Abstract: A liquid-submersible thermal management system includes a shell, a heat-generating component, a working fluid, and at least one heat-dispersing element. The shell defines an immersion chamber where the heat-generating component is located in the immersion chamber. The working fluid is positioned in the immersion chamber and at least partially surrounds the heat-generating component so the working fluid receives heat from the heat-generating component. The at least one heat-dispersing element is positioned on exterior surface of the shell to conduct heat from the shell into the heat-dispersing element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventors:
Husam Atallah Alissa, Ioannis Manousakis, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Eric C. Peterson, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Christian L. Belady, Ricardo Gouvea Bianchini
Abstract: A paper cup and a method of forming the same. The paper cup may include a sidewall and a floor portion that collectively define a cavity. In one aspect, the paper cup may include a rim that is coated with a rigid shell that encapsulates the rim. In another aspect, a void defined by a rim of the paper cup may be filled with a rigid filler material, and the rigid filler material may be one that expands upon application of heat thereto. In yet another aspect, the paper cup may include a separate rim component that is attached to the sidewall. The separate rim component may be formed from molded pulp fibers, and it may include a flange portion that is attached to the sidewall and a rim portion that protrudes from the sidewall.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 20, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Lavazza Professional North America LLC
Inventors:
David Wicks, Tony McCoy, Darren Nicholls, John Warhurst
Abstract: Methods include the use of a probe array that includes a flotation device configured to maintain the probe array adjacent a surface of a wellbore fluid; an acquisition module secured to the flotation device such that the acquisition module is positioned below the surface of the wellbore fluid, and that include one or more of a dissolved oxygen probe, a pH probe, a turbidity probe, or a conductivity probe; transmitter configured to receive data acquired from the acquisition module and transmit the data to a computer system configured to receive the data from the transmitter and configured to perform the steps of: processing the data to determine one or more wellbore fluid properties, displaying the one or more wellbore fluid properties and/or one or more remedial actions.
Abstract: The present system includes a user device and a player device. The user device includes a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a user input from a user, wherein the user input corresponds to a sound, receive motion data from a mobile device associated with the user, and determine sound data based on the motion data, wherein the sound data includes sound volume data. The player device includes a processor in communication with a plurality of user devices and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a collective sound data from the plurality of users associated with a selected subject matter and produce a collective sound output for the plurality of users at the same time based on the collective sound data, wherein the collective sound output is associated with the selected subject matter.
Abstract: A dry granulation process using a twin-screw extruder for granulating a powder mixture which includes at least one active ingredient and at least one carrier. The process includes steps of kneading the powder mixture in the screw barrel of the twin-screw extruder at a barrel temperature below a melting point of the at least one active ingredient and a melting point or a glass transition temperature of the at least one carrier to provide a kneaded powder mixture, and extruding the kneaded powder mixture to form granules. Granules and tablets produced using the dry granulation process in the twin-screw extruder are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignees:
R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC, UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
Inventors:
Sampada Bhaskar Upadhye, Ronald S. Vladyka, Michael Andrew Repka, Jun-Bom Park, Roshan Vijay Tiwari, Hemlata Gunga Patil, Joseph Thomas Morott, Jr., Wenli Lu
Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate a vehicle to execute a maneuver. The instructions include instructions to determine one of that a human operator is in the vehicle or that a human operator is not in the vehicle. The instructions include instructions to select one, and only one, of an in-vehicle human machine interface physically connected to the vehicle or a mobile user device wirelessly connected for providing commands to the vehicle based on whether a human operator is in the vehicle or is not in the vehicle. The instructions include instructions to actuate the vehicle based on commands from, and only based on commands from, the selected one of the in-vehicle human machine interface and the mobile user interface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Luke Niewiadomski, Hamid M. Golgiri, Arnav Sharma
Abstract: Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing augmented reality shopping displays. A processor can execute a shopping service. The processor can receive a request for display data. The processor can analyze shopping data to identify data sources, the shopping data can include user data associated with the requestor, and the data sources can include an offer source. The processor can obtain collected data from the data sources identified, the collected data including an offer. The processor can generate display data based upon the collected data and the shopping data, and provide the display data to a user device. The display data can identify the offer.
