Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Removal of hydrophobic particles using carbon dioxide
    Patent number: 11097205
    Abstract: A plurality of collection surfaces for use in an aqueous slurry has a polymeric coating to provide a compliant and sticky surface. The polymer coating has a chemical to render the surface hydrophobic so as to attract hydrophobic or hydrophobized mineral particles in the slurry. The substrate can take the form of a conveyor belt, a bead, a mesh, an impeller, a filter or a flat surface. The substrate can also be an open-cell foam. The collection surfaces having the mineral particles attached thereon are caused to interact with liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide so that the mineral particles can be stripped from the collection surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: CIDRA CORPORATE SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Michael Stephen Ryan
  • System and methods for starting an engine
    Patent number: 11098688
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine that may be automatically stopped and started are described. In one example, an amount of time to start an engine and a rate of engine acceleration are adjusted in response to what type of event triggered an automatic engine start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ahmed Awadi, Kenneth Carl Leisenring, Scott Makowski, Eric Michael Rademacher
  • Deployment handle for an introducer
    Patent number: 11096811
    Abstract: A handle for an implant deployment device converts rotational movement into longitudinal movement in order to provide controlled release of one or more trigger wires. The handle also allows the trigger wire to be withdrawn into the device so that it does not need to be separately removed. A preferred handle includes a rotatable portion and a slidable portion. Releasable locks ensure that the handle is used to carry out implant deployment steps in a specific order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Lars S. Nimgaard
  • Tensioned rotor shaft for molten metal
    Patent number: 11098720
    Abstract: A vertical member, which is preferably a support post used in a molten metal pump, includes a ceramic tube and tensioning structures to add a compressive load to the tube along its longitudinal axis. This makes the tube less prone to breakage. A device, such as a pump, used in a molten metal bath includes one or more of such vertical members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC
    Inventor: Paul V. Cooper
  • Systems and methods for generating annotations of structured, static objects in aerial imagery using geometric transfer learning and probabilistic localization
    Patent number: 11100667
    Abstract: In some embodiments, aerial images of a geographic area are captured by an autonomous vehicle. In some embodiments, the locations of structures within a subset of the aerial images are manually annotated, and geographical locations of the manual annotations are determined based on pose information of the camera. In some embodiments, a machine learning model is trained using the manually annotated aerial images. The machine learning model is used to automatically generate annotations of other images of the geographic area, and the geographical locations determined from the manual annotations are used to determine an accuracy probability of the automatic annotations. The automatic annotations determined to be accurate may be used to re-train the machine learning model to increase its precision and recall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: WING AVIATION LLC
    Inventor: Dinuka Abeywardena
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D928476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: COLE HAAN LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Mokos, Scott Patt, Kyle Jenkins, Mattias Verfl, Michael Weyrauch, Jose A. Tejada Bernard
  • Basket
    Patent number: D928510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: AMERICAN ACCESSORIES INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventor: David Zeanah
  • Desk support with seat
    Patent number: D928521
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: School Specialty, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Sunstrom, Ryan Haase
  • Container lid
    Patent number: D928557
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Base Brands, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Spivey, Kenneth Kreafle
  • Strapping device
    Patent number: D928577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Signode Industrial Group LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Hochstrasser
  • Wire manager
    Patent number: D928593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Seasonal Specialties, LLC
    Inventor: Steven J. Altamura
  • Carton blank
    Patent number: D928610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel Kennedy
  • Squeeze to open container
    Patent number: D928621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Pollen Gear LLC
    Inventors: Edward Kilduff, Shane Grant Blomberg
  • Rear sensor housing
    Patent number: D928639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: YooJung Ahn, Jared S. Gross, Thomas Southworth, Chun Chen
  • Vehicle hood
    Patent number: D928672
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Oshkosh Defense, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Gander, Devon Palmer, McCall Groen
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D928762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: RED.COM, LLC
    Inventors: James H. Jannard, Peter Jarred Land, Matthew Tremblay
  • Skin cancer screening device
    Patent number: D928958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Forward Science Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Pikkula, Robert Whitman
  • Imaging apparatus
    Patent number: D928961
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Jun Hou
  • Shingle
    Patent number: D928989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Christina M. Wise, Nardine Abadeer, Susan D. Burkett
  • Lighting fixture
    Patent number: D929031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventor: Phillip Sieczkowski