Patents Assigned to LLC
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Publication number: 20240139562Abstract: One or more examples provide an electric vehicle or a device for use with an electric vehicle, including an electric vehicle charging system and method. In one example, the electric vehicle includes a fire safety system coupled to the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: EVJAM LLCInventors: Steven DICKE, Gregg KROMREY
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Publication number: 20240146723Abstract: A biometric evaluation system for a vehicle includes a vision sensor configured to detect a biometric quality of a user. The biometric evaluation system also includes an operational system for the vehicle. At least one processor is in communication with the vision sensor. The processor is configured to execute a first classification algorithm that performs a first biometric validation based on the biometric quality to estimate a state of the user. The first classification algorithm requires a first service latency. In response to an outcome of the first biometric validation, the at least one processor is further configured to execute a second classification algorithm that performs a second biometric validation to confirm the state of the user. The second classification algorithm requires a second service latency greater than the first service latency. The processor is further configured to communicate a signal to modify operation of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ali Hassani, Justin Miller, Alexandra Taylor, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Publication number: 20240140149Abstract: A retractable tow reel assembly for an off-road vehicle, the assembly including a bracket having a pair of opposing uprights and mountable to an off-road vehicle, a reel adapted to be held by the bracket when mounted to the vehicle and effective for holding a tow rope, the reel including a shaft and a pair of opposing drum ends having a diameter greater than the diameter of the connecting shaft, and a tow rope having an eye end and a free end, where the eye end is threaded around the shaft, where the shaft has a first end and a second end, and where the first end of the shaft may be released from the first drum end and exposed to facilitate threading of the rope eye over the shaft without releasing the second end of the shaft from the second drum end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Super ATV, LLCInventor: Jason Stewart
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Publication number: 20240146058Abstract: Advanced control and related methods for a low carbon ammonia facility having an ammonia synthesis loop that includes systems to carry out the steps of supplying energy to the facility, wherein at least a portion of the supplied energy is from a low carbon energy source, receiving a forecasted energy profile for the low carbon energy source over a time period, predicting, using an advanced regulatory controller (ARC), the operating conditions of the facility based on the forecasted energy profile for the low carbon energy source, generating, by the ARC, one or more set points to control the facility; controlling the generating of the hydrogen feed using the ARC; and producing ammonia by feeding the generated hydrogen feed to the ammonia synthesis loop in accordance with one or more set points generated by the ARC.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLCInventors: Zhentao Feng, Satish Bantwal Baliga, Ekaterini Yamalidou, Paolo Brunengo, Rafal Bernat, Shoujun Bian
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Publication number: 20240140685Abstract: An apparatus for aerosol delivery, wherein the apparatus includes an outer body, a power source, an aerosolizable material reservoir, a control circuit containing an aerosol generation mechanism, and a processing circuit configured to send identification data associated with the apparatus to an external device, receive an external response from the external devices, wherein the external response is generated as a function of the identification data by the external device, modify an internal state of the processing circuit as a function of the external response, determine a device usability as a function of the modified internal state, and configure the control circuit as a function of the device usability.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: LOFT LABS, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Kylie Halperin, Maia Stoicovici, Frederic Levy, Sylvere Azoulai
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Publication number: 20240139792Abstract: A portable tubing bender configured to automatically bend a portion of tubing according to a defined set of bend specifications, including a desired number of bends and a desired angle for each bend. The portable tubing bender including a driver configured to rotate a driven shaft and a first rotational output, a reductive gear set operably coupling the driven shaft to an output shaft, a bender shoe couplable to the output shaft, the bender shoe defining an arcuate channel configured to receive tubing during bending operations, and an automatic feed mechanism configured to advance the tubing relative to the bender shoe from an initial position to a bend position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: BROCHMAN INNOVATIONS, LLCInventor: Todd Brochman
