Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Door assembly and seat unit
    Patent number: 12280864
    Abstract: A door assembly for a seat unit provided within a vehicle cabin, in particular an aircraft cabin, the door assembly comprising at least a fixed base structure, a door element movably mounted on the base structure and which is movable between a fully retracted position and at least one deployed position, and a door slide device provided between the base structure and the door element to movably support the door element on the base structure. Further, the door slide device comprises at least a slide carrier bracket fixed to the base structure or the door element, at least one slide unit which is coupled to the slide carrier bracket in a normal operation mode, and at least one separate auxiliary slide arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Adient Aerospace, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Scotford, Kyle Bettenhausen, Paul Morgan, Matthew Vu Hoang
  • Method for depth identification of leaks in a casing string
    Patent number: 12281567
    Abstract: A method for detecting leaks in a casing involves running a fiber-optic distributed temperature sensing cable into a well casing to obtain at least one trace in real time. The method includes thermally conditioning the well by inert gas injection and utilizing a trace to calculate moving average temperature gradients at predetermined intervals, determine the mean and standard deviation of these gradients, and establish a lower control limit based on the mean and standard deviation. By identifying any moving average temperature gradient below the lower control limit, the method enables the determination of the depth associated with leaks in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Aera Energy LLC
    Inventor: Rickey Sullivan
  • System and method for blending multiple fuels
    Patent number: 12281620
    Abstract: A method of blending at least two fuels includes providing at least two fuels to a helical static mixer via a fuel supply system, the fuel supply system including a fuel supply circuit for each fuel of the at least two fuels, mixing, via a plurality of helical structures of the helical static mixer, the at least two fuels to form a fuel mixture, determining, via one or more sensors, a measured interchangeability index of the fuel mixture, comparing the measured interchangeability index to a predetermined interchangeability index, adjusting, via the fuel supply system, one or more parameters of at least one of the at least two fuels based on the comparison between the measured interchangeability index and the predetermined interchangeability index, and providing the fuel mixture to a combustion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Temitayo O. Femi-Fowode, Alston Ilford Scipio, Adenuga Moshood Adelakun, Oyebimpe B. Olubode, Colin Noel Stevens, John Karigiannis
  • Combination heat and steam oven
    Patent number: 12281801
    Abstract: A combination heat and steam oven according to the present invention includes a housing having an internal heating compartment, at least one dry heating element disposed within the heating compartment, a steam generating unit configured to produce steam for injection into the heating compartment, and a user interface. The user interface is configured for selectively controlling operation of the at least one dry heating element and the steam generating unit, so that the steam generating unit and the at least one dry heating element may be operated alone or simultaneously with the other of the steam generating unit and the at least one dry heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Conair LLC
    Inventor: Leandro P. Rizzuto
  • Fast failure recovery with master node
    Patent number: 12284710
    Abstract: A UE communicating in DC with an MN and an SN receives a configuration related to a C-SN and at least one condition for connecting to the C-SN, determines that a radio connection between the UE and the MN has failed, and transmits a first indication of the failed radio connection to the SN to initiate a recovery procedure. The UE also releases the configuration and/or the at least one condition, or suspending a procedure, for connecting to the C-SN\.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Chih-Hsiang Wu, Teming Chen
  • Bolt indicator
    Patent number: 12281494
    Abstract: An exemplary access control device is configured for mounting to a door and includes a bolt, an actuator, and an indicator. The bolt has an extended position and a retracted position, and includes a front face that is visible when the bolt is extended and the door is in a closed position. The actuator is operable to move the bolt from the extended position to the retracted position. The indicator is positioned on the front face of the bolt such that at least a portion of the indicator is visible when the bolt is extended and the door is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Schlage Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: James W. Overbey
  • Molten metal filter device for casting vehicle components
    Patent number: 12280421
    Abstract: A molten aluminum metal filter system having a holding tank operable to receive a molten metal, a filter device to filter the molten metal, a pump operable to continuously recirculate the molten metal through the filter device, and a casting device to receive a filtered molten metal from the filter device. The filter device includes a chamber, an inlet channel operable to convey the molten metal into the chamber, and an outlet channel operable to convey unused filtered molten metal out of the chamber and back into the holding tank. Removeable filter elements are disposed in series within the inlet channel. The removable filter elements are configured to remove inclusions above a determined diameter size from the molten metal. The filter device includes at least one nozzle operable to direct an inert gas flow to blanket the molten metal and a heating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Thomas J. Boone
  • Management system for hard drive dismantling system
