Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11609066
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector for hingedly mounting a buttstock to a receiver of a rifle. The connector has a fixed hinge portion, a receiver side of the fixed hinge portion, an interface side of the fixed hinge portion, a threaded protrusion extending from the receiver side of the fixed hinge portion, a buffer hole extending from the interface side, through the fixed hinge portion, and through the threaded protrusion, a tube lock hole extending from the interface side, through the fixed hinge portion, to the receiver side, and a lock screw sized in relative proportions to be threadably received in the tube lock hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MB Machine LLC
    Inventors: Sylvan Newby, Delmar Dean Pullen, Kevin Grover
  • Patent number: 11609333
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for filtering obstacle candidates determined based on outputs of a LIDAR device in an autonomous vehicle is disclosed. A point cloud comprising a plurality of points is generated based on outputs of the LIDAR device. One or more obstacle candidates are determined based on the point cloud. The one or more obstacle candidates are filtered to remove a first set of obstacle candidates in the one or more obstacle candidates that correspond to noise based at least in part on characteristics associated with points that correspond to each of the one or more obstacle candidates. One or more recognized obstacles comprising the obstacle candidates that have not been removed are determined. Operations of an autonomous vehicle are controlled based on the recognized obstacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: BAIDU USA LLC, BAIDU.COM TIMES TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiang Liu, Dongchao Gao, Fan Zhu
  • Patent number: 11606960
    Abstract: A pet food containing naturally occurring copper that can be used as a prophylactic diet to prevent and/or reduce copper storage disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, adverse gastrointestinal food reactions, and/or food allergies in pets is provided. A method for forming this pet food containing naturally occurring copper includes: providing a formula selected from the group consisting of chicken meal, corn gluten, duck, rabbit, venison, fish, peas, potato, barley, rice, corn, and any combinations thereof; and adding one or more ingredients having a naturally occurring copper source to provide a naturally occurring copper concentration in the pet food composition from about 7.3 ppm to about 25.0 ppm, adjusted for a dry matter basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Scoop Pet Food Manufacturing LLC
    Inventors: Philip Van Vranken, Timothy Glen Vande Giessen
  • Patent number: 11611391
    Abstract: An apparatus including a circuit, a temperature sensor, a sensor and a control system. The circuit may be configured to receive an input signal and a configuration signal and generate an output signal in response to performing an upconversion of the input signal to a selected frequency band and an amplification of the input signal in response to the configuration signal. The temperature sensor may be configured to measure a temperature. The sensor may be configured to measure a sensor value. The control system may be configured to generate the configuration signal in response to the temperature and the sensor value. The configuration signal may be generated to maintain a gain of the amplification at a target level over a range of an operating condition during the upconversion. The target level of the gain for the operating condition may be determined in response to a pre-determined calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MISSION MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. DeLisio, Jr., Blythe C. Deckman, Solomon Viveros
  • Patent number: 11607155
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a method of generating a hearing impairment compensation function to process audio reproduced by an earphone device. The compensation function includes processing the audio to compensate for frequency sensitivity to improve speech intelligibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya, LLC
    Inventor: John Usher
  • Patent number: 11610342
    Abstract: A method and system for providing integrated augmented reality (AR) images and content to multiple vehicle occupants having AR devices and methods of generating user-based AR expressions including content control of user generated content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jian Wan, Prayat Hegde, Reates Curry, Mike Bloomer, Harald C. Martinez, Brett Stottlemyer, Jeffrey Allen Greenberg, Kwaku Prakah-Asante
  • Patent number: 11609539
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a time-to-digital converter. The time-to-digital converter may include a state machine that increments/decrements according to an input signal and a count value. The time-to-digital converter may further include a register to store the count value according to the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony Richard Huggett
  • Patent number: 11609590
    Abstract: A power supply device may include a connector configured to electrically couple the power supply device to a conductor of the underground power lines; a voltage divider configured to receive an input voltage from the conductor, the voltage divider comprising a capacitor and divider voltage control electronics in series with the capacitor; and, a surge resistor in series with the capacitor and configured to provide impulse protection from surge events. The divider voltage control electronics may be configured to regulate an output voltage of the voltage divider to support variable loads on the voltage divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SENTIENT TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Dennis Allen Saxby
  • Patent number: 11607167
    Abstract: A method and user device for providing a unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) value by a user device includes generating, by a sensor of the user device, sensor data based on a user of the user device manipulating the user device. The UPDRS value is determined based on the sensor data and a deep neural network (DNN) model. The UPDRS value is provided to permit an evaluation of the user based on the UPDRS value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Lianyi Han, Hui Tang, Yusheng Xie, Shih-Yao Lin, Qian Zhen, Zhimin Huo, Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 11608451
    Abstract: Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) polishing compositions, methods and systems of use therefore are provided. The CMP polishing composition comprises abrasives of ceria coated inorganic metal oxide particles, such as ceria-coated silica; and dual chemical additives for providing the tunable oxide film removal rates and tunable SiN film removal rates. Chemical additives comprise at least one nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound and at least one non-ionic organic molecule having more than one hydroxyl functional group organic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaobo Shi, Krishna P. Murella, Joseph D. Rose, Hongjun Zhou, Mark Leonard O'Neill
  • Patent number: 11610010
    Abstract: A method and apparatus encrypting data for use by an application includes receiving a first clear data in a security application running concurrently with the application. The security application encrypts the first clear data to generate a first encrypted package and distributes the encrypted package for use by the application or by other applications running concurrently with the application. The security application also receives and decrypts encrypted packages from the application or one of the other applications to provide clear data for use by the application. The security application may be implemented as a data entry utility that can be accessed directly by the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Arebus, LLC
