Patents Assigned to LLC
  • User-centric artificial intelligence knowledge base
    Patent number: 11687794
    Abstract: A graph data structure for an artificial intelligence knowledge base includes a plurality of user-centric facts associated with a user. Each user-centric fact has an application-agnostic data format and includes a subject graph node, an object graph node, and an edge connecting the subject graph node to the object graph node. The graph data structure is designed to accommodate facts from different application-specific data providers using the same application-agnostic data format even when the different application-specific data providers use different native data formats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vipindeep Vangala, Ankur Hayatnagarkar, Sravanth Venkata Madhu Kurumaddali, Rashi Anand, Nitin Pande, Deepinder Singh Gill
  • Vehicle having sliding drawer positionable between compartments
    Patent number: 11685315
    Abstract: A vehicle including a passenger compartment is configured with one or more seats, a storage compartment separated from the passenger compartment by way of at least one wall, a housing extending through the at least one wall, and a drawer slidably positioned within the housing and movable between a first position accessible from within the passenger compartment and a second position accessible from the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Aaron Gould, David Brian Glickman, Paul Kenneth Dellock, Katherine Howard-Cone
  • Implantable blood pump assembly including pressure sensor and methods of assembling same
    Patent number: 11684769
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an implantable blood pump assembly that includes a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, a flow path extending from the inlet to the outlet, and an internal compartment separated from the flow path. The blood pump assembly further includes a rotor positioned within the flow path and operable to pump blood from the inlet to the outlet, a stator positioned within the internal compartment and operable to drive the rotor, and an inlet conduit connected to the housing inlet and having a downstream end that has a reduced cross-sectional area that produces a localized region of high velocity blood flow. The blood pump assembly further includes at least one pressure sensor positioned between the inlet and the outlet and configured to detect a pressure of blood flowing through the flow path. The pressure sensor is located adjacent the downstream end of the inlet conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Daniel I. Harjes, Eric Lee, Jin Woo Park
  • Application apparatus for a coatings material
    Patent number: 11684944
    Abstract: Provided is an application apparatus for a coatings material. The application apparatus includes a supporting element extending along a first axis and having a first end and a second end. A first arm is coupled to the first end of the supporting element, and a second arm coupled to the second end of the supporting element. A first fastener attached to, and movable with respect to, the first end of the supporting element and detachably fixed to the first arm. Further, the first arm is configured to slide along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Charles T. Buckel, Jr., Sharad Gaurav, Edward Ray Goodwin, Jr., Christopher S. Haber, Michael C. Lambertson, Jr., Hongbing Lai, Victor J. Levand, Yandong Shen, Robert A. Siegrist
  • Hydraulic jounce bumper with improved installation
    Patent number: 11685212
    Abstract: A damping assembly for a vehicle suspension system may include a spring including a first end operably coupled to a body of a vehicle and a second end operably coupled to a wheel assembly of the vehicle, a spring isolator operably coupling the body of the vehicle to the first end of the spring, a hydraulic jounce bumper to dampen jounce forces on the vehicle, and a reinforcement member operably coupled to the hydraulic jounce bumper at a proximal end of the reinforcement member and to the spring isolator at a distal end of the reinforcement member. The reinforcement member may be integrated with the spring isolator at the distal end of the reinforcement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Fernando Sosa, Jack Wiley Cooper
  • Electric vehicle charger for an electric vehicle and a method of use
    Patent number: 11685277
    Abstract: Electric vehicle charger for an electric vehicle and a method of use is presented in this disclosure. The charger includes a charging cable, a charging connector including an actuator, a cable reel, and a idler drum. The cable reel includes a helical pattern where the charging cable resides during the stowed configuration. The idler drum is parallel to the cable reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: BETA AIR, LLC
    Inventor: Edward Hall
  • Post-filtering of named entities with machine learning
    Patent number: 11687719
    Abstract: A method for identifying errors associated with named entity recognition includes recognizing a candidate named entity within a text and extracting a chunk from the text containing the candidate named entity. The method further includes creating a feature vector associated with the chunk and analyzing the feature vector for an indication of an error associated with the candidate named entity. The method also includes correcting the error associated with the candidate named entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LEVERTON HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Christian Schäfer, Michael Kieweg, Florian Kuhlmann
  • Imaging system
    Patent number: 11684242
    Abstract: An imaging system for use in a patient is provided. The system includes an imaging probe, a rotation assembly, and a retraction assembly. The imaging probe collects image data from a patient site and includes an elongate shaft with a proximal end and a distal portion, with a lumen extending therebetween. A rotatable optical core is positioned within the elongate shaft lumen and an optical assembly is positioned in the elongate shaft distal portion. The optical assembly directs light to tissue at the patient site and collects reflected light from the tissue. The rotation assembly connects to the imaging probe and rotates the optical assembly. The retraction assembly connects to the imaging probe and retracts the optical assembly and the elongate shaft in unison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Gentuity, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Petroff, Michael Atlas, Christopher Petersen, Christopher Battles, Jiyuan Yin, Nareak Douk, David W. Kolstad, Giovanni Ughi, Lindsy Peterson, J. Christopher Flaherty, R. Maxwell Flaherty
