Patents Examined by N. Nguyen
  • 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: 11962461
    Abstract: A system and a method to dynamically reprovision network devices may include a first network device configured to reprovision a second network device in accordance with a specific location of the second network device in a predefined area. The first network device may be configured to sense the second device at the specific location in the predefined area, identify reprovisioning parameters associated with the specific location, and provide the reprovisioning parameters to the second network device. In turn, the second network device may be configured to perform one or more roles associated with the specific location in the predefined area based at least in part upon information in the reprovisioning parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Domenico Ficara, Amine Choukir, Salvatore Valenza, Vincent Cuissard
  • 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: 11959420
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system for a combustor of a gas turbine engine including a primary fuel tank configured to store a primary fuel, a secondary fuel tank configured to store a secondary fuel, a swirler configured to produce a main flame within a combustion chamber of the combustor, and a fuel nozzle configured to produce a pilot flame within the combustion chamber of the combustor. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle outlet that is located proximate to an end of the swirler or at the end of the swirler, the end of the swirler being located at an inlet of the combustor. The fuel delivery system also includes a primary fuel line fluidly connecting the primary fuel tank to the fuel nozzle and a secondary fuel line fluidly connecting the secondary fuel tank to the swirler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Timothy S. Snyder
  • Patent number: 11962324
    Abstract: A modified version of the min-sum algorithm (“MSA”) which can lower the error floor performance of quantized LDPC decoders. A threshold attenuated min-sum algorithm (“TAMSA”) and/or threshold offset min-sum algorithm (“TOMSA”), which selectively attenuates or offsets a check node log-likelihood ratio (“LLR”) if the check node receives any variable node LLR with magnitude below a predetermined threshold, while allowing a check node LLR to reach the maximum quantizer level if all the variable node LLRs received by the check node have magnitude greater than the threshold. Embodiments of the present invention can provide desirable results even without knowledge of the location, type, or multiplicity of such objects and can be implemented with only a minor modification to existing decoder hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Arrowhead Center, Inc., University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Homayoon Hatami, David G. Mitchell, Daniel Costello, Thomas Fuja
  • Patent number: 11963074
    Abstract: Systems and methods for maintaining and dynamically updating inactivity timers at a user equipment to detect a one-way audio or mute call to improve call experience are disclosed. The method enables the user equipment to perform a set of actions (e.g., enable, disable, drop call, don't drop call, etc.) when a one-way audio or mute call is detected. Values for the timer and/or action parameters can be dynamically determined and/or communicated to the user equipment by a telecommunications service provider based on one or more of the following factors: network health, network congestion, current events, type of call (e.g., emergency, non-emergency), type of customer (e.g., business, premium, residential, etc.), service-level agreement, and so on. Values for the timer and/or action parameters can be configurable based on a location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Fu Henry Chiang, Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman
  • Patent number: 11960529
    Abstract: The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for a service that can ingest a social network export and restore the integrity of threads within the social network export. The present technology can unite images in the social network export with the caption from the initial post, and with any comments within the thread. Likewise, images in the social network export can be enhanced to include metadata that reflects when the image was posted and any other contextual information that the social network provides in export file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dropbox, Inc.
