Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Secondary reflectors for solar collectors and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11644219
    Abstract: A secondary reflector for receiving light from a plurality of primary reflectors that includes a reflecting surface having a length aligned along a first axis (z), where a cross-section of the reflecting surface in a plane perpendicular to the first axis (z) forms a curve comprising a concave section positioned between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, at least a portion of the concave section is accurately approximated by a polynomial equation, an aperture is formed by a straight line connecting the first endpoint to the second endpoint, and the concave section is configured to focus a plurality of beams of light passing through the aperture onto a focal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventor: Guangdong Zhu
  • Laser protection eyewear lenses
    Patent number: 11644690
    Abstract: A laser protection eyewear lens includes a lens substrate comprising an embedded wavelength filter having a first filter function, and a multi-layer dielectric filter applied to at least one of an inside and an outside surface of the lens substrate that comprises a second filter function having at least one center wavelength and bandwidth. The first filter function of the embedded wavelength filter and the second filter function of the multilayer dielectric filter produce a combined filter function that attenuates light reflecting off the multi-layer dielectric filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PerriGuest Defense Research Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas V. Perricone, Kristin A. Rauschenbach
  • Apparatus that enables non-penetrating sex
    Patent number: 11642239
    Abstract: Apparatus that enables non-penetrating sex between two users. Embodiments may be integrated into or attached to clothing worn by the first user. A tubular element (including, but not limited to, a male or female condom) may be installed either permanently or detachably; attachments at both the open and closed ends of the tubular element ensure that it will not penetrate the first user. Users may therefore enjoy many of the benefits of sex, including intimacy and mutual stimulation, without the risks inherent in penetration. Attachment for the open end may use for example an element that attaches to a base ring or flange at the open end. Illustrative attachments for the closed end include a loop into which the closed end is cinched, a notch or hole into which a button in the closed end is inserted, and a mechanism into which the closed end is inserted, folded, and secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MERLIN'S SLEEVE LLC
    Inventor: James Rhodes
  • Fuzzy inclusion based impersonation detection
    Patent number: 11647046
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure include fuzzy inclusion based impersonation detection technology. In one embodiment, a reverse n-gram map is created for the list of protected entities. A suspicious string may be broken into n-grams, and each n-gram of the suspicious string is to be searched in the reverse n-gram map for corresponding protected entities. A fuzzy inclusion of a protected entity may be detected in the suspicious string depending on the protected entities found during the search. Subsequently, impersonation can be identified based on the characteristics of the fuzzy inclusion. In this way, the communication system can detect impersonation techniques using visually similar text, and accordingly take various actions to help user mitigate risks caused by impersonation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventor: Weisheng Li
  • Systems and methods for generating simulation scenario definitions for an autonomous vehicle system
    Patent number: 11643105
    Abstract: A system of creating a simulation scenario definition to simulate behavior of an autonomous vehicle includes a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium having one or more programming instructions. The system identifies an event on which a simulation scenario definition is to be based, identifies one or more log files associated with the event, parses the one or more log files in a time-sequential order and populates the simulation scenario definition with information from the identified log files until an event trigger is detected, identifies an actor from one or more of the log files, infer a shape of the actor, generates one or more simulated tracks that includes the inferred shape for the actor, and adds the simulated tracks to the simulation scenario definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Argo AI, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Carl Ackenhausen, Patrick Michael Carmody, Albert Costa, Alexander Allen Nolley
  • Differential current sensing circuit
    Patent number: 11646745
    Abstract: A high resolution analog to digital converter (ADC) with improved bandwidth senses an analog signal (e.g., a load current) to generate a digital signal. The ADC operates based on a load voltage produced based on charging of an element (e.g., a capacitor) by a load current and a digital to analog converter (DAC) output current (e.g., from a N-bit DAC). The ADC generates a digital output signal representative of a difference between the load voltage and a reference voltage. This digital output signal is used directly, or after digital signal processing, to operate an N-bit DAC to generate a DAC output current that tracks the load current. In addition, quantization noise is subtracted from the digital output signal thereby extending the operational bandwidth of the ADC. In certain examples, the operational bandwidth of the ADC extends up to 100 s of kHz (e.g., 200-300 kHz), or even higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SIGMASENSE, LLC.
