Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Hybrid acoustic, centrifugal oil/water separation
    Patent number: 11667547
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for separating oil from water in produced oil without requiring large separation tanks in which the fluid is heated, using a simple, energy efficient separation process, are described. Centrifugal forces, by themselves, are not effective for completely separating a two-component fluid, especially when the densities of the fluids are similar, such as for heavy oil. By combining both primary and secondary acoustic forces, and taking advantage of centrifugal forces from fluid flow, such that acoustic radiation forces initiate the process of droplet accumulation, and contribute to droplet coalescence, centrifugal separation is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AWE Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Dipen N. Sinha
  • Methods and apparatus for secondary content management and fraud prevention
    Patent number: 11669595
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for secondary content management, including preventing viewing fraud, are disclosed. In one embodiment, apparatus of the present disclosure includes an Advertisement Decisioning Service (ADS) and Manifest Manipulator (MM) configured cooperate to receive client requests for secondary content, select one or more secondary content elements (e.g., advertisements), and generate and transmit one or more identifiers that uniquely identify the client's request for a session. The selected advertisements in one implementation include embedded beacons or tags used to ensure accurate accounting with regards to the amount or quality of consumption of the advertisement by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Gould, Vipul Patel
  • Systems and methods for maintaining virtual spaces
    Patent number: 11670082
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a virtual space for multiple devices can include a first device having at least one sensor configured to acquire a spatial information of a physical space of the first device. The first device may include at least one processor configured to establish, according to the acquired spatial information, a virtual space corresponding to the physical space, that is accessible by a user of the first device via the first device. The at least one processor may further be configured to register a second device within the physical space, to allow a user of the second device to access the virtual space via the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chengyuan Yan, Amrutha Hakkare Arunachala, Chengyuan Lin, Anush Mohan, Ke Huo
  • Dual connectivity (DC) power control
    Patent number: 11671928
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for dynamic power allocation of a first maximum uplink power and a second maximum uplink power, wherein the first maximum uplink power is used by a first transmitter to communicate with a first access point and the second maximum uplink power is used by a second transmitter to communicate with a second access point (dual connectivity). Network parameters are determined based on characteristics and/or qualities of the downlink and/or uplink signals of a wireless communication session. In response to the determined network parameters, the WCD may increase a first maximum uplink power and decrease a second maximum uplink power in order to establish or maintain dual connectivity without exceeding the device's maximum total uplink power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC
    Inventors: Justin Sungki Park, Saied Kazeminejad, Durga Prasad Satapathy
  • Cartridge including a liquid storage portion with a flexible wall
    Patent number: 11672052
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system includes a liquid storage portion configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The liquid storage portion includes one or more flexible walls and is configured to change at least one of the shape and the size of the liquid storage portion upon a change of the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion. The cartridge includes a sensor configured to detect data of a physical property. The data relates to at least one of a corresponding shape and a corresponding size of the liquid storage portion so that the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate held in the liquid storage portion is determinable from the measured data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Tony Reevell
  • Automated instantiation of virtual production control room
    Patent number: 11669371
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing an environment for creating media content are disclosed. According to at least one embodiment, a method for providing an environment including a virtual production control room (VPCR) for creating media content is disclosed. The method includes: requesting, from a user, information regarding the environment to be provided; receiving, from the user, the information; and creating the environment by provisioning a plurality of resources for the VPCR from among a plurality of cloud computing resources based on the received information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NBC UNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Masek, Zachary Spencer Madell, Steven Sneddon, Christopher V. Swisher, Christopher Joseph Zembower, Kevin Fornito
  • Electronic fuel injection module
    Patent number: 11668270
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention relates to an electronic fuel injection module including a throttle body including a throat extending between an inlet port and an outlet port and a fuel delivery injector too unit. The fuel delivery injector unit includes a cavity, a fuel inlet, a magnetic assembly, a pumping assembly, a spring, a valve seat, a valve, and an out valve. The fuel inlet receives fuel and directs fuel into the cavity. The magnetic assembly is within the cavity and includes a magnet, a pole, and a hollow sleeve. The pumping assembly includes a bobbin and piston. The bobbin is configured to move the pumping assembly. The piston is coupled to the bobbin. The valve seat is located at one end of the piston. The valve selectively allows fuel to flow into a pressure chamber. The out valve is configured to provide fuel to the throat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Briggs & Stratton, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Zuehl, Michael Pitcel, Kevin Leix
  • Electrically insulative and thermally conductive parallel battery cooling and temperature control system
    Patent number: 11670813
    Abstract: A battery is provided having heat transfer bars that directly transfer heat between the interior layers of a battery cell and the case that encloses the battery cell. The battery does not transfer significant heat from its interior layers to the posts of the battery that reside outside of the battery case. A temperature-controlled power system also is provided that uses multiple, active thermoelectric devices paired with multiple batteries to provide individual temperature control of the individual batteries forming the power system. The multiple, active thermoelectric devices preferably transfer heat to a single radiator on each side of the power system. A method of transferring heat from a battery interior using conductive, active, and convective heat transfer is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Thermoelectric Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Alfred J. Piggott
