Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 11201401
    Abstract: A system includes a remote electronic tilt phase shifter module, a motor, a mechanical linkage that connects the motor to the remote electronic tilt phase shifter module, a current management circuit that generates a motor control signal responsive to a current control signal, and a driver circuit that is configured to selectively connect the motor to a power supply in response to the motor control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Wencai George Jing, Dale R. Moore, Sammit Patel
  • Patent number: 11198756
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a curable composition that includes an epoxy resin and a curing component comprising a blend of at least two amines. The curable composition may be combined with reinforced fibers and cured to form a composite article which can be used in various applications, such as in wind turbine blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN Petrochemical LLC
    Inventors: Hui Zhou, David C Lewis, Howard P. Klein, Robert A. Grigsby, Feixia Chen, Katty Darragas
  • Patent number: 11199986
    Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for requesting, by a computing device, information about whether a source and a destination belong to one of a same storage array and storage cluster. Information may be requested about whether the source and the destination support direct data transfer mechanisms between the source and the destination. A copy process may be offloaded from a host computing device to the source and the destination to copy data from the source to the destination when the source and the destination belong to one of a different storage array and storage cluster and when the source and the destination support the direct data transfer mechanisms, and the copy process may be executed on the host device to copy data from the source to the destination when one of the source and the destination does not support the direct data transfer mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Prakash Venkatanarayanan, Gaurav Mukul Bhatnagar, Sreenivasa Honnur Sathyanarayana
  • Patent number: 11202358
    Abstract: In a general aspect, a discharge circuit for discharging a voltage from a USB connector pin can include a discharge load configured to discharge the voltage from the pin. The discharge circuit can also include a first control circuit configured to adjust a magnitude of the discharge load during discharging, such that power consumption is less than or equal to a discharge power limit, and a discharge time is less than or equal to a discharge time limit. The discharge circuit can further include a second control circuit configured to detect whether the voltage of the pin is changed based on a first reference voltage during discharging and adjust the magnitude of the discharge load in response to the change in the voltage of the pin, such that a slew rate of the voltage is less than or equal to a slew rate limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: WeiMing Sun, Jianli Chen
  • Patent number: 11200027
    Abstract: A method includes determining, by an assistant executing at one or more processors, a default group of actions that the assistant is configured to execute in response to receiving a particular audible command. The method includes determining, by the assistant, based on the default group of actions and a user profile associated with a particular user, a custom group of actions that the assistant is configured to execute in response to receiving the particular audible command from the particular user. The method also includes receiving, by the assistant, an indication of the particular audible command, and determining, by the assistant, whether the indication of particular audible command originated from the particular user. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the indication of particular audible command originated from the particular user, executing, by the assistant, each action from the custom group of actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Vikram Aggarwal, Michael Andrew Goodman
  • Patent number: 11198428
    Abstract: A vehicle system and method for remote start operation in the vehicle system are provided. The method includes responsive to receiving a remote start request and while the vehicle is stationary, automatically engaging a wheel-arresting device coupled to a wheel in the vehicle. The method also includes when an electronically actuated clutch is automatically disengaged and subsequent to the automatic engagement of the wheel-arresting device, implementing remote start operation in an engine, where the wheel-arresting device is distinct from a secondary vehicle brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Matthew John Shelton, Michael Glenn Fodor, Todd Anthony Rumpsa, Patrick J. Curran, Urs Christen
  • Patent number: 11197584
    Abstract: A teething spoon may include a feeding end with a concave, textured surface configured to retain soft food and stimulate a tongue, mouth, or gums of a teething toddler; a base having a base diameter at its greatest extent and at least one aperture capable of receiving a removable tether; a handle coupling the feeding end to the base; and a safety guard adjacent the feeding end that extends perpendicularly. The safety guard may have a perpendicular reach of about 50 mm and may include a first loop and second loop opposite and in plane with the first loop. The first and second loops may allow a cylinder of about 10 mm or about 13 mm to pass through unobstructed. The base may comprise a generally hemispherical structure that enables the teething spoon to be disposed vertically. A slot in the base may be configured to accommodate a removable tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Busy Baby LLC
    Inventors: Beth Fynbo, Aaron Nelson, Edward Packer
  • Patent number: 11197499
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: San Li, Georgios D. Karles, Richard Jupe, Gerd Kobal, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 11202138
    Abstract: An in-ear device comprises a transducer section, a front volume section, and a rear volume section. The transducer section includes a frame and piezoelectric actuators coupled to the frame. The piezoelectric actuators are configured to generate an acoustic pressure wave. The transducer section includes a first side and a second side, the second side being opposite the first side. The front volume section is coupled to the first side to form a front cavity, the front volume section including an aperture from which the generated acoustic pressure wave exits the front volume section towards an ear drum of a user. The rear volume section is coupled to the second side to form a rear cavity. The transducer section, the front volume section, and the rear volume section are configured to fit entirely within the ear canal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Churning Zhao, Scott Porter, Drew Stone Briggs, Antonio John Miller
  • Patent number: 11201382
    Abstract: An antenna housing is provided that is configured to be mounted to a pole. The antenna housing has spaced upper and lower ends. A sidewall extends between and around the spaced ends to define an interior of the housing. This interior may house and/or partially conceal one or more antennas. Inlet and outlet ducting extend through the sidewall of the housing to individually cool each antenna within the interior of the housing. The inlet and outlet duct may connect to a cooling duct that is in fluid communication with a heat rejection surface of the antenna. Accordingly, each antenna may be cooled using ambient air and the heated air may be exhausted outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Comptek Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Michael Hoganson