Abstract: A method includes determining a target specification map that is associated with a task and that indicates, for each respective region of a plurality of regions around a vehicle equipped with a sensor, a target value of a parameter of the sensor. The method also includes determining a capability specification map that indicates, for each respective region, an attained value of the parameter that the sensor is configured to provide. The method additionally includes comparing the capability specification map to the target specification map to determine, for each respective region, a disparity between the target value and the attained value. The method further includes, based on the comparing, identifying one or more of: a first subset of the plurality of regions where the target value exceeds the attained value or a second subset of the plurality of regions where the attained value meets or exceeds the target value.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Waymo LLC
Inventors:
Jeremy Dittmer, Ruffin Evans, Vaibhav Nangia, Benjamin Ingram, Erik Chubb, Yonatan Winetraub
Abstract: A user profile scoring platform may analyze a transaction log of a transaction account of a user to determine, based on transactions of the transaction log, a qualification status of the user, wherein the qualification status indicates that a characteristic of the user satisfies a threshold qualification metric. The user profile scoring platform may determine, based on the qualification status, a transaction-based score associated with the user, wherein the transaction-based score is determined using a transaction log analysis model. The user profile scoring platform may obtain, based on receiving the access information, a user score associated with a user transaction history that is associated with a plurality of transaction accounts that are associated with the user and different from the transaction account. The user profile scoring platform may perform an action based on the transaction-based score and the user score.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 28, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Capital One Services, LLC
Inventors:
Adam Vukich, George Bergeron, James Zarakas
Abstract: Systems and methods for starting and operating a direct injection engine are described. In one example, the air and fuel are injected into a pre-chamber of a cylinder of an engine while the engine is not rotating. The air and fuel are combusted in the pre-chamber to improve ignition of an air and fuel mixture in the cylinder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 13, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC
Inventors:
Chris Paul Glugla, Garlan J. Huberts, Joseph Thomas, David Andrew Ord, Michael Damian Czekala
Abstract: A system for autonomous flight of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The system may include a fuselage, a plurality of laterally extending elements, a plurality of propulsors, a flight controller, and a pilot override switch. The plurality of laterally extending elements are attached to the fuselage. The plurality of propulsors is attached to the plurality of laterally extending elements. The flight controller is communicatively connected to the pilot override switch. The flight controller is configured to identify a flight transition point, initiate rotation about an axis of the fuselage a as function of the flight transition point, and terminate rotation once the desired flight angle is reached.
Abstract: A user device may detect a message received via a messaging platform of one or more messaging platforms. The user device may determine that the message is from a second user based on a match between a user identifier associated with the message and a second user identifier corresponding to the messaging platform for the second user. The user device may transmit message data that includes: message content of the message, and information that identifies the messaging platform used to transmit the message. The user device may receive task information that indicates a task type for a task determined from the message content, a task priority for the task, and information that identifies the second user, and information that identifies the messaging platform. The user device may present the task information via a user interface of the cross-platform messaging application executing on the user device.
Abstract: This document describes systems and processes for forming synthetic molded slabs, which may be suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 30, 2021
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Cambria Company LLC
Inventors:
Jon Louis Grzeskowiak, II, Martin E. Davis
Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising at least a catalyst compound selected from multi metal cyanide compounds for the selective production of oxazolidinone compounds by reacting an isocyanate compound with an epoxide compound and oxazolidinone comprising materials obtained using said catalyst compound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2018
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
Huntsman International LLC
Inventors:
Hugo Verbeke, Elisabeth Els Mercier, Lies Bonami, Peter Karel Joris Bosman, Giacomo Giannini
Abstract: A hammer usable with a firearm having a bolt carrier that is configured to travel forward and rearward within the firearm during a firing operation of the firearm. The hammer includes a mounting portion configured to rotatably constrain the hammer within the firearm and a firing pin contact portion configured to rotate upward to a vertical most position and contact a firing pin. The hammer further includes a sear notch configured to contact a trigger, and an extended surface that is configured to contact a bottom portion of the bolt carrier when the bolt carrier travels in a rearward direction after firing of the firearm. The extended surface allows for additional travel of a bolt carrier group of the firearm.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system that enables manipulation of a persistent display of shared content. Content can be shared with a host device from a guest device. A rendering of the content is configured to be manipulated by a user at the host device. For instance, a rendering of the content can be resized, scaled, rotated and moved within a graphical user interface. Annotations can also be added to the rendering of the content. The rendering of the content can also be persistently and automatically displayed in response to a device operating in a predetermined state. The predetermined state can include, for example, a lock screen mode, a bulletin board mode, or a mode when application user interfaces are minimized. The rendering may be removed from a display when the device exits the predetermined state or when the device receives a specific command to remove the rendering.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 29, 2020
Date of Patent:
December 20, 2022
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventors:
Travis Jay Popkave, Jessica Bourgade, Mark Derek Raymond, Jr., Bryan Kim Mamaril, Regina Hajin Son, Corey Joseph Loman, Cassandra Lynn Hoef