Patents Examined by T Tran
  • Patent number: 12010029
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a modem of a user equipment (UE) and a data source, such as an application processor or a tethered client, may support for flow control enforcement per service flow. For example, the modem may transmit, to the application processor, a first flow control command for a first data traffic including non-prioritized data. The application processor, based on the first flow control command, may transmit, to the modem, the first data traffic including the non-prioritized data according to the first flow control command while also transmitting a second data traffic including prioritized data without flow control. The modem and the application processor may support such selective flow control enforcement based on a priority of a service flow based on maintaining multiple buffers at the modem or based on defining multiple thresholds of one buffer associated with triggering flow control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Krishna Chitanya Billuri, Rajashekar Chilla, Neel Vikramkumar Shah, Arnaud Meylan
  • Patent number: 12000324
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a new coolant tank that may also provide a structural element to the frame of the engine compartment. The coolant tank is comprised of a rear wall that also makes up a portion of the firewall in the engine compartment. A structural coolant tank component is engaged with the rear wall to form the coolant reservoir. The coolant reservoir can provide support to attach structural elements of the vehicle, and can also allow for improved space efficiency in the engine compartment. Further, improved access to the filling port is provided, while continued operation and desired function is maintained even at extreme vehicle tilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Jesse J. Bender, Noah F. Homan, Jade E. Bender
  • Patent number: 12003865
    Abstract: To enable HDR video signals of a plurality of signal interfaces to be satisfactorily handled. [Solution] A processing unit processes a linear high dynamic range video signal and obtains a high dynamic range video signal that has undergone a grayscale compression process. The processing unit is able to perform grayscale compression processes of a plurality of signal interfaces. For example, when a grayscale compression process of another signal interface other than a reference signal interface is performed, the processing unit further performs a process of adding characteristics of system gamma of the reference signal interface and a process of cancelling out characteristics of system gamma of the other signal interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kamiya, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Jun Onuki, Tomoyuki Endo, Masaki Hirose
  • Patent number: 11999333
    Abstract: A driving support device includes a braking controller configured to execute braking control, a first calculator configured to calculate a first braking control amount of the braking controller, a second calculator configured to calculate, on the basis of a setting standard, a second braking control amount of the braking control executed at an execution frequency lower than an execution frequency of the braking control based on the first braking control amount, and an updater configured to update the setting standard on the basis of a relative relationship between an estimated braking behavior based on the first braking control amount and an actual braking behavior based on the first braking control amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Kurata
  • Patent number: 12000323
    Abstract: A coolant filler neck assembly for a pressurized cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Strain, Matt Pavlat, Michael Carlin, Johann Voges, Raul Tocci
  • Patent number: 12000331
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed toward a linear generator, comprising: a cylinder having a cylinder wall and a pair of ends, the cylinder including a reaction section disposed in a center portion of the cylinder; a pair of opposed piston assemblies adapted to move linearly within the cylinder, each piston assembly disposed on one side of the reaction section opposite the other piston assembly, each piston assembly including a spring rod and a piston comprising a solid front section adjacent the reaction section and a gas section; and a pair of linear electromagnetic machines adapted to directly convert kinetic energy of the piston assembly into electrical energy, and adapted to directly convert electrical energy into kinetic energy of the piston assembly for providing compression work during the compression stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Mainspring Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Simpson, Shannon Miller, Matt Svrcek
  • Patent number: 12000328
    Abstract: Models that employ both measurable engine parameters as well as predictable engine parameters may be used to determine when a thermostat is malfunctioning before the thermostat malfunction results in an engine breakdown. Particular models may be used to provide an estimated coolant temperature and an estimated thermostat position. The estimated coolant temperature can be compared to an actual measured engine coolant temperature. The estimated thermostat position can be evaluated with respect to what the thermostat position should be given a particular engine coolant temperature. In some cases, comparison between a healthy model and a faulty model may be used to ascertain thermostat health.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Herceg, Lubomir Baramov
  • Patent number: 12002527
    Abstract: Programmable resistive memory can be integrated with wide-bandgap semiconductor devices on a wide-bandgap semiconductor, silicon, or insulator substrate. The wide-bandgap semiconductor can be group IV-IV, III-V, or II-VI crystal or compound semiconductor, such as silicon carbide or gallium nitride. The programmable resistive memory can be PCRAM, RRAM, MRAM, or OTP. The OTP element can be a metal, silicon, polysilicon, silicided polysilicon, or thermally insulated wide-bandgap semiconductor. The selector in a programmable resistive memory can be a MOS or diode fabricated by wide-bandgap semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Attopsemi Technology Co., LTD
    Inventor: Shine C. Chung
  • Patent number: 12003847
    Abstract: Provided are a camera capable of preventing an erroneous operation with a compact configuration and has high operability, a setting method of the camera, and a setting program of the camera. A change in a setting value by the operation dial is switched between valid and invalid, and an operation by the operation dial becomes possible only in a case where the change in the setting value is valid. A setting value of an item to be set by the operation dial is displayed on a dial display provided on the operation dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Misawa, Kentaro Tokiwa, Hirofumi Horii, Yuichi Fujimura, Takeshi Misawa
  • Patent number: 12000355
    Abstract: A piston (10) for an internal combustion engine, includes shaft wall sections (18) for supporting in a cylinder or a cylinder liner, and at least one base support (20) that is connected thereto in the circumferential direction, and which has at least one contour that forms a section of a helix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Nurnberg GmbH
    Inventors: Julian Zilker, Michael Scherer, Olga Seller, Sven Ungermann, Ralf Meske
