Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Syringe plunger with dynamic seal
    Patent number: 11351306
    Abstract: A plunger, a syringe, and a method of making a plunger and a syringe are disclosed. The plunger includes a support ring and a cover disposed over and coupled to the support ring. A cavity defining a predetermined volume is defined between the support ring and the cover. The syringe includes a barrel defining an inner wall and the plunger inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Michael Swantner, Michael McDermott
  • Shelf assembly
    Patent number: 11350743
    Abstract: A modular shelf assembly that is adapted to interlock with adjacent modular shelf assemblies. The modular shelf assembly may include a shelf unit, a plurality of supports, and a plurality of feet. The shelf units, supports, and feet, in combination, are adapted to create the modular shelf assembly. The shelf unit may also be modular and have a shelf body that includes a cap. Each cap may have interlocking apertures that are adapted to receive interlocking components, which are used to connect multiple shelf assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC
    Inventors: Nickolas Reinhart, Jacob H. Whitta
  • Spacecraft structure configured to store frozen propellant
    Patent number: 11352150
    Abstract: A spacecraft structure for transporting propellant to be consumed by a thruster includes storing the propellant in the spacecraft in a solid state during at least a portion of a take-off procedure and supplying the propellant to the thruster in a liquid or vaporous state when the spacecraft is in space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MOMENTUS SPACE LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Parman, Joel Sercel, Mikhail Kokorich, James Small, Nicholas Simon, Nathan Orr, Samuel Avery, Scott Stanley
  • Self-learning connected-device network
    Patent number: 11356537
    Abstract: A connected-device network can continually learn from abstract sensory data (e.g., speech processing, cognitive inference, and/or computer vision image segmentation) and can generate never-seen-before data in real time. In one aspect, the network devices extract important correlations in the sensor data based on network data collected at different time slice and/or locations. Further, underlying relationships in a set of data can be detected as the sensor data transverses through different layers of the network. Moreover, the network devices can provide logic in different layers to help classify the sensor data early in the detection process (e.g., instead of waiting for it to reach its final destination).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Erie Lai Har Lau, Lan Scott, Brandon Duong
  • Apparatus including a cylindrical body and a nub
    Patent number: 11350967
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a plunger and a substantially cylindrical body. The substantially cylindrical body may include an end portion having rounded edges and may define a cavity sized to receive the plunger. The substantially cylindrical body may include at least one opening extending from the cavity to an external surface. The at least one opening may a substantially irregular shape. In some embodiments, the at least one opening may extend from the cavity through a nub to the external surface. The nub may have a rounded shape. In some embodiments, the substantially irregular shape may include one of a slit, an oval shape, an elliptical shape, an hourglass shape, a rectangular shape, and a diamond shape. In some embodiments, the opening may be part of a non-cylindrical fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Mosie LLC
    Inventors: Maureen Brown, Marc Brown
  • Methods and systems for reducing catalyst cooling during fuel cut via pre-chamber ignition system
    Patent number: 11352968
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for transferring hot, compressed gases from one cylinder to another cylinder while fuel injection in both cylinders is deactivated. In one example, a method may include during a fuel shut-off event, opening a first pre-chamber injector of the first cylinder undergoing late compression or early expansion and opening a second pre-chamber injector of the second cylinder undergoing a late expansion and/or exhaust stroke or undergoing an intake stroke to allow a hot, compressed gas from the first cylinder to transfer to the second cylinder through the first and second pre-chamber injectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rani Kiwan, Chris Glugla
  • Adjustable scan patterns for lidar system
    Patent number: 11353559
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit pulses of light and a scanner configured to scan at least a portion of the emitted pulses of light along a scan pattern contained within an adjustable field of regard. The scanner includes a first scanning mirror configured to scan the portion of the emitted pulses of light substantially parallel to a first scan axis to produce multiple scan lines of the scan pattern, where each scan line is oriented substantially parallel to the first scan axis. The scanner also includes a second scanning mirror configured to distribute the scan lines along a second scan axis that is substantially orthogonal to the first scan axis, where the scan lines are distributed within the adjustable field of regard according to an adjustable second-axis scan profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Luminar, LLC
    Inventors: Scott R. Campbell, Matthew D. Weed, Lane A. Martin, Jason M. Eichenholz, Austin K. Russell
  • Automated pedal sensor profile for speed control
    Patent number: 11352002
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for automatically obtaining a profile for a set of accelerator pedal position sensors in a target vehicle. The profile can comprise a correlation of the position of the pedal to an output signal for one or more sensor in the set of sensors. A pedal position sensor signal reader can be used to automatically detect signals from one or more pedal position sensor in the target vehicle's accelerator pedal, while the pedal is released, depressed, and moving between the released and depressed positions. A pedal profile can be automatically generated using the output signals and corresponding pedal positions. Obtained data can be used to program a speed control device for the target vehicle. Correlated output can be used to adjust the speed of the vehicle by sending an emulated signal to the ECM, which may adjust the speed control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AYTOMIC SC LLC
    Inventors: Steven Shenker, David A. Ashman, Chris Thompson, Shawn Inks
  • Furniture construction and packing method
    Patent number: 11350753
    Abstract: A furniture item comprises various components for assembly thereof. The furniture items include a substantially flat seat portion, a substantially flat back portion, connectors for securing the flat seat portion to the flat back portion, and a plurality of legs for attachment to the seat portion. Cushions are provided and may be configured to form barriers for use adjacent the seat portion and the back portion when packed in a container. Additionally, compressed and sealed cushions may also be provided to form barriers for use adjacent the seat portion and back portion when packed in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NOBLE HOUSE HOME FURNISHINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Siew Kin Tham
