Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11980394
    Abstract: An implant removal device for removal of ruptured silicone breast implants includes a hollow container having a middle portion disposed between a first end and a second end. The device also has a connector port coupled to the second end that is coupled to a suction device during use. The device also includes a nozzle coupled to the first end that is configured for placement against an incision of a patient for removing a ruptured breast implant from the patient. The positioning of the nozzle on said first end is offset from a longitudinal axis that extends in a direction parallel to the length of the middle portion and within the middle portion. The nozzle opening may include gripping portions for aiding in gripping the implant shell during the removal process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Bateman Bottle, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bateman, Andy Edward Denison, Peter John D'Aquanni
  • Patent number: 11982841
    Abstract: A laser beam delivery system includes an optical beam launcher device and a waveguide assembly. The optical beam launcher device includes an optical relay system that includes a beam splitting optic that is configured to cause a laser beam that is input into the optical beam launcher device to be split into a first laser sub-beam and a second laser sub-beam, cause the first laser sub-beam to transmit to a first region of an input lens of the waveguide assembly, and cause the second laser sub-beam to transmit to a second region of the input lens. The waveguide assembly is configured to transmit the first laser sub-beam and the second laser sub-beam from the input lens to an output lens of the waveguide assembly, wherein the first laser sub-beam and the second laser sub-beam transmit from the waveguide assembly and form an output laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Martin H. Muendel, Richard D. Faulhaber
  • Patent number: 11981288
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for eliminating false activation of components of a vehicle when the vehicle is parked in a garage. Example components can be a door lock, a door latch, a door activation servomotor, or a light. In an example method, a vehicle entry authorization system of a vehicle operates a sensor system to obtain dimensional information of an interior portion of the garage. The vehicle entry authorization system may then detect a presence of a mobile device (such as a smartphone, smart device, or a vehicle key fob) and determines the location of the mobile device based on the dimensional information. If the mobile device is located outside the garage, the vehicle entry authorization system refrains from activating a component of the vehicle. However, if the mobile device is located inside the garage, the vehicle entry authorization system activates the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Salter, Kristopher Brown, John Van Wiemeersch, Hussein Berry
  • Patent number: 11981216
    Abstract: A power system includes a battery and a controller. The controller inhibits charge of the battery according to voltage or current values sensed before and after contactors electrically connected to the battery are commanded to open and indicating that a leakage resistance associated with one of the contactors increases after the one of contactors is commanded to open, and a duration of a continuous voltage drop across another of the contactors after the another of the contactors is commanded to open exceeds a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Baojin Wang, Chingchi Chen, Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush, Aaron Walker, Rui Wang, Xianzhi Gong, Xu Wang, John Paul Gibeau
  • Patent number: 11981726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies which have high anti-RSV neutralizing titers. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. The invention yet further provides for diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention, particularly as a passive immunotherapy agent in infants and the elderly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Kalpit A. Vora, Kara S. Cox, Aimin Tang, Zhifeng Chen, Daniel DiStefano, Lan Zhang, Hua-Poo Su
  • Patent number: 11982480
    Abstract: A refrigeration system includes a high-pressure side with a gas cooler configured, while the refrigeration system is powered by a main power supply and is operating to provide refrigeration, to cool refrigerant on the high-pressure side. The refrigeration system includes a low-pressure side with one or more evaporators. The refrigeration system includes an auxiliary compressor coupled to a backup power supply. An input of the auxiliary compressor is coupled to fluid conduit of the low-pressure side, and an output of the auxiliary compressor is coupled to fluid conduit of the high-pressure side. A controller is communicatively coupled to the auxiliary compressor. After determining that the main power supply is unavailable, the controller causes the auxiliary compressor to turn on to move refrigerant from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Cole, Steve Pfister
  • Patent number: 11980113
    Abstract: A system for adjusting actuator pressure on an agricultural implement includes a fluid-driven actuator configured to adjust a position of a tool of the implement relative to the implement frame, with the fluid-driven actuator defining a fluid chamber. Furthermore, the system includes a valve configured to control a flow of a fluid to the fluid-driven actuator. In addition, the system includes a fluid conduit fluidly coupled between the valve and the fluid chamber. Moreover, the system includes a computing system is configured to determine the current position of the tool relative to the implement frame based on the data captured by a position sensor. Additionally, the computing system is configured to determine a current volume of the fluid chamber and the fluid conduit based on the determined current position. Furthermore, the computing system is configured to control the operation of the valve based on the determined current volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Chad M. Johnson, Trevor Stanhope, Christopher Joel Huber, Michael Christopher Conboy
  • Patent number: 11980514
    Abstract: A flossing apparatus includes a handle assembly and a filament. The handle assembly includes first and second composite cores and first and second arms. The first composite core has at least one paper layer and at least one biodegradable plastic layer, and the second composite core has at least one paper layer and at least one biodegradable plastic layer. The filament is mounted to the first and second arms and captured between the first composite core and the second composite core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DOCTOR STACI, LLC
    Inventors: Anastacia Whitman, Steven Dodson
  • Patent number: 11982246
