Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Rotary seal for cantilevered rotor pump and methods for axial flow blood pumping
    Patent number: 11413443
    Abstract: Blood pump devices having improved rotary seals for sealing a bearing assembly supporting a rotor provided herein. Such rotary seals are particularly suited for use in blood pump devices that include rotors having cantilevered supported through a sealed mechanical bearing disposed outside a blood flow path of the device to avoid thrombus formation caused by blood contact with the bearing. The rotary seal can include a first and second face seal that are preloaded with a deflectable compliance member incorporated into the pump housing or a pair of magnets. Such rotary seals can instead or further utilize tight fitment between components or a bio-absorbable fill material to seal an interface between the rotor shaft and pump housing to seal the bearing assembly from fluid flowing through the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: William V. Hodges, Ian McEachern, Eric T. Lee
  • Multi-process communication regarding gaming information
    Patent number: 11413548
    Abstract: Various embodiments that may generally relate to mobile gaming, location determination, mobile devices, authentication, and so on are described. Various methods are described. Various apparatus are described. Further embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: INTERACTIVE GAMES LLC
    Inventors: Lee Amaitis, Paul Williams, Sunny Tara
  • Pixel classification to reduce depth-estimation error
    Patent number: 11416998
    Abstract: A method to process a contributing digital image of a subject in an image-processing computer. The contributing digital image is received in a depth-resolving machine configured to furnish a depth image based at least in part on the contributing digital image. The contributing digital image is also received in a classification machine previously trained to classify a pixel of the contributing digital image as liable to corrupt a depth value of a corresponding pixel of the depth image. A repair value is computed for the depth value of the corresponding pixel of the depth image, which is then corrected based on the repair value and returned to the calling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bleyer, Yuri Pekelny, Raymond Kirk Price
  • Systems and methods for generating and consuming power from natural gas
    Patent number: 11418037
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to mitigate flaring of natural gas. A natural gas processing system may process raw natural gas into a fuel gas stream that may be used to power any number of on-site power generation modules. In turn, the power generation modules may convert the fuel gas stream into an electrical output, which may be employed to power any number of distributed computing units housed within one or more mobile data centers. In certain embodiments, the distributed computing units may be adapted to mine cryptocurrency or perform other distributed computing tasks to generate revenue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CRUSOE ENERGY SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cavness, Chase Lochmiller, Kenneth Parker
  • Suspension header transport
    Patent number: 11412660
    Abstract: A transportable agricultural combine header includes a frame and a wheel assembly attached to the frame. The wheel assembly includes: (a) at least one spindle to which a wheel is configured to be mounted; (b) a rotatable arm connected to and extending from the spindle; (c) a frame attachment structure attaching the at least one spindle and the rotatable arm to the frame; and (d) a suspension system interconnecting the rotatable arm and the frame attachment structure for reducing stress on the frame as the agricultural combine header is transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Herbert M. Farley, Blaine R. Noll
  • Device, system, and method for reducing coronasomnia to enhance immunity and immune response
    Patent number: 11413425
    Abstract: A device, system, and method for facilitating a sleep cycle in a subject during a pandemic or peri COVID vaccination period, comprising determining a current awake or sleep stage of a person; automatically defining a desired sleep cycle pattern, dependent on the current awake or sleep stage of the person; generating an audio or optical stimulation pattern by an automated processor; and entraining brainwaves of the brain of the person with the stimulation pattern corresponding to the desired sleep cycle pattern, to thereby induce a sleep cycle in the person according to the sleep cycle pattern. When sleep patterns are normalized, a SARS-Cov-2 vaccination may be administered to the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Neuroenhancement Lab, LLC
    Inventor: Alexander Poltorak
  • Forming a bumpless superconductor device by bonding two substrates via a dielectric layer
    Patent number: 11417819
    Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided that comprises a first substrate having a plurality of conductive contact pads spaced apart from one another on a surface of the first substrate, a dielectric layer overlying the first substrate and the plurality of conductive contact pads, and a second substrate overlying the dielectric layer. A plurality of superconducting contacts extend through the second substrate and the dielectric layer to the first substrate, wherein each superconducting contact of the plurality of superconducting contacts is aligned with and in contact with a respective conductive contact pad of the plurality of conductive contact pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher A. Cantaloube
  • Techniques and apparatuses to reduce inductive charging power loss
    Patent number: 11417461
    Abstract: This document describes techniques and apparatuses directed at reducing inductive-charging power loss. In aspects, a mobile device includes a multi-layer flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) coil that forms a receiver coil having a Litz-wire structure. The FPCB coil includes a multi-trace bundle, having traces systematically routed throughout the different layers of the FPCB coil to reduce eddy current losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Liyu Yang, Liang Jia, Srikanth Lakshmikanthan, Li Wang, Qi Tian, YungChih Chen, Veera Venkata Siva Nagesh Polu, Stefano Saggini, Mario Ursino, Ruben Specogna
  • Fire-retardant oriented strand board
    Patent number: 11414602
    Abstract: A two-part flame-retardant, a flame-retardant oriented strand (OSB) and method for forming a flame-retardant OSB is provided. The two-part flame-retardant composition includes an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble flame-retardant and a flame-retardant powder that is incorporated into an oriented strand board without substantially affecting the mechanical properties of the oriented strand board. The method includes applying the aqueous solution containing a water-soluble flame-retardant to an oriented strand board furnish and applying a flame-retardant powder to the wetted furnish, without requiring an additional drying step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ARXADA, LLC
