Patents Examined by A. Turner
  • Patent number: 11594655
    Abstract: A method and device for automatic film expansion and a storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. Perform overall stretching on an expanded film. An interval between each two adjacent LED wafers on the expanded film is monitored in real time. When an interval between two adjacent LED wafers on the expanded film is greater than or equal to a preset target interval, stop performing overall stretching, and search the expanded film for a local region where an absolute difference between an interval between two adjacent LED wafers and the preset target interval is greater than a preset error threshold. When the local region exists on the expanded film, perform local stretching on the local region until an absolute difference between an interval between each two adjacent LED wafers in the local region and the preset target interval is less than or equal to the preset error threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CHONGQING KONKA PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Renjie Jiang, Guangwei Zhong, Kaiyi Wu, Ranxiang Yang, Jiahui Shen
  • Patent number: 11593725
    Abstract: A method for gaze-based workflow adaptation includes identifying a workflow in which a user is engaged, where the workflow comprises a plurality of tasks that collectively achieves a desired goal, creating a trigger for a given task of the plurality of tasks, wherein the trigger specifies an action to be automatically taken in response to a gaze of the user meeting a defined criterion, monitoring a progress of the workflow, monitoring the gaze of the user, and sending a signal to a remote device in response to the gaze of the user meeting the defined criterion, wherein the signal instructs the remote device to take the action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Palazzo, Lee Begeja, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Tan Xu, Eric Zavesky
  • Patent number: 11594414
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor nanowire semiconductor device is described. The method includes forming an amorphous channel material layer on a substrate, patterning the channel material layer to form semiconductor nanowires extending in a lateral direction on the substrate, and forming a cover layer covering an upper of the semiconductor nanowire. The cover layer and the nanowire are patterned to form a trench exposing a side section of an one end of the semiconductor nanowire and a catalyst material layer is formed in contact with a side surface of the semiconductor nanowire, and metal induced crystallization (MIC) by heat treatment is performed to crystallize the semiconductor nanowire in a length direction of the nanowire from the one end of the semiconductor nanowire in contact with the catalyst material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Ying Hong
  • Patent number: 11577784
    Abstract: A vehicle frame includes a frame rail, a shock tower bracket, and a cable. The frame rail is elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The shock tower bracket is connected to the frame rail. The cable is connected to the frame rail and the shock tower bracket. The cable extends transverse to the vehicle-longitudinal axis from the frame rail to the shock tower bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Saeed David Barbat, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche
  • Patent number: 11576387
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing bread by fermentation with compounded sourdough, and belongs to the technical field of food. The method compounds saccharomycetes and lactic acid bacteria to prepare the compounded sourdough. Compared with spontaneous sourdough, the fermentation performance is similar, the quality is stable, the culture period is shortened, and the compounded sourdough can be used to replace the spontaneous sourdough to prepare bread by fermentation. Moreover, the nutritional value of the compounded sourdough bread is much higher than that of the commercial yeast bread using only a single type of yeast, both in terms of the total content of free amino acids and the content of essential amino acids. The compounded sourdough provided by the present invention has extremely high industrial application value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Li Wang, Yafang Yu, Juan Sun, Haifeng Qian, Yan Li
  • Patent number: 11580482
    Abstract: A social networking system builds a quality controlled and desired population-representative pool of human raters to provide ratings on content items to improve a feed ranking model used for providing its users with more relevant content. The system identifies a pool of candidate human raters for providing ratings on a feed of content items. For each candidate human rater of the pool of candidate human raters, the system presents a feed of content items based on a feed ranking model, obtains ratings on the feed of content items, and determines a score representing the consistency of the obtained ratings, the representativeness of the pool of human raters, or the relevance of the content provided by the ranking model. The system uses the computed scores to modify the ranking model used to present content to its users for improving the relevance of the presented content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Max Christian Eulenstein, Lauren Elizabeth Scissors, Alexander Peysakhovich, Lars Seren Backstrom, Lu Wang
  • Patent number: 11577656
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a floor. A dashboard is positioned vehicle-upward of the floor. A plurality of seating assemblies are coupled to the floor and are arranged into a first row and a second row. A base is coupled to the floor and comprises a trough that extends vehicle-rearward from a forward end to a rearward end. A storage console is coupled to the base and is operable to slide within the trough between a forward position that is proximate to the forward end, a rearward position that is proximate to the rearward end, and an intermediate position there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Harmon, Carlos Gonzales, Gabriella Marie Gyllenhoff Jacobsen, Michael Huskey, Arnav Wagh, Daveanand M. Singh, David Vondle, David Russell