  • Patent number: 11999354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for estimating a road surface type by using an ultrasonic signal and, more particularly, to a method for estimating a road surface type by using an artificial neural network model machine-learned with respect to a reflected ultrasonic signal and an apparatus for performing same. According to the present invention, provided are a method and apparatus for providing highly accurate road surface information at low cost, by machine-learning both characteristics of an ultrasonic signal reflected from a road surface and a road surface state, establishing a model between the two, and then estimating the type of the road surface by utilizing the model. In particular, even a road surface where thin ice, that is, black ice, is formed, which was not detectable in the conventional method for estimating a road-surface friction coefficient, may be accurately estimated, thereby contributing to safer driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sei-Bum Choi, Min-Hyun Kim, Jin-Rak Park, Seung-In Shin, Jong-Chan Park
  • Patent number: 12000354
    Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder in which a piston reciprocates; a cylinder head positioned above the cylinder; a gasket disposed between the cylinder and the cylinder head; a stepped portion that is formed at an upper end portion of an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and positioned below the gasket; a ring member having a cylindrical shape provided to the stepped portion; and a protrusion portion that is formed in a manner to protrude from the ring member and bites into a lower surface of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazunari Yamamoto, Misao Goto, Takumi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 12004432
    Abstract: The present description concerns a device including phase-change memory cells, each memory cell including a first resistive element in lateral contact with a second element made of a phase-change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS, STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Boivin, Roberto Simola, Yohann Moustapha-Rabault
  • Patent number: 11994036
    Abstract: A noise and vibration attenuation panel for a structure within a propulsion system includes a first plurality of unit cells and a first plurality of mass elements disposed within the first plurality of unit cells. The first plurality of unit cells include a first periodic structure having a first unit cell, a second unit cell, a third unit cell, and a fourth unit cell, each of the first unit cell, the second unit cell, the third unit cell and the fourth unit cell including a central body interconnected via a plurality of lateral tubes extending from the central body, the first periodic structure forming a first lateral layer of unit cells. The noise attenuation panel can simultaneously control acoustic waves or energy (i.e., via noise attenuation flow paths) and vibration (i.e., via the mass elements).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Winkler, Kenji Homma, Craig Aaron Reimann, Jeffrey Michael Mendoza
  • Patent number: 11994033
    Abstract: A modular and autonomous assembly for detecting the angular position of the blades of an impeller intended to be mounted on a turbine engine, the assembly comprises at least one electrical power source allowing the operation of the elements of the detection assembly independently of the turbine engine on which it is intended to be carried, at least one first sensor intended to be associated with the first impeller, at least one second sensor intended to be associated with the second impeller, and a main housing including a processing unit and storage means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventor: Alméric Pierre Louis Garnier
  • Patent number: 11994982
    Abstract: A memory module comprises dynamic random access memory (DRAM) devices arranged in ranks, and a module controller configurable to receive address and control signals for a memory operation, and to output first module control signals to the DRAM devices, causing a selected rank to output or receive N-bit-wide data. The module controller is further configurable to output second module control signals to a plurality of data buffers coupled to the DRAM devices via module data lines. Each respective data buffer includes a n-bit-wide (n<N) data path and logic configurable to, in response to the second module control signals, enable the n-bit-wide data path to receive and regenerate signals carrying a respective n-bit-wide section of the N-bit-wide data communicated from/to a respective n-bit-wide section of the module data lines. The logic is further configurable to disable the n-bit-wide data path when the memory module is not being accessed for data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Netlist, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun Lee, Jayesh R. Bhakta
  • Patent number: 11994209
    Abstract: A transmission cooler thermal bypass device that includes a body having a front side, a back side, a top side, and a bottom side. A first opening, a second opening, a third opening, and a fourth opening, whereby a first passageway connects the first opening and the second opening, and a second passageway connects the third opening and the fourth opening. At least one fin extends from an outer surface of the top side of the body. The first passageway and the second passageway do not include a flow control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: REVMAX PERFORMANCE, LLC
    Inventor: Frank C. Kuperman
  • Patent number: 11996140
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a frontside and a backside; a static random-access memory (SRAM) circuit having SRAM bit cells formed on the frontside of the substrate, wherein each of the SRAM bit cells including two inverters cross-coupled together, and a first and second pass gates coupled to the two inverters; a first bit-line disposed on the frontside of the substrate and connected to the first pass gate; and a second bit-line disposed on the backside of the substrate and connected to the second pass gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsun Chiu, Chia-En Huang
  • Patent number: 11994092
    Abstract: A turbo-boost controlled intake system is disclosed that provides a driver of a vehicle with greater control over vehicle performance. The turbo-boost controlled intake system includes a control module that is coupled with an aircharger air intake. The control module instructs an electronic control unit of the vehicle to increase manifold pressure to a higher level before releasing the pressure through a waste gate so as to provide a greater power output of the engine. The turbo-boost controlled intake system further includes a wiring harness and a signal adjuster. The wiring harness couples the control module with a turbo inlet pressure sensor, a manifold absolute pressure sensor, and an electronic control unit of the vehicle. The signal adjuster includes a rheostat that enables manual adjustment of the power output of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: K&N Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilbert Heck, Steve Williams
  • Patent number: 11995347
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to die-to-die communications are described. An apparatus may include an interfacing die and at least one additional die communicatively coupled to each other through an internal bus. The interfacing die may be configured to provide a combined external interface for the coupled dies. For the die-to-die communications, a target die may coordinate transfer of communicated data to the internal interface according to a timing signal generated by a source external to the at least one additional die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Bret Johnson