Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11396969
    Abstract: A surface mount assembly for mounting a device in a surface opening of a mounting surface includes a frame, a number of locking mechanisms, and a cam ring. Each locking mechanism includes a locking member, a locker, and a coil spring. The cam ring shifts the locker rearward to move the locking member to a deployed orientation when the cam ring is rotated in one direction. The coil spring pushes the locking member to a deployed position against a back side of the mounting surface when the locking member moves to the deployed orientation. The cam ring shifts the locker forward to secure the locking member in the deployed position when the cam is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: MS ELECTRONICS LLC
    Inventor: Loren Paul Magruder
  • Patent number: 11397472
    Abstract: Anti-motion sickness systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example method can include determining alignment of a face of a user with an alignment tool provided on a display of a user device. When the face is aligned with the alignment tool the user device is in a preferred orientation. Providing a camera feed on the display, and determining a current orientation of the user device. The method can include presenting selected content on the display in combination with the camera feed. A location of the selected content on the display can be based on the current orientation of the user device. The selected content can be centered on the display when the current orientation substantially matches the preferred orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Roxanne Kim
  • Patent number: 11397885
    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: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Tung Thanh Hoang, Martin Lueker-Boden, Anand Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 11397069
    Abstract: A holster for receiving and withdrawing a handgun having two active restraints and a dust cover. The holster further has a lockout button assembly comprising an elongated member having a lockout button portion on a proximal end and a blocking portion on a distal end, wherein the lockout button assembly is configured to be slidingly mounted to a housing for manual movement of the lockout button assembly between a protrusion portion blocking position and a protrusion portion non-blocking position, wherein the blocking portion is configured to block rotation of the protrusion portion and the thumb button when in the blocking position, and wherein the blocking portion is configured to allow rotation of the protrusion portion and the thumb button when in the non-blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Paul N. Smith, Daniel Sereday, Christopher J. Michael, Troy E. Lance
  • Patent number: 11397465
    Abstract: In a see-through waveguide-based HMD device configured to display holographic virtual images within a field of view (FOV) of a device user, a glint-based eye tracker illumination system provides infrared (IR) point sources at known locations having a predetermined angular distribution using optical components—including input and output couplers and diffusers—on a waveguide that is located in front of the user's eyes. An input coupler couples light from an IR source into the illumination system waveguide which is propagated to one or more output couplers. Separate diffuser elements aligned with the output couplers distribute the out-coupled IR light into a deterministic range of divergent angles to function as point sources for eye tracker glints. Various illustrative illumination system waveguide architectures are disclosed in which the optical components can be disposed on the same or opposite sides of the waveguide in dual-layered and dual-sided arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marco Ilmari Mattila, Ari Juhani Tervonen, Simo Kaarlo Tapani Tammela, Pasi Antero Kostamo, Klaus Henrik Valtteri Kalima, Mervi Kaarina Ylä-Jarkko
  • Patent number: 11397540
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that is configured to send write requests to a first storage system. The first storage system is configured to participate in a replication process in which data associated with the write requests is replicated from the first storage system to a second storage system that is separate from the first storage system. The at least one processing device is further configured to receive from the first storage system an indication of a write pressure condition arising in the second storage system and relating to replication of the data associated with the write requests from the first storage system to the second storage system, and to at least temporarily limit a manner in which additional write requests are sent to the first storage system responsive to the received indication of the write pressure condition arising in the second storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sanjib Mallick, Vinay G. Rao, Krishna Deepak Nuthakki, Arieh Don
  • Patent number: 11397438
    Abstract: A system can autonomously or semi-autonomously guide a driver to a dock or parking location. The system can include a sensor or sensors that collect data to create a map of the dock or parking location, a user interface that allows the driver to select a dock or a feature in the map and to determine the final pose of the tractor and trailer, and a planner that creates a kinematically-correct and obstacle-free trajectory from the current location to the dock or parking location. The system can provide user aids, such as a ground guide avatar or avatars, that provide the distance to the dock, speed and turning direction, or other guidance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ROBOTIC RESEARCH OPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Alberto Daniel Lacaze, Karl Nicholas Murphy
  • Patent number: 11398496
    Abstract: A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of word lines and at least one insulating layers or air gaps located over a substrate, a memory opening fill structure extending through the alternating stack. The memory opening fill structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel contacting an inner sidewall of the memory film. The word lines are thicker than the insulating layers or air gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: James Kai, Senaka Kanakamedala, Johann Alsmeier
  • Patent number: 11396958
    Abstract: An adapter for mounting cable hangers to a mounting structure includes: a plurality of mounting panels, each mounting panel including a mounting hole, the mounting panels attached to each other at edges thereof, each mounting panel being disposed at an angle relative to its adjacent mounting panels; a base attached to the edge of endmost ones of the mounting panels; wherein the mounting panels and the base define an interior of the adapter; the adapter further comprising at least one pair of fingers extending into the interior of the adapter, each pair of fingers being configured to cooperate to grasp a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Taig S. Rajpal
  • Patent number: 11398876
    Abstract: Message failures due to noise and interference cause unnecessary delays and reduction in reliability in wireless networks. To detect, localize, and correct transmission faults in 5G and 6G networks, the receiver can measure the “modulation quality” of each message resource element modulated in PAM (pulse-amplitude modulation), according to how closely the amplitudes of the in-phase and quad-phase signal branches match the amplitude levels of the modulation scheme. If the message is faulted, the receiver can re-assign each message element with poor modulation quality to the adjacent states, or if necessary to each state in the modulation scheme, and may thereby find the correct message value in many cases. When implemented, message fault mitigation as disclosed herein can resolve message failures, improve communication reliability, reduce latency, and improve network operations overall, according to some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ULTRALOGIC 6G, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Newman, R. Kemp Massengill
  • Patent number: 11399363
