Patents Examined by A. N.
  • Patent number: 11485426
    Abstract: A truck rack assembly (1) having bed rail caps (3) that attach to bed rails (34) of a truck (2), said bed rail caps having receivers (10) into which uprights (4) with bayonet-style pins (15) can be inserted, said uprights having height adjustable sleeves (6) with attached cradles (14) for holding crossbars (5), The receivers and bayonet-style pins form a male-female quick disconnect system by pins (32) in a receiver socket (30) engaging a channel (25) in the bayonet-style pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Equipmount LLC
    Inventors: William D. Leslie, Bradley J Kapper
  • Patent number: 11488823
    Abstract: A method of patterning a substrate. The method may include providing a surface feature on the substrate, the surface feature having a first dimension along a first direction within a substrate plane, and a second dimension along a second direction within the substrate plane, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and directing first ions in a first exposure to the surface feature along the first direction at a non-zero angle of incidence with respect to a perpendicular to the substrate plane, in a presence of a reactive ambient containing a reactive species; wherein the first exposure etches the surface feature along the first direction, wherein after the directing, the surface feature retains the second dimension along the second direction, and wherein the surface feature has a third dimension along the first direction different than the first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Ruffell, John Hautala, Adam Brand, Huixiong Dai
  • Patent number: 11486858
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a 3D defect detection method with magnetic flux leakage testing (MFLT). It has advantages of higher accuracy of 3D detection of defect and simpler testing device relative to the prior MFLT art. This method includes the following steps: S1: artificially magnetizing a to-be-tested structure, and measuring its MFLT signals {B}; S2: inverting magnetic charge distribution of the interior of the to-be-tested structure by using a magnetic charge distribution reconstruction algorithm to obtain the magnetic charge density of a non-defective region of the to-be-tested structure; and S3: using the magnetic charge density of the non-defective region of the to-be-tested structure as a known constant, and conducting inverse iteration to reconstruct defect depth of the defective region to obtain a 3D image of the defective region of the to-be-tested structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hongmei Li, Ranran Huang, Jia Yan
  • Patent number: 11489629
    Abstract: Disclosed in the invention are a transmission method, a device, a terminal, a base station and a storage medium. The method comprises: the terminal receiving a downlink transmission; and sorting ACK/NACK feedback information of the downlink transmission according to a DAI corresponding to the downlink transmission, to obtain an ACK/NACK sequence to be fed back, and sending same. The DAI performs cumulative counting on the downlink transmission, according to at least the order of a transmitting and receiving node (TRP). Provided is a transmission scheme in which ACK/NACK feedback can be performed in a case where the terminal simultaneously receives two PDSCHs in the same serving cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuejuan Gao
  • Patent number: 11487645
    Abstract: A code base is parsed to identify methods having changes in a code base since a last code commit. Thereafter, a call graph is traversed to identify test cases implicated by the identified methods having changes in the code base. The call graph can be a directed call graph comprising a plurality of connected nodes in which a first subset of the connected nodes are method nodes representing each method in the code base in which unidirectional edges connecting method nodes correspond to invocations by a calling method to a callee method, and in which a second subset of the connected nodes are test case nodes representing each of a plurality of available test cases to test the code base. The test case nodes are each coupled to one or more method nodes by unidirectional edges that correspond to the test case coverage of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Amitabh Goswami, Amrit Shankar Dutta Dutta, Abhishek Hondad, Alok Kumar
  • Patent number: 11485291
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting a mobile terminal in or on a vehicle, having a mounting console which has a receiving portion for the mobile terminal. The receiving portion has a support surface for the mobile terminal starting from a vertical and being arranged in an inclined manner relative to same, and a base which delimits the bottom of the receiving portion and supports the bottom of the mobile terminal. The mounting console is arranged in a compulsory manner in or on the vehicle and its support surface is inclined towards a vehicle driver of the vehicle in such a way that when the mobile terminal is arranged as intended in the mounting console such that an operating and/or display surface of the mounted mobile terminal faces away from the vehicle driver, the operating and/or display surface is not visible to the vehicle driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joern Leuenberger, Peter Christian Huebner
  • Patent number: 11485687
    Abstract: To form, on a ceramic member or a metal member, a thermal spray ceramic coating film which achieves both the quality of a ceramic coating film and gas barrier property, and with which a composite oxide having a melting point lower than the ambient temperature will not form when used as a coating film on a ceramic member or a metal member constituting a glass article manufacturing apparatus. A ceramic coating film-provided member comprising a ceramic member or a metal member and a thermal spray ceramic coating film formed on at least a part of the surface of the ceramic member or the metal member, wherein the thermal spray ceramic coating film contains Al2O3 and 12CaO.7Al2O3, and the weight ratio of CaO to Al2O3 (CaO/Al2O3) is more than 0.11 to 0.50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuo Hamashima, Mizuki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11484479
    Abstract: Provided herein are microspheres containing an antimicrobial agent encapsulated within a glycosidic polymer and use thereof, especially to inhibit the growth of carie-causing organism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
    Inventors: Steven David Goodman, Lauren Mashburn Warren
  • Patent number: 11486807
    Abstract: Systems and methods include testing the weight and water activity of a product at different times and using those measurements to track changes in the water content/water weight and non-water content/non-water weight in the product. These can be useful to detect anomalous activities or batches of processed product, such as when portions of a product are being stolen or improperly altered or wasted. Plant operators can track properties of a product as the product undergoes processing to detect stages and areas in which problems occur and can thereby improve plant and operator efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: METER Group, Inc. USA
