Patents Examined by N. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11974289Abstract: A method and apparatus for separately configuring sets of frequency resources for a PDCCH and another physical channel are disclosed. According to the method, the first and second messages are configured separately to respectively indicate the sets of frequency resources with associated numerologies for the PDCCH and other physical channels.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIOSN CORP., LTD.Inventors: Jia Shen, Hua Xu
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Patent number: 11973375Abstract: An annular axial flux motor includes a rotor mounted on an annular subsection of a rotatable cam ring and a stator mounted on an annular subsection of a carrier frame. The rotor includes two Halbach arrays of permanent magnets spaced from each other on the cam ring along an axial direction. The stator includes multiple phase electrical windings printed on multiple layers of a printed circuit board (PCB) that are stacked along the axial direction. The multiple layers are positioned between the Halbach arrays, with active side of the Halbach arrays facing to opposite sides of the multiple layers. The Halbach arrays are configured to generate a symmetrical magnetic field and the multiple phase electrical windings are configured to have a same rotor-dependent torque constant, such that the stator can generate a constant torque to rotate the rotor and the cam ring within a finite travel range.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.Inventors: Arno Leon Konings, Charles Robert Schabacker, Jason Donald Mareno
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Patent number: 11973399Abstract: A fan module including a first casing, a second casing, a supporting assembly, a stator assembly, and a rotor assembly. The first casing includes a first vent. The second casing is connected to the first casing and an accommodating space is formed between the first casing and the second casing. The supporting assembly is disposed at the accommodating space, connected to the second casing, and includes a first end and a second end. The stator assembly is disposed at the accommodating space, fixed on the second casing, and disposed around the supporting assembly. The rotor assembly is disposed at the accommodating space, rotatably disposed around the stator assembly, and corresponding to the first vent. The first end of the supporting assembly passes through the rotor assembly and the first vent for protruding out of the first casing.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.Inventor: Ching Jen Yu
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Patent number: 11972424Abstract: Systems and techniques are generally described for detecting evasive terms in item listings. In some examples, a list of keywords associated with a first category of specified items may be received. In some examples, text data associated with a first item may be received. A first plurality of tokens representing a corrected version of the text data may be generated using spell correction techniques. In some cases, first flag data indicating that the text data constitutes evasive text may be generated based at least in part on the generation of the first plurality of tokens. The first flag data and a numerical representation of the first plurality of tokens may be input into a binary classifier trained to generate label data indicating whether text data associated with a given item is evasive or non-evasive. The binary classifier may generate label data indicating that the text data associated with the first item is evasive.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Igor Grudetskyi, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Yi Ren
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Patent number: 11973516Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for estimating LLR values used for soft decoding of data stored in non-volatile storage devices. A method may include reading data stored in a non-volatile storage device using a group of soft read reference voltages, decoding the data read from the non-volatile storage device in a soft decoding process, obtaining a number of ones and a number of zeros for each zone of a plurality of zones delineated by the group of soft read reference voltages and obtaining a log-likelihood ratios (LLR) for each zone of the plurality of zones based on a ratio of the number of ones to the number of zeros in each zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Innogrit Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chenrong Xiong, Jie Chen
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Patent number: 11973313Abstract: A diode laser arrangement includes at least one emitter, first and second cooling devices and a first connecting layer. The emitter is configured to emit a laser beam and is disposed between the first and second cooling devices. The first and second cooling devices are each configured for cooling the emitter. The emitter is connected to the first cooling device by the first connecting layer, and the first connecting layer has a connecting material or is composed of a connecting material selected from a group including gold, a gold alloy, silver, a silver alloy, a silver sintered material, copper, a copper alloy, nickel, a nickel alloy, palladium, a palladium alloy, platinum, a platinum alloy, rhodium, a rhodium alloy, iridium, an iridium alloy, germanium, a germanium alloy, tin, a tin alloy, aluminum, an aluminum alloy, indium, an indium alloy, lead and a lead alloy.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TRUMPF Photonics, Inc.Inventors: Stephan Strohmaier, Arne-Heike Meissner-Schenk, Gerald Urban, Gerd Hansen, Christian Carstens
