Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Publication number: 20230029487
    Abstract: A system and method for assembling a plurality of components into an assembly is provided. The system includes an assembling robot and an adhesive dispensing robot. The assembling robot is configured to attach a first sub-assembly to a second sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly includes at least one of the plurality of components, and the second sub-assembly includes remaining ones of the plurality of components. The adhesive dispensing robot is configured to apply an adhesive between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly, after the first sub-assembly is attached to the second sub-assembly, to bond the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, David A. Brown, Robert William Miller
  • Publication number: 20230033759
    Abstract: An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe outlet to provide a controlled vapor-to-liquid phase change in an interface with tissue to thereby apply ablative thermal energy delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Tsunami MedTech, LLC
    Inventors: John H. SHADDUCK, Michael HOEY
  • Publication number: 20230031622
    Abstract: A computing system receives a plurality of game files corresponding to a plurality of games across a plurality of seasons. The computing system generates a prediction model configured to generate a possession value for an event. The computing system receives a target event, in real-time or near real-time, from a tracking system monitoring a target game. The computing system generates target features for the target event based on target event data associated with the target event. The computing system generates, via the prediction model, a target possession value for the target event based on the target event data and the target features. The target possession value represents a likelihood that a team with possession will score within a following x-seconds after the target event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: STATS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Stöckl, Patrick Joseph Lucey, Daniel Dinsdale, Thomas Seidl, Paul David Power, Nils Sebastiaan Mackaij, Joe Dominic Gallagher
  • Publication number: 20230032698
    Abstract: A small (smartphone-sized or tablet-sized), foot-enabled, flat, tiltable, rotatable, dynamic touch screen pedal and controller that uses a tilt mechanism to toggle between and select different audio (or other) functions and effects that are displayed on the attached display. The tilt of the device as well as optional tapping sequences activate different functions in predetermined function locations. Specific audio effects, audio effect presets, loops, songs, and controller functions can each be assigned to different touch screen locations, pedal buttons, and/or tilt directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Prophet Productions, LLC
    Inventors: Bobby Elijah Aviv, Amy L. Pearson
  • Publication number: 20230031700
    Abstract: A method comprising receiving data associated with a business, the data comprising first values for first attributes; processing the data, in accordance with a common data attribute schema that indicates second attributes, to generate second values for at least some of the second attributes including a group of attributes, the second values including a group of attribute values for the group of attributes; identifying, using the common data attribute schema and from among pre-existing software codes, software code implementing an ML data processing pipeline configured to generate a group of feature values; processing the group of attribute values with the software code to obtain the group of feature values; and either providing the group of feature values as inputs to a machine learning (ML) model for generating corresponding ML model outputs, or using the group of feature values to train the ML model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: ElectrifAi, LLC
    Inventors: Luming Wang, Jinhua Ma, Shahin Rahman, Geoffrey Xiao
  • Publication number: 20230033212
    Abstract: A computing device may determine that a condition exists with respect to a user of an application. Based on the determined condition, the computing device may determine an action for the user to perform via the application, and an associated importance level of the action. The computing device may identify a user interface element of the application that is associated with the action and a color that is associated with the importance level. The computing device may change the appearance of the identified user interface element such that the user interface element has the color that is associated with the importance level of the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Maiman, Kathryn Tikoian, Joshua Edwards
  • Publication number: 20230037011
    Abstract: A slim air vent for a vehicle includes an inner wing disposed in a duct to horizontally rotate during manipulation of a knob, an outer wing and a support wing disposed in the duct to vertically rotate during the manipulation of the knob, a knob pin horizontally penetrating through the knob to rotate together with the knob during the vertical rotation of the knob and to guide the knob during the horizontal movement of the knob, and a link mechanism provided to connect one end of the knob pin and the outer wing to vertically rotate the outer wing and the support wing during rotation of the knob pin according to the vertical rotation of the knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, ITW EF&C Korea LLC
