Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11401242
    Abstract: Methods for preparing 5-fluoro-6-(bromo or chloro)picloram analogs, or derivatives thereof, from picloram acid, picloram ester, or the nitrile analog of picloram are provided. The methods include chemical process steps that: (1) introduce a phthaloyl group onto the 4-amino substituent of picloram acid, picloram ester, or the nitrile analog of picloram, (2) add 2 fluorine atoms at the 5,6-positions of the pyridine ring using halex fluorination chemistry, (3) remove the phthaloyl group, hydrolyze the ester or nitrile substituent, and add chlorine or bromine to the 6-position by treatment with an acid and water, and finally, (4) esterify the 5-fluoro-6-(bromo or chloro)picloram acid produced in step (3) to a 5-fluoro-6-(bromo or chloro)picloram ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Corteva Agriscience LLC
    Inventors: Jayachandran Devaraj, Nugzar Ghavtadze, Nicholas M. Irvine, Jeremy Kister, Melissa Lee, Ronald B. Leng, Rongrong [Mandy] Lin, Rong Ling, Noormohamed M. Niyaz, Abraham D. Schuitman, Aaron A. Shinkle, Siyu Tu, Gregory T. Whiteker, Chunming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11404751
    Abstract: A battery module that includes a stack of battery cells, where each battery cell has a terminal, and the terminal has a first alloy of a metal. The battery module has a bus bar that includes a body having a second alloy of the metal, nickel plating on at least a portion of the body, and an indentation disposed on the body, where a thickness of the nickel plating is between 0.2% and 20% of an overall thickness of the body, and a weld physically and electrically coupling the respective terminal to the bus bar. The indentation has a depth between 10% and 90% of the overall thickness, an area of the indentation is between 5% and 20% of an overall area of the body, and the nickel plating enables the weld to be stronger than a weld between the first and second alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CPS Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Matthew R. Tyler, John P. Dinkelman
  • Patent number: 11399577
    Abstract: A nursing garment computing system includes a nursing garment having a pair of breast cups with an electronic sensor to indicate the status of a breast in the pair of breast cups and a computing device to record the sensor data indicative of whether the breast cup is open or closed. The data can be electronically sent to an external device such as a cell phone or personal digital assistant to keep track of which breast cup has been opened for breastfeeding event, time between breastfeeding event, amount of time for breastfeeding from each side of the breast, a record of which side was nursed last, and a record of which side was nursed first during the last breastfeeding event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: AKERSON IP LLC
    Inventors: Deeanne Akerson, Garret Akerson
  • Patent number: 11399604
    Abstract: A kit and a method of providing a kit for compact storage and maximum portability of a reusable compressible dress intended for emergency use, wherein the kit includes a wrinkle-resistant polymeric fabric dress, a pouch formed of a flexible, waterproof, tear-resistant material, including means for selectable opening and closure of a longitudinal opening thereof, wherein the dress is capable of selectable folding and compression to less than the volume of the pouch and which is press-or slip-fittable thereinto, and the kit includes a reclosable sealable plastic zip-top bag for receiving soiled garments, separate from that of the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FASHION IP, LLC
    Inventor: Ashley M. Martini
  • Patent number: 11400927
    Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine respective threat numbers for each of a plurality of targets based on an angular acceleration of a host vehicle and actuate a component in the host vehicle based on the threat numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Kun Deng, Nanjun Liu, Fangjun Jiang, Gary Song, Alex Maurice Miller
  • Patent number: 11403065
    Abstract: Characteristics of a speaker are estimated using speech processing and machine learning. The characteristics of the speaker are used to automatically customize a user interface of a client device for the speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Weinstein, Ignacio L. Moreno
  • Patent number: 11401632
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to electronically functional textile articles. One example provides a knitted textile article comprising a first conductive thread and a second conductive thread knit into the article in such a manner as to form a conductive junction separated by a gap. The knitted textile article further comprises a knitted surface texture feature formed at a location that defines an opening over the gap, and an electronic component connecting the gap to form a circuit with the first conductive thread and the second conductive thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kelly Marie Bogan, James David Holbery, Siyuan Ma, Benjamin Sullivan, Don Pasindu Vijai Lugoda
  • Patent number: 11404022
    Abstract: Systems and methods are configured to adjust the timing of source frame compression in response to fluctuations in a variable frame rate at which source frames are rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: Roelof Roderick Colenbrander
  • Patent number: 11405870
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11399657
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing having a hollow interior, a lid movable relative to the housing, at least one heating element associated with one of the housing and the lid, wherein the cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a conductive cooking mode and a convective cooking mode, wherein in the conductive cooking mode the cooking system is operable as a conductive cooker and in the convective cooking mode the cooking system is operable as a convection cooker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Gill, Ross Richardson, Naomi Kalia Williams Zabel, Da Deng, Mete Gursel, Andrew John Roy Tattersfield, Niall Christopher Denham, Roger Neil Jackson, Ronan Patrick Leahy, Evan James White, Thomas Guerin, Chris Martin, Nathaniel R. Lavins, Mackenzie Lee Swanhart, Samuel Andrew Ferguson, Scott James Stewart
  • Patent number: 11404714
