Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Container, closure, and methods for manufacture
    Patent number: 11401083
    Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods provided herein are useful for dispensing a fluid, such as a thixotropic fluid. In some embodiments, a bottle having a closure cap includes a flip top, a base, and a disk, where the base and disk define a mixing chamber configured to facilitate mixing of any serum or liquid separated from the fluid back therein. In some configurations, the base has a central opening through which the fluid exits and an internal shaft with a non-planar end surface opposite the central opening. In some configurations, the non-planar end surface and the disk define channels between the mixing chamber and the internal shaft. In some embodiments, the disk includes a central opening, a plurality of partial annular openings through a planar surface of the disk, and projections extending into the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: H.J. Heinz Company Brands LLC
    Inventors: Balint Hiltser, Guus Lueb, Thomas Cox, Jamie Fox
  • Systems and methods for drill head position determination
    Patent number: 11401754
    Abstract: Systems and methods for drill head position determination are disclosed. A method for determining a position of a drill head of a drilling machine may include: retrieving a stored rotational position of at least one sheave and a stored position of the drill head; measuring the rotational position of the at least one sheave using a sheave sensor; initially calibrating the rotational position of the at least one sheave before the drill head moves; dynamically determining the position of the drill head based on the rotational position of the at least one sheave while the drill head is moved; and storing the rotational position of the at least one sheave and the position of the drill head during a shutdown event of the drilling machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Equipment LLC
    Inventors: Carl J. Moberg, Rex A. Glover
  • Hydraulic fracturing plan and execution of same
    Patent number: 11401779
    Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing plan executable by a hydraulic fracturing system to hydraulically fracture a plurality of oil and gas wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DOWNING WELLHEAD EQUIPMENT, LLC
    Inventors: Jordan Kuehn, Austin Johnson, Ronnie B. Beason, Nicholas J. Cannon
  • Retention system
    Patent number: 11402173
    Abstract: A handguard assembly includes a handguard and a key. The handguard includes a receiver surface that faces toward a receiver of an associated firearm and a muzzle surface that faces toward a muzzle of an associated barrel of the associated firearm and in an opposite direction as the receiver surface. The handguard extends between the receiver surface and the muzzle surface so as to define a longitudinal direction. The handguard defines a key bore extending in the longitudinal direction from the receiver surface toward the muzzle surface. The key is received in the key bore of the handguard so as to be surrounded by the handguard such that the key is concealed from view when the handguard is installed on the associated firearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BOWDEN TACTICAL, LLC
    Inventors: James Wiggins, Kurt Horvath
  • Privacy management systems and methods
    Patent number: 11403377
    Abstract: Data processing systems and methods, according to various embodiments, are adapted for mapping various questions regarding a data breach from a master questionnaire to a plurality of territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires. The answers to the questions in the master questionnaire are used to populate the territory-specific data breach disclosure questionnaires and determine whether disclosure is required in territory. The system can automatically notify the appropriate regulatory bodies for each territory where it is determined that data breach disclosure is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: OneTrust, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Blake Brannon, Andrew Clearwater, Brian Philbrook, Trey Hecht, Wesley Johnson, Nicholas Ian Pavlichek, Linda Thielová
  • Method and system for articulation of a visual inspection device
    Patent number: 11403748
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for articulating visual inspection devices are provided. For example, a method can include receiving an inspection template by a control system associated with the visual inspection device. The inspection template can include data associated with at least one point of interest in a scene viewable to the visual inspection device. The method can further include generating, by the control system, an articulation path based on the data. The method can also include actuating an electro-mechanical system of the visual inspection device according to the articulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Anthony Stancato, Melissa Rose Stancato, Kevin Andrew Coombs, Joseph John Waclawski, James J. Delmonico, Bryan David Maule, Dennis Lavin, Matthew William Pankow
  • Methods and systems of industrial production line with self organizing data collectors and neural networks
    Patent number: 11402826
    Abstract: Systems and methods for data collection in an industrial production line are disclosed. A systems may include a plurality of data collectors, including a swarm of self-organized data collector members, wherein the swarm of self-organized data collector members organize to enhance data collection based on at least one of capabilities and conditions of the data collector members of the swarm, and a data acquisition and analysis circuit for receiving the collected data and analyzing the received collected data using a neural network to determine an occurrence of an anomalous condition of at least one component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
