Patents Examined by A. Evans
  • Patent number: 11977297
    Abstract: A splicing type light board and a display device are provided with a first LED light board and a second LED light board; a first end of the first LED light board near a first signal input terminal, and a second end away from the first signal input terminal; a first end of the second LED light board near a second signal input terminal, and a second end away from the second signal input terminal; and the first end of the first LED light board connecting the first end of the second LED light board or the second end of the first LED light board connecting the second end of the second LED light board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventors: Xi Cheng, Gang Yu
  • Patent number: 11974528
    Abstract: A tessellated ceramic apparatus for plant growth is set forth devised to support germination and plant growth upon an exterior surface. Water moves under osmotic pressure from a water storage volume disposed in osmotic communication with the ceramic, through the ceramic to become available water at the exterior surface. A graduated cross-section regulates water flow from a water storage volume through to the exterior surface along a pressure gradient exerted by the water head. Plant growth is facilitated within a plurality of tessellated indentations disposed upon the exterior surface and growth may be restricted from areas of the exterior surface by application of gloss, glaze, sealants and/or other surface features that may blend design elements to augment and support a living design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TERRA STUDIO LTD.
    Inventors: Eran Zarhi, Elad Burko
  • Patent number: 11979508
    Abstract: A tamper resistant element (TRE) in a device can operate a primary platform and support a “Smart Secure Platform”. The TRE may not keep time when electrical power is removed from the TRE. The device can receive (i) a certificate for an image delivery server (IDS) with a first timestamp and (ii) a signed second timestamp from a certificate authority, comprising a signature according to the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) with stapling. The device can forward the certificate and second timestamp to the TRE. The device can receive a ciphertext and an encrypted image from the IDS, where the ciphertext includes a third timestamp from a Time Stamp Authority (TSA), and forward the data to the TRE. The TRE can conduct a key exchange to decrypt the ciphertext. The TRE can compare the second and third timestamps to verify the certificate has not been revoked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: IOT AND M2M TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: John A. Nix
  • Patent number: 11977623
    Abstract: A system and method for modification of a passcode for accessing the system are provided. The system includes a premises control unit. The premises control unit including control processing circuitry configured to: receive an expected code message, the expected code message instructing an initiation to monitor for an input from a user, receive a input code that is input by the user, determine whether the input code matches a predefined verification code, and if the input code matches the predefined verification code, cause transmission of a verification message to a monitoring server, the verification message indicating the input code matched the predefined verification code and triggering the monitoring server to allow a passcode for accessing the system to be modified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: The ADT Security Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Reimer
  • Patent number: 11977629
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to retrospective memory analysis. In examples, a historical archive of memory images for an execution environment is maintained. A historical memory image of the historical archive may be evaluated according to a current set of known issues, rather than issues that were known at the time of the memory capture. Accordingly, it may be possible to determine when the execution environment was last in a good environment condition. As another example, it may be possible to determine whether a now-known issue has since been resolved (e.g., such that the issue would not be identified in the current execution environment). Thus, as compared to contemporaneous issue identification techniques, aspects of the present disclosure may be applied to any number of execution environments to enable retrospective identification of now-known issues that were, at least at the time of a memory capture, not known.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Marsh Jordan Ray, Michael T. Walker, Brian M. Caswell
  • Patent number: 11976809
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light bulb for use in a lamp housing of a vehicle. The light bulb includes a bulb body assembly having one or more light sources fixedly attached thereto, and a mounting assembly configured to mount on the lamp housing. The bulb body assembly and the mounting assembly are connected by a rotatable joint such that positions of the one or more light sources can be adjusted after the mounting assembly is mounted on the lamp housing. In some embodiments, a key portion is attached to the bulb body assembly to rotate the bulb body assembly relative to the mounting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Xin Dong
  • Patent number: 11977003
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the operating condition of a wheelset on a railcar comprising a sealed unit mounted on or near a wheelset of the railcar for collecting data from the wheelset and performing AI analyses on the collected data to determine the operational condition and predict failure modes for the wheelset. Results are communicated off-railcar wirelessly via one or more of several different methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AMSTED RAIL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Mohsen Samadani, David Heagerty, Francis Cooper, Daniel Maraini, Andrew Seidel
  • Patent number: 11974562
    Abstract: A method for plant treatment, including: receiving a first measurement for a plant from a sensor as the sensor moves within a geographic area comprising a plurality of plants; in response to receipt of the first measurement and prior to receipt of a second measurement for a second plant of the plurality, determining a set of treatment mechanism operation parameters for the plant to optimize a geographic area output parameter based on the first measurement and historical measurements for the geographic area; determining an initial treatment parameter for the plant; and operating a treatment mechanism in a treatment mode based on the set of operating parameters in response to satisfaction of the initial treatment parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BLUE RIVER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
  • Patent number: 11975397