    Abstract: A bipolar battery may comprise first, second, and third bipolar electrodes that are physically and electrically isolated from one another by intervening non-liquid electrolyte layers. Each of the bipolar electrodes may comprise a bipolar current collector including a first electroactive material layer connected to a first side thereof and a second electroactive material layer connected to a second side thereof. Each electroactive material layer may comprise at least one of: (i) a lithium ion battery positive electrode material, (ii) a lithium ion battery negative electrode material, and/or (iii) a capacitor electrode material. At least one of the electroactive material layers comprises a capacitor electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mengyan Hou, Haijing Liu, Mark W. Verbrugge, Qili Su, Meiyuan Wu
  • Patent number: 11402130
    Abstract: A system for utilizing solar power to generate carbon nano-materials. A system for utilizing the carbon dioxide byproduct of a fossil fuel power generation process to drive an electrolysis reaction which produces carbon nano-materials, and methods of producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: C2CNT LLC
    Inventor: Stuart Licht
  • Patent number: 11401102
    Abstract: A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Lightbulb Innovation, LLC
    Inventors: Russell W. White, Shawn A. Roberts, Laura J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11403161
    Abstract: A data processing framework suitable for use with data stores is described. The data processing framework identifies which data stores are storing corrupt or invalid data that may cause end user software applications to malfunction or crash altogether. Data parsing, validation and transformation may be performed as parts of a single operation to increase speed and reduce computing overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Walmart Apollo, LLC
    Inventor: Divakant Pandey
  • Patent number: 11400151
    Abstract: A method is provided for increasing an immunological response to a target antigen in an animal by administering an immunogenic amount of a vaccine comprising a polypeptide conjugate comprising the target antigen conjugated to a carrier polypeptide by means of a linker polypeptide which is rich in predicted linear B-cell epitopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Braasch Biotech LLC
    Inventor: Keith N. Haffer
  • Patent number: 11400859
    Abstract: A method for providing vehicle alerts includes receiving an ignition signal indicating a current status of an ignition of a vehicle and receiving a gear position signal indicating a current gear position of a transmission of the vehicle. The method also includes receiving a vehicle speed signal indicating a current vehicle speed of the vehicle and identifying a vehicle alert data file based on at least the ignition signal, the gear position signal, the vehicle speed signal. The method also includes retrieving the vehicle alert data file from a vehicle alert database and loading data associated with the vehicle alert data file into a buffer. The method also includes outputting contents of the buffer to at least one output device of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NEAPCO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Kiran Natwerlal Soni, John Ogger, Alia Comai, Phil Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11400962
    Abstract: System includes a control system used to control operation of a vehicle system as the vehicle system moves along a route. The vehicle system includes a plurality of system vehicles in which adjacent system vehicles are operatively coupled such that the adjacent system vehicles are permitted to move relative to one another. The control system includes one or more processors that are configured to (a) receive operational settings of the vehicle system and (b) input the operational settings into a system model of the vehicle system to determine an observed metric of the vehicle system. The one or more processors are also configured to (c) compare the observed metric to a reference metric and (d) modify the operational settings of the vehicle system based on differences between the observed and the reference metrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Gabriel de Albuquerque Gleizer, Carlos Gonzaga, Lucas Vargas, Harry Kirk Matthews, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11403181
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing replication of data to a remote storage device may include (1) maintaining a first bitmap and a second bitmap storing data acknowledging persistence of target data, respectively, at source and target gateways, where the target gateway serves the remote storage device, (2) sending replication data from a computing device to the source gateway, (3) setting a bit in the first bitmap, where the set bit corresponds to the replication data sent to the source gateway, (4) receiving a first acknowledgement indicating the source gateway received the replication data, (5) copying, in response to the first acknowledgement, the bit to the second bitmap, (6) clearing, in response to the first acknowledgement, the bit in the first bitmap, and (7) receiving a second acknowledgement indicating the target gateway received the replication data. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Veritas Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Subash Rajaa, Sunil Hasbe, Anish Vaidya, Om Prakash Agarwal
  • Patent number: 11405224
    Abstract: Device Assisted Services (DAS) for protecting network capacity is provided. In some embodiments, DAS for protecting network capacity includes monitoring a network service usage activity of the communications device in network communication; classifying the network service usage activity for differential network access control for protecting network capacity; and associating the network service usage activity with a network service usage control policy based on a classification of the network service usage activity to facilitate differential network access control for protecting network capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC
    Inventors: Gregory G. Raleigh, James Lavine, Alireza Raissinia
  • Patent number: 11400752
    Abstract: A composite wheel assembly and method of construction thereof is provided. The composite wheel assembly includes a lightweight annular aluminum barrel having an inner surface and an outer surface configured to support a tire thereon. A lightweight metal central hub assembly is fixed to the barrel. The metal central hub assembly includes a central hub portion and plurality of support spokes extending outwardly from the central hub portion to free ends, wherein the free ends are fixed to the inner surface of the aluminum barrel. A wheel cladding contrasting in at least one of material type, color, texture and surface finish to an outwardly facing surface the central hub assembly is fixed to the outwardly facing surface of the central hub assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Lacks Wheel Trim Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Garry Van Houten, Gerald Nuiver