  • Method and system to predict one or more trajectories of a vehicle based on context surrounding the vehicle
    Patent number: 11400959
    Abstract: A surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle is perceived to identify one or more vehicles nearby. For each of the identified vehicles, based on a current location of the identified vehicle, vehicle-independent information is obtained to determine context surrounding the identified vehicle, where the vehicle-independent information includes vehicle surrounding information that defines physical constraints imposed on the identified vehicle. For each of the identified vehicles, one or more trajectories for the identified vehicle are predicted based at least in part on the vehicle-independent information associated with the identified vehicle. The autonomous vehicle is controlled based on the one or more predicted trajectories of the one or more identified vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Shiyuan Fang, I-Hsuan Yang, Jinghao Miao, Liyun Li, Liangliang Zhang, Jingao Wang
  • Liquid silicone rubber composition
    Patent number: 11401422
    Abstract: A liquid silicone rubber (LSR) composition, and articles and coatings made therewith are disclosed. Also disclosed is a process to provide for the composition, and a process to coat on textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: DOW SILICONES CORPORATION, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Humen Phukan, Parag Sawant, Tushar Shinde, Padmadas Nair, Shamit Pillay
  • Camouflage material, for a hunting blind
    Patent number: 11399535
    Abstract: Mesh material is presented for a hunting blind with a camouflage pattern printed on a first side and a second side with a color coating. The mesh material is partially transmissive such that a portion of incident radiation from an exterior of the hunting blind is reflected back into the exterior, a portion of incident radiation from an interior of the hunting blind is transmitted through the mesh material to the exterior and an intensity ratio of the reflected portion to the transmitted portion during daylight conditions is above a threshold value such that the exterior of the hunting blind is visible from the interior and the interior of the hunting blind is not visible from an exterior of the hunting blind. A hunting blind is also provided that includes a frame including frame members and panels of the mesh material attached to the frame members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: RUGGED CROSS HUNTING BLINDS LLC
    Inventors: Christopher M. Seaton, Timothy R. Seaton
  • Processing data from multiple sources
    Patent number: 11403308
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a method includes, at a node of a Hadoop cluster, the node storing a first portion of data in HDFS data storage, executing a first instance of a data processing engine capable of receiving data from a data source external to the Hadoop cluster, receiving a computer-executable program by the data processing engine, executing at least part of the program by the first instance of the data processing engine, receiving, by the data processing engine, a second portion of data from the external data source, storing the second portion of data other than in HDFS storage, and performing, by the data processing engine, a data processing operation identified by the program using at least the first portion of data and the second portion of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Ab Initio Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ian Schechter, Tim Wakeling, Ann M. Wollrath
  • Fuel system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 11400806
    Abstract: A fuel system for a vehicle includes a first fluid flow path, a second fluid flow path, and a check valve. The first fluid flow path is configured to facilitate flow of liquid fuel into a fuel tank from a refueling nozzle. The second fluid flow path has parallel channels and is configured to facilitate flow of vaporized fuel between the fuel tank and a vapor canister. The check valve is disposed within a first of the parallel channels. The check valve is configured to close in response to the vaporized fuel flowing from the fuel tank to the canister. The check valve is configured to open in response to the vaporized fuel flowing from the canister to the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Aed Dudar
  • Digitized voice alerts
    Patent number: 11403932
    Abstract: Methods, systems and processor-readable media for providing instant/real-time voice alerts automatically to remote electronic devices. An activity can be detected utilizing one or more sensors. A text message indicative of the activity can be generated and converted into a digitized voice alert. The activity can also be a live utterance (e.g., a live announcement), which can then be instantly converted into a digitized voice alert for automatic delivery in a selected series of languages following the base language (e.g., English). The combined digitized voice alert can then be instantly transmitted through a network for broadcast of consecutive alerts (e.g., English followed by Spanish followed by Vietnamese, etc.) to one or more remote electronic devices that communicate with the network for an automatic audio announcement of the digitized voice alert through the one or more remote electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Verna IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Verna, Luis M. Ortiz, Kermit D. Lopez
  • Silicon carbide reinforced zirconium based cladding
    Patent number: 11404175