  • Patent number: 11197547
    Abstract: A suction-attached shelving system and method is provided. The system includes a suction-based attachment structure including a releasable suction disc, a suction housing, and a suction lever arm. The suction-based attachment structure may be attached to a vertical surface such as a window by using the suction lever arm to establish a suctional engagement of the releasable suction disc and suction housing with the vertical surface. The suction-based attachment structure is connected to a shelf structure by a shelf rotation axle. The shelf structure includes a front portion that may be folded relative to a back portion for ease of transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Abvious, LLC
    Inventors: Michael F. Bolos, Jason Grohowski, Kyle Buzzard, Gary Paulsen
  • Patent number: 11201383
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a radiation plate, a first feed board, and a second feed board. The radiation plate includes a radiation patch and a plurality of slot members, and each slot member includes a fixing groove and a guide groove communicating with the fixing groove. The first feed board includes a first fixing member at an end facing the radiation patch. The second feed board includes a second fixing member at an end facing the radiation patch, and the second feed board is compatible with the first feed board through a plug-in connection. The fixing grooves of the plurality of slot members respectively match the first fixing member and the second fixing member to realize an in-line cooperation of the radiation plate, the first feed board, and the second feed board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: ROSENBERGER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., ROSENBERGER TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Tao Jiang, Dele Wang, Qun Chen, Jun Zhao, Xu Wang, Jing Sun
  • Patent number: 11201388
    Abstract: A base station antenna (BSA) system includes a radio-frequency (RF) generator having a plurality of power-amplifying circuits therein, and an antenna, which includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements. These radiating elements are electrically coupled by RF signal routing to a corresponding plurality of ports of the antenna that receive a corresponding plurality of RF input signals. These RF input signals have respective amplitudes and phases that support the concurrent generation of three spaced-apart RF beams by the antenna and are derived from respective RF signals generated by the plurality of power-amplifying circuits. The RF input signals including: (i) a first RF input signal defined by at least two linearly superposed RF signals of equivalent frequency having unequal combinations of amplitude and phase weighting, and (ii) a second RF input signal defined by at least two linearly superposed RF signals of equivalent frequency having unequal combinations of amplitude and phase weighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Martin L. Zimmerman, Björn Lindmark
  • Patent number: 11201952
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for controlling content distribution includes forwarding information associated with a user to a device operated by the user, the information being configured for use in selecting content from any of multiple content providers for a content distribution to the user. The method includes receiving, in response to the information, an edit of the information forwarded from the device. The edit identifies a first content provider and including a first modification of the content distribution regarding the first content provider. The method includes storing the edit in association with the information such that the first modification is taken into account in the content distribution. The method can be implemented using a computer program product tangibly embodied in a computer-readable storage medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Aitan Weinberg, Rajas Moonka, Brad H. Bender, Brian Axe, Oren E. Zamir, Gregor Hochmuth
  • Patent number: 11197674
    Abstract: A hair grasping device comprising a handle and a grasping mechanism on an end of the handle. The grasping mechanism includes a finger having a handle end and a grasping end and a hair grip extending from the grasping end of the finger. The hair grip and the finger are moveable with respect to one another between a hair grasping position and a hair holding position and the hair grip is operably coupled with the finger when in the hair holding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: 11:11, LLC
    Inventors: David Carl Krupp, Kathleen Bartel, Maddie Dietz, Alyssa Esquivel, Tracy Piplani, Charles E. Romans
  • Patent number: 11202070
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method determines a first set of reference pixels for a current block to be coded. The current block is split into a plurality of sub-partitions. The method processes a first sub-partition in the plurality of sub-partitions using the first set of reference pixels and a second sub-partition in the plurality of sub-partitions using the first set of reference pixels in parallel. Then the method processes a third sub-partition in the plurality of sub-partitions based on a second set of reference pixels determined from the processing of the first sub-partition and processing a fourth sub-partition in the plurality of sub-partitions based on a third set of reference pixels determined from the processing of the second sub-partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HULU, LLC
    Inventors: Wenhao Zhang, Jing Cui
  • Patent number: 11200336
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for identifying potential identity fraud by tracking a user's typical communication patterns. If a new communication is received from someone who purports to be a trusted user, but the communication exhibits communication traits that are not typical for the user, additional identity fraud prevention steps may be taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Van Antwerp, James Bradley Hein
  • Patent number: 11201581
    Abstract: A roof mount assembly mounts a structure to a roof having a rafter and a substrate supported by the rafter. The roof mount assembly includes a piece of flashing positioned on the substrate. The flashing includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and an aperture extending through the flashing. A fastener extends through the flashing aperture. A bracket is connected to the flashing via the fastener, and the bracket is sized to support at least one roof-mounted structure on the roof. A seal is positioned between the flashing aperture and the fastener. The seal is sized to form a water-tight seal with the aperture to inhibit flow of fluid through the aperture. The seal includes a first portion and a second portion, in which the first portion is positioned to abut the flashing first surface and the second portion is positioned to extend through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Ecofasten Solar, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Cecil Stearns, Douglas Timothy Lounsbury
  • Patent number: D938241
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Suncast Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William J. Phillips, Michael Uffner, Torrence Anderson, Stephen Whitehead
  • Patent number: D938405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Partegra, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony Siracuse