Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 12280360
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a fluidization promoter useful for dehydrogenation includes from 0.1 wt. % to 10 wt. % gallium, from 5 ppm to 500 ppm platinum, less than 5 wt. % alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, and a support material. A median particle size of the fluidization promoter is from 20 ?m to 50 ?m. Catalyst systems useful for dehydrogenation and methods for producing olefins using the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Lin Luo, Yang Yang, Matthew T. Pretz
  • Patent number: 12279918
    Abstract: A surgical tray efficiency system comprising a vertical rack assembly for holding and displaying a plurality of surgical instrument trays, a sterile barrier covering the vertical rack assembly and including tray location identifiers, and a standardization software platform including a customizable interactive planogram is described. The customizable interactive planogram software helps operating room staff arrange the instrument trays on the vertical rack assembly according to a predetermined customizable location ID, and create/load/access information related to the surgical procedure/trays/instruments before, during, and after the surgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Flex Operating Room, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey Gerstner
  • Patent number: 12280735
    Abstract: Guidance to a vehicle occupant is directed to manual adjustment of a height of a D-ring mechanism of a safety belt. First data of the occupant is collected which is indicative of a target height for the D-ring mechanism. Second data is collected indicative of a current height of the D-ring mechanism. The target height and the current height are compared to generate an adjustment amount whenever their difference is greater than a predetermined threshold. Visual guidance is presented to the occupant on an HMI display panel wherein the visual guidance describes taking an particular action to achieve the manual height adjustment of the D-ring mechanism. A further visual instruction is presented to the occupant on the HMI display panel wherein the visual instruction identifies the adjustment amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Clara M. Bennie, Brian Bennie
  • Patent number: 12280744
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an occupant compartment, a storage compartment, one or more frame elements, a seat assembly, and a door. The frame element forms at least a part of the storage compartment, which is arranged adjacent to an occupant compartment. The frame element includes an opening between the storage compartment and the occupant compartment. The seat assembly is arranged in the occupant compartment, and optionally includes a console. A threshold element is optionally included to provide an interface to the occupant compartment. The door is configured to block and unblock the opening such that an occupant can access the storage compartment from the occupant compartment. The door is configured to rotate, slide, fold, or otherwise be reconfigured, under manual or automatic operation, to unblock the opening. The door is not part of the seat assembly, and interfaces to the frame element or a threshold element affixed to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Harshad Zambare, Ryan Cotter, Steven Mousigian, Daniel John Bateson
  • Patent number: 12280400
    Abstract: A sifter includes a screen including a cylindrical portion. A helix is positioned within the cylindrical portion and extends between a first end of the helix and a second end of the helix. The helix defines a volume, such as an annular gap extending between the first end of the helix and a second end of the helix and extending inwardly from an inner surface of the helix by at least 25 percent of an inner diameter of the inner surface of the helix, the volume being available to receive particles sifted by the sifter. The helix may be a metal coil secured at ends thereof to a shaft driven by a motor. The screen and/or endcaps secured to the screen includes an opening through which particles that do not pass through the screen are urged by the helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Stainless Equipment and Parts LLC
    Inventor: Edward Schultz
  • Patent number: 12284346
    Abstract: The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for coding video. In one aspect, a method includes determining whether multiple transform units are within the video block in accordance with a determination that the inter-prediction mode is enabled; and in accordance with a determination that multiple transform units are within the video block: determining a transform unit of the multiple transform units to apply a secondary transform based on a relative location of the transform unit within the video block, applying the secondary transform to the transform unit, and reconstructing/processing the video block based at least on the secondary transform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Xin Zhao, Madhu Peringassery Krishnan, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 12279541
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by a row unit of an agricultural planter. The row unit includes a trench depth adjustment assembly configured to modify the furrow depth. In one embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a gear box having one or more gears which engage with a gear rack. The gear box may be pivotally connected to a depth adjustment body supporting a rocker that adjusts upward travel of gauge wheel arms. In another embodiment, the depth adjustment assembly may include a depth adjustment arm having a screw receiver that cooperates with a driven screw that adjusts the position of the depth adjustment arm acting on the gauge wheels to adjust trench depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
