Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Lensed base station antennas having heat dissipation elements
    Patent number: 11539110
    Abstract: A base station antenna includes a radio frequency (RF) lens positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from a radiating element, the RF lens including an RF energy focusing material and a first heat dissipation channel that extends through the RF energy focusing material of the RF lens and contains a cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kaistha, Michel Dembinski, Yongjie Xu, Xiangyang Ai, Gilberto Guerra, XiaoHua Hou, Walter Mark Hendrix, Willis Frank James
  • Stacked transistors with different channel widths
    Patent number: 11538720
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first stack of nanowires above a substrate with a first gate structure over, around, and between the first stack of nanowires and a second stack of nanowires above the substrate with a second gate structure over, around, and between the second stack of nanowires. The device also includes a first source/drain region contacting a first number of nanowires of the first nanowire stack and a second source/drain region contacting a second number of nanowires of the second nanowire stack such that the first number and second number of contacted nanowires are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TESSERA LLC
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Lawrence A. Clevenger, Balasubramanian S. Pranatharthiharan, John Zhang
  • Systems and methods for detecting and displaying a boundary associated with player movement
    Patent number: 11534684
    Abstract: Systems and methods for indicating that a boundary is crossed during execution of a video game are described. One of the methods includes generating, by a camera, a field-of-view, the field-of-view encompassing a plurality of boundaries that define a volume. The method further includes capturing, by the camera, one or more images of a head-mounted display (HMD) within the field-of-view. The method includes identifying, by a processor, a position of the HMD in a real-world environment from the one or more images. The method includes determining, by the processor, whether the HMD at the position has crossed one of the boundaries. The method includes generating one or more video frames including a guard rail upon determining that the HMD has crossed the one of the boundaries and sending the one or more video frames to the HMD for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Seth Luisi, Mark Rogers
  • Method and apparatus for random access to radio services
    Patent number: 11540326
    Abstract: A radio performs random access by receiving control information and grouping a predetermined number of sequences that are generated from a plurality of base sequences into a plurality of groups by partitioning the predetermined number of sequences. At least one of the groups is associated with a first respective range of data amounts and a first respective range of reception qualities. Sequences generated from a common base sequence are arranged in an increasing order of respective cyclic shifts associated with the sequences. A sequence is randomly selected from a plurality of sequences contained in one group of the plurality of groups. A position at which the predetermined number of sequences are partitioned is determined based on the control information. A number of sequences contained in each of the plurality of groups varies in accordance with the control information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Optis Wireless Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Daichi Imamura, Sadaki Futagi, Atsushi Matsumoto, Takashi Iwai, Tomofumi Takata
  • Multi-stage dilator and cannula system and method
    Patent number: 11534244
    Abstract: A multi-stage dilator and cannula assembly for use in surgical procedures, including minimally invasive surgical procedures, to provide tissue dilation and opening of a portal to enable the surgeon to access and provide treatment to anatomical feature of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Mobius Imaging LLC
    Inventors: Russell Stanton, Scott Coppen
  • Compositions and methods for delaying the incidence of labor
    Patent number: 11534428
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for delaying the onset of delivery in a pregnant subject, such as a pregnant human subject, that is undergoing or at risk of undergoing preterm labor at a gestational age of from about 24 weeks to about 34 weeks. Using the compositions and methods described herein, such subjects may be administered nifedipine in combination with a prostaglandin F2? (PGF2?) antagonist. Exemplary PGF2? receptor antagonists that may be used for the treatment or prevention of preterm labor as described herein include 1,3-thiazolidine-2-carboxamide compounds, such as (3S)-3-({[(2S)-3-(biphenyl-4-ylsulfonyl)-1,3-thiazolidin-2-yl]carbonyl}-amino)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)propyl L-valinate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (e.g., (3S)-3-({[(2S)-3-(biphenyl-4-ylsulfonyl)-1,3-thiazolidin-2-yl]carbonyl}-amino)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)propyl L-valinate hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: XOMA (US) LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Gotteland, Oliver Pohl
  • Systems and methods for reducing latency in vehicle access requests
    Patent number: 11535194
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing latency in vehicle access requests are provided herein. An example method includes receiving a first vehicle access request from a user, determining a pre-authenticated status for the user based on authenticating the user in response to the first vehicle access request, determining a pre-authorized status for the user based on the determination of the pre-authenticated status, receiving a second first vehicle access request from the user, and granting access to the vehicle when the user has the pre-authenticated status. Access to the vehicle can be conditioned upon the pre-authorized status of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Hassani, Hamid M. Golgiri, Ryan Joseph Gorski, Daniel M. King
  • Inline gearbox with fast change gearing
    Patent number: 11536360
    Abstract: An inline gearbox for a land vehicle that includes an engine having a clutch housing for the transmission of rotational force from the engine to one or more wheels for propelling the land vehicle, wherein the inline gearbox includes a fast-change gear assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Auto IP LLC
    Inventors: Paolo Tiramani, Kyle Denman
  • Rotatable wear sleeve for wellhead pressure-control device
    Patent number: 11536109
    Abstract: A wear sleeve for use with a rotating control device (RCD) includes a wear insert and a retainer flange. The wear insert is formed in a tube shape with an outer profile to match an inner profile of a downstream neck of the RCD to be inserted into the downstream neck. The retainer flange extending from an outer surface of the wear insert to couple with a neck flange at an end of the downstream neck of the RCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: ADS SERVICES, LLC
    Inventor: Sean Alley
  • Systems and methods for reducing energy consumption of a chilled water distribution system
    Patent number: 11536507
