Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11230353
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods according to the present invention provides a human powered catamaran-styled watercraft and methods of configuring and operating the watercraft. The watercraft generally comprises at least one hull in communication with a folding collapsible frame, wherein in the frame comprises a center rack pivotally joining hulls of hull sets to provide for common pivoting of the hulls during articulation of the watercraft, thereby the hulls and frame are in further communication through a at least one pivot pad which provides for slidable pivoting of the hulls during articulation of the watercraft. A method of folding and reversibly extending the watercraft to provide for optimized storage is provided. A method of operation of the watercraft to provide for articulation of the watercraft is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: AQUA-SPIDER, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel P. Roche
  • Patent number: 11229537
    Abstract: An introduction arrangement for a fenestrated or branched stent graft intended for deployment into the lumen of a vessel having a blind vessel extending from it. The introducer has a distal end intended to remain outside a patient in use and a proximal end with a nose cone dilator and an arrangement to retain the branched stent graft distally of the nose cone dilator. A sheath on the introducer extends over the branched stent graft to the nose cone dilator. An indwelling catheter extends from the distal end of the introducer and enters the fenestration or side arm and through to the nose cone dilator, the indwelling catheter has a guide wire extending through it. The guide wire can be extended beyond the nose cone dilator in use before the sheath is withdrawn from the branched stent graft so that it can be snared from the contra-lateral artery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Ernest Hartley, John Lennon Anderson, Roy K. Greenberg, Wolf Stelter
  • Patent number: 11230203
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to selective illumination of charging port status indicators for an electrified vehicle. An example electrified vehicle includes a charging port configured to couple to a plug, a charging port status indicator configured to selectively illuminate to indicate a charging status of the charging port, and a controller configured to instruct the charging port status indicator to illuminate when data is transmitted via the charging port. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Lila Ghannam, Matt DeDona, Jered Dziadosz, Toussaint Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11231099
    Abstract: A differential assembly that may be provided with an axle assembly. The differential assembly may have a case that may have a first case portion and a second case portion. The first case portion may have a retainer pin hole that may receive a retainer pin that couples a spider shaft to the first case portion. The second case portion may inhibit removal of the retainer pin from the retainer pin hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Martin, Brian D. Hayes
  • Patent number: 11232792
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media are described related to automated assistants that proactively incorporate, into human-to-computer dialog sessions, unsolicited content of potential interest to a user. In various implementations, in an existing human-to-computer dialog session between a user and an automated assistant, it may be determined that the automated assistant has responded to all natural language input received from the user. Based on characteristic(s) of the user, information of potential interest to the user or action(s) of potential interest to the user may be identified. Unsolicited content indicative of the information of potential interest to the user or the action(s) may be generated and incorporated by the automated assistant into the existing human-to-computer dialog session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ibrahim Badr, Zaheed Sabur, Vladimir Vuskovic, Adrian Zumbrunnen, Lucas Mirelmann
  • Patent number: 11233384
    Abstract: A cable hanger includes a generally flat base and first and second opposed arms extending in a first direction from the base. Hooks are positioned on free ends of the arms. The arms form a gap configured to receive and grasp a cable. The base includes a cross-member that divides two arcuate openings, the cross-member attached at each end with a frangible section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Christopher Stockman
  • Patent number: 11234293
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing low data rate broadcast services. Different types of broadcast packets are detected among data packets received an external network. The different types broadcast packets contain different a different broadcast content. When a particular type of broadcast packet is detected, a transmit data rate is selected and Walsh codes are assigned for achieving the transmit data rate. Data packets corresponding to the broadcast packets are compressed, and at least one RLC block containing the compressed data packets is created. The RLC blocks are transmitted from a satellite using the assigned Walsh codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventor: Channasandra Ravishankar
  • Patent number: 11233665
