Patents Examined by D. Le
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Patent number: 11929642Abstract: A generator including a stator frame, a plurality of stator donuts including a plurality of circumferentially disposed notches, and a plurality of a wedge assemblies for mounting the stator donuts to a plurality of building bolts is presented. Each wedge assembly includes a set of opposing wedges. The set of opposing wedges are positioned within a notch in a stator donut to create a locking force between a building bolt and the stator core. The wedge assembly also includes a tensioning bolt to set the opposing wedges to a position creating the locking force between the stator core and the building bolt.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.Inventors: Michael R. Vindler, Michael A. Hall
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Patent number: 11930346Abstract: A speaker transducer, comprising a speaker membrane and two drive members connected to an outer membrane circumference of the speaker membrane for driving the speaker membrane. A substantially rigid support member is connected to each of the two drive members and extends there between, wherein the support member is connected to and extends along the speaker membrane.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Timothy Ruben Scheek, Onno Hein Steenhuis, Naphur van Apeldoorn
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Patent number: 11928132Abstract: Provided are a database processing method and apparatus, and a computer readable storage medium. The database processing method comprises: after a lock wait is generated, writing lock wait related information into a lock wait log.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Pin Lin, Yan Ding, Qinyuan Lu, Chen Qi, Yifang Yu, Pei Zhao
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Patent number: 11920336Abstract: A toilet that includes a tank configured to hold water from a water supply; a reservoir fluidly connected to the tank and configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water from the water supply; and an actuator configured to control a flush cycle of the toilet upon a first activation, the actuator including at least one nozzle fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to discharge an amount of the cleaning compound external to the tank upon at least one of the first activation or a second activation.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Michael Luettgen, William Kuru, Clayton Garrels, Peter W. Denzin
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Patent number: 11921698Abstract: Methods and systems for providing data assessment across related datasets, including identifying exceptional values in datasets and assessing upstream and or downstream datasets that utilize the exceptional values. Data assessment rules use exceptional values found in a dataset and data lineage information to identify impacted data in upstream or downstream datasets.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Torana Inc.Inventors: Sandesh Gawande, Shrikant Patil
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Patent number: 11918544Abstract: An apparatus implements a food storage system. The apparatus includes a lid and a cup. An opening in the lid is structured to pass material, expelled from a mouth of a user of the apparatus, to the cup. A first flange on a first side of the lid protrudes up from the lid. A second flange on a second side of the lid protrudes up from the lid. The second side is opposite the first side. A lip rest is between the first flange and the second flange.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Inventor: Brian Massey
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Patent number: 11919005Abstract: A fluid specimen collection receptacle includes a cup containing a chamber and an open end and a lid for connection with the cup open end and closing the cup chamber. A closure and a specimen collection needle are connected with the lid and a reservoir is arranged beneath the lid and connected with the closure for rotation relative to the lid between open and closed positions. The closure affords access to the needle when the closure is in the open position and prevents access to the needle when the closure is in the closed position. The reservoir includes a chamber closed by a portion of the lid when the closure is in the open position. When the closure is rotated to the closed position, the reservoir is opened for communication with the cup chamber to release an absorbent material from the reservoir chamber into the cup chamber to solidify any residual fluid specimen within the cup chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Inventors: James Frankland Zero, John William Nicklin
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Patent number: 11922830Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image, a supporting member on a rear surface of the display panel and configured to support the display panel, a sound generating device on the rear surface of the display panel and configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, and a connection part configured to connect the supporting member to the sound generating device. The sound generating device includes a plate spaced apart from the supporting member, a frame outside the plate, a magnet and a center pole on the plate, a bobbin around the center pole, and a coil outside the bobbin. The connection part is between the supporting member and the frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kwangho Kim
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Patent number: 11921781Abstract: A background music providing method includes: based on a user command for executing a content recognition mode being received, obtaining a data corresponding to the content, reproduced on the display apparatus, in the content recognition mode; transmitting the obtained data to an external source; obtaining information corresponding to the content based on the data from the external source; and displaying a result UI corresponding to the obtained information on the display apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji-hun Park, Myung-jae Kim, Young-jun Ryu, Jang-ho Jin
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Patent number: 11916447Abstract: A brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor is provided. The motor includes a stator including a stator core, stator teeth, and windings; a rotor shaft disposed within the stator and extending along a longitudinal axis; and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor core including an inner body mounted on the rotor shaft and radial projections projecting outwardly from the inner body, a permanent magnet mounted on an outer end of the radial projections, and a mold structure formed in contact with the radial projections and configured to secure the permanent magnet to the rotor core.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.Inventors: Tong Zheng, Yeli Gu, Fulong Liu, Changxing Lu, Abraham Sanchez, Shailesh P. Waikar, David J. Smith
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Patent number: 11913211Abstract: A toilet that includes a tank configured to hold water from a water supply; a reservoir fluidly connected to the tank and configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water from the water supply; and an actuator configured to control a flush cycle of the toilet upon a first activation, the actuator including at least one nozzle fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to discharge an amount of the cleaning compound external to the tank upon at least one of the first activation or a second activation.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Michael Luettgen, William Kuru, Clayton Garrels, Peter W. Denzin
