Patents Assigned to LLC
  • Cotton variety PX4A62W3FE
    Patent number: 11006608
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated PX4A62W3FE, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety PX4A62W3FE, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety PX4A62W3FE with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety PX4A62W3FE with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX4A62W3FE, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety PX4A62W3FE, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Phytogen Seed Company, LLC
    Inventors: Mustafa G. McPherson, Joel F. Mahill
  • Magnet fastener assembly and base therefor with relatively rigid upstanding doghouse on a relatively flexible support
    Patent number: 11007952
    Abstract: A magnet fastener assembly includes a base, a magnet carrier held in the base and a magnet held in the magnet carrier. The base includes a one-piece body having an upstanding doghouse on a support. The support is made from a first material and the doghouse is made from a second material. The first material has more flexibility than the second material and the second material has a greater rigidity than the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Vargas Linan, Edgar Javier Ortega Garcia, Jesus Manuel Perez Hernandez
  • Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing cache service
    Patent number: 11010301
    Abstract: Techniques provide cache service in a storage system. Such techniques involve a storage cell pool, a cache and an underlying storage system. The storage cell pool includes multiple storage cells, a storage cell among the multiple storage cells being mapped to a physical address in the underlying storage system via an address mapping of the storage system. Specifically, an access request for target data at a virtual address in the storage cell pool is received, and the type of the access request is determined. The access request is served with the cache on the basis of the determined type, where the cache is used to cache data according to a format of a storage cell in the storage cell pool. The cache directly stores data in various storage cells in the pool that is visible to users, so that response speed for the access request may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Ruiyong Jia, Xinlei Xu, Lifeng Yang, Yousheng Liu, Changyu Feng
  • Object locator with fiducial marker
    Patent number: 11010919
    Abstract: From detecting a marker detected in an image, a physical object on which the marker is provided can be identified. Based on a determining a location of the marker in the physical world, a location and an orientation of the physical object can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Alberto Gabriel Rivera, Tejaswi Koduri, Romil Shah, Shounak Athavale
  • Fast continuous SRM acquisitions with or without ion trapping
    Patent number: 11011362
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer includes an ion source, an ion guide, a first gate, first and second mass filters, a fragmentation cell, a detector, and a controller. The ion source is configured to produce an ion beam from a sample. The first and second mass filters are configured to selectively transmit ions within a mass-to-charge range and reject ions outside of the mass-to-charge range. The detector is configured to measure the intensity of the transmitted ion beam. The controller is configured to close the first ion gate to prevent ions from entering the first mass filter, switch a first quadrupole voltage of the first mass filter to a voltage of a first transition, and open the first ion gate to allow ions to enter the first mass filter, the opening offset from the switching by at least the time required to adjust the voltage of the first mass filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Thermo Finnigan LLC
    Inventor: Mikhail V. Ugarov
  • System and method for developing and utilizing a contactability profile
    Patent number: 11010698
    Abstract: Systems and methods for developing and utilizing a contactability profile are disclosed. Contact information may be managed by receiving activity data associated with an entity, processing the received activity data, generating at least one contactability profile associated with the entity based upon a result of the processing, and storing the generated contactability profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Reynolds, Daniel J. Welker
  • Fixation device delivery system
    Patent number: 11006952
    Abstract: A fixation device delivery system is described. The system includes a driver and a cooperating fixation element featuring a barb which becomes active upon deployment in the inner abdominal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP FLUIDICS, LLC
    Inventors: Ronan Keating, Diarmuid Conroy, Gerard Rabbitte
  • Self-closing valve
    Patent number: 11009140
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to valves that provide controlled inflation. The valves are designed to allow inflation of one or more inflatable devices and to stop inflation once a desired inflation level has been reached. This can allow the valve to be used with a single inflation source in order to inflate a plurality of inflatable devices. In a specific example, this disclosure provides systems and methods for inflating an ejector bag for door-mounted or fuselage-mounted inflatable evacuation slides or slide/rafts used for evacuating passenger vessels, such as aircraft. Other examples relate to sustaining the inflation of individual tubes that communicate with one another in evacuation slides, evacuation slide/rafts, life rafts and/or other inflatable devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: AIR CRUISERS COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Agapito J. Santiago
  • Method, system, and device for monitoring operations of a system asset
    Patent number: 11009861
    Abstract: A device for use in monitoring operation of a system asset includes an interface for receiving sensor data representative of an operating condition of the system asset, a memory device for storing the sensor data, and a processor coupled to the interface and to the memory device. The processor is configured to create a hierarchy of sensor data within the memory device, wherein the hierarchy comprises a first tier and a second tier, store a first level of the sensor data in the first tier, and store a second level of the sensor data in the second tier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC
    Inventor: Scott Terrell Williams
  • Actuation mechanism for use with an ultrasonic surgical instrument
    Patent number: 11006971
    Abstract: An ultrasonic clamp coagulator apparatus is disclosed including a housing including an actuator, an outer tube, an ultrasonic waveguide, an ultrasonically actuated blade, a clamp member pivotable with respect to the blade, and a force limiting mechanism including a first compression spring having a first spring constant, positioned between the actuator and the clamp arm, and a second compression spring having a second spring constant less than the first spring constant. The first compression spring transfers a force at a first rate as a function of a motion of the actuator to pivotably move the clamp member toward the blade. The second compression spring transfers a force as a function of the tissue thickness positioned between the clamp member and the blade. At least one of the first and second compression springs is pre-compressed to provide a preload less than the respective spring constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ethicon LLC
