Patents Examined by Suchin Parihar
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Patent number: 11886722Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for technology management on a hardware component of a device at the time of assembly. An apparatus has a processor and memory storage that stores code executable by the processor. The processor obtains a feature of the hardware component to be removed from the hardware component and operates a virtual fuse that removes a data region associated with the hardware component and permanently removes access to the feature on the hardware component. In response to operating the virtual fuse to remove access to the feature, the processor may indicate the status of the feature on the hardware component.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson, Daryl C. Cromer, Howard Locker, Mengnan Wang
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Patent number: 11879789Abstract: Techniques regarding determining the temperature of one or more quantum computing devices are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a temperature component that can determine a temperature of a superconducting resonator based on a frequency shift exhibited by the superconducting resonator due to a change in kinetic inductance with a change in temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Salvatore Bernardo Olivadese, Daniela Florentina Bogorin, Nicholas Torleiv Bronn, Sean Hart, Patryk Gumann
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Patent number: 11878601Abstract: A cable-holding device may be provided for electric and hybrid vehicles that are provided with a rechargeable storage device for storing electrical energy. The storage device may include a charging cable that can be connected to an external power supply device for the purpose of charging the storage device and is at least temporarily connected to the vehicle. The charging cable is stowed in the cable-holding device of the vehicle when not in use. The cable-holding device includes a closed holding space for receiving the charging cable. The holding space is delimited by a lower plate and an upper plate and is closed on all sides. A clear height of the holding space is only slightly greater than the diameter of the charging cable. A holding surface for the charging cable on the lower plate is dimensioned to be large enough that the whole charging cable can be held in the form of loops, and the holding space has a side through opening for the charging cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Juergen Koehler, Mustafa Yuecel, Volker Krolzig, Werner Jakobs, Stephan A. Grymel
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Patent number: 11875100Abstract: Examples described herein provide a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include generating a plurality of child processes according to a number of a plurality of partitions in an integrated circuit (IC) design for an IC die, each of the plurality of child processes corresponding to and assigned to a respective one of the plurality of partitions. The operations include transmitting each of the plurality of partitions to a respective one of the plurality of child processes for routing, each of the plurality of partitions comprising a placement of components for the IC design. The operations include receiving a plurality of routings from the plurality of child processes. The operations include merging the plurality of routings into a global routing for the IC design by assembling together to form a global routing.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: XILINX, INC.Inventors: Satish Sivaswamy, Ashot Shakhkyan, Nitin Deshmukh, Garik Mkrtchyan, Guenter Stenz, Bhasker Pinninti
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Patent number: 11870275Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting a metal foreign matter in a wireless charging system, and a device are provided. The apparatus includes a phase-lock control module, an excitation module, a resonance module, a signal collection module, and a determining module. The phase-lock control module is configured to: adjust a frequency of a first signal and output the first signal to the excitation module and the determining module. The excitation module is configured to: generate a second signal based on the first signal, and output the second signal to the resonance module. The resonance module is configured to output the third signal to the signal collection module under excitation of the second signal. The determining module is configured to determine whether there is a metal foreign matter in an area of the target coil.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yunhe Mao, Zhixian Wu, Yanding Liu, Furong Xiao
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Patent number: 11865930Abstract: An electric vehicle charging connector, including a set of pins, a sensor, and a controller. The set of pins may include a DC pin, wherein the DC pin is configured to supply DC power to a charging port, wherein the charging port comprises a locking mechanism. The sensor can detect power flow from the pins to the charging port. The controller is communicatively connected to the sensor and configured to receive a signal from the sensor and send a locking signal to a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism comprises an engaged state wherein the charging connector is mechanically coupled to the charging port and a disengaged state wherein the charging connector is mechanically uncoupled form the charging port, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to receive a locking signal from the controller of the charging connector and enter the engaged state.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Herman Wiegman
