Patents Examined by N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11972798
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoki Chiba, Daisaburo Takashima, Hidehiro Shiga
  • Patent number: 11972424
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Grudetskyi, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Yi Ren
  • Patent number: 11967743
    Abstract: A propulsion system is provided including: a gas turbine engine including a combustion section having a combustor; and a modular fuel cell assembly. The modular fuel cell assembly includes: a first fuel cell string comprising a first processing unit and a first fuel cell stack, the first fuel cell stack comprising a first fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the first fuel cell to the combustor; and a second fuel cell string comprising a second processing unit and a second fuel cell stack, the second fuel cell stack comprising a second fuel cell defining an outlet configured to provide output products from the second fuel cell to the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Honggang Wang, Radislav A. Potyrailo, Michael Anthony Benjamin
  • Patent number: 11967887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a motor apparatus having a motor, comprising: a fan that is rotatably supported by a shaft member of the motor, and sends, in a centrifugal direction by rotation, gas taken from an axial direction of the shaft member; and a cover member that covers the fan so as to allow the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan to flow along an outer surface of the motor, wherein the cover member has a blowout port that blows out some of the gas sent in the centrifugal direction from the fan in the centrifugal direction to cool an external mechanism of the motor apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Matsunaga, Kazuhisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Mizuguchi
  • Patent number: 11967431
    Abstract: Hierarchical data objects are generated via a computer-based system for applying a series of rules to establish episode-specific data objects reflecting a plurality of discrete claim records before further dissecting the generated episode-specific data objects prior to finalization of those episode-specific data objects to identify claim records within the episode-specific data objects that are eligible for generation of one or more sub-episodes within the episode-specific data objects. The identified sub-episodes are reflected within the episode-specific data object to designate complete episodes of care that additionally reflect interactions with the corresponding parent episode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Optum, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Toensing, Bob Martin
  • Patent number: 11965321
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZURN WATER, LLC
    Inventors: Long Larry Le, Michael Pynn, Thushan Kapilajith Hemanchandra
  • Patent number: 11964772
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system includes a propulsive fan assembly configured for assembly into an aircraft structure, the propulsive fan assembly that includes a fan rotatable about a fan axis, an inlet duct assembly disposed within the aircraft fuselage, the inlet duct assembly that includes an upper inlet duct with an upper inlet opening and a lower inlet duct with a lower inlet opening. The upper inlet duct and the lower inlet duct merge into a common inlet duct forward of the propulsive fan assembly, and an outlet duct is disposed aft of the propulsive fan assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jon E. Sobanski, Thomas G. Tillman, Stuart S. Ochs
  • Patent number: 11964149
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: BIBOTING INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Chang Liu, Pei-En Lee
  • Patent number: 11967391
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Yahor Zaitsau
  • Patent number: 11964264
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mohamed Shaker Sayed Adam, Amel Musa Taha, Mohamed M. Makhlouf
  • Patent number: 11967372
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Vincent Antoine Laurent, Andrea Martinelli, Efrem Bolandrina, Ferdinando Bedeschi
  • Patent number: 11966730
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment includes a set of host machines, each of which includes a hypervisor, virtual machines, and a virtual machine controller, and a data migration system configured to identify one or more existing storage items stored at one or more existing File Server Virtual Machines (FSVMs) of an existing virtualized file server (VFS). For each of the existing storage items, the data migration system is configured to identify a new FSVMs of a new VFS based on the existing FSVM, send a representation of the storage item from the existing FSVM to the new FSVM, such that representations of storage items are sent between different pairs of FSVMs in parallel, and store a new storage item at the new FSVM, such that the new storage item is based on the representation of the existing storage item received by the new FSVM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard James Sharpe, Kalpesh Ashok Bafna, Satyajit Sanjeev Deshmukh, Durga Mahesh Arikatla
  • Patent number: 11965264
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Heinz Kraus, Piotr Filar
  • Patent number: 11966729
