Patents Examined by Tan Le
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Patent number: 11828408Abstract: A monitor riser includes a base configured to be received on a horizontal support surface. A monitor support shelf is situated atop and supported by the base. A slide mechanism is situated below the monitor support shelf. A dry erase pad is supported by the slide mechanism and movable in a frontward direction from a stowed position in which the dry erase pad is at least partially received under the monitor support shelf to an extended position. The dry erase pad, when in the extended position, is movable to a propped position in which the dry erase pad is angled from horizontal to present a dry erase writing surface toward a user at a front side of the monitor support shelf.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: ACCO Brands CorporationInventors: Seesong Kang, Thomas A. Nelson
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Patent number: 11832500Abstract: One embodiment illustrated herein includes an optical device. The optical device includes a stacked device, formed in a single semiconductor chip, configured to be coupled in an overlapping fashion to an underlying device. The stacked device includes a plurality of optical output pixels. Each of the output pixels includes a plurality of subpixels. Each subpixel is configured to output a color of light. Each pixel is configured to output a plurality of colors of light. The optical device further includes one or more detectors, configured to detect light, interleaved with the subpixels of the pixels. The stacked device comprises a plurality of transparent regions formed in the stacked device between the pixels. The plurality of transparent regions are transparent, according to a first transmission efficiency, to light in a first spectrum. The underlying device emits light in the first spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Jacob J. Becker, Jon D. Burnsed
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Patent number: 11828877Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an optical sensor package with a first assembly and a second assembly with an encapsulant extending between and coupling the first assembly and the second assembly. The first assembly includes a first substrate, a first die on the first substrate, a transparent material on the first die, and an infrared filter on the transparent material. The second assembly includes a second substrate, a second die on the second substrate, a transparent material on the second die, and an infrared filter on the transparent material. Apertures are formed through the encapsulant aligned with the first die and the second die. The first die is configured to transmit light through one aperture, wherein the light reflects off an object to be detected and is received at the second die through another one of the apertures.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: STMicroelectronics PTE LTDInventor: Jing-En Luan
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Patent number: 11828963Abstract: An optical filter may include a first group of layers. The first group of layers may include alternating layers of a first dielectric material, of a group of dielectric materials, and a second dielectric material of the group of dielectric materials. The optical filter may include a second group of layers. The second group of layers may include alternating layers of a third dielectric material, of the group of dielectric materials, and a fourth dielectric material of the group of dielectric materials. The optical filter may include a third group of layers. The third group of layers may include alternating layers of a fifth dielectric material, of the group of dielectric materials, a sixth dielectric material, of the group of dielectric materials, and a metal material. The third group of layers may be disposed between the first group of layers and the second group of layers.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.Inventor: Georg J. Ockenfuss
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Patent number: 11823409Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for solar tracking and controlling an angular position of a photovoltaic power system. The solar tracking system includes an imaging device for capturing images of the sky; a solar position data generating module; and a control system comprising a neural network. The neural network has multiple convolutional layers to generate a first output associated with the images, and a solar position data module. A first dense layer module receives the solar position data and generates a second output. A second dense layer module receives the first output and the second output and generates a concatenated data sequence. A processor is programmed to generate a multi-planar irradiance signal (MPIS) in response to the concatenated data sequence, and determine an angular position of the PV power system and adjust the angular position in response to an angle of maximum irradiance.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Joshua Stein, Jennifer Lee Braid, Benjamin Garrett Pierce, Daniel Riley
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Patent number: 11820293Abstract: A vehicle air vent clamping device is disclosed. The vehicle air vent clamping device includes a base, a supporting arm, a hook for hooking a blade of a vehicle air vent, and an adjustment mechanism for driving the hook to move. The rear end of the supporting arm is connected to the base, and a blocking portion is disposed at the front end of the supporting arm. The hook can be located on the supporting arm in a front-rear movement manner, and when the hook moves to the position of the blocking portion, the hook is hidden in the blocking portion. The adjustment mechanism is connected between the base and the hook.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN RUILAI ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xumian Chen, Fangtian Wang, Yucong Qiu, Guanping Pan