    Abstract: A method for making an improved nuclear fuel cladding tube includes reinforcing a Zr alloy tube by first winding or braiding ceramic yarn directly around the tube to form a ceramic covering, then physically bonding the ceramic covering to the tube by applying a first coating selected from the group consisting of Nb, Nb alloy, Nb oxide, Cr, Cr oxide, Cr alloy, or combinations thereof, by one of a thermal deposition process or a physical deposition process to provide structural support member for the Zr tube, and optionally applying a second coating and optionally applying a third coating by one of a thermal deposition process or a physical deposition process. If the tube softens at 800° C.-1000° C., the structural support tube will reinforce the Zr alloy tube against ballooning and bursting, thereby preventing the release of fission products to the reactor coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventor: Edward J. Lahoda
  • creeper extracts, cosmetic compositions comprising them and cosmetic uses of same
    Patent number: 11400389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining a Marsdenia cundurango extract containing terpinyl cinnamate compounds, the Marsdenia cundurango bark or wood extracts comprising terpinyl cinnamate compounds obtained by the method, cosmetic compositions comprising them, and the cosmetic uses of same for improving the barrier function of the skin, for improving protection against toxins and detoxification of the skin, and finally for reducing the signs of ageing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: ISP Investments LLC, JAFER ENTERPRISES R&D, S.L. (SOCIEDAD UNIPERSONAL)
    Inventors: Anne Clay, Nouha Domloge, Isabelle Imbert, Karine Cucumel, Esmeralda Cicchetti, Ludivine Mur, Garnier Sébastien, Leslie Duroure
  • System and method for handling multi-turn conversations and context management for voice enabled ecommerce transactions
    Patent number: 11404058
    Abstract: Systems and methods for e-commerce systems using natural language understanding are described. A computing device is configured receive a user utterance including at least one identified semantic component and at least one missing semantic component and generate a context stack including a set of context entries. Each of the context entries includes a root intent element, an entity list element, and a dialogue stack and each context entry in the set of context entries is associated with one of a user utterance or a system utterance. The computing device is further configured to review at least one context entry in the set of context entries to locate the at least one missing semantic element within the dialogue stack and generate an intent flow execution request including the at least one semantic element from the first speech data and the missing semantic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventors: Snehasish Mukherjee, Shankara Bhargava Subramanya
  • Automated relevant event discovery
    Patent number: 11403312
    Abstract: To improve efficiency of computing devices and improve the user experience thereon when searching for relevant events, the systems and methods disclosed herein provide event management and automated relevant event discovery. User information and event information are collected and stored, and events are searched for based on relevancy to a user. Relevancy to a user may be based at least in part on at least one of: non-conflict with calendar items in the user's calendar, location, the user's interests, the user's preferences and activity of the user's friends or contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jose Ramon Calzada Gomez, Peter Loren Engrav, Craig Allen Lee
  • Efficient creation and/or restatement of database tables
    Patent number: 11403274
    Abstract: Techniques for rebuilding at least a portion of a SCD table in a database based on a set of snapshots individually containing a current value of a variable corresponding to a dimension in the table are discloses herein. In one example, a method includes grouping the snapshots in the set into multiple pairs of snapshots and concurrently generating multiple first table segments individually from a corresponding one of the multiple pairs of snapshots in the set. The method also includes grouping the generated multiple first table segments into multiple pairs of the first table segments and concurrently merging the multiple pairs of first table segments individually into a second table segment. The grouping and concurrently merging operations can be repeated until only one table segment is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos Abraham Laguna Rueda, Alexei Boudzko
  • Nested enclave identity
    Patent number: 11405177
    Abstract: A nested enclave identity is presented. A nested identity is indicative of one or more possible enclave instantiations according to one or more identity types. Enclave identities may be nested such that a lower level identity type corresponds to a subset of the possible enclave instantiations that a higher level identity type corresponds to. Techniques disclosed include instantiating an enclave with a nested identity at a software interface to an enclave platform, and performing an operation related to the instantiated enclave using the nested identity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Manuel Costa
  • Bolt mechanism with door position sensor
    Patent number: 11401734
    Abstract: An exemplary bolt assembly includes a housing, a bolt, and a magnetic sensor. The housing includes a tubular sleeve configured for mounting in a latch bore of a door. The bolt is movably mounted to the housing for movement between an extended position and a retracted position. The magnetic sensor includes wires that extend through the tubular sleeve, and is operable to transmit information relating to an open/closed position of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Miller, Tejas V. Kumar