Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Publication number: 20230117157
    Abstract: A window shade system may comprise a drive mechanism having a friction slip ring inside a brake hub, wherein the brake hub is configured to rotate with respect to the friction slip ring, in response to an at least partial rotation of the drive mechanism. The brake hub may be configured to overcome a break-away force between the drive hub and the friction slip ring. The brake hub may be configured to overcome a break-away force between the drive hub and the friction slip ring. The brake hub may be configured to overcome a break-away force of about double a maximum force that a window shade exerts on the friction slip ring. The system may include a spring plunger system abutting a bracket, wherein the spring plunger system may be configured to reduce friction against the bracket in response to a first at least partial rotation of a drive mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Mechoshade Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Stanley Mayer, Stephen P. Hebeisen
  • Publication number: 20230117665
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and techniques for providing special effects wirelessly using a device plugged into a standard electrical outlet are provided. Example embodiments provide an apparatus and associated software applications for remote and live control of special effects (hereinafter a “Remote Special Effects System,” or “RSES”) using special effect (SE) devices such as individually addressable LEDs, LED strips, fog and smoke machines, and the like. The example RSES described herein comprises one or more SE controller devices that each plug into a standard electrical outlet and are each connected to one or more SE devices. Each SE controller is wirelessly connected to the Internet (or other wide area network) so that it can respond to DMX (or other protocol) commands sent by a remote application by issuing corresponding commands specific to the connected SE device to cause synchronized special effects to occur to an ad-hoc created zone of SE controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Reactance LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Ciapala-Hazlerig, Barbara Ciapala
  • Publication number: 20230124034
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing a Mapping of Address and Port using translation (MAP-T) data plane verification. A method for performing a MAP-T data plane verification includes initiating, by a diagnostic server provisioned with at least MAP-T diagnostic rules, a MAP-T diagnostic on a border relay provisioned with MAP-T rules, generating, by the diagnostic server, a diagnostic packet per the MAP-T diagnostic rules, sending, by the diagnostic server, the diagnostic packet to the border relay, performing, by the border relay, a translation on the diagnostic packet per the provisioned MAP-T rules, analyzing, by the diagnostic server to generate a report, at least a translation accuracy of a received translated diagnostic packet, and configuring at least one device based on a received report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Nathan Carter, Jeffrey Larkin Cook, Thomas Lawrence Bowlby
  • Publication number: 20230120325
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating tissue by concentrating a laser emission to at least one depth at a fluence sufficient to create an ablation volume in at least a portion of the target tissue and controlling pulse width within the picosecond regime to provide a desired mechanical pressure in the form of shock waves and/or pressure waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: CYNOSURE, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Shaun Welches, Mirko Georgiev Mirkov
  • Publication number: 20230120501
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a test head frame and a tray slidably coupled to the frame and configured to receive a printed circuit board (PCB) to be tested. The PCB is positioned within the frame when the tray is in a retracted position and outside the frame when the tray is in an ejected position. A bed of nails (BON) opposes a lower side of the PCB and includes a plurality of pins having first portions arranged on an upper side of the BON to connect with corresponding electrical pads on the lower side of the PCB when the tray containing the PCB is in the retracted position. A plurality of interface printed circuit boards is configured for connection to second portions of the plurality of pins exposed on a lower side of the BON and for receiving test signals when the tray containing the PCB is in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Anora, LLC
    Inventors: Pramodchandran Variyam, Avinash Virupakshaiah Pura
  • Publication number: 20230120545
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a sensor including a cylindrical sensor window defining an axis, a cover fixed relative to the sensor, and a duct mounted to the sensor and extending through the axis. The cover is positioned to expose a circumferential portion of the sensor window. The circumferential portion extends circumferentially relative to the axis from a first end adjacent to the cover to a second end adjacent to the cover. The circumferential portion includes a midpoint circumferentially between the first end and the second end. The duct includes an inlet and an outlet. The outlet extends circumferentially from the first end of the circumferential portion to the second end of the circumferential portion. The duct includes a deflector positioned to direct airflow from the inlet to the outlet at the first end and second end of the circumferential portion before the airflow reaches the midpoint of the circumferential portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler D. Hamilton, Kunal Chaudhari, Venkatesh Krishnan, Anthony Michael Regalbuto, Subba Reddy Boggu
  • Publication number: 20230123030
