Patents Examined by Ryan
  • Patent number: 11979725
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vibration sound device for an electronic product and the electronic product. The vibration sound device comprises a first housing, a magnetic assembly, a coil assembly and a second housing. The first housing includes a cavity and is opened at one side thereof. An interaction force is generated between the magnetic assembly in the first housing and the coil assembly on the second housing to drive the vibration sound device to vibrate and sound. According to the present disclosure, the magnetic assembly and the coil assembly are configured into a nested form, so that the overall height of the vibration sound device is reduced, the space utilization rate and the assembly precision are improved, and enough utilization space is provided for an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yueguang Zhu, Dongsheng Mao, Dezhang Shi, Yongqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11979684
    Abstract: There is provided a content distribution device including a virtual character arrangement acquisitor that acquires an arrangement in a virtual space of each of a plurality of virtual characters respectively corresponding to a plurality of participants in accordance with an operation of a corresponding participant, a trigger detector that detects a first trigger and thereafter detects a second trigger, and a display control data distributor that generates and distributes display control data for displaying at least a part of the virtual space in which the plurality of virtual characters is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DWANGO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kawakami, Takashi Kojima, Hiroaki Saito, Toshihiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11979196
    Abstract: An optical transmission power supply cable includes an electric power input terminal, a power sourcing equipment and an optical fiber cable. The power sourcing equipment includes a semiconductor laser that oscillates with electric power input from the electric power input terminal, thereby outputting feed light. The optical fiber cable transmits the feed light from the power sourcing equipment. The optical fiber cable has an electrically insulating property of not conducting electricity in a longer direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomonori Sugime
  • Patent number: 11978318
    Abstract: Certain embodiments involve a system comprising at least one processor; and a memory storing instructions which when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to: cause a first symbol array to be selected and displayed on at least one display in a display area, the first symbol array including a plurality of selected symbols from each reel of a plurality of reels at respective symbol locations of the display area; add at least one first Wild symbol to the display; cause a second symbol array to be selected and displayed on the at least one display in the display area, the second symbol array including a plurality of selected symbols from each reel at the respective symbol locations of the display area; add at least one second Wild symbol to the display; and move the at least one first Wild symbol relative to the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Natalie Bryant, Philip Seifert, Nicole Hedley, Ronald Dy, Doanh Dang, Oliver Crispino
  • Patent number: 11977865
    Abstract: A software and hardware collaborative compilation processing method and system. The system comprises an environment configurator, a command parser, a code filler, a scheduler and a heterogeneous target system, wherein the code filler is configured for obtaining the source program path of a user, reading source codes and identifying the heterogeneous target system according to a macro definition, complementing the codes related to the heterogeneous target system, carrying out primary filling and secondary filling on the source codes; the scheduler is configured for realizing compilation scheduling and execution scheduling functions respectively; the heterogeneous target system is configured for compiling and processing user modal data, and comprises at least two heterogeneous target subsystems; each target subsystem comprises a target-related middle-end compiler, a back-end compiler and a target-related running environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG LAB
    Inventors: Lei Xue, Tao Zou, Ruyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11979875
    Abstract: A terminal is disclosed including a transmitting unit that transmits, to a base station, a schedule request (SR); and a receiving unit that receives, from the base station, an uplink grant indicating scheduling information for transmitting uplink data, wherein the transmitting unit transmits, to the base station, the uplink data by employing the scheduling information. In other aspects, a base station and a system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Qin Mu, Liu Liu, Naoto Okubo, Wei Xu, Yong Li, Wenbo Wang
  • Patent number: 11978117
    Abstract: A method of displaying an OHLL (open, high, low, last) type symbol representative of changes in price during a time period in which an open price occurred at a start of the time period, a last price occurred at a particular time within the time period, and the particular time occurred before an end of the time period, the method including generating and displaying a line representative of the last price wherein a width of the line spans an entirety of the time period, and generating and displaying the OHLL type symbol upon at least a portion of the line by drawing a spatiotemporal relationship between the open price, a highest price, a lowest price, and the last price in accordance with a selected symbol rendering method, wherein a width of the OHLL type symbol indicates a difference between the start of the time period and the particular time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Eric Schneider
  • Patent number: 11978154
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an immersive content generation system may receive a first input from a user indicating a lighting value. The computing device may receive a second input indicating a region of an immersive virtual environment to which the lighting value is to be applied. The computing device may apply the lighting value to the region of the immersive virtual environment. The computing device may output one or more images of the immersive virtual environment, the one or more images based, in part, on the input lighting value. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LUCASFILM ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Michael Jutan, David Hirschfield, Jeff Webster, Scott Richards
