mechanism may be disposed on the second end of the hollow main body. The shackle holder may be configured to retain a shackle. The shackle holder is capable of being disposed on storage containers with main bodies that vary in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RUGGED SAFETY, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas J. Turner
  • Insect inhibitory proteins
    Patent number: 11920145
    Abstract: Insecticidal proteins exhibiting toxic activity against Coleopteran and Lepidopteran pest species are disclosed, and include, but are not limited to, TIC3668, TIC3669, TIC3670, TIC4076, TIC4078, TIC4260, TIC4346, TIC4826, TIC4861, TIC4862, TIC4863, TIC11239, TIC11243, TIC11256, TIC4544, TIC4545, TIC6871, TIC7429, TIC7497, TIC7511, TIC7513, TIC7518, TIC7524, TIC7526, TIC7528, TIC7535 and TIC-3668-type proteins. DNA molecules and constructs are provided which contain a polynucleotide sequence encoding one or more of the disclosed TIC3668-type proteins. Transgenic plants, plant cells, seed, and plant parts resistant to Lepidopteran and Coleopteran infestation are provided which contain polynucleotide sequences encoding the insecticidal proteins of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Bean, David J. Bowen, Catherine A. Chay, Arlene R. Howe, Jason S. Milligan, Yong Yin
  • Multi-ear system to enhance monocot plant yield
    Patent number: 11917959
    Abstract: Provided are methods for increasing the yield of a monocot plant through treatment of the plant with a plant growth regulator. In certain embodiments, maize plants produce multiple ears and an increased number of kernels. In certain embodiments, reduced height of the plant allows for more efficient self-pollination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Ovadya, Beth Savidge, Kyle Smith, Dale Val
  • Light driver with improved dimming profile
    Patent number: 11924933
    Abstract: A light driver includes a pulse generator circuit configured to generate a pulsed signal based on a rectified input line voltage, a dimming detection circuit configured to determine whether phase-cut dimming is present at an input of the light driver based on the pulsed signal and to generate a phase-cut detection signal, and an input selection circuit configured to apply a first voltage or a second voltage to a reference input of a power factor correction (PFC) circuit of the light driver based on the phase-cut detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ERP POWER, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Archer, Louis Chen, James H. Mohan
  • Auralization for multi-microphone devices
    Patent number: 11924618
    Abstract: A method for auralizing a multi-microphone device. Path information for one or more sound paths using dimensions and room reflection coefficients of a simulated room for one of a plurality of microphones included in a multi-microphone device is determined. An array-related transfer functions (ARTFs) for the one of the plurality of microphones is retrieved. The auralized impulse response for the one of the plurality of microphones is generated based at least on the retrieved ARTFs and the determined path information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Rajeev Conrad Nongpiur, Ananya Misra, Chanwoo Kim
  • Conductive broad good providing lightning strike protection
    Patent number: 11919656
    Abstract: A broad good, comprising a plurality of fibers looped randomly throughout the broad good, a binder material binding the plurality of fibers together, the plurality of bound fibers forming a dimensionally stable nonwoven veil, a first metal coating covering a surface of the plurality of bound fibers of the veil, and a second metal coating covering the surface of the first metal coating, wherein the first and second metal coatings form a highly conductive metal screen that follows the shape of the dimensionally stable nonwoven veil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: General Nano LLC
    Inventors: Larry Allen Christy, Joseph E. Sprengard, Jr., Jae Hak Kim, Chaminda Jayasinghe
  • Restoration in video coding using filtering and subspace projection
    Patent number: 11924476
    Abstract: A device for restoring a degraded frame resulting from reconstruction of a source frame includes a processor that is configured to receive a compressed bitstream. The compressed bitstream includes a first projection parameter ? a second projection parameter ?, first restoration parameters comprising a first radius value, and second restoration parameters comprising a second radius value. The processor is further configured to restore at least a portion of the degraded frame using a projection operation that uses the first projection parameter ?, the second projection parameter ?, and at least two guide tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Debargha Mukherjee
  • Multivariate rate control for transcoding video content
    Patent number: 11924449
    Abstract: A learning model is trained for rate-distortion behavior prediction against a corpus of a video hosting platform and used to determine optimal bitrate allocations for video data given video content complexity across the corpus of the video hosting platform. Complexity features of the video data are processed using the learning model to determine a rate-distortion cluster prediction for the video data, and transcoding parameters for transcoding the video data are selected based on that prediction. The rate-distortion clusters are modeled during the training of the learning model, such as based on rate-distortion curves of video data of the corpus of the video hosting platform and based on classifications of such video data. This approach minimizes total corpus egress and/or storage while further maintaining uniformity in the delivered quality of videos by the video hosting platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Sam John, Balineedu Adsumilli, Akshay Gadde
  • Aerosol containment apparatus, systems and methods
    Patent number: 11918425
    Abstract: Aerosol containment apparatus and methods of use are provided herein. The apparatus provides for creating an interior rest space for a person. The apparatus includes a self-sealable cover which is configurable to seal the interior rest space for use in dental care, cosmetic care or other procedures. Access to the person is provided by arm ports located on the apparatus. These arm ports are flexible and allow for vertical, horizontal and angular arm movement procedures. The apparatus includes a partially or substantially transparent cover for visual access to the client and an internal utility tray for tool storage. The apparatus, also includes, an air filtration port equipped with a replaceable air filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: AIRSOLVE LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Jean Mohon, Janice E Gallegos, Justine Gabriela Humble, Jordan Blaize Humble
