Patents Examined by T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11986015
    Abstract: An atomizing device includes a liquid containing module and an atomizing assembly. An inside of the liquid containing module has a fixing element and a liquid storage container. The liquid containing module has a flowing channel communicated with the fixing element. The liquid storage container surrounds a peripheral wall of the flowing channel and an outer surface of the fixing element. The fixing element has an accommodating space. A side wall of the accommodating space has at least one first liquid guiding groove. The accommodating space is equipped with a bushing. A side wall of the bushing has at least one second liquid guiding groove. The atomizing assembly is mounted under the liquid containing module. The atomizing assembly is equipped with an atomizing core module assembled in the bushing. A side wall of the atomizing core module has at least one third liquid guiding groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiang-Cheng He, Rong-Sheng Xie, Zan-Guo Zhou, Ming-Cheng Zi
  • Patent number: 11986257
    Abstract: Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for a medical device. The medical device can include an elongated shaft having a proximal end, a distal end, and a bendable section between the proximal end and the distal end. The medical device can include a tip assembly at the distal end of the elongated shaft. The tip assembly include a control member and a distal tip component attached to the control member. At least one cable can extend through the elongated shaft and be anchored to the control member. The at least one cable can be configured to bend the bendable section based on a force applied thereto. At least one electronic component can be embedded in the distal tip component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Auris Health, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Allen Julian, Thomas R. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11990042
    Abstract: Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for automating a collaborative operation between an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) and an intelligent transportation management (ITM) system includes receiving, via a detection tag attached to the IES shoe structure, a prompt signal from a transmitter-detector module communicatively connected to a traffic system controller of the ITM system. In reaction to the received prompt signal, the detection tag transmits a response signal to the transmitter-detector module. The traffic system controller uses the response signal to determine a location of the IES's user, and the current operating state of a traffic signal proximate the user's location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Andon, Jordan M. Rice
  • Patent number: 11991019
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more memory devices having instructions thereon, that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to manage a plurality of entitlements for a plurality of subscriptions of one or more buildings with a building entitlement model, receive a first request to perform a first operation for a first subscription and a second request to perform a second operation for a second subscription, and implement the first operation on first computing resources of a first zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a first determination that the first subscription has the first entitlement and implement the second operation on second computing resources of the second zone based on the building entitlement model in response to a second determination that the second subscription has the second entitlement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Justin J. Ploegert, Dominick James O'Dierno, Brian Scott Otto
  • Patent number: 11991124
    Abstract: Email has become commonplace as a means to communicate among parties non-synchronously by exchanging email messages. Some communications, however, may be more effective in real-time or in near real-time. For instance, service providers may offer a chat feature to accommodate real-time or near real-time help or service communications with customers. However, in this case, the user is likely required to enter credentials and/or context information to transition into a different communication type with the service provider. The present systems and methods provide a continuous conversation experience for the user whereby a message recipient of one message type (e.g., email, text, etc.) may continue a conversation in a different message type (e.g., a chat session, instant message, etc.) without manually providing message context for communicating via the second message type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Julio Estrada, Nagalinga Raju Samuthirapandi, Chowdhury Sucharit Barua, Vasant Kumar Tiwari, Lei Yu
  • Patent number: 11990873
    Abstract: A first amplifier circuit in a preceding stage, a second amplifier circuit in a subsequent stage, and a ground external connection terminal are disposed on a substrate. The first and second amplifier circuits each include bipolar transistors, capacitive elements for the respective bipolar transistors, and resistive elements for the respective bipolar transistors. The bipolar transistors each include separate base electrodes, that is, a first base electrode for radio frequency and a second base electrode for biasing. The bipolar transistors of the second amplifier circuit include emitter electrodes connected to the ground external connection terminal. The minimum spacing between the first base electrode and an emitter mesa layer of at least one of the bipolar transistors of the second amplifier circuit is greater than the minimum spacing between the first base electrode and am emitter mesa layer of each of the bipolar transistors of the first amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunari Umemoto, Shaojun Ma, Shigeki Koya
  • Patent number: 11990875
    Abstract: A bias circuit for a PA. A first transistor has its drain terminal and its gate terminal connected to a first circuit node and its source terminal connected to a first supply terminal, a first current source connected to the first circuit node, and a first resistor connected between the first and second circuit nodes. A second transistor receives a first component of a differential input signal to the PA at its gate terminal, has its drain terminal connected to the second circuit node and its source terminal connected to a second supply terminal, and a third transistor receives a second component of the differential input signal to the PA at its gate terminal, having its drain terminal connected to the second circuit node and its source terminal connected to a second supply terminal. The gates terminals of the second and the third transistors are biased by a first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Christian Elgaard, Henrik Sjöland
  • Patent number: 11990957
    Abstract: To perform wireless communication scheduling, a network node (700) calculates a corresponding layer limit for each of a plurality of scheduling intervals of a cell (20) served to a plurality of user equipment via multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The network node (700) schedules time-frequency resource utilization such that, for each of the scheduling intervals, no time-frequency resource is scheduled for use by more of the UEs (200) than the layer limit corresponding to the scheduling interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Harish Venkatraman Bhat, Ahmedul Quadir, Stefan Tjärnlund, Mats Johansson