    Inventors: Craig N. Faller, Kevin L. Houser, Mark A. Neurohr
  • Hand dryer and display
    Patent number: 11006791
    Abstract: The invention provides a plurality of display devices such as hand dryers, each with a programmed computer display, and all communicating to a central location via a high speed link system. A display screen is mounted to each of the hand dryers and viewable by a user while drying the user's hands. A processor is located within the housing and is in signal-communication with the display screen. The high-speed link system is in signal-communication with each processor and an external data source, wherein the data source communicates with the processor to change the image displayed on the display screen. Sensors communicate ambient conditions outside of the display screen to a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Modocast, LLC
    Inventors: Brian S. Jolin, Dominic J. Scandinaro, Cosmin D. Miclea, Renzo Francesco Giuliano Ruiz, Kristine M. Hernandez
  • Oil-containing rubber compositions and related methods
    Patent number: 11008448
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are rubber compositions comprising bio-oil produced by a recombinant cell. Also disclosed are methods of controlling the variability of fatty acid content in bio-oil containing rubber compositions or tires comprising at least one component incorporating the bio-oil containing rubber composition, and a method of providing a bio-oil-containing tire with a reduced carbon footprint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Priyavardhana Srinivasan, Amy M. Randall, Justin J. Styer, Lawrence T. Rittman
  • Computing system for binaural ambisonics decoding
    Patent number: 11012802
    Abstract: A computing system that facilitates decoding a spherical harmonics (SH) representation of a three-dimensional sound signal to a binaural sound signal is described herein. The computing system generates a binaural sound signal based upon the SH representation, a tapering window function that is selected based on an SH encoding order of the SH representation, and a coloration compensation filter that incorporates the tapering window function. The computing system causes the binaural sound signal to be played over at least two speakers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Felix Hold, Hannes Gamper, Ville Topias Pulkki, Nikunj Raghuvanshi, Ivan Jelev Tashev
  • Efficient out of process reshuffle of streaming data
    Patent number: 11010171
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for processing a stream of data. A maximum temporal divergence is established for data flushed to a data store from a plurality of upstream partitions. Each of a plurality of data flushers, each corresponding to an upstream partition, may obtain an item of data from a data producer. Each data flusher may determine whether flushing the data to the data store would exceed the maximum temporal divergence. Based at least on determining that flushing the data to the data store would not exceed the maximum temporal divergence, the data may be flushed to the data store for ingestion by a downstream partition and a data structure (e.g., a ledger) may be updated to indicate a time associated with the most recent item of data flushed to the data store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Alperovich, Zhong Chen, Boris Shulman
  • Non-perpendicular connections between coke oven uptakes and a hot common tunnel, and associated systems and methods
    Patent number: 11008517
    Abstract: The present technology is generally directed to non-perpendicular connections between coke oven uptakes and a hot common tunnel, and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, a coking system includes a coke oven and an uptake duct in fluid communication with the coke oven. The uptake duct has an uptake flow vector of exhaust gas from the coke oven. The system also includes a common tunnel in fluid communication with the uptake duct. The common tunnel has a common flow vector and can be configured to transfer the exhaust gas to a venting system. The uptake flow vector and common flow vector can meet at a non-perpendicular interface to improve mixing between the flow vectors and reduce draft loss in the common tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventors: Ung-Kyung Chun, Chun Wai Choi, Milos Kaplarevic, Rajat Kapoor, John Francis Quanci
  • Variable weight equipment with liquid resistance
    Patent number: 11007393
    Abstract: A fitness device for strength training can include: a clamshell housing including a front portion and a back portion. The front portion and the back portion can mate together to define an internal volume. The clamshell housing includes first handle portions extending circumferentially around the front portion and second handle portions extending circumferentially around the back portion. The first and second handle portions mate together to define a plurality of handles. The fitness device includes a sealed container defining a fluid chamber. The sealed container can be fixedly received within the internal volume defined by the front portion and the back portion of the clamshell housing. The fluid chamber of the sealed container can contain: a gaseous component, a first fluid component, and a second fluid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NUCLEUS CORE LLC
    Inventors: Fred Reinstein, Diego Calvo
  • Multi-functional step chock
    Patent number: 11009182
    Abstract: A step chock for stabilizing a vehicle or other object against undesirable movement, such as, during a rescue operation. Embodiments for a step chock includes having two leg portions, one of which angularly rotates with respect to the second with a lever to lock the two leg portions at a specific angle. The step chock is usable in three positions including where the stair-stepped top surfaces of the two leg portions are forced under the vehicle, where the top surfaces of the two leg portions are against the ground and the bottom surfaces are forced under the vehicle, and where the rear surfaces of the two leg portions against the ground and the front surfaces of the two leg portions are forced under the vehicle. Further, the step chock is usable as a fulcrum for a lever and a lever adaptor to lift a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Red Rescue, LLC
    Inventor: Steve Randall
  • Fan casing assembly with cooler and method of moving
    Patent number: 11008943
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a fluid within a turbine engine. A fan casing assembly for the turbine engine can include an annular fan casing with a peripheral wall having a flow path defined through the casing. A fan casing cooler includes a body to confront the peripheral wall with at least one conduit configured to carry a flow of heated fluid to convectively cool the heated fluid with a flow of air through the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Dennis Alan McQueen, Dattu G V Jonnalagadda
  • Vehicle tail lamp
    Patent number: D919851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ehab N. Kaoud, William K. Moore, Joshua Henry, Andrew Bazinski
  • Vehicle taillamp
    Patent number: D919859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jonghyuk Park, Byeong Hyeok Yun