Patents Assigned to ON LLC
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Patent number: 12008857Abstract: Push-button switches and components thereof, including push-button switch button covers, as well as methods of making the same and gaming machines having such push-button switches, are provided. The push-button switches are low profile and configured for aperture-free mounting, and the button covers are configured to convey information and have improved characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: AGS LLCInventor: Mark Robert Brandau
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Patent number: 12005877Abstract: A trailer braking system having a surge component used in combination with an electric over hydraulic brake system. The surge component includes a sliding member with a magnetic sensor for detecting trailer deceleration, the sliding member providing an initial pressurization of the hydraulic system. A trailer mounted electrical circuit detects when the tow vehicle brakes are applied and includes a microcontroller for detecting the speed of deceleration provided by the magnetic sensor. A trailer mounted electric motor receives a signal from the circuit board to vary pressure to the brakes in accordance with the speed of deceleration.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: TRP International, LLCInventors: Nathaniel Stearns, Cameron Fritts, Mitchell Bruce Pohlman, Kamran Naveed Ahmed, Jason Swetlik, Jonathan Lowe, Jacob Galvan, Nithin Somenhalli, William Bennett, Wesley Thomas DeMonia
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Patent number: 12009563Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell and a fuel system. The fuel cell includes a housing and a fuel cell stack positioned in the housing. The fuel cell stack is configured to produce an electrochemical reaction from a fuel and air to output electricity. The fuel system includes a fuel source, a fuel vaporizer, and fuel lines through which fuel flows from the fuel source to the fuel vaporizer and from the fuel vaporizer to the fuel cell stack. The fuel vaporizer includes a conductive tube through which the fuel flows, the conductive tube being in contact with the housing to conduct heat from the housing to the fuel to vaporize the fuel.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Adaptive Energy, LLCInventors: Thomas Westrich, Christopher Ridgard
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Patent number: 12009478Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to solid state electrolytes which include a composition of Li6PS5Cl having a dopant substituted, in part, for phosphorus (P-site dopant) and an excess molar amount of Cl (i.e., doped, off-stoichiometric compositions). The P-site dopant can be selected among Groups 4, 5, 14, or 15 of the periodic table of elements and has an ionic radius greater than phosphorus (P). Such solid state electrolytes can be used in all solid-state batteries and configured for use in electric vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Rubayyat Mahbub, Chen Chen, Hui Dong, Sonika Rajput, Thomas Andrew Wynn, Forrest Stephen Gittleson, Shyam Dwaraknath
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Patent number: 12010529Abstract: A wireless device may receive one or more configuration parameters. The one or more configuration parameters indicate: one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources, and a default beam is used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions. The wireless device may receive downlink control information (DCI), with DCI format 0_0, scheduling a PUSCH. The wireless device may transmit, via the PUSCH, a transport block according to a default spatial relation in response to: a DCI format of the DCI being the DCI format 0_0, the configuration parameters indicating that the default beam is used, each PUCCH resource of the one or more PUCCH resources not being configured with a spatial relation, and the wireless device being in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Ofinno, LLCInventors: Hua Zhou, Esmael Hejazi Dinan, Kyungmin Park, Ali Cagatay Cirik, Hyoungsuk Jeon, Yunjung Yi, Alireza Babaei, Kai Xu
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Patent number: 12009508Abstract: Described herein is a battery cell having an anode or cathode comprising an acidified metal oxide (“AMO”) material, preferably in monodisperse nanoparticulate form 20 nm or less in size, having a pH<7 when suspended in a 5 wt % aqueous solution and a Hammett function H0>?12, at least on its surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: HHeLi, LLCInventors: Paige L. Johnson, Jonathan G. Neff
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Patent number: 12010110Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for improving computer authentication processes through the generation of synthetic merchants. A plurality of different real merchant names may be received. The plurality of different real merchant names may be processed to determine one or more name elements. A request for access to an account associated with a user may be received. Based on the one or more name elements, one or more synthetic merchant names may be generated. Based on the one or more synthetic merchant names, synthetic transaction data may then be generated. A synthetic authentication question may be generated and presented to a user. A candidate response to the synthetic authentication question may be received. Based on the candidate response, access to the account may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Capital One Services, LLCInventors: Joshua Edwards, Jenny Melendez, Tyler Maiman, David Septimus, Viraj Chaudhary, Samuel Rapowitz, Daniel Miller