  • Patent number: 11578515
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component configured to be actuated by an inertia force is disclosed. The component may comprise a cover moveable relative to a base between closed and open positions and a latch mechanism to provide a latched state for the cover when actuated by the inertia force and to hold the cover in an unlatched state. The latch mechanism may be configured to change state of the cover from the unlatched state to the latched state when actuated by the inertia force. The cover may comprise the latch mechanism. The latch mechanism may extend from the cover in the latched state. The latch mechanism may form a generally continuous surface with a wall of the cover when unlatched. The latch mechanism may comprise a spring to hold the cover in the unlatched state. The component may comprise at least one of a console; center console; floor console; an armrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Scott Hodgson
  • Patent number: 11577657
    Abstract: A vehicular luggage tray apparatus is capable of receiving and storing goods in a main tray and a sub tray, and of receiving and storing the main tray and the sub tray in an unused space in a side wall of a luggage room of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAEJOO PRECISION INDUSTRIAL
    Inventors: Kyoung Ho Lee, Seung Soo Ryu, Jae Yong Lee, Kwang Ok Jeon, Tae Woo Kim, Dong Ju Kim, Kyoung Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 11577256
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrostatic precipitation method using an electrostatic precipitator including a collection module having a collection electrode and a discharge electrode, a housing having an internal partition wall formed therein, an inlet-side passage switching member, and an outlet-side passage switching member. The electrostatic precipitation method includes collecting dust by applying a voltage to the discharge electrode while gas flows, closing some of the flow spaces, divided by the internal partition wall using the passage switching members, and performing dust collection for one of the opened flow spaces by applying a voltage to the discharge electrode therein, and performing washing for at least one of the closed flow spaces by supplying washing water to the collection electrode therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woon Lee, Sang Rin Lee, Jae Dong Hwang, Sang Chul Moon
  • Patent number: 11571965
    Abstract: A vehicle body side structure is provided where an exhaust apparatus is located on the vehicle-width-direction outer side relative to a side sill without widening the vehicle. Embodiments include an internal combustion engine equipped on the front side of a partition wall defining a front edge of a vehicle cabin space, an exhaust apparatus through which exhaust gas exhausted from the internal combustion engine passes, and a side sill extending along the vehicle front-rear direction on the side of a floor forming a floor surface of the vehicle cabin space. The side sill has a recess having a cross section recessed toward the vehicle-width-direction inner side from the vehicle-width-direction outer side in a cross-sectional view orthogonal to the vehicle front-rear direction and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, and an exhaust system member provided in the exhaust apparatus is disposed at the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuneki Shimanaka, Kota Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11572028
    Abstract: A vehicle may include: a front grille including an air intake; a radiator arranged behind the front grille; an air duct configured to guide air from the air intake to the radiator, the air duct widening upward from the air intake to the radiator; and a horn arranged in front of the air duct at a position higher than the air intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Tokuyama, Yoshihiro Itoh, Dan Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11572020
    Abstract: A passenger compartment storage assembly includes a storage structure, a first storage box and a box retaining structure. The storage structure is fixed to a floor of a passenger compartment of a vehicle and having a storage compartment defined therein. The first storage box has a predetermined overall shape. The box retaining structure is configured and dimensioned to releasably retain the first storage box. The storage compartment is dimensioned and configured to receive the first storage box and the box retaining structure within the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: David Smolik, Neil Francus
  • Patent number: 11574262
    Abstract: Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for improving the accuracy of location information for requestor and provider devices in an dynamic transportation matching system using local communications between computing devices. For example, embodiments allow a provider computing device to identify, pair, and/or communicate with a requestor computing device upon arrival near a request location for a ride matching request. The provider computing device may use signal strength measurements associated with signals received from the requestor computing device to identify a proximity to the requestor computing device and/or to triangulate an accurate location of the requestor computing device. Additionally, the provider computing device may use a combination of the location reported by the ride matching system and the signal strength of the paired connection to identify the location of the requestor computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lyft, Inc.
