Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11233372
    Abstract: A pulse stretching fiber oscillator (or laser cavity) may comprise a chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG) and an optical circulator arranged such that a first portion of a beam that is transmitted through the CFBG continues to propagate through the laser cavity while a second portion of the beam that is reflected from the CFBG is stretched and chirped by the CFBG and directed out of the laser cavity by the optical circulator. Accordingly, a configuration of the CFBG and the optical circulator in the laser cavity may enable pulse stretching contemporaneous with outcoupling, which may prevent deleterious nonlinear phase from accumulating prior to stretching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Martin H. Muendel, Simonette Pierrot
  • Patent number: 11229545
    Abstract: A dental guard (10) for preventing wear of the occlusal surfaces of a user's teeth resulting from bruxism is provided. The dental guard (10) can be can be custom-fitted to the teeth of the wearer. The guard (10) comprises a durable core (14) that is overmolded by a thermoplastic outer layer (12). The outer layer (12) can be softened through exposure to hot, but not boiling, water, and then formed around the user's teeth. The guard (10) may include one or more features (32, 84) that assist the user in proper positioning of the guard within his or her mouth during the custom fitting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Brown Innovation, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas W. Brown
  • Patent number: 11233449
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed, comprising: a first light source having a first threshold voltage; a second light source having a second threshold voltage; a rectifier configured to receive an AC voltage as input and generate a DC voltage based on the AC voltage; a single-stage Buck converter section coupled to the rectifier, the first light source, and the second light source, the Buck converter section being configured to output a current generated based on the DC voltage towards the first light source and the second light source; and a switching circuit configured to reduce a load on the Buck converter section by periodically diverting the current away from the second light source when a magnitude of the AC voltage is less than or equal to a sum of the first threshold voltage and the second threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Zhi Hua Song, Wouter Soer
  • Patent number: 11229679
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of protecting the heart from damage, by administering to a patient at risk of such damage, a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition which inhibits the interaction of RSK3 and mAKAP?, or the expression or activity of one or both of those molecules. This composition may be in the form of a peptide that specifically inhibits mAKAP? binding to RSK3 or in the form of an siRNA construct which inhibits the expression of RSK3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ANCHORED RSK3 INHIBITORS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael S. Kapiloff, Jinliang Li, Michael Kritzer
  • Patent number: 11229360
    Abstract: Communication of parent physiological data to an infant may include a first interface device which includes a sensor to record physiological data associated with a heartbeat of a parent, a processor to receive the physiological data from the sensor, and a transceiver; a server which receives the physiological data from the transceiver, accesses an instance of the physiological data from a replay storage location during a loss of communication, assigns a unique identifier, processes the physiological data, modifies the physiological data to be within an allowable threshold or accesses physiological data within the allowable threshold when the physiological data is outside an allowable threshold, filters the physiological data to apply an effect, and transmits the physiological data based on the unique identifier; and a second interface device which includes a transceiver to receive the physiological data and a communication element to communicate the physiological data to the infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Life-Line Products, LLC
    Inventor: Eric Boud
  • Patent number: 11229832
    Abstract: A method of installing a binder-based overlay system may include contacting a layer of geotextile fabric to a surface of a substrate and applying a primer layer to a surface of the geotextile fabric. Two or more binder layers including infill particles may be applied over the primer layer. A resurfacer layer followed by one or more color layers may be applied over the two or more binder layers. The primer layer, one or more binder layers, resurfacer layer, and two or more color layers may cure upon application to form a monolithic layer upon the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: RS Sports Surfaces, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Sadick, David Rich
  • Patent number: 11234170
