Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11918134
    Abstract: An article for use with an associated vertically oriented, generally planar surface may include a generally horizontal top member supported by first and second planar supporting members, which selectively receive the associated vertically oriented, generally planar associated surface therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ARME Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan McGraw
  • Patent number: 11918925
    Abstract: A ride vehicle includes a riding assembly configured to carry a rider, a base configured to couple to the riding assembly, and a control system configured to control the coordination of movements of the ride vehicle with movements of separate ride vehicles. The base includes a surface movement system configured to move the ride vehicle along a surface, a vertical movement system configured to move the riding assembly vertically relative to the base, and a roll system configured to move the riding assembly angularly relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Lara Larberg MacLean, William Dale Mason, Eric Alan Vance, Justin Michael Schwartz, Ross Alan Osterman
  • Patent number: 11918555
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods of treating diseases and conditions associated with phospholipase D (PLD) toxin. In particular, the methods include administering to a subject in need a pharmaceutical composition comprising a dicarboxylic acid ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NEW FRONTIER LABS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert T. Streeper, Elzbieta Izbicka
  • Patent number: 11918799
    Abstract: An apparatus for a heart of a patient having a cardiac assist device adapted to be implanted into the patient to assist the heart with pumping blood. The apparatus has a sensor adapted to be implanted into the patient. The sensor in communication with the cardiac assist device and the heart which measures native volume of the heart. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on admittance while the cardiac assist device. Alternatively, the sensor monitors the heart based on impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Cardio Vol, LLC
    Inventors: John Porterfield, Jonathan W. Valvano, Clay Heighten, Anil Kottam, Marc David Feldman, Aleksandra Borisovna Gruslova, Drew R. Nolen
  • Patent number: 11919580
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a steering assist system, a steering wheel, and a steering controller to detect a request to move the steering wheel of the vehicle to a first rotational position, the steering wheel having a second rotational position, actuate, via the steering assist system, the steering wheel towards the first rotational position, determine, based on a relationship between a first parameter and a second parameter, a third rotational position, the third rotational position having an angular offset from the first rotational position, the first parameter corresponding to a position of the steering system, the second parameter corresponding to a load on the steering system, and in response to reaching the third rotational position, disengage the steering assist system, the disengagement causing the steering wheel to rotate to the first rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhongzhou Yang, Alex Parker, Zheng Tan, Bo Lin, Justin Sekula, William Bouse
  • Patent number: 11919539
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for screening and monitoring the health of a vehicle user including receiving sensor data produced by a sensor at the vehicle, processing the sensor data to determine at least one health condition of the user of the vehicle, and in response to determining the at least one health condition, executing a vehicle function selected from a plurality of vehicle functions based on the at least one health condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Eric Wolff, Abhimanyu Singh, Linh Pham
  • Patent number: 11917935
    Abstract: A seed treater includes a baffle which includes a fin that is selectively movable to adjust an extent to which the fin extends into a mixing chamber during mixing of seeds and a seed treatment within the mixing chamber to facilitate mixing of the seeds and the seed treatment within the mixing chamber. The fin defines an internal flow passage configured to deliver forced fluid through the fin and into the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Richard Bailey, Damien Douglas Brewer, Vallabh Makadia, Michael Francis Migliazzo, Daniel James Seyer
  • Patent number: 11919698
    Abstract: A packaging system included a support member and a packing component. The support member includes a base, a head portion, and a leg. The head portion extends from the base in a first direction. The leg extends from the base in a second direction opposite the first direction. The packing component includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion defines a first aperture configured to receive the leg. The second portion defines a second aperture configured to receive the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Packaging Concepts & Design, LLC
    Inventor: Terry L. Fielder
  • Patent number: 11921624
    Abstract: Dynamically generating data tests includes: receiving test templates and metadata for a plurality of data objects and, on a trigger condition: based on at least the metadata and the test templates, determining a current set of templated data tests, wherein determining the current set of templated data tests comprises: determining at least one templated data test, from a prior set of templated data tests, to cease using; determining at least one templated data test to add to the current set of templated data tests; and determining, within the current set of templated data tests, at least one templated data tests to regenerate; generating the at least one templated data test to add to the current set of templated data tests; regenerating the least one templated data test to regenerate; and executing templated data tests, within the set of current templated data tests, on the plurality of data objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Validator, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Mark Agee, James Michael Mihalick, Darrell Ray Zook, Hollie Brooke Ortiz, Eaujenae Elizabeth Francisco, Nathan Robert Lienau, Joseph Malcolm Jordan, Jr., Gayle Renee Bunn
  • Patent number: 11920110
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder; a phosphonate; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer, comprising: structural units of formula I wherein each R1 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —C(O)CH3 group; and structural units of formula II wherein each R2 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a —CH3 group; and wherein the automatic dishwashing composition contains ?0.1 wt % of dispersant polymer having a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 10,000 Daltons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Scott Backer, Marianne Creamer, Randara Pulukkody, Severine Ferrieux
  • Patent number: 11918182
    Abstract: A cap for attachment to a distal end of an endoscope and a method of positioning the cap on the endoscope are provided. The cap includes a tubular body having a proximal portion, a distal portion and a lumen extending therethrough. The proximal portion includes a first portion and a second portion where at least one of the first portion and the second portion includes a connector for operably connecting the first portion and the second portion. The cap has in open configuration wherein at least a portion of the first portion and the second portion are spaced apart and movable relative to each other. The cap also has a closed configuration wherein the first and second portions are connected and the lumen if formed therethrough. The cap in the closed configuration is sized and shaped to be positionable on the distal end of the endoscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Tyler E. McLawhorn
  • Patent number: 11917971