    Abstract: Systems and methods for retrofitting existing light and other poles to provide additional functionality in the form of one or more electric vehicle charging stations. Exemplary systems include EV charging station bases that are interposable between an existing pole and its associated buried anchor base, and include one or more EV charging stations that may be powered through the existing electrical wiring of the pole to be retrofit. Exemplary systems may offer additional functionality in the form of optional advertising, Internet connectivity, and other features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Allpole, LLC
    Inventor: Harri T. RAUMA
  • Publication number: 20230118640
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for extracting one or more self-created terms in a professional area. The method may include extracting one or more candidate terms from a text; determining first data representing an occurrence of each of the one or more candidate terms in the text; determining one or more lemmas of the each of the one or more candidate terms; determining second data representing an occurrence of each of the one or more lemmas in a general corpus; determining third data representing an occurrence of each of the one or more lemmas in a professional area corpus; and determining, based on reference data, a possibility that the each of the one or more candidate terms is a self-created term, wherein the reference data includes the first data, the second data, and the third data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: METIS IP (SUZHOU) LLC
    Inventor: Yan LI
  • Publication number: 20230125036
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to grounded multimodal agent interactions, where a natural language user input is processed using a multimodal machine learning model to generate model output. The model output may then be processed to affect the behavior of an application, for example to enable a user to control the application and/or to facilitate user interactions with a conversational agent, among other examples. In some instances, at least a part of the model output may be executed or parsed, for example to generate three dimensional objects within a coding application. Thus, use of a multimodal machine learning model according to aspects described herein may enable the use of user-provided natural language input to affect the behavior of an application accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan VOLUM, Karmelit Alon ALLISON
  • Publication number: 20230117964
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a non-slip reinforcing bar coupler including: a body which has a body part of a pipe shape, a protrusion part formed in the middle of the body part, a pair of first screw threads formed on the outer surface of the body part and at both sides of the protrusion part, a pair of insertion holes formed at both sides of the body part, and a stopper formed in the middle of the inside of the body part; and a cap which has a cap insertion hole formed at one side, a cap body formed on the inner surface of the other side and having a second screw thread screw-coupled with the first screw thread, and a second inner sloping side formed on the inner surface of the cap insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: N C COUPLER LLC
    Inventor: Hyun Uk LEE
  • Publication number: 20230119641
    Abstract: A non-fungible token (NFT) platform operates by: accessing, via a network interface, a plurality of game NFTs, each of the plurality of game NFTs including a playable instance of an associated game that is accessible by a user of a client device; generating, via a processor, display data associated with a customized collection display that contains the plurality of game NFTs; sending, via the network interface, the display data associated with a customized collection display to the client device for display via a graphical user interface associated with the client device; receiving, via the graphical user interface, a selection of one the plurality of game NFTs for play of the associated game; and facilitating, via the network interface, play of the associated game in conjunction with the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Galiant Arts, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Meyers, Bruce E. Stuckman, John W. Howard, Brian G. Howard, Gregory Meador
  • Publication number: 20230119867
    Abstract: A pollution control system for a diesel engine includes a PCV valve and an associated vacuum pump having an inlet and an outlet adapted to vent blow-by gas out from a crankcase to an intake manifold on the diesel engine. The vacuum pump associated with the PCV valve selectively modulates vacuum pressure to adjustably increase or decrease a fluid flow rate of blow-by gas venting from the crankcase through the PCV valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: SVMTech, LLC
    Inventor: Serge V. Monros
  • Publication number: 20230121289
    Abstract: Systems and methods to pump fracturing fluid into a wellhead may include a gas turbine engine including a compressor turbine shaft connected to a compressor, and a power turbine output shaft connected to a power turbine. The compressor turbine shaft and the power turbine output shaft may be rotatable at different rotational speeds. The systems may also include a transmission including a transmission input shaft connected to the power turbine output shaft and a transmission output shaft connected to a hydraulic fracturing pump. The systems may also include a fracturing unit controller configured to control one or more of the rotational speeds of the compressor turbine shaft, the power turbine output shaft, or the transmission output shaft based at least in part on target signals and fluid flow signals indicative of one or more of pressure or flow rate associated with fracturing fluid pumped into the wellhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Diankui Fu, Warren Zemlak, Caleb Barclay
  • Publication number: 20230122692
    Abstract: A method for brand identification of an electric vehicle to a charging station includes connecting a plug of the charging station to a socket of the electric vehicle, receiving a control pilot signal at the socket from the charging station, terminating the control pilot signal in a variable resistance in the electric vehicle, and toggling the variable resistance in a vehicle pattern that transitions between two charging state resistances. The charging station detects the vehicle pattern and maps the vehicle pattern to a vehicle brand of the electric vehicle. The method includes receiving electrical current to recharge the electric vehicle at the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Richard C. Spina, Vyacheslav Berezin, Hannah Nissenbaum