  • Wearable sanitizer dispenser
    Patent number: 11666183
    Abstract: An apparatus for a wearable sanitizer dispenser that comprises elastic elements filled with liquid sanitizer. Each elastic element is for storing, transporting and dispensing sanitizer. The elastic element has a slit on its surface. The release of liquid sanitizer stored in the elastic element is prompted by compressing the elastic element and squeezing liquid sanitizer through the slit. The slit is also used for inserting liquid sanitizer into the elastic element. Multiple elastic elements can be strung together through the tube, or connected on the exterior of the elements by other elastic elements, and worn as a bracelet or necklace. The apparatus may also be used to dispense other types of fluid, such as lotion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SANIBEADS, LLC
    Inventor: Kimberly Kirby Matthews
  • Auto-generating an artificial reality environment based on access to personal user content
    Patent number: 11670060
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for auto-generating an artificial reality environment based on access to personal user content are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive consent from a user to access user content on a user device, the user content comprising digital media; generate a user profile based at least in part on the user content; determine user preferences based at least in part on the user profile; generate an artificial reality environment based at least in part on the user preferences; and share the artificial reality environment with contacts of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tiffany Madruga, Allison Fu, Meaghan Fitzgerald, Geeti Arora, Rachel Cross
  • Cast iron alloy for automotive engine applications with superior high temperature oxidation properties
    Patent number: 11667995
    Abstract: A cast iron alloy is provided with a composition in weight percent (wt. %) of carbon between 2.6 to 3.4 wt. %, silicon between 2.4 to 3.2 wt. %, manganese between 0.3 to 0.6 wt. %, molybdenum between 0.4 to 1.2 wt. %, nickel between 0.6 to 1.75 wt. %, magnesium between 0.01 to 0.075 wt. %, aluminum between 1.8 to 3.5 wt. %, sulfur between 0.003 to 0.025 wt. %, zirconium between 0.001 to 0.02 wt. %, cerium between 0.001 to 0.03 wt. %, lanthanum between 0.0005 to 0.02 wt. %, and a balance of iron and unavoidable trace elements. A part formed from the cast iron alloy is also provided and the part has an Ac1 temperature equal to or greater than 895° C. and a thermo-mechanical fatigue lifetime of at least 10,000 cycles when cycled between 400° C. to 800° C. with a total cyclic strain equal to 0.001 m/m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Larry Alan Godlewski, Mei Li, Carlos Engler-Pinto, Simon Naymovich Lekakh
  • Optical hyperfocal reflective systems and methods, and augmented reality and/or virtual reality displays incorporating same
    Patent number: 11668930
    Abstract: Optical hyperfocal reflective systems and methods are provided. One such optical hyperfocal reflective system has an optical substrate; an optical input coupling portion configured to input couple a collimated display image to the optical substrate; and an optical hyperfocal output coupling portion integrated with said optical substrate. The optical output coupling portion includes at least one hyperfocal reflective view port formed from a discrete optical hyperfocal reflector spot integrated with the optical substrate. The discrete optical hyperfocal reflector spot is sized to form a reflected discrete optical spot beam with a diameter at a target area such that a view of a discrete virtual display image portion, as seen by a lens-detector system locatable at the target area, is hyperfocused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brennon Pennell, James Leighton, Adrian Stannard, Louahab Noui, Iain Wright, Lawrence Hoar
  • Method, electronic device and computer program product for storage management
    Patent number: 11669412
    Abstract: A method, electronic device, and computer-readable medium for storage management is disclosed. The method for storage management includes acquiring a data change rate of a data source, the data change rate indicating an occurrence rate of data to be backed up in the data source. The method also includes acquiring a recovery capability of a backup system to recover backed-up data and determining, based on the data change rate and the recovery capability, a backup strategy for backing up the data to be backed up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Shaofeng Chang, Xiaoliang Zhu, Jing Yu, Ming Zhang, Xiaolei Hu
  • Virtual supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) automation controller
    Patent number: 11671320
    Abstract: One or more virtual supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) controllers are provided. The virtual SCADA controller(s) may be deployed upon a detection of a failure of a physical SCADA controller. An on-site module may detect failure including a security breach which causes the physical SCADA controller to be disconnected from a network and the virtual SCADA controller(s) to take over control. The virtual SCADA controller(s) may be on-site or off-site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Jared M. Smith, Jordan A. Johnson, Brian Weber, Christopher R. Hathhorn, Benjamin T. McDaniel
  • Adjusting vehicle sensor field of view volume
    Patent number: 11671564
    Abstract: An example method includes receiving, from one or more sensors associated with an autonomous vehicle, sensor data associated with a target object in an environment of the vehicle during a first environmental condition, where at least one sensor of the sensor(s) is configurable to be associated with one of a plurality of operating field of view volumes. The method also includes based on the sensor data, determining at least one parameter associated with the target object. The method also includes determining a degradation in the parameter(s) between the sensor data and past sensor data, where the past sensor data is associated with the target object in the environment during a second environmental condition different from the first and, based on the degradation, adjusting the operating field of view volume of the at least one sensor to a different one of the operating field of view volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Simon Verghese, Alexander McCauley
  • Thermometer
    Patent number: D988151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: RJ Brands LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Newhouse, Mehrafza Mirzazad
  • Frame for a treadmill
    Patent number: D988440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Life Fitness, LLC
    Inventor: Matthew P. Blum
  • Mouthpiece
    Patent number: D988505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SOLMETEX, LLC
    Inventors: Thien Nguyen, Tam Thanh Pham, Ethan Nguyen, Lauren Nguyen
  • Adult vibrator
    Patent number: D988528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Suki LLC
    Inventor: Brian Dunham
  • Vaporizer
    Patent number: D988587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: The Alternative Life, LLC
    Inventor: Aaron M. Rappaport