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Patent number: 11973377Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a system for pretensioning fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP) sleeves surrounding an assembly of parts. The method includes application of pretensioning FRP sleeves surrounding a permanent magnet rotor with surface magnets.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Albany Engineered Composites, Inc.Inventors: Ralph Funck, Jens Jung, Martin Welsch
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Patent number: 11970848Abstract: A vertical rail slider and a mobile showerhead holder are provided. The vertical rail includes a body, provided with a sleeve portion configured to be sleeved on and fitted with the vertical rail; a rotation piece, rotatably connected to the body around a rotation axis perpendicular to an axial direction of the vertical rail; an abutting piece, sliding along a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis in a radial direction of the vertical rail relative to the body and abutting against the vertical rail to be fitted with the sleeve portion to be attached to the vertical rail; and an elastic piece, wherein two ends of the elastic piece abut against the abutting piece and the body to push the abutting piece to abut against the vertical rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: FUJIAN XIHE SANITARY WARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaofa Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Zhiwei Chen, Feiming Deng, Xiaoqing Deng, Qiqiao Liu
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Patent number: 11969715Abstract: A catalyst for direct decomposition removal of NOx from an exhaust gas stream to N2 and O2, the catalyst comprising a dual dispersed supported metal oxide material, which comprises MOx-CuOx dispersed on a CO3O4 spinel oxide support, wherein M is selected from the group consisting of Zn, Ce, Mg, Tb, and Gd. The dual dispersed supported metal oxide catalysts have good activity and selectivity for N2.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Torin C. Peck, Benjamin A. Grayson, Charles A. Roberts
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Patent number: 11972798Abstract: A nonvolatile memory includes a first memory cell and a second memory cell above the first memory cell. The first memory cell includes a variable resistance layer extending in a first direction, a semiconductor layer extending in the first direction and in contact with the variable resistance layer, an insulator layer extending in the first direction and in contact with the semiconductor layer, and a first voltage applying electrode extending in a second direction and in contact with the insulator layer. The second memory cell includes a second voltage applying electrode in contact with the insulator layer. When a write operation is performed on the first memory cell, a first voltage is applied to the second voltage applying electrode, and when a write operation is performed on the second memory cell, a second voltage, lower than the first voltage, is applied to the first voltage applying electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Kioxia CorporationInventors: Tomoki Chiba, Daisaburo Takashima, Hidehiro Shiga
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Patent number: 11970282Abstract: Systems and methods of aircraft thrust management are provided. For example, a propulsion system for an aircraft comprises a fuel cell assembly comprising a fuel cell, a turbomachine, and a controller comprising memory and one or more processors. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the propulsion system to perform operations including receiving data indicative of a propulsion system thrust discrepancy and modifying an output of the fuel cell in response to receiving data indicative of the propulsion system thrust discrepancy. Modifying the fuel cell output may include modifying output products, an electrical power output, or both of the fuel cell to balance the thrust provided by the propulsion system.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Honggang Wang, Kum Kang Huh, Michael Anthony Benjamin, Koji Asari
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Patent number: 11969712Abstract: A catalyst for purification of exhaust gas in which Pd-based nanoparticles and ceria nanoparticles are supported on a composite metal oxide support containing alumina, ceria, and zirconia, wherein a molar ratio (Ce/Pd) of Ce and Pd supported on the support is 1 to 8, a proximity ? between Pd and Ce is 0.15 to 0.50, wherein the proximity ? is determined, based on Pd and Ce distribution maps in an element mapping image of energy dispersive X-ray analysis, by the following formula (1): ? = ? j = 0 N - 1 ? ? i = 0 M - 1 ? ( ( I ? ( i , j ) - I ave ) ? ( T ? ( i , j ) - T ave ) ) ? j = 0 N - 1 ? ? i = 0 M - 1 ? ( I ? ( i , j ) - I ave ) 2 - ? j = 0 N - 1 ? ? i = 0 M - 1 ? ( T ? ( i , j ) - T ave ) 2 , ( 1 ) a Pd dispersity after a heat-resistance test at 1050° C. for 25 hours is 0.8% or more.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki Kumatani, Akira Morikawa, Masaoki Iwasaki, Miho Hatanaka, Taizo Yoshinaga, Masahide Miura, Takahiro Hayashi
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Patent number: 11973314Abstract: An abnormality of output laser light is detected for enhancement in safety. A light-source drive device includes a light-source control unit, a light-receiving unit, and an abnormality detection unit. The light-source control unit included in the light-source drive device controls light emission of a light source. The light-receiving unit included in the light-source drive device receives light from the light source through an output part allowing outward output of light of the light source. The abnormality detection unit included in the light-source drive device detects an abnormality of the light output from the output part, on the basis of the received light.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hayato Kamizuru, Katsuhisa Daio, Takeshi Yuwaki, Akihito Kamiegawa, Naoki Masumitsu