    Inventors: Seok Jun OH, Dong Won YEON, Jeong Woong SON, Byung Jo KIM, Wan Su JOUN, Chun Ha KIM
  • Publication number: 20230035750
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides the identification of genes involved in sucker growth in tobacco. Also provided are promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing modified tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Dongmei XU, Jesse FREDERICK, Chengalrayan KUDITHIPUDI, Yanxin SHEN, James STRICKLAND, Jaemo YANG
  • Publication number: 20230031644
    Abstract: A system enabling a registered user of an SIO database to instantiate and edit characteristics of objects has an SIO base module adapted to interact with the user in instantiating and editing objects, an SIO search module, an SIO input module, an SIO database, and an SIO template database. The base module enables the user to conduct a search of the SIO database with the search module and guides the user in instantiating and editing characteristics of objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: INVISIBLE HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Francis St. Martin, Andrew Lee Van Valer
  • Publication number: 20230032395
    Abstract: A process for preparing a microcapillary carbon molecular sieve membrane may include extruding a polyvinylidene chloride polymer to a thickness from 10 ?m to 1,000 ?m to form an extruded polymeric microcapillary film, wherein the extruded polymeric microcapillary film comprises a first end, a second end, and one or more microcapillaries extending from the first end to the second end; pre-treating the extruded polymeric microcapillary film at a temperature from 100° C. to 200° C. for a time from 1 hour to 48 hours to form a pre-treated polymeric microcapillary film; and pyrolizing the pre-treated polymeric microcapillary film at a temperature from 200° C. to 1,500° C. for a time from 15 minutes to 5 hours to form the microcapillary carbon molecular sieve membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Junqiang Liu, Kurt A. Koppi, Dean M. Millar
  • Publication number: 20230034329
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an automated spray system (100) to produce an elastomeric pad on a railroad tie. The automated spray system (100) includes a two-component spray system (102) for spraying a two-component reaction mixture to produce the elastomeric pad on the railroad tie. The automated spray system further includes a gantry system (140) having girder (146) that supports the spray applicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yinglong Chen, Larry D. Dotson, Huang Wu, Jason A. Reese, Kevin W. Light, Annette Baker, J. Cody Clinton
  • Publication number: 20230033421
    Abstract: A system for measuring golf ball trajectory characteristics is disclosed. The system includes artificial grass with a launch location for a golf ball and a plurality of wide-angle distance optical sensors mechanically connected to the artificial grass positioned such that a field of measurement of each wide-angle distance optical sensors intersects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Graff Golf LLC
    Inventor: Eric Goodchild
  • Publication number: 20230031331
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to detecting and correcting a storage array's drive sectors to prevent data loss. In embodiments, a storage array's telemetry information is monitored. Further, one or more state or operational metrics of the storage array's storage drives are measured. Additionally, each storage drive is scrubbed based on each drive's relative scrubbing priority defined by the telemetry information and each storage drive's state or operation metrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Malak Alshawabkeh, Seema Pai, Dale Elliott, Christopher Monti, Sunil Gumaste, Krishnamoorthy Anantharaman, Ravish Sachdeva, Abhilash Sanap, Pankaj Soni, ShashiKiran Talanki Ramanathagupta
  • Publication number: 20230030670
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a traction battery and a converter. The converter includes a switch and first and second busbars electrically connected in parallel between the traction battery and the switch. The second busbar has an inductance less than the first busbar and includes a resistor having a resistance at least an order of magnitude greater than a resistance of the first busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Krishna Prasad BHAT, Chingchi CHEN, Michael W. DEGNER, Man Prakash GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20230035386
    Abstract: A combined dirt collector and cutout cock (CDC & COC) device for a rail car control to prevent unintentional re-pressurization of the control valve and rail car braking system. The device has an inlet configured for interconnection to an air supply, an outlet configured for interconnection to a control valve of a rail car, a valve moveable between a first position where an inlet is connected to an outlet and a second position where the inlet is isolated from the outlet, and a control valve vent positioned downstream of the valve and configured to open in response to the valve being moved into the second position. The valve may include a ball having a first passageway for selectively connecting and disconnecting the inlet from the outlet and a second passageway formed therethrough that is positioned to interconnect the outlet with the vent when the valve is in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NEW YORK AIR BRAKE, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan M. McLaughlin, Lawrence E. Vaughn, Derick Call, Christopher J. Ferguson, Joshua D. Woodruff, Danial Rowland
