Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11403490Abstract: A method for training a locally interpretable model includes obtaining a set of training samples and training a black-box model using the set of training samples. The method also includes generating, using the trained black-box model and the set of training samples, a set of auxiliary training samples and training a baseline interpretable model using the set of auxiliary training samples. The method also includes training, using the set of auxiliary training samples and baseline interpretable model, an instance-wise weight estimator model. For each auxiliary training sample in the set of auxiliary training samples, the method also includes determining, using the trained instance-wise weight estimator model, a selection probability for the auxiliary training sample. The method also includes selecting, based on the selection probabilities, a subset of auxiliary training samples and training the locally interpretable model using the subset of auxiliary training samples.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Sercan Omer Arik, Jinsung Yoon, Tomas Jon Pfister
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Patent number: 11399844Abstract: A medical device holding assembly includes a carrier sheath, which carries an endoluminal medical device such as an embolization coil. The assembly also includes a housing including at least one holding element to hold the sheath, and a fixation device attached to the housing and coupled to the sheath. The fixation device includes a locking element having an unlocked configuration, which allows the sheath to slide relative to the housing, and a locked configuration, which fixes the sheath to the housing. A lock actuator is configured to lock permanently the locking element into the locked configuration. As a result, the sheath with the medical device held therewithin cannot be removed from the holding assembly during the deployment procedure, thereby ensuring that the procedure can be carried out by a single person and also protecting the integrity of the medical device before it is deployed into a patient.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLCInventors: Jan Kristoffersen, Jens Kold, Per Elgaard
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Patent number: 11400352Abstract: Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion including an interior cavity, a filler material in the interior cavity, and a face portion having a front surface, a back surface, a face perimeter defined by a face toe edge, a face heel edge, a face top edge, and a face sole edge.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: PARSONS XTREME GOLF, LLCInventors: Robert R. Parsons, Michael R. Nicolette, Bradley D. Schweigert
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Patent number: 11400328Abstract: A method of processing measurements of a fluid inside a fluid distribution system includes receiving data wirelessly into a communications hub from a sensing device of a hydrant, the communications hub positioned inside a bonnet cavity of the hydrant, the communications hub including: a PCB; at least one battery in electrical communication with the PCB; and a first antenna in electrical communication with the PCB; a second antenna in electrical communication with the PCB; and transmitting the data to the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Mueller International, LLCInventors: Timofey Sitnikov, Paul S. Gifford, Carlos Stephen Moreno, Daryl Lee Gibson
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Patent number: 11404829Abstract: A connector assembly comprising a shielding shell, a heat dissipating module and a clip. The shielding shell comprises a top wall and two side walls. The heat dissipating module comprises a thermal conducting plate which is provided to a top wall of the shielding shell. Side edges of the thermal conducting plate comprise rearward stopped portions toward the rear. The clip comprises an elastic pressing portion which presses against a top surface of the thermal conducting plate and outer side plates which are assembled to the corresponding side walls of the shielding shell. The outer side plate comprises a rearward displace limiting portion. The rearward displace limiting portion cooperates with the corresponding rearward stopped portion of the thermal conducting plate so as to limit relative displacement of the thermal conducting plate relative to the shielding shell toward the rear. Therefore, it may prevent the thermal conducting plate from disengaging.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Tejesh K C Kumar, Chun-Hsiang Chiang
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Patent number: 11405392Abstract: A server system can include an internal computer network including at least one client server configured to establish a data transfer connection to an external computer network, and at least one proxy server system positioned between the internal computer network and the external computer network. The proxy server system can include a proxy server positioned between a first firewall and a second firewall, where the first firewall is positioned between the first proxy server and the internal computer network, and the second firewall is positioned between the proxy server and the external computer network. The server system can develop and maintain a proxy server system that includes a whitelist of sites deemed necessary and/or desirable for system operation. The whitelist can be updated as a user works with and uses the system. Such updates can take place continuously in real or near-real time or periodically as frequently as desired.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: AVEVA SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: Ryan Benedict Saldanha, Vinay T. Kamath, Scott Alan Savino, Elliott Scott Middleton, Jr.
