Patents Examined by M. Tran
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Patent number: 11827495Abstract: An elevator guide rail installation bracket and installation method thereof, a positioning tooling, a bracket adjustment tooling, and an elevator system. The elevator guide rail installation bracket includes a guide rail bracket having a guide rail installation surface and a first adjustment surface that form a bend, a fixed guide rail installation position is provided on the guide rail installation surface; and a hoistway bracket having a hoistway installation surface and a second adjustment surface that form a bend; the first adjustment surface is adjustably connected to the second adjustment surface to adjust the relative position between the guide rail installation surface and the hoistway installation surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventors: Bichun Li, Qirui Wang, Gang Huang, Shenhong Wang
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Patent number: 11830971Abstract: A battery cell accommodated in a module case of a battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, is characterized in that at least one of the battery cell is included and accommodated in the module case, and has a shape corresponding to internal space of the module case so as to prevent formation of dead space in the module case.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Seong-Yoon Lim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Sun-Mo An
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Patent number: 11828663Abstract: There is a strap tension detector for detecting tension in a strap. A housing has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion and lower portion are adapted to receive the strap. A strain beam is mounted to one of the upper portion and the lower portion. The strain beam is arranged at an angle to the strap to extend across the width of the strap when the strap is placed between the upper portion and the lower portion and extending through the first and second strap-receiving openings so that the strap bears on the strain beam when taut. A strain gauge is operatively connected to detect strain across the strain beam.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Intelligent Secure Strap Inc.Inventors: Blair Wenzel, Tanner DeLorey, Dwayne Parenteau
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Patent number: 11824888Abstract: An apparatus and method for assessing security risk for digital resources are described. The apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least a processor. The memory includes instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive digital resource data about a plurality of digital resources in a digital environment, calculate a resource significance score for each digital resource based on the digital resource data, determine at least one critical resource as a function of the resource significance score, and analyze a digital security risk associated with the at least one critical resource.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Second Sight Data Discovery, Inc.Inventors: Reuben Vandeventer, David Imrem
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Patent number: 11821799Abstract: The invention relates to a tire comprising an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a first, second, third, fourth and fifth layer, the third layer being optional, characterized in that: a) the first layer comprises a first electrode material, b) the second layer comprises a first intermediate material, c) the third layer comprises an insulation material, d) the fourth layer comprises a second intermediate material, and e) the fifth layer comprises a second electrode material, wherein the first intermediate material of the second layer and the second intermediate material of the fourth layer are different, the five layers are arranged one above the other according to the above sequence, and the surface of the second or fourth layer layers has a surface roughness Ra in the range from 0.1 ?m to 500 ?m, measured in accordance with DIN EN ISO 4288:1998. The invention relates to the uses of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbHInventors: Sebastian Finger, Jorge Lacayo-Pineda, Amit Das, Tamil Selvan Natarajan
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Patent number: 11821800Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sensor for measuring cam and tappet contact force of an engine and a measuring method. The sensor comprises a force carrying element, a force transmission element, a piezoelectric element, a force bearing element, a tappet head and a guide woodruff key. Meanwhile, the present disclosure also provides a measuring method by using the sensor. The sensor is simple in mechanism and convenient to use and can realize the measurement of the cam tappet contact force in the normal direction, the tangential direction and the axial direction of the contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Harbin Engineering UniversityInventors: Jie Guo, Shengwei Zhou, Guoan Jiang, Xinyu Zhang
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Patent number: 11814265Abstract: The invention relates to an overspeed governor for a lifting gear comprising a sheave driven by a overspeed governor cable and a brake for braking the sheave, wherein the brake comprises at least one eccentric piece, mounted on the sheave in a pivoting manner, wherein the eccentric piece is mounted on a first centrifugal weight in a pivoting manner and mounted on a second centrifugal weight in a pivoting manner, wherein, in the event of a displacement of the first and second centrifugal weights due to centrifugal force, the first and the second centrifugal weights pivot the eccentric piece, the brake comprising a reset unit having a spring system which pulls the centrifugal weights in the direction of the undeflected position thereof, wherein the spring system has a first spring constant up to a switching speed, the spring system has a second spring constant from the electric switching speed of the sheave and the second spring constant is greater than the first spring constant.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Wittur Holding GmbHInventors: René Holzer, Leopold Latschbacher, Christoph Russwurm
