Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Display apparatus
    Patent number: 11604374
    Abstract: Improvement of quality and improvement of a design property is achieved. A display (2) that displays an image on a display surface (2a), a back chassis (3) disposed on a side, of the display (2), opposite to the display surface (2a), a sealing body (5) disposed between the display (2) and the back chassis (3), and an outer frame (6) that is provided as a resin portion (13) at least partly including a resin material, and covers the display (2) and the back chassis (3) from an outer periphery side are included. An inner peripheral surface of the resin portion (13) is brought into close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the display (2) and an outer peripheral surface of the back chassis (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Yohei Azuma, Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yoshinori Tachikawa
  • System for monitoring machining processes of a computer numerical control machine
    Patent number: 11604456
    Abstract: A system includes a computer numerical control (CNC) machining system configured to perform a machining operation to define a feature on a workpiece and a machine edge controller disposed external of the machining system and in communication with the CNC machine system. The machine edge controller is configured to perform a machining evaluation during the machining operation. In executing the machining evaluation, the machine edge controller is configured to acquire data indicative of characteristics of the CNC machining system during the machining operation and compare the data with one or more machining baseline parameters associated with the machining operation to determine an abnormal operation of the CNC machining system. The one or more machining baseline parameters define a nominal response of the CNC machining system for performing the machining operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Jalluri, Himanshu Rajoria
  • Spatial audio and avatar control at headset using audio signals
    Patent number: 11605191
    Abstract: An audio system in a local area providing an audio signal to a headset of a remote user is presented herein. The audio system identifies sounds from a human sound source in the local area, based in part on sounds detected within the local area. The audio system generates an audio signal for presentation to a remote user within a virtual representation of the local area based in part on a location of the remote user within the virtual representation of the local area relative to a virtual representation of the human sound source within the virtual representation of the local area. The audio system provides the audio signal to a headset of the remote user, wherein the headset presents the audio signal as part of the virtual representation of the local area to the remote user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Nadav Grossinger, Robert Hasbun
  • Lighting system for fixtures and appliances
    Patent number: 11603987
    Abstract: A lighting system for fixtures comprising a removable façade configured to connect or being prior mounted or fabricated with a fixture, the removable façade including an outermost apron, a translucent panel including at least one opening, a sheet panel having at least one reinforcement element, and at least one light source disposed therein, wherein the apron includes at least one opening disposed thereon, and wherein the at least one light source is configured to emit light thought the at least one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Kraus USA Plumbing LLC
    Inventors: Russell Levi, Serhiy Torak
  • Magnetic sensing device for lid
    Patent number: 11604233
    Abstract: The technology provides for a magnetic sensing device. The device includes a magnetic sensor configured to generate a first output triggered by a first polarity and a second output triggered by a second polarity. The device includes a first magnet, a second magnet, and a third magnet. The device may be configured such that, when the second magnet is not within a predetermined distance from the first magnet, a magnetic field from the first magnet having the first polarity causes the first output and the second output to have a first set of values. The device may be configured such that, when the second magnet is within the predetermined distance from the first magnet, a magnetic field from the third magnet having the second polarity causes the first output and the second output to have a second set of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yao Ding, Hui Li
  • Variable sparing of disk drives in storage array
    Patent number: 11604611
    Abstract: In general, embodiments relate to a managing a Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) group. The embodiments include determining a minimum and maximum set of spare disks to allocate to the RAID group, wherein the RAID group comprises a plurality of active members, allocating the minimum number of spare members to the RAID group, allocating an additional spare member to the RAID group, setting a mode of the additional spare member to storage mode, enabling, after the setting, the RAID controller to store data in the plurality of active members and in the additional spare member, wherein the plurality of active members, the minimum number of spare members, and the additional spare member comprise persistent storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Shelesh Chopra, Hemant Gaikwad, Rahul Vishwakarma, Sharath Talkad Srinivasan
  • Vehicle heating system
    Patent number: 11603789