  • Power takeoff-driven refrigeration
    Patent number: 11685225
    Abstract: A system for PTO-driven refrigeration includes a generator that is configured to be mechanically connected to a power takeoff (PTO) and a converter that is configured to receive AC power from the generator and is operable to convert the AC power to DC power. The generator is connected to a charge controller that is connected to an energy storage element. The energy storage element is connected to a controller configured to receive DC power and provide AC power to a motor. The motor may be mechanically connectable to a refrigeration system. The energy storage element is further configured to receive power from a second charge controller that receives power via an AC power input or solar system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Lovis, LLC
    Inventor: Rustee Stubbs
  • Integrally geared compressor having a combination of centrifugal and positive displacement compression stages
    Patent number: 11686316
    Abstract: Combining at least one centrifugal compression stage and at least one positive displacement compression stage in an integrally geared compressor to allow for different types of compression based on a temperature or a volume of gas to be compressed by the integrally geared compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO COMPTEC, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Andrews, Todd Steven Abbot Gibbs
  • Ensemble predictor
    Patent number: 11687603
    Abstract: Techniques for configuring and training an ensemble predictor for click probability of content on search engine results pages. In an aspect, a first stage machine learning algorithm, such as a neural network, is trained using a first training data set. The output of the trained first stage algorithm may be coupled to a second stage machine learning algorithm to form an ensemble predictor. In another aspect, the ensemble predictor is trained using a second training data set, using the output of the first stage algorithm to initialize a priori settings of the second stage algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Weiwei Deng, Xiaoliang Ling, Feng Sun
  • System and method for searching backups
    Patent number: 11687595
    Abstract: A backup manager for providing backup services includes persistent storage and a backup orchestrator. The persistent storage includes protection policies. The backup orchestrator generates a backup for a client based on the protection policies; obtains system metadata from the client; generates a backup map for the backup based on the system metadata; generates a backup hierarchy for the backup based on the backup map; and stores the backup and at least one selected from a group consisting of the backup hierarchy and the backup map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Manish Sharma, Shelesh Chopra, Aaditya Rakesh Bansal, Sunil Yadav
  • Camera assembly having a single-piece cover element
    Patent number: 11689784
    Abstract: A camera assembly includes an image sensor having a field of view corresponding to a scene, an infrared (IR) illuminator configured to selectively illuminate the scene, and a single-piece cover element positioned in front of the image sensor and the IR illuminator such that light from the IR illuminator is directed through the cover element along a first light path and light from the scene passes through the cover element along a second light path prior to entering the image sensor, the cover element including a first portion between the first light path and the second light path, the first portion being substantially opaque to IR and/or visible light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Adina Roth, Michael Brickner, Mi Zhou, Amber Luttmann Volmering
  • Thermal management system for structures in space
    Patent number: 11685555
    Abstract: An antenna assembly has a solar layer having one or more solar cells generating solar power, an antenna layer connected to the solar layer and having electronic components utilizing the solar power generated by the solar layer, and a thermal dissipation device dissipating heat locally at the antenna assembly. A large number of antenna assemblies are connected to form an antenna array in which heat is generated locally at each antenna assembly and dissipated locally at each antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: AST & Science, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan D. Honour, Javier Hernandez Bahlsen, Huiwen Yao, Adam H. Halperin, Abel Avellan
  • Dosing dispenser system
    Patent number: 11685590
    Abstract: A dosing dispenser for a flowable composition includes a housing, a traveler, a plunger, and a driver. The housing defines a chamber, and the plunger is movable within the chamber. The traveler is at least partially within the chamber and configured to selectively position the plunger. The driver is at least partially within the chamber and configured to movably position the traveler relative to the driver. The driver is engaged with the traveler within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: DOSELOGIX, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gayle Phipps, Saundra D. Naughton, Craig Jay Cochran, John Britton S. Mockridge, Daniel Lee DeYoung, Dale Melton Coker
  • Ponding alleviation process
    Patent number: 11686051
    Abstract: A method can include removing material from surface material to regrade the surface material to include a declining elevation between a first point and a second point to eliminate ponding on the surface material between the first point and the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PIM CS LLC
    Inventor: Aaron Hester
  • Medallion
    Patent number: D990364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HANDBAG HEIDI LLC
    Inventor: Heidi Krauss
  • Fly repeller fan
    Patent number: D990612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: YEISER RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: John O. Yeiser, IV
  • Artificial worm plastic bait
    Patent number: D990614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Googan Baits, LLC
    Inventor: Isaac Payne
  • Pet chew toy
    Patent number: D990797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Cabo Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Brian Boshears