    Inventor: Scott H. Campbell
  • Patent number: 11488597
    Abstract: Implementations set forth herein relate to an automated assistant that allows a user to create, edit, and/or share documents without directly interfacing with a document editing application. The user can provide an input to the automated assistant in order to cause the automated assistant to interface with the document editing application and create a document. In order to identify a particular action to perform with respect to a document, and/or identify a particular subsection within the document to direct the action, the automated assistant can rely on semantic annotations. As a user continues to interact with the automated assistant to edit a document, the semantic annotations can be updated according to how the document is changing and/or how the user refers to the document. This can allow the automated assistant to more readily fulfill document-related requests that may lack express details.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Victor Carbune, Matthew Sharifi
  • Patent number: 11485561
    Abstract: A reclosable package, and a machine and method for making that reclosable package that includes a tray for receiving a product and a substantially horizontal edge, wherein the horizontal edge extends circumferentially on an upper side of the tray and has a clamping portion releasably connected thereto. The package includes a top film across the tray, the edge and the clamping portion, and which may be releasably connected to the edge by a first sealed seam to seal the tray in a gas-tight manner. The top film may be connected to the clamping portion by a second sealed seam. A side face of the tray may include an undercut provided with a projection, the projection being suitable for locking the clamping portion in position when the clamping portion has been detached from the edge and is located between the projection of the undercut and the side face of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Florian Ferk, Norbert Kottek, Tilman Hulwa
  • Patent number: 11488858
    Abstract: A method includes etching a semiconductor substrate to form a trench, with the semiconductor substrate having a sidewall facing the trench, and depositing a first semiconductor layer extending into the trench. The first semiconductor layer includes a first bottom portion at a bottom of the trench, and a first sidewall portion on the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate. The first sidewall portion is removed to reveal the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate. The method further includes depositing a second semiconductor layer extending into the trench, with the second semiconductor layer having a second bottom portion over the first bottom portion, and a second sidewall portion contacting the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate. The second sidewall portion is removed to reveal the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Yao Lin, Kuei-Yu Kao, Chen-Ping Chen, Chih-Han Lin
  • Patent number: 11489459
    Abstract: A power converter for providing power to one or more loads, wherein the power converter is configured to be arranged in a parallel configuration with one or more additional power converters. The power converter comprises an inverter for receiving an input voltage and converting this to an output voltage having an associated output current, a module configured to modulate the output voltage using a modulation scheme and first and second feedback circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Diarmaid John Hogan, Andrei Dinu, Sebastian Pedro Rosado, Virgilio Valdivia Guerrero, Rodrigo Fernandez-Mattos
  • Patent number: 11484381
    Abstract: A system to measure and display the orientation of a handheld instrument is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Ruthless, LLC
    Inventors: Shane S. Pak, Karlton E. Spindle
  • Patent number: 11488020
    Abstract: Technologies are described for performing adaptive high-resolution digital image processing using neural networks. For example, a number of different regions can be defined representing portions of a digital image. One of the regions covers the entire digital image at a reduced resolution. The other regions cover less than the entire digital image at resolutions higher than the region covering the entire digital image. Neural networks are then used to process each of the regions. The neural networks share information using prolongation and restriction operations. Prolongation operations propagate activations from a neural network operating on a lower resolution region to context zones of a neural network operating on a higher resolution region. Restriction operations propagate activations from the neural network operating on the higher resolution region back to the neural network operating on the lower resolution region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAP SE
    Inventors: Christian Reisswig, Shachar Klaiman
  • Patent number: 11488539
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of light emission control lines, and a plurality of sub-pixels; a first driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of data lines; a second driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of scan lines; and a third driving circuit configured to drive the plurality of light emission control lines, in which the display panel includes an active area in which an image is displayed and a non-active area which is an edge area of the active area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeHoon Park, SeonYeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11488590
    Abstract: According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a processing device of an in-ear device, an audio signal from one or more microphones of the in-ear device. The method further includes extracting, by the processing device, one or more features of the audio signal and generating, by the processing device, an in-ear data object based on the one or more features. The method also includes publishing, by the processing device, the in-ear data object to an external system via a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Staton Techiya LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cella, John Keady
  • Patent number: D968269
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: McLaren Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Robert Melville, Darryl John Scriven, Alexandar Bojidarov Alexiev
  • Patent number: D968271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Jaguar Land Rover Limited
    Inventor: Adam Hatton
  • Patent number: D968279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
    Inventor: Luke Smith