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system for managing communication connections in a virtualization environment includes a plurality of host machines implementing a virtualization environment, wherein each of the host machines includes a hypervisor, at least one user virtual machine (user VM), and a distributed file server that includes file server virtual machines (FSVMs) and associated local storage devices. Each FSVM and associated local storage device are local to a corresponding one of the host machines, and the FSVMs conduct I/O transactions with their associated local storage devices based on I/O requests received from the user VMs. Each of the user VMs on each host machine sends each of its representative I/O requests to an FSVM that is selected by one or more of the FSVMs for each I/O request based on a lookup table that maps a storage item referenced by the I/O request to the selected one of the FSVMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nutanix, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard James Sharpe, Kalpesh Ashok Bafna, Durga Mahesh Arikatla, Shyamsunder Prayagchand Rathi, Satyajit Sanjeev Deshmukh, Vishal Sinha, Anil Kumar Gopalapura Venkatesh, Rashmi Gupta, Rishabh Sharma, Yifeng Huang
  • Patent number: 11964255
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Simon Ifrah, Laure Jeanne Simone Bisson, Benjamin Faure, Rui Miguel Jorge Coelho Marques, Wei Li, Ling Zhu
  • Patent number: 11957990
    Abstract: A portable water sports environment is provided. The environment includes a mat positioned on a liner. The front end of the liner may be positioned proximate to a body of water. The back end of the liner may be positioned distally to the body of water. A spray nozzle positioned along a front end of the liner may spray water from the body of water onto the mat and toward the back end of the liner. The environment may a ballast positioned on the top surface of the liner and spaced from the mat. The mat, the top surface of the liner, and the ballast may define a trench that extends away from the back end of the liner and toward the front end of the liner. The trench may guide water received from the spray nozzle toward the front end of the liner and into the body of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth Allen Shields, Kenneth Steven Shields, Kirk Patrick Laplante
  • Patent number: 11959263
    Abstract: A drain for sanitary fixtures such as sinks, tubs or the like is described. The drain is provided with an automatic overflow mechanism, of the magnetic type, configured to be automatically activated when the water level in the sanitary fixture reaches the maximum level allowed. The overflow mechanism comprises a first magnetic element arranged on a stem of the plug, and a second magnetic element integral with the head of the plug and in-between the base and the first magnetic element. In the raised position of the plug, corresponding to the raised position of the head, the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are magnetically coupled. When a threshold value of the water pressure acting on the head is exceeded, the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element are automatically uncoupled, causing the descent of the head towards the lowered position, corresponding to the opening of the mouth of the sanitary fixture initially closed by the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RAVANI S.r.l.
    Inventors: Federico Stefini, Marco Dalmazio Ravani
  • Patent number: 11962121
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a semiconductor laser element, a base member, and a cover. The base member includes a first alignment mark, a second alignment mark, a third alignment mark, and a fourth alignment mark. The base member has a disposition surface on which the semiconductor laser element is disposed. The cover is bonded to the base member to define a closed space in which the semiconductor laser element is arranged. The first alignment mark and the second alignment mark are arranged outside the closed space. The third alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark are arranged inside the closed space. A straight line connecting the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark is parallel to a straight line connecting the third alignment mark and the fourth alignment mark.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadayuki Kitajima, Tomokazu Taji
  • Patent number: 11961641
    Abstract: A deep sea lifting cable having a cable core (36) surrounded by armouring (32), wherein the armouring is surrounded by an outer jacket (33), wherein the cable core comprises at least one power cable (10) is disclosed. The armouring (32) comprises synthetic stiff ropes and interstices (35) between the stiff ropes are filed with a high viscous filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventor: Andreas Gabrielsen
  • Patent number: 11962129
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laser diode system. The system may have at least one laser diode emitter having a substrate, at least one laser diode supported on the substrate, and a facet which a laser beam generated by the laser diode is emitted. A cooling subsystem is included which is disposed in contact with the substrate of the laser diode emitter. The cooling subsystem includes a plurality of cooling fins forming a plurality of elongated channels for circulating a cooling fluid therethrough to cool the laser diode emitter. The cooling fluid also flows over the facet of the laser diode emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jack Kotovsky, Salmaan H. Baxamusa, Clint D. Frye, Ian Seth Ladner, Thomas M. Spinka, Devin Joseph Funaro, David Ryan Hobby, Caleb Del Anderson, Todd Bandhauer