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Patent number: 11403186Abstract: One example method includes selecting a best performing memory for an operation. A data protection system may maintain a global view of performance data for multiple namespaces. The performance data may reflect latency and/or bandwidth for each of the namespaces. The global view may be updated. When performing an operation, the best performing namespace can be selected from the global view based on performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLCInventors: Parmeshwr Prasad, Bing Liu, Rahul Deo Vishwakarma
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Patent number: 11403503Abstract: Example embodiments of systems and methods for preventing chip fraud are provided. A chip fraud prevention system may comprise a device including a chip, wherein the chip is at least partially encompassed in a chip pocket. One or more connections may be communicatively coupled to one or more surfaces of the chip, and a capacitance member may be coupled to a surface of the chip. The capacitance member may comprise a known capacitance value and the chip may comprise a memory containing an applet, wherein the applet is configured to measure the capacitance value of the capacitance member.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLCInventors: Daniel Herrington, Stephen Schneider, Tyler Maiman
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Patent number: 11405720Abstract: An audio system comprises an array of transparent piezoelectric transducers on a transparent surface. Each transparent piezoelectric transducer includes one or more piezoelectric layers and one or more conductive layers that are substantially transparent to visible light. A transparent piezoelectric transducer may include, e.g., a first conductive layer, a first piezoelectric layer on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer on the first piezoelectric layer. Or in another example, the transparent piezoelectric transducer includes many (e.g., 20-30) piezoelectric layers and many (e.g., 20-30) conductive layers.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Chuming Zhao, Morteza Khaleghimeybodi, Antonio John Miller
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Patent number: 11402634Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices, determining, based on first tracking data, a first viewpoint of the user and a first hand pose of the user. The method may include generating a virtual object in a virtual environment based on the first hand pose and a predetermined spatial relationship between the virtual object and the hand of the user. The method may include rendering a first image of the virtual object as viewed from the first viewpoint. The method may include determining, based on second tracking data, a second viewpoint of the user and a second hand pose. The method may include adjusting the first image of the virtual object based on changes from the first hand pose to the second hand pose. The method may include rendering and displaying a second image from the adjusted first image viewed from the second viewpoint.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC.Inventor: Christopher James Goodman
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Patent number: 11400789Abstract: A valve assembly for a vehicle suspension system includes a valve body, a first flow controller, a first plunger, a second flow controller, and a second plunger. The valve body defines a first inlet port, a first outlet port, a first chamber connected to the first inlet port and the first outlet port, a second chamber, a second inlet port, a second outlet port, a third chamber connected to the second inlet port and the second outlet port, and a fourth chamber. The first flow controller is positioned within the first chamber. The first plunger is positioned between the first chamber and the second chamber. The second flow controller is positioned within the third chamber. The second plunger is positioned between the third chamber and the fourth chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLCInventors: Jason J. Zuleger, Robert K. Sollenskog
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Patent number: 11399885Abstract: An electrosurgical unit having power monitoring circuitry for reducing leakage current in an electrosurgical unit. The electrosurgical unit includes a power source configured to produce direct current, an RF waveform generator configured to convert the direct current into an RF signal, a voltage sensor configured to measure DC input voltage to the RF waveform generator, a current sensor configured to measure output current feedback, and a processor. The processor is configured to estimate output voltage feedback based at least upon the measured DC input voltage and the measured output current feedback, and output a control signal to control the DC input voltage to the RF waveform generator, the control signal based at least upon the estimated output voltage and the output current feedback.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Medtronic Advanced Energy LLCInventors: Jesse A. Smith, David Hubelbank, Jeffrey S. Reaume
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Patent number: 11400854Abstract: A rear seat latch release device is easily installed to a portion of a rear seat holding mechanism so the rear seat can be released and more effectively folded down. The rear seat latch release device is specifically designed to surround the factory latch, and allow a pull strap to be added, which can more easily and effectively operate the rear seat latch. Components of the rear seat latch release device are designed to easily cooperate with several variations in the factory latch, thereby allowing installation in many different situations.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: BuiltRight Industries LLCInventor: Matt Beenen
