Patents Examined by Eric Blount
  • Patent number: 11214102
    Abstract: A tyre pressure sensor is mounted at the distal end of a valve stem mounted on a wheel. A protective assembly comprises a body which is releasably attached to the wheel, and a cap which is releasably attached to the body. The valve stem and pressure sensor are enclosed within the body and the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Gordon Close, Kevin Maughan, Hayley Clarke, Matthew Hess
  • Patent number: 11214287
    Abstract: A warning system for detecting approaching object and method thereof are provided. A detection unit detects a moving path of the approaching object; a storage unit stores a warning information including the warning area and the confirmation condition; and a processing unit receives the detection signal provided by the detection unit to acquire the current moving path of the approaching object. When the approaching object is detected as moving in the buffering zone, the confirmation operation of the confirmation condition is activated. When the moving path falls in the warning area and fulfills the confirmation condition, the processing unit sends out a warning signal. Therefore, a potentially dangerous approaching object is accurately identified, and the warning is correctly sent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CUBTEK INC.
    Inventors: Jyong Lin, Yu-Jen Lin, Guo-Hao Syu, Chia-Chun Chu
  • Patent number: 11198335
    Abstract: An assembly (8) for a central tire inflation system includes a housing having a first end and a second end. The housing defines a fluid conduit disposed through the first and second ends. The assembly also includes one or more sensors (205, 210) having a portion disposed in the fluid conduit. Further, a power source (245) is in electrical communication with the sensor. The assembly additionally includes a kinetic energy device (220) in electrical communication with the power source. The kinetic energy device may comprise a magnet (255) sliding on a guide (265). As an alternative, the kinetic energy device may comprise a turbine (275).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Dana Heavy Vehicle Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher P. Lewark, Jason M. Sidders, Douglas D. Turner
  • Patent number: 11197642
    Abstract: Methods and systems determine risks of deterioration of hospitalized or other monitored or cared-for patients, for example in a treatment facility such as a hospital or under home-health care. In embodiments, a warning or other instruction is issued to medical professionals to alert them that certain patients have moderate or high risk of transfer to a higher level of care or should be monitored more frequently. A medical professional can accept alerts regarding prediction of deterioration, causing a prophylactic transfer or increased monitoring, or a transfer or monitoring order can occur automatically. Data relating to all patients in a unit of a medical facility can be viewed including warnings relating to risk of transfer or deterioration, so that a medical facility can intervene prior to an event such as a cardiac event and/or plan to accommodate patients at higher levels of care or monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Freeseman-Freeman, Kathy N. Henson, Thomas L. Higgins, Maureen Stark
  • Patent number: 11194042
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tug for maneuvering a vessel, comprising at least one proximity sensor in a contact area, the proximity sensor being configured to detect a distance between the contact area and the vessel, and a tug controller unit controlling an approach of the tug towards the vessel based on the detected distance between the contact area and the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: KONGSBERG MARITIME AS
    Inventor: Oskar Levander
  • Patent number: 11187573
    Abstract: A monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property includes a connected scale device that is configured to receive a package, determine a weight of the package, and after determining the weight of the package, arm the connected scale device, and a monitoring control unit that is configured to receive, from the connected scale device, data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, and based on receiving the data indicating that the connected scale device received the package and the connected scale device is armed, communicate, to a user device of a resident of the property, a notification indicating that the connected scale device received the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Alarm.com Incorporated
    Inventors: Alison Jane Slavin, Bret Jutras, Aaron Lee Roberts
  • Patent number: 11180113
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing security notification based on biometric identifier are described, in which one or more biometric information of a person may be utilized to permit or prohibit the person to access the vehicle. As such, the person may not access (or operate) the vehicle without satisfying security measures based on his/her biometric identifier generated from various biological information collected from the person. When the person is not authorized to access the vehicle, the security measures may transmit a security notification to an owner of the vehicle (e.g., a mobile device of the owner, an account of the owner) such that the owner may take appropriate steps in response to receiving the security notification. Such a notification may include the biometric information of the person, other information collected from the sensing component, a set of options for the owner to select from, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Madison E. Wale, Bhumika Chhabra, Claudia A. Delaney, Elsie de la Garza Villarreal
  • Patent number: 11179976
    Abstract: An axle assembly for a work vehicle includes: a frame housing; a differential housed in the frame housing; an axle carrier coupled to the frame housing; an axle partially disposed in the axle carrier and coupled to the differential; and a tire inflation pack including: a fixed portion coupled to the axle carrier and comprising a pack fluid inlet that is configured to fluidly couple to a pressurized gas source and a fixed opening holding the axle therein, the fixed portion being configured to allow rotation of the axle in the fixed opening without rotating; and a rotatable portion rotatably coupled to the fixed portion and comprising a pack fluid outlet that is fluidly coupled to the pack fluid inlet and a rotatable opening holding the axle therein, the rotatable portion being fluidly sealed with the fixed portion and configured to rotate with the axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
    Inventors: Arvind Patel, Michael R. Jensen
  • Patent number: 11184739
    Abstract: A signal is received from an occupancy sensor each time a person passes through an access point corresponding to a building space, and is identified as indicating a person either entering or exiting the building space. An occupancy count is maintained for each of the building spaces by incrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person entering and decrementing the occupancy count when the signal indicates a person exiting. A determination is made as to whether the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached a threshold for the corresponding building space. Action is taken in response to determining that the occupancy count for any of the building spaces of the plurality of building spaces has reached the threshold for that particular building space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywel International Inc.