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Patent number: 11816248Abstract: A distributed database generates a cross reference table that cross references a first dataset from a first database account and a second dataset from a second database account. The distributed database receives a query directed to a combination of the first and second datasets, and generates an interim table in the first database account by applying the query to the cross reference table and the first dataset. The distributed database generates results data in the second database account by applying the query to the interim table and the second dataset, and stores the results data in the first database account.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Snowflake Inc.Inventors: Rachel Frances Blum, Justin Langseth, Michael Earle Rainey
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Patent number: 11816218Abstract: Example methods are provided to use a guest monitoring mode (GMM) module in a hypervisor to monitor for attempts to maliciously modify operating system (OS) kernel objects in a virtualized computing environment. A created OS kernel object is migrated to a memory space where the GMM module can detect an attempt to modify the OS kernel object. The GMM module uses reference information to determine whether the modification is authorized by trusted OS kernel code or is being attempted by malicious code.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: VMWARE, INC.Inventors: Prasad Sharad Dabak, Leena Shuklendu Soman
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Patent number: 11814264Abstract: A yoke assembly for suspending an elevator car or a counterweight in a shaft of an elevator has a yoke adapted to be mechanically coupled to the elevator car or the counterweight. The yoke has a height with respect to a height axis and a length with respect to a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the height axis; a pulley for suspending the yoke, wherein the pulley has a diameter equal to or less than the height of the yoke and is attached to the yoke so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation whose position with respect to the height axis is such that the pulley does not protrude beyond the yoke in either direction of the height axis; wherein, when the yoke is suspended in the shaft, the height axis is a vertical axis and the axis of rotation is a horizontal axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: INVENTIO AGInventors: Daniel Rohrer, Richard Hollowell
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Patent number: 11815418Abstract: A stress detection system includes a flexible two-dimensional structure, at least one electrically conductive textile filament, and an apparatus for generating and detecting an electric signal. The filament extends over a predetermined length in a portion of the flexible structure and has at least two points rigidly constrained to the structure. The apparatus is connected to the ends of the filament. The deformability of the filament is substantially equal to or greater than the deformability of the portion of the structure to which the filament is constrained.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: KOYRE S.r.l.Inventors: Marco Caglieris, Alberto Fusco, Luca Formentini, Mirko Bargolini, Alberto Cantamesse
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Patent number: 11815411Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a base portion, a displacement portion, a displacement portion support body that supports the displacement portion in a displaceable manner in a first direction with respect to the base portion, a hair in a straight line arranged along a second direction, a hair fixing portion to which a base end of the hair is fixed, a hair fixing portion support body that turnably supports the hair fixing portion with respect to the displacement portion, a displacement detector that detects a displacement of the displacement portion with respect to the base portion, and a turn detector that detects a turn of the hair fixing portion with respect to the displacement portion. The sensations specific to the hairy skin, such as perception of a liquid surface and static electricity, can be detected from a shearing force and a moment acting on the hair.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: National University Corporation Kagawa UniversityInventor: Hidekuni Takao
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Patent number: 11817818Abstract: A module frame includes a body having an interior surface, a lower flange extending from the interior surface of the body, and a cable management flange extending from the interior surface of the body. The lower flange and the cable management flange each include a distal end. The cable management flange and the lower flange define a cable cavity therebetween for retaining at least one cable. The distal ends of the lower flange and the cable management flange define an opening for inserting the cable into the cable cavity. The cable management flange is arranged to engage the cable and secure the cable in the cable cavity.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: TECSI Solar, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Marcus-Flack Truthseeker, Daniel William Carey, Charles Wade Albritton, Miles C. Russell