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling fueling and mitigating knock in internal combustion engines, such as multi-fuel engines. In one example, a method may include monitoring a frequency of knock events corresponding to one or more engine cylinders, and dynamically increasing a substitution ratio while the frequency of knock events is less than a maximum action threshold. In some examples, the method may further include actively adjusting one or more engine operating conditions to decrease the substitution ratio responsive to a severity of knocking in the one or more engine cylinders being greater than or equal to a threshold severity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Kenneth Pedder, James Robert Mischler
  • Patent number: 11981357
    Abstract: A system, in a vehicle consist configured for dual fuel operation and comprising at least one fuel car operably connectable to at least one powered vehicle via a fuel distribution path, includes an energy management processing unit. The energy management processing unit is configured to obtain a first cost of a first fuel, obtain a second cost of a second fuel, and determine a proportional ratio of the first fuel and the second fuel for each of plural power settings available for use during performance of a mission along a route. The energy management processing unit is also configured to determine a trip plan specifying power settings for corresponding plural sections of the route to perform the mission using the first cost, the second cost, and the proportional ratio for the power settings to optimize a total combined cost of fuel used during performance of the mission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Michael Fisher
  • Patent number: 11983907
    Abstract: A method of point cloud attribute coding is performed by at least one processor and includes receiving a point cloud data set comprising a bounding box. A determination is made as to whether the bounding box is symmetric or asymmetric. A quad-tree-binary-tree (QtBt) decomposition is performed on the point cloud data set based on the bounding box being asymmetric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Sehoon Yea, Stephan Wenger, Shan Liu, Wen Gao, Xiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11980246
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining a patient's body temperature during and after surgical exposure is provided. A surgical, insulative cap both aids in maintaining the patient's core body temperature at an euthermic range and further incorporates a graphic display panel for providing a remote caregiver informational interface. Vital signs sensors may therefor communicate, either directly or remotely, to said informational interface and allow access to vital signs information to the caregiver in a convenient manner that does not require diversion of attention from the patient in order to monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Equalizer Technology LLC
    Inventor: David G. Abood
  • Patent number: 11985759
    Abstract: An electronic assembly may include a chassis, and electronic modules mounted within the chassis. Each electronic module may include a printed circuit substrate, heat-generating electronic components mounted on the printed circuit substrate, and a heat sink body mounted to the printed circuit substrate and having a plurality of heat pipe receiving passageways extending between opposing side edges and overlying corresponding heat-generating components. A respective elongate, passive, heat pipe may extend within each heat pipe receiving passageway and be removably fastened to at least one end to the heat sink body for enhanced conductive heat transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Jason Thompson
  • Patent number: 11981376
    Abstract: The technology relates to autonomous vehicles having hitched or towed trailers for transporting cargo and other items between locations. Aspects of the technology provide a smart hitch connection between the fifth-wheel of a tractor unit and the kingpin of a trailer. This avoids requiring a person to make physical pneumatic and electrical connections between the fifth-wheel and kingpin using external hoses and cables. Instead, the necessary connections are made internally, autonomously. For instance, the fifth-wheel may provide air pressure via one or more slots arranged on a connection surface, and the trailer is configured to receive the air pressure through one or more openings on a contact surface of the kingpin. An electrical connection section of the fifth-wheel may also provide electrical signals and/or power to an electrical contact interface of the kingpin. Rotational information about relative alignment of the trailer to the tractor unit may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventor: William Grossman
  • Patent number: 11981401
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an inflatable and floatable modular platform system. The inflatable platform system of the present disclosure includes floating elements of differing nesting shapes and sizes configured to be interconnected in order to allow users to stand, sit, and walk between floating elements. Embodiments include inflatable platforms having circular, arc-shaped, rectangular, and L-shaped inflatable platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BOTE, LLC
    Inventors: Corey Cooper, Aaron May
  • Patent number: 11983548
    Abstract: A method is described for processing keyed data items that are each associated with a value of a key, the keyed data items being from a plurality of distinct data streams, the processing including collecting the keyed data items, determining, based on contents of at least one of the keyed data items, satisfaction of one or more specified conditions for execution of one or more actions and causing execution of at least one of the one or more actions responsive to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventors: Oded Ravid, Trevor Murphy
  • Patent number: 11981435
    Abstract: Described are temporary privacy modules for non-passenger seating areas of aircraft cabin arrangements. The temporary privacy modules selectively enclose a portion of the non-passenger seating areas. The temporary privacy modules include a support and a privacy device. The privacy device is movable relative to the support between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the deployed position, the privacy device encloses the portion of the non-passenger seating area and defines a temporary privacy room within the non-passenger seating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Oscar Ruiz Lara, Arthur Glain
  • Patent number: D1026748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Piaskowski, Doyle Letson, Christopher Walter, Omead Dorandish, Christopher Stevens
  • Patent number: D1026786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SHAW DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: Sree Hyma Sudhakar Paruchuri
  • Patent number: D1027346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TrimBo Products LLC
    Inventor: Zachary Daniel Balogh