    Inventors: Armin Wellig, Chris Inkpen, Kelvin Towler
  • Patent number: 11166857
    Abstract: A liquid sensor for a diaper, and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The liquid sensor includes a plurality of electrochemical cells in series connection. Each of the plurality of electrochemical cells includes an anode, a cathode and a liquid-porous layer including an electrolyte solution. The liquid-porous layer electrically connects the anode to the cathode such that each cell has a respective predetermined potential difference across the cell. Two or more of the plurality of electrochemical cells are operable to be electrically connected by a liquid to form a single electrochemical cell having a potential difference lower than the sum of the predetermined potential differences of the two or more electrochemical cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Jackie Y. Ying, Guolin Xu, Rensheng Deng, Min Hu
  • Patent number: 11160514
    Abstract: A patient support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, operating table, recliner, or the like, includes a patient support structure, a user interface, a display, a plurality of lights, and a controller. The user interface comprises a display and controls for configuring various components of the patient support apparatus. The controller uses the lights and/or display to issue one or more reminders to the caregiver to put the patient support apparatus in a desired configuration before the caregiver walks away from the patient support apparatus. The reminders help ensure that the caregiver properly configured the patient support apparatus. In some embodiment, the reminders include pulsing the lights in an unobtrusive, but easily seen, manner until the proper configuration is achieved. Reminders may also be implemented by prohibiting certain functionality until the patient support apparatus is properly configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Kurosh Nahavandi, Placide Nibakuze, David Buick
  • Patent number: 11161378
    Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring system interface comprising: a receiver configured to receive tire pressure signals from each of a plurality of tire pressure sensors of a corresponding plurality of vehicle wheels; an alerting device; an electronic input/output device configured to display at least one menu with data selections of tire pressure related data and receive manually inputted instructions; and an electronic controller having electronic memory and being electronically connected to the receiver, the alerting device and the electronic input/output device, the electronic controller being configured to: operate the electronic memory to access data that defines a first tire pressure and a second tire pressure for each of the plurality of wheels, the first tire pressure being for on-road driving conditions and the second tire pressure being for off-road driving conditions, display the at least one menu via the electronic input/output device, receive at least one of data input, data selection and operation i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Carl Phillips, Melaina Vasko, Kurt Rosolowsky
  • Patent number: 11164433
    Abstract: A box edge security device, for a merchandise box having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge cleat and a tag assembly. The edge cleat is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge cleat is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge cleat is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge cleat and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Edge Security Products, LLC
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11146929
    Abstract: A system for accident detection or detecting an unsafe driving condition in a vehicle including a device that measures and transmits at least one output signal; at least one remote device configured to receive, record, and/or display the at least one output signal from the device; a computing device configured to receive the at least one output signal from the device and display the at least one output signal in real-time; and a graphical user interface on the computing device that allows an emergency response professional to view and customize options for monitoring the at least one output signal, wherein the device, the at least one remote device, and the computing device are communicatively connected to each other via a communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Melanie Taylor, Kyle Ducharme, Edmund J. Song
  • Patent number: 11136730
    Abstract: A method includes positioning one or more roadway sensors and a plurality of a networked array of light emitting diode (LED) raised pavement markers on a road. Sensors proximate the road are associated with a network of road marking controllers that cooperate to control the LEDs as vehicles drive on the road. The LEDs operate as a networked array of roadway lane marking lights. The road marking controller(s) determine a distance between a vehicle on the road and the roadway sensor, determine a dynamic condition associated with the vehicle that changes with respect to time, and lights the plurality of LEDs based at least in part on the distance between the vehicle and the roadway sensor and the dynamic condition associated with the vehicle. Dynamic conditions for operating the LED lighting scheme can include vehicle velocity, a date, a time, a weather condition proximate the vehicle, and other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ayush Shah, Oliver Lei, Perry Robinson MacNeille
