Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 12181240Abstract: A slide assembly for a firearm can include a slide having a top side, a proximal end, a mounting recess about the top side of the slide, a housing recess about the proximal end of the slide, and a retaining hole intersecting the housing recess; an extractor assembly mounted within the housing recess; and an optic sight positioned at least partially in the mounting recess, the optic sight coupled to the slide by a fastener received by the retaining hole, the fastener extending at least partially through the housing recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Shadow Systems LLCInventors: Anthony Joseph Ribic, Richard Trevor Simpson Roe
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Patent number: 12179555Abstract: A method for defogging a window of a vehicle includes steps of automatically selecting a climate control system operating mode and determining a risk of window fogging. The climate control system operating mode is selected from an outside air mode, an air-conditioning mode, and a defrost mode. A controller determines the risk of window fogging according to one or more inputs, and the same or a different controller may automatically select the climate control system operating mode. The controller is configured to increase a climate control system blower speed to increase a rate of airflow provided by the currently-actuated climate control system operating mode. The controller may sequentially advance the climate control system operating mode through the outside air mode, air-conditioning mode, and defrost mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alan Gutowski, Manfred Koberstein, William Stewart Johnston
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Patent number: 12182883Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes establishing a video call between a plurality of client systems, wherein access to an assistant system is persistently maintained during the video call, receiving, from a first client system of the plurality of client systems, a request by a first user to be performed by the assistant system during the video call, wherein the request references one or more activities associated with one or more users associated with the plurality of client systems, analyzing, by a context engine of the assistant system, images of a scene of the video call to identify the one or more activities within the scene, instructing the assistant system to execute the request based on the identified one or more activities, and sending, to one or more of the plurality of client systems, a response to the request while maintaining the video call between the plurality of client systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Xiaohu Liu, Baiyang Liu, Rajen Subba
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Patent number: 12178999Abstract: A syringe-based device for procuring bodily fluid samples can include a housing having a port that can be coupled to a lumen-defining device for receiving bodily fluids, an actuator mechanism including a pre-sample reservoir, a removable plunger cap operably coupled with pre-sample reservoir, a plunger tube, a valve, a plunger seal, and a selectively attachable collection vial for capturing a bodily fluid sample.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: True Concepts Medical Technologies, LLCInventor: Michael Hopkins
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Patent number: 12182949Abstract: An amusement ride system includes a ride vehicle configured to carry a passenger, one or more sensors configured to detect a face and a body of the passenger while the passenger is in the ride vehicle, and a display assembly configured to be viewable by the passenger while the passenger is in the ride vehicle. The amusement ride system also includes a controller configured to generate an animation based on signals received from the one or more sensors and to instruct display of the animation on the display assembly. The signals are indicative of movement of the face and the body of the passenger, and the animation mimics the movement of the face and the body of the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Universal City Studios LLCInventors: Anthony Melo, Akiva Meir Krauthamer
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Patent number: 12179122Abstract: A mechanical advantage device includes a base, a beam pivotably connected to the base at a fulcrum between a first end of the beam and a second end of the beam, a seat at the first end of the beam, and a load at the second end of the beam. In some embodiments, the mechanical advantage device includes structure, such as a linkage, for effecting oscillation of the beam by shifting weight along the beam. The mechanical advantage device may be a single-person seesaw. In some embodiments, the mechanical advantage device may be used to move a car or to generate power.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2024Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: People Levers LLCInventor: John H. Bevis, Jr.