  • Stretch-wrapping machine with self-adjusting pinch rollers
    Patent number: 11352152
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a stretch-wrapping machine with self-adjusting pinch rollers configured to reorient themselves to compensate for misalignment relative to their respective pre-stretch rollers. This ensures the pinch rollers press the entire width of the film against their respective pre-stretch rollers as the film is drawn through the rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLC
    Inventors: Pekka Mustonen, Yrjö Suolahti, Niko Aarras
  • Maximally parallel test script execution
    Patent number: 11354223
    Abstract: A test script is divided into tests having a sequential order within the test script. An analysis tree of the tests can be generated. Each unique path through the analysis tree includes a subset of the tests as sequentially ordered within the test script. A maximally parallel subset of the unique paths that covers all the tests and according to which the tests are successfully executable is identified. Each test appears in only one unique path of the maximally parallel subset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MICRO FOCUS LLC
    Inventors: Jun-Chen Peng, Xiang Gao, Kai Long, Ruixiang Chen, Lingli Wu
  • Intelligent inferences of authoring from document layout and formatting
    Patent number: 11354489
    Abstract: Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe processing that generates intelligent inferences of authoring from analysis of attributes associated with a digital file being imported in an application/service. Examples described herein are configured to work with any type of application/service including an authoring application/service. For instance, a request to import a digital file is received in an application/service. The application/service may be configured to analyze the digital file and generate authoring inferences based on an analysis of attributes of the digital file. For example, a conversion data model may be utilized to identify a file type of the digital file, analyze attributes of the identified digital file (e.g. content portions, layout, formatting, metadata, etc.) and output file data in a format that is tailored for the application/service based on authoring inferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Milos Raskovic, Aljosa Obuljen, Milan Sesum, Dragan Slaveski, Milos Lazarevic, Nikola Terzic
  • Time-resolved chemical studies via time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
    Patent number: 11355336
    Abstract: A method of performing time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry on a sample includes the step of directing a beam of primary ions to the sample, and stimulating the migration of ions within the sample while the beam of primary ions is directed at the sample. The stimulation of the ions is cycled between a stimulation state and a lower stimulation state. Secondary ions emitted from the sample by the beam of primary ions are collected in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry is then performed on the secondary ions. A system for performing time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry on a sample is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: UT-BATTELLE, LLC, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Anton V. Ievlev, Olga S. Ovchinnikova, Matthias Lorenz, Yongtao Liu
  • North American porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11351243
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules that comprise a DNA sequence encoding an infectious RNA sequence encoding a genetically-modified North American PRRS virus, methods to make it and related polypeptides, polynucleotides, and various components. Vaccines comprising the genetically modified virus and polynucleotides and a diagnostic kit to distinguish between naturally infected and vaccinated animals are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Jay Gregory Calvert, David Ewell Slade, Siao-Kun W. Welch
  • Methods and systems for multi-material decomposition
    Patent number: 11353411
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for multi-material decomposition for computed tomography. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring, via an imaging system, projection data for a plurality of x-ray spectra, estimating path lengths for a plurality of materials based on the projection data and calibration data for the imaging system, iteratively refining the estimated path lengths based on a linearized model derived from the calibration data, and reconstructing material-density images for each material of the plurality of materials from the iteratively-refined estimated path lengths. By determining path-length estimates in this way without modeling the physics of the imaging system, accurate material decomposition may be performed more quickly and with less sensitivity to changes in physics of the system, and furthermore may be extended to more than two materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Sathish Ramani, Mingye Wu, Bruno De Man, Peter Edic
  • Modular armor system
    Patent number: 11353294
    Abstract: A modular armor system is provided. The modular armor system includes an encasement for holding one or more interior plate, thereby providing a variety of protection options. The encasement is moveable from an open configuration to a closed configuration. In the open configuration, a user can inspect plate conditions and configurations prior to using such system, thereby allowing the user to replace damaged plates and/or to change plate configurations. The system is configured to allow bullets to penetrate the encasement, thereby reducing impact to users while reducing shrapnel associated with bullet spalling. By including one or more penetrable, buffer, retaining, or other plate within the encasement, users can further decrease impact and/or other risks associated with the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CHAMELEON ARMOR, LLC
    Inventor: Brandin Hall
  • Access control for an ordered event stream storage system
    Patent number: 11354444
    Abstract: Access control for an ordered event stream (OES) storage system is disclosed. Access to a portion of an OES can be controlled at a key-level in relation to a key space of the OES. An application instance can be identified to enable determining a correspondence to one or more keys. The correspondence can be embodied in stored data, for example, via an advanced access control list (AACL) that can be in the form of a list, a table, etc. Application instance access to the portion of the OES can be controlled by determining if an access rule is satisfied, e.g., determining if the key space the application instance wants to access comports with the one or more keys corresponding to the application instance identity. In an aspect, screening data corresponding to the AACL can enable preliminary access screening external to the OES storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Mikhail Danilov, Yohannes Altaye
  • Lanyard length adjuster
    Patent number: D953742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GOVO, LLC
    Inventor: Haishan Deng
  • Portable cloth cutting table
    Patent number: D953785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: EUREKA LLC
    Inventor: Yajun Hu
  • Animal game call
    Patent number: D953908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Tree Thrasher LLC
    Inventor: Todd Pringnitz