Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Patent number: 12181011
    Abstract: An exemplary torque-limiting spindle includes an input member, an output member, a clutch mechanism, and a bias mechanism. The input member extends along a longitudinal axis, is configured for connection with a handle, and includes a first engagement feature. The output member extends along the longitudinal axis, is configured for connection with a rotatable member of a lockset, and includes a second engagement feature. The clutch mechanism includes the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature. The bias mechanism is engaged with the input member and the output member and exerts a biasing force urging the first engagement feature and the second engagement feature into engagement with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Drake Lunday, Adam M. Litwinski
  • Patent number: 12182967
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes systems and techniques for creating a super-resolution image (122) of a scene captured by a user device (102). Natural handheld motion (110) introduces, across multiple frames (204, 206, 208) of an image of a scene, sub-pixel offsets that enable the use of super-resolution computations (210) to form color planes (212, 214, 216), which are accumulated (218) and combined (220) to create a super-resolution image (122) of the scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Yi Hung Chen, Chia-Kai Liang, Bartlomiej Maciej Wronski, Peyman Milanfar, Ignacio Garcia Dorado
  • Patent number: 12184928
    Abstract: A content delivery network (CDN) includes UE gateways, a service switch (SS) mesh network, and server gateways. The CDN nodes maintain cache lists of mappings identifying corresponding upstream system nodes for content items available at content servers connected to the server gateways. When a CDN node receives an upstream service instance request for a specific content item by a corresponding UE connected to a UE gateway, upon determining that a mapping for the specific content item is in its cache list, the CDN node forwards the upstream service instance request to the corresponding upstream system node as part of a process of defining a downstream data path for the specific content item from the corresponding content server to the corresponding UE. The CDN enables service-level content delivery at lower levels of latency than conventional DNS-based systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Charter Communications Operating, LLC
    Inventor: Deh-Min Richard Wu
  • Patent number: 12180153
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds found in Harderian gland secretions, a method of treating dry eye in a human comprising ophthalmically administering an effective amount of a compound, e.g. a lipid compound, found in Harderian gland secretions, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said lipid compounds, as identified by characteristic chemical data and mass spectra of said lipid compounds, said lipid compound in essentially pure form, and an ophthalmic vehicle comprising a therapeutic agent and a compound present in the secretions of the Harderian gland, e.g. a lipid compound, found in the secretions of the Harderian gland, e.g. a rabbit Harderian gland.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: RestorTears, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel M. Albert, Arthur S. Polans
  • Patent number: 12180098
    Abstract: A device insertable inline in a condensation drain line for preventing algae “plugs” from forming in the drain line. The device has an inlet, an outlet and a reaction chamber therebetween. A charge of algaecide is positioned with respect to the floor of the reaction chamber in a feed channel so that, as condensate enters the inlet of the reaction chamber and is diverted toward the algaecide the algae in the condensate can be killed. Additional flow diverters apply backflow to retain the condensate in contact with the algaecide momentarily before the condensate exist the device and is discharged to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Always Clear, LLC
    Inventor: William Herbkersman
  • Patent number: 12182415
    Abstract: A RAM chip includes host dies and parity dies. A memory controller receives system data to be stored on the RAM chip that is in excess of the storage capacity of the host dies. The memory controller encodes the system data in the parity symbols of the parity dies. The system data is retrieved by decoding the parity symbols and identifying the system data from the decoded information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Majid Anaraki Nemati, Anthony Dwayne Weathers
  • Patent number: 12181568
    Abstract: The invention describes a radar system consisting of a plurality of subcomponents each individually having all components of a radar device which comprise at least transmitters, receivers, a mixer and a phase locked loop, wherein an individual phase code is generated for each transmitter; and transmitters and receivers of all subcomponents of the radar system together provide a virtual overall arrangement according to the Multiple Input Multiple Output method, wherein at least one virtual sub-arrangement of the overall arrangement, provided by a combination of transmitters of a subcomponent and receivers of a subcomponent, has at least one overlapping column or one overlapping row with another virtual sub-arrangement of the overall arrangement, wherein the at least other virtual sub-arrangement is provided by another combination of transmitters of a subcomponent and receivers of a subcomponent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GM Cruise Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Stefan Trummer
  • Patent number: 12185044