  • Patent number: 11132896
    Abstract: A client terminal displays, on a display device, a visual feature of each of a plurality of vehicles passing through an intersection at a location where an incident occurred and map data indicating a passing direction of each of a plurality of vehicles passing through the intersection and sends, in response to a designation of any one of the plurality of vehicles, an instruction to set the designated vehicle as a tracking target vehicle to the server. When the instruction is received, a server specifies a camera of the intersection at which the tracking target vehicle is highly likely to enter next based on at least a current time and a passing direction of the tracking target vehicle at the intersection and sends camera information of the specified camera to the client terminal. When the camera information is received, the client terminal displays, on the display device, a position of a camera corresponding to the camera information to be superimposed on the map data identifiably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rie Sakito, Takeshi Wakako, Takahiro Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11132902
    Abstract: Techniques for parking space light are provided. A parking space light can identify, via one or more instruments of the parking space light, a set of parking spaces in a defined region of a parking structure in which the parking space light is installed, monitor, via the one or more instruments, the set of parking spaces, and determine respective occupied statuses of parking spaces of the set of parking spaces, wherein the respective occupied statuses indicate whether the parking spaces are occupied or unoccupied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: RESILIENCE MAGNUM IP, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Rosen, Ronald Cozean, Eric Allen, David Edward Mordetzky, Megan Horvath, Anthony John Pyros, John Elwood, Michael Chang, Elie Attarian
  • Patent number: 11127498
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for intelligent suppression of alerts. Alerts may be evaluated prior to presentation to determine whether to present the alert or suppress the alert to reduce alert fatigue. The evaluation includes analysis of the alert including specific alert parameters. Alert parameters include, but are not limited to, an age of the patient, one or more diagnoses of the patient, one or more problems of the patient, etc. Additional parameters that may be evaluated include an alert severity score, a threshold value, and an override rate. Alerts that qualify may be suppressed and the suppressed alerts may be provided as non-interruptive alerts (i.e., alerts that may be presented but do not require action in order to continue with a workflow).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramachandran Koduvayur Bala, Damodar Reddy Karra
  • Patent number: 11108267
    Abstract: There is provided an alarm system and method for managing current of a notification appliance circuit. The system comprises a notification appliance circuit, in which a control panel and notification appliances are coupled to the notification appliance circuit. The control panel provides an activation signal in response to an emergency condition. The notification appliances are configured with time delays and receive an activation signal from the control panel. The notification appliances discharges energy storage components based on at least the activation signal and recharges the energy storage components at different time intervals based on the time delays in response to discharging the energy storage components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Kriete, Eugene Mastroianni
  • Patent number: 11097659
    Abstract: The vehicle rear occupant alert system provides alerts corresponding to occupancy of rear seats. The system comprises a door position sensor, an ignition sensor, and an alert system. Further, the alert system comprises a processor and a memory. The door position sensor determines a rear door status between an ajar position and a closed position. The ignition sensor determines an ignition state between an ON state and an OFF state. The alert system is coupled with the sensors. The processor adjusts status of the alert system as armed if the rear door transitions from ajar to closed position and the ignition transitions from OFF to ON state. The alert system notifies and alerts a driver to check the rear seat when the ignition transitions to OFF state. The processor rearms the alert system after the ignition transitions from OFF to ON state within a predefined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Abdelhamid, Meisam Yousif, Sonya (S. D.) Bentley, Nathan Rinderer, Saeed Barbat