  • Patent number: 11975346
    Abstract: An on-line automatic cleaning apparatus of slit extrusion type coating die for lithium battery and a method associated therewith are provided. The cleaning apparatus includes: a die lip, a coating steel roller, and a cleaning mechanism disposed therebetween. The cleaning mechanism includes a cleaning chamber which includes elongated sealing strips and a flow-guiding arc groove. Front and rear ends of the cleaning chamber are connected to an inlet sealing plate and an outlet sealing plate respectively. The flow-guiding arc groove is in contact with and presses upper and lower sloped surfaces of the die lip through the elongated sealing strips to seal and thereby define a closed cleaning tunnel. The inlet and outlet sealing plates are in contact with and press two ends of the closed cleaning tunnel respectively for circumferential sealing. An inlet and an outlet are connected to pipes having solenoid valves installed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU KATOP AUTOMATION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Donghua Chen, Zhenhua Fan
  • Patent number: 11975489
    Abstract: A 3D printing system includes a tank containing a liquid photopolymer resin. The tank includes an optically transparent window through which light is configured to pass. A heat exchanger is connected to the tank and is configured to cool the liquid polymer resin. A transducer is connected to the tank. The transducer is configured to emit an acoustic wave toward the optically transparent window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Nanzhu Zhao, Sandeep Patil, Cheng Sun, Rihan Hai
  • Patent number: 11977869
    Abstract: A mobile application development device having a platform processor, a native application converter engine, and a mobile platform framework engine configured to facilitate the development and deployment of mobile applications configured to be run on different mobile operating systems from code that is developed independently and agnostic of the mobile operating system on which it will ultimately run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
    Inventors: Anton Sumin, Sanjay Pillay, Piedad L. Burnside
  • Patent number: 11974769
    Abstract: An embodiment includes an apparatus for carpel tunnel syndrome surgery. The apparatus comprises: a shaft including a shaft proximal end, a shaft distal end, and a shaft long axis, wherein the shaft distal end comprises a raised edge; a linkage included within the shaft; a blade coupled to a distal end of the linkage; wherein (a)(i) an axis parallel to the shaft long axis intersects the raised edge but does not intersect the shaft, (a)(ii) the raised edge is curvilinear, (a)(iii) the raised edge includes a first lateral edge portion, a second lateral edge portion, and a middle edge portion between the first and second lateral edge portions; and (a)(iv) the first and second lateral edge portions are both proximal to the middle edge portion. Other embodiments are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: EDGE INSTRUMENTS, LLC
    Inventor: Ira Lown
  • Patent number: 11975931
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for moving a heavy object into a confined space. The method comprises providing the heavy object in an initial position, the heavy object having an underside resting on a ground surface and comprising an inducible gas-cushion arrangement which in its inactive state causes the underside of the heavy object to maintain contact with the ground surface; activating the inducible gas-cushion arrangement by forming a gas cushion between the underside of the heavy object and the ground surface, the gas cushion generating a lifting force causing the underside of the heavy object to lose contact with the ground surface; moving the heavy object relative to the confined space until the underside of the heavy object at least levels with the supporting surface of the confined space; and moving the heavy object into its final position utilizing the lifting force of the gas-cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Gunnar Björkman, Viktor Karlsson
  • Patent number: 11976511
    Abstract: A window system includes a frame, a glazing assembly held within the frame and including a glass stop attachable to the frame, wherein attaching the glass stop to the frame defines an air pocket between the glass stop and the frame, and a thermal dampening device positioned within the air pocket and defining one or more discrete cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Arconic Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Montz, Ion-Horatiu Barbulescu
  • Patent number: 11977315
    Abstract: The positions at which electrode pads are arranged can be made more flexible, and electrical interconnects to be installed can be reduced. In addition, the degree of integration of a chip increases, making it possible to realize a large-scale device (optical switch etc.). In an optical module of the present invention, an interposer (an electrical connection intermediary component with electrode pins attached onto upper and lower faces in an array) is laid over a chip that includes a device configured by using a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) fixed onto a fixing metal plate, and a control substrate for driving the device is laid over the interposer. These components are mechanically fixed by a fixing screw or the like, and the electrode pads of the chip and the control substrate are connected to each other via the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ai Yanagihara, Kenya Suzuki, Takashi Go, Keita Yamaguchi, Yuko Kawajiri
  • Patent number: D1025867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Ramesh R. Gound
  • Patent number: D1026099
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Frank Rodriguez, Stephen Shaffer, Jr., Xiaoqiang Gong
  • Patent number: D1026100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bruce Urban, Dominic DeMarco
  • Patent number: D1026101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Bruce Urban
  • Patent number: D1026127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Shaowei Tong