Patents Assigned to Systems, LLC
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION AND TEMPORALLY COORDINATED SPECTRAL CONTROL AND BIOLOGICAL DIMMING
    Publication number: 20180338359
    Abstract: Lighting systems and methods for providing biologically optimized illumination throughout the day are disclosed. Systems and methods of providing LED light engines and associated illumination spectrums that are both visually appealing, rich in melanopic flux and that reduce blue light hazard exposure are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention relating to specific spectra of illumination containing high or low amounts of melanopic light, spectrally and spatially tunable LED lighting systems, programmed and automated controllers for temporally controlling bio-effective illumination, and dimming circuitry for tuning the spectral output of lighting devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Biological Innovation & Optimization Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Soler
  • BLOCK, BLOCK SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING A BLOCK
    Publication number: 20180333893
    Abstract: A block, block system and method of making a wall block. A block with multiple embodiments of a visually exposed surface having three dimensional shaped areas and three dimensional angular valleys or joints that can be used to construct a patio, wall, fence or the like; the multiple embodiments creating a more random and natural appearance. A mold box having a moveable liner and a stripper shoe that impart three dimensional shaped areas and three dimensional angular valleys or joints onto an exposed surface of a block. The moveable liner and stripper shoe also impart a parting line onto the exposed surface of the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. MacDonald, Thomas S. Riccobene
  • Heat-exchange dryer apparatus, system and method
    Patent number: 10131338
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a heat-exchange dryer apparatus are disclosed. In one embodiment, a heat-exchange dryer apparatus includes a desiccant cartridge comprising desiccant material, a purge-air reservoir secured to the desiccant cartridge, and a compressed-air conduit disposed inside the purge-air reservoir. In another embodiment, a vehicle air-brake system includes an air compressor, a desiccant cartridge comprising desiccant material, and a heat exchange dryer apparatus disposed between the compressor and the desiccant. The temperature of the compressed air is decreased while the temperature of the purge air is increased and the desiccant adsorbs a greater amount of contaminants form the compressed air for improved drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: David W. Howell, Fred W. Hoffman
  • FleetCam integration
    Patent number: 10134285
    Abstract: A system and method for integrating a vehicular camera system is disclosed. A threshold value for metadata of one or more sensor devices and the vehicular camera system positioned in a first carrier vehicle is determined. Captured metadata is processed to determine whether the threshold value is exceeded, and a plurality of images is captured by one or more cameras of the vehicular camera system for a predetermined period, in response to exceeding the threshold value for metadata of the one or more sensor devices. The plurality of metadata is linked with each image from the plurality of captured images by matching the collection time of the metadata with the collection time for each image from the plurality of captured images, and a first image selected from the plurality of captured images is communicated along with the metadata linked to the first image, to at least one electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Forward Thinking Systems, LLC
    Inventors: David Isler, Stuart Lowenstein
  • Behavior-modifying shared electronic device
    Patent number: 10133262
    Abstract: A hand hygiene system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the hand hygiene system includes a hand sanitizer dispensing unit that dispenses a hand sanitizer, a shared electronic device in communication with the hand sanitizer dispensing unit and a manual override device. The hand sanitizer dispensing unit transmits an activation signal to the shared electronic device. The shared electronic device reduces resistance to access to the shared electronic device, upon receipt of the activation signal from the hand sanitizer dispensing unit. The manual override device allows access to the shared electronic device independent of the activation signal of the hand sanitizer dispensing unit. The manual override device also provides greater resistance to access the shared electronic device than provided from the receipt of the activation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hand Hygiene Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Greg Stratmann
  • System and method for braking a vehicle
    Patent number: 10131336