  • Publication number: 20230031592
    Abstract: Two articles, such as a cooler and an article of drinkware, are magnetically coupled to each other by interaction of a magnet disposed in a patch, which is adhesively bonded to the cooler, and a ferrous metal element disposed in the article of drinkware. The patch includes shell made of plastic material, and an adhesive layer is activated by removing a peel and stick sheet. Two patches can be provided, one with a magnet and one with a ferrous metal element, in situations where both the cooler and the drinkware are without magnetic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: BOTE, LLC
    Inventor: Corey COOPER
  • Publication number: 20230033893
    Abstract: A hand-held applicator includes a first applicator layer adjacent a first reservoir and a finger-receiving space for securely holding the applicator. When the first applicator layer is external facing, the fill material is dispensed outside the applicator and when the first applicator layer faces into the finger receiving space the fill material is dispensed into the finger-receiving space and applied to the finger or fingers in the finger-receiving space. The applicator may further include a second applicator layer adjacent a second reservoir and opposite the first applicator layer and first reservoir to securely store and dispense a second amount of the fill material. Reservoir access layers separate the first applicator layer and first reservoir, and the second applicator layer and second reservoir and transform between a first, closed position where the fill material is securely stored in a reservoir and a second, open position where fill material is dispensed from a reservoir through an applicator layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: CaseMed Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Casey Samangooie
  • Publication number: 20230030003
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a thermal energy storage member in thermal contact with the plurality of battery cells. The thermal energy storage member includes an adsorption chamber and an adsorbent material disposed within the adsorption chamber. The adsorbent material is configured to receive thermal energy generated by the plurality of battery cells during charging and discharge of the plurality of battery cells. The thermal energy received by the adsorbent material during charging and discharge of the plurality of battery cells regenerates the adsorbent material and transitions the adsorbent material from an energy released state, in which an adsorbate is physically adsorbed on surfaces of the adsorbent material, to an energy storage state, in which the adsorbent material is substantially free of the adsorbate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sherman H. Zeng, Xingcheng Xiao, Mei Cai, Scott W. Lananna, Yangbing Zeng
  • Publication number: 20230035637
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes: A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first set of data obtained from an inertial measurement unit of the vehicle; receiving, by the processor, a second set of data obtained from a global positioning system of the vehicle; receiving, by the processor, a third set of data obtained from a camera of the vehicle; determining, by the processor, at least two vehicle states relative to markings of a lane by processing the first set of data, the second set of data, and the third set of data as measurement with an extended Kalman filter; and controlling, by the processor, the vehicle based on the at least two vehicle states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Nikolai K Moshchuk, David Perez-Chaparro, Kausalya Singuru, Hualin Tan, Jin-Jae Chen, Mohammadali Shahriari, Ping Mi, Jimmy Lu
  • Publication number: 20230033877
    Abstract: Devices and methods for pre-rolled smoking tubes are described herein. The devices include a tube configured to roll a smoking tube. The tube includes a distal end having a distal opening, a proximal end spaced from the distal end along a central axis, the proximal end having at least one or a plurality of customizable proximal openings that regulate airflow in the tube, and a lumen that extends from the distal opening to the at least one proximal opening along the central axis. This configuration allows the creation of differing airflow patterns in the tube, reduced waste of desired materials during the manufacturing of filled smoking tubes, and reduced charred materials entering a user's oral cavity. The device may also be used, in whole or in part, as a mandrel during the manufacturing of pre-rolled tubes via an automated, semi-automated, or manual processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: SAD IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Grant SCHUSTER, Bobby ARCHER, Matthew KELLY