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Patent number: 12183163Abstract: Systems and methods for combined or hybrid online and in-casino wagering game tournaments are provided. Combined online and in-casino tournaments may permit both online and in-casino players at non-dedicated machines to participate in the same tournament asynchronously. Hybrid online and in-casino tournaments may permit a single player to utilize both online and in-casino gaming sessions conducted at non-dedicated machines to participate in the same tournament asynchronously.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems, LLCInventors: Stephen Moore, Todd Wingate, Carolyn Moore
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Patent number: 12179983Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a top engaging article carrier for packaging one or more articles and a blank for forming the carrier. The article carrier comprises an engaging panel (12A, 12B) having at least one ply and comprising; a first side edge (E1), a first end edge (E2) and a corner (BC) defined by the first side and end edges (E1, E2). The engaging panel (12A, 12B) comprises a corner area (18) extending between the corner (BC) and an article-receiving aperture (A1, A2) in the engaging panel (12A, 12B). The aperture (A1, A2) comprises a first engaging edge (E4) at a position across the corner area (18) from the corner (BC). The first engaging edge (E4) is curved. The first engaging edge (E4) has a radius of curvature (r3) greater than the radius (r1) of the corner aperture (A1, A2).Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems, LLCInventors: Matthew E. Zacherle, Casey P. Grey
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Patent number: 12180700Abstract: A sound damping wallboard for installation on an installed wallboard, a sound damping wallboard system, and a method of constructing a sound damping wallboard on a building structure are disclosed. The sound damping wallboard includes a gypsum layer having a gypsum layer inner surface and a gypsum layer outer surface, a first sound damping layer disposed at the gypsum layer inner surface and having a first sound damping layer inner surface opposite the gypsum layer inner surface, a first encasing layer disposed at the gypsum layer outer surface, a second encasing layer disposed at the first sound damping layer inner surface, and a second sound damping layer disposed at the second encasing layer opposite the first sound damping layer inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Gold Bond Building Products, LLCInventors: Jeff Hawk, Tommy Wilson, Michael N. Blades, Joseph J. Bailey, Brian G. Randall
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Patent number: 12181526Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for improved anomaly detection for rotating machines. An example method may include determining a rotational speed of a rotating machine; determining, using a frequency domain transform of a signal, a frequency domain signal; determining, based on the rotational speed, a first frequency band within the frequency domain signal for identifying a fault frequency; determining a fault frequency within the first frequency band; determining, based on the fault frequency, a second frequency band within the first frequency band, wherein the second frequency band includes the fault frequency; determining, based on the second frequency band, a first fault index and a baseline of the first fault index; determining, based on a deviation of a second fault index from the baseline, a fault condition; and providing an alert based on the fault condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Shahid Ali, Sumitha Mohan, Balakrishna Pamulaparthy
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Patent number: 12179469Abstract: A microporous membrane is made by a dry-stretch process and has substantially round shaped pores and a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to transverse direction tensile strength in the range of 0.5 to 5.0. The method of making the foregoing microporous membrane includes the steps of: extruding a polymer into a nonporous precursor, and biaxially stretching the nonporous precursor, the biaxial stretching including a machine direction stretching and a transverse direction stretching, the transverse direction stretching including a simultaneous controlled machine direction relax.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Celgard, LLCInventors: Xiangyun Wei, Charles Haire
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Patent number: 12181690Abstract: An optical security element to limit counterfeiting. The element includes a lens array with a first side and a second planar side opposite the first side. A plurality of lenses are formed on the first side of the lens array, and an ink layer is provided proximate the second planar side. The ink layer provides an interlaced image, which includes a matrix of frame or image elements under each of a plurality of lens sets or “virtual lenses,” each of which includes at least four lenses arranged in a grouping with an equal or unequal number of lenses on a side (e.g., a 2 by 2 array or a 2 by 3 array). The interlaced element are arranged in non-sequential order in two interlacing axes (e.g., via non-sequential interlacing in both directions) to be distributed throughout an area under the at least four lenses rather than under a single lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Lumenco, LLCInventors: Mark A. Raymond, Hector Andres Porras Soto