    Abstract: A valve includes at least one of an electrical port adapted to receive an electronic control signal and a pneumatic control port adapted to receive a pneumatic control signal. The valve also includes a pneumatic delivery port. The pneumatic delivery port is adapted to transmit a pneumatic fluid, based on the at least one of the received electronic control signal and the received pneumatic control signal, from a second independent source to control i) a second associated service brake and ii) delivery of the pneumatic fluid from a first independent source to control a first associated service brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Paul C. Niglas, Michael D. Tober, David W. Howell, Gerhard Wieder, Adnan Mustapha, Friedbert Roether
  • System and method of predictive satellite spot beam selection
    Patent number: 10135521
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a system to maximize efficiency as a mobile terminal receives data signals transmitted through multiple satellite spot beams. The multiple spot beams can be broadcast via a single satellite or multiple satellites. As a mobile terminal travels throughout a region, the system determines which spot beam would delivers data in the most efficient manner possible. This system takes into account multiple factors, including but not limited to velocity of the mobile terminal, traffic within a spot beam, business affiliations, etc. Once the system takes into account the various factors, an embodiment of the present invention generates a relative weighted factor that is subsequently associated with various available spot beams. Based on rankings of the weighted factors associated with each spot beam, the system may choose to receive data from a different spot beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Rajeev Gautam Oza, Guy B. Montgomery, Peter Bradley Johns
  • MIXING CHAMBER FOR BEVERAGE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20180325302
    Abstract: A beverage making machine may employ a mixing chamber to mix a beverage medium with a precursor liquid, such as carbonated water. The mixing chamber may have a precursor liquid inlet coupled to a precursor liquid supply, a beverage medium chamber to receive a beverage medium into the beverage medium chamber, and a dispense outlet from which beverage medium and precursor liquid are dispensed, e.g., into a user's cup. The beverage medium chamber may include a chamber inlet coupled to the precursor liquid inlet, e.g., so precursor liquid can enter the chamber when a pressure is low in the beverage medium chamber, and a chamber outlet downstream of the chamber inlet that is coupled to the dispense outlet, e.g., so that beverage medium can exit the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Bedford Systems LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy B. Gordon, Charles Evan O'Neill, Miles Hember, Trevor Beckett, Thomas Paul Dutremble, Gwynn Masada
  • System and method for controlling machinery for randomizing and replicating predetermined agronomic input levels
    Patent number: 10123474
    Abstract: A controller is operatively connected to a dispensing system and configured to change the dispensement of an agricultural input from the dispensing system in different predetermined locations within at least one predefined test plot in a management zone of an agricultural field. The predetermined locations have been randomized and replicated for quantifying the agronomic response in a statistically valid manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Premier Crop Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Freiberg, Mark William Stelford
  • Multi-cell lithium-ion batteries
    Patent number: 10128536
    Abstract: Lithium ion (Li-ion) multi-cell batteries in which the requirements for individual monitoring and controlling charging of each cell, the requirements for monitoring and controlling charge balancing and the effects of repeated charging and discharging are ameliorated are presented. In one or more embodiments, the multi-cell battery includes configuration material that substantially provides a moisture barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: A123 Systems, LLC
    Inventor: William H. Gardner
  • Aerodynamic and adjustable efficient back of cab fuel tank housing
    Patent number: 10124665
    Abstract: A back of cab enclosure which covers vertically mounted fuel tanks and manages airflow wherein laminar airflow is improved and turbulent airflow is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Quantum Fuel Systems LLC
    Inventor: Paul Van Der Linden
  • System and method for reducing at least one of airflow turbulence and pressure fluctuation proximate a valve
    Patent number: 10125756
    Abstract: A baffle, for directing air within a compressor head, includes a first leg extending along a first direction, positioned proximate to a first valve of the compressor head, and a second leg extending along the first direction and substantially parallel to the first leg, positioned proximate to a second valve of the compressor head. A first portion of air from a first side of the first leg is communicated to a second side of the first leg beyond an end of the first leg. An aperture in the first leg communicates a second portion of the air from the first side of the first leg to the second side of the first leg. A turbulence and/or pressure fluctuation proximate the first valve is reduced by communicating the second portion of the air from the first side to the second side of the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Shane A Harte, Edward F Hoban, Gene E. Gilbert
  • Air pressure regulator