  • Patent number: 11986749
    Abstract: An immersive theater system includes a theater device having a projection room and a displaying screen unit, a multimedia audiovisual assemblage disposed in the projection room, and a central control device connected to the multimedia audiovisual assemblage. The multimedia audiovisual assemblage includes lighting units, speakers and projectors. The projectors are installed at different angles to face different display screens of the displaying screen unit. The central control device includes an audiovisual source coupled to the projectors and the speakers, and the audiovisual source is firstly divided and then displayed on the display screens to create an immersive environment whereby audience members in the projection room feel them to be immersed in lifelike surroundings caused by activating the multimedia audiovisual assemblage under the control of the central control device. The immersive theater system can be disposed in a mobile carrier to increase the mobility and the frequency of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: PHALANITY Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Po-Lun Chu
  • Patent number: 11984369
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; an insulating region located in the substrate; a first conductor located above the insulating region and configured to collect charges; a second conductor at least partially located above the insulating region and configured to induce the charges of the first conductor; and a dielectric layer located between the first conductor and the second conductor to electrically insulate the first conductor from the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: ChihCheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11984308
    Abstract: A method for measuring the concentration of fluorine gas (F2) contained in a halogen fluoride-containing gas using an analysis apparatus having a halogen fluoride-containing gas supply source, a fluorine-containing gas supply source, a tube, a capillary, and a mass spectrometer, the method including, before measuring the concentration of fluorine gas, performing passivation treatment on the tube and the capillary using a passivation gas containing a fluorine-containing gas supplied from the fluorine-containing gas supply source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11984596
    Abstract: Disclosed are a rod-shaped sodium ion positive electrode material, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The material comprises a rod-shaped base material and nanofibers inserted into the base material. C—Na is loaded on the nanofibers. The chemical general formula of the rod-shaped sodium ion positive electrode material is Na(FeaTb)PO4/CNF-c(C—Na), and 0.001?c?0.1, wherein T is at least one of Ni, Co, Zn, Mn, Fe, V, Ti or Mo, 0.9?a<1, 0<b?0.2, and 0.001?c?0.1. In the present invention, on one hand, some transition metal elements are doped to improve the electrochemical performance thereof, and on the other hand, a modulator is added to synthesize the rod-shaped sodium ion positive electrode material, and the C—Na loaded nanofibers are added to adjust the proportion of large and small rod-shaped materials, so that the composition of a single Na(FeaTb)PO4 rod-shaped nanostructure is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, HUNAN BRUNP RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., HUNAN BRUNP EV RECYCLING CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Haijun Yu, Yingsheng Zhong, Aixia Li, Yinghao Xie, Changdong Li, Bo Lin
  • Patent number: 11984443
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first pair of power rails and a second pair of power rails that are disposed in a first layer, conductive lines disposed in a second layer above the first layer, and a first active area disposed in a third layer above the second layer. The first active area is arranged to overlap the first pair of power rails. The first active area is coupled to the first pair of power rails through a first line of the conductive lines and a first group of vias, and the first active area is coupled to the second pair of power rails through at least one second line of the conductive lines and a second group of vias different from the first group of vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kam-Tou Sio, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Wei-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11984852
    Abstract: Various methods and circuital arrangements for biasing one or more gates of stacked transistors of an amplifier are possible where the amplifier is configured to operate in at least an active mode and a standby mode. Circuital arrangements can reduce bias circuit standby current during operation in the standby mode while allowing a quick recovery to normal operating conditions of the amplifier. Biasing an input transistor of the stacked transistors can be obtained by using a replica stack circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: pSemi Corporation
    Inventors: Poojan Wagh, Kashish Pal
  • Patent number: 11984516
    Abstract: A sensor package structure includes a substrate, a sensor chip and a ring-shaped solder mask frame those are disposed on the substrate, a ring-shaped support disposed on a top side of the annular solder mask frame, and a light permeable member that is disposed on the ring-shaped support. The sensor chip is electrically coupled to the substrate. A top surface of the sensor chip has a sensing region, and the sensing region is spaced apart from an outer lateral side of the sensor chip by a distance less than 300 ?m. The ring-shaped solder mask frame surrounds and contacts the outer lateral side of the sensor chip. The light permeable member, the ring-shaped support, and the sensor chip jointly define an enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fu-Chou Liu, Jui-Hung Hsu, Yu-Chiang Peng, Chien-Chen Lee, Ya-Han Chang, Li-Chun Hung
  • Patent number: 11980336
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to methods, devices, and systems for removing speckle from a coherent light source, such as laser light. The methods, devices, and systems help eliminate or reduce speckle introduced from a coherent light source, such as laser light, by utilizing the teachings and principles of the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremiah D. Henley, Joshua D. Talbert, Laurent Blanquart, Donald M. Wichern
  • Patent number: D1027006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: YUEQING YOUYOU E-COMMERCE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongdong Lin
  • Patent number: D1027008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Inventor: Canbin Lin
  • Patent number: D1027185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ALIVA AS
    Inventors: Preben Falkum, Anders Stokkelien, Cato Stene Kolstad
  • Patent number: D1027976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: VIVOTEK INC.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hung Chen, Kai-Sheng Chuang, Chia-Chi Chang, Yu-Fang Huang, Kai-Ting Yu, Wen-Chun Chen, Shu-Jung Hsu, Tsao-Wei Hung