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, electric current may be supplied to or withheld from a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heater and an electrically heated catalyst. In particular, electric current may be delivered to the PTC heater and withheld from the electrically heated catalyst, or vice-versa, in response to a catalyst temperature and battery state of charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Ferrel
  • Animal watering valve
    Patent number: 11603948
    Abstract: An animal watering valve includes a housing having an upstream end, a downstream end, a bore extending therebetween, a valve element and a valve actuator located at least in part in the bore, and a plug disposed within the bore upstream of the valve element. The plug includes a lattice structure extending along a length of the plug. The valve element may be a diaphragm disposed within the bore to separate the bore into upstream and downstream portions. The valve actuator has a stem with a stem body extending downstream from a stem head and through an outlet of the housing. The diaphragm includes a sealing surface with first and second annular ridges and a groove disposed therebetween. A stem hat having a cap and disk is coupled to a downstream end of the stem. The disk extends radially from the stem at a location upstream of the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Avidity Science, LLC
    Inventors: Michael P. Halstead, Matthew C. Grulich, Rebecca M. Fowler, Thomas Clark, Peter S. Planton
  • System and method for boosting up performance of NVMe-TCP transport
    Patent number: 11606437
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for using, by a computing device, free central processing unit (CPU) cycles for processing Non-Volatile Memory express Over Fiber (NVMeoF)/Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) sockets. Using the free CPU cycles for processing the NVMeoF/TCP sockets may include exposing a character device with a callback that iterates over the NVMeoF/TCP sockets for processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Eldad Zinger, Leonid Ravich, Ran Anner, Elad Grupi
  • Inserts for variable bore rams
    Patent number: 11603731
    Abstract: A blowout preventer (BOP) assembly includes a body portion, a bore extending through the body portion, and a ram block assembly. The ram block assembly includes a first ram block being movable into the bore and a second ram block being movable into the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Elliot T. Yendell, Rick L. Stringfellow
  • System to monitor and manage integrated receiver decoders
    Patent number: 11606627
    Abstract: An integrated network receiver includes a first universal resource identifier for a first channel and an input suitable for receiving a first input video content from the Internet based upon the first universal resource identifier. The integrated network receiver provides the first input video content for the first channel to a head end connected to a plurality of customer devices through a transmission network. The integrated network receiver updating the first universal resource identifier based upon data obtained from a video address server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Erik Elstermann, John Shumate, Robert Seymour, Todd Kassman, Michael Casteloes, Mark Schaffer
  • Nanoconfined electrolytes and their use in batteries
    Patent number: 11605832
    Abstract: A nanoconfined metal-containing electrolyte comprising a layer of enclosed nanostructures in which each enclosed nanostructure contains a liquid metal-containing electrolyte, wherein said enclosed nanostructures are in physical contact with each other. Metal-ion batteries containing the nanoconfined electrolyte in contact with an anode and cathode of the battery are also described. Methods for producing the nanoconfined electrolyte are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Dai, Jinshui Zhang, Xiao-Guang Sun
  • Overcoming multi-factor authentication in user interface based automation script
    Patent number: 11606283
    Abstract: A request is received from a browser (e.g., a tool that runs on top of or in a browser). The request is to authenticate via an authentication credential provided from a communication device that is external to a test communication device running the browser. The request is queued in a request queue. The authentication credential is received from an interceptor that intercepts the authentication credential in the external communication device. The authentication credential is sent to the browser, which in turn sends the authentication credential to the application under test. This completes the authentication process in the application under test. The request is then removed from the request queue. This allows for an automated multi-factor authentication process that can be used for testing the application under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Micro Focus LLC
    Inventors: Eyal Jakob, Vladyslav Voloshyn, Constantine Adarchenko
  • Liquid gas sample vaporizer conditioning system and method
    Patent number: 11604125
    Abstract: An improved liquid vaporization and conditioning system, and associated method, for efficiently vaporizing a liquid sample for accurately determining the constituent components thereof providing enhanced flow rate, pressure and thermal control, the improvement including a combination of a resistance temperature detector, a sweeping bend to, an in-line thermal break, a flow buffering input manifold, enhanced multi-path heater vaporizer construction with four heater units, a vaporizer output mixing manifold and control elements providing a capability for partial shutdown in the event of compromised heating or flow anomalies without risk of flow loss/volume capacity beyond a permissible threshold and an improved, modular heat vaporizer enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Mustang Sampling, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth O Thompson, Kevin Warner, William C. Paluch, William Hartson, Timothy L. Querrey