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Patent number: 11401087Abstract: A vented grooved foam liner cap system for attachment to a container, including a vented foam liner having a grooved distal side that can be actuated from an open state to a sealed state within a cap of a container by a sealing mechanism. A method of equilibrating pressure and sealing a container, by venting contents of a container through the vented grooved foam liner cap system attached to the container, and after the contents have cooled to a desired temperature, stopping venting, thereby providing pressure equilibration to the container, and sealing the container by activating a sealing mechanism in the vented grooved foam liner cap system.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Selig Grand Rapids LLCInventor: Stephen Bernard Kleyn
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Patent number: 11403099Abstract: A new device executing an application on a new central processing unit (CPU), determines whether the application is for a legacy device having a legacy CPU. When the new device determines that the application is for the legacy device, it executes the application on the new CPU with selected available resources of the new device restricted to approximate or match a processing behavior of the legacy CPU.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLCInventors: Mark Evan Cerny, David Simpson
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Patent number: 11399762Abstract: A modular electroencephalograph (EEG) system comprises a carrier board comprising one or more electrode connectors, one or more power supplies, and one or more analog-to-digital converter (ADC) modules. Each of the ADC modules comprises multiple input channels, input signal routing, at least one instrumentation power supply, configuration switches for the at least one instrumentation power supply and the input signal routing, an ADC, a programmable gain amplifier, and an ADC communications bus. Each of the one or more ADC modules electrically connects to one of the one or more electrode connectors and one of the one or more power supplies of the carrier board. An embedded computer is configured to run a real time operating system (RTOS), wherein each ADC communications bus of the one or more ADC modules is electrically connected to the embedded computer via a serial interface.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: STARCAT LLCInventor: Henry Adam Feuer
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Patent number: 11405686Abstract: Techniques for efficiently processing and publishing video via an online service are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a computer system receives an original version of a video from a first computing device of a first user of an online service, determines that a converted version of the video is not available at a first point in time, publishes the original version of the video on the online service based on the request to post the video and on the determining that the converted version of the video is not available, determines that the converted version of the video is available at a second point in time subsequent to the first point in time, and publishes the converted version of the video on the online service based on the determining that the converted version of the video is available.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Yasir Khan, Peter Zhang, Long Peng, Shane Afsar, Si Lao, Alice Ren
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Patent number: 11405870Abstract: Selecting combinations of antennae of a wireless device based on transmission type includes determining a transmission type of a transmission between the wireless device and an access node and, based on the transmission type, instructing the wireless device to utilize different antenna configurations, including 5G EN-DC, MIMO, mm-wave, and other combinations. The different antenna configurations comprise different combinations of antennae of the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLCInventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
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Patent number: 11405429Abstract: Security techniques for device assisted services are provided. In some embodiments, secure service measurement and/or control execution partition is provided. In some embodiments, implementing a service profile executed at least in part in a secure execution environment of a processor of a communications device for assisting control of the communications device use of a service on a wireless network, in which the service profile includes a plurality of service policy settings, and wherein the service profile is associated with a service plan that provides for access to the service on the wireless network; monitoring use of the service based on the service profile; and verifying the use of the service based on the monitored use of the service.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: HEADWATER RESEARCH LLCInventor: Gregory G. Raleigh
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Patent number: 11401548Abstract: The present disclosure provides primers, primer sets, kits and methods for multiple displacement amplification, especially in combination with nucleic acid sequencing. The primers comprise self-complementary sequences at their 5? termini and random or semi-random sequences at their 3? termini. Use of such primers facilitates handling of multiple samples, increases sequence coverage uniformity, and improves sequencing error corrections.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: QIAGEN Sciences, LLCInventors: Yexun Wang, Quan Peng