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Publication number: 20240143627Abstract: A snapshot event is received. The snapshot event is a snapshot of data that was sampled based on a snapshot metric. For example, the snapshot event may be a number of user logins (the data) over a specific time period (the snapshot metric). A destination analytical database is determined for the snapshot event. The snapshot event may then be sent to a queue. The snapshot event is then sent to the destination analytical database and stored in the destination analytical database.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: MICRO FOCUS LLCInventors: Stephen A. Anderson, Karl A. Hessinger, Aparna Chavali Varanasi
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Publication number: 20240139303Abstract: The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which one or more polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial capsules are conjugated to a carrier protein in an aprotic solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The present invention also provides methods for providing an enhanced immune response to a pneumococcal polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine comprising administering to a human subject an immunogenic composition comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared in DMSO conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCInventors: Julie M. Skinner, Patrick McHugh
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Publication number: 20240140426Abstract: A driver assistance system in a host vehicle is provided. The driver assistance system is configured to: track a plurality of obstacles in front of the host vehicle; receive host vehicle driver selection of a follow operating mode for the driver assistance system via a human machine interface (HMI); identify a candidate lead vehicle from the plurality of tracked obstacles; provide, via the HMI, a line of sight view in front of the host vehicle that includes the candidate lead vehicle; receive host vehicle driver selection of the candidate lead vehicle as a lead vehicle to follow; adjust a desired trajectory calculated by the driver assistance system to obtain and maintain a desired headway between the lead vehicle and the host vehicle; and generate control signals for vehicle actuators to control the host vehicle to follow the desired trajectory to follow the lead vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Milad Jalaliyazdi, Reza Zarringhalam, Constandi John Shami, Benjamin L. Williams, Ethan Thomas Dietrich, Crystal J. Nassouri, Michael J. Reinker
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Publication number: 20240143542Abstract: A method includes maintaining product sales information according to a data model. The data model includes a consumer-demographics naming convention, a retail-provider-type naming convention, and a product-naming convention. The maintaining includes indexing the product sales information by consumer-demographics information, by retail-provider-type information, and by product-categorization information. The method includes receiving sales information and translating the sales information into the data model. Also, the method includes storing the translated sales information as part of the product sales information. Furthermore, the method includes receiving a request for aggregation of at least a portion of the product sales information. The request specifies an intersection of the product-categorization information, the consumer-demographic information, and the retail-provider-type information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Andrews Distributing Company, LLCInventor: Mike McGuire
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Publication number: 20240140247Abstract: One or more examples provide a smart charging station adapter that converts an EV charging station from a single vehicle charging station into a multi-vehicle charging station.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: EVJAM LLCInventors: Gregg KROMREY, Steven DICKE
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Publication number: 20240141996Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets or washers to restrict flow and gaskets or washers with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLCInventor: Miquel Balta
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Publication number: 20240141270Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method of manufacturing discrete biomass receptacles with at least one of smooth and faceted sides that are usable to perform processes including cultivating algae for biofuel production and/or processing algae for biofuel production. The method can include: creating an algae based material from cultivating algae for biofuel production and/or processing algae for biofuel production; heating the algae based material; and extruding the algae base material using a three-dimensional printer, the extruding including extruding the algae based material in a concentric pattern in the z-axis to form the biomass receptacles, such that the heating of the algae based material enhances the extrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Deep Green Biomass LLCInventors: Peter Kim, Bret Crochet, Kevin Brooks
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Publication number: 20240141779Abstract: A drill string device configured to operate at a down hole location in a well bore toward a location proximate the surface of an earthen formation includes one or more motors and/or a capacitor bank. The drill string device may be in fluidic communication with a drilling fluid. A first motor of the one or more motors may be operated as part of processing the drilling fluid. A first electrical energy may be provided to the first motor at least as the first motor is operating. A signal to stop the first motor may be received and/or the first motor may be stopped. A second electrical energy may be received from the first motor at least as the first motor is stopping. At least some of the second electrical energy may be directed to the capacitor bank.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: APS Technology, LLCInventors: Daniel E. BURGESS, Jason R. BARBELY