    Abstract: A handover procedure for a terminal device in a system comprising the terminal device, a source network access node to which the terminal device is initially connected, and one or more candidate target network access nodes. The method includes determining that a first measurement for radio channel conditions for a first candidate target access node satisfies a first predefined criterion; receiving at the terminal device connection information for use by the terminal device for connecting to the first candidate target network access node; establishing a second measurement for radio channel conditions between the terminal device and one of the one or more candidate target network access nodes; determining that the second measurement of radio channel conditions satisfies a second predefined criterion; and transmitting from the terminal device an indication that the second measurement of radio channel conditions for the first candidate target network access node satisfies the second predefined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Convida Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Alexander Martin, Anders Berggren, Vivek Sharma
  • Patent number: 11230419
    Abstract: A packaged food product may incorporate an angled back card to improve stability by providing an enlarged footprint when the package is standing upright, i.e., vertically oriented. The angled back card can provide a wider base of support between the front of the product and the back card to improve the ability of the package to be self-supporting in an upright position, i.e., to stand up reliably on a shelf without leaning on other structures for external support. The package may be generally dumbbell-shaped as viewed from the front and/or from other angles, and may comprise a center portion that is narrower and/or shallower than adjacent end portions. This may facilitate handling of the product by the consumer and also may help to provide the product with an impactful appearance and theme at retail when the product is viewed from the front and/or from other angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
    Inventors: Muluken Tilahun, Daniel Doucette, Daniel R. Feldmeier, Paris Alexander Edwards Lowitz, Stacy Alycia Thomas Castro
  • Patent number: 11234022
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining respective filtered pixels for pixels of a reconstructed image; and obtaining an edge-preserved image using the respective filtered pixels. Obtaining the respective filtered pixels includes, for each pixel of the reconstructed image, obtaining a respective filtered pixel by selecting a pixel patch including the pixel and first neighboring pixels of the pixel that are at relative neighboring locations with respect to the pixel; calculating respective weights for the first neighboring pixels; and filtering the pixel using the respective weights of the first neighboring pixels and the neighboring pixels to obtain the respective filtered pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Jan Wassenberg, Jyrki Alakuijala, Sami Boukortt
  • Patent number: 11233875
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computing devices for establishing a content sharing session between computing devices are disclosed. In one example, prior to establishing the content sharing session: (1) user selection input selecting at least a portion of content displayed by a user computing device is received; (2) in response, a content sharing window comprising the portion of the content and user-selectable contact selectors is displayed; and (3) user contact input selecting a contact selector corresponding to a selected recipient is received. In response to receiving the user contact input, the content sharing session is established in which the portion of the content is provided to a recipient device associated with the selected recipient. An interaction region is displayed in the content sharing window, and recipient input from the recipient device is displayed in the interaction region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Rowan Forster
  • Patent number: 11229888
    Abstract: A mixing tee assembly suitable for phosphate acid attack reaction is described. The mixing tee assembly comprises an outer pipe having a mixing end and a tee end, wherein a tee structure is formed near the tee end to connect with additional piping; an inner pipe comprising a nozzle end connected to a nozzle and a open end; wherein the inner pipe is lined with a corrosion-resistant material on its inside surface; wherein when the inner pipe is assembled within the outer pipe, the nozzle extends beyond the mixing end of the outer pipe by at least ? of the inside diameter of the outer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: FloWorks International, LLC
    Inventor: Charles Jeffrey Witemyre
  • Patent number: 11230062
    Abstract: A system for part location and long-range scanning of large additively manufactured structures and method for using the same. In some embodiments, the method for locating and scanning a three-dimensional (3D) object comprises scanning a first portion of the 3D object from a first position via a long-range scanner on a mobile platform, determining whether additional portions of the 3D object require scanning, moving the long-range scanner via the mobile platform to a second position based on said determination that additional portions of the 3D object require scanning, and aligning each portion of the scanned 3D object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LOCAL MOTORS IP, LLC
    Inventors: Alexis Fiechter, Timofei Novikov, Robert Bedsole, Kyle Rowe, Charles Hill, David Riha
  • Patent number: 11229935
    Abstract: A hot stamping system includes a controller programmed to alter a coolant flow rate, without altering cycle time, in an active cooling system of a die arrangement, configured to hot stamp metal into components, based on an amount of heat transferred from the components to the active cooling system such that a grain structure of the components transitions from an austenitic state to a martensitic state while the die arrangement is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raj Sohmshetty, Constantin Chiriac, Torsten Hallfeldt, Elizabeth Bullard, James Engle