    Abstract: Lighting fixture data hubs and systems and methods for use. An example of a data hub may include an annunciator configured to generate first and second indications; a sensor configured to detect a zone including one or more parking spaces, pedestrians, or other activity areas in a vicinity of the data hub and to determine whether or not one or more vehicles, pedestrians, and/or activities occurring in the activity areas are present within the zone, the sensor further configured to emit signals corresponding to said detection; and a gateway in communication with an on-board processor and the annunciator, the on-board processor configured for EDGE computing and processing to receive and analyze the signals from the sensor, communicate said signals to the gateway, and operable to allow the gateway to direct the annunciator to generate the first indication or the second indication in response to the signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: ECO Parking Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Longardner, Jeffrey Pinyot, Andrew Teed
  • Patent number: 11233502
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a circuit can include a pass device configured to receive an input voltage and provide an output voltage. The circuit can further include a current sink coupled with a control terminal of the pass device, the current sink being configured to discharge the control terminal of the pass device to limit the output voltage in response to the input voltage exceeding a threshold voltage. The circuit can also include a switch coupled in series with the current sink, the switch being configured to enable the current sink in response to the input voltage exceeding the threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Adam John Whitworth
  • Patent number: 11229985
    Abstract: A device is adapted to be coupled to a conveyor system and recondition at least one chain of the conveyor system. The device includes a base and at least one attachment element coupled to the base. The attachment element is adapted to detachably couple the device to the conveyor system. At least one reconditioning element is coupled to the base, and the reconditioning element is adapted to engage and recondition the chain as the chain moves relative to the reconditioning element. At least one biasing element is coupled to the reconditioning element, and the biasing element urges the reconditioning element away from the base and into engagement with the chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DFA Dairy Brands IP, LLC
    Inventor: Larry Sewell
  • Patent number: 11234049
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling implementation of dynamic content modification. The disclosure provides for using at least one steganographically-encoded timestamp in a media stream transmitted to a media client as a basis to determine a transmission delay for media-stream transmission to the media client, and for providing the determined transmission delay as a basis to facilitate control over whether to have the media client implement dynamic content modification. In addition, the disclosure provides for receiving respectively from each of various media clients a report indicating transmission delay determined for the media client based on such steganographically-encoded timestamp data, and using the transmission delays for the media clients to establish a dynamic-content-modification footprint that could be used to control whether, where, and to what extent dynamic content modification will be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin J. Ropke, Shashank C. Merchant, John S. Stavropoulos
  • Patent number: 11232418
    Abstract: A payment system reduces transaction costs for online merchants. The payment system receives a transaction amount for the purchase of goods or services by a consumer from an online merchant. The payment system receives bank identification numbers for a plurality of accounts of the consumer that could be used by the consumer to pay for the good or services. The payment system determines transaction costs associated with processing a payment transaction with an acquirer processor using each of the consumer accounts. The payment system determines a recommended consumer account to use for the purchase of the good or services based at least in part on the transaction costs. Tender steering information is generated and sent to the consumer. Tender steering information includes the recommended consumer account information and one or more incentives to incentivize the consumer to use the recommended consumer account for the payment of the goods or services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Worldpay, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis A. Kettler, Scott Wayne DeAngelo
  • Patent number: 11233800
    Abstract: Methods of secure resource authorization for external identities using remote principal objects are performed by systems and devices. An external entity creates a user group and defines entitlements to an owning entity's secure resource as a set of permissions for the group. An immutable access template with the permissions and an access policy for the secure resource are provided to the owning entity for approval. On approval, a remote principal object is created in the owner directory according to the permissions and access policy. A remote principal that is a group member requests access via an interface to the owner domain using external domain credentials. The identity of the remote principal is verified against the remote principal object by a token service. Verification causes generation and issuance of a token, with the enumerated entitlements, to the remote principal interface affecting a redirect for access to the secure resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Prakash Rao Dasari, Maksym Yaryn, Debashis Choudhury, Jeffrey A. Staiman
  • Patent number: 11232487
    Abstract: A system for integrated consumer interaction via media broadcast, comprising an immediate communication system that communicated with a media provider and a communications system, wherein the consumer submits a request to a content provider for interaction that is then handled by the immediate communication to establish an interaction with a communication system, and a method for providing integrated consumer interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: VIRTUAL HOLD TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Mark J. Williams