    Abstract: A chilled water distribution system includes a chilled water loop in fluid communication with a plurality of buildings and also in fluid communication with a plurality of chiller stations. A monitoring and control system communicates with one of the chiller stations, hereinafter referred to as a “controlled” chiller station because it is configured with one or more variable frequency drives that are controlled by the monitoring and control system to modulate the speed of at least one chiller station component such as, but not limited to, a pump or a fan. By way of this modulation process, a differential pressure of the chilled water loop may be maintained in a “sweet spot” so as to optimize chiller station output while minimizing chiller station energy consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Optimum Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Erpelding, Ian Dempster
  • System and method for monitoring door usage
    Patent number: 11539794
    Abstract: A system for monitoring an automated door assembly comprises a sensor, a local area network having a firewall, and a manager. The sensor is coupled to the automated door assembly and is in communication with the local area network. The local area network and the manager are connected to the internet. The manager and the sensor are capable of communicating by a handshake protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: TD IP HOLDCO, LLC, PEDS, LLC
    Inventors: E. Janee Williams Weber, Trent J. Eckerdt
  • Development of voice and other interaction applications
    Patent number: 11538466
    Abstract: Among other things, a developer of an interaction application for an enterprise can create items of content to be provided to an assistant platform for use in responses to requests of end-users. The developer can deploy the interaction application using defined items of content and an available general interaction model including intents and sample utterances having slots. The developer can deploy the interaction application without requiring the developer to formulate any of the intents, sample utterances, or slots of the general interaction model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Voicify, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey K. McMahon, Robert T. Naughton, Nicholas G. Laidlaw, Alexander M. Dunn, Gavin Berkowitz
  • Systems and methods for modifying LIDAR field of view
    Patent number: 11536807
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and vehicles that facilitate a light detection and ranging (LIDAR or lidar) system that may take advantage of “dead angles” where the lidar system is oriented toward support structure or another “uninteresting” feature. In such scenarios, light pulses may be redirected toward more-interesting features in the environment. An example system includes a lidar system configured to emit light pulses into an environment of the system so as to provide information indicative of objects within a default field of view. The system also includes a reflective surface optically coupled to the lidar system. The reflective surface is configured to reflect at least a portion of the emitted light pulses so as to provide an extended field of view. The lidar system is further configured to provide information indicative of objects within the extended field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Blaise Gassend, Stephen Sulack, Jonathan Souliere
  • Remote validation of machine-learning models for data imbalance
    Patent number: 11537941
    Abstract: A method and system for providing data imbalance detection and validation for a trained a ML model includes receiving a request to perform data imbalance detection on the trained ML model, identifying a feature of a dataset associated with the trained model for which data imbalance detection is to be performed, receiving access to the dataset, receiving access to the trained ML model, examining at least one of the dataset or outcome data generated by the trained ML model to determine a distribution of the feature or a distribution of the outcome data, and determining if the trained ML model exhibits data imbalance based at least in part on the distribution of the feature or the distribution of the outcome data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Lee Weider, Ruth Kikin-Gil, Harsha Prasad Nori
  • Orchestration and scheduling of services
    Patent number: 11537446
    Abstract: This document relates to orchestration and scheduling of services. One example method involves obtaining dependency information for an application. The dependency information can represent data dependencies between individual services of the application. The example method can also involve identifying runtime characteristics of the individual services and performing automated orchestration of the individual services into one or more application processes based at least on the dependency information and the runtime characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Lovejoy Goodwin, Janaina Barreiro Gambaro Bueno, Sitaramaswamy V. Lanka, Javier Garcia Flynn, Pedram Faghihi Rezaei, Karthik Pattabiraman
  • Display with a compact beam scanner
    Patent number: 11536966
    Abstract: A display device includes a relay waveguide and a scanner. The scanner is configured to angularly scan image light for coupling into the waveguide, and includes a scanning reflector and a second reflector disposed between the scanning reflector and an input coupler of the waveguide. The scanning reflector has an aperture for the image light to propagate therethrough toward the second reflector. The second reflector is configured to reflect at least a portion of the image light received through the aperture back toward the scanning reflector and to transmit at least a portion of the image light reflected from the scanning reflector toward the input coupler. The arrangement enables a compact design of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Babak Amirsolaimani, Brian Wheelwright, Daniel Guenther Greif, Weichuan Gao, Miaomiao Xu, Jacques Gollier
  • Pedicle screw removal tool and method of use
    Patent number: 11534223
    Abstract: Disclosed is a universal pedicle screw removal tool comprising a tapered shaft having an “L” shaped tip on one end and a generally square head on an opposite end. A lower section leads to a tapered section which is connected to a handle. The handle may include a set of serrations to provide increased grip. The handle is connected to the head. The tip is sized to engage the channel of a tuliped pedicle screw while the head is sized to engage a ratchet or other torque producing tool. In an alternate embodiment, the tip is “T” shaped. In another alternate embodiment, the handle section includes opposing members extending from the shaft to form a “T” shaped handle. In use, the tip is inserted into the channel of a tuliped pedicle screw while the shaft is rotated to unscrew the pedicle screw from a patient's bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Orthopedic Renovation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rene Ortiz, Alejandro Rene Ortiz
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D973506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: GN LLC
    Inventor: Shuo Qu
  • Mud flap
    Patent number: D973564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Cruiser Accessories, LLC
    Inventors: Todd R. Spencer, Mark Hunter Basenberg, Jr.
  • Snap toy
    Patent number: D973783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: PROCREATE BRANDS LLC
    Inventors: Scott Baumann, Edwin Cheong