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Publication number: 20240144618Abstract: Disclosed herein is an extended reality system, and associated techniques, whereby personalized usage data of a user in one or more extended reality environments over a period of time can be collected and provided to a predictive model to determine optimal shortcut assignments for presentation to and subsequent use by the user. Determining the optimal shortcut assignments can involve estimating a plurality of interaction times for the user in the one or more extended reality environments, generating an optimized graphical user interface within the one or more extended reality environments with the optimal shortcut assignments reflected in the optimized graphical user interface, and rendering the optimized graphical user interface in the one or more extended reality environments to the user. The system may collect additional personalized usage data and periodically update the optimal shortcut assignments based on ongoing use of the system by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Tanya Renee Jonker, Kashyap Todi, Joao Marcelo Evangelista Belo, Felix Izarra
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Publication number: 20240144112Abstract: A peer-to-peer (P2P) vehicle sharing method is disclosed. The method may include obtaining a list of rent requests and associated requested rental durations, and a list of available vehicles and associated vehicle availability time periods. The list of rent requests may represent first nodes and the list of available vehicles may represent second nodes of a vehicle-renter graph. The method may further include obtaining a list of edges that connects at least one first node and at least one second node. The method may further include receiving a predefined trigger event and updating the list of edges in response to receiving the predefined trigger event. Furthermore, the method may include transmitting a vehicle reservation notification to at least one renter and at least one vehicle owner based on the updated list of edges.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sarah Garrow, Yifan Chen
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Publication number: 20240141912Abstract: A seal section for use in a downhole submersible pumping system includes a bag support tube, first and second bag support plates connected at opposite ends of the bag support tube, and a seal bag extending between the first and second bag support plates. The seal section further includes one or more seal bag shields inside the seal bag. The seal bag shields are configured to prevent the seal bag from becoming damaged through contact between the seal bag and the bag support tube or the first and second bag support plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Kenneth O'Grady, Mark Bellmyer, Ryan Semple, Jeremy Van Dam
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Publication number: 20240143801Abstract: A method for execution by a vehicle computing system includes establishing a screen-to-screen (STS) communication link with a personal computing device. The method further includes detecting a requested operation of the personal computing device. The method further includes determining whether the requested operation is allowed based on one or more of: operational status of the vehicle, a type of the requested operation, and targeted vehicle occupant. The method further includes, when the requested operation is allowed, establishing one or more of: one or more inbound STS channels for inbound STS signals and one or more outbound STS channels for outbound STS signals. The method further includes facilitating the requested operation via the one or more of: the one or more inbound STS channels and the one or more outbound STS channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: SigmaSense, LLC.Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, JR., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Timothy W. Markison
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Publication number: 20240146769Abstract: Techniques for managing access privileges in a data processing system include obtaining a plurality of rules for granting and/or denying privileges to a first actor to perform at least one action on a first instance of a first data entity of data entities; identifying, from among attributes of the first data entity, a first attribute whose values are used by one or more of the plurality of rules; obtaining, from a user or from at least one data store, a first value of the first attribute; identifying, using the first value and from among the plurality of rules, a first rule that depends on the first value; generating a graphical user interface (GUI) including a visual rendering of at least some of the plurality of rules, the visual rendering emphasizing the first rule identified using the first value of the first attribute; and displaying the generated GUI to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Ab Initio Technology LLCInventors: Drew Polstra, Robert Parks
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Publication number: 20240147035Abstract: The various implementations described herein include a video camera assembly that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; and (3) a concave-shaped front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Mark Kraz, Kevin Edward Booth, Tyler Scott Wilson, Nicholas Webb, Jason Evans Goulden, William Dong, Jeffrey Law, Rochus Jacob, Adam Duckworth Mittleman, Oliver Mueller