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01091703. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01091703. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01091703 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01091703 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Roger L Lussenden
  • Patent number: 11922892
    Abstract: The disclosed devices may include a driver circuit including a voltage boost circuit, a pulse modulation controller, and optionally a headroom processor. The voltage boost circuit may be configured to receive a device input voltage (such as a battery voltage) and generate a backlight drive voltage. The pulse modulation controller may be configured to provide a pulse modulation signal to the voltage boost circuit, and may include a digital circuit or an analog circuit. Example devices may include a backlight unit receiving the backlight voltage. The optional headroom processor may provide a headroom signal to the pulse modulation controller based on a headroom voltage determined from the backlight unit. Devices may further include a backlight unit including an arrangement of light-emissive elements, and may include display devices such as head-mounted devices. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuming Liu, Chao Hu, Joaquin Andres Fierro, Nathan Slattengren, David Viviescas, Stella Chung, Tajbid Rahman
  • Patent number: 11919601
    Abstract: An ergonomic and aerodynamic bicycle handlebar system having appropriate sweep angles and slope angles, embodiments of which can vary both for the type of application and the width of the bar, provides improved energy efficiency, comfort and increased center of gravity control. Flare angle and drop angle can also be adjusted for particular applications. The handlebar may be made of carbon fiber or other suitable materials. Various alternative embodiments are disclosed for drop handlebars and mountain bike handlebars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: COEFFICIENT CYCLING LLC
    Inventors: Donald A. Sheff, Rick D. Sutton, Damon Campbell, William L Nighan
  • Patent number: 11922092
    Abstract: An electronic shelf label (ESL) system is discussed. An ESL affixed to a shelf facing assists stock associates in managing products on the shelf. More particularly, the ESL may receive and display step-by-step instructions and/or graphical depictions on a display screen of the ESL that are received from a computing device-executed optimization module. The instructions may be generated to minimize the number of required actions by the stock associate and guide the associate in arranging products on the shelf. The displayed instructions may be determined based on a planogram. The planogram may be generated from a range of criteria including historical profit and loss data, inventory data, supply and demand data and/or labor cost data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Collett, Michael McGuire, Yiqiang Su
  • Patent number: 11921568
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes based on a calculated first estimated error rate, second estimated error rate, first uncertain rank count, second uncertain rank count, and target error rate, displaying a stopping point indication. A computing system includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the computing system to: based on a calculated first estimated error rate, second estimated error rate, first uncertain rank count, second uncertain rank count, and target error rate, display a stopping point indication. A non-transitory computer readable medium includes program instructions that when executed, cause a computer system to: based on a calculated first estimated error rate, second estimated error rate, first uncertain rank count, second uncertain rank count, and target error rate, display a stopping point indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RELATIVITY ODA LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Allan Winkler, Elise Tropiano, Robert Jenson Price, Brandon Gauthier, Theo Van Wijk, Patricia Ann Gleason
  • Patent number: 11923109
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a grommet formed of a polymeric material and adapted for securing a cable within a cable hanger. The grommet includes a main body having a generally cylindrical profile surrounding an interior cavity, the main body further having a length, a thickness, and a longitudinal axis, a slot extending the length of the main body which provides an entry point for the cable to be inserted into the interior cavity, a plurality of flex retention members extending into the interior cavity configured to grip and secure the cable within the interior cavity, and one or more grip enhancement features residing between an inner surface of the main body and the flex retention members. The grip enhancement features are configured to provide additional support to the flex retention members when a cable is inserted into the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi
  • Patent number: 11923634
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cage, a receptacle connector and a partitioning frame. The receptacle connector is positioned in a rear segment of the cage and has an upper card slot and a lower card slot. The partitioning frame includes a compartment bracket and an extension bracket, the compartment bracket is provided in the cage, and the compartment bracket and the cage together define an upper receiving space which corresponds to the upper card slot and a lower receiving space which corresponds to the lower card slot, a rear end of the compartment bracket is positioned in front of the upper card slot and the lower card slot. The extension bracket is assembled to a rear end of the compartment bracket and is capable of moving relative to the compartment bracket between a front position and a rear position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Molex. LLC
    Inventor: Ming-Huei Kao
  • Patent number: 11922292
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, are described for a hardware circuit configured to implement a neural network. The circuit includes a first memory, respective first and second processor cores, and a shared memory. The first memory provides data for performing computations to generate an output for a neural network layer. Each of the first and second cores include a vector memory for storing vector values derived from the data provided by the first memory. The shared memory is disposed generally intermediate the first memory and at least one core and includes: i) a direct memory access (DMA) data path configured to route data between the shared memory and the respective vector memories of the first and second cores and ii) a load-store data path configured to route data between the shared memory and respective vector registers of the first and second cores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Norrie, Andrew Everett Phelps, Norman Paul Jouppi, Matthew Leever Hedlund
  • Patent number: 11918807
    Abstract: A method includes receiving monitoring data from at least one sensing device coupled to a subject and analyzing the monitoring data to identify one or more physiologic parameters of the subject. The method also includes providing signaling to at least one stimulating device in response to the identified physiologic parameters, the signaling comprising instructions to apply a stimulus to the subject. The method further includes receiving additional monitoring data from the at least one sensing device, analyzing the additional monitoring data to identify one or more changes in the one or more physiologic parameters of the subject after application of the stimulus to the subject, and providing additional signaling to the at least one stimulating device, the additional signaling comprising instructions to modify the stimulus applied to the subject based on the identified changes in the one or more physiologic parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LifeLens Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Landy Toth, Robert S. Schwartz, Beth Schwartz