  • Method and system to manage thermal propagation in an energy storage device of a battery electric vehicle
    Patent number: 11919419
    Abstract: A method to manage thermal propagation in an energy storage device of a battery electric vehicle is provided. The method includes operating the battery electric vehicle with a plurality of distinct battery cell module groups each separately providing electrical power to the battery electric vehicle. The method further includes, within a computerized battery cell module groups controller, monitoring conditions within the distinct battery cell module groups, determining occurrence of an abnormal event within one of a plurality of the distinct battery cell module groups based upon the monitored conditions, and controlling operation of the battery electric vehicle based upon the determined occurrence of the abnormal event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bin Li, Calvin Goodman
  • Composition of complex content via user interaction with an automated assistant
    Patent number: 11924149
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that facilitates the creation of complex messages from user input(s) to the automated assistant. Each message can be created according to a respective template that is selected based on user input that directs the automated assistant to communicate a message to a recipient. Furthermore, sections of a template can be designated for certain content based on prior messages communicated by one or more users to one or more recipients. In this way, in response to a user requesting that the automated assistant send a message, the automated assistant can select a related template and fill out the template accordingly. In some instances, content that is assigned to certain sections of the selected template can come from a variety of different sources and/or may not be explicitly specified in the request from the user to the automated assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Sharifi, Victor Carbune
  • Solid-state nanofiber polymer multilayer composite electrolytes and cells
    Patent number: 11923501
    Abstract: A solid-state electrolyte for a multilayer solid-state electrochemical cell is described herein. The electrolyte comprises a lithium electrolyte salt and nanofibers of a cubic phase lithium lanthanum zirconium oxide (c-LLZO), and a polymer interspersed with the nanofibers and electrolyte salt. Electrochemical cells comprising the solid-state electrolyte, and solid-state cathodes comprising the nanofibers of c-LLZO are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Yuepeng Zhang, Sanja Tepavcevic, Devon J. Powers, Peter Zapol, John N. Hryn, Gregory K. Krumdick, Ozgenur Kahvecioglu, Krzystof Z. Pupek, Michael John Counihan
  • Implant system and method for joint fusion
    Patent number: 11918257
    Abstract: Implant systems and methods treatment of a joint include a distal portion, a middle portion, and a proximal portion. The distal portion may include a thread having a first thread minor, a first thread major, and a first pitch. The distal portion also may have a reverse cut, helical fenestration formed through the thread. The middle portion may be devoid of threads and may include a porous outer surface structure to promote bony integration, the porous outer surface structure having a leading end and a trailing end, with the leading end having a diameter larger than the first thread minor. The proximal portion may include a proximal thread having a second thread minor, a second thread major, and a second pitch. The second thread minor may be substantially the same width as the trailing end of the middle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Orthofix US LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Fang, Kevin G. Roberts
  • Systems and methods for user authentication using an imaged machine-readable identity document
    Patent number: 11924199
    Abstract: Described herein are computerized methods and systems for user authentication using an imaged machine-readable identity document. A server receives an authentication request from a first client device, including image files corresponding to a user's machine-readable identity document. The server displays on the first client device user-identifying data elements extracted from the image files. The server captures additional user-identifying data elements from the first client device, and verifies the user's identity based upon the user-identifying data elements. The server determines user contact channel data based upon the verified identity. The server displays the contact channel data on the first client device, and generates a transient access code upon receiving a contact channel selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FMR, LLC
    Inventors: Carsten Miller, Brett Edminster
  • Bi-directional fish pass helix
    Patent number: 11920314
    Abstract: A fish pass system includes a helical blade having an outside diameter and an inside diameter extending between a first side of the helical blade and a second side of the helical blade. The inside diameter controls a flow of water flowing in a direction from the first side to the second side, and the inside diameter defines an open center of the fish pass system. Fish traveling in an opposite direction to the direction of the flow of the water pass through the fish pass system by riding in a space between helical blades as the helical blades are rotating, and fish traveling in the direction of the flow of the water pass through the open center of the fish pass system by swimming or moving over the inside diameter of the helical blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Percheron Power, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry L. Straalsund, Sharon D. Atkin
  • Suitcase
    Patent number: D1016484
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Derek G. Sullivan, Steve Charles Nichols, Christopher Kalck
  • Suitcase
    Patent number: D1016485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Derek G. Sullivan, Steve Charles Nichols, Christopher Kalck
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D1016572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Pacific Market International, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob D. Silsby, Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Michael Carl Beckman
  • Bracket for inversion apparatus
    Patent number: D1016597
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Expectations, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas M. Soller, Christopher H. Leier, Darrin M. Swagel, Ryan B. Keehnel