  • Material for reducing exposure to ionizing radiation
    Patent number: 11605473
    Abstract: A material for reducing exposure to ionizing radiation. One exemplary embodiment comprises a felt layer; a foil layer; a first adhesive film layer disposed between the outer felt layer and the foil layer; a radiation shield layer; a second adhesive film layer disposed between the foil layer and radiation shield layer; and a foam layer disposed on the surface of the radiation shield layer opposite the second adhesive film layer. The material may be installed in commercial aircraft, corporate aircraft, flight suits, helmets, military uniforms, rotary aircraft, spacecraft, and the like. For example, the material disclosed herein may be provided as a headliner in an aircraft, or alternatively may be used to line the entire interior of an aircraft. In one or more embodiments, the material may be secured to a surface using a hook and loop attachment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Iron Knight Aviation, LLC
    Inventor: Flo Ciobotaru
  • Precise positioning system and method of using the same
    Patent number: 11606667
    Abstract: A location system, comprises multiple nodes, each of which receiving and transmitting signals from and to user equipment. The system further comprises a processor configured to determine a location of the user equipment in a space having at least one node. The system is configured to interprets the location of the user equipment based on power of at least one signal transmitted to at least one of the nodes, a received signal strength of the user equipment at one of the nodes, and distances between the user device and at least two nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: WangsLabs, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Wang
  • Dynamic power adjustment for small cells
    Patent number: 11606760
    Abstract: A radio node may transmit a signal using a transmit power. Then, the radio node may adjust the transmit power within a range of values. The adjustment may include reducing the transmit power when a spatial received signal strength indication (RSSI) metric of the radio node is greater than a first threshold value and a coverage criterion is met. Note that the spatial RSSI metric of the radio node may correspond to a set of temporal RSSI metrics of the radio node received from neighboring radio nodes. Moreover, the coverage criterion may be that less than a portion of RSSI measurements of the radio node associated with electronic devices, which are communicatively attached with the radio node, is less than a second threshold value. Alternatively, the adjustment may include increasing the transmit power when the spatial RSSI metric is less than the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Utsaw Kumar, Shailender Potharaju, Paul Petrus
  • Coordinated control of renewable electric generation resource and charge storage device
    Patent number: 11606062
    Abstract: A method for coordinated control of a renewable electrical energy source (RES) and an electrical energy storage (EES) device utilizes a time-dependent forecast of electrical energy production by the RES and a state of charge (SOC) schedule for the EES including at least one SOC target value. A time-varying charge/discharge control signal is configured to ensure that the SOC schedule is satisfied by charging at a rate necessary to meet the SOC target value, while periodically updating the generation of the charge/discharge control signal based upon an updated time-dependent forecast of electrical energy production and/or an updated SOC schedule. A configurable refresh period may be used to limit updates of the time-varying control signal including computation and use of a new basepoint value for aggregated energy supplied from the RES-ESS facility to an electrical grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: 8ME NOVA, LLC
    Inventors: Lukas Hansen, Philippe Garneau-Halliday, Gautham Ramesh, Bora Akyol, Brandon Carpenter, Rahul Mondal
  • Foldable corrugated corner elements
    Patent number: 11603248
    Abstract: A foldable corrugated corner element including at least some of a portion of material extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end; a first corner element leg and a second corner element leg, each having one or more alternating ridges and grooves, wherein the second corner element leg extends from the first corner element leg; a notch formed in at least a portion of the first corner element leg, defined by converging sidewalls, wherein the notch allows the second corner element leg to be folded; and one or more apertures formed through a portion of the second corner element leg, wherein if the second corner element leg is folded, the apertures expand and hinges defined between adjacent apertures provide continuity for a portion of the second corner element leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rational Packaging LLC
    Inventors: Shawn M. Parella, Samuel C. Voorhees
  • Thermal shield of magnetic resonance imaging magnet for limiting magnet gradient interaction
    Patent number: 11604239
    Abstract: A system for minimizing MGI in a superconducting magnet system of an MRI system includes a thermal shield having bi-metal material. The thermal shield is configured to be disposed about a cold mass of the superconducting magnet system, wherein the bi-metal material is configured to minimize MGI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Minfeng Xu, Anbo Wu, Yihe Hua, Mark Ernest Vermilyea, Thomas Kwok-Fah Foo, Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson