Patents Assigned to LLC
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Patent number: 11179530Abstract: A therapeutic intubation device may comprise a tube, a first probe channel, a second probe channel, a first probe and a second probe. In various embodiments, a tube may have an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end. The body may define a first channel between the proximal end and the distal end. A first probe channel may be defined in the body. A second probe channel defined in the body. A first probe may comprise a first body portion and a first end portion, the first end portion comprising a first ultraviolet-c (“UVC”) light emitting device. The first probe may be installable the first probe channel such that the first end portion of the first probe is adjacent the distal end of the tub during operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: New Treatment Horizons, LLCInventor: Matthew Corey
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Patent number: 11180196Abstract: A structural panel joining part for a vehicle having an underbody hold-down panel, a floor panel, a dash panel, and a cowl side panel includes an underbody coupling first portion configured to couple to at least one of the underbody hold-down panel and the floor panel, a dash panel coupling second portion configured to couple to the dash panel, and a cowl side coupling third portion configured to couple to the cowl side panel. The structural panel joining part maintains structural integrity between the underbody hold-down panel, the floor panel, the dash panel, and the cowl side panel to provide structural reinforcement during small overlap rigid barrier impacts to facilitate reducing structural intrusion into an occupant compartment of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Amandeep S Gill, Scott E Zilincik, Tusher M Phule, Eric E Lund, Martin L Hilderth
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Patent number: 11182452Abstract: A method wherein resource data for a web resource is generated can include age, confidence level, cacheability level, cache expiration, and/or priority level. Resource readiness for the web page is prepared based on the resource data. This can include preconnecting to a domain having the web resource when the resource data indicates a first level of resource readiness; preloading the web resource from the domain when the browser is open when the resource data indicates a second level of resource readiness, where the second level of resource readiness is greater than the first level of resource readiness; or prefetching the web resource from the domain prior to opening of the browser when the resource data indicates a third level of resource readiness, where the third level of resource readiness is greater than the second level of resource readiness.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Chi-Jiun Su, Kaustubh Jain
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Patent number: 11181089Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for estimating ethanol content in fuel, water content in fuel, and an age of the fuel in a vehicle engine. In one example, a method may include estimating fuel ethanol content, water content, or fuel age based on fuel rail temperature, and two or more of a resonant frequency (f) of pressure pulsations, a change in fuel rail pressure (?p), and a damping coefficient (?) of pressure pulsations in the fuel rail as estimated after a fuel injection or a pump stroke. One or more engine operating parameters may be adjusted based on the estimated fuel ethanol content, water content, and fuel age.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Rani Kiwan, Gopichandra Surnilla, Christopher Paul Glugla, Mark Meinhart
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Patent number: 11182159Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, are described for performing vector reductions using a shared scratchpad memory of a hardware circuit having processor cores that communicate with the shared memory. For each of the processor cores, a respective vector of values is generated based on computations performed at the processor core. The shared memory receives the respective vectors of values from respective resources of the processor cores using a direct memory access (DMA) data path of the shared memory. The shared memory performs an accumulation operation on the respective vectors of values using an operator unit coupled to the shared memory. The operator unit is configured to accumulate values based on arithmetic operations encoded at the operator unit. A result vector is generated based on performing the accumulation operation using the respective vectors of values.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Thomas Norrie, Gurushankar Rajamani, Andrew Everett Phelps, Matthew Leever Hedlund, Norman Paul Jouppi
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Patent number: 11181334Abstract: An archery limb adjustment system and method for archery bows are disclosed herein. The archery limb adjustment system, in an embodiment, includes an archery limb holder configured to be coupled to an archery bow, a pivot member configured to be coupled to the archery bow, and an archery limb adjuster operatively coupled to the archery limb holder. The archery limb adjuster is configured to receive an input. As a result of the input, the archery limb holder is configured to pivot relative to the archery bow.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: TOG-IP LLCInventors: Joshua J. Sidebottom, Nathan D. Brooks
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Patent number: 11179147Abstract: An anterior chamber maintainer (ACM) is fastened to the cornea of a patient's eye at one or more, or potentially two or more, points of contact. The ACM can be inserted through a first and a second incision. The ACM can be fastened to each of the two incisions using fasteners. The ACM includes openings to provide irrigation solution to maintain the volume of the patient's eye during cataract surgery. The shape of the openings can be customized to reduce the amount of turbulence caused by the irrigation solution.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Michael Jerome Designs, LLCInventor: Michael Jerome Depenbusch
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Patent number: 11180766Abstract: Disclosed are methods of determining activity of CDK4 and CDK6 variants upon exposure to CDK inhibitors, methods for determining activity of a Rb variant, methods for determining the activity of a p16 variant in a cell, and methods for determining the sensitivity of a CDK4 variant or a CDK6 variant to p16 in a cell. Stable cell lines for determining activity of CDK4 variants, CDK6 variants, Rb variants, and p16 variants are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Medical Diagnostic Laboratories, LLCInventor: Tatyana Naryshkina
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Patent number: 11180668Abstract: An apparatus with integrated optical waveguides. The apparatus has: a plurality of layers, wherein a conductive pathway is patterned on a surface of at least one of the plurality of layers. The plurality of layers are laminated together. A plurality of nanocomposite-inks, each with a nanofiller dispersed in an organic matrix have optical dispersion different from the other plurality of nanocomposite-ink, form the optical waveguides. The optical waveguides are formed on the surface of, or within, at least one of the plurality of layers.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: VADIENT OPTICS, LLCInventor: George Williams
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Patent number: 11180697Abstract: Described herein is an etching solution suitable for the selective removal of polysilicon over silicon oxide from a microelectronic device, which comprises: water; at least one of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide compound; optionally at least one alkanolamine compound; a water-miscible solvent; at least one nitrogen containing compound selected from the group consisting of a C4-12 alkylamine, a polyalkylenimine, a polyamine, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound, or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic and aromatic compound; and optionally, a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLCInventors: Wen Dar Liu, Yi-Chia Lee, Chung-Yi Chang
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Patent number: 11182036Abstract: A touch-sensitive display device includes a touch sensor having a plurality of display electrodes and control logic coupled to the plurality of display electrodes. The control logic is configured to receive, for each of a plurality of stylus electrodes of an active stylus interacting with the touch-sensitive display device, a spatial capacitance measurement over the touch sensor for that stylus electrode. Relative to the touch sensor, and based on spatial capacitance measurements of the stylus electrodes, the control logic is configured to determine (i) a tip position of the active stylus, (ii) a tilt parameter of the active stylus, and (iii) a twist parameter of the active stylus.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Charles Whipple Case, Jr., Jonathan Westhues, Tianzhu Qiao
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Patent number: 11183724Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an electrochemical cell connector for electrically connecting a plurality of electrochemical cells, and to battery packs including the electrochemical cell connector. The electrochemical cell connectors of the present disclosure are fabricated from a flexible circuit. The flexible circuit includes conductors, such as nickel conductors, soldered or otherwise attached thereto via holes or openings in the flexible circuit. These conductors may be welded or otherwise attached to an electrochemical cell, and the electrochemical cell connections made on the flexible circuit. In many embodiments, the conductors may be attached to the flexible circuit using industry standard automated assembly equipment thus streamlining the manufacturing process and improving overall quality of the product.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: TC1 LLCInventors: Dustin Roelle, Jesse Gage, Gregory Ray, Ethan Petersen, Jaime Romero
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Patent number: 11182750Abstract: A device having extended reality capabilities receives a video feed including one or more video frames depicting an object. The device provides the one or more video frames to a first machine learning model that identifies the object and one or more parts of the object that are depicted in the one or more video frames, and obtains positional tracking information that represents a position and an orientation associated with the object depicted in the one or more video frames relative to a coordinate space. The device identifies a plurality of parts from the one or more parts of the object that are depicted in the one or more video frames and determines, using one or more second machine learning models, information regarding the plurality of parts and information regarding one or more replacement parts.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Geoffrey Dagley, Jason Hoover, Micah Price, Olalekan Awoyemi, Qiaochu Tang, Stephen Wylie, Sunil Vasisht
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Patent number: 11183160Abstract: A system and method to identify a digital representation of a first musical composition including a set of musical blocks. A set of parameters associated with source content are identified. In accordance with one or more rules, one or more of the set of musical blocks of the first musical composition are modified based on the set of parameters to generate a derivative musical composition. An audio file including the derivative musical composition is generated.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: WONDER INVENTIONS, LLCInventors: Howard Christopher Lerman, Thomas Christopher Dixon, Sean Joseph MacIsaac, Yunus Saatci, Klas Aaron Pascal Leino, Peter Gregory Lerman
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Patent number: 11179488Abstract: A sanitizer for sliding over and sanitizing an elongated member such as a shopping cart handle includes a main body including a bottom housing and a top housing selectively interlockable with each other and defining therebetween a tunnel having a cross-sectional dimension and a general shape that match a corresponding cross sectional dimension and a shape of the elongated member. The top housing has a chamber for holding therein a sanitizing fluid dispenser that is positioned to dispense a sanitizing fluid onto the elongated member. A wiping material is disposed along the tunnel in the main body, in a position and in a manner that enables wiping the sanitizing fluid onto the elongated member as the sanitizer is slid over the elongated member.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: SJBEE LLCInventors: Steven J. Bernstein, Leslie S. Blitz
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Patent number: 11182949Abstract: A method of facilitating an interactive rendering of a computer image at a remote computer includes: at a first time, obtaining first information of the image, including pixel information of the image at the first time; and, at a second time after the first time, obtaining second information of the image including pixel information of the image at the second time. Delta pixel information is generated by comparing the pixel information of the first information with the pixel information of the second information, to include one or more portions of the pixel information of the second information updated since the first information was obtained, and to exclude one or more portions of the pixel information of the second information unchanged since the first information was obtained. The method further includes: transmitting the delta pixel information in a lossless format to a front-end client to enable reconstruction of the second information.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: DreamWorks Animation LLCInventor: Toshiaki Kato
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Patent number: 11183275Abstract: A patient case may be evaluated whenever new information is received or as scheduled. Evaluation may include resolving a Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) code and determining a CDI scoring approach based at least in part on a result from the resolving. Resolving a DRG code may include determining whether a DRG code is associated with the patient case. If no DRG code is found, the system may search for an International Classification of Diseases code or ask a user to select or assign a DRG code. Using the determined CDI scoring approach, a first score may be generated and adjusted by at least one of length of stay, documentation accuracy, payer, patient location, documentation novelty, review timing, case size, or documentation sufficiency. The adjusted score may be normalized and presented to a CDI specialist, perhaps with multiple CDI scores in a sorted order.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: IODINE SOFTWARE, LLCInventors: William Chan, W. Lance Eason, Bryan Au-Young, Michael Kadyan, Timothy Harper
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Patent number: 11180291Abstract: An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in the closed configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a pressure regulation device. In other examples, the latching devices further include an elastomeric latch upper and a semi-rigid latch lower configured to engage an insulating container keeper when the lid is in a closed and a secured position. In still other examples, the latch upper and the latch lower are configured in a recessed position, and flush with a front side of the insulating container lid and flush with a front side of a bottom portion of the insulating container when the latch device secures the lid in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Dustin Bullock, John Loudenslager, John Fritz, Alex Baires, Erik Steven Larson, Andrew J. Winterhalter, Lance Harrison, Michael Christopher Cieszko
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Patent number: 11180301Abstract: A carrier for holding a plurality of containers includes a plurality of panels that includes at least one central panel and at least one attachment panel configured to receive a portion of one or more containers of the plurality of containers. The at least one central panel includes a plurality of openings and is for being positioned between and attached to adjacent containers of the plurality of containers.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, LLCInventor: Brian Smalley
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Patent number: 11181236Abstract: In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a cryogenic pressure vessel. The method may include providing a metal lined, composite wrapped vessel which has a boss. The method may further include securing an inlet to the boss, and then encapsulating the metal lined, composite wrapped vessel within a metallic layer in a vacuum controlled environment to form an encapsulated inner tank subassembly. The method may further include securing at least one support to an exterior of the encapsulated inner tank subassembly, and within the controlled vacuum environment, applying a metal coating over the encapsulated inner tank subassembly and the at least one support to form a metal coated, encapsulated inner tank subassembly. The method may further include, within the controlled vacuum environment, encapsulating the metal coated, encapsulated inner tank subassembly within a metallic vacuum jacket, which forms the cryogenic pressure vessel.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Salvador Aceves, John Elmer, Francisco Espinosa-Loza, Guillaume Petitpas, James Smith, Michael Veenstra, Klaus Szoucsek