    Abstract: A specialized audio/instrument cable with built-in digital signal processing capabilities that adds digital audio sampling capabilities that allows the user to trigger synthesized sounds or virtual musical instruments from within the cable itself to affect the sound generated from an instrument or microphone such that the cable is the only connection needed between the instrument or microphone and an output device. Using voice recognition, the specialized cable can select an audio effects chain algorithm and/or sampled sound algorithm extrapolated from a musical digital audio fingerprint (MDAF) created from a desired musician's instrument to alter the sound of the input instrument's audio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Prophet Productions, LLC
    Inventors: Bobby Elijah Aviv, David G. Aviv, Mark Schaffel, Guy Zohar
  • Patent number: 12183347
    Abstract: Processing stacked data structures is provided. A system receives an input audio signal detected by a sensor of a local computing device, identifies an acoustic signature, and identifies an account corresponding to the signature. The system establishes a session and a profile stack data structure including a first profile layer having policies configured by a third-party device. The system pushes, to the profile stack data structure, a second profile layer retrieved from the account. The system parses the input audio signal to identify a request and a trigger keyword. The system generates, based on the trigger keyword and the second profile layer, a first action data structure compatible with the first profile layer. The system provides the first action data structure for execution. The system disassembles the profile stack data structure to remove the first profile layer or the second profile layer from the profile stack data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Anshul Kothari, Gaurav Bhaya, Tarun Jain
  • Patent number: 12185540
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional memory device includes forming an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers over a substrate, forming a memory opening extending through the alternating stack, forming a sacrificial memory opening fill structure in the memory opening, replacing the sacrificial material layers with electrically conductive layers, removing the sacrificial memory opening fill structure selective to the electrically conductive layers, and forming a memory opening fill structure the memory opening after replacing the sacrificial material layers with electrically conductive layers and after removing the sacrificial memory opening fill structure. The memory opening fill structure includes a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Michiaki Sano, Yusuke Mukae, Naoki Takeguchi, Yujin Terasawa, Tatsuya Hinoue, Ramy Nashed Bassely Said
  • Patent number: 12180466
    Abstract: Methods of extracting ribonucleic acid from plant tissue involve treating multiple groups of plant seeds with different plant growth regulators. Each group of plant seeds can be treated with a different plant growth regulator. Methods further involve germinating the plant seeds to form seedlings, harvesting tissue samples from subgroups within each group of plant seeds and seedlings at different timepoints, and extracting total RNA from each harvested tissue sample. Methods can also involve sequencing the extracted RNA, determining an expression level of a plurality of genes relative to a negative control, and identifying a subset of differentially expressed genes at each distinct timepoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: WinField Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Zuk, Stephanie Wedryk
  • Patent number: 12183209
    Abstract: An apparatus for swarm communication for an electric aircraft fleet, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of electric aircraft connected by a mesh network. The apparatus further includes a computing device communicatively connected to the mesh network, wherein the computing device includes an authentication module configured to authenticate each electric aircraft and facilitate communication of a plurality of aircraft data between the plurality of electric aircraft. The computing device includes a plurality of communication components, each assigned to an electric aircraft of the electric aircraft fleet, wherein each communication component is configured to transmit the aircraft data to the communication component of its assigned electric aircraft. The apparatus further includes a cloud database configured to record the plurality of aircraft data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BETA AIR LLC
    Inventor: Herman Wiegman
  • Patent number: 12179618
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes a synchronous switching DC/DC voltage converter, switches configured to selectively connect external charging terminals to a traction battery, the voltage converter, and external load terminals, and at least one controller programmed to operate the voltage converter and control the switches to connect the external charging terminals to the voltage converter and the external load terminals based on nominal voltage of the traction battery relative to voltage at the external charging terminals and a requested voltage supplied to the external load terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Turner Lieberman, Prahlad Saggere, Haider Mhiesan, Christopher Ballard
  • Patent number: 12178332
    Abstract: A breathable crib bed and bumper system includes a bed frame having a plurality of raised side panels, an open top end and an open bottom end. A series of air holes are positioned through each of the raised side panels, and connectors are positioned along the outer surfaces of each of the raised side panels. A breathable mesh topper is connected to the frame by the connectors and is suspended above the open top end of the frame. Impact resistant padding is positioned along the frame panels. A breathable crib bumper having a flat bottom surface is positioned between the bottom of the frame and a crib support. The bumper includes a plurality of breathable raised side walls that are connected to the raised side walls of the crib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ackerman and Ackerman Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Mary Ackerman, Ruth Ackerman
  • Patent number: 12180356
    Abstract: Propylene-ethylene copolymers are provided that exhibit superior tensile strength and mechanical properties due to their specific propylene and ethylene content, triad tacticity, viscosity, and crystallinity. Moreover, we have discovered that certain processing conditions, such as polymerization temperature and external donor to catalyst ratios, can facilitate the production of the high tensile strength propylene-ethylene copolymers described herein. Furthermore, the high tensile strength propylene-ethylene copolymers may be used to produce a variety of hot melt adhesives, such as those for hygiene applications, woodworking applications, lamination applications, and packaging applications, which exhibit unique and superior mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Synthomer Adhesive Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jianning Liu, Marc Stacey Somers, Bennett Haines Novak, Raymond Prescott Cottle, Bee Kim Liew, Andrea Gail Hagood, Terri Roxanne Carvagno
  • Patent number: 12179232
    Abstract: This invention provides a system and method for impregnating surfaces, which are typically porous and/or textile-based, with antiviral/antibacterial compounds in a manner that is robust, effective and straightforward. Such techniques can be employed during manufacture of the underlying item (e.g. PPE) and/or in the field. In an illustrative embodiment, a system and method for providing antiviral and antibacterial properties to a porous surface is provided. It includes a suspension consisting of a water-based solvent and an active ingredient consisting of at least one of a nanoparticulate metal and a chelated metal. The suspension is applied using an application process that immerses or sprays the suspension relative to the surface. Illustratively, the metal is at least one of silver, copper and titanium. Alternatively, or additionally, the metal can a chelated copper. The suspension can also include a salt component, such as sodium chloride. Additionally, the suspension can include a water repellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Unique Equipment Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Oleksandr Yuriiovych Mykytiuk
  • Patent number: 12185042
    Abstract: A dual-axis swivel speaker mount assembly includes a base section for attachment to a supporting object, a central section, a speaker section for direct/indirect attachment to a speaker, a first pivot assembly pivotably connecting the base section and the central section, a second pivot assembly pivotably connecting the central section to the speaker section, and two to four securing assemblies for selectively securing the pivot assemblies against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MUSIC EXPRESS LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Kallas, J. Herschel Blankenship
  • Patent number: 12178151
    Abstract: A fertilizer-application method comprises (a) receiving an aqueous solution of a cyanamide compound into a heated segment of a hydrolyzer; (b) allowing the cyanamide compound to hydrolyze in the heated segment, thereby forming an aqueous cyanamide hydrolysate (ACH); (c) allowing the ACH to cool under pressure; and (d) applying the ACH, after cooling, to soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: THG, LLC
    Inventors: J. Dustin Hultine, Robert Kurt Graupner
  • Patent number: 12181901
    Abstract: A method of storing fluid from an oil well includes the steps: providing storage tanks; providing a diversion tank; coupling a fill manifold to the storage tanks and to the diversion tank, the fill manifold having a first control valve controlling flow of the fluid to the storage tanks, the fill manifold having a second control valve controlling flow of the fluid to the diversion tank; associating a sensor with at least one of the storage tanks without accessing a top of any of the storage tanks, the sensor being configured to determine a volume of the fluid within at least one of the storage tanks; associating a control system with the fill manifold and the sensor; and actuating the first and second control valves using the control system in response to at least one detection by the sensor to ensure that the storage tanks are not overfilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ideal Completion Services LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Myers, Glenn Doiron, Richard Defreitas
  • Patent number: 12182213
    Abstract: Systems and methods of determining languages of users in networked environments are provided herein. A data processing system having one or more processors coupled with memory can receive, from a client device, a request for content identifying an account profile. The data processing system can determine, using a log record identifying activities of the account profile, a first set of candidate languages. The data processing system can identify a plurality of information resources to be presented in accordance with a ranking. The data processing system can determine a second set of candidate languages from the plurality of languages based on content in each information resource and a corresponding ranking of each information resource. The data processing system can identify a set of languages included in both the first set of candidate languages and the second set of candidate languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Prajakta Kalekar, Yiding Liu