Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11971922
    Abstract: Disclosed examples determine a unique audience exposed to media while reducing memory resources of a computing device. Example instructions program programmable circuitry to log a plurality of impressions corresponding to media accessed at client devices; generate a first value based on a count of the impressions and a count of users of a database proprietor that accessed the media; generate a second value based on the first value and a count of demographic impressions logged by the database proprietor; and determine a unique audience size based on the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Sheppard, Jonathan Sullivan, Peter Lipa, Matthew B. Reid, Peter C. Doe, Peng Fei Yi
  • Patent number: 11969020
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion, a vaporizer, and a pump. The liquid storage portion may be configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The vaporizer may be configured to volatilize the liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The pump may be configured to pump air into the liquid storage portion so as to push out a volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion and to supply the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the vaporizer. A method for generating an aerosol may be performed with the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Ben Mazur, Eva Saade Latorre, Alain Tabasso
  • Patent number: 11972803
    Abstract: A memory device that uses different programming parameters base on the word line(s) to be programmed is described. The programming parameter PROGSRC_PCH provides a pre-charge voltage to physical word lines. In some instances, the PROGSRC_PCH voltage is decoupled, and a new PROGSRC_PCH represents an adjusted (e.g., increased) pre-charge voltage for a certain physical word line or word line zone (i.e., predetermined group of word lines). Using different PROGSRC_PCH voltages can limit or prevent Vt distribution window degradation, particularly for relatively low physical word lines. Additionally, the overall programming time and average current consumed can also be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yu-Chung Lien, Fanqi Wu, Jiahui Yuan
  • Patent number: 11970227
    Abstract: Methods, systems and a vehicle control system for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system includes an Electric Power Steering System (EPS), and a sensor system including a vehicle dynamics sensor configured to provide vehicle dynamics data and a temperature sensor configured to provide measured outside temperature. A processor is in operable communication with the EPS and the sensor system. The processor is configured to execute program instructions. The program instructions are configured to cause the processor to: execute an automated lateral control algorithm based on the vehicle dynamics data to generate a steering command, adapt the automated lateral control algorithm based on the measured outside temperature so that the steering command compensates for changing lateral response of the vehicle as a result of changing environmental temperature; and provide the steering command to the EPS, wherein the EPS is configured to laterally control the vehicle based on the steering command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Reza Zarringhalam, Jimmy Lu, Brian Porto, Ethan Thomas Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11972888
    Abstract: An inductor for a converter of an electric machine includes a core defining a channel configured to receive transmission fluid on an outer surface of the core. Coils made of windings are wrapped on the core. The windings enclose an open side of the channel to define an oil flow passage, wherein oil flowing through the oil flow passage is in direct contact with both the windings and the core to absorb heat from the windings and the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Moon Young Lee, Baoming Ge, Fan Wang, Lihua Chen
  • Patent number: 11969275
    Abstract: The present application relates to a heatable system suitable for use in a patient contacting plate used in medical imaging. The system comprises a heatable laminated structure with a plurality of layers each of which is transparent to imaging radiation and allows for thermal transfer. A heater layer, located between two of the plurality of layers, comprises an electrically resistive material and is transparent to imaging radiation. The laminated structure further includes a conductive path suitable for use in coupling a voltage source to the electrically resistive material in the heatable laminated structure, whereby the laminated structure is heated when current is passing through the conductive path. Also disclosed is a compression plate system and an imaging medical device comprising the heatable system. Methods of making the heatable system and of using it in medical imaging are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: XCA COMPOSITES LLC
    Inventor: Frank Burzesi
  • Patent number: 11970072
    Abstract: An example of a vehicle electrical system includes a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) having a first voltage and a power inverter electrically connected to the RESS. The system further includes an electric motor having a plurality of machine windings with each of the machine windings including a polyphase terminal electrically connected to the power inverter. The electric motor further includes a neutral terminal separate from the polyphase terminals. The system further includes an accessory load electrically connected to the power inverter and the neutral terminal of the electric motor, with the accessory load requiring a second voltage that is below the first voltage. A current flows through the machine windings to step down the first voltage to the second voltage. The power inverter is configured to cycle between first and second operational states, such that the power inverter steps down the first voltage to the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Rashmi Prasad, Chandra S. Namuduri
