Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11397126
    Abstract: A leak detection system includes a high voltage leak detection (HVLD) testing system configured to inspect a package using a HVLD apparatus that includes an inspection electrode and a detection electrode. The leak detection system includes a grounding system that includes a grounding element. The grounding system is configured to remove, significantly reduce, or conduct away electric charge accumulation on the package. The leak detection system also includes a controller configured to operate and coordinate the operation of the grounding system with the operation of the HVLD testing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Packaging Technologies and Inspection, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew William O'Sullivan, Heinz Wolf, Ross Treloar, Sandipan Saha
  • Patent number: 11396757
    Abstract: A system for supporting exterior panels on a substrate of a building structure. The system has a plurality of polymeric bracket members, and each of the bracket members have at least one anchor section, at least one web section and at least one support section. The polymeric bracket members provide a thermal break from the exterior panel to the substrate of the building structure. A plurality of exterior cladding units are held in place by the bracket members. A plurality of vents are disposed between the panels and the exterior panels, and a plurality of vents are also disposed between the panels and the substrate, thereby forming a ventilation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Architectural Products, LLC
    Inventor: G. Matt Krause
  • Patent number: 11395728
    Abstract: A method of effecting a tendon repair in a patient comprising providing a suture tape, using the suture tape to connect tendon tissue to bone of the patient such that the suture tape lays flat on the tendon, and permitting ingrowth of the tendon tissue into the suture tape as the absorbable fibers are absorbed into the patient's tissue. The suture tape is a flat braid of elastic, absorbable fibers and high strength fibers, the tape being at least 1 mm wide and 2 cm long, and less than 1 mm high. The suture tape includes at least 4 absorbable fibers and at least 4 high strength fibers. Further, the suture tape is capable of being stretched at least 10% from its shortest length to the length at which it breaks and is capable of withstanding a load of at least 260 Newtons before breaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: RIVERPOINT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Ferguson, Patrick Edward Ferguson, Aaron Joseph Sundholm
  • Patent number: 11398296
    Abstract: Methods, sample vessels, and instruments are provided for melting curve analysis. A sample is amplified by thermal cycling the sample well between at least an annealing temperature and a denaturation temperature through n cycles, where each cycle includes an in-cycle denaturation step. Fluorescent data is collected during the in-cycle denaturation step of n cycles where n is at least two. Then a composite melting curve is generated using the fluorescent data collected during the denaturation step of each of the n cycles, and the sample is called using the composite melting curve, where the call is a positive or a negative call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BIOFIRE DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin William Galvin, Thomas Charles Robbins, Charles Benjamin Cox
  • Patent number: 11396561
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards methods for controlling a polymerization reaction including determining an instantaneous density model for a gas-phase polymerization, and utilizing the instantaneous density model to monitor the polymerization reaction to determine if a threshold instantaneous density is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John F. Szul, Daniel N. Thomas, Eric J. Markel, R. Eric Pequeno, Bruce J. Savatsky
  • Patent number: 11396656
    Abstract: The gene encoding N-methylputrescine oxidase (MPO) and constructs comprising such DNA are provided, including methods of regulating MPO expression independently or with other alkaloid biosynthesis genes to modulate alkaloid production in plants and host cells. MPO genes or fragments thereof are useful for reducing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, for increasing pyrrolidine or tropane alkaloid production in plants, and for producing an MPO enzyme in host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: 22nd Century Limited, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Page, Enwu Liu
  • Patent number: 11397786
    Abstract: The present teaching relates to personalized content recommendation. A webpage is contrasted for a user having a plurality of slots each of which is to be allocated with a content item. For each of the plurality of slots, a plurality of content items in a plurality of types of content are accessed. For each of the plurality of types of content, a personalized score is predicted for each content item in the type of content, wherein the personalized score is obtained based on a trained model trained. A recommended content item of the type of content is selected based on personalized scores. An overall recommended content item is selected and allocated to a slot based on criteria associated with the personalized scores of the recommended content items and a business rule. The webpage with the plurality of slots allocated with content items is provided to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: YAHOO ASSETS LLC
    Inventors: Rao Shen, Kostas Tsioutsiouliklis, Donghyun Kim, Yufeng Ma, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 11397886