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Patent number: 11868691Abstract: An integrated circuit including a standard cell includes: a plurality of first wells extending in a first horizontal direction with a first width and of a first conductivity type; and a plurality of second wells extending in the first horizontal direction with a second width and having a second conductivity type, wherein the plurality of first wells and the plurality of second wells are alternately arranged in a second horizontal direction that is orthogonal to the first horizontal direction, and when m and n are integers greater than or equal to 3, the standard cell has a length in the second horizontal direction, the length being equal to a sum of m times a half of the first width and n times a half of the second width.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Raheel Azmat, Sidharth Rastogi, Chul-hong Park, Jae-seok Yang, Kwan-young Chun
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Patent number: 11870286Abstract: A battery charger for electric or hybrid motor vehicles including one container body installable on a motor vehicle and defining one housing compartment, the container body comprises one grounding connector to be connected to one grounding electrical potential by one electrical grounding cable, and one electronic appliance housed inside the housing compartment, connectable to one electric battery of the motor vehicle and configured to recharge the battery, wherein the connector comprises a retaining device/structure/unit/component of the electrical grounding cable adapted to block the position thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: META SYSTEM S.p.A.Inventor: Giuseppe Simonazzi
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Patent number: 11861456Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide for instruction compilation for at least one time slice in a one-dimensional quantum computing environment. In this regard, embodiments generate an algorithm swap command set by performing an even-odd transposition sort based on at least an initial qubit position set and a target qubit position set for one or more time slices. The algorithm swap command set may correspond to a qubit manipulation instruction set which can be used to generate a hardware instruction set that, upon execution, efficiently repositions any number of qubits to the target positions for gating.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Quantinuum LLCInventors: Christopher Eugene Langer, Dominic George Lucchetti
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Patent number: 11861277Abstract: Embodiments include herein are directed towards a method for electronic circuit design. Embodiments may include enabling data transmission between plurality of protocol adapters, each of the protocol adapters including one ingress port and one egress port, wherein the ingress port of each of the plurality of protocol adapters maintains an active connection with a single egress port at one time. Embodiments may further include transmitting data between the plurality of protocol adapters using a distributed routing matrix that provides an interface between the plurality of protocol adapters.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.Inventor: Pratul Kumar Singh
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Patent number: 11863001Abstract: A near-field antenna is provided, which includes: a first dipole antenna, formed along a first axis, having a first meandering shape and a second dipole antenna, formed along a second axis different from the first axis, having a second meandering shape. The antenna also includes (i) a power amplifier configured to feed electromagnetic signals to at least one of the first and second dipole antennas, (ii) an impedance-adjusting component configured to adjust an impedance of at least one of the first and second dipole antennas, and (iii) switch circuitry configured to switchably couple the first dipole antenna, the power amplifier, the second dipole antenna, and the impedance-adjusting component.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: ENERGOUS CORPORATIONInventor: Alister Hoss
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Patent number: 11858368Abstract: An enclosure for charging an electric vehicle (EV) including an automatic vehicle moving system, which gradually moves the EV from one end of the enclosure to an opposite end of the enclosure. A charging chassis, including an EV charge connector, moves alongside the EV, charging it as the automatic vehicle moving system moves it along. The enclosure is also able to include an entertainment display in order to allow a driver to view media content while the vehicle is charging.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: RE-VOLT EV LLCInventors: Ronald Carter, Ken Harris
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Patent number: 11850961Abstract: Aspects relate to a connector and methods of use for charging an electric aircraft. An exemplary connector includes a housing configured to mate with a port of an electric aircraft, where the housing includes a fastener for removable attachment with the electric aircraft port, at least a high-voltage conductor configured to conduct a high-voltage electrical power, at least a low-voltage conductor, configured to conduct a low-voltage electrical power, at least a control signal conductor configured to conduct a control signal, at least a ground conductor configured to conduct to a ground, at least a cooling channel configured to contain a flow of a coolant, and at least a proximity signal conductor configured to conduct a proximity signal indicative of attachment with the electric aircraft port when the housing is mated with the port.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventors: Edward Hall, Cole Hanson, Jake Pill, John Charles Palombini, Richard Donnelly
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Patent number: 11853665Abstract: Hardware description language (HDL) code for an integrated circuit (IC) design may be parsed to obtain an IC design parse tree. A transformation pattern may include a first pattern and a second pattern. The transformation pattern may be parsed to obtain a transformation pattern parse tree. The IC design parse tree and the transformation pattern parse tree may be used to identify a portion of the HDL code that matches the first pattern. The identified portion of the HDL code may be transformed based on the second pattern to obtain a transformed portion of the HDL code. The portion of the HDL code may be replaced by the transformed portion of the HDL code.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Synopsys, Inc.Inventors: Parijat Biswas, Minakshi Chakravorty, Sitikant Sahu