    Abstract: A wireless device may receive a sidelink transmission comprising a transport block. The wireless device may determine a feedback resource from first resources and second feedback resources. The first feedback resources may be determined in response to the sidelink transmission indicating one of unicast and groupcast with a first feedback operation. The second feedback resources may be determined in response to the sidelink transmission indicating groupcast with a second feedback operation. The wireless device may transmit a feedback for the transport block via the feedback resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
    Inventors: Bing Hui, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Hua Zhou, Hyukjin Chae, Yunjung Yi
  • Patent number: 11399079
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are described providing networking engines. Specifically, the present specification relates to a method for implementing software containers implementing network engines that may be configured to act in a zero-knowledge environment. In such implementations, all information pertaining to the network engine associated with a user that is stored in the container is solely that of a user unless explicitly shared by the user. In some implementations, the containers may be configured to participate in a publish-and-subscribe network in order to share information. In addition, the containers may be provisioned with controls so that global operators may comply with local privacy rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: eIngot LLC
    Inventors: William J. Raduchel, Art Spivy
  • Patent number: 11396216
    Abstract: A wireless mobile device is used to control an HVAC temperature setpoint in a police vehicle containing a police dog. A wireless signal specifying a commanded temperature setting is checked to prevent malicious adjustments by a hacker. The commanded temperature setting is rejected when it is outside a predetermined range between an absolute minimum and an absolute maximum. When an outside ambient temperature is below a cold-day threshold, then the commanded temperature setting is rejected when it requests a temperature decrease. When the outside ambient temperature is above a hot-day threshold, then the commanded temperature setting is rejected when it requests a temperature increase. Otherwise, when the commanded temperature setting is not rejected as being outside the predetermined range, as being a decrease when below the cold-day threshold, or as being an increase when above the hot-day threshold, then the temperature setpoint is set to match the commanded setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Paul Tsvi Linden, Erick Mogollon, Steve T. Skikun, Randy M. Freiburger, Donald P. Iacovoni
  • Patent number: 11397967
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for transition-coded media, measuring engagement of transition-coded media, and distribution of components of transition-coded media. For instance, the method may include: obtaining a media file; determining whether the media file includes transition-coded media; in response to determining the media file includes the transition-coded media, setting up a dynamic media environment; detecting whether a user is interacting with the transition-coded media; and in response to detecting the user is interacting with the transition-coded media, executing the transition-coded media with the dynamic media environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventor: Eric K. Barnum
  • Patent number: 11398330
    Abstract: An array of permanent magnets and magnetic materials create a large focused magnetic field capable of reducing the viscosity of blood in a human subject, and consequently reducing the blood pressure of the subject. The magnets can be arranged in highly tunable and customizable configurations suited to unique and individual applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Magmedics, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Amin Khamehchi, Kasey R. Lund
  • Patent number: 11397327
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical engine includes bonding a plurality of laser diodes directly or indirectly to a base substrate and coupling at least one laser diode driver circuit to the laser diodes. In operation the at least one laser diode driver circuit selectively drives current to the laser diodes. The method further includes bonding a plurality of collimation lenses to the base substrate proximate the plurality of laser diodes and bonding a cap including at least one wall and at least one optical window to the base substrate. The method also includes bonding a grating waveguide combiner proximate the optical window of the cap. In operation, the grating waveguide combiner receives a plurality of beams of light at a respective plurality of input grating couplers and combines the plurality of beams of light to provide a collimated aggregated beam of light at an output grating coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Jörg Pierer, Rony Jose James, Stefan Mohrdiek, Martin Joseph Kiik, Syed Moez Haque, Douglas Raymond Dykaar
  • Patent number: 11396962
    Abstract: A threaded pipe connection includes a first tubular member having a pin end defining external threads, a second tubular member having a box end defining internal threads threadably engageable with the external threads of the pin end, and a thread profile that defines at least a portion of one of the internal or external threads and includes a crest, a root, and a transition surface extending between the crest and the root. The transition surface includes a first arcuate surface extending from a top of the crest at a first radius, a second arcuate surface extending from the first arcuate surface at a second radius, and a third arcuate surface extending from the second arcuate surface at a third radius. The first radius and the third radius are each smaller than the second radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: FERMATA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Douglas William Dunford, David John Green
  • Patent number: 11397111
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining illumination angle and viewing angle in color observation are described. The system includes an optical capturing device to acquire an image of its surroundings and a processing unit. When operated, the processing unit executes the following steps: identify a position of a light source in the image acquired by the optical capturing device; identify a position of a viewer in the image acquired by the optical capturing device; determine a first angular position of the light source with respect to the optical capturing device and a second angular position of the viewer with respect to the optical capturing device and provide the first angular position and the second angular position to define an actual viewing geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Larry E. Steenhoek, Robert V. Canning, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11397266
    Abstract: A method and system for using GPS signals and a magnetic field to track an underground magnetic field source. A tracker having an antenna for detecting the magnetic field and a GPS receiver is coupled to a processor. The magnetic field is used by the antenna to direct the tracker to a field null point. Once multiple measurements of the field are taken, the changes in signal strength as the absolute position of the tracker is changed, are used to determine whether the closest field null point is in front of or behind the underground beacon. The position and depth of the beacon can then be estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SUBSITE, LLC
    Inventors: Scott B. Cole, Brian J. Schrock, Klayton Day Jones
  • Patent number: 11399374
    Abstract: Wireless communications for optimizing transmission power levels are described. Uplink transmission power levels for a wireless device may be dynamically adjusted based on conditions in a source cell and one or more neighboring cells. Transmission power levels may be increased or decreased gradually, and optimized power levels may be achieved, based on conditions in a source cell and one or more neighboring cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Karupaiah Rajendran