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory structure capable of storing layers of a deep neural network (DNN) and perform an inferencing operation within the structure is presented. A stack of bonded die pairs is connected by through silicon vias. Each bonded die pair includes a memory die, having one or more memory arrays onto which layers of the neural network are mapped, and a peripheral circuitry die, including the control circuits for performing the convolution or multiplication for the bonded die pair. The multiplications can either be done in-array on the memory die or in-logic on the peripheral circuitry die. The arrays can be formed into columns along the vias, allowing an inferencing operation to be performed by propagating an input up and down the columns, with the output of one level being the input of the subsequent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Tung Thanh Hoang, Martin Lueker-Boden, Anand Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11396274
    Abstract: A system includes a first circuit, an authentication module, and an unlocking module. The first circuit is configured to supply power from a power source located outside a vehicle when a battery of the vehicle fails. The authentication module is configured to receive the power from the first circuit and to authorize access to the vehicle. The unlocking module is configured to receive the power from the first circuit and to unlock at least one of a hood, a door, and a trunk of the vehicle in response to the authentication module authorizing access to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Marcelo Lazarini
  • Patent number: 11395953
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for automatically detecting and tracking hockey goal events during hockey play are provided. Example embodiments provide an Automated Hockey Goal Detection System or goal detection system, which enables goal events during hockey play to be automatically and immediately detected and notifications generated therefor and for automatically tracking and communicating attributes of such events such as puck speed and location. Automated event information may be automatically recorded and/or communicated to other devices, such as a remote computing device, to analyze player or game effectiveness. An example goal detection system utilizes an infrared transmitting hockey puck and an infrared sensing goal frame with one or more sets of multiple infrared sensors arranged around the perimeter of the goal frame. The goal frame may include a control unit that determines the location and speed of the puck within the goal frame by evaluation of the active sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Glo-Flite LLC
    Inventors: Jamilla Kounellas, Kevin Hay, Paul Wierenga
  • Patent number: 11396213
    Abstract: A bracket assembly for a multi-link suspension system is provided, said bracket assembly mounted to a housing of an automotive vehicle, as opposed to a chassis of the automotive vehicle, enabling modularity and ease of replacement of the housing and adjustability of suspensions system components. The bracket assembly may have a body, wherein the body includes: an axle tube hole; one or more cross tube support holes; at least one trailing arm attachment portion having a first plurality of adjustment holes and a second plurality of adjustment holes; an anti-roll bar attachment portion having one or more attachment holes; and a shock attachment portion having a plurality of attachment holes. Further, the bracket assembly may include one or more engagement points, configured to support a number of said suspension system components, such as at least one trailing arm, an anti-roll bar, a shock absorber coupler, and a shock absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hammer Concepts and Designs, LLC
    Inventor: Brian Hamm
  • Patent number: 11395649
    Abstract: A suture passing device includes a jaw assembly that is moved to an open configuration after exiting a hollow needle distal tip and moved to a closed configuration when retracted into the needle tip. The jaw assembly may include a pair of jaw members biased to a default diverging configuration. A suture capturing mechanism formed on the jaw members securely captures suture to both push and pull the captured when the jaw assembly is retracted into the hollow distal tip. The device may also include a second suture capturing mechanism that loosely captures suture and enables the captured suture to slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ARCH DAY DESIGN, LLC
    Inventors: Roger Pisarnwongs, Thomas Weisel, Kevin Glen
  • Patent number: 11395762
    Abstract: A phacoemulsification or aspiration tip is designed for use in cataract surgeries. The phacoemulsification tip (also referred to as a phaco tip) can reduce the duration and energy of cataract surgeries because the phaco tip is designed to reduce the likelihood that cataract fragments will become clogged inside the phaco tip. For example, the phaco tip has a lumen with variable sized diameters, which helps filter out larger cataract fragments that are more likely to clog the phaco tip. Further, the phaco tip can have a larger diameter at a bend to prevent blockages. The opening of the phaco tip can have a sharp edge to shear cataract fragments into smaller pieces that are less likely to clog the phaco tip. By preventing blockages using the phaco tip and reducing the duration of cataract surgeries, patients may recover faster from the cataract surgeries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Michael Jerome Designs, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Jerome Depenbusch
  • Patent number: 11395566