    Patent number: 12280457
    Abstract: A management system for a hard drive dismantling system automatically monitors the operation and the output of the dismantling system either remotely or onsite. In one embodiment, the number of hard drives processed by the system is determined and a contract value is determined in real-time. A distributed ledger is employed. Payments are automatically transferred between a customer and a service provider according to a contractual arrangement. The market values of various components, such as rare earth materials, are also optionally provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Serenity Data Security, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin P. Clark
  • Passenger seat headrest with adjustable hinge
    Patent number: 12280876
    Abstract: A passenger seat headrest may be provided for a passenger seat such as but not limited to an aircraft passenger seat. The passenger seat headrest includes a main portion, a wing, and a hinge connecting the wing with the main portion such that the wing is movable relative to the main portion about at least one axis. The hinge is adjustable such that a resistance to rotation of the wing relative to the main portion is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventor: Justin K. Murnan
  • Vehicle lane boundary detection
    Patent number: 12283114
    Abstract: A system for determining lane information. A memory storing instructions executable by a processor includes instructions to receive forward image data of a roadway from a forward-facing camera of a vehicle, determine visible lane boundaries of the driving lane based on lane marking features in the forward image data, determine a predicted lane boundary of the driving lane based, at least in part, on forward features in the forward image data, and determine a driving path of the vehicle through the visible lane boundaries and the predicted lane boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christian Wegner, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Bradford Scott Bondy, Muhannad Hamdan
  • Battery systems containing recyclable battery portions
    Patent number: 12283701
    Abstract: Battery systems containing recyclable battery portions. The present disclosure includes disclosure of a battery system, comprising a housing configured to retain two or more battery portions; two or more battery portions configured to fit within the housing; wherein the housing is configured to fit within a battery compartment of a cart; wherein the two or more battery portions, when effectively connected together using a central connector of the battery system, collectively produce sufficient power to power electronic equipment of the cart; and wherein each of the two or more battery portions weigh at or below a desired threshold weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Green Cubes Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Mohammed Alobaidi
  • Magnet wire with thermoplastic insulation
    Patent number: 12283401
    Abstract: Magnet wire including extruded insulation formed from a blend of different polymeric materials is described. A magnet wire may include a conductor and insulation formed around the conductor. The insulation may include at least one layer of extruded insulation formed from a blend of at least three different polymeric materials. A first polymeric material, such as polyetheretherketone, may have a thermal index above 250° C. Second and third polymeric materials, such as polyphenylsulfone and polyethersulfone, may have lower thermal indexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Essex Solutions USA LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Mazhar Said, Matthew E. Leach
  • Relative margin for contrastive learning
    Patent number: 12282857
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training neural networks through contrastive learning. In particular, the contrastive learning is modified to use a relative margin to adjust a training pair's contribution to optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Siyuan Qiao, Chenxi Liu, Jiahui Yu, Yonghui Wu
  • Method and system for side mount fuel tank
    Patent number: 12280655
    Abstract: Methods and systems are presented for collecting fuel vapors in a fuel system that includes a side mount fuel tank. The methods and systems may allow fuel vapors to be captured during filling of the side mount fuel tank. In one example, the side mount fuel tank is fitted with a fuel filler tube that extends into the side mount fuel tank so that fuel vapors may be captured while the side mount fuel tank is being filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Alan Bohr, Aed Dudar, Frank Topolovec, Chuck Bartus
  • Thermal accessory for footwear
    Patent number: D1071501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: BOOT CAP LLC
    Inventor: Calvin Michael Thorpe
  • Waved zipper pull
    Patent number: D1071791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: I AM THE OCEAN, LLC
    Inventor: Siddhi Desai
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D1072161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: LegacyWorld615 LLC
    Inventor: John Anthony Fischer
  • Ceiling fan
    Patent number: D1072233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: ERAN NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Eran Wohlfarth, Noam Klopper, Eran Levitin
  • Battery
    Patent number: D1072398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Scott Niedzwecki, Andre D. Brown, Lee M. Cottrell, Mingshun Su, Robert Yang
  • plant named ‘WNCALSBDBLRS24’
    Patent number: PP36625
    Abstract: A new and distinct Calibrachoa plant named ‘WNCALSBDBLRS24’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding to trailing plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; dense and bushy appearance; early and freely flowering habit; double-type flowers with deep red-colored petals and petaloids with bright yellow-colored picotee edges; and excellent container and garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: WINGEN, LLC
    Inventor: Brent D. Barnes