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Patent number: 11821675Abstract: A mounting system for securing an appliance to a wall includes at least one wall bracket for mounting to the wall and at least one appliance bracket for mounting to the appliance. The wall bracket(s) includes at least one wall attachment location and the appliance bracket(s) includes at least one appliance attachment location. The mounting system also includes at least one strap lock for mounting to a floor adjacent to the wall. The strap lock(s) is operable between a locked position and an unlocked position. Further, the mounting system includes at least one strap routed through the wall attachment location(s), the appliance attachment location(s), and the strap lock(s). Thus, when in the locked position, the strap lock secures the strap in place, thereby securing the appliance to the wall.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Bart Andrew Nuss, Stephanos Kyriacou
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Patent number: 11817471Abstract: An imaging device comprises a first chip that includes a first semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion region. The first chip includes a first insulating layer including a first multilayer wiring electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion region. The first multilayer wiring includes a first vertical signal line (VSL1) to output a first pixel signal, and a first wiring. The imaging device includes a second chip including a second semiconductor substrate including a logic circuit. The second chip includes a second insulating layer including a second multilayer wiring electrically connected to the logic circuit. The second multilayer wiring includes a second wiring. The first chip and the second chip are bonded to one another, and, in a plan view, the first wiring and the second wiring overlap with at least a portion of the first vertical signal line (VSL1).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Hajime Yamagishi, Shota Hida, Yuusaku Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11813414Abstract: An intravascular device includes an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of energy transmitting conduits extending within the elongated body. The distal ends of the energy transmitting conduits terminate at different axial locations along the distal end of the elongated body. In one embodiment, the number of energy transmission conduits is only two, such that the number of bends in the compound curve assumed by the distal end of the elongated body is only two, although the number of energy transmission conduits may be any suitable number.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: Stryker Corporation, Stryker European Operations LimitedInventor: Stephen Porter
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Patent number: 11815395Abstract: There is proposed an optical power measurement circuit and an optical power meter which use a linear amplification circuit based on multiple transimpedance operational amplification lanes and which add a bootstrap circuit and a compensator circuit. 1) The bootstrap is used to reduce the effect of the photodiode capacitance and increases the amplifier's bandwidth. 2) The compensator circuit monitors the photodiode's voltage and reproduces its transient distortions, to then subtract it from the output and thereby reduce the measurement error.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: EXFO Optics, SASInventor: Xavier Lambert
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Patent number: 11815675Abstract: Disclosed is a phase modulator apparatus comprises at least a first phase modulator for modulating input radiation, and a metrology device comprising such a phase modulator apparatus. The first phase modulator comprises a first moving grating in at least an operational state for diffracting the input radiation and Doppler shifting the frequency of the diffracted radiation; and a first compensatory grating element comprising a pitch configured to compensate for wavelength dependent dispersion of at least one diffraction order of said diffracted radiation.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Arie Jeffrey Den Boef, Simon Reinald Huisman
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Patent number: 11815393Abstract: A sensor has plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and columns with row control circuitry for controlling which one of said rows is activated and column control circuitry for controlling which of said pixels in said activated row is to be activated. The column circuitry has memory configured to store information indication as to which of the pixels are defective, wherein each of the pixels has a photodiode and a plurality of transistors which control the activation of the photodiode. A first transistor is configured to be controlled by a column enable signal while a second transistor is configured to be controlled by a row select signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) LimitedInventor: Neale Dutton
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Patent number: 11808625Abstract: The present application provides an ambient light sensor and an electronic device, which may improve detection accuracy and detection performance of the ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor includes: a light filtering unit array including a plurality of light filtering units, the plurality of light filtering units including a color light filtering unit, a white light filtering unit and a transparent light filtering unit, the white light filtering unit being configured to pass a visible light signal and block an infrared light signal, and the transparent light filtering unit being configured to pass the visible light signal and the infrared light signal; a pixel unit array including a plurality of pixel units, the plurality of pixel units being configured to receive a light signal after the ambient light passes through the plurality of light filtering units for an ambient light detection.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Songjin Zhong
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Patent number: 11811211Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable and a cable mounting clamp. The cable mounting clamp includes a base removably connectable to a surface. The base includes an outer body which defines an inner channel and a support ramp disposed within the inner channel, the inner channel extending along a longitudinal axis. The cable mounting clamp further includes a roller tube disposed within the inner channel and moveably mounted on the support ramp, the roller tube translatable along the longitudinal axis relative to the support ramp. The cable is inserted through the roller tube and extends through the inner channel, such that the cable is translatable with the roller tube along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLCInventors: Kyle Marchek, Wilfred Courchaine, Mark Vogel, Shirley Ball