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Patent number: 11914552Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards managing and tracking item identification of a plurality of items to determine if an item is a new or existing item, where an existing item has been previously processed. In some embodiments, two or more item identifiers may be generated. In one embodiment, generating the two or more item identifiers may include analyzing the item using a small item size characteristic, a compressed item, or for an identifier collision. The two or more item identifiers may be employed to determine if the item is a new or existing item. In one embodiment, the two or more item identifiers may be compared to a record about an existing item to determine if the item is a new or existing item. If the item is an existing item, then the item may be further processed to determine if the existing item has actually changed.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Splunk Inc.Inventors: Amritpal Singh Bath, Mitchell Neuman Blank, Jr., Vishal Patel, Stephen Phillip Sorkin
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Patent number: 11917249Abstract: A system to perform processing operations of input (video) streams, including is disclosed. The system consists of an input module, a stream type detection engine, a plurality of processing resources a resource monitoring engine, an attribution module, a dispatching module, and various other optional interface modules.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Inventors: Andre Slupik, Xavier Berard
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Patent number: 11917350Abstract: A loudspeaker having a compressible lead wire is described. The lead wire carries an electrical audio input signal to a voice coil. The electrical audio input signal drives the voice coil to oscillate in an axial direction. The compressible lead wire includes an elastic portion that stretches and compresses in the axial direction to allow the voice coil to oscillate freely. The elastic portion includes several compressible elements that are located within a cavity of the loudspeaker. The compressible elements extend through the cavity in the axial direction. Other aspects are also described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher Wilk, Logan A. Rotolo, Anthony P. Grazian, Onur I. Ilkorur
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Patent number: 11913966Abstract: When an automatic analysis apparatus has a mechanism that performs an operation of an arcuate trajectory to access a plurality of positions arranged on a straight line, an arc and a straight line cannot coincide with each other. Thus position adjustment is required to minimize the deviation between the arc and the straight line. An automatic analysis apparatus according to the invention includes a reagent disk which accommodates a plurality of reagent bottles in each of which a plurality of suction ports are arranged along a center line, and which rotates around a central axis to transport a reagent bottle to a desired position; and a reagent dispensing mechanism which rotates around a rotation axis to suck a reagent from the reagent bottle at a predetermined suction position on the reagent disk, in which the reagent disk is provided with, at least one mounting position of the reagent bottle on the reagent disk, first and second marks sandwiching the mounting position of the reagent bottle.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Hitachi High-Tech CorporationInventors: Susumu Sakairi, Takenori Okusa
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Patent number: 11917209Abstract: A method of video decoding in a decoder is provided. A first template magnitude of a first transform coefficient in a specific frequency region of the transform block is determined. The first template magnitude is a first single value representing magnitudes of a first local template of the first transform coefficient. A first context model is identified for coding the syntax element of the first transform coefficient, the first context model being shared with at least a second transform coefficient in the specific frequency region of the transform block, a second template magnitude of the second transform coefficient having a second single value that belongs to a first subinterval. A first bin of the syntax element of the first transform coefficient and a second bin of the syntax element of the second transform coefficient is determined, from the coded bits, based on the first context model.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: TENCENT AMERICA LLCInventors: Xiang Li, Shan Liu, Xin Zhao
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Patent number: 11913937Abstract: A method of automatically tracking urine in a toilet includes creating a background image of an interior of a toilet bowl using an image sensor, wherein the background image shows the interior of the toilet bowl. The method also includes acquiring an image of the interior of the toilet bowl using the image sensor, wherein the acquired image shows urine and a collecting and tracing member in the interior of the toilet bowl. The method further includes producing a difference image that shows a difference between the acquired image and the background image, and processing the difference image to identify a location of the urine and the collecting and tracking member, and moving the collecting and tracking member to the identified location of the urine.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.Inventor: Qintao Sun
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Patent number: 11913213Abstract: Described are embodiments of a modular adjustable linear shower drain system. The drain system is customizable in overall length by cutting portions of the drain system while on-site and prior to assembly. The individual components of the system are made to an oversized, or standard, length and then cut to a desired installation size. Once cut on-site, the components are fit together forming the modular adjustable linear shower drain system. The drain system also includes a height-adjustable shower grill that can be set to match a surrounding tiled area height and angle. The shower grill height is set by adjusting screws disposed in the shower grill and which are in contact with portions of the drain system.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: MLW INVESTMENTS L.L.C.Inventor: David D. Larson
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Patent number: 11910139Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic device, comprising a sound generating unit, a sound wave at a front side of the vibrating diaphragm radiates to outside through the sound outlet, a first sealed cavity is formed at a rear side of the vibrating diaphragm, a cavity wall of the first sealed cavity is provided with a mounting hole, a flexible deformation part is provided at the mounting hole, the second sealed cavity encloses a sound wave, in the second sealed cavity, a protective cover plate located at outside of the flexible deformation part is further provided on the mounting hole, and an escape space used for avoiding vibration of the flexible deformation part is formed between the protective cover plate and the flexible deformation part; air permeable micropores are provided on the protective cover plate, the air permeable micropores have an area less than or equal to 0.2 mm2.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GOERTEK INC.Inventors: Aliang Chen, Guoqiang Chen, Zhaopeng Li
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Patent number: 11907255Abstract: In an embodiment, multiple computers cooperate to retrieve content from tables in a relational database. Each table contains respective rows. Each row contains a vertex of a graph. Many high-degree vertices are identified. Each high-degree vertex is connected to respective edges in the graph. A count of the edges of each high-degree vertex exceeds a degree threshold. A central computer detects that all vertices in a high-degree subset of tables are high-degree vertices. Based on detecting the high-degree subset of tables, multiple vertices of the graph that are not in the high-degree subset of tables are replicated. Within local storage capacity limits of the computers, this degree-based replication may be supplemented with other vertex replication strategies that are schema based, content based, or workload based. This intelligent selective replication maximizes system throughput by minimizing graph data access latency based on data locality.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Jinsu Lee, Petr Koupy, Vasileios Trigonakis, Sungpack Hong, Hassan Chafi