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Patent number: 12182120Abstract: A node of a database system is operable to receive a plurality of data blocks from a set of source nodes via a set of relay nodes. At least one feedback data block to be sent to at least one of the set of source nodes is generated. Feedback relay node selection data selecting at least one of a plurality of nodes in the database system for facilitating routing of the at least one feedback data block from the node to the at least one of the set of source nodes via a prioritized feedback communication mechanism is generated. The at least one feedback data block is sent to the at least one of the plurality of nodes selected in the feedback relay node selection data. The at least one feedback data block is routed from the node to the at least one of the set of source nodes via the prioritized feedback communication mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Ocient Holdings LLCInventors: George Kondiles, Jason Arnold, S. Christopher Gladwin, Joseph Jablonski, Daniel Coombs, Andrew D. Baptist
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Patent number: 12184906Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for dynamically detecting repetitive content. The content that is detected as repetitive may be cached for longer periods of time. Subsequent re-transmissions of the repetitive content to user devices may be done by retrieving the content from a cache rather than requesting the content from a transcoder and/or a packager. The repetitive content segments may be retrieved from a cache, thereby saving transcoding and other system resources. A data file may be generated to map the stored segments to their cache locations and to indicate a predicted time for future transmission of the content.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLCInventor: Garey Hassler
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Patent number: 12182375Abstract: Electronic devices described herein are configured to display updated content associated with a first application having a first user interface element disposed in a background area of a display that is obscured by a second user interface element associated with a second application. Responsive to a command from the first application to notify the user of the updated content, the operating system displays at least a portion of a translucent version of the first user interface element with the updated content in the foreground display area, wherein the translucent version of the first user interface element obscures at least a portion of the second user interface element.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Matthias Baer
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Patent number: 12179075Abstract: An apparatus for storing equipment is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing including a plurality of members configured to rotate relative to each other, about an attachment portion of the plurality of members, between a closed position forming an interior cavity and an open position, an assembly attached to the housing and configured to rotate relative to the housing, a shaping member attached to one of the plurality of members and configured to rotate relative to the one of the plurality of members, and at least one aperture extending through the one of the plurality of members. The shaping member is configured to removably receive the equipment.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Platypus Golf Company LLCInventor: Thomas Travers
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Patent number: 12179284Abstract: An improved laser weld process control system and method are provided. The system and method include a machine vision camera to detect a deviation between a pre-programmed laser beam toolpath and a gap centerpoint between first and second parts being welded together. The first and second parts are secured to a rotatable fixture, and the system and method cause the rotatable fixture to rotate through a corrective angle to bring the gap centerpoint into alignment with the laser beam toolpath, optionally in real time during the application of laser beam energy. The system and method can also correct for a vertical misalignment of the laser focal point due to rotation of the fixture by adjusting the vertical separation of the laser unit relative to the fixture.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: DM3D Technology, LLCInventors: Vijayavel Bagavath-Singh, Jason Franceschina, Mark Lewan, Bhaskar Dutta
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Patent number: 12179396Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process. In an embodiment, the process includes providing pellets of a regrind material. The regrind material is a post-consumer recycle multilayer film (PCR multilayer film) having at least three layers. The PCR multilayer film is composed of (i) a polyethylene layer, (ii) a polyamide layer, and (iii) a tie layer. The tie layer is composed of maleic anhydride grafted substantially linear ethylene polymer (MAH-g-SLEP) having a Mw/Mn from 1.5 to less than 3.5 and a melt index from 0.5 g/10 min to less than 25 g/10 min. The process includes extruding the pellets to form an extrudate, molding the extrudate, and forming, with the extrudate, a molded article having a surface. The surface of the molded article has a surface roughness value, Sa, less than 1000 nm and a root mean square roughness value, Sq, less than 1400 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Brian W. Walther, Sachin Laddha
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Patent number: 12180780Abstract: A fenestration assembly comprises a frame having a first jamb and a second jamb parallel to and spaced from the first jamb; a movable sash movably mounted to the frame; a fixed sash fixedly attached to the frame; a plurality of clips coupling the fixed sash to the frame; and an adhesive connector securing an outer face of the fixed sash to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: MILGARD MANUFACTURING LLCInventor: Troy Kunkel
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Patent number: 12181262Abstract: In some embodiments, an arrow comprises a shaft, a nock and a structural asymmetry orienting a weak bending axis of the arrow.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: MCP IP, LLCInventors: Jeffrey J. Ozanne, Mathew A. McPherson, John R. Scovil, Mark J. Hayes, Jeffrey A. Ozanne