    Patent number: 10125880
    Abstract: An air pressure regulator includes a regulator body defining a hollow interior, an air inlet in communication with the hollow interior and configured to connect with a source of pressurized air, an air outlet fluidly coupled with the air inlet, and a valve stem positioned at the air inlet and configured to regulate the pressure of the pressurized air for the air outlet by way of movement of the valve stem relative to the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventor: Jerry Dean Hielkema
  • Filter assembly for retaining wall drain holes
    Patent number: 10124281
    Abstract: A filter assembly for allowing groundwater to flow through a hole in a seawall from a landward side of the seawall to a seaward side of the seawall includes a housing with a flange and a perforated shell. The filter assembly also includes a filter cartridge configured to be removably positioned inside the shell and a face plate positioned over the opening and removably connected to the seaward side of the flange thereby securing the filter cartridge inside the shell. The filter assembly also includes a valve member that is operable in an open state and in a closed state. The filter assembly also includes a deflection device connected to a seaward side of the face plate over the valve member. The deflection device is configured to prevent interference of the valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Jet Filter System LLC
    Inventors: David R. Heilman, Doug Stoutin, David Gentry, Anthony King, Kyle C. Edmondson
  • Power system for an aircraft with dual hybrid energy sources
    Patent number: 10128662
    Abstract: A power system for an aircraft having a plurality of power-consuming components, some of which have transient power requirements, which is greater than the average power requirement, the power system includes at least one generator, a power distribution buss, a non-battery power source, a battery power source, and a power controller selectively coupling the non-battery power source and the battery power source to the power distribution buss to satisfy the transient power requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Vorwerk Radun, Phillip Henry Richard Epps
  • Robotic platform and method for performing multiple functions in agricultural systems
    Patent number: 10123473
    Abstract: An autonomous vehicle platform system and method configured to perform various in-season management tasks, including selectively applying fertilizer, mapping growth zones and seeding cover crop within an agricultural field, while self-navigating between rows of planted crops and beneath the canopy of the planted crops on the uneven terrain of an agricultural field, allowing for an ideal in-season application of fertilizer to occur once the planted crop is well established and growing rapidly, in an effort to limit the loss of fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: RowBot Systems LLC
    Inventors: Kent Cavender-Bares, Charles C. Bares
  • Stock for launcher
    Patent number: 10126093
    Abstract: A quick release stock assembly for a launcher is provided having a stock bar and a stock housing. The stock bar has a first end and a second end, the first end having a mating member that secures the stock bar to the launcher in a first orientation and that precludes the stock bar from being removed from the launcher in the first orientation. The stock bar is removable from the launcher in a second orientation. The stock housing has a cavity sized to receive a pressurized canister, and a receiver to slidingly receive the stock bar about its length. The stock housing further has a release pin transverse to the receiver to engage the stock bar and longitudinally fix the stock bar in the stock housing in a plurality of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: United Tactical Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan Schoen Willson
  • Printer platen material holding apparatus
    Patent number: 10124605
    Abstract: An improved device is disclosed for holding down textile the material on the platen of the digital printer. The device includes a textile gripping material formed to define a border band on the periphery of the platen. The border material has a structure that engages/grips the textile and hold the textile in place. In operation, the textile is laid onto the platen surface and the edges are pulled taut to align the textile and remove wrinkles and the textile is next pressed onto the border material to be engaged by the border material. The border material grips and holds the textile in position, to provide a smooth textile surface on which the ink jets are applied. After the printing operation, the textile is lifted off of the border material and removed from the platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Livingston Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Darren Livingston
  • Mounting base for a window shade
    Patent number: D833175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Mechoshade Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Eugene Miroshnichenko, Xi Ming Liarno, Gen Gluzman
  • Switch
    Patent number: D833403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Raffel Systems, LLC.
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Seidl, Paul Li