    Inventor: Kyle Shay
  • Patent number: 11958765
    Abstract: Fluid purification systems employing a monolithic composite photocatalyst to remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and/or pathogenic organisms are disclosed. Pairing of systems tuned to abate each of these materials are discussed in different configurations such as series and parallel, as well as combining systems to target both materials simultaneously. System configurations that allow a portion of the fluid stream to be purified are also disclosed as are configurations that allow regeneration of the photocatalyst. These features may be augmented by sensors that allow closed loop control of bypass and regeneration cycles in the systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Sonata Scientific LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Roeder, Trevor E. James, Melissa A. Petruska, Peter C. Van Buskirk, Robert T. Henderson, III
  • 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: 11960351
    Abstract: Systems and methods for propagating poison information are provided. Embodiments include receiving write data having a poison flag asserted indicating the data to be written to a memory device is erroneous. Embodiments further include converting the write data to a pre-fixed data pattern and generating a parity code, based upon, at least in part, the pre-fixed data pattern. Embodiments may also include injecting a correctable error into the write-data or parity code and writing the write data and parity code into the memory device. The correctable error injection may occur in the data or in the parity code and during the read the comparison may occur accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dipakkumar Trikamlal Modi, Bikram Banerjee, Maddula Balakrishna Chaitanya
  • Patent number: 11960530
    Abstract: A file management device comprising a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to stores a feature included in a data file and a tag provided to the data file in association with each other as a provision rule, adds a tag to a newly input data file based on the stored provision rule, and displays the stored provision rule. The processor is further configured to displays the provision rule in an editable state by using a character string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PFU LIMITED
    Inventors: Reiko Genno, Katsuhito Shimazaki
  • Patent number: 11960487
    Abstract: Methods and systems for using dispersed cached data stored in multiple database nodes for serving database access requests are described herein. Upon receiving a request for data from a requesting device, a first application server determines whether the requested data is stored in a local cache memory. If it is determined that the requested data is not stored in the local cache memory, without accessing a local, first database, the first application server determines that the requested data is stored in a cache memory of a second application server, wherein the second application server stores at least a portion of the data from a second database in its cache memory. The first application server retrieves the requested data from the cache memory of the second application server and provides the retrieved data to the requesting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Shanmukh Sista
  • 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: 11960471
    Abstract: Identifying data quality along a data flow. A method includes identifying quality metadata for two or more datasets. The quality metadata defines one or more of quality of a data source, accuracy of a dataset, completeness of a dataset, freshness of a dataset, or relevance of a dataset. At least some of the metadata is based on results of operations along a data flow. Based on the metadata, the method includes creating one or more quality indexes for the datasets. The one or more quality indexes include a characterization of quality of two or more datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Michael Derstadt
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11961550
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells connected to a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines, a target row refresh logic circuit configured to select a target row address from among a plurality of target row addresses as a refresh row address based on victim point values, and perform a refresh operation on first memory cells of the plurality of memory cells connected to a wordline of the plurality of wordlines indicated by the refresh row address, a victim point table configured to store the victim point values for the target row addresses, and a victim point accumulator configured to receive a first row address from an external device, and accumulate a first victim point value for at least one target row address corresponding to the first row address during a unit time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hijung Kim, Hoyoun Kim, Jungmin You, Seongjin Cho
  • Patent number: 11961546
    Abstract: A reference circuit for generating a reference current includes a plurality of resistive elements including at least one magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). A control circuit is coupled to a first terminal of the at least one MTJ and is configured to selectively flow current through the at least one MTJ in the forward and inverse direction to generate a reference current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Fu Lee, Hon-Jarn Lin, Po-Hao Lee, Ku-Feng Lin, Yi-Chun Shih, Yu-Der Chih
  • Patent number: 11955844
    Abstract: A rotor is provided with: a rotor core (32); a plurality of permanent magnets (33); a substantially tubular magnet cover (71); and a load reception block (70). The rotor core (32) rotates integrally with a rotary shaft of a motor. The permanent magnets (33) are arranged on the outer peripheral part of the rotor core (32). The magnet cover (71) covers the exterior of the plurality of permanent magnets (33) and the rotor core (32), and has a flange part which is bent radially inward at the end along a rotation axis. The load reception block (70) is disposed between the flange part and the end surface of the rotor core (32) in a direction along the rotation axis, and abuts against the flange part and the rotor core (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBA Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Ohori, Koji Yonekawa, Takeshi Kanai
  • Patent number: 11952761
    Abstract: A bathtub safety device which prevents the water level in a bathtub from exceeding a desired level is described herein. This device is relatively simple and does not require a battery. This bathtub safety device is comprised of (1) a base section having a bathtub drain coupling which is adapted for insertion into a bathtub drain in a watertight manner and a vertically mounted water discharge tube having a water discharge slit, and (2) a water discharge adjustment ring having a series of water discharge holes which are arranged at different vertical heights and which are spaced apart radially along the circumference of the inside diameter of the water discharge adjustment ring, wherein the water discharge adjustment ring is positioned over the water discharge tube and is capable of being rotated radially on the water discharge tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Yasein Ganim
  • Patent number: 11955252
    Abstract: A cable is composed of a cable core including one or more electric wires, a shield layer covering around the cable core, and a sheath covering around the shield layer. The shield layer includes a braided shield braided in such a manner that first metal wires composed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy intersect with second metal wires composed of copper or a copper alloy. An outer diameter of each of the second metal wires is larger than an outer diameter of each of the first metal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Masanori Kobayashi, Masashi Moriyama, Kazuhiro Aida