    Inventors: Edwin Zargarian, Andrew Robert Rolfe
  • Patent number: 11610284
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating a synthesized signal. In some implementations, a computer-implemented system obtains generator input data including at least an input signal having one or more first characteristics, processes the generator input data to generate output data including a synthesized signal having one or more second characteristics using a generator neural network, and outputs the synthesized signal to a device. The generator neural network is trained, based on a plurality of training examples, with a discriminator neural network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: X Development LLC
    Inventor: Eliot Julien Cowan
  • Patent number: 11610456
    Abstract: A method of conducting a game of chance, the method including displaying first cards for active lines, and providing a prompt for eliciting a first response, the first response including an indication that a next card will be higher in value than a preceding card for an active line from among the active lines or an indication that a next card will be lower in value than a preceding card for an active line from among the active lines. The method further includes displaying a next card for the active lines, determining active lines remaining based on the indication of the first response, updating a streak number corresponding to a number of responses in the game that include indications resulting in active lines remaining, and determining a reward based on the active lines remaining in response to the streak number reaching a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HOT STREAK LLC
    Inventors: Michael Lieb, Adam Margolis
  • Patent number: 11607653
    Abstract: A stabilized, gas-infused liquids containing ultra high concentrations of infused gas, produced by: generating a gas-infused liquid in a sealed vessel under a high pressure of at least 20 psi; stabilizing the gas-infused liquid by passing the liquid while still under the high pressure through a tubular flow path arrangement which compresses the infused gas into nano bubbles in the liquid; infusing an additional amount of the gas into the stabilized liquid by injecting the same, while still under high pressure, back into the sealed pressure vessel along with more of the gas; and again stabilizing the liquid by again passing liquid, while still under the high pressure, through the tubular flow path arrangement to thereby form the additional amount of infused gas into nano bubbles in the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Gaps Technology, LLC.
    Inventor: Cliffton Lee Roe
  • Patent number: 11606942
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an arrow comprises a shaft and a notch in an end of the arrow. The notch is arranged to receive a bowstring. A first finger recess and a second finger recess are located in proximity to the notch. The first finger recess and the second finger recess comprise opposed diverging surfaces. In some embodiments, an arrow comprises a magnetic slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: MCP IP, LLC
    Inventor: Mathew A. McPherson
  • Patent number: 11609235
    Abstract: A method for analyzing single cells by mass spectrometry includes the steps of providing a plurality of cells in a liquid medium and placing the cells and liquid medium in a single cell isolation and ejection system. Liquid medium containing a single cell is released from the single cell isolation and ejection system. The liquid medium and single cell are captured in a capture probe containing a flowing capture probe solvent. The cell is lysed by a lysis inducer in the capture probe to disperse single cell components into the medium. The lysed single cell components are transported to a mass spectrometer, where the lysed single cell components entering the mass spectrometer are spatially and temporally separated from any dispersed components of another single cell from the sample entering the mass spectrometer. Mass spectrometry is conducted on the lysed single-cell components. A system for analyzing single cells by mass spectrometry is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventor: John F. Cahill
  • Patent number: 11609796
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques for managing a computing resource shared by a set of online entities. A system can receive a request from a first online entity to reserve capacity of the computing resource. The system determines a relative priority of the first online entity and identifies a reservation zone that corresponds to the relative priority of the first online entity. The system determines whether to satisfy the request based on comparing (i) an amount of the requested capacity of the computing resource and (ii) an amount of the portion of unused capacity of the computing resource designated by the reservation zone that online entities having relative priorities at or below the relative priority of the first online entity are permitted to reserve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jose Casillas, Ozan Demir, Brent Welch, Mikhail Basilyan, Roy Peterkofsky, Timothy Smith, Philipp Keller
  • Patent number: 11611215
    Abstract: An illustrative embodiment disclosed herein is method for power distribution optimization. In some embodiments, the method includes determining an efficiency for each power block of a plurality of power blocks of a power distribution optimization system, determining a characteristic for each power block, determining a power to provide, selecting a first percentage of the power that a first power block is to provide and a second percentage of the power that a second power block is to provide at least based on the efficiency for each power block, the characteristic for each power block, and the power to provide, wherein the first percentage of the power is greater than the second percentage of the power, and sending a dispatch command to cause the first power block to provide the first percentage of the power and the second power block to provide the second percentage of the power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLC
    Inventors: Nadim Kanan, Gautham Ramesh, Lukas Mercer Hansen
  • Patent number: 11608079
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a system to prevent a boxed-in driving situation, the system including: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to detect a preventable box-in driving situation; and, based on the detection of the preventable box-in driving situation, adjust a location of a trigger threshold along a vehicle path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Parks, Namal P. Kumara, Paul A. Adam
  • Patent number: 11611830
    Abstract: An electromechanical transducer (e.g., 200 or 300) includes a motor structure and voice coil winding support structure or former (203 or 303) configured with a vented annular spacer (e.g., 250) and vented distal pole tip member (e.g., 255) having aligned radial channels aimed to transport heat away from a voice coil (202 or 302) during the transducer's reciprocating movement while providing an extended, linear dynamic range and continuous cooling for the voice coil. A dual magnetic gap embodiment has an inside annular spacer member (e.g., 355A) and a co-planar outside annular spacer member (e.g., 350-O), each made of a thermally conductive steel alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Polk Audio, LLC
    Inventor: Sean O'Brien