    Inventors: Taggart Matthiesen, Sergey Shlykovich, Ethan Eyler, Sebastian Brannstrom, Sean Murphy
  • Patent number: 11574272
    Abstract: Systems and methods of utilizing employee recognition programs to maximize employee return on investment. To maximize the employee return on investment effect of the available recognition products at a desired cost to the employer, systems and methods rank recognition categories and/or products, prescribing the top category and/or product or the top categories and/or products that will be beneficial in optimizing employee return on investment of an organization. The systems and methods for prescribing the category and/or product or categories and/or products can provide an estimate of how employee return on investment will be impacted by the prescribed recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Padmashri Suresh
  • Patent number: 11564397
    Abstract: Bagel products are formed by (a) mixing flour and water together with yeast to form a sourdough; (b) preparing an activated malt extract by mixing barley malt extract, a second amount of yeast, and water; (c) mixing the sourdough, the activated malt extract, and salt with flour to form a final dough; forming bagel shapes from the final dough; (d) fermenting the shapes for at least 30 minutes at around room temperature, and then further fermenting and storing the shapes for at least 10 hours under refrigeration at a temperature of from about +2° C. to about +8° C.; (f) boiling the shapes one side at a time or, in an initial baking step, baking the shapes in a steam environment; (g) baking, in a final baking step after the boiling or initial baking step, the formed bagel shapes; and, optionally, (h) freezing the baked bagel shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANNELLE BAKERY, LTD.
    Inventors: Andris Sedmalis, Alan Amron
  • Patent number: 11569206
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes a via contact plug extending inside a through hole passing through a substrate and a device layer, a via contact liner surrounding the via contact plug, a connection pad liner extending along a bottom surface of the substrate, a dummy bump structure integrally connected to the via contact plug, and a bump structure connected to the connection pad liner. A method of manufacturing an IC chip includes forming an under bump metallurgy (UBM) layer inside and outside the through hole and forming a first connection metal layer, a second connection metal layer, and a third connection metal layer. The first connection metal layer covers the UBM layer inside the through hole, the second connection metal layer is integrally connected to the first connection metal layer, and the third connection metal layer covers the UBM layer on the connection pad liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-hee Uh, Sung-min Kang, Jun-gu Kang, Seung-hee Go, Young-mok Kim
  • Patent number: 11569129
    Abstract: A workpiece processing method includes holding a workpiece unit on a holding table and forming a division start point. The workpiece unit has a workpiece having a front side and a back side, and an additional member formed on the back side of the workpiece. The additional member is different in material from the workpiece. The workpiece unit is held on the holding table with the additional member opposed to the holding table. The division start point is formed by applying a laser beam to the front side of the workpiece with the focal point of the laser beam set inside the workpiece. The laser beam forms a modified layer inside the workpiece and simultaneously forming a division start point inside the additional member due to the leakage of the laser beam from the focal point toward the back side of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinyan Zhao, Yoshiaki Yodo
  • Patent number: 11565643
    Abstract: A front guard attached to a front portion of a vehicle body of a work vehicle includes a lower frame attached to the vehicle body, and an upper frame that is attached to the lower frame so as to be swingable around a shaft oriented in the vehicle width direction and the posture of which can be changed between a standing posture and a forward leaning posture by swinging with respect to the lower frame. The upper frame has: a left part that is pivotally supported by a left portion of the lower frame and extends upward; a right part that is pivotally supported by a right portion of the lower frame and extends upward; and an upper part that couples an upper portion of the left part and an upper portion of the right part. The upper part is provided with a protruding portion that protrudes downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuichi Nadaoka, Takahiro Yonekura, Daniel Underwood
  • Patent number: RE49435
    Abstract: The present invention provides glycan-interacting antibodies and methods for producing glycan-interacting antibodies useful in the treatment and prevention of human disease, including cancer. Such glycan-interacting antibodies include monoclonal antibodies, derivatives, and fragments thereof as well as compositions and kits comprising them. Further provided are methods of using glycan-interacting antibodies to target cells and treat disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Seagen Inc.
    Inventors: Julie DeSander, Jeffrey Behrens