    Inventor: Phuong Huynh
  • Redundant actuation lock decoupling system and methods of use
    Patent number: 11643843
    Abstract: A redundant actuation lock apparatus includes an interface, an electronic mechanism, and a manual mechanism. The interface manipulates lock bar(s) into a locked/unlocked position. The electronic mechanism includes an actuator and power drive. The actuator is disengageably coupled to and drives the interface. The power drive is coupled to and drives the actuator in response to a control signal. The manual mechanism includes a key input and an output. The key input receives and rotates with a mechanical key. The output disengageably couples to the interface and rotates with the mechanical key. The actuator is engaged with and the output is disengaged from the interface in an electronic mode, while the actuator is disengaged from and the output is engaged with the interface in a manual mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSFORM SR BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Todd Reese, Cody Lyle Mayer
  • Low mobility assistance for autonomous vehicles passengers
    Patent number: 11644838
    Abstract: The present technology is effective to cause at least one processor to determine, based upon attributes of a sidewalk section and a height of a portion of an autonomous vehicle, a potential location for pick-up or drop-off of a passenger by the autonomous vehicle and navigate the autonomous vehicle to the potential location for pick-up or drop-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC.
    Inventors: Daniel Kan, Jessica Uelmen
  • Context-based action recommendation based on a purchase transaction correlated with a monetary deposit or user biometric signs in an incoming communication
    Patent number: 11645469
    Abstract: Various implementations provide context-based action recommendations based on an incoming communication. To provide the context-based action recommendation, a computing device collects information associated with a user that can be used to generate context information. Upon receiving an incoming communication, the computing device identifies various characteristics associated with the incoming communication. In turn, the computing device analyzes the context information, using the identified characteristics, to identify context information relevant to the incoming communication. Some implementations generate an action recommendation based on the identified context information such as a purchase transaction correlated with a monetary deposit and/or determining a biometric, or vital sign of the user, and notify the user of the action recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Amit Kumar Agrawal
  • Method and apparatus for transporting liquid materials
    Patent number: 11643003
    Abstract: A collapsible liquid storage tank for use in an elongated trailer for selectively carrying solid freight and bulk liquid freight, comprising a first side frame configured for movement between a retracted position against a first trailer side wall for carrying solid freight and a deployed position for carrying liquid freight, a second side frame configured for movement between a retracted position against a second trailer side wall for carrying solid freight and a deployed position for carrying liquid freight, a rear frame positioned between the first and second side frames when the first and second side frames are in the deployed position, a liner having side walls connected to the first and second side frames and the rear frame, a liquid impermeable bladder disposed within the liner, and at least one baffle operatively arranged to be positioned between the first and second side frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Bulk Cargo Systems, LLC
    Inventor: David Buonerba
  • Systems, articles and methods for wearable electronic devices employing contact sensors
    Patent number: 11644799
    Abstract: Wearable electronic devices that employ one or more contact sensors (e.g., capacitive sensors and/or biometric sensors) are described. Contact sensors include electromyography sensors and/or capacitive touch sensors. Capacitive touch sensors include single-frequency capacitive touch sensors, recently-proposed swept frequency capacitive touch sensors, and a generalized version of swept frequency capacitive touch sensors referred to as multi-frequency capacitive touch sensors. The contact sensors are integrated into various devices, including generic watchstraps that may be substituted for the existing watchstrap in any wristwatch design, generic watch back-plates that may be substituted for the existing back-plate in any wristwatch design, and wearable electromyography devices that provide gesture-based control in a human-electronics interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey
  • Self-adjusting directional drilling apparatus and methods for drilling directional wells
    Patent number: 11643877
    Abstract: An apparatus for drilling curved and straight sections of a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes a drilling assembly configured to include a drill bit at an end thereof that can be rotated by a drive in the drilling assembly and by the rotation of the drilling assembly, and wherein the drilling assembly includes: a deflection device that (i) tilts a section of the drilling assembly within a selected plane when the drilling assembly is substantially rotationally stationary to allow drilling of a curved section of the wellbore by rotating the drill bit by the drive; and (ii) straightens the section of the drilling assembly when the drilling assembly is rotated to allow drilling of a straight section of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Volker Peters
  • Seat mounting structure for a seat of a vehicle and vehicle and center seat structure
    Patent number: 11642993