    Abstract: Some example product dispensers that accommodate two full paper towel rolls are provided herein. The product dispenser may employ separate dispensing mechanisms for each product roll and may include roll holders that articulate out from the housing to facilitate easy loading and access to replacement and loading of the other product roll. A roll partition may be utilized to separate the web paths of the two product rolls and enable rotation of front roll holders. Example funnel covers and nip covers can aid with intuitive installation. Example roll holders with retention mechanisms help prevent unintentional dropping of the installed product roll. Other beneficial features include utilizing motor operation sensing to dispense a desired sheet length, automatic/assisted loading into the dispensing mechanism, automatic switching between dispensing of product rolls, and always dispensing from the smaller product roll first. Many other features/structures of example product dispensers are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: GPCP IP HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Brian Scott Borke, Ted Allen Casper, Jacob Charles Dahl, R. Mitchel Edwards, John William Grosz, Jr., Alan Joseph Johnson, John Patrick Laitala, Nickolas Everett Madsen, Tammy Lynn Miller, David Warren Murphy, Mark Edwin Peters, Kyle Andrew Pfeifer, Ryan Joseph Schuh, Aaron Lee Sinclair, Robert Paul Stuedemann, Kevin Michael Swanson, Karl Daniel Kissinger
  • Patent number: 11395976
    Abstract: A ride system for an amusement park includes a plurality of rooms stacked atop one another and a ride vehicle. A method to transport the ride vehicle from a first room to a second room includes withdrawing the ride vehicle from the first room, changing the vertical height of the ride vehicle, rotating the ride vehicle, and inserting the ride vehicle into the second room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Gregory S Hall, Dwain South, David Goodwin, Carlos Weiser
  • Patent number: 11397067
    Abstract: An apparatus that includes a position indexing feature for a firearm with an adjustable butt may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a butt pad base and a butt pad slide. The butt pad base may comprise a first slidable retention element and a marking face. The butt pad slide may comprise a second slidable retention element that slidably engages and retains the first slidable retention element, and a window through which at least a portion of the marking face is viewable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Daniel Defense, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Wisbith
  • Patent number: 11396306
    Abstract: Presented are driver alert systems with control logic for powertrain energy tracking and reporting, methods for making/using such systems, and electric-drive vehicles with alert systems for providing driver cues to indicate real-time potential energy buildup in the powertrain. A method of operating a driver alert system for an electric-drive vehicle includes a vehicle controller receiving a selection of a powertrain operating mode. Responsive to the received selection, the vehicle controller determines a buildup of output torque generated via an electric traction motor for an impending vehicle maneuver associated with the selected powertrain operating mode. The controller accesses a memory-stored, torque-based lookup table to retrieve an output level calibrated to an in-vehicle sensory output device and corresponding to an output torque value for the determined torque buildup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Frank C. Valeri, Glenn Pietila, Alan P. Oppenheiser, Mayra A. Martinez Diaz
  • Patent number: 11395849
    Abstract: The present invention provides capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes identified using NMR. The present invention further provides polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which capsular polysaccharides from one or more of these serotypes are conjugated to a carrier protein such as CRM197. Polysaccharide-protein conjugates from one or more of these N serotypes may be included in multivalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines having polysaccharides from multiple additional Steptococcus pneumoniae serotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Richard J. Porambo, Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Luwy Kavuka Musey, Michael J. Kosinski, Yadong Adam Cui
  • Patent number: 11398497
    Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes a first-tier structure located over a substrate and including a first alternating stack of first insulating layers and first electrically conductive layers. a second-tier structure located over the first-tier structure and including a second alternating stack of second insulating layers and second electrically conductive layers, memory stack structures vertically extending through the first alternating stack and the second alternating stack, primary support pillar structures, and auxiliary support pillar structures vertically extending through the first alternating stack, underlying the second stepped surfaces, and located below a horizontal plane including a bottommost surface of the second alternating stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Kengo Kajiwara, Atsushi Shimoda, Tatsuya Hinoue, Junpei Kanazawa, Masanori Terahara
  • Patent number: 11399218
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to verifying that a content asset is present at a user level. The present disclosure provides video hosting and service (VHS) management systems and methods that can both accurately and timely verify availability of VHS content from multiple content providers using multiple distribution systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Lewis Richard Buchanan, Jr., Joshua Kshensky Arensberg