Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11270066
    Abstract: Selected data is temporarily formatted and charted to assist a user in visualizing the selected data without the user having to manually create the display of the charted data. Once the temporary formatting and charting is automatically applied to the selected data, a user may interact with the visual formatting and charts to gain additional information. For example, the chart may be formatted differently, reference lines may be added, the chart may be sorted, the type of chart(s) displayed may be changed, the user may graphically navigate over the chart to obtain more detailed information, and the like. Once the user has completed interacting with the temporarily formatted and created chart(s) the visualizations are removed from the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Chow Radakovitz, Brian Scott Ruble
  • Patent number: 11266098
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH011025. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH011025, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH011025 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH011025.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christian J. Buffard, Jeffrey M. Sernett, Gary R. Stangland
  • Patent number: 11266810
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for navigating within the heart and attaching to the wall of the heart for performing injection of one or more agents into tissue. The system includes an outer catheter, a mid catheter slidably disposed within a lumen of the outer catheter, and a needle catheter slidably disposed within a lumen of the mid catheter. The mid catheter includes a vacuum hood attached to a mid catheter distal end such that a radiopaque distal tip of the mid catheter extends into the vacuum hood. The vacuum hood includes at least two radiopaque features, the spatial relationship of which visibly changes under fluoroscopy when the vacuum hood is under sealed vacuum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CLPH, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen A. Leeflang, Christian S. Eversull
  • Patent number: 11266061
    Abstract: A vacuum system that includes a planter frame. A row unit bracket couples to the planter frame. A fan couples to the planter frame and draws air through a row unit. An exhaust duct extends through the row unit bracket. The exhaust duct couples to the fan and discharges airflow from the fan towards the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Brian Anderson, Chad Johnson, Brandon Kuboushek, Austin McLuckie
  • Patent number: 11269479
    Abstract: A system and methods are disclosed for automatic focus detection with relative threshold-aware cell visibility for a scrolling cell collection. The method includes identifying visible cells of a plurality of cells of a reference frame, the visible cells rendered in a graphical user interface (GUI) displaying at least a portion of the reference frame, determining, by a processing device rendering the GUI and for each visible cell of the visible cells, a distance value indicating a distance to a focus threshold in the reference frame that the visible cell has traveled since the visible cell became visible in the GUI, and modifying a behavior of the visible cells in the GUI based on the distance value of each of the visible cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Olayinka Sylvia Nguessan
  • Patent number: 11272266
    Abstract: A method includes periodically sending an Advanced Meter Reading (AMR) beacon from a node at a first regular time interval, the AMR beacon containing a register identification (ID) and a reading detected by the node, and periodically listening, at the node, for a hail message such that instances of listening occur at a second regular time interval smaller than the first regular time interval. The node can also be configured to receive a mobile command from a mobile transceiver, as well as a Network System Status Request and a parent assignment command from a stationary transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: David Edwin Splitz, Dale McLeod Magley, Brent Dukes
  • Patent number: 11268238
    Abstract: A cable-stranding apparatus includes a stationary guide, a motor, a driven guide, and a controller electrically coupled to the motor. The stationary guide is configured to guide strand elements in a spaced-apart configuration and to pass a core member. The motor is operatively associated with a guide driver. The driven guide is disposed at least partially within the guide driver so as to rotate therewith. The driven guide is configured to receive the strand elements from the stationary guide, individually guide the strand elements received from the stationary guide, and to further pass the core member. The controller is electrically coupled to the motor and configured to control the rotational speed and direction of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: David Wesley Chiasson, Craig Miller Conrad, Jonathan Edward Moon, Mark Wade Petersen, David Henry Smith
  • Patent number: 11266283
    Abstract: A replacement head for a vacuum device includes a plastic tray, a filter and a pad. The plastic tray includes a dust chamber that has a sealing surface and at least one opening. The opening is provided to allow air, dust and debris to be drawn into the dust chamber during use. The sealing surface defines a sealing surface plane and the opening defines an opening place. The relative angle between the sealing surface plane and the opening plane is preferably between about ?20 degrees and +150 degrees. The pad is attached to the lower side of the plastic tray and is in contact with the floor during cleaning. The filter is connected to the plastic tray such that the filter substantially covers a top opening in the dust chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Richard Mathias, Brandon J. Suleski, Michael Douglas
  • Patent number: 11268214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, which affords a molded article having soft texture and excellent heat resistance and among others, exhibits good moldability in molding by a material extrusion 3D printer. The present invention relates to a filament for material extrusion 3D printer molding, including a thermoplastic elastomer which contains at least a specific block copolymer and in which the ratio between storage modulus and loss modulus measured at 200° C. and 100 Hz by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement is in a specific range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: MCPP Innovation LLC, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Jiro Sano, Toshihisa Ishihara, Shigeyuki Furomoto
  • Patent number: 11268039
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to cooling hot biochar based on applying cool gas directly to the hot biochar. The gas may be steam comprising water vapor. Biochar may be cooled in a cooling chamber by cool steam injected into a steam loop configured to cool the steam. The biochar cooled with steam may be dried in a drying chamber by dry gas injected from a gas loop. The gas may be hydrocarbon gas. Biochar may be heated in a processing chamber. Heated biochar may be cooled in a cooling chamber by cool hydrocarbon gas injected to the cooling chamber. Biochar in the processing chamber may be heated with heat recovered from cooling. Filtered byproducts and tail gas may be recovered from the cooling chamber. Tail gas may be recycled. Various direct biochar cooling implementations may produce biochar having enhanced carbon content, increased surface area, and a hydrogen stream byproduct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ARIES CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Regnery, Joel Thornton, Matt Newman, Brandon Davis
  • Patent number: 11270211