  • Patent number: 11230665
    Abstract: A disclosed light-emitting device may provide white light with a cyan gap coinciding with a melanopic sensitivity range and thus having reduced melanopic content. The disclosed light-emitting device may include a light source providing violet or blue light with a peak wavelength under 450 nanometers (nm). The disclosed light-emitting device may include at least one down-converter coupled to and located downstream of the light source and configured with a long-wavelength onset to convert the spectrum of the violet or blue light to generate white light with a spectral power content in a 447-531 nm wavelength range that is less than or equal to 10% of a total spectral power content in a 380-780 nm wavelength range. The disclosed light-emitting device may be incorporated in a light engine system that further includes a control system that controls a drive current to the light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Wouter A. Soer, Oleg B. Shchekin, Hans-Helmut Bechtel
  • Patent number: 11230875
    Abstract: An entry door drainable threshold comprises a front section including one or more water egress apertures; a trough section including one or more apertures; and a water ramp member disposed under the trough section and the front section, whereby water falls down through the one or more apertures of the trough section, down the water ramp member, and out of the entry door drainable threshold through the one or more water egress apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Inverge, LLC
    Inventors: Jan Calvin Bagnall, Jeff Daniel Zember
  • Patent number: 11232903
    Abstract: A method includes depositing a layer of alloy particles including rare earth permanent magnet phase above a substrate, laser scanning the layer while cooling the substrate to melt the particles, selectively initiate crystal nucleation, and promote columnar grain growth in a same direction as an easy axis of the rare earth permanent magnet phase. The method also includes repeating the depositing and scanning to form bulk anisotropic rare earth alloy magnet with aligned columnar grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Wanfeng Li, Feng Liang, Michael W. Degner
  • Patent number: 11233522
    Abstract: An image sensor may contain an array of imaging pixels. Each pixel column outputs signals that are read out using a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC may include at least first and second input sampling capacitors, a comparator, a capacitive digital-to-analog converter (CDAC), and associated control circuitry. If desired, the SAR ADC may include a bank of more than two input sampling capacitors alternating between sampling and conversion. The first capacitor may be used to sample an input signal while conversion for the second capacitor is taking place. Prior to conversion, an input voltage of the comparator and an output voltage of the CDAC may be initialized. During conversion of the signal on the first capacitor, the first capacitor is embedded within the SAR ADC feedback loop to prevent charge sharing between the input sampling capacitor and the CDAC, thereby mitigating potential capacitor mismatch issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Ishwar Chandra Mudegowdar, Tomas Pankrac
  • Patent number: 11231482
    Abstract: A radar system includes a signal generator to generate a linear frequency modulated continuous wave signal as a base chirp, and one or more frequency shifters to generate respective one or more additional chirps from the base chirp. The radar system also includes two or more switches. One of the two or more switches obtains a portion of the base chirp as a base transmit signal, and remaining ones of the two or more switches respectively obtain a portion of each of the one or more additional chirps as one or more additional transmit signals for transmission by the radar system. At least a portion of the base transmit signal and the one or more additional transmit signals overlaps in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Oded Bialer, David Shapiro
  • Patent number: 11231401
    Abstract: Provided are methods for detecting chromogranin A by mass spectrometry. In another aspect, provided herein are methods for quantitating chromogranin A by mass spectrometry. In another aspect, provided herein are methods for prognosis of or measuring the size of neuroendocrine tumors by mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC
    Inventors: Darren Weber, Michael P. Caufield, Michael McPhaul, Scott Goldman, Nigel Clarke
  • Patent number: 11232431
    Abstract: An example transaction analysis platform is described herein. The transaction analysis platform may analyze an audio signal to determine whether a user is associated with a transaction. The transaction analysis platform may determine that a tone of the audio signal is a transaction tone associated with the transaction. The transaction analysis platform may process, based on detecting the transaction tone, the audio signal to identify a set of tones associated with the transaction. The transaction analysis platform may generate, based on a quantity of the set of tones, transaction information associated with the transaction, wherein the transaction information identifies a quantity of items associated with the transaction, wherein the quantity of items corresponds to the quantity of the set of tones. The transaction analysis platform may perform an action associated with the transaction information and a transaction account of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Mossoba, Joshua Edwards, Abdelkader M'Hamed Benkreira