Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11866933
    Abstract: A waterproof and safety framing system is disclosed. The framing system includes a building defining an opening, a wall panel, and a framing assembly. The framing assembly includes receiver and a bottom track. The receiver is installed along an edge of the opening, with the receiver including a receiver bottom wall that defines a receiver ridge extending along a length of the receiver. The bottom track is attached to an edge of the wall panel and including a track bottom wall that defines a track ridge, with the receiver and the bottom track matingly engaging such that the bottom track overlays the receiver and the receiver ridge and the track ridge are proximal one another. The framing assembly is structured to prevent the wall panel from passing through the opening in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Plllar Patent Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Bryan David Sandler
  • Patent number: 11867847
    Abstract: Power supplies for electronic devices (e.g. medical imaging devices) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a switched mode power supply is minimized in size and weight while maintaining efficiency and an artifact-free image using power supply design techniques tailored to increasing the power conversion frequency to be above the desired receive band of an ultrasound imaging system. In another embodiment, a switched mode power supply is minimized in size and weight while maintaining efficiency and an artifact-free image using power supply design techniques tailored to increasing the power conversion frequency to be just below the desired receive band of an ultrasound imaging system causing the third harmonic and possibly the second harmonic to fall just above the desired receive band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Everett Scientific LLC
    Inventor: Clinton Siedenburg
  • Patent number: 11870244
    Abstract: A CMTI circuit includes a first detector that receives one or more output signals from an oscillator and a first enable signal and generates a first detection signal when the received output signals are determined to be substantially not oscillating at a first time. The CMTI circuit further includes a first activation signal generator that generates a first activation signal in response to the first detection signal to resume oscillation of the output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Wookang Jin
  • Patent number: 11865885
    Abstract: An amphibious vehicle having a frame that includes a plurality of floatable members. Mounted to the frame is one or more power sources. Also mounted to the frame and connected to the power source are a plurality of propellers with each of the plurality of propellers having a thrust vector configured to be adjusted to provide agitation and propulsion. In addition, mounted to the frame are a plurality of ground engaging devices and one or more pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Bazooka-Farmstar, LLC
    Inventors: Phillip Minino, Jeffery Huber, Matthew Hirsch, Jason Albright
  • Patent number: 11865681
    Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for disconnecting clips. A clip separation tool includes two arms, the arms having jaws to receive connected clips at a distal end of the arms and handle portions on a proximal end for a user to engage the tool with his hand. A pivot mechanism is coupled to the arms, where, responsive to a force applied to the handle portions, the arms rotate relative to each other around the pivot mechanism such that the distal ends of the arms pivot away from one another and the proximal ends of the arms pivot towards one another. A spring biases the arms to rotate to an equilibrium position that is attained automatically under spring loading once the proximal ends of the arms are relieved of loading. The clip separation tool disconnects connected clips as the force causes the arms to rotate around the pivot mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventor: Derrick Matthew Smith
  • Patent number: 11865494
    Abstract: Devices, systems, facilities, and methods for bio fermentation-based facilities, such as corn milling, ethanol, breweries, and biogas, are disclosed herein. The CO2 rich streams from the fermentation unit and the process heaters/boilers are sent to a sequestration site or pipeline via a capture unit and sequestration compressor, thereby reducing the overall emissions from the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEXT CARBON SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Vikrum Subra, Ivan Van Der Walt, Connor Rivard, Ben Heichelbech
  • Patent number: 11868188
    Abstract: The described technology provides implementations of a storage device carrier assembly adapted to removably mate with a chassis. The storage device carrier assembly includes a storage device carrier adapted to be coupled to a storage device and a biased latch attached to the storage device carrier and adapted to transition from an engaged state to a retracted state to remove the storage device carrier from the chassis, wherein the biased latch includes extendable portions adapted to engage the chassis in the engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Jason David Adrian
  • Patent number: 11870155
    Abstract: A calibration device for an antenna includes a dielectric substrate and a metal pattern printed on the dielectric substrate. The metal pattern includes at least a portion of a calibration circuit, where a first portion of the calibration circuit is on a first major surface of the dielectric substrate, a second portion of the calibration circuit is on an opposed second major surface of the dielectric substrate. The first portion and/or the second portion of the calibration circuit may be constructed as coplanar waveguide transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xun Zhang, Hangsheng Wen
  • Patent number: 11867921
    Abstract: A display device includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, and an optical assembly. The light source is configured to provide illumination light and the spatial light modulator positioned to receive the illumination light. The optical assembly includes an optical element and a curved reflector that is distinct and separate from the optical element. The curved reflector is disposed relative to the light source so that at least a portion of the illumination light is reflected by the curved reflector toward the optical element, is reflected by the optical element toward the curved reflector, and is transmitted through the curved reflector. A method performed by the display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Geng, Jacques Gollier
  • Patent number: 11866212
    Abstract: A product bagging assembly and method of manipulating a web material bag that is operable to create a bag opening that is greater than six inches and which is operable without substantially detracting from product throughput associated with use and operation of the product bagging assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the bag opening/dosing assembly includes a first actuator and a second actuator that are connected to one another such that a position of one of the actuators can be manipulated by operation of the other actuator. The product bagging assembly can be provided as a kit configured for plug and play operation with previously provided bag and product delivery systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Pregis Sharp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Jeramy Williams, Daniel J. Folger
  • Patent number: 11865417
    Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head includes a mass portion, and a body portion. A back wall of the body portion comprises an upper back wall portion, a lower back wall portion, a center portion, and a port below the center portion configured to receive the mass portion. A face portion is coupled to a front portion and includes a plurality of front grooves and a plurality of back grooves. A minimum thickness of the face portion is defined by a distance between a bottom of one of the front grooves of the plurality of front grooves and a bottom of an opposing one of the back groove portions of the plurality of back groove portions. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLC
    Inventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
  • Patent number: 11869048
    Abstract: The subject disclosure provides techniques for enriching user reviews and providing improved user recommendations using data collected by autonomous vehicles (AVs). In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving a ride request wherein the ride request specifies a pick-up location associated with a user identifier (ID), navigating an autonomous vehicle to the pick-up location to provide ride service for a user associated with the user ID, and receiving review information from the user, wherein the review information relates to a product or service consumed by the user. In some aspects, the process can also include steps for associating the review information with the user ID, and enriching the review information using trip information associated with the user ID. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Mohamed Mostafa ElShenawy
  • Patent number: 11869250
    Abstract: Systems and methods of detecting a traffic object outside of a vehicle and controlling the vehicle. The systems and methods receive perception data from a sensor system included in the vehicle, determine a focused Region Of Interest (ROI) in the perception data, scale the perception data of the at least one focused ROI, process the scaled perception data of the focused ROI using a neural network (NN)-based traffic object detection algorithm to provide traffic object detection data, and control at least one vehicle feature based, in part, on the traffic object detection data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence A Bush, Guangyu J Zou, Aravindhan Mani, Upali P Mudalige
  • Patent number: 11870825
    Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that prompt a person who is participating in a video communication session to gaze toward a local image capturing device. A controller of the electronic devices receives an image stream from an image capturing device configured to be spaced away from a display device and having a field of view that incorporates a person that is proximate to the display device. The controller communicates the image stream to a video communication session. The controller receives second image stream(s) from second communication device(s) and presents the second image stream(s) at a display device. In response to a trigger that indicates that the first image stream is being presented as a primary image stream by the at least one second electronic device, the controller presents a prompt indicating that the participant should gaze toward the image capturing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Rahul B Desai, Bill Ryan
  • Patent number: 11865039
    Abstract: Injection devices for delivering pharmaceutical compositions into the eye are described. Some devices include a resistance component for controllably deploying an injection needle through the eye wall. The resistance component may be disposed on the injector device, or on a portion of the injection device housing, or on a drug reservoir. Some devices may be removably attached to a drug reservoir, for example, through a luer connector. Other devices may comprise internal luer seal for securely connecting a drug conduit of the device to the luer cavity of a drug reservoir. Yet other devices may comprise a priming-enabling element to facilitate the drug priming of a shielded needle. Related methods and systems comprising the devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: OcuJect, LLC
    Inventor: Leonid E. Lerner
  • Patent number: 11869300
    Abstract: An ancillary display for a gaming environment having one or more gaming machines each having a respective primary display that displays respective gaming action and/or gaming enticements includes a subarea image capturing circuit configured to capture video subarea signals corresponding to a predetermined subportion of imagery presented by at least one of the primary displays of at least one of the gaming machines, and one or more image output driver circuits configured to output ancillary imagery that is responsive to at least one of the captured video subarea signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: AGS LLC
    Inventor: Gerald Francis Wasinger
  • Patent number: 11868959
    Abstract: Examples provide an item storage cart for verifying correct item placement into containers on the item storage cart. A cart manager component outputs planogram data identifying a location of a selected item. Weight data generated by one or more weight sensors associated with the set of item storage containers is analyzed to verify whether a correct item is placed in a given storage container on the cart and/or verify a selected item is placed into a correct storage container. The cart manager component determines if an unselected item is removed from a storage container and/or if an unselected item is added to a storage container. A notification is output if an incorrect item is added to a cart, an incorrect item is removed from the cart, an item is added to the wrong container or removed from the wrong container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Durkee, Ragen Turner, James Benjamin Edwards, Nicole Morales, Stuart Clark
  • Patent number: 11867386
    Abstract: This document describes techniques directed to active thermal-control of a floodlight and associated floodlights. As described, an example floodlight includes a first heat-transfer subsystem that uses a fully enclosed heat sink to transfer heat from an array of LEDs to a first housing component of the floodlight. The floodlight further includes a second heat-transfer subsystem to transfer heat from one or more PSUs to a second housing component of the floodlight. Described techniques include using thermistors located throughout the floodlight to actively monitor a temperature profile within the floodlight and, if one or more operating-temperature thresholds are violated, reducing power consumption within the floodlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ihab A. Ali, Duen Hsing Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11867442
    Abstract: An adiabatic cooling system includes a condenser coil and one or more adiabatic pads positioned such that intake air for the adiabatic cooling system passes through the pads prior to contacting the condenser coil. The adiabatic cooling system includes a vibration device attached to each adiabatic pad. A controller is communicatively coupled to the vibration device for each of the adiabatic pads. The controller determines that cleaning of the adiabatic pads is needed. In response to detecting cleaning is needed, the controller causes the vibration device attached to each adiabatic pad to vibrate, thereby causing debris in the one or more adiabatic pads to become loosened and/or removed from the adiabatic pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: Karthick Kuppusamy
  • Patent number: 11868256
    Abstract: Processing a read request to read metadata from an entry of a metadata page may include: determining whether the metadata page is cached; responsive to determining the metadata page is cached, obtaining the first metadata from the cached metadata page; responsive to determining the metadata page is not cached, determining whether the requested metadata is in a metadata log of metadata changes stored in a volatile memory; and responsive to determining the metadata is the metadata log of metadata changes stored in the volatile memory, obtaining the requested metadata from the metadata log. Processing a write request that overwrites an existing value of a metadata page with an updated value may include: recording a metadata change in the metadata log that indicates to update the metadata page with the updated value; and performing additional processing during destaging that uses the existing value prior to overwriting it with the updated value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Philip Love, Vladimir Shveidel, Bar David