  • Patent number: 11232916
    Abstract: A control device may be configured to control one or more electrical loads in a load control system. The control device may be a wall-mounted device such as dimmer switch, a remote control device, or a retrofit remote control device. The control device may include a gesture-based user interface for applying advanced control over the one or more electrical loads. The types of control may include absolute and relative control, intensity and color control, preset, zone, or operational mode selection, etc. Feedback may be provided on the control device regarding a status of the one or more electrical loads or the control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Chris Dimberg, Matthew V. Harte, Matthew Philip McDonald, Daniel L. Twaddell
  • Patent number: 11233404
    Abstract: A method and system of managing power from a number of photovoltaic (PV) energy system includes measuring an output of a subset of PV energy systems, where each of the subset of PV energy systems includes a corresponding current sensor. The remaining PV energy systems do not include current sensors. The method also includes calculating the total power of all of the PV energy systems based on the measured output of the PV energy systems that include sensors. The method also includes determining a charging threshold for one or more storage systems, and determining a power threshold of IT clusters within a data center. The method also includes selectively utilizing energy from the PV energy systems to charge the storage systems or power the IT clusters. The method also includes upgrading and managing the PV system without additional sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11232827
    Abstract: A memory component includes a memory core comprising dynamic random access memory (DRAM) storage cells and a first circuit to receive external commands. The external commands include a read command that specifies transmitting data accessed from the memory core. The memory component also includes a second circuit to transmit data onto an external bus in response to a read command and pattern register circuitry operable during calibration to provide at least a first data pattern and a second data pattern. During the calibration, a selected one of the first data pattern and the second data pattern is transmitted by the second circuit onto the external bus in response to a read command received during the calibration. Further, at least one of the first and second data patterns is written to the pattern register circuitry in response to a write command received during the calibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Highlands, LLC
    Inventors: Craig E. Hampel, Richard E. Perego, Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Ely K. Tsern, Frederick A. Ware
  • Patent number: 11230187
    Abstract: A close-out assembly includes a housing and an inlet. The housing includes a wall that surrounds an opening. The wall includes an outer edge adjacent to the face plate and an inner edge. The inlet is coupled to the wall, and the inlet is accessible through the opening. The assembly includes a door coupled to the housing that is movable relative to the housing. The assembly includes a seal formed to the wall at the outer edge of the wall and the inner edge of the wall. The door engages one part of the seal when the door is in a closed position, and the inlet engages another part of the seal regardless of the position of the door. A method of manufacturing the assembly includes positioning a housing relative to a mold, and molding an elastomeric material to the housing using the mold to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Matthew M. Stack, Omair Mustafa
  • Patent number: 11233745
    Abstract: A method of reducing network traffic includes blocking, at a mobile device, a first channel to reduce network signaling in a network and to reduce battery consumption. The first channel includes a non-common channel. The method includes offloading application traffic of an application onto a second channel. The second channel may include a common channel. The method may include monitoring the application traffic of the application over the second channel, unblocking the first channel based on the monitored application traffic so that the application can perform an action, and re-blocking the first channel after the action has been completed. The method may include unblocking the first channel when user activity is detected, wherein the user activity includes whether the mobile device is being interacted with.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Seven Networks, LLC
    Inventors: Rami Alisawi, Ari Backholm, Huajie Hu, Alexandr Seleznyov, Jie Wei, Sungwook Yoon
  • Patent number: 11229767
    Abstract: A flow control apparatus includes a pressure regulator fluidly coupled to an inlet region and an outlet region and configured to reduce a pressure from a first value in the inlet region to a second value in the outlet region, where the second value is lower than the first value; and a variable area orifice disposed between the outlet region and an outlet opening of the apparatus, wherein a flow rate of a gas is controlled by the variable area orifice and is discharged from the apparatus to a gas supply line. A free area of the variable area orifice that is disposed between a movable element and a surface of the variable area orifice is configured to change linearly in response to a translation of the movable element relative to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Silverbow Development, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Allum, Gregory J. Kapust