  • Patent number: 11968949
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011219. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011219, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011219 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011219.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gregory J. Holland, Jeffrey M. Sernett, Gary R. Stangland, Clinton J. Turnbull
  • Patent number: 11972095
    Abstract: Various embodiments discussed herein enable client applications to be heavily integrated with a voice assistant in order to perform commands associated with voice utterances of users via voice assistant functionality and also seamlessly cause client applications to automatically perform native functions as part of executing the voice utterance. Such heavy integration also allows particular embodiments to support multi-modal input from a user for a single conversational interaction. In this way, client application user interface interactions, such as clicks, touch gestures, or text inputs are executed alternative or in addition to the voice utterances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tudor Buzasu Klein, Viktoriya Taranov, Sergiy Gavrylenko, Jaclyn Carley Knapp, Andrew Paul McGovern, Harris Syed, Chad Steven Estes, Jesse Daniel Eskes Rusak, David Ernesto Heekin Burkett, Allison Anne O'Mahony, Ashok Kuppusamy, Jonathan Reed Harris, Jose Miguel Rady Allende, Diego Hernan Carlomagno, Talon Edward Ireland, Michael Francis Palermiti, II, Richard Leigh Mains, Jayant Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 11970312
    Abstract: A cap for a container having a pair of side walls each with an inner wall surface. Each inner wall surface having a minimum of two pairs of ribs distributed thereon for retention of a liner. Each of the a minimum of two pairs of ribs has a concave arc with a concave radius of curvature forming a curved portion of the inner wall, and a convex arc. Each of the a minimum if two pairs of ribs has a different overall configuration that facilitates removal, and securing onto, of the cap from/to the container without damage of the ribs and the retention of the liner in the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HALEON US HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Grace A. Behrend
  • Patent number: 11970190
    Abstract: Among other things, techniques are described for operating an autonomous vehicle station. One technique involves receiving information indicating arrival of a vehicle at a station designated for a primary service. The technique further involves measuring, using at least one sensor located in the station, a first parameter associated with the vehicle. Also, the technique involves performing, based on the information and the first parameter, a first action to provide the primary service to the vehicle. Additionally, the technique involves determining, while performing the first action, a secondary service to provide to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Taigo Maria Bonanni, Abhimanyu Singh
  • Patent number: 11970330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of assembling a folding container. A base comprising a floor is provided, and at least two side panels are attached to the base. A rear panel is pivotally attached to the base, wherein the rear panel is operable to pivot between a folded position that contacts the floor and a vertically deployed position. A hinge block is attached to the base. A front panel comprising a front door is pivotally attached to the hinge block, wherein the front panel is operable to pivot between a folded position that contacts the front panel and a vertically deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Boxwell LLC
    Inventors: Rodney Wayne Bolls, Austin Trever Krueger
  • Patent number: 11970048
    Abstract: A transport climate control system for providing climate control to a climate controlled space of a transport unit. The transport climate control circuit includes a compressor, an evaporator and at least two fans. The transport climate control circuit also includes a controller for controlling the transport climate control circuit and for defrosting the evaporator coil. When a defrost event is triggered, the controller instructs the transport climate control circuit to supply heat to or around one section of the evaporator coil, and independently controls each of the at least two fans to move the air around the evaporator coil in a controlled direction so that heat from the one section of the evaporator coil is used to convectively heat the inlet of the evaporator coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: THERMO KING LLC
    Inventors: Panayu Robert Srichai, Bradley M. Ludwig, Christopher John Vath
  • Patent number: 11970849
    Abstract: Mounting assemblies for waste disposers such as food waste disposers, waste disposers employing such mounting assemblies, and related methods are disclosed herein. Mounting assemblies include an engagement feature having a first engagement structure located on the body flange and a second engagement structure located on the upper portion of the disposer body. When the engagement feature is in the engaged position, the body flange and the disposer body are engaged, forming a combined disposer and body flange assembly. The combined disposer and body flange assembly can be lifted into alignment with the strainer flange assembly and rotated as a unit to engage the body flange with the mounting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: INSINKERATOR LLC