    Inventors: Lehong Jin, David Humphrey, Ghonche Rassam, Olivera Zivkovic, Adegoke Adekunle, James Hurley, Susan Thomason
  • Pet kennel
    Patent number: 11412703
    Abstract: A pet kennel is disclosed as it may be manufactured to appear as furniture. An example of the pet kennel may include a housing having a floor, a top, and four sides, wherein the floor and the top are wooden, and at least one of the sides has metal rods in a wooden frame. The example pet kennel may also include a containment area formed within the housing, the containment area sufficiently large to fit multiple animals. At least one divider may be installed to separate the containment area into distinct living space. The at least one divider may be removed to provide a common living space. The at least one pet kennel may also include at least one door to the containment area, and a lock on the at least one door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: B&BKustom Kennels LLC
    Inventors: Bethany Rathman, Brody Rathman
  • Adaptive automated load balancing for mobility networks including fifth generation networks and beyond
    Patent number: 11419007
    Abstract: The disclosed technology is directed towards load balancing in an adaptive and automated way for wireless mobility networks to improve the overall harmonic-average UE throughput within each controlled group of cells (e.g., different frequency carriers serving a sector of a base station). A load balancer (e.g., analytics component) obtains various device traffic data including throughput data for cells of a group. Pairs of cells in a group (sharing a site and face) can be selected based on satisfying various criteria, with estimated throughput gain achieved by changing the handoff rates between the cell pairs. The technology iteratively repeats the overall process, driving a system to an optimal equilibrium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Gopalakrishnan Meempat, Huahui Wang, Slawomir Stawiarski, Senthil Raj Dhandapani, Huijing Yang, Dongho Kim, Kemal Kara, Ravi Raina, Weihua Ye, Hyun Ok Lee
  • Data processing consent capture systems and related methods
    Patent number: 11416576
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a data processing consent capture system may be configured to prompt the data subject to consent to one or more types of data processing (e.g., to provide a desired consent) in response to identifying particular cookies (e.g., or types of data processing) that a data subject has not consented to. The system may, for example, substantially automatically prompt the data subject to consent for one or more particular types of data processing in response to determining that the user (e.g., data subject) has requested that a website or other system perform one or more functions that are not possible without a particular type of consent from the data subject. The system may, for example, prompt the user to consent in time for a certain interaction with the website, application, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: OneTrust, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Blake Brannon, Patrick Whitney
  • Tube joints with consistent friction torque and no clearance gap
    Patent number: 11413990
    Abstract: A bushing assembly includes a tube with an outer bearing surface, a metal part with an annular flange defining an opening and a plastic bushing with a bushing hub with an inner annular bushing contact surface and an axially extending metal part engagement surface. A friction torque setting connection is formed between the annular flange and the bushing hub and defines a rotational and axial connection between the annular flange and the bushing hub. The connection is configured to vary a radial force applied between the annular flange and the bushing hub with a deformation of bushing plastic material. This is to vary friction between the bushing contact surface and the tube outer bearing surface upon applying a torque to the plastic bushing, causing rotation and axial movement of the plastic bushing relative to the metal part, and causing the deformation of plastic material of the bushing hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Horatiu M. Popescu
  • Data processing systems and methods for providing training in a vendor procurement process
    Patent number: 11416798
    Abstract: Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments, are adapted for performing a process of procuring a vendor and sub-processes associated therewith, such as performing vendor risk assessments and providing training specific to the procurement of that particular vendor. Training requirements for the user procuring the vendor and/or for the vendor itself are determined and any deficiencies in current, valid training requirements are identified. Training to address any identified deficiencies is provided as part of the vendor procurement process. Training may be customized based on trainee and/or organization attributes to improve the effectiveness of such training.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: OneTrust, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Blake Brannon, Kabir A. Barday
  • Resource retrieve procedure
    Patent number: 11419096
    Abstract: A wireless device may initialize a candidate resource set for a sidelink transmission. The wireless device may exclude a first resource from the candidate resource set based on: the first resource being offset from a second resource by one or more reservation periods, and the second resource not being monitored in a sensing window. The wireless device may receive sidelink control information (SCI) indicating a resource reservation of the first resource. The wireless device may transmit, via the first resource, the sidelink transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Bing Hui, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Yunjung Yi
  • Beverage container with a flexible strap
    Patent number: D960658
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Factory Enova LLC.
    Inventors: Seth Imo Inyang, Vinh Lieu, Feifei Wang
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D960659
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLC
    Inventors: Roy Joseph Seiders, Matthew Joseph Petrillo, Steve Charles Nichols
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D960897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventor: Jennifer Wong
  • Therapy pack
    Patent number: D961099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Biofreeze IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Litao Fan, Yong You, Yunguang Pan, Dongjia He, Rocco Mango
  • Shaver handle
    Patent number: D961158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: ROCKET COMMERCIAL LLC
    Inventor: Xiaowei Kang