    Abstract: An electrode wire for electroerosion machining, the electrode wire including a metal core, made of one or more layers of metal or metal alloy. On the metal core there is a coating having an alloy different from that of the metal core, and containing more than 50% by weight of zinc. The coating includes delta-phase copper-zinc alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: THERMOCOMPACT
    Inventors: Michel Ly, Gérald Sanchez
  • Patent number: 11975649
    Abstract: The invention relates to a light device for a motor vehicle, the device including a housing, members for fastening the housing to a body of the motor vehicle, a plate arranged in the housing and supporting at least one light module, a device for manually adjusting the orientation of the housing relative to the fastening members of the motor vehicle, arranged outside the housing, and a device for dynamically adjusting the orientation of the plate relative to the housing, arranged inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Valeo Vision
    Inventors: Mehdi Madelaine, Nicolas Honnet, Stephane Patrizi, Matthieu Syre
  • Patent number: 11979928
    Abstract: A data-transmitting method of a handheld electronic device includes: detecting movement of a first handheld electronic device to generate a first motion data; receiving a broadcast signal, wherein the broadcast signal carries a source device data and a second motion data; comparing the first motion data with the second motion data; establishing a communication link to a second handheld electronic device according to the source device data when the first motion data matches the second motion data; and receiving a specific data from the second handheld electronic device or sending the specific data to the second handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Getac Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Xin Chen, Yu-Shian Chen
  • Patent number: 11971154
    Abstract: Provided are a splice panel assembly, a backlight module and a display device. The splice panel assembly includes a plurality of light-emitting panels. Each light-emitting panel includes a base substrate. The front face of the base substrate is provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in an array. The side face of the base substrate is provided with at least one connection electrode. The light-emitting elements are electrically connected to the at least one connection electrode. The front face is connected to and not parallel to the side face. Two adjacent light-emitting panels are electrically connected to each other by the at least one connection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaikai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11971156
    Abstract: A combination light socket and cable clip removably attaches to a variety of surfaces on a structure and removably attaches a variety of light sources to the clip. The clip has a stabilizing plate which has a guiding flap formed at one end and a post formed at an opposite end. A flexible multi-clip structure extends from the post toward the stabilizing plate. The flexible multi-clip structure includes means for clamping the clip to a structure, means for removably attaching electrical wire to the clip, and means for removably attaching a lightbulb socket to the clip. The clip may be injection molded using biodegradable materials and is useful for hanging lights from roof gutters and shingles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Kody J. Ketterling
  • Patent number: 11970136
    Abstract: A step is connectable to a receiver tube on a trailer hitch. The step includes a main body having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A resilient cover extends over the second surface. A mounting plate is connected to the main body. A mounting flange is connectable to the mounting plate. A hitch tube is connected to the mounting flange, with the hitch tube being configured to be connectable to the receiver tube on the trailer hitch. The main body is configured to be transitional relative to the hitch tube between a first position and a second position, with at least a portion of the main body moving away from the hitch tube as the main body transitions from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NAADE, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Wymore
  • Patent number: 11968959
    Abstract: A foldable pet bathing tub has a collapsible tub that includes vertical sidewalls and a lower wall. A frame supports the collapsible tub and has a rigid upper frame that circumscribes an upper edge of the collapsible tub. A tub support frame supports the lower wall. A right swivel leg is swivel connected to the upper frame at a right swivel joint. The right swivel leg is configured to rotate about the upper frame. A left swivel leg is swivel connected to the upper frame at a left swivel joint. The left swivel and is configured to rotate about the upper frame. The right swivel leg and the left swivel leg swivel between a deployed mode where they are parallel to each other and oriented in the same direction, and a folded mode where they are also parallel to each other but oriented in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Jie Zhou
  • Patent number: 11970200
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a stroller handle lock auxiliary structure disposed in a stroller frame of a stroller. The stroller frame includes a lower frame and a stroller handle pivotally connected on the lower frame. The lower frame includes a first linking rod. The first linking rod is provided with a fitting portion protruding toward an outer side of the lower frame, and the stroller handle is provided with a reversing sliding sleeve matching with the fitting portion. The stroller handle lock auxiliary structure includes a rib that pushes the first linking rod toward the outer side of the lower frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Yi
  • Patent number: 11969834
    Abstract: A welding or additive manufacturing power supply includes output circuitry configured to generate a welding waveform, a current sensor for measuring a welding current generated by the output circuitry, a voltage sensor for measuring an output voltage of the welding waveform, and a controller operatively connected to the output circuitry to control the welding waveform, and operatively connected to the current sensor and the voltage sensor to monitor the welding current and the output voltage. A portion of welding waveform includes a controlled change in current from a first level to a second level different from the first level. The controller is configured to determine a circuit inductance from the output voltage and the controlled change in current, and further determine a change in resistance of a consumable electrode in real time based on the circuit inductance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel P. Fleming, Judah B. Henry, Jonathon C. Kelm, Edward D. Hillen
  • Patent number: D1024703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Target Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank J. Kovacs, III, Yousin B. Smith
  • Patent number: D1024831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Rachel Leykind
  • Patent number: D1025807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Jerrica Jones