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Patent number: 11969720Abstract: A method of forming TiO2—ZnO nanoparticles coated by a copper (II) complex includes forming a mononuclear copper complex by treating a ligand with Cu2+ ions; and immobilizing the mononuclear copper complex on TiO2—ZnO nanoparticles to obtain the TiO2—ZnO nanoparticle coated by the copper (II) complex. The TiO2—ZnO nanoparticles coated by a copper (II) complex thus produced have improved catalytic effectiveness and increased efficiency by reducing catalytic reaction time and temperature, particularly in methods of catalyzing oxidation of an alcohol or of catalyzing decarboxylative bromination of an acid.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITYInventors: Mohamed Shaker Sayed Adam, Amel Musa Taha, Mohamed M. Makhlouf
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Patent number: 11967372Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for shared decoder architecture for three-dimensional memory arrays are described. A memory device may include pillars coupled to an access line using two transistors positioned between the pillar and the access line. The gates of the two transistors may be coupled with respective gate lines coupled with circuitry configured to bias the gate line as part of an access operation for a memory cell coupled with the pillar. In some cases, the circuitry may be positioned between tiles of the memory device, at an end of one or more tiles of the memory device, between word line combs of a tile of the memory device, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventors: Christophe Vincent Antoine Laurent, Andrea Martinelli, Efrem Bolandrina, Ferdinando Bedeschi
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Patent number: 11964149Abstract: A facial beautifying and care apparatus includes a beauty bar (1) having an air supply passage (A), a negative pressure connecting hole (132), a conductive suction nozzle (15) and a first connection port (134); an EMS generation module (20) inside the beauty bar (1) electrically connected to the first connection port (134); an external negative pressure unit (6) separated from the beauty bar (1) and having a negative pressure driving control module (62) and a second connection port (637); the negative pressure driving control module (62) having an air supply tube assembly (66) with a negative pressure communicating hole (661); a communicating tube (7) communicating with the negative pressure connecting hole (132) and the negative pressure communicating hole (661); a conductive wire (8) connected to the first connecting port (134) and the second connecting port (637). Accordingly, the effects of facial skin firming, cleaning, beautifying and caring are achieved.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: BIBOTING INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Po-Chang Liu, Pei-En Lee
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Patent number: 11965321Abstract: A plumbing fixture assembly including a fluid flow detection system for monitoring fluid flow and flow characteristics through plumbing fixtures without contacting the fluid. The fluid flow detection system communicates collected data related to the plumbing fixtures to a water management system, which analyzes the data and provides information to a user through a portal and user interface. The fluid flow detection system also tracks users of the plumbing fixtures for compliance with a hand washing routine. The hand washing compliance data is communicated to the water management system as well.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: ZURN WATER, LLCInventors: Long Larry Le, Michael Pynn, Thushan Kapilajith Hemanchandra
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Patent number: 11964255Abstract: Disclosed are a mixed oxide composition based on zirconium and cerium exhibiting a high reducibility, the process for preparing it and its use in the field of catalysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONSInventors: Simon Ifrah, Laure Jeanne Simone Bisson, Benjamin Faure, Rui Miguel Jorge Coelho Marques, Wei Li, Ling Zhu
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Patent number: 11967391Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for testing multicore firmware (FW) in a memory system and a method thereof. A test system includes a test device and a storage device including a plurality of flash translation layer (FTL) cores, each FTL core associated with multiple memory blocks. The test device generates test preconditions for the plurality of FTL cores and provides the test preconditions to the plurality of FTL cores, the test preconditions being different from each other. Each of the plurality of FTL cores performs one or more test operations based on a corresponding test precondition of the test preconditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: Yahor Zaitsau
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Patent number: 11965264Abstract: Electrode assemblies useful, inter alia, for mounting thin rods in Siemens reactors for manufacture of polysilicon, have a base segment which receives a holder segment, and an insert, interfacial surface(s) of which have depressions and/or elevations which reduce contact surface area, allowing the holder, base segment, insert, and optional intermediate segments to be constructed of materials having different thermal conductivities.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Wacker Chemie AGInventors: Heinz Kraus, Piotr Filar