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Patent number: 12006073Abstract: An item to write on a surface of a celestial body that has less atmosphere than Earth is received at a communications station and from a user device. An instruction that triggers the robot to write the item on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to a robot on the surface of the celestial body. An image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is received by the communications station and from the robot. The image of the item written on the surface of the celestial body is provided by the communications station and to the user device.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: RKF Engineering Solutions LLCInventors: Jeffrey Freedman, Ted Kaplan, Phil Rubin, David Marshack, David Milliner
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Patent number: 12005005Abstract: A foot holding assembly that includes a boot configured to hold the foot of the patient, a rigid sole coupled to the boot, a pivot arm having a first end rotatably coupled to the sole, a slider block pivotally coupled to a second end of the pivot arm and configured to be slidably mounted to a rail. The slider block includes a segmented body including a pair of longitudinal segments and a lateral segment, and a retainer disposed at an lateral interface of the pair of longitudinal segments and the lateral segment, wherein the retainer is configured to receive a second end of the pivot arm, wherein the pair of longitudinal segments and the lateral segment of the segmented body are each configured to move relative to one another in response to insertion of the second end of the pivot arm into the retainer.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Innovative Orthopedic Technologies, LLCInventors: Stefan Kreuzer, Joseph W. Pieczynski, II
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Patent number: 12006063Abstract: A method for aerial-based event notification includes detecting a trigger event with one or more electronic units of a system. The system includes a telematics unit, a drone having one or more notification actuators, and a tether that connects the drone to the system. The method further includes launching the drone with the telematics unit in response to the trigger event, waiting a predetermined time after the trigger event, retracting the drone in response to a subsequent event being undetected within the predetermined time after the trigger event, detecting the subsequent event with the one or more electronic units, placing the drone in an alert configuration in response to detecting the subsequent event within the predetermined time after the trigger event, and generating one or more alert notifications from the one or more notification actuators while the drone is in the alert configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Umer Khalid, Ningsheng Qiao, Russell A. Patenaude
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Patent number: 12006667Abstract: A non-invasive thermal dispersion flow meter with chronometric monitor for fluid leak detection includes a heater, an ambient temperature sensor and a flow rate sensor which are configured to sense the temperature of a fluid in a conduit, and then monitor the flow of that fluid through the conduit. The fluid flow sensor is incorporated into a Wheatstone bridge circuit which is used to provide increased sensitivity to the outputs of the sensors. Based upon the ambient temperature sensor readings, the flow rate sensor and heater may be adjusted to optimize the operation of the system to detect leaks. An alternative embodiment utilizes a single sensor and separate heater which work together to determine heat propagation times which in turn is used to calculate flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Sentinel Hydrosolutions, LLCInventor: Robert Trescott
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Patent number: 12006565Abstract: A method for coating stainless steel press plates includes preparing the stainless steel press plate for coating and coating the stainless steel press plate with a diboride doped with 1%-5% by weight aluminum to produce a diboride-aluminum coating. The step of coating includes applying the diboride-aluminum coating to a stainless steel press plate using a magnetron sputter coating system.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: WILSONART LLCInventor: Muyuan M. Ma
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Patent number: 12009640Abstract: One example provides a spark plug having a center electrode including first material and a second material, the second material having a hardness rating greater than a hardness rating of the first material. The center electrode includes an electrode head, wherein at least a portion of the electrode head is disposed beyond an end surface of an insulative nose toward the firing end and has a cross-sectional area perpendicular to an axial centerline greater than a cross-sectional area of the end surface of the insulative nose. The center electrode has a region of first material disposed axially beyond the end surface of the insulative nose, and includes a shield element of the second material which covers exposed surfaces of the region of first material disposed beyond the end surface of the insulative nose. An electrode wire extends from the electrode head into a central bore of the insulative nose.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: EcoPower Spark, LLCInventor: David Resnick