    Inventors: Dane Hofmeister, Kevin McClory, Matt Sandoval, Ron Bauer, Mohammad Hossein Ansari, Eric Schultz, Mark T. Cammarota
  • Patent number: 11969431
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions for reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The compositions include a combination of an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist and an anti-depression agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Glytech LLC
    Inventor: Daniel C. Javitt
  • Patent number: 11972549
    Abstract: Techniques for evaluating multiple images, which originate from multiple different sources, and for selecting specific images to generate an overlaid image are disclosed. A first set of system camera images (e.g., based on a first FPS rate) and a second set of external camera images (e.g., based on a second FPS rate) are obtained. A set of rules are accessed in order to govern a selection process for selecting a specific system camera image and a specific external camera image. The selected images are designated for use in generating an overlaid image. The selection process is performed using the accessed set of rules. The overlaid image is generated by overlaying and aligning content obtained from the selected images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bleyer, Raymond Kirk Price, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
  • Patent number: 11972965
    Abstract: A substrate transport empiric arm droop mapping apparatus for a substrate transport system of a processing tool, the mapping apparatus including a frame, an interface disposed on the frame forming datum features representative of a substrate transport space in the processing tool defined by the substrate transport system, a substrate transport arm, that is articulated and has a substrate holder, mounted to the frame in a predetermined relation to at least one of the datum features, and a registration system disposed with respect to the substrate transport arm and at least one datum feature so that the registration system registers, in an arm droop distance register, empiric arm droop distance, due to arm droop changes, between a first arm position and a second arm position different than the first arm position and in which the substrate holder is moved in the transport space along at least one axis of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brooks Automation US, LLC
    Inventors: Jairo T. Moura, Robert T. Caveney, Bing Yin, Nathan Spiker, Vincent W. Tsang
  • Patent number: 11972644
    Abstract: A state detection sensor includes a housing and a position sensing component mounted in the housing. The position sensing component is being configured to provide position data in response to detecting the presence or position of vehicle structure relative to the sensor. The state detection sensor also includes an analog input component mounted in the housing. The analog input component is configured to provide external analog sensor data in response to an analog signal received from an external analog sensor to which the analog input component can be operatively connected. The state detection sensor further includes a component configured to communicate the position data and the external analog sensor data via a serial bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC
    Inventors: Marco Bracalente, Keith Miciuda
  • Patent number: 11968962
    Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide apparatuses and methods for facilitating filling and cleaning of bird feeders that are aesthetically pleasing and adaptable for attracting different types of birds. In one implementation, a bird feeder includes a port having a surface extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The proximal end has a connecting portion configured to connect to a reservoir. The surface has one or more openings defined therein. A small seed converter is insertable into the port, and the small seed converter includes a plurality of teeth extending from an edge. The plurality of teeth are configured to narrow the one or more openings for dispensing small sized seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CLASSIC BRANDS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert W. Donegan, Bryan Krueger, John W. Bruno
  • Patent number: 11972446
    Abstract: In some implementations, a device may obtain historical information associated with user engagement with one or more historical communications associated with a user account. The device may train a machine learning model, using the historical information, to predict at least one of preferred communication channels, preferred communication timings, or preferred communication content associated with the user account. The device may determine that a communication associated with the user account is to be transmitted. The device may obtain, from the machine learning model and by the device, recommendation information including at least one of a recommended timing, a recommended communication channel, or a recommended content of the communication based on providing information associated with the user account to the machine learning model. The device may generate the communication according to the recommendation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Sunil Kaitha