    Abstract: A seat mounting structure for at least one seat in a vehicle having a vehicle structure is provided. The seat mounting structure may have a seat rib cage configured as a universal solitary mounting bracket to which at least one seat can be affixed. The seat rib cage may have a plurality of rib cage elements connected with each other to form the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of seat mounting points for mounting the at least one seat to the seat rib cage. The seat rib cage may also have a plurality of vehicle structure mounting points for mounting the seat rib cage to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: John J. Gomez, James D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene Ng, John Bleau, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
  • Method of forming polyethylene terephthalate foam plate
    Patent number: 11642831
    Abstract: Method of forming a plate including providing a sheet of polyethylene terephthalate foam and thermoforming the polyethylene terephthalate foam into a plate. The plate comprising a bottom wall having an outer perimeter, an upper surface, and a lower support surface defining a horizontal reference plane. The plate further comprising a sidewall extending upwardly and outwardly from the outer perimeter at an angle “a” of between about 30° to about 35° relative to a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizontal reference plane. The plate further including a rim extending laterally outwardly from an upper edge of the sidewall and a turndown flange extending downwardly from an outer edge of the rim and terminating at a free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Hayes, James N. Gomoll
  • Flat pack tray with curve on set-up and blank for forming the same
    Patent number: 11643244
    Abstract: A tray formed from a blank of sheet material includes a bottom panel, a top panel, first and second side panels, and a locking band connected to the bottom panel at opposite upper and lower edges thereof. The locking band extends across the top panel and holds an underlying portion of the top panel in face-contacting relationship with the bottom panel. The tray is configured to transition from a first, substantially flat configuration into a second, erect configuration in which the top panel defines a concave surface configured to hold in place a rounded item. The tray is configured to be transitioned from the first configuration to the second configuration by sliding the top panel relative to the bottom panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WestRock Shared Services, LLC
    Inventors: John Valencia, Abagail L. Bleakney
  • Origami-inspired enclosure, table, and lamp
    Patent number: 11643246
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided having an open configuration and a closed configuration. The apparatus includes, while in the closed configuration, a first panel, a second panel, a third panel, a fourth panel, a fifth panel, and a sixth panel that together create a box partially enclosing a void space. The first panel is rotatably coupled to the fifth panel and the sixth panel, the second panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the sixth panel, and the third panel is rotatably coupled to the fourth panel and the fifth panel. The apparatus opens from the closed configuration to present the contents therein through a single degree-of-freedom mechanism where the first, second, and third panels become perpendicular to the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels while the fourth, fifth, and sixth panels become aligned in a same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DEGREES OF FREEDOM LLC
    Inventor: Brian Ignaut
  • Tubular gripping apparatus
    Patent number: 11643885
    Abstract: A tubular gripping apparatus includes a housing having a bore and a plurality of gripping members movable between a gripping position and a release position. The apparatus may also include a shield having a tubular inner body movable relative to an outer body. The tubular inner body is movable between a retracted position, in which the tubular inner body is positioned above the plurality of gripping members, and an extended position, in which the inner body is at least partially positioned interiorly of the plurality of gripping members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Ruben Gomez, Kevin Thomas Page
  • Methods for making plant protein concentrates
    Patent number: 11641869
    Abstract: Food-grade pulse protein concentrates prepared from various pulses and flours derived therefrom are provided. Also provided are method of making the concentrates and beverages and foodstuffs that include the concentrates. The pulse protein concentrates are characterized by a high protein content, high digestibility, and complete essential amino acid profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Innovative Proteins Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Seth A. Foster, Tim G. Foster, Donald L. Crank
  • Color conversion between color spaces using reduced dimension embeddings
    Patent number: 11645787
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may provide an approach to converting multidimensional color data for an image encoded in a first color space into an intermediate form that is a single dimensional value. The exemplary embodiments may then decode the intermediate form value to produce an encoding of the color data that is encoded in a second color space that differs from the first color space. In this manner, the data for the image may be efficiently converted from an encoding in the first color space into an encoding in the second color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Austin Grant Walters, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Vincent Pham
  • Adaptive sampling of images
    Patent number: 11645761
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes determining characteristics of one or more areas in an image by analyzing pixels in the image, computing a sampling density for each of the one or more areas in the image based on the characteristics of the one or more areas, generating samples corresponding to the image by sampling pixels in each of the one or more areas according to the associated sampling density, and providing the samples to a machine-learning model as an input, where the machine-learning model is configured to reconstruct the image by processing the samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Anjul Patney, Anton S. Kaplanyan, Todd Goodall