    Abstract: Classification predictions made by a concept classifier may be interactively visualized and explored in a user interface that displays visual representations of a plurality of data items in a star coordinate space spanned by a plurality of anchor concepts each mapping the data items onto respective finite real-valued scores. Positions of the visual representations of the data items in the star coordinate space are based on the scores for the plurality of anchor concepts, and may be updated responsive to a user manipulating the anchor concepts in the user interface, e.g., by moving or modifying definitions of anchor concepts, or by adding or deleting anchor concepts. The visual representations may of the data items may reflect labels and/or classification predictions, and may be updated based on updated classification predictions following retraining the of the concept classifier based on added training data or new features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gonzalo A Ramos, Jin A Suh, Johannes H Verwey, Patrice Y Simard, Steven M Drucker, Nan-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11272597
    Abstract: A power supply system includes a converter configured to generate a drive signal based on a rectified input signal for powering a light source, a ripple control system including a voltage-controlled resistor (VCR) coupled to a secondary-side of the converter and configured to dynamically adjust a resistance of the VCR to compensate for ripples in the drive signal, and a controller configured to sense an output voltage of the converter, to calculate a voltage drop across the VCR, and to generate a feedback signal to control the drive signal of the converter based on the sensed output voltage and the calculated voltage drop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ERP POWER, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Archer, Louis Chen, James H. Mohan
  • Patent number: 11272039
    Abstract: A virtual reality network provides access to a number of virtual reality representations, each virtual reality representation representing a location in a virtual universe and defined by VR data stored on the network. The VR data can be in a simplified data format. A database stores the network address and the location in the universe of each virtual reality representation. A database server provides access to the database. The database server generates a list of locations in response to a location query from a visitor, and provides the network address of the virtual reality representation of a selected location. A visitor connects to the database server with a client host to visit the locations in the virtual universe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
    Inventor: John Cronin
  • Patent number: 11268690
    Abstract: A lighting system includes a first luminaire. The first luminaire includes a first light source that generates a first light output. The first luminaire also includes a first visual feedback response source that generates a first visual feedback response output. Additionally, the first luminaire includes a first speaker that generates a first audio output. Further, the lighting system includes a second luminaire. The second luminaire includes a second light source that generates a second light output and a second visual feedback response source that generates a second visual feedback response output. Furthermore, the second luminaire includes a second speaker that generates a second audio output. The second audio output is different from the first audio output such that the first speaker and the second speaker output different audio components of a multichannel audio protocol output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Charles Jeffrey Spencer, Towfiq M. Chowdhury, Mohammad Bani Hani, Daniel Francis Posacki, Kyle Michael Bradd, Gregory Philip Frankiewicz, Feng Chen, John Glenn Serra, Darcie Renee Callison
  • Patent number: 11272449
    Abstract: A random access channel (RACH) procedure includes a mobile terminal receiving from a network a message that indicates a RACH preamble for the mobile terminal. The terminal transmits the RACH preamble to the network and then receives a RACH response from the network. The terminal monitors a downlink channel according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time for radio resource allocation information for a data transmission by the terminal. The DRX active time specifies a time until the radio resource allocation information for the data transmission is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Optis Cellular Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Seung-June Yi, Sung-Jun Park, Young-Dae Lee, Sung-Duck Chun
  • Patent number: 11268746
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided that partially floods one of its freezers (e.g., the ice cream freezer) such that the refrigerant discharged by the freezer includes a liquid component. In this manner, the freezers in the system can operate at the same saturated suction temperature. A heat exchanger can be used to transfer heat to the liquid component of the discharge to evaporate the liquid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: Shitong Zha
  • Patent number: 11272281
    Abstract: One or more earbuds comprise one or more external connectors for removably coupling the earbuds with an additional article. The one or more earbuds are additionally able to comprise magnets for removably coupling with each other. In some embodiment, the one or more earbuds are configured to removably couple with a base unit. Based on a coupling and decoupling of the one or more earbuds with the base unit, a signal is sent to control a remotely located electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Snik LLC
    Inventor: Rob Honeycutt
  • Patent number: 11267409
    Abstract: A jack bracket is provided. The jack bracket comprises a bracket base including a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a flexible strap having a first end portion coupled to the first side and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, and a lock assembly configured to couple the second end portion of the flexible strap to the second side of the bracket base. The flexible strap further includes a connection member disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion. The connection member is selectively attached to a vehicle part and selectively released from the vehicle part. The jack bracket of the present disclosure allows for removal and installation of a jack in a simple and fast manner in a limited space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Han Zhou, Liu Ming, Zhuang Xu, Ge Zhenhong
  • Patent number: D945228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kitchen Companions, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Arote, Norman Hansen
  • Patent number: RE48961
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes one or more wheels positioned at a bottom side of the vehicle. The vehicle also includes a first light detection and ranging device (LIDAR) positioned at a top side of the vehicle opposite to the bottom side. The first LIDAR is configured to scan an environment around the vehicle based on rotation of the first LIDAR about an axis. The first LIDAR has a first resolution. The vehicle also includes a second LIDAR configured to scan a field-of-view of the environment that extends away from the vehicle along a viewing direction of the second LIDAR. The second LIDAR has a second resolution. The vehicle also includes a controller configured to operate the vehicle based on the scans of the environment by the first LIDAR and the second LIDAR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Gruver, Pierre-Yves Droz, Gaetan Pennecot, Anthony Levandowski, Drew Eugene Ulrich, Zachary Morriss, Luke Wachter, Dorel Ionut Iordache, Rahim Pardhan, William McCann, Bernard Fidric, Samuel William Lenius, Peter Avram