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Patent number: 11853679Abstract: A method includes reserving a routing track within a cell, wherein the cell comprises signal lines for connection to elements within the cell, the cell further comprises a plurality of routing tracks, the reserved routing track is one of the plurality of routing tracks, and the reserved routing track is free of the signal lines. The method further includes determining whether any power rails overlap with any of the plurality of routing tracks other than the reserved routing track. The method further includes adjusting a position of the cell in response to a determination that at least one power rail overlaps with at least one routing track of the plurality of routing tracks other than the reserved routing track.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Jian-Sing Li, Jung-Chan Yang, Ting Yu Chen, Ting-Wei Chiang
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Patent number: 11850965Abstract: An electric vehicle charging connector including a charging connector. The charging connector including a direct current pin and an alternating current pin. The electric vehicle charging connector also including a coupling mechanism configured to: couple the charging connector to an electric vehicle, enable a flow of electricity from the charging connector to the electric vehicle, and disable the flow of electricity from the charging connector to the electric vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: BETA AIR, LLCInventor: Herman Wiegman
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Patent number: 11853676Abstract: A method performed by at least one processor includes the following steps: generating a layout of an integrated circuit (IC), the layout comprising a cell and a layout context in a vicinity of the cell; receiving from a library a set of context groups and a set of timing tables, wherein each of the context groups is associated with one of the set of timing tables; determining a representative context group for the cell through comparing the layout context of the cell with the set of context groups; and performing a timing analysis on the layout according to a representative timing table associated with the representative context group for the cell.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Zhe-Wei Jiang, Jerry Chang Jui Kao, Sung-Yen Yeh, Li Chung Hsu
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Patent number: 11849548Abstract: A power supply structure of an electric grinding tool machine comprises a power management module, a power connecting wire and a battery socket, wherein the power management module is arranged on a main body of the electric grinding tool machine, the power connecting wire is electrically connected with the power management module and extends outside the main body of the electric grinding tool machine, and the battery socket is connected with the power connecting wire and can be randomly changed in position on the basis of the power connecting wire, the battery socket being used for a replaceable battery which is selectively arranged on the battery socket, and the battery socket being provided with a guide chute formed corresponding to a boss on the replaceable battery in shape and at least two conductive terminals arranged in the guide chute.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: X'POLE PRECISION TOOLS INC.Inventor: Bach Pangho Chen
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Patent number: 11848562Abstract: An electric vehicle charging station for connecting to a span of a high or extra high voltage transmission line, comprising: a tap for connecting to the span of the transmission line; a substation comprising one or more power voltage transformers; a plurality of electric vehicle chargers. The power voltage transformers are station service voltage transformers, auxiliary service voltage transformers, or power VTs. Said power voltage transformers may be star-delta transformers or star-star transformers. Said tap may comprises, for each phase of the transmission line: an insulator for linking a first and a second interrupted conductor points of an interrupted transmission line conductor; a drop conductor connected between the first interrupted conductor point and said substation; a shunt connector connected between the second interrupted conductor point and a point of the drop conductor or connected between the first and second interrupted conductor points.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: REN SERVIÇOS S AInventors: Jorge Filipe Pinheiro Martins, André Quaresma Dos Santos, Pedro Carola
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Patent number: 11844428Abstract: There is disclosed a portably suspended retractable shelf for storing furniture-side items that includes a horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion. In various embodiments, the inner portion is adapted to be slidably captured between an upper cushion and a lower supporting structure. At least one of a projector insert rotationally adjustable to a plurality of orientations and the following upward-facing compartments is disposed on the outer portion of the horizontal platform and is accessible to a user on the furniture: a collapsible basin, a hanging flexible pocket, and a foldable box. A cutout hole is configured to hold the projector insert or the compartments in a suspended configuration through the shelf. A downward-facing sliding drawer compartment is mounted and/or supported underneath the outer portion of the shelf. A storage container extends from a leading surface of the portable suspended retractable shelf. Other embodiments are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: DCONNECT GROUP LLCInventor: Dan Cass