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Patent number: 11807142Abstract: An electrical track assembly may include a pair of tracks, including a first track including a first conductor, a second track include a second conductor; and a support member configured for connection with, removal from, and movement along the pair of tracks in a first configuration and a second configuration. The support member may include a first support member contact, a second support member contact, an electrical load including a first load contact and a second load contact, and a manual switch assembly configured to selectively electrically connect the first conductor with the first load contact, selectively electrically connect the second conductor with the second load contact, and prevent current flow (i) between the first conductor and the second load contact and (ii) between the second conductor and the first load contact, the manual switch assembly including a blocking element.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Antoni Ferré Fàbregas, Raúl Ricart, Jose Gabriel Fernández Bañares
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Patent number: 11801041Abstract: An apparatus for transferring mechanical energy in a handle to a cartridge to manipulate tissue or anatomical structures within the body of a human or animal subject for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders. The handle and cartridge contain safety interlocks.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Teleflex Life Sciences LimitedInventors: Jolene Cutts, Curtis Yarra, Christopher Zaler, Alexander Charles Gordon, Calvin Lam, Kevin Alexander Lessard, Erik Noel, Maheshwara Rao
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Patent number: 11802578Abstract: An article cushion is provided, including a body formed from a resilient material and an elongate channel defined in the body. At least one openable bracket has a pair of pliable, openable arms that terminate in a receiving gap. The receiving gap has a width smaller than a cross-section of the clasp. The clasp is insertable transversely through the receiving gap when the openable arms are in a splayed configuration, with the openable arms securing the clasp therebetween when the open arms are in a relaxed configuration. At least one closed bracket has a pair of pliable, closed arms that terminate in a restraining area. The restraining area is sized and shaped to prevent transverse insertion or extraction of the clasp through the restraining area, the clasp being axially moveable through closed arms when the closed arms are in a relaxed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: All Rite Products, Inc.Inventors: Travis D. Gates, Stacey L. Gates, Jason Tubbs
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Patent number: 11803002Abstract: A method employs a device with a heterostructure as a resonator for electrons of an electrical circuit or for a terahertz electromagnetic wave. The heterostructure comprises at least one dielectric layer and at least one ferroelectric layer. The at least one ferroelectric layer comprises a plurality of ferroelectric polarization domains. The plurality of ferroelectric polarization domains forms a polarization pattern. The polarization pattern is adapted to perform an oscillation with a resonance frequency in a terahertz frequency range. The method comprises functionally coupling the oscillation of the polarization pattern and an oscillation of the electrons of the electrical circuit or of the terahertz electromagnetic wave by the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Terra Quantum AGInventors: Igor Lukyanchuk, Anna Razumnaya, Valerii Vinokour
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Patent number: 11800251Abstract: There is provided a light receiving device including: a pixel including a first tap configured to detect a charge photoelectrically converted by a photoelectric conversion unit, and a second tap configured to detect a charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion unit; a first comparison circuit configured to compare a first detection signal detected by the first tap and a reference signal; a second comparison circuit configured to compare a second detection signal detected by the second tap and the reference signal; a first zero reset signal generation circuit configured to generate a first zero reset signal that is supplied to the first comparison circuit when the first comparison circuit performs an auto zero operation; and a second zero reset signal generation circuit configured to generate a second zero reset signal that is supplied to the second comparison circuit when the second comparison circuit performs an auto zero operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Yusuke Moriyama
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Patent number: 11796120Abstract: A support component includes a leg component having a male thread portion that is provided on at least an upper side of a rod extending in a height direction, and a pedestal portion that is provided larger than the rod and provided at a lower end portion of the rod, and a receiving component having a extruded portion that is provided, in a frame material including two vertically separated plate materials constituting a housing bottom portion of an equipment, in the plate material located on an upper side of the frame material and into which the male thread portion of the rod is screwed, and a through-hole that is provided in the plate material located on a lower side of the frame material and through which the rod passes, in which the support component enables height adjustment in a state in which the rod of the leg component is inserted through the extruded portion and the through-hole of the receiving component.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventors: Misaki Suruga, Naoto Chiba