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Patent number: 12007232Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods for monitoring the health of a battery cell. Specifically, the method includes receiving, by a controller communicatively coupled a pressure sensor positioned proximate to a battery housing having an initial volume and an initial shape and containing a battery cell, a pressure value indicative of a current volume or a current shape of the battery' housing. The pressure sensor is configured to measure the pressure value indicative of the current volume or the current shape of the battery' housing. The method also involves comparing, by the controller, the pressure value to a predetermined threshold pressure value. The method further involves adjusting, by the controller and based on the comparison, at least one parameter associated with operations of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Jonathan D. Hurwitz
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Patent number: 12008361Abstract: A device tracks accesses to pages of code executed by processors and modifies a portion of the code without terminating the execution of the code. The device is connected to the processors via a coherence interconnect and a local memory of the device stores the code pages. As a result, any requests to access cache lines of the code pages made by the processors will be placed on the coherence interconnect, and the device is able to track any cache-line accesses of the code pages by monitoring the coherence interconnect. In response to a request to read a cache line having a particular address, a modified code portion is returned in place of the code portion stored in the code pages.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: VMware LLCInventors: Irina Calciu, Andreas Nowatzyk, Pratap Subrahmanyam
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Patent number: 12008430Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed in this document include methods and systems for multi frequency RF readers for cattle identification and tracking. Some embodiments include a controller; a first RFID transponder operating in a low frequency range; a first transceiver in communication with the first RFID transponder and in communication with the controller, wherein the first transceiver communicates first cattle data to the controller in a first format; a second RFID transponder operating in an ultra-high frequency range; a second transceiver in communication with the second RFID transponder and in communication with the controller, wherein the second transceiver communicates second cattle data to the controller in a second format, the second format being different than the first format; and a database in communication with the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: FORT SUPPLY TEHCNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Nephi Harvey, Malcolm Harvey
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Patent number: 12010343Abstract: A method, computer program, and computer system is provided for coding video data. Video data is received and entropy-parsed into one or more components. The one or more entropy-parsed components are de-quantized. A joint component secondary transformation (JCST) is performed on the one or more components. The video data is decoded based on one or more residual components corresponding to the joint component secondary transformed components.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Xin Zhao, Madhu Peringassery Krishnan, Shan Liu, Xiang Li
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Patent number: 12007042Abstract: A method may include receiving, from a first restroom appliance of a plurality of restroom appliances arranged in an environment, environmental data comprising an ambient light level, the first restroom appliance comprising a sensor configured to detect the ambient light level and a communication device configured to transmit the ambient light level; determining, with at least one controller, an adjusted infrared pulse frequency based on the ambient light level received from the first restroom appliance; and modifying, with the at least one controller, an infrared pulse frequency of a second restroom appliance of the plurality of restroom appliances based on the adjusted infrared pulse frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SDB IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Shawn D. Bush, Rock R. Allard, III, Blaine Andersen, Christopher R. Harrison
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Patent number: 12008738Abstract: A method includes obtaining dual-pixel image data that includes a first sub-image and a second sub-image, and generating an in-focus image, a first kernel corresponding to the first sub-image, and a second kernel corresponding to the second sub-image. A loss value may be determined using a loss function that determines a difference between (i) a convolution of the first sub-image with the second kernel and (ii) a convolution of the second sub-image with the first kernel, and/or a sum of (i) a difference between the first sub-image and a convolution of the in-focus image with the first kernel and (ii) a difference between the second sub-image and a convolution of the in-focus image with the second kernel. Based on the loss value and the loss function, the in-focus image, the first kernel, and/or the second kernel, may be updated and displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Rahul Garg, Neal Wadhwa, Pratul Preeti Srinivasan, Tianfan Xue, Jiawen Chen, Shumian Xin, Jonathan T. Barron
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Patent number: D1030340Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: YETI Coolers, LLCInventors: Derek G. Sullivan, Andrew J. Winterhalter, John W. Dow, Donald Edward Desroches