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Patent number: 11816239Abstract: Techniques described herein can allow users to share cached results of an original query with other users while protecting sensitive information. The techniques described herein can check whether the other users have access to the underlying data queried before allowing those users to see the stored query results. That is, the system may perform privilege checks on the shared users before giving them access to the stored query results but without having to re-run the original query.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Snowflake Inc.Inventors: Damien Carru, Thierry Cruanes, Subramanian Muralidhar, Nicola Dan Onose, Ryan Michael Thomas Shelly, Brian Smith, Jaeyun Noh
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Patent number: 11807497Abstract: An elevator system includes an elevator car movable in an elevator shaft, a suspension means extending in the elevator shaft, a drive machine associated with the suspension means and a controllable coupling device arranged on the elevator car. The suspension means has a coupling element that the coupling device can be coupled to and uncoupled from, as a result of which a drive connection between the elevator car and the suspension means can be established and released. The elevator system has a guide system guiding the coupling element during a movement in the elevator shaft. The guide system has a guide that is stationary relative to the elevator shaft and a runner that is connected to the coupling element via a connection and is guided along the guide. The connection between the coupling element and the runner enables a relative movement between the runner and coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: INVENTIO AGInventor: Josef Husmann
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Patent number: 11809561Abstract: A system and method for identifying a compromised controller using an intentional error are provided. The method, performed by an electronic device in a controller area network (CAN), for identifying a compromised electronic control unit (ECU) that transmits an attack message on a CAN bus in a periodic transmission cycle. The method includes, in response to detecting the attack message, transitioning a first ECU among a plurality of ECUs connected to the CAN bus to a bus-off state intentionally, and determining whether the first ECU is the compromised ECU based at least in part on a time, which is predicted from recovery parameters related to the first ECU, for when the first ECU resumes transmission of a CAN message and a time when the attack message is redetected on the CAN bus.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Dong Hoon Lee, Wonsuk Choi, Kyungho Joo, Seyoung Lee, Aram Cho
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Patent number: 11810777Abstract: Provided is a composite encapsulating material and a photovoltaic module encapsulated with the composite encapsulating material, which relate to the technical field of photovoltaic modules. At least a partial area of the composite encapsulating material includes a high insulation material, and the high insulation material includes polyimide, modifier and modified polyimide. The above technical solution can improve an insulation performance of the encapsulating material, reduce a blank area of an edge of the module, reduce a weight of the photovoltaic module, and further reduce comprehensive cost of the photovoltaic module.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: Jinko Green Energy (Shanghai) Management Co., LTD., ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kun Yu, Changming Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Beibei Gao, Zengzhi Ma
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Patent number: 11811818Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a risk associated with a cyber-attack are provided. The apparatus includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least a processor. The memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive a cyber profile associated with a digital environment. The processor is further configured to receive risk assessment category data associated with the cyber profile and determine a digital environment risk record based on the risk assessment category data. In addition, the processor is configured to generate a user interface data structure configured to display the determined risk record.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Second Sight Data Discovery, Inc.Inventors: Reuben Vandeventer, David Imrem
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Patent number: 11809562Abstract: A method of detecting unauthorized code modification within a kernel of a computer system comprising performing a first measurement of the kernel in a kernel location, by a measurement tool executing on the computer system and storing the first measurement in a storage location. Initiating the measurement tool in response to a trigger event to perform a second measurement of the kernel. Comparing the second measurement, of the kernel, to a first measurement, of the kernel, by the measurement tool to determine a comparison value. Initiating a monitoring tool, executing on the computer system, in response to the comparison value exceeding a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLCInventor: Lyle W. Paczkowski
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Patent number: 11805098Abstract: A communication system (1) includes a terminal information acquisition unit configured to acquire version information of an OS of a terminal (10), a comparison unit configured to compare a version of the OS of the terminal (10) acquired by the terminal information acquisition unit with a latest version of the corresponding OS, and a setting unit configured to set, when the version of the OS of the terminal (10) is not the latest version, a path along which traffic of the terminal (10) passes through a security appliance (5), and set, when the version of the OS of the terminal (10) is the latest version, a path along which the traffic of the terminal (10) does not pass through the security appliance (5).Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shinya Kawano, Hiroaki Sato, Hideo Tsuchiya, Akihiro Okada