  • Publication number: 20230118506
    Abstract: There is included a method and apparatus for sentiment analysis for multi-turn conversations comprising computer code for obtaining input dialogues; extracting sentiment expressions based on sentence embeddings corresponding to the input dialogues; generating polarity values based on the sentence embeddings corresponding to the input dialogues; and determining a target mention associated with at least one of the sentiment expressions based on the sentiment expressions and the sentence embeddings, wherein the determining of the target mention includes generating rich contextual representations based on the sentence embeddings and the sentiment expressions; and determining the target mention based on calculated boundaries, wherein the calculated boundaries are generated using the rich contextual representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventor: Linfeng SONG
  • Publication number: 20230119070
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for establishing a persistent connection between file attachments uploaded to cloud storage and associated electronic communications. An electronic communication including an attached file may be stored and presented in a communication application user interface that includes interactive functions, such as edit and save functions. Upon selection of an interactive function, a copy of the file may be uploaded to a cloud storage location and, in some examples, opened in a productivity application. A link to the file at the cloud storage location may be stored as a property of the file that is stored with the electronic communication. Resultantly, a connection may be maintained between the file at the cloud storage location and the electronic communication. Based on this connection, the copy of the file at the cloud storage location may be opened upon a subsequent selection of an interactive function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ankur Suresh LAL, Kyle Patrick CURLETT, Man Kwan LIU, Daniel Sungje CHOI, Fiona Lieurance GASAWAY, Cara Leggett SILVER
  • Publication number: 20230120894
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a training data set including a plurality of training data subsets. From two or more training data subsets in the training data set, the method includes selecting a support set of training examples and a query set of training examples. The method includes determining, using the classification model, a centroid value for each respective class. For each training example in the query set of training examples, the method includes generating, using the classification model, a query encoding, determining a class distance measure, determining a ground-truth distance, and updating parameters of the classification model. For each training example in the query set of training examples identified as being misclassified, the method further includes generating a standard deviation value, sampling a new query, and updating parameters of the confidence model based on the new query encoding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Sercan Omer Arik, Chen Xing, Zizhao Zhang, Tomas Jon Pfister
  • Publication number: 20230121991
    Abstract: A multichip module comprises a carrier, a plurality of chips, an electrical insulating layer, and an electrical interconnect structure. The carrier includes a bottom wall and four side walls defining an internal cavity. The chips are positioned in the internal cavity, with each chip including a plurality of bond pads. The electrical insulating layer is formed from electrically insulating material and is positioned on an upper surface of the carrier and the chips. The electrical interconnect structure includes a plurality of interconnect traces, with each interconnect trace formed from electrically conductive material and electrically connected to a first bond pad on a first chip and a second bond pad on a second chip. Each interconnect trace includes a bridge having a segment that is spaced apart from, and positioned above, the electrical insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Diane Young, Steven James Sedlock, Kevin Christopher Ledden, Alan Ahlberg Elliot
  • Publication number: 20230122220
    Abstract: A reader of a magnetic recording head includes a sensor stack, a first side shield and a second side shield disposed on opposite sides of the sensor stack in a cross-track dimension, and a bridge. The bridge is configured to align magnetic moments of the first side shield and the second side shield. The bridge is disposed above the sensor stack relative to a media-facing surface of the magnetic recording head and proximate to the first side shield and the second side shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Victor B Sapozhnikov, Taras Grigorievich Pokhil, Mohammed Shariat Ullah Patwari
  • Publication number: 20230118006
    Abstract: An agricultural vehicle feeder assembly having: a feeder housing, a shaft mounted to rotate relative to the feeder housing, first and second rotary drives mounted to rotate with the shaft at a first and second axial positions along the shaft, and an anti-wrap cover assembly extending an entire distance from the first rotary drive to the second rotary drive and at least partially surrounding the first rotary drive, the second rotary drive, and the shaft between the first rotary drive and the second rotary drive. The anti-wrap cover assembly is rotatably mounted the first rotary drive, the second rotary drive and/or the shaft. A connector joins the feeder housing to the anti-wrap cover assembly. The connector is configured to allow the anti-wrap cover assembly to move through a predetermined limited range of motion relative to the feeder housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Lyle Beidler, Trevor Book, Nathan E. Isaac, Cale N. Boriack, Wayne T. Flickinger