    Inventors: Dillon Sloneker, Todd Swanson, Dale Koch
  • Patent number: 12281291
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to miniaturized chambers for automatically conducting cell culture under controlled environment conditions. In some implementation examples, a system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a control subsystem. The control subsystem detects a first environment condition associated with the first chamber and a second environment condition associated with the second chamber. Based at least on the first environment condition and a first airflow mode, the control subsystem supplies a first airflow to the first chamber to adjust the first environment condition toward a first target environment condition. Based at least on the second environment condition and a second airflow mode, the control subsystem supplies a second airflow to the second chamber to adjust the second environment condition toward a second target environment condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: IVFpro LLC
    Inventor: Ta-Chin Lin
  • Patent number: 12282071
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for predicting a quality of a battery includes receiving a first battery measurement data for a first duration of soaking the battery, the first duration shorter than or equal to the soaking. The method further includes computing a plurality of features based on the first battery measurement data. The method further includes predicting, based on the plurality of features, a state of the battery after completion of the soaking. The method further includes outputting suitability of the quality of the battery based on the state of the battery as predicted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yusheng Zou, Ibrahim Haskara, Bharatkumar Hegde, Chunhao J Lee
  • Patent number: 12280746
    Abstract: A carrier for supporting and transporting a recreational vehicle (e.g., bicycle, tricycle, quadracycle, or trailer) with minimal or no lifting. The carrier includes a support configured to receive and contact tires of the vehicle. The carrier also includes a ramp configured to move relative to the support and slides within one or more slots of the support. The carrier pivots relative to a pivot mount assembly such that the vehicle can be easily moved from a ground surface to the carrier and then pivoted to a generally horizontal position. The ramp acting as a lock for pivoting the carrier by restricting pivoting when slid within the one or more slots of the support and allowing pivoting when the ramp is extended from the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SPECIALTY REC LLC
    Inventor: Reed B. Wagner
  • Patent number: 12281784
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for powering a device, among other devices, includes a light device, a coaxial cable, and an adapter. The light device includes: a housing; a light sub-assembly situated within the housing, the light sub-assembly including at least one light-emitting diode (LED); a coaxial cable connector mounted to the housing; and a first circuitry disposed within the housing, the first circuitry being capable of receiving DC power from the coaxial cable connector and providing DC power to the light sub-assembly. The coaxial cable is coupled to the coaxial cable connector of the light device at a first end of the coaxial cable. The adapter is coupled to a second end of the coaxial cable opposite the first end. The adapter includes a second circuitry capable of converting AC power received from a power source to DC power output to the coaxial cable to power the light device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CHANNEL MASTER, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony John Larsen, II, Jose Ramon Bingochea, II
  • Patent number: 12284722
    Abstract: An access point that provides a transition recommendation is described. This access point may provide a first WLAN having a first capability. During operation, the access point may associate with the electronic device. Moreover, the access point may determine that the electronic device has a second capability that is different from the first capability. For example, the first capability may include compatibility with a first IEEE 802.11 standard and the second capability may include compatibility with a second IEEE 802.11 standard. Next, the access point may provide the transition recommendation addressed to the electronic device based at least in part on the difference in the first capability and the second capability, where the transition recommendation recommends that the electronic device transition from the first WLAN to a second WLAN that has the second capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Ruckus IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Peter G. Khoury, Wen Chen, Wenge Ren
  • Patent number: 12282484
    Abstract: Techniques of federation of data during query time are disclosed herein. One example technique includes upon receiving an indication of interaction of a file by a user of a tenant, determining whether automatic replication of the file to a user shard corresponding to the user is permitted according to a company policy or a legal requirement, the user shard being in a second geographic region. The example technique can then include when automatic replication of the file is not permitted, storing the file in a tenant shard corresponding to the tenant in a network storage in the first geographic region and instead of replicating the file to the user shard in the second geographic region, creating, in the user shard in the second geographic region, a file reference that is a pointer to the file stored in the tenant shard in the network storage in the first geographic region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Helge Grenager Solheim, Åge Andre Kvalnes, Runar Bergheim Olsen, Christian Thuv, Jan-Ove Almli Karlberg, Tor Kreutzer, Kai-Marius Sæther Pedersen, Bjørn Erik Olsrød, Bård Kvalheim, Jeffrey Lawrence Wight
  • Patent number: 12283736
    Abstract: RADAR sensor assemblies/modules, particularly those for vehicles. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise a waveguide comprising a waveguide groove defined by opposing waveguide groove structures. An antenna structure may be operably coupled with the waveguide. A printed circuit board may be operably coupled with the waveguide and may comprise an electrically conductive top layer, an electrically conductive bottom layer, and a substrate positioned in between the electrically conductive top layer and the electrically conductive bottom layer. The electrically conductive top layer may comprise an opening exposing the substrate, which opening may extend along the waveguide groove in between the opposing waveguide groove structures. This configuration may allow for various parameters of the printed circuit board to be modified to tune a performance of a sensor/antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Angelos Alexanian, Konstantinos Konstantinidis
  • Patent number: 12280740
    Abstract: Disclosed are computer systems and techniques for authenticating a passenger of an autonomous vehicle and operating doors of the autonomous vehicle. For passenger authentication, the computer system is configured to receive a ride request, generate a passcode, transmit the passcode to a user account and the autonomous vehicle, authenticate the user using the passcode, and enable departure of the autonomous vehicle. For door operation, the computer system is configured to detect environmental conditions surrounding an autonomous vehicle, determine based on a set of operational conditions whether one or more doors of the autonomous vehicle are desirable for use, and operate a door if the door is safe to operate and desirable for operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Motional AD LLC
    Inventors: Junsung Kim, Yunpeng Xu, Vasudeva Pai Melgangolli, Brett Sandler, Scott Sweeny
  • Patent number: 12282952
    Abstract: A method executed by a computing entity includes identifying, using a securely passing process and based on at least one of a public benefit project type and a public benefit project geographic location of selection criteria for a set of public benefit credit assets, a secure first token on an object distributed ledger representing the set of public benefit credit assets. The method further includes establishing, using the securely passing process, control over the secure first token representing the set of public benefit credit assets, where only a device possessing control over the secure first token may modify the secure first token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Rebate Assets, LLC
    Inventors: Peter M. Shannon, III, Gary W. Grube
  • Patent number: 12281511
    Abstract: A cursor assembly for a window regulator of a vehicle door, including: a main body portion; a clamping member secured to the main body portion; a cable securement feature that is moveably secured to the main body portion by an adjustment screw, wherein rotation of the adjustment screw about an axis will cause the cable securement feature to move along the axis with respect to the main body portion; and a gear train operably coupled to the adjustment screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Santosh Ramesh, Karl-Heinz Kreher
  • Patent number: 12281346
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method that includes utilizing a microorganism for the converting of a substrate to an acid contained in a mixture that includes the acid and water, maintaining a pH of the mixture to less than 5, and treating the mixture with a first stream comprising an organic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Violeta Sanchez Nogue, Eric M. Karp, Patrick Owen Saboe, Lucas Hans Loetscher, Sybil Sharvelle
  • Patent number: 12283341
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for reduced power composition during data read operations from memory devices through gating of clock signals based on a bit pattern of data to be read from the memory device. Example devices and methods disclosed herein comprise receiving a command to read data from a memory structure of the memory device and latching a bit pattern of the data from the memory structure to a data register based on the received command. The disclose systems and methods use the bit pattern to generate a clock mask according to similarities between bit values within the bit pattern. When a read enable signal is detected on a read enable interface of the embodiments disclosed herein, the clock mask is gated based on the clock mask, and bit values are latched to an input/output interface of the memory device in accordance with the gated read enable signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Tianyu Tang
  • Patent number: D1072283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LTR Products, LLC
    Inventors: Moses Hassan, Bradley Metzger, Richard Muth, Todd Schultz